Honestly, all the members speak about their feelings, mindsets, struggles. RM's "Mono" is so special for me and has some of my favorite songs like "MoonChild", "Uhgood","Forever Rain" or "Wildflower" from Indigo, his latest release. Maybe you can do a deep dive for every members' solo music. Then, listening to all of BTS together, it will feel special that all those people you got to know are connected.
Social phobia is the fear of social situations. Suga mentions in one of his songs, "140503 at Dawn", that "I couldn’t take a single step out of the dorm that felt like a prison". I don't know if you would consider doing album reactions, but Agust D's entire discography is fascinating to follow chronologically: "Agust D" - "D-2" - "D-Day". Because he writes about his own life and his observations of the world, we can see how he grows as a musician and as a person - from a youth hungry for success, to a mature musician at peace with himself.
BTW guys, 'Show Me The Money' which Suga mentioned, is a hip hop audition show in Korea that was wildly popular, especially during 2013-2015 when BTS was getting a lot of hate. This was when it was popular to diss Kpop. BTS who was well known enough to be recognized but still small enough were bullied along with their fans. There were not just one, but a number of instances that rappers dissed BTS on this show. Now I bet those rapper note down bars from the raplines of BTS.
The Last is one of my favourite from Yoongi. The line "i don't give a shit...all to hide my weak self" is what made me feel heard. Yoongi's lyrics are raw. Hard cold raw. It's direct. Namjoon uses metaphors. A poet. Hoseok "hides" it by using hyped up beats. If given the right attention by a listener, all the 3 have DEEP DARK meaningful lyrics. All 3 are incomparable in their talents. Rest is all about individual listener's preference. Direct or poetry or "pain behind those smile"
You are mixing the BU storyline with real life. The muted lyrics do imply self-harm/suicide etc, but Jin preventing Yoongis suicide attempt is pure fiction. Maybe you already know, but in case someone else comes along in future and reads comments
@@onedanglyearring2939 true. It's BU. However due to the usage of their rl names....here we are 🥲 Thank you for clarifying this. I don't remember seeing the other one before 💜
Really appreciate you looked deeply lyrics....Because suga has one the of deepest and most beautiful lyricsim i have ever known...he always write directly ...so much truth about life...He performed this song his latest D-Day world tour concert as a last song....it is incredible...his concert is also fantastic because he is so good in live...so anyway thank you for the reaction 😊
The 3 rappers are amazing in their own way. Everytime I think I have a favourite, another one comes out with something and I’m like “oh, that was impressive”. Which is why army’s have bias wreckers. If that’s the case for the rap line, imagine all 7 🤦🏻♀️ Rm was a poet before becoming a rapper, so his lyricism is crazy. His lyrics do flow like a poem. His topics go deep too but he’s very philosophical so it’s not as direct as Agust D. Sometimes you need coles notes for RM to understand the double/triple entendres and layers of meaning. Jhope was a dancer first so he has a really good understanding of rhythm and beats. His rap flows + body movements (even if he’s not doing choreography) makes his performances so captivating with high energy and passion. I think he speaks on self identity Suga/Agust d as you’ve seen is more raw and aggressive. He’s very direct. Rm and Suga had a lot of anger in their earlier days and I can hear it in their music. I think as they’re getting older and more mature, they’ve learned to forgive, move on, and not let things get to them so easily so they are exploring other aspects of rap. Personally, I was listening to BTS since early 2022, but I didn’t become army until Oct 2022, and RMs wildflower completely destroyed me. I’ve never been that affected by a song ever in my life. I felt his emotions and maybe I resonated with it on a personal level. I do recommend you get to know him and the members a little more before you watch that one so you will have a better understanding of where he came from. I’ve seen some reactors think he’s just some privileged idol crying over something minuscule 😓. RM is the leader of the group although he is 4th oldest. Or 4th youngest. He’s right in the middle. He started off as a young teenager too. The label built bts around him and he had immense pressure taking on all these responsibilities and the well being of everyone at such a young age. Taking on 6 adolescent boys when he was a kid. Taking on a struggling company that’s banking on you to make a buck or they go bankrupt. Taking on all the haters that send them death threats and the underground hip hop scene that have now shunned you when you thought they were your friends. Then you have the other labels, artists, fans, media, government that all look down on you and pray for you to fall. And when you do find some success, the country telling you you’re now the country’s treasure and you have to carry your country’s reputation on your shoulders too. Can you imagine that stress?!?! 🤯
@@h.vgavriel5838 I must admit, I started my BTS journey with prejudice. I couldn't take RM or the other members seriously and only thought of them as any other poppy boyband. I only started giving them some attention because I was curious why they were so big amongst all the other k-pop bands, and my cousin (who's an army) stayed with me for a few months and ruined my TH-cam algorithim with all BTS content. But after getting to know them, and listening to what they have to say, I was thoroughly impressed. Every time RM speaks, i feel inspired. I don't know if it's all the social media binging or every day boring routine, but i've been feeling this sense of brain fog. Like my brain isn't as sharp or functioning at a high level like it used to. But RM and BTS's songs and speeches kinda makes it feel like i unclogged my brain if that makes sense. Like i am starting to think again instead of going through my every day life in a trance. Sounds crazy, i know. I would have laughed at whoever said that to me before I became an Army. But now, i thoroughly believe that if Kim Namjoon can become some type of leader in our society that can actually make decisions, our world will be a much better place.
