Suraya Mohamed | September 14, 2023
On an August evening in Seoul, South Korea, a newly formed production crew was setting up cameras and microphones as the eight-member session band warmed up and rehearsed. Most of the musicians had flown in from the U.S. just for this performance; a few were already based in Seoul. The special occasion was one of the first concerts for Tiny Desk Korea, a brand new series based halfway around the world from NPR’s offices in Washington, D.C. It was an exciting moment for everyone in the room as we awaited the arrival of Kim Tae-hyung, 김태형, who most know as V from BTS.
He was about to release a new album, Layover, and he’d never performed the songs live before. The three sultry cuts in this set are sure to make ARMY go crazy. “Love Me Again” starts the set with a catchy hook and steamy verses sung in Korean; you don’t have to understand the language to feel the regret and loss. He keeps the romantic mood going with an uptempo R&B vibe on “Slow Dancing.” Before the last tune, “For Us,” V says in Korean, “These songs evoke a sense of fleeting tranquility, as if they effortlessly pass by and offer a soothing pause.”
This video is part of the newly launched international version of Tiny Desk, a joint venture between NPR and LG U+, a Korean telecommunications and media company. All concerts – including the first few episodes with the Kim Chang Wan Band, Sunwoo Jung-A and the Yun Seok Cheol – are available on the Tiny Desk Korea YouTube channel, which will unveil a new video every Thursday.
SET LIST
“Love Me Again”
“Slow Dancing”
“For Us”
MUSICIANS
V: vocals
Blake Straus: guitar
Brett White: keys
Pete Jonas: bass
Destin Johnson: drums
Jacob Scesney: saxophone
Iyanu Anderson: vocals
Trudi Henderson: vocals
Jewaun Word: vocals
TINY DESK KOREA TEAM
Executive Producer: DJ Lee
Vp, Visuals And Music: Sangjin Lee
Tiny Desk Korea Team Leader: Kilhyo Lee
Creative Producers: Soyeon Kang, Heewon Kim
Tiny Desk Korea Team: Euddeum Park, Seongyeon Lee, Jisook Son
Format Licensing Producers: InSoon Kim, Jinwoo Hwang
Director of Production: Jinsoo Chung, Hyewon Kim
Production Assistants: Jieun Park, Jeong Eun Gwon
Camera Assistants: Lim Young Chae, Yeom Seowoo, Wang Sunho, Kim Yonghyuk, Jeon Gihun, Suh Kangjun
Lighting Crew: Hyunsuk Song, Yuseok Lee, Junghyun Choi, Jisu Kim
TINY DESK U.S. TEAM
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior Director of Partnership Development: Gordon Synn
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Lo amo TANTO
amo demais
the band literally stole the show! too good!
2 años atrás y no lo viiii….❤❤❤❤ gracias V por estas canciones
I love his music, this was a great live listen
His velvety voice is everything actually.
Wow – just awesome!
I love this so much.
My favorite thing about music are the emotions you feel. Some music brings so many amazing emotions to the surface. Even the sad emotions are a beautiful thing to feel while listening. The places it can take you in your memories.
Pure joy.
Thanks Tay. You truly have made my experience a rollercoaster of emotions.
Also I can't leave a comment without feeling guilty and not mention BTS. ARIRONG is in the top 5 of my most favorite albums.
The amount of maturity you all show in this album is commendable. How you show that you can stay together even with diffent personalities and opinions.
Accepting one another's self expression. No judgement just freedom to express self. That is rare. Some adults never reach that.
IM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL .
I like BTS but music and mnelody composed by V is totally my style, so relaxing, so loyal to the instruments, the composition of the song is so good and complexed, creates perfectly another and handsome athmosphere.
🥰
Beautiful song ofc tae looks gorgeous here
Amo volver a aquí de vez en cuando. 💜
,,🎶🍀🎶,,
Teteco é muito legal né? Que gosto musical incrível…além de lindo, ele passa uma vibe tão boa <3
❤❤❤ i'm melting🫠🫠
❤❤❤ What a warm voice . a good healing song
What a great band, what a nice voice, this album is just my VIBE. Thank you for this album and from now on I started becoming ARMY. Greetings from Mongolian woman living in Japan❤
🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
I love you ❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤❤
Voz limpa, intensa e uma delícia de se ouvir. Uallll❤
Perfect 💜
Back here cuz I want to shoot this video and Taehyungs voice into my veins.
Taehyung we are so proud of your voice
His album is masterpiece
Who is here after the banner of thv girl showing in nyc concert
Watched tiny desk 67 times
You can tell how much love he put into his solo album. He’s amazing and his voice is unique. He deserves the world ❤
taehyung's vocals are insane live!! so lucky to be able to hear it on tour
Keren banget taehyung ❤ suka banget
Es la primera vez que veo a un artista de un tiny desk permitiendo que la banda brille tanto sin querer tener todo el tiempo la atención y además disfrutando tanto la música, Taehyung es simplemente maravilloso❤🩹❤🩹
I never knew Asia had r&b singers
أنت أسمع صوتك في صمت عندما تكون حزين وتفضل أحيانا البقاء وحدك أنت عزلتك رهيب صوتك
Siempre vuelvo a escuchar a Tae, me reconforta el alma, gracias genio!! 🥰😍
Our Soul man V of BTS❤❤
I will never forget this beauty 😊💜💜
Linda música V .
Amo esta musica do kim Taehyung Vdo BTS
Simply beautiful! ❤