Fact-Check: Are BTS V and TWICE’s Nayeon Releasing a Collab MV Together?

BTS V & Nayeon Collab MV: April Fools Rumour Fact-Checked 2026

April 2, 2026 TWICETours.com Editorial Team 5 min read

⚠ Verdict: FALSE

No collab MV exists. The viral image was a confirmed April Fools’ prank. Neither JYP Entertainment nor HYBE has issued any statement about a joint project between V and Nayeon.

An image spread fast across X (formerly Twitter) on April 1, 2026, and it sent two of K-pop’s biggest fandoms straight into chaos. The post, shared by user @mzrrr_mk, appeared to show a screenshot of Nayeon’s Instagram story. It featured the TWICE lead vocalist sitting alongside BTS member V (Kim Taehyung) against a beige wall, both dressed casually in a blue hoodie and white sweats. A caption overlaid on the image claimed a “surprise video” was in preparation for both ONCE and ARMY. Thousands liked and reposted it within minutes.

The problem was straightforward: the image was fake. Here is what actually happened and what both artists are genuinely up to in 2026.

How the Viral Image Spread

The original post accumulated thousands of likes almost immediately. ONCE and ARMY flooded replies with excitement, disbelief, and the kind of all-caps energy that only a surprise K-pop crossover can generate. The fan tags “Bangtwice” and “TaeYeon” trended briefly across several markets.

Doubt surfaced fast. Fans who went directly to Nayeon’s verified Instagram account found no such story. The screenshot did not match the format or recent content of her actual posts. No video teaser appeared on any official channel, not on TWICE’s YouTube, not on V’s, and not on the Big Hit MUSIC or JYP Entertainment accounts.

That absence of official confirmation is the most telling signal. A real collaboration between two acts at this level requires coordinated announcements across multiple verified channels. Labels like JYP and HYBE do not let projects of this magnitude leak through a single unverified screenshot on X.

Both agencies remained completely silent on the matter. By the time most fans pieced the situation together, the original uploader had already confirmed in the comments section that the image was a fabricated April Fools prank.

✓ What Is Confirmed

The original poster admitted the image was a prank. Nayeon’s Instagram shows no such post. JYP Entertainment and HYBE issued no statement. No collab announcement exists on any official channel.

The Backstory: Why This Pairing Has Such Fan Traction

The V-and-Nayeon rumor did not appear from nowhere. Several real interactions over the past year gave it enough grounding to feel plausible even for a few hours on April Fools’ Day.

February 2025

TWICE’s Nayeon appeared on the YouTube show TRICK KODE, chatting anonymously with actor Park Hyung Sik. When she asked about his close friends, Hyung Sik named V among them. Nayeon’s immediate reaction—”Wow, I want to be friends too”—spread quickly under the fan tag “Bangtwice.” It was a genuine moment, though it amounts to an expressed desire rather than actual friendship.

March 2025

BTS member J-Hope and Nayeon appeared together in a Sweet Dreams TikTok dance challenge—Momo joined too. The clip hit 9.8 million views. Dating rumors between J-Hope and Nayeon had been circulating at the time, which amplified the response. Neither artist’s agency commented. The video was real; the romantic speculation was not confirmed.

July 2025

Both Nayeon and J-Hope attended BLACKPINK’s DEADLINE concerts. A clip of J-Hope greeting Nayeon circulated widely. Fans noted mirrored reactions between the two. No official comment followed from either HYBE or JYP.

April 1, 2026

The fabricated screenshot drops on X, claiming Nayeon and V are teasing a joint music video. It goes viral within hours. By evening, the original uploader confirms it was an April Fools prank. The image had no basis in any real event.

Each of these moments gave fans something genuine to point to. The cumulative effect built a BTS–TWICE crossover narrative that felt culturally real even though none of it pointed toward an official collaboration. The April Fools post exploited that accumulated goodwill precisely.

Where Nayeon Is Right Now

While the rumor circulated online, Nayeon was either performing or in active tour preparation. The THIS IS FOR World Tour is currently one of the largest K-pop girl group tours in history: 78 performances, 43 cities, multiple continents.

