On March 2nd, 2018, J-HOPE unveiled its mixtape called “HOPEWORLD”. 3 years later, to celebrate this past release, BTS ‘rapper released a new version of the track “Blue side” featured in said mixtape.
“HOPEWORLD” is the first mixtape of J-HOPE, rapper and dancer of the group BTS. This mixtape means a lot to the artist, as it marks the beginning of his solo activities. Also, “HOPEWORLD” has a great meaning for J-HOPE, indeed, it serves as an intermediary between the rapper and the audience. Through the various titles of this mixtape, J-HOPE shares his unique personality as well as his vision of the world, hence the title of the mixtape which we can literally translate as “The world of Hope”, Hope being the nickname of J -HOPE. Furthermore, the artist’s main desire in sharing this mixtape was to bring hope and an ideal of peace into the lives of individuals who will listen to his encouraging words.
To mark the anniversary of his mixtape, the rapper released at midnight a full version of the track “Blue side“, which is the outro of “HOPEWORLD“. In this music, J-HOPE illustrates the feeling of melancholy, it also refers to the color blue which conveys the calm and the comfort that must be brought to a person imbued with nostalgia.
In a note that accompanies the music, J-HOPE explains the fact that this mixtape was a big event for him in 2018, but listening to it is embarrassing today. Indeed, during the period when he was working on “HOPEWORLD”, J-HOPE let his creative soul work for him, writing with haste, while today he polishes every detail of his music and has evolved in his techniques. writing. However, he also talks about nostalgia, mentioning that it’s a feeling he gets when listening to his mixtape as it reminds him of the past and his work done. Therefore, he decided to finish “Blue side” to mark the anniversary of “HOPEWORLD”.
Finally, every detail of this release has been perfectly thought out since the music lasts 3 minutes 18 in order to represent the date of the release of the mixtape which is March 2018 or 3/18 if we write the date in a contracted way.
Every day during the first week of March, you can check out vlogs from RM, JIN, SUGA, J-HOPE, JIMIN, V and JUNGKOOK on their YouTube channel BANGTAN TV
Journalist: Omérine
Translator: Shawn
Source: SNS BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT
