Agust D’s ‘Amygdala’ Music Video Analysis
On April 21, Suga/Agust D released his solo album, D-Day, which broke sales records for a solo kpop artist.
To coincide with the release of his album, Suga also released the documentary “Road to D-Day” with Disney+, which showcases his “journey to find new stories and inspire new dreams” while creating his album solo.
During a scene in the documentary Suga explains the meaning of his title “Amygdala” to Jimin.
The amygdala is an area of the brain that stores sad or uncomfortable memories to protect you from those situations in the future.
The lyrics refer to various difficult moments in the artist’s life, such as his accident, his mother’s operation, his father’s cancer…
In the lyrics, the idol described himself as a lotus flower that blooms after surviving in muddy waters.
Fans found the metaphor thoughtful, as Suga wasn’t born or raised in an ideal environment, but instead bloomed and thrived beautifully because he aspired to it like a lotus flower.
In general, they were very touched by the song and its lyrics.
Now the music video for the title track “Amygdala” has been released.
Suga elaborates on the music video’s plot in his Disney+ documentary, Road to D-Day. Referring to the story “AMYGDALA” he wanted to tell his life story.
He explains : “It’s the story of my life, you know. Before I turned 20, there was a lot going on in my life. I really want to talk about how I got the scar over my eye in this song. In a way, we are all responsible for our own wounds and scars. »
“AMYGDALA” concludes the Agust D trilogy series by revealing the origins of Agust D’s scar seen in the “Daechwita” and “Haegeum” music videos.
Suga can be seen in “AMYGDALA” in a darkened room on a couch. He sits down and uses a pocket knife to scar over his eye.
The video starts with Agust D lying on a sofa in a dark room. The colors used are usually black, white and gray as Agust D also wears a gray outfit.
As the lyrics begin, the scene switches to the outside where he’s wearing a helmet and driving somewhere on his motorbike used by delivery people.
Suga has spoken about the accident several times, including on his debut mixtape Agust D in 2016 on the track “The Last,” where he rapped:
“It’s all memories now, uh, it’s memories now / My shoulder is broken / Thanks to the accident I met / During my part-time job / The beginnings I held on to like it was my life,
In the lyrics, the singer recalls the time when things weren’t going so well in his life.
From family issues to his own struggle with the accident, he did everything he could with what he had at the time. But he finds himself trapped in these painful memories, and even if he wanted to, he can’t escape.
Also visually, when he reaches the open door, it closes, preventing him from getting out there. In the chorus, he asks his amygdala — the part of the brain that processes our emotional memories and is responsible for our fight-or-flight response — to save him, that is, to tear him from his memories rather than kill him leave there.
It was also reported that the artist wanted to compare Amygdala to his fans who helped him come out of his dark memories in the early years of his career.
Suga has been open about his struggles with depression and anxiety, which have also been addressed in his previous Agust D&D-2 mixtapes. Likewise, in this piece he doesn’t want to dwell on the painful memories of the past and hopes to bloom again like a lotus flower.
The meaning of the lotus flower here is that although it grows in muddy water, it grows and blooms beautifully without being tainted by its filthy surroundings.
Agust D just wants to overcome his difficulties and get stronger. He wants to gather enough strength and courage to rise above all negative thoughts and feelings to save himself – as we see at the end of the music video.
Despite trying to save himself, he doesn’t appear to be escaping in the video, but the singer hopes he will eventually.
The final scene is open-ended, allowing viewers to speculate as to whether Suga is ultimately able to reach the door and escape, symbolically depicting him leaving the past behind.
