V and Park Hyo Shin received festive to wrap up 2024, and it earned them a win on Billboard‘s latest fan-voted ballot for finest Okay-pop track of the yr.
Stepping into the spirit of the season, followers voted for V and Park Hyo Shin’s collaboration, “Winter Forward,” which received the competitors with 50% of the votes. Carefully following in second place was V’s BTS bandmate Jung Kook with “By no means Let Go.” ATEEZ’s “Ice on My Enamel” got here in third, adopted by TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s “Deja Vu” and aespa’s “Supernova.”
V has lengthy been open about his love of jazz, and personally reached out to Park — with whom he has a “longstanding friendship,” in keeping with a press launch — to report “Winter Forward” collectively. The observe was written by Jesse Harris, the songwriter behind Norah Jones’ modern jazz-pop staple “Don’t Know Why.”
The 29-year-old famous person additionally launched a hardcover photograph ebook referred to as TYPE 1 over the summer time. “V participated in each step of the planning and manufacturing, from deciding on the journey vacation spot to deciding on the title and the photobook’s elements, culminating in a 224-page photobook full of varied moments he needs to share with ARMY,” in keeping with a publish concerning the mission on HYBE’s app.
Again in March, V dropped his first post-military enlistment single, “FRI(END)S,” which was written fully in English. The track adopted his September 2023 EP Layover.
For 2025, V is ready to reunite along with his BTS bandmates after the group members all full their obligatory South Korean navy service.
See the complete listing of outcomes for the 2024 Okay-pop track ballot beneath.