[MV] BTS(방탄소년단) _ DOPE(쩔어) *REACTION*

they'll make songs sound poppy as hell but always have a deep meaning

DOPE. . .THE SONG THAT MADE ME AN ARMY!! Just a few things. This was 2015. Two years after debut. JK was 17. At this point, they were struggling big time. Their company was poor. Their dorm was tiny. They still all slept in one room at this point, I think. Their peers openly ridiculed them and told them they were nothing. Look where they are now!! Perfect rags to riches story, at least as far as I am concerned.

They were trained to be in sync IN EVERY SEQUENCE, to the point when you pause the vid, you'll see them in perfect and same positions. They always monitor they performances right after and redo if they are not satisfied (even though it's already crisp and solid). They are perfectionists as an artists and I respect them a lot for it.

Them performing this live is insane the whole venue gets lit with this one!!

you’ve become my favorite reactor for bts recently. i was kinda worried when you went mia for a while, but i’m glad you’re back. your reactions have juice, you’re not just reacting for the sake of reacting. i can see that you really appreciate and eating up every single thing my boys are doing, with your effort to even search every little detail you fail to understand man, i appreciate that. and you don’t say shit you actually know what you’re saying, every little details from the song, the lyrics, the meaning, the choreography, the beats, the visuals, the effort, everything. keep it up, man! take care always.

You may have missed it but at 3.04 very subtle in the background of Jimin starting, you can hear "I don't give a fuck, I don't give a fuck", in perfect high notes! Perfect for this song!

Like what they said, this is the BANGTAN style. They walked and talked their shit. They are real and their lyrics always speak the truth. Proud of them. BTS, all 7 members have not changed. Still humble, hardworking and love us ARMY same as how much we love them.

You’re very perceptive in your observations of their performances. Even if this type of music isn’t for everyone, people can at least recognize the hard work that goes into their craft. I hadn’t listened to this song in a long time. Thanks for making it so much fun to listen to. And keep TYS! 😉

A story about “Dope”: early in their careers (and most notably durin WINGS era, so 2016), they were being treated very badly by award shows and broadcasting networks. This hate stretched even to other groups (who looked down on them) and other fandoms (who discredited them and ARMY). So, "Dope" talks about how they work hard because they didn't have Big Three privilege to kickstart their career, that all of their current (2015) and future success is because they were working hard and practicing and making music instead of clubbing and drinking all the time. It's a flex song that showcases their vocals, their amazing dance, their rap and their honest hard-work. It also welcomes you, the viewer, to BTS because they KNOW that you'll become a fan after watching "Dope”.
 Some notes about Dope: the song actually has a lot of social commentary. The first part of Namjoon's verse is quite deep actually. As everyone can see, it was translated by the channel as this: Given up on 3? Given up on 5? I like number 6, how about giving up on 6? And it can be understood on its own, alluding to having given up after N number of times. But originally in Korean, he said: 3포세대? 5포세대? Sampo Generation? Opo Generation? Sampo Generation (Hangul: 삼포세대; Hanja: 三抛世代; RR: samposedae, “Three giving-up generation”) is a neologism in South Korea referring to a generation that gives up dating, marriage, and having kids. Many of the young generation in South Korea have given up those three things because of social pressures and economical problems such as increasing cost-of-living, tuition payments, and affordable housing scarcity. There is also the oposedae, or “five giving-up generation”, which takes the same three and adds employment and home ownership. 그럼 난 육포가 좋으니까 6포세대 Then, since I like beef jerky, let me be Yookpo Generation Wordplay: Since I like 육포 (肉脯; beef jerky), let me be 6포 (六抛; six giving-up). Both 육포 and 6포 are pronounced yookpo. Then there's chilposedae (7포세대) or Seven giving-up generation that further includes interpersonal relationships and hope. And as everyone can notice, he didn't mention it. He used yookpo sedae or six-giving-up generation instead. That means he hasn't give up on hope yet. It plays with the line "Can I get a little bit of hope?” on the later part of his verse. Sam: Three Oh: Five Yook: Six Chil: Seven Po: Give up Sedae: Generation He criticises how the older generation labels them as lazy and having no will, when in fact millennials are struggling because the economic and social conditions they live in are completely different from their predecessors. Countless hours of studying don't guarantee admission into college and hard work doesn't guarantee a job. Thus, "Dope" is, aside from a flex song about them working hard all the time, a work anthem that celebrates all the effort that youth put in with lyrics like "I reject rejection." Their outfits represent different careers because they are representing their generation and people who work hard.

