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‘Magic Shop’ and the Jikook Connections

This post will be pointing out seeming connections between Magic Shop and Jikook in a variety of ways. You can decide for yourself if these connections are coincidence or intentional.

I want to start this post out by saying I’m not necessarily pushing an agenda that the sole meaning behind Magic Shop is Jikook’s relationship, however I do think there are a lot of striking connections that seem to have meaning. The song can absolutely simultaneously be about ARMY and about Jungkook’s relationships with the members, and I’ll be showing some reasons why.

I’ll also point out that there does seem to be a connection between Jimin and ARMY for Jungkook, so a song having this dual meaning is not that out of the box, to me. I’ll let this video explain this point for me.

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Influences

For those with absolutely no background on the song or its creation, it was a song primarily written and produced by Jungkook, and a self proclaimed message for ARMY.

In October of 2017, Jungkook and Jimin took a trip to Tokyo together, and on that trip documented a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in both Jimin’s vlog and GCF Tokyo. This trip is where many people theorize that Jungkook got the inspiration for a song entitled ‘Magic Shop’.

In Tokyo Disneyland, there is a magic shop!

Some people speculate something important for the duo might have happened here, and some think he just might have seen the building and gotten inspired. I think either way, it’s a pretty meaningful connection between the song and their trip.

The trip seemed to have had a big impact on the pair, and Jungkook writing a song derived from an aspect of the trip is certainly worth noting. I’m not going to get too deep into how impactful the Tokyo trip was Jimin and Jungkook because I’d love to go more in depth on the topic at a later point in time, but I think if you’re in the fandom and paid attention, its pretty easy to see that their trip to Tokyo was impactful.

Magic Shop was released in May, 2018.

The timespan between the trip to Tokyo and release of the song make it pretty clear to me that one event directly inspired the other.

The Contents

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As I said, it is absolutely possible for the lyrics to simultaneously be addressing ARMY, and have been written with a specific person in mind. I’m going to break down the lyrics section by section, and do a little lyrical analysis.

Lyrics are made to be analyzed and interpreted. Artists encourage it. It’s also possible for two different people to get two completely different meanings from a song. I am giving you the meaning that I see, and if you disagree that is completely okay.

Analysis:

I know that you’re hesitating because even if you say the truth

In the end it will all return as scars

I’m not going to say anything blatant like “find strength”

I will let you hear my story, let you hear it

This stanza seems to be directly speaking to the listener. I’m not sure what ‘the truth’ is, it could ba a variety of things. (Maybe ‘the truth’ is something to do with who this song was inspired by.) Anyway, this is our intro into this song of strength and unity. Jungkook says, “I will let you hear my story.” So the following is Jungkook’s story.

What did I say?

I said you’d win, didn’t I?

I couldn’t believe it (really)

Could I win it?

This miracle that isn’t a miracle

Did we make it?

To me, the first half of RM’s verse seems to be a reflection on the beginning of their careers. Jungkook told someone he believed they would ‘win’, and seems unable to believe that they actually did win. Jungkook was so outwardly confident in their success, but perhaps internally didn’t have this same confidence. It starts with ‘you’, then talks about ‘I’, and then finally it becomes ‘we’. This could be in reference to ARMY (you) and BTS (I). The ‘you’ could also be in reference to Jimin, if this song was indeed written for him. It’s interesting how he says “This miracle that isn’t a miracle” in reference to their success. It reinforces that he was acting strong and confident for the sake of someone else, but in reality thinks it was a miracle that they were successful.

(No) I was here

You were the one that made your way to me

I do believe your galaxy

I want to listen to your melody

Your stars in the Milky Way

Don’t forget that I found you anyways

At the end of my despair

You’re the last reason

For me who was standing at the edge of the cliff

Live

The second half of RM’s verse really reads like a love letter to me. This ‘you’ comes back; again, it is often interpreted as being a reference to ARMY, and I think that’s how Jungkook wants it to come across to us. But if you read it as if it was written as a letter to Jimin, it makes just as much sense. It would certainly explain the extent to which it moved Jimin, but we’ll get into Jimin’s reaction later on.

On days I hate being myself, days I want to disappear forever

Let’s make a door in your heart

Open the door and this place will await

It’s okay to believe, the Magic Shop will comfort you

Now let’s go back to Jungkook’s supposed inspiration for the song. I find it really interesting that he uses a place of a shared experience with Jimin as the place of ultimate comfort for himself and ARMYs. I think even if you disagree that the lyrics were written about Jimin, you can admit this detail itself is meaningful.

I’m not sure who had the final decisions for which member sang which line, but if it was Jungkook, I think he used a lot of intentionality about line designation. Jimin is the one who sings the second half of this stanza.

While drinking a glass of hot tea

And looking up at the Milky Way

You’ll be alright, oh, this here is the Magic Shop

Again, speaking of intentionality of line designation, Jimin and Jungkook sing together for the first chorus, singing words of comfort and staring at the sky together.

So show me (I’ll show you)

Show you show you

To me, this line has a lot of reminiscence to the lyrics of the song Jungkook chose in ‘GCF Tokyo’, “There For You” by Martin Garrix. That song speaks of mutual support and comfort. ‘I’ll be there for you, but you’ve gotta be there for me too. Love is a road that goes both ways.”

In the same way, Jungkook calls upon a need for mutual support. ‘You show me, and I’ll show you.’ I don’t know if he was directly inspired by the themes of Troye Sivan’s lyrics, or if it’s just a theme he connects to for personal reasons, but I find it interesting seeing this connection between the two events. It may have been subconscious, even, but it’s quite interesting to see.

Like a rose when blooming

Like cherry blossoms when being scattered in the wind

Like morning glory when fading

Like that beautiful moment

I always want to be the best

So I was impatient and always restless

Comparing myself with others became my daily life

My greed that was my weapon suffocated me and also became a leash

But looking back on it now, truthfully

I feel like it’s not true that I wanted to be the best

I wanted to become your comfort and move your heart

I want to take away your sadness, and pain

Okay, first of all, that’s beautiful. It makes me tear up every time I read it.

Jungkook, who’s telling his story through this song, speaks of a need for perfection that wouldn’t go away. He says that he was impatient and restless, and his greed held him back. He says that in retrospect, it’s not that he wanted to be the best, but that he wanted to become a comfort for ‘you’. (you= ARMY, or Jimin.)

On days where I hate myself for being me, on days where I want to disappear forever

Let’s make a door. It’s in your heart

Open the door and this place will await

Magic Shop

While drinking a glass of hot tea

And looking up at the Milky Way

You’ll be alright, oh, this here is the Magic Shop

So show me (I’ll show you)

Show you show you

Would you believe me if I said that I was scared of everything too?

All the sincerity, the remaining times

All your answers are in this place you found

In your Milky Way, inside your heart

Again, Jimin is given the line that to me reads as the emotional climax of the song. (The bolded words read as the climax to me.)

All the strength that Jungkook needed, he found within himself, and Jimin is the one who belts out this realization.

You gave me the best of me

So you’ll give you the best of you

You found me. You knew me

You gave me the best of me

So you’ll give you the best of you

You’ll find it, the galaxy inside you

So show me (I’ll show you)

Show you show you

Again… this is so unbelievably poignant.

“You gave me the best of me, so you’ll give you the best of you.”

Oh my god. This isn’t a love song of finding your missing half. This is a love song about being fulfilled from within, with the help of someone else, and in return helping them find their own fulfillment. Jungkook is so, so wise. These lyrics are so amazing I can’t even really put it into words.

If we’re using our dual interpretation that he’s singing to ARMY and Jimin, this is so incredibly meaningful. Imagine the weight of someone telling you that you helped them to discover the best within themself. You don’t have to imagine; he is singing this to us. But I also have an inkling it was written with a specific person in mind.

“You found me. You knew me.”

I just want to emphasize the power and weight behind these words. This isn’t your everyday love song.

The song ends with the returning theme of mutual love, once again giving me flashbacks to “There For You” by Troye Sivan, and by association also giving me flashbacks of the GCF Tokyo Film.

