In the lyrics RM mentions SKY which is an acronym for prestigious Korean universities: Seoul National University, Korea university, and Yonsei University. This song was basically criticizing the rigid Korean education system where the only thing you’re expected to do is study and get a certain job or you’re not successful. I don’t want to say the school system is necessarily the reason why because I don’t want to assume but Korea has one of the highest (or the highest) suicide rates in the world
So many reactors have BTS content, and you can tell they’re into the music, but most times it still feels like they don’t really “get it.” But how quickly you guys dove into the storyline, the theories, the lives, the lyrics - it feels like you also live and breathe music and it’s important to you to really understand the art. You’re one of the few who I’d consider ARMY, and I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys!
We genuinely love learning about them and other groups. We feel it would take more work to fake a reaction rather than play and watch and speak your mind 😁💜🤙🏾
I deeply agree with you..... I have just recently had this conversation with my sister who has been an Army since 2013..... I have noticed that many youtubers are using BTS to gain fans and views..... There are a very, very, very few who actually appreciate BTS for who they are, not just the music
Very good reaction.. most people living in asiqn countries can understand this, but not often i can find reactors from the us get this "vibe". U,re good men!
N.O - stands for No Offense SKY - stands for Seoul, Korea, and Yonsei universities (the top 3 universities in Korea - the assumption is, if you make it into one of these 3, your future is pretty much assured success) - Korea has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world, especially among young people - teens and young adults - the pressure for working hard/studying hard and that drive for success puts friendships on the backburner - this causes such stress and loneliness in the young people, that they often resort to ending their lives rather than try to persevere through hardships to try to attain a near mythical goal of success and happiness - BTS urges them no, live their own lives, attain happiness NOW, and that success can only be determined by what each individual needs to achieve that happiness, rather than material goals set by others It is not uncommon for a child in school in Korea to spend 18-20 hours a day in school work. They get up early, go to school, then attend mandatory after school studies, go home (sometimes past 10pm), study at home, then sleep. This does not include those students who ALSO work part-time jobs to help their families. Here's a video of a couple Koreans reacting to a video of vlogs taken by Korean and US students - th-cam.com/video/LkbKfYpgFgE/w-d-xo.html. It shows some of the stark differences. This is not to say everything about the Korean education process is bad - there is a level of education there that the US simply can't compare with. The problem is the stress, and finding a solution for that.
Jungkook, Jimin and V went to high school of performing arts, which basically prepare the students for the entertainment industry. Usually students from these schools will further their studies at Universities focused on arts (like the one Jin went to i.e. Konkuk University). So, their teachers probably didn't have issues about their songs. But N.O was not well-received by the general public especially the parents generation (well, the lyrics criticize them too 😉 ).
@@aminahammouda259 what do u mean they didn't go to high school? of course they went to high school....V and Jimin in the same school but different class.
👏👏👏 I'm so glad Alex finally connected to a song on a cellular level!! His grin at the end showed it completely 🤣 Allen feels the connection in every song but speechlessness is always fun to watch! Continue the reactions in chronological order pls! 💜♾️
I honestly like the conversations that spring out of these songs. You don't just go like, nice visuals, nice production, great choreography, done. I find myself nodding in agreement and at times want to chime in. When's that Zoom call happening? Hahaha
« N.O. » is about being kids/teens being pressured and forced to study, to care so much about grades and being perfect good students and being successful and having safe careers and making money etc. and how that pressure negatively affects kids/teens. BTS are trying to encourage them to stand up and have their own dreams and pursue those dreams and not focus so much on these things and be forced into someone else’s dream. Here the explanations of some lines : A GOOD HOUSE, A GOOD CAR, WILL THESE THINGS BRING HAPPINESS? IN SEOUL TO THE SKY, WOULD YOUR PARENTS BE HAPPY? money can’t buy your happiness SKY: Acronym for the three big universities in South Korea. “SKY is an acronym used to refer to the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University.” RM is asking people think, would having a lot of money and good things and going to a good university make you happy? Or your parents? I WANT TO EAT AND HAVE FUN, I WANT TO TEAR MY UNIFORM J-Hope doesn’t want to just constantly study, he wants to be able to enjoy and be a kid. Due to all the adults' pressure he just wants to toss aside school stuff and have fun and be normal. ADULTS SAY THAT WE HAVE IT SO EASY THEY SAY I'M ON MY WAY TO HAPPINESS THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN MY UNHAPPINESS? THERE'S NO CONVERSATION TOPICS OTHER THAN STUDYING OUTSIDE, THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS LIKE ME, LIVING THE LIFE OF A PUPPET WHO WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY? They are saying when ever we go to school we have to do what ever the grown ups say .We can only talk about school and we are being controlled by adults and they want to know who will stand up to them. Voilà, I hope not to bother you with my explanations but I love to hear you talk and give your opinion on how you feel about the lyrics and visuals, it's like a podcast... I find that you have this thing in common with BTS, that you want to be useful to this world by bringing comfort already through your job which is not easy and you find the time to share with us very constructive opinions that can only contribute to advance humanity... You are very good speakers... Don't forget that we listen to you all over the planet... Love ya
I'm impressed you guys recognized the music from MMA dance break good job also react to MAMA 2019 BTS did this song live after like 5 years along with we are bulletproof pt2 I always say N.O is a revolutionary song well at least it is to me I'm from an Asian country and let me tell you the last few years this was the song I used to hear cuz I felt so right. Its the same in Korea too schools here put too much pressure on the kids and so do parents unless you become like idk a doctor, engineer you've failed thats why I love bts for talking about all this and this was just 2013
You guys are doing the right thing by watching the MVs in order, so when you get to We are Bulletproof: The Eternal, it will All...Make...Sense. 😆 If you then move on to other songs that don’t have MVs, you’ll also come across some great gems (Anpanman, So What, Paradise...heck, everything from the Tear album and many, many more, LOL).
