Over the weekend, BTS’ trio of rappers RM, Suga and J-Hope released a charming diss track called “Ddaeng.” Filled with wordplay and tongue-in-cheek references to the haters and negativity that the group has encountered in the past, the song came out of the group’s fifth-anniversary 2018 Festa celebrations.
BTS’ fans around the world, known collectively as ARMY, reveled in the song, and many took to social media to express their delight. Ranging from lyrical analysis to fan art, ARMY had a lot to say about the rap line’s “Ddaeng.” Take a look at a few of the responses from Twitter below:
DDAENG doesnt mean BTS are not humble etc its just means theyre not naive nor that forgivin as you think they are , they hear & see everything they can smell fakeness & will call it out , brag about their well deserved achievements because they didnt receive them on silver spoon.
— S — | #FakeLove ?? (@introrun) June 10, 2018
The family of @BTS_twt diss songs,
–Cypher 1
–Cypher 2
–Cypher 3
–Cypher 4
–We are Bulletproof pt.2
–Dope
–Silver spoon
–Mic drop
–DDaeng (New!)WOW. Antis are being fed very well since day 1. Idk why they complain all the time..
— taetae world–??– (@rapper_taetae) June 10, 2018
Let me talk about 13, 18 & 38, this is from the Korean cards Hwa too (??), called ‘SeoDda (??) game’ There are two sets of 1-10 cards. ‘Ddaeng(?)’ is two cards of same no. The most valuable cards combo is 3+8 38GwangDdaeng & second is 1+3, 1+8. *Hope it’s helpful!–@BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/gnONQCeoZt
— Soo Choi (@choi_bts2) June 11, 2018
1,55M streams in just 6 hours. Imagine #Ddaeng being released as a single.. Hot100 is shaking, and considering how Hot100 is all up to hip-hop right now, it’s EXTRA shaking.. Freaking @BTS_twt rapline would eat that chart alive.@BigHitEnt take a note. pic.twitter.com/jfbMYypi6C
— RudaIik (@RudaIik) June 10, 2018
yesterday i was distracting myself n making some minimalist (?) alternate vers of the ddaeng album artwork lol u can use any of them if u want !! pic.twitter.com/v3V36b8Mzw
— ??: fan manager-nim take my card (@780613) June 11, 2018
The holy trinity — rapline #ddaeng @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/YfJeSLpz1L
— –?kiwimiru (@urimiwik) June 10, 2018
–Ddaeng lyrics with translations & notes
Enjoy! —- pic.twitter.com/zK7m1IDPH1— JP — [semi-hiatus] (@agirlinthepark) June 10, 2018
Listening to Ddaeng I realized the scars left in @BTS_twt by their past experiences & maybe even some now is deeper than what we think we already know.
The coldness in both the lyrics & the music pierces right through the bones.
They say revenge is best served cold. +
— Aileen and her BTS Thinking Hats. (@Awake_Aileen) June 11, 2018
? (ddaeng) description:
1. wrong / incorrect
2. sound of a bell ringing
3. over
4. sudden realization
5. sudden fortune
and so on…Dang… Come on… These rap-line monsters with word play man… #? #ddaeng #dang #2018BTSFESTA #????? #BTS @BTS_twt
— JL_Kdiamond (@JL_Kdiamond) June 10, 2018
The layers in the music lulls you to submission while the lyrics beat the crap out of you. @BTS_twt are scary .
Good thing I’m on their side.
— Aileen and her BTS Thinking Hats. (@Awake_Aileen) June 10, 2018