Disclaimer: This video is only meant to introduce the Bangtan Universe for BEGINNERS. It was created before the “Save Me” webtoon and the quotes are only from the first set of The Notes. I managed to get the gist of the story but you may notice that some details differ from the more recently released BTS Universe material. Please refer to the official MVs/comics/books/etc etc for canon! Save Me webtoon: www.webtoons.com/en/drama/bts-save-me/list?title_no=1514&page=1 The Notes, full book: m.ibighit.com/goods/view?no=357

"listen to bts", they said. "it'll be fun", they said.

Have any of you guys seen the movie 'The Butterfly Effect'? In that movie, the protagonist keeps rewriting the past to try to make everyone happy, and in the end he realised that they can't be happy if he was ever part of their life. So he writes himself out of the equation to make them happy. Like Jin filming the moments, he realises it's not right. He has to sacrifice himself to see the others as truly happy

Now it all makes sense! I honestly think Jin's character is the saddest and strongest of all. I mean. Imagine yourself in his situation, trying to save your friends from all that tragedy, but not being able to, and having to repeat that over, and over and over... I personaly wouldn't be able yo do that... I would just end up depressed...

1: I cried so hard 2: Can we make this a netflix original cuz this story line is a 20/10

At the end when Jin removes his sweater, that one hit me the hardest. Because you see him throw it on the chair, which already is taken up by many other sweaters and shirts. How many times has Jin really gone through, and how many times does he have to change not only his sweater, but the boys endings? And it always somehow ended in a tragedy. For Jin, his role hit me the hardest, as he has suffered countless of different realities. It's like he takes one step forward, and two steps back. Truly heartbreaking.

And this is why us Armys are better than FBI

YOU PREDICTED THE FUTURE NOW WE HAVE THE WEBTOON CALLED “SAVE ME” OMG

THIS IS A WHOLE MOVIE get the snacks sis

Other army's: **Crys after watching this vid** Me: **Watches BTS crack vids after watching vid lol**

Even if I know that these episodes are just fictional and are there to illustrate their concepts and the meaning of their song, a little part of my mind is still sad because we all know that in every fiction, there is a part of authenticity.

That's a kdrama I would binge

This is going to get a lot more views now that the webtoon has been published

Namjoon stop cutting *THE FREAKING ONIONS*

A Girl ? Or his mother ? *OR IS IT JUNGKOOK* ??! Well this one got me jungshook 😂

Guys. I have officially fallen into this fandom and universe. Now I see why my friends stan them.

I cried because their friendship in this act fell apart...just thinking about them disbanding in the future makes me cry even more...😭😭😭😭

I feel like in the latest update, Euphoria, almost everything was answered. Like what you said, Jin keeps traveling in time which destroys the timeline and the plots. He keeps trying to make things right for his friends but it always ends up in a destructive situation one way or another. But in Euphoria, he goes back to the very beginning-Taehyung jumping from the tower. Hence, why in Jin’s poster it says, “If i could go back, I would go the last summer’s sea.” And in Euphoria, he finally achieved that. He went back to that sea. And when he went back, instead of Taehyung going up to the tower. Jin went up. That’s why Taehyung looked confused in the Euphoria Video when Jin was up the tower. Because it gave him de javu. When Jin went back to that sea, almost everything changed. Hoseok took the role of Taehyung’s dad so Taehyung won’t end up being arrested. Jungkook and Yoongi was okay. Namjoon and Taehyung was okay. Everything seemed ALMOST alright. But something in me says that, Euphoria is just an imagination and It’s an alternate universe and it was just a little peek of what it could’ve been if everything was okay. But i don’t know for sure. The acts in Euphoria could’ve been real. It could be that Jin finally did it right. I don’t know anymore. Bighit and BTS = Mindfuck 💀

I think what really sells me on Jin, is that when he catches the flowers and takes the shirt off and looks into the camera he just looks SO WEARY. Like he's done this 100 times before and nothing changes.

a yEAR AGO?!? how can we be sure about you didn't time travel, too?

