Layover (album)

Layover
Studio album by
V
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Genre
Length17:36
Language
  • English
  • Korean
LabelBig Hit
Producer
  • Frankie Scoca
  • Freekind
  • Jinsu Park
  • Absent Chronicles
  • Monro
Singles from Layover
  1. "Love Me Again"
    Released: August 10, 2023
  2. "Rainy Days"
    Released: August 11, 2023
  3. "Slow Dancing"
    Released: September 8, 2023

Layover (stylized as Layo(v)er) is the debut studio album by South Korean singer V of BTS. It was released on September 8, 2023, by Big Hit Music. The record has been described as a pop, R&B[1] and jazz album "led by soulful tones of V's voice".[2] 

Layover comprises six songs, including a piano version of the track "Slow Dancing", all of which were accompanied by a music video. The videos for "Love Me Again" and "Rainy Days" were released ahead of the album's debut, while the video for "Slow Dancing" premiered alongside the album on September 13.

According to Hanteo Chart, Layover sold over 1.67 million copies on its opening day, setting a new record for the highest first-day sales by any solo K-pop artist in chart history. It topped the component Download Albums chart and the component Digital Albums Chart. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and on the corresponding issue of the Oricon Albums Chart. Layover debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, with 100,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, making V one of the highest-charting Korean solo artists in Billboard chart history, alongside his bandmates Jimin and Suga, at the time.

  1. ^ "뷔, 인간 김태형". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  2. ^ ClashMusic (September 8, 2023). "V - Layover | Reviews". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved January 2, 2024.