Welcome back my lovely readers,
Today we will be analysing the lyrics of 보조개 (Dimple), the third song in Part 1 of Love Yourself: 結 Answer.
Note, I am purposely skipping DNA because there are concepts I want to explore with you in 보조개 (Dimple) first as I think it will help us appreciate the brilliance of DNA just a bit better 🙂 .
I apply the assumptions listed here when I’m analysing the lyrics.
If you wish to skip to my final interpretation of this song, please click here.
Assumed Knowledge
I have written this post assuming you understand:
- my theory that the LY albums is a puzzle and that all the songs in LY albums are all connected and reveal a storyline when read in a specific order. [Edit 24/4/2021: This idea is completely consistent with what Namjoon said about the Love Yourself albums.]
You may still continue to read my analysis of Dimple without understanding this. However, you may not fully appreciate the effort I believe BTS went through to communicate this story with us.
New Readers, start here. - the significance of Namjoon referring to his lover as an Angel and Penicillin in the gender neutral lyrics of Serendipity.
This was explained in my analysis of Serendipity.
- the significance of Namjoon assigning the pronoun “Her” to his lover. Thus, when Namjoon refers to a “Her” in his lyrics (and by extension, “woman”, “she”, “girl”, etc), he is referring to his lover.
This was explained in my analysis Who is “Her”?. - the significance of analysing 보조개 (Dimple) from Namjoon’s point of view.
I know the vocal line sings the song, but Namjoon is the sole accredited BTS author of this song. This is an important point because it means that the lyrics and melody were composed from Namjoon’s perspective. I explain why in detail here.
All good? Alrighty everyone, let’s get it!
1. The Bilingual Title
One of the many questions I had when I started listening to the LY series was: “Why do some songs have an English and Korean title?”
Why not give all the songs a Korean and English title? Or just an English title? Or just a Korean title? Why only specific random ones? To me, this was a curious irregularity that puzzled me to no end.
However, once I started assuming that the whole LY Album was a big puzzle and that all song titles are chosen with great care and thought, I realised that there is one logical reason for this.
BTS must have specifically chosen some of their songs to have both a Korean and English title because it serves a purpose.
The bilingual titles could for example, provide an important bit of information that is only obvious in one language.
In the case of 보조개 (Dimple), I believe it has a Korean and English title to create ambiguity for their Korean audience, and (ironically) clarity for their English audience.
What does the bilingual title reveal about 보조개 (Dimple)?
When I was serving my 14 day quarantine in a hotel (thanks covid), I decided to learn Korean because I desperately wanted to understand Jin’s dad jokes. #priorities
One of the very first things I learnt when I was learning Korean was that there is no real way to specify plurality in Korean. Everything is implied.
In other words, 보조개 could either mean, Dimple or Dimples in Korean. For Koreans, this title is ambiguous as it could mean one, two, even three or four dimples. It is open for interpretation.
For many reasons one could speculate on, Namjoon may have wanted the song title to be subconsciously ambiguous for Korean speakers so that this mysterious person with dimple(s?) could be debated about by Korean ARMYs forever.
However, Namjoon (for reasons one could also speculate on), wanted to give his English speaking audience a clear answer.
Hence, the official English title of the song is ‘Dimple’ not ‘Dimples‘.
Through the use of an English title, Namjoon clearly informs his English speaking audience that the person the song is written about only has one indisputable singular Dimple.
The song is called 보조개 (Dimple) because the person the song is written about only has one Dimple; and for reasons one can speculate on, Namjoon wanted it to make it ambiguous to his Korean audience.
2. The Ille-GIRL
To discuss this ‘ille-GIRL’ girl Namjoon is talking about, we first need to reflect on two of my concepts:
- That when Namjoon sings this line from Trivia 承: Love:
“I hope you feel the same, woman, Love”.
The woman he is referring to is his love of his life.
This was explained in my post “Who is “Her”?”. - That in Namjoon’s story line, 보조개 (Dimple) comes first before Trivia 承: Love. In other words, the story of 보조개 (Dimple) occurred before the story of Trivia 承: Love.
