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Whalien 52
Many others have discussed this song and done it well, but Imma use it to start our move into BTS' music and symbology. Because, to my mind, it's one of BTS' best songs ever and embodies everything that's so special about them. First, let's look at the lyrics. I'll write the translation out here and not repeat the refrain, for space purposes. I'm using Genius English Translations. I'll also indicate which rapper sings which part, so you know what they wrote, basically.
RM:
Yeah, the most lonely creature in the world
Eh, do you want to know my story?
I've never told this to anybody
Yeah, come on
Suga:
In the middle of the vast ocean
One whale speaks softly and lonelily
The fact that no matter how much they shout, it won't reach
Makes them so gravely lonely that they quietly shut their mouths
Of course i don't care what's the matter or what I've now become
When loneliness is the only thing that stays by my side
I've become completely alone. It's a lock that fills sadness
Someone says "Bastard, you've become a celebrity"
Oh fuck that! So what?! Nobody remains by my side and I'm fine on my own
These words that are easily said towards me quickly becomes a wall
Even loneliness turns into something you can see
Even if my breaths are blocked
Because I'm confined in that wall
Head towards the surface of water above
Hey oh, oh hey oh yeah
Chorus:
Lonely lonely lonely whale
Sing alone like this!
Will i ever shine so brightly like a remote island?
Lonely lonely lonely whale
Like this, try calling once again
Until this song that doesn't have a response
Reaches tomorrow
No more, no more baby
No more, no more
An endless signal will reach someday
Everywhere, even to the other side of the earth
No more, no more baby
No more, no more
Even the blind whales will be able to see me
Today i sing again
J-Hope:
The world will never know
How sad i am
My hurt is oil and water that can't mix
So only above the surface of the water do I
Breathe, and the interest ends
A child in the lonely ocean
I want to make it known too
My value, Everyday
I become sick with worry, the sticker always beneath my ear
Never end... Why is there no end and always hell?
As time goes by, it's a Neverland in a cold abyss!
But I always think, now
Even if i sleep a shrimp's sleep, my dreams are like that of a whale's
The upcoming big praise will make me dance everyday
Like me, Ye I'm swimmin'
Bridge:
I go towards my future
That blue beach and
Believe in my hertz
Hey oh, oh hey oh yeah
RM:
Mom said the sea is blue
She said to let out your voice as far as you can
But what do i do? It's so dark here and there are only different whales
speaking entirely different words!
I just can't hold it, ma! I want to say I love you
Alone, I look back at this music sheet that's like a rotating song
This ocean is too deep
Still, I'm lucky
(No one besides me knows of these tears.)
I'm a whalien.
Chorus to end
Wow, really strong moving lyrics. Just by reading, you can feel the pain and loneliness that they've experienced. Now add the music and voices. Even down to Adora's adlibs in the background, reminiscent of whale songs...
(Adora is a long-time producer with BigHit, in case you were unaware.) And the way they use the "radio sound" to make RM's voice sound further away. And lonelier. The credits for writing this are Kim Namjoon, Min Yunki, Jung Hoseok, Brother(?) Su, PDogg, Hitman Bang and Slow Rabbit. They are the dream team, when it comes to some of BTS' best songs.
Then you figure out that the basis of the song is the 52-hertz Whale, the loneliest whale in the world. The story goes, a scientist discovered a lone whale in the Pacific who sang at the frequency of 52 hz. And whales can only hear up to about 40hz. So none could ever hear it sing. But it sang its song throughout the ocean, nonetheless.
What genius! Why aren't there more songs about this?!? Isn't it the perfect basis for a song? Then, they added alien to the word! The very spirit of feeling disassociated, unfamiliar, remote... unheard. The incredible word play that BTS is known for, on full display. How could you not love this song? It's not a trite boyband love song, but rather, a scream from the soul, much like whale song. Reaching out to those around the world who can "hear" this level of loneliness and want. And doing what BTS has always done... Letting the listener know they can "hear" you, too. And they share your fears. And they're in this with the rest of the world. But we are together. Our lonely songs in the dark aren't in vain. They will be rewarded with time, as in all else. Keep singing, no matter who hears, because your song is also valid and necessary in the world.
So, if you haven't heard this song, it's off of their HYYH (The Most Beautiful Moment in Life) pt 2 album. Released all the way back in November, 2015. Go listen immediately. It's obviously one of my favorite songs in the world. And I would love to share it with everyone. Even while we're all singing our own songs. ❄👸
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Kim Namjoon, we know him as RM, the leader of BTS. To keep focus on this amazing human, I will let him introduce himself. In his speech to the United Nations on 24th of September, 2018 he described himself. "I would like to begin by talking about myself. I was born in Ilsan, a city near Seoul, South Korea..."
