"Doll" refers to marionettes - those puppets on strings, controlled by others. The choreo is inspired by the movements of marionettes - arms high, jerky movements. The song can be interpreted in many ways but within the context of the album and Love Yourself series, they are talking about self-love and whether you are loving yourself right. RM allude strongly to this when he looked into the mirror and seeing another person, then Suga was talking about his all-consuming ambitions. The visuals (the flower, candy bars, fire, water, mobile phones on the wall and all) are part of the BTS Universe fictional storyline. Those are petals flying. The SAVE ME when inverted says IM FINE and there is a "save me", and "im fine" BTS songs.

Lie by Jimin is a musician’s dream… i think u will love it….

The person in the silhouette dancing is your favorite Jimin haha. He's so talented

12:28 That's Jimin's dancing Beautifully i can't wait for you to react to his like crazy song and choreography ❤

11:28 "did that really happen in real life?" YES... there is a Behind the Scenes of these MV's and they actually did all of that. 12:26 "who's dancing?" That's JIMIN ^_^

It's always Jimin who have solo dance parts because of his background in contemporary dance.

I don't speak English but I do understand English. I wrote this with Google translate. Thank you for reacting to BTS. I really enjoy your videos. greetings from Argentina 🩵🤍🩵🤍

The silhouette dancing was Jimin 😊

The silhouette is Jimin🥰....it is almost always him...

I’m currently reading their book, and I just got to the part when they were writing this song. They were gaining popularity and received loved from fans and a lot of hate from everyone else. They were going thru a very difficult time and felt lost. My interpretation was that they were mentally exhausted but still had to put on a smile and keep doing what they do for fans. And the fans loving them in turn made them wonder if it’s fake love if they weren’t actually showing their real selves on stage. They’ve also always wondered why their fans love them. On top of this, this song is part of the BU (bangtan universe) which is a fictional story line that runs through some of their songs and albums. It’s too complicated and deep to explain here. Best to watch some of those explanation videos. There’s a video of BTS reacting to ppl who covered this song. U should check it out. There’s a metal cover. And perhaps watch a live version too. Maybe MAMA 2018?

12:28 it’s jimin dancing🔥🔥

Jimin is my bias too! Once you Jimin you don't Jimout. Side note, my dad was also a musician and songwriter, I showed him BTS and their music videos (he was in his 70's) when this album came out, and he said, "If this makes it to the West, they're gonna be like the Beatles." Anyway, I really enjoy your reactions, thanks for checking out BTS. I recommend Jonghyun when you can too. Anything form Jonghyun. I'll look forward to your cover of Fake Love!

we all love jimin he has that charm, 12:33 it's jimin, he majored in a contemporary dance academy, he was the best in his class, even so he's a multifaceted and versatile dancer we always love to see him

Yes. YES! Please do a cover of this song in the style you were singing. It's a great idea. A beautiful soft version of the melody perfectly fits your voice. Others have made covers too using the same kind of idea. Changing a fast song into a slow ballad. There is no reason you can't sing/rap a few words and add them into your cover song. We can't wait. I'll try to find some examples for you. Actually, BTS really loves their songs being turned into covers. They will KZfaq themselves watching them. So. Be inspired!

Nathan your piano playing is beautiful- so musically artistic. You keep exhibiting more and more layers of musicality. I’m learning so much from watching your reactions. The depth of your appreciation is really impressive.

It's JIMIN the one dancing he's so good

The silhouette of the one dancing is Jimin. I'm sure others will tell you but the MV is part of the BU (Bangtan Universe) so there's layers upon layers and meaning in basically everything. Love the commentary on the musicality and mixing sounds together. Thank you!

The Fake Love dance practice is amazing. Their dance moves are even full of meaning, acting like 'puppets' and covering their eyes/ears/mouth as in see no/hear no/speak no evil. (Try and add captions for your viewers) If you search BTS FAKE LOVE EXTENDED VERSION there are a few extra bits in the longer video and it is totally guitar based. You should react to that too.💜

the silhouette dancing was jimin. he's so amazing 😁💜👍

That’s Jimin dancing in the shadow play that you asked about…Jiminie 🐥

12:35 Its Jimin ♡

The water pouring out around Jimin is real. The fire with Yoongi is real, but much smaller IRL - they play around with angles and perspective. The floor falling down behind Jungkook as he runs down the hallway is real. BTS rarely use CGI if they can do it with practical effects. :)

The one whose silhouette was dancing is the amazing Jimin!

The dancing you were asking about is done by Jimin

Doolset means TwoThree. There’s a lovely BTS song called that, 2!3! (Hoping for More Good Days). They not only translate but also give insights to the background of the lyrics and explain the word play you often find in BTS songs. Jin makes me smile when he sings, ‘Fake love’ because there is no, ‘V’ in Korean so he says, Lub, instead of, love. If you listen to V saying his name in the early days he says it as Pwi or Bwi. He’s got the hang of it now.

Jimin is the silhouette dancing

The shadow belongs to the precious Jimin, an outstanding contemporary dance, thanks you

The water is real, the siluet is Jimin by the way, love your reaction video 🤩

That's our pretty boy Jimin dancing in silhouette.

Love your reactions, BTS great lyrics on House of Cards, The Truth Untold, Your Eyes Tell.. Guitar: Filter by Jimin.. Life Goes On is a gorgeous song.. And there's something like: Once you JimIN you can't JimOUT.. ARMY will tell better.. 😁

I'm just stoked to see you, The Nathan Walters of Plus One, who I've been listening to in my childhood ( I was 11 when Plus One debuted), react to BTS, which is I love too, so much, and loving Jimin too, my bias. I always take reactors who are legit musicians seriously because you know how things work inside and outside the industry. Much respect! I hope you react to Jimin's first baby a.k.a. his first solo song, Serendipity. The music video is around 2+ minutes, but there's a longer and full version but sadly, there's no MV so you can watch Serendipity stage mix, where his live performances of the song were put together sooo smoothly 🥹🫰💜

Before watching the MAMA 2019 awards performance, make sure you’ve reacted to Fire, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Save Me, and if others remember the 3 other ones besides what they sing in full, please list that too. 💜💜💜💜💜💜👏👏👏

I would love for you to do a cover of fake love. I'm glad you reacted to this, it was my introduction to BTS and still one of my faves. That was Jimin's silhouette dancing. Since you are a musician I highly recommend his solo song Lie. Its musically captivating and tells the story of the song in the music itself. Musicians love it. :) Borahae!

BTS has an alternate world, or lore, story line going through a number of there songs, video games, books and more. It is a long story and something to dive into if you want to totally nerd out on the group. This song has heavy Bangtan Universe, or the BU, references. The song stands on its own but the visuals for the video can be confusing. Everyone mentions the snickers Hobi is laying in. Hobi's character was abandoned by his mother at an amusememt park with a candy bar as a small child. Suga has a fire thing, Jimin a water thing, etc. It really is interesting as they weave together social comentary, beautiful music, and a BU story line. Anyway, yes, that was real fire, water and floor dropping under JK as he ran. Mini movies, absolutely. I agree with others, check BS&T, Idol, DNA then think about checking out sub unit songs and solo work. I have something like 300 songs or features, like dance practice and special performances, on a master list I use as I irritate my friends at work by sharing a song a day. ARMYs gotta do what an ARMYs gotta do. 😊 keep listening, sharing and enjoying! As Jimin would say, "you good, keep going".

Check out Airplane pt.II, Idol and Blood Sweat and Tears for their diversity and lots of the things you appreciate. Keep on doing those great reactions 💜

You got it, the heart of the song is that if you change yourself for a relationship, that's not love based in truth. It's a flower that will never bloom. The album tells a story - this is one piece of that story. Whether it's based on personal experience isn't something we know about, but it still rings true. I think Jimin wrote this melody, if I remember correctly. Please please please do a piano & vocal reinterpretation of Fake Love. It would be beautiful and the guys have been known to watch covers 😁 they appreciate it when people cover their songs. I think you'd be able to do something amazing with Blood Sweat and Tears as well. It's another one with a lovely melody. Have you seen it yet? I can't remember.

