#bangtan bomb: map of song 7: behind the scenes

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The fake maknae line

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HOW MANY TATTOOS DOES JEON JUNGKOOK HAS?

Jungkook (정국) is a member of BTS, got his first tattoo back in Sept. 2019, and he hasn't stopped since.

Tattoo #1 ∧ R M Y + J

:Sept 19, 2019; [Goeje Island]

He was first seen with full set of tattoos on his right hand at the airport after coming back from vacation.  He has the word “ARMY” tatted across his knuckles as a tribute to his fans. As a tribute to his bandmates, he also has intricate initials of their names connected with plus signs across his hand

Tattoo #2 Woozy Emoji 🥴

A woozy face emoji on his middle finger means that you are in a state where your thoughts are confused and you can't think straight.

Tattoo #3 Crown

This tattoo can simply refer to BTS’s status as the King of Kpop.

Tattoo #4 Purple Heart  💜

The purple heart stand for ‘보라해‘ (Borahae) means “I PURPLE YOU” in Korean, comes from V's as a fun twist to the Korean phrase '사랑해' (Saranghae)

Tattoo #5 0613

This tattoo under his right hand thumb meaning for BTS’s debut date (June 13, 2013).

Tattoo #6 + + +

Those +++ some see as *** between his knuckles mean BTS and ARMY forever. Making it a full composition.

Tattoo #7 Army Logo

This tattoo on the right side of his hand is BTS‘s ARMY Logo. When you combine it with the BTS official logo it creates a shield.

Tattoo #8 Rock ‘n’ Roll

Skeleton hand sign with the thumb folded in is the symbol for Rock’n’Roll/ The Devil's Horns/ "Rock on!". Jungkook has long history with hand symbol: 

Bon Voyage S3 fake henna tattoo (peace)

Ending of Boy with Luv performance

During BBMAs 2019 red carpet with Jimin

However the hand sign was with the thumb, pointer finger and pinky extended which are the language sign for "I love you", different from the latest tatted on his outer wrist.

Tattoo #9 Tiger Lily and “Please love me”

Tiger lily is the birth flower of Jungkook, as explained in an episode of Run BTS ! Ep.99, in which the boys had a flower arrangement. The meaning of the tiger lilies is “Please love me”. It inspired Jungkook to tattoo the phase with the flower.

Jungkook also sketch the birth flowers of the BTS hyungs on his exhibition mask. He really has a big heart it doesn’t fit in his chest.

Source: BANGTAN BOMB

Tattoo #10 HYYH

A lot of people have asked what “HYYH” stands for! It means: Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa (화양연화), or “The Most Beautiful Moment In Life”, is their first album series released back in 2015. The album talked about their hardships and how dark side of love affects people. It must be truly meaningful to him, hence he gotten the phrase tatted in traditional Chinese “花樣年華“ below his right elbow.

Tattoo #11 Three Stripes

:Dec 24th, 20; @coreatattoo

Jungkook's tattoo artist posted the meaning of Jungkook’s 3 stripes tattoo. It was called ‘건‘ (Geon) bar on their Korean flag. That unbroken bar represents heaven, spring, east, humanity, father and justice.

JK got this tattoo covered with snake by tattoo artist: @polyc_sj. First appearance on June 1st, 22 from Jhope’s IG story during 3J’s outing with singer H.E.R, post-meeting at White House for anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination.

Tattoo #12 ‘X’ Shaped phrase

This idiom has been and always urges Jungkook to do his best and enthusiasm on stage. Every time Jungkook appears, he is better and better. Determine to pursue and try his best with the goal are what this talented idol has in mind.

The X shaped tattoo on top of his arm says,

"rather be dead than cool" ;a quote from the Nirvana song “Stay Away”.

and the other one is,

"make hay while the sun shines"

During a live stream in April 2018, Jungkook mentioned how much he loves this phrase. It’s his life motto!

Source: BTS Vlive: JK

Tattoo #13 Korean peninsula

:Jan 3, 2020; LA, USA (behind-the-scenes MV ON)

The text in original tiger painting says ‘槿域江山猛虎氣像’. 槿域江山 (근역강산) refers to the land of Korea, 猛虎 (맹호) means courageous tiger and 氣像 (기상) represents energy, vitality and spirit. The tiger tattoo was the inscription referring to the map of Korea peninsula.

JK got this tattoo covered with black Sun by tattoo artist: @polyc_sj.

Tattoo #14 "TRUTH"

This text was spotted by fans in the “BTS Focus” version of the “Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima” MV.

Although it’s difficult to make out, some believe it says “TRUTH”, which Jungkook’s GOT7 friends Mark and Yugyeom also have tattooed in the same spot.

Source: @coreatattoo

Tattoo #15  Ox and “XCVII”

Another matching tattoo with Yugyeom GOT7 which is“XCVII”, 97 in Roman numerals. Year 1997; Chinese zodiac, Fire Ox is Jungkook’s birth year. 

Source: @coreatattoo

Tattoo #16 Red Eye

:June 14, 2020; the BANG BANG CON: THE LIVE Online Concert

The first clear version of this tattoo revealed during Run BTS! Ep.125, where the member were having another cooking session under the guidance of acclaimed chef Baek Jong-won.

Among the various strokes, there is a large eye with a reddish tone in the pupil, which can have different meanings depending on their qualities. Some people associate with individuals who seek the truth, trust and also protection, or it can be linked with his Japanese song “Your Eyes Tell”.

JK got this tattoo covered with “Bullet Proof” font by tattoo artist: @polyc_sj.

Tattoo #17 ?? -TBC

This tattoo was first seen from the tattoo shop in Geoje Island in 2019 as he was getting his right hand done with many small pieces. Unfortunately, it’s still unknown what this is exactly. A small peak was also shown in BTS‘s “ON” Kinetic Manifesto Film making fans believe it’s an actual tattoo.

In April 2022, it was revealed that the group’s 2021 MUSTER SOWOOZOO event would be coming on DVD. From one of the clips sharing by Army showcasing all of his sleeve tattoos. Although ARMYs have seen Jungkook’s tattoos before, this was the first time that the whole sleeve (including the shoulder) had been exposed.

Tattoo #18 Microphone 🎤 and #19 GCLEF 𝄞

To my opinion these tattoo represent how much Jungkook love music, to sing and to write new song. Jungkook had released the self-produced track “Still With You” on SoundCloud as part of BTS's annual Festa celebrations. He also co-writer for “Your Eyes Tell” track from BTS Japanese album MOTS 7: The Journey.

Tattoo #20 Stop watch/clock

If you ever get a glimpse of Jungkook’s tattoo on the inner arm, you can see a circle there which look like a stop watch with Roman numeral on it. It can be linked with his solo song ‘My Time’ from MOTS:7.

JK’S SLEEVE TATTOO ON BUTTER VLIVE (link)

Please calm down if you watch this Vlive because Jungkook finally wear sleeveless shirt and comfortably showing off his beautiful tattoos. Not only we finally saw several tattoos which blurred during “BTS in the Soop” episode, he also casually testing to drop the eyebrow sticker which later confirmed to be pierced.

Tattoo #21 Dancheong flower

Dancheong (단청), which literally means "cinnabar/vermillion-blue-green", refers to the beautiful five-colored designs found on the walls, pillars and eaves of traditional Korean wooden buildings. Patterns can be classified by subject matter or meaning. As for JK’s tatts on his elbow, flower pattern Chrysanthemum also means high integrity and elegance.

Tattoo #22 Storm Cloud with Lightning

The clouds are full of secrets and mystery, it can be dark side in a person’s life or personal growth. The rain clouds can also be representative of darker days that are now in the past, moving forward from things in the past that they are not proud of, moving into the light. (source: tattooswim)

I personally think this tattoo means his struggle with the members since before debut. From a nobody in the street giving flyers for free concert, to the biggest Worldwide artist who own gazzilionaire bank notes.

Tattoo #23 “Winners Never Quit”

Next to his “Truth” tatts is the famous quote by Vince Lombardi, “Winners Never Quit”, which actually follows with “Quitter Never Wins”. But the first line already sent the massage.

JK been doing what he love the most; Singing, thru out the years despite their packed schedule, exhausted physically & mentally, with tons of haters and clout chasing, cant even express his fanboy for IU. But thats the life he chose and he never quit because Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.

Tattoo #24 ‘Hahoetal’ Mask

On July 30th, Jungkook coming on Vlive in his see-thru PJs (which now successfully Sold Out). He did a mini concert for Army, singing and dancing in his studio all for FREE!!