Here's my theoryyyyy The next album is gonna be called "Moments of happiness" and it's probably gonna be a repackage album of all their old songs. What's gonna happen with the storyline is Jin will time travel once more, back before V killed his father, when Jimin was admitted to the hospital, when Yoongi tried to kill himself, when JHope started taking pills he didn't need, when Jungkook got hit by a car, when Namjoon was helping V vandalizing stuff. Back before Jin's love interest got hit by a car, before Jungkooks girl left, before V had to leave his girl, before Jimin hurt his girl, before JHope couldn't commit to his girl, before Namjoon couldn't tell her he liked her, before Yoongi lashed out at his girl and left. Back where it all started. HYYH. Where everything started. In all the videos that are apart of the BU storyline, there is some sort of relation back to HYYH. The new album will be a reflection of their youth. Jin has always been trying to figure out where he needs to turn back time in order to fix everything, he goes back before the car hit the girl, thinking that would fix everything. He fails. He goes back before Jungkook got hit by the car, he fails. He's always trying to find someway to fix everything. He goes back to random dates where everything went wrong, like back to when V killed his father, thinking it might fix it all. It never works. The video for Euphoria is one time that he went back and changed something that happened, he influenced Jungkook to go save Yoongi somehow while influencing JHope to leave Jimin to save Taehyung. He thought that worked, but it didn't. In the end something bad still happened, Jimin was all alone. All these time travels have caused a butterfly effect, which is why there are minor changes and connections between videos like the WINGS short films and the older HYYH videos. Both the WINGS videos and the HYYH videos look very very similar but there are minor changes to them, even with Prologue, the ending scene in Prologue changed because Jin turned back time to try and fix it all. This time, Jin's gonna go back to HYYH. In the Prologue video we see many things, like examples of V jumping off the platform. In prologue it's a little thing by a pool he jumps off of, like he's writing his own history. Like he is planning out his future. There are so many more examples of this in prologue. Like the ocean, and them running around on the beach. It's all examples of their future. Maybe Jin finally realizes that so he knows where to go back, where to fix it all. If he goes back before V jumps off the thing at an old abandoned pool, before Namjoon picks up vandalism, before all of that and tells them to do something else, maybe their future will be different, maybe everything will be okay and everyone will be happy. He believes that since he now loves himself, he can help the others. Maybe once he goes back he'll influence them to love themselves in hopes of rewriting their future. In The Highlight reel at the very end Jin says this "If we could turn back the clock where should we go back to? Once we reach that place, can all our mistakes and errors be undone? Will happiness be ours to stay?" while he is saying this, clips from all their videos in the BU storyline start playing. Scenes from the WINGS short films, some from I NEED U, some from Run, and many others. But the thing is, the scenes are reversed. As if Jins going back in time. The last scene is one from HYYH. It's almost as if Jin thinks that if he goes all the way back to HYYH and stops all the bad things from happening there that it will all be fixed and that in the future everyone will be happy. But, it won't work. The butterfly effect comes into play, and minor details get changed once again, but fate still finds it's way to the boys. Another clip from the Highlight reel Jin says this "Though many seasons pass there are places that cannot be reached, yet another storm to be faced and to be weathered head on, loving without fear, hesitating and parting, merely living as the person I am." Which is his thought after going back in time to HYYH and after he realises that no matter what, the boys will go their own way, and they will meet the girls in the highlight reel, they'll love them without fear, they'll hesitate and part ways with the girls, then they'll love themselves. Once they love themselves they'll find their way back to each other, they'll become friends again, and they'll go back and look about the good times they had together on Jin's camcorder and they'll look at his polaroids. They'll go back to look at their "Moments of Happiness." This will be the time that they finally reflect on their youth, and the time that they learn that loving themselves way the key to it all along with letting time do it's own thing. Jin will realise that he never needed to time travel, that he never needed to dwell on the past and he'll put his time traveling powers to rest and he'll live in the moment. He'll learn not to dwell on the past, to live in the present, and not to worry about the future. Its probably wrong but K so like I reread this and sis was I on drugs or something? 😂 if this were their next album it would pretty much conclude their storyline which I don’t think will happen anytime soon so maybe this album I was talking about could be like a conclusion album to their whole storyline..? It could also be an upcoming album considering BTS might have to go to military enlistment (not sure tho)

Jin’s character makes me so sad. How many times has he relived the same days? I think he thought at some point he would just leave the boys to live their life because they all seemed happy and had met women to bring light into their life but even that didn’t work out. And it seems like every time he thinks he has one member in his car he loses another. I wonder what the formula will be to save them all. RM will be the first and slowly the rest will hopefully gather for another ‘road trip’.

Im a 35 years old man, and i have never seen anything this sad and beatifull concept in my whole life this is why i love BTS, nobody inject their music with this kind of storyline. Everythin is i got a lot of cash women ad cars in music right now but this is wonderfull. A story about beautiful friendship and the struggles and feelings of each charater. Bless you bts the sky is your limits

LINE WEBTOON is making a series with BigHit called "Save Me" that follows the storyline of the fictional universe with all these references.

Oh man, what kind of rabbit hole have I fallen into now? My mind is racing with ideas and connections between the MVs- someone save me

I really want them to make a mini series connecting all of this together, or even a mini movie, that would be so beautiful

Is anybody else having a hard time differentiating real life BTS and story BTS because right now I’m having an existential crisis remembering that all these stories are fantasy and the real BTS are just normal people😂😂 I find myself having to be like “wait this is not real, BTS is actually just an amazing group not one that is present in multiple universes with terrible tragedies” ughhh help me

not everyone can be happy in this storyline. that's why seokjin has to keep going back over and over again. whether it be taehyung getting arrested, namjoon feeling terrible over being unable to help, jungkook feeling neglected, yoongi feeling lost, hoseok feeling the need for support and jimin feeling forgotten. at least one of them has to be sad. in front of each other they behave normally and act happily, it's simply an act. that's how the industry works. behind closed doors, it doesn't matter who you are. you're supposed to just behave like this and that and be expected not to go mad. love yourself wasn't about happy unconditional love, it was about learning to just accept that side of yourself that everyone wants you to be. tear was about finally losing it and not being able to accept that side and answer was understanding, that no matter what you do... you can't be that person everyone wants you to be. you can't be the industry's ideals without breaking down.

