BTS - IDOL Explained by a Korean 

I have no issue with smart guys being smart...he loves himself and what he does.

떠들어대셔 너나잘하셔 설명 오진다ㄷㄷㄷ 완전 자세하네요ㅎㅎ 감사합니다 잘 봤어요~~

just because he's speaking in english doesn't mean, he is not korean....

I think he meant to say, that it was not explained by ANY korean, but by an INTELECTUAL korean. Because any korean could explain some things about this, but David just went all in and educated us

asdfghjklbybionikiim coz its from a korean so d explanation is better.

yeah, some wears love yourself sweaters :D

😂

Awesome!!

An ARMY and a Naruto fan with a great mentality.... I like you

true😂

Nur Qurratun Ain 😂😂😂😂 they be like "wow i didn't even notice that" lol but kidding aside, props to the whole production crew and ofcourse to these 7 lovable human beings

@@sksksksksksks9499 Of course!

Nur Qurratun Ain 😂😂😂😂

After hearing RM calling the shark a cute whale I think is possible lol

@@alessia1835 haha what a best comments😂

Your class is even easier to understand than this?

Yes

this aged well

Im in class. And I'm still paying more attention

This is what classes should be like

Fatin HAFA this comment cracked me up😂

Honestly I didn’t notice that before so I was like 😱

As The Fact That I don't Even Notice that Shooky Is Crushing 2 stick man in his hands make me feel like a dumbass... I Have this MV For hundreds of time but I guess I m blind 😅😅😅

@Wajeeha Alhabshi we Have The Same Brain I Guess 😅😅😅

Shooky is gonna crush them haters in 2018

Creativity at its finest moment.

No they didn't literally curse, just this guy explaining it is cursing saying words like "shit" because americans will understand the message more clearly.

lmao yes

Non Koreans wouldn’t know until they on the captions of the song

A hint that this cursing is only directed towards haters within Korea.

Alexandra Windfeather you know our Joonie loves wordplay! Think the other guys have picked this up or also use it for fun too! ie: Jin’s Dad jokes 😆😂

I used to sing "talking " along with them lol🤣🤣

I always heard it at "talk it" lol

I really thought they were singing “talking” ☺️

Yes, I agree because I've always song it as talking, talking: but glad to know they're saying tokki, tokki.

Hahaha true ... None...😁

Amen

"Kpop is deep, it's not shallow"

Never. Thats the comment

kpop is very westernized to begin with (it takes elements of America pop culture and uses American genres so...). Idk why Kpop fans continue to say this abt BTS only.

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

hell yeah educating ourselves about kings ruling world💜😎

Haha

Lol 😂😂😂

😂😂😂

Shaytana! Eureka!

sounds legit

Something like this happened to my brain.ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

omg i laughed soooooooooooo hard when he said that shooky is crushing the haters lol

goodnarwahle sue me too🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@goodnarwahlesue5551 omg sameeeee 🤣🤣😭😭 u are my new bsf

Awww that's sweet their Friendship is Adorable so wholesome 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Perfect!

Kirstin Danielle Faminiano I FOUND THIS CUTE AFF SIS

*omg*

Triple meanings. To a lot of English speakers it sounds like "talking", which goes back to people running their mouths about BTS.

Yes

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ아 진짜 이건 또 생각 못했네옄ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Or it can mean run away to haters and antis

토끼토끼 라고 발음나서 달에 토끼 보여준 거 같아요

@@jkim6805 i'm not really sure if they's run away from them, aren't they usually faces those mfs and clap it backs

Sounds legit👏👏👏

come be by teacher,,,,, i'll never fail then

It would defy the very purpose of em keepin their videos creative tbh. :).... It's kinda like abstract art where you decide what it supposed to mean(which makes it kinda kewl)

Lucian Boicu *UNSUBSCRIBE - DickyDickyTV*

Savage as always even in drawing😁😂

I did not notice that until now coz the mv is fast pace but Kore Jin though wow like am speechless

I actually didn't notice it.... I was too distracted by the music to closely look at the drawings. This made me laugh just like you when I saw it in this video XD

Lol same

Well... thats our lil meow meow XD

Same

Same

As a korean language trainie,i always heard the word for rabbit and then there was a rabbit on the moon, and knowing half korean sometimes makes me feel crazy lmao

At first I thought I had a trouble with my hearing bcause at the first ver i hear they say talkin but im not wrong haha

True

I feel the same way!!!