Army also discover the mask tatts next to Ox tatts, which we thought was Yugyeom’s new tatts on Nov. 2020. Turn out it JK’s. The ‘Hahoetal” (河回탈 및 屛山탈) Korean traditional mask signifies “the importance of tradition while allowing the wearer to realize full self-expression and liberation“.

Cr: Hitc.com

Tattoo #25 Turkey Tail Mushroom

During the Muster it was just the words now he is filling in the background with fresh ink designs of Turkey tail mushroom. (cr: Twitter)

The meaning behind this tatts still unclear, can it be the mushroom’s magic properties of healing for weakness? Up to ones understanding to represent it.

See Also: JUNGKOOK’s TOTTOO EVOLUTION

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Jungkook and Jimin in [BANGTAN BOMB] ‘MAP OF THE SONG : 7’ Behind the Scenes

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[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

[fykook]

[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

[shorelinnes]

excuse me hun but could u leave links for all the clips u used in this absolutely jaw drop gorgeous edit https://intronnevermind.tumblr.com/post/653864326646710272/best-friend-8-years-with-bts-song-youre-my

the edit brought me to tears and your just a precious queen 👑 in this fandom and I admire u from afar <3

you're so sweet!! thank you <333 🥺

here's all the videos I used in order of how they appear:

1. 방탄소년단 Official Fancafe Greeting

2. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) Debut day 130613

3. [BANGTAN BOMB] Happy barbecue dance Performance - BTS (방탄소년단)

4. [EPISODE] 1st BTS Birthday Party (Jin chef of BTS)

5. 방탄소년들의 졸업 - Making Film

6. [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS' rhythmical farce! LOL - BTS (방탄소년단)

7. [BANGTAN BOMB] Welcome to BTS Class, Mr. Camera! - BTS (방탄소년단)

8. 방탄소년단 NOW BTS in Thailand!

9. [BANGTAN BOMB] Jutti Meri Oye~ Hoi~ Hoi~ (Catallena of Orange Caramel) - BTS (방탄소년단)

10. [BANGTAN BOMB] Jin and Jimin's Push-up time - BTS (방탄소년단)

11. [BANGTAN BOMB] it's tricky is title! BTS, here we go! (by Run–D.M.C.)

12. [BANGTAN BOMB] Show Me Your BBA SAE!! - BTS (방탄소년단)

13. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) 'MIC Drop' MV Shooting

14. [BANGTAN BOMB] '고민보다 GO (GOGO)' Dance Practice (Halloween ver.) - BTS (방탄소년단)

15. [BANGTAN BOMB] Jung Kook went to High school with BTS for graduation! - BTS (방탄소년단)

16. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @ 2016 MMA

17 & 18. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) '피 땀 눈물' MV Shooting Sketch

19. Run BTS! 2018 - EP.51

20. [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS PROM PARTY : UNIT STAGE BEHIND - 땡 - BTS (방탄소년단)

21. [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS PROM PARTY : UNIT STAGE BEHIND - 죽어도 너야 - BTS (방탄소년단)

22. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) '화양연화 Young Forever' Jacket Photo Shooting

23. Run BTS! 2017 - EP.28

24. [PREVIEW] BTS (방탄소년단) '2019 SEASON’S GREETINGS' SPOT

25. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @ 2018 MAMA in JAPAN

26. BTS (방탄소년단) '방탄회식' #2018BTSFESTA

27. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) '작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv) feat. Halsey' MV Shooting Sketch

28. [2019 FESTA] BTS STAGE SELF CAM '앙팡맨 by BTS' @190518 New York

29. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @2018 MAMA in HONG KONG

30. [BANGTAN BOMB] Behind the stage of ‘Boy With Luv’ (Heart ver.) - BTS (방탄소년단)

31. [BANGTAN BOMB] j-hope & Jimin Let's exercise - BTS (방탄소년단)

32. [BANGTAN BOMB] Rockin' out with invisible instruments - BTS (방탄소년단)

33. [BANGTAN BOMB] What happened during the V LIVE - BTS (방탄소년단)

34. BTS (방탄소년단) BON VOYAGE Season 4 Preview Clip 2 : 大 환장 하이 텐션

35. [BANGTAN BOMB] RM, Jin & V having fun singing songs - BTS (방탄소년단)

