I'm 58 and Army 💜 this song was a clap back at the haters who talked so much about how they didn't have talent, couldn't rap, couldn't sing or dance... And it's also kind of a flex to say even with all that look at where we are💜💜💜
This isn't really just an "I'm awesome" rap song. It's a message to their haters and to people who said they were no good. Yes, BTS are boasting saying look what we have achieved but they're also saying you shouldn't underestimate anyone's dreams even if they seem impossible. BTS achieved their dreams through sheer hard work and perseverance and the support of ARMY and they are saying to everyone who publicly looked down on them and said they would fail "Hey we've done it and there is more to come!". You should react to some of their MV shoot sketches and behind the scenes which will show you how hard they work, filming again and again not satisfied until everything is perfect💜💜💜💜
I was going to say the very same things❣️ Thank you Ellie ARMY🙏🏽 I believe this came to light after RM and SUGA were harassed publicly on the radio being called girls by other rappers because they wear makeup and accused the both of them for selling their dreams to become hardcore rappers and become Idols instead❣️SO….THEY FLEXED IN A BIG WAY WITH THIS SONG❣️ If you want to see this and RUN BTS (the song) live then watch their liver and free performance in Busan, South Korea last year❣️ it’s off the HOOK❣️
Thanks for sharing this reaction! I can't speak to what all the rappers do 😅 but will say that this song was a clap back at a bunch of haters, as BTS used to (and still does at times) get a lot of flack and criticism. While the concept of dropping the mic has been used a lot for a number of years, they based the idea of a mic drop from one of former President Obama's speeches where he dropped the mic after. BTS had people telling them they weren't talented, couldn't rap, and were never going to make it in the music industry, so this was them saying, yeah, right, look at how far we've come, all the trophies we've won, how we are world-wide and selling out concerts. They flex without cussing anyone out or naming names, and at the end basically said 'go live your life, good luck'... You should check out the dance practice video or a live performance. The choreo without all the camera cuts and such is sooooo good! Thanks again! Later!
The only group I’ve seen who actually works hard and despite the popularity and fame, they didn’t change. THATS WHY THEY ARE THE GROUP OF THE GROUPS❤❤❤❤ BTS ARMY FOREVER❤
Although i agree that they are flexing in this it is not the main purpose. This was a final farewell to their haters. Coming up, BTS had a lot of hate. RM and Suga were underground rappers in different cities before joining Big Hit. Even their own fellow rappers hated on them when BTS debuted as a KPop idol group. They said they couldn't rap and would stutter, and that people handed them songs for them to perform, not writing their own lyrics, saying they were girls for wearing make-up. Hate from orher entertainment industries and the media, and fans of other groups. They were told they would never succeed. This was BTS saying well, we succeeded, we write lyrics, compose and produce, we have loads of trophies, billboard awards, worldwide fans etc, so we don't care about your hate anymore, don't even need to hear an apology and we understand that haters will always hate. In the MV the haters are represented by the hooded figures. They start in an interrogation room with cameras and mics watching and recording their every word and movement. Then they move into a bigger space with a little freedom but people are still trying to keep then in a box , for instance, saying they are not rappers or hip hop because they are idols, represented by the prison. Then they roast their haters (burning bodies falling from the sky) and RM raps "Mic Drop, bam" finger gun shooting. The haters in hoodies all fall down. At the end they basically say that they know haters will always hate but they don't care anymore, Mic Drop, the end. So much more involved than just saying we are awesome 💜
Along with what ARMY has said in the comments already…this was when they started to really win all the awards. People in Korea that had been horrible to them started to try and get in with them by apologizing. Only because of their popularity. It is a “go away…we are doing great. Don’t even try apologizing any more”. Bit different than what you’re thinking with a brag song.
Diss track, but more like a farewell to their haters. From J-Hope in the first verse, you get a hint of the kind of things the haters say. He said you call us dirt spoons (lower class), but once you give them a mic (talent/skill), they can beat several gold spoons (high class). Because BTS came from a tiny agency, essentially as in indie label, their budget was limited, and groups from the big 3 agencies that rule the industry (money, power/influence, connections to tv networks, etc.) look down on BTS. Tbh, I think the big 3 saw them as a threat, because though they think BTS are beneath them/don’t have a chance, I think they were secretly scared/threatened by them because they are so good/high level… and that’s without putting large amount of money behind it. So the opportunities were very uneven, the big agency groups had more immediate high success rates, where BTS had to work their way up until they finally ranked number #1 for I Need U (after 2 years of working super duper hard). Things start to look upwards with every release after while still receiving unbelievable hate/unfair treatment until they exploded 2017 in the US (largest music market) with a BBMAs nomination (and win) and performing live at the AMAs. Mic Drop was released late 2017.
Thank you for this reaction!! You're so spot on when you say kpop is 95% choreography and then all the rest. And that is perfectly fine, many people enjoy that so much and honestly I also enjoy watching some incredibly well put together dance routines. But the thing with BTS is that for them, the music comes first. The message, the beat, the melodies are their top priority. But then they add these incredibly perfect choreographies and stages, everything coming together to convey the message they want to share with us. That's what sets them apart for me
This was the last such song-- they were literally saying farewell not just to the haters but to paying them any attention. This was after the last Cypher dropped, and i don't think that any of them have dropped a diss track since.
