Analysis of self-healing reception to the song Beautiful by NCT

Abstract

Social media is an online forum for interaction, collaboration, and self-expression. Social institutions, systems, values, behavior, and attitudes change as social relations change. All levels of society feel this change, especially teens in transition. This transition makes teens want to find and try something new to discover themselves. Indonesian sociologists estimate that 4.2% of students have considered suicide. Academics, bullying, family, and economic issues also cause teen depression and suicidal thoughts. Recently, many people have discussed mental health. The self-healing method heals wounds. Music is an easy self-healing method. This therapy achieves relief from anxiety and stress. This research uses qualitative analysis with Stuart Hall's reception analysis method, which divides the encoding-decoding process into three positions to determine listeners' reception of Beautiful—hegemonic readers who accept the song's content without resistance. Negotiated Position or negotiation audience may accept the dominant ideology but sometimes resist. Listeners who reject the message are called opposition readers.