@Amicy Love the BTS journey! BTS 'N.O' (2014) BTS 'ON' (2020), BTS 'boy in luv' (2014), BTS 'Boy with luv' (2020), BTS 'We are Bulletproof -Pt2' (2014), BTS 'We are bulletproof: The Eternal' (2020). Thanks for another BTS reaction!
It’s pretty sad how the kids don’t even have a chance to group up like it’s crazy. I found out in 2016 that Korean has the highest suicide rates out of all the country’s buy who knows now. May I add that during this time BTS was getting a lot of hate as well which is dumb bc they were speaking for something that is actually meaningful. Great reaction! Also congrats on 25k🎉
High school students go to school until 10:00 pm . After classes they stay to study for their SATs. To get in to Seoul Unv. , or Sky Unv., you can only miss 2 questions. I saw a video of them giving students at Berkley, and an English professor at Harvard and they were not able to pass. The test is also timed and you have 1 minute for each question on the English part. It was crazy. Also after they leave their study groups at 10pm, they still need to go home and do regular homework. 😱
This was the era where bts almost disbanded because of lack of resources/funds. Oh it breaks my heart just by thinking about it, they really deserved what they have now. Anyway thanks guys for giving us so much content, borahae💜
fyi the title is N.O not No N.O for No Offense :) If you guys like this song, i recommend BTS - Spine Breaker lyrics video and live video (there's no music video) + the explanation by dkdk And BTS - Crow tit/ Baepsae lyrics and live (there's no music video too) + the explanation by dkdk It's interesting to hear how people outside of korea break down BTS' lyrics~ waiting for yours!! Thankyou
This song hits me everytime I listen to it... it kind of makes me remember the time in school where I struggled a lot... this was the only comfort I had at that time cause everyone around me told me I'm just being dramatic and that it's not that bad :)
bts were never afraid of speaking out they're really using their platform really well and this is why they are really something, they are not just artists, they are a movement.
It seems you realized it already, but the 2019 MMA performance, their last song Dionysus had that epic dance break. The dance break back track was a remix of this song, that's why we all went extra nuts when the dance break started. I'm sure you realized too that all the solo dances before Dionysus were also remixes of some of their songs throughout their career in chronological order: V had No More Dreams, Jin had Danger, Jimin had I Need U, Suga had Fire, JK had Save Me, and J-Hope had Fake Love. Not to mention also the Boy in Luv throwback. Realize that they have been around for 7 years since their debut, and Boy in Luv and N.O were 6 years ago near the beginning of their career. For them to pull those choreography moves and songs back out after all these years was an awesome nostalgic moment. In the end, that performance was hinting that the album MOTS:7 released early this year would be about their journey, in which that album also had many easter egg references to their past songs, albums, etc.
These lyrics are just chef kiss 👌🏼 If you watch it now and start to think, a rookie boy group did SO MUCH through their song. Tryna give us (the listener) a brand new insight about society, social prejudice, politic etc that NO ONE has never said but THEY DID when they only 16-21th at that time. They've been grown up so much.
This is my favourite old school BTS song. It's not uncommon for students to be expected to study from 8-9am all the way to 10pm, one way or another, whether that's at regular school, after school study sessions. A lot of them also then go home and continue studying. And they feel the need to do this as they need to achieve otherwise they are classed as failures. I remember watching a "A day in the life of a Korean student" vlog and she went to school at 8, finished at 3/4ish, went straight to a study school until 9pm, that closed, then went to another one until 11pm, went home and did another hours worth of studying. I feel for them so much, the pressure they are under doesn't allow them time to be kids or to even dream, all they know is studying. And I really commend BTS for tackling a subject as big as this. I really do hope one day it changes for the students of Korea.
A friend of mine taught English in Korea for a year. He said his students felt stressed and pressured all the time and he worried about how burnt out and exhausted they seemed at such young ages. It was pretty brave of BTS to write and perform a song that took on such a powerful established system like the education system is south korea. Also i affectionately refer to this time in their career as "The Eye Liner Years". Lol.
Another great reaction. 😊 I really enjoy seeing the sincerity in your reactions and the effort you put into understanding the messages of the songs. Plus your stories are too funny. Along the lines of challenging the establishment, I think you’d also like Silver Spoon/Baepsae along with the explanation video, where BTS criticizes the older generation for messing things up for the younger people and then expecting them to do better. There’s no MV, but they do have a great dance practice to the song. 😄
I don't know if anyone else talked about this, but yes, Korea's education system is very strict. I don't know if this correct, but I did read somewhere that the average high school student in Korea goes to school about 12-14 hours a day. They go to school about 7:00-8:00 in the morning and school ends around 4:00 in the afternoon. However, they have this thing called self-study where most students stick around after school for many hours to get some extra tutoring or studying in afterwards (self-study, I think, is optional). They usually don't get home until late at night. Then, they do their homework, go to bed, and wake up again. As for vacation, I think they only get one month of summer break a year, unlike the U.S. But, like I said, I don't know for sure because I've never been to Korea. That is just what I read somewhere online. But because of this students are able to build up stronger relationships with their classmates and teachers than in the U.S. P.S. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
I realized that I was nodding along to your discussion when you spoke about "you guys have it easier" and mental health. I noticed it with my parents a lot too. As I grew older, I began having discussions with them about mental health because I was active in different clubs that stemmed from that topic. My mom especially couldn't really comprehend how young people suffer from anxiety and depression. We spoke a lot about it and we realized that she was always busy and could not focus on her mental status, none of my parents could. They were always concerned on how to make ends meet, how they were going to feed us, if the money that they have could provide for us and their parents. Your discussion really invoked a lot of thoughts that I had forgotten.