A great song by BTS! Their haters, I'm sure, got the message. It's one I never get tired of listening to and watching the MV. The mic drop at the end by Suga is icing on the cake! 💜
My all time favourite song from all Bts content is Snooze from Sugas solo album. Favourite Bts song might be vocal lines The truth untold or raplines Outro tear. Favourite all members included song I would say Blue and grey or Answer Love myself or Paradise or... or .. hard to choose and depends on what point of view I take 😂
They were NOT showing off. Unlike many Western rappers who flex because they want to look cool, BTS was spitting facts. Like another commenter said here, their message to their haters is not to underestimate or belittle upcoming kpop groups because you can never tell how much they can achieve. I recommend 2 videos that will enlighten you on what they had to endure and work hard at to become the legends they are now: 1) A Guide to BTS Members by Taylor Mari and 2) BTS Hardships 2013-2021 by xCeleste. Thank you. ~ 67yr old Army here
RM's entrance is so cool. Others have told what it is really all about. You will get more from a BTS song if you have the subtitles on or have the lyrics while listening to their songs.
Hi there! BTS ARMY from Brazil 💜🇧🇷💜 I don’t know about any other rappers, but BTS is not seeing that they are the best! They are pointing out to everyone in sense they start and always hating on them, mocking them to leave their lives. Even with all the hatred and defamation they still successful selling out shows, winning awards, and and they work hard for it! Live your life and try to make better music if you think you can do better!!! 💜 💜💜
Others have mentioned this, but specifically, the rapper, B Free insulted RM and SUGA to their faces while on another artists radio show by calling them sell-outs and girls because they wore make-up as idols. He also admitted to not even listening to their music. He made fun of SUGA's name (which is from his favorite bball position "SHOOting GUArd") by saying is name was "Sugar" = seoltang (in korean) and this meant he was sweet and week. (SUGA claps back at this specific insult in his song Agust D). Bang PD, their CEO actually contacted B-Free's agent (or maybe it was B-Free himself...) and B-Free refused to even speak with him. A couple years later, after BTS was becoming globally recognized, B-Free tried to apologize. This song is BTS saying 'we don't need or want your apology or acceptance. You see what we've accomplished on our own? PISS OFF'.... so NO... it is not a cliche rap song about 'look what I've got and now I am in the cool club.'
Loved this reaction. Thanks for all the praise you gave BTS. From their humble beginning to everything they’ve been through, this song is justified 💜 I have way too many favorites but if I have to pick one, it would be Louder than Bomb.
Mic Drop is BTS' response to their haters with a little flexing on the side with Suga's epic lines... "Tasteless ratatouille and Sue it." I recommend you check their lateat live performance as a group from their Yet To Come Busan concert where it was watched by almost 70k live audience and was livestreamed by over 50M worldwide causing the apps to crash from time to time. It's all worth it and you will feel the same energy. Thanks for reacting to BTS.
Please check out BTS' songs "The truth untold" and "Outro: tear" live with subtitles. This way you can really feel all the emotions. Also the suga song "First love", very preferably live and with subtitles.
You should tag BTS dance practice onto the end of your video. You can't see a lot of the moves in the video.The practice for Mic Drop is for an award show so has an amazing dance break!💜
I saw you were reacting and did wonder if you would enjoy it. But glad you were respectful even if it wasn't your taste. I think for Army who know BTS history it means more. The dance practice to this my favourite one. See you on the nxt one.
I have to many favorites honestly I love all of bts songs for sure but the few that gets me through tough times are we are bulletproof the eternal. 2!3!, Young Forever, Magic Shop, Zero O'clock, and you never walk alone.
Early on in their career Namjoon read hate tweets on a show. He was visibly upset but he kept his composure and simply responded, "I'll prove it to you." Their last group album was called Proof, an anthology of what the members described as the essence of BTS: if you listened to all the songs you would have an idea of who they were
I saw a short clip of that and felt so bad for him. What a cruel thing to do to a young person starting out. Thankfully he used it as fuel to keep pushing forward and “prove” it, but it could so easily have crushed his creative spirit, and all for cheap viewers’ entertainment. 😡
Thank you for reacting to BTS! I'm not sure if you had the subtitles on? Anyway, as other ARMY has said, BTS received quite a lot of serious hate in the beginning and still do to this day. This song was in response to that and to show they are ready to move on from the haters. As in all BTS MV's, it is important to notice the nuances in the video; such as the ARMY? following Namjoon's part in the hooded sweatshirts, interrogation room with mics where everyone questioned their success, and there are vehicles in almost all BTS MV's. Since you both seem to enjoy the dancing, I would recommend BTS INTRO PERFORMANCE TRAILER on HYBE CHANNEL a three different camera angle of them doing the same dance and it is really COOL and also RUN BTS DANCE PRACTICE is fun and amazing!💜Borahae!
~ If you guys enjoyed this video, you really should check out the dance practice video ~ it’s really incredible. Goosebumps ~ JHope is truly liquid. He has no bones and can perform moves like no one else…💜
The lyrics also mention the Billboard awards because BTS won an award (I think in 2017) and haters were questioning why a Korean group won. I might be wrong but I believe that was the drama at the time. But this song is a flex because they were always the underdogs. And yes, they only do shows at stadiums which are always sold out (this is in their lyrics too).
Well putting the haters in their place has to be done. I mean they have so much time hating which could be channelled for better use. BTS has been bashed in the face and in the media. Yes they are the best. Love from Malaysia.
This was a particularly hard emotional year for the group for many reasons but mostly the height of hate towards them and even a major hater (who went to jail) who tried to apologize. So this song is a response saying don't apologize its too late and I'm moving on from here...winning.
