I rarely see any comments that fully capture what's happening in "I'm Fine" in terms of the contrast between the outward confidence of the lyrics and the frantic, desperate and exhausted feeling conveyed in the choreo and their expressions. When I first saw this in performance, the sadness and the contradiction between the "I'm fine" and the tired affect at the end was so strong that I needed to know why it was so sad. The more I look at the words of these two songs, the more convinced I am that they are two ways of being in the struggle and crying for help: "Save Me" asks and is thankful for help from the outside, while "I'm Fine" is a person who hides the struggle with bravado and yet those around them know that it is also a cry for help. We know the boys made it through because of their determination and unwavering support of each other, and the current phase of their development is the Proof.
Also, if you don't know yet... RM's verses in Save Me (2016) and I'm Fine (2018) are reflection of each other. If you dissect RM's I'm Fine verse, it is exactly inverse in form and in meaning of his Save Me verse. 😊 It has shown the growth of their mindset, also if you continue TRoB, you'll realize that their discography really speaks their journey, it's their story of growth as humans and artists.
well said. Totally agree. That's why I think that - after falling in the rabbit hole, listening to their songs freely , just tracking your mood or following the suggestions, it's a good thing to step back, and listen to their whole albums, in chronological order. Because they tell us a story through their discography, and it's so sad to miss totally this part.
@@h.vgavriel5838 Sad but so true. BTS discography is like peeling layers of onion, it got many interwoven layers to it (listener's POV, conceptual theme, BU, & BTS' history/personal stories), and it will hit you more and more emotionally the more you peel it. Their lyricism is really god tier coz they condensed all those POV's in a beautiful, excellent and profound lyricism that could be interpreted in multiple ways that can all make sense. Their metaphors and interconnection of their songs are just simply brilliant.
Ok I’m gonna out a long comment because I love these songs with a passion 💜 So the Save Me MV is actually one shot (and is not BU related). They struggled a lot filming due to weather conditions. It was raining, windy, and they were on uneven ground. Props to them and the staff for staying to get the perfect take. Also the dance break
Since I'm Fine has no dance practice I think to truly appreciate and see the choreography in full is to watch their performance on Jimmy Fallon. I don't often praise the camera work at talk shows but the camera work was great for that performance.
Personally I prefer their Mnet debut performance of Save Me and I’M. I do Mnet is tricky to react to. I think most reactors do have to pause a few times…just my opinion though…
@@amberpearce710 That performance is great too, I just know Mnet is very strict so I don't even bother asking people to react to Mnet videos. And it's totally cool if you prefer that performance, it's all love and respect here.
SAVE ME is the backwards of IM FINE, the lyrics, the song and the perfomance is inverse. Even RM's verse in IM FINE is the opposite of SAVE ME, because the two songs have the meaning of evolution in yourself and are like a "continuation". While SAVE ME is begging for being saved, for someone else, because u cant alone and u cant stay with yourself without the help of that person, can be for being hurt or for emotional dependence with other, IM FINE is the evolution, saving yourself, being okay with just ur persona, without waiting for someone else, because u are fine with you, u can control ur life and your emotions, and if sometimes u cant, its okay, because u have yourself and its enough for comforting ur hurt feelings. Need and no need other person. Dependence and loving yourself. This have relation with the albums too, its known that them do differents concepts of meanings, sides and moments of life for showing the evolution they or one person can have with themselves, others and the world. Like, u will dont find a song called "I Love Myself a Lot" in an album called "I hate myself".😭 Its just incredible the representation of each thing in life, like SAVE ME (2016): depending of someone else, and IM FINE (2018): feeling great with yourself, and the times/years show that. Because its not like they are "oh, yeah, dont liking yourself, good for a song", its because they a lot of times said to us the individual problems they had with it, its not a song, its THEIR story, music that we can feel related and we can just FEEL without problems, because is so human and real, the evolution is real, and we know the feelings and emotions are from the two sides, they feel it, we feel it, and we dont judge each other, we help and understand each other with their music. Thats why i love them, so sincere, pure and real, bro. If there's a song of them saying the education system is a sh*it, its because they think is a sh*it, and the listeners can say is a sh*it too because they will not judge us, and we feel them with the topic, lool.
Thank you for your really good explanations! The way you share your thoughts and feelings about this texts and Bts's thoughts and the way their meanings of the texts, is really beautiful 💜 🎶 ♾️
the Save Me music video is amazing!! Especially when you know that they did it in one continuous shot, IN THE RAIN, on sand. There is a BTS Bomb behind the scenes video about the filming of the video. The camera man and his assistant were amazing! Such stamina. check it out.
The cameraman and crew deserve more acknowledgment. The amount of labour they put into these videos is top tier and the proof is in the result. It is this collaboration of professionals that artist can fully express a vision.
The way the wrote these two songs years apart to go together like a yin and yang and how they perform it live always blows me away. The way the filmed the one shot MV on a cold rainy day also fits it so well. Also the choreography for I’m fine is so powerful and beautiful.
We don’t really know that they wrote these songs years apart. I’ve learned that there is nothing coincidental to BTS. I think they planned this from the start. They just released them at different times to coincide with the album concepts.
Save Me tends to get all the love due to the amazing video, but I'm Fine is one of my favorite songs of theirs for just the brilliance of the reversal, lyrics and movement into Love Yourself and the live choreography which is so beautiful. I still remember gasping watching for the first time and seeing the words do a 180.
5 seconds into Piece of Korean Culture video: rapid explanation of subject particles Me: 😶😶😶 oh dear, were going to school! Thanks for the intro to that channel! I really liked her. Gonna watch again at 0.75x so I can catch >10%. LOL For me, wrapping my head around Korean sentence structure and subject/object particles at the same time is still an impossibility. Save me, TinyTan! 😆
I'M FINE is the sequel to SAVE ME. In a certain font, it's an ambigram. Someone can explain it better and technically, but musically the songs are related as parts are backwards? Andrew Berg caught it =) and i think geeked out about it.
