The song dropped days after the K-Pop band released their MotS 7 trailer titled Interlude: Shadow. The Black Swan breaks away from the traditional BTS videos with respect to their 'Connect BTS' concept. The new song features none of the BTS members. Instead, the South Korean boys have reached out to MN Dance Company to help bring their music video to life, according to Metro UK.
The video starts with dancer Martha Graham's quote, "A dancer dies twice — once when they stop dancing, and this is the more painful death." Following this, the performers comes together to form a swan-like shape before they unfold their mesmerising performance.
Set up in an abandoned plaza, the song starts with the singers urging the listeners to do their things, before they question what 'the thing' is. As the song unfolds, it is evident that the lyrics have drawn inspiration from the quote.
The video builds up to the performer's struggle, his slow death before he breaks up away from the darkness resulting in a beautiful performance.
The new song comes a few days ahead of the Grammys 2020 and BTS' iHeartRadio performance. RM, V, Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, J-Hope and Suga are set to perform at the event live and fans are hoping they would present their first live performance on Black Swan at the event.
Nevertheless, here's what Twitter had to say about the song.
https://twitter.com/omermeroz/status/1218126337250033665
https://twitter.com/blue_s_mochi/status/1218125479233884160
YESSS #BlackSwan IS TRENDING NUM.1 WORLDWIDE!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 ARMY KEEP GOING! + DONT FORGET TO STREAM #BlackSwan 💜💜💜💜💜 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/eLjLHOXldQ
— Dreams☆~°♡⁷ (@ScorpionDreamy) January 17, 2020
The message is limpid : the #BlackSwan who once struggled to fly because of his shadows caging him tamed them and learnt how to fly from them. Beautifully executed by MN dance company. #MOTS7isComing pic.twitter.com/HHx67WQwwD
— (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･°☆•* (@zzombiecocktail) January 17, 2020
Listening to #BlackSwan broke my heart. The lyrics and performance was truly beautiful. I haven’t found my passion in life but the thought of suddenly losing your love for something that used to be your everything really hurts 🥺😭💔 pic.twitter.com/YkQKskIBGz
— ⟭⟬ BE You ⟬⟭ Tiful ⁷ (@BornToSmile_OuO) January 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/monokyo_world/status/1218126351439290368
https://twitter.com/BTSBEINGBTSYT/status/1218125213520539648
The album is called 7...their voices in Black Swan are indistinguishable...it was done on purpose....they’re portraying how all 7 of them feel as 1...they don’t sing as 7 but as 1... #BlackSwan https://t.co/JFdRjdktNU
— the genre is bts ⁷ (@jiminlovelyxo) January 17, 2020
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