Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 1
Since this analysis ended up being so long it has been divided in parts. This is part 1.
This started as a Spring Day analysis, but it has since grown immensely. I actually rather call it a thematic analysis or something, and while Spring Day is still at the core of it all, I go through many songs and details outside of Spring Day connections.
The thing is that I have wanted to make an analysis of Spring Day for a long time in regards to Vmin, but have hesitated to do so because of the negativity I have received in the past when “making everything about a ship”. In particular when there are no obvious connections and when it is about a BTS song written by completely different members than Vmin. But this analysis is not about the meaning of the song as intended by the writers. Rather I am trying to explore the possible meaning of the song for the listener, in this case Vmin, and how they might relate to the song and then use the themes in their own creations. The core is the themes of Spring Day, but I will go through most of Vmin's solo songs to further discuss the themes and connections to Vmin.
I was going to post this for the 4 year anniversary of Spring Day, but got a bit delayed (then I wanted to post it in August but failed to meet the deadline again). I also want to take this time to state how much I love this song. It was the first new BTS comeback I experienced and it’s one of my absolute favorites out of all BTS songs and MVs. Nothing I mention in this post is to downgrade such a beautiful song with such powerful inspiration behind it to being about a ship, I simply want to point out how I think there seems to be a special place for this song when it comes to Vmin. (Of course the same sentiment applies to the other songs mentioned.)
We know it’s partly about Yoongi’s and Namjoon’s experiences of losing friends as they moved to Seoul, and of course also the Sewol ferry tragedy. But again, the actual inspiration isn’t of much consequence in this analysis. Because I am not here to say the song is about Vmin.
I am also not here to imply that all of the songs mentioned are directly inspired by Spring Day, but rather that the themes used and feelings felt might be similar and in some cases even lyrically similar. That being said of course these themes being quite common means it can all be coincidence and I simply managed to find enough things that fit, without those being intentional. Or it could of course be intentional but have other reasons or connections than Vmin. In fact most of these points will be connected to Taehyung and thus might be something for him personally that might not be meant to include Jimin at all.
On top of this there are of course many other BTS (and TXT) songs with similar themes as well, for example with spring coming. It’s also used a lot in relation to BTS’s theme of Persona and I am not ignoring the possibility that the connections could be made more for that purpose than anything relationship related. Still, I wanted to make this analysis, and I hope you realize as usual I could be wrong and this is just a theory. Because even though it’s not a Vmin song in the direct sense, I think it's possible Vmin relates to it, or at least that Taehyung does. I am using Spring Day over other songs with similar themes as I see it as an early example of many of these themes, and because of the other more direct connections I have found. Vmin have a few interesting moments connected to the song and I personally think they are worth noting. The way I see it a lot of these connections don’t have to be made intentionally. Some obviously are, but it could also just be that the ideas are there and they have felt inspired and this might leak through as it’s something they think about unconsciously.
If you want, you can see this as an example of how you can create an analysis and connections where there might not be any if you just look hard enough.
Taehyung obviously loves Spring Day a lot, and Jimin does too. It might seem weird to make a Vmin analysis out of Spring Day, but I just felt there was enough surrounding things to talk about. Even if they might be coincidence I do personally think they fit it very well with the other song theories I have made, and I have even mentioned Spring Day a few times before. As usual I suggest reading my other song analyses before you get into this one. You can find them all in My masterpost
I am going to talk mostly about connections that Taehyung has made and how he seems to use a lot of similar themes and references, but also things possibly connecting Vmin and Spring Day.
Lyrics and theme of Spring Day
Choreo and MV
Taehyung’s (and Jimin’s) love for Spring Day
Connections to Vmin’s songs
Overlapping themes
Other connections to Vmin
Taehyung's songs not being all he wants to say
Taehyung’s mixtape
Summary
This first part will include point 1-3.
There is a lot to keep track of, and I might have to repeat things a lot as I go through their songs, but I hope you’ll get a sense of the connections and how many there could be. So let’s look at Spring Day and their other songs with a Vmin perspective.
Let’s get started, because this is going to take a while.
1 - Lyrics and theme of Spring Day
Let’s start with the lyrics of Spring Day, which are quite poetic and use a lot of metaphors in true BTS fashion, yet paint the narrative of a rather complex relationship of love and hate. The song is partly directed at “society” and is meant to comfort and is also a song about grief and loss and longing, and I urge you to look up the inspirations and symbolism behind the song as they hold a lot of meaning.
That being said, I again want to emphasize that this analysis is not about the intended meaning of the song, but rather the things I see from Vmin towards this song, so I won’t go into the actual inspiration much. Basically, it’s the opposite perspective than song analyses I might do on Vmin’s own songs where I speculate about inspiration for the song, as this time I mostly focus on inspiration they might get from the song.
You can check the link for alternative lyrics with explanations and some of the references 봄날 (Spring Day) – doolset lyrics
Miss you
Saying this makes me miss you even more
Miss you
Even though I’m looking at your photo
Time’s so cruel, I hate us
Seeing each other for once is now so hard between us
It’s all winter here, even in August
My heart is running on the time
Alone on the Snowpiercer
Wanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your hand
Wanna put an end to this winter
How much longing should we see snowing down
To have the days of spring, Friend
Like the tiny dust, tiny dust floating in the air
Will I get to you a little faster
If I was the snow in the air
Snowflakes fall down
And get farther away little by little
I miss you (I miss you)
I miss you (I miss you)
How long do I have to wait
And how many sleepless nights do I have to spend
To see you (to see you)
To meet you (to meet you)
Passing by the edge of the cold winter
Until the days of spring
Until the days of flower blossoms
Please stay, please stay there a little longer
Is it you who changed (Is it you who changed)
Or is it me (Or is it me)
I hate this moment, this time flowing by
We are changed you know
Just like everyone you know
Yes I hate you, you left me
But I never stopped thinking about you, not even a day
Honestly I miss you, but I’ll erase you
'Cause it hurts less than to blame you
I try to exhale you in pain
Like smoke, like white smoke
I say that I’ll erase you
But I can’t really let you go yet
Snowflakes fall down
And get farther away little by little
I miss you (I miss you)
I miss you (I miss you)
How long do I have to wait
And how many sleepless nights do I have to spend
To see you (to see you)
To meet you (to meet you)
You know it all
You’re my best friend
The morning will come again
No darkness, no season is eternal
Maybe it’s cherry blossoms
And this winter will be over
I miss you (I miss you)
I miss you (I miss you)
Wait a little bit, just a few more nights
I’ll be there to see you (I'll go there to meet you)
I’ll come for you (I'll come for you)
Passing by the edge of the cold winter
Until the days of spring
Until the days of flower blossoms
Please stay, please stay there a little longer
The person is longing for this other person and wants to go to them and hold their hand. I also think it’s possible the perspective changes either between two people or over time, as the first verses will be about asking questions like “How long do I have to wait” while by the end it has turned into “If you wait a little” and “I’ll come for you” etc. The person in the song has gone into action, actively going to the person they long for, asking them to wait for them specifically rather than just asking how long they have to wait and asking them to stay, which I will come back to later on.
Let’s go through some of the lyrics I think matters for this Vmin perspective in particular, which first off is the use of friend. Spring Day is not really a romantic song, but it does focus on the very strong feelings between friends and how they want to be together and how they miss each other. They are using the word longing here so I say it’s rather intense feelings they are having, and they clearly struggle with being separated. Something is keeping them apart, no matter if it’s their differences or just a falling out etc. once again doesn’t really matter. We only have to look at the broader theme of these friends going through a difficult time, longing for each other, wanting to be together and waiting for each other. We can see why Vmin might relate to the lyrics as the song is on the surface level about missing your best friend.
Wanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your hand
Wanna put an end to this winter
How much longing should we see snowing down
To have the days of spring, Friend
You know it all
You’re my best friend
The morning will come again
No darkness, no season is eternal
A theme that has been used by BTS and Big Hit (just look at TXT songs) many times is the way winter represents a difficult and sad period while the spring they long for is the end of such a period. We even know that BTS have used winter to describe the current Covid situation and hoping for winter to end.
Spring and winter are used the same way as night and day as they say “No darkness, no season is eternal” and there will be better times again with “the morning will come again” and the arrival of spring. These times will surely come, and in this song these friends are waiting for that time when things will be better, when they finally reach each other. They want winter to end, and it’s difficult, but they know it won’t last forever. They want to reach each other and one is urging the other person to wait for them and be patient, basically comforting them.
The snow falling represents the longing and distance of these two friends being separated, while the idea of it maybe being cherry blossoms falling represents the hope of this longing coming to an end and the two finally getting to be together in spring.
I think if we consider a hidden relationship we could see the longing, the separation and the wish to reach spring and better times in the way these feelings are portrayed in Spring Day no matter the original intent. Perhaps in particular for Vmin because of the theme of Best friends as well.
They long for each other and we know by the end of the song the choice is to be together again. They are enduring these hard times, this winter, until the end so that they can finally be together when the morning or spring arrives. It’s not yet, but they are going to be together.
With the theme of winter in August and waiting for the winter to end l also want to point out that the line “It’s all winter here, even in August” is inspired by the movie Christmas in August, a classic Korean romantic drama. Which suggests the song has a romantic reference. Secondly because some of the self written songs where Taehyung references winter and even Spring Day directly could be read as romantic it's possible that despite Spring Day not being explicitly romantic the feelings, interpretation and parallels from Taehyung still could be. It is after all about feeling like this about another person, longing for someone they want to be with though it’s difficult, and whether those feelings are romantic or not in the original content matters less than how we might read Taehyung’s own works.
The most prominent themes to look out for in Spring Day are Winter/Spring (and also warm/cold), Night/Day and then the longing or asking someone to wait or stay.
So that’s generally what I think we can feel from the song’s lyrics and theme, but there are a lot of specific lyrical lines that I find interesting because of how Vmin have talked about each other and especially also used some lines in their own songs. More on that later.
2. Choreo and MV
I wasn’t sure I should include this category, because out of everything it should be taken the least seriously and it’s not much. Everything that comes from Big Hit and not the members themselves have too many possible reasons to happen for me to think it’s done on purpose in a “Vmin narrative”. I rather not stray too much into things from Big Hit for theories as that would basically mean Big Hit is in some way helping in the “Vmin agenda” through secret clues, and I just don’t see that as very likely. But since there are a few things that do connect Vmin to Spring Day from the company I felt I should briefly mention it. Especially since it has further allowed Vmin to make the song their own in other ways. More than the original content having meaning I think the things Vmin has done after are more interesting.
The obvious which is from Big Hit is the choreo and the MV and I am not saying this means something, but we do have Vmin in particular being the two reaching for each other in the choreography. The choreo is also kind of playing into Vmin being these two people of opposite sides reaching for each other but never being in sync. In total there are three points of Vmin interactions in the choreo. Reaching for each other, one setting and the other rising, and Taehyung helping Jimin up from the floor.
Most noteworthy is the two of them reaching for each other as they are turned to face each other (while the other pairs are moving the same way they do not face each other.) Vmin are literally reaching for each other just as the lyrics talk about.
Like the tiny dust, tiny dust floating in the air
I could've reached you faster
If I was snow flying in the air
We also have Jimin going towards Taehyung and them switching places (one rises as the other one goes down, something I mentioned in my Taehyung and Jimin - Yin and Yang theories).
And lastly Tae is the one to help Jimin stand, so they do have quite a few interactions in the choreo, but I don’t really think it’s very significant. But they do reach for each other and go towards each other and hold hands so there are a few moves fitting the lyrics.
I also think it might be interesting to note that both Jimin and Taehyung at different points in the choreography are comforted by Jin.
Then in the MV we have a focus shot on Vmin sleeping together while Tae sings about the sleepless nights.
We also possibly have Jimin being in spring and Taehyung being in winter in the MV, and they are the only two with locations not shared with anyone else; the train station and the beach. Again, I don’t want to put much meaning into this, but want to mention it to have all Vmin and Spring Day connections covered.
“I’ll be there to see you (I'll go there to meet you)”
I also personally like that out of all the members it seems only Jimin and Taehyung are walking around aimlessly in their scenes. As I said, the snow and the ocean and their clothes might also possibly reference one being in spring and one being in winter, or them being at different sides of the world. Seperate in some way be it in time or space. It might even be the small start of the Yin and Yang theme we can find between Vmin later, just like the connections in the MVs between Serendipity and Singularity and their small part in DNA.
There are some small cute moments from behind the scenes of making Spring Day/The album photoshoot too, but not really anything that stands out as significant (unless you are on board with the ARMY is a codeword theories).
We also have small things like Spring Day being used as the background music in edits, as when Vmin speaks about the letter in Hawaii for example, but mostly I just wanted to include the choreo and MV moments I felt were necessary to mention.
So, in short there are some small things that are nice moments that come from Big Hit. However, what is the best part of this is the way Jimin and Taehyung have at times gone along with it and done more to make Spring Day feel like a Vmin song at least by association to some nice moments.
From concerts the most noteworthy example was when Jimin changed the choreo three days in a row. The first likely being an accident, but then doing it on purpose the following days. He walks up to Taehyung and during the last day Taehyung is already upright and waiting for him. (video)
You also have Taehyung kneeling and singing to Jimin when he was too hurt to dance. And the smile after is not to be ignored.
Then there was 5th Muster where Tae requested the song, and Vmin then went and slow danced to it. This moment alone has made many Vminies feel Spring Day is a Vmin song.
In the ON:E online live concert we also got a small moment between Vmin in Spring Day, when Tae sings “You know it all, you’re my best friend” Jimin walks up to him and puts his mic in front of Tae.
There are of course many other small interactions like this over the years and through various Spring Day performances, but of course small interactions likely don't matter much.
There is also a somewhat interesting moment from BTS’s performance of Spring Day at the Dear class of 2020. Jimin and Taehyung are sitting apart, but playing up the fanservice with Yoongi, Jin and JK who are next to them. It seems like they are watching each other and playing some kind of inside joke throughout the performance. (video)
Watching the clip it also seems like Taehyung is mouthing 보고싶다 (bogoshipda), which means “I miss you" in Korean, making Jimin smile. Maybe he does it to Jimin or maybe just to sing a long and Jimin found it cute.
As a bonus you should also check out the Lovely version of BTS's dance practice for Spring Day. It includes Tae being extra and Jimin not being able to keep his eyes off of him, Tae teasing Jimin with Lie choreo and a butt slap. (video)
So while there are some interesting moments between Vmin to be found, the amount of Spring Day performances will of course lead to some interactions that might just be small things they did for no special reason. Even so, I think they are cute and enough if a Vminie wants to associate Spring Day as a Vmin song just because it’s sweet.
3. Taehyung’s (and Jimin’s) love for Spring Day
I also need to bring up how much Taehyung loves Spring Day, and how he has talked about this song. Personally I think it’s pretty clear this song is special to him, though it doesn’t have to be any big personal reason, he might simply love the song and the MV (like so many of us do).
Still, he really seems to love it more than many other of their songs and has expressed it quite often. When IDOL won Best Music video Taehyung did something funny and said the MV for Spring Day is his favorite, and honestly I can’t blame him, it’s such a good video.
Noteworthy is how Taehyung has chosen Spring Day as his favorite title track, and in particular the end of the song that is in the MV version, which has the instrumentals and mostly Jimin walking alone. Taehyung talked about this on weverse as recently as in January 2020.
He could have just said Spring Day, but he did pinpoint a moment in the MV, which is when Jimin is walking alone, looking into the camera and holding the shoes. This part of the MV makes him tear up even three years after the release, and I think it says a lot. (Though to be fair it could also be because of Spring Day being the ending song of their Wings concerts and they play the instrumental then.)
Jimin as well has chosen the MV as his favorite, but honestly I think a lot of people would.
More recently Jimin also picked Spring Day as a memorable song for him. And I think that Jimin and in particular Taehyung are probably the members that have mentioned Spring Day and their love for it the most.
Jimin also piped in and told us Spring Day is Taehyung’s favorite song, right away thinking about Taehyung as they brought up Spring Day in Immortal Song (2020). ((332) (ENG SUB) BTS 인터뷰 10분으로 압축했다.zip [불후의 명곡 전설을 노래하다] - YouTube)
It's just more proof how Tae loves the song above others, and even to the point where Jimin seems to associate it with Taehyung.
Taehyung also said he thinks the song is even better and more fitting for winter. Honestly I kind of agree, as the lyrics are set more in winter and the spring is what the people long for and wait for. I simply bring this up because the settings Taehyung uses in his own songs are almost exclusively in the winter so it’s interesting he also thinks Spring Day is more of a winter song.
In the Dynamite countdown live Taehyung chose the song for his recommendation and told us the song still makes him tear up. It is evident Taehyung loves the song and still thinks about it.
We can conclude it’s an emotional song for Taehyung that he likes a lot just by hearing the way he talks about it. I have no idea if he just really likes it, or if he feels he can personally relate to it, but what I do know is that he has used Spring Day a few times in various ways when making his own songs. The fact that he loves it could mean the connections to Spring Day are a sort of homage, but might not have much deeper meaning. Thinking he has been inspired is not too far fetched as we know he has used the song in some way for his own releases, we just can’t know why he has chosen to make some of the connections.
In part 2 I will start going through lyrics and themes in Vmin’s songs that can be connected to Spring Day.
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Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 2
Since this analysis ended up being so long it has been divided in parts. This is part 2. If you haven’t read part 1 yet I recommend doing so.
This started as a Spring Day analysis, but it has since grown immensely. I actually rather call it a thematic analysis or something, and while Spring Day is still at the core of it all, I go through many songs and details outside of Spring Day connections.
Taehyung obviously loves Spring Day a lot, and Jimin does too. It might seem weird to make a Vmin analysis out of Spring Day, but I just felt there was enough surrounding things to talk about. Even if they might be coincidence I do personally think they fit it very well with the other song theories I have made, and I have even mentioned Spring Day a few times before. As usual I suggest reading my other song analyses before you get into this one. You can find them all in My masterpost
I am going to talk mostly about connections that Taehyung has made and how he seems to use a lot of similar themes and references, but also things possibly connecting Vmin and Spring Day.
Lyrics and theme
Choreo and MV
Taehyung’s (and Jimin’s) love for Spring Day
Connections to Vmin’s songs
Overlapping themes
Other connections to Vmin
Taehyung's songs not being all he wants to say
Taehyung’s mixtape
Summary
In this part I will go through Vmin’s (mostly Taehyung’s) songs and some direct and some possible connections between the songs and Spring Day.
