Carnen Miguel

BTS admirer

[t⁷ army @taesoothe]

Grammy committee members crashing out PUBLICLY over BTS decision before deleting. The comittee being exposed for lying, shocking incompetence and erasure to Asian countries. Major media all around the world reporting about BTS' decision. Artists celebrities creators and businesses praising BTS' decision. Journalists supporting them. Even in tv hosts and presenters criticizing grammys. Other marginalized communities engaging and blowing up the public discussion even further. Kpop companies acting in panic. The industry behaving as if BTS stole something from them.

They said nobody will care. Meanwhile BTS caused upheaval so huge that even we didn't anticipate.

They tried to say BTS is irrelevant when everything happening for the past 3 days proves that they might be the most relevant artist in the world right now.

[ChellebARMY⁷💜⊙⊝⊜𝔸ℝ𝕀ℝ𝔸ℕ𝔾 @chellebtoo]

This is a good video by a woman that reports on Awards. She makes good points. Other fandoms should listen.
#WeStandWithBTS

[Kim Namjoon Source @KNJsSource]

“And here's a fun spoiler, we all shot some fun YouTube videos with English people.” I guess he was referring to Fashion Neurosis?!

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@colin_goldmund BTS has cultivated the most powerful and positive force in the world today... Army. The bond is love.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@CCjo7949 This is the most powerful force in the world today - the love between army and BTS. A bond powered by love.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@colin_goldmund You are such a gifed writer. I hope RM gets to read all your interpretations. I also hope you'd compile all your writings on BTS into a book, and I am sure it will be a tremendous hit among armys

[colin @colin_goldmund]

https://t.co/pTHLHereT0

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@rkiveofjoon So cute

[colin @colin_goldmund]

During the recent concert, an ARMY held up a sign for RM that read, “Your lyrics are poetry.” RM later posted a photo of that banner on Instagram.

As my longtime ARMY friends know, I may be one of the biggest admirers of RM’s writing. Over the years, I have translated many of his lyrics, and I have approached each one with a great deal of respect and care.

Because with RM, a literal translation often is not enough.

His lyrics are packed with metaphors, symbolism, double meanings, and wordplay. Many of those layers disappear if the translator focuses only on the dictionary meaning of each word.

The challenge is not merely to translate what RM wrote, but to understand what he was trying to express and then recreate that experience for readers in another language.

In many ways, the process is similar to Deborah Smith’s translation of Han Kang’s work. She did far more than move words from Korean into English. She interpreted. She shaped each sentence so it felt natural and literary in English while preserving the emotional and thematic core of the original. Her work helped bring Han Kang to a global audience and was an important part of the path that ultimately led to Han Kang receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024.

That is how I have always viewed translating RM.

Not as a mechanical exercise. Not as a word-for-word conversion. But as an attempt to carry across the imagery, emotions, and intentions hidden inside the lyrics.

To remind ourselves why RM's lyrics are indeed poetry, I have decided to revisit and rework my earlier analyses and translations from mono. It remains, in my view, one of the greatest Korean albums ever made. Every song contains lines that reward careful reading, and every verse feels crafted with the attention of a poet rather than merely a songwriter.

I will be posting these revised analyses in the Articles section, beginning today with “Seoul.”

Even if you read my original translation back in 2019, I hope you will take another look. This new version is much more extensive.

I revisited old interpretations, expanded the analysis, explored several of RM’s metaphors and wordplays in greater depth, and incorporated thoughts that only emerged after years of living with the album.

Seven years have passed since mono was released.

Yet the words still resonate.

The images still linger.

And RM remains the poet in our hearts.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

As the number of your "likes" and followers grow, so will the amount of hate comments you will get. Don't take it personally. It's all part of the social media game. All BTS members get hate comments. Just remember that. Be strong and don't let others outside of yourself validate or invalidate you. Just keep on doing what "you" think and feel is right.

[mama llama @5laurie8]

Why you gotta make me cry? You are right…time won’t and can’t erase them. Every generation has its poets and peace makers that speak the words that emotion and passion struggle to exhale. The voices of angels that tell us to “fear not”. BTS, is that voice now. They are the champions of those not strong enough, they are the voice of the muted, they are the heart of the weary. They fight for ARMY and we fight for BTS. Together, they and we, will continue write history. I hope now the boys will see and know they are loved. I pray they will find healing, joy and peace. 😥🥲😘💕

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@CCjo7949 This is the most powerful force in the world today - the love between army and BTS. A bond powered by love.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@Johnny119934 Nothing funny about this.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@djaOT7 @OT7BTSBestArmy It's MexicArmy's pure, unadulterated, unconditional love for BTS.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@KNJsSource This song is full of emotional pain. There's a part where you hear a screeching sound of the violin and it feels like your heart is being ripped apart. The music, lyrics and the MV are so intensely sad and very powerful at the same time. Brilliant collab.

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@dalbitbangtan @BTS_twt Wow

[colin @colin_goldmund]

https://t.co/id3gTyRIVa

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@ilsanjpg @A2theB2theWat I love Come Back to Me. Despite life's challenges, confusion, identity crises etc, RM's sense of self comes back to him, as he knew it would

[Carnen Miguel @MigCarms]

@orul8ce @Lyna91Fr I am so proud of army.