V’s most anticipated holiday track, ‘Winter Ahead’ has been released!
The BTS member has been renowned for delivering nostalgic holiday tracks thanks to his love for jazz music and soothing voice, which he does not reflect while participating in Bangtan songs. But his previous holiday tracks like “Snow Flower,” “Winter Bear” and “Christmas Tree,” have reflected V’s expertise in creating holiday season masterpieces.
After ‘Winter Ahead’s release on November 29, it did not take the video long to go viral. ARMY were over the moon with their idol’s cinematic masterpiece, fine-tuned with Park Hyo Shin’s ballad-inspired voice. The jazz-pop track creates a cozy yet melancholic atmosphere with elements like saxophone, trumpet, and dreamy piano tones. Its lyrics explore finding warmth in the chill of the dry season.
The music video, which is closely inspired by the Greek mythology of Pygmalion, sees V sculpting a figurine that he breathes life into and sees as his ideal partner, with whom he spends beautiful moments admiring and basking in each others’ pristine warmth. They share moments of lingering touches, playful conversations, and ball dancing, which brings out V’s inner child.
Towards the end of the video, as V lets himself go and dances along with all the other sculptures that came to life, he sees another version of himself, which quickly ends his happiness high.
ARMY were quick to hash out theories behind the interesting end to the video which they shared on their X (formerly known as Twitter) accounts.
ARMY theorizes shocking ending to ‘Winter Ahead’
Fans who watched the video closely have come up with an assumption that the V who was enjoying and dancing with all the sculptures that came to life was, in fact, a sculpture himself. When he saw himself bleed, the realization finally set in that the whole time he was in a make-believe ideal world that was far from reality.
the girl is taehyungs creation AND there’s another taehyung who taehyung created himself. and he was a sculpture himself all along. pic.twitter.com/ZEWdeW2CYs
— tay⁷ 🫧 hwcwa (@kimgayism) November 29, 2024
Kim Taehyung is always ending with another version of his alter ego, this time a self carved one! pic.twitter.com/b57sHNEdnZ
— Mint Yoongi 🥢 (@PeachesMinty) November 29, 2024
THESE SHOTS SUMS IT ALL UP!!!
The woman was not real, and even the statue he was carving in the form of that woman changed (by himself) to become HIM.KIM TAEHYUNG…YOU DID IT AGAIN
Mind blown..Jaw dropped….thoughts are being thunk🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/RK5T32nRTw— Euphoria✨ (@tk_borahae_life) November 29, 2024
the face of realization & acceptance of the fact that he’s not real, nothing of it was real.. pic.twitter.com/aTLtOV7XlJ
— sen (@sugatradamus) November 29, 2024
Another upcoming holiday release from V
‘Winter Ahead’ is not the end. V is releasing another holiday special track, the Christmas classic, ‘White Christmas’ in collaboration with a remastered voice of the late legend Bing Crosby.
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The track, which will be released on December 6, will infuse V’s soothing harmony into the 1942 classic. V has expressed his heartfelt honor to carry out this dream collaboration since he was a huge fan of Bing Crosby’s music while growing up.