To me there’s 3 interpretations of this song.

1) on surface level, like you said, is pretty straight forward. They’re talking about a toxic romantic relationship with someone else

2) this is fake love towards yourself. Changing yourself to fit the standards of other people to the point you don’t even know who you are anymore

3) in their book, BTS said during this time they were going through a burn out. They were so exhausted, but they still put on a smile and continued to go on stage pretending everything was ok. And the fandom kept growing and so many people were saying how much they love BTS. But if BTS was struggling but didn’t show this side to the fans, do the fans actually love them? Or the personna of them?!?!

Bts lyrics can go really deep. It takes some getting used to. But once you realize how deep it goes, it’s like you’ve unlocked a part of your brain.

Rap line: UGH / Vocal line: The untold truth, house of cards …

Can't wait for you to react to Suga's rap in solo projects! I forgot your names, but the brother on the right particularly will surely enjoy the Daeschwita, Haegum, and Amygdala trilogy by Suga. It should be experienced in order, because it's a whole vibe and tells Suga's life story. Not only his, but the lives of all K-Pop 'idols' to an extent. Actually BTS is a genre of its own in many ways. Saying 'Pop' doesn't really summarize the depth and breadth of it. So many layers.

It's surprising you were able to connect details of their choreography to the song with just those short snippets.  Fake Love choreo is so good - it does have the doll choreo as well as "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" motifs which is also expressed in that art piece behind them

BTS 'ON' MV

You two are my absolute favorite new BTS reactors!!!

Snickers, fire and water are linked to the different characters in their fictional storyline called BU or Bangtan Universe, running through their songs since 2015 and their album series "The Most Beautiful Moments in Life" (or HYYH - Hwa-yang-yeonhwa)

One thing BTS does with their music is they mostly produce songs and albums based on their own life experiences and what they are dealing with at the time. If you go back and check their discography you will see their albums all reflect various growing pains and how they dealt with it. That’s why their songs come across as so genuine and relatable to many people as some might be going through the similar things or they went through the same experiences. True and one of a kind artists 💜

I often say that the BTS members are reliably genuine and good people. That is why ARMY is so large.

The chreo covering mouth, eyes & ears is same as the back statute meaning See no evil, Hear no evil & Speak no evil.  They all had traumas from their past in the BU and water fall, fire, chocolate bars....  are from the storyline.  The song is not only about the relationship between man & woman but also between you & parents, you & friends and you & yourself... and telling us to be true to youself.

The candy bar scene with J Hope is actually sad in reality.  It relates to the BU where J Hope's "mother" abandoned him at the fairground after telling him to close his eyes and giving him a candy bar.

17:05 you completely understood the concept and what they were trying to portray, 'fake love' is part of their love yourself album trilogy. The first album is 'love yourself: her' and the songs are about this "perfect love" and how great it feels at first, then in the second album 'love yourself: tear' they realize they are losing themselves and the illusion of " perfect love" is slowly fading, then in the final album 'love yourself: answer' you realize that you can love no one if you don't love yourself first 💜

The hand motions are: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. This is something that we say when you have to seal something inside yourself.

I smell a baby ARMY in the future 💜

Right in the beginning Jin was trying his best to protect that flower (pretty sure that symbolizes his love) but when all hell break lose.  His love become worthless like sand/dust.  JK later pickup those sand but still sees something beautiful in those sand(like flower petals).

Daechwita-Haegeum-Amygdala😆💜💜🙏

Thank you very much! I love your reaction. Can you react to "A guide to BTS members: The Bangtan 7" ?

The pause in the music in the middle and the scenes with water, fire, etc have to do with the Bangtan Universe storyline that runs through many BTS videos starting with I Need U.

Yes the choreo is linked to the line, the point of this song is the ‘puppet’ choreography.
That and the ‘see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil’ thing. You should watch Fake love live performances preferably from Mama 2018 in Japan.
Also this MV is part of their BU (BTS Universe) storyline. So it might not make sense to you.
Fun fact: most of the effects in the MV are real. This was made with minimal CG.

You are on track with the choreography looking like dolls. There are a couple videos where hope and jimin talk about the moves. They are marionettes and when they fall it’s their strings getting cut.