{"id":138203,"date":"2025-02-21T05:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=138203"},"modified":"2025-02-21T05:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:39:32","slug":"bts-v-shocks-fans-with-muscle-military-gains-in-new-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-v-shocks-fans-with-muscle-military-gains-in-new-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 V shocks fans with muscle military gains in new photos\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS member V<\/strong> is making moves online again\u2014this time for his noticeably more <strong>muscular physique<\/strong> in a newly surfaced military photo. Posted on February 19, the snap began circulating on X before reaching various fan communities. In the pic, V can be seen rocking his Army uniform, giving his iconic V hand gesture, and looking stronger than ever. With his buff appearance, BTS fans around the globe are naturally melting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KpopMilitary\/status\/1892023946033193461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1892049006768836640%7Ctwgr%5E085e1d4d382f0653ddbf3e12837b0e9154cf1076%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkvilla.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbts-v-breaks-the-internet-as-new-military-photo-surfaces-fans-swoon-over-his-bulked-up-look-1373729\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TAEHYUNG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#TAEHYUNG<\/a> looks gorgeous in newly shared photo.<\/p>\n<p> \u2139\ufe0f The photo was taken December 2024 &amp; was taken by an fan or someone close \/ related to an fan that also gave him a gift!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KimTaehyung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KimTaehyung<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaptainTaehyung?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CaptainTaehyung<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/V?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGJdElfCwg\">pic.twitter.com\/LGJdElfCwg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kpop Military Countdowns (@KpopMilitary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KpopMilitary\/status\/1892023946033193461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Word on the street (and the Internet) says this photo was taken at a <strong>Lotteria<\/strong> in Chuncheon back in December 2024, making BTS fans (known as ARMY) wonder who managed to capture this muscular moment. Many praised V\u2019s stronger look, especially since he previously weighed around 62 kg and recently revealed on Weverse that he\u2019s at 72.5 kg now\u2014and aiming for 86 kg by the end of his service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glittermagazine\/status\/1839180002207658051\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTS&#39; V shows off his muscles with friends at the gym. Looks like he is working on more than his vocal muscles. \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BTS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/V?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSXBeMp757\">pic.twitter.com\/dSXBeMp757<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glitter Magazine (@glittermagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glittermagazine\/status\/1839180002207658051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Enlisting in December 2023, V joined the <strong>Special Duty Team (SDT)<\/strong> under the Army\u2019s 2nd Corps, a prestigious unit focusing on high-risk missions. The idol is clearly thriving in the military, but fans can\u2019t wait for his official discharge on June 10, 2025. Until then, ARMY will keep cheering him on through every update (and loving his physique in the process).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS member V is making moves online again\u2014this time for his noticeably more muscular physique in a newly surfaced military photo. Posted on February 19, the snap began circulating on X before reaching various fan communities. In the pic, V can be seen rocking his Army uniform, giving his iconic V hand gesture, and looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":138204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[49,936],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-bts","10":"tag-v"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138203"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=138203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}