The song, a duet with fellow K-pop artist Park Hyo-sin, was released on Friday. By 6 a.m., “Winter Ahead” had topped the iTunes Top Songs charts in multiple countries, including the UK, Germany and Japan, according to the agency.
The romantic jazz song also topped the Worldwide iTunes Song and European iTunes Song charts.
The music video for “Winter Ahead” topped YouTube Trending Music Videos Worldwide. Within 24 hours of its release, it received over 4.48 million views, which proves the huge interest of fans around the world.
The success of “Winter Ahead” reflects V’s growing popularity as a solo artist. Other solo projects of all BTS members are also successful. So will they soon decide to go their separate ways?