BTS' '2.0' Music Video Draws Inspiration From Movie 'Oldboy'
Billboard • • entertainment
Key Points:
- BTS released a new music video for their song "2.0," marking their second ARIRANG video in two weeks since returning from a four-year hiatus.
- The video draws inspiration from Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film Oldboy, featuring the members in sharp suits confronting thugs in a dark corridor, using dance and music instead of violence.
- The visual transitions through various dark settings, including a corridor and a bathroom, showcasing BTS’s choreography and ending with a scene in a high-rise building reflecting the song’s theme of renewal.
- The band teased the video with a preview on March 31, shortly after their album and lead single “SWIM” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts.