The Save me video is, as many have said, remarkable and outstanding. But this is artistry rooted in poverty - they could only afford one day and no editing time, so it was done in one take (though they worked several different run-throughs) and the technical team and camera crew were amazing!
Dearest John, love spending time watching your reactions. Do me a favor.. go to Fake Love music video, find where it says "Save Me" behind V, then turn it upside down.
I'm so glad that the lyric breakdown from a Korean was added for "Save Me". I had never watched that before and it made me love the song and Namjoon's lyricism even more than I did before! As a writer myself I can really appreciate his play on words and it proves to me that once again that Bangtan's lyrics should be approached as decoding a wonderful work of poetry rather than a casual understanding of a pop song. Wonderful suggestion to Megan! And thank you for sharing your reaction to both of these songs! 💜💜
Save me is one of my favorite BTS song , I don't know exactely why, but it touch me a lot. And I'm in admiration in front of the composition Save me/I'm fine, the musical creativity, the meanings , the choregraphy , which speak loud , all ! Incredible ambigramm. Also,, The making of the MV was the first I watch back in time, and it was the first time I realise how much effort they put on every performance, recording, choregraphy, how dedicated and professional they were (and still are) . And how Lumpens Team is great ! The camera man choreo is very on point , too !! 😆
I was really hoping when they were uploading their dance practices this year for Festa I'm Fine would be one of them, but unfortunately it wasn't. I know HYBE has it somewhere and they are keeping it from us, LOL. I also would love an Anpanman dance practice.
I'm glad that you went in depth because I'm learning korean and this helps. It also helps to appreciate Namjoon's genius brain, I never get tired of that. 💜
It was a one shot and like others commented it was rainy, windy and actually very cold. The funny thing was that at one point Suga messed up and they had to redo the entire video because of the one shot thing. So everyone was like "SUGA!!!" it was actually a funny moment but probably not that funny at the time. But it was truly a cool video. Korean is in subjects not just one letter at a time. So its like the way we conjugate adverbs. They do it with every verb has the adverb as well as the conjugation of the noun like "we do this nicely" so Korean is very beautiful in the way they describe each verb. So when translation Korean into English it is harder than you may think. The thing with Save Me and Im fine is that it is the same melody basically but backwards. So that was the need for double time in the corus. As you can see in the live. Save Me is a call out to ARMYs to help them and Im Fine was a call back that they are Fine Now and are able to help each other out of their troubles so ARMY has done their job and was a thank you.
I see you’re doing a lot of BTS but I encourage you to dive deeper into ATEEZ from your Guerrilla reaction. From their debut song “Pirate King” to “Wave”, “Answer”, “Wonderland”, “Hala Hala” and “Fireworks” they experiment with a lot of different sounds and use an edm anti-drop in a lot of their work. They absolutely thrive with a more rock-like sound which makes them different from most of the kpop industry. They have a whole story line as being pirates. Each of the inserts within their albums and their music videos give hints and spoilers into their story. They have 8 members. Hongjoong is the leader. Seonghwa, Yunho, Mingi, San, Yeosang, Wooyoung, and Jonhgo. Jongho is the maknae (youngest) and the main vocalist who you hear hitting all of high notes. His voice is incredibly powerful!
Save me is the song that made me an army and made min yoongi my bias it will always be my favorite (Boy meets evil --- a jhope song from the wings album it has an amazing video )
Ahh I love these two songs together. they have this one back to back performance too where Save Me was written then flipped and it became I'm Fine. It was amazing. And true, I love that these songs actually showcased Jin's great melodies in his lines even at an upbeat song. I love him and his voice sm! 🥺 Thanks for this reaction John! I enjoyed it 🥰💜
Thanks for this reaction! I loved the explanation of RM's verse in Save Me. My favorite connection between these two is that the repeated synth melody in I'm Fine is a retrograde version of the repeated synth melody in Save Me. It's the same thing backwards (though maybe at a different pitch level). I think it was Andrew Berg who brought that to my attention, and it blows my mind :)
Gosh, just remembering these are times when they dont have enough funds to cover a full production. Its a one shot and they need to stay there even thr waether is bad to finish the mv...just so memorable
One of my favorite details is that RM's verses in Save Me and I'm Fine are mirrors of each other. The first line in Save Me is the opposite meaning of the last line in his I'm Fine verse and so on. There's a picture online where someone broke it down and it's just. Kim Namjoon is a lyrical genuis and it's amazing to see all the little details and nuances he puts in his work.
These two songs are beautiful! BTS saying it's okay to ask for a hand/help and then telling us we are strong, pick yourself up, you'll be fine. And it's okay to feel both ways. Fighting!💜
Seeing how nuanced and complex Korean can be to translate to English makes me appreciate RM more for learning English on his own using a sitcom. It had to be so difficult to figure out on his own jeez. So impressive
Love this reaction just saw it...BTW save me music video is awesome because it was all in one take because of the rain and the weather..there is a behind the scenes of the video..the guys will be behind the camera man and following the camera man and was waiting to jump into the scenes because it was all in one take..i love both of these songs....To me save me is asking someone to help you and save you from yourself.. they are my top favorites songs from them.
I personally love I'm Fine more than Save Me which is different I think than most people. I LOVE the connection these songs have, and Fake Love have with one another. My favorite interpretation: -IN Fake Love the backdrop behind V says, Save Me but if you flip it, it says I'm Fine. -I'm fine is like telling people you are fine or okay when you're not. -Save Me is an internal feeling of not being okay -these two while simultaneously presenting I'm fine as an external behavior and save me as an internal feeling -Also the beat for I'm Fine is actually uses the same beat as Save Me but it is played like backgrounds or flipped. Hopefully this makes sense. The link below is actually one of my top favorite performances of Save Me and I'm Fine together. It is on Mnet and is their comeback stage for these songs. (Idk how much this channel blocks so you might have to pause a few times and/or dim the screen. I have seen people react to this performance though): th-cam.com/video/wu8D3numKlQ/w-d-xo.html edit: I also really like another interpretation with I'm Fine is that being able to get over something that was hard or that happened to me you. It can liberating.
