#mvanalysis

The HYYH ( Hwa Yang Yeon Hwa) or also known as the trilogy a story that appears in the following three albums The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 1, Part 2, and the compilation album Young Forever. The story is told through music, music video's ( also called an MV) , webstoon and novels.

The trilogy tells a a fictional story about seven young friends navigating the painful and beautiful transitions of adolescence and early adulthood, exploring themes of pain, regret, friendship, and societal challenges. With the focus laid on Seokjin ( Jin) his character and his ability to time travel.

I made a analysis of each MV and their addition to the storyline, hope u enjoy it :)

Analysing the MV’s of the HYYH trilogy 

- I NEED U ( HYYH Pt.1)

The MV features a lot of chaotic scenes where each member experiences a tragedy. 

-Junkook: hit by a car while he was distracted by remembering a memory of his friend Yoongi. 

-Yoongi: attempts suicide by setting fire to a motel, a recurring theme about self destruction. 

-Hoseok: Does an suicide attempt by overdosing on pills 

-Jimin: drowning himself in a bathtub what represents despair and feeling trapped.

-Taehyung: Murders his abusive father in a moment of rage

 -Namjoon: goes to jail after a fight. These tragedies establish the theme of desperation and broken bonds.

The boys their friendship ends up collapsing under the weight of these tragedies leading them to the path of self destruction. This MV prepares the viewer for tragedy

- Dope ( HYYH Pt.1)

The boys their characters are here in contrast of the ones they play in the ‘ I NEED U ‘ MV for example

-Yoongi became a firefighter while in the I NEED U MV he is self destructive and does a suicide attempt by setting a motel on fire

-Hoseok changes from a pill depended person to a energetic race car driver.

In the lyrics they talk about the passion and hard work they put in their music. They also want to tell their fans to join them in not giving up despite the criticism and pressure they face. The visuals of the MV and the characters that they play their behaviour and life decisions references to the " " (三抛) and " " (五抛) generation. Referring to young people giving up relationships, marriage, pregnancy and buying a house. Due to economic difficulties and unfair job markets

-RUN ( HYYH Pt.2)

The MV starts with the boys reuniting and what seems a happy environment. But it quickly turns in a dreamlike state. The MV also talks about their attempts to escape their dark realities by running and fighting. This references to their struggle to hold on to their youth and each other. There are a lot of running scenes in this MV that symbolises that they still want to enjoy this life and not face their reality Taehyung’s story here is that he faces the harsh reality of his past. This is symbolised by him jumping from a platform into the sea To try to attempt his to escape his sins. He later on resurfaces from the water. This indicates the survival of their dark thoughts and setting the first step to towards moving forward. The trilogy ends with Jin in his room journaling and opening a door to a new beginning. Signifying a transition to the next phase and the end of the ‘Beautiful Moment’

-Burning Up also known as Fire( The Most Beautiful Moments In Life: Young Forever )

They use the concept fire as a metaphor for passion, youthful spirit and the burning desire to live your life on your own terms. Contrasting it with the coldness of the harsh world. Yoongi is seen jumping over a fence in the beginning of the MV to shake hands with a man in black. This represents their encounter with the real world. The MV can also be interpreted as a confrontation with haters. There are a few subtle hints referencing this confrontation with haters. Like when Taehyung is seen playing video games when the car behind him with the youth written on goes unfazed amidst the chaos and explosions. This event brings the statement that among all the hate and attacks BTS will say strong. The lyrics also references to Hoseok his touch with social and economic class ( spoon, a Korean theory where people should be deviated into classes based on their parents assets and income. Hoseok advocates against discrimination and labeling. The overall message is to encourage their fans to take ownership of their lives, rather than letting others decide. There are some key visuals like

 -Setting figures on fire: a way of responding to haters and forgiving them. This is also a foreshadow in August D aka Yoongi his mixtape. 

- Flying plane and moving bike: The plane flying on it’s own and the bike cycling on it’s own is a metaphor for their unstoppable power of their youthful fire and determination

- Save Me ( The Most Beautiful Moments In Life: Young Forever )

You can see the BTS members dance an intens choreography at a gorgeous but very rainy, depressing and low lying clouded farmers field. These things symbolises Their feelings of desperation and hopelessness as they are lost and unable to find their way. The choreography is dark, intens and emotional. It embodies the song’s theme of despair a feeling lost. U can find these themes back into the lyrics like “Ineedugirl“and“Saveme “ endThe MV is filmed in one take this empathises the struggle and overwhelming feelings of emotions. Leaving no room for error. The visuals lead to an end of the HYYH series and leads into their next album called WINGS . Save me is also seen as the opposite of their later song ‘ I’m Fine ‘ the lyrics from Save me VS I’m Fine. Represents finding inner strength

-Blood Sweat And Tears ( Wings, while this album is separate part of the overal concept. It’s included in the list because of the theme and visuals that match the HYYH)

