Kim Tae-hyung, higher identified to ARMY as V, isn’t removed from the highlight.
With the discharge of his six-track assortment Layover, the BTS star may be very a lot the primary man proper now.
V marked the event by performing one of many first live shows for Tiny Desk Korea, a brand new collection based mostly on the favored NPR spot.
Filmed in Seoul, South Korea final month, with a newly assembled manufacturing crew and eight-member session band – a lot of whom flew from the U.S. for the recording – V unleashed three slinky Layover cuts.
V kicks issues off with “Love Me Once more,” takes us for a spin of “Sluggish Dancing,” and ends issues with “For Us.”
“These songs evoke a way of fleeting tranquility, as in the event that they effortlessly cross by and provide a soothing pause,” he remarks in his native tongue.
The 11-minute efficiency video is a part of the newly launched worldwide model of Tiny Desk, a three way partnership between NPR and LG U+, the Korean telecommunications and media firm. The primary few episodes, together with performances by the Kim Chang Wan Band, Sunwoo Jung-A and the Yoon Suk Cheol Trio, can be found on the Tiny Desk Korea YouTube channel, with new content material dropping every Thursday.
Layover, in the meantime, has been warmly obtained since its Sept. 8 launch. Music followers voted in a ballot revealed Friday (Sept. 8) on Billboard, selecting the brand new solo assortment as their favourite music launch of the previous week – with 96% of the vote.
The Ok-pop star’s six-track album, which additionally consists of “Wet Days,” “Blue,” and a piano model of “Sluggish Dancing,” is eying a high 10 debut within the U.Ok., the place it entered the midweek chart at No. 5.
V isn’t any stranger to the Tiny Desk format. Along with his BTS bandmates, he carried out on the flagship phase again in 2020, and once more in 2022.
Watch the most recent Tiny Desk under.
