BTS - INTERLUDE: SHADOW Explained (BEST explanation on Youtube)
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- BTS Suga's Shadow Interlude takes us on a journey deeper down the psyche. I love Jungian psychology.
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Best explanation on TH-cam? (I actually donno what the other theories say since I read none of them lol)
Can you explain seesaw by suga too?
i like ur confidence lol
So far the best yea
Yup this is the best ..
DKDKTV 面白かったです
Duuuuuude, I feel like I need a degree in psychology to stay in this fandom lol
I feel you 😅
We all need one 😐
I'm getting one for this 😂
I have multiple degrees in psychology and I am mind blown by BTS myself ! 😂
Just understand the broad strokes.
never imagined that when i started to stan bts i would go on a journey to loving myself, learning jungian psychology, and becoming knowledgeable of various artists and art forms
Lol, same though...
It’s been a RIDE
Dude, I just wanted to know their name. And here I'm. (There was no warning signs that its a rabbit hole)
@@rehnam1010 Same., I just want to know Wwh "you know" and then here i am now digging all the meaning to their songs
Ikr!! I have learnt so much because of them
"The brighter the light, the darker the shadow." - Min Yoongi
Remembering he said this gives me chills when watching the trailer
Wait- woah!
Do you remember where he said this?
@@dysmissme7343 He said it when they were making poems for each other in RUN BTS. I believe it's episode 56.. You can look it up here, just search "Suga poem 'What a relief'" 😁
Ugh - worldwide fame and success is not for the faint of heart….
Carl Jung said it btw
„Don’t let me down. Don’t let me fly“ could also mean that he‘s scared of becoming extremely successful but he’s also scared of losing his success. How is he supposed to know how many of his fans are just temporary hype-fans?
mostly of this hype are prolly just came for the visuals. and multis have the highest tendencies to drop them when they bts become inactive (-.- )
That is why we need to stick together ..the ones that truly follows them for what they really are and what they wanna share and teach us ...
oh damn this is such deep shit ! I mean for each and every song i need to hear the thpery twice just to check if i am hearing it proper and what does it mean oh god !! This is fking education !!
They're all temporary hype fans.
@@Elfen41 sure let's forget all the armys that have been here since 2013-2016 😐
I love the attention to detail and the research that goes into these, instead of it just being a surface level review you actually take the time to analyze it using the source material (Jung's Map of the Soul) which is super helpful and just adds so much meaning that would be left behind without it. Great Job 💜
[Edit] Literally the day after watching this my teacher brings up Jungian psychology in class, and I'm like, I'm way ahead of you. Who said BTS wasn't educational? 😂
BTS can help you get better grades
Literally 😂
When the Map of the soul era started and I listened to RM's song and researched Jung was the semester in which i had some classes in psychology which was super interesting and there were a few moments where could connect what I learned in class with Jungs Map of the soul 😊
@@DKDKTV Amen..
You should have shown this MV in class!
@@DKDKTV only if i take psycology or arts ....still i ll try to implement all these in my life but its hard ...ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Just a theory: the name Yoongi means "Shine" right? So when he says to not let him shine, could it also be a kind of parable for him rejecting his true self (the one where the shadows are more visible)
That could be
that’s some big brain material right there
omg you connected the dots
Where did you find out that "yoongi" meant "shine?" From what I've read, Suga himself doesn't know what his name means.
@@MyNameIsNeutron It means gloss or shine, which is why he rapped under the name Gloss before joining BitHit.
I love how this shows that Shadow is a lot less dark than we thought, and Persona is a lot MORE dark than we thought.
i know right, i thought the "We and you are the same" thing at last was really dark, like it was a bad ending, that his shadow swallowed him, but wow persona i guess is darker. but why such evil, intense vibe towards the end?
I love your thought ❤️🩹
The fact that Yoongi put so much care into his performance as to use a wary, broken, crying-out-for-help voice as the persona and a more wild, unhinged voice as the shadow just blows me away
I’ve seen the other “Explained” videos. I know for a fact that Danny actually read the friggin Map of the Soul book for this album series. That’s the difference and you can tell. Explaining isn’t exclusive to DKDKTV but it def is their “trademark “ So Danny flex til you drop 😏
yeah, and he doesn't just compile twitter theories together like most other channels do but brings something new to the table
Check - bookish theories
ilon ildea bookish theories is fine. I just find her accent challenging and I’m an impatient ass 🤷🏻♀️
how did he even find the books bts used tho. they r hard to find
@@R.P.Gonzales I absolutely adore her accent , but of course everyone should follow with what they like.
