#enhypen theories

[enharunes]

❣❤XO MV THEORY FINDS ❤❣

1. The 6 bats could be Enhypen watching Jake. My guess is either Jake or Jay were the last to wake up.

2. There’s a ghost(?) standing in front of the car headlights.

3. There are 2 MAIN settings: the Dream/ illusion & reality(?). Ni-ki, Sunoo, & Sunghoon are fully aware. Sunghoon and Heeseung are the 1st ones out and are waiting for the rest.

— Could be that Heeseung's telepathy allows him to get in contact with the members so he can already be waiting for them when they "wake up". Take notice of how calm and unsurprised Heeseung is when Jay opens his eyes.

4. Sunoo is perfectly fine with staying in the dream. He ignores every warning to get out and acknowledges when one of the members use their powers.

- Sometimes he uses it to his own benefit like how happy he got when time got reversed and Sunoo was given "more" time with Chloe.

- Jay, Jake, and Jungwon are in deep. They see the signs that they need to wake up, but don't look too deep into it. The weirdness of the situation isn't reaching them

Ni-ki and (sometimes) Sunghoon create "disruptions" like:

- Inconsistent time of day (More noticeble during Sunoo's school scenes), inconsistent passing of time in the dream / illusion (Quick scenes, but when Sunghoon senses that Jay has arrived back in "reality" he goes from slumping in the chair to sitting up like he's been waiting a while for something to happen), and inconsistent weather (One moment it's raining in Jungwon's scenes, the next it's snowing)

- Sunghoon reversing time (Catches both Jungwon's & Sunoo's attention)

- Random person bumping into Sunoo & Heeseung (Sunoo is aware of Ni-ki trying to wake him up, and Heeseung winces in pain but still ignores the wakeup call)

- Fireworks outside the school classroom (Sunoo is watching). So far the only disruption I can 100% link Sunghoon to is the time reversal. The fireworks could be his doing as well.

- Making the store lights flicker, and turning the flowers in the fridge into candles (Jay looks at the light & is surprised by the candles)

- The hallway lights turning on one-by-one and the random person walking by (catches Jake's attention)

These are just somethings I found. Hopefully we can see more cool theories from fellow engenes for this era ❣🫂

[igiveyoumyblood]

Brought the Heat Back

Okay, so, on the bright side;

Vampire concept back, and I mean REALLY back. Thanks HYBE for constantly forgetting about your groups' concepts...

Very vampire

Tons of vampire

Vampire

Fun vampire concept (horror comedy, kind of cringe, kind of 90s New York)

On the downside;

Doesn't seem at all related to their previous concept

No werewolves other than like one howl

No storyline :(

This should have been the title track - better song, better concept, related to their original concept, better MV.

TL;DW - Fun song, fun vampires. I'm quite sad that it doesn't seem to have much of their old story (although you can still draw connections between it and Bite Me, so it is vaguely related). If ENHYPEN kept doing this - somewhat story-less vampire shenanigans, I would be disappointed, but okay with it. As long as the vampire stays in ENHYPEN I will be happy.

But I am genuinely so upset at how HYBE (and many other companies) just seem to drop the groups' concepts in favour of sexiness, Tiktok appeal etc - it's happened with;

TXT

ENHYPEN

BTS

Kep1er

JUST B

and more

And has kind of happened to;

Dreamcatcher

ATEEZ

ZB1

&TEAM, etc

Sad times. I know that kpop will always be about profit over artistry, but I think that groups have shown time and time again that you can have both and can be both - a prime example is BTS, where a good chunk of their popularity and thus profit came out of their storyline... so what did HYBE do? Get rid of it, duh!

[paulamaegarcia]

about Enhypen’s album comeback

-it’s not a theory but I just noticed the clear cover of border: day one dusk version

1. Two Worlds- B:DO i think this relates to their I-land days having two worlds (I-land/Ground) or them having two worlds where they begin to face their new world as an Idol.

you can also check their

intro: Walk The Line “even if the world that unfolds is not what we are given”

outro: Cross The Line “with our last step we danced across this line into a new world”

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2. Crossroad- B: C to be in a crossroad is a point in life where you have to make a decision, and you can see they literally crossing/running in Fever MV

check

outro: Wormhole “multiple dimensions wait for us, there might be a world where day and night coexist.” crossing/going into that world

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3. Doubt- D:D & D:A, Dilemma means a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made, so they are uncertain or in doubt, and it was answered with either YET or NO.

you can also check

interlude: question “so what is it i want? is this correct? what should i do? what choice do i make?”

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4. Rain- M:D1 metaphor of rain means growth

ParadoXXX Invasion the line after “we back haha got me like yeah” is “when will you grow up uh uh uh uh?”

Future Perfect (Pass the MIC) Heeseung’s line in Verse 1 “I won't be a fool no more, I realize it now” that’s growth

Shout out, the song itself encourages self-expression to live life to the fullest.

outro: Foreshadow “foreshadow ahead of me, tomorrow I realized ahead of time I am no longer afraid even when the world test me” this is growth! There’s also “ushering in the approaching rainstorm and typhoon” literal RAIN word.

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5. Moon- DARK BLOOD, if you noticed the album versions are New, Half and Full and those are phase of the moon.

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6. Waken- we will found out soon, or maybe i’m just delusional that each clear cover is really connected with every album comeback.

thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[enharunes]

I honestly feel sorry for enhypen in the XO music video. They are still struggling to come to terms with Chloe's death, so here they are living out a dream that will never be anything more than that.

And in the midst of it, they are forced to wake up and face the cold, bitter reality that their muse and reason for their growth is now resigned to being a midsummer night dream.

The scene where Jay is lying on the mattress with Heeseung looking over him has a somber feeling to it. He doesn’t want it to end, he doesn't want to be forced to face their new reality. And so, sweet venom happens.

[igiveyoumyblood]

Sacrifice MV First Reactions

Lmao why didn’t I get my notification that this came out? Booo, YouTube.

Anyway, I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing that ENHYPEN’s bside MVs are so full of rich imagery that may or may not be related to the storyline. It honestly makes me a bit scared of them. At least they aren’t 20 minutes long like TXT’s bside MVs.

But that’s all okay, because this is a wonderful MV. It’s beautiful and it’s clearly both a HYBE and ENHYPEN MV. Also, most of the analysis in it seems very obvious - I feel like I’ve missed something, but at the same time it doesn’t quite seem like they’re being subtle. 

However, this one also has a sad lack of werewolves....

Anyway, full analysis below the line.

Lyrics

The song is very much the glorified and brooding pain of being a vampire - the thirst and starvation, suffocation, darkness, pain, etc. Very edgy. But in this case it’s okay, rather than cringe (I mean, it’s a little cringe), since it’s about vampires and the Gothic and stuff.

Speaking of - it is very Gothic. Although I did completely lose suspension of disbelief when they used the word ‘bae.’ Very weird.

The lyrics are generally reminiscent of codependent and toxic relationships - which is a topic that HYBE handle very well through lyrics, but which was done far better for TXT’s storyline than ENHYPEN’s - since, you know, TXT actually had a buildup to it. 

This in no way diminishes the representation given to ENHYPEN - it’s just that ENHYPEN’s is good and TXT’s is 110000/10. 

Anyway, I like vampires, so I like this.

MV

NGL this shot just confuses me - since they’re not supposed to have reflections. They literally didn’t have reflections in Bite Me - although that may have been less about reflections and more about teleporting. 

Okay, I will accept this, since I’m relatively certain they have had reflections before. Perhaps it is a remnant of either their human past.

I do like the desert setting and I do like how it has the combination of red sand, clear water, and plants. Big on the subversion of expectations. 

Dying is a theme of the song, album, and concept, but I find it kind of funny how many times people fall over or cringe in pain in this MV.