the "concert" he want to erase is the Kobe concert. The cancelation of the Kobe concert was believed to result from V and Suga intoxication, but the truth is that Suga have a panic attack this day, juste before the concert. He talk about this moment : " I don’t give a shit I don’t give a fuck /All those words uh/ Those words are said to hide my weak self/Those days I wish I could erase / Right, that performance day / Which I don’t remember very well /The day I confronted myself /When I hid inside the bathroom /Because I was scared of people" . After that, he had a break. He go back to Kobe, and write a beautiful letter to Army . That's our Min Yoongi, direct, honest, raw and straightforward, in his lyrics as well as in his speech, and that's BTS : they are genuine and honest with their fans, they were never afraid to talk about their fears, doubts, failures, to show their hope and desires, to be emotional or goofy , crying and laughing in front of us, Army (well, even sleeping, drinking, and washing dishes sometimes Lol ) ... I will copy past Suga's letter about this Kobe concert down below (it's quite long, but it's worth it ! )
Suga's letter about Kobe concert " "Hello, this is Suga. Many people were curious as to what I was doing on my break, and to simply put it, I walked a lot, slept a lot and thought a lot. I wanted to go on a trip to organize my thoughts before working on my mixtape. I also had a place I must go to. I wanted to do things I was able to do not as a 24-year old BTS’ Suga, but as a 24-year old Min Yoongi. It was a time where I looked back at myself.The things I will say now are things I wanted to share not as a singer to a fan or as BTS to ARMY, but to talk to you as human to human. I've always wanted to be a cool person to a lot of people. Having rationale thoughts and making rationale decisions in any situations. I wanted to live like my father. My father said to take a look around you when there's something to be happy about. Be calm and make rationale decisions when happy. The first day when "I need u" got 1st place, I took a look at my surroundings. Every minute I'm happy, I acted as if I'm not. When I'm sad I acted as if I'm not. Even if I like it, I acted as if I don't like it. I pretended to be cold-hearted and pretended to be strong.If a joy is shared, it will be doubled but if a sadness is shared, it won't get smaller. That's what I thought. I know I'm a person who's bad at expressing my emotions but I've been living that way and I thought it's right. One day, I can't exactly remember when, I was in a car with my father and he said "Yoongi, don't live like me". The first day of vacation. The first day ever since I was born, I drank with my family. It has been 6 years since I left home. We were all just chatting, listening to stories that we haven't heard of. The strong and cool father that I know, knows how to feel hurt and sad, how to feel happy and love.. 1.5-pyeong in the practice room, my studio is my wide meadows and narrow prison. I can do anything and at the same time, I can't really do anything. I can work on music thoughtlessly for 20 hours, but I can also sit there and not do anything but just thinking for 20 hours. I was 13 years old when I first started writing my own lyrics. When I listen to good music, I will feel really excited and I feel really happy more than anything. To me, music is my hope and my happiness, I also want to be someone's hope and happiness. Actually I'm someone who would just walk away rather to crash and feel pain. Anyone hates being hurt and I don't want to get hurt. In "Nevermind", "If you feel like you a going to crash then accelerate more". Perharps, that's actually what I wanted to say to myself. The most upsetting time for me when I face a large number of people, is when I face myself who isn’t able to be fair to everyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but there are times I couldn’t do that. I think I’m still a person that lacks in many things. The second day of the concert in Kobe... I don’t think I’ve ever slept deeply after that day. Could it be because of the fact that I gave a wound to many people? Whenever I fell asleep, I would wake up with cold sweat. Because I already once have not been able to go on stage before and have hurt many people, I said that I’ll go up (to perform) no matter what situation arises. Everyone tried to stop me. I really cried a ton at the situation of not being able to go up on stage. And I know crying is losing. It’s really easy for me to cope with my own sorrow, but witnessing those who love me in sadness is very hard. I made them sad, once again. If I could go back to that day, I would go on stage no matter what. So there was just one place to go. I went to Kobe during my break. Many people tried to stop me from going, but I didn’t want to be ashamed of myself any longer. so I just went to Kobe without planning. It was my second time visiting the concert venue after a concert. The first was Ax Hall at late night after finishing the first Red Bullet concert. The second time was the Kobe World Memorial Hall, at where I failed to perform. I hate becoming a numb person.I didn’t want to take the love and these glorious days for granted. I didn’t want to be a numb person. That’s why I visited the venues again on my own. I liked being on stage, and I still do. When I was 17 and performed in front of 2 people I stood proudly and made eye contact with them during my performance. However after my debut I feel that I have not been righteous towards myself. I think it may be because I knew better than anyone that I wasn’t perfect. And then on the day of the first performance of HYYH on stage I made proud eye contact with the audience that I didn’t do in quite a while. But after the second day of the Kobe concert when I was unable to stand on stage, I didn’t have the courage to confidently confront the large number of people. So that’s why I visited Kobe, the concert hall again. I kept wandering around the area by the concert hall from the time I arrived there until the time our performance was due to begin that day. From the ticketing booth to the entrance and the concert hall - I wanted to feel the same emotions as you all from every nook and corner. I felt many emotions. Happiness, the excited nervousness felt while waiting for the performance, sadness, resentment, anger, regret, etc. I wanted to understand you all, and I do understand. So I’m sorry and apologetic, for I am not a perfect human being. I’m a person who is weak but acts strong. Once again I realized that I was a person who’s lacking. Although I’m not religious, I prayed at that place. After all, at the end, it was a fated day. Even if it’s ended, let’s not let this heart become numb. To me, who wanted to spend every moment alone, you all were taking up quite a large part (of my mind). Age and gender, nationality and religion, what language you use - all of that isn’t important to me. "Whether you're young or old, whether you have a hidden child, I don't care", haven't I said this already. That day, we unexpectedly had a Music Bank broadcast and I boarded a plane and returned a day before planned. I returned after organizing my many thoughts. Once again, while feeling that I’m a blessed person, I felt that I need to be a person who lives every moment feeling thankful. This is the moment I realized the fact that 24-year old Min Yoongi, who hates being an adult, is standing in front of the threshold to being an adult. Thank you for making me a blessed person, ARMY. Although I’m never able to say this because I’m bad at expressing myself. Here I am conveying my feelings and thoughts once more through a piece of less-than-satisfactory writing. I will live while being thankful of every moment as I am such a lacking human being. I love you, ARMY."
Love how you're taking an interest in them as people instead of as entertainers. That helps you relate to their art. "The Rise of Bangtan* series would be great content for you to comment on. Keep going! 💜🇨🇦
i think one of my favorite things about your bts reactions so far is that you both really focus on reading the lyrics and understanding the message - and that leads to intelligent discussion, and not just face-value "reactions" ... looking forward to more content !
Lyric videos are not always accurate. If you guys like diving into their lyrics, I'll suggest doolset bangtan. Many of their lyrics contain korean references that us as international fans won't understand. Doolset breaks them all down for us. I'm really enjoying your journey 💜
The beep replaced a question that a doctor in a psychiatric hospital asks, "Have you thought about or attempted suicide?" Suicide is a taboo topic in Korea, even though it has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world.
Min Yoongi (birth name) has said that there really isn't any difference between him as Agust D (pronounced like the month of August) and Suga...he just wanted some space or distinction between his music with BTS and also himself as a producer for other artists (which he also does under the name Suga), but that as a person he doesn't feel there is a difference.
Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god. I just wanna say that I hate comparing the rappers in BTS (and I would never do it), but when I say Suga is my favourite, it isn't because I think he's better than the other two. It's because of the way he raps, his cadence and raw emotion resonate with me on another level. I find his passion practically tangible through both his lyrics and music. Btw that censor beep is a reference to attempted/contemplated suicide. Usually when in therapy the first thing you're asked is if you've ever tried/thought of harming yourself...and Suga basically says he's been there before.
Min Yoongi is his real name, SUGA is his BTS name and stands for his favorite position in basketball (that he plays), shooting guard. Agust D is his solo name, and it is Suga spelled backwards, plus DT which dually stands for Daegu where he is from, and Daegu Town, the name of his underground rap group from before BTS.
This song is so raw, so powerful. I cried the first time I heard it and many times since. Yoongi makes music that speaks to my soul extra deep, where I need the light to enter.
OUTRO:TEAR but the live version. Its a song by the three rappers of BTS(RM, Suga, and J-Hope). There are live videos with eng. subs. Another live song that includes all seven is "RUN BTS" (there's no mv). It would be nice if you got to the Guide to BTS: The Bangtan 7 (by Taylor) at some point to get some background info about the members
Interesting commentary at the end about how toxic it is to be a superstar at a young age. I've thought about that a lot...how BTS - while having struggled a lot - has survived & thrived while others have struggled mightily to get their footing (e.g. Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, etc.) - I attribute it a lot to the fact they weren't solo artists. There were 7 of them so they really helped each other. Korean culture is also much different in that humility is a bit in its DNA vs. the hubris & celebrity-worship of many Western cultures (ugh!). And I think the leadership of RM made a big difference - wise & philosophical beyond his years. More interested in nature, art, the music for music's sake, etc. than fame & stardom. Like Justin Bieber he also has a song called "Lonely" on his amazing Indigo album. He wrote it while in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Here he is singing it live at an intimate concert in Seoul th-cam.com/video/phTx6KyJeH4/w-d-xo.html. Another song from that album has somewhat the same theme of losing yourself in the fame. Great MV too. Wildflower: th-cam.com/video/u18be_kRmC0/w-d-xo.html
Near the end, there was a bit of an error to the sub. Instead of the "show me the money" line, it's supposed to be "look at me, born from resentment" (something along these lines)
I am not sure who peddled the idea that Agust D is when he raps about real shit and Suga is just "BTS " as if he doesn't have deep and meaningful tracks and verses in BTS or collaborating with other artists. Personal less befitting the group concept, yes, but missing depth is to dimish his integrity. Suga though sometimes Idol cutesy more often writes deep and/or emotional verses within BTS. Try Shadow or Dead Leaves, a Suga group composition, and formulate your own opinions. Suga had no problem including some BTS in his Agust D concerts.
Please check also Suga's FIRST LOVE song there is also a live with english sub on this song during one of their biggest concerts world tour but I suggest to listen exclusively the lyrics first before watching live . It is also an autobiographical track. It's also raw but lyrically poetically so beautiful. Suga knows how to really move and touch any soul! FIRST LOVE is one of my many faves of his songs (of course i love m/v SHADOW, SEESAW you should see Suga doing live SEESAW too he is ,soft flirty Suga here ) I love Suga not only because he is one of the fastest and best rapper , producer and whatever many talents he got, the boy gifted with many things, but more so , I love Suga for being so honest, not pretentious and he doesnt cater what people wants him to do or to have a good validation from them but instead he do what he believe the right thing to do and his passion for music. His personality is interesting ,which some people judged him that he is cold, doesn't really bothers me. His latest interview in US late night show with Jimmy Fallon is one of my faves too --- he is just so calm , take his time when he talk and love when he spoke his own korean language and not pretending that he can speak straighly in English but so honest and true! Iknow he just only appear cold like that but if you saw different videos of him through the years with the 6 members and how he also exclusively interacted with his fans, you'll know the real him ( just don't approach him in the airport lol😂 he is a fast walker and unlike other members he doesnt wave or bow but his goal is to just get out from there and arrive to his destination. He is a busy man with a lot on his plate Movie Night with fan, videomeet with fans Suchwita show, World Tour concert, tiktok Haegeum dances, interviews. studying many lessons, God knows what else , he might maybe starting writing a songs now, tgen military service coming up. I don't know hiw Suga aka Yoongi , Agust D can keep up all of this stuff. Im glad he is done with his world tour now, he needs to get a lot of rests after running around from here to there. Im happy to see the boy from Daego Town who once a delivery boy and now rose to stardom and on the top stay still the same, humble and generous ( every now and then shared his blessings by donating to charity). He seems like very happy now and so enjoying his life . I support you always Yoongi and my love for you and BTS to infinity!
To get the real meanings of slang and non pg translations you need people like DKDKTV to explain slang cultural and historical references especially as Korean was made for rap as a one word modifier can give a sentence multiple meanings and that does not include homophones. When a word says one thing but it doubts like a curse world. The Rap line of BTS were the first members of BTS. They all especially BTS leader RM encouraged all the vocal line to develope their own tastes and styles of music. To write compose and produce. They have all solo work as part of BTS. People try to make another BTS but it's not possible as it stems from the duality of developing your own unique perspective and voice combined with a complete lack of ego when it comes to collaborations. Either with each other or other artists. That is why you find RM has over 22 collaborations. Nobody who works with a BTS member says that they would not work with them again.
Your voices are louder than the song, very difficult to hear it. I think social phobia is about social situations, not socialmedia. Many fans of BTS don't really think of them as Kpop, they have moved far beyond Kpop. Even before they debuted they didn't have the usual structured Kpop training. I recommend you listen to First Love to see a different side of Suga.
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Honestly, all the members speak about their feelings, mindsets, struggles. RM's "Mono" is so special for me and has some of my favorite songs like "MoonChild", "Uhgood","Forever Rain" or "Wildflower" from Indigo, his latest release. Maybe you can do a deep dive for every members' solo music. Then, listening to all of BTS together, it will feel special that all those people you got to know are connected.
