To be honest I’ve waited for this music video since the first teaser came out. I was looking forward to hear Jaejoong’s voice in rock songs and my expectations for this video rose a lot after the release of One Kiss. I was mostly curious about the music and I was so curious about how he would turn and twist his vocals to a rock song. In the beginning I wasn’t expecting his voice to change much but I got really positively surprised. I felt the song from a start to end and I liked the way lyrics fitted into the contexts of the song.
“MINE ”
Lyrics by Kim Jaejoong
Music by Kim Bada
넌 지독해 병에 걸린사람 같아 너
You are terrible. It’s like you are diseased, you
비명 섞인 폭주에 뱉은 독
Poison spat out in the wild runaway mixed with screams
이미 난 익숙한 독
Poison that I am already used to
왜 이렇게시끄럽게 소리지를까 OK?
Why does it scream out so loudly?
꿈은 깨줄께 왜 허무해?
I will wake up from the dream. Why, do you feel empty?
여긴 오지마 나의 바다야
Don’t come here This is my ocean
생각지도 못한 고통과 싸우기 바빠
I am busy fighting against pain that I’ve never thought of
내 바다야 나의 바다야
It is my ocean This is my ocean
나를 비춘 태양마저 가리려 하지마
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
(달콤한..)
(Sweet..)
달콤한 쾌락은 너무 달아 날 온통 삼켜버려
Sweet pleasure is so sweet that it swallows me up whole
왜 이렇게 시끄럽게 하고 다닐까 OK?
Why does it make so much noise OK?
울려퍼지게 말할게
I will say it so it resonates
여긴 오지마 나의 바다야
Don’t come here This is my ocean
여기마저 오염 돼버릴까 두려워
I am afraid that this place will become tainted too
내 바다야 나의 바다야
It is my ocean, This is my ocean
나를 비춘 태양마저 가리려 하지마
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
하지마 나의바다야
Don’t do it This is my ocean
나를 비춘 태양마저 가리려 하지마
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
Source (lyrics in Korean): DC JYJ Gallery
Translated by: @inheaven_wJYJ
Shared by: JYJ3
As promised the lyrics contains what Jaejoong wanted to express. His powerful vocal are supporting the lyric in the chorus and even the melody is changing with the lyrics which makes this song awesome.
I will wake up from the dream. Why, do you feel empty?
From start to an end the lyrics are expressing the words Jaejoong want us to understand. He does indirectly illustrate his feelings and emotions in this song. He is telling us the determination of the choices he made by waking up from a dream and he does ironically asks why do you feel empty when I’m the one waking up from a dream? Which also illustrates that the decision he made is only his and people should mind their own business instead of questioning his choices.
I am busy fighting against pain that I’ve never thought of
This was the phrase that made me understand a lot of things he/they had been going through all this time. Fighting against a pain he never thought that he would go through means that he came to a point where everything started to become painful and he wanted to escape this dead end.
It is my ocean This is my ocean
Ocean is known to symbolize life, hope, truth and mystery. In this context I see the ocean as his life, his hopes are in there and it completely belongs to him. That’s why the next phrase is meaningful.
Don’t try to block the sun that shines on me
He made his choices and he choose this road. He is fighting against the pain and trying to survive with his hopes and dreams. What he want is peace to be able to fulfill the dreams he has. The sun is known to be the source which makes life possible and he want to feel the sun shine on him and bring him back to life.This phrase was my favorite and the most meaningful one if you ask me. The pain is there, he is fighting against it with his own hopes and dreams and the only thing he wants is that they stop blocking the sun that shines on him… To be honest I felt so strong after I listened to the song for the first time. It gives me an unknown power to fight against everything and anything. The meaningful lyrics and the strong vocals are making the listener to understand that this isn’t just a song… It’s his story (MINE as the song is called) and he wants you to listen.
As for the music video I was freaking excited after the second teaser. I know there are a lot of fangirls out there which had their dreams of a vampire-jaejoong verified and I’m happy for that but for me this music video was just the best storyline for a song like MINE. From starts to an end this music video bring the song alive.
The music video starts with a scene where we see Jaejoong in a forest where he seems to be lost. He is looking around but the only thing he sees are animals waiting for him to make a mistake.
