On an August night in Seoul, South Korea, a newly shaped manufacturing crew was organising cameras and microphones because the eight-member session band warmed up and rehearsed. A lot of the musicians had flown in from the U.S. only for this efficiency; a number of had been already primarily based in Seoul. The big day was one of many first live shows for Tiny Desk Korea, a model new collection primarily based midway around the globe from NPR’s places of work in Washington, D.C. It was an thrilling second for everybody within the room as we awaited the arrival of Kim Tae-hyung, 김태형, who most know as V from BTS.

He was about to launch a brand new album, Layover, and he’d by no means carried out the songs stay earlier than. The three sultry cuts on this set are certain to make ARMY go loopy. “Love Me Once more” begins the set with a catchy hook and steamy verses sung in Korean; you do not have to grasp the language to really feel the remorse and loss. He retains the romantic temper going with an uptempo R&B vibe on “Sluggish Dancing.” Earlier than the final tune, “For Us,” V says in Korean, “These songs evoke a way of fleeting tranquility, as in the event that they effortlessly cross by and supply a soothing pause.”

This video is a part of the newly launched worldwide model of Tiny Desk, a three way partnership between NPR and LG U+, a Korean telecommunications and media firm. All live shows – together with the primary few episodes with the Kim Chang Wan Band, Sunwoo Jung-A and the Yoon Suk Cheol Trio – can be found on the Tiny Desk Korea YouTube channel, which is able to unveil a brand new video each Thursday.

SET LIST

• “Love Me Once more”
• “Sluggish 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 Phrase: vocals

TINY DESK KOREA TEAM

• Govt Producer: DJ Lee
• Vp, Visuals And Music: Sangjin Lee
• Tiny Desk Korea Group Chief: Kilhyo Lee
• Artistic Producers: Soyeon Kang, Heewon Kim
• Tiny Desk Korea Group: Euddeum Park, Seongyeon Lee, Jisook Son
• Format Licensing Producers: InSoon Kim, Jinwoo Hwang
• Director of Manufacturing: Jinsoo Chung, Hyewon Kim
• Manufacturing Assistants: Jieun Park, Jeong Eun Gwon
• Digital camera Assistants: Lim Younger Chae, Yeom Seowoo, Wang Sunho, Kim Yonghyuk, Jeon Gihun, Suh Kangjun
• Lighting Crew: Hyunsuk Music, Yuseok Lee, Junghyun Choi, Jisu Kim

TINY DESK U.S. TEAM

• Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
• Artistic Director: Bob Boilen 
• Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Body
• Tiny Desk Group: Suraya Mohamed, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
• Senior Director of Partnership Improvement: Gordon Synn
• Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann