BTS embraces post-party calm in ‘Normal’ music video

BTS dropped on Friday, July 17, the official music video for their song “Normal,” featuring the septet taking a breather in the aftermath of a party.

Exclusively released on Spotify, the 3-minute and 21-second clip shows each of the members spending quiet moments alone after a lively gathering that seemingly left them all worn out.

They later come together in one room, still reeling from the previous night’s celebration but embracing the calm in each other’s presence.

The music video also features members Jin, Suga, RM, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook standing at urinals in their dapper suits, then playfully shoving one another aside to get in front of the camera.

The release of “Normal” music video comes amid the track’s promotion as the second official single from the K-pop supergroup’s “Arirang” album. The music video will also be released on all music platforms on July 19.

‘Arirang’ world tour

BTS is holding their “Arirang” world tour, and they are currently at the Paris leg of the concert series.

In a recent Weverse Magazine interview, the members opened up about their personal efforts to make the tour a success, saying their shared goal of making a delightful experience for Armys drives them to soldier on despite physical exhaustion.

“Our job is to put on the best show possible and make sure ARMY feels like spending their day to go to the concert was worth it, so I think we owe it to them to put absolutely everything we’ve got into what we’re there to do. I keep that responsibility in mind every time I get up onstage,” Jimin said.

RM likewise noted that the group’s interaction with fans during their concerts is the part he looks forward to the most. “Even though it’s exhausting, and my ankle still hurts, I can’t help but want to get even more into it.”

Meanwhile, when it comes to the performances, J-Hope emphasized how they strive to make each show unique and “extra fun” for Armys.

“Since we’re doing several shows all with the same setlist, I try to do something a little different each time and leave a strong impression,” he said.

Jungkook then underscored how the concept of the “Arirang” world tour focuses on BTS as a group, hence there are no subunit or solo performances.

“We wanted to remind everyone what BTS is like as a group, and since it’s been so long since our last tour, we tried to focus on the kind of energy we have when we’re all together,” said Jungkook. “Obviously that makes things harder, but we wanted to immerse the audience in that feeling of all seven of us putting on the show together, all the way through.”

V further stated, “I think that is the core of this tour. Having the seven of us back together after all this time feels special, and it’s also our way of saying we want to keep doing this together.”

“I think it’s so “Bangtan” that the seven of us are still so aligned,” Suga also remarked. “I’m just grateful that, even 13 years later, we still get to go on tour and keep being singers.”

Jin, for his part, described his fellow members as “the best.”

“I’ve done promotions and even toured without the others before, and there was a lot of pressure there. There was this fear in the back of my mind,” he admitted.

“Performing without them taught me something — how grateful I am that we get to do this together and how much it means to me. When I’m with them, we end up laughing our way through everything, and onstage, too, I’m so happy that I just can’t help smiling,” he said. /ra