En realidad ellos tienen mas de una canción con esa temática pero es mas que nada mandar a la mier´da a los Haters que ya los tenian cansados. Deberian ver lo que son los CYPHER o UGH!! de verdad deberian reaccionar a la explicación de UGH! esa tiene un mayor significado detras
Thank you for sharing your reaction 💜 I always enjoy spending a bit of my time with you both as you react to BTS 😉 Based on your past reactions, I suggest you check out Stay Gold by BTS. It’s a Japanese song they released in 2020 and I think you’ll enjoy breaking down the song’s meaning and the MV’s meaning. Plus- I love that song. 🤷♀️🫶
when bts 1st debuted back in 2012.. alot of haters said they won't make it in kpop industry.. MIC DROP is DISS TRACK to THEM HATERS & NOW"2023 they are the most popular KPOP GROUP and not to mention, their solo career are also popular on their own😊
In training, their boss used to randomly pause practice videos to make them sync up every single detail at every instant of every song 😂 they'd match up their eyes, even. One of their specialties is a surprisingly wholesome clapback song. This is one of them. They don't call out anyone by name, they just point out that the haters can't stop them. This one does have more swag than average, which is genre appropriate 😁 but it's not just a bragging song - it's directly aimed at everyone who said they couldn't succeed. That actually might be where that type of rap song comes from generally though - I wouldn't be surprised if that was the origin, that it's bragging because you succeeded in spite of people. Yoongi does a fair amount of that in his early solo work. They got so much hate, and he expressed some anger very directly. Ugh is another, deeper song that's also aimed at hateful people, and Idol is both the ultimate clapback and the ultimate wholesome song at the same time. 😂
I guess you really don't understand BTS if you think this is not to be expected of them. They do a lot of hip hop music, they originated as a hip hop group.
The black hooded figures throwing smoke represent BTS’ haters, who from the beginning have been trying everything to destroy BTS spurred on by the big Kpop companies that had enjoyed their monopoly on the industry and did not like to see a group from a small company getting more attention than their artists. And from media companies who wanted to keep the power to make some groups stars and bury groups that they were not profiting from. Yet here was BTS becoming the biggest stars in Korea without the backing of external media groups. That obviously could not be allowed. So in this music video BTS appear in the interrogation room as if they are criminals who have to defend their success . They also appear in jail and surrounded by police cars, but later in the video the police cars explode and catch on fire, and the hooded haters fall from the sky in flames.
My favorite bts songs 🤔🤔 Telepathy Mikrocosmos Baepsae (/Silver Spoon) Go Go Where you from Butterfly Let Go (jpn) Heartbeat Just One Day Boy with Luv Anpanman Iine Pt 2. Ano Bashode (jpn) Trivia: Seesaw People (-Agust D) Bicycle (-RM) Change (-RM ft Wale)
Please react to Answer: Love Myself live performance. One of my BTS' faves that has a great message 🫰🏽💜🫰🏽💜🫰🏽💜. Other BTS' songs (few to mention, so many to list) 1. Make It Right 2. Mikrokosnos 3. Magic Shop 4. Heartbeat 5. The Truth Untold 6. Your Eyes Tell 7. Best of Me 8. Anpanman 9. Jump 10. Let Go .......and so on and on and on....
Thanks for listening to Mic Drop, and for joining in (!), and for enjoying it, though it does feel like saying it's 'enjoyable' is a bit like damning it with faint praise 😏 You seemed to feel that it's just a pretty generic rap flex song that 'all rappers have to have' - I can't see any of BTS' rap as 'like all rappers have to have'. Actually it's significantly different from that. Actually all BTS' raps are very specific and not to be blunt - pointed. This band has received incredible levels of hate including hate directed at them To Their Face and In Public. Now in Korea, politeness is a whole THANG, and you don't do that. Hip Hop might, but your don;t respond. But they had it from everywhere, with people sayng they were talentless, couldn't sing, couldn't rap, couldn't dance, were just singing what was given to them (despite all being involved in writing and directing every single song... And because they were idols, the standards of behaviour were that they had to remain calm and passive. Mic Drop is their musical response to years of hate and personal criticism made about them in public and on public forums. So, yes, it's a flex, but every single line is carefully targeted at quotations from the abuse they received. It's not like 'rap that every rapper has to have on their sheet': there are no names, no swearing, no putting anyone else down, no personal abuse (unlike that which they received). It's powerful, highly musical, poetic How many hours do we fly ... I keep on dreamin’ on the cloud: Yeah I’m on the mountain; Yeah I’m on the bay. Everyday we vibin’ ... Mic Drop And one point of irony (BTS like irony a lot) is that when RM is dreamin on the cloud, he is often writing lyrics. We've seen him. Sweating. (him, not us) Perhaps it's time for you to explore a bit of BTS history if you've not done so yet. MANY will point you to Taylor Mari's outstanding A Guide to BTS Members: The Bangtan 7 th-cam.com/video/huV_yIdxZPY/w-d-xo.html but I suspect at this point you should check out xCeleste's excellent BTS HARDSHIPS 2013-2021 | Racism, mistreatment, accusations + more | Struggles throughout the years th-cam.com/video/EdY6wnLsetQ/w-d-xo.html I apologise for my long and rambly post - I find it impossible to avoid!
It's a diss track for all the haters who repeatedly said they wouldn't make it the industry. As for why other rappers do it got no idea. But when BTS Rapline say something it has MEANING. If you ever listen to BTS' UGH, DDAENG plz first watch the explanation by DKDTV and then and then hear the track. Lot of Korean references and social connotations. Kindly react to these 2 later. BTS Rapline is no joke . They write and perform their own raps. Thank you for the reaction 💜
I highly recommend for you guys to react to 'The truth untold', it is a song from the vocal line. It doesn't have a music video tho, but I think you will still enjoy the song especially the lyrics,its so emotional. The second one that I highly recommend is 'Outro:Tear', this one is from the rapline. This song is so emotional for the group. They all cried when they listened to it. It also doesn't have a music video but please please please react to the live version. The amount of emotion they put in that live performance is just so- . Also do not worry the live version also have lyrics on it.
