BTS’ V Teases Fans with Mysterious New Project "Type 1"

BTS member V surprised fans on Tuesday by announcing a new musical project called "TYPE 1".

It is not clear if the announcement is for a song or an album. The new release is set to arrive on July 9.

The announcement, shared to social media, also included a steamy cover photo which features V leaning against a wall, with his hand grabbing the waistband of his pants. “I still wonder wonder beautiful story/ Still wonder wonder best part/ I still wonder wonder next story/ I want to make you mine,” the text on the photo reads in white script.

In March, V dropped his first post-military enlistment single, “FRI(END)S,” which was written entirely in English. 

The song followed his September 2023 EP Layover, which the K-pop star dropped just a couple months before beginning his mandatory service in the South Korean military alongside bandmates RM, Jimin, Jung Kook, Jin, J-Hope and Suga, who have also enlisted.

The K-pop idol previously confirmed that he had banked a few projects to release during his time away, writing in a December statement that he’d “prepared a lot of things” for the 18-month period. “I will miss you so much,” he penned at the time, as translated to English. “Actually, I’m really sad that I can’t make happy memories with my ARMY for the time being […] it’s the hardest not to see the ARMY.”