There is a lot to keep track of, and I might have to repeat things a lot as I go through their songs, but I hope you’ll get a sense of the connections and how many there could be. So let’s look at Spring Day and their other songs with a Vmin perspective. This will be the longest part of this analysis.
4 - Connections to Vmin’s songs
Now I want to go through these lyrics and themes used in Spring Day and how I feel Vmin (in particular Taehyung) might have been inspired to use them in their own songs.
Taehyung has in many of his songs a similar theme in the form of longing, wondering about the past and future and wanting to be closer to someone. These are all themes that Spring Day uses as well. He also uses the night references and winter references to varying degrees and meanings. We have Winter Bear, Happy Christmas and most recently Snow Flower using winter or snow in different ways. Meanwhile Sweet Night and 4 o’clock use night in the lyrics (and so does Jimin’s Promise). This tells us it’s something Taehyung likes to use, and considering his love for Spring Day I would not find it too far-fetched that he could have found inspiration for his own songs and a way to express himself through the themes and lyrics originally used in Spring Day. Especially since the poetic expressions are something that Namjoon might also help with to add the feeling that Taehyung is looking for at times, for example in 4 o’clock where they focused on how to express Taehyung’s feelings.
I wrote about it in an ask in regards to Taehyung liking to use winter and snow as a theme before, but Taehyung doesn’t just like the theme of winter, it seems he could have specifically referenced Spring Day a few times already in his songs and in his promo for his songs which you will see by the end of this post.
On top of lyrical similarities there are also outside references from Vmin themselves that for me is the point that really makes the whole theory more plausible when it comes to them having a special connection to Spring Day. Of course one reference or two being direct doesn't automatically mean all others are definitely correct. This is still just speculation when it comes to the whole narrative existing.
The easiest way to do this might simply be to go through all the solo songs in order and point out the similarities and connections they share with Spring Day.
Singularity and Serendipity
Now I want to go through these lyrics and themes used in Spring Day and how I feel Vmin (in particular Taehyung) might have been inspired to use them in their own songs.
Taehyung has in many of his songs a similar theme in the form of longing, wondering about the past and future and wanting to be closer to someone. These are all themes that Spring Day uses as well. He also uses the night references and winter references to varying degrees and meanings. We have Winter Bear, Happy Christmas and most recently Snow Flower using winter or snow in different ways. Meanwhile Sweet Night and 4 o’clock use night in the lyrics (and so does Jimin’s Promise). This tells us it’s something Taehyung likes to use, and considering his love for Spring Day I would not find it too far-fetched that he could have found inspiration for his own songs and a way to express himself through the themes and lyrics originally used in Spring Day. Especially since the poetic expressions are something that Namjoon might also help with to add the feeling that Taehyung is looking for at times, for example in 4 o’clock where they focused on how to express Taehyung’s feelings.
I wrote about it in an ask in regards to Taehyung liking to use winter and snow as a theme before, but Taehyung doesn’t just like the theme of winter, it seems he could have specifically referenced Spring Day a few times already in his songs and in his promo for his songs which you will see by the end of this post.
On top of lyrical similarities there are also outside references from Vmin themselves that for me is the point that really makes the whole theory more plausible when it comes to them having a special connection to Spring Day. Of course one reference or two being direct doesn't automatically mean all others are definitely correct. This is still just speculation when it comes to the whole narrative existing.
The easiest way to do this might simply be to go through all the solo songs in order and point out the similarities and connections they share with Spring Day.
I put these two together because I feel they are more Big Hit related and I don’t know how much influence or inspiration either of Vmin have had with these songs. But since I want to include all there is, I still want to mention the lines I find possibly connected through the theme. I have talked about these songs and how Big Hit has made them mirrors of each other in my post Taehyung and Jimin - Yin and Yang where I even briefly mention Spring Day.
We also know Namjoon (and also Slow Rabbit) had a hand in many of these songs and as such it could either be written with intended similarities or it’s simply themes he likes to use and get inspired by. Namjoon has a very clear taste and likes to use similar themes (Like his love for the poem “Flower”), so having that in mind I do want to be clear with these choices not necessarily having anything to do with Jimin or Taehyung whenever Namjoon is involved with the lyrics. In fact, since Namjoon himself said no to helping write Friends due to its content and finding it hard to write about Vmin's relationship, I don't think it's likely he would specifically write about them on his own. Unless, like in 4 o'clock, he is helping with putting their own feelings into words or perhaps if it’s in more vague feelings/expressions rather than directly about a relationship. It's also possible some things were always intended as an overlapping theme in certain BTS songs, but Tae chose to add it to his own songs as well. Basically these two songs by Namjoon likely don't count much. But let's look at them anyways.
In Serendipity (full length lyrics) we find these lines:
When you called me
I became your flower
As if we were waiting
We bloom until we ache
Simply put these lines can when linked to “Until the days of flower blossoms” be about being each other’s spring or hope or what they long for. Serendipity also speaks about waiting, which of course is in Spring Day as well.
Come to my side now
So we can become one
I don't want to let go- no
Do I just have to treasure it
Although you say nothing I feel it
There are many more stars
Together we're flying
It's never over
Don't be nervous and grab my hand
Cause now we are one
Let me love you
These lines fit pretty well with the beginning of Spring Day “Wanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your hand”. So what we have from Serendipity is the flower theme, the longing and wanting to be together with “Come to my side” and not wanting to let go and holding hands. One could say Serendipity is the part when they are finally about to come together and the more hopeful spring part of the relationship. It’s also asking the other person to “let me love you” and of course it all can tie in with the persona and coming to terms with loving different parts of yourself. But it also works as a love song of wanting to be with someone and finally taking the step to be together, perhaps especially in a relationship you are scared to enter.
In the images from the MV we also know it’s happy and dreamy, and while Jimin is awake at night he finally ends up in the sun by the end of the video. Both songs have a theme of day and night, and opposites like warm and cold and have been made to match. Both videos have longing, and it seems the additional photoshoot might have been made with the same idea.
Two parts of the same whole (dark/light, yin/yang), but also two people wanting to be together despite both their differences and obstacles. Two people with one soul, reaching out for each other.
Considering the way Vmin describes each other and their relationship I can’t fault Big Hit in choosing them to represent these two very different sides of the same coin.
“Me from the moon, you from the stars.”
Meanwhile if we look at Singularity, even with the imagery we can tell it will be more focused on the winter, and the difficult time of separation. The first matching line in Singularity is “Try to cover my ears but can’t go to sleep” as In Spring Day we have:
And how many sleepless nights do I have to spend
To see you (to see you)
Then we also have more on the winter theme in Singularity of course.
A crack again on this frozen lake
I dumped myself into the lake
I buried my voice for you
Over the winter lake I was thrown
It’s clear we have a winter theme and that it isn’t something pleasant, and it’s possible this winter was partly forced if we look at how he was thrown over the lake. But the person also dumps themselves into this cold lake and to me this could be read as a “I will do it because I don’t have a choice” type of feeling. Especially since it goes on to say “I buried my voice for you” it also feels like hiding a part of themselves is very painful, but in the end their own choice simply because of this other person. (The Persona theme and what they show ARMY is of course very distinctly being used here, but I think it also works with other interpretations.)
We also have this line which again uses the same theme as Spring Day very directly.
Reach my hand out to cover the mouth
But in the end, spring will come someday
The ice will melt and flow away
You could also argue the line of covering the mouth and burying their voice as having something you are unable to tell, and talk about, which could also match the situation of a hidden or in some way not possible relationship (though likely it’s just the beginning of the persona theme and hiding who they are behind their idol masks).
I don’t think Namjoon wrote about Vmin in these songs, but again it could possibly be the case that they have afterwards taken a liking to the themes or imagery, like how Taehyung is using “penicillium/blue mold” as Jimin’s contact name, which is directly from Serendipity. (Which also then makes one wonder if Taehyung does see Jimin as his “penicillin/savior”?)
Either way both Serendipity and Singularity have some possible theme and lyric connections to Spring Day including holding hands, waiting, cold winter and most significantly, waiting for spring to come. We also know these two songs are connected at the very least in their imagery, and if you haven’t already you might want to check out my post Taehyung and Jimin - Yin and Yang.
You have also seen both of Vmin reaching out for each other, in Singularity and in particular in Serendipity as it is also in the lyrics, the reaching out with his hand and asking to hold it. (One reaching for the moon and one reaching for the sun.) It’s interesting because while Serendipity is seemingly happy, and he comes into the light by the end, he is still alone and seemingly reaching for something or someone. Again, maybe it’s just the other half of him he has to leave behind, but I can’t ignore how they seem to have used Taehyung to represent that other half and how well it fits with more romantic tones and themes like destiny and being soulmates.
That being said, though Singularity and Serendipity are Taehyung and Jimin’s songs, they are not by their own making, and thus will always be more of an anecdote in analysis like this.
4 o’clock
Moving on, I don’t think I have to explain how this song in itself is directly connected to Vmin (another song which Namjoon did help to write), but the short version is that Taehyung was inspired to write it after his and Jimin’s dumpling fight and reconciliation in a park at dawn. You can read more about it in my other song analysis, in particular in Vmin analysis - 4 o’clock. But let’s look at any possible similarities to Spring Day, because they aren’t that many and not that obvious for this song.
In this case I would say it’s the theme of being in a difficult period but also in this case fearing the “morning” that matters the most for the whole context. Here night and day is used and not winter and spring but it has similar meaning. I have talked about this in my very first (though now slightly outdated) Vmin song analysis Vmin - The Sun, the Moon & The whole universe.
I said in that analysis how the night seemed like something sad (similar to winter), but that the sun and morning was also something very scary. Which leads to the dawn in between to be their time together that brings the most comfort. The morning will come again, and in 4 o'clock it does, but the sun is also suffocating. We also know 4 o'clock uses “You and I are the only ones here. Me and you” meaning we could see it as two people being in the cold dark metaphorical night together, crying and shattered, until the morning arrives. But also that the second person basically brings morning and warmth to the one singing.
Following into the deep night
The sound of you singing
Brings the red morning
A step, and another step
The dawn passes
And when that moon falls asleep
The blue shade that stayed with me disappears
The sun suffocates me
And the world strips me naked
I can't help it, there's no other way
I collect myself that's shattered beneath the moonlight
I call you moonchild
We are the children of the moon
I breathe the cold night air
Yes we're livin' and dyin'
At the same time
For me it’s possible that 4 o’clock could reference the struggle of hiding, and being in the night, but also being scared of being exposed in the light, even if they do want morning to come. There is some comfort in the night and dawn, despite everything. This reading becomes even more interesting if we look at other songs by Taehyung that he has written since. In a metaphorical sense the possible other person also brings the morning and we know bringing warmth is another common theme for Taehyung’s songs. Basically if we consider it as between two people (as opposed to a reading of it being more introspective about only Taehyung) they are both each other’s happiness and sadness, they are living and dying at the same time.
I want to point out once again that all of these themes work very well with BTS’s Persona inspirations and their own images and how they are seen by their fans and the struggles it leads to. But since in Spring Day it’s put in the perspective of longing, and in 4 o'clock we know Taehyung at least partly had Jimin in mind, I feel I needed to include this. If you’ve read my analysis of 4 o’clock you also know my guess on the song’s meaning and the lyrics, but that I also think it’s possible for the song to mean something else or have several meanings/layers to it.
Further, when Taehyung released 4 o’clock both him and Namjoon posted about it on the fancafé. Namjoon mentioned Jimin being the friend that Taehyung waited for, though he later deleted that part of the message, while Taehyung didn’t mention Jimin at all. But if we look at the possibility of winter having a special meaning to Tae there is another interesting aspect of Taehyung’s note.
the dark (silent) dawn where the (listless) sounds ring with the cold cold winter wind
you continuously close your eyes to the sounds as you realize the dawn
fly
the birds at dawn cry out with an anxious passion
fly
let me hear your voice fill this dawn
So the poem in Taehyung’s message includes a new detail we didn’t see mentioned in the song itself:
Taehyung mentioned the dawn, the birds and the cold winter wind. I don’t know if this was some of his original lyrics for 4 o’clock, but at least the theme of the cold winter has been used in 4 o’clock to some extent as well. Considering we know Jimin has some part in Taehyung’s inspiration, and then that Scenery references back to the park and has a winter/snow theme it truly feels like Taehyung either really really loves winter or has a similar inspiration and thoughts behind many of his lyrics.
I also think the themes (like dawn, the park, being bright and the night being cold but a comfort all the same) used in 4 o’clock being used again in other songs by Taehyung that are more clearly romantic could point at this possible other person to be Jimin above others that we know.
The day of 4 o'clock's release Tae also posted a few videos to the japanese fanclub, and while I am not sure if they were directly uploaded by him I had to include it. You see in the videos (a series of 4 clips labeled #Don’tCheatOnMe) one of them is Taehyung laying down with his head on a railway track (another one being just being inside a train and giving finger hearts). Which to me looks like it could be a throwback to his scene in Spring Day.
A few days before the release, on the 3rd of June, Taehyung also posted a series of photos from the Spring Day shoot.
However this was just one out of several posts by Tae with photos that day, so perhaps he just happened to have a set that he named “Spring Day” since he had photos from the shoot he wanted to share.
In the end the timing of 4 o’clock and it’s connection to Jimin is probably a bigger deal than the possible references to Spring Day that we can find.
Happy Christmas
When I first thought of this analysis and possible connections I really wanted to bring up Taehyung’s Christmas song, which was likely written the same year as Spring Day was released. It’s a romantic song that Taehyung wanted to sing with Jimin and that got denied because the lyrics wouldn’t fit two men. We know this song matters to Taehyung and that he even talked about the problem of it being sung by two men and that he wanted to sing it specifically with Jimin.
I’ve talked about it many times before, but having a Christmas song connected to Vmin could be a big deal. Christmas is a romantic holiday in Korea, and considering how he felt strongly enough to play it twice during vlives and mention he likely won’t release it I think this song was significant to Taehyung on a personal level. You can read more in my posts The Vmin Christmas song and Big Hit, BTS, Vmin and LGBT.
But let’s look at the connection to Spring Day. Taehyung’s Christmas song, which I will call Happy Christmas, includes the Line "Happy Christmas, end of this winter, you and I will make together Christmas" as well as “End of white snow, There is you who is brighter”
This lyrical similarity could be argued to be coincidental since Christmas does occur during winter, but specifically using that line when BTS has used the winter reference so often to represent a period of difficulty, I personally think it’s intended that way. He also says at the end of white snow, so it does seem to mean after everything “cold”, and at that time this person remains, brighter than anyone else.
Their Christmas together, in this sense something very happy and also something very romantic, is what will come at the end of the metaphorical difficult period of Winter. Not the literal end of the winter season. In particular since the winter season in Korea does not at all end with Christmas and in fact Christmas would be somewhere in the middle of Korean winter.
This is Taehyung’s own song, and the timing of it in combination with using “end of winter” and it having a direct connection to Jimin, it’s one of the pieces that to me indicates Jimin could be part of this whole puzzle that we find in Taehyung’s songs and the common themes used.
Another similarity Happy Christmas has to Spring Day in it’s lyrics is the use of “Never let go of my both hands” which as you know we have with “Wanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your hand”.
If Taehyung is singing about his own feelings for one particular person across many of his songs, and if these feelings are romantic, the fact that we have Happy Christmas and 4 o'clock in different ways be tied to Jimin becomes very significant. But of course it’s still possible for Taehyung to have these feelings and write about them and it being about someone else (or several others) as well, or it could be platonic feelings simply translated to sound more romantic in the songs.
I also think we need to remember how Jimin himself said the year before Tae started to write Happy Christmas that he would like to give a song as a Christmas present to the one he loves.
The fact that Taehyung made a romantic sounding Christmas song that he wanted to sing with Jimin, but that also got denied because of them both being men and the lyrics “not being fit” for them to sing together, should not be understated. Especially since it clearly meant enough for Taehyung to talk about it, twice. And also because of the timing of it and the way it works very well with how Taehyung talks about both Jimin and often the person present in his other songs.
It also works very well with the themes of being together “but apart” or hiding parts of themselves from the world until the time is right, since Christmas is something that they will have, but doesn’t seem to have yet. Just as in Spring Day it depicts waiting for better times. Taehyung is mostly positive in the song and when describing this other person, and maybe it is just the English translation, but to me it seems Christmas is what happens when they finally come together.
Promise
Though I know Promise being connected to Spring Day is a stretch and I don’t want to downplay the meaning Jimin has given behind the lyrics I will mention some things very briefly. Following with the themes of night/day, light/dark and winter/spring we could find some similarities in Jimin’s song lyrics.
I want you to be your light, baby
You should be your light
So that you won't be in pain
So you can smile
I want you to be your night, baby
You could be your night
I'll be honest with you tonight
You're hurting too 'cause you're mine
I just want to blow your mind
We're drifting apart again
"I don't feel it" That's what I say
But to be honest that's not it
Promise is a song of fear and doubt but also hope and wanting to be able to stand alone and be happy. It’s also directed towards another person who seems to struggle and Jimin is asking them to be their own light and night. Which if put with 4 o’clock’s ambiguous relationship to the night makes the lyrics quite interesting. Even with Happy Christmas where Taehyung is waiting for the winter to end and the person with him being brighter, could in context of Promise feel like it is Jimin’s hope that Taehyung won’t just, well, wait for him and a better time. But to find his own joy and comfort and happiness even in the night outside of this other person (in this case Jimin). He is also reassuring the other person that he too is affected, even if he tries not to be.
The song doesn’t have any real direct connections to Spring Day, but for the full context I decided to include it. Mostly because of the night and light themes being so common over their songs and because of the difficulties described in the “relationship” and having to be apart but acting strong and being independent. For me Promise tells us about a want and strive to have a healthy relationship with loving yourself and standing on your own, but that could also be about encouraging someone you love and providing them with hope while also being vulnerable and sorry towards them.
Of course there are other things that could connect Promise to Vmin, not the least the cover photo being taken by Taehyung, but that’s something you can read more on in my other analysis (Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections).
The timing of Promise could also be rather interesting as apparently Jimin got the idea for the concept of using a Promise during the New York Citi Field concert on October 6th 2018 (Where Taehyung also mentions a promise to ARMY in the ending ment (video). This was the day after Taehyung’s vlive where he talked about the Christmas song for the first time, which was also the same day Jimin showed off his phone cover made by Taehyung with the Serendipity reference (Fungus) for the first time.
Anyways, Promise could be outside of this theory since most of it is based on Taehyung and his repeating themes, but it does fit to some degree so who knows. Of course the timing of when Promise was written also matches with when Taehyung wrote another song of his.
Scenery
Now, Scenery is an interesting song for sure, but I can’t bring up all there is to it in this post, so again I suggest reading my other song analysis before anything. The most important part is that it seems to reference the particular scene in 4 o’clock that we know is connected to Jimin, meaning the park at dawn “In the park of the early morning, I have my feelings now”. It also brings up the theme of longing and hoping to make the other person his and having a better future together. Let’s look at the lyrics that fit with Spring Day.
In the streets full of flowers
I see you today too
So, first of all the flowers is a very common theme and the “street full of flowers” or “flower road” is of course something else BTS uses a lot in various songs and messages. It’s about being on a happy and successful road together, and hoping for things to be better.
Taehyung said in his Festa 2019 profile "Receive more scars and be happier than anyone else, no matter what life you are living. Only walk steps where the scenery is nice” and some say this is of similar meaning to using the expression flower road. Scenery in itself could be a hint or hope or wish towards a happier life with this other person that he wants to pull closer and be his or to simply see things from the bright side when possible.
If we take Taehyung more literally, it could be that the person he sings about is also a person he associates with his “street full of flowers” being a place, which could point at his career. I say this mostly because he says “In this street full of flowers, I see you today too”. Of course it could also mean ARMY or something like that, but considering the song has a possible connection to 4 o’clock, Jimin is not an impossible option. Taehyung also used “let’s walk on the flower road together” in his letter to Jimin in Bon Voyage 2 (2017). He wants the two of them to be happy together. So as in many cases when it comes to themes or expressions in Taehyung’s songs this is yet another one which he has at least used directly with Jimin.
Scenery of course also has a moon and night theme. Like I said Taehyng specifically mentions dawn again, which could be a throwback to 4 o’clock.
In the park of the early morning
I have my feelings now
That park seem to be important, and we also hear Taehyung say he has his feelings, which I interpret as him being very sure of what he feels compared to before. We also know since before that a park is a place he associates with Jimin, besides the direct connection to the dumpling fight. Personally it wouldn’t be too weird if that night in the park was important enough for Taehyung to keep referencing it.
Illuminated by the moon
Listen to the film
Collect a moonlight piece
I'll make the lights
He is making his own light too by this point just like Jimin might have wanted him to in Promise. He has regrets, but all in all he seems to be in the night but having hope for the future and wishing to make the other person his. However they are not together, it's simply Taehyung expressing his own side and his wishes. Scenery is also written in a way that can be seen as more romantic.
I still wonder wonder beautiful story
Still wonder wonder best part
I still wander wander next story
I want to make you mine
If you leave footprints
I'll keep it warm
I'll stay in black and white
He also sings about the other person leaving footprints, and about keeping something warm. I think this might mean he is staying close, following this person, but as I said they are not together at this time. It could also indicate another winter theme, though more subtle in the lyrics. But at the start of Scenery there is the sound of walking in snow and what is likely a train approaching, which I honestly think is meant to be a throwback to Spring Day.
As the first song Taehyung released that is all his own, I think it’s of great importance. It is another song about longing and it's also about wondering about the future, so while it might not have many lyrical similarities to Spring Day, it does have a thematic one.
Honestly besides the night and moon themes and possible connections to 4 o’clock, the most interesting Spring Day connections for Scenery are not in the lyrics. Just keep in mind the longing in Scenery, the hope for the future to change and the connection to 4 o’clock and possibly Jimin.
We have some direct references to Spring Day that Taehyung included in regards to Scenery which I have talked about to some extent in my Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections post. I also want to mention that Promise and Scenery were written and released very close to each other and while I didn’t bring up Promise and Spring Day comparisons in detail there are some similarities there in the stories as well. For example, about the love/hate relationship and using night. But generally some themes can be so vague or common they could just as easily mean nothing. (This is why we might want to be careful with seeing something in everything, because sometimes it’s easy to make connections that might not be intended at all.)
But let’s go back to Scenery and Spring Day as it’s not just about similarities in theme or lyrics. Some of the direct links Taehyung used are the backside of his cover being the landscape from where the ending scene of Spring Day was filmed and the release time teaser for Scenery being posted with a picture of the train station used in Spring Day. This is of course also why I feel rather confident about the sounds of walking in snow and the train bell being there as Spring Day references.
The time for the release of the teaser photo with the picture from the scenery of Spring Day was possibly related to 4 o’clock as the time when the tweet was sent 6:09 was the same as the date 4 o’clock was released.
The fact that Scenery is about the importance of photographs and what feelings they carry should also not be ignored, so since Taehyung used two different pictures from Spring Day to promote Scenery it likely has a purpose and meaning behind it.
Also the name of the train station in Spring Day was Iryeong/Ilyeong station, which translates to 1 (il) and 0 (yeong) which also matches the time 10 o’clock when Taehyung released Scenery. Meaning they do pay attention to details on purpose at some points, we just can’t know for sure when.
It might be nothing but considering that the name of the station is basically 10 and Jimin tweeted two days before the release of Taehyung’s teaser (on the 28th of January) saying “10:13 o’clock” which is basically “Jimin o’clock”, I wanted to mention it. Jimin also tweeted a picture of him and Taehyung before the release of the song and a lot of other possible Vmin things you can read about in my bigger analysis Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections.
Still, for Scenery we get a very obvious connection and two links back to Spring Day with the photos posted. The photography theme and the sound of walking in snow could also be worth taking into account. On top of that we have the continued similar narrative about wanting to be with this other person and wondering what the future might bring for them. It’s a romantic song, and it has direct connections to Spring Day while also matching many other themes Taehyung has used.
Winter Bear
Winter Bear of course has the theme of winter. But much like Happy Christmas it’s depiction of winter is a lot happier (though in Happy Christmas it was not the winter itself that was happy, but rather making Christmas when they finally get to be together). We have hope and the person Taehyung is singing about is able to sleep. I want to contrast this to earlier in Singularity and of course in Spring Day when they talk about “sleepless nights”. Following Scenery we get something that could indicate a comfortableness and acceptance of the night even further. Again, assuming night and winter have indicated difficult times we here instead see something like being content or even happy with the night/winter.
She looks like a blue parrot
Would you come fly to me?
I want some good day, good day, good day
Good day, good day
Looks like a winter bear
You sleep so happily
I wish you a good night, good night, good night
We have the sense of it being a lullaby, and it references both winter and sleeping, but again in a very sweet and positive light, for at least one of the two. They are not together, but Taehyung once again wonders if the other person would come to him. We also have a person being directly connected to the winter.
He is also happy to let them sleep. The Winter Bear lyrics point out how the other person is sleeping happily and Taehyung of course also uses "I wish you a good night" while also saying he wants a Good Day. Similar to 4 o’clock, we still have the night be some sort of comfort for at least one person, but it’s clear that Taehyung wants and wishes for a good day.
Going from Spring Day’s “And how many sleepless nights do I have to spend” to “You sleep so happily” this is a possible change in narrative that I think we see more of moving forward as well. We have started to move away from the sleepless nights. However, since Taehyung is watching another person sleep it is very possible his nights are still sleepless, but that he still wishes the other a good night and seems happy to see them sleep. He talks about imagining this other person saying Hello to him and how basically when they are together the bad days are nothing. Once again there is this person in Taehyung’s life that seems to brighten it simply by being with him. Maybe it’s ARMY, but there is also Jimin who starts off “Friends” with “Hello my alien” and whom Taehyung often talk about helping him cope with his difficulties.
Another possible interpretation is that Winter Bear is literally describing a period of hibernation. That during this period of winter it’s basically a period of being “on hold”, and they are simply waiting for spring to come.
Further there is also a direct connection between Winter Bear and Spring Day, believe it or not. The Day after Taehyung released Winter Bear he went on weverse and quoted Namjoon's part in Spring Day about there being Winter in august. Winter Bear was released in August you see.
The line about “Winter in August” if you can recall was a movie reference in Spring Day from a romantic drama named Christmas in August.
The movie also kind of has an emphasis on taking photos and capturing moments in time, so maybe that’s something Taehyung could like and relate to as well. With the whole theme of taking photos and how much it means to Taehyung and his storytelling I also keep thinking that Jimin using photos taken by Taehyung on the cover of Promise and Jimin posting a photo of him and Tae before the release of Scenery might have a bigger importance than what we might think.
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Further it’s possible the scene of Taehyung walking in the Winter Bear MV could be meant to evoke the similar-looking scene with Jimin in Spring Day. Though that is definitely a stretch with nothing except similarity to lean on.
Credits to @haruzday on twitter
Winter Bear doesn’t really have any big direct connection to Jimin, except that we know that Jimin loves the song a lot and promoted it very much, and in a way that felt it might mean a lot to him too. You can of course read about this in Vmin - Winter Bear analysis. But there is the cover having two bears that Jimin gifted Taehyung, and the fact that Jimin has used the song as a lullaby. Which matches with the “you sleep so happily” theme. We have as I mentioned moved away from the sleepless nights at least partly or for one of the two friends.
Taehyung still wishes for a good day, a better and happier future for him and this other person, but he also wishes them a good night.
Friends
You might not have thought much of it, but Friends actually has a few similarities to Spring Day that are quite obvious. First there is of course the actual friend theme we have in Spring Day “How much longing should we see snowing down. To have the days of spring, Friend” and “You know it all. You’re my best friend. The morning will come again”.
But we also have “You know it all” from Spring Day which fits with Friends’ lyrics “I know everything about you. We gotta trust each other” and perhaps most importantly “Longer than seven summers and cold winters. Longer than numerous promises and memories” which of course matches very well with Vmin being caught together in the cold winter, waiting for spring to come for a long time during some difficult periods they have gone through together.
Lastly we also have ”For eternity, keep staying here, stay” which have a similar message as the end of Spring Day with “Please stay, please stay there a little longer”. Vmin are just like the friends in Spring day reaching out and asking the other person to stay. Though in Friends this request has turned into wanting to be together for eternity. In Friends they also finally seem to be together in some sense, even though there could be a wish for more hidden in there.
Looking at the lyrics and message of Friends it's possible that we have come to a change in their perspective. They are ok to wait in the night or winter. But they also promise to be together and hope for the other person to stay beside them. "One day when this cheer dies down, stay". Meaning in this case they want to be together after their careers as idols. If we can include Friends in the whole narrative, it seems they are sure of their want to be together, though they are still asking the other to stay.
If we consider romantic feelings being involved I would say they could be waiting for the right time to be together as something else than best friends. Considering it's from Jimin it could even possibly be considered a reply to Taehyung's uncertainties. And going from their wondering and confusion and longing they are now more patient and might have found some middle-ground way to cope. It could also literally be seen as a promise between them to be together. Being together as Friends and waiting is the dawn they share while they wait for the morning. It’s a metaphorical spring in winter, instead of the winter in August, because even if they haven’t actually reached spring together they are together now and content enough to wait together. Or perhaps spring is getting closer and they don’t mind the winter as much now when they know they are at least waiting together and want the same thing.
The line in Friends about "we are each other's mystery, is that why it is even more special" could also be an indicator that some "hidden" or even "forbidden" aspect of their relationship might have made it special. There could be a fear in what would change if anything actually happened or if they would be allowed to openly be together. Hence looking forward to the next song, Sweet Night, the hesitation to pull the other closer and how the night is something sweet even though it might have been their "only way" as ships in the night.
Having used these lines in Friends is of course possible on it’s own, and doesn’t have to connect to the other songs just because of similar themes, but there are possible connections and even if they could be nothing I don’t think they are to be dismissed either.
While not in the lyrics we also have them holding hands in the performance of Friends, which of course also matches with “I want to go to the other side of Earth, holding your hand.”
Either way we know the feelings they have for each other are strong, and that they consider each other soulmates that want to be together even after BTS. They express their love for each other very often and in ways that are rather unusual for a platonic relationship (though obviously not impossible) and no matter what those feelings are they clearly love each other a lot. For a longer analysis on the song and all the references to Vmin’s memories, check out Vmin analysis - “Friends”.
Sweet night
Sweet Night is yet another song about night, and how Taehyung can’t sleep. “On my pillow. Can't get me tired”. He still has those sleepless nights that the friends in Spring Day suffer from. We also see the longing there “And would it be alright if I pulled you closer”, with some hesitance to do so, as he doesn’t seem to know if it’s ok or not. Even so, we can definitely tell by the title alone that the night in itself truly isn’t something he hates, but rather the opposite. The night is after all sweet. It carries hope, even though the lyrics indicate a lot of uncertainties.
It’s also significant that Taehyung is saying that he is “Sharing my fragile truth” with this song. To me more and more it seems like he has tried in many of his songs to tell us different pieces of the same complex story that he is trying to understand.
Sweet night being a song by Taehyung released right after Friends is on it’s own quite a lot. Of course this means the theme of best friends used in Sweet Night “I'm wondering. Are you my best friend” is relevant both in relation to Spring Day and possibly to Jimin because of the timing and how Taehyung has literally named Jimin his one and only best friend, many times even.
In the song Taehyung has questions, and as in other songs like Scenery he is wondering about the past and the future with this person. He is also describing them as ships in the night, which makes us wonder if perhaps they are a product of the night only. Like the children of the moon in 4 o’clock the sun and day might not be for them. I think him wondering if he can pull this person closer could be about being more open and stepping out into the light. If you’ve read my post Sweet Night - Song analysis you might be aware I think the song is very unsure, and I think it’s possible the narrative could be about the past or possibly about still treading the line between friends and more despite knowing his own feelings. Taehyung might be wondering if there is something there between him and this other person, as he seems to think the other person might feel the same as him, though he isn’t sure.
I’m wondering
Are you my best friend
Feel’s like a river’s rushing through my mind
I wanna ask you
If this is all just in my head
My heart is pounding tonight
I wonder
If you
Are too good to be true
And would it be alright if I
Pulled you closer
How could I know
One day I’d wake up feeling more
What I want to say about Sweet Night is that we by now know it’s personal. Most of us already thought so, even though it wasn’t confirmed, thanks to the interview Tae and Namjoon had right around the song’s release.
However, him singing a romantic song about feelings changing for a best friend in combination with the way he is with Jimin is on it’s own significant for the whole picture. Especially since we now know that it was a personal song that was originally supposed to be on Taehyung’s mixtape.
The lullabys and Tae’s inability to sleep properly are definitely a recurring theme for his songs. I still don’t know about the timing of Taehyung’s feelings, but honestly if we consider a Vmin perspective it could work with being something Taehyung felt around the time of the dumpling fight, as he might have realized his feelings changing. Meaning the actual scenario in the song with “how could I know one day I would wake up feeling more” could be based on older realization, but the sentiment of wanting to be with this person and pulling them closer could still be his current feelings.
Taehyung openly telling us that it is a personal song, and the contents of the song being romantic sounding, has now opened up discussions of his love life. I wonder if he is aware of this and if he simply doesn't care what his fans might think and speculate about at this point.
Inner Child
I debated if I should talk about Inner Child or not, but in the end decided to at least mention the lyrics. We have no idea if this is just a case of Tae having a preference for these words, expressions or themes, but he certainly uses them a lot.
Tonight, if I reach my hand to yours
Can you hold that hand?
I'll become you
You just have to look at my galaxies
Be showered with all those stars
I'll give you my world
The lights illuminating your eyes
You kind of have the giving my world and “I’ll become you” which we have seen in Serendipity’s “You are me, I am you”, “My angel, my world” and the whole extra bridge in the full version:
Come to my side now
So we can become one
I don't want to let go- no
Do I just have to treasure it
Although you say nothing I feel it
There are many more stars
Together we're flying
It's never over
Don't be nervous and grab my hand
Cause now we are one
Let me love you
So we have Jimin asking the other person to let him love them, and we have him asking them to come to his side which matches with Spring Day’s “I want to go to the other side of Earth, holding your hand, put an end to winter” and then again with some of the lyrics in Inner Child about reaching out a hand and becoming one.
Besides the reaching out his hand theme being in Spring Day we have seen Taehyung use it in Happy Christmas, Snow Flower and Blue & Grey. Snow Flower also has the “I'll give you the world (I'll give it to you)”. But since this song is meant to be about Taehyung’s younger self, perhaps this is a good example of how he can use similar themes simply because he likes them and not because the songs are necessarily connected or about another particular person.
Honestly, if it weren’t for Taehyung telling us that Inner Child is about and to himself, I would see this as a very LGBT+ friendly song about realizing your feelings for someone and taking the chance and acting on them. Likewise I could even make a case for the lyrics of Filter together with Inner Child, but if anything it might just show how anything can be made to fit if you just look for connections.
Inner Child: We gon' change.
Filter: We’ll become a new us
It’s just funny how both songs uses a lot of similar words, and “we” when referring to themselves and how they will change, but in the end I felt it wasn’t enough to include Filter.
Songs like Inner Child and Blue and Grey are songs I wouldn’t normally use in a Vmin context, but I decided to include both as a way to show the similar themes, and as an example of me perhaps reading too much into all the lyrical connections.
Blue & Grey
There are of course also some references in “Blue & Grey” which I briefly want to mention, especially since it was supposed to be a song on Taehyung’s solo album. I know it’s about burn-out (very relatable) and Taehyung’s feelings of sadness. But the lyrics still work very well in the full narrative and seemingly include a second person (or ARMY) that helps him.
I just wanna be happier
Melt me, I’m cold
I’ve reached out my hand countless times
I still feel my heart
Breathe faster like when
I walked on the cold winter streets
Don't say you're fine
'Cause you're not
Please don't leave me alone, it hurts too much
Please feel the warmth in my hands
They're cold, that's why I need more of you
I think you can quickly see how the cold, the melting and the reaching out of the hand are lyrics we have seen before from Taehyung. Most recently in Snow Flower of course “Feel the warmth next to me. Hold me with your cold and soft hands” and where he directly references Blue & Grey “Your warmth will melt my blue and grey away”. Not only does it fit with Taehyung’s other song, but he has literally told us Jimin’s smile can take away his blue feelings, and that Jimin is the warmest person that he knows.
We once again have this theme of hands as in Happy Christmas “Never let go of my both hands” and of course in Spring Day “Wanna get to the other side of the earth, holding your hand”. I think that Taehyung has an image of the story he wants to tell as he seems to on purpose leave a lot of references back and forth between several of his songs. Or at the very least seem to be thinking a lot of similar things as tells his stories in his songs.
With the holding of hands and needing the warmth of the other we also see once again that what has changed is that they are together in the winter. They can endure the cold despite the hurt, but only together. Taehyung needs the other person next to him, he wants to hold their (also cold) hand because that is what he says will help him feel happier.
Don't say you're fine
'Cause you're not
Is also quite matching as a sentiment towards Jimin's lyrics in Promise "I say that it's all okay. The truth is, it doesn’t seem so". I know Yoongi wrote this line, but Taehyung did like it enough to even change parts of the song to match it. It also ended up being the part that Vmin harmonized together.
Further in Blue and Grey we also have the very end of it.
After secretly taking back words floating in the air
I now fall asleep at dawn, good night
Once again in Taehyung’s style he also seems to leave a hint that this is a personal song and his feelings. As with “Sharing my fragile truth” in Sweet Night and later “I'll sing this song” in Snow Flower. Of course he has also told us it’s personal, but I mean he likes to include hints in his songs about it being his thoughts.
Not only are there words he is secretly taking back, but they are floating in the air. Of course this doesn’t have to be a Spring Day reference, but it does fit Jimin’s part “Like the tiny dust, tiny dust floating in the air”. It also feels like Vmin. The way Taehyung has over the years mentioned Jimin in various ways or even told us about how some of his songs are connected to Jimin. The words are out there floating in the air, but revealed in small doses, sometimes even getting backtracked as when Namjoon removed the part about Jimin in his 4 o’clock message. It's all out there but not explicitly. Taehyung expresses his feelings but takes it back, secretly. To me even if this isn't about Jimin it does indicate there are things Taehyung wants to say, and even does say, but that he has to be careful about.
Then there is the fact that Taehyung finally falls asleep and can tell us all good night himself. He really loves the night and has used the theme very much in several of his songs. He finally seems to be at some peace.
He also directly references dawn. Which feels like it could have a connection to 4 o'clock and Taehyung's feelings and in extension Jimin. Once again the dawn, somewhere between the night and the morning, seems to be where they are the most at peace. Similar to my interpretation of 4 o'clock in my very first song analysis, this in between moment is the place they have now and finally Tae is able to fall asleep somewhat content.
However, I don’t know how much of the song was changed from the original, so I also think we need to acknowledge the lyrics of Taehyung’s original version of Blue & Grey including more sombre words (if the translation is correct):
I just wanna be happier
Baby don't let me go
I feel tired in the winter sky
Wish I could be stronger...
This makes the song both romantic, includes the theme of winter and has Taehyung express worry about the other person letting go and that he wishes he was stronger in this whole ordeal. All very fitting in the full narrative if we consider Vmin and their songs pointing at the struggles of wanting something they can’t truly have right now. For example having to be only friends at the moment.
I really have no clue if Blue & Grey is or was meant to be a possible Vmin song, but if there is a cohesive narrative that Taehyung is taking parts from to use in his songs it wouldn’t really surprise me if he at least sees Jimin as a comfort in his difficult times, similar to as when he wrote 4 o’clock.
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So while this song is not only Taehyung’s and has been changed a lot, I still felt the sentiment in it (together with the earlier version) was interesting for this possible narrative that Taehyung has someone he loves and wants to be with. It could be ARMY, it could be someone else, but it also works with Jimin in particular.
Christmas love
I have yet to write a proper analysis of Christmas love and Snow Flower, so I might have gone into a bit more than just things related to Spring Day. But the most important theme is the thing both songs have in common with each other and with Spring Day, which is of course the winter and cold and what it could mean to them.
If we look at some of the lyrics from Jimin’s Christmas love and how much he cherishes the snow and Christmas in a very romantic way, if there are connections between the themes it could further point at how “winter” has become something that is theirs and that they cherish. So let’s say winter and snow and cold represents not being together, hiding and difficult times at first, then the view might now have shifted and that while they are together in difficult times, they do have each other. Maybe not fully in the way they want, but with the promise of a future together. Just as the night now seems sweet, the winter is happy as we see with the Christmas season.
In Christmas love “For me who's been waiting for you, Could you stay a little bit longer?” We once again have the theme of staying and waiting for someone (though in Jimin’s song it seems to be about waiting for winter/Christmas, but it doesn’t always have to be about a singular thing).
For me this could bear similar meaning as the night vs. day references of being together and having each other in the dark, while being blinded and scared of the light. Even though they do wish for being together in the day or spring, the dark and winter is what they have now and they in a way cherish that too simply because they go through it together. (We are each other’s mystery, is that what makes it more special?)
Just as with Promise, this song’s possible connection will be much more vague and possibly coincidence. In particular since it is after all a Christmas song and having snow as a theme won’t be weird at all. But, it does fit very well with the transition from winter being harsh, to now having come to love it and even looking forward to parts of it. We also can’t completely ignore that both Jimin and Taehyung did write a Christmas song each, releasing them right after each other. Especially after Taehyung letting us know about his original Christmas song and how he wasn’t allowed to sing it with Jimin.
Let’s see some of the more particular similarities.
Oh I been waitin' for this Christmas Day
My heart is already on this white street
It snowed in my dream last night
You've been waiting all day under the covers
We once again have waiting and if we look at the difference between the narrative in Spring Day and this song, we have gone from “Time’s so cruel, I hate us” to “I hope today lasts forever”. Similar to going from waiting for spring or the morning to finding some happiness in the winter and the night, we can suspect that the waiting either has changed or that they have come more to terms with the time and state they currently are in. Jimin sings later again that he has been waiting. “I've been waiting for. Today it's Christmas Day”. There is both a “I’ve been” and a “you’ve been” waiting which also makes the waiting from two perspectives.
We have the mention of a street, but now instead of a flower road it is a white one. Jimin’s heart is in winter, and he associates snow and Christmas with something positive, similar to Taehyung in Happy Christmas or even Winter Bear.
We also have the theme of sleeping and dreaming. If we include the perspective of Winter Bear here it also aligns with Jimin being the one seemingly able to sleep but Taehyung having trouble (or at least being more honest with letting it show). There is also waiting under the covers. It seems possible Jimin could be dreaming and sleeping while Taehyung still has trouble sleeping, but has come to appreciate the night nonetheless. In both the cases of night and winter the tone has gradually gone from sadness and longing, to acceptance and love.
If anyone is listening to me
Will you let the time stop now?
Christmas I love you
Like the white snow
Fallen snow
You come down on my day
Christmas I love you
Oh, you're the one
I hope today lasts
Forever
To be honest, I'm afraid you'll leave
Because today is short
I've been waiting for you all this time
Can you stay with me a little bit longer?
There is also some insecurity, in having waited for so long, now they are afraid it will end too soon. Something we also see in Spring Day with the “Yes I hate you, you left me. But I never stopped thinking about you, not even a day” but we also know both songs end up with the perspective of wanting to be together.
Once again we see the use of “stay” which can relate back to both Spring Day and Friends. Same with forever. But all in all considering the feeling of wanting time to stop, there really is a huge difference over time. It’s like the waiting is almost over, even though they still seem to be in Winter.
What we hear in the lyrics is that Jimin wants this to last, to stop time, and be together forever. Using “you are the one” also makes it feel more like a romantic declaration than simply just loving the Christmas season in itself. But we also have to keep in mind this is Jimin’s song, and most songs have been Taehyung’s. So perhaps it’s not part of the same changing narrative at all, but is simply something unrelated that Jimin wrote. (Again, most songs could be argued to be to or about ARMY).
Jimin said this when the song was released:
I do find it a little odd how he speaks about hiding his emotions, though I guess it could simply be him being a bit embarrassed to share his “childish” thoughts and emotions with us or the struggles he feels in regards to not being able to perform and meet fans. It’s also funny how he talks about wanting to turn back time to simpler days of his childhood. But at the very least this shows that BTS certainly can get inspiration and sing about things they have felt that they aren’t feeling or experiencing any more.
As for Jimin’s message about the song it seems straightforward enough, but with the way a magazine phrased it I couldn’t help but include it.
“BTS’s Jimin is doing his bit to brighten up everyone’s Christmas by dropping a special festive song. On Christmas Eve, the K-pop star released his solo effort Christmas Love, in the hopes that ARMYs would embrace their inner children around the holidays. The sweet song is all about Jimin’s memories of Christmas, and is packed full of jingle bells for that festive feel. After dropping the surprise song, Jimin shared a blog post for ARMYs explaining the inspiration behind Christmas Love.”
Obviously this is just one person’s comment on the song and doesn’t actually mean anything, but considering Taehyung has his song Inner Child (and that Jimin has said that Taehyung still has that innocence of a child) I just thought it was a fun little anecdote.
I remind you that Jimin himself back in 2016 also said he wanted to sing a Christmas song as a gift to the one he loves. Accidentally saying "we" and also matching well with Taehyung starting to write a Christmas song for them to sing together. That same Christmas they also released a clip each of them singing a Christmas song with Jimin's being a reply to Taehyung's.
In the end it’s the timing and the repeated themes of “stay” and “waiting” that he talks about in a way that sounds rather romantic that fits this narrative the most.
Snow Flower
Just as Happy Christmas and Christmas love this song has a positive attitude towards the winter and of course Christmas itself. We can tell that we are in winter, but they are in both songs fairly content with that at this point.
Hey snow
It's coming today
What else should I prepare?
I’m ready to greet you, ok (Ok)
Grey is
Fallin' on the canvas
You can just cover it white
I'll give you the world (I'll give it to you)
In this cold season
You are my special event
Your warmth will melt
My blue and grey away (o-o-oh)
What we see is that Taehyung is ready. Ready for the cold and accepting of the snow. He says this other is their special event and their “warmth will melt my blue and grey away”. It’s this other that helps him through the cold, makes him ready to greet it and makes it all special. It’s very similar to the sentiment of Happy Christmas where it’s the two of them together that basically makes Christmas. We can also see that the white will cover the grey, so we literally have him getting comfort out of the snow and winter at this point if we put the songs together.
We also have lyrics like “I'll give you the world (I'll give it to you) In the cold season” which could honestly represent the same thing as in Spring Day, with the cold season being the time of difficulties. (We also have him use a similar line in Inner Child which is partly why I decided to include it: I'll give you my world)
But they are in this together, which means that if Taehyung is inspired by Spring Day and the theme of winter being a difficult time, he has in his songs (Winter Bear, Happy Christmas and Snow Flower) managed to find even happiness and beauty in this difficult time. In particular together with this possible other special person.
Christmas without you would just not be Christmas at all
Bright mistletoes up above us, it's just you and me
(I love you)
Just as in 4 o’clock it’s just “you and me” there in the song. And just like in Happy Christmas, it’s definitely a romantic sentiment. If we look at it in a possible timeline, perhaps Christmas is the last step before we come into the actual spring. But at this point or at least in these songs, it seems there is no hurry to leave. Christmas is basically being happy and finding something good in the middle of winter. We also see that to Taehyung this happy time exists because of this other person being there. Which works well with Winter being harsh turning into a Happy Christmas simply because of this other person.
When the world is full of white flowers
May our times be more special (eh-e)
When time is standing still
May these flowers fall on your sad smile (e-e-eh)
We can see that not all is happy, but perhaps something in between? He describes a sad smile and it really seems Taehyung and this other person have a difficult time but being together helps them. We have white flowers falling and metaphorically or not it reminds us of the snow in Spring Day perhaps being mistaken for flowers. The flowers are now falling in winter in Taehyung’s song. We also have Taehyung hope for their time in winter to be more special, which again could match with Friends' "We are each other’s mystery, is that why it’s even more special". They have each other to warm each other up in the cold season now.
When the world turns beautifully white
I'll spread those fading colors with you
There's a lot of white angels here and there this year
Take a deep breath and look at those flowers that look like you
Feel the warmth next to me
Hold me with your cold and soft hands
I'll keep you safe
Let the white snow fall on us forever
An alternative translation “I'll let the white snow fall forever with you”. If we all put these songs together, it’s really possible that by now Taehyung has accepted and doesn't mind the cold winter seasons as long as they get to be together in some way. He will keep them safe, away from the suffocating sun. Just as "Christmas without you would just not be Christmas at all" he needs this person with him to be happy in the winter even if it's in a way he doesn't want or at least isn’t the ideal way he would wish for. If we talk about keeping another person safe it also of course matches with Serendipity’s “You're my penicillium, saving me, saving me. My angel, my world” which again has a direct line between Vmin because of Taehyung’s choice of contact name for Jimin. (You could also go back to Lie and Stigma, but I won’t in this post as I have talked about it before.)
He is by now happy to be with this person forever, even with the snow falling. Again, remember the use of snow falling in Spring Day and how they wish it will be flowers falling instead? “How much longing should we see snowing down” and “Maybe it’s cherry blossoms and this winter will be over” but here Taehyung thinks it’s more ok for the white snow to fall forever and there are still flowers present.
Did you see the snow?
Like your eyes
Believe in Santa Claus?
I'll take away
A warm gift with you
Every time this season comes, like the tip of your nose, let's
Fall in love
I'm just feeling
Stay by my side
I'll match your footsteps
I'll sing this song
(You make me wanna be a better man)
Once again you also have it clear it’s a romantic song, and once again we also hear the plea of staying, like in Spring Day and Friends (and Christmas Love). I also think the line of the footsteps could be a possible link to this line in Scenery “If you leave footprints I’ll keep it warm” and about the two now being side by side instead of one following the other trying to reach them.
(A small detail here is that the line “You make me wanna be a better man” could likely be from the movie “As good as it gets”, and while it’s not part of the main story or connected to the quote, there is a secondary character who is gay man; an artist that has a small dog. I mean it’s probably more of a stereotype of the time but I wanted to include it.)
I think you can see the overall changes matches no matter if we talk about night, winter, waiting or being together. We have gone from being apart to being together and from being sad about winter to finding some joy in it. There is sadness there, and they know it, but they can still give each other some happiness and warmth.
When the world is full of white flowers
May our feelings grow deeper and deeper
May the flowers land on your smile
Below the streetlamp frozen in time (Yeah-e)
There is also a mention of a smile, and together with holding hands that is another one of Taehyung’s favorites to include. He has it in Happy Christmas where it is also seemingly under a light, though not specifically a streetlamp “Under the light, at your smile, the stars are shy”.
The flowers are now white, and possibly instead of hoping the snow will be flowers, to them the snow really has become flowers even if we haven't gotten to spring. Basically their own spring is in the winter now. Or perhaps rather than waiting for spring the same way they have instead found their Christmas together. It's a change in perspective.
Looking at the cover art for Snow Flower we also see the boy protecting a purple flower from the snow, which matches with the lyrics “I'll keep you safe”. This might be a reach, but if the purple flower is to represent “I purple you” and someone that Taehyung wants to protect, we do have the possibility of that being Jimin because of his previous comments about “Not Tata” being the face of I purple you. Basically Jimin could be a person that represents the feeling of “I purple you” to Taehyung.
You can read more about it in my posts Tata and Jimin and Big Hit, BTS, Vmin and LGBT but in short Taehyung used to draw Jimin the way Tata looks, and in the vlive when he talked about Happy Christmas and how he couldn’t sing it with Jimin he also holds up a picture of “Not Tata” and says it’s the “face of I purple you”.
The flower in the cover is likely supposed to be a crocus, which is a purple flower that blooms early in spring when there is still snow left. I don’t know if it’s the same in Korea or if Taehyung is aware, but the meaning of the crocus is actually hope, and that “Winter will indeed end, and spring will come again...”
If so, the whole meaning of Snow Flower might indeed be to hold on as the season is about to change.
Before moving on I just want to point out that Jimin and Taehyung both released Christmas songs back to back, and a different translation of Snow Flower has the line “I’m gonna sing this song in step with you” and honestly if that translation is accurate it does seem like a possible nod to Jimin releasing a Christmas song at the same time. Which is also interesting since both Taehyung and Jimin seemed to hurry and write their Christmas songs and Jimin apparently wasn’t even sure he would make it on time at all.
Each of them also have the lyrics include “I love you” and “Will you let the time stop now?/When time is standing still.” along with the themes of waiting and this time being happy about the falling snow. Also of course asking the other to stay “Can you stay with me a little bit longer?” and “Stay by my side” which at least in sentiment matches with their feelings for each other as expressed in Friends.
Spring Day (Taehyung version)
Let’s also take a moment to look at Taehyung’s version of Spring Day, which was not used but which we have heard him mention and even play snippets of a few times. He seems to be really proud of it, and rather salty to be frank that they ended up using Namjoon’s version.
We have him tweet a short part of it on march 19th 2017. The same day he also had a vlive that is no longer available since it was only put on the vlive + channel where he played the version for the first time.
It’s also around the time they recorded their Spine Breaker MV (Tae plays the song in his vlive) while in Chile, aka Taehyung’s “if I am feeling blue your smile will cheer me up” period and in general just a height of Vmin moments. (Tae/kookers have a lot of theories here, but sharing a room was something Vmin did literally two days before this live so I am not sure it proves anything even if members are sharing rooms at this point).
This version is clearly romantic, and the lyrics are something like:
Remember that Spring Day, Don't Forget it
Remember your dreams, Don't Give up
I fallin' you, I fallin'
Cause maybe for your love (or forever?)
Cause baby for that love
Cause baby for love
Of course guide lyrics don’t have to mean much, and since he has mostly talked about making the melody I am not sure if the lyrics are even his or not. But it does at least show a somewhat romantic theme that also feels a bit similar to Tae’s “Happy Christmas” with “Hotter than coco, i'm fallin'”. I wanted to include it because Taehyung really does seem to use very romantic words and expressions in his songs quite consistently since 2017. But mostly because behind the scenes there was at least a time when Spring Day was romantic.
In his version we also have the possibility of Tae being of the perspective that they have promised each other spring and he doesn't want the other person to forget or give up on that dream. Or perhaps that they will focus on their careers and to reach their dreams but to remember their love and that waiting to be together is worth it. Imagine if they actually have promised each other to wait for a better time, after the cheers die down, and keep reminding each other of that promise and their wish to be together in their songs? Reassuring each other of their promises and asking the other to wait for them.
In Friends you also have them singing, reminding themselves of their promises and this section "Never forget. More than the plain “thank you”. You and me. Decided not to fight tomorrow for real."