This was explained in my Love Yourself Albums Theory post. If you simply need a refresher, you can see the track list here.
The above two concepts on 보조개 (Dimple) are significant because:
- the person being referred to in this song has a female pronoun “ille-GIRL“, indicating that Namjoon is singing about his lover; and
- it gives us insight as to when Namjoon and his lover met.
Based on my theory, the song order shows that 보조개 (Dimple) comes before Trivia 承: Love. This is important as it is consistent with how Namjoon refers to his lover:
In 보조개 (Dimple), Namjoon referred to his lover as a “ille-GIRL“.
However, in Trivia 承: Love, Namjoon referred to his lover as a “woman“.
In other words, Namjoon revealed to us that he and his lover started their relationship at a young age, when his lover was metaphorically still a ‘Girl’.
By extension, this reveals that Namjoon has been with his lover for a long time. Long enough for his lover to grow from a ‘Girl’ in 보조개 (Dimple), to a ‘Woman’ in Trivia 承: Love.
3. The Angel and Devil in 보조개 (Dimple)
The Angel
You may recall that in Serendipity, Namjoon refers to his lover as an Angel.
This Angel (and Angel imagery) appear again in the lyrics of Dimple:
“Don’t lie, I know you’re an angel”
“That dimple is illegal…
Was it a mistake made by an angel?
Or a deep kiss?”
“You’re too dangerous to live in this world”
Based on my theory that these songs form a continuous story line, the Angel in Serendipity is the same Angel Namjoon is referring to in 보조개 (Dimple).
The Devil
보조개 (Dimple) could not be any more of a different song to Serendipity.
Serendipity is soft, gentle and angel-like while 보조개 (Dimple) is filled with devilishly wicked and sinful undertones:
“Don’t lie…”
“That smile is so cruel“
“That dimple is illegal ille~gal
No it is dangerous, oh yes”
“Your existence alone is a crime“
“Every time I see you, my heart gets dangerous
Every time I see you, it gets more dangerous”
The words I have emphasised above all have connotations and associations with immoral sinful thoughts and behaviours.
Given they are written from the perspective of Namjoon, Namjoon is revealing to us his dark and devilish side.
This is juxtaposed heavily against his lover, who is painted as pure, sincere and angel-like through the lyrics of Serendipity.
In summary, Namjoon metaphorically associates himself with the devil who is sinful with illegal desires. This is juxtaposed against his lover, who Namjoon thinks is just like an Angel.
Interestingly, I have also noticed that in every performance of 보조개 (Dimple) I’ve watched on Youtube, they are all wearing black. The colour associated with evil and the devil.
4. The Insatiable Lust
Besides the overwhelmingly devilishly imagery and undertones, the entire song is filled with lustful lyrics:
“That smile is so cruel
Cruel“
“I shouldn’t have seen that cheek
You”
“…a deep kiss?
That dimple is illegal….
But I want it anyway anyway anyway”
“When you smile, I get dizzy
True“
“Every time I see you, my heart gets dangerous
Every time I see you, it gets more dangerous“
Feel free to disagree with me here, but to me the above lyrics paint the picture of Namjoon trying his best not to rip his lover’s clothes off in public and have his way with him/her.
The words “Cruel”, “You” and “True” are purposefully written and sung on its own separate line to create a heavy emphasis and add a possessive quality to the song. One could almost imagine Namjoon eyeing down his lover – 50 Shades of Grey style.
The lyrics are full of yearning and need, “but I want it…but I want it…“, and “illegal” is sung with a tease-like melody “ille~~~girl”.
Further, the hard, sharp and flirty beats of the song create an atmosphere of heightened sexual tension, conveying Namjoon’s inner desire to engage in an act that is so wrong, yet so exciting and oh so devilish.
In addition, when I first heard the song (without any context to what it was about) I thought they were singing: “But I want it anyway, alleyway alleyway” instead of “But I want it anyway, anyway, anyway“.
