JM's first concept photos dropped, and what can you say? The man is 🔥🔥
Walking in the Smeraldo flowers garden.
Wearing this belt:
Same belt?
The minute I saw this photo it felt a little familiar.
And then it hit me.
JK's 2D shoot.
Now, I'm no photography expert, but it looks like the same kind of slow exposure technique is used for this photo.
And then we have this:
How far will you go for love
To the moon?
To tell the whole world that you want that one person you love, even if your love may be considered as wrong or ugly to some?
To enlist together, being the first idols EVER to do so?
I guess pretty far.
Yeah yeah, I know not everything is about Jikook. This is JM's album, JM's photo concept, JM's creation. And yes, not everything is about them as a couple. There is definitley plenty that isn't. But with saying that, we have seen, time and time again, referencing, coding and mirroring of one another. Not everything is about them as a couple, but yet, I do believe that some of it is.
And then we have this next photo.
Now really?
If you are sitting there and denying the second you saw the tie you didn't envision this:
then you are lying. Either out right or to yourself.
The tie, the crop top. Even the pose with the shoulder tilt and the lifting of the chin gaze looking down.
Reminds me of someone else that had some mirroring going on and was called a copycat and so much more and worse.
I can assure you that was one among many photos taken in that shoot, and yet, that was the photo chosen by JM.
Third photo.
Besides the fact that JM is beautiful, no need to even state the obvious, we get a few more details from this photo.
First we get the 13 on his cheek.
In the Face shoots he had the studs/thorns and scar under his eye, and now he's proudly wearing the number 13, a number that means so much to him that he has it permanently tattooed on his arm.
His nail art.
In the teaser clip we had the crescent (probably right hand) and now we get two parallel lines. An equal sign perhaps?
We also have a little bit more sharing going on.
I guess Jikook do love to share their outfits and accessories when it comes to these solo shoots specifically.
Another coincidence? I think we are way past the point of believing that it is.
We have shared belts.
Same pants.
Different parts of the same outfit.
Same singlet.
Same necklace.
We also got this message:
ARMY!
Who knew a baby chick could be so dangerous? One look at these concept photos and you might have a heart attack 🐥
10 years of this boy and he’s still finding new ways to be beautiful? 🤦♀️
🐣: Is that how you see me?!
💜: Exactly that, yes.
Hope you’re all pumped up for another new chapter in our lovely shared story!!
I find a few things curious with this one.
First of all, using the terms "boy" and "beautiful".
JM being an almost 30 yo man choosing the work boy is a little strange here, and knowing that every single thing he does is done with thought, just like the use of the non binary singer emoji for the 30 minute reminder or the tteokbokkibyjk.
And what about the use of the term beautiful, a term usually used as an expression of feminine good looks rather than masculine (not by me, btw, but by many).
Another curious thing I found was the dialogue, and more so, the question asked by JM: "Is that how you see me?!"
Question mark exclamation mark.
Is he asking us if we see him as a boy? Is it about age or gender? If we see him as beautiful? Is this about me overthinking? 🤣🤣
And then we have the clip:
So, JM in the dark, looking away from us.
Then the place lightens up and the camera goes into a close up of JM's face, and he's looking into the camera, or at us.
He's literally looking into my soul.
What to expect?
With JM I think we have gotten used to expecting the unexpected, in the very best way possible.