Dying is easy, surviving takes courage, I feel for Jin’s character.

BTS's Universe is better than Marvel's or DC's Universe.... right? i want a movieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Someone should make a complete manga out of this and I WILL PAY FOR IT

That sweetness between JK and Suga is actually kind of true in real life.

who else get emotional while reading or watch a BTS storyline? and then play the following song to make u more emotional 1.) I need u 2.) I'm fine 3.) fake love 4.)s save me last be damn sure not the least 5.) run but the song that get's me the most emotional is I need u that video had me in tears the first time I watched it.

BTS are honestly the best artists I’ve ever known. This makes me respect and admire them infinitely more. They tackle on such topics that need to be discussed, but too many are afraid to do that. They don’t create songs that are just for making a girl/boy feel special, but rather to tell the world the kind of universe we’re living in. Not to mention the fact that they’re voices are so beautiful and they portray their character so well. #longlivebts

I'm not the only one crying right? As soon as it hit jin I cries

Holy shit. I knew most music vids were connected but I didn't know basically every mv was connected. After the WEBTOON is finished and all that other stuff. I hope they start working on a movie. BIGHIT and BTS are both so talented and smart to make such a big plot staring from 2015 or earlier and continuing in 2019. I hope to see an even bigger future for the boys. I love you bangtan, and I will never stop. Keep up the great work.♥

this gives me more education than school

all this time jin or another was trying to help. This shows you need to love yourself before loving anyone else because in the end only you can help yourself.

How in the world could they think about this?…

BTS' album must have been the well-written and well-versed album ever made. This is no joke. Their content is no joke.

We all miss bangtan good old days. We need another bts stories like this

Can this be turned into a tv series like seriously I'd be up all in that 😂💜

When you're brain juices cooperate better in this than in your math lessons 😂

HOLY SHIT THEY ARE FINALLY REVEALING THE BTS STORYLINE WITH A FULL ONLINE COMIC SERIES: SAVE ME (so do I get a cookie for getting most of it right? ;) ): www.webtoons.com/en/drama/bts-save-me/prologue/viewer?title_no=1514&episode_no=1

If more artist and influential people were to spread the same message that bts does I think this world would be a better place. PERIODT.

Okay, I think Im starting to get the thing! Jin's character is very complex tought! He is the one who tryes to take back time and start the things over and over, but he always fails. Everytime he does something and managges to prevent a bad happening, a new one always occours. And the key for solving it, so the boys, all of them can live happily, is that they have to learn to love themselves. If they dont, then everything starts over and over, if they do, things will change and everything will be fine.

You know what I really want to see Jin acts in real movies or dramas because his facial expressions are sooooo good I don't know how to explain it. Not to forget that he took acting majors😀😀😀

"hyung, I want to see you" made me cry omg

IM REWATCHING THIS AFTER READING THE WEBTOON

I think the main message in this whole time travel thing, where Jin tries to fix everything, is that no matter what you do you can’t stop the inevitable from happening. You can delay it, but I think the story is saying that fate always wins out. It’s almost a message of reality, bittersweet. You only have one chance in life to make the right choices and you only have one fate. So I think the story basically is saying to love yourself, and everything else will fall into place. Because if you don’t love yourself, your world becomes darker. I think anyone with depression can relate to me when I say that when you don’t love yourself, you find yourself desperate for distractions. In this case, the boys being together seems to be that distraction. It’s nice and heartwarming to have people that love you around you, but when you’re alone, the depression and self-hatred comes back. Loving others doesn’t compensate for loving yourself. So, in my mind, Jin is trying to do what can’t be done until the boys (including Jin) love themselves and accept their past. They all seem to have issues with their past, so I think when they confront that storm, everything will be okay again. Loving yourself is confronting yourself, after all.

Do you think that maybe the Skool Luv Affair era was like a prequel to all of this? When the friends were still in high school and were still innocent?

"I didn't want to become a person who meant something to anyone" damn

I don't want to ruin the moment but 14:43. "My balls man" -Namjoon

This will forever be the only kdrama i need.

i've been closely following bts since boy in luv and bITCH THIS GOT ME SHOOK EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE NOW

Yall I- I just have a feeling like they've really came somewhere out of this world to ... idk tell all of us something through their music or smth like I just *can't* possibly believe that they really are normal ppl like us

i appreciated their music and their individuality before, but now i appreciate it a hundred times more. i’ve been a fan of kpop for years and i don’t think i’ve seen any other band (correct me if i’m wrong) put this much thought into the meaning of their lyrics and videos. bts truly are something unique to the scene. they push the envelope on (usually taboo) topics such as mental health, abuse, suicide, etc. that many other groups are afraid to talk about. especially when you combine things like yoongi’s agust d stuff (talking about the music industry and his own mental health issues) as well as all of these videos. i respect and admire the fuck out of all seven of them for being able to talk about these things and create stories throughout their videos with a sense of coherency and intellect. they really are, in my opinion, something incredibly rare and special to the kpop scene. i love them so much more.