They were kids when they became trainees, and Suga and RM were 13 when they started rapping, and did underground rap. J-hope was 10 when he started dancing, and he was the youngest to join his dance team when he was doing underground dance. Jungkook was 13 when he became a trainee. RM was 16 when he became a trainee with Big Hit Entertainment, and Suga I think was 18 when he became a trainee in 2010. They were ages 15 to 20 when they all debuted in June of 2013. So yeah, they were young when they started their grind. I mean Jungkook was in Middle school and the guys practically raised him. They all lived together in Seoul, away from their parents, and they were working anywhere from 12 to 16 hours a day, every day. That was their beginnings.

Fun Fact: RM's verses connects to their song called Baepses...You will need to watch a dkdktv explanation for Baepsae for korean references. RM's verse is deeeeep... Edit: this song was produced by Pdogg (in-house producer and been with them from the beginning)

minor detail abt this music video that shouldn't go over un-fact checked btw: the "i gotta make it fire" falsetto is actually a diff member's voice (jimin). they switched lines in the mv but the voice is still theirs. in live perf though, jungkook (the one that lip sync's in the mv) does hit it and kills it too.

Bruh I hit the like button as soon as I clicked. I love your reactions bro. I love how you respect BTS as true artists.

Since you liked their dancing their songs Go Go and Anpanman are great songs with great choreography. I hope to see them in the near future. 💜💜

THE VOCAL LINE IS GROWING ON HIM. It’s tiny desk concert time! Or BTS FESTA 2021! BOTH GO HARD ITS TIME

The “I gotta make it fire” is Jimin’s line!!! It’s the red hair boy in this MV and the blue hair one in the “ON” MV, he has a really amazing voice, you can check out his solo “Like Crazy” if you want it’s really gooooodddd

Fun fact - the high note sung at 17:49 is Jimin in this studio version (even though Jungkook 'mouths' it in the mv), but in the live version Jungkook sings it. So maybe that's why you felt like it was a completely different person (tbh, having been a fan for over 4 years, even I hear that high note as Jimin's voice).

"I reject rejection". Love that lyric. They knew who they were together from the very beginning. And to your point of they're really a brotherhood & it's hard to imagine they were thinking about breaking up. It wasn't that they weren't getting along (like almost every boy band in Western history), it was more about they'd be rotting in the studio most of every day for 8 years at that point and hardly ever saw their families ...and yes, they'd all given up their teenage years but had already reached a level of global fame they never imagined. A lot of pressure came from that ...the hopes of their entire country were kind of riding on their backs by that time. And their contracts were coming up. In k-pop contracts run for like 7 years so they needed all 7 of them to say ok, let's do this for another 7 years. That's crazy! I actually find it harder to believe they've stayed together. Thankfully, Hybe's giving them the freedom now to get some rest & carve their own paths with different types of music & other endeavors (like Suchwita - love that show!).

You probably didn’t catch it but that part where “this is Bangtan style” started at 18:36. The vocalists are actually switched. So in that first high note you hear that you kept going back to is actually Jimin singing (red hair) but Jungkook is the one mouthing it in the video and singing it in most live performances and then the part right after is actually Jungkook’s voice but Jimin mouthing it in the video and singing it in most live performances.

Jungkook--Policeman (and yes, he hits that note live on stage) Jimin--Office worker V--Anime detective character (I forget his name)----and yeah, rip to Pee Wee Herman. Pee Wee's Playhouse was it! Jin--Doctor Suga--Military officer J-Hope--Racecar driver RM--Doorman/Elevator man Okay this is hilarious: RM's family lived in a building with a really cool doorman when he was a little kid and he actually wanted to be a doorman for a minute, no kidding :) They even did a bunch of their promotion pics in an elevator 🤣 Also, the sax/bass sample sounds a lot like the sax in that Flo Rida song.