Stigma, noun. “A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.”

WINGS is the new album by South Korean boy band BTS, and can be seen as a continuation of BTS' previous album, “The Most Beautiful Moment In Life.” Fittingly, BTS member V’s solo track, Stigma, seems to correspond with his previous storyline.

Specifically, it refers to the music video for “I Need U” in which V murders his father. It is revealed in V’s short film that his father was an abusive man, and V committed the murder partly because of his need to protect his sister.

However, in the short film it is apparent that he has been branded as a criminal for his sins, and no matter what his intentions were, he is still a sinner, a murderer. That’s his stigma, and in the lyrics, lines like “Even if (I try to) hide it, or conceal it, it can’t be erased” and “Again, cry; Because I couldn’t protect you” show the grave reality of his crime. This all comes to light in the short film and lyrics for this track.