36. & 37. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @ 2019 MMA

38. [2020 FESTA] BTS (방탄소년단) 'Airplane pt.2' (Summer ver.) @ 2018 SUMMER PACKAGE in SAIPAN

39. [2020 FESTA] BTS (방탄소년단) '방탄생파' #2020BTSFESTA

40. [BANGTAN BOMB] The No No Game - BTS (방탄소년단)

41. BTS WORLD TOUR 'LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF' in Wembley Stadium (I don't have a link for this one since it's vlive+ but if you look up qdeoks on twitter you should be able to find it 😉)

42. [BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

43. [BANGTAN BOMB] Dance With BTS @ BTS POP-UP : HOUSE OF BTS - BTS (방탄소년단)

44. Run BTS! 2021 - EP.131

45. [BANGTAN BOMB] Jin's selfie time - BTS (방탄소년단)

46. Run BTS! 2021 - EP.128

47. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @ 62nd GRAMMY Awards

48. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) 'Dynamite' MV Shooting Sketch

49. [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS STAGE SELF-CAM '등골브레이커' @ 190615 MAGIC SHOP - BTS (방탄소년단)

50. [PREVIEW] BTS (방탄소년단) ‘LOVE YOURSELF : SPEAK YOURSELF in LONDON’ DVD SPOT

51. [BANGTAN BOMB] Let's warm up! - BTS (방탄소년단)

52. [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS Donut Time - BTS (방탄소년단)

53. #LifeGoesOn1onHot100 (twitter)

54. [BANGTAN BOMB] Bickering Over a Camera, and the Winner Is? - BTS (방탄소년단)

55. [EPISODE] BTS (방탄소년단) @ 2019 MAMA

56. [2021 FESTA] BTS (방탄소년단) ‘방림이네 사진관 (Mission! BTS 4 Cuts)’ #2021BTSFESTA

57. [2021 FESTA] BTS (방탄소년단) ‘아미 만물상점’ #2021BTSFESTA

[fyeah-bangtan7]

[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

[behind-the-screen-of-bangtan]

Black Swan

← Back to Map of the Soul 7

Lyrics

Fanchant

Doolsetbangtan’s translation and interpretation

Muish’s rambling

Wisha’s translation and notes

Korean article presenting the song

Explanation from the album’s description (Eng trans)

TY but disagree’s thread about auto-tune

r/bangtan’s AMA with Clyde Kelly, one of the songwriters

Producer Michin Gamsung’s review of the music

Sarah’s interpretation of the lyrics and videos

Tor.com: “The Stunning Artistry of BTS’s “Black Swan””

Art Film

Release date: 17 January 2020

[BANGTAN BOMB] BTS 'Black Swan' Art Film Reaction

Interpretation of the routine by yooniqued

Bookish Theory’s explanation video

The film was shot in Los Angeles at Hawthorne Plaza (cr.). The laser was provided by Concept Pixels.

The dance was created and performed by MN Dance Company (website, Instagram (#1, #2, #3), Twitter). Here’s the list of the dancers:

macusmatija

podlogar.eva

konjedic04

luka_vodopivec_official

noemi_capu02

gabriel_akig_biondini

Some articles and interviews where the directors of the company talk about  the  performance are available:

Interview on Slovenian TV

Interview with Jimin Uncut

“MN Dance Company – the brains behind BTS’ Black Swan video – on how they brought the stunning film to life” (Metro)

Music Video

Release date: 4 March 2020

Photo sketch

Episode

Producer Michin Gamsung’s review of the music

Arata Dance School’s analysis of the choreography (Jimin)

BANGTAN BOMBs filmed on the set:

Who's That Shadow?

Musical Actors BTS

Jimin's Black Swan Solo Behind the Scenes

The MV was filmed at The Los Angeles Theatre (src). Jin’s was filmed in the powder room attached to the women’s bathroom (cr.)

Performances at music shows

Performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden (choreographed by Sergio Reis)

Performance on M Countdown (200227)

Performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the #BTSWEEK (200930) (Episode)

During the VCR shown before the first performance on M Countdown, two paintings could be seen. Echo and Narcissus by John Williams Waterhouse, and Metamorphosis of Narcisuss by Salvador Dalí.

[wahpadada]

Watch "[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)" on YouTube

The best 18 minutes !!!