I see "Daechwita" as another example of Yoongi wrestling with his shadow -- knowing he has anger and greed inside himself, possibly still feeling hatred toward his haters (well, *I'd* hate them, but maybe Yoongi has thicker skin than me). So he uses the "mad emperor" character to get those feelings out in the open and then uses the "street kid" character to represent his ego (the person he wants to be and tries to be) fighting back against the mad emperor. But Yoongi seems to understand Jungian psychology and his own shadow very well. He knows he'll never get rid of it. Right after he released the mixtape with "Daechwita" on it, he pointed out in a vlog that you never actually see the mad emperor get shot; all you see is the street kid firing the gun. It was important for Yoongi to let *us* know that we all have shadows we can't kill.
Holy shit. Damn this is why I love bts they don't just make music
they make homework
I KNOW RIGHT I STARTED TAKING NOTES AND IT AINT ENDING
stanning bts made me realise that i wanted to become psychologist, i feel invested into learning psychology and debate about the thoughts. but it ain't coz my grades is enough to call me dumb, it's just a hopeless goal. But i believe that i am smart on my own :) that's what they made me learn and realise
@@chim__park yeah I mean that's why I love and respect them so much. They're not just a band making meaningless pop music for "teen girls" they create music that actually makes people think and encourages people to better themselves. But don't dishearten yourself that way it will be difficult in the field of working but you will get there don't worry :)
@@lucymay446 basically they are our therapist but instead, they do it through their musics and made us realize it by ourselves :'D
@@chim__park damn right :,)
Nowadays I find eveyone doesn't call Yoongi as SUGA anymore.. Everyone comfortable to call him by his real name.. especially ARMY. 💜
*Just my opinion💕
Yeah you right, even myself too called him yoongi
We're just used to it, just like most people dont call taehyung V anymore. It actually feels weird to call him that lol
I stopped calling him suga after I became an Army
I found it weird when i call the bois their stage name well i dont call hobi hoseok cuz' idk if i pronounce it right since im suck at it so i call him hobi
Yep i also call him yoongi
Why do you need mystery/thriller movies when you got a whole BTS MV world?
a big check. 😊👌
couldnt agree moreee with you!!!
Never seen something more accurate
Truer words never said. I should just get rid of my cable.
Periodt
I am attracted to the psychological breakdown of this whole map of the soul era... Thank You from the Psychology geeks
BeyondAngie Im really interested in theses themes or thing but I don know where to start looking/reading.
@@junav I learned most of these concepts from part of my classes. However, Carl Jung's book Map of The Soul is a way bettert o learn more in depth, about individuation. As an ARMY and a psychology major this makes me glad to see these ways of the human soul being interpreted for the members in their music.
yessir!
This is in fact a very good explanation.
I’d like to add that the song and MV also has Ego, not just Shadow and Persona. It’s not just my opinion, but Dr. Stein, the author of the book Map of the Soul, said in his interview about this song and MV that when he says I want to be a rapstar, etc, any time he says I want, that’s the Ego speaking since the Ego is the “I”, however one could say it’s and Ego full of Shadow and that he’s confessing those shadows through the song.
The rest of your explanation is on point.
Yeah but ego with jhope will be released later :)
May I ask where you found that interview? :) I'm really interested in it and want to check it out myself!
@@enairakab6340 same
@@marar8045 Thanks a lot!💜
@@marar8045 thanks
*Interlude show every single things that Yoongi and BTS had been face and struggling until today. The dark side and depression that Yoongi used to face. The many hardship he and BTS used to fight with. Also the lyrics&MV meaning so deep that made me cry :( btw thank for explain u are the best ^~^*
wha- um that is very general but ok yes.
cant say he was referring to bts as a whole but idek........
"Essentially this song is telling its listeners to accept and embrace their shadows. Despite what the persona tells you to do." "Yoongi has taken another step futher. He is not only Suga of BTS but someone with the traits of his shadows as well." From the comments I saw after Shadow dropped so many people seemed to miss this point. We don't necessarily like it but to grow as a human and to truly find and know ourselves we have to acknowledge the sides of us we try to keep locked up or try to run away from. Like it or not those still are part of us. Even though Shadow might make you feel sad towards Yoongi/BTS this is he telling us he is trying to go forward in the process of finding him, finding how to be him and acknowledging his shadows, accepting the fact that they are with him no matter how he tries to run from them.
