the beautiful mv for agust d’s new single ‘amygdala’ is out now! 🫧
tw for self-harm, pills, car accidents and implied attempted suicide(?) - please heed these warnings and stream at your own pace - remember you can always stream the song and other d-day songs including the other singles on other major streaming platforms if you still want to stream but the contents of this mv are too much - you can also still contribute to youtube streams by continuing to stream the mvs for ‘haegeum’ and ‘people pt.2’ ft iu.
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haegeum (youtube):
people pt.2 ft. iu (youtube):
haegeum (spotify):
people pt.2 ft. iu (spotify):
huh?! ft. j-hope to support both agust d and j-hope (spotify):
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"He Too Was a Tempter": Desire and Homoerotic Subtext in "Blood, Sweat, & Tears"
originally presented at the 2022 BTS Interdisciplinary Conference
The media surrounding "Blood, Sweat, & Tears," off BTS's 2016 album WINGS, was a stark visual and thematic departure from the group's prior releases. In this dark era of BTS's "reflection of youth" timeline, the characters introduced in the HYYH series are plunged into a conflicting world of temptation. While there is much to explore and pull apart in this content, a close read of the concept's themes is one particularly intriguing option.
Though "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" has a clear focus on themes of desire and temptation, the song's lyrics are genderless, and the music videos and performances only feature interactions between male characters. This deliberate production choice wraps "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" and its central themes in a homoerotic subtext. While subtle, the use of this subtext is one of the more convincing within BTS's content, adding a new layer to the narrative of the HYYH characters. Additionally, as homoerotic subtext has historically served as a method for hidden arguments for social freedom and expressions of equality, this subtext lends itself to BTS’s tendency towards socially conscious lyricism. With the purposeful choice to steer "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" from the mainstream heteronormative coming-of-age story, the construction of this concept acts as another outlet for such ideas.
This presentation aims to delve deeply into the music videos, lyrics, and performance produced for "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" to discuss how the homoerotic undertones are central to amplifying the work's themes, rather than homoeroticism for the sake of fanservice or stage play. I will also explore the media's thematic links with Hermann Hesse's novel Demian, and argue that this coded desire, while not outright representation, is a quietly visible and important extension of BTS's ongoing social commentary.
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Making A Music Video: The Perfect Score "Absentee" Video
Making A Music Video The Perfect Score - "Absentee" Music Video
About Video: Here is some of the behind-the-scenes of making the music video for our song Absentee! We worked with an amazing crew and some amazing talent to get this video shot and done! Huge thanks to everyone who was a part of the shoot and to everyone who helped make this a reality!
Song: Absentee Band: Perfect Score Mix: Anxious & Loud Studios Master: Nada Recording Studios Music Video: Kevin Burleigh Productions BTS Edit By: @GGaemer
Music By: Perfect Score Basement The Wonder Years Tiny Moving Parts The Front Bottoms
Talent: Hailey Faern: https://linktr.ee/thedarlingfae Jesse Gales: https://Instagram.com/Jwalkitoutt
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