FRI(END)S'

Album

Single

Label

Big Hit Music

Genre

-Pop

Media Type

DD

Duration

2:28

Composer(s)

Castle;Connor McDonough;Melanie Fontana;Riley McDonough;Salem Ilese;Michel "Lindgren" Schulz;Ori Rose

Entered Chart

Mar 30, 2024

Peak Date

Mar 30, 2024

Released

March 15, 2024

"Fri(end)s" is an English-language song where V pours his heart out to a friend. The two have been thick as thieves since 2009, but here's the rub: V wants more. He's tired of this "friend's" malarkey and fancies taking things to a whole new level. The title itself is a bit of a cheeky play on words that comes from the last line of the chorus: So let's put the "end" in friends Now, a cynic might think he wants to turn enemies, which wouldn't be ideal, would it? But no, V wants a change in the friendship dynamic. He desires a deeper connection, possibly a romantic relationship. Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough, Ori Rose, Joel Castillo, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel "Lindgren" Schulz & Salem Ilese wrote "Fri(end)s." The McDonough brothers also produced the track. Other songs on Connor and Riley McDonough's resumé include Joji's "Glimpse Of Us," Mimi Webb's "Red Flags" and Anne-Marie's "Unhealthy." "Fri(end)s" was released on March 15, 2024. South Korea has this mandatory 18-month military service and the song marked V's first music release since he got shipped off for his stint in December 2023. V was assigned to the "Ssangyong Unit" of the 2nd Corps, serving under the Special Task Force of the Military Police Corps. In the music video, V finds himself in two parallel universes: one where he's surrounded by couples all loved-up but utterly alone, and another that has him in a seemingly perfect relationship but everyone else around them looks miserable! It's all a metaphor for V's internal conflict, of course.

(Friends, ooh-ooh-ooh)

You're in my head
I had plans for the weekend
But wound up with you instead (ah-ah)
Back here again (woah-oh)
Got me deep in my feelings
When I should be in your bed

You and I go back to like '09, it's like forever
And you were there on my lonely nights, yeah, keeping me together
So wouldn't it make sense if I was yours?
And you could call me your baby
But we say we're just, say we're just

Friends, just for now
Yeah, but friends don't say words that make friends feel like more than just
Friends, just for now
Now I'm over pretending, so let's put the "end" in friends

Friends are not supposed to get too close
And feel emotions that we're feeling now, now, now
We ain't slowing down, down, down (yeah, yeah, yeah)
But once we cross the line, there's no denying you
And I can never turn around, 'round, 'round
Know we'll never be the same

You and I go back to like '09, it's like forever
And you were there on my lonely nights, yeah, keeping me together
So wouldn't it make sense if I was yours?
And you could call me your baby
But we say we're just, say we're just

Friends, just for now
Yeah, but friends don't say words that make friends feel like more than just
Friends, just for now
Now I'm over pretending, so let's put the "end" in friends

(Let's put the "end", yeah) Friends, just for now (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Yeah, but friends don't say words that make friends feel like more than just (let's put the "end", yeah)
Friends, just for now
Now I'm over pretending, so let's put the "end" in friends

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)