The first time I saw these black things I thought they were fish. But it turns out that they’re crystals/feathers covered in blood or ink/blackened hearts. I love any and all of these options.

Mmmmm  yess the lighting. And the circular room which reminds us of previous songs/MVs and especially ‘Bite Me’- but here it is a cage.

Bruv y u sideways?

Also, looks like the set Jungwon and Sunghoon were in in Bite Me - funny, since now it has a reflective table surface rather than a chessboard, and since Jake wasn’t in that scene. 

Sorry, this one just reminds me of Jungkook in Blood Sweat and Tears. Admittedly, it does also remind me of Heeseung in Blessed-Cursed when he was stuck in that space full of dust. 

Anyway, loving the lighting and the colour in the shot. The fabric and cool tones make it almost seem like it’s underwater - it creates both a sense of magic and abandonment. Very creepy, very Gothic, loving it. No clue what it’s meaning though, other than the obvious references to prison/entrapment, death, sacrifice, and possibly desire (from the link to Blood Sweat and Tears).

Love these shots of Jay struggling - it relates to the lyrics and the theme. And throughout the MV more of the scene and context are revealed which creates a lot of meaning - very fun.

Obvious heaven, paradise, and angel/vampire duality references. I find it interesting, however, that Sunoo is the one they chose to portray as angellic/a fallen angel. He’s the only one who was portrayed in this way so consistently, which is just interesting. Niki and Jake had wing moments, but only once each. 

Angel wings and red (either blood, or the fruit of knowledge (desire)).

I love the dragging choreo but it’s only convincing me more and more that HYBE recycled TXT things for this ENHYPEN comeback... 

Yas you get those wings Sunoo. Use them to murder the werewolves.

I like how the feathers falling is so fast - it gets the idea of pain and loss across, since it is coloured red and black, and since it is fast, thus violent, and then leads into another shot of Jay suffering. 

It was a really interesting choice to put Jay upside down here - also an interesting choice to have the particles going upwards. Anyway, we’ll discuss this more later.

Heart crystal? That’s very weird, my dude.

But I do love the duality of Jay both up above and in cool, bright colours, vs below in dark warm colours. It makes us think that perhaps there are two of him on different sides of some line/battle. Idk if they did this on purpose, but knowing HYBE and filmmakers in general, they most likely did. 

I also like how the heart thing that blue Jay holds could be considered the rotten soul of red Jay. 

And this is the payoff for the previous Jay context clues! And for our intelligence as an audience. I love this shot because it is the one that gives context to everything we have seen so far. Here is Jay’s ideal self - bathed in light, at the gates to heaven, and fascinated by the dark soul of his damned self. And here we have the other Jay - probably the real/current one - a vampire, and in desperate need of saving. He’s in immense pain and struggles to reach his goals, but the light of heaven pushes his soul back down. 

Also, fyi that the trees and set in general remind me of BTS and TXT’s storylines - is this the moment they decide to connect ENHYPEN to it too? Or are they just reusing their ideas and resources.

These plants in HYBE storylines are usually a representation of Magic Island, or of a dream state. So do with that what you will. 

Dang dude, why’d you take it off?

Reminds me of Jungkook 2.0. 

Also is that holy water?

Ew it’s alive!

Also looks like it might be corrupting them, as opposed to being the corrupted part of them? The difference between those two is... very blurry. 

That’s right, you purge it from your life. 

Alright Heeseung, I guess you chuck it then. 

Lighttttttttiiiiiiiiiiing.

Bruv what is that? An egg? Your angelic soul?

VAMPIRE NECK.

VAMPIRE BANQUETS.

And of course similarities to Bite Me.

They legit probably filmed these on the same day. 

Why is Niki so edgy this comeback? Niki I challenge you to a fencing bout.

10/10 shot, the tilt is a great way to make us scared.

Vampires, shadows, consumption, blood drinking, entrapment - 10/10.

It was at this point that I realised I was only about halfway through the MV. Whoops... Well, at least this comeback has been much more interesting than Pass The Mic.

11/10 choreo in general and especially this part - I love the motif of being controlled. 

More falling. Rip Jungwon. 

Yes you reach for that light of heaven.

Also love how the cage is kind of made up of windows and doors - they are meant to be traveled through and seen through, but we can’t travel through them or see through them. 

If I was Heeseung i would have felt so cool shooting this. 

Epic set, epic lighting, epic outfit which kind of looks like wings from above but off enough to make is know that they are something very different.

Okay I have been proven well and truly wrong about the reflections. 

Anyway, looks like he’s having a midlife vampire crisis. And how do things just keep appearing in this sell? Is that another vampire thing?

Here you can clearly see the grimey glass of the window, which is a TEN OUT OF TEN lighting prop, especially with the fog. I used it in my short film and it is so fun to work with. 

2 questions - why is it rippling, and why is Sunghoon here? Is he like Heeseung’s alter ego? Will the glass merge or do something funky like in the Matrix?

CHOREOGRAPHY.

There is something incredibly creepy about sweet Sunoo caressing his broken wing with blackened and corrupted feathers around him. And that is 100% how the Director and staff intended it. This is my kind of horror. 

Somehow I don’t think Sunoo’s heart looks like this but okay.

Wonderfully religious. Reminds me of Death Note’s opening for some reason. 

CHOREOGRAPHYYYYYYYY. I know I have criticised them using a lot of TXT stuff in this comeback, but if I was a member of either of those groups I would be so hyped to get choreographies because all of their choreos have been 10/10 epic ones. 

It’s reminiscent of the sets from ‘Bite Me’and also looks like an upside down pyramid - are they in the Illuminati?

Idk if touching the water is a good idea, my guy.

A weirdly demure scene in the midst of this horror. 

LIGHTING. PUPPET. IT’S LITERALLY FAKE LOVE.

But bruv why is it Niki? Are they all in this cage?

Ink blood is my favourite horror/supernatural thing. Not really, but it’s up there. 

Can we get a rip Niki.

Also interesting that he has this wing below him - when so far Sunoo is the only one with the wings. Maknae things? (ahem, Kai, ahem).

And Jake gives up his wings to... worship the corrupted heart? Whatever works for you, man. 

YESSSSSSSS THIS IS THE VAMPIRE STUFF I SIGNED UP FOR. BRING BACK GIVEN-TAKEN.

Well good on them for solving whatever problems they had.

Or this second picture could be a flashback...

Or maybe I’m too obsessed with the non-linear....

Mirroring them looking at the girl in Drunk-Dazed - a juxtaposition of heaven and hell?

Conclusions

This is the vampire content I signed up for. Bite Me has grown on me massively, but this is still 10/10 a better MV and choreo. I love the female backup dancers, but I’d love them more if they were doing this choreo. 

Now I’ve made myself sound like a Bite Me hater. I swear I ain’t. I’m a people-who-sexualise-Niki hater. 

Stan the backup dancers, people. Stan the vampires and their wings. 

I don’t have anything else to say - my brain short circuited because I loved it so much and it made my creepy-vampire lover brain go feral. 

[enhastolemyheart]

nobody asked but my fav visuals of the XO mv (other than our boys ofc)

(this is just so romantic ahhh)

(ofc i cant forget this niki ddbhdsj)

in conclusion, i love the whole music video.

[igiveyoumyblood]

‘Bite Me’ First Reactions

Whoops almost posted this on the ATEEZ blog. And got distracted by Scoups in the process... Sorry not sorry. 

Well, it’s been like 10 months since our last comeback. And was the wait worth it? Of course not. But was the comeback good? Um....

I mean, I guess it’ll grow on me. The song, for sure. The MV I guess. The choreo maybe. The lyrics, not so much. 

