LV Bag

Album: released as a single (2025)
Charted: 83
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  • One of the many interesting things about modern music is that it occasionally invites you to believe in entirely fictional people. Take "LV Bag," a star-studded single featuring Don Toliver, J-Hope of BTS, Pharrell Williams and Speedy, released on February 21, 2025. The song boasts a suitably luxurious theme: opulence, designer fashion, nightlife that involves champagne fountains and a worrying lack of sleep. And yet, among these actual, living musicians, there is one curiously non-human participant: "Speedy."

    Now, you might assume Speedy is an up-and-coming rapper or a mysterious new DJ, but no, Speedy is, in fact, a bag. Specifically, a Louis Vuitton bag, cleverly smuggled into the song's lineup as if it had an agent negotiating feature credits. The Speedy line has been a staple of Louis Vuitton's catalog since 1930, when it was originally named the "Express" in honor of the world's growing fascination with fast cars. Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton's Men's Creative Director, reinvented it as the Speedy P9.
  • Don Toliver takes center stage on the track, while J-Hope delivers a lavish opening verse. Pharrell Williams handles production and songwriting duties behind the scenes.
  • Pharrell premiered "LV Bag" on January 21, 2025, at his menswear show during Paris Fashion Week. Williams and Japanese fashion designer Nigo casually walked through the runway as the track played: it seems no one simply presses play on a song anymore; it must be revealed with the appropriate level of grandeur.
  • The timing of the song's release carried additional significance for J-Hope, as it was his first new music since completing his mandatory military service in October 2024. He is also a global ambassador for Louis Vuitton; if there were ever a K-Pop star destined to deliver a verse in a song dedicated to a designer bag, it was him.

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