Given the context of this song and BTS’ famous ability to pronounce a single word 20 different ways to create multiple meanings (e.g. Ddaeng, Tear, Dear, etc), I couldn’t help but wonder after analysing the lyrics if the pronunciation of “anyway” to “alleyway” was intentional…
… After all, we all know what goes down sometimes in alleyways.
Naughty, sinfully illegal, and very sexy things.
The lyrics and melody of the song convey Namjoon’s insatiable lust and desire for his lover, to the point he is dangerously close to acting illegally with him/her in public.
(If you know what I mean.)
What does Namjoon not have?
I refer to the following verse:
“I don’t have it, only you have it
Is that why it’s so hard?”
So what is the thing that Namjoon doesn’t have?
It is definitely not for dimples for sure. Here is a picture of Namjoon with the cutest biggest set of dimples:
Given what we’ve explored, I think the one thing that the lyrics make it clear Namjoon definitely doesn’t have is Self Control.
The entire song is literally about Namjoon yearning to commit something “ille~gal”.
This yearning can clearly be felt through:
- the repetition of the line “I want it anyway anyway anyway”; and
- Namjoon’s confession that “Every time I see you, my heart gets dangerous… it gets more dangerous”.
When Namjoon states “I don’t have it, only you have it”, he is not referring to dimples. He is referring to his (lack of) Self Control.
This is completely opposite to his lover, who does.
5. The “Negative Side Effects” of Penicillin
You may remember from my post about Serendipity that Namjoon calls his lover “my Penicillin”.
We explored the reasons as to why Namjoon might have specifically chosen the drug “Penicillin” and theorised it may be because Namjoon is trying to convey that while his lover can be a life-saving drug to him, his lover could could also (metaphorically) cause him some “negative side effects”.
Reflecting on the lyrics:
“Every time I see you, my heart gets dangerous… it gets more dangerous“
It appears that Namjoon’s lover has a strong “negative side effect” on Namjoon’s heart.
As per this medical source, a common side effect of Penicillin is a fast heart rate.
In other words, Namjoon may call his lover “my Penicillin” because he/she* has a “negative side effect” of making his heart race.
*I say he/she because the gender of Namjoon’s lover is not clear. I use he/she and him/her in my posts because I’m talking about a single individual. When I say gender, I mean male, female and all those in between 🙂
6. Their “Dangerous” World
Living Dangerously
The word “Dangerous” is repeated no less than eight times in the song.
The repetition of “Dangerous” conveys to us that Namjoon finds living in this world with his lover to be very, very, very dangerous.
“Every time I see you, it gets more dangerous…
You’re too dangerous to live in this world”
Why is this relationship between Namjoon and his lover so dangerous… and so “ille-girl”?
In Serendipity, it was revealed to us that Namjoon and his lover are fearful of touching each other and holding hands because their love is forbidden.
The repetition of “Dangerous” and “Illegal” throughout this song reinforces the idea that their love is forbidden and that Namjoon and his lover live in a word where their relationship is dangerous for them and to them.
Again, I can think of no other reason when one would describe their relationship with their lover as dangerous…
Namjoon describes the relationship between him and his lover as dangerous and illegal because it is.
It is dangerous and illegal because their love is forbidden.
Till Death Do Us Part
In my post “Who is “Her”?”, I briefly mentioned that Namjoon’s lyrics in “Her” describes the complexity of being in love with someone so much that they “wanted to die” together.
This desire is repeated in 보조개 (Dimple):
“I wanna die fallen in you,
I wanna die locked in with you”
In other words, Namjoon and his lover are so deeply in love that they have vowed to be with each other ‘Till Death Do Us Part’.
I think Namjoon is cutting onions again. Gosh. Be still my sobbing heart.
7. That Dimple is Ille~gal… That Dimple is yours.
A lovely friend I met on Twitter @petie_bug (who can speak Korean!) shared with me this 18 second video of Jin singing the chorus of 보조개 (Dimple) in an interview.
