BTS‘s Jimin has released the MV for his anticipated song “Set Me Free Pt.2!”
We knew it would be phenomenal, but many moments still shocked us. If you’re still trying to process, check out 5+ details and references you might not have noticed the first time while watching the MV…
1. The choreography and lyrics are connected.
jimin imitating the flutter of a butterfly’s wings while singing the lyrics “fly away, butterfly, finally free”
pic.twitter.com/1BW5JbNg7Y
— SJM🪞Set Me Free Pt.2 TODAY (@stussyjimin) March 17, 2023
2. It mirrors Jimin’s previous solo song “Lie” from BTS’s second studio album Wings.
the lie reference in set me free pt.2 music video gave me goosebumps… this is so beautiful pic.twitter.com/V1vUmqIOFu
— mimi FACE 24/3 🪞 (@liIjiminvert) March 17, 2023
3. The line “Going insane to stay sane” is nearly identical to the lyrics from “ON.”
THE WAY I SCREAMED AT THE ‘ON’ REFERENCE pic.twitter.com/kryPY4RSaQ
— hani⁷ ♡ (@itsbtszone) March 17, 2023
4. Jimin loses clothes and accessories in the MV, representing his path to freedom.
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And throughout the video you can see he is losing some part of his clothes and accessories, like the rings and earrings, I feel like it’s representing his path to freedom
— Riri⁷ (@redshoesriri) March 17, 2023
5. All of Jimin’s tattoos
“little 7 tattoo, 13, nevermind, youth, moon tattoo, german poem fake tattoo” pic.twitter.com/EcZkQ0swNZ
— vmin ✰ (@dailyjmthv) March 17, 2023
6. The body tattoo is actually a German poem, Ich Lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen, written by Rainer Maria Rilke in the late 1800s.
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You can check out the translations below…
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7. The poem also connects to the cover art for Jimin’s album FACE.
”widening circles that reach out across the world” https://t.co/Udu4aHxv7w pic.twitter.com/BinWKo5otL
— 144p bangtan (@144pbangtan) March 17, 2023
8. Jimin and his dancers make a shape that arguably appears to be the golden ratio pattern or the Fibonacci sequence…
#SetMeFree_Pt2_OutToday #SetMeFreePt2IsComing #SetMeFree_Pt2_Is_Coming#Jimin_FACE
“Ancient mathematicians, architects, and philosophers understood this pattern was the golden ratio. From the double helix of DNA to the expanding universe, it is the pervasive pattern of life.” pic.twitter.com/8xGR318xtX
— Aurelia
(@AureliaOT7) March 17, 2023
the fibonacci sequence??? pic.twitter.com/KKwDofBPhR
— rose⁷ 🪞 (@taessarect) March 17, 2023
9. You can see a lot of similarities to previous music videos, and it’s intentional. Director Oui Kim actually directed “Interlude : Shadow,” too.
Jimin’s Filter, Black Swan and ON were all apart of the Shadow section of MOTS7 and are all represented here.
In Interlude: Shadow and Black Swan the Shadow itself is represented by autotune which you can hear here.
“Gotta go Insane to stay sane” is about being brave to + pic.twitter.com/zlTXE1LX21
— Dr. omeroz⁷
starts to control them and they lift him up. In SET ME FREE PT. 2 Jimin, isn’t afraid. He immediately controls the dancers, he impacts their movements, not the other way around. He is already in control of his Shadow.
He is in white at the end to show that he overcame the Shadow pic.twitter.com/yQtPm7QIJY
— Dr. omeroz⁷
I wanted to add that often people put having references to old work as something that’s easy to do but having so many references be cohesive means that they all have to resonate with each other, with the artistry and most importantly with the singer.
It’s so complex and honest.
— Dr. omeroz⁷
10. And the moral of the story is…
the whole storm boiling down to him being set free not into the same feelings of anger but into light and gentleness because jimin is nothing if not the definition “let me stay tender hearted, despite despite despite” pic.twitter.com/YYiN61FXDB
— JIMIN VICTIM (INTENSIFIED) (@vminkookluvr69) March 17, 2023
Did you notice any more details? Let us know!
