{"id":3002,"date":"2023-09-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2023-09-24T14:14:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:14:56","slug":"bts-v-releases-stellar-first-solo-album-layover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/2023\/09\/16\/bts-v-releases-stellar-first-solo-album-layover\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 V Releases Stellar First Solo Album \u2018Layover\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Following in his fellow bandmates&#8217; footsteps, Korean singer Kim Taehyung, more commonly known as V, debuted his first solo album \u2018Layover\u2019. Layover marks V\u2019s official debut as a solo artist following his bandmate Jungkook who debuted his single \u2018Seven\u2019 earlier in July.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Layover\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7ixOAT89NSsgUITYc5ByB5?si=pbgvczMbS_y_EZwGUfMvcg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Announced on August 7, 2023, \u2018Layover\u2019 released globally on September 8, 2023, with a total of six tracks that are sure to satisfy fans of BTS and K Pop alike. In \u2018Layover\u2019, Kim Taehyung lets his feelings soar in an emotional, yet relatable album that plays out almost like a romance film. The album feels like a mix of Jazz, R&amp;B, and Pop, which makes for a smooth album, and overall, just makes you vibe along with the music. Over the course of the six tracks, V takes the audience on a romantic journey, with each song feeling like its own crucial phase of a relationship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album starts with the track \u2018Rainy Days\u2019, which gathered over 1 million views the first day the music video was released all the way back on August 11, 2023. If there were two songs that I told you to listen to from this album, they would be \u2018Slow Dancing\u2019 and \u2018Rainy Days\u2019. \u2018Rainy Days\u2019 explores the feeling you get right after meeting someone you like, and the anticipation that comes with seeing them again. The song is super relatable whether you\u2019ve been in a relationship or not, which is a huge reason why this album stands out among others. Instead of making you roll your eyes as other artists singing about romance and heartbreak do, V filled his album with several relatable experiences that invite the listeners to experience the feelings with him instead of coming off as \u2018whiny\u2019 or \u2018obnoxious\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other standout track in this album, as mentioned before, is \u2018Slow Dancing\u2019. This song captures the feeling of wanting to spend the rest of your life with someone, right before heartbreak. The song is filled with beautiful lyrics that are accompanied by even more beautiful instrumentals that help elevate this song to the next level. The album also revisits this song with \u2018Slow Dancing\u2019 (Piano Ver.) which closes out the album with a beautiful piano accompaniment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final song that I\u2019ll go in depth about is \u2018For Us\u2019. \u2018For Us\u2019 is the second to last song in \u2018Layover\u2019, but in many ways this song marks the end of the journey that V took us on throughout this album. The song ends in an emotionally satisfying way, not necessarily giving us the happy ending to the relationship that we all want but leaves the listeners optimistic of a better future. The way I see it, \u2018For Us\u2019 ties all the messages and themes from the album all together to form an emotionally satisfying conclusion to the story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anything about the three songs I mentioned interested you at all, you should definitely go ahead and check out the full album. The songs \u2018Blue\u2019 and \u2018Love Me Again\u2019 are also fantastic additions that I didn\u2019t go in depth about in this article, but you should definitely check them out if you are interested. At the time of writing this article, \u2018Layover\u2019 already has over 18 million streams on Spotify, with the album only being out for a little over a day. So, if you\u2019re still upset about BTS going on a hiatus, go check out V\u2019s \u2018Layover\u2019, until BTS\u2019 \u201chopeful\u201d reunion in 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: Cartier<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following in his fellow bandmates&#8217; footsteps, Korean singer Kim Taehyung, more commonly known as V, debuted his first solo album \u2018Layover\u2019. Layover marks V\u2019s official debut as a solo artist following his bandmate Jungkook who debuted his single \u2018Seven\u2019 earlier in July.&nbsp; Announced on August 7, 2023, \u2018Layover\u2019 released globally on September 8, 2023, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":338,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,19,16,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-3002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-opinions","8":"tag-album","9":"tag-bts","10":"tag-kpop","11":"tag-music","12":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/1200x0-e1695579290143.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/1200x0-e1695579290143.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"Andrew Oliva","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/author\/andrew-oliva\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/dragon-chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}