BTS’ Jimin’s Solo Act, “Serendipity”
“Serendipity” is BTS’ Jimin’s solo song which is part of the album Love Yourself 承 Her, released in 2017. The song was released with a music video on September 4th, 2017, and was successful worldwide and made fans anticipate the album release at the time. The song is about the realization and motivation for people to love themselves more as a whole person. It is the first intro from the first series from the Love Yourself project from BTS among three series.
Interesting Facts About “Serendipity”
BTS songs are known for containing hidden meanings in every one of their comebacks. There are a lot of interesting theories going around about Jimin’s song “Serendipity.” Many fans have tried to interpret the whole meaning of “Serendipity.” Let’s check out the tip of the iceberg from Jimin’s “Serendipity.” Check out sugasuite post on aminoapps for a clearer explanation.
Serendipity Meaning
According to Google, serendipity is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. It is when someone accidentally finds something good at a specific event.
The Beginning
At the beginning of the music video, the world is fastly zoomed in into Jimin eyes as the world point of view is from Jimin’s side. The dark green-hued room represents Jimin’s safe place, his comfort zone, which makes him curious and ambitious to welcome the new things around him. The bright yellow blanket and the cactus represent the positive energy of brightness and cheerfulness. The bright yellow so eye-catching among the other things in the room because Jimin’s current state is still scared to try new things as some scene show him hiding under a white blanket. The white color represents the pureness and innocence of the current world of Jimin, which is comfortable for Jimin.
Realization
The yellow blanket is cast beside him when Jimin tries to touch the yellow cactus, which makes him bleed. However, the red color from the blood represents Jimin’s powerful and passionate emotions to change his point of view of the world. As Jimin begins to realize the bigger world beyond him, he starts to interact with another yellow object, small yellow ball.
The Acceptance
As Jimin begins to accept more things around him, the small yellow objects grow bigger, even bigger than Jimin himself as the bigger yellow ball represent foreign things. His room also becomes more open and he is able to see the blue skies through the window at his top. The blanket he is under has also changed into yellow, which means he has already accepted the new things around him and has allowed himself to see the bigger picture, such as the universe beyond himself.
The Change
When Jimin welcomes the change in him, his room starts shaking. However, he seems happy rather than being shocked. His acceptance of the whole thing could be seen from his room color and size. There is also a scene where Jimin lets go of a yellow balloon in the sky, another where he dives head first into the galaxy and sees himself through a telescope. It represents the whole acceptance for the whole world, also his existence in the world, in life.
BTS’ Jimin’s Live Performances of “Serendipity”
BTS Jimin released “Serendipity” in 2017 and mostly performed it during concerts. After BTS’ Love Yourself series ended, BTS showed each of the members solo acts, that are part of the series, during the KBS Song Festival 2018, which is the only performance they had ever done on TV.
It was on December 28th, 2018, when the viewers were finally able to see each member’s solo performance apart from the band’s concert performance. Among those performances, BTS’ Jimin’s performance of “Serendipity” get the most attention, mainly due to the complex dance moves compared to the other solo performances. His dancing was so cool and sexy. It made all the people present amazed by his performance.
Not only BTS fans, A.R.M.Y, were amazed by BTS’ Jimin’s performance, but also other K-Pop artists from the Korean entertainment industry. In an episode of KBS’ Happy Together, which aired on March 7th, 2019, Korean entertainer Nam Chang-hee attempted to make a cover of BTS’ Jimin’s “Serendipity” dance. Nam Chang-hee turned out to amaze all of the show cast and guest rather than make it funny like Jun Hyun-moo before with SHINee dances.