These types of songs are clap back to haters. If you can't say anything to haters publicly, you make a diss track. One of my favorite BTS songs is Baepsae. Needs the explanation video by dkdktv. Brilliant and for anyone creative, a battle song. The dance too is amazing, birdlike. (Crow -tits rule) 🐦⬛😘💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🫰🏻
I’m not sure if you’re reacting without studying the lyrics as you will learn a lot more about the song from there. Along with bts’ history. Appreciate the reaction though! Keep enjoying them!😊
It's not an "I'm awesome" song just for the hell of it lol, it's a response to a lot of actual hate and criticism they endured. If you guys explored a little deeper and reacted to stuff like the Rise of Bangtan docu-series alongside the music, you'll understand a lot better.
Thank you for this reaction! Others already mentioned the reason behind this MV. I would love to see you react to Outro:Tear live or Ugh with explanation video by DKDKTV. For the vocal line, the live performance with Eng subs of House of Cards is amazing too. I really like too many songs to list here! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I guess in case of BTS there are just so many assumptions n haters like who just judge them without even actually listenin to them so this is a replyyyyyy to themmmm💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
You'll appreciate them even more if you watch the Guide to the BTS members by Taylor....genius songwriters, producers, composers....all with Bachelor's Degrees, working on Masters. Some started with no dance experience, some with no vocal experience and one with neither. One joined at 13, western age. This song was to their haters who've tried to hold them down since they started....including death threats....see From Nobodies to Legends. ARMY grandma, new subscriber
I don’t understand why you do not use the “cc” button to get English subtitles. BTS is known for the impact, scope and depth of their lyrics and you completely miss out on one of the most significant reasons for their reaching the hearts of people around the world! You would never have made your non-educated comment regarding - and I paraphrase - “Why do rappers always have to say they’re so great.” if you had been reading the subtitles. PLEASE, I IMPLORE you, make an effort to understand their actual messages. If you don’t care for subtitles you can read the Dulcet translations in advance, or there are other sources for translations. I assure you that, so far, you are missing out on MORE than half of the pleasure of BTS music! I write this to you with Army love because I believe that you deserve the best. I purple you 💜💜 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Listen to the original version (their words) and you get a different story. This was redone for America......If you read this..... When you have won awards in over 115 countries and America claims you are only K-pop and can only dance (their origins are in hiphop,) You have to defend yourself. They have sung in many different genres over the last 10yrs. You are used to American rappers and their shallowness.
You've already been lovingly schooled by all the Army here so I won't comment on that aspect of this reaction, but I think you need to know a few other facts. The comment that BTS has to have their one song of rapping coolness is just silly when you learn that BTS's base is two underground rappers and one hip hop dancer come rapper who are all about the hip hop life. If you look into more history about hip hop, you will also learn that telling your truth is a basis for the rapping. Bragging about yourself is a fundamental of the genre. Speaking like the rappers who brag are wrong to do so is like telling a cat not to meow, it's an integral part of who they are and what they are doing. Also, the same goes for introducing yourself with your name at the beginning of your rap...which you will absolutely hear in BTS songs too, you just haven't listened to any of their earlier hip hop heavy songs. I'm in no way an expert on rap and hip hop so I hope others will correct me or add on to what I have said, but I do think it's a little disrespectful to comment on what you just don't understand. I'm glad you are enjoying BTS and I hope they can lead you to opening your minds and hearts to more of life's lessons.
I´m a bit disappointed with your reaction. You could have turned on the captions and for reading the lyrics pause on it! Nobody would have mind it! But to say it´s just an I´m awesome song doesn´t do them justice! I´m not going to comment any further on you bc everything is sayed perfectly by other commenters! Only 71 comments as 15060 people watched you... you should think about it! Sorry
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I'm 58 and Army 💜 this song was a clap back at the haters who talked so much about how they didn't have talent, couldn't rap, couldn't sing or dance... And it's also kind of a flex to say even with all that look at where we are💜💜💜
This isn't really just an "I'm awesome" rap song. It's a message to their haters and to people who said they were no good. Yes, BTS are boasting saying look what we have achieved but they're also saying you shouldn't underestimate anyone's dreams even if they seem impossible. BTS achieved their dreams through sheer hard work and perseverance and the support of ARMY and they are saying to everyone who publicly looked down on them and said they would fail "Hey we've done it and there is more to come!". You should react to some of their MV shoot sketches and behind the scenes which will show you how hard they work, filming again and again not satisfied until everything is perfect💜💜💜💜
Also to add it is also a farewell to the haters that BTS don’t care anymore about haters, they are saying “farewell”.
Success is the best revenge.
Especially to the early haters!