You explain every mv theory tremendously
I’m always impressed by bts’ songs & their music-making/song-writing abilities.
Yoongi, especially delivered in this interlude.
It’s so artistically inspiring how he is able to condense his storytelling, and in a way that also incorporates:
1. exposition (introducing the underlying conflict between his 2 personas: min yoongi & suga),
2. rising action (explaining his achievement as Min Yoongi),
3. climax (analysing there are downfalls that comes with accomplishing his dreams),
4. falling action (realising with all his bright light of success, follows his shadow: Suga),
5. resolution (coming to conclusion that he is Min Yoongi, and Suga
All alongside the elements that further emphasise his message.
There are also back stories to the visuals & art incorporated into the MV; one of them that particularly caught my attention (theorised btw):
- The patch-like ‘YD250’ on yoongi’s shoulder (when he was wearing the brown jacket in the mv) can symbolise that one turning point of his life when he got into an accident with a motorcycle of that model number ‘YD250’ (which is something that plays quite a part in yoongi’s lyricism & memory to artistry).
LOL. When I saw the title "Best explanation on TH-cam" I immediately thought "Presumptuous much? I'll be the judge of that. I bet it's Danny". I don't know if it is the best on TH-cam but it's the best I've watched so far. So great Job, Danny!
What I found the most amazing about this interlude was how well the 'Shadow' concept fits Suga. Same way 'Persona' fit RM, actually. After all, 'identity' has been a recurring subject in RM's lyrics since the beginning and he's even stated that he worries about how much of himself he's invested in the RM persona. In Suga's case, I feel like he's been documenting the conflict with his inner demons in his lyrics since Agust D. In his mixtape, he often talks about greed; he acknowledges his ambitious side but tries to ground himself, remind himself of his fans and his team. Like he's trying to temper the worst of his thoughts and impulses with the more humble mindset and behaviour that's expected of him. I don't know, it's just my opinion. I just think that, as a person who's dealt with depression and anxiety so much, he's the most aware that the shadowy parts of yourself don't ever leave you, regardless of what you achieve.
That *'Best explaination on TH-cam'* Lol🤣
ikr they really copped that title for themselves 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
*_[J]•[E]•[O]•[N]•[G]•[Y]•[E]•[O]•[N]_* I freaking agree 👌🏻❤️🇲🇷
@@DKDKTV Lol Sometime you gotta have some confidence, right???😅😅😅
Yoongi:Himself
Suga: Persona
Agust'D: Shadow
Just a theory
Like Y E A H
i think that AGUST D is a persona itself; another persona with its own shadows;
Yoongi: Ego more fitting.
@@ravoavynjaravololonatiavin9806 *ANOTHER PERSONA* WITH ITS OWN SHADOWS?! WHA- THATS SCARY!!
@@dumplinglover8042 I know it is.
I swear, BTS and the ppl working around them are genius. Hands down to them. 🤯
That title sounds so like danny..👍
I like your interpretation and i agree about pretty much everything you said. I have to say the personification of the shadow is pretty stunning. First as moving, twitching and nearly shape-shifting black figures chasing him when he reaches for his dreams with all his might, then completely motionless and emotionless people/robots (society/media) holding phones and coldy recording him while he struggles on stage singing contradictory aspirations and finally himself speaking as the shadow and snaking in and out among the black figures but also aggressively telling himself some home truths about accepting the dark sides… stunning.
One thing i haven’t seen much discussed is Suga’s very compelling work on his own personal shadow and especially his greed, his ambition. Suga has tackled his struggles with greed before in various of his song like « give it to me », « the last » and obviously « Tony Montana ». Those have been recurring themes in his lyrics and his acknowledgment of them but also his treatment of them is so interesting.
I think it is key that Suga actually pretty much attributes his success and hence in a way his persona as Suga, as an idol (and we have to remember the 1st original use of an idol is to be worshipped) to his greed and ambition aka to his shadow. Here it is very clear with the loop of « I wanna be a rapstar, i wanna be rich… » rehashed throughout the song. He also attributes his success to another shadow : his resentment towards society (« take a good look at me, resentment made me » in The Last). It is because he wanted it so much and also because he hated everything so much that he succeeded. So his shadows are his drive and even his salvation in the way that they created his success.