That’s JIMIN That’s Jimin’s Silhouette ❤🥰 PRINCE JIMIN SILHOUETTE 👑❤️‍🔥

Jimin dancing

Oh, you really need to see several of these live. One thing I noticed is that you are both a visual and auditory processor. The very first thing you mention you like is the ‘colors’ & then the instruments following up with their dancing skills. Neat to see your processing their material. There’s 10+ years worth of group & individual reaction content.💜

@ 12.28 'who's dancing? who is this?' that is our multi talented artist head-to-toe Jiminie!!!!!

That's Jimin silhouette who is dancing he's good at dancing contemporary next you should react to his lie live performance 👌💯

Indiscutiblemente caíste en el Efecto de PARK JIMIN, te entiendo perfecto, así nos a pasado a Millones es Imposible no Admirarlo 🕺🐣🤩😍🤍❤️

First one! Glad you have listened to "Fake love"! It's one of their best makings ever! You should listen to the live performance as well and how each one of them hit the right notes 😍

There’s so much meaning behind this video. There’s also a behind the scenes video which is amazing. All their music is connected and part of a storyline hence you will find a lot of Easter eggs in their music videos

Fluid lines in silhouette is always Jimin cause he is a great lyrical dancer.

Love seeing you play out parts of the song on the piano. You can tell when someone is genuinely into/excited about a song. Great video!

No CGI on this. The floor really fell away, the explosion, the water, all practical. You should watch the behind the scenes of the filming of their videos. Very interesting.

Can you react to some songs by BTS vocal line, but live? -House Of Cards -The Truth Untold -Zero O'clock And plz React to Louder Than Bombs 💜

This was my favorite reaction so far! I like that you looked up the lyrics first and all the productions comments. Thank you. That is Jimin dancing in shadow. I saved a screenshot as my lock screen on my phone for a while. The extended version is more rock/gutitar heavy and the video reveals a bit more of the story. BUT the story can be difficult to grasp from one video as it belongs to the BU and spans MANY videos.

The Truth Untold is beautiful

I can’t believe how you’re able to immediately repeat the melody (either playing the piano or singing) after hearing it for the first time. To me, Jin’s parts are the most outstanding on this song.

Fake love… the visuals relate to the storyline called bangtan universe… which started in 2015 with the track “I need you” and continued through MV’s, short films, notebooks and a web game…but the lyrics are thematically very much a part of the love yourself tear album… themes of masking and unmasking, loss and grief … like outro:tear and the truth untold… and the magic shop….. where pain can be resolved… Thk you💜

BTS BIGGEST BAND in the world 💜

some scenes in this mv are part of the BU (Bangtan Universe) which is a storyline that runs through some of their earlier mvs. Its super cool.

Thank you for the reaction. I hope you check out the vocal line’s songs below as you like the melody of songs: - zero o’clock - truth untold - house of cards - dimple Hope you are enjoying diving down the BTS rabbit hole. 💜

you should look at the behind the scenes for this one. It's so impressive. The scene with Jimin in the room that was flooding with water? Real.

That is Jimin's silhouette in that dance. He studied contemporary dance so he will usually be the one to do the beautiful dance solos, J- Hope or even JK will have more hard hitting.

Thanks for watching BTS! I've heard you speak about their beautiful music videos and how you enjoy how theatric they are. Did you know there is a whole BTS Universe (BU) that is woven through their music. It has a dedicated storyline with books, a Webtoon and a TV show coming soon!

I’ve been waiting for your reaction to Fake Love! 😊 You’ve become one of my favorite K-pop reaction watches and I’m looking forward to more! I recommend Mikrakosmos, Magic Shop, I Need U, Euphoria, Dimple, there’s a lot lol

If you want your mind completely blown, watch the video again with the knowledge that the petals are the only CGI in the whole music video. Literally everything else is practical. The explosion, the floor falling apart, the phones on the wall, the waterfall, the fire....all REAL. SO COOL! Love this one

Let me explain some of the symbolism real quick. Not all of it, because this video is part of the BTS universe storyline, and I would have to go back to the beginning to explain all the BU references in this video (for example, except Jungkook each member is in a room that represents the childhood trauma of their BU character) but the fake love symbolism is this: the flower in the lamp at the beginning represents the fake love and although Jin is desperately trying to protect it, it turns to ash in the lamp. In the interlude scene Jungkook finds the empty lamp now sitting on a pile of ashes. As he lets the ashes slip through his fingers you see the shadows of the flower petals that represented the fake love floating away, symbolizing letting go of the fake love. Once he has let the fake love go a door opens. As he walks through the door that was opened by letting his fake love go he is confronted with a masked figure who begins to take off the mask. We know from subsequent videos that that masked figure is Jungkook himself. Meaning that he was now ready to learn who he truly is behind the mask. It’s almost an allegory. The message of the song and the video is that you have to let go of fake love so that you can start learning to love yourself the way you are.

BTS is constantly preconforming their songs! Somethings song while sound like a ballad, other times Pop, later hiphop. They write all their own music and often re-write later. BTS songs ALWAYS have layers in meaning. A lot of people see the song as a fake love for yourself?

The person who Dancing is our jimin he is good at everything

When ever BTS sings about relationships, my interpretation in most of them is about self reflect and I always think they are singing about themselves. Their real hidden self when alone (shadow) v their idol self in public (light). The pressure must be immense to always try and be perfect in accordance with everyones expectation. Lovin your reactions. Stay cool 🇻🇬

You've Jimined-in. It's Jimin dancing at 12:24 and also Jimin at 8:57. LOL! I love your reactions because you talk about the instruments, set design, vocals, choreo, etc....

Jimin's neck is everything in this video!

the one dancing in the silhouette is jimin, love your reaction

“love you so bad” is the CHORUS. “I’m so sick of this fake love” part is the post-chorus.

That is Jimin dancing in the part you asked about💜

Love your BTS reactions, Nathan!! I am your fan now as well!! (Suga is a fantastic piano player!!!)

you should cover the english version of Jimin's Like Crazy song :) you said you have a high voice and it would be perfect! also maybe check out Suga (as Agust D) playing Life Goes On live from his recent concerts. it's less rap heavy and more sing-songy. he's a great piano player. there's a good stage mix you can actually see him playing.

I saw somewhere ,this is about each one’s fears , the snicker bars was J Hopes mother left him a snickers bar when she deserted him . A lost love of one other member and so on . Check out some of the BTS descriptions.

Fake love is a song about how they work very hard to perform for ARMY/Fans but instead of wearing a mask (being an IDOL) they wished we would love their imperfect selves. The Behind the Story book discusses this in chapter 5 or 6. I never hear the song the same anymore. In South Korea, they are suppose to be PERFECT and they get treat them badly if any "scandal" comes about. They can't smoke, date, get drunk, be virgins, and always happy, etc..being FAKE to entertain others. That is how they are setup. Here in the US.., we dont "cancel" them if they are caught smoking, start to date..etc.

A todos nos encanta la voz angelical de Jimin el que estaba bailando era Jimin el es increíble para bailar es uno del los idols de kpop más completos 👑🔥💜

You should definitely check out jimins solo songs + performaces - they're very captivating!

I've been waiting for you to react to this song knowing you'd like it. It really put a smile on my face that you really enjoyed listening to Fake Love. I love Jimin's tone too. I think that his tone adds beautiful color to BTS music. Aside from having beautiful and unique tone he's also an amazing dancer. You mentioned the solouett, that was Jimin dancing. He has a lot of especial participation in their choreography due to his background in contemporary dancing. Thank you for reacting to this song. You said that you love synth, please do a reaction on Jimin's music video, "Like Crazy" from his solo album FACE. I honestly think you'd enjoy the production of it. Looking forward to more reactions for you.