I'm actually more amazed that I missed the figures in his hand. The explanation was also amazing. Crushing haters with a bright smile - that's definitely a BTS thing to do. XD

suga being savage!!

kuneho 😂😂💜💜

Hahahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That's okay! U can say whatever u want! 😃

I read ur comment..I even laugh so hard ..don’t worry we all make mistaken when try to sing along lol u really make my day

Lol butI'm crying u even go to their concert😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Yes, my parents said my love for BTS is just temporary and you will get over it soon but they don't know that I'm loving them even more each day lmaoo

Yes❤️❤️

I agree with you 👍👍👍💜

Agree!!!

this is actually their new content to replace the reaction video bc they will not do any video reactions :)

rest assure, they aren't doing reaction videos anymore. they'll be doing more of these 'explain' videos in the future :)

Yees, I mean in this way... creativity and analysis can be better developed. Just like Danny said before. Thanks guys!

All of their songs are deep.

Every song 😪

@Dami Fly 'so direct and cute at the same time'. Yeah, that sounds like Yoongi. 😂

@@georgecooper9766 yeah that's so yoongi, he's so savage 😂💜

That's why I love this very smart fandom.

Preach.

Wow, I never thought of it that way. Everything you said is so true and a major core point to BTS's foundation. Thank you for pointing that out.

wow, excellent commentary! I love that BTS is embracing themselves, most pointedly by owning the "Idol" moniker. like, "ok you going to call me an idol?! I'll show what I can do to influence people...I'll teach everyone to love themselves, no matter the label that's put on us"

The explanation for this song and your added facts makes me even Admire them more. No wonder I really like this song the very first time I heard it even if I couldn't understand it at first. Now, knowing the deep and true meaning of the song I even more liked it. So much RESPECT for the group. They made me PROUD being a fan.

Very eloquently said @BTS Enthusiast! I second your thanks to David. This is a wonderfully educational video that opened my eyes on so many levels. I love that there are 2 parts to the analysis, when the first part was already so full of revelations about the lyrics. The revelation that hit me the hardest came in the second part, near the end of the video: at 9:50, David said, "...the sun also represents the fact that BTS is so global that their fandoms are everywhere around the world which makes them a cultural superpower empire where the sun never sets." This is so true, and BTS's superpower to connect and mobilize so many hearts on 6 of the 7 continents is testament to their global appeal. I'm in awe of them.

BTS Enthusiast It’s exciting for Chinese too becoz many of the theories/beliefs are similar to the Chinese. Egs the rabbit in the moon, lion/ hairy beast dance is to scare off bad luck.. etc.. Nevertheless I appreciate dkdktv for their explanation becoz they do it so well 💜

Stanning DKDKtv for their coverage on BTS.

I'm your 1k like

Mabiaki Ngente I didn't even know about this incident but I guess that will be on my mind for the next days lmao 😹😹

😂😂😂 I laugh so hard at that part when he winked. I didn't expect tbe incident to be in this explaination too 😂

Iknowwwwwww righttttttttttttttt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I completely forgot about that incident until he brought it back up 🤣

Please explain more, what is jin's story?

Hi, do you still staning bts? and learning korean? They're really the only reason I'd like to learn korean.

same lol! Wow David is so observant!

Me neither

Exactly

DKDKTV ;)

And V's glasses as well, he was told they didn't look good on him.

And whenever you see taehyung wearing his glasses as well. People have told him that he doesn't look good with them. He likes them, so who cares what others say about it

You can't forget what hapend to Jungkook the last time he died his hair a different color. All the hate he got from it. And now look at him. I don't stan Kings I stan intellectuals😭😘💜

Emma Schlenert I thought the same thing! When I saw the whale, I instantly thought of Whalien 52. It’s a sad story, but it does seem to fit with the whole ‘love yourself’ concept. Even during lonely times, you should have self acceptance and love for yourself 🐋💜

That's what I thought but then again, this song is more about blocking out haters/doing whatever they want and succeeding and Whalien 52 is more of a sad song so I'm not quite sure

Yes..i thought d same too..

That was my first thought on seeing the MV, too! Like he may be a lonely whale, underwater, surrounded by the bright Nemo cast, but he has his voice, he'll cast it forth, and he may take the long route, --- but whatever he does, he is himself, he loves himself.

Yeah, I also think of Whalien 52. But at the same time, this is Jin. It probably has more than one meaning. They could all be true and intended. Jin is an expert at finding one symbol that unites multiple aspects of his experience but never stating them all explicitly (the best known is probably RJ: when the others made fun of the name, he defended it out loud in one way; but the deeper, personal meaning that he never says explicitly is that RJ is literally his stage name 진 lying down, whereas the Jin persona is standing up and not timid any more... he does this multiple-meanings stuff all the time if you pay attention).