The MV is a symbolic representation of the struggle between innocent and experience. It’s about the members journey into the world of temptation, sin and the loss of purity. The MV is inspired by Hermann Hesse’s novel ‘ Demian’ the novel explores themes like temptation, regret, the choice between good and bad , the complexes of growing up and facing the worlds darker things The theme ‘ sin ‘ and ‘ temptation’ is symbolised by objects like an apple, absinthe and coloured smoke ( this represents the allure and vices of the devils influence ) The MV also talks about the loss of innocence as the members are pulled away from a childlike state by temptation and their consequences. One of the other symbolics that I already mentioned is the internal conflict between a‘ good ‘ world and an ‘ evil.’ This can be seen in the Demian inspired quote by Namjoon “ He was too tempter, he too was a link o the second ( referencing to a second world ) the evil world with which I no longer wanted to have anything to do.” U can also link the symbolic for temptation and the consequences of human actions to the sculptures and art in the background. U can see sculpture from the Greek Mythology such as Perseus, Medusa and the Laocoōn group. The members each tell a story again such as -Jin: He represents the last piece of innocence. He also struggles to let go of his past love and the dream world he created. His final act of kissing the statue symbolises his surrender to a darker path.

 -Taehyung: Taehyung represents the struggle against surroundings and the acceptance o the harsh reality. His confrontation with his father signifies an acceptance of the world as it is -Jungkook: Jungkook is the protagonist he represents the greek myth go Icarus, where he falls due to his own curiosity and defiance

-Prologue ( The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever)

The theme is a glimpse of the past. the scenes like the famous ‘ Run ‘ scene exist out of memories of the boys time where they were happier. The two most important roles are the following ones.

 -Jin: Jin is shown photographing the other members hinting at his role as the observer, who may not exist in the same reality. There are also scenes hinting that he’s potentially dying. 

-Taehyung: Taehyung is shown with blood on his hands hinting to his murder in the ‘   ‘ MV. The MV ends in a happy reunion what potentially a happy memory is and wishful thinking before the group faces the harsh realities of their lives

This is all I got if u made it to the end, thank u 

Gosh, have you guys watched the mv? the song?? taemin proves himself once again that he is on his own level.

Bear with me as im trying hard to understand and explained the storyline of the mv in the best of my abilities. Here is my take on it. Please note that English is not my everyday communication so i apologize for any mistakes in grammar etc.

This analysis will include the mv and also the mv teasers. It will be great if we could get the director cut version for this.

The mv took place in a facility that conducted some kind of medical experiment/human trials to the kids/younger teens. Why i said that is because in the Countdown live the set is decorated with medical/lab tools.

Ok now let's start.

First scribbles - the stick mans, house, tree. This usually done by kids. Second scribbles on the wall shows what people usually mark to count the days. This explained that Taemin has been there for quite some times.

My theory is that this younger person is Taemin himself. In the MV (time stamp : 0:34) Taemin vividly remembered/seeing himself when he was younger, naively dancing happily around with his 'friends' although they are 'trapped' in this facility. We can see the same scene but longer in MV Teaser 1 where younger Taemin collapsed, which later we know that he has an asthma/difficulty in breathing as he keeps using an inhaler.

We see that younger Taemin is with other person in a room alone (MV timestamp : 0:20) This might be his 'lover'. But the lover however able to get out from the facilities due what so ever reason (MV trailer timestamp 1:00). Taemin was then can be seen to keep staring at the hole longing to get out too.

We then come to the 'now' Taemin (in white singlet from MV trailer) playing around with his friends in the water streams but he keeps need to use the inhaler when he got excited or anxious. All of them were then locked in a room and get examined by the authorities there. They were brought to a small field where Taemin was handed a gun and he started pointed to someone/something. He was then was seen bleeding in the MV which i think triggered the 'zombie virus'.

The chaotic situation started when they were all back to their rooms, they were killing the authorities and behaving/moving like a zombie but Taemin however was not affected by it. It might be because he was asthmatic thus preventing him from getting contracted?

As the only one who not affected by the virus he was worshipped by the other like a god or 'Abraxas' as what the MV director updated in his IG. But later on although he is treated as a god we can see that he was alone, lonely, angry and sad? He was the only one who survived the outbreak.

He went back to the abandoned and torn down facility, reminiscing his old room with the scattered shirts, he walked along the hallway and opened an empty room. The room where he was once with his 'lover'. He ran towards the front gate only to be stopped by the haunted hands but he was actually alone there fighting his own self.

He managed to finally run away from that place the zombie outbreak happened to the outside world too. He was getting up from a car hood that has a 'sunflower' drawing on it. Sunflower symbolism here can be interpreted as loyalty and devotion. It can also represent a steadfast commitment and promise to always be there for the person we care about. In the MV trailer as Taemin walked in the empty street someone suddenly grabbed him which probably his 'lover' that has been waiting for him. It also has been an eye lurking to the keyhole that i think was his lover that has been looking out for him all these while.

Also the main picture used on all the music platforms for this song is the one Taemin was biting a 'pear'. Pear can signify a time loss, difficulty or separation which all of that shows in the mv.

For the lyric of the song it was pretty straight forward. Taemin in Lee Mujin show said that the song is about bad love. He quoted

"With the wrong love the bad person saying this to his partner, "This is love"."

I do love this lyric translation by Abby Abbsteroni. Please check it out.