BTS (방탄소년단) 'Black Swan' Official MV *REACTION*

you're the only reactor that I really find so sincere, everyone be saying "oh they're so good" but never pauses, never search up for lyrics, never show interests to learn the message BTS was delivering, you're the only reaction channel that I watch. You're very honest.

it’s one of my favourite bts songs. The song gives voice to their fears. Fear that one day music will not be able to move or influence them. The moment they encounter the black swan within them, however, they are struck by the paradoxical realization that music is all they have. "It's the confession of an artist who really knew what music meant to him.

It's ARMY day today... Happy 10th ARMY birthday 💜🎉💜 This song is an art!

“Black Swan” is inspired by a quote: “A dancer dies twice. The first time is when he stops dancing and this first death is much more painful” by Martha Graham, a brilliant American choreographer and dancer. “Black swan” is about their fear that some day they’ll lose their passion for music and this would be their first death. They chose to use autotune in this song was to show the group's shadow (their deepest collective fears/secrets) vocally, the fear being that they would fall out of love with their craft. It was RMs idea to use the autotune to blend their voices, (which makes sense since he adores Kanye and Kanye uses autotune on his vocals). Black swan is based on Jung's work of the map of the soul where the shadow, ego and persona (and more) are all equally important parts to a person's construct. The dance moves in particular you can see in the beginning they pluck what seems to be invisible string instruments, while at the end of the choreography they seem to be hanging by those very strings like puppets. Their shadow (fear/secret) has consumed them. Ok, so... the song draws inspiration from both the ballet (Swan Lake) in it's choreo and imagery, but also draws a lot of inspiration from the movie "Black Swan", which in turn is heavily based on the Japanese anime film "Perfect Blue". Both movies break identity and deal (in a non-obvious way) with Carl Jung's theory of the self: Persona, Ego, Shadow. In these movies, a female performer spirals into insanity as increased pressures in her career cause her to lose grip of herself and reality. “Black Swan” tells the story of Nina, a passionate ballerina (Natalie Portman) who struggles to maintain her sanity while competing for the main role (the White Swan, Odette) in “Swan Lake.” Meanwhile, “Perfect Blue” follows Mima, a former (Japanese) pop idol whose sense of reality begins to waiver as she attempts to transition into a career as a serious actress. Both stories feature a female protagonist is put in highly stressful situations and that makes them question their identity and ultimately conjure up a doppelgänger that messes with their psyche (persona, shadow and ego, basically clash). Just as Nina suffers from the pressures of being a ballerina, Mima is also forced to deal with the strict expectations of being a Japanese idol. Their personal conflicts also bleed into their professional lives causing them to spiral out of control. In Nina’s case, it comes in the form of her oppressive mother and in Mima’s situation, it’s an obsessive stalker fan. At the core of the film, both protagonists have a psychological battle with themselves that results in hallucinations that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. In the end, like I said, these films break the self and deal with themes like loss of passion and the heartbreak that come with working for your dreams. Black Swan (BTS), at its core, reflects these themes. I think that Perfect Blue can be chillingly on point for BTS, since they too are idols and experience some of the things that Mima experienced as an idol and continues to go through. BTS reflect the core concepts of these movies, identity, and conceptualise them to reflect their fear of losing their passion for music and, by extension, losing themselves. They portray people who are afraid that music is all there is to them and are afraid of losing themselves if they lose their passion. This song became even more heartbreaking for us after their FESTA Dinner 2022, when they announced they’re taking a break from making music as a group. They expressed that they had been feeling lost and unsure of their identity as a group since the MOTS: 7 (this song’s album) release and the plan to take a break had been in place since then. They planned on having their world tour (MOTS Tour, which got canceled due to COVID-19) and then taking a break to work on their solo music, not only to find their unique flavour as artists, but also to rekindle their passion for music. Reading the lyrics for Black Swan, it makes sense that RM cried after writing this song. It expresses their fears at the time, how they felt like they no longer had an identity and feared they’d die if they lost their passion for music.

The lyrics of Black Swan make you feel as though you are in constant nauseating motion because you are afraid to slow down and must seize the moment. You are afraid of dying your first death as a dancer.

I'm 64 and a committed ARMY for three years now. BTS is THE BEST.....no one does music like this....and sing...and dance....and look beautiful.....they are EVERYTHING!!!!

you need to do a live performance for Black Swan, literally stunning, it's my favourite BTS song, to me it's art ,a masterpiece and it's aging like the finest of wines, also the orchestra versions is just >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I get so genuinely excited when you upload, always worth the wait!

Black swan is a song about trying so hard for something and in the end losing your focus and love for it. That's why it's so relatable. It speaks about artists first death of not being able to do and enjoy that art anymore and it hurts more than the real death. Man I really love BTS

When BTS first came out in 2013 they mainly did hip hop and r&b. They started to branch off later on and do other things later but their hearts are in hip hop.

The song is about the loss of passion. This is BTS, they can all rap, they can all sing, they can all dance. They write slmost all their own music. They are very versatile. Just don't ever get on the wrong side of ARMY

You really are the most sincere reactor on YouTube. When I get that notification, I make time to watch you.

Try "Home"! Pop sound with incredible lyrics that mean a lot to the fandom. Also Airplane Pt. 2 (Latin pop), Idol (traditional korean instrument sound with a strong beat), Singularity (Tae's solo song, very RnB)

Shoes off!! Jimin got to show his experience with contemporary dance in this MV. He was amazing in this video.

the lyrics hit even harder knowing that they wrote them when they were starting to lose their passion for music. They were "dying their first death," the death of a musician. Their plan was to do one more tour after this album came out, and then go on hiatus to try and find their passion for music again. Obviously they didn't go through with that cause of the pandemic, but still.

As you saw on In the Street, J-Hope was an award winning street dancer before he hooked up with BTS. He learned to rap from RM, Suga, and the other guys in BigHit at that time. Hard to believe huh? He says that he raps the way he dances, with the rhythms that he feels in his body. I think that's why he has such a unique flow and approach to rap.

Love this song and so happy you gave it a view. If you want another one of their songs in a different genre, try out Airplane pt.2! I used to start days out listening to it! Well wishes and borahae to you and to all of ARMY.

Black Swan is a masterpiece! The beat was produced by PDogg. The producer and written by are always posted above the lyrics in doolset =) Don't forget Jungkook's single Seven is being released on July 14th and hitting radios in the US, so please react to that! He will also be performing the song the same day in Central Park at GMA Summer Concert 💜

"These rappers dancing" it's funny that you mention this because Suga initially thought he was just going to be a producer and rapper in the group, but he ended up finding out that he would have to dance and he still killed it!!!!

Black Swan screams ART. Everything about it is so beautiful. Even the other MV with orchestra version is so beautiful omg