RM. His IQ. Such a leader will have such deep and meaningful ideas, along with everyone else's contribution as well!

I say collective effort.. but mostly The rap line i guess.. genius level..

@@Arinaretina also Bang PD!! He's majored in aesthetics. The guy is a genius too.

🤷🏻‍♀️ Namjoon has an IQ of 148

BAE-HOE-ven i think so

I instantly thought the same thing. RM LOVES word play. It's a huge part of his solo song too "Trivia: Love" and so many other songs. Namjoon is a lyrical genius as far as I'm concerned

@@Nessainthebuilding ikr. his rap part and his mixtapes always have tons of wordplays. One of the reason why i stan BTS, i realized they are intellectuals who speak out truth.

Yes! Exactly! There's always these easter eggs with them in the lyrics and mvs that are absolutely fascinating

They even danced the Gwara gwara, and wore African print suits…

It could be a reference to "Whailen 52", you know that they're lonely whales searching for something, and perhaps Jin's whale is supposed to represent the "home" (in lack of better words) which he has found in ARMY and their music, and that ARMY has found in Bangtan?

Nat Blue i was thinking of whalien 52 too!!!

Yeaaa...it's a dick lol

THAT KORE??

H a t e r s l o o k l i k e d i c k s l o l

Mariana Bezerra Melo the word “idol” in Korea doesn’t actually mean idol in English where people look up to. In Korea “idol” means group of boys or girls singing dancing performers who are manufactured by their companies and do what the companies tell them to do. Thanks to BTS, culture seems to be changing and many of them start to show their own talent by writing their own music but not as much as BTS. Many young people look up to idols but some singers or rappers get annoyed by the huge fandom of idol groups. Single person singers’ songs have very little chance of hitting the top because of these huge idol fandoms streaming. So with jealousy and annoyance, they say things that make people looked down on idols. BTS is highly respected now but they went through a lot.

Because the korean general public think they are manufactureted dolls that doesnt have a voice in their music work, they think idols are just there to attrack fans for their visuals and could not care less about their music since most of them dont even write their own music in conclusion koreans think they are like puppets easily manipulated for their companies who are more busy sailing visuals than sailing music also korean general public said most idols music lack of something they call Hann that is a korean word hard to explain for a non korean like me so i will try HANN is like a mix of sentiments like a mix of nostalgia sad but hopfull feelings something like that idk that are caracteristic of the original korean music and made people relate to songs and the sentiments the korean singer try to make fans experience by just listening to the songs and beautiful lyrics that are in a sense more poetic that the ones used in idols music you can search more about that on the internet or try to ask that to a korean person who can tell you the meaning of that word more accurately than me , plus they think idols music is just a ripp off of western music since most of the kpop companies that create idol groups buy rejected demos of western producers demos that are being already rejected for western artist so the western producer give them to those kpop companies and the producers of the company copy the beats and sounds and just put the korean lyrics on them this last thing i said is actually a fact there is a documentary that explain how the korean companies buy tracks and demos made by western producers and have being already rejected for american and westen artists/singers that is why koreans look down upon kpop idols they dont think like them like singers or artist but most like enterteiners for teenagers and youngest generations in korea older generation rarely listen to kpop they rather listen to other less know korean singers and less popular genres and they also rather listen to american or western singers anything but idols music tbh that is the hard true that is why i get shook everytime i see BTS Naver articules being discussed liked and comment mostly by older people/ fans of the group that are like 30+ because it is rare that kpop boy group is getting so much attention and support from older korean people and that is happening with BTS these days ever since Billboard news on korean news more older people in korea found out about bts and are joining the fandom older womans are joining the fandom in korea and we have 30 40 or even 50 year old korean womans admiting they like BTS and ther music and how they regret dont finding them sooner aince they doesnt listend or cared about idols music before beacause of the prejudice and stigma that kpop music and idols have in korea it is embarrasing to admit you like kpop or idols music :(

Okay, but still groups like Girls Generation, BigBang, and Even artists like Aillee and Seo Taiji are highly respected, at least that's what I know... Well, as I said I'm interested in the cultural aspects, I'm Brazilian and we see our artists differently, but we don't have companies making artists like Korea. I didn't understand yet is the double standards, if I can call that way, EXO for exemple, the were invited to make a presentation, CL too for the Olimpic Games, but yet the general public have preconceptions about these same artists that they "export".