In the interview, Jin recommends Dimple and sings the line:
“That Dimple is illegal“
(그 보조개 illegal)
Interestingly, the way he pronounces “illegal” sounds like “is yours” (이 네것 (il-ne-gor)) in Korean. Essentially, the way he sings it sounds like:
“그 보조개 이 네것”
(That Dimple is yours)
This is so obvious that Namjoon picked up on it immediately and jokingly said “True, the dimples aren’t yours“. Based on their reactions, it suggest that that specific pronunciation of “Illegal” as 이 네것 (il-ne-gor) isn’t new to them. It is an old joke.
The reason why I wanted to share with you this is that I hope it gives you a better appreciation of how Namjoon and BTS are able to convey various meaning and messages through incredibly clever wordplay.
Through one word (“Illegal”), Namjoon:
- indicated to us that his lover at this point of the story was young of age;
- revealed to us that their relationship is illegal and forbidden;
- shared with us his lustful desire to do illegal things with this person; and
- was able to make the song incredibly personal for the person singing it.
What I mean by this is: If for example Namjoon was on VLive or on stage singing 보조개 (Dimple), he could be singing the song directly to his lover who is listening, and pronounce the line intentionally as…
“그 보조개 이 네것“
(That Dimple is yours)
… without any one else realising it.
This is… kind of seriously romantic. Wow-za. <3
Namjoon was able to use the word “Illegal” at least four different ways to communicate and create meaning to his listeners.
Author’s Summary
In summary, I believe the story behind 보조개 (Dimple) is:
Namjoon is singing about his lover who only has one dimple.
In their earlier years of dating (i.e. when they were not yet considered adults), Namjoon experienced many lustful thoughts and found it difficult to control his desires and act “legally” when his lover was around because his lover makes his heart race.
Being able to act “legally” is particularly important as their love is forbidden… so forbidden they are fearful of even holding hands. Namjoon struggles with this while his lover seems to have better self control.
Because of his many sinful thoughts, Namjoon metaphorically describes himself as the Devil in the relationship, and his lover as the Angel.
Wow, there was so much to unpack in 보조개 (Dimple)! And I don’t know about you, but Namjoon’s relationship with his lover is one hell of a crazy Romeo and Juliet story…
I hope you all enjoyed my analysis and if you did enjoy it, please share it with your friends and connect with me via Twitter or the comments section down below 🙂 <3
x G
Lyric Sources: 보조개 (Dimple)
Disclaimer:
As per my first author’s note, please, no hate!
I do not have a shipping or individual bias, I love all seven members equally and I do not write my blogs because of a particular personal desire for one of them.
I analyse songs with consideration to the author’s perspective (and Namjoon just happens to be the main author of most songs).
It does not matter one bit to me if they are straight, gay, intersex, a skrull, a mutant or if they could lay eggs. I love them wholeheartedly (as a sister who would love her younger brothers) for their individual selves.
This theory of 보조개 (Dimple) is based on my interpretations of its lyrics. Please enjoy.
Hi! Thanks so much for ur amazing and hard work! I’ve been reading every entry chronologically and enjoying them a lot. You opened my brain up with trivia love part 1 and 2! My jaw dropped. You reference an interview where Jin sings ille-gal with a different pronunciation but the twitter link has been removed bc the persons acct was taken down. Do you remember at all what show the interview was from? I’ve been trying to find it.
💜❣️I stumbled upon your blog this morning while enjoyng my morning coffee on my sun porch! And….your interpretations blow my mind!!! I am so on board with you analysis and so utterly impressed! I have felt the complexity of the song writing behind BTS’s music/lyrics ……..and I myself actually mapped out the beginning of what you describe here in your therory. I myself have no one to speak with or collaborate with on analyzing their musical creations in more depth because in my area I don’t even have a single person who shares my interest. appreciation, and passion for these Seven young men’s talents… artistry…phenomenal personalities….and their humanity compassion characteristics!!! So when I found your article……I was in shock!!
