J-Hope's Hopeful World and the Tales That Inspired It - Literary Analysis (Welcome Home, J-Hope!)

ARMY, it's time to celebrate! It's finally time for Jung Hoseok - aka J-Hope - to be discharged from the South Korean military! It feels so good to have the second member of our beloved group coming back to us, and to know we're getting closer day by day to seeing everyone together again. To honor J-Hope's unconquerable hopeful spirit, today I'd like to talk about the world of his music. J-Hope is known for creating his own world, full of inspiration, powerful messages, and many surprisingly perfect references. In this video, I'm going to specifically focus on the literary references he has used throughout his many songs, especially the references to the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas" and the character of Captain Nemo. 💜The ARMY Theorist Corner is a channel dedicated to analyzing, theorizing about, and celebrating the discography of BTS! I am a proud ARMY who wants to spread my love of BTS to more people and I hope that ARMYs - whether old or new - and maybe even some curious non-ARMYs will enjoy putting their thinking caps on with me as we dive deep into BTS's amazing songs and videos. Today's video, dedicated to J-Hope as he returns from military service, is part of my "Welcome Home, BTS!" series. Each member will get a special video dedicated to him when he is discharged from service, so stay tuned! 💜Any subtitles used during this video come directly from the source - for instance, subtitles on J-Hope's live broadcasts come from Weverse Live's translations. Lyrics translations come from music video subtitles, as well as translation sources DoolsetBangtan and BangtanTranslations/BangtanSubs. I'm not affiliated with either resource, but like many ARMY, I rely heavily on their amazing work. Links included below. https://www.bangtansubs.com/lyrics https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/ 🕺Below is the list of resources I discuss in the video or that I used for research. All credit to the original owners: https://time.com/5181183/j-hope-bts-h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilu...) 🕺I'd also like to give a shoutout to a great video that also discusses J-Hope's reference to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas" from a channel called "Bookish Theories", who goes into amazing detail on this and other elements of J-Hope's "Hope World." I highly recommend this video!    • BTS J-HOPE Hope World Mixtape Explained: A...   🎥 All video clips are related to BTS or their work. I do not claim to own any of these clips.