BTS’ V Croons New Single ‘FRI(END)S’ in Luxury Live Performance Video

There’s a cause BTS‘ V seems to be tremendous put-together within the new stay efficiency video for the Okay-pop famous person’s emotional solo ballad “FRI(END)S.” The clip reduce in collaboration with French luxurious model Cartier is dripping in swag, opening with a decent shot of the singer’s face because the track’s spare, R&B backing tracks oozes out and V sings, “You’re in my head/ I had plans for the weekend/ However wound up with you as an alternative/ Again right here once more/ Acquired me deep in my emotions.”

Because the digital camera pans again, we catch a glimpse of V standing within the opulent Cartier Maison Cheongdam “La Résidence” showroom in Seoul, wearing wide-leg tan pants and a brown sweater vest over a cream-colored shirt and a burgundy tie, with a beneficiant praise of Cartier gold items on his wrists, fingers and ear. The soaring-ceiling, elegant inside of the high-fashion model’s Seoul storefront rises across the singer as he laments the friend-zoning within the observe.

“FRI(END)S” is V’s first new solo enterprise for the reason that launch of his debut solo album, Layover, in September. The English-language R&B track is a smoldering tribute to a longtime buddy with love potential. “So wouldn’t it make sense if I used to be yours/ And you may name me your child/ However we are saying we’re simply, say we’re simply,” V sings on the pre-chorus earlier than dipping into the heartbreaking refrain: “Buddies, only for now/ Yeah, however buddies don’t say phrases that/ Make buddies really feel like extra than simply/ Buddies, only for now.”

V was introduced as a model ambassador for the French luxurious model final July. The “FRI(END)s” single was launched on Friday together with the unique video, which finds the singer making his means by means of the world alone as {couples} throughout him luxuriate of their limitless love till a plot twist in the course of the visible turns issues round.

V started the army enlistment course of for his obligatory 18 month South Korean army service — alongside bandmates Jimin, RM and Jung Kook — in November; the group is at the moment on hiatus till 2025, till all seven members full their service.

Watch the brand new “FRI(END)S” video under.