V & Park Hyo Shin’s ‘Winter Ahead’ Wins Favorite 2024 K-Pop Song in Fan-Voted Poll

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Closely following in second place was V's BTS bandmate Jung Kook with "Never Let Go."

 

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V and Park Hyo Shin got festive to wrap up 2024, and it earned them a win on Billboard‘s recent fan-voted poll for best K-pop song of the year.

Getting into the spirit of the season, fans voted for V and Park Hyo Shin’s collaboration, “Winter Ahead,” which won the competition with 50% of the votes. Closely following in second place was V’s BTS bandmate Jung Kook with “Never Let Go.” ATEEZ’s “Ice on My Teeth” came in third, followed by TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s “Deja Vu” and aespa’s “Supernova.”

V has long been open about his love of jazz, and personally reached out to Park — with whom he has a “longstanding friendship,” according to a press release — to record “Winter Ahead” together. The track was written by Jesse Harris, the songwriter behind Norah Jones’ contemporary jazz-pop staple “Don’t Know Why.”

The 29-year-old superstar also released a hardcover photo book called TYPE 1 over the summer. “V participated in every step of the planning and production, from selecting the travel destination to deciding on the title and the photobook’s components, culminating in a 224-page photobook packed with various moments he wishes to share with ARMY,” according to a post about the project on HYBE’s app.

Back in March, V dropped his first post-military enlistment single, “FRI(END)S,” which was written entirely in English. The song followed his September 2023 EP Layover.

For 2025, V is set to reunite with his BTS bandmates after the group members all complete their mandatory South Korean military service.

See the full list of results for the 2024 K-pop song poll below.

What’s Your Favorite K-Pop Song of 2024? (Poll Closed)

V & Park Hyo Shin, "Winter Ahead"
 49.76% 
 
 
Jung Kook, "Never Let Go"
 36.23% 
 
 
ATEEZ, "Ice on My Teeth"
 7.77% 
 
 
Other
 1.94% 
 
 
TOMORROW X TOGETHER, "Deja Vu"
 1.94% 
 
 
aespa, “Supernova"
 0.53% 
 
 
IU, "Love wins all"
 0.29% 
 
 
(G)I-DLE, “Super Lady"
 0.28% 
 
 
G-Dragon, Taeyang & Daesung, "Home Sweet Home"
 0.26% 
 
 
JENNIE, "Mantra"
 0.23% 
 
 
Red Velvet, "Cosmic"
 0.21% 
 
 
LISA, "Rockstar"
 0.21% 
 
 
ITZY, "Imaginary Friend"
 0.17% 
 
 
NewJeans, “How Sweet"
 0.17% 
 
 
Lim Young Woong, "Home"
 0.01%