AGUST D - DAECHWITA '대취타' Explained By A Korean

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Okay It is 100% confirmed that Yoongi is a genius and this channel is a genius

feel like im in history class, but one about yoongi
history class should always be like this

I was a bit disappointed that you didn't point out the change of perspective in the end...
It wasn't only about bragging when he said there is nowhere up to go. He literally says he now wants to look down and keep his feet in the ground which I believe means he doesn't want to stay fascinated by being on top, but keep himself true and not lose himself.

“He’s having that sword dance that probably suga learned in two days” I mean man he’s a big fan 😂

Let’s be real, Jin’s considered himself on Bang PD’s level for years now.

*It* *feels* *like* *a* *history* *class* *but* *the* *only* *difference* *is* *that* *it's* *interesting*
For the people who are saying I hate history, I don't. I just find it boring. 🧡

I personally think that the reason why BTS is so popular is because they have substance. They have a cause, they write from their heart, it has meaning. Whereas other groups are really talented but are just performers and not musicians

To all those "armys" being rude to Danny for this, first of all, nothing he said was wrong and his explanation made sense. People can interpret art in many ways and Danny's interpretation can be justified by the lyrics and MV. Its not like yoongi had an official explanation of anything. Second of all, stop attacking people when they clearly put a lot of work and thought into these videos and they don't even make a lot of money from it. They make this for fans and because they like making vids. Its okay to disagree but please be respectful and Danny did nothing wrong for u to accuse him of. Thanks Danny, as an army we appreciate u and ur hard work and I love ur vids.

To add something, Suga mentioning Bang PD and the drawing of his face with a chinese character "Dance" as if it's his mouth. Since BTS was supposedly a Hiphop group, before joining the group, Suga thought they wouldn't have to dance but then Bang PD suddenly suggests/told him to dance. I feel like he lowkey dissed Bang PD there. lmao

I feel like there's a second interpretation to this, and not only his "bad" past. If the king only represented the industry then why is yoongi the king? It feels like, just like in Shadow, there's a fight between his two personas here. the king representing his ego and his need to keep going higher, and the commoner being the side of him that is more down to earth but still not letting others step on him.
At the end of the MV the commoner shoots the king, in order for his ego driven persona not to get out of control and stay humble with his succeses.

Suga is the only artist who can flex on us bc he is humble unlike other artist who flex and flex and just flex and just don’t care of ppl feelings suga is just genius

Suga explained in a behind-the-scenes video about his roles in the music video.
He said that the August D from four years ago has become a king, but now he is in conflict with another August D.
I really think he sings about how he reached the top/ became a King. All the struggles he went through, the critics he had faced, his mental health, worked hard, became rich and famous etc. Now he has reached the top and is reflecting on everything.
He realizes what he has become and he doesn't like it. So, he kills that person. He wants to stay firmly on the ground.
In my opinion Suga is always looking inside himself and tries to be a better person.
In another interview he had said that you reach the top, but one day you will come down, but that's not bad, because then you try and climb again.

I remember learning in my literature class that the best type of literature is the writing that could be interpreted in many different ways but still relevant without it being misleading. Here DKDKTV explained that Daechwita is a song of BTS relationship with ARMY and their struggles and success in the entertainment world but I also read in some tweets from ARMY that this song talked more about his struggles with the shadow of himself, how he fear the greedy (or the King) side of him that grows along with his fame. In the song after he talks about how now he got everything from clothes to money and basically craves nothing more since he's so high already, he continued with "I only looked up and now I want to look down and put my feet on the ground", I interpret is as he already experience everything great about his success and now he just wants to settle and keep being humble, back to his roots. It is always interesting to see how he talk a lot about this struggle of him where he didn't want to lose himself to fame and he always just wants to keep on being the humble him. He kind of feared that the King / Greedy side of him will take over him and turning him into a mean person, but here in the video he visually kills the King, an imagery of how he kills his Greedy side, and let the humble-normal citizen side of him live.
In conclusion, this song can be interpreted in so many ways and that is very clever of him. This song is lit and people who refuse to recognize his talent are just dumb.
(edit : Yooo thanks for 1K guys! Really ppreciate that you made time to read my long ass comments asdjsjd thank you very much!)