JUNGKOOK JIN STAN CONFIRM

[monismochi]

Regardez "[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)" sur YouTube

"Dont mind him. He's a rapper."

... but.. what's our excuse for vocal line..? 😂😂

[everythingpavloves]

[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

[theissuecollector]

[BANGTAN BOMB] 'MAP OF THE SONG : 7' Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

[BANGTAN BOMB] ‘MAP OF THE SONG : 7’ Behind the Scenes – BTS (방탄소년단)

Connect with BTS: https://ibighit.com/bts http://twitter.com/BTS_bighit http://twitter.com/BTS_twt http://www.facebook.com/bangtan.official https://www.youtube.com/user/BANGTANTV http://instagram.com/BTS.bighitofficial https://channels.vlive.tv/FE619 https://www.tiktok.com/@bts_official_bighit https://weverse.onelink.me/qt3S/94808190 https://www.weibo.com/BTSbighit https://www.weibo.com/BTSmembers http://i.y…

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BTS shows

While BTS rarely appeared on TV Shows, they actually made several series for our entertainment.

Rookie King

Rookie King is BTS' first reality show. It was broadcasted on September 2013, during O!RUL8,2? era. It's mainly games but we also follow the boys during their schedules and there's a glimpse of their first dorm.

SBS uploaded all the episodes on Youtube here. There are also several Facebook albums about the episodes on BTS’ official account. And Big Hit posted a playlist of the CFs made for the show.

BTS 꿀 FM 06.13 

It is a radio-style show animated by DJ SUGA. It is held for special occasions like Festas, Christmas, or celebrating 100 days after debut. Here's the playlist of all the episodes, the videos have English subtitles.

During the spring of 2020, SUGA did 9 episodes of DJ's SUGA Honey FM 06.13 on Vlive: first episode, with RM, with Jin, with V, with j-hope, with Jimin, with Jung Kook, with BTS. A Facebook album (English translation) with behind pictures was released and highlights of the last episode were posted in a Bangtan Bomb.

Jin, Jimin, and Jung Kook did a special episode, “JiJinJung's R.A.D.I.O”, on July 26, 2020 to announce the new single released in August.

American Hustle Life

American Hustle Life was filmed and broadcasted during the summer of 2014. It follows BTS learning about Hip-Hop in the US from mentors, notably Coolio and Warren G. The show ended with the performance BTS Show & Prove. You can find a review of it here. The show was also followed by a collaboration between RM and Warren G. They released “P.D.D.” (please don’t die) the 5 March 2015. You can see the behind-the-scenes of the song in three Starcast episodes: episode 1 (Eng subs), episode 2 (Eng subs), episode 3 (Eng subs).

Starcast followed the boys and made several articles:

‘BTS in LA’, what happened in the airplane! (here)

BTS, crisscrosses LA! (here)

BTS in LA, wear Hanbok and shout Swag! (here, it’s in Korean)

Complementary Facebook album

The boys also recorded Dark & Wild while they were filming the reality show (Starcast article)

There’s no official link, nor translation but Army Base Sub subbed all the episodes in English.

BTS 복불복(Bokbulbok)

It is the first series on BTS’ VLive channel. It's five episodes of BTS playing random games in their training room. As Vlive has closed, it’s now only available on Youtube, without subtitles...

teaser

episode 1

episode 2

episode 3

episode 4

episode 5

BTS Gayo 

A show available on VLive and centered around Korean entertainment. Since Vlive stopped operating, all episode have been transfered to Weverse. Here are the episodes:

track 1

track 2

track 3

track 4

track 5

track 6

track 7

track 8

track 9

track 10

track 11

track 12

track 13

track 14

track 15

There were also behinds available on the now-closed channel BTS+ (an archive of the pictures can be found here).

Run BTS!

Run BTS! is probably BTS’ most famous show. Along the different seasons, we can see the boys playing games, trying sports, acting in skits, cooking, and just being an adorable bunch of overexcited puppies for half an hour.

First posted on Vlive, then on Weverse too starting episode 86, all the videos have since then been transfered to Weverse, as Vlive stopped operating. You can find them here.

There was a special live episode in Thailand in 2015.

There are paying behind videos available on Weverse, replacing the now-closed channel BTS+ on Vlive. Lastly, you can find a Facebook album with behind pictures of episode 7.