The initial reason that I began to analyze and interpret and successfully learned Korean is because of my appreciation for the intelligence level of Namjoon and all six of the other members! These aren’t your everyday average intelligent level Men… And for RM and Suga (just to name those two) to expend so much time and energy in writing songs is what made me curious about what they are really writing about and the full meaning of what their songs are saying to the world! Because like I said Namjoon is just far too intelligent to just be sitting down in a chair and putting words on a piece of paper!!! His lyrics are coming from somewhere deep within himself because he gives himself to everyone by being a master at communicating!
So I am formally bowing and thank you for all the time and extreme effort you have obviously put into exsposing the many many possible meanings of their work!! You have liberated and set free……the sheer brilliance of their work. RM must be so appreciative that his genius has not been wasted. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the justification that I am not just fish for too much in what I believe their music means!!! Blessings to you and be sure to stay well and healthy.
Warmly
Jackie
Dimple was for me more clear in it’s meaning than other songs he wrote. It’s straight forward but it may also be because he is lacking the self-control to make it hidden ? His face always shows what he thinks, contrary to others. So it’s straightfoward in the lyrics.
I too wondered why some songs have an english title and not others. That was super interesting to read! I completely agree with the english pronunciation. Ever since I read his comment on MONO on how for one song he didn’t want to give the pronunciation so people could all hear something different, I have started to pay attention to the language. In fact, I’m sure than in MONO despite the officially released lyrics, some songs have more words than you can hear in the background on top of playwords.
Namjoon is actually someone who imo has a great ear for language and can imitate pretty well almost like a native (I’m not talking just english here but other languages too). As someone who is also not native in english, some of the prononciation vocal line does on this song for the english words is not necessarily one we would make. I can’t properly explain but it’s a particular way of saying illegal to make it ambigious. I’m already sure the illegal and illegirl is a play on the word ‘ gal’. Seeing as he speaks japanese, I wouldn’t be surprised if even that was a play on word. Anyway back to the talk. I agree with you all the more after Mono that the pronunciation is a word play. I totally see that with Jin happening and more.
As for the her/she, tbh I don’t necessarily pay attention to pronums in songs, because so many closeted artists end up putting ” he/him” or ” she/her”. It’s the rest of the lyrics if not the album who gives u imo the explanation. Sometimes you can even feel that they were added _much later_ and it can cause a dissonance in the song lyrics. Very interesting point about the difference between girl and woman.
Also Serependity being pure ( and the imagery in the MV of Little Prince some say. Which is both a philosopical story but also a fairytale for children. Mature, and not at all.) and closer to the kind of love you find also when young. I love that he used the exact opposite image for himself, for the contrast it gives. He did say that among the members, Jimin and him were the least innocent
This is favourite song actually >> After reading your article >> it becomes my ultra pro favourite song >> keep doing what you are doing right now >> ARMY borahae >> ARMY saranghae
Thank you my dear ARMY 💜💜 :”)
O really enjoyed reading your analysis of this song because I wondered something similar when I first listened to this song. The mood of this song is markedly different and the line “I don’t have it, only you have it” confounded me for the longest time and your theory on it is really well articulated. However, I think we are a bit off the mark with this one because in his her behind vlive, Namjoon says that it is a bummer that those without dimples are singing this song(maybe he said this cause the dimples of the other members aren’t as obvious (?)) and that he thought that he was writing this song to himself while working on it. In my opinion, namjoon tends to be one of the most transparent members and really bares his soul during his vlives. I would love to hear your thoughts on this but as always your theories are really strong💜
Hi there again! Yes I found that comment a bit weird too because technically, all of them except Tae (and even Tae is debatable) have dimples. https://www.quora.com/Do-any-BTS-members-have-dimples
I do agree with the comment that this song is also for himself, and that if my theory is true and Jin is his lover, he essentially has made Jin serenade him! How cheeky of him! no wonder he was giggling all over the place. This song is such a cheeky song and there are actually further ways to interpret some lyrics but I’ve left it out as it was getting too naughty.