After this brief introduction to the circumstances we see a person bound with chains. He’s trying to break through and get free. I see this person bound with chains as the inner thoughts of the lost person in the forest. He is bound with chains, not free and is being controlled by others. The music is building op the breaking point followed by the lyrics. When the part with ‘I am busy fighting against pain that I’ve never thought of’ starts he had realized that he doesn’t have to go through a pain like this anymore.
He breaks his chains and is now free and isn’t bound to anything anymore. He starts running against a group of crow and that’s where this video gets interesting. Most people see the crow as a sign of death in symbolism but death can be considered as a lot of things too. Death can be a symbol of change and transformation in order to change a part of something or someone has to die. In order to experience a new beginning, something must fall and end. So rather than focusing on the end in death I see it as a change… A new beginning.
After the happening of the point of no return we see the scenes where snakes are sneaking around Jaejoong’s neck and body those creatures can be seen as the enemies which is acting like a snake crawling sneakily around him but he isn’t afraid of his enemies. He shows it of by taking the snake in his hands and showing that he’s in control and not them.
During those scenes we see some scenes where Jaejoong’s tattoos are being showed. Somehow this makes me remember an interview he did for some time ago.
“As I’ve lived my life until now, the things that I don’t want to forget, the things that I was thankful for, and the things that I was sorry about. Those things I’ve articulated into words and have craved them onto my body.” – Kim Jaejoong
This was said during a video interview for Elle Magazine back in 2011. His words made me understand him as a person and explained me the deeper thoughts about his tattoos. He doesn’t regret anything he has been going through and he’ll keep doing what he is doing and keep believing in what he is doing as the Always Keep the Faith tattoo says. So the symbolic value of showing off his tattoos are to express that he still remembers everything and feel grateful to the experience but he’ll move on now and do what he believes is the right thing.
The last part of the video he starts running on to a some kind of a setup on the scene. He starts getting wings and he spread them proudly. Wings symbolizes freedom which fits perfectly into the context of the music video and the lyrics.
Lastly we see him raise with his wings and the light is now directed on him. He is free and nothing binds him anymore and the light can now shine on him. He is ready to any kind of a challenge and nothing can stop him from doing what he wants to do and the music video ends like that.
I liked the symbolic value of the song it does express the lyrics beautifully and the spiritual value is even more indescribable. To understand Jaejoong’s words you have to know him a little as a person and then the whole song will be even more meaningful. From the name of the song to the sound of the music this is completely Jaejoong! Her melts into the song and video to bring out and deliver his words rightfully. Describing the need to change and start a new is basically a base point for the story he wants to tell. In order to change or start a new you have to sacrifice but never forget that believing in what you are doing will lead you to freedom. If you still haven’t watched the music video yet I would highly recommend you to watch it! ^^
And remember to buy the album to support Jaejoong!
NOTE!
I wanted to write a little note before I end this post. I just wanted to express my gratitude for those fans that keeps supporting JYJ, Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun and Kim Junsu unconditionally. This was my interpretation of the song and music video so I don’t expect you guys to see or understand the same things as me so I just wanted make it clear ^^
My journey started with them back in 2007 when I first heard them their voices in Begin. It feels like I grew up together with them facing happiness and difficulties together. I feel proud looking back in time and knowing that they’ve developed into awesome persons. I want to say that I want to keep supporting JYJ as much as I can in the future and as long as I can so I hope they’ll keep singing in the future. I’m proud of you guys and I believe that nothing is capable of breaking this bound between us. 제이와이제이 화이팅! 김재중 화이팅!
Full Credits: My Korean Diary (@EyikuR_1224)
Shared by: JYJ3
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thank you..great interpretation…yeeesss..Jaejoong and JYJ been through a looot.all the hardship and pain will have its reward in the end..and i can already smell it..2013 is the start of great great things to come for the true hallyu gods…they will reign…INSHA’ALLAH….
‘Begin’ was among my firsts from them as well. It was beautiful
People say they are crows… but they look like ravens to me. A bird who holds a lot of meaning in many cultures.
STAND-OVATION TO THIS ……..