The team alongside the BTS are genius. That's why BTS is soaring high now.

The thing that hit me the most is that apparently, this whole storyline is just to bring the message to love yourself no matter what. 😢

There needs to be "i'm fine"! Edit: best k drama ever

Jungkook and yoongi story had me crying

So artsy. All they are is not just music, it is an art. They're incredible, music, mv, portrayed characters. This is so much. I can't contain. Hahaha. Grabe, nakakahype ang feeling, like you wouldn't know what to feel and think towards them, their art is extreme at its best.

I think because Jin is the oldest brother he feels like he has to keep everyone safe and will sacrifice his happiness for theirs

BTS has been giving a lot of clues with their latest performances of Fake Love: - MAMA awards: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/maSrop2Qj3eklmw.html - Melon Awards: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/g6B7foOrgmd0kpc.html

Jin kinda reminds of the the girl in the Japanese movie 'the girl who leaped through time' (if you have time I suggest you watch it, it is a nice movie)... BTS and bighit is trying to say that no matter how we tried to turn back time and change everything, history will only gonna repeat itself since the root of all the storm (suicide, depression, anger, loneliness, bullying, etc) is still evident. You see the youth these days are suffering from all of these. Jin tried changing the course of time but in the end got greater consequences out of it, then he later realized the real solution, and that is to LOVE YOURSELF. BTS says that it is no coincidence that we met, whether, through internet, TV, acquaintance etc., since they believed that no man is an island, no man can stand alone... As you can see in the video, they are at their most vulnerable point when they are left alone... It is the most beautiful moment in life when you are with the people you love the most and even if in between those beautiful moments are the times when we would like to give up everything and run away, you could still say that 'well this is life, I just have to love myself and continue to prove to life that I will not give up, NOT TODAY' ...Also I was reminded of the the book Demian by Hesse, I was re watching tokyo ghoul when there was a part where in kaneki was helping the little girl read , 'The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world' I just realized how kaneki is so similar with sinclair the protagonist in the book. If you have watched the anime you will see how the main character struggled all through out the phase, He is a bird trying to spread it's wings and fly, at first he tried solving his own problems shutting himself out, but then later realized that he needs help from others. You will see the progress from hating his own self to accepting who he is and spreading his WINGS to the world. The ghouls in the story symbolizes all negativity we have in this world, you cannot identify the difference between a ghoul and a true human in the anime (just by one glance) because they socialize and act like a normal person, same as through depression, suicidal thoughts, loneliness and etc. they exist yet they are hard to identify, they exist to to destroy a person slowly like a cancer cell. But Kaneki, a half ghoul and half human, learned how to accept his flows, embrace it and used it. He learned how to love his own self. i If I could summarize everything, it would be with this two words :SELF ACCEPTANCE.. ARMYS all over the world, you are never alone, remember that always..The test of life might be tough just like a math test, but remember that it is only a test, it is okay to score zero, there is always next time and when the next time comes, you will be able to get the right answer... Just try and try, there is no harm in trying, just look at our boys, they proved all the haters wrong. Just burn all negative thoughts with FIRE and RUN towards your DREAM. Fighting!!!! #ILOVEMYSELF.... whooo that was long~~~~~~~ Thank you for reading by:PurpleG

BTS's made-up story could actually be the world's most interesting story.

Stoppp I am legitimately crying rnnn these guys at geniuses as far as making story lines😭 I never thought that their music had any story behind it

After watching this video, this makes me wonder how long it took to come up with this idea. Have they had it from the start and were just waiting for the right time or are they coming up with it as they go? Either way, even though this is fictional, it still pulls at my heartstrings. It seems so real because of the way they incorporated their music.

Now I know the story, I’m a new fan so that’s why I wasn’t following up on BTS universe.. I can’t thank you enough man!! You are awesome

