‘Sue me’ also has a double meaning of ‘shame on you’. ‘배가 아프다면’ also could mean ‘If you’re jealous’, as there is a saying that ‘if you’re jealous, your stomach hurts’.

***T/N: There is a play on words here, as this phrase carries a double meaning. On Interpark (where BTS sells their tickets most of the time), you need to click a little purple cube/square to select a seat, but as it’s so competitive to get a ticket many people complain “난 포도알도 못봤어…/I didn’t even get to see the grapes” “포도알 어디감/Where did the grapes go” so this line carries the meaning of “the concert sells out so quickly you can never buy our tickets”. **T/N: Grapes (specifically, 포도알) is a Korean slang related to ticketing. As the name implies, ‘dirt spoon’ is the humblest class, meaning they did not come from a wealthy background and ‘gold spoon’ the wealthiest.) (*T/N: The Korean ‘spoon class theory’ - which classifies people by their social/financial background and inherited assets. “스테끼” could also refer to a card game trick which could lead the players to victory.Īlthough his unpolished opponents might look cool and play dirty, J-Hope will prevail over his opponents to relentlessly “chew them up” and win. Though “스테끼” is translated as “steak,” it is also a reference to the Japanese word “素敵” which translates to “great” or “cool.” J-Hope continues to use the eating analogy here. Now, the group is eating with “gold spoons” instead of “dirt spoons.” As of 2016, the majority of the label’s ₩35.5 billion sales income can be accredited to BTS' huge success. Their music label, Big Hit Entertainment, was a small company in debt when the group debuted. This concept is similar to the English idiom “Born with a silver spoon in the mouth.'īTS were known as “dirt spoon” artists. It differentiates the wealth and social status of Koreans into four types of spoon material: gold (금), silver (은), bronze (동) and soil/dirt (흙). Listen to the track below, and read on below for the lyrics in English.“The Spoon Theory” is a viral/cultural concept in South Korea. It’s a realization you see them come to in “Black Swan,” because it’s there where “ I’ll never get dragged away again / Inside I saw myself, myself.” Unlike the Black Swan‘s Nina, the BTS boys always hope to approach their art with an awareness of its potential destruction, therefore working even harder to overcome it. What keeps BTS going, however, is to consistently return to the love they have for music and dance. Show biz is never easy but sometimes, it’s so difficult it will make you question who you even are anymore. While BTS is nowhere near such a severe outcome, their latest song does draw on the same pressures that led Nina to this state in the first place. We see her descend into madness by the film’s end, all because she can’t keep up with role she’s pursued her entire life. If those distinctions ring a bell for Natalie Portman’s Nina, it’s because the character struggles with what’s often understood as a Disassociative Identity Disorder-a mental illness that may very well split the lines between each layer of the self. Which leads us to the fact that the boys have always played with the idea of the multilayered self, with fans already certain that the Map of the Soul series is invested in psychological theories of the “Persona” self, “Shadow” self, and “Ego” self à la Carl Jung. doubts and/or past selves-that he battles with to this day. BTS member Suga has rapped in the past about his own pressures coming back to haunt him and referenced every “Shadow”-a.k.a. It isn’t the first time BTS have hinted at the darker realities of stardom. We see the destructive lengths it sends her to-a dark path that it seems even, or especially, the Bangtan Boys can relate to.

In Darren Aronofsky’s Academy Award-nominated film, we see Portman as Nina: A ballet dancer whose entire life is consumed by her passion, if not obsession, with dance. The film gives us a good starting point for thinking about the inspiration behind BTS’ latest single off of their Map of the Soul: 7 release, and that’s because it plays with so many of the same themes. Remember Black Swan with Natalie Portman? If you’re wondering if that has anything to do with BTS’ “Black Swan” lyrics and meaning in English, well, the answer is actually, kind of.

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