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NORMAL (Clean Ver.)

Release date: 20th March 2026

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About This Track

'NORMAL (Clean Ver.)' by BTS is a 2026 track whose chorus weighs up chemically induced highs and the surreal bargain of fantasy, fame and desire. The lyrics pivot between self-protective defiance, with the insistence to “make me bulletproof”, and a restlessness that wants to run away, out of sight, because it cannot quite name what it wants. Across the vocal chorus, a call-and-response feel turns personal craving into a collective statement, pressing the question of whether the narrator can simply call it normal, and carry on.

"NORMAL (Clean Ver.)" is a track by BTS, released 20th March 2026. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about BTS.

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NORMAL (Clean Ver.)

[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jimin, Jin, V]

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Woo-woo)

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Aa-ooh)

[Verse 1: Jimin]

Heavy is the head when you chasin' true

Will you color me red? Will you color me blue?

Two sides of a coin, and they both ain't true

Is it different for me? Is it different for you?

[Pre-Chorus: : V, Jung Kook]

Got me feelin' things unusual

And I live 'em all

Got me and my feelings up on this wall

And my knees-ees

[Chorus: V, Jung Kook, Jin, Jimin]

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Woo-woo)

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Aa-ooh)

[Verse 2: j-hope, SUGA, RM]

How I'm 'posed to feel?

Used to think that I was built with a heart made of steel

Now I understand the truth, some pain don't heal

If everything's just happy, that ain't real (That ain't real)

I breathe everything out like a thousand times

Normal and special, they are just some lines

One deep sigh, then it slips away, fades away

What I try to keep never want to stay

Runaway, pushin' me, pullin' me, said you wanted all of me

But what is even all of me?

Suddenly, part of me is hauntin' me, heard the things they callin' me

What the hell you want from me? (Want from me)

[Pre-Chorus: V, Jung Kook]

Got me feelin' things unusual

And I live 'em all

Got me and my feelings up on this wall

And my knees-ees

[Chorus: Jimin, V, Jin, Jung Kook]

Kerosene, dopamine, chemical induced

Fantasy and fame, yeah, the things we choose

Show me hate, show me love, make me bulletproof

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Woo-woo)

Run away, out of sight, don't know what I want

Wish I had a minute just to turn me off

Kerosene, dopamine, what I gotta do?

Yeah, we call this thing normal (Aa-ooh)

[Outro: Jin]

No, we, no, we, no, we call this thing normal

No, we, no, we, no, we call this thing normal, yeah

No, we, no, we, no, we call this thing normal

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Derrick Milano, j-hope, Kirsten Spencer, Livvi Franc, Pdogg, RM, Ryan Tedder, Sean Cook, Sean Foreman, SUGA (슈가)
    Producer
    Ryan Tedder, Sean Cook
    Vocals
    j-hope, Jimin (지민), Jin (진), Jung Kook (정국), RM, SUGA (슈가), V (뷔)
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