A ‘mic drop’ is a popular gesture of victory, or totally owning a performance/speech and announcing ‘you’re done’. This song, “MIC Drop,” acts as a boastful continuation to the previous track, “SKIT: Billboard Music Awards Speech”. In this track, BTS show off the results of their hard work, such as winning an array of music awards from both Korean and American award shows alike.

The group also explained that “MIC Drop” was specifically inspired by the iconic “Obama out” mic drop moment during his last White House correspondents' dinner.