{"id":143481,"date":"2025-06-10T07:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143481"},"modified":"2025-06-10T07:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:24:43","slug":"the-loss-bts-v-experienced-while-in-the-military-yeontans-passing-and-a-bittersweet-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-loss-bts-v-experienced-while-in-the-military-yeontans-passing-and-a-bittersweet-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"The loss BTS\u2019 V experienced while in the military: Yeontan\u2019s passing and a bittersweet goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As<strong> BTS\u2019 V<\/strong> steps back into the spotlight after completing his military service on June 10, 2025, fans are not only celebrating his return but also honoring a loss he grieved while in duty. In December 2024, still enlisted, V revealed that his beloved dog<strong> Yeontan<\/strong> had passed away, news that hit ARMY right in the heart!<\/p>\n<p><iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-es\/album\/7ixOAT89NSsgUITYc5ByB5?si=3JNW5gbvSbyEc3ChUG04ww\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Layover\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7ixOAT89NSsgUITYc5ByB5?si=3JNW5gbvSbyEc3ChUG04ww&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gHd3XggTnZs\" title=\"[4K] &#039;HOT SOLO DEBUT&#039; V - Slow Dancing #\uc5e0\uce74\uc6b4\ud2b8\ub2e4\uc6b4 EP.814 | Mnet 230914 \ubc29\uc1a1\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gHd3XggTnZs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yeontan, a black and tan Pomeranian, wasn\u2019t just a pet; he was V\u2019s constant companion and an honorary BTS mascot. Initially introduced to fans during Jin\u2019s 2017 birthday broadcast, Yeontan became a visual king, appearing in vlogs, social media posts, and even V\u2019s solo debut visuals. He was the inspiration behind the &#8220;<strong>Layover<\/strong>&#8221; album artwork and had a cameo in the \u201cWinter Bear\u201d music video. This adorable pet also made his \u201cdebut stage\u201d (as fans call it) with V himself, joining\u00a0 him in for performance of \u201cSlow Dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBTSARMY\/status\/1863628269138088058\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">thv | IG<br \/>V posted \u201cMr. Kim Yeontan\ud83d\udda4\u201d<br \/>(IG translation)<\/p>\n<p>We love you Yeontan. Thank you for bringing so much joy to Taehyung, BTS and ARMY.\ud83d\udc9c<br \/>1\/5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UHUI0t0efc\">pic.twitter.com\/UHUI0t0efc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; US BTS ARMY (@USBTSARMY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USBTSARMY\/status\/1863628269138088058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2, 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>His passing was announced through a touching Instagram story, where V wrote, \u201cYeontan has embarked on a long journey to the dog stars. I hope you remember him and wish for his happiness even in the stars.\u201d V\u2019s grief might&#8217;ve been amplified by the fact that he couldn\u2019t be by Yeontan\u2019s side due to his enlistment. Unfortunately, the Pomeranian had faced health issues for years, including two unsuccessful heart surgeries, which V shared during a 2023 Pixid interview. Even as V greeted fans with gratitude and promises of new performances post-discharge, the loss of Yeontan might have left a quiet shadow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As BTS\u2019 V steps back into the spotlight after completing his military service on June 10, 2025, fans are not only celebrating his return but also honoring a loss he grieved while in duty. In December 2024, still enlisted, V revealed that his beloved dog Yeontan had passed away, news that hit ARMY right in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[49,936],"class_list":{"0":"post-143481","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\/143481","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=143481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}