And obviously ambition is also a quality… up to a point, since your best qualities always become your worst faults when pushed too far. He has expressed several times he is scared of the kind of person success could turn him into and he has also expressed how despite fulfilling and even going beyond his aspirations, those traits of his are not satisfied. ("I know, feel like ha Tony Montana /Success and happiness look alike but they’re different/ But I want a bigger success /More wealth and bigger honor/ I want the money to chase me but I hope I don’t become the monster chasing only money » Tony Montana).
In Interlude: Shadow it’s really interesting how when the song shifts and he begins to rap as his shadow, the « i wanna be a rap star, i wanna be rich… » now repeats extra aggressively like in a horror distorted version. A bit like if that greedy monster was not only not satisfied after all that success but even growing with Suga’s success. This is what happens in « Scarface » the film he references in Tony Montana. So greed is his drive but will also be his downfall, if not actually rained in. (« My monster named success that I traded my youth for, he wants a bigger wealth. The greed that was my weapon, it devours me and sometimes it collars me » The Last). It’s seems that knowing and acknowledging your shadows and taming them/using them is the key to success instead of repressing them. This also recuts the Love Yourself arc of the previous album and what RM said about having to be « Friends with the shadow ».
Still 7 seems to me more a continuation of the themes in Wings than Love Yourself. Wings reads like an initiatory and coming-of-age journey (just like the book of Demian) and actually tackles the same idea of « individuation » than the Map of the Soul : how someone becomes an individual with his own beliefs and values. For that one has to break out from the perfect world of childhood and innocence and be confronted with fear, lust, doubts, self hate, forbidden fruits and EVIL. This is masterfully expressed in their individuals songs and also in Blood sweat and tears. Just like the quote from Nietzsche "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. » that appears at the end of BST, BTS is saying that the whirlpool of growing up and facing ones shadows and complexity is what makes an individual. That metaphor of people being whole universes is later used in Microcosmos.
However once again greed was a central part of "Blood Sweat and Tears » where the lyrics portray the complete surrender to lust against all reason. ("Want it more moremoremore /Want it more moremoremoremoremore /Kill me gently /Close my eyes with your hands /Can’t resist it anyway /Can’t even run away anymore /You just too sweet too sweet too sweet… »). But if the falling for temptation could and should be understood in its very sexual meaning, it can also, just like in Interlude: Shadow, be about wanting fame and success and being able to sacrifice everything for it. In the MV they, after all, literally portrayed the act of selling your soul to the devil.
Anyways, all in all i really love what they are doing and i wonder if this could initiate a kind of dive into individual shadow in this album like a 7 deadly sins kind of things (i love the theme of greed so much because i relate so much to it), which could be possible with the City Dionysia and greek gods theme they seem to have hinted before.
this just goes to show that we will never truly understand anyone else truly. heck we can't even under stand ourselves, but the fact that thousands of armies could never spot that bts might be going through a rough time. SO MANY fans yet not one could detect that bts were struggling at the beginning of 2018.
i still remember that night at that MAMA award they said that they ere on the verge of disbandment but at the start of the year no one would have guessed it. armies the biggest fandom rn couldn't have even guessed it. and thats fricking scary
chibijennie 45 this is so true as we will never truly understand anyone else when we ourself might not get to understand our own self either
I disagree. We can understand. It's just that there are times when we don't know something. BTS were hiding their struggles from us, so we didn't know. Now we know and we are able to understand.
And it's actually good that there's a possibility to hide some things from other people. BTS were able to resolve their issues on their own without all that public noise and continued successfully. What good it would do if the fandom suspected something? Just panic and all that commotion, it would be no good for anybody. Don't you want to be able to not tell something so that people didn't bother you about it until you are ready? These things are normal and necessary for us.
I've got strength I guess you are trying to say if BTS is open to tell us something we can understand them, but in fact we will never get a chance to know what are truly deep inside their heart, I believe most of us have watched a lot of contents of them and you may think that we know them a lot, but even among themselves they might not know what they truly want or think, that’s how this map of the soul concept come up with
"I don't even know my own self, so who can know me?" -Agust D
Y'all put so much effort into this just to help close the language barrier between ARMYs and BTS, i am SO grateful and im so upset you don't get money from these videos! I see how much effort is put into the research, and the editing, graphics and production. I wish i could support your patreon etc!
