BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ Lyrics Bring Much-Needed Joy to This Rough Year

The boys of BTS—RM, Jin, V, Jungkook, J-Hope, Suga, and Jimin—released their first big English single of the new decade, disco pop song “Dynamite,” tonight. And as RM put it to USA Today ahead of the song’s release, the song really is a product of this time during the coronavirus pandemic.

The lyrics are a much-needed burst of joy and invitation to join them, dance, and be a light, even when the world seems a little dark. “‘Cause ah, ah, I’m in the stars tonight/ So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight / Shining through the city with a little funk and soul / So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah,” the boys sing in the chorus, adding after, “Dynnnnnanana, life is dynamite.”

Creating the song was “like destiny,” RM told USA Today. “Who would ever think of this pandemic? No meeting, no karaoke, no concerts? Even no walking in the park. So we never expected this song would come fully in English. During the process of making our album…it just came to us.”

Suga described the song as being their way to help people during this time: “This is a situation that everybody else around the world is facing, so we just started to explore what can we do right now, what can we do really good?”

The group added during their interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music that “Dynamite” is “made of positive vibes, energy, hope, love, the purity, everything. Recording this song was really fun, and like Jin said, we’re going through difficult times so we tried to have more fun working on this song. We made this song in hopes of giving energy to the listeners. We’re glad this song turned out great and hope a lot of our fans can listen to it to receive the positive energy we tried to incorporate in the song.”

Here, watch the music video below, featuring the boys’ stunning choreography, and read the upbeat lyrics, via Genius:

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Intro: Jungkook
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight

Verse 1: Jungkook

Shoes on, get up in the morn’
Cup of milk, let’s rock and roll
King Kong, kick the drum, rolling on like a Rolling Stone
Sing song when I’m walking home
Jump up to the top, LeBron
Ding-dong, call me on my phone
Ice tea and a game of ping pong

Verse 2: RM, J-Hope

This is getting heavy
Can you hear the bass boom? I’m ready
Life is sweet as honey
Yeah, this beat cha-ching like money
Disco overload, I’m into that, I’m good to go
I’m diamond, you know I glow up
Hey, so let’s go

Chorus: Jungkook, Jimin

‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Hey)
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah

Verse 3: V, RM
Bring a friend join the crowd, whoever wanna come along
Word up, talk the talk, just move like we off the wall
Day or night, the sky’s alight, so we dance to the break of dawn
Ladies and gentlemen, I got the medicine so you should keep ya eyes on the ball, huh

Verse 4: Suga, Jimin, RM

This is getting heavy can you hear the bass boom? I’m ready (Woah-hoo)
Life is sweet as honey, yeah, this beat cha-ching like money
Disco overload I’m into that I’m good to go
I’m diamond and you know I glow up
Let’s go

Chorus

‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Hey)
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah

Post-Chorus

Dynnnnnanana, life is dynamite
Dynnnnnanana, life is dynamite
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah

Bridge

Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Light it up like dynamite
Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Dynnnnnanana, ayy
Light it up like dynamite

Chorus
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite
(This is ah) I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah (Light it up like dynamite)

Post-Chorus

Dynnnnnanana, life is dynamite (Life is dynamite)
Dynnnnnanana, life is dynamite
Shining through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah

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