Social phobia is the fear of social situations. Suga mentions in one of his songs, "140503 at Dawn", that "I couldn’t take a single step out of the dorm that felt like a prison".
I don't know if you would consider doing album reactions, but Agust D's entire discography is fascinating to follow chronologically: "Agust D" - "D-2" - "D-Day". Because he writes about his own life and his observations of the world, we can see how he grows as a musician and as a person - from a youth hungry for success, to a mature musician at peace with himself.
BTW guys, 'Show Me The Money' which Suga mentioned, is a hip hop audition show in Korea that was wildly popular, especially during 2013-2015 when BTS was getting a lot of hate. This was when it was popular to diss Kpop. BTS who was well known enough to be recognized but still small enough were bullied along with their fans. There were not just one, but a number of instances that rappers dissed BTS on this show. Now I bet those rapper note down bars from the raplines of BTS.
The Last is one of my favourite from Yoongi. The line "i don't give a shit...all to hide my weak self" is what made me feel heard.
Yoongi's lyrics are raw. Hard cold raw. It's direct.
Namjoon uses metaphors. A poet.
Hoseok "hides" it by using hyped up beats.
If given the right attention by a listener, all the 3 have DEEP DARK meaningful lyrics. All 3 are incomparable in their talents. Rest is all about individual listener's preference.
Direct or poetry or "pain behind those smile"
Doctor asked if he had every thought about suicide, he yes. He attempted suicide once and Jin the oldest member in the group stopped him.
You are mixing the BU storyline with real life. The muted lyrics do imply self-harm/suicide etc, but Jin preventing Yoongis suicide attempt is pure fiction. Maybe you already know, but in case someone else comes along in future and reads comments
@@onedanglyearring2939 true. It's BU. However due to the usage of their rl names....here we are 🥲
Thank you for clarifying this. I don't remember seeing the other one before 💜
Really appreciate you looked deeply lyrics....Because suga has one the of deepest and most beautiful lyricsim i have ever known...he always write directly ...so much truth about life...He performed this song his latest D-Day world tour concert as a last song....it is incredible...his concert is also fantastic because he is so good in live...so anyway thank you for the reaction 😊
The 3 rappers are amazing in their own way. Everytime I think I have a favourite, another one comes out with something and I’m like “oh, that was impressive”. Which is why army’s have bias wreckers. If that’s the case for the rap line, imagine all 7 🤦🏻♀️
Rm was a poet before becoming a rapper, so his lyricism is crazy. His lyrics do flow like a poem. His topics go deep too but he’s very philosophical so it’s not as direct as Agust D. Sometimes you need coles notes for RM to understand the double/triple entendres and layers of meaning.
Jhope was a dancer first so he has a really good understanding of rhythm and beats. His rap flows + body movements (even if he’s not doing choreography) makes his performances so captivating with high energy and passion. I think he speaks on self identity
Suga/Agust d as you’ve seen is more raw and aggressive. He’s very direct.
Rm and Suga had a lot of anger in their earlier days and I can hear it in their music. I think as they’re getting older and more mature, they’ve learned to forgive, move on, and not let things get to them so easily so they are exploring other aspects of rap. Personally, I was listening to BTS since early 2022, but I didn’t become army until Oct 2022, and RMs wildflower completely destroyed me. I’ve never been that affected by a song ever in my life. I felt his emotions and maybe I resonated with it on a personal level. I do recommend you get to know him and the members a little more before you watch that one so you will have a better understanding of where he came from. I’ve seen some reactors think he’s just some privileged idol crying over something minuscule 😓. RM is the leader of the group although he is 4th oldest. Or 4th youngest. He’s right in the middle. He started off as a young teenager too. The label built bts around him and he had immense pressure taking on all these responsibilities and the well being of everyone at such a young age. Taking on 6 adolescent boys when he was a kid. Taking on a struggling company that’s banking on you to make a buck or they go bankrupt. Taking on all the haters that send them death threats and the underground hip hop scene that have now shunned you when you thought they were your friends. Then you have the other labels, artists, fans, media, government that all look down on you and pray for you to fall. And when you do find some success, the country telling you you’re now the country’s treasure and you have to carry your country’s reputation on your shoulders too. Can you imagine that stress?!?! 🤯
I really like your comment about RM ! It's so true. I have a strong respect and admiration for this young man , he do so great as leader of BTS !