Save Me was my second BTS song, and my ARMY-maker. 😍💜 I wasn't ready to commit when I saw my first BTS MV, (a certain Hobi intro that is teased in this video), and only did a little mild thirsting. 😅 I remember thinking "I don't care about the other members, none of them could be as good as this guy!" 😏
Excellent reaction, as always! I love how musical motifs recur across all of the BTS catalog, including their solo albums. As i was listening to Save Me, I realized that some of instrumentation and melody in the verse is echoed in People on SUGA's AgustD D-2 album. It's just such a cohesive way of connecting their artistry and planting Easter eggs for us to find. ^_^
The two songs go so well together! I really love the Save Me video and as several people have mentioned the Bangtan Bomb showing the shooting of the video is awesome! I liked the in depth discussion of RM's lyrics - I think we miss a lot by not speaking Korean. I really wish I could understand them in their language. There is another reactor Andrew Berg - he's a jazz musician and reacts to BTS songs. He did an in depth comparison of the two songs and how they were similar and dissimilar - really cool.
It's Genius!! Every time I listen to these two songs in a row, I get goosebumps and I like how the two songs are connected. If you play 'I'm Fine' at 0.75x magnification and listen at 3:19! You can hear 'Save Me''s melody/instrument clearly. You can also hear Tae saying "Save Me" many times throughout the reversed version. I strongly believe these songs are also connected to BU story.
Just want to express my appreciation for you, John, for your deep dive reactions & thoroughness. I admire & respect your hard work and enthusiasm for this content creation work. As Jimin once said, 'you nice, keep going'. Borahae!
Every time I think about how they sing live with such amazing vocals and simultaneously do all these cardio dances… 🤯 JK is known for practice singing in the treadmill, can you imagine? These guys are powerhouses.
Um…what? Ok thanks for reminding me how difficult the Korean language is…as much as I would love to learn it, and know their lyrics better I’m so lost. Anyway, love these songs, esp I’m fine. The attention to detail is amazing here in that they flipped things in the instrumental. The lyrics and even the order in which the rapline performed between the two. I would also reenforce that I’m fine on Fallon is really great, showcasing the choreo the best.
I don’t think I am smart enough for that explanation but it sounds amazing. This is the reason I always feel like I’m trying to do math when trying to learn another language. That looked like math! It’s beautiful but my brain is overheating lol. I did just remember that in the Tiny Desk performance the translation was “gave my sadness to the dog” and I thought it was a cute mistake but it’s an alt translation. So I did learn something.
Hey John! The Save Me video is so simple yet amazing and the fact that it's a one camera being used. Like you said it's like the camera is another person. Just watching them perform I'm Fine lives makes me tired!!😥 It shows how amazing the guys are at singing and dancing at any pace and not miss a beat. Have a great night buddy!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I would love to see you react to these songs that are older but so good: “We On,” “The Rise of Bangtan” ( the dance practice is amazing), “Paradise,” and “Jump.” These are amazing songs that people often forget about but which really showcase various musical styles. These are some of my favorites. 💜
Probably one of my favorite back to back songs/performances. Watching this makes me so happy and love how awesome they are on stage. Thanks John and have a great week!
I just found a new song from RM. he did a collab for Marvel. Rap Monster - Fantastic (Feat. Mandy Ventrice) MV I don't know why no one talks about that ahah ! btw I enjoyed learning a bit more about the real meaning of the lyrics with you :) with bts there is always more to discover it seems lol
I've watching this ready to bed and sleep is coming but as i interested the topic i made accidental touch on my phone and become chaos to my reaction.. composition of thier song has deep meaning to it.
I'm Fine was the 2nd song I just had to learn to sing to, after Spring Day 💜😄 Then I heard the next BTS song, same, then the next, and next. Before I knew it, I learned to sing along somewhat to almost every song 😂 What RM said is true, their songs just get better every time you hear it. ❤️💜
Great reaction. You will really enjoy their Save Me performance in The Tiny Desk Concert with a live band. Also how do they do all that choreography wearing suits? I’m always amazed 😂🤗💜🇨🇦
I'm fine is one of my faves, the permission to dance on stage la concert is on Disney Plus and they do have the song in the lineup very energetic and exciting actually think both these songs are in the set. 😁
The linguistic nerd in me geeked out about the language breakdown and diagrams, so even though it was a difficult and lengthy dissection of the sentence structure and meaning, I am so happy that you included it. I found a new channel to subscribe to through you and Meg. Thanks! Also, finally catching up of a lot of videos/reactions this long weekend, and really enjoying your content
wow.. as a korean, i know there is missing meanings in the trans, but didn't know this much. how thankful naturally i understanding that nuances in verses... that im fine performance is not that good camera work. (but it has good sound and video quality.) it's more complicated and fast but it didn't seem that well! i recommend another live perf/
Hey John. You gotta watch BTS live "I'm Fine" on Jimmy Fallon. In my opinion, it's their finest "I'm Fine" performance due to the camera work/angle. The storytelling, emotions, artistry, and choreography of this song is amazing in this performance.