So imagine if they use songs to express patience and the hardships of waiting while reassuring each other of their longing and promises. They want the other to remember what they are waiting for and why. Which also makes me look at Vmin singing "I remember" several times to each other during their shared part in Life goes on a bit differently. After all most of this post is about how they can relate to songs even if they aren't about them specifically.
In fact the whole lyrics to that song could easily be included in this analysis, which could point at it not being personal or at them really just liking to use these themes a lot. It also matches the lyrics of Friends and at this point I feel like I can just make almost all songs connect in one way or another. (Check out the lyrics if you want to know what I mean, because truly with the way all these other songs sound Life Goes On fits right in with them, even if the narrative becomes a bit odd.)
But, in short, considering their “numerus promises and memories” mentioned it Friends and in line with their songs it’s possible Vmin know what they want from each other, but are prepared to wait, and have finally started to find some good compromises with being stuck in a winter or night where they have to stay hidden or even apart to some extent. They have promises of the future, and they constantly remind themselves and each other to wait and to stay together.
Sleep
Before moving on to things outside their songs there is also the small unreleased teaser song Taehyung has shown us that might end up on his album that he posted on the morning (4.24 am) of the 21th of April 2021 that he captioned with “Sleep”. Here is the translation provided by @btstranslation7 on twitter.
The silent night approaches me
and when i look towards the window with an empty gaze
I see the clouds outside are still walking [in the sky]
and the ruffling of my bed covers
Slowly, slowly fades away
Slowly, slowly the night fades away
The night’s become warm and a comfort to me
Can I go to bed & sleep tonight?
May I lean my body on you now
I’m leaving to sing another story of mine
But I’ll be back again
May i lean my body on you, tonight
Day and night, I think of you
In my dream
I think you understand why I felt like I should include it, considering the night and sleeping theme. First as you see the general themes are all things we have seen many times, but we also have similarities with Jimin’s Christmas love with the line “You've been waiting all day under the covers”. Being under the covers could of course also be another possible metaphor for being hidden away in some form. If the ruffling of the sheet fades, and the night fades and Taehyung is finally able to lean his body on the other person and also fall asleep, there has for sure been a change.
This song speaking about the night fading away and how “the night’s become warm and a comfort to me” is very interesting. Because it basically tells the story I have suspected, with the change and progress over these songs and years. The night isn’t cold anymore and he asks if he can finally go to bed and sleep. It’s not a completely happy song, but it’s definitely a very positive progress. Just like the Winter having Christmas the night has warmth now. He also asks if he may lean his body on this other person, and it all just sounds like we are at a turning point. The waiting and the longing is in some sense over. They are here too just one small step away from being together properly and perhaps it’s the thought of them finally being together (in some form) that allows Taehyung to sleep.
The line "Day and night, I think of you" also makes me think of both Jimin's quote "In Taehyung's head there is only me" and that time Taehyung replied to a post on fan café asking "why aren't you sleeping?" with "so that Jimin can dream".
A reason this song is so interesting is also because of the “may I lean my body on you know”, because unlike many other of Taehyung’s songs this doesn’t feel as easily explained away as being about ARMY. Of course it could be that he misses being with the fans and adds those feelings in a more “romantic/sexual” setting of a one on one. But that line in combination with actually leaving the person in the night to go and sing tells a story I have a hard time seeing as something other than a wish from Taehyung about a particular person he wants to be with.
He also says he is leaving to “sing another story of mine” which also could indicate most of Taehyung’s songs are personal things he wants us to know and express as openly as possible. We can see a story, seemingly one story told in various ways over many songs in different times with different angles. But one story all the same; Taehyung’s story.
I think if we look at every song there are a substantial amount of similarities criss crossed between them. Once again it could simply be a certain love for the themes, but considering how well at least Taehyung’s songs match each other and how he has said several of them are personal, I think it’s very possible these songs could be about his feelings for the same person. Perhaps it’s just his love for ARMY or his struggles with fame and depression, but honestly there are many indications of there being a romantic love involved. It doesn’t have to be about Jimin even if it is romantic, but it does fit very well.
And that will be it for this part. I hope you enjoyed it even though it probably had a lot of repetition. Please reblog, like and comment to let me know your thoughts.
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Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 4
Since this analysis ended up being so long it has been divided in parts. This is part 4. If you haven’t read part 1, 2 or 3 yet I recommend doing so. This is the final part.
This started as a Spring Day analysis, but it has since grown immensely. I actually rather call it a thematic analysis or something, and while Spring Day is still at the core of it all, I go through many songs and details outside of Spring Day connections.
Taehyung obviously loves Spring Day a lot, and Jimin does too. It might seem weird to make a Vmin analysis out of Spring Day, but I just felt there was enough surrounding things to talk about. Even if they might be coincidence I do personally think they fit it very well with the other song theories I have made, and I have even mentioned Spring Day a few times before. As usual I suggest reading my other song analyses before you get into this one. You can find them all in My masterpost
I am going to talk mostly about connections that Taehyung has made and how he seems to use a lot of similar themes and references, but also things possibly connecting Vmin and Spring Day.
Lyrics and theme
Choreo and MV
Taehyung’s (and Jimin’s) love for Spring Day
Connections to Vmin’s songs
Overlapping themes
Other connections to Vmin
Taehyung's songs not being all he wants to say
Taehyung’s mixtape
Summary
In this part I will focus on Taehyung and things he has mentioned in regards to making songs. Mostly I will speculate about the mixtape and then there is a final summary of this series of posts and the things I found the most interesting to keep in mind.
This is the last part and also the shortest one. I’ve had a lot of fun writing this, so before anything I just want to say thank you all for reading, and hope that you found this analysis worth your time.
7 - Taehyung’s songs not being all he wants to say
This isn’t related to Vmin, but I also want to mention how it seems some songs of Taehyung might be a bit held back, or at least that he might not fully be able to express all he wants in them.
The first example is how Namjoon says this about 4 o’clock in his fan café post:
"Through this song, Taehyung may not be able to express all of his emotions, but I hope that we'll be able to express it as much as possible. I hope it is the closest expression of Taehyung's dawn!"
To me this all sounds like an important moment for Taehyung, with emotions he wanted to express. And Namjoon points out Taehyung might not be able to express "all of his emotions" as read in his fan café post. If this was all I might not react because I can understand it might be difficult for someone else to truly understand and fully express something that comes from someone else. For Stigma Namjoon also said it "sounds like Taehyung has his own story". But of course for most of their solo songs on Wings we didn’t get to hear all that much of the meaning behind them.
But somehow there are a few of these expressions and examples where it really seems like Taehyung might be held back somewhat, perhaps in particular when it comes to songwriting.
There is of course the Christmas song, and that is probably the most direct example. Even more so relevant from a Vmin perspective because it also touches on the subject of romantic expressions between Vmin because of the lyrics being “not fit for two men to sing” and being denied for that reason.
Then we also have the way Taehyung spoke about Sweet Night and Inner Child.
First in this Vlive with Namjoon, where he said he tends to write what he has felt himself when speaking about Inner Child.
In the same clip Taehyung also said it was difficult to get to express the things he wanted. That the staff had a hard time and that he wasn't able to realize what was in his mind. But it’s very difficult to say if this was about sound or lyrics/expression.
It’s really impossible to make a song analysis for Vmin and not reference other analysis of other songs at this point... But I’ve talked about Sweet Night before in Sweet Night - Song analysis and HERE.
But then he later on also confirmed in an interview that Sweet Night in particular was meant for his mixtape, and thus not meant for the drama. Once again it’s a song that starts from Taehyung’s feelings.
We know that Taehyung likes to write things he has felt, and we know he has sometimes seemingly had struggles to express those things. I don’t know if these other examples (except with Happy Christmas) are more about being unable to express it because he doesn’t know how, but it could also be him not being able to express certain things.
Because then there is the "Tone it down" comment he apparently got to hear from Bang PD which Taehyung mentioned in relation to the making of BE when talking about his own mixtape.
Yoongi brings up a valid question, because while we know that Blue & Grey is a song that talks about Tae’s hardships and that BTS in general can bring up “darker” topics. We don’t know if this was a comment on a particular song or if Tae had several and we have no clue to what kind of details they might want Taehyung to tone down. I do know many (not just Vminies) have wondered if it might be LGBT+ related, but again we only have speculations here.
Speaking of LGBT+ I also can’t help but notice that there are 3 possible LGBT+ references in Taehyung’s songs. The first and most obvious being the lyric reference to the movie Moonlight in 4 o’clock, secondly the cover of Confessions of a mask seemingly being used as inspiration for imagery in Singularity, and thirdly the “You make me want to be a better man” line from Snow Flower being a possible reference from the movie As good as it gets. On top of this there is of course Happy Christmas basically being denied because it’s romantic lyrics that isn’t “fit” for Vmin to sing together.
I think that the music Taehyung makes is very important and personal to him, as he has said as much. I think it says very much that 4 o’clock and Happy Christmas involve Jimin to some extent at least and that Taehyung has many times talked about giving Jimin songs. If Taehyung is held back, it’s understandable that he would get frustrated. I think we even have a direct example with how he expressed the problem with his Christmas song live to us all.
What Taehyung gives us is things he wants to talk about and express, which to me is just another example of why looking at Taehyung and what he says and does kind of brings a bit more weight to any shipping or relationship conversation about him.
Lyrics like “sharing my fragile truth” or “I'll be back to tell another story of mine” to me in combination with the way he emphasis wanting to be honest and write about things he has felt is just another layer to Taehyung’s songs I find interesting.
What all these examples brings to mind to me as a Vminie is the Vmin Unit interview and Taehyung's "As honestly as possible".
For me it feels like Taehyung is telling us his story and his feelings “as well as he can” by expressing things through his songs, but that there could be reasons he isn’t saying everything he wishes he could say and perhaps even that the company might advise him to keep some things a bit more vague.
8. Taehyung’s mixtape
There are a few interesting aspects about Taehyung’s mixtape and what we might get on it and this section will be more speculation and theories about upcoming things.
First of all we know that Taehyung said there is a song that will be very similar to 4 o’clock on his mixtape (he talked about this the same day as Vmin’s unit interview for Friends). Another translation explains it as more of a “continuation” of 4 o’clock, which is definitely interesting if that’s the case.
Then there is just the general fact that Vmin seem very interested in collaborating and show a lot of interest in each other’s music in general.
We also got Taehyung mention he is writing a song for sleepless nights when he had a conversation with an ARMY on weverse May 4th 2020, meaning after the release of Sweet night but before Blue and Grey.
We did also get a snippet of the song “Sleep” on April 21st 2021 (at 4.24 am) so that could also have been the song he was talking about. Regardless Taehyung is really using this theme a lot.
We also got some interesting things from Taehyung which people wonder if it might have to do with his mixtape and a new song. It started on April 1st when Tae came back to Weverse after a while and, amongst others, commented on this post by an ARMY.
This is a very small detail, but the ARMY mentions Jimin as “a soft sunny spot of a spring day” and Taehyung as “the gentle breeze that brushes against your skin...” and Taehyung’s reply uses spring flowers (cherry blossoms) fluttering in the breeze. To be fair this is a reach, and it wouldn’t be weird if Tae didn’t think about Jimin’s role being in spring at all.
Then he tweeted about a song called Loop (by Peakboy) along with some cherry blossoms and a new expression.
Most interesting here is perhaps the line about “I am starting to feel more comfortable in the darkness.” As we know Taehyung seems to find the night sweet now, and this is another example that might point at it being something that has changed over time.
Then there is the "I flower purple you", which seems to be Taehyung's new name for cherry blossoms (or he just didn't have any better emoji). And if so the possibility of what that love means and how it can connect to spring and possibly Jimin (through his “Not Tata. It’s the face of I purple you” comment).
So we have the purple flower on the cover of Snow Flower and then Tae using Cherry blossoms together with the new tag. I am just saying that if Spring is a possible topic for a song on Taehyung’s album, I will be very curious to see what it says.
We also have Jimin drawing a Cherry blossom tree on his shoes in ITS. If Taehyung has been thinking about adding a song to his mixtape which uses references to spring or even more Cherry blossoms in particular, it’s possible Jimin was perhaps thinking of this song while choosing his motif. But this is definitely a reach and likely has no bigger meaning except that Jimin finds Cherry blossoms pretty.
And just recently at 4 o’clock in the morning on August 27th 2021 we had Jimin post “I miss you every single day” which does match with the lyrics of Spring Day “보고싶다”, though I definitely think this is too common to mean anything.
Still, there are a lot of small things to find, and either I am just finding things because I am looking, or there might be something to it. There are just a lot of matching things at this point, and I don’t know if they all can be random coincidences even though I am sure some of them are.
I don’t know if Taehyung will release his mixtape, or if he does if it will be what he wanted or at least started originally, but I hope he can release and sing the songs he wants to sing. Either way I will look forward to whatever he decided to share and am curious what stories he will sing about next.
9 - Summary
Spring Day was released in February 2017 as an addition to the Wings album on You never walk alone. Meaning it also comes very soon after Lie and Stigma which both have these themes of being in pain and feeling bad about themselves. There are also a lot of songs from Taehyung in particular (but also Jimin) about wanting to be together with someone but either having to wait or being unsure about the future. The time of release is the beginning of 2017, more precisely in February which was also a very good time for Vminies, not the least since we got the Soulmate claim. It was in other words during the Spring Day/Not today era where Vmin first claimed each other as soulmates in public.
If we put together that Taehyung both references the scene in 4 o'clock which Jimin is linked to, and uses scenes from Spring Day for Scenery it's possible Taehyung has done these references because they have personal meaning to him. And it's possible that since one of those references (4 o’clock) might be connected to Jimin that the other one (Spring Day) might be as well. Again, keep in mind the lyrics of Spring Day and in particular how it includes "you're my best friend" and how Taehyung has also used “Are you my best friend?” in the lyrics of Sweet Night which is also romantic.
Now of course this is all under the assumption that Winter Bear and Scenery too could be Vmin songs, but even if they aren’t at the very least it does seem to be examples of Spring Day being very important and inspiring for Taehyung. He references Spring Day directly for his own promotion of both Scenery and Winter Bear and considering the lyrics and themes I do think the songs could have connections through inspiration at least. If you want to read more on why those songs have other connections to Jimin you can also read my posts Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections and Vmin - Winter Bear analysis.
What we end up with are these:
Possible similar themes and lyrics between Spring Day and other Taehyung songs.
Possible thematic similarities for Jimin's songs as well.
Jimin and Taehyung both loving Spring Day and creating moments with each other during it.
Hobi referencing Spring Day in reaction to a Vmin moment.
Spring Day possibly being referenced for 4 o’clock release.
Spring Day being directly referenced in relation to Scenery twice.
Spring Day being referenced with the release promo for Winter Bear.
The possible scene between Vmin in the park from 4 o’clock being referenced in Scenery (also the release time of the teaser), meaning in extension Spring Day references to Scenery could have a connection to the same person.
Vmin both having a certain love for the winter season and night which they have used in their songs.
Friends including "Cold winters" as something they have gone through together.
Friends including them saying they want to stay together forever.
An interesting timeline with how Vmin was during Spring Day era and what songs Tae wrote around that time.
Many of the expressions in Taehyung’s songs matching how he talks and thinks about Jimin.
12 out of 13 songs having either the theme of Night/Day or Winter. And 4 out of these songs having confirmed direct links between Vmin.
As usual there are a lot of things in the details that are much more difficult to know if they have meaning or not, but at the very least there are many things that fits with the narrative that Spring Day means a lot to Taehyung and that he could be influenced by the themes and how they also match well with Jimin in particular.
If I would sum it up with Vmin as characters in this ongoing narrative in their songs it would look something like this:
Taehyung's perspective: It's difficult and he wonders what the future holds. He's unsure and doesn't know if he can pull Jimin closer even if he wants to and even if Jimin seems to feel the same it seems like a double edged sword. Being hidden or them not being able to be together as more than friends is something he struggles with. He wants to express himself and he tries through his songs. But even if they have each other now and he seems to gradually get more used to the "Night/Winter" over time, it is a constant struggle. He wishes that he was stronger, but Jmin being there with him helps him.
Jimin's perspective: We don't have as many songs from Jimin, so perhaps he doesn’t have as much of a need to express himself outwards in general. He is better at being ok with what they have, or at least at seeming like it. 'I say that it's all okay. But maybe that's not what I truly think.'. He can "sleep" early on and he smiles even though the smiles aren't always happy, and in contrast Taehyung can't. Basically what Jimin is doing is being better at hiding it. But Jimin also wants Taehyung to be his own light and night. In it all he also promises to stay and that Taehyung is his and expresses how he wants to be together when BTS is over.
I guess you could say that winter has been a hibernation period for their relationship. In particular for Jimin. But now they can both enjoy even this period because unlike earlier they are waiting together, they have reached each other, they can hold hands and give each other warmth when they need it. They know where they stand and have mostly reconciled with the thought of waiting to be together properly. Even if it's always going to be difficult.
I might be taking some of the lyrics a bit too literally. Either way it seems both of them are more ok with the current situation compared to before. To me if there is a Vmin perspective here it seems to slowly change with time in how they express it but that the want and wish to be together has always been there. It also seems possible that finally after all this time and uncertainty some things have become easier, and that there might even be change towards something even better in the future.
I’ve been working on this theory for a long time. Like I said, the original plan was to post on February 13th for the anniversary. But it was a lot bigger and took more time than expected. I also didn’t expect Taehyung to give me new reasons to raise my eyebrows. One being this new song 'Sleep' with it’s lyrics, and the other being the cherry blossoms he posted about. I am very curious to see what we might get for KTH1 when it comes out.
Spring is coming.
(Ok sorry for the joke but I am actually scared if Spring would be coming in regards to Taehyung's song narrative. Way more scary than Winter coming if you ask me.)
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Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 3
Since this analysis ended up being so long it has been divided in parts. This is part 3. If you haven’t read part 1 or part 2 yet I recommend doing so.
This started as a Spring Day analysis, but it has since grown immensely. I actually rather call it a thematic analysis or something, and while Spring Day is still at the core of it all, I go through many songs and details outside of Spring Day connections.
Taehyung obviously loves Spring Day a lot, and Jimin does too. It might seem weird to make a Vmin analysis out of Spring Day, but I just felt there was enough surrounding things to talk about. Even if they might be coincidence I do personally think they fit it very well with the other song theories I have made, and I have even mentioned Spring Day a few times before. As usual I suggest reading my other song analyses before you get into this one. You can find them all in My masterpost
I am going to talk mostly about connections that Taehyung has made and how he seems to use a lot of similar themes and references, but also things possibly connecting Vmin and Spring Day.