U guys do such a great job with the explained series
I swear their songs are gonna be used to teach in universities in a few years.
Damn a whole psychology class just when i woke up lol
Lol the title does read confidence, but it's true. I love DKDKTV's well-researched theories. 👌
This is probably the correct explanation in terms of the theme, but when I heard this song I associated Suga’s shadow, not with his true self which he has been repressing, but instead with negative traits and experiences which have come as a consequence of being famous.
For example, since becoming famous Yoongi has had to deal with negative emotions such as depression, loneliness, and something he has referenced in multiple songs: greed. He’s also lost privacy and has the added pressure of living a volatile life “at the top”.
I thought this line was quite telling:
“People say, there’s splendour in that bright light, but my growing shadow swallows me and becomes a monster.” As much as Yoongi enjoys what he is doing, there are consequences that come from the life he is living, and at times they can be all-consuming.
It reminded me of the line from Magic Shop: “My greed that used to be a weapon became a shackle and a leash.” Or in other words, sometimes chasing after your dream can actually lead to being enslaved to your dream.
But at the end of the song, Yoongi faces the realisation that these negatives are now part of his life and he needs to come to terms with this reality. This acceptance means he can now find ways to deal with the negatives and try to maintain an equilibrium, a sense of joy and self in the whirlwind that is his life.
I wish psychology classes were fun as this video! I'm learning while enjoying listening to music xD
Thank you for the video please keep uploading such videos
This is a late reply but I 100% agrre with u .xD I wish my classes were this fun.
then you need to watch Jordan Petersons TH-cam lectures
This is very well explained. I really wanted someone to explain the song with relation to Jungian theory. Thank you for your efforts.
DKDKTV : Best explanation on TH-cam.
ME : 👏👏👌👌🔥🔥 indeed!!
I have no words to explain how glad i am that you made an explanation video for Shadow. Thank you dkdk
Me: *tries to stay focused but stares down Danny’s pullover*
TEXANS WHERE YALL AT?!
Literally just stopped the video to see a comment like this.#comets#whoosh 😃
Dallas gang!
D-Town baby
Dallas all the way!!
Sherman here
this could all fit very well in my psych class
It all comes down to the fact that Danny looks absolutely 🔥 in pink~
oh my DKDK, i am not biassed this video is THE BEST i swear! I finally understand so much about myself mostly and about the amazing yoongi and BTS!! hot DAMN! Thank youuu
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i love the honesty of bts songs. i think thats what i like about them.
This was an INCREDIBLE breakdown, wow! It reminded me of the little bit my psychology 101 course went over Jungian psychology in college. It’s been a hooooooot minute so I’d forgotten quite a bit, (I went on to get a degree in English with a focus on writing and a minor in Broadcasting, so I used Psychology to fulfill science requirement, but greatly enjoyed it), but this was absolutely brilliant. I love all of your break downs from the cultural and historical aspects, to even elements like this. Thank you so much!!
I’d love it if you’d consider delving into People, People or 2, Honsool, The Last, and Jimin’s Set Me Free. I think your cultural and language insights, as well as your insights into them as people - especially as people coming from your own unique cultural background - really adds a lot. I’m in an interracial and international marriage and I can tell you that a lot of the times the way my husband and I view even what can seem to be the smallest things is so damn vastly different than I sometimes wonder if we are communicating as two races from different sides of the effing GALAXY at some points. Like what, how did you even come to that conclusion…?!?! What?!?! No, let’s start this whole damn mess of a conversation over from point A and try reaching point C, instead of you at 3.251 Alpha coordinates, and I’m over here on Pluto waving a blue flag and a flashlight trying to find you, damn. 😂
It really does hit different when coming from someone who understands at a level that the members themselves understand. Also I love that you address mental health in Asia so openly. MAD PROPS TO YOU!!! I’ve lived over half my life here and when I say it’s not discussed enough that is only the tip of the iceberg, so thank you. Internet hugs coming your way. ❤
I always wait for your explanations after a comeback because you make it way more simpler and clearer
Very well and simply explained, thank you. I always have been a fan of Carl Yung. Now I love BTS, Strangely because I am an old lady who has passed 70.❤❤❤
I think you nailed this right into the wall. Soon as one understand that Yoongi and Suga are in this, it makes sense. I don't see any depression or sadness in his conscience. He is okay with his life. And I will not be behind my phone recording when I see BTS performing.