And this is also what I mean about my last comment when I said it can be personalised from the singer’s point of view (i.e. jin’s) I do think it is for both himself and for his lover 🙂
Have a great day!
Hello!The analysis was good and has so much consistency with Namjoon’s relationship with his lover. But one thing regarding the ‘single’ dimple. In the LY:her vlive, Namjoon said that those who sang the song had no dimple? Isn’t it contrary?
Hi Jinnie, hope youre well! I’m not sure I follow you? Jin, Tae, jimin and jk sung dimple and Tae has 2 dimples, Jimin has 1, jk has 2 and Jin has 1?
Aren’t you a genius.. I have started reading your theories chronologically and I am loving every bit of it..
No no, not a genius, just happened to see a pattern! 😊 I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying it!
Oh I finally cracked the password to Tonight post.
I kept thinking it was the title song and when I try again I misspelled the password hahaha
Great analysis, I’ve subscribed to you.
Hi Candy! Sorry for the late reply!! Yay!! I’m glad you cracked the code!! 😊 Thanks for subscribing and I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying my blog! Borahae! 💜💜💜
You really sent me down the rabbit hole tonight with your theories, but I don’t mind! Its like getting peace of mind or closure. I wanted to know young bangtan so I was reading their interviews and watching K buls and festas, because I took colllege Psych classes and wanted to see how their body language is with each other, and I came across this one interview where they talked about what they’d be like in a relationship. Namjoon said something like I think I can’t control my self and Jin said, I have a poker face, they’ll never know. And……… that is really what I see with Namjin and how they pass so easily as best friends and the whole parent joke that. Because Jin is an excellent actor as I learned watching RUN BTS, and Bon Voyage and Namjoon is not, like in the first bon voyage where they played a trick on Tae on the train with his bag. And that’s how we even get to see how close Jin and Namjoon are. It’s because Namjoon always has to touch and be next to Seokjin and why Korean ARMY calls him a honey farmer but Jin has great emotional and physical control, and Namjoon doesn’t. Then again just theories from someone who can read people pretty well. But your song theories are why I think Jin said Namjoon has a sexy brain. Because he is a genius. My friend also said that Namjin have followed Korean dating cultire pretty well when I shared my observations of things they do like the blue and pink, weird unexplained things, the others reactions to them, Joongi Hobi and Jimin’s are hilarious, the songs and the fact that several BTS members have said that Namjoon doesn’t really do, is reluctant to skinship, and I think he is fine when another BTS member initiates it with him, but he is the one to initiate with Seokjin all the time. Arrrgh I could write an essay on them seriously, and I did almost here, a mini one. I want to say that I do not like shipping in K pop,but there’s something about Bangtan, especially Namjoon and Jin that just grabbed me and the more into BTS I got made me think there are actually three relationships in the group or a least one more besides Namjin in the group and I think it is part of what makes their dynamic so special. I have theories on those too because they are more subtle, and not as much in the song lyrics. Thanks for reading this if you do and sorry for the word vomit. I seriously think that these boys are all brilliant. And it’s wonderful that they found love because I think that’s hard for idols to do because their every move is so scrutinized not to mention the Korean society pressures to be role models, and if they found love in their own group no less than that is so beautiful but it is also incredibly sad because of the heartache and fear that they must have fron having to hide in a society that’s not ready to accept their love. I’m also a music student and I’ve noticed that they are brilliant with the production part as well. Like the last three or four albums have a much more poppy than hip hop sound, and for that reason I might have stopped listening because I started with their old songs and I love that sound more. But the poppy sounds hide really deep lyrics that twist my brain. I’m so glad I stumbled on your blog!
Hi sus!!
I love your word vomit so much omg thank you thank you thank you here is my word vomit back!
Can you kindly please share with me the video of joon saying he has no self control and jin saying he has a poker face because oh my goodness it is so consistent with my theory and would you mind also sharing with me that video of bts saying that joon is reluctant to skinship too?