I was going to say the very same things❣️ Thank you Ellie ARMY🙏🏽
I believe this came to light after RM and SUGA were harassed publicly on the radio being called girls by other rappers because they wear makeup and accused the both of them for selling their dreams to become hardcore rappers and become Idols instead❣️SO….THEY FLEXED IN A BIG WAY WITH THIS SONG❣️
If you want to see this and RUN BTS (the song) live then watch their liver and free performance in Busan, South Korea last year❣️ it’s off the HOOK❣️
Magic Shop live 💜💜💜💜
Thanks for sharing this reaction! I can't speak to what all the rappers do 😅 but will say that this song was a clap back at a bunch of haters, as BTS used to (and still does at times) get a lot of flack and criticism. While the concept of dropping the mic has been used a lot for a number of years, they based the idea of a mic drop from one of former President Obama's speeches where he dropped the mic after. BTS had people telling them they weren't talented, couldn't rap, and were never going to make it in the music industry, so this was them saying, yeah, right, look at how far we've come, all the trophies we've won, how we are world-wide and selling out concerts. They flex without cussing anyone out or naming names, and at the end basically said 'go live your life, good luck'... You should check out the dance practice video or a live performance. The choreo without all the camera cuts and such is sooooo good! Thanks again! Later!
The only group I’ve seen who actually works hard and despite the popularity and fame, they didn’t change.
THATS WHY THEY ARE THE GROUP OF THE GROUPS❤❤❤❤
BTS ARMY FOREVER❤
Although i agree that they are flexing in this it is not the main purpose. This was a final farewell to their haters. Coming up, BTS had a lot of hate. RM and Suga were underground rappers in different cities before joining Big Hit. Even their own fellow rappers hated on them when BTS debuted as a KPop idol group. They said they couldn't rap and would stutter, and that people handed them songs for them to perform, not writing their own lyrics, saying they were girls for wearing make-up. Hate from orher entertainment industries and the media, and fans of other groups. They were told they would never succeed.
This was BTS saying well, we succeeded, we write lyrics, compose and produce, we have loads of trophies, billboard awards, worldwide fans etc, so we don't care about your hate anymore, don't even need to hear an apology and we understand that haters will always hate.
In the MV the haters are represented by the hooded figures. They start in an interrogation room with cameras and mics watching and recording their every word and movement. Then they move into a bigger space with a little freedom but people are still trying to keep then in a box , for instance, saying they are not rappers or hip hop because they are idols, represented by the prison. Then they roast their haters (burning bodies falling from the sky) and RM raps "Mic Drop, bam" finger gun shooting. The haters in hoodies all fall down. At the end they basically say that they know haters will always hate but they don't care anymore, Mic Drop, the end.
So much more involved than just saying we are awesome 💜
Great explanation!!
This is not an “I’m awesome “ song, it’s a FU song. And they are very good at slapping back with their songs.
Along with what ARMY has said in the comments already…this was when they started to really win all the awards. People in Korea that had been horrible to them started to try and get in with them by apologizing. Only because of their popularity. It is a “go away…we are doing great. Don’t even try apologizing any more”. Bit different than what you’re thinking with a brag song.
I highly recommend "On kinetic manifesto film" and "Run BTS dance practice" next
Diss track, but more like a farewell to their haters. From J-Hope in the first verse, you get a hint of the kind of things the haters say. He said you call us dirt spoons (lower class), but once you give them a mic (talent/skill), they can beat several gold spoons (high class). Because BTS came from a tiny agency, essentially as in indie label, their budget was limited, and groups from the big 3 agencies that rule the industry (money, power/influence, connections to tv networks, etc.) look down on BTS. Tbh, I think the big 3 saw them as a threat, because though they think BTS are beneath them/don’t have a chance, I think they were secretly scared/threatened by them because they are so good/high level… and that’s without putting large amount of money behind it. So the opportunities were very uneven, the big agency groups had more immediate high success rates, where BTS had to work their way up until they finally ranked number #1 for I Need U (after 2 years of working super duper hard). Things start to look upwards with every release after while still receiving unbelievable hate/unfair treatment until they exploded 2017 in the US (largest music market) with a BBMAs nomination (and win) and performing live at the AMAs. Mic Drop was released late 2017.
Thank you for this reaction!! You're so spot on when you say kpop is 95% choreography and then all the rest. And that is perfectly fine, many people enjoy that so much and honestly I also enjoy watching some incredibly well put together dance routines. But the thing with BTS is that for them, the music comes first. The message, the beat, the melodies are their top priority. But then they add these incredibly perfect choreographies and stages, everything coming together to convey the message they want to share with us. That's what sets them apart for me
This was the last such song-- they were literally saying farewell not just to the haters but to paying them any attention. This was after the last Cypher dropped, and i don't think that any of them have dropped a diss track since.
BTS fan base has every fans in every age group (I'm 50), gender, social status, nationality etc.
A great song by BTS! Their haters, I'm sure, got the message. It's one I never get tired of listening to and watching the MV. The mic drop at the end by Suga is icing on the cake! 💜
My all time favourite song from all Bts content is Snooze from Sugas solo album. Favourite Bts song might be vocal lines The truth untold or raplines Outro tear. Favourite all members included song I would say Blue and grey or Answer Love myself or Paradise or... or .. hard to choose and depends on what point of view I take 😂
They were NOT showing off. Unlike many Western rappers who flex because they want to look cool, BTS was spitting facts. Like another commenter said here, their message to their haters is not to underestimate or belittle upcoming kpop groups because you can never tell how much they can achieve. I recommend 2 videos that will enlighten you on what they had to endure and work hard at to become the legends they are now: 1) A Guide to BTS Members by Taylor Mari and 2) BTS Hardships 2013-2021 by xCeleste. Thank you. ~ 67yr old Army here
Y'all would enjoy the Bts Guide. It really helps in the process of knowing the group.
RM's entrance is so cool.
Others have told what it is really all about. You will get more from a BTS song if you have the subtitles on or have the lyrics while listening to their songs.
