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Outro: Ego

A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths.

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J-Hope's 'Outro: Ego' and the steps forward

A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths.

변하지 않는 그 어떤 나 right

'Outro: Ego' closes J-Hope's 2020 album 'Map of the Soul: 7'. It follows the dance-instruction sample 'Ready, set and begin' into a mix of Korean reflection and English affirmation. The track feels like a private pep talk given in a rehearsal room after everyone else has gone home.

He repeats '매일 돌아가 본다고', 'I go back every day, I suppose'. There's a fatigue in that '본다고', that 'I suppose', like he's checking a box on a habit he can't quit. The lyric holds the tension between the grind of daily return and the need to frame it as a choice, '운명의 선택', a selection by fate.

He lands on 'the me that doesn't change, right'. After all the talk of progress and difficult steps, the core he's protecting is something static, a self he recognizes before the world shaped it.

The song isn't about achieving a big ego. It's about the maintenance of one, the daily rehearsal of confidence when doubt is the default. The English commands 'Keep goin' now' and 'Just trust myself' sound less like boasts and more like instructions he's reading back to himself.

The way 'Ask me, guess it, 채찍, repeat' rattles off. It turns self-interrogation into a rhythm, a whip.

edit_note Ethan Walker · Hiper Musicas team
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Outro: Ego

We're now going to progress to some steps which are a bit more difficult We're now going to progress to some steps which are a bit more difficult Ready,

set and begin Ready,

set and begin Big Hit exclusive,

e-e-exclusive Big Hit exclusive,

e-e-exclusive 매일 돌아가 본다고 maeil doraga bondago 그때의 나로 geuttae-ui naro 포기를 선택한 삶으로 pogireul seontaekan salmeuro 날 놓아본다고 nal noabondago But 세상에는 있지 But sesang-eneun itji 변하지 않는 몇 진실 byeonhaji anneun myeot jinsil 시간은 앞으로 흐른다는 것 siganeun apeuro heureundaneun geot 만약은 없단 것 manyageun eopdan geot 까마득 잊을만하면 생각나 그 시절 kkamadeuk ijeulmanhamyeon saenggangna geu sijeol 악마의 손길과 운명의 recall angmaui son-gilgwa unmyeong-ui recall 궁금해 아직 왜 다시 불렀는지도 gunggeumhae ajik wae dasi bulleonneunjido 매일 ask me,

guess it,

채찍,

repeat oh maeil ask me,

guess it,

chaejjik,

repeat oh 변할 건 없다며 결국 또 byeonhal geon eopdamyeo gyeolguk tto 걱정을 억지로 잠궈 close geokjeong-eul eokjiro jamgwo close How much love?

How much joy?

How much love?

How much joy?

위안을 주며 stay calm,

alone wianeul jumyeo stay calm,

alone 그래 I don't care 전부 내 geurae I don't care jeonbu nae 운명의 선택 so we're here unmyeong-ui seontaek so we're here 내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin' nae apeul bwa the way is shinin' Keep goin’ now Keep goin’ now (Ready set and begin) (Ready set and begin) 그 길로 길로 길로 geu gillo gillo gillo Wherever my way Wherever my way 오직 ego,

ego,

ego ojik ego,

ego,

ego Just trust myself Just trust myself (2 Cool,

2 Cool 4 Skool) (2 Cool,

2 Cool 4 Skool) 문득 스쳐 가는 J-Hope이 아닌 정호석의 삶 mundeuk seuchyeo ganeun J-Hopei anin jeonghoseogui sam 희망이란 없고 후회만 가득했겠지 'til I die huimang-iran eopgo huhoeman gadeukaetgetji 'til I die (2 Cool,

2 Cool 4 Skool) (2 Cool,

2 Cool 4 Skool) 내 춤은 뜬구름을 잡을 뿐 nae chumeun tteun-gureumeul jabeul ppun 나의 꿈을 탓하고 살아 숨 쉬는 거에 의문을 naui kkumeul tatago sara sum swineun geoe uimuneul Oh my God,

God,

God,

God Oh my God,

God,

God,

God Uh,

time goes by Uh,

time goes by 칠년의 걱정이 드디어 입 밖으로 chillyeonui geokjeong-i deudieo ip bakkeuro 모두 해소되는 핍박 modu haesodoeneun pipbak 가장 믿던 그들의 답은 내 심장으로 gajang mitdeon geudeurui dabeun nae simjang-euro 하나뿐인 hope 하나뿐인 soul hanappunin hope hanappunin soul 하나뿐인 smile 하나뿐인 너 hanappunin smile hanappunin neo 세상 그 진실에 확실해진 답 sesang geu jinsire hwaksilhaejin dap 변하지 않는 그 어떤 나 right byeonhaji anneun geu eotteon na right 이젠 I don't care 전부 내 ijen I don't care jeonbu nae 운명의 선택 so we're here unmyeong-ui seontaek so we're here 내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin' nae apeul bwa the way is shinin' Keep goin’ now Keep goin’ now (Ready set and begin) (Ready set and begin) 그 길로 길로 길로 geu gillo gillo gillo Wherever my way Wherever my way 오직 Ego,

Ego,

Ego ojik Ego,

Ego,

Ego Just trust myself Just trust myself 믿는 대로 가는 대로 minneun daero ganeun daero (그 길로 길로 길로) (geu gillo gillo gillo) 운명이 됐고 중심이 됐어 unmyeong-i dwaetgo jungsimi dwaesseo (Wherever my way) (Wherever my way) 힘든 대로 또 슬픈 대로 himdeun daero tto seulpeun daero (오직 ego,

ego,

ego) (ojik ego,

ego,

ego) 위로가 됐고 날 알게 해줬어 wiroga dwaetgo nal alge haejwosseo (Just trust myself) (Just trust myself) Map of the Soul,

map of the all (Map of the Soul) Map of the Soul,

map of the all (Map of the Soul) That’s my Ego,

that's my Ego (that's my Ego) That’s my Ego,

that's my Ego (that's my Ego) Map of the Soul,

map of the all (oh,

Map of the Soul) Map of the Soul,

map of the all (oh,

Map of the Soul) That’s my Ego,

that's my Ego That’s my Ego,

that's my Ego