(Outro) Her: By Hobi

Welcome back everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful break and festive season! Personally, I consumed a lot of potatoes, fried chicken, Peking duck, soju, gin, Christmas cookies and ice cream! I am stuffed! I’m definitely avoiding my fitted pants for the next few weeks…! Christmas FaceTime catch-ups were also an interesting feature this year… …

The connection between DNA and Fake Love (and many others)

Hello everyone, welcome back! This is the post I’ve been talking about since DNA Part 1 and Part 2. Though this post is not a lyrical analysis of one of their songs, I’ve written this post because I believe understanding the antithesis applied in BTS’ Love Yourself albums will assist us with appreciating BTS’ craft …

Who is “HER”?

BTS have referenced someone called “Her” throughout many of their songs in the LY Album series. They even placed “Her” in the title of the first album: Love Yourself: 承 Her, and included the song “Her” in both Love Yourself: 承 Her and Love Yourself: 結 Answer. Clearly, “Her” is very very very special. In …

Mono Analysis: The meaning of everythingoes (지나가)

Welcome back everyone to the 6th track of Mono: everythingoes (지나가). I hope you had a wonderful Jin day and that you’re all enjoying Indigo! I am absolutely in love with Indigo oh my goodness. Did you identify some wordplay, parallels and connections to Mono and Namjoon’s story? My favourite wordplay of the moment is …

Mono Analysis: The meaning of uhgood (어긋)

Welcome back everyone to the 5th track of Mono: Uhgood (어긋). As someone who feels trapped in destructive thoughts and constantly dreams about her ideal self, this song is like a dagger to my heart. The disappointment that he felt towards himself and constant self blaming is so relatable and my heart breaks knowing the …

Mono Analysis: The meaning of badbye

Welcome back everyone to another Mono analysis. Badbye is possibly my favourite track in this mixtape. This track gives me a rush of complex emotions in a short 113 seconds – sadness, contentment, sorrow, acceptance, heaviness, lightness, shattering, bursting, endlessness, finality and liberation. It’s short, but my goodness does it create a lasting impression of …

Mono Analysis: The meaning of moonchild

Welcome back everyone to another Mono analysis. This post unfortunately requires a trigger warning: Mentions of death and depression. New readers, you’re about to jump into the middle of Namjoon’s life and if you haven’t read my previous blog posts where I’ve tied together Namjoon’s story from 2013 up to 2018 through his lyrics (mostly …

Mono Analysis: The meaning of seoul

Welcome back everyone, This post unfortunately requires a trigger warning: Mentions of death, depression and suicide. Given the recent tragedy in Seoul, I want first to express my deepest condolences to everyone affected in Itaewon. My heart goes out to everyone who was affected. I also want to acknowledge the other tragedies that are happening/have …