50 Fun Facts About V (Kim Taehyung)

Which color did BTS singer V turn into a verb at a 2016 fan meeting, giving the fandom its signature phrase?

Purple became the color of BTS and their fans after V coined the phrase in November 2016. UNICEF later borrowed it for an anti-bullying campaign with the group.

What name did BTS singer V give his pet dog, whose image inspired the artwork for his EP Layover?

Yeontan, a black and tan Pomeranian, first met fans during a bandmate's birthday broadcast in 2017. A double stood in for him in one Layover video because he could not fly to Madrid.

Which instrument did BTS singer V study from early middle school, with his father's support, as a route into music?

Saxophone lessons were V's first formal step toward a music career, taken years before he auditioned as an idol. He has said he first dreamed of being a singer in elementary school.

What did V's agency do with him before BTS debuted in 2013, which he says left him lonely and uneasy?

His agency hid him from fans as a surprise seventh member, keeping him out of pre-debut photos and vlogs. He feared it meant he might be cut from the lineup.

On which platform did BTS singer V gain one million followers in 43 minutes, setting a Guinness World Record in 2021?

Instagram saw all seven BTS members make personal accounts public on the same December day. V also became the fastest to ten million followers, in under five hours.

Which late American singer, his all-time favorite jazz artist, did BTS's V join on a posthumous 2024 holiday duet?

Bing Crosby's family approved the remix of his 1942 hit White Christmas, his first cross-generational duet since one with David Bowie in 1977.

Which historical drama about elite young warriors of an ancient kingdom gave BTS singer V his acting debut in 2016?

Hwarang credited him under his real name in a supporting role beside Park Seo-joon and Park Hyung-sik, who later joined him on a televised friendship trip.

Which South Korean singer-songwriter cast BTS singer V as her partner in the dystopian 2024 music video Love Wins All?

IU sent V the song first, then asked him to co-star once she realized he might suit the role. The pair play a couple hunted through a ruined world.

Friends, the duet BTS singer V recorded with bandmate Jimin, plays in which 2021 Marvel film?

Eternals picked up the pop-rock track, with its calypso beat, more than a year after it appeared on the BTS album Map of the Soul: 7.

Which French luxury fashion house named BTS singer V a global ambassador in March 2023, before his solo debut?

Celine announced the deal in the same month an Indonesian investment firm also signed him as a brand ambassador.

Which V solo, a neo-soul track danced among white masks, was the comeback trailer for BTS's Love Yourself: Tear?

Singularity began life as a poem, its British co-writer recalled, and Dictionary.com reported that searches for the word leapt more than 7,000 percent after the video arrived.

Stigma, the first solo song BTS singer V co-wrote and composed, appears on which 2016 studio album?

Wings previewed each member's solo with a short film, and V's was the third to be released. He described the track itself as neo-soul.

Which V song, recorded for the 2021 drama Our Beloved Summer, became his first solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100?

Christmas Tree entered the chart at number 79 after a Christmas Eve release. Its video is built from scenes of the drama, so V is heard but never seen.

BTS singer V wrote and produced the 2020 single Sweet Night for which drama starring his friend Park Seo-joon?

Itaewon Class put the song on its soundtrack, and it won Best OST at the APAN Star Awards. It also debuted at number two on Billboard's Digital Songs chart in the United States.

Which 1970s-style soul song was the focus track of V's debut EP Layover, which also carries a piano version of it?

Slow Dancing won six first-place trophies on Korean music shows and was named Best Music for fall at the Fact Music Awards.

Which BTS bandmate sang It's Definitely You with V for the soundtrack of his first television drama?

Jin shares the 2016 duet, which climbed to number eight on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart.

What name is given to BTS singer V's five-man friend group with rapper Peakboy and three well-known Korean actors?

Wooga Squad took its friendship to television in 2022, when the five filmed a four-day holiday together for a reality series.

Under which pseudonym did BTS singer V credit his photography, including the cover artwork of a 2019 solo single?

Vante is the name V signs his pictures with, and his self-directed 2019 video wove in his own shots of animals, landscapes and architecture from four cities.

With which track from the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool did V make his debut with BTS in June 2013?

No More Dream was the lead track of the group's first release, and V performed it on Mnet's M Countdown on June 13, 2013.

In which South Korean city, also bandmate Suga's hometown, was BTS singer V born before growing up in Geochang County?

Daegu is where V was born, in the city's Seo District, and where he later passed the audition that made him an idol trainee.

Which creative director did V team up with to make his 2023 EP Layover?

Min Hee-jin is credited as creative director, executive producer and vocal director on its lead track. Word of the pairing broke five days before the EP was announced.

Which South Korean ballad singer joined BTS's V on the 2024 duet Winter Ahead, released while V was away in the army?

Park Hyo-shin shared a single that won Best Music for winter at the Fact Music Awards and also came out in a jazz trio version.

Which pop star joined V and J-Hope on A Brand New Day, a 2019 single from the BTS World game soundtrack?

Zara Larsson, from Sweden, helped take the track to number one on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart in its first week.

Which song did V co-produce and sing with RM, released in June 2017 to mark a BTS anniversary?

4 O'Clock celebrated the group's fourth year together. V and RM later began their army service on the same day in December 2023.

Which actor joined V, Peakboy, Park Seo-joon and Park Hyung-sik on the 2022 friendship trip In the Soop: Friendcation?