Lyrics and theme
Choreo and MV
Taehyung’s (and Jimin’s) love for Spring Day
Connections to Vmin’s songs
Overlapping themes
Other connections to Vmin
Taehyung's songs not being all he wants to say
Taehyung’s mixtape
Summary
In this part I will go through the most common themes in Spring Day and Vmin’s songs and how they match each other and how it could possibly also relate to the way Vmin are or talk about each other.
Obviously a lot of the themes are things that could be important to them on individual levels, but I do think there are a lot of these topics that fit especially well with how Vmin’s relationship looks like. As you know we have a lot more material from Taehyung, but let’s look through how often the same themes have been used by him (and Jimin) and why I feel they work well for Vmin in particular.
5 - Overlapping themes
I don’t know if the songs are about Jimin, but it does seem quite possible that there is someone that Taehyung is singing about and longing for that he has included in many of his songs in various ways from 2017 and onwards. It also seems likely his feelings are romantic. He could be writing to ARMY or change platonic feelings into romantic ones for the songs, but to me it seems likely to be Taehyung's own feelings considering the consistency in theme. Of course we also know that there are personal stories to several of the songs, and that he has confirmed that he tends to write about his own feelings.
I know many of the themes and uses of lyrics also exist in other BTS songs, like Life goes on for example. I also know there are direct references to their difficulties during the pandemic and that they have said these songs are for ARMY etc. It’s very possible all these connections are there as a personal story of coming to terms with fame or other struggles Tae might have because of being in BTS and now he is starting to finally get used to it and be happy with his situation. There are many ways songs can be interpreted, but once again I am simply focusing on the things that could be there, and I am not saying it all has to exclusively be about Vmin even if it would end up proving to partly be about Vmin.
I am sorry for the song section, because I know it’s been long and perhaps a bit repetitive (blame Taehyung). I hope you got the main parts, which is basically the winter/spring, night/day, longing and waiting in combination with both romantic songs and songs about friends and even about Vmin in particular. There were probably things I could have added or elaborated more on, but I really want to stick to Spring Day and the themes as much as possible and not criss-cross between too many of the songs (even though I know I failed and strayed quite a bit).
So looking at the main themes we can find in Spring Day and that cross over to many other songs we have: Longing, Friends, Spring/Winter, Darkness/Light, Morning/Night, Sleeping, Flowers (and flower road), Asking someone to wait/stay and Holding hands.
I made a spreadsheet, and it might be a bit hard to see and understand, but the first column is Spring Day and then I go through Vmin’s songs in order from 4 o’clock to “Sleep”. If the color is green it includes a particular theme/word. The yellow means it’s implied. The purple is simply to indicate the songs already have some sort of confirmed connection between Vmin.
(The grey for the themes of snow and holding hands in Scenery and Friends is because it’s not in the lyrics, but still present because of the sound of walking in snow/the cover and Vmin’s performance of Friends including holding hands).
I could probably have made it a bit more clear by adding the themes that are already connected into one, for example Night/Day/Dawn/Sleeping as only one or Spring/Winter/Cold/Warm/Snow as another as I think including even one of these words can often seem to imply similar things.
What I found the most interesting is that if we look at how many songs have at least one of the themes with spring/winter or day/night out of these 13 songs by Taehyung and Jimin it’s every song except Serendipity (though one could argue Serendipity has morning/night in the MV). Most of these songs are obviously Taehyung’s, and we can see that winter and night/sleep in particular are used quite often.
Winter 6 (+1), Cold 5 (+1), Warmth 4 (+1), Snow 3 (+2), Morning/Day 4, Night 8, Sleep/Sleepless 6. (The + indicates a reference rather than a direct mention, like Christmas love not actually including the word winter.)
So the meanings and themes used in Spring Day are something that Taehyung seems to like to use. All of these themes come back in many of the other songs we have looked through. Again, I don’t know if it’s simply these themes being common, or ones that they like to use generally, or if it’s part of a full narrative that is inspired by the same feelings. We do know BTS and Bit Hit like to use some of these themes, but since most of these songs are by them and might represent their own feelings I still say it could be relevant as a personal narrative. I mean, we know it’s personal for Taehyung, and once again it might only be about the things he has mentioned, but I still think it also fits with this possible narrative of romantic feelings.
Each theme is definitely present in Taehyung’s (and to some extent Jimin’s) writing and adding the context of Spring Day’s way to use them and the possibly romantic lyrics of some of the songs I felt it was worth talking about.
I kind of also want to highlight three themes in particular because of how often Vmin relates to them by doing things in real life. One being night/sleeping, another being holding hands and lastly asking the other to stay.
1. Wishing each other good night and sleeping
There is an almost weird amount of times that Vmin has wished each other good night on various public platforms. All the way from Taehyung's tweet of kissing Jimin's doll with the caption “good night Jimin” to the shared bed selca along with the "song to sleep to" recommendation "Nothing" that Taehyung posted on July 3rd 2020 when they were filming In the Soop.. Basically they just seem to talk about sleep and telling each other good night a lot, and I could make a pretty good collection of moments.
Vmin even managed to wish each other good night exactly one year apart on weverse. And as mentioned earlier the day of Spring Day's release they were up at night (a sleepless night) and wished each other good night on the Vlive chat.
Winter Bear in particular includes the line "I wish you a good night" and we know Jimin even listened to it every night to fall asleep. He also spoke about how he fell asleep to it because it was so good and how he saw the bears and Taehyung in his dream.
We also know Vmin seems to have a preference to sleep together when they get to choose themselves and even that Taehyung spoke about how he asked Jimin to come to him to sleep during the Billboard Vlive.
This is of course not saying it has to mean something, but considering how often sleep seems to come up as a topic in the songs and how Taehyung also seems to want to "Lay down on" this other person in his Sleep snippet I felt it was relevant enough. Even more so since it's something that they have seemingly shown more and been more open about over time.
Another translation than “deadly sad” just to explain it a bit more.
As I mentioned Taehyung even involved Jimin when asked about a song to sleep to, as he recommended the song Nothing for sleepless nights and let us know it was Jimin’s pick.
Even enjoying night scenery together seems to be a thing. With them watching the stars together every night in Hawaii, Jimin wanting to show Taehyung the red moon and the night view in Malta and even the image of the night in Seoul for the "I only have you tweet" being a scenery Taehyung doesn't want them to forget.
When hearing Taehyung’s songs and lines like "Day and night, I think of you" there really is only one person that comes to mind with the way Taehyung over the years seems to mention Jimin every chance he gets. Again, that time Taehyung replied to a post on fan café asking "why aren't you sleeping?" with "so that Jimin can dream" is just one out of many oddly fitting real moments that work with this narrative in Taehyung’s songs.
I can’t go through all the examples, and I am sure Tae has talked about sleeping in regards to others and even told them good night, but it really happens very often with Jimin in particular.
2. Holding hands
As for holding hands I personally think it's evidently a "Vmin thing" as it's something they do a lot, and something that has increased over the years. I also argue it’s something they might have been a bit unsure about at first, but that they now can do very openly, so they do.
The timing of some of their hand holding is also something I can't completely ignore. For example choosing to hold hands during Make it right as the songs go "This eternal night with no end in sight, It's you who gifted me the morning, Can I now hold that hand?".
This of course feels quite fitting considering the amount of times the lyrics of Taehyung's songs ask to hold hands and also with one person bringing hope in the difficult times they go through.
For fun I also couldn’t leave out Taehyung being obsessed with Jimin’s hands being cold in Run along with the line “Please hold me with your cold, gentle hands” from Snow Flower.
Like, Vmin really fit the line “I want to go to the other side of Earth, holding your hand “. I could go on with a lot of examples, but the main point is really that Vmin hold hands a lot, and they started doing it more and more until the point that it’s now very normal to see it. Just as in Spring Day they reached for each other, and now as they are together in winter they get comfort and warmth from each other.
3. Asking someone to stay and wanting to be together
Now for the theme of staying and wanting to be together of course it could be platonic, but we have seen Vmin express it a few times. Of course the most obvious example is from Friends. I think it's interesting because asking someone to stay kind of has a slightly romantic tone to it and Jimin has even said he knows the members might not be together forever in Bon Voyage 4. And yet Taehyung is a person he wants by his side after everything is over. I think in many small moments and expressions between them over the year we can see how they think about things they want to keep doing together and how much they hope to be together for a long time.
This photo that Taehyung posted, of him and Jimin holding hands with the night scenery behind them, kind of sums up all three of these points in one.
"Let's go together for a long time.. I only have you"
We also have to remember that 5 of these songs have confirmed connections between Vmin already, and that’s not including Taehyung singing about falling for a best friend.
4 o’clock partly inspired by the dumpling incident and waiting for Jimin in the park
Taehyung wanted so sing Happy Christmas with Jimin
Promise cover photo by Taehyung
Winter Bear cover is a gift from Jimin
Friends “For eternity, Keep staying here” soulmates
Other common topics that we can find in Taehyung's songs that fit with how he talks about Jimin are:
Smiling (smile awards and many other examples)
Being bright (Festa 2019 Sun drawing etc.)
Being warm/bringing warmth (Jimin is the warmest person I know)
Being too good to be true (Perfect until the end/I can't believe I fought with an angel like Jimin)
Making Taehyung happy and helping him in a difficult time
I’ve tried to focus it down to the main things I’ve seen a lot between Vmin, because I could probably dig up many examples just because of the amount of moments we have. For example though it might be a bit of a stretch, even something like Taehyung’s line “You make me want to be a better man” from Snow Flower could have some similarities to how he has mentioned that Jimin helps him grow.
There are just a lot of moments and examples with Vmin that at least to me fits very well with the expressions Taehyung likes to use in his songs. Not to mention how Taehyung keeps emphasising on how Jimin is special, even among the other members.
And since it can work both ways (using expressions from songs or take inspiration from expressions), there are also plenty of moments outside of their own songs that come to mind as well, but this post could go on forever if I talked about them all. For example the lyrics to Mikrokosmos and how Taehyung points at Jimin (making him flustered) as they sing this together:
You got me
I breathe while looking at you
I got you
Inside those pitch black nights (Shine)
Taehyung pointing at Jimin while singing about having a person in his dark night doesn't have to be lyrics written by Taehyung for him to possibly feel and express it towards Jimin in that moment. The narrative however fits very well with that we see in many of Taehyung's own songs of having a person that helps him through the night.
Before we move on to more substantial things I want to go on a bit of a tangent if we consider winter (and Christmas) being important for Taehyung in this metaphorical sense and it possibly being related to Jimin.
When releasing notes for Army Room, what Taehyung said brought up three common themes all at once. And while I know this is a reach and probably is over analyzing, let’s just look at what he said:
“When working on music, I've found that the same song can give a dramatically different feeling depending on how you listen to it. I listen with a bluetooth speaker and CD but I've heard that a record has the best kind of sound so that's why I wanted to put a turntable in ARMY's room. It would be even better if you can listen to a song with someone else. Listening to the same song together is like sharing emotions. Why don’t you give it a spin when you invite friends to your room? I think I hear jazz from Sammy Davis Jr. or Frank Sinatra from this turnable perfect to give warmth on a cold winter day.” (Video)
He mentions inviting friends to his room and he talks about music giving warmth on a cold winter day. He also says listening to the same song is like sharing emotions… He also specifically used the word “Chingu”. Considering the fact that Vmin both love to listen to music together and has shared songs like “Nothing” we might also add these small pieces as Taehyung possibly having Jimin in mind. Or at the very least that Vmin sharing headphones and music just became even sweeter.
To sum it up, for me, most of the songs match very well with how Vmin has changed and how Taehyung and Jimin talk about each other and it's difficult to ignore lines like "are you my best friend?" being included in Sweet Night when Taehyung has said Jimin is his one and only best friend many times and with how they released Friends right before Sweet Night.
A lot of the themes have matched with Vmin’s relationship and topics and descriptions that Taehyung has used for Jimin many times. Of course many of them might be coincidence, just a moment amongst years of material to look through. But to me at least there seems to be a consistency and a lot of more examples from Taehyung towards Jimin than towards any other person we know. On top of that Taehyung’s clear bias makes it difficult to think of another person that might match all of his songs’ themes and descriptions so well.
6 - Other connections to Vmin
Now let's go to some of the other small things surrounding Spring Day that actually might tie Vmin to it besides the actual songs.
First of all the day Spring Day was released they were up at night talking to each other around 4-5 am, telling each other to sleep. And Taehyung said he couldn't sleep because he was so excited about the release.
This becomes a bit more interesting as the song itself also has the lyrics "How long do I have to wait. And how many sleepless nights do I have to spend. To see you (to see you)."
So we literally have Vmin spending a sleepless night together (though apart) on Vlive before the release of Spring Day, further wishing each other a good night (which as we know they have done quite a lot over the years and over various public forums).
Less than a month before the release of Spring Day Taehyung went to Japan for some Hwarang work, and Jimin wrote a post on fan café where he said he missed Taehyung-oppa. This is perhaps just coincidence, but it does also fit the lyrics of Spring Day. The two friends are apart and the song goes "I miss you, saying this makes me miss you even more" and in general how Vmin around that time seemed to spend more time apart than they were previously used to.
Taehyung also released a clip of him singing Jimin's part in Spring Day with the text "I love you ARMY" and two purple hearts.
We also have Hobi reference Spring Day as a response to Vmin jumping into each other's arms and rolling around in the snow in BV4. Asking if they are filming a movie and jokingly calling it "Spring Day".
So you know, the happy ending of the two friends finally reaching each other and being together after all their waiting on different sides of the earth. Hobi sees it too.
On top of this we also have Jimin call cherry blossoms the "chingu flower" due to how the letter can be read if translated separately. (354) [ENG] 190824 [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS English class - BTS (방탄소년단) - YouTube. It seems to be a pun, but still.
In Spring Day the cherry blossoms are a symbol of Hope that "spring has finally come".
Both of Vmin also referenced the Spring Day lyrics in Winter Package 2021, quoting "past the edge of the cold winter..." Likely in this case as a message for ARMY to endure and wait for them in the difficult time of the pandemic. Still, they were the only two to quote Spring Day when the theme was to say something about “cold winter”.
These things might seem few and small, but since we have a lot of things in the songs that could match well with the lyrics of Spring Day I just find it interesting that there are common themes with Vmin and their relationship as well.
I also think the timeline and the way Vmin has changed and also the metaphors used could match well for a complicated or hidden relationship. For example the theme of night and morning and of course winter.
Again many of the songs seem to now view both night and winter as more good than bad while also longing for even better days to come. In my very first song analysis I spoke about something similar in regards to my interpretation of 4 o'clock. It's possible this Night and Winter is all they can have, but they are grateful they can be together in some form at least. Even if they are waiting for each other in the sense of being together properly. Hence things like "Would it be alright if I pulled you closer" or "when the cheers die down, stay" or “May I lay my body on you tonight” and the hesitation and worry we see throughout many songs.
There is also the timing of it all, though there are so many changes over the years and other reasons that can play a part that it’s difficult to know how much would simply be consequences of their general feelings and how they help each other regardless of it having any romantic meanings.
In 2016 after the dumpling incident Vmin said they got closer and Taehyung even said he “felt arrows of emotions pierce his heart”. In february 2017 Spring Day was released and Vmin called each other soulmates during a fansign. Later the same year Taehyung wrote first 4 o'clock and then Happy Christmas. Both related to Jimin, one with a reference to a gay movie and the other denied because the lyrics were too romantic for two men to sing (despite other members having already sung romantic songs together). Happy Christmas talks about being happy with someone at "the end of Winter" which is similar to the wish in Spring Day. Taehyung keeps writing romantic sounding songs, many with similar themes and a focus on longing and hoping to be able to be with the other person. Sweet Night comes out right after Friends and during a period when Taehyung had called Jimin his best friend repeatedly. Taehyung wants to pull someone he perhaps considers his best friend closer. A person for whom his feelings changed at some point.
What boxes does Jimin tick in connection to Taehyung's songs?
Best friend (and soulmate)
Something/feelings changing (Vmin themselves said a lot happened and they got closer)
Timing of Vmin getting "closer" matches with when Taehyung started to write songs.
Jimin said he wanted to gift his loved one a Christmas song and after that Taehyung wrote a Christmas song he wanted to sing with Jimin.
His first song (4 o’clock) is at least partly about Jimin.
Winter Bear cover bears a gift from Jimin.
Now Jimin obviously has a lot less, but even with the few songs we have we got these:
Jimin's first song has a cover photo by Taehyung.
Jimin's first self-produced song is about him and Taehyung's bond.
Taehyung has Jimin’s contact name saved as “blue mold-shi” a reference to Jimin’s song and matching a phone case he made for Jimin.
Of course this doesn’t include their songs Lie/Stigma, some other connections between Singularity/Serendipity and the possible similarities which I have talked about in Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections.
If we look at the Vmin timeline and their songs it seems we could have something there for a long time pre 2016, then a time when they decided to act on it “the window years” possibly after the dumpling incident around early 2017 and then the winter of being apart and longing for spring to come following. And then gradually the night getting warmer and warmer and the winter being something they treasure.
It all connects very well to Taehyung and his songs and if so the theme of two best friends reaching for each other and waiting to be together in spring is another possible theme that makes Vmin more interesting simply because of the friends aspect. Again, it also times with both Vmin changing and becoming closer after the dumpling fight, the timing of Tae writing 4 o'clock and Happy Christmas and Vmin's soulmate claims. On top of this we have Vmin’s behavior and relationship with each other, like Taehyung being more bold in showing his bias while Jimin has remained rather easily flustered and almost nervous about Taehyung’s actions at times.
Another aspect I find interesting is how Vmin seems to want to work together when it comes to songs. It has been mentioned several times by both of them and Taehyung has even offered to write Jimin songs rather unprompted.
We have an interesting conversation in In the Soop, which I don’t know if it just accidentally managed to hit the one month out of the year that is relevant for this post.
I am of course talking about August because of the line “It's all winter here, even in August”, and I have no idea if Jimin said this as some inside joke or if he threw out August for some other reason or just randomly, but I wanted to include it. Especially (as I mentioned earlier) since when Taehyung released Winter Bear in August he did include that line about Spring Day in his comment.
When Taehyung asks Jimin about if he will release any songs in 2021 he also ends it with “August it is!” as the final date where Jimin will release a song.
