'Daechwita'-Agust D

Concerning your question on if the male voice at the beginning was singing Pansori. Pansori is specifically a type of theatric storytelling which features certain singing styles like the slow controlled vibrato and yodel-like jumps, but these are generally just traditional Korean folk singing techniques present in a variety of regional styles. Song Sohee for example is a famous traditional singer using similar techniques but her training is specifically in folk songs from the Gyeongi-do region and not Pansori. The voice at the beginning of Daechwita may use traditional singing techniques but technically it's just a ceremonial announcement that the song (the Daechwita) is about to begin, so it is definitely not Pansori.

Thank you for this Tim!! The flow in this track is so crazy, and it never gets boring to me. Suga had an episode of Suchwita (a casual variety show he hosted during BTS’ solo music period) with EL CAPITXN, the other songwriter and producer on this track besides Suga and one of his close friends. There’s a lot more tidbits in the episode, but overall they created this track with a deadline of a week after Suga decided he wanted to take inspiration from a gugak music piece. They holed up at Suga’s place with a speaker and just kept tossing the song back and forth since the studio was right beside his room haha. They both spoke very fondly of it. Link to the part in the episode if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/GkCCWRtPsvQ?t=1119&si=SzozybdFnPaEJLJW

One thing I love about this song is Suga wanted to play with rhythm, so the beat doesn't change throughout the whole song, but he changes his rapping rhythm and that's where all of the variation in the song comes from. Amazing!

Glad you finally reacted to this song! His flow in this song is so good, especially when he changes his tone. Always gives me goosebumps. For your pansori question, there are male and female pansori singers. I believe that at one point it was male-dominated, but now the genre is mainly female. You mentioned his scar. In one of the other trilogy MVs (think it was Amygdala), he shows how he got the scar. I hope you react to the other videos as well!

Yay!!!! I love Daechwita so much. Fun trivia, the two background people fighting in the beginning of the video are Jin and Jungkook. They visited the set and Yoongi convinced them to do a cameo. I can’t remember the name of it, but the set used is a permanent filming location used in many historical dramas. It is also open for the public to visit. Agust D music has always been Yoongi working through his anger and pain. Following that, I’ve always viewed the MV as the mad tyrant king being a metaphor for Yoongi’s ambition in his youth and the rebel as his current self coming in as a more mature version of himself to balance the ego and ambition. A thread which continues in the trilogy where multiple versions of himself are fighting each other constantly growing and healing from the pain by “killing” his old self that is trapped in the pain refusing to heal. Sorry if any of that is confusing, words are not working right now