The Other ARMY

안녕하세요 아미! 저는 Brynada 에요. 만나서 반갑습니다.

These past few months, pretty much since my last blog post about 방탄소년단 (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan aka BTS) MV Not Today, I have been somewhat obsessed with BTS. No — I’m not Korean nor do I live in Korea. I am American. I just really enjoy Korean music — there is so much fun in it. In fact, I am so much of a BTS fan that I consider myself an ARMY now. ARMY is the anacronym for how they call their fanbase. In addition to catchy music, attractive guys, outstanding performances, and well-thought out MV’s — the guys themselves seem to be pretty down-to-earth individuals which makes being an ARMY actually worth it. In fact, if it wasn’t for their personalities and their lyrics — I probably wouldn’t be an ARMY at all. For an idea of personality — check out this video:

War of Hormones Dance Practice BTS This Dance practice (on their official YT channel) is what actually got me into BTS so much. Other notable MV’s are: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Save Me, Fire, Not Today,

Don’t forget to turn on the English subs if you want translation!

From Left to Right: J-Hope, Suga, Jungkook, Rap Monster, Jin, V, and Jimin. Note: Taehyung also acted in a drama but I can’t remember the title off the top of my head since I haven’t watched it. Maybe an ARMY can comment the title down below?

RM, JH and Suga are Rap Line. While they have an   Official Twitter Acct., this photo was from their Japanese Twitter Acct.

Rappers Rap Monster and Suga have put out their own mixtapes. If you are interested in Rap Line’s work — check out CYPHER pt. 3 and CYPHER pt. 4. You won’t regret it! Individual songs, check out Rap Monster’s Jokeand Do You. We are dutifully waiting for Hobi to throw down his mixtape. It has begun to be referred to as Hixtape. However, you can still listen to J-Hope’s 1Verse and Mama.

But seriously though? Check out Agust D’s Agust D and Give it to Me if you want some tongue technology.

My Bias? Hmm…take a wild guess. 😉

In the meantime, I am learning Korean so I can spend less time watching subtitles and more time watching the guys. 😀

Hey ARMYs? What nickname comes to mind for the guys when you think of them? Mine are: Hobi, Joonie, Older brother Jin, Mochi, Little brother Kookie, Min Lychee (also Min Jaberbabywocki), and Tae.

Do you know na pittam nunmeul?

 

Analysis — CERN Connection to Korean MV “Not Today” by BTS

Brynada, 8 March 2017

While I am a Korean music fan, I am slow to jump on each and every new MV. Often, it will take YouTube to keep pushing it in my feed before I break down and click to view. I finally broke down and so I clicked on Not Today by BTS, out of curiosity. During my first view this week, I was struck by some of the symbolism. A YouTuber, DreamTeller, gives a pretty great psychological analysis to this same video. Don’t worry — just turn on English subtitles. I, however, went in a completely different direction and couldn’t help but to give them my two cents’ analysis.

Below the following video, I have provided a direct quote of my analysis which I had written within the comment portion of their MV.