I really love these videos ♥-♥
Since I study Psychology it is interesting to find out more about Carl Jung through BTS and you guys (since Freud is taking all the field when it comes to psychodynamics)
Definitely one of Suga's best work
9:23 "easy right"
..I never feel the urge to banging my head to the wall this hard after what u said..
I've studied Carl Jung and you're spot on with these explanations. It's extremely hard to really first of all, pay attention to the shadow self and then to really explore it. I'm constantly working to investigate mine.
" Please don't let me shine
" Don't let me fly "
" Now I'm afraid "
I saw this comment somewhere that says the struggle between the two parts of yoongi , one afraid of his success and one losing it.
indeed, the BEST explanation on TH-cam. Thank u for de content.
You are AMAZING. Seriously. I'm on a roll of watching your videos on your channel right now. I feel like to explain these lyrics you have to have an incredible understanding of both Korean and English, not to mention being able to explain complicated concepts like this. Thank you so much for your videos!!!
It's unbelievable how they manage to make the story & lyricism only but also the details matching with music video alsoo!! NO ONE LIKE BTS!
I hope bighit supports this or feature them or hire them to do this cause bruhhhh they hv done a pretty good job . I understood everything very well and atleast got the idea what they were tryanna tell us.
Its very well explained not at all confusing .
Thanks .
I just wanted to learn about the lyrics a bit but here i am getting fascinated with the human psychology... really shows how versatile they are and how deep they are as artists. Thanks so much for this video! The attention to detail and the way it was so easily explained was great!
If ever BTS' music was a part of my studies I did excel in that😭😭😭 this such good explanation I understand more now, respect + + BTS 🧎🏻♀️
one day: Are you ready for your psychology exams? Yes I read and listen the song of bts
I was skeptical about the title, but daaaamn it really is the best explanation on TH-cam! Or anywhere!
I freaking love this video, you put complicated things and concepts into an easy way to understand it
Honestly, thank you so much for this!
I never realized how much of the song is in the music video. I always tend to think that the music video is only supplementary but I realize there’s so much being expressed through visual expression in addition to the music. 진짜 감사하고 보라해요 💜
That was really clear, thank you for the explanation!
Understanding BTS music and concepts is like reading a mystery thriller book.
"Best explanation on TH-cam" more like "Best flex on TH-cam" 😂 jk great job on the analysis tho
I don’t know if it’s the best explanation but it’s definitely complete and well done
DKDKTV explanation is always the best! Thank you, Danny
As a musician, I don't like the "dark side of glory" theory. For me, Suga represents the greatest fear of any artist - the fear of failure, the fall. Each artist has his or her own creative peak, after which he / she fears whether he / she will be able to surpass it with his / her next creation or will fail. The artist is afraid if he will satisfy the high demands of the society, the fans ... But these are in fact his own high demands, his self-criticism ... That is why the shadow of Suga lies between the audience, the observers ...
BTS are really really amazing and unbeatable
Wow!! This was by far my favorite explanation video for this music video!!! Thanks so much for the thoughtful research that went into making this video.
I bought the book (MOTS) to read last year and yes, I think out of the 4 explanation videos that I watched, this is more grounded with theories.. this MV is a reminder to all of us that balancing persona and shadow is essential for mental well-being. I hope k-artistes listen to this song and get the healing effect.
Thoroughly enjoyed this explanation. I think it takes alot to share what is going on behind the smiles we see and to bring it in a way that scrambles the brain sometimes (lol). They share but they also make us see where we can relate. Sometimes it's not our failures we're afraid of, sometimes it's the success and what it will ask of us. I love this song and the explanation was top notch. Thank you.
Wtf... are all BTS songs this deep?? I just enjoy the boys, the visuals from the music videos, and the beats/music. Now there’s also the deeper meanings to digest as well?? Damn. Now I get why people stan BTS so hard
This explanation just blew my mind. The Persona being on stage while the shadows were below... I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years. I haven't read other theories but I really like this one. 👍
This is best and most accurate theory so far I've seen..Good job Danny
i will always appreciate the in depth videos you make about bts' songs
As psychology (I graduate this year yay) student and lover of Jung I am so happy that his work is spreading like that, and of course, thank you for taking you time to to search.
