BTS - DDAENG + Explanation + Live - Reaction 

I remembered when this song was released, translator armys on twitter are losing their minds. they usually translate almost real time, but when this song dropped, they said they need more time because there's soooo much wordplay and cultural references in the song. they apologized for the delay and they showed pictures of their notes and everyone was curious about it and at the same time screaming about namjoon's moans and stutters. so yeah, it was a wild day.

Small cards are easier to carry. This type of cards are quite common in SK especially in the countryside among elders. They can just pull out a pack of card out of their pocket and play it after they finish the farm work.

Loved this reaction, hope you do not suffer from post traumatic tiny card syndrome lol. This is one of my favorites from the rap line, letting the vocal line rap is great to see. "In the beginning" BTS was a hip hop group and JK rapped in all their earlier songs. Tae has been dying to rap for years and it makes me smile to see him get his wish. Jimin has also rapped in another song, "Tony Montana" I think is the name of it. Jin can spit words faster than than I ever imagined. In one of the Run episodes he raps the entire song of "Loner" and it is beyond satisfying.

The tiny card pile and the look of pure confusion! 😂 Imagine being hooked on the card sizes instead of anything else LMAO!

Appreciate the reaction. You had me howling over your concern over the small cards 🤣 . The vocal line rapping was so cool to see. We knew JK could rap well from early songs, but Tae has always wanted to rap too and I thought he did great. Thanks for reacting.

You are only looking at the Korean traditional game called Wha Tu from your point of view as a westerner. We don't even call it cards but nothing comparable, substitute or translate into English so we simply call it a card game in English. Koreans can also question "Why the western game (so called cards) so big in size? It's so funny why you people think your things are normal and other parts of world's things are weird if things are different than yours. Not everything evolves around you people. The Korean Wha Tu game's been existed way before you guys ever made cards. Also one can hold many Wha Tu and spread to see all at once in one hand easily because of the size. China also has a game called Ma Jjang (that's what Koreans call their game) which uses small and rectangular shaped blocks. Koreans don't think or ask why they don't use something similar to what we use. BTS are Koreans and making music that has a lot of Korean references which Koreans understand easily and that should be natural. They don't always have to make their songs gear towards other country listeners. Good to hear an opinion but that was ignorant and narrow minded comments I am hearing!

Lmao I love how you’re hung up on the size of the card game lol 😂💀

There is a reason behind why those cards were that size because people throw the cards and when you have bigger cards it does not do the perfect or correct job. It also makes unique sound when they throw and hit the other cards. If you have bigger cards it does not make the sound which only small cards can make. When you have the cards in front of you and touch it in real life it is easier for you to understand. There is always reason behind why things are the way they are.

The crowd singing is so awesome

SUGA produced it. One of my favorite BTS songs

Jim being hung up on ‘tiny cards’ is hilarious!

sorry but i totally love it when you're confused always appreciate your honest and thoughtful reactions, somehow makes me enjoy more of their music it's a year old clip but never feels old keep it going sir

Dkdktv explained it so beautifully and in depth.. but you seem more focused on small cards😂🤣😂🤣

If u watch k-drama probably it won’t be so confusing bcoz this card game is often shown in their dramas and the sound of ‘ddaeng’ is used in quiz show to indicate you answered wrongly

Gambling had over thousand years history in China & Korea, "cards" are carved on stripes of bamboo, wood, bones, ivory... the size depends on what they were originally made from. Western card game have a history of few hundred years when printing and paper were already invented. They could make the korean cards bigger today but why should it be changed, there is great satifaction from the sound these tiny card makes, when being slap down hard on the table.

WITH THE CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING THEY WENT TROUGH THE LYRICS OF DISS TRACKS ONLY MAKE SENSE IF YOURE A LONG TIME FAN AND KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THAT SHIT AND REFERENCES. HONESTLY THIS SONG IS JUST SAYIN: "MY SUCCES SPEAKS FOR ME, WHAT DO 'YOU' (HATERS(CERTAIN SPECIFIC PPLE)) HAVE TO SHOW/SAY ABOUT IT"

Gotta check out DOOLSET BANGTAN for lyrics explanation.

