These BTS ‘Black Swan’ Lyrics in English Reveal the One Thing That Keeps the Boys Going

Remember Black Swan with Natalie Portman? If you’re wondering if that has anything to do with BTS’ “Black Swan” lyrics and meaning in English, well, the answer is actually, kind of. The film gives us a good starting point for thinking about the inspiration behind BTS’ latest single off of their Map of the Soul: 7 release, and that’s because it plays with so many of the same themes. In Darren Aronofsky’s Academy Award-nominated film, we see Portman as Nina: A ballet dancer whose entire life is consumed by her passion, if not obsession, with dance. We see the destructive lengths it sends her to—a dark path that it seems even, or especially, the Bangtan Boys can relate to.

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