So this was one of the first songs I truly fell in love with and one day I decided to sit down and read through the lyrics. And I was honestly very uncomfortable. While on the surface the song is about creating a fake version of yourself to make the person you love happy I couldn't shake the nagging thought... "is this song about BTS? Are they singing about the pain of having to have to present the idol public persona while being miserable?" What I'd didnt know at the time is BTS music is often reflective of their journey as people and musicians. But I'm currently reading through their autobiographical book and apparently at the time this song was written and produced, BTS was exhausted and on the verge of breaking up due to the stress. So the song isn't what I thought (ie idols being miserable because of being idols) but more that they are tired, and in pain but they continue making themselves produce and sing and dance for the sake of their fans. I read that in the book and was like "damn". I'm glad that they seem to be in a much healthier place now as artists

Fake love is in my top bts songs list. It’s just pure art musically, lyrically and visually!

This video is strongly link to the BU which is the Bangtan Universe, its a fictional story that runs through the music videos of BTS it all starts with I Need You from 2015

It’s not a love between 2 people. It’s about themselves and the turmoil within themselves.

There is a ‘rocking vibe’ remix of this song with even more guitar which is really great

11:34 - Yes! The vast majority of scenes and effects in this video (as with most of their MVs) were practical effects rather than digitally added in post-production. This includes the falling floor earlier in the video, as well as the water and fire. The behind-the-scenes is really amazing to watch. I'd also like to take a moment to stop and appreciate how you were able to just pick up and play the melody. I can copy vocals like that, but I couldn't translate it to an instrument so easily.

Yes! Your voice is gorgeous! Do a cover! 💖

If u can't love yourself then it's fake love : Moral Of Fake Love Song

This mv is a part of hyyh storyline that is why it has many metaphors-they all related to the story- . Bts has created the storyline which they tell us through their music, mvs, video games etc. The hyyh storyline is a whole different rabbit hole itself 😭

Yes Nathan! all of the things you saw in here happened in real life and none of it were cgi,, you can check fake love mv sketch for it !! and the silhouette dancing was done by Jimin. He's great at contemporary dance !!

Happy you're back with us... There seems to be many different layers to this song. As there are with most of their songs especially from this ("Love Yourself") era. One layer is... an artist's dilemma of giving up too much of themselves to the audience for fame. But the symbolism in this video (water, fire, snickers) recalls the BTS Journey films. They are still up on YT and it might be a good idea to watch and react to them. There are 7 films. One for each member and they are dystopian coming of age stories (very short - I think all of them together ad up to less than 30 minutes. When they came out, a lot of young ARMYs thought they were the boys real background stories... they are actually the exact opposite of each of their real lives. (JMO, I personally think that Big Hit used them to teach the group how to act so they'd make better videos) But they were a pretty big hit and promoted the album (Wings) in a big way. Even in some of their later videos you can see some symbolism from that era being used in a newer video. You do good work, it's nice to see you here. 🕊😇 💚🌹💜

Fake Love is a song made at a time when BTSs were having a hard time thinking about breaking up. What this song means may be love with a lover, but it's also about self-love. So it's a song made from experiences where they decided to become the stars that their fans wanted and had to hide and change themselves. There's no time to look back on themselves, and they're talking about celebrities who can only be loved by the public in the way they want them to be, and you can feel that they were a little tired of this kind of life at this time.

Todos amamos la voz única e inigualable de Jimin ❤

The words "Save Me" read as "I'm Fine" upside down. Save Me and I'm Fine songs were 2 years apart and are chronological. Part of the composition of Save Me is reversed in I'm fine. You may want to check them out. There is a live performance too of them together.