Hi there! BTS ARMY from Brazil 💜🇧🇷💜 I don’t know about any other rappers, but BTS is not seeing that they are the best! They are pointing out to everyone in sense they start and always hating on them, mocking them to leave their lives. Even with all the hatred and defamation they still successful selling out shows, winning awards, and and they work hard for it! Live your life and try to make better music if you think you can do better!!! 💜 💜💜
Hai bts is the best
BTS💜
Todo en BTS es espectacular. El mejor grupo del mundo. Jimin elegancia en cada movimiento
that explosion was real and they only had a couple of trys to get it right
Others have mentioned this, but specifically, the rapper, B Free insulted RM and SUGA to their faces while on another artists radio show by calling them sell-outs and girls because they wore make-up as idols. He also admitted to not even listening to their music. He made fun of SUGA's name (which is from his favorite bball position "SHOOting GUArd") by saying is name was "Sugar" = seoltang (in korean) and this meant he was sweet and week. (SUGA claps back at this specific insult in his song Agust D). Bang PD, their CEO actually contacted B-Free's agent (or maybe it was B-Free himself...) and B-Free refused to even speak with him. A couple years later, after BTS was becoming globally recognized, B-Free tried to apologize. This song is BTS saying 'we don't need or want your apology or acceptance. You see what we've accomplished on our own? PISS OFF'.... so NO... it is not a cliche rap song about 'look what I've got and now I am in the cool club.'
You should watch A Guide o BTS!
Thanks for the reaction ,guys ❤️🩹🫂
Loved this reaction. Thanks for all the praise you gave BTS. From their humble beginning to everything they’ve been through, this song is justified 💜
I have way too many favorites but if I have to pick one, it would be Louder than Bomb.
Mic Drop is BTS' response to their haters with a little flexing on the side with Suga's epic lines... "Tasteless ratatouille and Sue it." I recommend you check their lateat live performance as a group from their Yet To Come Busan concert where it was watched by almost 70k live audience and was livestreamed by over 50M worldwide causing the apps to crash from time to time. It's all worth it and you will feel the same energy. Thanks for reacting to BTS.
I’d love to recommend Film Out by BTS. The music is great and production top notch. Its one of my favorites.
Please check out BTS' songs "The truth untold" and "Outro: tear" live with subtitles. This way you can really feel all the emotions. Also the suga song "First love", very preferably live and with subtitles.
You should tag BTS dance practice onto the end of your video. You can't see a lot of the moves in the video.The practice for Mic Drop is for an award show so has an amazing dance break!💜
This song is what got me into BTS 💜 So it will always have a special place in my heart. But my favourite song TBH is JK Still with you.
Steve A-O-Key
I saw you were reacting and did wonder if you would enjoy it. But glad you were respectful even if it wasn't your taste. I think for Army who know BTS history it means more. The dance practice to this my favourite one. See you on the nxt one.
House of Cards is one of my favorite songs.
According to Suga, We are Bulletproof Pt. 2 & Mic Drop are 2 of the best songs that define BTS Chapter 1.
I have to many favorites honestly I love all of bts songs for sure but the few that gets me through tough times are we are bulletproof the eternal. 2!3!, Young Forever, Magic Shop, Zero O'clock, and you never walk alone.
Early on in their career Namjoon read hate tweets on a show. He was visibly upset but he kept his composure and simply responded, "I'll prove it to you." Their last group album was called Proof, an anthology of what the members described as the essence of BTS: if you listened to all the songs you would have an idea of who they were
I saw a short clip of that and felt so bad for him. What a cruel thing to do to a young person starting out. Thankfully he used it as fuel to keep pushing forward and “prove” it, but it could so easily have crushed his creative spirit, and all for cheap viewers’ entertainment. 😡
That broke my heart
Thank you for reacting to BTS! I'm not sure if you had the subtitles on? Anyway, as other ARMY has said, BTS received quite a lot of serious hate in the beginning and still do to this day. This song was in response to that and to show they are ready to move on from the haters.
As in all BTS MV's, it is important to notice the nuances in the video; such as the ARMY? following Namjoon's part in the hooded sweatshirts, interrogation room with mics where everyone questioned their success, and there are vehicles in almost all BTS MV's.
Since you both seem to enjoy the dancing, I would recommend BTS INTRO PERFORMANCE TRAILER on HYBE CHANNEL a three different camera angle of them doing the same dance and it is really COOL and also RUN BTS DANCE PRACTICE is fun and amazing!💜Borahae!
~ If you guys enjoyed this video, you really should check out the dance practice video ~ it’s really incredible. Goosebumps ~ JHope is truly liquid. He has no bones and can perform moves like no one else…💜
You guys review Mic drop live version. Your jaw will be dropped when you see how awesome they are. They dance and sing at the same time perfectly ❤
The lyrics also mention the Billboard awards because BTS won an award (I think in 2017) and haters were questioning why a Korean group won. I might be wrong but I believe that was the drama at the time. But this song is a flex because they were always the underdogs. And yes, they only do shows at stadiums which are always sold out (this is in their lyrics too).
Well putting the haters in their place has to be done. I mean they have so much time hating which could be channelled for better use. BTS has been bashed in the face and in the media. Yes they are the best. Love from Malaysia.
My favorite bts songs
OUTRO : House of Cards and Butterfly
This was a particularly hard emotional year for the group for many reasons but mostly the height of hate towards them and even a major hater (who went to jail) who tried to apologize. So this song is a response saying don't apologize its too late and I'm moving on from here...winning.
