They think it’s inspired by Greek mythology.
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He announced it recently BTS‘S V will release a new Christmas song, “Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN).”
V “Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)” Lyric Poster
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦
❄️ November 29, 2pm (KST) | 0:00 (ET)#V #V #PARKHYOSHIN #Hyo Shin Park #WinterForward pic.twitter.com/kGhtxxbJ94— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) November 22, 2024
When a new preview was released, ARMYs realized that V had filmed the MV about two years ago, before his enlistment. He previously shared spoilers via his Instagram account.
Spoiler THV Winter ahead MV pic.twitter.com/AZIRDcyJ0B
— minnie♡ (@realvkk) November 24, 2024
THEY ARE FINALLY RESOLVE WELL😭😭it was always for “Winter Ahead” pic.twitter.com/m9OdcCt03T
— bubble vmin (@vminnightsky) November 24, 2024
ARMYs are also speculating on the MV. Many believe that the story is inspired by Pygmalion, king of Cyprus, a character from Greek mythology. Pygmalion created a sculpture of a woman and fell in love with it. He desired a bride in his likeness. One day, she kissed the stature, and she became a true woman, as Aphrodite, the goddess of love, granted her wish.
Taehyung plays the role of Pygmalion in Winter Ahead. In Greek mythology, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetids of Cyprus practicing prostitution, he began to “detest the immeasurable defects that nature has given to women”. He decided to remain celibate and take up sculpture. He made a sculpture of a woman he found so perfect that he fell in love with her. Pygmalion kisses and caresses the sculpture, brings her various gifts and creates a sumptuous bed for her. In time the day of Aphrodite’s feast arrived, and Pygmalion made offerings at Aphrodite’s altar. There, too afraid to admit his desire, he quietly longed for a bride who was “the living likeness of my ivory girl.” When he returned home, he kissed his ivory statue and found that his lips were warm. She kissed it again and found that the ivory had lost its hardness. Aphrodite had granted Pygmalion’s wish.
Pygmalion married the ivory sculpture, which transformed into a woman under the blessing of Aphrodite. In Ovid’s story they had a daughter, Paphos, from which the city’s name derives.— @taeguide/X
Taehyung plays the role of Pygmalion in Winter Ahead. In Greek mythology, when Pygmalion saw the Propoetids of Cyprus practicing prostitution, he began to “detest the immeasurable defects that nature has given to women”. He decided to remain celibate and work… pic.twitter.com/VuJLOsicuo
— TAE GUIDE (@taeguide) November 24, 2024
the streets say that “Winter Ahead” might be inspired by Pygmalion, a character from Greek mythology and oh my goodness 😭 pic.twitter.com/q94JOxzdGE
— lucia⁷ (@HSK_HOPE13) November 24, 2024
Taehyung in WINTER AHEAD mv,
he was sculpting a statue of a woman, (he was sculpting her face so close, it looked like a kiss)so the statue’s face had his features, which mirrored his moles, but instead he was erasing his own moles?
I’m tripping 🚶🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/biX5ENWXy3
— 🌨️ (@jjkofvante) November 24, 2024
In the MV teaser, V appeared to be sculpting a statue. There was also a clip of a woman. So, ARMYs believe that the MV will recreate the story, and there will be a kiss scene.
So Taehyung’s “Winter Ahead” is inspired by the Greek mythology “Pygmalion”, a king of Cyprus who creates a female figure, reflection of himself and his own ivory creation which is brought to life for him by Aphrodite with a kiss .
DOES THIS MEAN THERE WILL BE A KISSING SCENE?!? pic.twitter.com/yH6Xx4TQQS
— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) November 24, 2024
You’re all focused on the kissing scene, but it’s more like a work of art with a twist. Look at this! Pygmalion, the sculptor who fell in love with a statue he created. The girl in the MV is like the statue and Taehyung starts to see her as a real person. It fits perfectly!! pic.twitter.com/J4SG4ICHj1
— shi⁷ 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙰𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍❄️ (@kookieintae) November 24, 2024
do you remember what happened the last time a bangtan boy kissed a statue? an era has been shaped forever 🔥 let kim taehyung go 👏 pic.twitter.com/3lUEY36Sid
— HAPP7 (@deebauched) November 24, 2024
ARMYs were also reminded of the “Blood Sweat & Tears” MV. Jin famously kissed a statue. Even though we didn’t see the statue become human, it broke like a statue.
WINTER BLACK BLOOD
SWAN AVANTI SUDORE E
TEARS pic.twitter.com/DZUAdV7e1Q— hope⁷ (@winnttaebear) November 24, 2024
a friendly reminder that the statue seokjin kissed is supposedly Taehyung and at the end of b&t’s music video, seokjin’s face cracked like a statue so I CONCLUDE THAT ☝️ https://t.co/FM2bmhxD1e pic.twitter.com/WxduLyJSMR
— kei⁷ 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 ♡ TAEJIN! (@tjtrashhh) November 24, 2024
Jin kissing 🤝 Taehyung kissing
statue in the BST statue in the winter to come pic.twitter.com/dkB8CduR0P— Hikari (@nabiya0693) November 24, 2024
Check out the full MV preview of “Winter Ahead” below.
