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Straits Times
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
BTS member V logs 400 million Spotify streams with Winter Ahead
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox BTS member V co-wrote and sang the tune in November 2024. SEOUL - V of South Korean boyband BTS amassed 400 million plays on Spotify with his single Winter Ahead. It is his sixth solo effort to reach the milestone, after Love Me Again, Christmas Tree, Sweet Night, Fri(end)s and Slow Dancing. He co-wrote and sang the seasonal tune with Park Hyoshin in November 2024 and entered Billboard's Hot 100 at No. 99. It is his fifth solo entry on the main singles chart. His former entries include the drama soundtrack Christmas Tree from 2022; Love Me Again and Slow Dancing, the prerelease and main track from his first solo album Layover in 2023; and the digital single Fri(end)s, which dropped in 2024. Winter Ahead also made The 27 Best Winter Songs For The Season listed by Billboard magazine. Fri(end)s was featured in the third season of Amazon Prime drama The Summer I Turned Pretty. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Business Keppel to sell M1's telco business to Simba for $1.43 billion Business Singtel, StarHub shares fall after announcement of Keppel's M1 sale Singapore Healthy lifestyle changes could save Singapore $650 million in healthcare costs by 2050: Study Opinion Anwar's government: Full house but plenty of empty offices Singapore 79 arrested, over 3kg of heroin seized in 5-day drug blitz Singapore Man's claim amid divorce that his mother is true owner of 3 properties cuts no ice with judge Asia Tourist spots in South Korea face complaints over rude service, price gouging during peak season Business Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US, official says
Korea Herald
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
BTS' V logs 400m Spotify streams with ‘Winter Ahead'
V of BTS amassed 400 million plays on Spotify with his single 'Winter Ahead.' It is his sixth solo effort to reach the milestone, after 'Love Me Again,' 'Christmas Tree,' 'Sweet Night,' 'Fri(end)s' and 'Slow Dancing.' He co-wrote and sang the seasonal tune with Park Hyoshin in November and entered Billboard's Hot 100 at No. 99. It is his fifth solo entry on the main singles chart. His former entries include the drama soundtrack 'Christmas Tree' from 2022; 'Love Me Again' and 'Slow Dancing,' the prerelease and main track from his first solo album 'Layover' in 2023; and the digital single 'Fri(end)s," which dropped in 2024. 'Winter Ahead' also made 'The 27 Best Winter Songs for the Season' listed by Billboard magazine. 'Fri(end)s' was featured in the third season of Amazon Prime drama 'The Summer I Turned Pretty.'
Korea Herald
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
BTS' V surpasses 300m Spotify streams with ‘Winter Ahead'
V of BTS logged 300 million streams on Spotify with his solo winter song 'Winter Ahead (feat. Park Hyoshin).' It is his seventh solo effort to achieve the feat. The seasonal tune was unveiled in November and entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 99 and the UK Official Singles Top 100 at No. 86. It was chosen among 'The 27 Best Winter Songs for the Season' listed by Billboard magazine. Last week, he hit the 500-million mark on the platform with 'Fri(end)s,' his second solo single to reach the milestone, after 'Love Me Again,' which exceeded 1 billion. 'Fri(end)s' was dropped as a digital single in March 2024 and ranked No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the UK Official Singles Top 100.