I sat on this for a while because although I don't have an actual proper theory of my own, I did see a lot of connections between all of the MVs. It's even possibly got roots going back to Dark&Wild era although HYYH is where it really begins, so I won't involve D&W. --- We already know all seven of them were lost and broken in their own ways but came together, possibly while in school, and built a strong friendship with each other(echoing BTS in real life). After that, due to just normal life circumstances, they all fell apart - they lost the strength that they'd built together and were unable to keep it(the notes, House of Cards, Butterfly, I Need U, Run). That day at the sea was really the last happy day they had together. Although they struggled to rise up out of what they were at the moment, desperate to become something new, life didn't work for them because they didn't have each other's support and by the time they needed it, they'd lost a key member - Jin. The girls in the Hightlight Reels seem to be a reference to a normal life, or a return to normalcy. Away from the heartache and pain they are experiencing and a chance to make things better. Even the colour saturation is different, softer and more hopeful. Yet, sadness still exists, because sadness is still a part of human life. They made sacrifices, and different decisions, but they are still missing a key part - each other. Because of that, the equation still doesn't work out and they lose their chance at happiness again. Out of them all, because Jin was the catalyst for the argument that broke up the group, his guilt is possibly the strongest and a lot of the hints are given from his point of view. He's the one with the wormholes and the one who's isolated away, recording the memories of his friends, not really shown interacting with them. Jin is also trapped, either in his memories or in a situation he doesn't want to be in. He's really aware of what's happening; he knows it's not going to last. Here, the Japanese MV for Blood, Sweat, Tear seems to offer us another perspective of what's happening. There's a story between Taehyung, Jungkook, Namjoon and Jin. It's possible that what the argument between Jin and the rest of the group was sparked by an event that involves Jungkook and Namjoon. Jungkook and Namjoon are both shown taking absinthe, one in a glass and one as a drop on his finger. In the Japanese version, Namjoon feeds it directly to Jungkook in a glass. Either way, it's a poison and hallucinogenic Jungkook was given. Namjoon's hands are coated and stained black; he's guilty of something and acknowledges it. Taehyung has the strongest destructive impulses out of all of them, and is often referenced as a fallen angel, made most obvious in Wings. When Jin is building the house of cards in Run, Taehyung is the one who destroys it. In the kitchen, it's Taehyung that Jin is fighting with. Jin is possibly struck with a glass bottle, in a throwback to the I Need U MV when Taehyung attacks his father, killing him. Jin's eyes are covered by Taehyung in the Blood Sweat Tears MV(although we know this is a happy coincidence, because Yoongi couldn't do it, ha.) This takes Jin to the room with the angel, that when kissed, begins to break the space around Jin, showing him ever more clearly that what surrounds Jin isn't the truth and that it's all coming apart. Wings is a detour into the psyche of all of them, rich and luxurious yet unfailingly wrong. It's like all their desires put together into a fantasy land, a dreamlike place packed with symbolism. That place doesn't exist in reality, and Jin shows this the most strongly. He's the one who is most aware of his surroundings, where everyone else wanders off to explore, Jin is the one to look around as though something is wrong. At some point, Jimin came closest to the truth, either about all of them, the argument, or just about Jin himself. Jimin saw and sensed something(both versions of Jimin almost acknowledge each other, heads turning to each other in BST Japanese MV) that almost led him to the answer(the room where he saw himself and Yoongi), but was blocked partway. Right after he opens the door to the blue room, Jimin is yanked away, and that timeline or moment shatters. In Blood Sweat Tears, Jimin is blindfolded, and later shown with green tear tracks painted under his eye(a reference to the absinthe that Namjoon and Jungkook took?) In Lie, he seems to accept some sort of responsibility and bites into the apple, symbolic of forbidden knowledge. Jimin witnessed or knew something and suffers for it. Last but not least, I'm not sure if Debussy's Clair de Lune(Moonlight), is meant to have a special significance. You hear this in Butterfly, during Taehyung's attempt to contact Namjoon on the phone. It's a very pretty piece, and nostalgic, too. Clair de Lune is also the title of a poem, which, when translated, has the lines of 'Your soul is a delicate landscape, where roam charming masks and bergamasques... sad under their whimsical disguises, while singing in a minor key of victorious love and easy life. They don't seem to believe in their happiness...' Very telling! But at this point I'm not sure if I'm reaching, haha. If nothing else, it reinforces the story of tragedy. In short, the story is of seven friends coming together that then fell apart because their friendship wasn't strong enough to overcome their circumstances and their need for each other was perhaps a bit too great. They all shared fleeting moments of happiness that were destroyed by themselves. Taehyung's violent streak in times of uncertainty either killed or severely injured Jin, who's shown pretty consistently with lilies and a mark over the left side of his chest(empty hole in BST Japanese MV, lily in I Need U). Jin is now trying to make things right; either via time travel or just in his memories, struggling to go back and bring happiness to all of them. Here, I really lean to the time travel theory. May or may not be connected to the Smeraldo flowers! In this case, Jimin is the one who disrupts that process, either purely by accident, or because of the time he'd tried to drown himself in the tub. Jimin's presence there shatters the timeline that Jin is trying to fix, and his realisation damages him. This gives another explanation for Jimin's anguish while he's in the tub in I Need U, and why he looks so shaken when he's out of it, having found this forbidden knowledge. Does Spring Day play a part in all of this? Yes, and no. If we're connecting Spring Day into HYYH, it seems to be an outside look at their wishes and desires; it's BTS commenting on their story arc that was built from HYYH into Wings/LY:Her. It's the softer moments that they had or wish they had, the regrets and the love they could have shared. While they all break the fourth wall, gazes locking with the viewer, it's Jin and Jimin who do it the most, followed by Jungkook, Taehyung and Namjoon, all of whom were linked together in BST Japanese MV. So Spring Day, perhaps, is Jungkook's point of view of the events in HYYH, and his wishes. So there you go! Is one commentary among many, but holy shit, I cannot put into words how much I appreciate the work BigHit and BTS put into this. A story arc that spans over nearly the entirety of their discography? I loved the emotion in their work, the visual storytelling, but the deeper I looked, the more I found, and it is just... mindblowing, the work that must have been needed to put it all together.

