ARMY Can't Get Enough Of BTS's "Ego" Comeback Trailer: Here Are Some Of The Best Reaction Tweets
BTS’s J-Hope just dropped an epic new comeback trailer for “Map of the Soul: 7,” and fans are shook!
BTS typically gears up for the release of a new album by dropping a solo track and music video starring one of the members, with the song later included on the album as an intro. However, they switched things up this time around by releasing not one, but two solo tracks from their upcoming album: after Suga blew fans’ minds with his powerful “Interlude: Shadow” comeback trailer last month, J-Hope has now added to the excitement with a captivating new video for “Outro: Ego.”
Even before the comeback trailer’s release on February 3 at midnight KST, ARMY took over Twitter by trending the hashtags #EgoIsComing and #EGOComebackTrailer at No. 1 and No. 2 worldwide as they eagerly anticipated the new track. And once the video dropped at midnight, they went on to completely dominate Twitter’s list of worldwide trends with “Ego”-related hashtags and phrases, including #EgoIsHere, “Hoseok,” “Hobi,” #EgoByJhope, and #CheckYourEgo, amongst others.
J-Hope’s exultant “Ego” trailer surprised fans with its sharp contrast to BTS’s pre-release track “Black Swan” and Suga’s darker, brooding “Shadow” trailer from January—and they were here for it.
This album is going to be soooo crazy. Just thinking about Yoongi’s shadow and how dark it was to Black Swan. Fast forward to this Outro & how reflective and optimistic this is. What a journey @BTS_twt is about to take us all on. What a journey! #EGOComebackTrailer
— Rafranz ⁷ (@rafranzdavis) February 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/bluesidebeks/status/1224017309318041600
https://twitter.com/incorrectxbts/status/1224006281444429832
ego is such a feel-good song with beautiful lyrics. everything just screams jhope. hearing hobi say “just trust myself” and “now i don’t care” so freely. songs like this make us realise how confident they’ve become, how far they’ve come #EGOComebackTrailer https://t.co/qW2OURruT9
— mina⁷ (rest) (@EUPH0RIAL0VE) February 2, 2020
Fans were also quick to draw comparisons between the two “Map of the Soul: 7” trailers’ messages and imagery, with some fans even bringing RM‘s “Persona” comeback trailer for BTS’s 2019 mini album “Map of the Soul: Persona” into the mix.
https://twitter.com/vmbeavr/status/1223994535522586624
How it starts with him in a shadow looking over and then his smile illuminates..🥺💜 @BTS_twt #EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/cUbLG8eK6E
— ᴮᴱLarissa⁷👩🚀 (@Vs_Winter_Bear) February 2, 2020
shadow felt uncomfortable and claustrophobic
ego felt free and liberating #EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/YctfAq3gQv
— maryam (@syubhoya) February 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/solarityroses/status/1223999358753898496
Persona: who am I? Why am I like this?
Shadow: I don’t want to be like this, it’s lonely.
Ego: this is who I am, I can’t change it but I will keep living#EgoIsHere #EGOComebackTrailer
— OPAL⁷ 夢 (@Opal7Jimin) February 2, 2020
Persona: Who the hell am I
Shadow: I wanna be me
Ego: Just trust myself#EgoIsHere #EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/40ChWMlsch— ً (@bbwilog) February 2, 2020
ARMY also immediately noticed that “Ego” begins with a reference to “Intro: 2 Cool 4 Skool,” the intro from BTS’s 2013 debut mini album “2 Cool 4 Skool,” before flashing back through a quick montage of BTS’s past music videos.
“we are now going to progress to some steps which are a bit more difficult" – intro: 2 cool 4 skool (2013) and outro: ego (2020) 🤟#EgoIsHere #EgoComebackTrailer https://t.co/5EMlztRwU8
— SJM (@stussyjimin) February 2, 2020
So far, each of BTS’s “Map of the Soul” comeback trailers has referenced one of BTS’s first three albums, known as the group’s “School Trilogy.” “Persona” referenced the intro to “Skool Luv Affair,” while “Shadow” referenced the intro to “O!RUL8,2?”
