BTS’ V’s Style in Fake Love
On May 15, 2018, BTS released the song Fake Love which included one of the tracklist and lead singles from their 3rd studio album, Love Yourself: Tear (2018). Because the popularity of BTS is increasingly peaked and their fans are very many who come from South Korea and abroad, BTS was able to penetrate the US Billboard Hot 100 with 29,000 digital sales and became the first record for BTS to get the 1st Top 10 Entry in the second highest position as a Korean musician group in US
V’s appearance is getting more and more handsome and has significant changes that make the fans become more melted because of the cool visual V with its new appearance. The song itself, Fake Love, has a meaning about relationships and fake love. Through this song, BTS again presents many concepts that contain profound meanings and theories that are presented from each scene in the music video.
In addition, the appearance of V in the Fake Love era has become more iconic because V’s hairstyle has upgraded with mullet hair and dyed black which shows a very handsome and mature visual. V looks more charismatic and he gets lots of positive responses from fans.
Not just a beautiful voice, V has a visual that is recognized by everyone. This idol, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, is known for his handsome, almost perfect face. He has a sharp nose, sharp eyes and beautiful forehead, which emphasizes his face.
Not only were the visuals of the BTS members the main concern of the fans, but their achievements and awards in the Fake Love era were also numerous, such as the Mwave Global Fan Choice at the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Best Rap / Hip Pop at Melon Music Awards, Best Group Video – International at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan, Music Video of the Year at the Soompi Awards (2018), Digital Bonsang at the Golden Disc Awards (2019) and many more.
What do you think about the appearance of BTS’ V in the era of Fake Love?
BTS’ V’s Style in Idol
BTS released the song titled Idol on August 24, 2018 which was one of the songs and lead singles from their 3rd compilation album, Love Yourself: Answer (2018). This song is also a collaboration of BTS with Nicki Minaj and again reached chart number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Idol also received a gold certificate from RIAA.
Idol has lyrics that contain deep meaning for BTS as an idol. Idol also has a double meaning as an abbreviation of “I DO LOVE MY SELF”. As per the concept of this album, that although the BTS member is an idol but they are also human beings. They can also feel love, love themselves and others. The message “Love Your Self, Love My Self” is emphasized in this song.
And the lyrics “You can’t stop me to love myself” which is always repeated is a form of self-love that others should have. When we respect and love ourselves on the right path, we will also be able to love others. BTS conducted a campaign with UNICEF with the theme “Love Myself” to prevent violence against children and adolescents.
In some parts, BTS slipped Korean traditional elements. Chu-Imsae is part of traditional Korean music such as samul nori (Korean percussion music). Like the sound of ‘dung-gi-duk-koong-du-ru-ru’ creates the characteristic rhythm of Samul Nori. Idol is a BTS song that combines modern and traditional concepts. In terms of melody, BTS uses EDM and Trap Groove and is interspersed with traditional Korean instruments.
Aside from the concept of Idol’s music video, the latest appearance from V is also a concern for fans. V hair which in the Idol era has changed to a light pink color with blonde in the hair on the right side. The make-up used by V still looks natural with blue contact lenses that make this colorful appearance even more attractive.
Some fans and netizens gave their comments and comments regarding V’s appearance in the Idol era, such as “Not just handsome, but he has a certain aura,” wrote a netter. “If I were an idol, I would make a role model too,” continued another netter. “How should I say it. You won’t see it once enough but want to continue seeing it,” added another netter.
“I can’t help being mesmerized whenever I see it appear in a music video. Even his gestures look very natural and his facial features are like that. I can’t do anything but be amazed at him,” continued another netter. “I repeated watching the music video 5 times just to see it. He was really very handsome,” concluded another netter.
What do you think about the appearance of BTS’ V during the Idol era?
BTS’ V’s Style in Boy with Luv
BTS returned to their comeback on April 12, 2019 with one of their songs in the 6th EP, Map of the Soul: Persona, entitled Boy with Luv. This song scored a record with the most-viewed online music video in 24 hours totaling 74.6 millions views during the day after the music was uploaded. Besides inviting Nicki Minaj to collaborate in the Idol era, this time BTS invited Halsey to collaborate and appear on Boy With Luv’s music video.
Still the same as the previous music video concept, BTS performed cheerfully and filled with colorful concepts in its comeback in 2019. The scenes taken in this music video were adapted from the musical drama Singing in The Rain and the color choices for filming sets were also made as bright as possible and match the outfit they wear.
In the Boy with Luv era, BTS also won several awards, such as Choice Collaboration at Teen Choice Awards, Summer League on VH1 India, Best Song at Power Radio Summer Awards, Best K-Pop at MTV Video Music Awards, Favorite International Hit on Nickelodeon Brazil Kids’ Choice Awards, Song of the Year at the Mnet Asian Music, and many more.
V hairstyles in the Boy with Luv era also received special attention from the fans because his new blue hair looks very bright and is suitable for V. Still with the same hair style as before, the V that has blue hair has a curly style and her bangs are made in the middle.
In this comeback, V is seen with its natural and visual make-up that emits an aura like an idol right without having to add additional concepts or touches in addition to changes in her hairstyle.
Because V is the member who changes hair color most often, one of the posts in the online community thinks that V experienced hair loss in this era. Army also replied to each other’s comments and disagreed if V called experiencing hair loss.
“Honestly, it’s very interesting to know that male idols also use haircuts (as bangs).” Army commented, “Wide forehead is not the same as hair loss. There are many idiots who cannot distinguish between wide forehead and hair loss.” another Army replied, “Wow I can’t believe there are still people who want to drop visuals from V.” continued the comments of other fans.
What do you think of the BTS’ V performance in the Boy with Luv era?
Well, that is all information about BTS’ V and the transformation in his visuals from being a child to grow up to what he is today. Aside from having handsome and charismatic visuals, V also has other advantages in talent and is also included as an idol born with natural beauty. Let’s continue to support V and BTS so we can see their comeback as soon as possible!
