Transcendentalism In Come Back Home

1. BTS’s “Sea” reflects transcendentalist ideas because the sounds of nature and music combined in the song symbolizes how man can coexist in nature. The music incorporated into this song is man-made while nature is natural. The things mankind can do when it has immersed itself into nature and put the natural elements to use is beauty. During Suga’s rap, he talks about how his group came from a small company, so nobody thought they would succeed. Society tried to bring them down, which could have pushed them to conform to the successful groups who had already debuted, but they did not. BTS trusted their intuition and company. They continued to produce their own unique songs and remained hopeful to get to where they are now.
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2NE1’s “Come Back Home” emphasizes the transcendental concept of how technology has taken away mankind’s sense of reality. Due to technology, humans have begun isolating themselves from reality to live in a virtual world. Rather than engaging in a physical conversation, people are busy with their devices. The pain that technology alleviates comes back to the people who love them. Humans must fight against their addiction as it will get worse if it continues. A revolution must happen to save their loved ones and rescue them from the trap that society has contributed to the making of. Technology has taken a turn for the worst.
5. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” complements Walt Whitman’s message in “Song of Myself.” Humans are not born perfect, but instead of being ashamed of their flaws, they should love them because they were “born this way.” People should love themselves like Whitman believes “Welcome is every organ and attribute of me, and of any man hearty and clean…” Instead of becoming what society wants them to become, humans should be the queen that they were born as. They should not live in regret of something they cannot

One Republic’s “I Lived” supports the background of Transcendentalism; the song provides a reason why transcendentalists thought the way they did. Rather than conforming, obsessing over technology, living monotonous lives, and feeling insecure about themselves, individuals should live to their lives to the fullest because it only happens once. They should be themselves, focus on the physical reality, live with variety, and love themselves. People should pursue things with meaning, not insignificant things like standards and gossip. If the individual is close to being consumed by society, then he should escape into nature to find himself again, for he cannot afford to lose anymore time living a life that does not belong to