En realidad ellos tienen mas de una canción con esa temática pero es mas que nada mandar a la mier´da a los Haters que ya los tenian cansados. Deberian ver lo que son los CYPHER o UGH!! de verdad deberian reaccionar a la explicación de UGH! esa tiene un mayor significado detras
You have to watch a live concert mma 2019
Thank you for sharing your reaction 💜 I always enjoy spending a bit of my time with you both as you react to BTS 😉 Based on your past reactions, I suggest you check out Stay Gold by BTS. It’s a Japanese song they released in 2020 and I think you’ll enjoy breaking down the song’s meaning and the MV’s meaning. Plus- I love that song. 🤷♀️🫶
This is clapback to their haters. They have broken so many records and awards.
when bts 1st debuted back in
2012.. alot of haters said they
won't make it in kpop industry..
MIC DROP is DISS TRACK to
THEM HATERS & NOW"2023
they are the most popular
KPOP GROUP and not to
mention, their solo career are
also popular on their own😊
In training, their boss used to randomly pause practice videos to make them sync up every single detail at every instant of every song 😂 they'd match up their eyes, even.
One of their specialties is a surprisingly wholesome clapback song. This is one of them. They don't call out anyone by name, they just point out that the haters can't stop them. This one does have more swag than average, which is genre appropriate 😁 but it's not just a bragging song - it's directly aimed at everyone who said they couldn't succeed.
That actually might be where that type of rap song comes from generally though - I wouldn't be surprised if that was the origin, that it's bragging because you succeeded in spite of people.
Yoongi does a fair amount of that in his early solo work. They got so much hate, and he expressed some anger very directly.
Ugh is another, deeper song that's also aimed at hateful people, and Idol is both the ultimate clapback and the ultimate wholesome song at the same time. 😂
you can check their live performance also, specially their Busan concert
Yep! What everybody else said! I concur completely.
You have not seen Daechwita yet? It’s epic. Ultimate diss track. 💜
I guess you really don't understand BTS if you think this is not to be expected of them. They do a lot of hip hop music, they originated as a hip hop group.
The black hooded figures throwing smoke represent BTS’ haters, who from the beginning have been trying everything to destroy BTS spurred on by the big Kpop companies that had enjoyed their monopoly on the industry and did not like to see a group from a small company getting more attention than their artists. And from media companies who wanted to keep the power to make some groups stars and bury groups that they were not profiting from. Yet here was BTS becoming the biggest stars in Korea without the backing of external media groups. That obviously could not be allowed. So in this music video BTS appear in the interrogation room as if they are criminals who have to defend their success . They also appear in jail and surrounded by police cars, but later in the video the police cars explode and catch on fire, and the hooded haters fall from the sky in flames.
just FYI this song was inspired by President Obama's mic drop at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2016. Thanks as always for the reaction.
My favorite bts songs 🤔🤔
Telepathy
Mikrocosmos
Baepsae (/Silver Spoon)
Go Go
Where you from
Butterfly
Let Go (jpn)
Heartbeat
Just One Day
Boy with Luv
Anpanman
Iine Pt 2. Ano Bashode (jpn)
Trivia: Seesaw
People (-Agust D)
Bicycle (-RM)
Change (-RM ft Wale)
This son is amazing
Please react to Answer: Love Myself live performance. One of my BTS' faves that has a great message 🫰🏽💜🫰🏽💜🫰🏽💜.
Other BTS' songs (few to mention, so many to list)
1. Make It Right
2. Mikrokosnos
3. Magic Shop
4. Heartbeat
5. The Truth Untold
6. Your Eyes Tell
7. Best of Me
8. Anpanman
9. Jump
10. Let Go
.......and so on and on and on....
If you react to "BTS Hardships"...you would understand the clap back
Thanks for listening to Mic Drop, and for joining in (!), and for enjoying it, though it does feel like saying it's 'enjoyable' is a bit like damning it with faint praise 😏
You seemed to feel that it's just a pretty generic rap flex song that 'all rappers have to have' - I can't see any of BTS' rap as 'like all rappers have to have'. Actually it's significantly different from that. Actually all BTS' raps are very specific and not to be blunt - pointed.
This band has received incredible levels of hate including hate directed at them To Their Face and In Public. Now in Korea, politeness is a whole THANG, and you don't do that. Hip Hop might, but your don;t respond. But they had it from everywhere, with people sayng they were talentless, couldn't sing, couldn't rap, couldn't dance, were just singing what was given to them (despite all being involved in writing and directing every single song... And because they were idols, the standards of behaviour were that they had to remain calm and passive.
Mic Drop is their musical response to years of hate and personal criticism made about them in public and on public forums. So, yes, it's a flex, but every single line is carefully targeted at quotations from the abuse they received.
It's not like 'rap that every rapper has to have on their sheet': there are no names, no swearing, no putting anyone else down, no personal abuse (unlike that which they received).
It's powerful, highly musical, poetic
How many hours do we fly ... I keep on dreamin’ on the cloud: Yeah I’m on the mountain; Yeah I’m on the bay. Everyday we vibin’ ... Mic Drop
And one point of irony (BTS like irony a lot) is that when RM is dreamin on the cloud, he is often writing lyrics. We've seen him. Sweating. (him, not us)
Perhaps it's time for you to explore a bit of BTS history if you've not done so yet. MANY will point you to
Taylor Mari's outstanding A Guide to BTS Members: The Bangtan 7 th-cam.com/video/huV_yIdxZPY/w-d-xo.html
but I suspect at this point you should check out xCeleste's excellent
BTS HARDSHIPS 2013-2021 | Racism, mistreatment, accusations + more | Struggles throughout the years th-cam.com/video/EdY6wnLsetQ/w-d-xo.html
I apologise for my long and rambly post - I find it impossible to avoid!
