Blood Sweat and Tears video and song were built and written based on Demian, a novel by Hermann Hesse, who won a nobel prize in literature back in 1946. I read this book (because of this Mv) and I'll try my best to interpret and summarize the story here. The story follows a young boy named Sinclair who had a friend named Demian. Demian acted as Sinclair's mentor during his childhood and transition to adulthood. Sinclair as a young adult experienced series of existential crisis, believing he lived in between the world of light (the world of illusion, full of goodness) and "the dark world" (the real world which was full of lust, temptation, anger and evil world). Demian, and later on Sinclair's another mentor Pistorius, believed that in order to become a full person a human needs to embrace both of their light and dark sides. This will then lead Sinclair to find out about Abraxas, the god of light and darkness. There are sooo many imageries and jawdropping details on the MV that represent details in the book. But the point is this song is about the loss of innocence and temptation, about being a human and embracing both of your good and dark sides. The scene where Jin kissed the statue (which I believe the representation of Abraxas) means he seals the deal with the devil himself in order to fully embrace himself as a person who isn't perfect, full of flaws. The white and black doors represent the world of light and the real world. Suga playing piano represents Pistorius who was an organ player in the story. The phrase that RM read in English here was also taken from the book, page 26 (on the version that I read). It says "He too was a tempter, he too was a link to the second, the evil world with which I no longer have anything to do." "He" here refers to Demian, that Sinclair once thought as a bad influence for him, maybe it's because Sinclair tried to deny his dark sides. The book is heavily influenced by a swiss philosopher and psychiatrist Carl Jung. One of his pupils was Hermann Hesse's doctor back then. This MV and song are also influenced by a german philosopher Nietzche. There's a quote by him on the wall above the painting that Jin is staring at. It is in German but it means "You must have chaos within you in order to give a birth to a dancing star". Again, the same theme occurs here, about embracing both of your light and dark sides. Only by accepting your flaws and mistakes you can reach your true potentials. Hesse learned a lot about Jung's psychoanalysis and experienced it himself so that was why Demian was heavily influenced by it. What makes it even more interesting, BTS album MOTS 7 is also based on Carl Jung's theory (hence the songs Persona, Shadow, and Ego were born-- these 3 elements are important in Jung's theory Maps of the Soul). BTS are deep. They talk about real things like the pain of growing up and youth's experience. They literally make a lot of armys become smarter and read on classic literature like this because of them. lol. Welcome to the fandom! (Please note once again that this is all my own interpretation after reading the book, take it with a grain of salt.)
This was based on a book called "Demian" by Herman Hesse about seduction and temptation. I'm starting to read it. One of my favorite song and strong meaning to it. 💜
Bookish Theories does a GREAT explanation video on this. So much symbolism in the vid that relates to the book, also repeated story-lines in the BU (BTS Universe - a side story within BTS with a webtoon, videos, notes, album liner notes, and is a deep dive into itself). Plus the song is a banger :) as always BTS wraps meaning within clues within meanings, and is always open to interpretation. BTS is rarely ever "surface level" Glad your enjoying your journey.
@@ToddReacts yes kpop groups usually have so many members also can you check out "stray kids" they're self-produced kpop group their sound is so different from any kpop groups i heard im sure u won't regret checking them out you can react to their maniac mv it's their latest comeback or god's menu mv it's their most popular mv
As has been mentioned, this music video was inspired by the book Demian by Herman Hesse. A lot of the imagery is directly related to the book and/or symbolic of things related to the book and the narration during the little interlude is actually a direct quote from the book. It is all about temptation and the loss of innocence. You'll notice a lot of black and white...a black door and a white door, a black statue and a white statue, etc. The painting at the beginning depicts the battle between heaven and fallen angels. The other paintings in the music video are the Fall of Icarus and the Lament for Icarus.
Everything about this song is iconic. Jimin's intro is iconic V with his blonde hair and his parts are iconic. RM's "chocolate cheeks and wings" is iconic and the list goes on, but the most iconic one is definitely j-hope's "wanhae manhae manhae"
Will they be doing more natural instruments? Check out the performance of Black Swan : Art Film, then watch their official MV, and also the Live performance at the Late Late show with James Corden where they absorbed some of the Art film into their own choreography in their version of the song. The Art film uses more classical instruments and uses a dance group who does ballet/contemporary dance while doing it barefoot. You will see why BTS also does this type of dancing and in bare feet.
RM is a huge fan of museums and his love for books rival that of museums haha 😄 it's cool you have a love for museums too. He's also donated and as a group they've done collaborative works 💜
The dance practice video is worth watching. The choreography reflects the theme of this song. If you like interpreting symbolism, this music video is full of Easter eggs. And since you like museums, look up RM's recent vlog where he attended an art expo in Switzerland.
