B.A.P BADMAN (To help you understand what this video is trying to say.)

 

 

 

After watching "BADMAN", I found myself gawking at my computer screen because of how much it
made sense of everything in society, as well as how this is all indirectly spoken, but is shown
in camera shots.

I won't be using anything picture-wise, so have a tab of the video open so you understand what I'm trying to explain.
But I'll have the timing of the videos mentioned.

 

In the first part, you have, in this case, the rebels, and the police men carrying warrants.
You see all of the clearly arguing, one of the policemen motioning the others to go at them, because they aren't afraid.

Then, in the later shots, you see Yongguk, Daehyun and Youngjae on the hood of a car, observing everything before them.

After that eye-ing moment with Mr. Yoo mothering Youngjae, you see the others angrily
going towards their opponents, the police. Indicating a war that's about to take place.

If you pause at 0:46, you see the flag being waved, saying "Dad's Gone". My friend wrote her point of view on this earlier,
but when I saw it, I thought of something else, but it's somewhat similar to what she said.

In my opinion, "Dad's Gone" means something about a ruler. For example, the past presidents, or candidates. If you have
the urge to really want that "President" title, you have to convince the community, right? But sometimes it sounds a bit
too cliché, what they say. It's something they think they want the public to hear, and not give a single
damn about it when a situation like that comes up. (These words are my friends, but later parts are
my opinions on this.) When I read "Dad's Gone" though, I thought of just some type of ruler, or leader. Someone who has
most control of everything, hence the "President" example from before. But the chaos that caused the fights in the video are
basically what that flag says. No one knows what to do, and when you think someone might, they would be just as clueless.
They do what they want, no matter how violent it may be, because they're controlling themselves, with no one there to guide them.
Exactly why the word "Dad" was on the flag in the first place.

If you play the video at 1:38, you see a man playing basketball, as well as in the shot after the short scene in between, and he
makes a basket. That man was fighting IN the [war]. But later, you see him being brutally beaten to a pulp by one of those
wretched policemen. He was there to fight for what was right, but the warrant beholder was blinded with fury, thus, he was beaten
to his death for saying what he wanted to say, which was clearly unadapted by the suspect. He was good at basketball, that's
probably all he wanted to do.
He had hobbies like every other human being, but he was forced against his will to be hurt like that.

In a later shot, there's a scene at 1:48 (which continues at 3:14) with two men who are holding suitcases, planning an exchange. They greet each other like any other pair of friends usually would. But when the other hands him the suitcase, he takes the other one,
and walks away, looking content, leaving with what he wanted in the first place. But then, the other man takes a gun out of his pocket,
and shoot the other. (At 3:26) He runs up and retrieves the suitcase he handed moments ago to the now dead man, and makes a
run for it, with both suitcases in hand, away from the crime scene so no one would even suspect it was him.
The man who came to get an innocent exchange was left with death.

The scene of the man at 2:26 being suffocated with the use of a warrant shows up in the next frame with a pretty girl, which we
would all assume is his significant other. He was batted, bruised and left with the suffering of pain just so he could stand up
for what was right.
He wanted to go up to her and tell her how much he loved her, and how he protested for the right causes. He wanted her
to be proud of him.

Pause at 2:43, you see a hung Carebear and the word "STOP" spray painted vertically on a sideways car bumper. This scenario
may be a bit eerie for some of you, please bear with me.

Imagine a little girl, playing with her friends, hopscotch, jump rope and duck duck goose.She got tired and sat on the side as her friends still played, and hugged her Carebear tight. She sees two males smiling at her and walking towards her,
asking her for her name, where she lived and what she liked to do for fun. Her friends notice them to, but they thought that
those men were too intimidating to talk to, so they left the girl talking to them by herself. They suddenly mention something about
losing a pet, asking for her help to find it. She was a naïve girl, so she went along innocently, leaving her bear hoping to get back soon
after a little while.
It turned out that those 2 men weren't actually losing a pet, nor were they nice as they appeared to be. They took her, played with her
innappropriately, beat her, and they let her lay there on the floor as they left.
This song was described as how "ual Harrassment" should be stopped and noticed, and should have something be done towards it. "It shouldn't just be on the news for others to talk about", Yongguk said because this is clearly a big problem nowadays.

 

Well, that's all I have to say to this. It was a bit complicated at first but seeing that Carebear there made me really think about society.

This music video is spectacular. It speaks for the public. It speaks B.A.P's and others' minds.

Ignorance is one thing, noticing it and not doing anything about it is another.

 

Innocent people having bad things done to them, though they did nothing wrong.

The lack of guidence.

 

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Sungmini
#1
emma rose u wrote an entire analysis omg
CodeBreakerJJ
#2
Thank you for the explanation! You're a big help!!!XXD
criscee
#3
thank you for helping me understand more about the mv...
gosh... I'm totally loving it!
Bap is the best!
blueberry_muffin #4
DAMN EM! XD WHEN I SAW THAT CAREBEAR ...SERIUOSLY BAP IS AMAZING THE WAY THEY...(DAMN CAN'T THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD) ADVERTISE?? INFLUENCE?? PEOPLE WITH THE MUSIC AND LYRICS.

LIKE WARRIOR, POWER, ONE SHOT ETC, THEIR SONGS ARE NOT ONLY AMAZING TO LISTEN TO, BUT VERY INFORMATIVE ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE IGNORANT ON

I LOVE YOUR EXPLANATION OF BADMAN!! MY DONGSAENG IS SOO SUPER DUPER SMART!! ^0^
bloodymemory
#5
Thanks, I think they sending a message in this song too. BAP I love them
meanieful #6
You know, now I get it. I think B.A.P is trying to send messages in their songs, out to their fans. Now, I love them even more.