#The Name Chapter

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[tomorrowxtogether]

230306 [NOTICE] TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s 'Sugar Rush Ride' MV surpasses 100 Million views on Youtube. 

[onedreamseeker]

On TXT's The Star Seekers, The Butterfly, and the Horror of Transformation

TXT’s new album comes out on Friday the 13th of October, which is like PRIME horror concept release date. So I was thinking horror concept? How could they tie that in with their storyline’s current themes about growing up, change, and transformation. The fall back to earth from the neverland of childhood. And I thought about the butterflies. 

Butterflies are most often a symbol of spring. Rebirth. Metamorphosis, Transformation. After the Frost comes the thaw and with it, the caterpillars tucked in their cocoons emerge, glorious, as butterflies. 

In the last few music videos but most notably in the sugar rush ride mvs, Butterflies as a symbol have taken center stage. So I thought about the butterflies. And i thought about transformation. And i thought about horror. 

Can you imagine *being* the caterpillar, suddenly overcome with the urge to cocoon yourself away, and how it feels to undergo physical and chemical changes you couldn’t understand? Coming out the other side.. Different, changed, unfamiliar.

Like waking up one day with horns on your head.

The Unfamiliar is the basis of horror and So many of our cultural monsters are predicated by the idea of Transformation as horrific. Think of werewolves, vampires, zombies, etc. To change or be changed is deeply disturbing to us. 

The first thing we learn about TXT’s universe is a transformation. Yeonjun wakes up with horns on his head, and he feels as though he is a different person, a monster. Changed. 

And its a metaphor for growing up, for that sudden first growth spurt, puberty. And its kind of meant to be cute! In a “oh no! I have horns now! This is a metaphor for puberty!!” kind of way. But the way its portrayed, especially in Nap Of a Star is Horrific. He runs away, freaks out, Rips one of his horns from his skull. And its Bloody. 

This is how I think TXT’s new album will explore horror. Not necessarily through direct horror imagery (though i do hope there is some of that), but through the inherent horror of growing up, of change, of admitting that you are not who you once were. 

In Temptation, the boys realize that Magic Island is all a pretty lie, and now they are going to Freefall back to earth, to reality. And they will be Changed. They’ve finally acknowledged that they have to grow up, they can’t stay in the Chrysallis forever, and they are about to emerge. That is the horror I can’t wait for this new album to explore. 

[jjunifairy]

THEY LOOK SO GOOD IM SCREAMING

[laurenrayart]

"oh, how lovely to fly." ✨

[thedaytheworldburned]

'Chasing That Feeling' MV First Reactions

Guys, I'm reacting. The blog isn't dead. I'm just also going to the Wild Kpop Fest in Sydney, so had to get ready for that. It was fun and I enjoyed seeing all three groups, but especially New (ahem, bias altert, ahem).

But let's have a look.

First, this MV pretty obviously follows on from 'Good Boy Gone Bad,' 'Sugar Rush Ride' and so on. It also has what I interpret as some nice Magic Island references, but I may be completely wrong (as always). So let's get into it!

I feel like this ray of light depositing TXT on Earth is a pretty obvious representation of them being expelled from Magic Island. It shows how violently they have been expelled after abusing their power, and it conveys how they, like Gfriend and unlike BTS, were born on the island, as such, and thus are basically supernatural non-human beings.

Also, the rubble and water are reminiscent of 'GBGB' and the Japanese MV for 'Sugar Rush Ride' - instantly visually connecting this storyline to the heartbreak and insanity one which those MVs discussed.

And, of course, we have the continuation of the star and the number 5 - there are 5 tunnels leading out of this hole, 5 colours in the light, 5 lights they chase, 5 points on the star, and so on.

There's also a nice contrast with the idea of angels coming down from the sky, and TXT being dressed in black - reminiscent of when they went crazy and were decidedly not angellic, despite being supernatural.

This is also emphasised by the fact that they are styled with tattoos.

Also, as always, TXT's choreographies are great.

Don't ask me to colour analyse the colours of light each membr chases - it would take far more time and research than I have today to do that in depth, and is thus better suited for a proper MV analysis. The most I can say so far is - Kai is gold - since he is the 'angel', Gyu has been associated with green before, especially in the webtoon through plants, and Yeonjun gets the other side of the cat - blue and green, thus he gets green.

A lot of this MV is them further abusing their powers, since they clearly didn't learn their lesson. Also - note that there are a lot of cars featured in this MV - cars being something we have seen in Magic Island arcs before, and which is generally a symbol of transit - as TXT are continuing their journey.

Interestingly, only Gyu, Yeonjun, and Taehyun seem to actually attain their power in this MV - Kai and Soobin are just constantly chasing it. We know Kai is in an internal battle, so it makes sense why he chases. Soobin is also being held back by doubts and the glass box the cat put him in. Yeonjun, Taehyun, and Gyu are all very firm in their beliefs - whatever those might be, and whether they're good or evil - so they can grab that power and feeling since they know how.

Trains are back - another way to get to Magic Island. They also emphasise the sense of danger in this MV.

