BTS - Fake Love - Former Boyband Member Reacts! 

"Doll" refers to marionettes - those puppets on strings, controlled by others. The choreo is inspired by the movements of marionettes - arms high, jerky movements. The song can be interpreted in many ways but within the context of the album and Love Yourself series, they are talking about self-love and whether you are loving yourself right. RM allude strongly to this when he looked into the mirror and seeing another person, then Suga was talking about his all-consuming ambitions. The visuals (the flower, candy bars, fire, water, mobile phones on the wall and all) are part of the BTS Universe fictional storyline. Those are petals flying. The SAVE ME when inverted says IM FINE and there is a "save me", and "im fine" BTS songs.

Yes, Doolset is a great resource! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The meaning applies to almost every relationship, it’s a lot about self love, about knowing yourself…

May be a little late but Nathan that earringggg look at chu!

Let me try to explain this as succinctly as possible. BTS’ Love Yourself Trilogy of albums: Album 1. Love Yourself: Her - songs about falling in love or someone that you love, be it friends, family, a lover whatever. Anyway, love songs. Album 2. Love Yourself: Tear - songs about the realization that in order to get someone to love you you have either tried to change yourself to live as that person’s ideal or you have worn a mask around that person and the thing they love is the mask and not you. And about how that kind of love cannot make you happy. Album 3. Love Yourself: Answer - songs about learning to love yourself the way you are so that you won’t be ashamed to let other people see the real you. It’s basically BTS teaching us in baby steps why we’re not happy and what we can do to become happy. Then they take that even a step farther with their Map of the Soul albums which came directly after the Love Yourself trilogy.

Great reaction...as an aside..your earring suits you.

It’s funny that you say you hear this track as a softer more emotional piano ballad because they had a live performance a few years ago where they did an acoustic piano version of this with Charlie Puth. Would love it if you could check that out too! Jungkook and Charlie also performed We Don’t Talk Anymore as a duet together in that same performance.

I’d love to see a cover! 💜

Me gusto mucho tu reaccion. Tanto el fuego el agua y el piso catendo son reales..debes ver el detras de camara de la grabación de fake love..saludos desde Argentina

Lie by Jimin is a musician’s dream… i think u will love it….

12:28 That's Jimin's dancing Beautifully i can't wait for you to react to his like crazy song and choreography ❤

11:28 "did that really happen in real life?" YES... there is a Behind the Scenes of these MV's and they actually did all of that. 12:26 "who's dancing?" That's JIMIN ^_^

I don't speak English but I do understand English. I wrote this with Google translate. Thank you for reacting to BTS. I really enjoy your videos. greetings from Argentina 🩵🤍🩵🤍

The person in the silhouette dancing is your favorite Jimin haha. He's so talented

Yes. YES! Please do a cover of this song in the style you were singing. It's a great idea. A beautiful soft version of the melody perfectly fits your voice. Others have made covers too using the same kind of idea. Changing a fast song into a slow ballad. There is no reason you can't sing/rap a few words and add them into your cover song. We can't wait. I'll try to find some examples for you. Actually, BTS really loves their songs being turned into covers. They will RU-vid themselves watching them. So. Be inspired!

I’m currently reading their book, and I just got to the part when they were writing this song. They were gaining popularity and received loved from fans and a lot of hate from everyone else. They were going thru a very difficult time and felt lost. My interpretation was that they were mentally exhausted but still had to put on a smile and keep doing what they do for fans. And the fans loving them in turn made them wonder if it’s fake love if they weren’t actually showing their real selves on stage. They’ve also always wondered why their fans love them. On top of this, this song is part of the BU (bangtan universe) which is a fictional story line that runs through some of their songs and albums. It’s too complicated and deep to explain here. Best to watch some of those explanation videos. There’s a video of BTS reacting to ppl who covered this song. U should check it out. There’s a metal cover. And perhaps watch a live version too. Maybe MAMA 2018?

The Fake Love dance practice is amazing. Their dance moves are even full of meaning, acting like 'puppets' and covering their eyes/ears/mouth as in see no/hear no/speak no evil. (Try and add captions for your viewers) If you search BTS FAKE LOVE EXTENDED VERSION there are a few extra bits in the longer video and it is totally guitar based. You should react to that too.💜

It's always Jimin who have solo dance parts because of his background in contemporary dance.

Jimin is my bias too! Once you Jimin you don't Jimout. Side note, my dad was also a musician and songwriter, I showed him BTS and their music videos (he was in his 70's) when this album came out, and he said, "If this makes it to the West, they're gonna be like the Beatles." Anyway, I really enjoy your reactions, thanks for checking out BTS. I recommend Jonghyun when you can too. Anything form Jonghyun. I'll look forward to your cover of Fake Love!