The North American leg runs through April 2026 and covers 35 shows across 20 cities. Remaining dates include:

• April 3–4 — TD Garden, Boston
• April 6–7 — United Center, Chicago
• April 10 — Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
• April 12 — Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul
• April 14 — Ball Arena, Denver
• April 17–18 — Moody Center, Austin

European dates follow in May and June in Lisbon, Barcelona, Paris, Turin, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, and London’s The O2. The full THIS IS FOR setlist gives Nayeon a solo stage each night and positions her as the group’s center for multiple key set pieces.

She is one of the busiest K-pop artists on earth right now. That context alone should have made the collab rumor harder to believe, though April Fools’ posts rarely come with context attached.

Context: BTS in 2026

BTS completed their military enlistment cycle and returned to full group activity in 2026. The group released their fifth full-length album, ARIRANG, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, their seventh chart-topping US album. V (Kim Taehyung) is currently engaged in BTS group promotions. No solo collab project outside that cycle has been announced.

Why This Kind of Misinformation Spreads

April Fools pranks targeting K-pop fandoms have a long history of going viral. They work because the best ones feel plausible. They borrow the aesthetic language of real announcements, screenshots, casual photo formats, the right fonts and attach them to pairings that fans already emotionally invest in.

The V-and-Nayeon prank landed particularly well because the “Bangtwice” fan community had real material to draw on. The TRICK KODE clip, the J-Hope dance videos, the concert interactions—all of it made a BTS–TWICE crossover feel culturally inevitable rather than far-fetched.

That background noise is exactly what makes the prank work. And it’s exactly why a fast fact-check matters. When misinformation like this spreads unchecked through fan databases, wikis, and pinned threads, it embeds itself in the record and resurfaces for years. New fans who discover the screenshot months later have no April 1 timestamp to contextualize it.

The rule here is straightforward: if a major K-pop announcement does not appear on the official Instagram, YouTube, or Weverse accounts of both acts and their labels simultaneously, it has not been confirmed. Screenshots on X from any user, regardless of follower count, are not official sources.

What a Genuine BTS–TWICE Collab! Would Actually Look Like

For comparison, both BTS and TWICE are managed by two of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea. A real collab between artists at this level requires label negotiations between JYP Entertainment and HYBE, a coordinated rollout plan, pre-cleared teaser content, and synchronized press releases.

Neither company lets a collaborative project leak first through an anonymous X post. The announcement vehicle for a release of this scale would be simultaneous posts across both artists’ official accounts on Instagram, YouTube, Weverse, and X alongside agency press statements.

If a V and Nayeon collaboration ever materializes and fan demand clearly exists for it, it will not announce itself via a screenshot posted on April Fools’ Day. Watch the official channels. Anything else is noise until confirmed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are BTS V and TWICE’s Nayeon releasing a collab music video?

No. The viral image was a confirmed April Fools prank posted on April 1, 2026. The original uploader admitted it was fabricated. Neither JYP Entertainment nor HYBE has announced any joint project between V and Nayeon.

Did Nayeon actually post an Instagram story sitting next to V?

No. Fans who searched Nayeon’s verified Instagram account found no such story or post. The screenshot circulating on X was not from her official account and appears to have been digitally altered as part of the April Fools prank.

Have BTS V and Nayeon ever publicly interacted?

Only indirectly. During a February 2025 episode of TRICK KODE, Nayeon said she wanted to be friends with V after actor Park Hyung Sik mentioned Taehyung as one of his close friends. The two have not appeared together in any official project. Note that BTS’s J-Hope and Nayeon did appear in a real TikTok dance video together in March 2025, though that involved J-Hope, not V, and was unrelated to any music release.

What is Nayeon actually doing in April 2026?

Nayeon is performing on TWICE’s THIS IS FOR World Tour. Upcoming stops include Boston (April 3–4), Chicago (April 6–7), Detroit (April 10), Saint Paul (April 12), Denver (April 14), and Austin (April 17–18) before European dates begin in May.