This was one of the best reactions I watched from you guys...Bts is different from other kpop acts in this respect, they dared to touch upon topics which were not discussed openly in a conservative society like S. Korea so...Much of BTS’s discography has delved on topics of social issues..so proud I Stan them 💜
Amazing reaction!!! BTS N.O. is precious treasure in my heart. This song (live performance) made fall in love with BTS. I am a Korea lady grew up in Korea but have lived in US more than I lived in US. When I heard this song, it smacked in my head. I realized that I became those adults whom I fiercely resisted when I was in school. This song helped me reflect on myself as a mom. 💜
guys i love to hear your thoughts on these different matters so much! it’s amazing to hear other ppl’s insights on bts’ music and messages! i appreciate all your reactions so much, and i’m always excitingly waiting for the next ones. stay happy and healthy💜
Love to see Alex's smile after the song. Thank you guys for recognize greatest of BTS lyrics. They have great message behind every songs but at the same their music also great to listen to.
The education system all over asia is very strict..Asian parents, education system, societal pressure, values.. everything... it's similar in Asian countries.. As an Indian myself..i see many, almost everything, similarities in India & korea's culture, overall environment in society, values, everything.. & it's similar in every Asian countrie.. it's far different from western society, culture & values..so i can relate a lot to their songs like this.. *Thank you so much for your genuine reactions.. lots of love & support from Indian Army 🇮🇳💜🥰*
Kpop idols shouldn't talk about things like this, but they did. I really like how you guys not just go through the lyrics but into them, you really search for a meaning and not just the sound and the vibe in a song.
I love this channel because you guys are a real reactor, the focus on everything not like other people the only want viewers and subscribers So I purple you 💜
This song gets me pretty emotional. Yes, you're right Alex. BTS has always tackled what matters in their productions. It's what sets them apart from the others. They make you feel their emotions in their lyrics, singing and performances which is very powerful. What's more, as you have so far witnessed, they have been consistent from the beginning in their mission to speak out about things that truly matters and are meaningfully helpful especially to today's youth like mental health and loving others by loving yourself. I was thoroughly impressed with how well you analyzed their songs. I am becoming a fan of the Amicy brothers. Love your genuineness and hilarity.😄💜💜
It's not really popular back then but this song is my ultimate favorite, from the beat,lyric,dance,visual,u could see their Passion in their eyes I bet it'll do well received even when they rerealese it now
In Korea, the big companies will only hire from certain universities. If you make it to the top 3, you pretty much can get hired anywhere, but if you don't... your options for places to work are more limited. There are about 10 universities that are considered "good" and you're out of luck with anything less. That's why their version of the SAT test is such a huge deal because it will literally determine the rest of your life. Very few people are able to reset their lives later like we do all the time in this country because where you finish your schooling determines your options.
I finally watched it! Yes I totally agree with the mental health part. I grew in a family where we always think about what to eat the next day or where to get money for our bills. Mental health isn't the priority not until I got here in the US, where I have more time to retrospect and know myself. So yeah I totally agree with all the things you've said.
In my opinion this is the right way to raise kids coz even if they pressure them to do good in school at the end the one who will benefit it the most are still the kids.. Asian parents just wants their kids to have a good future, tbh I also want to raise may daughter this way.
I didn't say is a bad way but I think there should a balance between school and being kids/teenagers. If you show the kid from an early age time management and organizational skills. They will do well.
@@opparsgangnamstyle9150 yes getting a good education is important but it's extreme in South Korea. Students go to school in the morning, then after school to private academies to study more and only come home late at night (12-15h of studying in total). The competition and pressure is so high that SK has the highest suicide rate in the world.
Same in Japan. When I went Japan for a month vacation. First I didn't understand why kids are still in their school uniforms and back packs at 9 at night waiting for trains. Someone told the kids actually on their way to cram schools.
I am a Registered Nurse and work with alot of millennials and have so much respect for them. They graduated with tremendous debt. This was not true for my generation. We went to community colleges for relatively little money. Those who got their BSN same thing went to state college at very affordable rates. And the job of being an RN has changed so much. These young nurses became nurses for the same reason we did, but find out it's not a out patient care at all it's about endless documentation and all its about the chart. The stress they face and added responsibilities that increase daily are overwhelming. I see them work so hard to give the best care possible. I bow download to these young nurses everyday. I do not know if I entered healthcare today that I would have stayed or lasted the 37 years I have. Not for one minute do I believe the younger generation has it easy at all.😪 Watch Baepsae and then the DKDKTV explanation, it's another statement by BTS about their generation.
Guys, congratulations on 25K subs, you're halfway there! I knew you could do it, you have good content💜 thanks for reacting to our boys and getting to know them👍🔥
Yes school in South Korea is very strict even elementary school student can studying from the morning until 10 pm every day and not often playing with their friends.
Thank you! Loving y'alls reactions :) Plz react to the BTS DANCE PRACTICE videos of the songs u've heard. They lit!!!! Especially the older ones, their my favorite BTS choreo's. Love that ur getting the the fun side & the emotional pensive experience of the lyrics. Ur also getting the LITness of the musical experience. The artistic experience is all there in just about every single MV. HOWEVER! Ur missing out on the dancing, their choreo's are all individually a whole Mood! A Vibe! A festive delight .
(i am not korean soo correct me if i am wrong) Things you really have to know to be a kpop fan are HYUNG means older brother Maknae means youngest OPPA is a word used by girls to call older males Only BTS Hyungline :JIN(27 years old)1992,, Suga(27years old)1993,,JHOPE(26 years old)1994,, RM(25 years old)1994 maknaeline :JIMIN(24years old)1995,,V(24 years old)1995,,JUNGKOOK(22years old)1997 What more?
Here are some things you really have to know to be bts fan are:- Porahae : I purple you WWH : world wide handsome aka Kim Seok Jin Hwangeum maknae : golden maknae aka JK OTP : One true pair (example: Namjin) Hwagae Market : a market where SOPE's hometown meet Sasaeng : crazy fan invading their privacy Jungshook : Sh👀k Jimin : late Kaepjjang : awesome daebak/amaJINg/leJINdary : very cool Lachimolala : carbonara Namjesus: geting some help/having patience You welcome!