I too hope that the world changes soon for them so that they feel safe to be themselves. 💜💜💜💜 the pressure on them must be so so tough 😢
I am terrible at body language and never picked up on Namjin. And even when I was watching shipping videos of everyone, they all looked pretty friendly with each other! Hence I never believed Namjin was real for a long long time! Now when I look back I see the honey eyes everyone keeps talking about 🙊
Thank you for commenting and I’m so glad you found my blog and we found each other!! 🥰💜
Yes! Haha I’m like Jimin wheb it comes to Namjin lol. Actually I’m a lot like Jimin, he is highly sensitive , likes affection is very observant to other people’s emotions and so am I . Just curious to relate to any BTS members a little? It’s not a video it’s a Japanese magazine that they did during the time when they were promoting in East Asia after debut. I found it on someone’s blog and they had translated the Japanese into english. https://kimmy-trans.tumblr.com/post/121029282256. What I find funny is that Jin was asked what Jimin would be like, and he says Jimin would show everything on his face( Actually I’m a lot like Jimin and same zodiac, if you believe that stuff which I mostly don’t but its weird how some traits seem to fit) but anyways and then Jin says, I wouldn’t get caught. Idk but to me that sounds like he’s very much open to dating or already in a relationship at that time.. Ok, and now Namjoon. This is more of a body language analysis, but like Yoongi he is not naturally touchy. https://twitter.com/monipersona/status/1112735035810041857?s=20. JK says he’s not as affectionate. I’ve seen other members initiate skinship with him first, he seemed more uncomfortable with in it in earky days, esp Rookie King. But clearly he has no problem initiating it with Jin and He is the one to reach out to Jin first, even way back in pre debut logs. I mean,
…https://youtu.be/SQTrbMuEYVc
And this https://youtu.be/uXgjaVSXo3o look at Jin comforting him,
Compared to this https://youtu.be/PmeK-wJeieo . With Jin it’s like he forgets the camera is there.
Omg thank you for all the links!! I will catch up on all of them tonight after work 🥰💜
Thanks for replying! Uggh I seriously wish I could sit down with you and talk BTS theories over a cup of tea. Ok. First the early interviews I mentioned are from a Japanese magazine while the boys were promoting there. I went back to find that one and I found another one. Pay attention to the end of this interview.
Why the heck did Namjoon a. Feel the need to interject in a question for Jin and Suga and b. Mention pink= love? It’s weird. Considering we all know Namjin= Pink and Blue, is what Namjoon said really a coincidence? Also it’s been commonly accepted in the world that pink and blue stands for gender, pink= girl blue= boy. This may be far fetched but of those colors stand for gender than it is seriously tongue in cheek of namjin to make those their official colors. Seriously I’m starting to think that nothing this man chooses to mention is a coincidence. 2nd. The one you asked for is https://kimmy-trans.tumblr.com/post/121029282256.
3rd: this video where JK says Namjoon is not affectionate.
But here’s Namjoon with Jin… https://youtu.be/SQTrbMuEYVc ( tell me they’re not flirting here)
Namjoon with J hope who he has known longer than Jin: ( does not tease or touch J hope and it looks awkward when J hope puts his hand on Namjoon’s shoulder. https://youtu.be/yEhrpjMDLSc
The difference is just yeah if I knew nothing about BTS if I watched Namjoon and Jin log I would think that they were dating.
All right, it would not let me directly reply to your reply. So here is the first interview:
https://namjoni.tumblr.com/post/150330150070/trans-interview-haru-hana-vol-25-bts. Its a japanese magazine that an ARMY kindly translated. This is an old interview probably when they were trying to attract more fans in East Asia.
And I found this. At the end Namjoon says something that strikes me as weird. A. Why the heck is he interrupting when the question is for Jin and Suga? A little jealous maybe Namjoon? B. He’s teasing Jin about pink being the color of love. C. I noticed Jin didn’t protest!! Actually that little exchange came across very flirty and Suga became a third wheel, and its not even a filmed interview. Lol. Also namjoon is so smooth and i think he enjoys making Jin flustered.