Lyric analysis TLDR; In my opinion, the song is written with an intentional duality to be about ARMY and Jimin. The song is full of little Easter eggs that reference GCF Tokyo, from the title to the themes of mutual love in the lyrics. Jimin is also given climactic lines that would fit this theory. Something I didn’t mention is that even the genre/sound of the song bears resemblance to “There For You” with a synth pop style. By no means am I saying Jungkook copied or was not original, so don’t twist my words, but I think he very well may have been thematically or stylistically inspired by the sounds from “There For You” or may have subconsciously mirrored some style choices. (It also could’ve been 100% intentional for him to make people like us make the connection. We will never know.)

Jimin’s Love for Magic Shop

Exhibit A: Comeback Vlive, May 18, 2018

This whole Vlive, Jikook seem extremely close/intimate in their interactions; JK teasing him and smiling at him with heart eyes, Jimin leaning into his space and looking at him fondly.

As a prompt, Namjoon asks the members what the most difficult or most fun song was in the album. Jimin immediately brings up Magic Shop (21:43). Jimin personally thanks him for his efforts and says out of all the songs they recorded, Jimin put the most efforts into Magic Shop. When Jungkook goes on to explain his creation, and how it’s a ‘fan song’, Jimin just smiles at him with this endeared, knowing expression on his face. I really feel like Jimin seems to have some personal pride in the song, despite having not produced it or written it. And sure, it makes sense that he’s proud of his Jungkookie, but at the same time, something in his eyes just makes me think twice about the whole thing.

Jungkook said that when he was working on the song, all he felt was love for ARMY. Jimin smiles so wide and tells Jungkook he’s a smooth speaker, and that he’s “sweet like candy”…

Exhibit B: Jimin’s Vlive on May 20, 2018

In this vlive, he talks to fans about the album’s release, and around 9:30, begins to talk about how touched he was by the song. This takes him several minutes because he is so careful about the way he words it.

He eventually gets across that its a song that touches him very deeply in comparison to all the other songs they perform, and the fact that Jungkook made it is very impressive to him. He even tells ARMY that they have to like it.

Exhibit C: Jimin Twitter Video, February 13, 2019

And then… several months later, on February 13, 2019, Jimin posted a Twitter video of himself singing ‘Magic Shop’ with the ‘Injeolmi’ filter from the Snow app. (There is a theory about the Injeolmi filter being used as a ‘hint’, but I don’t want to get too far into that because it’s a little more on the delulu side. If you are aware of/believe this theory, I think it’s interesting to note.)

5th Muster VCR

Now I think it’s only fair that we look at the 5th Muster ‘Magic Shop’ film. This video puts the ‘Magic Shop’ concept into reality, with the member acting as components of the ‘Magic Shop’, where JK is on a mission to find something he’s missing in his heart.

JK acts as the main character, coming to the magic shop to be healed. Jimin acts as the owner of the magic shop.

I find it very interesting that they seemed to portray each member as a caricature of themself. RM destroys things, Suga’s character lazes about, Jin is surrounded by opulence, Tae goofy and photogenic, J-Hope loves dance, Jimin’s character… flirts with Jungkook.

In the VCR, Jimin takes Jungkook to different rooms, each one containing a different member which tries to find the cure to Jungkook’s unhappiness, without success.

Each time their remedies fail, Jimin goes back to the drawing board to think of something else.

In the end, with the help of the rest of the members, Jimin figures out the solution….

A pair of shoes? (I’m gonna be really honest I have no idea what that symbolizes… help me out here.)

Anyway, plot aside, I think you’re understanding what I’m getting at. Even in the skit version of this Magic Shop, Jimin’s role is special. He’s instrumental in helping JK, and he ultimately finds the solution to Jk’s problem. (Not to mention the flirting, like what???)

Due to extremely strict copyright, I can’t embed video, however here’s a link to all of the 5th muster DVD content if you’d like to watch it for yourself.

Conclusion

Anyway, I’m not offering any ‘ultimate proof’, as I said, I’m just pointing out connections that I noticed. Whether or not the song was written about Jimin, I think it’s clear Jimin plays an instrumental role in Jungkook’s Magic Shop.

I hope you enjoyed reading. If I missed anything you’d like me to add, let me know!

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