BTS does amazing concept work and over the years it got just more complex. (BTW there is another version of Fake Love where the MV is a little different and longer + a more rocky remix) What is important here is that we are on the "Love Yourself"-series first introduced by the "Love Yourself Highlight Reel" which bridges the era between Wings and the LY-series and is part of the BU (if I remember correctly). The concept begins with the first song on "Love Yourself: Her" "Intro: Serendibity" which is sung by Jimin and tells of a story begining after a first meeting that is kinda scary to trust in but feels like destiny/fate. "DNA" is the title track: full blown love and perfection: reincarnation, written into the DNA, fate, destiny etc. But already at the end doubts begin to be felt in "Outro: Her". The atmosphere shifts complitly in the begining of the "Love Yourself: Tear" album with Taehyung performing "Intro: Singularity". Here we have denial but already the knowledge what is wrong. It is not accepted yet. "Fake Love" goes from "I don't know why" to "I just know why" and accepts that the singer has forgotten who they really are while trying to be perfect for the other person in the relationship. (the highlight reel shows that rather well, too). So in "Fake Love" the relationship is ripped apart. "Outro: Tear" holds all the pain, confusion and anger of the failed relationship. The third album is pretty much a compilation album: "Love Yourself: Answer". But now we get the answer: "Epiphany" sung by Jin aknowledges that to love others we need to love our imperfect self first. "Idol" is a full celebration of self-love and themselves as artists and Idols (both; SK does not usually aknolwedge Idols as artists so this is bridging that gap in perception) The masked stranger is JK himself: To love yourself you need to know yourself which is the next conceptwork: The Map of the Soul (Jungian psychology) The next chapter begins with the "Persona" which is about how we represent ourself to others/are seen. it is rather well presented with a mask which appears in the performances. Meanwhile the MV of "Fake Love" also works with the concepts of the BU that officially began with "I need U" (adult) MV and is rather meta in experience. For example the water, fire and snickers represent trauma of the characters they play in the BU. Personally I think what is flying here are the burnt pieces of the photo that Jimin burned in the HYYH (The most beautiful moments in Life)-series. (There should be a Bangtan Bomb about the filming.) Because the relationship this is about is only on the surface romantic. It can be a relationship with family, friends, coworkers etc. You nice! Keep going! 💜

Suga is a big piano guy. If you want to hear basically his song dedicated to his piano, look up "First Love".. Suga BTS. I think there's only a live performance but it's mesmerizing. Probably also good to read the lyrics before the song since he goes off rapping :)

Fake Love, is not embracing your whole self - there were a lot of young Koreans who committed suicide, BTS addressed it with this album. If you listen to the other songs and mv's it is all about loving yourself. This was why they were invited to the UN/UNICEF to speak where RM gave the wonderful speech. This past year I heard a Valedictorian quote RM's speech.

The writing on the back wall says "Save Me", but it also says "Im Fine" the other way. These are two of BTS songs.

This can also be interpreted as fake love for ourselves... you can see them looking at themselves in a mirror, cell phones possibly representing the face we put out to the public. Maybe we dont feel like we love our own real selves and strive to become this perfect thing portrayed in social media. But then we dont know who we truly are... Maybe its about the love they get from fans based off of the persona they put out there, but wonder what would everyone think of us if they knew our real selves? So many ways to interpret this.

A vocal line classic is Truth Untold live in Japan. The song was produced by Steve Aoki, co-written by RM and features Jin, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. The style is so different from other BTS songs. It's a classic unrequited love story.

The bouncy rap you often comment on is J-Hope, who was a street dancer before coming to BTS, and as such, his rap dance to be more bouncy/dance-y. Like he RIDES the rhythm as if his voice was just another part of his body dancing to it. It's amazing! Also Yoongi (aka SUGA) plays piano. He is a HUGE producer/composer. His three videos you watched not only did he write/produce/everything those songs, he also story boarded the entire concept of the MVs.

that one dancing at the end (when you said you liked the silhouette) is jimin

Nathan, Yoongi (Suga) plays the piano. All the others play a little piano. Bts rarely use green screens, just an fyi. I would love to hear your cover of "Fake Love". As sad as this song is, the melody is beautiful. You and everyone enjoy the upcoming weekend...✌💜💜💜

The silhouette dancer is Jimin of course.