"I was just an ordinary boy. I would look up at the night sky in wonder and dream the dreams of a boy. I used to imagine that I was a superhero, saving the world.... "
"Looking back, that’s when I began to worry about what other people thought of me and started seeing myself through their eyes..."
"Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others."
"I had one sanctuary, and that was music... But it took me a long time to hear music calling my name."
"Even after making the decision to join BTS, there were hurdles. Most people thought we were hopeless. Sometimes, I just wanted to quit..."
Yes, strong and confident RM was bullied and slandered by his peers. In 2013 when, Suga and RM appeared on Kim Bong Hyun’s Hip-Hop Invitational 1st Anniversary Broadcast. A fellow rapper said. "You guys could have taken the road towards becoming rappers, but you couldn’t beat that temptation. Is BTS’s music hip hop? Is wearing makeup on stage like a girl hip-hop?" BTS as a group endured criticism and disappointnents from the very beginning of their young careers.
July 2015 BTS concert, "The Red Bullet" in NY was abruptly stopped because of death threats towards RM. Again on July 29 in Mexico RM received another death threat. As one of the main lyricists, RM accepted the blame for misogyny in their songs lyrics. RM was quoted as saying, “The most controversial things came from what I wrote. I thought ‘I was so ignorant’.
RM became depressed after this. But, he went to correct his errors with positive actions. He read lots of newspapers and books to study social phenomena. After he finished writing lyrics, he would get experts such as a professor of women's studies to objectively examine the lyrics. These are just a few examples. Of course, being a writer, RM used his talents to answer and confront his critics thru music. Kim NamJoon said it best in his own words. Again, quotes from his UN speech:
"...think I was very lucky that I didn’t give it all up.
"I’m sure that I, and we, will keep stumbling and falling. We have become artists performing in huge stadiums and selling millions of albums."
"But I am still an ordinary, twenty-four-year-old guy..."
"I’m Kim Nam-joon, RM of BTS."
"I’m a hip-hop idol and an artist from a small town in Korea."
"Like most people, I made many mistakes in my life."
"I have many faults and I have many fears, but I am going to embrace myself as hard as I can, and I’m starting to love myself, little by little.. .."
We must remember, he and BTS are just human beings like you and I. They have given of themselves to show us their true selves. Please, let's follow their example of kindness and respect to all we encounter in this life. Love yourself so you may love others.
To learn more about the partnership of BTS and UNICEF, please go to Love-myself. org 🌜🦎
Credit/Sources: Kenyabuzz
Baidou RM Bar
Thank you Namjoon! Happy Birthday. I love you too. Im still trying to love myself but I know that I can get there thanks to you. Thank you.
namjoon is love 💜 happy birthday joonie! thank you for constantly filling our lives with love and giving us reasons to love ourselves. I love you more than love.
Hopefully we get to see BTS's performance and the members more than we see the audience. I have faith in you SNL crew! 🤞🤞
Let's get it!
I just love how it's never about fame, money, big names.. or any of that materialistic stuff for these guys. That's why there's nothing like BTS. 💜
Jungkook followed his heart by choosing RM's talent and being on his team over bigger opportunities. 🐨🐰
Cute namkook 🐨🐰
Kookie's safe place. 🐨🐰
Jungkook: Wait.. You're supposed to eat the eggshells?!
Namjoon: His dumbass ate the eggshells didn't he?
Bonus: Oh sh*t i was staring for too long!
🐰👀🐨
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Kpop Dream/Nightmare
One of my Kpop friends had this dream/nightmare and it was to good not to write down so I got her to post it on my tumblr as she doesn't have one...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One day a collective group of 'gifted' people dwell in a house (resembling my fathers) was situated in a small country town area on a hill. Despite the area being peaceful, there were scary horror movie like monster which the house of the 'gifted' fought for humanity. This wasn't the only house like this as there were multiple scattered around the area. These 'gifted' people had powers like ones of superheroes. These consisted of Sarah (me the author), Mik (a friend), Mark (got7 one so you don't get confused with the nct one), Bambam, Yugyeom, Park Bogum (aka that one sexy actor who hurts me not physically), Ravi, Jungkook, V and Rapmonster. They all had different powers however Rapmonster and Sarah were the prodigy children. Also in the house, there was a mother and father like figures to look after them not having a resemblance to anyone particular. SARAH POV Looking out the window to the bare, quite street only in the company of BamBam (because I paired us while dreaming), I saw my fellow brothers and sister come home after a mission. Once everyone else came back in side I see this blue car driving up the hill to stop in front of a street lamp. I naturally thought it was going to reverse into the neighbours drive way, i was surprised when it drove up the pole, did a full on flip on its head and managed miraculously landed back on four wheels. I being a curious person go check out the situation of what I just witnessed. As I walk out, 4 men all the same with the same style hats step out of the perfectly undamaged vehicle. One speaks, saying "they are coming, we are coming", suddenly attacking me. I fight them off with my special abilities and rushed inside to tell the others what just happened. To my surprise they did not believe me. That night as we are all gathered around the tv, I spot about 100 figures approaching the house. I get everyone