I actually purchased the book Demian recently so that I can read the story. I think this video is a flat-out masterpiece. Truly art on film… Nice reaction from you! I love BTS ~ excited to see more of them from you. New subscriber here…💜
Hi! Just an FYI: j-hope has a new collab coming out this Thursday with K-R&B artist Crush. The song is called Rush Hour and there are already two teasers out for it! It looks like it's going to be a funky song and j-hope might even dance! Please react to it! You'll find it on Crush's channel when it drops! Thank you!
TBH, your interpretation to me felt a bit conventional American (I guess I am presuming you are American which may be a presumption). Americans tend to gravitate to the idea that most songs somehow involve interpersonal relationships. This song is significantly more complex. I recommend you watch an explanation video as the simplistic understanding you relayed is a bit of an injustice to both the artistry you watched and also to yourself as an intelligent individual. I have always found value in docents in museums which is something you claim to love. May I suggest one by XCeleste if you care to be challenged to put on your thinking cap.
All BTS songs and mv’s do have an underlying meanings to it. For explanations if you care to listen to them xCeleste, DKDKTV and Bookish Theories do offer rather insightful explanations.
For me reaction to this mv is like a test. If someone is not asking: What does it mean?! Or try to understand, I'm out 😅 Everybody sees boys look great, can dance and sing, but looking for the message behind is important
it would be great if u react to other kpop groups as well kpop has so many talented groups with great music along bts im a big fan of stray kids and txt( txt are in the same label as bts some fans like to call them the little brothers of bts) anyway pls react to stray kids god's menu or maniac and txt's 0x1=lovesong(rm helped with writing this song).
RM likes to visit museums too and likes to share his favorite pieces from his visits on Instagram. The New York Times did an article about him as an art patron recently due to his large impact on the art world. Link to the article in the reply.
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Blood Sweat and Tears video and song were built and written based on Demian, a novel by Hermann Hesse, who won a nobel prize in literature back in 1946. I read this book (because of this Mv) and I'll try my best to interpret and summarize the story here.
The story follows a young boy named Sinclair who had a friend named Demian. Demian acted as Sinclair's mentor during his childhood and transition to adulthood. Sinclair as a young adult experienced series of existential crisis, believing he lived in between the world of light (the world of illusion, full of goodness) and "the dark world" (the real world which was full of lust, temptation, anger and evil world).
Demian, and later on Sinclair's another mentor Pistorius, believed that in order to become a full person a human needs to embrace both of their light and dark sides. This will then lead Sinclair to find out about Abraxas, the god of light and darkness.
There are sooo many imageries and jawdropping details on the MV that represent details in the book. But the point is this song is about the loss of innocence and temptation, about being a human and embracing both of your good and dark sides.
The scene where Jin kissed the statue (which I believe the representation of Abraxas) means he seals the deal with the devil himself in order to fully embrace himself as a person who isn't perfect, full of flaws.
The white and black doors represent the world of light and the real world. Suga playing piano represents Pistorius who was an organ player in the story. The phrase that RM read in English here was also taken from the book, page 26 (on the version that I read). It says "He too was a tempter, he too was a link to the second, the evil world with which I no longer have anything to do."
"He" here refers to Demian, that Sinclair once thought as a bad influence for him, maybe it's because Sinclair tried to deny his dark sides.
The book is heavily influenced by a swiss philosopher and psychiatrist Carl Jung. One of his pupils was Hermann Hesse's doctor back then. This MV and song are also influenced by a german philosopher Nietzche. There's a quote by him on the wall above the painting that Jin is staring at. It is in German but it means "You must have chaos within you in order to give a birth to a dancing star". Again, the same theme occurs here, about embracing both of your light and dark sides. Only by accepting your flaws and mistakes you can reach your true potentials.
Hesse learned a lot about Jung's psychoanalysis and experienced it himself so that was why Demian was heavily influenced by it. What makes it even more interesting, BTS album MOTS 7 is also based on Carl Jung's theory (hence the songs Persona, Shadow, and Ego were born-- these 3 elements are important in Jung's theory Maps of the Soul).
BTS are deep. They talk about real things like the pain of growing up and youth's experience. They literally make a lot of armys become smarter and read on classic literature like this because of them. lol. Welcome to the fandom!
(Please note once again that this is all my own interpretation after reading the book, take it with a grain of salt.)
