“Even when I fall and hurt myself / I keep running toward my dream,” Jin sings on a crystalline ‘Epilogue: Young Forever’, while on a stirring ‘Spring Day’, V yearns: “How much longer should I wait? / And how many sleepless nights should I spend / Before I get to see you?” When they return to the stadium stage, they perform two songs that capture the longing and determination to make it through this time that both artists and fans have felt as a result of the pandemic’s enforced separation. As the band take a much-deserved extended breather backstage, clips from their recent return to the UN fill the screen. The end of BTS concerts might usually come with a poignant crescendo, this evening’s is even more heart-wrenching than normal. It is, of course, a piece of perfect showmanship – one that makes you keep your eyes glued on the screen for every last second of the encore. “The show is coming to an end,” Jimin says after a ferociously fun ‘So What’, making his voice small and shaky as if he can’t bear for it to be true. For the latter, Jin and Jungkook at least get a reminder of what it’s like to perform to an audience, their bandmates descending from the upper deck of the moving cart they’ve previously been dancing on top of to cheer them on from down below. Set four, meanwhile, offers a bumper helping of anthems, from the cutting social commentary of the hard-hitting hip-hop of ‘Baepsae’ to a golden three-song run of ‘BE’’s ‘Dis-ease’, ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Stay’. ’Life Goes On’ is performed first from a giant bed and then from an equally oversized sofa, while ‘Boy With Luv’ (given a funky rework complete with live band) and the confetti explosions of ‘Dynamite’ (now with bright new layers of brass) colourfully spread infectious cheer. The song continues the theme of searching for something, RM questioning, “This may be how I die my first death / But what if that moment’s right now?” as black feathers flutter down around him.
LITTLE INFERNO THEME SONG MOVIE
With the image of a full moon beaming above them, the final gentle fingerpicked guitar melodies lead seamlessly into the opening string notes of ‘Black Swan’, which in turn build into a dramatic new intro that feels like it should be soundtracking a million dollar movie scene or celebrated ballet. As the song – about getting stuck in a rut of sadness and burnout, and losing touch with your happier self – progresses, the people looking back at BTS don’t mirror their every move, making it feel more like they’re gazing on past versions of themselves than seeing their present selves bounced back at them.
During ‘Blue & Grey’, each of the seven members (except V) stand in front of screens that show near reflections of themselves. If the opening segment – completed by ‘Dope’ and ‘DNA’ – is a blood-pumping party-starter, its next part is far more introspective and solemn. There are traditional introductions that would usually elicit stand-shaking cheers – J-Hope’s “I’m your hope” slogan, Jin theatrically blowing kisses to the camera, Suga asking the crowd to “make some noise” with a hand cupped to his ear.
But it has also been lacking a big part of what makes BTS’ world complete – the ability to show off their finely finessed performance skills to sold-out stadiums at home and thousands of miles from it.īTS’ return to Jamsil Stadium on Sunday (October 24) for Permission To Dance On Stage might not be the big IRL reunion they’d hoped for but – as with all their virtual performances in our pandemic era – they put their hearts and souls into trying to recreate the energy that would have filled the empty venue in the past.
In many ways, it has been – the 24 months since that show certainly haven’t been void of record-breaking, headline-grabbing, chart-topping moves.
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