The silhouette dancing was Jimin 😊

Nathan your piano playing is beautiful- so musically artistic. You keep exhibiting more and more layers of musicality. I’m learning so much from watching your reactions. The depth of your appreciation is really impressive.

The silhouette is Jimin🥰....it is almost always him...

The silhouette of the one dancing is Jimin. I'm sure others will tell you but the MV is part of the BU (Bangtan Universe) so there's layers upon layers and meaning in basically everything. Love the commentary on the musicality and mixing sounds together. Thank you!

Can you react to some songs by BTS vocal line, but live? -House Of Cards -The Truth Untold -Zero O'clock And plz React to Louder Than Bombs 💜

It's JIMIN the one dancing he's so good

That's Jimin silhouette who is dancing he's good at dancing contemporary next you should react to his lie live performance 👌💯

12:28 it’s jimin dancing🔥🔥

Check out Airplane pt.II, Idol and Blood Sweat and Tears for their diversity and lots of the things you appreciate. Keep on doing those great reactions 💜

The water is real, the siluet is Jimin by the way, love your reaction video 🤩

Doolset means TwoThree. There’s a lovely BTS song called that, 2!3! (Hoping for More Good Days). They not only translate but also give insights to the background of the lyrics and explain the word play you often find in BTS songs. Jin makes me smile when he sings, ‘Fake love’ because there is no, ‘V’ in Korean so he says, Lub, instead of, love. If you listen to V saying his name in the early days he says it as Pwi or Bwi. He’s got the hang of it now.

we all love jimin he has that charm, 12:33 it's jimin, he majored in a contemporary dance academy, he was the best in his class, even so he's a multifaceted and versatile dancer we always love to see him

Love your reactions, BTS great lyrics on House of Cards, The Truth Untold, Your Eyes Tell.. Guitar: Filter by Jimin.. Life Goes On is a gorgeous song.. And there's something like: Once you JimIN you can't JimOUT.. ARMY will tell better.. 😁

Oh, you really need to see several of these live. One thing I noticed is that you are both a visual and auditory processor. The very first thing you mention you like is the ‘colors’ & then the instruments following up with their dancing skills. Neat to see your processing their material. There’s 10+ years worth of group & individual reaction content.💜

Indiscutiblemente caíste en el Efecto de PARK JIMIN, te entiendo perfecto, así nos a pasado a Millones es Imposible no Admirarlo 🕺🐣🤩😍🤍❤️

Love seeing you play out parts of the song on the piano. You can tell when someone is genuinely into/excited about a song. Great video!

The dancing you were asking about is done by Jimin

The water pouring out around Jimin is real. The fire with Yoongi is real, but much smaller IRL - they play around with angles and perspective. The floor falling down behind Jungkook as he runs down the hallway is real. BTS rarely use CGI if they can do it with practical effects. :)

I would love for you to do a cover of fake love. I'm glad you reacted to this, it was my introduction to BTS and still one of my faves. That was Jimin's silhouette dancing. Since you are a musician I highly recommend his solo song Lie. Its musically captivating and tells the story of the song in the music itself. Musicians love it. :) Borahae!

12:35 Its Jimin ♡

That’s Jimin dancing in the shadow play that you asked about…Jiminie 🐥

Jimin is the one who made the melody it's a great song

Fluid lines in silhouette is always Jimin cause he is a great lyrical dancer.

I’ve been waiting for your reaction to Fake Love! 😊 You’ve become one of my favorite K-pop reaction watches and I’m looking forward to more! I recommend Mikrakosmos, Magic Shop, I Need U, Euphoria, Dimple, there’s a lot lol

You should definitely check out jimins solo songs + performaces - they're very captivating!

The shadow belongs to the precious Jimin, an outstanding contemporary dance, thanks you

the silhouette dancing was jimin. he's so amazing 😁💜👍

That's our pretty boy Jimin dancing in silhouette.

Jimin dancing

Before watching the MAMA 2019 awards performance, make sure you’ve reacted to Fire, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Save Me, and if others remember the 3 other ones besides what they sing in full, please list that too. 💜💜💜💜💜💜👏👏👏

You got it, the heart of the song is that if you change yourself for a relationship, that's not love based in truth. It's a flower that will never bloom. The album tells a story - this is one piece of that story. Whether it's based on personal experience isn't something we know about, but it still rings true. I think Jimin wrote this melody, if I remember correctly. Please please please do a piano & vocal reinterpretation of Fake Love. It would be beautiful and the guys have been known to watch covers 😁 they appreciate it when people cover their songs. I think you'd be able to do something amazing with Blood Sweat and Tears as well. It's another one with a lovely melody. Have you seen it yet? I can't remember.