Also, are you wondering why no one - except for the people Yeonjun LITERALLY RAN INTO are reacting to them in this MV? I'll discuss that more later.

I also think this scene is the best visual representation of the longing and desire they feel in the MV - Soobin reaching forward for power, for love, for literally everything he could ever want, but forced ackwards by the momentum of the train and his own doubts.

Like, look at this face!

Also - note that the tattoos on his neck look a little like the branches/veins V had on his neck during 'ON' era - a coincidence? Idk, but it's interesting.

So here we see that Taehyun has his power, and, like the rest of them, he is wonderfully misusing it.

Same with Gyu - although in a far more dangerous way.

Yeonjun too.

I'm not entirely sure if this is supposed to be Kai having his power or just grabbing a lift to try and catch up to it - but since there's no golden light, I'll assume he doesn't have the power.

I don't think this has any point other than to show how he's cool, how he's using his power, and possibly associating him with Gyu considering the light is green.

Star time again!

They've unified - making them more powerful, as expected. But interestingly, in this explosion, I only really see the red and blue, and, by proxy, purple. Was there a reason for this? Soobin, Taehyun, Yeonjun - generally but not always portrayed as good - vs Gyu (who smothered Taehyun) and Kai (who has a demon inside him)? Maybe I'm completely wrong.

So the Dr Strange stuff going on here is interesting because it shows that their abuse of their powers is literally breaking the universe/breaking reality. It also made me think that they were moving between dimensions - you know, since it's the mirror dimension. Which brings me back to people ignoring them and the light falling from the sky - it's possible that they have been shoved into another dimension, either by their own volition or because of the harm they did to Magic Island. This is a nice use of visual shortcut and also offers a potential explanation for why they are suddenly in some random city in America or England - I thought it was London but my knowledge of these places is almost nonexistent so please forgive me for not knowing.

I also find it interesting that they suddenly snap back to reality.

And also an odd shot to end on. The only thing we would think we would get from this is seeing the boys leave, but we also see the cars, the people walking, and the buildings. I have no doubt there is hidden meaning or are hidden detailsl, but the only thing I can really point to is that it reminds me of 'My Fair Lady,' and that the steam rising up could be considered the damage left over from the world knitting itself back together after going all mirror-dimension.

So that's the end of the MV!

I love the choreography, as always, but that is best analysed in a different video. Interestingly, I think it does little (compared to their other choreos) to tell the story, and instead is just cool and portrays the mood of the song.

Let's talk about the lyrics for a moment.

We've of course got the mandatory mentions of the night and moonlight, and of the highs of being in a 'loving' relationship.

The 'thief that keeps on stealing' is interesting, because there's the obvious meaning of 'stealing my heart,' but also the implied meaning of stealing power etc.

Then of course, the idea of miracles. Lightning is also often associated with a dangerous form of love (See Romeo and Juliet for what is probably the oldest example of that). And the kalidescope and butterflies are of course related to the butterfly effect and the fracturing of the world through the mirror univserse/dimension.

And that's pretty much it. A nice simple set of lyrics for a short little song.

Conclusions

It follows on from the previous MVs and storyline. Although slightly different themes are explored in each MV, they seem to be very obsessed with the 'high' phase of the relationship, rather than, you know, the fallout and the healing from it. Maybe they're serially dating toxic people. Psychologically that would make sense. Storyline-wise? Not so much.

That said, they probably like keeping the romance for the title tracks since that sells well, and keeping the funky mind-bending curse stuff for award shows and bside MVs, since the fans love that, and it makes jaws drop in award show season. In fact, they released this basically just in time for award show season - was that for a reason? Or is that a conspiracy theory of mine?

As a matter of interest, this (generic title tracks and crazy bsides) is something that exists in the whole industry but ESPECIALLY in HYBE.

[lussekatt]

Just some flattering photos I took today

[mustangqueen16]

Hidden message from ‘The Name Chapter’

[kpopmartcom]

TXT - The Name Chapter: FREEFALL🖤📷 🤍

##TOMORROW_X_TOGETHER #TXT #TheNameChapter #FREEFALL

[sakee21]

Art Stuff: Yeonjun (TXT) - Sugar Rush Ride MV Ver

Sugar rush rushaaa 😈😈😈

[tomorrowxtogether]

[ghosted-jazz]

I don't think Jackie would understand My Chemical Romance but Matthew and Kevin would try

(continuation of this post)

[jjunifairy]

AN ANGEL FR

[chloesimaginationthings]

Nightmare critters REAL introduction in poppy playtime

[thedaytheworldburned]

Bruv no way it's been almost 7 months since The Name Chapter: Temptation!!!! :o

Time flies man. I guess when the comeback is stellar and there are other stellar comebacks after it you don't notice the time passing, lol. I've been way too occupied with Boy's Planet.

But on the bright side, this hopefully means that we'll be getting another comeback soon - which means hopefully another great concept and more great storyline imagery!

[creepycr4wly]

Could you Draw the Doey's three consciences?

You're in luck cause these were in my queue