Map of the Soul 7 Album Reaction. https://streamable.com/zhvb60

Here it is! BTS Map of the Soul 7 live album reaction! 

the info I had from the Dream Team 👇

Playlist Link:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaVjqdRn9tBTZ4fYkiw0AO6miKn3XyPA

Duration: 105 minutes (30 min ROB, 75 min album)

Reminders:

• Long album! 15 songs + explained video. Drink water and enjoy :)

!! About this Album - MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 !!

“Map of the Soul: 7” is meant to symbolize the seven members of the group, as well as the seven years the band has spent together. Map of the Soul was based on the theories of Carl Jung, who thought that the human psyche was made up of various components: primarily persona, shadow, and ego. MOTS was supposed to be a trilogy, with “shadow” and “ego” being their own EP’s, but with their 7 year anniversary it was made into a one larger album.

This album became the best-selling album of 2020 within an hour of its release; it debuted No. 1 on all real-time Korean music charts, an achievement known as a "Perfect All-Kill". Including songs from the EP MoTS: Persona, the album is a total of 21 songs, 15 being new. This album was released February 21 2020, and BTS never had the chance to perform any of these songs in front of army because of the Covid shutdown until just late last year for their concerts in LA.

Interlude: Shadow

This song is Suga’s solo song. Greed, fear, and the battle of knowing his persona, Suga talks about the pressures of rising fame and the “shadow” that comes with it. The MV version is slightly shorter than the version on the album so we will show both the MV and the album version. Shadow samples BTS’s “Intro: O!RUL8,2?”

Produced by SUGA, GHSTLOOP, EL CAPITXN

Written by SUGA, GHSTLOOP, EL CAPITXN, Pdogg, RM

Doolset: Interlude : Shadow – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Black Swan

In this song BTS steps into the deep, inner side of the self and faces the shadow it has been hiding as an artist. It is the confession of BTS as an artist, who grew up to a global superstar.

“A dancer dies twice — once when they stop dancing, and this first death is the most painful.” – Martha Graham. Black Swan is created with dancer Martha Graham’s quote as a motif. Like a dancer faces their first death when they stop dancing, the track contains the fear of the moment where BTS is no longer able to perform on the stage as an artist.

There is an orchestra version of this song we will listen to in a later stream.

Produced by Pdogg

Written by Pdogg, RM, August Rigo, Vince Nantes, Clyde Kelly

Doolset: Black Swan – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Filter

‘Filter’ is Jimin’s solo song where he talks about trying to appeal to someone, saying he can be anything they desire. According to him: “Filters can be the things within a camera application, or social media, but it can also mean people’s perspective or prejudice. I took these various meanings and expressed it into the song of how I want to present myself to the world in many different ways.”

Produced by Tom Wiklund

Written by Tom Wiklund, Hilda Stenmalm, “hitman” bang, Lee seu-ran, LUTRA, danke, Bobby Chung, Ahn Bok Jin, Fallin’ Dild, Fluorescence Boy

Doolset: Filter – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

My Time

JK’s solo song, here he talks about his feelings from the time he was just a trainee with BTS up until the present and how he feels he lost his childhood by growing up so fast and trying to find himself as he’s grown up in the light of fame.

Produced by Sleep Deez, Pdogg

Written by Sleep Deez, RM, Jayrah Gibson, Pdogg, Printz Board, Richelle Alleyne, Jung Kook

Doolset: 시차 (My Time) – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Louder than bombs

A haunting song that tells a story of how sadness and fear grow as a person encounters struggles in life. Especially being a group that experienced so much struggles and are now receiving more attention than ever before, they tell the pressure of being held in such a high position.

Produced by Bram Inscore

Written by Troye Sivan, Bram Inscore, Allie X, Leland, RM, SUGA, j-hope

Doolset: Louder than bombs – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

ON

This song can be seen as the switch from “shadow” and are now entering “ego”. ON talks about the sacrifices they have made to achieve their success, yet how they are no longer afraid to push themselves anymore and move forward no matter what.

