LY: Answer – A Theory

dyingofxfeels:

 Okay y’all, as much as Idol is a bop and is completely worth clubbing to, I found some things worth addressing that I haven’t found anywhere. A lot of ARMYs have been saying that LY: Answer is a conclusion sort of answer, but I personally believe it’s a response answer. In fact, a direct response to the questions their old selves proposed in LY: Tear. I played IDOL and FAKE LOVE side by side and found that the line distribution adds up to responses to what their old selves were confused about in the past. RM’s first verse in FAKE LOVE is literally him saying “I wanna be a good man just for you, I gave the world just for you, I changed everything just for you, now I don’t know me, who are you?” Directly to this, according to line distribution, RM tells his old self (his answer to the question he proposes in his verse in FAKE LOVE) “I know what I am, I know what I want, I never gon’ change, I never gon’ trade.” Also, another direct response that’s worth noting is in FAKE LOVE J-Hope says “I even became quite unsure of who I was, try babbling into the mirror, who the heck are you?” V responds to him in IDOL saying “What you keep babbling about?” followed by Jimin’s “I do what I do, so mind your own business. You can’t stop me loving myself.” The “you” being their old selves from LY: Tear; more specifically, themselves from FAKE LOVE, the last comeback’s title track. The real “answer” is a response using this comeback’s title track, IDOL. Lastly, the choruses reflect the vast change from LY: Tear to LY: Answer. FAKE LOVE’s being “I’m so sick of this fake love” and IDOL’s being “You can’t stop me loving myself.” There are other lyrics that respond but these three are the most direct ones. That’s all I have for today. 🙂