For me I just find it interesting that Taehyung and Jimin seem so involved and interested in each other’s song creating process. I know I am repeating myself but:
Of course most of these examples were before BE and thus Blue & Grey as well as Fly to my room. But the sentiment is there and has been for a long time.
For songs like Scenery and Promise as well as Christmas love and Winter Flower they also somehow seem to work and release songs almost in pairs. Though this is of course a bit of a reach considering how few songs Jimin has released. I just can’t help but notice the timing and the similarities between their songs.
I hope you found this part interesting and let me know your thoughts through likes, reblogs, replies or asks. :)
Go HERE for part 4 (the final part)
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Every time this season comes, like the tip of your nose, let's
Fall in love
I'm just feeling
Stay by my side
I'll match your footsteps
I'll sing this song
(You make me wanna be a better man)
And he’s hyping this song again. The man of a word. See you, Christmas 2022, 2023… I’m dead, Mandi. Don’t even save me.
You tell me not to save you, but what about me?! 😭 Take some responsibility for your actions.
Seriously though, I know it might not be Vmin songs but Christmas season in general and of course the songs they have given us really do feel so very Vmin, don't they?
I know I never made an analysis post on the Christmas songs alone, but if you've read the second part of my Winter in August series you surely know how I think and feel about all these songs. 💜🎄
These Christmas gifts deserve to be hyped and brought back every season. And Tae clearly feels the same. 😚
Happy holidays everyone! I hope you had a jolly time no matter if you celebrate Christmas or not. 🥰
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Poll about long posts
Hi everyone. After my posts Vmin analysis - 4 o’clock and Vmin song analysis - Winter in August series I noticed they didn't get a lot of notes/interactions. So I was wondering if perhaps the posts were too long. I created an anonymous poll HERE on my Patreon (it's open for everyone) to see some of your opinions.
Of course you can also send me asks if you have any additional opinions to share. I am just trying to think of what might be a better format for you all, and if long posts are worth making.
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I am so excited to read your post on Spring day you will be publishing here I am looking forward to it 😍♥️♥️♥️
Thank you! I am looking forward to it too. This is one of the longest analyses I’ve made that is all on the same topic, so I just hope you will find it interesting and manages to read through it all.
I have finished part 1 and 2 as drafts on Tumblr for now, and then I think I have one part more, or perhaps two. Like I said it should hopefully be done this week as long as I get the time to sit down and finish it (it seriously takes way too long to remake a post on Tumblr even if I have all the material done, on Patreon I simply had to copy-paste it and it was done).
Also, I know I’ve been calling it a “Spring Day analysis” since forever, but that might be a bit misleading... It’s grown into something bigger now. I am calling the post “Vmin song analysis - Winter in August” and it’s basically going through a lot of songs and their similar themes, as well as their more direct connections to Spring Day.
Also, this analysis is possibly just me over thinking things because it’s always possible it’s meant to be connected but for other reasons. Perhaps for example they write with ARMY in mind or in regards to the Persona theme... But it does fit very well with Vmin and I think you will see why I thought it was interesting enough to talk about once it’s out.
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i've been reading some analyses by you but not all.. i wonder, people who don't understand why the christmas song is particularly suspicious.. do they know in s.korea christmas is a romantic holiday? you can spend it with your family but it's usual to spend it with your s/o. also, winter in bts' songs is an ongoing symbol, it appears in many songs, they go through winter and hope for spring, just like they go though the desert and they reach the sea. pointing out the obvious, christmas (1/2)
(2/2) happens during winter, not after. so it could be a reference to the same winter of bts' songs. "at the end of this winter, there's christmas meant for you and me". for me it kind of implies tae has a s/o he wishes he could spend an intimate and romantic christmas with, after the "long winter" (not easy to explain but let's say it's a period of hardship and hard work for bts throughout their lyrics). wanting to sing it with jimin could be paricularly suspicious especially since he wrote it.
Thank you for taking time to read my analysis. :) Well, you pretty much say what I feel as well. Christmas is a couple holiday in Korea (and Japan etc.) and even without that the lyrics of the song are clearly romantic, speaking about falling for someone. It should be more talked about both that Tae wanted to sing this with Jimin but even more so that he mentioned it specifically as a problem that they are both men. For me he talked about it because that really bothered him and the song was important to him, as we can guess because of him showing it twice on vlive with a lot of time in between. It was his song, and while we can’t know if he wrote it wanting to sing it with Jimin, we definitely know he wished to sing it with him.
Happy Christmas, at the end of this Winter
There’s Christmas meant for you and me
As for the symbolism of winter in BTS’s songs it is as you say fairly obviously about a period of hard times and I have touched upon it a little bit in some of my various Vmin song analysis posts. For example Tae used the sound of walking in snow as intro for Scenery, he added snow falling on the cover and had a picture from the Spring Day location both as teaser and on the back of his cover. Then he of course also wrote Winter Bear. So Tae really seems to enjoy using winter as a theme in his songs in various ways.
BTS uses winter a lot in their songs. Namjoon in particular likes the symbolism besides Taehyung which is why the song Winter Flower almost felt like it could work as a Vmin song to me (not saying it is, but the lyrics match them). In Spring Day they also use it as a metaphor for hard times and wanting them to end.
It’s all winter here, even in August
Wanna put an end to this winter
How much longing should we see snowing down
To have the days of spring, Friend
Meanwhile spring is when they can finally be together again. And I think Taehyung very much loves these metaphores and Spring Day in general, (funny how the song is also putting the longing in the perspective of best friends) and think it’s very possible he would use them himself in his songs.
The lyrics could be about a man who is in love, but want to be able to enjoy it fully. But since I don’t know Korean the lyrics could just point to the fact that Christmas is at the end of winter (though it isn’t really) because this song doesn’t seem to paint Christmas as a bad thing, or even winter.
The lyrics of Tae’s songs aren’t obviously negative about the winter, so I can’t be sure. It could possibly be that he is in a state of “winter” but even though he is suffering he doesn’t see it as all bad? But that’s just me speculating freely.
In the end though the song is significant to Tae and interesting when looking and analyzing Vmin. So either way even if the lyrics wouldn’t symbolize winter as a period of harshness and longing in this particular song I would say Taehyung’s Christmas song is a rather big deal when it comes to Vmin. And that it shouldl’t go ignored. Especially in combination with the themes of other songs like Spring Day or Sweet Night about friendships that can possibly be seen as something more. Funny enough Hobi even described Vmin playing in the snow as Spring Day once.
Thanks for the ask and hope you got to read my answer. :)
If anyones is interested and haven’t read it here is my full analysis of the Christmas Song you can check my post here Big Hit, BTS, Vmin and LGBT and here The Vmin Christmas song
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Vmin - Winter Bear analysis
I had to make a full proper analysis of Winter Bear, and all the possible connections it can have to Vmin. It’s basically a continuation of my other Vmin song analysis. I think you could read this on it’s own and still find it interesting, but honestly if you want to know just how much this is an actual possibility I would suggest reading my post Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections. Because if you think this song is the only possible Vmin song, you are wrong. And the fact that they have done this AGAIN, is really interesting.
Credit to @momudub1210 on twitter.
This will be a long post, which is mostly Jimin’s fault. Please remember that it’s likely that not all of these things are done on purpose, but that the amount of connections is kind of too much for me to think they are all coincidence.
This is a long analysis on Winter Bear, the timeline and connections to Vmin and some of their other songs. It’s all based on my own theories and I have no way of knowing if any of these things have any particular meaning, or even if they are done on purpose at all. Still, I hope you enjoy reading my thoughts. I already wrote a little bit about this in my post Some thoughts on Winter Bear so sorry if some of it is repeated.
It's funny, because the first time I heard the song and watched the video I didn’t think Winter Bear had any direct connections to Vmin, and having had literally ALL of their previous solo songs have possible connections I was like “Ok, well I shouldn’t have expected anything just because...”. But oh boy did Vmin prove me wrong just a few moments after thinking it.
Let’s start with the obvious, and that is Jimin showering this song with love and attention to the point where people now associate this song and more specifically the term “Baby Bear” with Jimin.
Again, Jimin always give support to the members when they do anything, but at least to me Winter Bear has been a very intense case of Jimin showing his support towards the song.
Let’s look at the timeline. First Taehyung posted the video.
And then the link to just the song. Which showed us the cover, with the two small bears.
He also tweeted a few picture from the “making of” with pictures from a park (not sure, but the park could also be another Vmin hint). I think these were taken during the Europe tour this summer, possibly in England (there are at least some very obvious shots in the MV from London.)
He mentions he got inspiration from a British film, but I’ll get back to that later.
Like I said, nothing a first glance that links to Jimin. But Taehyung uploaded this on the 10th of august, and people were pretty much just waiting for Jimin to say something, because he always does, showing support to all members. It took a while, but when Jimin finally posted on weverse, he actually did it around the time of 4 o’clock korean time. Just a bit interesting timing especially since it almost seems like he was waiting to post until that late, but it wasn’t exactly at 4 so who knows.
What he posted was Tae yawning from the MV with the caption “Winter Bear” and a purple heart.
But then 10 minutes later he changed the post and wrote “Baby Bear” in stead.
EDIT: @nihalley told me Jimin didn’t actually update the post, but rather posted twice. Who knows why. But that kind of makes the Winter Bear + Baby Bear thing even more interesting.
Also Baby Bear is a nickname Taehyung had when he was young.
I personally find it cute that Jimin used this old nickname. But let’s move on, because then Jimin also decided to tweet.
There are a few things about this tweet that are a bit odd in my opinion, because the text here “Say hello to me” is obviously part of the lyrics from Winter Bear. But the picture is of only Jimin, and he used the hashtag “Baby Bear” in stead of Winter Bear. I think it’s possible he used Baby Bear to reference Tae in stead of the usual “Taetae” or “V” but since it’s only Jimin in the picture a lot of fans started to associate the term with Jimin in stead (it actually started a lot of controversy amongst Tae stans that hate Jimin). Either way it is a bit odd that he isn’t referencing Tae or the song directly. He is basically just using parts of the song in a tweet about himself.
It’s also possible that Jimin actually is using the nickname to reference himself, but it’s impossible to know for sure. (I mean, he was supposed to be Baby J once upon a time right?)
Anyways, after this fans took to saying that Tae was “Winter Bear” (partly because of his birthday in december) and Jimin became “Baby Bear”. Especially since the cover of the song showed two bears fans had fun saying they were Vmin.
I thought that the Vmin connections might have ended there, but once again Jimin came in and connected the song even more to himself by using “Say hello to me” again as the title of his vlive the day “after” the release. (Fans, including me, seeing the title thought it would be Taehyung.) Let’s look at this vlive, because a lot happened. This is where this post might get a bit messy and I suggest watching the clips I talk about in full if you can.
The vlive starts with Jimin listening to and basically hyping the song. Nothing weirds, just a bit more than usual. (Which reminds me of him posting himself singing/miming to Scenery when it first released.)
He also bring up “Baby Bear” again, really connecting it to the song. He talks about Winter Bear and Baby Bear as two separate things, calling Baby Bear the subtitle, but I have no idea what he wants to say with that.
He talks about how he has missed ARMY, and that he got some time before the Lotte Family Concert rehearsal, so he wanted to talk. He also says “We also have a new song with V. I wanted to listen with you.” After a while Hobi shows up and Jimin decides to play Winter Bear again.
Hobi reveals he got to hear it before release and Jimin says he listens to the song every night. Then they sing along to it.
And then Tae shows up as well. We learn Hobi heard it after the Paris concert and Jimin says he loves the song.
Jimin starts telling us about when he first heard the song.
“I can’t remember which country. But a long time ago, we were both awake at 3 am. He was like “You should get some sleep!“. So I said “I’m sorry.” and he said “I did some mixing, do you want to check it out?“ He sent it to me. And I said “Ok, wait, I’ll give you feedback.” and I fell asleep right away. Humming Winter Bear.”
First I just find it very cute that Vmin text each other in the middle of the night during tour, like they meet each other every day and still stay up late writing and talking to each other. Also the fact that Jimin fell asleep listening to Tae’s song which is basically a lullaby about a sleeping person.
There is also another translation of this than the one on vlive, which I think makes more sense at least with the “I told him to sleep” from Jimin instead of from Tae. If so they might have mentioned 4 o’clock again. (Someone who knows for sure, feel free to reply and let us know.)
Then Tae talks about about making the song. Saying it took him a long time to make it.
Apparently the guide was completed around February (at least it sounds like that is what they meant). I am a bit confused by the timeline. But my guess is that Tae started writing the melody early this year and then got inspired to write the lyrics while they were in London, and then showed the result to Hobi while in Paris.
Either way it seems Jimin heard it earlier than Hobi, and he also heard the guide, and thought it was great.
Hobi also asked “Why Winter Bear?” and Tae starts explaining how they all love the movie “About time” and that there is a scene in the movie where the guy proposes that impressed him and got a lot of words to pop into his head.
The scene actually doesn’t seem to have a lot in common with the lyrics except for the female lead sleeping. (Though you should all watch About Time if you haven’t, it’s great.). Though they do talk about the sleeping scene after just before mentioning the story about how Tae and Jimin talks late at night and about Jimin falling asleep to the song.
Also I don’t know, but Jimin kind of interrupts Tae by playing the flute. Not sure if it was some kind of distraction or if he was just being a bit rude. But Jimin keeps being distracting and seemingly keeping himself occupied not really listening while Tae talks, which seems a bit weird coming from him.
Tae also says he only talked to Hobi, Jimin and Namjoon about the song. Hobi because they shared the same car during tour, and obviously Namjoon helped him make the song, but he as they said earlier he also showed Jimin.
Then they talk about the release, and once again it seems they were both up late. Jimin reveals that Tae stayed up late to check the reactions. Mind you, Tae released the song at midnight, and Jimin wrote at 4 am.
And one part of this story I find a bit odd is how Jimin says “Taehyung said: Did you see it, Baby Bear?” This could just be weird translation though, but it sounds here like Tae referred to Jimin as Baby Bear...
I don’t know. Either that or he actually meant to say Winter Bear but used the wrong word for the title since he was talking about Baby Bear already.
Anyways, that is probably nothing, but it’s a bit funny how Tae and Jimin always have excuses for why they know things about each other.
Then Hobi also brings up how Tae started with 4 o’clock and then has improved with Scenery and now Winter Bear (all songs that has connections to Jimin in various ways). Right after Jimin also brings up his own song Promise, once again connecting his song with Taehyung’s by bringing them up at the same time. I guess it could just be a natural transition of similar topics, but still.
I am not sure if this actually means anything, but it was still interesting that they brought up all these songs in one go. Then Jimin praises the song again and also mention how he thinks the yawning scene is the cutest part. The one he used in his weverse post. Tae then explains about making the video.
And once again it’s 4 o’ clock. But anyways, again I think it’s interesting how Jimin tells this story, how he saw Tae try hard and wake up early every day to film during the tour.
Then Hobi wants to leave which apparently means that Tae has to leave too. And Tae then says thanks to Jimin, making him confused.
Jimin gets really confused and then flustered by Tae’s statment and then relaxes at the mention of the gift. It’s funny because when fans learned about this, they jokingly said it would be the bears on the cover of the song. (Spoiler, they were right.)
Before the vlive ended Jimin also decided to play Promise again. Meaning the vlive starts with Winter Bear and ends with Promise.
He also tells us that Taehyung took the pictures for Promise, giving us a reminder of one of the 100% sure connections between Vmin and Promise.
In short, this vlive of Jimin is called “Say hello to me” named after Tae’s song, they promote both Winter Bear and Promise, also mentioning two obvious connections between the songs and Vmin, which are the cover photos.
As we know Taehyung took the picture for Promise and we also learned that the two small bears in Winter Bear’s cover was a gift from Jimin.
Speaking of the bears, I want to talk a little bit about the run episode and some other things I found interesting. First Jimin seems a bit nervous about giving his gift, even to the point of his voice quivering.
Secondly he talks about it being hard finding a gift for only 30 000 won.
And in fact those two bears alone were about 14 000 won a piece. They were also sold separately, so I have no idea why Jimin bought two. It really seems to be a weird thing to buy two of unless the bears are supposed to be a couple.
He could of course had other reasons, but to me it feels a bit strange to buy two. And there is another factor that makes me raise my eyebrows a bit, and that are the two mugs that Jimin also bought for Taehyung.
First it’s cute if Jimin didn’t think the bears were enough, but I think it’s possible that those two mugs weren’t supposed to be a gift for the manito game. Why I personally think so is for a few reasons. First, as I said the bears alone are already close to budget. And Jimin did state that it was difficult because of the low budget two times without mentioning going over budget.
Then when the mugs are revealed Jimin is at first surprised.
And then he explains that Tae is into ceramics/pottery these days before he keeps talking about the bears, kind of brushing the topic aside. So, I think the mugs weren’t supposed to be a gift for the show but rather Jimin bought them privately.
Later he seems to change the story, when they say it must have been over 30 000 won. Like I said, first he says it was hard because it was only 30 000 won, but then after the mugs are revealed and they ask about it he says there were other things and he asked if he could spend more.
The two mugs also kind of look like couple mugs, since they are of different colors but the same design. I don’t know but usually if you buy mugs as a gift wouldn’t you just get them one? Or two of the same color? Unless you want a pair for two people to match? It’s a bit of a stretch, but just a thought.
Another interesting fact is that Promise also was brought up again in the same episode, thanks to Hobi’s thoughtful gift to Jimin. It’s like Vmin’s songs are destined to come in pairs.
Moving on, Jimin had another Vlive only a few days after the first and in it once again he promotes and plays Winter Bear. (He plays a lot of the members’ songs but I will only focus on the Vmin related stuff).
He starts talking about how he slept well, and then he offhandedly mentions that he dreamt as well. Then he says that “that day, I talked a lot about Baby Bear.” and explains to how the song kept playing in his dream. Honestly, I think Jimin has used Baby Bear just as much as Winter Bear, and I don’t know what to make of that. If he simply uses it by mistake or if he just likes the term Baby Bear more…
He also talks specifically about the cover of the song.
This was before we learned the bears were from Jimin. He explains about the two bears on the cover, and then how the two bears were walking around in his dream while Winter Bear was playing as BGM. His own theory is that he talked about Winter Bear so much, and then also listened to it again so it also appeared in his dream. And apparently so did Taehyung.
Then later in the live he starts talking about his earring, and then goes into a story of how he got his first piercings.