Choi Woo-shik, a star of the film Parasite, later worked beside V again as a fellow newcomer on the restaurant show Jinny's Kitchen.

In which country did BTS's V work at a pop-up Korean street food restaurant for the 2023 reality series Jinny's Kitchen?

Mexico hosted the first season in the small southeastern town of Bacalar, where the restaurant quickly became one of the most popular in town.

Which streaming service carried In the Soop: Friendcation, the 2022 travel show starring V and four close friends?

Disney+ released each episode two hours after its Korean broadcast on JTBC, and the show topped the service's TV chart in Japan for 25 days running.

Which South Korean president awarded V and his BTS bandmates the Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit?

Moon Jae-in also named the seven his special envoys for future generations and culture in 2021. V was among the youngest people ever to receive the medal.

In which branch of the South Korean army did BTS's V serve on a special task force after enlisting in December 2023?

Military police duty placed V with the Ssangyong Unit of the 2nd Corps after extended training, and he was formally discharged in June 2025.

Which self-written ballad, his first independent song, did BTS's V release on SoundCloud in January 2019?

Scenery broke SoundCloud's daily streaming record nine times in its first two weeks, and V photographed its cover art himself.

Which voice type does BTS singer V have, a range known for its husky tone and soothing low notes?

Baritone low notes like V's are counted a key element of the BTS sound. His own musicality is shaped by a love of jazz and classical music.

Which agency took on BTS singer V as a trainee after a regional audition?

Big Hit Entertainment had begun building BTS in 2010 as a hip hop group around RM, an underground rapper already known on the music scene.

In which ancient Korean kingdom is the 2016 historical drama that gave BTS singer V his first acting role set?

Silla is where a queen regent, hiding her son the rightful king, forms an elite band of young men to break the power of the nobles. V plays the youngest of them.

Which all-English song did BTS singer V release in August 2019 with a retro travel video he directed himself?

Winter Bear was V's first song sung entirely in English. He filmed its video while exploring Los Angeles, New York, Paris and London alone during a BTS world tour.

Which track on the BTS album Map of the Soul: 7 is a V solo that he helped to write?

Inner Child is a soaring track of celestial metaphors about the hard times V faced. It shares the album with a duet he sings with a bandmate.

Which luxury jeweller made BTS singer V a brand ambassador in July 2023?

Cartier put V at the head of its Panthère de Cartier line, and Seoul's tourism board then named him the city's honorary tourism ambassador for 2023.

Which British singer's ballad did BTS singer V put out as an unofficial solo cover?

Adele's Someone Like You, sung over nothing but a piano, was the song. V also put out an unofficial cover of Hug Me with bandmate J-Hope.

Which R&B singer released Wherever U R, a single featuring BTS's V, in the month he joined the army?

UMI, a Seattle-born singer with a Japanese mother, issued the non-album single in December 2023, and it went on to spawn two remixes.

Which member of the boy band SHINee acted alongside BTS singer V in the 2016 drama that was his acting debut?

Minho played Kim Soo-ho, a hot-blooded aristocrat who excels at swordplay, in a cast that also held two of V's closest actor friends.

What position did BTS singer V fill on the staff of Jinny's Kitchen, the 2023 restaurant reality series?

Intern was the bottom rung of the staff, and V was put in charge of cooking the rice before he made his first corn dog.

What is the name of the bright, innocent young warrior BTS singer V played in his 2016 acting debut?

Seok Han-sung gets along with everyone but carries a heavy burden as the last top-ranked noble of his clan. His elder half-brother is looked down on by their grandfather.

Which song on the 2015 BTS record The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 gave V his first composing credit?

Hold Me Tight lists V as a co-writer and producer, and the group's follow-up record built another song on a melody of his.

What title did BTS singer V give the fan meeting he held at a Seoul university's outdoor theater in October 2023?

Vicnic was staged at Kyung Hee University on October 14 to promote the EP Layover, which had come out five weeks earlier.

On which Spanish island was the video for V's 2023 single Love Me Again filmed, inside a cave?

Mallorca supplied the cave where V sings in sequins, ringed by old television sets that show the words karaoke-style.

Which actress joined season two of the reality series Jinny's Kitchen, filling V's spot while he was in the army?

Go Min-si had worked as a wedding planner and at a barbecue restaurant before acting, which reassured the producer about casting her.

Which actor and rapper was paired with BTS singer V for the first season of the 2016 web show Celebrity Bromance?

Kim Min-jae and V opened the series, which filmed its stars paparazzi-style from a distance so they would feel less overwhelmed by cameras.

Which figure of Greek myth did a Billboard writer see V acting out in his 2018 solo comeback trailer?

Narcissus, undone by love of his own reflection, suited a video in which V dances with white masks and gazes into a pool of water.

Which American ceremony named V's EP Layover its Favorite Debut Album in 2024, while he was serving in the army?

The iHeartRadio Music Awards prize came while V was in uniform, and the same EP also brought him two Seoul Music Awards.

Which actor was the profit-minded restaurant owner BTS singer V worked under on a 2023 reality series filmed in Bacalar?

Lee Seo-jin, a business graduate of NYU, had been a manager on the show's parent series before his promotion to owner.

Which part of making the 2020 BTS album Be did V supervise with bandmate RM, beyond singing and songwriting?

Graphics and design fell to the pair because every member took a project manager's job on the record, made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.