@@mariellaploix8599 yes, usually oppa is when a younger female call a older male.. Orrabeoni (formal)/oppa (informal) is when a younger female call her older brother.
to get a glimpse of how it is kindly watch " sky castle - trailer " its a korean drama talked about the educational burden and its a must watch for every k-drama lover but i guess u guys might not have that much tie ... so trailer will be fine ... its on netflix
You can also see why with songs like this as some of their first songs that a lot of people didn't like them and were like "who are these kids openly criticizing things" certainly parents wouldn't have liked their kids listening to a song with that message. I don't know first hand but I have heard Koreans say that even young elementary age kids go to study "sessions " into the evening for hours after school.
Great job. Love the way you guys doing the lyrics first then MV. Now you need to react the dance practice to all these songs. You guys be amazed the details that went into their dance routine. There's also dance practice for all the MAMA performances.
BTS really is the very 1st band, atleast kpop boy group that tackles issues in the society. Most kpop group before BTS only focus on bop songs, repetitive catchy songs or love songs. I guess its partly becoz of the Rap line who came from underground scene where they really spit bars and things that actually makes sense. Most BTS songs were co produced by Suga and RM specially in their early Albums. Thats why the lyrics and emotions BTS brings are real and raw becoz they made it themselves, it actually came from them. Unlike other group where the songs are manufactured without input from the members of the group.
I didn't know the school system in Haïti was strict. As a person from Paris, i'm not gonna lie, our education system here is sh*t but is definitely not as strict as South Korea. Everything is about competition in there and some parents absolutely want for there children to be in the best universities (the "SKY" mentioned in these lyrics are the letters for these best 3 unis) so they can have the best jobs, in the best companies. (Also, about the "adults think we have it easy", BTS has a song called "Baepsae"(or "Silver spoon") who talks about this topic. You can also find an explained version by DKDK TV) Un salut de Paris 👋🏼😁
So just some info about the word SKY, that is in captions in the lyrics. It refers to the top three most prestigious schools in Korea, the Seoul Uni, Korea Uni and Yonsei Uni. Also, N.O stands for No Offense.
I LOVE this series where you see the lyrics and the video but I wish you’d watch the videos first so I can see your raw reaction to the music and then analyze the lyrics after! But keep up the great content! 👍🏽💖
Suicide is the #1 cause of death for teens and youth ages 9-24 and a lot of that is probably due to stress to perform in school and bullying which is a huge problem in South Korea which you can see with the amount of Idols who have taken there own lives in the last 3-4 years
Look at the explanation of the video on the DKDKTV channel of this song, it is impressive, it speaks as they say about social class But Alan he said of the hands on the table is the Dyonisus song
11:45 i totally agree with you. This is also why i enjoy watching you guys becoz we not only get reactions we want, we also get life motivations and realizations, mature talks so to speak! I thought i was wacthing TEDtalk for a sec. 🤔😅
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In the lyrics RM mentions SKY which is an acronym for prestigious Korean universities: Seoul National University, Korea university, and Yonsei University. This song was basically criticizing the rigid Korean education system where the only thing you’re expected to do is study and get a certain job or you’re not successful. I don’t want to say the school system is necessarily the reason why because I don’t want to assume but Korea has one of the highest (or the highest) suicide rates in the world
Ya im pretty sure korea has the highest suicide rate and as a korean, im ashamed
_We all lie~_
So many reactors have BTS content, and you can tell they’re into the music, but most times it still feels like they don’t really “get it.” But how quickly you guys dove into the storyline, the theories, the lives, the lyrics - it feels like you also live and breathe music and it’s important to you to really understand the art. You’re one of the few who I’d consider ARMY, and I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys!
We genuinely love learning about them and other groups. We feel it would take more work to fake a reaction rather than play and watch and speak your mind 😁💜🤙🏾
@@Amicy thats why i luv this channel
Me too, love this channel! Keep it up!!!
I deeply agree with you..... I have just recently had this conversation with my sister who has been an Army since 2013..... I have noticed that many youtubers are using BTS to gain fans and views..... There are a very, very, very few who actually appreciate BTS for who they are, not just the music
Very good reaction.. most people living in asiqn countries can understand this, but not often i can find reactors from the us get this "vibe". U,re good men!
Allen, you're the true MVP for recognizing N.O as the music for the table part of the MAMA 2019 performance. Your ears as usual are on point.
Thank you 😁
N.O - stands for No Offense
SKY - stands for Seoul, Korea, and Yonsei universities (the top 3 universities in Korea - the assumption is, if you make it into one of these 3, your future is pretty much assured success)
- Korea has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world, especially among young people - teens and young adults - the pressure for working hard/studying hard and that drive for success puts friendships on the backburner - this causes such stress and loneliness in the young people, that they often resort to ending their lives rather than try to persevere through hardships to try to attain a near mythical goal of success and happiness - BTS urges them no, live their own lives, attain happiness NOW, and that success can only be determined by what each individual needs to achieve that happiness, rather than material goals set by others
It is not uncommon for a child in school in Korea to spend 18-20 hours a day in school work. They get up early, go to school, then attend mandatory after school studies, go home (sometimes past 10pm), study at home, then sleep. This does not include those students who ALSO work part-time jobs to help their families. Here's a video of a couple Koreans reacting to a video of vlogs taken by Korean and US students - th-cam.com/video/LkbKfYpgFgE/w-d-xo.html. It shows some of the stark differences. This is not to say everything about the Korean education process is bad - there is a level of education there that the US simply can't compare with. The problem is the stress, and finding a solution for that.
I think Jungkook was still in school when they made this, so its pretty badass they did this, I wonder what his teachers thought of this 😅
V and jimin were still in school as well
Jungkook, Jimin and V went to high school of performing arts, which basically prepare the students for the entertainment industry. Usually students from these schools will further their studies at Universities focused on arts (like the one Jin went to i.e. Konkuk University). So, their teachers probably didn't have issues about their songs. But N.O was not well-received by the general public especially the parents generation (well, the lyrics criticize them too 😉 ).