In 2022, Weverse magazine published a history of the show and the TIME released an article about it with a selection of nine must-watch episodes.

Trivia:

The location of most of the episodes can be found on this map.

Episode 5 and the Bangtan bomb “j-hope&Jimin's 'DOPE' Music Video Reaction” were filmed at the same place and on the same day, on June 23, 2015.

The final interview of the 2019 Season’s Greetings was filmed the same day the boys filmed episode 73, 74, 75 and 76 of Run BTS!

Episode 107 and 108 were filmed on August 4 (src).

Episode 109 was filmed on the same day as Bon Voyage season 4 episode 1 (cr.).

The e-sport team T1 was featured  in episodes 114 and 115. Their Youtube channel released a behind the scenes video.

Some of the pictures the boys took for their photo exhibition during episodes 104-106 were published on Weverse

SUGA posted pictures from the 2022 Special “Fly BTS fly” (part 1, part 2) on Instagram

BTS Bon Voyage

BTS Bon Voyage is an exclusive BTS show where the boys travel to a foreign country without their managers and thus have to live on their own. It’s paid content available on Vlive for the first 3 seasons and on Weverse for the next ones. As Vlive has closed, all seasons are now on Weverse.

For more details, notably locations, refer to these posts please: season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4

Burn The Stage

Official Trailer

Special trailer

Playlist

Burn The Stage is a docu-series, completed by a movie, following the boys during their The Wings Tour world tour. It’s paid content available on Youtube but the first episode is free.

Bring The Soul

Previews playlist

'브링 더 소울 : 더 무비' (BRING THE SOUL : THE MOVIE): official trailer,  Tear ver., Je t'aime ver. (English, Korean)

A Message From BTS | Limited Screenings From 7 August | English Version

Bring The Soul is a docu-series, completed by a movie, following the boys during their BTS World Tour - Love Yourself world tour. It’s paid content available on Weverse.

BTS World Tour - Love Yourself in Seoul

This movie is a video recording of the concert BTS held in Seoul for BTS World Tour - Love Yourself, and released in theaters in January 2019.

Learn! KOREAN with BTS

Playlist

Tips

A series of short videos available on Weverse for free and aiming to make you learn words and sentences often used by the members.

Following those videos, a book package was teased and released in August 2020 by Big Hit Edu with the goal to be used in several universities around the world.

Break The Silence

Previews playlist

Break The Silence is a docu-series following the boys during their BTS World Tour - Love Yourself and Love Yourself : Speak Yourself world tours. It’s paid content available on Weverse.

The series was followed by a movie called Break The Silence The Movie Persona (announcement, Instagram posts: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, trailer 1, trailer 2, tweets, moving poster, concept teaser).

In the SOOP

Weverse page

Official Twitter

Official Youtube

Bloter article

Weverse magazine: “Seven games BTS has played on ‘In the SOOP’”

In the SOOP is a series broadcast on Weverse and JTBC in August 2020. It follows the boys while they spend a week healing and relaxing.

The boys stayed at Lake 192. Here is the detail of their ride, starting Namyangju tollgate.

Bangtan Style identified BTS’ outfits (SUGA’s shoes and Jin’s shoes found by Stylish BTS).

The boys used some of the brands they have endorsed notably the Hyundai vehicles (Instagram post #1, #2), Chilsung Cider, and Korea Yakult’s cold brew.

There was a season 2 in 2021, in a place built especially for the occasion, near Pyeongchang (official tweets).

In 2022 V appeared in the friendcation edition (official tweets).

BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE : Persona

Tweets

The movie follows BTS during their BTS World Tour - Love Yourself and Love Yourself : Speak Yourself world tours.

BTS Yet to Come in Cinemas

Tweets

This movie is a video recording of the concert BTS held in Busan on the 15th of October 2022, BTS Yet to Come : THE CITY in BUSAN, and released in theaters in January/February 2023.

BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star

Tweets

Official Youtube playlist

Weverse page

Weverse magazine: “BTS has lived a life befitting themselves”

This documentary retraces the 10 years of BTS’ career.

Are you sure ?

Release date: 8 August 2024

Official tweets

YouTube playlist

Highlights on Disney+ YouTube channel

Forbes: “ How Jimin And Jung Kook’s Road Trip Became ‘Are You Sure?!’ ”

Similar to BTS Bon Voyage, the shows follows Jimin and Jung Kook while they travel in the US, in Jeju island and in Sapporo. V makes a suprirse appearance during their Jeju stay.