BTS has an alternate world, or lore, story line going through a number of there songs, video games, books and more. It is a long story and something to dive into if you want to totally nerd out on the group. This song has heavy Bangtan Universe, or the BU, references. The song stands on its own but the visuals for the video can be confusing. Everyone mentions the snickers Hobi is laying in. Hobi's character was abandoned by his mother at an amusememt park with a candy bar as a small child. Suga has a fire thing, Jimin a water thing, etc. It really is interesting as they weave together social comentary, beautiful music, and a BU story line. Anyway, yes, that was real fire, water and floor dropping under JK as he ran. Mini movies, absolutely. I agree with others, check BS&T, Idol, DNA then think about checking out sub unit songs and solo work. I have something like 300 songs or features, like dance practice and special performances, on a master list I use as I irritate my friends at work by sharing a song a day. ARMYs gotta do what an ARMYs gotta do. 😊 keep listening, sharing and enjoying! As Jimin would say, "you good, keep going".

Jimin is the silhouette dancing

@ 12.28 'who's dancing? who is this?' that is our multi talented artist head-to-toe Jiminie!!!!!

Thank you for the reaction. I hope you check out the vocal line’s songs below as you like the melody of songs: - zero o’clock - truth untold - house of cards - dimple Hope you are enjoying diving down the BTS rabbit hole. 💜

I'm just stoked to see you, The Nathan Walters of Plus One, who I've been listening to in my childhood ( I was 11 when Plus One debuted), react to BTS, which is I love too, so much, and loving Jimin too, my bias. I always take reactors who are legit musicians seriously because you know how things work inside and outside the industry. Much respect! I hope you react to Jimin's first baby a.k.a. his first solo song, Serendipity. The music video is around 2+ minutes, but there's a longer and full version but sadly, there's no MV so you can watch Serendipity stage mix, where his live performances of the song were put together sooo smoothly 🥹🫰💜

Let me explain some of the symbolism real quick. Not all of it, because this video is part of the BTS universe storyline, and I would have to go back to the beginning to explain all the BU references in this video (for example, except Jungkook each member is in a room that represents the childhood trauma of their BU character) but the fake love symbolism is this: the flower in the lamp at the beginning represents the fake love and although Jin is desperately trying to protect it, it turns to ash in the lamp. In the interlude scene Jungkook finds the empty lamp now sitting on a pile of ashes. As he lets the ashes slip through his fingers you see the shadows of the flower petals that represented the fake love floating away, symbolizing letting go of the fake love. Once he has let the fake love go a door opens. As he walks through the door that was opened by letting his fake love go he is confronted with a masked figure who begins to take off the mask. We know from subsequent videos that that masked figure is Jungkook himself. Meaning that he was now ready to learn who he truly is behind the mask. It’s almost an allegory. The message of the song and the video is that you have to let go of fake love so that you can start learning to love yourself the way you are.

you should cover the english version of Jimin's Like Crazy song :) you said you have a high voice and it would be perfect! also maybe check out Suga (as Agust D) playing Life Goes On live from his recent concerts. it's less rap heavy and more sing-songy. he's a great piano player. there's a good stage mix you can actually see him playing.

This was my favorite reaction so far! I like that you looked up the lyrics first and all the productions comments. Thank you. That is Jimin dancing in shadow. I saved a screenshot as my lock screen on my phone for a while. The extended version is more rock/gutitar heavy and the video reveals a bit more of the story. BUT the story can be difficult to grasp from one video as it belongs to the BU and spans MANY videos.

A todos nos encanta la voz angelical de Jimin el que estaba bailando era Jimin el es increíble para bailar es uno del los idols de kpop más completos 👑🔥💜

The person who Dancing is our jimin he is good at everything

The one whose silhouette was dancing is the amazing Jimin!

That’s JIMIN That’s Jimin’s Silhouette ❤🥰 PRINCE JIMIN SILHOUETTE 👑❤️‍🔥

That is Jimin's silhouette in that dance. He studied contemporary dance so he will usually be the one to do the beautiful dance solos, J- Hope or even JK will have more hard hitting.

Thanks for watching BTS! I've heard you speak about their beautiful music videos and how you enjoy how theatric they are. Did you know there is a whole BTS Universe (BU) that is woven through their music. It has a dedicated storyline with books, a Webtoon and a TV show coming soon!