@@h.vgavriel5838 I must admit, I started my BTS journey with prejudice. I couldn't take RM or the other members seriously and only thought of them as any other poppy boyband. I only started giving them some attention because I was curious why they were so big amongst all the other k-pop bands, and my cousin (who's an army) stayed with me for a few months and ruined my TH-cam algorithim with all BTS content. But after getting to know them, and listening to what they have to say, I was thoroughly impressed. Every time RM speaks, i feel inspired. I don't know if it's all the social media binging or every day boring routine, but i've been feeling this sense of brain fog. Like my brain isn't as sharp or functioning at a high level like it used to. But RM and BTS's songs and speeches kinda makes it feel like i unclogged my brain if that makes sense. Like i am starting to think again instead of going through my every day life in a trance. Sounds crazy, i know. I would have laughed at whoever said that to me before I became an Army. But now, i thoroughly believe that if Kim Namjoon can become some type of leader in our society that can actually make decisions, our world will be a much better place.
the "concert" he want to erase is the Kobe concert. The cancelation of the Kobe concert was believed to result from V and Suga intoxication, but the truth is that Suga have a panic attack this day, juste before the concert. He talk about this moment : " I don’t give a shit I don’t give a fuck /All those words uh/ Those words are said to hide my weak self/Those days I wish I could erase / Right, that performance day / Which I don’t remember very well /The day I confronted myself /When I hid inside the bathroom /Because I was scared of people" . After that, he had a break. He go back to Kobe, and write a beautiful letter to Army . That's our Min Yoongi, direct, honest, raw and straightforward, in his lyrics as well as in his speech, and that's BTS : they are genuine and honest with their fans, they were never afraid to talk about their fears, doubts, failures, to show their hope and desires, to be emotional or goofy , crying and laughing in front of us, Army (well, even sleeping, drinking, and washing dishes sometimes Lol ) ... I will copy past Suga's letter about this Kobe concert down below (it's quite long, but it's worth it ! )
Suga's letter about Kobe concert " "Hello, this is Suga. Many people were curious as to what I was doing on my break, and to simply put it, I walked a lot, slept a lot and thought a lot. I wanted to go on a trip to organize my thoughts before working on my mixtape. I also had a place I must go to. I wanted to do things I was able to do not as a 24-year old BTS’ Suga, but as a 24-year old Min Yoongi. It was a time where I looked back at myself.The things I will say now are things I wanted to share not as a singer to a fan or as BTS to ARMY, but to talk to you as human to human. I've always wanted to be a cool person to a lot of people. Having rationale thoughts and making rationale decisions in any situations. I wanted to live like my father. My father said to take a look around you when there's something to be happy about. Be calm and make rationale decisions when happy. The first day when "I need u" got 1st place, I took a look at my surroundings. Every minute I'm happy, I acted as if I'm not. When I'm sad I acted as if I'm not. Even if I like it, I acted as if I don't like it. I pretended to be cold-hearted and pretended to be strong.If a joy is shared, it will be doubled but if a sadness is shared, it won't get smaller. That's what I thought. I know I'm a person who's bad at expressing my emotions but I've been living that way and I thought it's right. One day, I can't exactly remember when, I was in a car with my father and he said "Yoongi, don't live like me". The first day of vacation. The first day ever since I was born, I drank with my family. It has been 6 years since I left home. We were all just chatting, listening to stories that we haven't heard of. The strong and cool father that I know, knows how to feel hurt and sad, how to feel happy and love.. 1.5-pyeong in the practice room, my studio is my wide meadows and narrow prison. I can do anything and at the same time, I can't really do anything. I can work on music thoughtlessly for 20 hours, but I can also sit there and not do anything but just thinking for 20 hours. I was 13 years old when I first started writing my own lyrics. When I listen to good music, I will feel really excited and I feel really happy more than anything. To me, music is my hope and my happiness, I also want to be someone's hope and happiness. Actually I'm someone who would just walk away rather to crash and feel pain. Anyone hates being hurt and I don't want to get hurt. In "Nevermind", "If you feel like you a going to crash then accelerate more". Perharps, that's actually what I wanted to say to myself. The most upsetting time for me when I face a large number of people, is when I face myself who isn’t able to be fair to everyone. I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but there are times I couldn’t do that. I think I’m still a person that lacks in many things. The second day of the concert in Kobe... I don’t think I’ve ever slept deeply after that day. Could it be because of the fact that I gave a wound to many people? Whenever I fell asleep, I would wake up with cold sweat. Because I already once have not been able to go on stage before and have hurt many people, I said that I’ll go up (to perform) no matter what situation arises. Everyone tried to stop me. I really cried a ton at the situation of not being able to go up on stage. And I know crying is losing. It’s really easy for me to cope with my own sorrow, but witnessing those who love me in sadness is very hard. I made them sad, once again. If I could go back to that day, I would go on stage no matter what. So