Iqela laseMelika Maroon 5 Usanda kubhengeza ukukhutshwa okulandelayo kwengoma yakhe entsha, ebizwa ngokuba yi-'Maps' kwaye iya kuba simboniso wokuqala wecwecwe lakhe elitsha, 'V', eliza kukhutshwa phakathi kuSeptemba. Iqela elikhokelwa ngu-Adam Levine likhuphe ezi ndaba kwiintsuku zamva nje ngewebhusayithi yalo esemthethweni, apho banike iinkcukacha ezininzi zecwecwe eliya kuba lilandela elithi 'Overexposed' ukusuka ngo-2012.
Entsha 'V' Iya kuba yi-albhamu yesihlanu ye-studio kwileyibhile ye-Maroon 5. Ibhalwe eLos Angeles kwiinyanga zakutshanje kwaye ibonise abavelisi abadumileyo abafana noMax Martin, uBenny Blanco kunye noRyan Tedder. Kwakhona okufakwe kwicwecwe kuya kuba nguShellback, owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe noChristina Aguilera kunye ne-One Direction, kunye ne-keyboardist uJesse Carmichael, obuyele kwiqela emva kokungabikho kwakhe kwicwecwe langaphambili.
Lo msebenzi mtsha uya kuba ngowokuqala ukuba barekhode ngeleyibhile yokurekhoda IiRekhodi ze-InterscopeEli qela likwabhengeze kwiintsuku zamva nje ukuba ukunyuswa kuka-'V' kuza kukhatshwa lukhenketho lwehlabathi oluyinxalenye yesivumelwano abanaso nenkampani yemveliso yehlabathi iLive Nation.