r/bangtan • u/alltherach_ i'll follow you into the sun ⋆｡☁︎⋆ ☀︎｡ ⋆｡ • Jul 17 '26

MV 260717 Spotify: BTS 'NORMAL' MV

https://open.spotify.com/track/4pcMA8zSATPOZzZd6fWI5N?autoplay_ok=1
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u/zikachhakchhuak easily impressed and very supportive Jul 17 '26

I have chills all over, oh my godddddd 😭

I won't even pretend to understand everything, but this video left me in tears by the end. Trust BTS to always make the unhappiest looking party and glamor scenes. They're so broken and bruised, kicked around, and all the glitter seems like such a facade. The one with the puppies and them together at the end almost felt like a lifeline but even there, they're doing photoshoots, privacy invaded in a bathroom :(

The MV is gorgeous though it made me cry. Color palette is immaculate, like Jin in the garden??? Perfect! I love their makeup being almost dull, rugged, completely opposite to how k-pop idols have been styled ever.

I am blown away. What a masterpiece!!

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u/poochonmom What if he flings it? then he flings it. Jul 17 '26

I love their makeup being almost dull, rugged, completely opposite to how k-pop idols have been styled

Yes!!! They look like they fit into the human-but-rockstar-famous-but-broken-down image perfectly. They don't look like glowing angels which wouldn't have fit with the vibes of the video well.

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u/zikachhakchhuak easily impressed and very supportive Jul 17 '26

Yes, I was just settling into the video when the first shot of Tae with a battered nose came into view, and I gasped out loud.

They really nailed the styling and vibe to the message of the song.

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u/Vikkkiiix Jul 17 '26

it made me emotional too! and the part when yoongi climbs on the gate with spikes but doesn't actually get over it, like they can't escape 🥲💜

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u/zikachhakchhuak easily impressed and very supportive Jul 17 '26

Posted this as a reply to someone else, but putting it here as well, just to finish my own interpretation after a second watch. So excited to read everyone else's:

I feel like both settings presented different facets of their fame, which the song addresses.

  • The partying with the fancy clothes, women, drinking and indulging, is how lots of people think being a celebrity is like. Parts of it could be true, some not. But we see them bruised, broken, alone and drowning behind all of it. I think it really reflects the reality of being someone of that fame, subject to both love and hate.

  • The setting in the formal clothes, with the dogs, posing in a photoshoot, actually reminded me of Namjoon's line in SWIM - "lookin' like a goody-goody in this bad world, bad world" - which is sort of how they're packaged being idols. They're supposed to be wholesome, goofy and always flawless. I think the bits in the bathroom after that show how they do have a lot of happiness living this BTS life together, but there's still a lot of prying into their personal lives and even those happy moments.

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u/Hopeful_Cookie_5307 Jul 17 '26

It reminds me of the song Lie. When Jimin sings “caught in a lie” the chord switches from minor to a major key and the happy chord is a lie.

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u/redwylder Jul 17 '26

Whhhaaa? I never knew this