attention to prepare to fend the house. Rap monster and I put up a barrier of protection to fend off anyone from getting in the house. What I didn't realise at the time was that Rapmonster didn't makes his strong enough to be effective. The evil beings which looked like an actual horror movie characters, were at our door step trying to make their way in. Everyone was calm under the false impression that we were safe. All of a sudden, what appeared to be a sonic wave shattered the glass of our front door. Panic mode set in as we all rush to the two safest bedrooms which were opposite each other in the hallway. In one room, we had Park Bogum and Mik embracing each other on the bed, BamBam standing close to me, Mark in the corner with Yugyeom and our guardian mother. The other room had Rapmonster, V,Jungkook, Ravi and our guardian father. I put up a barrier to make sure nothing can come in. All I remember next is my guardian father discussing with the monsters in monster language for him to be sacrificed instead of taking the rest of us. Eavesdropping, I understood every word, the pleading from guardian father, translating it for everyone in the room. For some reason, Ariana Grande was their translator. It was sadly denied and he was given the chance to go back to the room. It was a waiting game from now on. The majority of the monsters have left, leaving Ariana Grande in the house and about 20 surrounding the house guarding, waiting for us to leave and attack. Out of nowhere, Cruella De'Vil which my guardian father mentioned to be me before sneakily walked in (she doesn't even look like her though). She swiftly comes to my room which is being protected by a blanket as the door. She whispers to us out side of the blanket door that she is going to help. I being suspicious looked at my guardian mother and Cruella De'Vil, as they were getting close through the blanket door. I then asked Ariana Grande if I could see my family in the other room. She granted me the permission to walk down the hallway to see them. I entered the room via a door that was held closed by a cable. It was dark. I couldn't see anything. I walked to the light switch, turning it on to be horrified by the sight in front of me. On the bed, Ravi was ripped into two, V was laying on the ground with his guts splattered on the wall. But the most shocking sight was Rap monster eating Jungkook like a cannibal, evil eyes and blood dripping done his face. I back up to the hallway closing the door running as he said "come back my sister". I run as fast as I could to the other room, passing Ariana Grande, guardian mother and guardian father standing, being shady and laughing. Clearly they were also evil along with Rapmonster and the other monsters. I get back to the other bedroom, shut the door (which has turned back from a blanket into a door). I remember seeing scared, confused faces from everyone else clueless of the horrors I witnessed and the last thing I remember was planning an escape.
I am convinced RM would immediately fall in love with literally anyone who shakes his hand at this point
❗️🚫ATTENTION🚫❗️
Lately BTS have been getting these rumors and death threats (especially Jimin). And its honesty all so stupid. Starting rumors because you want your group to be better? Doing it because you hate them? It’s all so dumb and immature. If you want your group to be better then focus on your group! Don’t focus on the success of other groups and focus on your own and build up your success. And honestly why are you hating on them? I know everyone all has their own opinion and don’t favor the same things as other people do but to give death threats? That’s seriously NOT okay whatsoever. It could also get you into SO much trouble even if you are joking about it. I don’t even know why you would joke about it because it’s not something that you should say. And hate? I honestly want a reason to why you hate them. Because all you are focused specifically on the looks and nothing else. And honestly you can’t even hate on their looks because they’re all beautiful in their own way. You can’t hate on their talent because they have an endless amount of talent that NO ONE can ever hate on. They work so hard and they all have great personalities and are respectful To everyone of their staff and fans. Some rumors are also addressing that BTS have violated international army’s. Honestly why believe something with no proof? They’re RUMORS for a reason. These people who are starting these rumors and are partaking to start scandals are seriously going to be in so much trouble and need to stop. I get you all love you’re own people and we live ours. I also get that people are starting this to get on our nerves and just want to start wars. But stuff like this is SERIOUSLY NOTHING TO JOKE ABOUT. You are literally THREATNING TO HURT AND KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. Who has done NOTHING but has been doing what they love for us. The peoples entertainment. Murder is a VERY serious topic and should NEVER be taken place anywhere. It should also never be joked about because it’s a very serious topic. Let’s just PLEASE stop all of this. Let our groups who sacrificed their time and work to make US happy. They sacrifice they’re own happiness for us. We should pay them back and make them happy and proud for what they have and could do. It’s honestly not fair and we should all be better as a fandom. Please don’t respond to any Antis. You’ll just keep adding to their fuel. Please don’t go starting fan wars with other groups too. I get we have to protect our boys so let’s keep focusing on them so just report the accounts please.lets keep our boys protected and let’s support them in every way possible and even in the future.
We need to support our leader! Along with Wale. Let’s go ARMY!! ⭐️❤️
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