Therefore it's said that the 'wheel of fortune' has turned and the girl has met with misfortune and has had extreme physical or emotional difficulty in moving past it (Every tear a waterfall).
This was an Elizabethan Era worldview where each individual would pass around a circle from good fortune to bad fortune to good fortune and around again and so on - much like 'what goes around, comes around'. In this line, it's assumed that the butterfly is symbolic of the girl - a beautiful and innocent creature - and the 'wheel' can be regarded as the 'Wheel of Fortune'. The second verse details how, as the girl grows up and matures, she faces difficulties and complications (Life goes on, gets so heavy) and some hardships she faces are enough to break her spirit (The wheel breaks the butterfly). The line 'The bullets catch in her teeth' indicates that in her dreamed-up paradise nothing can hurt her, nothing can go wrong. At this the girl withdraws into her mind, acting out the life she would have led if Fate allowed her in her dreams (So she ran away in her sleep/And dreamed of para-para-paradise./Every time she closed her eyes). However, evidently the bar was raised too high and the expectations not reached (But it flew away from her reach) suggesting maybe a life not lived - plans not made, dreams not followed, opportunities missed, feelings not acted upon. The first verse tells of a young girl who had high expectations (When she was a girl/She expected the world) these expectations could be the product of constant attention to fairy tales - expecting the world to be fair and just, where all girls can be princesses, marry their Prince Charming and live happily ever after - or simply being subject to an optimistic upbringing where the philosophy 'the world is your oyster' underpinned every lecture by parent and teacher alike. It was #1 on iTunes in 100 countries, debuted at #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Song Sales charts, and topped two of Billboard’s year-end 2021 charts - Rock Digital Song Sales and Alternative Digital Song Sales charts.My InterpretationThis song represents the attempts by a girl to maintain a child-like innocence in her life by dreaming. BTS was roped in for the single for Coldplay’s latest album and it went on to break records and top charts. We even had Coldplay and Chris Martin singing the Korean lyrics when they first performed their collaborative track ‘My Universe’.
And now we have Coldplay.įans love the relationship that BTS and Coldplay have since every time they interact they are immensely proud and supportive of each other. We also got special collaborative stages as Megan joined BTS on stage on day 2 for their ‘Butter’ remix.
The audience itself was star-studded as ARMY spotted Zayn, Becky G, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, and Anderson. And they went all out for it, as we had solo stages, special performances, hilarious costumes with Jin and V channeling their inner ‘Squid Game’ and special guests. With BTS’ last concert being over 2 years ago, the global K-pop group, as well as their fans, were overly excited for their 4-day concert at SoFi stadium in LA.
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