Ahhhhh ... Now I understand why there is a meter change in the song. that's the shadow speaking. Excellent explanation as always!
damn right this is the best explanation on youtube. always on point
Hats off to the detail noticing and explaining the theory ....... 🤠😆
They should play this video in in every college and H.S. psychology class to break down Karl Jung theory. Unbelievably super explanation! Kudos! BTS should give you a shout-out as a thank you!
You guys really make the best explanation videos. Thanks for uploading the video 5 days later. Thanks for not trying to exploit over Bts. TH-cam is filled w those kinda accounts.
Yup Best explanation so far!
Jungian Psychology is not for the weak heart. Got me shookt
You explained so well ! You are the best ! even the circles mystery isn't a mystery anymore !
Embrace your shadow hum.....
Thank you for this really good explanation ! I will continue to support you
This is indeed the best explanation on TH-cam.
Hot damn! So much depth to this song! Following BTS has become almost a spiritual journey for me.
Dude foe ur hard work , i appreciate you guys ... U have been an angel for international as well as k armys ...ㅠㅠㅠ
Another part of the individuation process I’d like to add is the Ego’s role in all of this. In relation to the Persona, the Ego tells us stories of who we think we are and that’s how, as mentioned by Danny, we confuse the social masks we wear as being the Self. In relation to the Shadow, the Ego tells us stories of who we think we are not, which further represses traits you rejected. What I love about the individuation process is the “shadow work” we need to do to acknowledge and incorporate those repressed traits to become your whole “Self”.
To truly be you, you have to accept all parts of you. Even the ugly parts must be accepted because it is still a part of you no matter how much your reject those ugly parts.
Sorry not sorry but I couldn’t help myself 😅 I love the Jungian perspective 😍 I fucking dedicated so many college essays about his work 🙌
I'm speechless where to Start your prudent attitude towards analysis the shadow lyrics of Yoongi so well 💜💜💜💜💜💜😌😌😎✨ yoongi always outshine mine creative mind to level where I always learn smthing which I should do even all ppl try to stop me
Interestingly, after watching shadow for the first times and thinking about the lyrics, I got really angry. I felt huge annoyance towards Suga for talking the way he does in the song and it brought all those dark and cynic sides of me to the surface. After I realized what I’m doing I got angry at myself for thinking that way. In a sense, ‘Shadow’ made me experience my ‘shadow’ that is usually buried deep in my subconscious. It made me aware of its existence and after a talk with a friend I was able to think rational again.
Knowing your ‘shadow’ can make you work on it. I started thinking about why I have those thoughts and what I can do to make me feel better. Make me feel more comfortable with myself. Looking back at it now, as silly as it sounds, watching shadow brought me one step closer towards self-awareness and self-acceptance. It was the little trigger I needed at that time to get here.
I should maybe add that on the outside I’m a really quiet, optimistic and sometimes a bit ‘aloof’ kind of person. My friends call me calm, collected, cute and one of my nicknames is “Happy”.
Thanks for going the extra mile to really get down a dirty with the explanation.
Wooo thank you for this explained video I was waiting for this since the day shadow released . Though I can connect with BTS but ur explanation make me connect even stronger. Thank you so much 💜
damn, first bts made me so intelligent, now dkdktv made me even more intellectual
Did anyone else notice the red stuff near the doors is like the actual Anish kapoor sculpture of a door? The title translates to “generated from ones self” and the whole idea of the red door is that it skins itself as it moves foward since all of the block can’t fit through the frame
Idk I just thinks it’s really cool metaphor for the song
Yupp... "Swayambhu" that's the sculpture... I was confused so I researched nd it is just so BTS to find some art that relates perfectly with the song.
Why did this explanation make me cry??? It really makes me think about my own shadows that I’ve kind of hidden.
the explanation i’ve been waiting for
This is the explanation I’m waiting for 💕💕
Yaaas!! Thank you, Danny and dkdktv!!
The best explained mv ever, thanks DKDKTV
Best explanation that i watched for the Shadow,, DKDKTV never fails me😊😊 Thank you💜💜💜
Please never stop your explained series
when it comes to explanation dkdktv is the best💜