@@user28221 they didnt go to the same high school and jungkook was in middle school in 2013 while v and jimin were in high school
@@aminahammouda259 what do u mean they didn't go to high school? of course they went to high school....V and Jimin in the same school but different class.
@@MissmeMichelle yeah i forgot same between the and high
Allen: Where were we this whole time?
Me: You don't find BTS. BTS finds you
Bars!!!
👏👏👏 I'm so glad Alex finally connected to a song on a cellular level!! His grin at the end showed it completely 🤣 Allen feels the connection in every song but speechlessness is always fun to watch! Continue the reactions in chronological order pls! 💜♾️
We got you
I honestly like the conversations that spring out of these songs. You don't just go like, nice visuals, nice production, great choreography, done. I find myself nodding in agreement and at times want to chime in. When's that Zoom call happening? Hahaha
When we get a new computer we will be able to live stream and can’t wait 😁😁🔥
« N.O. » is about being kids/teens being pressured and forced to study, to care so much about grades and being perfect good students and being successful and having safe careers and making money etc. and how that pressure negatively affects kids/teens. BTS are trying to encourage them to stand up and have their own dreams and pursue those dreams and not focus so much on these things and be forced into someone else’s dream.
Here the explanations of some lines :
A GOOD HOUSE, A GOOD CAR, WILL THESE THINGS BRING HAPPINESS?
IN SEOUL TO THE SKY, WOULD YOUR PARENTS BE HAPPY?
money can’t buy your happiness
SKY: Acronym for the three big universities in South Korea. “SKY is an acronym used to refer to the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University.”
RM is asking people think, would having a lot of money and good things and going to a good university make you happy? Or your parents?
I WANT TO EAT AND HAVE FUN, I WANT TO TEAR MY UNIFORM
J-Hope doesn’t want to just constantly study, he wants to be able to enjoy and be a kid. Due to all the adults' pressure he just wants to toss aside school stuff and have fun and be normal.
ADULTS SAY THAT WE HAVE IT SO EASY
THEY SAY I'M ON MY WAY TO HAPPINESS
THEN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN MY UNHAPPINESS?
THERE'S NO CONVERSATION TOPICS OTHER THAN STUDYING
OUTSIDE, THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS LIKE ME, LIVING THE LIFE OF A PUPPET
WHO WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY?
They are saying when ever we go to school we have to do what ever the grown ups say .We can only talk about school and we are being controlled by adults and they want to know who will stand up to them.
Voilà, I hope not to bother you with my explanations but I love to hear you talk and give your opinion on how you feel about the lyrics and visuals, it's like a podcast... I find that you have this thing in common with BTS, that you want to be useful to this world by bringing comfort already through your job which is not easy and you find the time to share with us very constructive opinions that can only contribute to advance humanity... You are very good speakers... Don't forget that we listen to you all over the planet... Love ya
I'm impressed you guys recognized the music from MMA dance break good job also react to MAMA 2019 BTS did this song live after like 5 years along with we are bulletproof pt2 I always say N.O is a revolutionary song well at least it is to me I'm from an Asian country and let me tell you the last few years this was the song I used to hear cuz I felt so right. Its the same in Korea too schools here put too much pressure on the kids and so do parents unless you become like idk a doctor, engineer you've failed thats why I love bts for talking about all this and this was just 2013
We are trying to check out all the songs in order first so when we listen to the live performances we can know the songs already
You guys are doing the right thing by watching the MVs in order, so when you get to We are Bulletproof: The Eternal, it will All...Make...Sense. 😆 If you then move on to other songs that don’t have MVs, you’ll also come across some great gems (Anpanman, So What, Paradise...heck, everything from the Tear album and many, many more, LOL).
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@Amicy Love the BTS journey! BTS 'N.O' (2014) BTS 'ON' (2020), BTS 'boy in luv' (2014), BTS 'Boy with luv' (2020), BTS 'We are Bulletproof -Pt2' (2014), BTS 'We are bulletproof: The Eternal' (2020). Thanks for another BTS reaction!
💜 Wanna watch it live but i have a meeting at 11am CST 😭! Congrats on 25k wooohoooo! Amicy dudes- get it!🥳
Couldn’t of done it without you 😁😁
It’s pretty sad how the kids don’t even have a chance to group up like it’s crazy. I found out in 2016 that Korean has the highest suicide rates out of all the country’s buy who knows now. May I add that during this time BTS was getting a lot of hate as well which is dumb bc they were speaking for something that is actually meaningful. Great reaction! Also congrats on 25k🎉
High school students go to school until 10:00 pm . After classes they stay to study for their SATs. To get in to Seoul Unv. , or Sky Unv., you can only miss 2 questions. I saw a video of them giving students at Berkley, and an English professor at Harvard and they were not able to pass. The test is also timed and you have 1 minute for each question on the English part. It was crazy. Also after they leave their study groups at 10pm, they still need to go home and do regular homework. 😱
This was the era where bts almost disbanded because of lack of resources/funds. Oh it breaks my heart just by thinking about it, they really deserved what they have now. Anyway thanks guys for giving us so much content, borahae💜
fyi the title is N.O not No
N.O for No Offense :)
If you guys like this song, i recommend BTS - Spine Breaker lyrics video and live video (there's no music video) + the explanation by dkdk
And BTS - Crow tit/ Baepsae lyrics and live (there's no music video too) + the explanation by dkdk
It's interesting to hear how people outside of korea break down BTS' lyrics~ waiting for yours!!
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Thank you for the info
This song hits me everytime I listen to it... it kind of makes me remember the time in school where I struggled a lot... this was the only comfort I had at that time cause everyone around me told me I'm just being dramatic and that it's not that bad :)
bts were never afraid of speaking out they're really using their platform really well and this is why they are really something, they are not just artists, they are a movement.
