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Outro: Ego

A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths.

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A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths.

The song isn't about achieving a big ego.

It's about the maintenance of one, the daily rehearsal of confidence when doubt is the default.

Editor's note

J-Hope's 'Outro: Ego' and the steps forward

A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths.

변하지 않는 그 어떤 나 right

The song isn't about achieving a big ego. It's about the maintenance of one, the daily rehearsal of confidence when doubt is the default. The English commands 'Keep goin' now' and 'Just trust myself' sound less like boasts and more like instructions he's reading back to himself.

He repeats '매일 돌아가 본다고', 'I go back every day, I suppose'. There's a fatigue in that '본다고', that 'I suppose', like he's checking a box on a habit he can't quit. The lyric holds the tension between the grind of daily return and the need to frame it as a choice, '운명의 선택', a selection by fate.

He lands on 'the me that doesn't change, right'. After all the talk of progress and difficult steps, the core he's protecting is something static, a self he recognizes before the world shaped it.

The way 'Ask me, guess it, 채찍, repeat' rattles off. It turns self-interrogation into a rhythm, a whip.

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What to keep in your ear

the pull of "Keep goin" how "매일 돌아가 본다고" turns into a mantra the pull of "I suppose"
Lyrics

Outro: Ego

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We're now going to progress to some steps which are a bit more difficult

We're now going to progress to some steps which are a bit more difficult

Ready, set and begin

Ready, set and begin

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매일 돌아가 본다고

maeil doraga bondago

그때의 나로

geuttae-ui naro

포기를 선택한 삶으로

pogireul seontaekan salmeuro

날 놓아본다고

nal noabondago

But 세상에는 있지

But sesang-eneun itji

변하지 않는 몇 진실

byeonhaji anneun myeot jinsil

시간은 앞으로 흐른다는 것

siganeun apeuro heureundaneun geot

만약은 없단 것

manyageun eopdan geot

까마득 잊을만하면 생각나 그 시절

kkamadeuk ijeulmanhamyeon saenggangna geu sijeol

악마의 손길과 운명의 recall

angmaui son-gilgwa unmyeong-ui recall

궁금해 아직 왜 다시 불렀는지도

gunggeumhae ajik wae dasi bulleonneunjido

매일 ask me, guess it, 채찍, repeat oh

maeil ask me, guess it, chaejjik, repeat oh

변할 건 없다며 결국 또

byeonhal geon eopdamyeo gyeolguk tto

걱정을 억지로 잠궈 close

geokjeong-eul eokjiro jamgwo close

How much love? How much joy?

How much love? How much joy?

위안을 주며 stay calm, alone

wianeul jumyeo stay calm, alone

그래 I don't care 전부 내

geurae I don't care jeonbu nae

운명의 선택 so we're here

unmyeong-ui seontaek so we're here

내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin'

nae apeul bwa the way is shinin'

Keep goin’ now

Keep goin’ now

(Ready set and begin)

(Ready set and begin)

그 길로 길로 길로

geu gillo gillo gillo

Wherever my way

Wherever my way

오직 ego, ego, ego

ojik ego, ego, ego

Just trust myself

Just trust myself

(2 Cool, 2 Cool 4 Skool)

(2 Cool, 2 Cool 4 Skool)

문득 스쳐 가는 J-Hope이 아닌 정호석의 삶

mundeuk seuchyeo ganeun J-Hopei anin jeonghoseogui sam

희망이란 없고 후회만 가득했겠지 'til I die

huimang-iran eopgo huhoeman gadeukaetgetji 'til I die

(2 Cool, 2 Cool 4 Skool)

(2 Cool, 2 Cool 4 Skool)

내 춤은 뜬구름을 잡을 뿐

nae chumeun tteun-gureumeul jabeul ppun

나의 꿈을 탓하고 살아 숨 쉬는 거에 의문을

naui kkumeul tatago sara sum swineun geoe uimuneul

Oh my God, God, God, God

Oh my God, God, God, God

Uh, time goes by

Uh, time goes by

칠년의 걱정이 드디어 입 밖으로

chillyeonui geokjeong-i deudieo ip bakkeuro

모두 해소되는 핍박

modu haesodoeneun pipbak

가장 믿던 그들의 답은 내 심장으로

gajang mitdeon geudeurui dabeun nae simjang-euro

하나뿐인 hope 하나뿐인 soul

hanappunin hope hanappunin soul

하나뿐인 smile 하나뿐인 너

hanappunin smile hanappunin neo

세상 그 진실에 확실해진 답

sesang geu jinsire hwaksilhaejin dap

변하지 않는 그 어떤 나 right

byeonhaji anneun geu eotteon na right

이젠 I don't care 전부 내

ijen I don't care jeonbu nae

운명의 선택 so we're here

unmyeong-ui seontaek so we're here

내 앞을 봐 the way is shinin'

nae apeul bwa the way is shinin'

Keep goin’ now

Keep goin’ now

(Ready set and begin)

(Ready set and begin)

그 길로 길로 길로

geu gillo gillo gillo

Wherever my way

Wherever my way

오직 Ego, Ego, Ego

ojik Ego, Ego, Ego

Just trust myself

Just trust myself

믿는 대로 가는 대로

minneun daero ganeun daero

(그 길로 길로 길로)

(geu gillo gillo gillo)

운명이 됐고 중심이 됐어

unmyeong-i dwaetgo jungsimi dwaesseo

(Wherever my way)

(Wherever my way)

힘든 대로 또 슬픈 대로

himdeun daero tto seulpeun daero

(오직 ego, ego, ego)

(ojik ego, ego, ego)

위로가 됐고 날 알게 해줬어

wiroga dwaetgo nal alge haejwosseo

(Just trust myself)

(Just trust myself)

Map of the Soul, map of the all (Map of the Soul)

Map of the Soul, map of the all (Map of the Soul)

That’s my Ego, that's my Ego (that's my Ego)

That’s my Ego, that's my Ego (that's my Ego)

Map of the Soul, map of the all (oh, Map of the Soul)

Map of the Soul, map of the all (oh, Map of the Soul)

That’s my Ego, that's my Ego

That’s my Ego, that's my Ego

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What is "Outro: Ego" by j-hope about?

A BTS outro that frames ambition as a daily practice, with Korean and English lyrics circling the same few truths. The song isn't about achieving a big ego. It's about the maintenance of one, the daily rehearsal of confidence when doubt is the default.

Who performs "Outro: Ego"?

j-hope performs "Outro: Ego", and this lyric page sits inside the j-hope catalog on LyroVerse.

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Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "J-Hope's 'Outro: Ego' and the steps forward", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

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Yes. The related section below points to Pandora's Box and STOP (세상에 나쁜 사람은 없다) with a short reason for opening each page next.

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