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Weverse Magazine has released a new article, talking about the relationship between BTS' story and their very first mixtape, Born Singer which is included as the first track in 2022 anthology album-Proof CD1.
The song “Born Singer” is a keepsake of the early days of BTS and their debut. The group’s official debut date is June 13, 2013, but they had their debut showcase on the 12th, and they released an unofficial song, “Born Singer,” on SoundCloud and KZread exactly one month later, on July 12. When the tracklist for Proof was released, “Born Singer” was revealed to be the first song on the anthology album slated to be released this June, bringing back memories for fans who were already well aware of the song and building excitement for those who were hearing about it for the first time.
“Born Singer” is chock-full of memories from the first 20 days following BTS’ debut. You would expect the period immediately after a debut to be awash in congratulations alone, but that wasn’t the case for BTS. Their image as so-called hip hop idols stirred controversy among hip hop and idol fans alike right from the start, even before they debuted. There had been K-pop groups before BTS that had likewise declared themselves hip hop idols, but most of those groups’ hit songs reflected the party atmosphere of some hip hop or stuck closely to standard K-pop, which listeners were relatively open to. While BTS would go on to release similar tracks themselves, their differentiating point early on was their realness, much as it is the pride of hip hop music. They may have been young and not perfectly slick, but they wrote about what they knew and what they wanted to talk about, like school. And like other hip hop artists, they made mixtapes and uploaded them to SoundCloud. If one of the defining traits of K-pop is a desire to overcome prejudice, BTS’ move was another in a long line of such moves. Just as idols who can sing and dance live appeared in response to the presumption that idols can’t sing well, BTS has been exploring the idea that idols can’t write “real” lyrics, and fighting against this prejudice, since even before their debut. Their early efforts, however, were not met with wide acceptance, but resistance. The lyrics of “Born Singer” remain a vivid account of people’s reaction after their debut and how the group felt in response.
Having debuted to criticism over the authenticity of their hip hop, the young BTS members’ lyrics are bittersweet and suit the beat of “Born Sinner,” which is itself about the duality of original sin and sanctification in the Christian tradition. Unlike the J. Cole version, BTS’ song opens with the chorus. The gospel feeling woven throughout Born Sinner is here transformed by the voices of Jung Kook, Jin, V and Jimin into something more akin to a boys’ choir taking to the stage. In his verse, SUGA expresses anger at the accusations he faced for supposedly changing with something more than simple disappointment; he feels cast out for BTS’ attempt to try something different. RM’s 20-bar verse can be taken at face value: the fear of letting down those who had high expectations for the group. In any case, the emotions are glaringly apparent and rawer than any of the songs included on the actual album, even after all this time. And j-hope’s verse stitches everyone’s parts together, turning the song from a series of each member’s individual experiences to a shared experience of group solidarity. Moreover, the last time they sing the chorus, they do so a cappella and with handclaps, actively inviting the group’s fans, ARMY, to join in when performed live. These final 16 bars of “Born Singer” demonstrate BTS’ intention to make the song into a memory shared not only between its members but with its attentive listeners as well. In that sense, “Born Singer” is really BTS and ARMY’s first anthem.
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