I think this storyline will end with the mv to 'Im Fine' where each of them learn how to love themselves...

They are not just idols. They are artists

A movie can be made on this video

Some people might find all these theories crazy. But I love all of it. :) BTS and BigHit are taking art into another level. I really like what they're doing. I actually hope they'll never tell us the real theory behind their concept. So that future generation can look back at this and be amaze at what they have done. I can't really describe it but suffice it to say "It's freaking beautiful." It reminds me of the mystery Leonardo Da Vinci left behind- the Monalisa. We're forever trying to figure out the mystery of her smile. One thing for sure, why I love what they're doing. They're getting people involve with their art. People are talking to one another trying to figure out the symbolism and what not. And these are people from all walks of life. I feel like a child again where it's easy to make friends. You just go into the playground and play with the kids. It's so different as an adult-you have to check and be careful in case they think you're crazy or you might be talking to someone that might hurt you. I like these interaction. Gosh, I don't know how BTS did it. But they created a new culture with their fandom. Now that's one thing I want to figure out- how did that happen. I want a sociologist to study the fandom. I want to know how they train the ARMY so well without really hands on training them. Because this fandom, yes, there might be some crazy people in it but majority are good people and the majority is able to contain those who tend to go over the line. It's like a perfect community. Hmmm... I'm digressing. Anyways, thank you for making an effort to make this video. :)

I never seen any other music videos from other artists that’ has connecting concepts ... am so inlove with them💕💕💕

This makes me so emotional.. first I watched their whole Wings movie, then I read the webtoon and now I am seeing this video and I started to cry because the whole story is just so beautiful .. how did they come up with such a brilliant idea.. Thank you so much for this gorgeous video, I really appreciate it because now I seem to understand the story better thanks to you. 💜 Please tell me, how did you discover all of this? Because a lot of this seems to be correct relating to the webtoon! Thank you again, I'm so happy I was able to watch this.. 💜

Seriously one of the best videos to show a new ARMY! I'll show this video to my friends to help them somewhat understand the story!

New fan here, and I'm sort of blown away by how deep this is. I found BTS 3 days ago, and I'm proud to say that I now can tell them apart (that sounds really bad come to think of it), but this has blown my mind yet again and I don't know how to feel. It's like some second level story arc that goes throughout, and it makes me feel all kinds of Twilight Zone about it. How long in advance was all this planned, and where is it going? Makes me so curious! Plus their stories are heartbreaking, but really important and that makes me love them even more. Army, you've successfully converted me. I am one of you.

Well, I also have a theory (even if I‘m still quite new to the fandom and didn’t really have much time to think about the MVs): What if the fact that everyone should love themselves makes Jin realise that he should take care of himself, too, not only the others? Some of you said that because of the butterfly effect he has to sacrifice himself and disappear from the others‘ lives to make them happy. But what if it’s the opposite? What if he realises that he has to be a part of the others‘ lives? That he’s the missing connection that makes sure they can stay together and learn to love themselves together? And are ALL happy? I mean, he kind of already is a part of their lives, but to me it looks like he‘s always alone in the background and since he’s always the one filming, he‘s never really with them. That would be another explanation why he doesn’t appear on the picture, since he’s never really there when the others are happy and so it’s "not right" to see him in it. He should stop changing everything from afar, but actually face the others and their problems, since this is the only way to help them - and him, since I‘m sure he actually needs the help of his friends, too, but doesn’t admit it. Maybe I am wrong, but hey, at least the ending would be happier than if he sacrificed himself 😬

I legitimately cried. I already new about this theory when I first started liking BTS when their 'the most beautiful moments in life; young forever' album came out. So I didn't expect to cry. I had these theories in my head along with my sister and this video kinda proved it. I didn't expect to cry but I did and I am sad 😭 My hearteu! 💔

_I am now questioning my life as an ARMY_

Me: *is crying a river in my room when watching this*

I'm a new fan of BTS and this really moved me! Their music is so deep and meaningful and I didn't even realize it I'm tearing up 😭💜💜💜

10:41 omg i started crying at this part when your caption says "Did jungkook die in that car accident?". I know he didn't (in highlight reel he survived and was in the hospital) and I've watched all of these scenes before but they still get to me. They hit me hard in the feels. I am about 2/3 done with reading the notes from the love yourself albums (took me long enough to read) and they really do relate with the save me webtoon. I wish I read them all earlier and then there is the THE NOTES 1 book which I still haven't buy yet (broke af). I know that book contains everything and maybe even more notes that fill up the plot holes, I really want that book. Why is it so expensive??? But more or less, I get the BU storyline and love how they planned everything from the start and the bittersweet and sad things that they go through to grow into adulthood

I know ima sound crazy. But if I could choose to live in this “universe” I wouldn’t hesitate. The way that it’s pictured to us makes it look so tragically beautiful, almost poetic. It’s almost like the perfect book. Also, the kind of relationship that was portrayed by the boys in earlier music vids like run makes it even more desirable?? Idk imagine having that type of friends. I would kill for having people like that in my life.