I can’t believe there’s an actual word for “post nut clarity”

*"with a cute painting of bang pd"*
*I WHEEZED-*

Intro: *Daechwita Daechwita Daechwita~*
Me: *Head banging intensifies*

This song is for those ppl who are being be little and want to prove that they are not just that little. They can also be the predator who are patiently waiting for their prey.

"The fact that I'm silent, doesn't mean that I'm weak nor ignorant."
I think this phrase fits the meaning of the song very well.
BTS was silent for so many years until their popularity exploded, but even when it did, they still kept silence. Instead of going on shows or interviews to bash others (like some artists do), they've always used their music to speak out their struggles and discomfort, and the best part of it? They don't need to say names, they've never said names, yet a lot of people boiling in anger, have popped up.
This is why BTS never cease to amaze me.

I personally imagined the song as a different interpretation- that the corrupt king version of yoongi was representative of his ego after bts’ big explosion into the western market around the time of his first mixtape’s release (hence why he still has the blonde hair which he had in the music videos for ‘Give It To Me’ and ‘Agust D’, now grown out). The lower-class yoongi to me represents his inner self hitting pause and looking at himself in the mirror, realizing that his ego has gotten too big and has now sent himself on a mission to kill the part of himself that thinks he is too good for this world, the high and mighty tyrant king.

Your interpretation of Korean historical references, such as King Gwanghae and crown prince Sado, are on point. Him writing the words specifically Gwanghae and rice chest is a clear sign that Suga definitely had King Gwanghae and crown prince Sado in his mind. But i dont really agree to your interpretation of the King being big entertainment companies in Kpop and low class Suga being a humble rookie suga from a small unknown company. I think that interpretation is too simple and quite one dimensional. I think Suga and BTS have surpassed the stage of being bitter about how they were ignored and mistreated by big companies in the Kpop industry.
I thought the King is his alter ego, who has achieved everything he ever wanted and ended up being currupt and being a tyrant due to his success, and the low class Suga is current Suga constantly reminding him of how his humble beginnings were like and of how passionate he was about music and his career. By a low class Suga killing the currupt tyrant King, his alter ego, he wants to make sure to keep his feet grounded again as he started 7rys ago.Basically, i interpreted this is a song that constantly reminds him of his humble beginnings, how he will never let his success currupt him and how he will never let his success take away his dedication and passion into music.
I really think BTS and Suga have already surpassed the stage of being bitter about how they were mistreated in the industry in the past. That was a long time ago.
Other than that, I agree to most of your interpretation.

Listen to in this order:
-Silver spoon
-ddaeng
-daechwita
-ugh

The mood after watching today’s Break The Silence and listening to Outro:Tear then watching this explain. Oompf.

army: Comes up with this elaborate theory about what bts' songs could mean
Bts: I just thought it sounded cool

I'll never listen to Daechwita anymore the same way I did before. Man. This explanation taught me so much. This just doubled my respect for Suga and the rest of the BTS. Kings indeed!

Here's some other things:
- He also looks at the butcher in the village, and they make a pact for the butcher to be the executioner and release Agust D to kill the king. Even the villagers shun the tyrant king.
- The old Agust D just beheads all that have concerns and that go against him because he is too scared and paranoid to properly confront the problems.
- "Berserk tiger Gwanghae flow" he is talking about the tyrant king Agust D, talking about how wicked he became. Present Suga might have also mocked the king by driving in the courtyard and flexing his relation with Bang PD, just to show how his past self was easy to anger.
- "Shove the past into the rice chest" He is foreshadowing about killing his past self because of how notorious and wicked he had become.
-Present Suga showing you aren't born as royalty, you need to work for it. And you can show it in different ways, like how he's gotten from a peasant (rookie idol) to one of the most successful and smart kings (Worldwide superstar). He also mocks the king in a metaphoric way. How the king beheads people (doesn't want to deal with the problems) and how Suga confronts them and endures them (diss tracks about plagiarism and mental health)
-Just the old king theme and modern day underclassman theme about killing the past stereotypes and rules in general and making new ones.
*Hope this helped too :)*
edit: supposedly kings were allowed to have scars at war, but queens were not, according to many Koreans. Yoongi also specified on the recent interview on Bangtantv that the scar had no meaning. I apologize if this caused any misinformation :) but thanks for the likes !!

