For example, K-ARMYs sometimes say “Bang PD-nim has 참각막”. People use expressions like ‘참(real/true/good)각막’ to refer to one’s great taste in a funny way. ****T/N: ‘각막/cornea’ is something like a buzzword in Korea right now. ‘Sue me’ also has a double meaning of ‘shame on you’. ‘배가 아프다면’ also could mean ‘If you’re jealous’, as there is a saying that ‘if you’re jealous, your stomach hurts’. ***T/N: There is a play on words here, as this phrase carries a double meaning. On Interpark (where BTS sells their tickets most of the time), you need to click a little purple cube/square to select a seat, but as it’s so competitive to get a ticket many people complain “난 포도알도 못봤어…/I didn’t even get to see the grapes” “포도알 어디감/Where did the grapes go” so this line carries the meaning of “the concert sells out so quickly you can never buy our tickets”. The K-pop act teamed up with Steve Aoki and Desiigner for the updated version of their song 'Mic Drop.' Just a few days after killing it at the AMAs, BTS returned Friday morning (Nov.
A mic drop acts as a punctuation when an impressive performance is given or an impressive point is made. **T/N: Grapes (specifically, 포도알) is a Korean slang related to ticketing. What is a mic drop sentence What is a mic drop sentence A mic drop is the act of deliberating dropping a microphone at the end of a performance that the performer deems to be extremely impressive or unable to be surpassed. As the name implies, ‘dirt spoon’ is the humblest class, meaning they did not come from a wealthy background and ‘gold spoon’ the wealthiest.) (*T/N: The Korean ‘spoon class theory’ - which classifies people by their social/financial background and inherited assets. “스테끼” could also refer to a card game trick which could lead the players to victory.Īlthough his unpolished opponents might look cool and play dirty, J-Hope will prevail over his opponents to relentlessly “chew them up” and win. Though “스테끼” is translated as “steak,” it is also a reference to the Japanese word “素敵” which translates to “great” or “cool.” J-Hope continues to use the eating analogy here. Now, the group is eating with “gold spoons” instead of “dirt spoons.” As of 2016, the majority of the label’s ₩35.5 billion sales income can be accredited to BTS' huge success. Their music label, Big Hit Entertainment, was a small company in debt when the group debuted.
This concept is similar to the English idiom “Born with a silver spoon in the mouth."īTS were known as “dirt spoon” artists. It differentiates the wealth and social status of Koreans into four types of spoon material: gold (금), silver (은), bronze (동) and soil/dirt (흙). “The Spoon Theory” is a viral/cultural concept in South Korea.