Heya, it’s ya elusive boi Jonathan and welcome
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be talking about BTS Jungkook’s new song
- Still With You.
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It was just a casual night on the 28th of
May when BTS uploaded the official schedule
for their BTS Festa 2020 on Twitter. So basically,
BTS Festa is an event where BTS celebrates
their debut anniversary with the ARMY (fans
of BTS). It's an annual celebration where
fans could expect special content like new
songs, never before seen videos and more.
On the schedule, "Still With You" was shown
on the calendar, which led people theorizing
that it could be a new song from the band.
Then, the day came… *Still With You intro*
The track was revealed to be a solo track
from one of the BTS members, Jungkook. The
song was uploaded on BTS's official Soundcloud
page and was made free for download for a
short while too.
Before the release of this track, he had only
three official original solo tracks released
- Begin (on the BTS' Wings album), Euphoria
(on the BTS' Love Yourself: Answer compilation
album) and My Time (on the BTS' Map of the
Soul: 7 album). I won’t get into them in
detail because I just might make another video
about this in the future. But what differentiates
this track with the other official solo tracks
that I mentioned was that he wrote this track
by himself. In a way, it displays his amazing
songwriting talent because I found the song
really strong lyrically.
The lyrics that were translated into English
reveal that he really went in-depth with the
lyricism. Take the intro of the track for
example - “That faint voice of yours that
grazed me / Please call my name one more time
/ I’m standing still under the frozen light,
but / I will walk towards you, step by step
/ Still with you.” It showed that he wrote
this track from his heart. But to talk about
the theme of the song as a whole - Essentially,
the entire track talks about him missing someone
and believing in being together with them
again someday.
In a recent interview, he said: “I went
to the studio and thought that this kind of
tempo would be good. I turned on the recorder
and finished working on the melody and lyrics.
After I finished it, I sent it to producer
Pdogg. We kept talking for a while about the
direction and vibe of the song and completed
it together.” After that, he added: “I
feel good because I was able to tell fans
how much I loved them.” It was a clear message
that he wrote this track because he missed
the fans. With the current pandemic happening
across the world, a lot of artists are forced
to cancel their tours, with BTS being one
of the many. To further drive home that the
song is dedicated to the ARMY (BTS fans) though,
the Soundcloud link of the song has the words
‘thankyouarmy2020’ in it - which is a
nice gesture.
As for the production side of things, Jungkook
worked with the band’s regular collaborator
Pdogg, who has produced hits for BTS like
DNA, Boy With Luv ft. Halsey and most recently,
ON. The guitar production was assisted by
YOUNG (Jaepil Jung) - who has
worked on various BTS tracks in the past as
well. The production of this track has this
jazzy R&B ambience throughout and I feel like
it gives this song a vulnerable and emotional
edge to it, which connects back to the theme
of the song. I also enjoyed how they opened
the track, with rain pouring in the background
and Jungkook’s voice passing through a vocoder
effect that gives off a sense of nostalgia.
I also felt like his vocal approach complements
the production of this track so well because
it just glides across the production smoothly
like butter. He doesn’t force his voice
and just let his voice flow out naturally.
He never once overshadows the production with
his voice and the production never overshadows
him. The instrumentation
and his voice just blends into one and makes
the entire track sound other-worldly. One
more thing that I feel like people may overlook
is his backing vocals during the chorus.
The song just swells up to another level when
he gets to the chorus because of the way his
backing vocals were layered with one another.
I also loved how the outro was similar to
the intro of the track, with the rain coming
back and the effect covering his voice once
more - indicating that the song has come to
an end.
Another thing I’m excited about is his upcoming
mixtape. Jungkook has previously revealed
through an interview with Buzzfeed in May
2018 that he’s working on a mixtape, “- Next
Mixtape, JK” “JK - oh!” After 2 years
of hyping up his upcoming mixtape, which included
him singing a snippet of an original song
on his birthday,
*untitled song*
This means that the official release of Still With You
is an indication that the mixtape is coming
soon. If this is a small glimpse into what
he has to offer for his upcoming mixtape,
we’re going to be in for a wild ride!
So what are your thoughts about Jungkook's
Still With You? If you haven’t listened
to the song, do give the song a listen (I’ll
be linking the song down in the description)
and lemme know what you think about the song
down in the comment section! Thanks guys and
I’ll see you in the next video! Peace xx