Produced by Pdogg

Written by Pdogg, RM, August Rigo, Melanie Joy Fontana, Michel “Lindgren” Schulz, SUGA, j-hope, Antonina Armato, Krysta Youngs, Julia Ross

Doolset: ON – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

@jim “EGO” for Carl Jung basically means one's true self, the one we don't show others, protected by the PERSONA and having their SHADOW as their negative monstrous side.

UGH!

An exploration of the emotion anger, UGH! (A rap line song) addresses mindless and spiteful anger and how it is diminishing the value of the true emotion of anger. This song has a lot of Korean culture referenced but it still gets its message across, the true emotion of anger can change the world, but spiteful anger is making it worse. There is an explained video by DKDKTV but we will watch at a later time or on your own is week.

Produced by Supreme Boi

Written by Supreme Boi, SUGA, RM, Hiss noise, j-hope, icecream drum

Doolset: 욱 (UGH!) – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

00:00 Zero O’Clock

‘Zero O’Clock’ is a unit song from the vocal line. The song is referencing the time when everything is reset, ready to start again. The song delivers comfort for the everyday life and the hope that a better day will come even if nothing dramatic happens. The track touches the hearts of many with its heightened sense of sincerity.

Produced by Pdogg

Written by Pdogg, RM, Jessie Lauryn Foutz, Antonina Armato

Doolset: 00:00 (Zero O’Clock) – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Inner Child

V’s solo song is a heartfelt letter to his younger self, singing about the painful and difficult memories and giving a voice to the hurt of his inner child, he comforts his inner child and showcases his personal growth.

Produced by Arcades

Written by RM, Matt Thomson, Max Lynedoch Graham, Ryan Lawrie, Ellis Miah, Adien Lewis, Pdogg, V, James Reynolds

Doolset: Inner Child – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Friends

Being born in the same year Jimin and V have always had a special connection and call themselves soulmates, this song is a tribute to their friendship. It is written, composed and produced by Jimin. ‘Friends' was also part of the OST of the Marvel movie, ‘The Eternals.’

Produced by Pdogg, Jimin

Written by Pdogg, Supreme Boi, Jimin, ADORA, Martin Sjølie, Stella Jang

Doolset: 친구 (Friends) – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Moon

Jin's solo song, and when explaining the meaning of this song he said “This song is about how the moon views the earth. I am the Moon, and ARMY is my Earth. Moon is much brighter than my previous songs because it holds a lot of love for our fans.”

Produced by Slow Rabbit

Written by Slow Rabbit, RM, Jin, ADORA, Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young, Candace Nicole Sosa, Daniel Caesar, Ludwig Lindell

Doolset: Moon – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Respect

Having been the two members who lived together the longest, RM and Suga use this unit song as a conversation as they question the definition of the word “respect” and what its meaning has reduced to in modern society.

Produced by Hiss noise, SUGA, EL CAPITXN

Written by Hiss noise, SUGA, RM, EL CAPITXN

Doolset: Respect – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

We are Bulletproof: The eternal

A song for ARMY, BTS sing “we are not 7 with you” as they thank army for believing and supporting them for the 7 years they’ve been a band, and no matter the pain we experienced through the journey, we endured it all and are together. Also the stars and the whale in the MV represent army who been with them all along.

Produced by Audien

Written by Audien, RM, Etta Zelmani, Cazzi Opeia (Sunshine), Ellen Berg (Sunshine), Will Tanner, Gusten Dahlqvist, Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young, Candace Nicole Sosa, SUGA, j-hope, Elohim, Antonina Armato, Alexander Magnus Karlsson, Alexei Viktorovitch

Doolset: We are Bulletproof : the Eternal – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

Outro: Ego

Jhope wraps up the album with his solo song by telling us to trust ourselves. Ego could be considered as the faculty responsible for the identity and personality of a person, and as Jhope examines himself, he is proud of his journey and can move on even further. Ego’s beginning samples BTS’s “Intro: 2 cool 4 Skool”.

Produced by Hiss noise

Written by j-hope, Hiss noise, Supreme boi

Doolset: Outro : Ego – doolset lyrics (wordpress.com)

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