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r/kpopthoughts3 yr. ago
parkjichuu
I just learned that BTS' Spring Day is made in honor of the Sewol Ferry Incident, and now I'm balling my eyes out.
Boy Groups
[A BTS APPRECIATION POST]
TW: Tragedy
(correction: BAWLING my eyes out )
Here I go again with being 4 years late in knowing something but, once again, I'm asking you to bare with me. From what I read, it was never confirmed by BTS since 1. they were prohibited, and 2. the group wanted people to analyze the song and mv in their own way. But then in an interview in Esquire (2020), Jin said that the song was based on an event which lead fans to believe that the whole Sewol Ferry theory was indeed true.
Spring Day has always been one of my favorite BTS' songs. I've always thought that it was - simply - a beautiful song. Until now. Until I learned/read theories behind the song and its music video, and now I can't stop crying cause it's not just beautiful, it's deep and so well-thought of. It's beyond beautiful. It's exquisite. At first, I simply just thought that it's about missing someone, hence the lyrics, "I miss you". But it never dawned to me that it's a song about losing someone, missing that person, and grieving - one of the main theories being that the song was based on the Sewol Ferry Incident.
The Sewol Ferry Incident was a very major South Korean event. It was a very major event that I remember seeing it from our local news and, yes, I do not live in Korea. When the news broke out, I remember seeing a video of the last messages of the few students who lost their lives, and I remember weeping so hard. Yesterday, I saw the video again, and cried like a freaking baby again. Then, I decided to check the comments and saw that BTS wrote Spring Day in honor of the incident which lead me to do a research and afterwards writing this post. This theory video basically explains everything. After watching that theory video, I watched the music video itself and I couldn't stop sobbing. I don't even have the words to describe how touched I have become by the song anymore.
I know it's been 4 years since the song was released and it's probably late for an appreciation post but let me take this time to really appreciate it. I want to thank the members for writing such a beautiful song. Their minds are beautiful. I also want to appreciate them for doing something like this in the most discreet way - cause from what I heard the government avoided artists from talking about this. I also want to appreciate the directors and producers of the music video. They incorporated Snowpiercer and The One Who Walk Away from Omelas to represent the tragedy and every little detail in the music video tells something about the tragedy. I also just learned and realized that the title of the album (where Spring Day is under) is "You Never Walk Alone" - in honor of the survivors and the people who lost their loved ones, and the title "Spring Day" was because the incident happened on Spring time.
BRB bawling my eyes out! And just a bonus appreciation for BTS. I always tell "haters" who say BTS is overrated this: "they're not actually overrated, they deserved everything they got or will be getting" - and this masterpiece is a proof of that. At this point, I'm not even sure if I'm really not an army yet.
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r/kpopthoughts3 yr. ago
parkjichuu
I just learned that BTS' Spring Day is made in honor of the Sewol Ferry Incident, and now I'm balling my eyes out.
Boy Groups
[A BTS APPRECIATION POST]
TW: Tragedy
(correction: BAWLING my eyes out )
Here I go again with being 4 years late in knowing something but, once again, I'm asking you to bare with me. From what I read, it was never confirmed by BTS since 1. they were prohibited, and 2. the group wanted people to analyze the song and mv in their own way. But then in an interview in Esquire (2020), Jin said that the song was based on an event which lead fans to believe that the whole Sewol Ferry theory was indeed true.
Spring Day has always been one of my favorite BTS' songs. I've always thought that it was - simply - a beautiful song. Until now. Until I learned/read theories behind the song and its music video, and now I can't stop crying cause it's not just beautiful, it's deep and so well-thought of. It's beyond beautiful. It's exquisite. At first, I simply just thought that it's about missing someone, hence the lyrics, "I miss you". But it never dawned to me that it's a song about losing someone, missing that person, and grieving - one of the main theories being that the song was based on the Sewol Ferry Incident.
The Sewol Ferry Incident was a very major South Korean event. It was a very major event that I remember seeing it from our local news and, yes, I do not live in Korea. When the news broke out, I remember seeing a video of the last messages of the few students who lost their lives, and I remember weeping so hard. Yesterday, I saw the video again, and cried like a freaking baby again. Then, I decided to check the comments and saw that BTS wrote Spring Day in honor of the incident which lead me to do a research and afterwards writing this post. This theory video basically explains everything. After watching that theory video, I watched the music video itself and I couldn't stop sobbing. I don't even have the words to describe how touched I have become by the song anymore.
I know it's been 4 years since the song was released and it's probably late for an appreciation post but let me take this time to really appreciate it. I want to thank the members for writing such a beautiful song. Their minds are beautiful. I also want to appreciate them for doing something like this in the most discreet way - cause from what I heard the government avoided artists from talking about this. I also want to appreciate the directors and producers of the music video. They incorporated Snowpiercer and The One Who Walk Away from Omelas to represent the tragedy and every little detail in the music video tells something about the tragedy. I also just learned and realized that the title of the album (where Spring Day is under) is "You Never Walk Alone" - in honor of the survivors and the people who lost their loved ones, and the title "Spring Day" was because the incident happened on Spring time.
BRB bawling my eyes out! And just a bonus appreciation for BTS. I always tell "haters" who say BTS is overrated this: "they're not actually overrated, they deserved everything they got or will be getting" - and this masterpiece is a proof of that. At this point, I'm not even sure if I'm really not an army yet.
