Inspiration
I make better songs when I have the keyword or lyrics ready. Say you really love this beat or piano melody. It’s so good that you start humming to it. You think you’ll have this amazing song. But then I have nothing to say! And sometimes you end up with these forced lyrics, while trying to find the words that match the beat. So ultimately, songs that already have lyrics or a keyword turn out better, making a song that I’m able to like for a long time. [...] So in the case of BTS songs, I already have a melody or key word to start from, and I use my imagination to give flesh to the song. This is honestly easier and more fun to do.
— RM, interviewed by Jimin for ‘BE-hind Story’ (27 February 2021).
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Actually, [for ‘Stay’] it was me who started writing the lyrics before Namjoonah, did you know? I did set the direction. At first I didn't write the chorus part, and only wrote lyrics for the intro. It went something like, "Is this a dream? This seems to be a room." And Namjoonie liked it, so we developed it from that to what we have now.
— Jin, interviewed by Jungkook for ‘BE-hind Story’ (27 February 2021).
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Thank you so much to our members who wrote songs for this album.
And for saying that my ideas were great while writing lyrics, for saying that he had a rough time starting but could finally start with what hyung wrote as a topic, thank you so, so much, especially, to our Namjoonie who gave such beautiful words.
— Jin, in the BE ‘Thanks To’ notes.
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I get motivated and inspired by seeing you always working hard, even in your spare time. Please keep contributing with your good style, melodies, and lyrics. Fighting, always. I love you.
— RM's voice message to Jin, from the Winter Package 2021.
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See also:
Impostor Syndrome | On Jin’s feeling of inadequacy following the success of ‘Dynamite’ and the importance of RM’s comments on Jin’s role in his creative process.
