BTS’ V Calls Lady Gaga His ‘Jazz Queen’ in a Now-Deleted Instagram Post
BTS’ V often shares his love for jazz music on his Instagram account. After V met Lady Gaga at the 2022 Grammy Awards, he posted pictures of himself with the “Love for Sale” singer, calling Lady Gaga his “jazz queen.”
BTS’ V is a fan of jazz music (and Lady Gaga)
BTS is known for its pop music. But this K-pop group also explores other musical genres — with RM, J-Hope, and Suga each releasing solo music as rappers.
V is a fan of all things related to jazz. He’s recently been learning to play the trumpet and sharing his support for Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s 2021 release Love for Sale. And along with the other BTS members, V watched Lady Gaga perform jazz live at the 2022 Grammy Awards.
“Seriously, I watched that video of Lady Gaga and Tony [Bennett] so many times,” V said during a post-Grammys live stream, according to a fan translation. “When she sang that solo, I almost cried.”
V and Lady Gaga met at the 2022 Grammy Awards
Sans the other BTS members, V approached Lady Gaga at the 2022 Grammys. It’s unclear exactly what these performers said to one another. Still, fans saw pictures of the two artists embracing, with Lady Gaga kissing V on the cheek.
V later shared a series of pictures with Lady Gaga on Instagram, tagging the House of Gucci actor and captioning it “my jazz queen is @ladygaga.” Even though he earned thousands of likes, the singer later deleted the post.
This interaction was one of the first times that a BTS member met Lady Gaga. However, Gaga wasn’t the only celebrity V spent time with during the Grammy Awards weekend. At the ceremony, V sat next to Olivia Rodrigo during the group’s performance of “Butter,” even whispering something in her ear.
Afterward, V and Album of the Year winner Jon Batiste went for dinner, with V posting pictures of the special moment. Of course, V had to visit a jazz club while spending time in Las Vegas. He posted a video of himself dancing to a cover of “Fly Me to the Moon.”
BTS’ V admires jazz artists, including Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra
Some jazz elements are incorporated into V’s solo music, especially with songs like “Singularity” and “Stigma.” Even when dancing in group BTS songs, V emulates some of his favorite jazz artists.
During an interview with Weverse Magazine, V said that jazz musicians are typically the artists he thinks are “cool.” He pointed specifically to Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra.
“Those two were also a big inspiration to me while we were working on ‘Dynamite,’” V said. “Sinatra has all this jazzy body language, but he also threw some disco in there. And I imagined how Sammy Davis Jr. might dance if there were a mic on stage and he had to dance around it.”