It seems you realized it already, but the 2019 MMA performance, their last song Dionysus had that epic dance break. The dance break back track was a remix of this song, that's why we all went extra nuts when the dance break started. I'm sure you realized too that all the solo dances before Dionysus were also remixes of some of their songs throughout their career in chronological order: V had No More Dreams, Jin had Danger, Jimin had I Need U, Suga had Fire, JK had Save Me, and J-Hope had Fake Love. Not to mention also the Boy in Luv throwback. Realize that they have been around for 7 years since their debut, and Boy in Luv and N.O were 6 years ago near the beginning of their career. For them to pull those choreography moves and songs back out after all these years was an awesome nostalgic moment. In the end, that performance was hinting that the album MOTS:7 released early this year would be about their journey, in which that album also had many easter egg references to their past songs, albums, etc.
These lyrics are just chef kiss 👌🏼
If you watch it now and start to think, a rookie boy group did SO MUCH through their song. Tryna give us (the listener) a brand new insight about society, social prejudice, politic etc that NO ONE has never said but THEY DID when they only 16-21th at that time. They've been grown up so much.
This is my favourite old school BTS song. It's not uncommon for students to be expected to study from 8-9am all the way to 10pm, one way or another, whether that's at regular school, after school study sessions. A lot of them also then go home and continue studying. And they feel the need to do this as they need to achieve otherwise they are classed as failures. I remember watching a "A day in the life of a Korean student" vlog and she went to school at 8, finished at 3/4ish, went straight to a study school until 9pm, that closed, then went to another one until 11pm, went home and did another hours worth of studying. I feel for them so much, the pressure they are under doesn't allow them time to be kids or to even dream, all they know is studying. And I really commend BTS for tackling a subject as big as this. I really do hope one day it changes for the students of Korea.
"Where were we this whole time?"
I feel you...I've asked myself that same question since oct 2019 😅
A friend of mine taught English in Korea for a year. He said his students felt stressed and pressured all the time and he worried about how burnt out and exhausted they seemed at such young ages. It was pretty brave of BTS to write and perform a song that took on such a powerful established system like the education system is south korea.
Also i affectionately refer to this time in their career as "The Eye Liner Years". Lol.
Another great reaction. 😊 I really enjoy seeing the sincerity in your reactions and the effort you put into understanding the messages of the songs. Plus your stories are too funny.
Along the lines of challenging the establishment, I think you’d also like Silver Spoon/Baepsae along with the explanation video, where BTS criticizes the older generation for messing things up for the younger people and then expecting them to do better. There’s no MV, but they do have a great dance practice to the song. 😄
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I don't know if anyone else talked about this, but yes, Korea's education system is very strict. I don't know if this correct, but I did read somewhere that the average high school student in Korea goes to school about 12-14 hours a day. They go to school about 7:00-8:00 in the morning and school ends around 4:00 in the afternoon. However, they have this thing called self-study where most students stick around after school for many hours to get some extra tutoring or studying in afterwards (self-study, I think, is optional). They usually don't get home until late at night. Then, they do their homework, go to bed, and wake up again. As for vacation, I think they only get one month of summer break a year, unlike the U.S.
But, like I said, I don't know for sure because I've never been to Korea. That is just what I read somewhere online. But because of this students are able to build up stronger relationships with their classmates and teachers than in the U.S.
P.S. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
Wow that is crazyy
I realized that I was nodding along to your discussion when you spoke about "you guys have it easier" and mental health. I noticed it with my parents a lot too. As I grew older, I began having discussions with them about mental health because I was active in different clubs that stemmed from that topic. My mom especially couldn't really comprehend how young people suffer from anxiety and depression. We spoke a lot about it and we realized that she was always busy and could not focus on her mental status, none of my parents could. They were always concerned on how to make ends meet, how they were going to feed us, if the money that they have could provide for us and their parents. Your discussion really invoked a lot of thoughts that I had forgotten.
This was one of the best reactions I watched from you guys...Bts is different from other kpop acts in this respect, they dared to touch upon topics which were not discussed openly in a conservative society like S. Korea so...Much of BTS’s discography has delved on topics of social issues..so proud I Stan them 💜
Congrats 🎉 to 25k!🎊
Thank you and couldn’t of done it without you
Amazing reaction!!! BTS N.O. is precious treasure in my heart. This song (live performance) made fall in love with BTS. I am a Korea lady grew up in Korea but have lived in US more than I lived in US. When I heard this song, it smacked in my head. I realized that I became those adults whom I fiercely resisted when I was in school. This song helped me reflect on myself as a mom. 💜
guys i love to hear your thoughts on these different matters so much! it’s amazing to hear other ppl’s insights on bts’ music and messages! i appreciate all your reactions so much, and i’m always excitingly waiting for the next ones. stay happy and healthy💜
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It’s great that you always watch the meaning of the lyrics before the MV so that you can understand better 💜👍
jimin He has a wonderful and attractive voice, and the best dancer, he is a handsome person, he has high morals, he is a piece of art really✨
Jimin is my bias but u sound like a solo stan. Eurk
JIN WORLDWIDEHANDSOME no I love them all but I prefer Jimin😀!
jiminie “but i prefer jimin“ lol what a good army.
Love to see Alex's smile after the song. Thank you guys for recognize greatest of BTS lyrics. They have great message behind every songs but at the same their music also great to listen to.
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I love the dance break so much 😘 I think there is a dance practice or a trailer for it. Hopefully you check them out later.
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The education system all over asia is very strict..Asian parents, education system, societal pressure, values.. everything... it's similar in Asian countries.. As an Indian myself..i see many, almost everything, similarities in India & korea's culture, overall environment in society, values, everything.. & it's similar in every Asian countrie.. it's far different from western society, culture & values..so i can relate a lot to their songs like this.. *Thank you so much for your genuine reactions.. lots of love & support from Indian Army 🇮🇳💜🥰*
When BTS makes you talk about relevant things that you rarely talk about. I'M LISTENING ALEX!
Kpop idols shouldn't talk about things like this, but they did.
I really like how you guys not just go through the lyrics but into them, you really search for a meaning and not just the sound and the vibe in a song.
I love this channel because you guys are a real reactor,
the focus on everything not like other people the only want viewers and subscribers
So I purple you 💜
The audio is from back then as well. Its the official audio that came out when the song came out.
