Here, the spring is personified to sound like a clueless child. The lyrics are sadder, but sung in more lighthearted way. The lyrics themselves though (and I don’t know if I’m reading too much into the lyrics) actually seem sadder in Korean. There is a friendly rueful feeling to the tone of lyrics. There is personification of things like Spring, Time and the World, talking about them like they’re friends. The Korean lyrics sound a little bit… cuter. Reading the English CC on the MV, I thought the lyrics were quite sad although hopeful. The meaning of the lyrics are fairly clear, so I’ll just ramble on about the choice of their words and their tone. Other places where “Life Goes On” enjoyed commercial success, include Japan, the UK, Lithuania and South Korea.Written by: Pdogg, RM, Ruuth, Chris James, Antonina Armato, Suga, j-hope “Life Goes On” was a big hit for BTS in a bunch of places, including Singapore and of course the United States. Three members of BTS – Suga, RM and J-Hope – contributed to the writing of “Life Goes On”. And the song’s other authors are Ruuth, Chris Brenner, Antonina Armato and the track’s producer, Pdogg. It only managed to hit position #10 on the chart in question. However, at the end of the day, the song failed to make it to the top of the UK Charts. Shortly after this song’s release, it was widely predicted that due to its popularity, it may prove to be BTS’s first number one on the UK Singles Chart. Jungkook directed two different music videos for “Life Goes On”. The first one came out on 19 November 2020. And the second, which is known as the ‘on my pillow’ version, was released a couple of days later on 21 November and features the homeys chillin’ in their dorm.Īs of 22 November 2020, the original music video surpassed 100,000,000 views on YouTube. During the two following days they also rendered it respectively on Good Morning America (23 November) and The Late Late Show with James Corden (24 November). This is the lead single from an album (or EP, considering it only has eight tracks) BTS dropped on 30 November entitled Be. And they did so via Columbia Records as well as their hometown-based Big Hit Entertainment label.īTS had begun teasing the track in late October. The first time they performed the song live was during the American Music Awards held on 22 November 2020. They did so remotely via their homeland of South Korea. So again, this song has a general applicability and can be related to any unexpected, seemingly never-ending setback a listener may face in life. But premise-wise, what it is based on is the world unexpectedly becoming more challenging, and we can also say more stressful, on the singers. However, the way the message is presented is in a universal fashion, as in the band being insightful enough to know that this is not something only they are going through.Ĭoncerning said message, it is centered on the philosophy of “life goes on”. In other words, the singers have concluded that the best way to overcome this ordeal is by being resilient and supportive. And they are confident that even though “there’s no end” to the pandemic “in sight”, eventually “the day will come back around as if nothing happened”. So basically, BTS are encouraging patience in the face of COVID-19.Īnd by the way, the disease itself is never mentioned in the lyrics, nor is there any direct reference to it. Yes, the song is very allegorical in its approach. But there is a more personal side of what they are going through also. For instance, Jimin pointed out to the United Nations that his “world had shrunk to a room”, whereas prior to the lockdowns he was “singing and dancing with fans around the world”.įundamentally it is such a sentiment which is being relayed on “Life Goes On”.

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