BTS V appeared in a new song by popular Russian group Friendzone.
Recently, she posted a video introducing her new song on TikTok, a global video platform of Maybe Baby, a female member of Friend Jonah. Friend Jonah is a Russian mixed duo who debuted in 2018 and is listed on the top 40 charts for Russian celebrities.
According to the video, the group’s new song lyrics include V’s real name, Taehyung. The lyrics contain the sentence, “You’re not Taehyung, just as I’m not Jendea.” Jendea Coleman is a role model for girls, an actor who performed perfectly in director Michael Gracie’s “The Great Showman.” As it is a mixed duo’s song, it seems that the lyrics include V and Jendea, the role models and object of envy for boys and girls.
Through the fact that the name of BTS V is included in the song of a popular Russian group, one can realize its popularity in Russia as well. In particular, V has the highest personal ranking among K-pop artists in Russia.
According to a tally by Dear Zone, the largest K-pop community based on Vkontakte, Russia’s largest social network, BTS ranks first in Russia with about 480,000 local fan club members. Among them, member V ranked fourth overall with about 180,000 members in the overall ranking of the group and individuals. In other words, he ranks first as an individual. The monthly growth rate of membership is also confirmed to be the highest among individual artists.