there was just one place to go. I went to Kobe during my break. Many people tried to stop me from going, but I didn’t want to be ashamed of myself any longer. so I just went to Kobe without planning. It was my second time visiting the concert venue after a concert. The first was Ax Hall at late night after finishing the first Red Bullet concert. The second time was the Kobe World Memorial Hall, at where I failed to perform. I hate becoming a numb person.I didn’t want to take the love and these glorious days for granted. I didn’t want to be a numb person. That’s why I visited the venues again on my own. I liked being on stage, and I still do. When I was 17 and performed in front of 2 people I stood proudly and made eye contact with them during my performance. However after my debut I feel that I have not been righteous towards myself. I think it may be because I knew better than anyone that I wasn’t perfect. And then on the day of the first performance of HYYH on stage I made proud eye contact with the audience that I didn’t do in quite a while. But after the second day of the Kobe concert when I was unable to stand on stage, I didn’t have the courage to confidently confront the large number of people. So that’s why I visited Kobe, the concert hall again. I kept wandering around the area by the concert hall from the time I arrived there until the time our performance was due to begin that day. From the ticketing booth to the entrance and the concert hall - I wanted to feel the same emotions as you all from every nook and corner. I felt many emotions. Happiness, the excited nervousness felt while waiting for the performance, sadness, resentment, anger, regret, etc. I wanted to understand you all, and I do understand. So I’m sorry and apologetic, for I am not a perfect human being. I’m a person who is weak but acts strong. Once again I realized that I was a person who’s lacking. Although I’m not religious, I prayed at that place. After all, at the end, it was a fated day. Even if it’s ended, let’s not let this heart become numb. To me, who wanted to spend every moment alone, you all were taking up quite a large part (of my mind). Age and gender, nationality and religion, what language you use - all of that isn’t important to me. "Whether you're young or old, whether you have a hidden child, I don't care", haven't I said this already. That day, we unexpectedly had a Music Bank broadcast and I boarded a plane and returned a day before planned. I returned after organizing my many thoughts. Once again, while feeling that I’m a blessed person, I felt that I need to be a person who lives every moment feeling thankful. This is the moment I realized the fact that 24-year old Min Yoongi, who hates being an adult, is standing in front of the threshold to being an adult. Thank you for making me a blessed person, ARMY. Although I’m never able to say this because I’m bad at expressing myself. Here I am conveying my feelings and thoughts once more through a piece of less-than-satisfactory writing. I will live while being thankful of every moment as I am such a lacking human being. I love you, ARMY."
Love how you're taking an interest in them as people instead of as entertainers. That helps you relate to their art.
"The Rise of Bangtan* series would be great content for you to comment on.
Keep going! 💜🇨🇦
I believe the part they censored out is asking him if he’s ever thought of hurting himself
i think one of my favorite things about your bts reactions so far is that you both really focus on reading the lyrics and understanding the message - and that leads to intelligent discussion, and not just face-value "reactions" ... looking forward to more content !
Lyric videos are not always accurate. If you guys like diving into their lyrics, I'll suggest doolset bangtan. Many of their lyrics contain korean references that us as international fans won't understand. Doolset breaks them all down for us. I'm really enjoying your journey 💜
The beep replaced a question that a doctor in a psychiatric hospital asks, "Have you thought about or attempted suicide?" Suicide is a taboo topic in Korea, even though it has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world.
Min Yoongi (birth name) has said that there really isn't any difference between him as Agust D (pronounced like the month of August) and Suga...he just wanted some space or distinction between his music with BTS and also himself as a producer for other artists (which he also does under the name Suga), but that as a person he doesn't feel there is a difference.
is it actually pronounced like the month of august? i just go on how he says his name in Moonlight
Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god. I just wanna say that I hate comparing the rappers in BTS (and I would never do it), but when I say Suga is my favourite, it isn't because I think he's better than the other two. It's because of the way he raps, his cadence and raw emotion resonate with me on another level. I find his passion practically tangible through both his lyrics and music. Btw that censor beep is a reference to attempted/contemplated suicide. Usually when in therapy the first thing you're asked is if you've ever tried/thought of harming yourself...and Suga basically says he's been there before.
Min Yoongi is his real name, SUGA is his BTS name and stands for his favorite position in basketball (that he plays), shooting guard.
Agust D is his solo name, and it is Suga spelled backwards, plus DT which dually stands for Daegu where he is from, and Daegu Town, the name of his underground rap group from before BTS.
This song is so raw, so powerful. I cried the first time I heard it and many times since. Yoongi makes music that speaks to my soul extra deep, where I need the light to enter.
Dial 6137 has the best (most correct) lyric videos... Enjoy BTS More is best for live performances with correct english subs.
