"One of the things I learned making this film is just how heavy the crown that they wear is, like to be able to make amazing music, but also have to represent an entire country to the world. That's so unique to a band like BTS, and I wanted to make sure that we really underlined that in the film."
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-the-return-interview-with-bao-nguyen

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"I'm deeply honoured to perform at Gwanghwamun, the most historic place in South Korea," Suga said. "We named the album Arirang and chose Gwanghwamun as the venue to reflect our identity."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj371jr203ko

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My thoughts on the ending, where she’s back in the museum, but all wet, is this: she wasn’t really there on the boat - she didn’t go through what BTS went though, but emotionally she went through it with them - she came back with it all, but the smile tells us she doesn’t regret it. She’s glad that she went on that journey with the group.

There’s A LOT more going on in the MV, but that’s my current take on the story.

5/5

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She then runs through the ship, running past the members who are still isolated - swimming to the future - until at the end she breaks the chain and they return.

4/5

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The music break halfway through is when military service starts. From then on, she’s devastated. The members come in and out, but not together and there’s a separation between them and ARMY. The only time we see the members together, they are in uniform completing their service.

3/5

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I think the woman is ARMY. At the start, the compass leads her to BTS and she appears on the boat when she becomes ARMY. At first, it’s happy as she falls deeper into the fandom. BTS are working together as a unit and the ship protects them.

2/5

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I’ve watched a few reaction videos now for the SWIM music video, and I don’t quite agree with their takes, so here’s my interpretation. The members said it’s about their journey back to ARMY, but I think the story starts earlier. So here goes…

1/5

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At Yum Cha and someone on staff is ARMY because they have Arirang going hard 💜

* Appropriately interspersed with older tracks to keep the stream count climbing

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BTS (방탄소년단) ‘SWIM’ Official MV

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