# @rollingstone on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=K0iPxlaSB54
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64394843-rollingstone-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-19T10:59:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) — https://gondola.cc/RollingStone

## Caption

For Rolling Stone’s eight-part May 2026 cover-story package, the seven members of @BTS met up in Seoul, South Korea in mid-February to talk with senior writer Brian Hiatt, both individually and as a group. In this solo interview, #vbts talks about trying to forget his idol identity during military service, how seven solo careers made a stronger group album, why every song on #arirang fits his style, and much more. #bts #btsarmy #thv 

V on his mindset during military service: “I tried very hard to forget about V of BTS for a while, so that I could concentrate on living my life as Kim Taehyung.”

V on rebuilding during military service: “I considered my values and my health. So I exercised, and read a lot of books. I tried to organize and give a lot of thought to my inner world, looking back on myself and contemplating the kind of person I ultimately want to become.”

V on Arirang: “There’s not a single song on this album that is not my style. Every single one is my style, and the kind of music I’ve wanted to make. So I gave it my all to create this album, and it has a lot of love in it.”

V on solo careers making BTS stronger: “Since all seven of us have had a solo career, everyone’s individual ego is stronger now. I thought that might change things when we got together again, but we actually amplified each other and ended up making a better album.”

V on acting: “I don’t want to limit myself to one genre of music. I want to experience every single genre I really love. And someday, if I get the chance, I hope I can act in a lot of different parts that I’ve wanted to try out.”

V on what his solo album 'Layover' represents: “I want to say: I can make this kind of music, but I also like many other styles. I love jazz, classical music, and even more alternative music, so I wanted to share that with ARMY and our listeners. I genuinely love music with all my heart, and Layover is that representation of me.”

V on learning from his bandmates for his next solo project: “I learned so much from the other members while working on this album, and got a lot out of observing their paths. I really learned a lot. So when the time comes to make my next solo album, I plan to absorb every member’s biggest strengths.”

V on wanting to make a pop album: “I don’t know when that would be, but some day, it’s a genre that I’d have to and would love to try. That’s what I think.”

Read the Rolling Stone interview with V here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/v-interview-bts-solo-album-1235544831//

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Talent — V
Interviewer & Senior Writer — Brian Hiatt 
Director of Social & Video — Waiss Aramesh 
Executive Producer & Shoot Director — Christopher Hwisu Kim
Senior Producer — Viviane Feldman 
Producer & Colorist — Mitch Saavedra 
Social Video Producer/Editor — Sim Tumay

Moktan Productions
Video Director of Photography — Mike Beech 
Gaffer and Camera Operator — Wonman Kim 
Camera Operators — Byeong Hwi Min, Churl Gwon, Hyunsuh Paik
DIT — Jiwoon Lee 
Sound Operator — Min Jae Lee 
Production Assistant — Seohyun Yoon

Nuhana
Executive Producer — Sooh Hwang
Producer — Sebin Park
Line Producer — Cherry Lee
Translators Alex M. Lee, Sungbin Moon

Creative Director — Joe Hutchinson
Executive Music Editor — Christian Hoard
Editors in Chief — Sean Woods & Shirley Halperin
CEO — Julian Holguin

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