Tying in their latest trailer for “Ego,” one fan made a super-cool compilation video comparing each of the “Map of the Soul” trailers to its “School Trilogy” counterpart.
https://twitter.com/btspurplecloud/status/1223993654877945856
Of course, eagle-eyed ARMY noticed a few other references to BTS’s past discography…
https://twitter.com/BTSNewsBrasil/status/1224011298339422211
RUN… HIGHLIGHT REELS…. FOREVER YOUNG…. BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS ARE ALL THERE#EGOComebackTrailer #EgoIsComing pic.twitter.com/nzdbaENvnH
— ˙ᵕ˙ (@taebokkiii) February 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/JlMlNDIPlTY/status/1224018963669114880
[👀]◾️◾️@BTS_twt◾️◾️
I NEED U Outro: Ego#EgoIsHere#EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/tQ0T0o0oWy
— BACK THE SOUL (@BackTheSoul) February 2, 2020
…spotted lots of fun details…
The Ego MV has lots of Typography art. Especially when Jhope sings “길로 길로 길로 Gillo Gillo Gillo (That Way way way)” the back drop shows very big
“길로”
in Korean letter. #OnlyEgoEgoEgo#EgobyJhope #CheckYourEgo #EgoIsComing #EgoIsHere#EGOComebackTrailer @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/L4u2HRJM9E
— Soo Choi 💜 (REST) (@choi_bts2) February 2, 2020
the car license plate says their debut year and date!! i love the little details here!! #EgoIsHere #EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/Wl5Rcr6ZDF
— claire⁷// (@Randomsplashes) February 2, 2020
The wall has the lyrics painted on it … with one lovely addition.
'Only one hope, only one soul, only one smile, only one you'
… only one you, ARMY! #EGOComebackTrailer #EgoIsHere pic.twitter.com/wNy5cI49h0
— wisha 💫 (@doyou_bangtan) February 2, 2020
HOBI RECREATED HIS PICS WHEN HE WAS A KID THIS IS SO CUTE MY HEART #EGOComebackTrailer https://t.co/xvvBYn8tRK
— the genre is bts ⁷ (@jiminlovelyxo) February 2, 2020
I bet nobody paid attention to this but hoseok was literally bragging in this part about how he went from wearing "clothes sold by metre / ready to wear" to "bespoke suits (made for a particular customer) / made to measure" PLEASE I LOVE THIS#EGOComebackTrailer #EgoIsHere pic.twitter.com/QNc2QbzM4y
— sei⁷ (@btsinpics) February 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/poursomesuga/status/1223996648378028032
When it changed from "hope records" to "hopes record" implying how Hobi went from a rookie hoping to to do well with his music to being so succesful he breaks all the records. So proud 🥺💜#egobyjhope #EGOComebackTrailer #jhope #제이홉 #방탄소년단제이홉 #정호석 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/G4TOTOS6aS
— lori⁷💜🐿아포방포 (@pokihobi) February 2, 2020
I just noticed that in the back you can see jhope's solo songs/mixtapes and all all of bts discography! #EgoIsComing #EGOComebackTrailer pic.twitter.com/tC0ewZgW4c
— Ari♡ (@Ari29407997) February 2, 2020
…and made some other intriguing observations about the video as well.
https://twitter.com/taestsweet/status/1223998113150578688
https://twitter.com/ben10sonyeontan/status/1223992888675094528
I noticed that this scene transitions from his birthday memories into him looking like Taehyung from the Greek god VCR#EgoIsHere #EGOComebackTrailer #ArmyTS #ATS pic.twitter.com/BLmDHd4O21
— ⁷💜 BTS UNIVERSE 💜 OT7 💜⁷ (@Volumeister) February 2, 2020
BOY MEETS WHAT ✓
BOY MEETS EVIL ✓
BOY MEETS THE WAY ✓#EGOComebackTrailer #EgoIsHere pic.twitter.com/7n5pP1dZm7— willow (@ilsansqueen) February 2, 2020
Some fans also speculated that J-Hope may have dropped a spoiler or two for “Ego” in the past.
https://twitter.com/ProbablyBTS/status/1224011769154281476
Did anyone else notice? Remember when Corden asked Hoseok about forgetting dance moves. I thought it was odd then when he said “I don’t care.” Now I think it was a hint for Ego!🤔#EGOComebackTrailer #EgobyHoseok @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/ZeuT7PMH8X
— INDIGO💙 (@MiCasaOT7) February 2, 2020
What did you think of the “Ego” comeback trailer? Share your thoughts and favorite moments with us in the comments below!
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