I think Paradise deserves a much deeper fandom conversation. We talk about it as the song that says “it’s okay to have no dream,” but it goes further than that. It questions why we’ve been taught that our lives need to have one grand purpose to be meaningful. Sometimes surviving, resting, moving at your own pace and simply existing are enough. “Paradise” isn’t telling you to give up on your dreams. It’s telling you that your worth was never dependent on having one.
one thing i will say is that the minute you walk into the stadium & meet so many other armys you’re reminded you are a part of something so much bigger
only the real ones understand the depth of this. yoongi wrote tear as a personal letter to his members because the thought of ending their journey together scared him so much. now look at them still complete and yoongi is rapping his verse with the biggest smile.