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Just a short author’s note explaining why Serendipity is not about Jimin and Singularity is not about Tae.
Jimin said the following at the BTS Dinner Party 2018 (from 21.59) about Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’:
As Jimin said so himself, Joon wrote most of the lyrics in the Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’ album, and so while it is not Jimin’s story, Jimin can empathise with the lyrics Namjoon wrote.
Hence, as much as we love our maknae line, this is why it is not appropriate to analyse Singularity from Tae’s perspective, Serendipity from Jimin’s perspective and Euphoria from Kookie’s perspective.
Our maknaes may be able to relate and empathise with the lyrics, but ultimately, Serendipity and Singularity are Namjoon’s stories. Euphoria was written by Melanie Fontana and originally meant for Justin Bieber.
As Joon said so himself:
If you still wish to believe songs should be analysed from the singer’s perspective, that is fine, but you need to understand the assumptions you’re believing in and ask yourself if you feel comfortable with those assumptions.
For example, if you wish to believe Serendipity should be analysed from Jimin’s perspective and it is about Yoonmin, you need to be aware that you’re believing in the following assumptions:
1. Joon somehow knows exactly how Jimin feels about Yoongi, and what Jimin is thinking when Jimin and Yoongi are being intimate; or
2. Jimin’s feelings towards Yoongi are exactly the same as how Joon feels towards his lover and Jimin relates entirely to it; and
3. Yoongi’s relationship with Jimin is not significant enough for Yoongi to write about romantically in any of his songs. As you will see in my blog, we explore Yoongi’s songs and unfortunately… there doesn’t seem to be any romantic intimacy in his lyrics; and
4. BTS have said many times that almost all of their lyrics are based on their experience. Further, Pdogg said that BTS do not tell stories that they don’t know or didn’t experience themselves.
To, for example, assume that Namjoon wrote Serendipity, Singularity, The Truth Untold, Trivia Love, Dimple, Fake Love etc not based on his experiences is to assume that Namjoon, BTS and Pdogg are lying. In my humble opinion, I do not think BTS and Pdogg are liars.
A similar logic as the above needs to be applied for Singularity, Euphoria, etc.
So when Namjoon said he wrote Serendipity for Jimin and Singularity for Tae, he simply meant that he wrote Serendipity and Singularity for Jimin and Tae to sing.
After all, think about trying to write an intimate love song about your best friend’s relationship with his/her soul mate without any of their input. Or about your best friend’s nightmare and darkest feelings. Ask yourself, can you do it? Is it possible? Go try it out.
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