“Permission to Dance” is a dance-pop song that was made to “make hearts beat to the rhythm of BTS’s positive energy.” The track marks the group’s third non-Korean main release of 2021, following “Film out” and “Butter.”
In the livestream the group hosted on V Live after achieving their fifth week a...
[Verse 1: Jung Kook, RM]
It's the thought of being young
When your heart's just like a drum
Beating louder with no way to guard it
When it all seems like it's wrong
Just sing along to Elton John
And to that feeling, we're just getting started
[Pre-Chorus: Jimin, Jin]
When the nights get colder
And the rhythms got you falling behind
Just dream about that moment
When you look yourself right in the eye, eye, eye
Then you say
[Chorus: Jung Kook, V]
I wanna dance
The music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans
And live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
[Post-Chorus: Jimin, RM, Jin]
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
[Verse 2: j-hope, SUGA, Jung Kook]
There's always something that's standing in the way
But if you don't let it faze ya
You'll know just how to break
Just keep the right vibe, yeah
'Cause there's no looking back
There ain't no one to prove
We don't got this on lock (Yeah)
[Pre-Chorus: V, Jung Kook, Jimin]
The wait is over
The time is now so let's do it right, mm (Yeah)
Yeah, we'll keep going
And stay up until we see the sunri-i-ise (Yeah)
And we'll say
[Chorus: V, Jin]
I wanna dance
The music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans
And live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
[Post-Chorus: Jung Kook, j-hope, Jimin]
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
[Refrain: Jin, Jung Kook]
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
No, we don't need permission to dance
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na (Hey)
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
[Bridge: Jimin, V]
Well, let me show ya
That we can keep the fire alive, mm
'Cause it's not over
'Til it's over, say it one more time
Say
[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin]
I wanna dance
The music's got me going (Music's got me going)
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah (Hey, yeah)
Let's break our plans
And live just like we're golden (Ooh)
And roll in like we're dancing fools (Like we're dancing fools)
[Post-Chorus: Jin, SUGA, V, Jung Kook]
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land (We know how to land)
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight (Ooh)
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
Permission to Dance was written by Stephen Kirk & Ed Sheeran & Steve Mac & Johnny McDaid & Jenna Andrews.
Permission to Dance was produced by Steve Mac & Stephen Kirk & Jenna Andrews.
BTS released Permission to Dance on Fri Jul 09 2021.
Worldwide:
#1 on iTunes Single Chart in 97 countries (including some of the major music markets—US, Japan, France, Canada, Germany, and Brasil).
#1 on iTunes Worldwide Chart.
#1 on YouTube Global Top Songs Chart.
#1 on Genius All-genre-All-songs Chart.
Over 320M views on YouTube (September 2021...
“Permission to dance” choreography incorporates the international sign language—during the dance, the group shows sings for “fun,” “dance,” and “peace,” which all have positive meanings and are easy to follow for everyone.
Originally, BTS used Korean sign language, but they’ve decided to switch it,...
“Permission to Dance” live debut on BTS Comeback Special: A Butterful Getaway (July 9, 2021).
Other memorable performances:
United Nations General Assembly
BBC Radio 1 Live Longue
Global Citizen Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Choreography Dance Practice
We’re going through some confusing times right now, but it is getting better, so we worked really hard on this song, hoping that day we can dance freely together will come as soon as possible.
Ed sent us this amazingly good song, and as soon as we listened to it we just couldn’t resist it. We thought it went really well with our image too, so we just went with it.
We received “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” at the same time. We liked them both. “Butter” is a summer song that we can dance to, it’s powerful, and great. “Permission to Dance” felt like a song that you can enjoy for a longer time, it was good, too—it’s the great way forward. That’s how we got t...
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