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Memory, Yearning, Loss: Piano in BTS’s “HYYH”

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Promotional image for The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2, BigHit Music.

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, BTS’s monumental series dedicated to the fragile concept of youth, had its 10th anniversary on April 29, 2025.

The series, comprised of the albums The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 1, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt. 2 and the compilation album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever, also launched the Bangtan Universe, a fictional narrative woven through the albums’ music videos, but also promotional trailers and short films, and later expanded to include a webtoon, a book, and a collection of notes adding details to the story.

The Most Beautiful Moment in Life series marked an evolution for BTS from their hip hop-centred songs and energetic and aggressive delivery to a softer and more poetic sensibility and sound, spearheaded by member SUGA. The piano, which had started to appear in songs like the introspective “Tomorrow” and the jazz-infused “Rain,” from Skool Luv Affair-Special Edition and Dark & Wild, both released in 2014, became more prominent. This pointed to the continuous expansion of their storytelling and musical vocabulary.

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The Euphoria of Beauty and the Compulsion for Art

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Note: I wrote this essay over several weeks but wrote the main argument and narrative over the next few hours after the event I describe in the piece. I decided to keep it intact to respect and convey the immediacy of the experience. 

Last night, I cried myself to sleep after seeing a concert. I cried for two hours after it ended, full-body sobs taking over me on the sofa where I had sat to watch the livestream. The sobs overcame me every time I tried to calm myself, close my eyes, and go to sleep—it was, after all, three or four in the morning my time. I had to take a Tylenol, but the crying took over me in the kitchen as I grabbed a cup of water, opened the faucet, and doubled over the counter in pain. 

The sobs did not cease until I forced myself to lay in bed, the tears falling freely on my pillow and my body shaking intermittently from the crying. The sleep somehow came. 

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On D-Day, Agust D walks a path toward growth, healing, and peace

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D-Day album cover. Big Hit Music.

This article was written as a contribution to Bangtan Library. 

Released on April 23, 2023, Agust D’s D-Day represents the end of a trilogy that started in 2016 with the release of Agust D, Min Yoongi’s first mixtape under his alternate artistic persona Agust D. The two mixtapes offered a window into Agust D’s most personal thoughts and experiences, expanding on the themes and lyrics he had contributed to BTS’s discography under his main moniker, SUGA of BTS.

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