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While J-Hope's new song and mv is called Daydream, it doesn't really show you any daydreaming.
Just regular dreaming.
But there's a reason why he picked that title.
Because when you daydream, 115it's usually about something you want, or hope for.
- no pun intended.
Okay..a little pun intened.
But what does J-hope daydream about?
To understand the music video, we have to dive into lyrics.
He lives as a celebrity and public figure, but he's also a human being.
And being human, we all have desires.
He describes it as swimming in them.
Our daily lives are filled with us trying to fulfull our desires.
We want to be happy, have fun, fall in love.
It's what we all have in common.
And the message of the mv, is that J-hope is no different.
But as a celebrity, he doesn't have the freedom to express these desires.
That's why we see these walls close in on him.
The only time he gets to express these desires, is when he dreams.
The only place where the walls open up.
When he's off the bed, his surroundings are dark, blank.
The only source of light is the bed.
But when he's on that bed, he see's beyond the horizon.
Beyond the rules he's suppose to follow as a celebrity.
He dreams about living out his youth.
He dreams about having no weight on his shoulders.
Nothing to be concerned about.
The lyrics also address why he never expresses these things that are on his mind.
Because we won't get it.
We won't understand.
The mv constantly tells us that we're looking from the outside.
But the smart thing about this song, is that he realizes that he's also looking from the
outside.
The lyrics reference Alice in Wonderland and how she goes down the unknown of the rabbit
hole.
He realizes that he desires these things because it's something unknown to him.
The grass is always greener on the other side.
But don't make the mistake of thinking he's complaining.
He tells us he's not.
He enjoys his life.
Because this is the life J-hope chose.
The journey that he decided to go on with 6 other guys always behind him.
At the end, J-hope let's us know that while sometimes this other dream crosses his mind,
he's loves living out another.