Can we just appreciate the time and years BTS have taken to write this story all just to give one simple message but people tend to forget at times which is to love yourself👏🏼 Like, if you agree let’s get a thumbs up👍🏼

And there is nothing more beautiful than knowing, that everything ends in IDOL, when the guys finally learn to love yourself.

WTF IT’S STARTING AGAIN. bts never lets us rest...theorize away...twitter.com/smeraldo_books/status/1082094556126969856?s=21

So The ocean has been represented thrice 1 . All 7 Went To The Ocean 2 . Taehyung Jumped Into The Ocean 3 . Jin Went To The Ocean So that's why jin made Red R - Revolution E - Evolution D - Drop In The Ocean😂😂😂😂😂

I'm speechless , all I can say is I love bts

Hello, im new to BTS, maybe 2 weeks new. While i learned the songs, names, character traits or well... them, i just managed to grasp how big their universe is. And dont get me started on the topics and lyric. They are dealing with real life problems- loneliness, sickness, mental instability, anger, sacrifice, despair, but also hope, love, understanding and family made through friends... The way the visually show emotions, stories.. Its a journey. Painful, but in the end, needed and gratifying. Good job BTS and BH, im yours now.

First of all, this video is amazing. I love it. Secondly, please let's give big hit entertainment and BTS for being so freaking amazing. This is beautiful. This is literally what some people go through in their lives. They've lost touch of themselves and are fighting their inner demons, hoping that someone hears their cry and helps them. This explains why most of their videos look like puzzles to an even bigger picture. This is just beautiful. Thank you BTS. God bless you

I have an interesting theory, to add up to this universe: the 7 members represent the 7 sins, which can be clearly seen on fake love. They all have fake love because it is derived from a sin. They finally anderstand that their love is fake and wrong, because it comes from all the wrong places. They dont truly love themselves, which affects their love to the other members, because you cant love other when you dont love yourself, truly love yourself, because of who you truly are. Each member represent the sin that made them reach their tragedy. Jin is probably pride, as he often calls himself worldwide handsome, which to is pretty self-centred. Maybe he is the one that is separated from the others because he thinks that he is better than them, but clearly understands now what a mistake thinking like that is, and what it brought upon the others life. Yoongi is probably Wrath, as he is often shown with fire - the element that represents anger. And he separated himself from jungkook with violence. Hoseok is probably gluttony, as in fake love he is seen lying on a huge load of candy. Also, he is shown taking a lot of medicine, which is an act of over indulgence. Namjoon is probably envy, as he is shown in fake love standing infront of a mirror, and a wealthier himself is standing on the other side. There is a millisecond in which jungkook is shown, probably because jungkook is the wealthiest of them all in that universe. Namjoon envys jungkook. Taehyung is probably sloth, as sloth is usually associated with phones and tv, and v is shown with loads of phones in fake love. Maybe Taehyung represents sloth as he fills guilt that he was too slow to do something about his abusive father, that later that made him snap and kill his father. I still dont know are jungkook and jimin represent, and I highly doubt taehyung being sloth, but I will watch more mv and will try to make better explanations. I know this theory is not perfect, I joined the army literary a few days ago, and this is my first theory video (which is so well planned and edited), which means I havent watched all their music videos yet. Also, feel free to add things in the comments, Im sure I have a lot of missing and wrong things in here, and feel free sharing this theory, maybe someday somebody will actually could connect all the dots. Forgive my bad English💗.

I really pity those haters who can't all those good things about BTS. I mean who could ever hate someone with this kind of creativity and heart and talent. I keep becoming a bigger fan of theirs by the minute. their whole story is super amazing and thanks SUGA & spice for making this video. I did not know the story behind their songs. I only looked at how the whole choreography, vocals, and rapping were amazing. I always thought the lyrics were so amazing too but never this much. thank you again for making me love them more.

4:04 “I call u MOONCHILD” 😏 Any Mono fans out there??? 🙋‍♀️

A Weird (?) Theory: When Jin kept doing his time travel thingy, time got messed up, and everyone who he was affecting directly with the time travel started jumping from different times uncontrollably (Him and the rest of Bangtan). It may seem kind of far fetched, but I also think Jin is also leaving clues for the others to figure out and control or at least know their time travel. Basically, in Begin, Jungkook takes out an envelope with a paper on it. This paper is the exact same one that Namjoon later opens in Reflection, AND the picture that Jin has framed on his wall. Also, in Reflection, for some reason I've always wondered how Namjoon knew to cover his ears right before the mirrors exploded. The mirrors exploding probably symbolises the shattered glass bottle Taehyung kills his father with. Right after that, t he phone rings and Namjoon can't get to it. Idk... to me that means he jumped forward in time, saw it happen, and then jumped back (all that not on purpose of course). Also, on Begin, at some point theres these bats flying above Jungkook. The same thing happens at some point in Reflection. And another thing! In First Love, there's whistling playing in the melody of Begin that Yoongi follows, right? So that could symbolise Jungkook calling for his hyung. But when Yoongi gets there (before the car comes/Jungkook gets into a car crash) the whistling kind of goes in and out of focus. As if either Yoongi or Jungkook were forcefully being made to jump in time, so Yoongi can't hear from Jungkook anymore. Then the car comes and Yoongi runs off. But when he gets back to the burning piano, the whistling starts again. So he or Jungkook jumped time again. Also, I think that the polaroids in Awake were the clues Jin was leaving. There's that picture Jungkook and Namjoon had, the apple Jimin had, the framed picture that looks like the winged shadow Jungkook threw at the end of Begin, the picture of a mother holding her daughter, which was seen at the end of MAMA and in Tae's eyes during Stigma, the piano in First Love and a picture of scratched doors, that could symbolise how Taehyung was scratching at a tin (?) wall at the start of Stigma. In Awake, Jin sits at a table with an apple on his plate (like in Blood Sweat and Tears), but he drops the apple from the floor. In Lie, Jimin pics up an apple and takes a few bites from it. Then there's a weird static sound. He then turns the camera and walks off. It might mean that because he got the clue from Jin, he was able to control his time travelling accidents (but not time travel himself) because he got something from a dimension from which the time travel was coming from. And when Hoseok comes in MAMA, he sees the landscape that Jimin put the camera to. He also walks off. That could have been a message that Jimin left. However, if each of the clues were for one person, I think it would be like this: The winged shadow - Jungkook The Picture of mother and child - Hoseok Apple - Jimin Piano - Yoongi The picture of the bird - Namjoon The scratched doors - Taehyung. But the picture of a mother and child appear afterwards. After Hoseok leaves. Hoseok gets abandoned by his mother as a child. That might have something to do with it, but I'm too dumb to make a theory about that. So Jimin and Hoseok were able to stay in one time zone. The same one. Namjoon probably also was able to stay in one time, as he tattooed (?) the picture of the bird onto his arm. My theory about Jungkook is a little more complicated. So... how would Jin have a picture of Jungkook's shadow? He must have taken it... somehow. So perhaps this picture is tying Jungkook down from being involuntarily flung through time. The piano might have been a clue, because it's in First Love AND in the Love Yourself Highlight Reel. So that way Jin could have chained him to one time. For Taehyung and scratches, it might be that Jin uses this to pull him into the alternative time with a picture as well. Oof this theory has a lot of holes... don't judge me. Anyway, it could also be that each pair is in a different time. Because we obviously see Jimin and Hoseok together. And Jungkook goes up to "Yoongi's girl" or whatever you want to call her. There's no evidence of if Taehyung and Namjoon are in the same time but yeah. Or they're all just in the same one. So Jin controlled the time travel, and they start over but all that stuff happens. Um yeah... that's it... It's kind of stupid and does have a lot of holes, but I just wanted to say it😂

Hi, I'm not an ARMY, as you can see, I'm too old to be one, but I admire BTS incredibly so. When I first heard of them at the AMAs I disliked them very much, but then I started searching You Tube (for a very specific reason) to get an idea of who they really were and what they were about and I got more and more impressed and interested and sucked in by their story (from nobodies to legends was one of them) and how Rapmon and Yoongi got disrespected by some rappers, so many things, that little by little I began to really admire them and respect them. But I was totally lost with their MVs and what they meant and the more I read in the comments , the more confused I got. There's so much I still don't know but I'm fascinated by the stories, they are so deep in content , so much symbolism. I can truly relate to this one in particular and I have cried my eyes out. When you wish you were back in a specific place in time and change your decisions. The friendships of your youth that are so treasured but will eventually disappear as you grow. Anyway, you mention a scavenger hunt for the Smeraldo flower shop, I never heard of that. I just want to have an idea of what to watch precisely first to begin understanding what comes after. Believe me I'm making a big effort here, because the story fascinates me. So I would really appreciate it. I think someone told me that it's also intertwined with their personal lives, so I would like to know if that's true. Sorry I wrote so much and I hope you don't mind. BTS doesn't only have young fans like yourself and so many others, there are older ones, like me, but not for the wrong reasons, I admire how far they've come with your help(ARMY) and their hard and tenacious work. I hope they stay together for a long time.

Mahn i love your videos so much!! This is the perfect video to drag your non ARMY friends into the BTS rabbit hole!! The whole narrative behind their songs is so unique...it truly sets them apart from other groups ❤❤❤

this video leaves me with a question why do I cry so easily?

Seeing it again and my mind keeps exploding from all the connecting dots 😧