

The MV reinforces a theme in BU that repeatedly points towards the older members guiding Jungkook through adulthood. Essentially, the MV is saying that you’ll always have people by your side during hardships. Jungkook, the child who suffers for Omelas, is accompanied by the rest of the BTS members who “walk” with him out of the darkness and into a better world. You Never Walk Alone is the name of the album that Spring Day is from, and there is also a song on the album by the same title. When the other members find Jungkook, his world “lights up”,Īnd they take him away from the city of Omelas The song lyrics discuss how the bad things in life (represented by Winter) will eventually fade away and happier times (represented by Spring) will come. The MV deviates from the short story because the other six members who learn about Jungkook’s suffering decide to find him and save him from his misery. In front of an abandoned amusement park ride,Īnd running through the scenery where the other members were shown. This belief stems from the scenes where Jungkook is seen alone on a train, In the Spring Day MV, the BTS members represent citizens of Omelas, and Jungkook is the child who bears punishment for the city. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.”

“The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to most of us than the city of happiness.

Most citizens are initially shocked but eventually accept truth however, there are a few who decide to leave Omelas. When the citizens of Omelas reach a certain age, they are told the truth about their society. It then proceeds to mention its one flaw: the happiness of everyone else in the city depends upon the “perpetual filth, darkness, and misery” of one child. The story starts off by detailing the first day of summer and describing how perfect the society is. Le Guin is a 1973 work of science fiction about a utopian city whose existence relies on the misery of a single child. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. The Spring Day music video cinematically references a short story titled The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas and lyrically references a movie titled Snowpiercer.