This song gets me pretty emotional. Yes, you're right Alex. BTS has always tackled what matters in their productions. It's what sets them apart from the others. They make you feel their emotions in their lyrics, singing and performances which is very powerful. What's more, as you have so far witnessed, they have been consistent from the beginning in their mission to speak out about things that truly matters and are meaningfully helpful especially to today's youth like mental health and loving others by loving yourself. I was thoroughly impressed with how well you analyzed their songs. I am becoming a fan of the Amicy brothers. Love your genuineness and hilarity.😄💜💜
Congrats on 25k🥳🥳🥳 yall are litttttt
The school system like that isn’t just in South Korea. Schools all over Asia put way too much pressure on students
Woww that’s awful
It's not really popular back then but this song is my ultimate favorite, from the beat,lyric,dance,visual,u could see their Passion in their eyes
I bet it'll do well received even when they rerealese it now
In Korea, the big companies will only hire from certain universities. If you make it to the top 3, you pretty much can get hired anywhere, but if you don't... your options for places to work are more limited. There are about 10 universities that are considered "good" and you're out of luck with anything less. That's why their version of the SAT test is such a huge deal because it will literally determine the rest of your life. Very few people are able to reset their lives later like we do all the time in this country because where you finish your schooling determines your options.
Thanks for another in-depth reaction! Keep it up guys!
Thanks for listening to my request😚 i really love N.O. until now..one of their bests😳
😁😁you are welcome
I finally watched it! Yes I totally agree with the mental health part. I grew in a family where we always think about what to eat the next day or where to get money for our bills. Mental health isn't the priority not until I got here in the US, where I have more time to retrospect and know myself. So yeah I totally agree with all the things you've said.
I liked your enjoyment of their songs, I was touched😭💜💜
Glad you enjoyed
Amicy soooooo much , thank youuu
We appreciate you watching 😁
Omg! I am so happy! I was expecting that you will get the intro to the MMA performance.. and when you did, i just screamed!!! You are it Allen!👏👏👏
The problem with Asian is not just the school system, also the parents. They put alot of pressure onto their kids.
In my opinion this is the right way to raise kids coz even if they pressure them to do good in school at the end the one who will benefit it the most are still the kids.. Asian parents just wants their kids to have a good future, tbh I also want to raise may daughter this way.
I didn't say is a bad way but I think there should a balance between school and being kids/teenagers. If you show the kid from an early age time management and organizational skills. They will do well.
@@opparsgangnamstyle9150 yes getting a good education is important but it's extreme in South Korea. Students go to school in the morning, then after school to private academies to study more and only come home late at night (12-15h of studying in total). The competition and pressure is so high that SK has the highest suicide rate in the world.
Same in Japan. When I went Japan for a month vacation. First I didn't understand why kids are still in their school uniforms and back packs at 9 at night waiting for trains. Someone told the kids actually on their way to cram schools.
Awesome reaction as always, congrats on 25K!
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Loved your reaction
P.s celeste dropped a video today with her beautiful voice
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Amicy gang! Whoo hoo 25k. CONGRATS 🎉 🎈 keep them videos coming. Like watching you guys. Enjoy your Reactions and laughs. Take care and Be safe 💖
We appreciate you and thank you for being apart of the Amicy Gang😁🔥🔥
@@Amicy ur welcome ❤
It's a lot of fun being a part. And I appreciate the reply back. It means so much to me. Thank you 💞 from New Mexico
We appreciate you continuing to be there through this journey and shout out Mexico!!!
@@Amicy Thank you. And yes i sure will. It's from New Mexico 😉 it's okay if I got it wrong lol. I'm sure you'll r tired. 💞
Congrats on 25K! Just caught the live at the end! Love you fam 💜
I am a Registered Nurse and work with alot of millennials and have so much respect for them. They graduated with tremendous debt. This was not true for my generation. We went to community colleges for relatively little money. Those who got their BSN same thing went to state college at very affordable rates. And the job of being an RN has changed so much. These young nurses became nurses for the same reason we did, but find out it's not a out patient care at all it's about endless documentation and all its about the chart. The stress they face and added responsibilities that increase daily are overwhelming. I see them work so hard to give the best care possible. I bow download to these young nurses everyday. I do not know if I entered healthcare today that I would have stayed or lasted the 37 years I have. Not for one minute do I believe the younger generation has it easy at all.😪 Watch Baepsae and then the DKDKTV explanation, it's another statement by BTS about their generation.
Guys, congratulations on 25K subs, you're halfway there! I knew you could do it, you have good content💜 thanks for reacting to our boys and getting to know them👍🔥
Yes school in South Korea is very strict even elementary school student can studying from the morning until 10 pm every day and not often playing with their friends.
ok, I LOVE YOU. YOU UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE.
We love you too
This is one of my favorite song of BTS, because of the lyrics
I Congrats on 25k Thank you very muchlove your reaction especially Nice to BTS we are big family BTS and ARMY So good 😊 Love you guys😀
One of the best! Congrats on 25000!
Aww thank you and couldn’t of done it without you
@@Amicy I'll never forget Allen's reaction to Jimin on On. You deserve it!
😂😂😂wish i could go back to my past self and be like it’s jimin
@@Amicy nah, it was real. And after that he was the first you recognize by simply hearing him sing
😁yes indeed haha
Thank you! Loving y'alls reactions :)
Plz react to the BTS DANCE PRACTICE videos of the songs u've heard. They lit!!!! Especially the older ones, their my favorite BTS choreo's.
Love that ur getting the the fun side & the emotional pensive experience of the lyrics.
Ur also getting the LITness of the musical experience.
The artistic experience is all there in just about every single MV.
HOWEVER! Ur missing out on the dancing, their choreo's are all individually a whole Mood! A Vibe! A festive delight .
I love this song so much! OMG!
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I really appreciate your reactions and your stories. 💜
"That's just..that's not us"
And that's exactly why I click on that subscribe button..