Girls generation are just popular so idk about them being highly respected (for the music) outside of being respected as long running artists. Beside than that, seo taiji, bigbang & ailee are not considered generic kpop (ailee or IU isn't even considered kpop) so that's that

erucchi I've seen some articles talking about the artistic talents each girl has individually to create the success of Girls Generation, but yes, since I'm not Korean I don't really know if it's not because they're a 11 y/o group. And the rest of the mentioned artists are presented as K-pop, like you said but not a generic kind, that's the point I want to know more... I hope a Korean seeing this comment can explain it.

YES!

always!

Gods*

PREACH

**TRIGGERED** pls dont call them gods i dont care if you are joking around

Caitosaurusrex didn't v wear it in the coke ad??

possibly! i just know the shirt from this interview haha ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U5E94pLXUwk.html

That's what i noticed too when i first watched the mv. It's the same shirt that zack sang wore during their second interview with him..

Omgggg i didn’t notice it

Yeah but he wore a green version before he met the interview guy

More power DKDK tv

Tae Tarik i cant with your name HAHAHA tae tarik HAHAHA

Tata's Cooky i hope that too, but some of them do have valid points that isn't 'just hate'

I bet they did. Look at number who unliked the MV. 😄

Nataly Mejia me 😂😂 I love his facial rxpression

Honestly 😂😂💜

I'm sorry I have a dirty mind 🤦🏽‍♀️💕😭

Hahahaha no judgement here 😜😂😂👌🏻

There you see taeshook😂😂

Yes yes yes

See yaaah at the concert let sream out loud..Ursoo!!!😉🤣🤣

@@jxelle30g.33 yes!!😍😍

Have fun at the concert!!😊

@@adir6094 thank you!🤗

same here! Enjoy the concert too, I will be there as well in Amsterdam :D

I agree with you! People who simply say "BTS is overrated" haven't seen what they are capable of, and everything they have done. They jump on the hate bandwagoon just because BTS has become big (not big enough in my opinion. If a western artist had 1/2 of their talent, he/she would already been blown out of proportions), but if more people were like you; looked into their discography and their message, then they would understand. Thank you for saying such nice words about them, and I agree with your liking towards Suga

@@LinhTran-hq6sm yup. Admittedly, at first i thought they just another boyband. I don't even like k-pop per se. Too loud, too cheesy and meaningless. I'd prefer one republic, imagine dragons or muse. Their lyrics carry so much depth about personal struggles or social concerns. Then there's BTS. With their self-love campaign, and lots of meaningful lyrics and concept. I guess I'm a fan now.

@@gyratree5246 I am glad you chose to widen your horizon and wasn't fixated on the idea that KPOP is only too loud, cheesy and meaningless (I was once myself like that, but like you; I still checked them out and got a positive experience)! I actually don't like the concept of "KPOP" because we are basically putting all different genres of music into one category. If you would like to check some other great korean artists, I recommend to you DAY6 (a really good band, but so underrated...) and Mamamoo! They are a fresh breath of air too xx Have a nice day!

@@LinhTran-hq6sm i like mamamoo!!! I play Starrynight on repeat in my playlist. I guess they more considered as artist than idol tho, with more mature target audience. And they looked comfortable with themselves, being silly, goofy while delivering amazing performance.

I agree with the Suga part too

Students everywhere...

Praying for their good health as well. Can you imagine a lot of people worrying if BTS are happy or healthy? Mature ARMIES do.

@mail perso 1. Why do you hate them? They've never done anything to you. 2. They're the most humble people you'll ever meet. 3. They're all very talented so they're definitely not pretentious. 4. There is auto tune in this song, but it's not the only song they have. 5. Are you friends with them to know if their personalities are fake or not? 6. If you're gonna hate on someone, get your facts straight, and learn how to spell.

@@naychi2 That's true

@mail perso Shallow piece of shit

+mail perso 1. BTS is for intelligent people. Ask yourself first if you are intelligent. And second if you know the meaning of nar·cis·sis·tic. (check spelling).

mail perso your comment shows how unintelligent and shallow-minded you are.

Exactly.. deep meaning, not naked women, drugs, guns, etc

Zephrysis, you said it aptly. The treasure belongs to those who dig a few more inches below the surface of the "dirt." My students are loving it.

Its not trashy and even if it is 'trashy' only bts can look that good in trashy stuff

I only agree with a few of ur words. and the MV is not trashy, plz dont say that. yes its ur opinion but still thats rude (my opinion)

Crystane Agustin i did not personally imply that it was trashy. however, if we were to view it outside a biased perspectives, it would appear to be less aesthetically produced than their older mvs. but as i’ve stated, that’s the irony of it bc so many ppl assume that asian music videos are limited to THAT specific style. again, why i find this one of their creative mvs thus far.

r d pls refer back to my response towards another comment who misinterpreted my statement. also, just a tip, you can’t point out someone’s opinion yet indicate that it’s “wrong,” simply bc you disagree with it. now THAT’S rude. that’s the value of an opinion after all; people are allowed to have different perspectives, and to agree or not. please clarify where i was “rude” in my prime post. otherwise, please don’t accuse me of acting as such in that.

A very deep and intellectual f*** off!

Amen

And in a classy, erudite way Frakook Jimin Jams.

Lmao, they even do it as a song for haters put there 😂👌🏻

@mail perso and you need to get a life

Recon holy shit

Also, Korean slang 'Tokki-da(톡끼다)" the verb, means to runaway, to sneak out away, to disappear, to escape cunningly. It may be helpful to imagine bugs bunny :-)

also if you notice in one of the scenes where this lyric is said there is a rabit in the giant moon! Somewhere at 6:38

Actually I think the rabbit is more famous for the folktale tokijeon as a really smart character. The sea god learned that rabbit liver was good for his health so he sent the turtle to invite rabbit to his palace, and when the rsbbit learned that they wanted his liver, he tricked them by saying he left his liver back on land, and needed to get it. When he was taken ashore he ran and said suckers! to the turtle.

rabbit /bunny =jungkook if they are trying to say they can run fast like a rabbit so are they having faith to jungkook?? cos we know army jungkook really like a bunny are they repairing to jungkook as their bunny?? cos jungkook is the golden maknae of the group he can do everything haha omg!!! im over thinking haha

period

And on UN Day in school come October, I am dressing as a Korean.

True😊

music, culture, new friends, love.....Amazing!

TRUEEEE

Agreed!

YES PLEASE

Yeeeees please

I second this

Yasss!

I like this explanation. I listened to the song. Very touching sad and optimistic at the same time,

im glad you enjoyed it, if you want i can recommend some of my favourite BTS songs

I actually lean towards this meaning... but either one is fine

This interpretation works too, but honestly I feel like Jin would totally throw in a dick joke if he could. It's his personality lately lol

tigerbalm 😏🔞😳🐋🐳

ikr

Right

tenchichrono All K-pop is, is about the singer’s appearance. If they don’t look nice, no one supports them and decides to just follow the better looking singers. It’s all bullshit and don’t get me wrong, I’m Korean.

@@andrewkim4000 that's sad reality...haiz...

Daniela Espinosa I can understand personal space, but Bangtan should also understand that fans love them and without the fans, Bangtan is nothing.

@@iu2 bts has acknowledged that without army they wouldn't be where they are but regardless they're still humans and people/fans should respect their personal space and privacy.

@@iu2 if fans love them, treat them with respect not make them feel like some goods..u might think cos they r celebs they knew what they signed up for.but we fans r human, and they r too, and as human beings, we should know how much they want to b free, and relate to how they feel to be touched randomly, and chased after..y don't the fans learn from fans in some countries who wait calmly for them at the airport, welcome them warmly, fans can shout their names, and still they'll be more comfortable that way..the boys r more like boys next door, if they r comfortable, they will be the friendliest and best ppl on earth.

Ged Casinillo Are all the fans doing it? No. This is only a small segment of the population. And let's not start being condescending. I do know the difference. Get over yourself; they're not children.

living my dream Actually, being a celebrity means that your personal space and life will be invaded. They knew exactly what they signed up for, just thousands before them. These idols hope and dream to make it big and say they would do anything for it. Now that they're there, their attitude changes? C'mon...that's pathetic and no way to treat your fans.

I know that a lot of members have said that they want to come here; So a girl can hope for the next comeback or the one after.

Thank you !! They mentioned South African influence in an interview but i wanted to know which part of the song its in and i couldn't find an explanation anywhere, thanks so much. Apparently some part of the dance is also inspired by SA?

If you go to 3:10 in the original MV then you can see the dance a bit clearer. If you still aren't sure then you can search for the Gwara dance or the idol challenge hashtag that is going around at the moment :)

@@SkyFudgey thank you!!

Dom ARMYY