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Details in '작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv) feat. Halsey'

← Back to Map of the Soul Persona

Release date: 12 April 2019

Official content:

Teaser 1, Teaser 2

Episode of the shooting

MV Photo Sketch

Other versions: dance practice,  'ARMY With Luv' ver., dance practice (Eye contact ver.), Practice record for the 2023 Festa

Behind the scenes:

Dispatch’s article

Tweet with a picture of the set: x, x

Posts from MU:E the art directors (@nomaaaaaaaad and @bona._.b): #1, #2, #3, #4

Outfits and accessories: thread by @GetOnSwag, j-hope’s sweater, SUGA’s cap (cr. Bangtan Style)

Bangtan Bombs filmed on the set:

Jimin's Short and Sweet Impersonation

How to Stay Warm on the Set

BTS' Caretaker Jin

Cute and Adorable BTS

There's a Dog on the Set with BTS!

I Prayed That I Could Get to My Part

Translations and analysis:

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation and notes

DKDKTV’s explanation

Muish’s rambling

Wisha’s translation and notes

Interview with professor Jiyoung Lee: part 1, part 2

The official description of the song is a funk-pop genre track, singing the delight of a small and simple love, about one’s interest and love of another. It not only expresses the enjoyment and fluttery feelings of love, it consists of a melody that is easy to listen to. (src)

The literal translation of the Korean title is “A Poem For The Small Things” (src). The English title is a reminder of “Boy In Luv”, the main track of Skool Luv Affair.

Singin in the Rain

Singin in the Rain is a 1952 musical movie where a crew makes one of the first talking movies. It was explained in official articles (trans) that the MV is a homage to the movie.

Several posters of the movie can be seen here and there in the background.

Note that in the top picture, some of the posters on the wall are for the 1951 movie I’ll See You in my Dreams. It’s visible on j-hope’s picture in the memory album for 2019.

And you can also see a reference to the infamous scene where the main character sings “Singin in the rain” in the street under the rain. j-hope even does the same move with the street lamp.

Another reference is during RM verse. In the movie, they describe a scenario about a young man coming to the city to become famous and eventually succeeding. The scene referenced in the MV is the moment when the man is famous and on top of the world.

RM also has an umbrella - that looks like it’s a fan gift - instead of a cane, keeping with the title of the movie.

@780613 on Twitter made a video listing those references as well as more subtle ones and tropicalilies drew parallels between the movie and the concept of Persona

Self-references

The theater is named after ”Boy With Luv”’s album, namely Map of the Soul Persona.

SUGA’s set is a piano, reminding of his strong connection with music:

he knows how to play the piano

his solo song in WINGS, “First Love” is about a brown piano from his childhood

pianos are also central for his BU character

The Singing in the rain remake is also the occasion to fit old albums names:

O!RUL8,2?

Dark & Wild

(Love Yourself 結) Answer

You Never Walk Alone 4.5 (Love Yourself 承) Her (behind the YNWA sign)

2 Cool 4 Skool

(花樣年華) Young forever

(Map of the Soul) Persona

Sha (for Shadow, which may have been the second part of the Map of the Soul series but ended up replaced by MAP OF THE SOUL 7)

Love Yourself

花樣年華

Skool Luv Affair

WINGS

The MV ends with the same pose as in “Boy In Luv”. Except that Jungkook changes his sign at the last moment to make it mean “I love you” in sign language. V_in_love_ made a compilation of all the moves similar to previous choreographies.

Details

jhatesnake noticed that the background in some scenes could have been inspired by Van Gogh’s style.

The menu of the diner can be seen on the window and there’s a promotional poster made by Ryan Stanikk for The Southampton Solent Union.

Here’s the menu from the diner (please note that the last price is a deduction as only the 3 was visible in Memories of 2019):

In the episode, Jung Kook pointed out that the wooden floor in the diner looked similar to the ARMY logo:

‘ARMY With Luv' ver.

This version is the occasion for Big Hit to show us more footage from the “Boy With Luv” MV. Thanks to it we also have the full handshake of Halsey and RM.

They also replaced the LOVE sign with a purple ARMY one.