Loved the vid Jim! Keep up the good work broha!💜

Who decides what a standard size card is? Maybe our playing cards are too big? Oh,...maybe you think the Korean cards are replica Western cards, with little spades and tiny pictures of kings and queens? Recalculating....

Baby Jk is rapping Jk. ✨ When it comes to satire and comical diss, it's BTS' sarcastic flexing. Lol

I also don’t get it why u are so bothered about the card size

He's like, what's up with the "small cards?" Hahaha 😆 fun reaction. You had me rollingggg!!

I forget that you are kinda new still… come back in 6 months and re-listen I’m thinking once you spend more time with the Korean culture you will get more appreciation for it. 🙂💜💜

haha the clips of old men are from a movie and yes its about gambling/gangster related called Tazza 2 (타짜 2). its involves a lot of gruesome scenes and..yeah.. so you’re right

I think Hobi's verse was written to address the task force that was formed to replicate BTS'S success. He's saying do your homework. Look at Muish's blog on it.

Hello In Cambodia, Thailand and China we use small and long cards...you think it's different because you probably haven't been exposed to different cultures and customs.

Remember those cards had to fit into the small pockets inside the hanbok sleeves. That game is quite old. And yes Tae living the best moment of his life :) TaeTae Rapper :)

idk what's funnier, your confusion of small cards or you trying to figure out the song itself while eating a banana 😂

First person confused by this song... glad you listened to it but I would have loved if you tried to understand it but that could be just me. Thanks. Nice reaction.

I think the cards need their own explanation video just for Jim 😂😂 I get cultural references are difficult to understand and maybe confusing but Jim getting hooked on the cards is hilarious. I've seen this explanation a hundred times but Jim had me laughing and crying tears... DDAENG 😂😂😂

is true!!

Eu amo tanto ddaeng

THIS SONG IS FIREEEEE

I love your reactions and i've loved your journey so far. However, I do think you tend to have such weird "westerner" takes on (in this case, korean) culture. Normally it's just a throwaway comment here and there but in this reaction, it was much more prominent. I understand that a lot of this is new to you but i do hope you're a little more aware on how it comes across in the future - it really does come off as ignorant for the lack of a better term, at least this reaction in particular. In addition, a lot of what you're perplexed by is answered in the video. i also found it odd why you questioned how "he would know that"... like your chat pointed out, he's korean. Something so glaringly obvious to me and quite a lot of others seemed to go over your head. You were more concerned about how small the cards were than the actual song which is a shame because it is a brilliant song. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy your reactions (this was just a little harder to enjoy) but i just wanted to bring something to light constructively.

I love BTS so much💜💜💜

I like your reactions, good job! Greetings from México 😄

dude randomly eating a banana 😂

I wanted to find a song in English song that can be a reference to try and explain how GENIUS the wordplay is but I don't think there is one

I LUV The song is my second favourite after tear from the rap line😻& I luv this version when all of them sing together V & JK are amazing at rapping from day one 🔥🔥🔥The rapper JK 🔥 I miss U man😭 is there's some thing is guy not good at 💜💜💜💜

I wish i knew Korean so i can enjoy their music more

Hey james are you gonna upload a reaction to outro: tear on RU-vid or no?

Ddaeng is not a diss track people. It's a hiphop song. A diss track is directed towards a specific person not just haters in general.

Mano eu amo demais essa música. Só de ouvir o toquinho do começo a rab@ já começa a balançar hahahaha não dá pra ficar parado, é automático 😂

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Maybe the small cards come from an era in which gambling was illegal or restricted to certain ppl. Small cards easier to hide and whip out for a quick game

You can read translation with explanation from our translator armys.