HYUNTA = Post nut clarity. Yoongi has post nut clarity. Gotcha.

Hyunta = post-nut clarity
That's all I got from this vid 💀

Yoongi: **about to be killed**
Also Yoongi: I DON’T CARE THIS SONG IS MY JAM **A G G R E S S I V E H E A D B A N G I N G**

Has anyone mentioned that Yoongi said in the "My shooting Sketch" upload, that the mad king in the beginning is the person Agust D became when he dropped his first Mixtape, 4years ago and that there is now another Agust D confronting him??

this analysis is interesting, i do want to point out that yoongi himself has said that the king yoongi in this mv represents the 2016 agust d and that 2020 agust d had to kill him to take over. (said so in daechwita behind episode), that kinda changes up the whole meaning of the mv imo

This is why I’m so thankful for all the army’s that supported BTS from the beginning. The ones that stayed with them through all their hardships. The ones that help motivate them to be who they are today. Thank you ARMY! saranghaeyo ARMY!

2:23 *The origins of which can be found in a jungkook drawing*
*The way I wheezed-*

Yoongi's mixtapes have always been much more personal. It's centred around his own journey, struggles and occasional clashes within his mind. I personally believe there's much more to it than your explanation.

all the 'head banging' songs produced by bts always have a deep meaning to it, like today I learnt that tear and daechwita are just about their struggles and how they're trying to or have overcome it ✌😔

If only school history classes were like these...

9:31 I had a feeling Suga was on the same level as Bang PD when all August D's songs don't start with the Big Hit intro

This really is the beauty of Yoongi's mind, his genius. This Mixtape really is a conversation worthy of a whole series of dissecting each song. I think we can all interpret it in any way we want or understand. The interpretation of ARMYs surely would be slightly different from other casual fans. I appreciate DKDKTVs interpretation though. Yoongi really is a genius. This Mixtape is a gift, I feel like I'm not worthy listening to it sometimes.

There are so many interpretations of this song, I'm amazed - I really like the historical references that I would not have noticed otherwise but I disagree completely that this song is about Big 3 vs Bighit. I feel the blond king and dark haired peasant are both representative of Yoongi himself and his struggle with identity/fame/success. Sure, he is rightfully proud of everything he has achieved despite starting out as an underdog from humble beginnings but there could be a part of him he recognises as being cocky/overconfident that he wants to get rid of (which is why he shoots the king).

oh God, this explained A LOT, I am so grateful for it DKDKTV!. This song itself is nothing without the meaning, the message is soo good, all these references and symbols...mind-blowing! I could not understand it without you, thanks!

friends : how's quarantine going?
me: DAECHWITA DAECHWITA !

I just love it when they use traditional Korean music with modern day music, music to my ears *chef kiss*

So BTS teaches me history, psychology, math, science... i dont need to go to school
Kidding ✌😅

I’m sorry but...I can’t get over the fact that his little bun in king suga is wiggling

Mom: what are you doing
Me: history online class

I love how BTS always add a unique backstory to their music.
It’s what makes them different about every Kpop artist.

Zero dislikes. Like it should be. This was amazing guys.

Omg, I totally forgot about Jungkook's Bang PD drawing 🤣🤣

8:48 - True, he is a genius. They all are. Not enough words to explain. They are just... BEST!!! .

I saw a korean hiphop fan who said the "Gwanghae flow" line might also reference the fact that Yoongi's style of rapping is tough and kinda crazy (tongue technology?)

the rap in the middle (u know the stuttering) reminds me of rm's "stutter" rap in ddaeng (땡)

I watched Daechwita with zero context. I was immediately mesmerized by the cinematography, the story line and Suga himself. Let's face it, he's STUNNING in this video. But, now after watching this very informative video, it even comes together more beautifully. For a westerner, it's impossible to understand the deeper meaning behind so many of BTS songs. Thank you for taking time to educate the world on BTS and Korean history.