OUTRO:TEAR but the live version. Its a song by the three rappers of BTS(RM, Suga, and J-Hope). There are live videos with eng. subs. Another live song that includes all seven is "RUN BTS" (there's no mv). It would be nice if you got to the Guide to BTS: The Bangtan 7 (by Taylor) at some point to get some background info about the members
Interesting commentary at the end about how toxic it is to be a superstar at a young age. I've thought about that a lot...how BTS - while having struggled a lot - has survived & thrived while others have struggled mightily to get their footing (e.g. Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, etc.) - I attribute it a lot to the fact they weren't solo artists. There were 7 of them so they really helped each other. Korean culture is also much different in that humility is a bit in its DNA vs. the hubris & celebrity-worship of many Western cultures (ugh!). And I think the leadership of RM made a big difference - wise & philosophical beyond his years. More interested in nature, art, the music for music's sake, etc. than fame & stardom. Like Justin Bieber he also has a song called "Lonely" on his amazing Indigo album. He wrote it while in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Here he is singing it live at an intimate concert in Seoul th-cam.com/video/phTx6KyJeH4/w-d-xo.html. Another song from that album has somewhat the same theme of losing yourself in the fame. Great MV too. Wildflower: th-cam.com/video/u18be_kRmC0/w-d-xo.html
Near the end, there was a bit of an error to the sub. Instead of the "show me the money" line, it's supposed to be "look at me, born from resentment" (something along these lines)
The censor at the doctor part is actually a flatline I'm sure. He says he'd been like that before, as in suicidal.
I am not sure who peddled the idea that Agust D is when he raps about real shit and Suga is just "BTS " as if he doesn't have deep and meaningful tracks and verses in BTS or collaborating with other artists. Personal less befitting the group concept, yes, but missing depth is to dimish his integrity. Suga though sometimes Idol cutesy more often writes deep and/or emotional verses within BTS. Try Shadow or Dead Leaves, a Suga group composition, and formulate your own opinions. Suga had no problem including some BTS in his Agust D concerts.
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Suga "first love" please
Love your comments and thoughts about the lyrics.
Please check also Suga's
FIRST LOVE song there is also a live with english sub on this song during one of their biggest concerts world tour but I suggest to listen exclusively the lyrics first before watching live . It is also an autobiographical track. It's also raw but lyrically poetically so beautiful. Suga knows how to really move and touch any soul! FIRST LOVE is one of my many faves of his songs (of course i love m/v SHADOW, SEESAW you should see Suga doing live SEESAW too he is ,soft flirty Suga here ) I love Suga not only because he is one of the fastest and best rapper , producer and whatever many talents he got, the boy gifted with many things, but more so , I love Suga for being so honest, not pretentious and he doesnt cater what people wants him to do or to have a good validation from them but instead he do what he believe the right thing to do and his passion for music. His personality is interesting ,which some people judged him that he is cold, doesn't really bothers me. His latest interview in US late night show with Jimmy Fallon is one of my faves too --- he is just so calm , take his time when he talk and love when he spoke his own korean language and not pretending that he can speak straighly in English but so honest and true! Iknow he just only appear cold like that but if you saw different videos of him through the years with the 6 members and how he also exclusively interacted with his fans, you'll know the real him ( just don't approach him in the airport lol😂 he is a fast walker and unlike other members he doesnt wave or bow but his goal is to just get out from there and arrive to his destination. He is a busy man with a lot on his plate Movie Night with fan, videomeet with fans Suchwita show, World Tour concert, tiktok Haegeum dances, interviews.
studying many lessons, God knows what else , he might maybe starting writing a songs now, tgen military service coming up. I don't know hiw Suga aka Yoongi , Agust D can keep up all of this stuff.
Im glad he is done with his world tour now, he needs to get a lot of rests after running around from here to there.
Im happy to see the boy from Daego Town who once a delivery boy and now rose to stardom and on the top stay still the same, humble and generous ( every now and then shared his blessings by donating to charity). He seems like very happy now and so enjoying his life .
I support you always Yoongi and my love for you and BTS to infinity!
The concert he talks about where you hid in the bathroom had to be canceled because of his mental state.
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To get the real meanings of slang and non pg translations you need people like DKDKTV to explain slang cultural and historical references especially as Korean was made for rap as a one word modifier can give a sentence multiple meanings and that does not include homophones. When a word says one thing but it doubts like a curse world. The Rap line of BTS were the first members of BTS. They all especially BTS leader RM encouraged all the vocal line to develope their own tastes and styles of music. To write compose and produce. They have all solo work as part of BTS. People try to make another BTS but it's not possible as it stems from the duality of developing your own unique perspective and voice combined with a complete lack of ego when it comes to collaborations. Either with each other or other artists. That is why you find RM has over 22 collaborations. Nobody who works with a BTS member says that they would not work with them again.
Why do you have the music solo you can hardly hear it
Your voices are louder than the song, very difficult to hear it. I think social phobia is about social situations, not socialmedia.
Many fans of BTS don't really think of them as Kpop, they have moved far beyond Kpop. Even before they debuted they didn't have the usual structured Kpop training.
I recommend you listen to First Love to see a different side of Suga.