Hye Jin Lee

So we reach that moon.

So we hear the word hand in hand repeatedly.

And I didn't really think much about this until I saw BTS appear in like Hot Ones.

And then they also mentioned this very briefly, like kind of like a drop and then moving on kind of a thing in the Weverse Live Studio notes that they did on the day the album came out.

And Suga mentions the song hand in hand being an inspiration of the song.

Hand in Hand is the official song for the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

It was composed by an Italian songwriter and record producer named Giorgio Moroder, and the song was performed by a group called Coreana.

And I got curious, like, how did the song get chosen as the official song for the 1988 Olympics?

And one thing that the Olympics committee wanted to do was to pick a song that the whole world can enjoy.

So it kind of opened room or space for a lot of musicians around the world to participate in.

Polygram, which is a multinational label, submitted a song.

And of course, that kind of like, you know, raised a lot of disgruntlement within the Korean politicians and those inside the Korean music industry because they wanted to really use the opportunity to showcase Korean talent.

And they were kind of upset that a song that was composed by a European would be chosen.

But once they listened to the song, they were like, okay, we have to go with this because it was really well made.

The original plan was to release the song in English entirely, but then the Seoul Olympics Committee, they didn't think it was a good idea.

So they made a compromise.

So the first verse is in Korean, and then the second verse is in English.

And if you play the song, especially the chorus part, the meaning is the same, but there's a slight variation.

Can we listen to the chorus part in Korean first and then in English?

Did you hear that last part?