Hye Jin Lee

He was head of state of the provincial government of Republic of Korea.

But in 1947, his diary was published.

So that would be like two years before he got assassinated.

But he's known for giving this quote, and this is roughly translated.

But he said, the only thing that I desire in infinite quality is the power of a highly developed culture.

This is because the power of culture both make ourselves happy and gives happiness to others.

So back in the day, he's talking about how he hopes Korea can be known for cultural prowess.

This was in the 1940s.

And when we look back, this was a prediction.

So that's what the reference of Kim Koo-sun is in the song.

It's the sonic palate cleanser, isn't it?

I mean, the song is about duality, right?

And BTS has always explored that concept, like, you know, going all the way back to Idol.

You know, they talk about, they call me artist, they call me Idol.

Yeah.

Arham has done that with his mixtape called Mono.

It's full of contradictions and how he tries to navigate between love, hate, like sun, moon, all these words that are in the lyrics that talk about the contradictions.

Suga did that with Tachita, where he's playing the king and also the wanderer.

At the end of the music video, the wanderer character ends up killing the king.

So it's full of these messages of working with duality and then also their acceptance of being both instead of rejecting one over the other.