Hye Jin Lee
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So that got included only in the English lyrics.
The Korean verse doesn't have Arirang.
It ends with hand in hand.
But in the English verse, they're like, you know, we got to add Arirang too.
Like, you know, even though the song is being performed in English for the second part, we need to bring some kind of Korean-ness to it.
So they attached Arirang in the lyrics.
I thought that was very interesting.
But do you get a sense of what the message of the song is?
Like, you know, should be because it's an Olympic-themed song, right?
It's bringing everybody together.
It's about peace, harmony.
I mean, that's what the song means by hand in hand.
So it's really about coming together.
And actually, this is kind of hinted in Body to Body.
So I found that this song isn't really just about Korean ethnicity.
And it's not just about focusing on Korean roots and Korean identity.
It's about what BTS wants to do with this song, which is about bringing the haters together.
And to kind of like join in on the fun.