Inner Child
A writer once said that each of us carries a crying child in a quiet corner of the heart. What does she mean? Even as we grow into adulthood, we keep an inner child—the figure for the painful memories of…
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RM’s Letter from the City of Angels
School started up again last Thursday. From Friday through Sunday we were off on an orientation retreat just outside Seoul. Coming home this afternoon, cotton clouds drifting across a blue sky, traffic moving at an easy pace, I cracked a…
Euphoria
I translated this song in 2019, but I can’t find the analysis I wrote then. I remember calling it one of BTS’s finest love ballads, a song where two people become light for each other, brightening lives once bright but…
That’s Not Chicken!
Whenever I’m feeling a little down, I watch this video. It never fails to make me smile. It also reminds me of Gapsuni, my old dog; even though she’s long gone, the mere thought of her fills me with happiness.…
Serendipity
Serendipity I especially love how RM playfully links 그냥 (geu-nyang) (simply) with 고양이 (goh-yahng-yi) (cat), since Koreans also affectionately call cats 냥냥이 (nyang-nyang-yi). In that light, Jimin’s “그냥, 그냥 (geu-nyang geu-nyang)” almost sounds like “meow, meow,” adding a tender and…
Blue Side
Blue Side For the bridge, J-Hope writes two four-line stanzas of fixed length with matching rhyme schemes. They look deceptively simple, like a William Carlos Williams poem, but each line is subtly constructed to depict scenarios that he knows can…
Piece of Peace
Today marks the official opening of the “Min Yoon-gi Therapy Center” at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital. Over the years, BTS have given not only their music but also immense generosity, extending their hands to countless causes and lives in need.…
A Future Oscar Winner Baby
This might be the most heartwarming video in the history of the digital world. Every time I watch it, it brings a smile to my face. I pray that this family remains forever blessed with health and happiness.
Heavenly Cover of The Truth Untold
Some of you may already know him, but there’s this Korean guy named Sung Joon who does busking concerts on the streets of England. His voice is absolutely heavenly, and his cover of The Truth Untold is hands down the…