BTS ARMY unite! The K-pop band has released the music video for their single ‘Permission to Dance’ and there is a lot more meaning to it than what meets the eye.
BTS is a South Korean boy band that debuted in 2013 and has since gained fame and fan-following from around the world. Their new music video for ‘Permission to Dance’ is out and features the boys grooving in, what appears to be, a small desert town.
The song’s theme is about visualizing and celebrating life as it could be in a post-pandemic world. The music video comes at a time when many countries around the world are lifting lockdown restrictions as their citizens receive Covid-19 vaccinations.
Fans realized that the choreography for the song includes international sign language. Twitter has been flooded with comments and praise for this. One user posted, “‘Permission to Dance’ includes special choreography that incorporates international sign language that means ‘fun’ ‘dance’, and ‘peace’.”
“Scratching their body while raising the thumb and slightly bending the rest of the fingers means fun. Moving two fingers side to side on top of the palm of the other hand represents dancing and lastly making [the] ‘V’ sign means peace”.
‘Permission to dance’ includes special choreography that incorporates international sign language that means ‘fun’ ‘dance’ and ‘peace’. Scratching their body while raising the thumb and slightly bending the rest of the fingers means ‘fun’. Moving 2 fingers side to side on top + https://t.co/h0qjyoqOav
— haru⁷🌿💜 (@BOMHARU1230) July 9, 2021
As a mother of a deaf son and educator of the deaf. When I tell you this scene brought years to my eyes y'all. They are literally signing the word dance in sign language! I love you BTS!!!@BTS_twt
— ★·.·´¯`·.·💜 JK's pierced eyebrow 🧈 ⁷💜´¯`·.·★ (@sweeter_sweet) July 9, 2021
🤧🤧🤧🤧🤟🤟🤟💜💜💜💜#PermissionToDance#bts#btsarmy pic.twitter.com/CgnssoioMq
The music video is also receiving a lot of love for being inclusive overall. A Twitter user said ‘Permission to Dance’ “celebrates diversity”, which is “heartwarming”. It incorporates sign language, shows people of different races and age groups, and promotes blue-collar jobs such as being a janitor and a waitress.
permission to dance celebrates diversity. bts incorporating sign language to the choreography then having people of all different ages & races and showing frontliner jobs such as being a janitor & a waitress in the pandemic. its so heartwarming. pic.twitter.com/b76WWlU5kf
— jirachi ☆ (@CYPHER5CYJ) July 9, 2021
they included EVERYONE in this! Every ethnicity, gender, age! they made the dance fun and easy and even Incorporated sign language into the actual dance choreo!!! Not to mention the lyrics and melody of the song it’s just so uplifting! BTS did it again! #PermissionToDanceGranted pic.twitter.com/MgNXUSRO5M
— Mel⁷ (@withlovebts7) July 9, 2021
Permission to Dance’ is included in the Butter EP released in 2021. The album features two songs sung entirely in English by the Korean band. According to Rolling Stone, the song was co-written by British singer Ed Sheeran.
We love seeing inclusivity in music and BTS’ ‘Permission to Dance’ has it in spades.