10:08 Hyunta(현타) actually has two different meanings.
One is the one you mentioned Wiseman's Time(현자타임) but use of this word is very limited.
The one that is widely used is Realization of the Reality aka Reality Check(현실자각타임).
The Hyunta used in Daechwita is the latter Hyunta and has nothing to do with the "wiseman's time".
Anyone interested in history of Joseon Era, here are two fascinating movies that will give you a great foundation to understand this MV.
Masquerade: krplus.net/bidio/YbimmH1nio6zpXo (Lord Kwanghae)
The Throne: krplus.net/bidio/Y9qcoHOmhWfVhqA (Sadoseja)
Both movies are amazing, totally worth watching. You will thank me later.

“You won’t know how I feel because you’ve never had any of this “ hard flex indeed 👑💯

When BTS members going to military soon, play the daechwita and we ARMY will march there, lol

And yoongi said that this song was more about the sound than the lyrics...imagine his other songs

Y'know I personally feel that the person who was supposed to behead Yoongi represent those haters who later became bts fans and thus he did not behead him but instead gave him a gun which could mean they now support him.
Moreover suga himself said " We need new haters, old ones became our fans."
The power BTS holds 🤠

And the irony that B-Free was arrested recently makes this video even more fitting. Long live King Suga!

You guys didn't see the behind the scene of this mv where suga says the king is the old agust d and the other one is new agust d which is confronting him.. did you..

Came here after watching yesterday’s muster where the boys performed Daechiwta and loving how you explained this. This is such an apt song they have chosen to perform in this year’s muster.

they paved the way for sooo many people. Now many groups from small company’s are getting know faster and are becoming faster. They changed the whole game. BTS IS THE REVOLUTION

Thanks for all you guys do for my American self, lol. It's truly appreciated 💜

Daechwita is the epitome amazing of story telling. Both the music video and song. Amazing blend of personal struggle and traditional culture. While still managing to flex. Without even knowing the meaning of the lyrics it will hype you up.

He not only hits us with some damn boss music but he takes us to school. He's really a genius, talented in all aspects and dimensions.

Interesting analysis! I think the king represents yoongi himself in the past, though, so he's actually killing his old self at the end of the MV. This same message is also repeated in another track on the mixtape, 'Burn it', where he talks about burning his old self away. In his line about King Gwanghae, he says, 'A tiger who's gone crazy, Gwanghae flow'. The tiger is probably a self-reference, because in the next verse he says, 'Born a tiger, I'm not weak like you at least'. He said something similar in the song 'Give it to me' on his previous mixtape as well - 'I was born a tiger, I can't live like a dog'. This means in this line 'A tiger who's gone crazy, gwanghae flow' he's actually likening himself to King Gwanghae, who went power-crazy. I think it's possible that he feels like he kinda let all the fame and wealth get to his head a little, or at least felt overwhelmed by them and that he was starting to lose touch with where he came from, a theme repeated across the whole mixtape as well as Interlude: Shadow, so this is him making the decision to distance himself from whatever he has become, and to return to his roots. He wants to 'kill' his old self - in that sense, the rice chest metaphor is perfect, as he's essentially sentencing his old self to death.
I think what I find the most fascinating, though, is the strong theme of duality - the whole song feels like two yoongis fighting, and the MV is really just visual representation of this conflict. The tracks are a mix of 'i'm the best i've got big house big car and big rings' and 'i'm tired, i'm scared of flying and i just wanna land somewhere' - even within the same song you can find him alternating between these two narratives. Idk if I'm imagining this but he even changes his tone a little bit as he switches characters - he vocalises his lines differently and if you listen closely you can hear where one yoongi ends and when the other begins. I think he's wrestling with himself and this entire mixtape is a bit of a tribute to that battle - in a way, Interlude: Shadow served not only as an intro to the second arc of the MOTS story, but to this mixtape as well.

The way I see it, he's talking about how he became the "king" after they became famouse, and how he managed to tame that growing ego inside of him to make him remember where he came from.
in 고작 그런 이유로 약을 빨다니 애잔하기 그지없네 what I understood is that he's talking about how he managed to produce and write songs that were brining him success(꺾인 적이 없는 매출출출출출출출) and his ego liked this feeling of superiority (thus the thumps up from the king) but when he should be feeling the happiness of his achievments, he found himself struggling mentally and ended up having to take pills to cope with the feeling(not necessarily drugs). the whole song can be interpreted this way. I'm not the best at explaining but I hope you roughly get what I mean
of course understanding a song is very subjective and there's no right answer here, but it's another perspective I guess.

