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📰 #BTSV, AKA a blue-chip in advertising, showcased his unrivaled visuals & aura in two new Samsung advertisements while still craftily displaying all the endorsed products. V’s words also inspired Samsung Galaxy’s new official color, “Bora Purple.”
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📰 #BTSV exuded a sexy, devilish charm and with his black hair, deep eyes, and closed lips, making fan’ hearts flutter in the his new “Butter” concept photo version 1 pics posted by the boys’ label on the 28th.
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📰 #BTSV's self-composed song 'Blue & Gray' has now topped iTunes in 60 countries, recently adding the nation of Barbados. “Blue & Grey” is a song that shows V's musical sensibility as he directly participated all aspects in the creation of the song.
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📰 #BTSV has placed 1st in a poll on “the male idol who fans want to decorate a Christmas tree with.” V, who has a warm healing voice that goes well with winter, has many winter-themed, self-composed songs and OSTs with warm lyrics and sweet melodies.
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📰 #BTSV has been selected as the Forbes Korea model for the American economic magazine Forbes. Forbes is well-known for ranking & naming representative symbols in various fields such as “World's Best Brands” & “10 Most Influential People in the World.”
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📰 Following BTS’ concert in Busan, #BTSV posted photos on his Insta story to reminisce over the stages & express his wish to meet the fans again, making many sentimental while also re-opening the discussion on whether he is a bear or tiger / leopard.
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📰#BTSV's "Christmas Tree" continues to have an impress on Shazam. With 1.7M Shazams, it is the most streamed Korean OST & K-pop male idol solo on the platform. V is the 1st male solo singer & has the 1st Korean OST on the US Shazam TOP 100 chart (57).
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📰 Though it was the most expensive item worn by the members, #BTSV’s “dynamite donut hoodie” sold out immediately after the new video ad was posted & within a day, it topped the weekly bestsellers list, highlighting his “sold out king” moniker.
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📰 #BTSV's “#V_Christmas Tree” has surpassed 900K Shazams just 72 days after its release, setting a new record for a K-Pop male solo artist. Counting all his solo songs, V has garnered more than 2M Shazams!
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📰 #BTSV shared a playlist that reflects his wide interest in a variety of music genres including old pop, R&B, and jazz with fans on Melon Station, resulting in the highest numbers on Google Trends for all of the artists and songs on his playlist.
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📰According NetBase Quid’s August rankings, a leader in the social media analysis industry & consumer market info platform, #BTSV showed a strong presence by ranking 4th, the highest # of mentions related to “New Music” among Korean artists on SNS.
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📰 #BTSV again maintained the top spot on Japan's major rankings for a several consecutive weeks, showing off his popularity as a top performer. V topped ranking on Nehan & Bihan again doe 30 & 24 weeks. V also topped KPOP JUICE again.
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📰#BTSV captivated global fans w/ his powerful appearance Samsung’s newly released MV ad featuring BTS w/ the new Galaxy Z Flip 4. Samsung recently selected “Bora Purple,” a spinoff of one created by V, as the phone’s new representative color offering.
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📰#BTSV recently shared a self-portrait that was gifted to him by emerging star painter Andres Valencia, whom he purchased a painting from earlier in the year. The young artist is taking the art world by storm, selling many of his pieces for thousands.
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📰 On KBS 2TV’s entertainment program “2 Days & 1 Night,” #BTSV made a surprise appearance. During a game, all the members of a team had to give the same answer and the question was, “Fav BTS member?” 2 out of 3 said “V.” The third answered, ”VRM.”
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📰 #BTSV ranked ranked #1 in a poll on the “Idol I want to travel with.” Known for being a planner of several of BTS’ group outings, fans love his sense of adventure, fun and his romantic nature.
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📰In celebration of #BTSV's birthday in December, support has been announced all over the world w/ projects in countries such as in Korea, China and Japan, Malaysia, & the USA. They include everything from billboards of all sizes to online & TV media.
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📰 Appearing in an illustrated costume that coordinated with his ‘V Cookie” character, fans couldn’t get enough of his gently hug in his recently publicized photo card for the :Cookie Run: Kingdom” game on SNS.
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📰 According to a global media, #BTSV “is the most popular face and name in his group at the moment, & judging by social media activities we can boldly say he currently has the most dedicated fan base in the history of Kpop.”
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📰 #BTSV fans continued to share his love via a procession of good deeds for his birthday, donating funds in Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia & The Philippines to help street children, a non-profit animal welfare organization and struggling fishermen.
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📰#BTSV's solo song “Singularity” ranked highest among solo songs re-released with the “Proof” album on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart. It ranked at #5 following the title song “Yet To Come.” Said Billboard, “V's vocals are the backbone of BTS' sound.”
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📰 #BTSV encouraged fans WW w/ his speech at the opening session of the 76th UN General Assembly. Afterwards, several journalists shared it on their official SNS & “KOREAS PRIDE KIM TAEHYUNG,” “Kim Taehyung” and “#ThankYouTaehyung” all trended WW.
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📰 #BTSV recorded a perfect all-k1ll on Japan's representative popularity ranking sites incl. Nehan, which he’s topped for 31 consecutive weeks. V has been receiving the most attention & love among artists regardless of fields such as actors/ singers.
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📰 When the announcement for “IN THE SOOP Season 2” was posted, fans were captivated by a photo of #BTSV reminiscent of Season 1. In Season 1, V showed a natural appearance with a warm and caring nature & conveyed the theme of healing and relaxation.
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