Thks for your BTS’s reactions. Please react to Taylor Mari BTS Guide … then you will understand the purpose of this song. 💜🇵🇪
And xCeleste's "BTS HARDSHIPS 2013-2021 | Racism, mistreatment, accusations + more | Struggles throughout the years"
It's a diss track for all the haters who repeatedly said they wouldn't make it the industry.
As for why other rappers do it got no idea. But when BTS Rapline say something it has MEANING. If you ever listen to BTS' UGH, DDAENG plz first watch the explanation by DKDTV and then and then hear the track. Lot of Korean references and social connotations. Kindly react to these 2 later. BTS Rapline is no joke . They write and perform their own raps.
Thank you for the reaction 💜
I highly recommend for you guys to react to 'The truth untold', it is a song from the vocal line. It doesn't have a music video tho, but I think you will still enjoy the song especially the lyrics,its so emotional.
The second one that I highly recommend is 'Outro:Tear', this one is from the rapline. This song is so emotional for the group. They all cried when they listened to it. It also doesn't have a music video but please please please react to the live version. The amount of emotion they put in that live performance is just so- . Also do not worry the live version also have lyrics on it.
These types of songs are clap back to haters. If you can't say anything to haters publicly, you make a diss track.
One of my favorite BTS songs is Baepsae. Needs the explanation video by dkdktv.
Brilliant and for anyone creative, a battle song. The dance too is amazing, birdlike. (Crow -tits rule) 🐦⬛😘💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🫰🏻
I’m not sure if you’re reacting without studying the lyrics as you will learn a lot more about the song from there. Along with bts’ history. Appreciate the reaction though! Keep enjoying them!😊
It's not an "I'm awesome" song just for the hell of it lol, it's a response to a lot of actual hate and criticism they endured. If you guys explored a little deeper and reacted to stuff like the Rise of Bangtan docu-series alongside the music, you'll understand a lot better.
Thank you for this reaction! Others already mentioned the reason behind this MV. I would love to see you react to Outro:Tear live or Ugh with explanation video by DKDKTV. For the vocal line, the live performance with Eng subs of House of Cards is amazing too. I really like too many songs to list here! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Next please check out "Tomorrow" and ON by bts
I guess in case of BTS there are just so many assumptions n haters like who just judge them without even actually listenin to them so this is a replyyyyyy to themmmm💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
React To BTS "ON Kinetic Manifesto"❤
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You'll appreciate them even more if you watch the Guide to the BTS members by Taylor....genius songwriters, producers, composers....all with Bachelor's Degrees, working on Masters. Some started with no dance experience, some with no vocal experience and one with neither. One joined at 13, western age. This song was to their haters who've tried to hold them down since they started....including death threats....see From Nobodies to Legends. ARMY grandma, new subscriber
you should watch with the closed captions on! itll show their lyrics in english
check out a life performance of So What :)😊
I don’t understand why you do not use the “cc” button to get English subtitles. BTS is known for the impact, scope and depth of their lyrics and you completely miss out on one of the most significant reasons for their reaching the hearts of people around the world! You would never have made your non-educated comment regarding - and I paraphrase - “Why do rappers always have to say they’re so great.” if you had been reading the subtitles. PLEASE, I IMPLORE you, make an effort to understand their actual messages. If you don’t care for subtitles you can read the Dulcet translations in advance, or there are other sources for translations. I assure you that, so far, you are missing out on MORE than half of the pleasure of BTS music! I write this to you with Army love because I believe that you deserve the best. I purple you 💜💜 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
OMG stop comparing BTS to the Western industry. They are singing to specific people and every Army knows who.
BTS 7 boy's 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Have u reaction to bts guide? Watch it..❤
Please react to "A Guide to BTS Members ...The Bangtan 7 " by Taylor Mari... it is really very inspiring
Listen to the original version (their words) and you get a different story. This was redone for America......If you read this.....
When you have won awards in over 115 countries and America claims you are only K-pop and can only dance (their origins are in hiphop,) You have to defend yourself. They have sung in many different genres over the last 10yrs.
You are used to American rappers and their shallowness.
It's not so much "I'm awesome" as "I'm so sorry you're not awesome; don't bother apologizing."
You've already been lovingly schooled by all the Army here so I won't comment on that aspect of this reaction, but I think you need to know a few other facts. The comment that BTS has to have their one song of rapping coolness is just silly when you learn that BTS's base is two underground rappers and one hip hop dancer come rapper who are all about the hip hop life. If you look into more history about hip hop, you will also learn that telling your truth is a basis for the rapping. Bragging about yourself is a fundamental of the genre. Speaking like the rappers who brag are wrong to do so is like telling a cat not to meow, it's an integral part of who they are and what they are doing. Also, the same goes for introducing yourself with your name at the beginning of your rap...which you will absolutely hear in BTS songs too, you just haven't listened to any of their earlier hip hop heavy songs. I'm in no way an expert on rap and hip hop so I hope others will correct me or add on to what I have said, but I do think it's a little disrespectful to comment on what you just don't understand. I'm glad you are enjoying BTS and I hope they can lead you to opening your minds and hearts to more of life's lessons.
I´m a bit disappointed with your reaction. You could have turned on the captions and for reading the lyrics pause on it! Nobody would have mind it! But to say it´s just an I´m awesome song doesn´t do them justice! I´m not going to comment any further on you bc everything is sayed perfectly by other commenters! Only 71 comments as 15060 people watched you... you should think about it! Sorry