BTS' 'Butter' music video: Here are secret messages behind the mugshot scene

K-pop band BTS recently released their summer song Butter on May 21. Since the release of the music video, the band broke various records and created YouTube history. As the band is known for subtly leaving secret messages on their music videos, here is the breakdown of their recent Butter's music video. Check out the secret messages that the band left for the fans to decipher. 

BTS leaves secret messages in Butter's music video

Butter marks the second English song for the band, Dynamite being the first. In the music video, while the Bangtan Boys were seen dancing to the song, there was a scene where the boys are standing with name tags. In the tags, the names of the members were written along with random numbers. Here's what they mean. 

The leader RM aka Namjoon is seen holding a name tag that mentions his birthday i.e September 12, 1994. On the top, 201904 is written which is his old home address. In one of his Vlive session, RM mentioned that he used to stay in a flat that was numbered 904. 

On the other hand, Jimin had a name tag with his birthday i.e October 13, 1995. The other number reads 141018, these numbers mean a lot to the singer. On October 18, 2014, BTS kicked off their first tour in Seoul. The tour was called BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet. On the other hand, J-hope used his birthday that falls on February 18, 1994. The top number 660660 translates to "kiss" in Korean. It is a pager code. 

Jungkook is standing behind Jin and is holding the nametag with his birthday, September 1, 1997. The top number reads 110604 which is when the singer shifted to BTS' old dorm in Nonhyeon-dong. Jin who celebrates his birthday on December 4, 1992, has random numbers on the name tag. 

Lastly, V is seen holding the name tag with his birthday that falls on December 30, 1995. The top numbers 000001 is picked by him, showing that he is number 1. Suga's nametag has his birthday i.e March 9, 1993, in the middle. On the top, he chose random numbers 384627 which holds no meaning. 

More about Butter's music video

The music video on YouTube reached over 200 million views within 4 days of the release. The band’s first all-English song Dynamite reportedly achieved the milestone in 4.5 days. Watch Butter's music video below. 

IMAGE: Still from Butter's music video