Ibhendi laseMelika Maroon 5 usanda kumemezela ukukhipha okulandelayo kwengoma yakhe entsha, ebizwa ngokuthi 'Amamephu' futhi okuzoba ukubuka kuqala kwe-albhamu yakhe entsha, 'V', ezophuma maphakathi no-September. Iqembu eliholwa ngu-Adam Levine likhiphe lezi zindaba ezinsukwini ezedlule ngesizindalwazi salo esisemthethweni, lapho linikeze imininingwane eminingi ye-albhamu ezongena esikhundleni se-'Overexposed' kusuka ngo-2012.
Okusha 'V' Kuzoba i-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo kulebula ye-Maroon 5. Iqoshwe e-Los Angeles ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula futhi ifaka abakhiqizi abadumile abafana noMax Martin, uBenny Blanco noRyan Tedder. Abanye abazovela kule albhamu nguShellback, owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe noChristina Aguilera kanye ne-One Direction, kanye nomculi we-keyboard uJesse Carmichael, obuyele eqenjini ngemuva kokungabi khona e-albhamu edlule.
Lo msebenzi omusha kuzoba ngowokuqala ukuwuqopha nelebuli yokuqopha Amarekhodi e-InterscopeLeli qembu liphinde lamemezela ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula ukuthi ukukhangiswa kuka-'V' kuzohambisana nokuvakasha komhlaba okuyingxenye yesivumelwano abanaso nenkampani yamazwe ngamazwe ekhiqiza i-Live Nation.