Aw love you guys..i love your reaction especially Alex sexy brain..😍
Thank you 😁😁
Congrats guys for 25.1k followers you guys deserve it 💜💜💜💜I love your reactions so much 😭😭😭 You guys make me smile 😁😁😁 Borahae (I purple you guys)💜
I really love your reactions!!! 😍💜
love you guys~~glad to watch the live now ^^
(i am not korean soo correct me if i am wrong)
Things you really have to know to be a kpop fan are
HYUNG means older brother
Maknae means youngest
OPPA is a word used by girls to call older males
Only BTS
Hyungline :JIN(27 years old)1992,, Suga(27years old)1993,,JHOPE(26 years old)1994,, RM(25 years old)1994
maknaeline :JIMIN(24years old)1995,,V(24 years old)1995,,JUNGKOOK(22years old)1997
What more?
Here are some things you really have to know to be bts fan are:-
Porahae : I purple you
WWH : world wide handsome aka Kim Seok Jin
Hwangeum maknae : golden maknae aka JK
OTP : One true pair (example: Namjin)
Hwagae Market : a market where SOPE's hometown meet
Sasaeng : crazy fan
invading their privacy
Jungshook : Sh👀k
Jimin : late
Kaepjjang : awesome
daebak/amaJINg/leJINdary : very cool
Lachimolala : carbonara
Namjesus: geting some help/having patience
You welcome!
@@mariellaploix8599 yes, usually oppa is when a younger female call a older male..
Orrabeoni (formal)/oppa (informal) is when a younger female call her older brother.
You defenitely watch mama 2019 bts performance
they already did
@@shanekasydial did they upload it on patreon?
@@marigold9214 Sorry, I thought you said mma... my bad
to get a glimpse of how it is kindly watch " sky castle - trailer " its a korean drama talked about the educational burden and its a must watch for every k-drama lover
but i guess u guys might not have that much tie ... so trailer will be fine ... its on netflix
I have read that for like high school , that between school, after school cram schools and home work they are studying like until 12-1am
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You can also see why with songs like this as some of their first songs that a lot of people didn't like them and were like "who are these kids openly criticizing things" certainly parents wouldn't have liked their kids listening to a song with that message.
I don't know first hand but I have heard Koreans say that even young elementary age kids go to study "sessions " into the evening for hours after school.
Alex you're smart 😆
Thank you
Great job. Love the way you guys doing the lyrics first then MV. Now you need to react the dance practice to all these songs. You guys be amazed the details that went into their dance routine. There's also dance practice for all the MAMA performances.
This is why i love bts school albums. They got some songs banned from broadcast and radio for criticizing SoKor society and norms.
react to bts just one day!!!!! loved ur reactions 💜
25.2k subs...congrats brothers!!
Couldn’t of done it without you, thank you 😁
Their “ON” track / MV connection of their songs N.O and Not Today.
my top fav bts songs are from their old albums
Missed the live because i watched bts in the soop 1st ep but love how y’all always get ‘hooked’ by their hooks 😂😂
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BTS really is the very 1st band, atleast kpop boy group that tackles issues in the society. Most kpop group before BTS only focus on bop songs, repetitive catchy songs or love songs. I guess its partly becoz of the Rap line who came from underground scene where they really spit bars and things that actually makes sense. Most BTS songs were co produced by Suga and RM specially in their early Albums. Thats why the lyrics and emotions BTS brings are real and raw becoz they made it themselves, it actually came from them. Unlike other group where the songs are manufactured without input from the members of the group.
"if you're not a number one, you're failure" that's the mindset of SOME people
And to think, that the members were top students. I could never handle such pressure.
I didn't know the school system in Haïti was strict. As a person from Paris, i'm not gonna lie, our education system here is sh*t but is definitely not as strict as South Korea. Everything is about competition in there and some parents absolutely want for there children to be in the best universities (the "SKY" mentioned in these lyrics are the letters for these best 3 unis) so they can have the best jobs, in the best companies.
(Also, about the "adults think we have it easy", BTS has a song called "Baepsae"(or "Silver spoon") who talks about this topic. You can also find an explained version by DKDK TV)
Un salut de Paris 👋🏼😁
So just some info about the word SKY, that is in captions in the lyrics. It refers to the top three most prestigious schools in Korea, the Seoul Uni, Korea Uni and Yonsei Uni. Also, N.O stands for No Offense.
Please do reaction to their dances practices specially for N.O 😘
Stay tuned
Their first few albums helped me when i started thinking about college.
I LOVE this series where you see the lyrics and the video but I wish you’d watch the videos first so I can see your raw reaction to the music and then analyze the lyrics after! But keep up the great content! 👍🏽💖
Suicide is the #1 cause of death for teens and youth ages 9-24 and a lot of that is probably due to stress to perform in school and bullying which is a huge problem in South Korea which you can see with the amount of Idols who have taken there own lives in the last 3-4 years
BTS have dance practice to most of their songs. Please do a dance practice reaction to this song...their choreography are on point and very very dope!
Please react to more live perfomances from BTS!
Look at the explanation of the video on the DKDKTV channel of this song, it is impressive, it speaks as they say about social class
But Alan he said of the hands on the table is the Dyonisus song
11:45 i totally agree with you. This is also why i enjoy watching you guys becoz we not only get reactions we want, we also get life motivations and realizations, mature talks so to speak! I thought i was wacthing TEDtalk for a sec. 🤔😅
Why did I just go back to listen haha
@@Amicydat was a quick reply. 🤯 hahaha, thats what the time is for... 😂😂
Well trust me we appreciated it!!
Want to watch live but I'm preparing for my exams . I luv ur rxns😍❤nd alex high notes🤣❤
Love you guys! 💜🐋💜
We love you 💜
awhh you guys are adorable
Please react to live performance in MAMA 2019💜 PLEASEEE!!😭. I LOVE U GUYS🥰
Sorry, I was late for 14 minutes because BTS just released the first episode of their show “In the SOOP”. I had to watch it. 😂