You asked who was dancing. This is Jimin. It's always him

You've Jimined-in. It's Jimin dancing at 12:24 and also Jimin at 8:57. LOL! I love your reactions because you talk about the instruments, set design, vocals, choreo, etc....

the one dancing in the silhouette is jimin, love your reaction

That is Jimin dancing in the part you asked about💜

Todos amamos la voz única e inigualable de Jimin ❤

First one! Glad you have listened to "Fake love"! It's one of their best makings ever! You should listen to the live performance as well and how each one of them hit the right notes 😍

There’s so much meaning behind this video. There’s also a behind the scenes video which is amazing. All their music is connected and part of a storyline hence you will find a lot of Easter eggs in their music videos

It was Jimin dancing when you asked about, which dancing member "the silhouette" wsd

U liking jimin more even without knowing that's him.. the guy with pretty silhouette while dancing😊

That's Jimin dancing. He did contemporary dance at an arts high school.

Yes! Your voice is gorgeous! Do a cover! 💖

Fake love… the visuals relate to the storyline called bangtan universe… which started in 2015 with the track “I need you” and continued through MV’s, short films, notebooks and a web game…but the lyrics are thematically very much a part of the love yourself tear album… themes of masking and unmasking, loss and grief … like outro:tear and the truth untold… and the magic shop….. where pain can be resolved… Thk you💜

That’s your boy Jimin dancing in silhouette.

that one dancing at the end (when you said you liked the silhouette) is jimin

Please react to Jimin Like Crazy MV and dance practice 😊😊🥰

The silhoutte u've seen towards the end is jiminie😊😊

Well! Sounds like you'd do a lovely cover of this song. Could always make your own melody for the rap verses. Lies Behind Your Eyes did a beautiful metal cover of this song, they didn't seem to have too hard of a time memorizing the Korean lyrics. I'm sure you'd do a great job

Jimin❤

Jimin's neck is everything in this video!

So this was one of the first songs I truly fell in love with and one day I decided to sit down and read through the lyrics. And I was honestly very uncomfortable. While on the surface the song is about creating a fake version of yourself to make the person you love happy I couldn't shake the nagging thought... "is this song about BTS? Are they singing about the pain of having to have to present the idol public persona while being miserable?" What I'd didnt know at the time is BTS music is often reflective of their journey as people and musicians. But I'm currently reading through their autobiographical book and apparently at the time this song was written and produced, BTS was exhausted and on the verge of breaking up due to the stress. So the song isn't what I thought (ie idols being miserable because of being idols) but more that they are tired, and in pain but they continue making themselves produce and sing and dance for the sake of their fans. I read that in the book and was like "damn". I'm glad that they seem to be in a much healthier place now as artists

The one dancing is Jimin. His dance is always mesmerising due to his contemporary dance experience.

Plz react MMA 2019 performance

It was Jimins silhouette dancing near the end.

BTS BIGGEST BAND in the world 💜

The silhouette dancer is Jimin of course.

Jimin is the one dancing in the silhouette / shadow

You're just scratching the surface of BTS discography. You have sooooo much to see and hear. Please please react to Lie by Jimin next. It makes musicians crazy. Just want to see your reaction. 😊 Also Serendipity by Jimin. You will get a good dose of Jimin's vocals

Please watch Tiny Desk Concert that they did

The one who's dancing is JIMINNNNN🎉

I've been waiting for you to react to this song knowing you'd like it. It really put a smile on my face that you really enjoyed listening to Fake Love. I love Jimin's tone too. I think that his tone adds beautiful color to BTS music. Aside from having beautiful and unique tone he's also an amazing dancer. You mentioned the solouett, that was Jimin dancing. He has a lot of especial participation in their choreography due to his background in contemporary dancing. Thank you for reacting to this song. You said that you love synth, please do a reaction on Jimin's music video, "Like Crazy" from his solo album FACE. I honestly think you'd enjoy the production of it. Looking forward to more reactions for you.

that silhouette you wanted to know is jimin.

Please listen to Like Crazy by Jimin

A vocal line classic is Truth Untold live in Japan. The song was produced by Steve Aoki, co-written by RM and features Jin, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. The style is so different from other BTS songs. It's a classic unrequited love story.

Listen to the their solo works the old ones first Namjoon :Moonchild or Seoul or Forever rain Yoongi: Daechitwa or August D or give it to me Jin: Epiphany or Moon or Abyss Hobi: Daydream or Mama or Just dance Jimin: serendipity or promise or filter Taehyung :Christmas Tree or Singularity or Winter bear or….. Jungkook: Still with you or My you or Euphoria

Jimin's song Alone.

the person dancing is Jimin!! I've noticed u like him a lot so I HIGHLY SUGGEST U REACT TO HIS OTHER SOLO SONGS!! " LIE " IS MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE