lol 3/4 of the hyung line just talked called out sajaegi in music shows or v-live. OH the SHEER IRONY
Seriously though you said "no more irony" in idol, you fellas and your big head honchos playin'!
Also, lucky me! I get to be the first one to do a post about their spanking brand-new release- black swan.
I mean like I said I'm no L like some of y'all, but I'll try.
(edit: Taepeach just beat me to it TT)
The video begins with a quote by Martha Graham, known to be a 'pioneer of modern dance'
of course, of all things the quote of choice just HAD to be about death lol.
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So who is this beloved "Martha Graham"?
she had a prolific career but a couple of the dances she was involved in sound... just a wee bit sus...
Like 'Baal Shem' , 'A pagan poem','Incantation','Ekstasis', her final work of choreography being 'Diversion of Angels'.
Article. Article. Martha Graham, a pioneer in the establishment of American modern dance, was one of the principal choreographers of the twentieth century. Her work, which spanned more than seven decades, resulted in the development of a movement technique and a body of 180 choreographic...
www.loc.gov
Ok. not as dodgy as Nietzche, who they also quoted in their previous work but still somebody who may be involved in some sort of mysticism. Someone who is good at searching up data should see if she has ties to a dynasty like the Rothschild's.
Alright. Now that's out of the way, time for the ACTUAL VIDEO.
and lyrics... I don't know jack about dance so I might disappoint you.
So they're in an abandoned shopping mall. In fact, it's not even them.
It's a choreography team dancing to their music.
Does this imply that they will be replaced?
Notice they always film their dark concepts in abandoned places.
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Ahhh the old cube for that Saturn kick to it.
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Gotta get that AS ABOVE SO BELOW symbolism in there huh?
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"Power Hungry"? (graffitied on the esculator) I'm so surprised
Maybe the thing with two eyes and horns is a baphomet.
And yep, of course they have thir 3 pointed crown in there.
I'm starting to wonder if 3 points have significance in a crown.
I suppose 3 is a significant number to the occult.
Ok I sucked at that, but that's ok. Someone else here surely is learned in dance and dance interpretation.
Let's have a look at the title and lyrics.
Black Swan
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tldr; It's about something unexpected because it is so rare.
ok. not very helpful, but what about Natalie Portman's highly esteemed film of the same title?
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Somebody actually started a thread about this film, but it didn't go very far.
I've never seen this film but going off of what was said in the thread,
it followed the story of a young girl controlled by her handler... I mean mother! She learns ballet and is sexually abused by the ballet teacher who didn't just teach him ballet, but masturbation. She also has an envy, yet lesbian fantasy about her competitor and a fractured personality (duality and alters)
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Not to mention the 'Lolita' handbag the actress wore to the premiere,
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and the poster resembling female genitals... Sneaky one there.
Of course
there were typical
symbolisms such as butterflies and eyes all over. And apparently a statue of satan as well.
Mind you, I haven't seen this movie, I'm simply summarising what was said in the other thread.
Here's somebody's theory on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/77r97k
(edit II: Swan Song)
There's also such a thing known as a 'swan song'
en.wikipedia.org
It refers to the song sung before the swan's death.
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Alrighty, time to move on to the lyrics~!
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
What's my thang
What's my thang tell me now
Tell me now
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Wow! bTs HaVe SuCh DeeP LyRicS! uWU ~every army ever seriously
we're off to a great start.
Ayy
The heart no longer races
When hearing the music play
Tryna pull up
Seems like time has stopped
Oh that would be my first death
I been always afraid of
If this can no longer resonate
No longer make my heart vibrate
Then like this may be how I die my first death
But what if that moment's right now
Right now
Remember what I posted yesterday about a first and second blood.
It's beginning to make more sense now.
Perhaps this is about all of them getting sacrificed to be replaced or cash in.
It's unlikely but not entirely improbable. If you think about it, the essence of this song is about their fear of fading away, not being a useful asset to their company anymore, and consequently- getting axed.
Heartbeat pulsing slow in my ears bump bump bump
Try to flee but back into the maw jump jump jump
No song affects me anymore
Crying out a silent cry
Ocean with all light silenced shut yeah yeah yeah
My wandering feet held in a rut yeah yeah yeah
Every noise and sound's been cut yeah yeah yeah
Killin' me now
Killin' me now
Do you hear me yeah
Light being SILENCED?
Is this another dimension?
I supposed thunder is the sound caused by lightning and lightning is symbolic of s4tan
Stan doesn't gain from them anymore so he's killing them???
Killin' me now reminded me of 'kill me softly' from'blood sweat and tears'or 'badbye' from namrod's mixtape mono.
They're obsessed with getting killed and their time is shorter now so it's killing me NOW
Look that verse confused me a lot I'm terribly sorry.
Sinking slowly like in a trance nah nah nah
Struggle but it's all ocean floor nah nah
Every moment becomes eternity yeah yeah yeah
Film it now
Film it now
Do you hear me yeah
So I guess they want to squeeze as much out of them with the little time they have left before they sink to their... eternity.
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
What's my thang
What's my thang tell me now
Tell me now
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Nice to see these deep meaningful lyrics again.
Deeper
Yeah I think I'm goin' deeper
I keep losing focus
No, just let go of me
Let my own feet carry me
I'll go in myself
In the deepest depths
I saw myself
Slowly, I open my eyes
I'm in my workroom, it's my studio
Wild waves
Even if you pass me by
I'll never get dragged away again
Inside
I saw myself, myself
Heartbeat racing in my ears bump bump bump
Eyes wide open into my forest jump jump jump
Nothing can devour me
I shout out with ferocity
Ocean with all light silenced shut yeah yeah yeah
My wandering feet held in a rut yeah yeah yeah
Every noise and sound's been cut yeah yeah yeah
Killin' me now
Killin' me now
Do you hear me yeah
Sinking slowly like in a trance nah nah nah
Struggle but it's all ocean floor nah nah
Every moment becomes eternity yeah yeah yeah
Film it now
Film it now
Do you hear me yeah
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
Do your thang
Do your thang with me now
What's my thang
What's my thang tell me now
Tell me now
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Summary: sorry this was a pretty rubbish analysis, but I think all in all, they know their time is up real soon and this is their lament.
It's about being replaced, pride comes before a fall sort of thing.
I hope it's not true and this whole sacrifice thing is baloney, but if it's not...we'll know then.
I liked the instrumental with the strings to be honest but the auto tune ruined it for me.
ps: just for fun I looked up 'thang' in gematria and found it to share the same values as 'Theban'
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"Do your Theban with me now"