I absolutely love how you point everything out, totally agreeing… Everyone who knows what they were going through surely immediately understood the meaning and the symbolsm of this MV without knowing what the lyrics mean, it was like this for me and I bet for many other too…
I’m also very very happy that I’ve learned about JYJ…there are no words to describe how grateful I am for them ^^
Oh and what I felt was some kind of “piss off and leave me the f*** alone, you have NO saying” feeling after listening… especially the last sung 하지마 (hajima)…
I like this interpretation. Pretty much sums up my own ideas about the super awesome MV! ^^
To me the crows represented the horde of, well, what I’ve been calling The Flying Monkeys, those damaging voices that we heard again and again in the last 3 years saying every imaginable distressing and destructive thing they could possibly think of to try to derail and demoralize our boys. And no one I think was more traumatized by the ‘Antis’ than Jaejoong. So I love the image in the video of him running full speed and with great intense emotion and strength toward them, head on. It’s a wonderful image of Jaejoong’s truly awesome determination and resilience to prevail in this fight.
Glad to see so many interpretations of the songs. Let’s me know people are paying attention. I think that’s what any singer/songwriter looks for. Right my VE Sister? 😉
@BAF
You betcha. 🙂
i cant stop nodding while im reading. and you gave a broaden meanings on the crows and snakes.
thank u so much^^
Thank for sharing your thoughts…. it is beautifully written.
Great interpretation, thank you for sharing.
The more a person knows Jaejoong/JYJ, the more he/she can appreciate this MV and the song MINE.
And the more I digest the lyrics as I’m watching the video, the more I feel a pierce inside me. I don’t want to be sentimental but this is really touching, I’m like watching a sad movie when in fact it’s just a mere 4 min video.
And I’m very thankful to all the people who are behind this work of art, who helped Jae tells his story, such a brilliant team working for a brilliant man.
Great article,agree with everything said.
cool breakdown, thanks.
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She did such a wonderful job writing this piece. I love that when we listen to JYJ/JJ/YC/JS music, we get to see how fans are smart and inquisitive, and they write beautiful things like, they create beautiful fanart, they discuss things…it’s awesome. 😀
@Daebaksama
It’s been my experience that the greatest popular music always invites comment, interpretation and insight from listeners. This is one of the pleasures of listening to an artist: he or she has given us their expression of the piece and now it is our turn – we the listeners get to listen, listen again and then let our own understanding of what the artist has said take us on our own very personal journey within. But this is why I say that the artist Jaejoong is no longer a K-Pop act. He is long gone from that genre, in my view. He is now well embarked on a grand journey of self expression and self revelation that he has reason to believe (small understatement there) his fans want to share with him.
🙂
Nods. Nods.Nods…and agrees…The bottom line..the man needs to keep singing.
Super.. Awesome..
can i add something that i’ve noticed in the vid?
see, there was this something that’s blocking his mouth while he’s chained, right?
it’s something that is most-likely used so a dog would be unable to bite, correct?
but in this setup, it seems like it’s supposed to keep him from ‘speaking’
i remember on an interview that SME told Jaejoong to ‘shut up’ and not speak at all during interviews and such
they said that it’s supposed to be part of his cynical/cold image as the lead singer of TVXQ
and we all do know that Jae is very talkative.
he speaks his mind, he’s very frank and true to his self
so i guess that scene symbolizes the way his true self was ‘suppressed’ by SM..
don’t you guys think so..?
@greenjae
Yes, of course. This brilliant, funny, thoroughly engaging young man was told by the SM Braintrust handling the group’s image not to speak. Unbelievable. But further, I felt that almost from the very beginning the three members were asked by their lawyers not to discuss the lawsuit in the media nor to express their feelings on a wide range of subjects relating to the split. Only towards the very end of things Junsu seemed to open up a bit more. There were a few roundabout ways that the members expressed what had happened to them, Yuchun in “Untitled Song” and Jaejoong in “Pierrot” but that was about it. So in my opinion this video is Jaejoong’s long overdue portrait of his last three years. If it had not been every bit as traumatizing as we see in the video it would have greatly surprised me.
@geenjae
That’s exactly the first thing I thought when I saw this “mask”… I’m totally with you!
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Very good review..
I am not very familiar with ROCK MVs and I thought JJ did some exaggerating especially costumes, makeup and those animals.
Now I read this and understand what he wants us to know.
Thanks a lot.