{"id":27422,"date":"2019-12-05T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27422"},"modified":"2020-01-17T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:00:10","slug":"bangtan-sonyeondan-bts-%eb%b0%a9%ed%83%84%ec%86%8c%eb%85%84%eb%8b%a8-melon-music-awards-2019-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/12\/05\/bangtan-sonyeondan-bts-%eb%b0%a9%ed%83%84%ec%86%8c%eb%85%84%eb%8b%a8-melon-music-awards-2019-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangtan Sonyeondan (BTS) [\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8] Melon Music Awards 2019 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Melon Music Awards<\/a> aired on Nov. 30. in Seoul. During the awards show, Bangtan Sonyeondan [\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8]<\/a> almost exclusively known as BTS here in the west, performed a 40 minute set of \u201cIntro: Persona\u201d \u201cBoy in Luv\u201d \u201cBoy With Luv\u201d \u201cMikrokosmos\u201d a dance break, and \u201cDionysus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening video shows the members resting on a sofa, similar to the \u201cI NEED U\u201d music video, hinting at BTS\u2019s fictional story universe and that this concert might be a reflection of it. The video features motifs of lights and shadows, making fans excited that the potential albums of \u201cMap of the Soul: Shadow\u201d or \u201cMap of the Soul: Ego\u201d might be confirmed soon. It ends with Rap Monster (RM) being the only one awake, playing with a lighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RM starts the performance with a solo, \u201cIntro: Persona.\u201d His rapping is spectacular. The stage is themed like a Korean classroom and was littered with clues about fan-speculations and references to their old songs. The clack board was made to look like the scribbles of a mad man. Once RM finishes, the rest of BTS joined him for \u201cBoy in Luv,\u201d a 2014 song from the Skool Luv Affair era. A surprising throwback and a hint that this concert was more than meets the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song jumps into BTS\u2019s 2019 megahit, \u201cBoy With Luv\u201d which is a direct continuation of the story. The screen changes from a school to the iconic movie theater from the 2019 video. Since Halsey was over here in the States, the boys sing the high notes alongside her backing track. Jimin kisses a rose and throws it into the crowd, triggering rose petals to blast out of cannons into the front rows. The boys held up hand signs of the number two, again hinting at the Ego album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, everything stops and fades to black. RM speaks over a soft piano, as the white text is the only thing visible: \u201cIn the beginning, I did not shine so bright. I only knew to do my best to shine. But we found each other and our universe was born. Now let us shine on each other.\u201d The music swells, \u201cWe\u2019re no longer small. Just as the universe expands,\u201d The camera cuts to the crowd filled with lights, \u201cOur universe would last forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A shot of the group’s performance. (YouTube\/1theK (\uc6d0\ub354\ucf00\uc774)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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