Pence is no stranger to these kinds of politics. According to Vox, in 2007, Other detainees who had experienced solitary had similar descriptions. that she came up with the idea for this story of "hope and revolution" after organizing marches against family separation. "I was feeling a mixture of empowerment and fear," Mendoza says. "I was inspired by the hundreds of thousands of people that took the streets to stop family separation. But I was also afraid of what could happen to undocumented immigrants if this administration was re-elected. I allowed myself to imagine the worst possible future for our country. I then asked myself how do we stop this from happening? My answer was clear: young people." Taehyung’s new solo is clearly resonating on a large scale, too. Just hours after its release, the song is sitting atop the global charts (it currently holds the number one spot on bothSouth Korea’s Melonand both theU.K.andU.S. iTunes), which is no small feat.