So... you didn't get the meaning of the song after DKDKTV explained it so perfectly, and you kept going on and on about the small cards. That is not even the point here. I guess you still have a long way to go as a BTS fan. :')

first time of me being disappointed with the dream team is them putting the vocal line live performance before the original rap line performance, which is still to be seen... man, I love the one with the vocal line, but ever since it happened ppl hardly ever talk about/watch the original when we are talking about ddaeng, which feels a bit disrespectful to me (from the entire fandom) with the rap line, who were the ones that created this banger in the first place and killed it in their performance idk, i feel like rap line deserves THEIR spotlight on this one and then we can have fun watching the vocal line too

Aren't the cards pretty similar to mahjong tiles?

I don't get why the cards' size was so shocking to you. The regular size on your part of the world is different from the regular size on another part. It should be obvious.

All the singers can rap and all the rappers can sing. You just haven’t gotten to the songs yet. You nice keep going. Check out the OT7 live version of Deachwita. 🇺🇸💜☺️ Nice reaction thank you!

Jim, the cards are small LOL they got small hands. Have you seen Mahjong? I have... they're small. But not my Dad or my hands! LOL

There is another live where only Rapline does it

Coldplay - Everglow [Single Version] - (Official Video), Gravity (Official Video), Daddy (Official Video) R E A C T P L E A S E .💜 💙

11:58 Imagine there's an alien race out there that uses poster size cards in their gambling games. They see y'all using your tiny cards to play poker and they'll say the same thing lol. "Oh, silly human americans with their tiny adorable cards trying to pretend to be gangsters". Hahahaha it's all a matter of perspective and what culture you grew up in. hahaha 🤷‍♀️. what's a "regular" card size? that all depends on perspective lol

please react to their individual mixtape

sorry man, i often enjoy your reactions to rise of bangtan, but it really annoys me that your focus is on the SIZE of the game's cards, when that wasn't even the point of the game's importance in the song. It's something cultural and you made fun of it, i'm not korean, but i'm brazilian and it pisses me off a lot if someone from another country makes any kind of comment about something from my culture trying to be funny.

My guess is that Its forbidden/illegal to gamble in Korea, so having tiny cards is easy for them to hide from authorities.

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So worried about the the size of cards , sooo stupid!

Ur so confused lmaooo

Next please react to BTS Idol and spine breaker explanation from same channel

Your perception of what card size is satisfying is so culturally biased! What is regular anyway? 😂 Ddaeng is such a witty swagger of a song! What can I say, stay confused! 🤣 and remember, JK began as a rapper…

multiple comments here saying how funny it was that u were so hung up on the cards but personally its 100% the reason why u werent able to process the explanation vid well and honestly dragged the video down

“Regular” according to who? This song is not for the average English speakers

"In this video, I learn about DDAENG from BTS. Then I go on a rant about tiny playing cards for no reason." (Comment written by Jim Games). Exactly, for no reason!! You went on a rant about tiny cards for no reason! Why?! You lost focus on what is really important! The music and its meaning, keeping on open mind to learning something new and appreciating what another culture has to offer.

I believe the song has some parts thrown in just bc it rhymes and isn't really delicate ig? aside from needing a good korean dictionary lol. But yeah it's cool they used so many meanings. Tho i like more they used korean instruments lol Suga said when releasing this that he always wanted to do that (afterwards he did Daewchita which also uses those).

Please use other lyric videos (if you must). Jaeguchi and Lemoring are the WORST. They have a lot if views because their videos are up within minutes after the song/video is released. But their translations are horrible. They also steal money from Hybe/Bighit.

Damn, I don't get why some people got so salty over Jim wondering about the card size. News flash people, he's American so he looks at things from that context. Nothing he said seemed disrespectful or rude to me. It's people like the ones calling him "ignorant" for asking these questions that make it so much harder for people to understant different cultures than their own because eventually they just become afraid to ask.

Some of these comments are a bit rude, I loved this reaction👍❤️

haha the clips of old men are from a movie and yes its about gambling/gangster related called Tazza 2 (타짜 2). its involves a lot of gruesome scenes and..yeah.. so you’re right