On September 8, V officially released the solo album Layover including 6 tracks - 5 songs on platforms. At the time of its release, V's album became a hot potato in the media.
One day after the album was released, fans loved and warmly welcomed his first solo album. It even led to an ironic situation for HYBE when it could not meet the demand for albums from fans. This affected V's album sales record as well as his record on the кσяєαn music charts.
Below is a situation where fans feel disappointed because HYBE underestimated the influence of V and his new album:
V is currently promoting his new solo album released today. From Love Me Again, Rainy Days to Slow Dancing, it is clear to see the lyrical music color that V is pursuing and it truly conquers the hearts of fans.
Even before V released his new album, he received many expectations from fans that he would break many great records. Not disappointing the fans, V and Layover have achieved many achievements and achieved u̾n̾e̾x̾p̾e̾c̾t̾e̾d ̾ success after just one day of debut.
Specifically, V achieved the title of million-selling album within 4 hours of releasing his first solo album "Layover" with 1,672,138 copies sold on the first day. As a result, his album 'Layover' currently holds the record as the best-selling album in Hanteo history by a solo artist on the first day of sales.
However, before the final number of first-day sales, it was announced on Hanteo's real-time chart that 'Layover' sold more than 2.2 million copies in less than 7 hours. The reason for this change is that more than 500,000 sales were subsequently deducted.
Hanteo released an official statement after adjusting this parameter. This chart indicates that they previously 'overcounted' the 'Weverse Album ver' of 'Layover' and needed to readjust the actual sales. Along with Hanteo's statement, 'c̾h̾i̾n̾a Baidu VBar', V's Chinese fan club, released a statement regarding the reason for the change in album sales and provided purchase receipts of Surname.
As it turned out, a retailer they ordered from confirmed that their order was too large and the limited supply (from HYBE) was not enough to fill it. Therefore, Hanteo cannot record the data until the supplier, i.e. HYBE, sends the album to the distributor to sell to consumers. Obviously, the 500,000 albums ordered that have not yet reached consumers will be deducted. Full sales from c̾h̾i̾n̾a are expected to be reflected early next week as supplies become available.
'Kpop Merch', the retailer responsible for this fiasco, issued a statement apologizing for taking fans' money without checking inventory and ensuring the number of albums they could purchase from HYBE. It also shows the fact that HYBE did not prepare a large enough number of albums to meet consumer demand, leading to a serious shortage of goods.
Fans have pointed out that other groups under HYBE regularly sell millions of albums and that they should have anticipated a large number of orders for 'Layover' and prepared accordingly. Some fans expressed anger at the outlet's misreporting, while others directed their disappointment at HYBE for underestimating ARMYs' abilities and V's influence.
Others also pointed out the ongoing shortages in stores in the US and UK, even for albums that were pre-ordered several weeks ago, further emphasizing that HYBE was at fault for not preparing well for fans' demand.
The silver lining in the whole situation was the proof that Taehyung can achieve mαѕѕive sales without relying on his Chinese fan club, as he broke the record for the highest 1st day album sales with non-c̾h̾i̾n̾a sales. Regardless of the situation, Taehyung did sell over 2 million albums in one day, and it will officially be reflected on his 1st week sales records.