I miss Suga's and J-Hope's rap in Save Me in this live version. Also what is very cool on some live performance is the Inscription Save me go round and change into I'm fine 💚
Me as a korean learner and that explaination of save me is so interesting 🤣 i never actually tried breakdown kpop lyrics as one of a learning way but woww i should really try that. I should watch that channel 😂
Eu fiquei tão confusa na primeira vez que percebi as similaridades entres essas duas músicas. Quando uma começava a tocar logo em seguida, por um momento eu me perguntava se tinha colocado para repetir kk agora eu já consigo diferenciar pelo começo haha Thank u for the reaction, hope you enjoy the songs!! 💜
BTS SONGS: HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME KNOW 2! 3! FILM OUT LET GO CRYSTAL SNOW LIGHTS WISHING ON A STAR LOVE MAZE JAMAIS VU WHALIEN 54 PLUTO/134340 YOUR EYES TELL STAY GOLD TOMORROW I NEED YOU AND A LOT MORE. CHECK OUT THE LIVE PERFORMANCES TOO. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Fake Love mvideo is linked to these songs. If you put the words Save Me in the mirror upside down, there's I'm Fine 😉💜 There's a "making of" video of Save Me available.
Hi, I am back. Good reaction, ty. Love this song & MV. It has a connected song called I'm Fine. This one was in the Tiny Desk concert too. To me this song is for them but also connected to us. We all feel as they do at one point in our life. This one resonates. It's a fav for sure. Always when I hear it I remember my battle with cancer and the chemo. The surgeries and weeks in the hospital. I told everyone I was fine than but I was screaming inside to be saved. This one is special! So beautiful. So glad u liked it. =0) hugs. --NY USA Army💜 Hi, I am back. Good reaction, ty. The music teacher in American Hustle Life is Iris. Yes, its one take! There are Bangtan Bombs for behind the scenes pls check them out. =0) We mentioned it was one take guess u forgot. But its ok because u got a great surprise! yeah!!! Suga is very gifted. He is one of a very few fast rappers. Some ppl say he is the Eminem of Korea. But RM can rap dang fast too. You will see when you get more into his solo stuff. Never knew about the reverse order of the notes, and the rappers going in reverse. Very cool. Great job spotting this! Suga and J-hope are SOPE ME as a unit. We love SOPE!!! They so funny together and sound amazing back to back. =0) The boy meets _ at the end of the Save Me MV was basically a teaser for the future drop of their track "boy meets evil." They used to do this often in their older songs. "Boy meets evil" is a J-hope solo song. It is also an intro to their Wings album. Or should I say The "boy meets-" is actually the concept of the wings album. The full sentence is "boy meets evil". Wings album is based on a book called "demian." The music video for is it pretty cool. Very deep song. Hobi is very talented. I love in I'm fine how the choreography matches the lyrics. It's so beautiful. Both songs are bops. I love them and feel very connected to each one. I am a cancer survivor and the songs echo what I said to myself and others while I was battling cancer with chemo. I am in remission for 3 years now but the memories are still there from the trauma of the experience. Hugs. --NY USA Army💜 Save me. I'm fine. It's called an Ambigram. (flip)
@@JohnReavesLive Jin was apparently supposed to be one of Tae's Braces (there's video of Hobi struggling to get traction with his shoes on at least one stage) but complained, so Suga subbed in. Tae is also sitting on Namjoon's bent over back at some point in the song, using Hobi as a Footrest 💪🏻
I rarely see any comments that fully capture what's happening in "I'm Fine" in terms of the contrast between the outward confidence of the lyrics and the frantic, desperate and exhausted feeling conveyed in the choreo and their expressions. When I first saw this in performance, the sadness and the contradiction between the "I'm fine" and the tired affect at the end was so strong that I needed to know why it was so sad. The more I look at the words of these two songs, the more convinced I am that they are two ways of being in the struggle and crying for help: "Save Me" asks and is thankful for help from the outside, while "I'm Fine" is a person who hides the struggle with bravado and yet those around them know that it is also a cry for help. We know the boys made it through because of their determination and unwavering support of each other, and the current phase of their development is the Proof.
Also, if you don't know yet... RM's verses in Save Me (2016) and I'm Fine (2018) are reflection of each other. If you dissect RM's I'm Fine verse, it is exactly inverse in form and in meaning of his Save Me verse. 😊 It has shown the growth of their mindset, also if you continue TRoB, you'll realize that their discography really speaks their journey, it's their story of growth as humans and artists.
well said. Totally agree. That's why I think that - after falling in the rabbit hole, listening to their songs freely , just tracking your mood or following the suggestions, it's a good thing to step back, and listen to their whole albums, in chronological order. Because they tell us a story through their discography, and it's so sad to miss totally this part.
@@h.vgavriel5838 Sad but so true. BTS discography is like peeling layers of onion, it got many interwoven layers to it (listener's POV, conceptual theme, BU, & BTS' history/personal stories), and it will hit you more and more emotionally the more you peel it. Their lyricism is really god tier coz they condensed all those POV's in a beautiful, excellent and profound lyricism that could be interpreted in multiple ways that can all make sense. Their metaphors and interconnection of their songs are just simply brilliant.
Ok I’m gonna out a long comment because I love these songs with a passion 💜
So the Save Me MV is actually one shot (and is not BU related). They struggled a lot filming due to weather conditions. It was raining, windy, and they were on uneven ground. Props to them and the staff for staying to get the perfect take. Also the dance break
Love your thorough thoughtful comment! Love armys so much💜
Same 💜
Love your comment. Not so long 😀 !
Precise! Very well said. 💜
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Since I'm Fine has no dance practice I think to truly appreciate and see the choreography in full is to watch their performance on Jimmy Fallon. I don't often praise the camera work at talk shows but the camera work was great for that performance.
AHHH! cant wait to see that one! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@JohnReavesLive If you do react to it I hope it doesn't get blocked.
Personally I prefer their Mnet debut performance of Save Me and I’M. I do Mnet is tricky to react to. I think most reactors do have to pause a few times…just my opinion though…
I agree
@@amberpearce710 That performance is great too, I just know Mnet is very strict so I don't even bother asking people to react to Mnet videos. And it's totally cool if you prefer that performance, it's all love and respect here.
I had forgotten how much of a healing song I'm fine is
SAVE ME is the backwards of IM FINE, the lyrics, the song and the perfomance is inverse. Even RM's verse in IM FINE is the opposite of SAVE ME, because the two songs have the meaning of evolution in yourself and are like a "continuation".
While SAVE ME is begging for being saved, for someone else, because u cant alone and u cant stay with yourself without the help of that person, can be for being hurt or for emotional dependence with other, IM FINE is the evolution, saving yourself, being okay with just ur persona, without waiting for someone else, because u are fine with you, u can control ur life and your emotions, and if sometimes u cant, its okay, because u have yourself and its enough for comforting ur hurt feelings.
Need and no need other person.
Dependence and loving yourself.
This have relation with the albums too, its known that them do differents concepts of meanings, sides and moments of life for showing the evolution they or one person can have with themselves, others and the world. Like, u will dont find a song called "I Love Myself a Lot" in an album called "I hate myself".😭
Its just incredible the representation of each thing in life, like SAVE ME (2016): depending of someone else, and IM FINE (2018): feeling great with yourself, and the times/years show that. Because its not like they are "oh, yeah, dont liking yourself, good for a song", its because they a lot of times said to us the individual problems they had with it, its not a song, its THEIR story, music that we can feel related and we can just FEEL without problems, because is so human and real, the evolution is real, and we know the feelings and emotions are from the two sides, they feel it, we feel it, and we dont judge each other, we help and understand each other with their music. Thats why i love them, so sincere, pure and real, bro. If there's a song of them saying the education system is a sh*it, its because they think is a sh*it, and the listeners can say is a sh*it too because they will not judge us, and we feel them with the topic, lool.
Thank you for your really good explanations! The way you share your thoughts and feelings about this texts and Bts's thoughts and the way their meanings of the texts, is really beautiful 💜 🎶 ♾️
the Save Me music video is amazing!! Especially when you know that they did it in one continuous shot, IN THE RAIN, on sand. There is a BTS Bomb behind the scenes video about the filming of the video. The camera man and his assistant were amazing! Such stamina. check it out.
Loved the original music video and the filming of it. My fave right now!
The cameraman and crew deserve more acknowledgment. The amount of labour they put into these videos is top tier and the proof is in the result. It is this collaboration of professionals that artist can fully express a vision.
I definitely recommend the behind the scenes video for Save Me also! To anyone who hasn't seen it yet, it is do worth it!! Trust me. 🥰
I love "I'm Fine"... it's a mantra song... they are literally giving us the "FIGHTING spirit"!
Boy meets evil
RapLine's lyrics and word-play go 3 levels deeper than even many ARMY realize.
Who else does this?
"I'm Fine" was well executed to the point of putting my analytical mind into a trance and giving me a moving, emotional experience.
The way the wrote these two songs years apart to go together like a yin and yang and how they perform it live always blows me away. The way the filmed the one shot MV on a cold rainy day also fits it so well. Also the choreography for I’m fine is so powerful and beautiful.
We don’t really know that they wrote these songs years apart. I’ve learned that there is nothing coincidental to BTS. I think they planned this from the start. They just released them at different times to coincide with the album concepts.
the filming of the ‘save me’ music video is truly impressive 😅 there’s a bangtan bomb where you can see how much work it was to film in one take !
I am fine..괜찮아.. so such gem. Make me so happy.
Right!? I love it!
Save Me tends to get all the love due to the amazing video, but I'm Fine is one of my favorite songs of theirs for just the brilliance of the reversal, lyrics and movement into Love Yourself and the live choreography which is so beautiful.
I still remember gasping watching for the first time and seeing the words do a 180.
I'm fine is one of my favourite songs, massively overlooked in my opinion. Thanks for reacting!
Im Fine performance at MGA 2018 is good 👍 must watch
5 seconds into Piece of Korean Culture video: rapid explanation of subject particles
Me: 😶😶😶 oh dear, were going to school!
Thanks for the intro to that channel! I really liked her. Gonna watch again at 0.75x so I can catch >10%. LOL For me, wrapping my head around Korean sentence structure and subject/object particles at the same time is still an impossibility. Save me, TinyTan! 😆
I'M FINE is the sequel to SAVE ME. In a certain font, it's an ambigram. Someone can explain it better and technically, but musically the songs are related as parts are backwards? Andrew Berg caught it =) and i think geeked out about it.
I love when Andrew geeks out! 😝
The Save me video is, as many have said, remarkable and outstanding. But this is artistry rooted in poverty - they could only afford one day and no editing time, so it was done in one take (though they worked several different run-throughs) and the technical team and camera crew were amazing!
They did such a good job with it and only one take is amazing! they are so tight with their dancing it blows me away
Dearest John, love spending time watching your reactions. Do me a favor.. go to Fake Love music video, find where it says "Save Me" behind V, then turn it upside down.
They do,have one performance where the “save me”:flips upside down and says “I’m fine” really cool
I'm so glad that the lyric breakdown from a Korean was added for "Save Me". I had never watched that before and it made me love the song and Namjoon's lyricism even more than I did before! As a writer myself I can really appreciate his play on words and it proves to me that once again that Bangtan's lyrics should be approached as decoding a wonderful work of poetry rather than a casual understanding of a pop song. Wonderful suggestion to Megan! And thank you for sharing your reaction to both of these songs! 💜💜
for real he is so talented and its crazy how many layers there is to his writing! thank you for watching and being a part of this journey with me!
Save me is one of my favorite BTS song , I don't know exactely why, but it touch me a lot. And I'm in admiration in front of the composition Save me/I'm fine, the musical creativity, the meanings , the choregraphy , which speak loud , all ! Incredible ambigramm. Also,, The making of the MV was the first I watch back in time, and it was the first time I realise how much effort they put on every performance, recording, choregraphy, how dedicated and professional they were (and still are) . And how Lumpens Team is great ! The camera man choreo is very on point , too !! 😆
Army dont forget to vote for BTS on MTV instagram stories for Group of the Year
I'm Fine is Save me upside down.. especially in their Logo of Save Me.
literally the melody and chord progression of Save me is reversed on Im Fine :)
Even I am a Korean self I didn't think about language before how Nam Jun use language cleverly.
Learn something new every day right?!
I love it!
I’m fine is imo one their hardest choreography, I really wish there was a dance practice for it. Anyway thank you John for this reaction
I was really hoping when they were uploading their dance practices this year for Festa I'm Fine would be one of them, but unfortunately it wasn't. I know HYBE has it somewhere and they are keeping it from us, LOL. I also would love an Anpanman dance practice.
I'm glad that you went in depth because I'm learning korean and this helps. It also helps to appreciate Namjoon's genius brain, I never get tired of that. 💜
Tae’s ending killing look.
The intro to both songs sounds similar. I'm Fine intro is Save Me backwards. Listen carefully you'll catch it.
Jimin es uno de los mejores bailarines de este momento .💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛👌👑🐣
It was a one shot and like others commented it was rainy, windy and actually very cold. The funny thing was that at one point Suga messed up and they had to redo the entire video because of the one shot thing. So everyone was like "SUGA!!!" it was actually a funny moment but probably not that funny at the time. But it was truly a cool video.
Korean is in subjects not just one letter at a time. So its like the way we conjugate adverbs. They do it with every verb has the adverb as well as the conjugation of the noun like "we do this nicely" so Korean is very beautiful in the way they describe each verb. So when translation Korean into English it is harder than you may think.
The thing with Save Me and Im fine is that it is the same melody basically but backwards. So that was the need for double time in the corus. As you can see in the live. Save Me is a call out to ARMYs to help them and Im Fine was a call back that they are Fine Now and are able to help each other out of their troubles so ARMY has done their job and was a thank you.
I love these two songs ❤💜💜
I see you’re doing a lot of BTS but I encourage you to dive deeper into ATEEZ from your Guerrilla reaction. From their debut song “Pirate King” to “Wave”, “Answer”, “Wonderland”, “Hala Hala” and “Fireworks” they experiment with a lot of different sounds and use an edm anti-drop in a lot of their work. They absolutely thrive with a more rock-like sound which makes them different from most of the kpop industry. They have a whole story line as being pirates. Each of the inserts within their albums and their music videos give hints and spoilers into their story.
They have 8 members. Hongjoong is the leader. Seonghwa, Yunho, Mingi, San, Yeosang, Wooyoung, and Jonhgo. Jongho is the maknae (youngest) and the main vocalist who you hear hitting all of high notes. His voice is incredibly powerful!
Save me is the song that made me an army and made min yoongi my bias it will always be my favorite
(Boy meets evil --- a jhope song from the wings album it has an amazing video )
Ahh I love these two songs together. they have this one back to back performance too where Save Me was written then flipped and it became I'm Fine. It was amazing.
And true, I love that these songs actually showcased Jin's great melodies in his lines even at an upbeat song. I love him and his voice sm! 🥺
Thanks for this reaction John! I enjoyed it 🥰💜
Thanks for this reaction! I loved the explanation of RM's verse in Save Me. My favorite connection between these two is that the repeated synth melody in I'm Fine is a retrograde version of the repeated synth melody in Save Me. It's the same thing backwards (though maybe at a different pitch level). I think it was Andrew Berg who brought that to my attention, and it blows my mind :)
Great reaction video! 💯 Thank you! 🙏
Love this reaction! I always enjoy your appreciation for their unending talents and insights on music! Good job Meg!!
Gosh, just remembering these are times when they dont have enough funds to cover a full production. Its a one shot and they need to stay there even thr waether is bad to finish the mv...just so memorable
One of my favorite details is that RM's verses in Save Me and I'm Fine are mirrors of each other. The first line in Save Me is the opposite meaning of the last line in his I'm Fine verse and so on. There's a picture online where someone broke it down and it's just. Kim Namjoon is a lyrical genuis and it's amazing to see all the little details and nuances he puts in his work.
These two songs are beautiful! BTS saying it's okay to ask for a hand/help and then telling us we are strong, pick yourself up, you'll be fine. And it's okay to feel both ways. Fighting!💜
Seeing how nuanced and complex Korean can be to translate to English makes me appreciate RM more for learning English on his own using a sitcom. It had to be so difficult to figure out on his own jeez. So impressive
Love this reaction just saw it...BTW save me music video is awesome because it was all in one take because of the rain and the weather..there is a behind the scenes of the video..the guys will be behind the camera man and following the camera man and was waiting to jump into the scenes because it was all in one take..i love both of these songs....To me save me is asking someone to help you and save you from yourself.. they are my top favorites songs from them.
*check their live performance "I'M FINE" and "IDOL" in jimmy fallonto see clearly the Choregraph*
I personally love I'm Fine more than Save Me which is different I think than most people.
I LOVE the connection these songs have, and Fake Love have with one another. My favorite interpretation:
-IN Fake Love the backdrop behind V says, Save Me but if you flip it, it says I'm Fine.
-I'm fine is like telling people you are fine or okay when you're not.
-Save Me is an internal feeling of not being okay
-these two while simultaneously presenting I'm fine as an external behavior and save me as an internal feeling
-Also the beat for I'm Fine is actually uses the same beat as Save Me but it is played like backgrounds or flipped. Hopefully this makes sense.
The link below is actually one of my top favorite performances of Save Me and I'm Fine together. It is on Mnet and is their comeback stage for these songs. (Idk how much this channel blocks so you might have to pause a few times and/or dim the screen. I have seen people react to this performance though):
th-cam.com/video/wu8D3numKlQ/w-d-xo.html
edit: I also really like another interpretation with I'm Fine is that being able to get over something that was hard or that happened to me you. It can liberating.
@serotoninis Thank you for sharing. I thought i was the only one in a way…💜💜
Save Me was my second BTS song, and my ARMY-maker. 😍💜
I wasn't ready to commit when I saw my first BTS MV, (a certain Hobi intro that is teased in this video), and only did a little mild thirsting. 😅 I remember thinking "I don't care about the other members, none of them could be as good as this guy!" 😏
Definitely watch the behind the scenes for save me. The guys were literally running to keep out of Frame behind the camera man!! It was crazy.
That's my boy!
Music is about army! 💜🇧🇷
Excellent reaction, as always!
I love how musical motifs recur across all of the BTS catalog, including their solo albums. As i was listening to Save Me, I realized that some of instrumentation and melody in the verse is echoed in People on SUGA's AgustD D-2 album. It's just such a cohesive way of connecting their artistry and planting Easter eggs for us to find.
^_^
The two songs go so well together! I really love the Save Me video and as several people have mentioned the Bangtan Bomb showing the shooting of the video is awesome! I liked the in depth discussion of RM's lyrics - I think we miss a lot by not speaking Korean. I really wish I could understand them in their language. There is another reactor Andrew Berg - he's a jazz musician and reacts to BTS songs. He did an in depth comparison of the two songs and how they were similar and dissimilar - really cool.
It's Genius!! Every time I listen to these two songs in a row, I get goosebumps and I like how the two songs are connected. If you play 'I'm Fine' at 0.75x magnification and listen at 3:19! You can hear 'Save Me''s melody/instrument clearly. You can also hear Tae saying "Save Me" many times throughout the reversed version. I strongly believe these songs are also connected to BU story.
Just want to express my appreciation for you, John, for your deep dive reactions & thoroughness. I admire & respect your hard work and enthusiasm for this content creation work. As Jimin once said, 'you nice, keep going'. Borahae!
Every time I think about how they sing live with such amazing vocals and simultaneously do all these cardio dances… 🤯
JK is known for practice singing in the treadmill, can you imagine? These guys are powerhouses.
I'm Fine was literally my chemo song/mantra. I got to see them sing it live at PTD LA & BAWLED like a baby lol
Um…what? Ok thanks for reminding me how difficult the Korean language is…as much as I would love to learn it, and know their lyrics better I’m so lost. Anyway, love these songs, esp I’m fine. The attention to detail is amazing here in that they flipped things in the instrumental. The lyrics and even the order in which the rapline performed between the two.
I would also reenforce that I’m fine on Fallon is really great, showcasing the choreo the best.
Yes but you can read and write Korean in 2 hours. 😂
I don’t think I am smart enough for that explanation but it sounds amazing. This is the reason I always feel like I’m trying to do math when trying to learn another language. That looked like math! It’s beautiful but my brain is overheating lol. I did just remember that in the Tiny Desk performance the translation was “gave my sadness to the dog” and I thought it was a cute mistake but it’s an alt translation. So I did learn something.
Hey John! The Save Me video is so simple yet amazing and the fact that it's a one camera being used. Like you said it's like the camera is another person. Just watching them perform I'm Fine lives makes me tired!!😥 It shows how amazing the guys are at singing and dancing at any pace and not miss a beat. Have a great night buddy!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I love I’m Fine so much. Especially the choreography.
I would love to see you react to these songs that are older but so good: “We On,” “The Rise of Bangtan” ( the dance practice is amazing), “Paradise,” and “Jump.” These are amazing songs that people often forget about but which really showcase various musical styles. These are some of my favorites. 💜
oh, yes ! We on, I'm in love with this song !
I really love these two Songs. The tiny desk concert got me into BTS and save me blew me away in this performance. 💜
Probably one of my favorite back to back songs/performances. Watching this makes me so happy and love how awesome they are on stage. Thanks John and have a great week!
I just found a new song from RM. he did a collab for Marvel.
Rap Monster - Fantastic (Feat. Mandy Ventrice) MV
I don't know why no one talks about that ahah !
btw I enjoyed learning a bit more about the real meaning of the lyrics with you :) with bts there is always more to discover it seems lol
I've watching this ready to bed and sleep is coming but as i interested the topic i made accidental touch on my phone and become chaos to my reaction.. composition of thier song has deep meaning to it.
ahhh yeaahhh... thanks John 💜
Great to exercise to, gets the heart pumping fast. Love your reaction.
You should definitely watch the tiny desk performance, the sang this song and it was fire
I'm Fine was the 2nd song I just had to learn to sing to, after Spring Day 💜😄 Then I heard the next BTS song, same, then the next, and next. Before I knew it, I learned to sing along somewhat to almost every song 😂 What RM said is true, their songs just get better every time you hear it. ❤️💜
You're right so much to digest to that lyrics. Great song writer i knew. Thanks john
I liked the Korean grammar and vocabulary break down video! Glad it was included!
Great reaction. You will really enjoy their Save Me performance in The Tiny Desk Concert with a live band. Also how do they do all that choreography wearing suits? I’m always amazed 😂🤗💜🇨🇦
BTS’ b-sides are better than other artists title tracks.
Thanks ♥️
I'm fine is one of my faves, the permission to dance on stage la concert is on Disney Plus and they do have the song in the lineup very energetic and exciting actually think both these songs are in the set. 😁
The linguistic nerd in me geeked out about the language breakdown and diagrams, so even though it was a difficult and lengthy dissection of the sentence structure and meaning, I am so happy that you included it. I found a new channel to subscribe to through you and Meg. Thanks! Also, finally catching up of a lot of videos/reactions this long weekend, and really enjoying your content
wow.. as a korean, i know there is missing meanings in the trans, but didn't know this much. how thankful naturally i understanding that nuances in verses...
that im fine performance is not that good camera work. (but it has good sound and video quality.) it's more complicated and fast but it didn't seem that well! i recommend another live perf/
Hey John. You gotta watch BTS live "I'm Fine" on Jimmy Fallon. In my opinion, it's their finest "I'm Fine" performance due to the camera work/angle. The storytelling, emotions, artistry, and choreography of this song is amazing in this performance.
I miss Suga's and J-Hope's rap in Save Me in this live version.
Also what is very cool on some live performance is the Inscription Save me go round and change into I'm fine 💚
I speak Korean and that video breaking down the rap was way too intense… 😅
My brain after 2 lines just stopped
LOL right!? it was pretty in-depth!
Please check out BTS tiny desk it has my favorite version of save me. Love your channel and your spirit. Keep up the great work. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I think its coming this weekend!!!! I can't wait!!! been waiting for it since week 1!!
Day 8 asking for your reaction to JUMP, and live petformance , please John i'm sure that gonna like you
Me as a korean learner and that explaination of save me is so interesting 🤣 i never actually tried breakdown kpop lyrics as one of a learning way but woww i should really try that. I should watch that channel 😂
Eu fiquei tão confusa na primeira vez que percebi as similaridades entres essas duas músicas. Quando uma começava a tocar logo em seguida, por um momento eu me perguntava se tinha colocado para repetir kk agora eu já consigo diferenciar pelo começo haha Thank u for the reaction, hope you enjoy the songs!! 💜
Like you reviews with pretty fulled information, let is us more understanding the lyrics and meaning of mv and thier purpose.
BTS SONGS:
HOLD ME TIGHT
LET ME KNOW
2! 3!
FILM OUT
LET GO
CRYSTAL SNOW
LIGHTS
WISHING ON A STAR
LOVE MAZE
JAMAIS VU
WHALIEN 54
PLUTO/134340
YOUR EYES TELL
STAY GOLD
TOMORROW
I NEED YOU
AND A LOT MORE. CHECK OUT THE LIVE PERFORMANCES TOO. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
im learning Hangul but the video explaining RMs puns was 🤯 . i have a long way to go. 화이팅!! 💜 i love love Save Me and Im Fine!
Exelente 💜💜
Fake Love mvideo is linked to these songs. If you put the words Save Me in the mirror upside down, there's I'm Fine 😉💜
There's a "making of" video of Save Me available.
He watched the making of but for some reason it cut out when he was filming so it didn't get added in. But he saw it for sure.
@@meganlisenbee1183 oh ok! Thanks
'I'm Fine' is my 'b-tch, get off the floor, you ain't done yet' song lol
behind the scene shots of the MV
Hi, I am back. Good reaction, ty. Love this song & MV. It has a connected song called I'm Fine. This one was in the Tiny Desk concert too. To me this song is for them but also connected to us. We all feel as they do at one point in our life. This one resonates. It's a fav for sure. Always when I hear it I remember my battle with cancer and the chemo. The surgeries and weeks in the hospital. I told everyone I was fine than but I was screaming inside to be saved. This one is special! So beautiful. So glad u liked it. =0) hugs. --NY USA Army💜
Hi, I am back. Good reaction, ty. The music teacher in American Hustle Life is Iris.
Yes, its one take! There are Bangtan Bombs for behind the scenes pls check them out. =0) We mentioned it was one take guess u forgot. But its ok because u got a great surprise! yeah!!! Suga is very gifted. He is one of a very few fast rappers. Some ppl say he is the Eminem of Korea. But RM can rap dang fast too. You will see when you get more into his solo stuff. Never knew about the reverse order of the notes, and the rappers going in reverse. Very cool. Great job spotting this! Suga and J-hope are SOPE ME as a unit. We love SOPE!!! They so funny together and sound amazing back to back. =0) The boy meets _ at the end of the Save Me MV was basically a teaser for the future drop of their track "boy meets evil." They used to do this often in their older songs. "Boy meets evil" is a J-hope solo song. It is also an intro to their Wings album. Or should I say The "boy meets-" is actually the concept of the wings album. The full sentence is "boy meets evil". Wings album is based on a book called "demian." The music video for is it pretty cool. Very deep song. Hobi is very talented. I love in I'm fine how the choreography matches the lyrics. It's so beautiful. Both songs are bops. I love them and feel very connected to each one. I am a cancer survivor and the songs echo what I said to myself and others while I was battling cancer with chemo. I am in remission for 3 years now but the memories are still there from the trauma of the experience. Hugs. --NY USA Army💜
Save me.
I'm fine.
It's called an Ambigram.
(flip)
Jk in i'n fine is so good
The music is the same in both songs but played backwards in Im Fine....the way they write save me...spells i'm fine if you turn it upside down
ARMY. ya nos vamos al Bote 🤣🤣🤣 preparen sus maletass su lonchesito. que los MTV nos va a demandar por decir la verdad 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here's an earlier Music Show performance where you see the Transition th-cam.com/video/PwhMm1yD5Xs/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I love it! they did it so well!
@@JohnReavesLive Jin was apparently supposed to be one of Tae's Braces (there's video of Hobi struggling to get traction with his shoes on at least one stage) but complained, so Suga subbed in. Tae is also sitting on Namjoon's bent over back at some point in the song, using Hobi as a Footrest 💪🏻
Yes okay the magic shop version you need to see is from the same concert as this live vid!!!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜 PLEASE REACT💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
HI, THE ESPECTACULAR THING ABOUT THIS MV IS THAT WAS MADE IN A SINGLE TAKE, IN FACT THERE IS A BEHIND THE SCENES SO YOU CAN SEE IT. 😊
Not a single take, but a single shot. It was made with multiple takes :)
Excelente análisis 👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘BTS ,son genios encantadores 🥇🥇🥇🥇💜💜💜💜💜💜🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪👍
Boy meets.... evil, that's jhope solo song 👀