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This comment deserves copy- paste to every BTS newbie reaction to this mv
This was based on a book called "Demian" by Herman Hesse about seduction and temptation. I'm starting to read it. One of my favorite song and strong meaning to it. 💜
Bookish Theories does a GREAT explanation video on this. So much symbolism in the vid that relates to the book, also repeated story-lines in the BU (BTS Universe - a side story within BTS with a webtoon, videos, notes, album liner notes, and is a deep dive into itself). Plus the song is a banger :) as always BTS wraps meaning within clues within meanings, and is always open to interpretation. BTS is rarely ever "surface level" Glad your enjoying your journey.
it's always funny to me when people say bts have sm members bc a kpop group called nct exists and they have 23 members lol
@@ToddReacts yes kpop groups usually have so many members also can you check out "stray kids" they're self-produced kpop group their sound is so different from any kpop groups i heard im sure u won't regret checking them out you can react to their maniac mv it's their latest comeback or god's menu mv it's their most popular mv
Aswell as many other groups with 9 to 12 members. 7 is kind of average for kpop groups 😂💜
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As has been mentioned, this music video was inspired by the book Demian by Herman Hesse. A lot of the imagery is directly related to the book and/or symbolic of things related to the book and the narration during the little interlude is actually a direct quote from the book.
It is all about temptation and the loss of innocence. You'll notice a lot of black and white...a black door and a white door, a black statue and a white statue, etc. The painting at the beginning depicts the battle between heaven and fallen angels. The other paintings in the music video are the Fall of Icarus and the Lament for Icarus.
The visuals in this video are STUNNING.... I LOVE IT !!! 🔥
Everything about this song is iconic. Jimin's intro is iconic V with his blonde hair and his parts are iconic. RM's "chocolate cheeks and wings" is iconic and the list goes on, but the most iconic one is definitely j-hope's "wanhae manhae manhae"
Will they be doing more natural instruments? Check out the performance of Black Swan : Art Film, then watch their official MV, and also the Live performance at the Late Late show with James Corden where they absorbed some of the Art film into their own choreography in their version of the song. The Art film uses more classical instruments and uses a dance group who does ballet/contemporary dance while doing it barefoot. You will see why BTS also does this type of dancing and in bare feet.
RM is a huge fan of museums and his love for books rival that of museums haha 😄 it's cool you have a love for museums too. He's also donated and as a group they've done collaborative works 💜
The dance practice video is worth watching. The choreography reflects the theme of this song. If you like interpreting symbolism, this music video is full of Easter eggs.
And since you like museums, look up RM's recent vlog where he attended an art expo in Switzerland.
You should look at the explanation video. Its very deep. Based on book by Hess Damian
I actually purchased the book Demian recently so that I can read the story. I think this video is a flat-out masterpiece. Truly art on film… Nice reaction from you! I love BTS ~ excited to see more of them from you. New subscriber here…💜
ty for the reaction can you react to stray kids maniac next?
Please react to stray kids maniac as well it's insane
Hi! Just an FYI: j-hope has a new collab coming out this Thursday with K-R&B artist Crush. The song is called Rush Hour and there are already two teasers out for it! It looks like it's going to be a funky song and j-hope might even dance! Please react to it! You'll find it on Crush's channel when it drops! Thank you!
BTS💜 love jungkook much so talented 💜💜💜
TBH, your interpretation to me felt a bit conventional American (I guess I am presuming you are American which may be a presumption). Americans tend to gravitate to the idea that most songs somehow involve interpersonal relationships. This song is significantly more complex. I recommend you watch an explanation video as the simplistic understanding you relayed is a bit of an injustice to both the artistry you watched and also to yourself as an intelligent individual. I have always found value in docents in museums which is something you claim to love. May I suggest one by XCeleste if you care to be challenged to put on your thinking cap.
All BTS songs and mv’s do have an underlying meanings to it. For explanations if you care to listen to them xCeleste, DKDKTV and Bookish Theories do offer rather insightful explanations.
For me reaction to this mv is like a test. If someone is not asking: What does it mean?! Or try to understand, I'm out 😅
Everybody sees boys look great, can dance and sing, but looking for the message behind is important
just found your channel and i love your reactions ty for doing them pls check out stray kids maniac i feel like you would like them
If you're ever in Chicago, checkout the ART INSTITUTE.... you'll love it as muçh as I do. 🙂☺
You should do a reaction to BTS live award performance "MMA 2019"
it would be great if u react to other kpop groups as well kpop has so many talented groups with great music along bts im a big fan of stray kids and txt( txt are in the same label as bts some fans like to call them the little brothers of bts) anyway pls react to stray kids god's menu or maniac and txt's 0x1=lovesong(rm helped with writing this song).
RM likes to visit museums too and likes to share his favorite pieces from his visits on Instagram. The New York Times did an article about him as an art patron recently due to his large impact on the art world. Link to the article in the reply.
If you’re interested in deeper meaning of video, check out Bookish Theories explanation of this video. So deep.
Check out the explanation video. You'd ve more blown away 💜 i like your inputs, Todd!
Why did he bring up Despacito? I think I missed something
latin beat I guess
Maybe because it has a reggaeton beat
@@juneseghni ahhh thanks
Please react i need you mv
Original version! 💜💜💜
So this is an older song....
Miracles by Coldplay react please.
BTS is 7 members .they are all males...there's no women .... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 When you said " She reminds me... He is V's scene