DIFFERENT REFERENCES IN BTS MUSIC VIDEOS (PART 1)

The Fall of The Rebel Angels (from BTS Blood Sweat and Tears mv)

The fall of the rebel angels by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder is one of the masterpieces at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. The subject of this artwork is a biblical scene taken from the Book of Revelation The painting shows angels led by the central figure of the Archangel Michael, clad in gold armor, beating back the rebel angels from heaven. The insurgents fall from the light upper-half of the painting, depicting heaven, down into the dark depths of hell, represented by the lower section. The message of the painting is the difference between wanting to sin and resisting against sinning. Just like during the period of our youth, when we have to make choices or decisions to have a better life some of us give into the temptations and choose to commit some sins i.e. choose the dark path while the others resist through those temptations resulting in choosing a good path for themselves.

The Ones Who Walked Away From The Omelas (from BTS Spring Day mv)

The story is about the celebration for first day of summer in a Utopian city of Omelas whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child. The narrator has described the city as unusually pleasing like a fairy tale of old times. But since the reader is not convinced about this abundantly pleasant town the narrator introduces us to final element of the city which is its only atrocity. The city's constant state of serenity and splendor requires that a single unfortunate child be kept in perpetual filth, darkness, and misery. Once the citizens are old enough to know the truth, some of them accept his misery for the happiness of the city and some walks away from it and no one knows where they go.

Snowpiercer (from BTS Spring Day mv)

It’s a movie which focuses on distinguishing people on the basis of their class, following the hierarchy made by the society and the cruel ways of natural selection. In the movie everything freezes when a climate engineering experiment catastrophically backfires creating an ice age. The only thing that can save the humanity is a circumnavigational train in which the passengers have become segregated, with the elite in the extravagant front cars and the poor in squalid tail compartments controlled by armed guards. Soon a rebellion starts and the poor gradually learn about the dark secrets of the train which is kind of fake utopia where everyone looks superficially happy. In the end the train gets destroyed and only two children survive and as they steps out of the train they see a healthy polar bear which signifies that life outside the train is possible.

The Lion King (from BTS ON mv)

The famous Disney movie The Lion king is based on the message of how important friendship, love and hope are. Simba makes amazing relationships throughout his journey that help guide him to be the lion he eventually grows up to be and secure the bravery and strength he needs when facing his evil uncle. The lion king is symbolic of how powerful people misuse their power and can do anything to stay in control of everything. Also, it states that life is not always fair and things might not go as planned. As Timon and Pumba famously sang to Simba, Hakuna Matata which means no worries.

Noah's Ark (from BTS ON mv)

Noah is the the hero of the biblical Flood story in the Old Testament book of Genesis. He was said to be a righteous man who find favor in the eyes of God. Thus when God beheld the corruption of earth and determine to destroy it, he gave Noah a warning of the impending disaster and made a promise to save him and his family. Noah, thus built a massive ship at God’s command that saved Noah, his family, and two of every kind of land animal from the global flood which was referred to as the Noah's Ark.