The group initially formed as teenagers under Big Hit Entertainment and released their debut single album, 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013). Subsequent work such as their first U.S. Billboard 200 entries The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2 (2015), The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever (2016), and Wings (2016) helped establish BTS' reputation as a socially conscious group. Wings became BTS' first album to sell one million copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS crossed into the international music market, leading the Korean Wave into the United States and breaking numerous sales records, becoming the first Korean group to receive a certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with their single "Mic Drop". The band is the first Korean act to top the U.S. Billboard 200 with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018) and have since hit the top of the U.S. charts with their albums Love Yourself: Answer (2018) and Map of the Soul: Persona (2019), making BTS the first group since The Beatles to earn three number one albums in less than a year, and the fastest to earn three number one albums since The Monkees in 1967. Love Yourself: Answer also broke South Korea's Gaon Album Chart's all-time monthly record previously set by Love Yourself: Tear and became the first Korean album certified Gold in the United States.
According to Gaon Music Chart, BTS has sold fifteen million albums domestically and is the best-selling artist to debut in the 2010s. They hold the best-selling album in Korean history with Map of the Soul: Persona. BTS were the second best-selling artists of 2018 worldwide according to the IFPI's Global Artist Chart, as well as the only non-English speaking artist to enter the chart. The group has won Top Social Artist three years in a row and Top Duo/Group at the 26th Billboard Music Awards. Featured on Time's international cover as "Next Generation Leaders", BTS has appeared in the magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet (2017–2019) and Time's 100 most influential people in the world (2019), with the outlet giving them the nickname 'Princes of Pop'. Forbes Korea named BTS the most influential celebrities of Korea in 2018, and BTS ranked 43rd in the Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019) as one of the world's top-earning celebrities. During their 2019 Love Yourself World Tour, BTS became the first Asian artist ever to headline and sell out Wembley Stadium and broke the record for the single highest-grossing engagement in Rose Bowl Stadium history. BTS are worth more than $4.65 billion to South Korea's economy each year, attracting one in every 13 foreign tourists that visit the country, and are cited as one of the key acts boosting global music sales to $19 billion in 2018, a figure not seen since 2006 after digital purchases gained momentum.
Following the establishment of their Love Myself anti-violence campaign in partnership with UNICEF, BTS addressed the United Nations 73rd General Assembly and became the youngest ever recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit from the President of South Korea due to their contributions in spreading Korean culture and language.
House Of Cards
BTS Lyrics
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So bad (why) 우린 yeah
더 버티기도 지탱하기도
So hard (hard) 안 돼 oh
이미 알고 있어도
멈출 수가 없었어
No way, no way, no way 쓰러져
시간이 지나갈수록
더 망가져가기만 해
No way, no way 또 무너지는 걸 ah
카드로 만든 집 그 속에서 우린
끝이 보인대도 곧 쓰러진대도
카드로 만든 집 바보같이 우린
헛된 꿈이래도 이대로 조금 더 stay
Yeah 내일이란 게 없듯이
다음이란 건 없듯이
지금 내겐 눈 앞에 너를 뺀 모든 게
지독히 깜깜한 어둠이지
입버릇처럼 말해
우린 결국엔 안 돼
그래도 난 계속 바래 woo
마지막도 너와 함께라면 I'm okay
이미 알고 있어도
멈출 수가 없었어
No way, no way, no way 쓰러져
시간이 지나갈수록
더 망가져 가기만 해
No way, no way 또 무너지는 걸 (ah)
카드로 만든 집 그 속에서 우린
끝이 보인대도 곧 쓰러진대도
카드로 만든 집 바보같이 우린
헛된 꿈이래도 이대로 조금 더 stay
(Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo)
The song House of Cards by BTS depicts a relationship that is unstable and dangerous. The lyrics suggest that despite knowing how dangerous and damaging the relationship is, the individuals involved cannot resist being together. The phrase "또 위태로워 또 위험해 (So bad (why) 우린 yeah)" translates to "We're in danger again, so bad (why) yeah" and implies that the couple is trapped in a cycle of destruction. Even though they try to hold on and sustain their relationship (더 버티기도 지탱하기도 So hard (hard) 안 돼 oh), they know that ultimately, they will fall apart.
As time passes, the relationship only gets worse (시간이 지나갈수록 더 망가져가기만 해 No way, no way 또 무너지는 걸 ah), but the individuals can't seem to let go, even if it means they will ultimately end up being destroyed (카드로 만든 집 그 속에서 우린 끝이 보인대도 곧 쓰러진대도). They acknowledge that their dreams are futile (카드로 만든 집 바보같이 우린 헛된 꿈이래도 이대로 조금 더 stay), but they still try to hold on to each other, even if it means staying in a "house of cards."
Despite the poignant and somber message, the song's melody is upbeat and catchy, drawing the listener in and highlighting the paradox that lies at the center of the lyrics - a relationship that is both dangerous and irresistible.
Line by Line Meaning
또 위태로워 또 위험해
The situation is unstable and dangerous once again.
So bad (why) 우린 yeah
It's so bad, and we don't know why.
더 버티기도 지탱하기도
We must endure and hold on.
So hard (hard) 안 돼 oh
It's so difficult, and we can't do it.
이미 알고 있어도 멈출 수가 없었어
Even though we already knew, we couldn't stop it.
No way, no way, no way 쓰러져
We're falling, no way to stop it.
시간이 지나갈수록 더 망가져가기만 해
As time passes, things only get worse.
No way, no way 또 무너지는 걸 ah
We're falling again, with no way to prevent it.
카드로 만든 집 그 속에서 우린
We're inside a house of cards.
끝이 보인대도 곧 쓰러진대도
Even though we can see the end, we're about to collapse.
카드로 만든 집 바보같이 우린
We're foolish for being in this house of cards.
헛된 꿈이래도 이대로 조금 더 stay
Even if it's a futile dream, let's stay a little bit longer.
Yeah 내일이란 게 없듯이
Like there's no tomorrow.
다음이란 건 없듯이
Like there's no next time.
지금 내겐 눈 앞에 너를 뺀 모든 게
Right now, everything is pitch black without you in front of me.
지독히 깜깜한 어둠이지
It's an extremely dark abyss.
입버릇처럼 말해 우린 결국엔 안 돼
As if it's become a habit, we say we can't make it in the end.
그래도 난 계속 바래 woo
But I still keep hoping, woo.
마지막도 너와 함께라면 I'm okay
If I'm with you, I'm okay even if it's the end.
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo
Vocalizations
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Do Hyeong Kwon, Hyung Soo Kim, Si Hyuk Bang
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