Below, I’ll go into both.Īn important note here is that the music video for “Spring Day” is not considered canon to the Bangtan Universe (BU), but there are some thematic tie-ins. The music video takes a loose interpretation of the lyrics, and there is a very direct reference to a short story titled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin. With its beautiful lyrics and multifaceted sound, it’s no wonder “Spring Day” has been so successful. Romantic relationships are, of course, not the only relationships that move through winters and springs, and this song is all the more relatable to so many people because of its focus on something other than romance. It’s refreshing to see a song that focuses on friendship rather than romantic love-while this song could easily apply to a romantic relationship, its focus steers more towards platonic love (and could even be extended to familial love as well). The final change in the chorus drives the theme of hope home, as cherry blossoms bloom and winter starts to thaw, symbolizing a reconciliation (or a reconciliation that is soon to come) between the friends. It’s interesting to note that there’s no message that happiness or good times last forever either the point is made that nothing lasts forever, but that things will always change in a cycle.
The break after the second chorus brings us to the real message of the song: “The morning will come again / no darkness, no season / can last forever.” The lyrics have turned more hopeful, ensuring the listener that good times (the morning/spring) will come again, as nothing lasts forever. The lyrics describe the narrator’s distaste for the friend who grew distant: “You left but / I haven’t forgotten you / even for a day / Truthfully, I miss you but / I’ll erase you now / because that would hurt less / than resenting you.” But at the same time, he acknowledges that he cannot let go, signifying a ray of hope. Change cannot be avoided this section reads like acceptance of that fact. The second verse deepens the story as the narrator wonders who changed (the friend or himself), but he concludes they changed because that’s just what people do. Throughout the entire song, we see the cold relationship contrasted with the impending change of seasons into spring. This carries over into the chorus which reads “The snowflakes fall / and you get a little further away / I miss you.” The cold relationship between these friends continues to be stuck in winter, and the narrator wonders how much longer he must endure, asking the person to stay in place until a spring day comes again. The winter imagery is employed again in the bridge as the narrator sings how he could reach the person he’s longing for if he were like the snow flying through the air.
The time that “runs through” the narrator’s heart is compared to a lone train going through snow (설국기차 is used in the lyrics, which is the Korean title of the film Snowpiercer). The situation is compared to winter, due to the longing that “falls like snow” as the narrator hopes for a spring day to arrive. The first verse makes it clear that the narrator misses his friend (or friends, as the “you” used in “Even though I’m looking at photos of you” is the plural form of the word) and establishes that they’ve not been able to see each other much. The lyrics tell the story of friends who have grown apart and the narrator’s longing to restore their relationship.
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Both are delicately sentimental and melancholy, but at the same time instill in the listener a sense of hope and peace.įor the purposes of this post, I’m using my own translation of the lyrics, which can be read in full here (along with a translation of the Japanese version). Lyrically, “Spring Day” is wonderfully poetic, and the tone of its lyrics matches the tone of the song so well. In the post below, I provide an analysis of the song and lyrics, the music video, and the connections to the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” Song & Lyrics There’s definitely a reason why this song has seen such longevity on the charts-it’s certainly among BTS’s most beautifully emotional songs. It also won four music show trophies during BTS’s short promotional stint in South Korea.
The song previously won awards for “Song of the Year” at the 2017 MelOn Music Awards and “Best Music Video” at the 2017 MAMAs. In those 1000 days, “Spring Day” charted consecutively on the MelOn daily chart, becoming the first K-Pop song to do so. Novemmarked 1000 days since the release of BTS’s “ 봄날 (Spring Day)” music video from the WINGS Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone album.
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