D. : everyone knows pink and blue is Namjin’s official colors. So even back then? RM, I swear everything this man mentions has a deeper connotation and is on purpose. My other random thought although it could be completely un related is that pink and blue are universally known as gender colors. IE man, woman, female male. Even if it’s an accident, it’s very tongue and cheek of Namjin to have that as the colors defining their relationship. Redefine gender norms please Namjin! Korea’s power couple everyone. Also: pink blue, Ying Yang. Complementary. Pink: love Blue: sadness. Uggggh these two.
Ok. Also this interview: https://kimmy-trans.tumblr.com/post/121029282256
Ok. Jk says Namjoon isn’t very affectionate https://twitter.com/monipersona/status/1112735035810041857?s=20
With J hope, who he met and lived with 3 years before Jin. They should be close, right? Why does it look so awkward when J hope rests his hand on Joon’s shoulder? Lol. https://youtu.be/yEhrpjMDLSc
And this…. https://youtu.be/SQTrbMuEYVc ( why do I feel like I’m third wheeling? Clearly Joon doesn’t have any boundaries with physical touch here. Ahaha. Tell me this isn’t flirting. Seriously. Anyways they are more than comfortable with each other.
OMG I was thinking the exact things while reading this analysis. I came here to conform my suspect that Namjoon wrote this song to his lover as well. I’m Namjoon biased and a Namjinist but I ship Namjin because there are plenty of obvious reasons to call them real. These references match their relationship too well.
I wish I had time but I don’t so I’ll tell this shortly. Check out ARMY’S Amino on Bangtan dimples you’d find out Jin has a dimple as well. A single dimple.
But mark my words. Every single line in this song analysis screams “NAMJIN”. I don’t know about other ships but this…this is so I wish I had time to type all that urgh…
hmm your thoughts are very interesting! however this made me think that the person “singing” the song is army and the person that is sung about are the members themselves bc you know.. many are kinda in love with them. they are doing things to our hearts, we call them angels, dangerous, many have dirty thoughts about them,,, yeah.. 😂 just a thought though 👉👈
Hey andrea!
Why can’t your interpretation be valid too? 😏 As per my last comment in the post, theory, and my assumptions, this song can be personalised from the singer’s perspective, one of the Hers is BTS themselves, and there can easily be multiple meanings. Namjoon could have easily written this song with ARMY’s perspective in mind!
When it comes to art and literature, the beauty of it is that there can be many ways to interpret something. What matters the most is what meaning and enjoyment you derive from it 😊 I appreciate you sharing your interpretation of the song!! 💜💜
From a mother’s prospective who is older that them by at least 13 years I think this song is about the group fans and how the boys started youngband innocent and grew into sex symbols. They use the term girl as a way to describe themselves in the third person. Thank you for your take I understand this song much better.
Hi Jecoliah, thank you so much for sharing your interpretation! 😊
Now that you mention it, I think that is a possibility too! After all, I believe that one of the “Her(s)” are the boys themselves… and when ARMYs are singing the songs back to the boys at the concert, that is probably how ARMYs are subconsciously thinking about the song! It also goes back to the idea about how this song can be personalised from the singer’s perspective, except that this time the singer is ARMY to the boys!
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts and reading my blog 💜☺️ hope you’re enjoying it!
But one thing I want to get your attention on is that jin always gets his dimple while eating or when he is making a certain face not when he is laughing which is contrary to the song .
Take a look at this
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Is that a single dimple i see? ..
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I love these theories, I do kind of see what you mean…It is a big puzzle, we know how joon plays with words. Also in a Vlive , he talked about dimple and the writing process , he was singing,”Your dimple is so simple and simple’s the best” . He’s so cute!
Quick question: Where did you learn korean? I’ve been trying to find sources for it, Please let me know🥺
💜😊! Ty! And yes they are so brilliant with wordplay! I found https://www.howtostudykorean.com really good and LingoDeer the app to help me learn! 😊