THEORY: Some parts of this make me think of Illuminati/CERN/Lucifer — such as: At 0:46 when he’s walking in that dark place, down a specified path, which could represent a tunnel. There is light at the end of the tunnel. He is clearly walking away from the light towards darkness. At 0:52, he starts to raise his arms like wings. At 0:58, he is in the middle of the group of people in black — which could represent dark or lost souls. At 1:06, he raises his arms again, this time showing he is in control as they begin to start moving at his whim. Then there is the triangle formation at 1:17, 1:33 Saying We are Extra but not still part of this world (after analyzing the rest of the song) I have come to think of as like stating (in conjunction with my analysis) that it is like saying Lucifer & his fallen angels got trapped on Earth so they are saying they are different but part of this world. Extra-terrestrial is like saying originating from outside of Earth, so here Extra could be similar, that the origin is not of here, but is now here. Part of this world instead of OF this world is also an interesting word choice which lends itself to my theory on that part. Also the part where in the English translation at 1:40 the mention of light breaking through darkness (Lucifer is known as the lightbringer) the reference to wanting a New World at 1:46, also when ya’ll be dancing on that shiny circle at 3:15 like how they do in that one CERN/Illuminati video when they seem to be trying to bring back Lucifer. Now that I bring up the particle accellerator, the LHC from CERN, it is interesting that they did that shiny ice circle dance and you did too. I say that because at 3:28 for a second, it looks like could be particles accelerating in the front left of the screen, even though I’m assuming its gunshots? Then its followed up by the, Ready, Aim, Fire at 3:32 — which could completely go along with that since CERN will be firing up the LHC in I think April. Then, immediately following that is the triangle again at 3:33 on the shiny circle representing this time the sky while making it looking like ya’ll flying like dark angels. At 3:38 again with the particles/shots, while singing never kneel down — which is said Lucifer refused to submit to humans. At 3:51 when the particles/shots are fired again and then at 3:56 with the reference to breaking the glass ceiling that locks you up. Its widely theorized that CERN is using the LHC to open a gateway for Lucifer to break free from his prison. 4:05 is interesting…also 4:25 with it going from light to dark, and the particles now like fire. Its a great video though 😇

For you K-Pop fans, or newbies — if you enjoyed Not Today by BTS, check out their MV Blood Sweat & Tears. Another one I may do an analysis on since it has Luciferian undertones — only a little more obvious.

*Please note: when you hear Extra in association with K-Pop, it is usually just to describe a person as being silly, out there, strange, etc. from — what I have noticed. Namely — different, in a good way.*

Questions & Comments Welcomed!

 

Reflection

For a long moment, she stared at her reflection

Barely able to recognize herself.

Her physical features had not changed, no –

It was she who had changed –

Her very essence

The core of who she was.

 

“How did this happen?” she whispered to herself.

She couldn’t help but to wonder

Tears silently flowing down her blood stained cheeks,

A reminder of the life she still lived.

She could not feel any intense pain

 

Aside from –

 

She was startled out of her dazed confusion

When the doorbell rang

Wiping her tears with her bloodstained hands didn’t help

It just spread the mess

The doorbell rang again, this time with an angry fervor

 

She turned on her heels and quickly ran to the bathroom

Stripping down to her undergarments, she grabbed a washcloth

Hurriedly, she wiped the blood from her body, rinsing it several times

She ran a brush quickly through her hair, taming it as best she could

“I’m coming!” She yelled down the hall.

 

She yanked a pair of her sweatpants and a white tee from the hall closet

The ones she normally used to clean house

“How fitting,” she bitterly thought, smirking at the irony.

“Oh, I almost forgot,” she thought as she bent down to her gym bag

Unzipping it, she pulled out the hand that gripped her wedding ring

 

Putting the ring back where it belonged,

She stopped once again before the hall mirror

Smiling at her reflection, before answering the door

There stood two handsome officers

“Good evening, Ma’am,” they began

 

“We’re sorry to bother you like this,”

They handed her a flyer, with details about a serial killer on the loose

The sketch looked oddly like her ex-husband

“Thank you for informing me, I’ll be sure to call if I come across anything”

When they left, she went to her ex-husband’s body

 

“Well,” she said, “I guess you got what you had coming, baby.”

 

Bernadette Rocha, 29 Sept 2016

~~ Brynada ~~

Right Path

The path we seek is laid out in plain sight

Just have to read the signs to follow its true path

We can try to control where we are going

But sometimes fate has a different plan

Doors may not open because those doors are not for us

Try the other doors to find the path true

Absorb the lessons on the way

They may come in handy one day

 

Bernadette Rocha, 26 Sept 2016

~~ Brynada ~~

 

 

Accepting this Quest

Don’t know about you

But I feel brand new

Like a butterfly, bursting forth from its cramped confines of a self made tomb

Reborn, like a phoenix from the ashes of its pyre, and not a moment too soon

Ready for adventure, a change of pace

Out into the ether, that cosmic space

 

Bernadette Rocha, 25 Sept 2016

~~ Brynada ~~