DKDKTV is reading my mind, i can’t

Wow this song is deeper than I thought, thanks for explaining, and I just have to say these BTS boys never ceases to amaze me with their awesomeness. They're so talented in every aspect and they just keep getting better and growing wiser 💜💜💜

Thank you for the breakdown of this video. This makes so much more sense to me and the story is so interesting. Hi props to Suga for bringing his story to life! We love Suga!

Im not an army,i dont hate bts,i dont have any interest in bts.but when i saw suga's mv,ITSS SOOOO GOOD! And the meaning too! LIKE...HE'S GENIUS! A REAL KING!

That's the reason that I tell everyone that I know. This channel is the best channel ever! 💜

i had chills the whole fricking time- I swear..
SAVAGE MIN SUGA JJANG JJANG MAN BOONG BOONG!

I just love how so many of their songs & especially Suga talk about real stuff.

I’ve been waiting on this!

Me: play daechwita at my funeral and I will come back to life head bopping

I was honestly waiting for this video... Love your guy’s interpretations.

Curiosity was killing me since the MV appeared 🙈

I know he loves Korean culture so much since pre debut days when he wrote Paldogangsan, and then ma city (d boy thing), move, where do you come from etc

I was waiting for this.....
After understanding the deep meaning behind every song that dkdktv explains ,it hits different afterwards. Love your channel.

The more I watching bts song explains is the more I'm dying in love to them.. Knowing the deep meaning of their song... To those people who mis treat them and humiliating them now what do you think to their success... Love you BTS keep fighting we are Army's behind you no matter what. 💜💜💜

I think there needs to be some clarification about the post nut clarity bit. That definition is RARELY if ever used by Koreans anymore.
The most widespread usage of the slang refers to the realization that comes with being confronted with reality. 현타 (hyunta) OR 현실감 타격 OR 현실 자각 타임 literally translates to "hit with a sense of reality" OR "the time you become self-aware of reality"
While the nuance is vaguely similar, only because both definitions describe a sense of returning to a different state of mind, considering the context we can infer the correct interpretation.
In the preceding lyric he talks about having achieved everything he's ever wanted and ponders what is to come next. Suddenly he is met with the reality that there is nothing left above him and longs to look downward and land back on the ground.
I disagree that this line is meant to be a hard flex.
Yoongi and the rest of the boys have talked about this fear of the unknown and the anxiety that come with exceeding all expectations and reaching such heights on several occasions (previous interviews, lyrics (shadow), festa 2018, docuseries).

Ah yes the “post nut clarity” transcends cultures lmao 10:15

been waiting for this. thank you

Thank you. Was wainting voor this. I learn alot of all yours videos. Please keep gooing

I think king suga is him himself not the old system. It's a warning for him not to abuse his new high position. That deep down he'll always be slave suga and kill his show off self and stay humble. Imo 🙈

BTS : releases a song
Me: so dkdktv my love where’s the explanation thank you 💜

Me: *Vibing at first with yoongi*
Headphones: Yeah, Lets jump.

I was waiting for this!!!! Thank you

This song can definitely be interpreted in many ways but Yoongi did say in his Honey Radio a few nights ago that he thought about ARMY which inspired him to write this song.

ARMY REPRESENTED BY THAT WOMAN, WHUUUTTTTTT THIS IS CRAZY I'M IN!

*Daechwita plays*
Me: *Starts headbanging*

Such a great video! I rlly enjoyed that you explained the history behind the lyrics rlly puts into perspective how meaningful the song is💞💞

Even though suga said this song is more for auditory enjoyment, it has great lyrics

Yoongi is so smart, and that's so hot.

A further analysis of he Korean references/phrases really put all the pieces of the songs meaning together. such a helpful video

This is fascinating! Thank you so much for this insight!

And also there’s a lot of rumors that 광해 (the king) was changed with a commoner during his time on the throne. Which is why there is a movie and drama about it (광해 and 왕이 된 남자). Hence why I think it’s a great choice for him to be both characters.

The words “rice chest “ caught my attention, I was wondering what it meant! Thank you Danny for not skipping over it!

Absolutely in awe of this explained series. Thank you for your hard work!

I WAS LITERALLY WAITING FOR THIS EVER SINCE THE MV DROPPED. IT'S HERE!!!! THANK YOU!