I just think it’s interesting that he tells us another story connected to Taehyung, and even uses the word promise in relation to him twice. It also shows us there are probably many many stories of them hanging out that we will never learn about.
Then he goes on to introduce his favorite song these days… And well…
So all in one go he let’s us know how much he loves Winter Bear, that he listens to it every day, that the MV is pretty too, that he is possessive about both songs and his friend that he wants to keep “secret” and that the friend is handsome and that he will be the only one who knows him.
So Jimin and Tae both also talked about secrets in relation to each other in the vlives. Tae with the gift, and Jimin here with his joke. Which is also just an interesting detail. You can also look at the timeline for Scenery and Docskim’s post with “So the secret is out?“ as another instance, but again, this is probably all just a weird coincidence.
So yeah, it’s obviously a joke, but once again Jimin let’s us know that he likes to keep Taehyung to himself while also showering him with praise. He also looks a bit embarrassed, but it’s all really cute.
He also finishes the whole Vlive with a “I purple you.” which is obviously a phrase connected to Tae, even though all members have started to adopt it.
One would think this is already an overwhelming amount of Vmin and Jimin gushing about Winter Bear, but there is more. Yet another vlive.
Most of it isn’t relevant to this post, but I thought it was interesting with Jimin’s recommended song Nervous by Gavin James. It’s three years old, but I guess he could have found it recently. The lyrics are just a bit interesting since they also contain possible references to Winter Bear, Promise and Spring Day.
I promise that I'll hold you when it's cold out
When we loose our winter coats in the spring
'Cause lately I was thinking I never told you
That every time I see you my heart sings
I really think this is a coincidence, but still, I wanted to mention it. It’s also a really good song.
Anyways, someone then requests for Jimin to play Winter Bear, so he plays it of course. Saying it’s the song that “dominated his dream” and that the MV is really great too. (He manages to squeeze in another I purple you too, probably reading a comment.)
Then there is the funny coincidence that the commercial playing happens to be Winter Bear.
He listens to the song and sings along, and once again changes a part of the lyrics to Baby Bear. In some cases he might just say Baby in stead of Winter accidentally, but here he clearly changes it as sings it over the original lyrics. I have no idea why he is pushing the Baby Bear things so much.
Then Namjoon comes, they talk and he leaves. But then in the end of the vlive he plays Promise again. Meaning in all three vlives he did recently he not only played Winter Bear, but in all of them also manage to bring up Promise. To me who has all these already existing possible connections between these songs in my head it almost feels like they want me to look closer and associate the songs with each other.
In short, Jimin has managed to promote Winter Bear as well as Promise, brought up a story about a promise to Taehyung and in a way therefor made people associate the songs with each other even more and even pointed out the covers of both songs.
He also ended with I purple you again.
And I am not sure if it’s also relevant, but “So show me, I’ll show you.” is also kind of (?) a Vmin thing, and he did that too after the I purple you.
That’s already a lot of connections if you ask me, and I have no idea if they have a purpose for this, but considering their other songs having so many similar connections I doubt all of it can be coincidence.
Now let’s look at the lyrics of the song.
I didn’t think any of these things were relevant or possible to connect to Jimin at first listen, and they still might not be, but I want to bring up a few things anyways just in case.
First the color Blue is a recurring theme for Vmin, which is a stretch but I still wanted to comment on it. It’s Jimin’s official color and also a color that Vmin has used to describe their relationship.
Q: What color describes your relationship?
Jimin: Blue. because we are same-aged friends, We're together the most often.
Tae: I also think it's blue! Blue is a very fresh color and our relationship is very fresh. Even through we often argue, we make up immediately; returning to our usual close relationship.
Jimin: We really do argue over the smallest things. "You danced wrong," No, you're the one that's wrong" etc (laughs).
The color was also referenced before in Tae’s 4 o’clock’s lyrics.
Just like that movie, like the line (from the movie)
The entire world is blue inside the moonlight
(You can read some more on this in my posts Vmin - Pink, Blue and purple and Red + Blue = Vmin but it’s honestly far off topic from this post.)
This is something I personally doubt has any particular meaning, but there is another similarity between 4 o clock and WInter Bear with the reference to a bird, the blue parrot and the nameless bird.
At a dusky park
A nameless bird that sings
Another thing that I honestly don’t know if it’s just a lucky coincidence or not, is that Jimin had blue hair, while he also wore this jacket last year while they were touring in Europe, aka around the time when Tae seems to have started to write on the lyrics for Winter Bear.
I mean, “looks like a blue parrot” check with the hair. And then the bear like outfit too.
Then you have the lyrics about sleeping, and good night. Which is just interesting considering Jimin kept talking about how he sleeps to the song and even that he dreamt about it. Also Vmin sharing a story about them being up late at night scolding each other for not sleeping.
Then there is the Say hello to me that Jimin made himself connected to through both his tweet and his vlive. Meaning that most of the lyrics in the song has a possible connection to Jimin. But it could just be me looking for it, so who knows.
Moving on we also know that Tae got the inspiration for the song while he was in London after watching a British film.
The movie About Time also happens to be a movie that both Jimin and Taehyung loves. And funnily enough it was a movie I already associated with them thanks to Tae posting this picture and them both talking about it before.
(Jimin actually answers as well.) So Both of Vmin love About Time and Jimin has even talked about how it was Tae who showed it to him.
So in short because of Jimin’s vlives and because of earlier statments we can find quite a lot of possible references between Winter Bear and Vmin. The most interesting ones being:
- We have “blue”, “sleeping” and “say hello to me” as possible connections between Jimin and the lyrics. Especially Say hello to me, which Jimin used twice in relation to himself.
- Jimin making himself connected to the term Baby Bear that is actually not even in the song.
- Bringing up his own song Promise in relation to Taehyung, and at the same time as Winter Bear.
- Jimin reminding us of the cover of Promise being made by Tae and also talking about the cover for Winter Bear. Two things we know for certain makes them connected to each other songs, even if just in a small way.
- Jimin ending all three vlives with “I purple you”.
Anyways, these are the things I could think of. But of course not all of them have to be done on purpose, or any at all for that matter. Still, at least to me, looking at everything combined with their other songs and the things they have said and done it really does seem that they do want to connect the songs to each other to some degree.
I honestly think them doing this yet another time is really interesting and personally I am pretty sure they are doing this on purpose. You all of course don’t have to agree with me, and I know that some of the things I bring up are quite far-fetched. I doubt all of these things are meant to have deeper meaning, but it’s in the amount of possible clues I feel I can now say with confidence that Vmin’s songs are connected. Even if I can’t know why.
I know this post is quite messy and maybe a little too long. But I hope you could enjoy it anyway. Please let me know what you think and please like and reblog if you want me to make more of this kind of posts.
Thank you! I purple you!
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A Vmin song? - The smiley theory
Ok, I think some of you might have already seen people talk about it, but I wanted to collect all the pieces in one place. I don’t want to get my hopes up, but looking at everything I at least have to consider the possibility of Vmin doing or releasing something on Jimin’s birthday tomorrow.
First Taehyung had a smiley drawn on his face yesterday for the concert.
It could simply be because in the Arabic alphabet there is a sign looking like a smiley ت which is pronounced as "Tae". But let me go on anyways. Because Tae also posted a tweet.
In the tweet you see he added two smileys, one upside down and one the right way.
Some people noticed it matched the smiley Jimin had, which looks to be upside down, in the photo from the video about A NEW SUPERHERO from the Army Zip Teaser.
Before we look closer at the photo I want to also just point out that in the video they mention something coming in 19.10. And also that it ends with the text “A NEW SUPERHERO ”.
I mostly bring this up because Tae also drew and pointed at the smiley for Anpanman which is about being a hero as well.
So, let’s look at the picture of Jimin more closely.
He has “You” on one arm, and “Happy song” with the smiley on his hand along with the dates 0613 - 1013. Which are BTS’s birthday and Jimin’s birthday.
This is why people now wonder if something will happen for Jimin’s birthday. But I also want to remind you of Taehyung on Weverse yesterday.
He was playing with ARMY and while doing so used his+bts’s birthday as a password.
Later on he also used Jimin’s birthday. He posted about it at exactly 10.13 korean time as well.
Meaning that Tae brought up his own birthday, but more importantly both 0613 and 1013 which we can see on Jimin’s tattoos in the photo.
Note the little markings on Jimin’s hand. They match perfectly with JK’s tattoo.
In his tattoo the A can also look like a V and you have a JM as well. Meaning you have a V and JM which are also upside down from each other, just like the smileys.
Jimin also has FINE written on his neck in the video, and going with the upside down theme we have the Save me vs I’m fine parallells BTS have been doing a lot.
So, it’s possible this is all part of a bigger concept with the BU and we will see some of these things explained in the album “Shadow”.
Going back to Tae on weverse he also drew two pictures which we were supposed to guess the meaning of.
The first picture was this one.
I think it’s possible that this is supposed to be JK. Looking at the big eyes, teeth and perhaps even bunny ears?
Why I find this interesting is because the answer to this picture was “polite hands”. Meaning that Tae could possibly want us to pay attention to JK’s hands?
The second picture Tae posted was this one.
He then posted a zoomed in picture, also telling us to look at things from a different “vantage point”.
Possibly he could be telling us to look differently at something we have already been looking at? Or for us to look deeper? I don’t know but if they are planning something this could be encouragement to look and theorize with these specific things.
Fans then speculated if the pic could have been Jimin in Paris because of the Eiffel tower and the similarity to Jimin eating ice cream.
Then Jimin of course also showed up himself and we got some cute Vmin interactions.
Tae left only one minute after Jimin asked him to come over when he was done.
But back to the song theory and the possible clues for the next comeback. The Happy song could also be a hint as it’s possibly connected to an umbrella.
This could be another connection to the BU where we have the umbrella being used as a symbol in relation to BTS and specifically Jimin a lot.
It’s even what Jimin receives in the Magic Shop in Fake Love.
It could be completely unrelated and other BTS members have posted about umbrellas as well, but in august Taehyung also tweeted when he was singing, and used a umbrella symbol.
So not really related to Vmin, but rather just Shadow as a whole. Maybe the two aren’t conected, but I wanted to bring up the Umbrella thing anyways, since it’s possible the clues are about the comeback and not Vmin specifically.
Still, all of these small things are just interesting and if they mean that we will get something, possibly even a Vmin song (Happy song?) on Jimin’s birthday I am honestly a bit scared.
If we get a Vmin song on Jimin’s birthday and all of these things are legit, if we can possibly add this onto the already existing Vmin song connections (which also has some connections to each of their birthdays) it will add a lot to my already huge Vmin song theories. As well as their possible hints from PERSONA.
Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections
Vmin - Winter Bear analysis
So, PERSONA huh
Basically I am really curious to see if we will get anything tomorrow, but I don’t want to get my hopes up too much either.
Let me know what you think. I hope you enjoyed reading this. I really wanted to post yesterday, but tumblr has been really weird and not letting me save my post or adding photos so I had to redo the post several times… T__T
Anyways, let’s wait and see what happens. :)
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BTSandVMIN: Masterpost
A place where I collect all my own posts. Mostly Vmin, but also BTS and K-pop.
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Vmin song analysis:
Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 1
Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 2
Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 3
Vmin song analysis - Winter in August - Part 4
Vmin analysis - 4 o’clock
Vmin and songs… Come on!
Sweet Night - Song analysis
Vmin analysis - “Friends”
The Vmin Christmas song
A Vmin song? - The smiley theory
Vmin - Winter Bear analysis
Some thoughts on Winter Bear
Vmin - Scenery, Promise and song connections
Taehyung and Jimin - Yin and Yang
Taehyung approves of my Yin and Yang theory
Vmin - The Sun, the Moon & The whole universe
Vmin analysis and thoughts:
Happy birthday “my love”!
Vmin and “The Untamed”
Jimin possibly being careful?
Vmin vs Ji/kook
VMIN: The Soulmate Saga
Let’s BTS - Vmin analysis
Vmin June 2020 - “Nothing”
Vmin “being distant”
Normalizing Vmin or “Vmin”
I ship Vmin.
Vmin - Push and Pull
Big Hit, BTS, Vmin and LGBT
Where does the soulmate thing comes from with vmin?
Namjoon Rkive - Vmin analysis
Vmin – Pushing the boundaries
Red + Blue = Vmin
Tata and Jimin
So, PERSONA huh
Vmin - Persona (continued from PERSONA huh)
Vmin - Pink, Blue and purple
The “bromance” issue
Why do you think Vmin get so brozoned by the fandom?
Vmin moment collections:
Top 15 Vmin moments 2021
What are in your opinion the most underrated/underappreciated vmin moments?
How much more can Vmin do?
The Vmin awards 2020!
Vmin - I only have you
Happy Vmin day everyone!
Top 5 Vmin moments
10 more reasons to ship Vmin
Vmin - Dead or alive?
10 Reasons to ship Vmin
A Vmin throwback - 2019 (Part 1)
A Vmin throwback - 2018
A Vmin throwback - 2017
Photo and gif collections:
💜 Happy 95z Day!! 💜
Vmin finding each other and needing to talk to each other during award shows
When people ask me why I ship Vmin and the only thing that comes to mind is “why doesn’t everyone?”
From “there is a camera” to “do you need any treatment” to “ooops, oh well, no need for a reshoot”
And thus with a single glance the young warrior fell for the handsome bachelor
The way we have the whole relationship narrative in video format now
Don't you all find it rather amazing...
Shipping Vmin is always a win-win
Happy Birthday Tae 2020!
The way people say Vmin (or any ship in BTS) is fanservice tells you everything you need to know about how humans can believe whatever they want.
Happy Birthday Jin 2020!
Happy Birthday Jimin 2020!
Tae's love and slight obsession with Jimin's pinkies is adorable
People really underestimate how biased Taehyung is towards Jimin....
Happy Birthday Namjoonie 2020!
Happy Birthday Jungkookie 2020!
Vmin love each other and are soulmates
Together in every universe
Happy Birthday Jimin 2020
Happy birthday Yoongi 2020!
Happy Birthday Hobi 2020
Happy Birthday Taehyung 2019
Happy Birthday Jin 2019
Happy Birthday Jimin 2019
Happy Birthday Namjoon 2019
Happy 95z Day 2019! I purple you
Happy Birthday Jungkook 2019
Happy Birthday Yoongi 2019
Happy Birthday Hoseokie 2019
Happy Birthday Taetae 2018
Happy Birthday Seokjin 2018
Happy Birthday Jiminie 2018
Happy 95z Day
Happy Birthday Namjoon
Happy Birthday Jungkook
Happy Birthday Suga
Happy Birthday Hoseok
Happy Birthday Taehyung
Happy Birthday Jimin
Rants and other Vmin things:
My Vmin story
Vmin not being real
“Don’t ship friends”
For people who think Vmin is fanservice
WHY IS IT ALWAYS TAE?
Help! 😳😳😳😳😳😭😭😭😭😭💜💜💜💜
The way Taehyung thinks about Jimin so much he accidentally said Jimin instead of V
The way Jimin posted this 1 minute after 4 o'clock today
Answering asks to get it off my mind
Answering asks in regards to my recent post about shipping
Getting asks being worried over Vmin not giving us many interactions for Muster
What made you like Jimin individually and Taehyung individually?
Do you all think Vmin being soulmates and being tied to the red string of fate is the same thing? Or do you feel they are slightly different?
I still don't understand how people think an almost decade long friendship of two people who call each other soulmates is so fragile...
I mean... This is literally all Vmin's songs so far
If anyone is wondering this is what my brain keeps looping when I can't sleep
When every question has the same answer...
Vmin - Dead or alive? Are we still asking the same question?
*Vmin out of context*
Today's Run episode was so much fun! I love chaotic BTS...
Sometimes I get such delusional thoughts in my head that I embarrass myself.
I can't believe people question my dedication to and love for Vmin
You mentioned how there were moments where vmin were being careful which caught you attention. Which moments were they?
Don't you think that the neck caressing/holding that is Jimin lately doing to Tae looks so intimate?
Why was this such a big deal? Why is it weird?
One of my biggest fears is Taehyung dropping KTH1 on or very close to Jimin's birthday
Vmin “Everyday life”
Vmin in front of President Moon
Life update, and “How far does Vmin's roleplaying kink go?″
Tae and Jimin seem to have promised to do a vlive together,
What are the odds he would post a song with lyrics like this and have me not think of Jimin?
Do you know how exactly vmin met?
Jimin posted a comment on a Vmin post in weverse....
The vmin hand holding tweet is an iconic Vmin moment. I can’t believe Tae commented on a post with it
Tae really went online on weverse today at 3 am just to comment on a Jimin pic?
95z is love! Vmin is love!
Do you know why T/ae and J/imin toxic stans really hate each other?
More pictures of vmin taking selcas together than actual selcas
Vmin cuddles and love
Jimin’s tweet reminds me of Taehyung
Jimin (Vmin) is killing me!
BTS, general shipping and Kpop:
How much do we really know?
Can shipping turn into conspiracy theories?
Shipping vs Believing
Getting it out of the way… (about shipping and other ships)
Answer regarding shipping and my Vmin post
Do you think any of the bts members are part of the lgbtq+ community?
BTS and their hardships
Short initial review on BE
Black Swan MV hit us like a truck. No warning, bam!
Personal and this blog:
My tumblr year in review 2021
Phew… Finally updated the masterpost and my ask collection
Join my Discord!
Poll about long posts
BTSandVMIN update: On “Spring Day analysis”, making videos and creating a Patreon
20 000 views!!! O,O
A personal dilemma
What kind of power to influence shippers into becoming delusional do I really have?
I don’t know what to do…
Making videos…
Update and “that” Vmin moment…
5 things that make you happy
You know what my biggest problem is?
Opening my asks again
It's interesting seeing so many Vmin analyses being done now compared to before.
I keep losing followers since the new year started....
Regarding long posts
Thank you for the support!
I just had the sweetest Vmin dream
Happy 2021!
BTS in London - Concert report
BTS at O2 in London 18.10.09
Sometimes I feel like there is no need for my blog anymore…
I hate tumblr sometimes…
I have something very personal to share
Asks and fics:
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Collection of asks - BTSandVMIN - Ask masterpost
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Huge Vmin fic rec
Vmin fic rec - Canon compliant
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(Seriously, you guys ask so many good interesting questions, there is a lot of my thoughts about vmin and other BTS-related things here that doesn’t fit in this masterpost.)
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