I ended up having a decent bit to say about this before I even got into the MV analysis so everything is below the line.

First, some good points for us;

Vampires are back!!!!

Chess

Very Gothic

Some very pretty shots in the MV - wonderful use of lighting, set and composition

Some ENHYPEN themes in the lyrics like fate, the body on the cellular level

Codependency????

Some bad points for us;

Some trashy romance lyrics in the song

Codependency is an interesting theme to explore but I don’t think it’s been done as well as TXT

HYBE reusing TXT’s storyline?

Choreo that makes it easy to sexualise STILL A MINOR Niki

No werewolves

Song’s a bit meh imo

Not enough blood for an ENHYPEN title track

Actually just a lack of blood in general. I am unimpressed

Which idiot put Jay in a black shirt and a sparkly vest because that is a disgusting combination and the stylists should know by now that vests are very unflattering on him

Bad screenshot but omg that looks bad. Niki looks like he’s picking his nose and Jungwon is slaying, tho. 

Is it supposed to be a homage to a fencing lame? A very vampiric sport? But then again, ENHYPEN are football players, not fencing... Or maybe it’s a homage to the trashy vests he wore in Pass The Mic? Because it doesn’t look like either of those options.

I love the outfits in this scene, but Jay’s is a -1100/10 for me. Poor guy doesn’t deserve this.

Moving on, we have the lyrics. As I pointed out before, they do bring back some concepts related to ENHYPEN, like fate, dreams, connections etc. But they’re also very reminiscent of a trashy romance song. Which could be for any combination of three reasons;

1) Getting the people who are attracted to these boys swooning

2) To be in line with the vampire genre/archetype, which is heavily tied to romance, BDSM etc - see lines like ‘tie me up’ and all of that.

3) To critique the above by pointing out a toxic and codependent relationship - see the whole ‘save me,’ ‘searching for you,’ ‘worships you’ bit.

I imagine it’s some combination of the three. In which case, I am sick and tired of #1, it is an uninteresting version of #2, and #3 has been done better by HYBE through TXT. So either way, HYBE wins (I guess) and ENHYPEN loses. 

All that complaining aside, the lyrics aren’t that bad. They reintroduce us to the storyline, which I love. They have a lot of references, which I also love. And they can be analysed in many ways - literally see the above. Which is a great part of art, I think. The ambiguity may be annoying, but it’s also fascinating. I don’t have much to say about them that I haven’t already said, though. The most important lyrics are the ones I’ve already pointed out.

So with that in mind, let’s move on to a gloriously Gothic MV.

Loving the tower - it has a great combination of light and dark, which is heavily tied to grey morality (cough, vampires, cough). It also looks like it’s abandoned and decaying (cough, vampires), like the tower of a castle (vampires), and like a prison (say it with me - mysterious lords of faraway castles who turn out to be VAMPIRES). And - catacombs (can you guess what goes in these brackets?).

I also like how the bases of the windows can look a bit like chains at first, and how there is a dark spot at the top - where bats (ahem, vampires) or other evil may lurk. 

Low angle = powerlessness, which is what they talk about in the lyrics. 

Also love how it reminds me of the tower from Given-Taken (best song), the grungey concrete aesthetic of Pass The Mic (visual connection to the previous comeback), and Guerrilla by ATEEZ (Gothic boys being Gothic). 

Honestly a masterful shot and they were so lucky to get this as s hooting location. Since I’m pretty sure it’s real, not CGI. 

You can’t see from the still, but the moving/flickering clouds and lights outside the tower also show, duh, passing time - time being a key element of both ENHYPEN and vampire stories.

Bruv it’s only the first shot and I wrote 200+ words. This is when you know that maybe being a media student was taking your love for media a step too far. 

I like how this shot mirrors the formation of the previous shot. I also like how they all turn away from the light. And how it makes the audience feel incredibly powerless. 

The set here is lovely, but the light temperature bothers me - it looks too artificial and makes it look like we woke up in a lab not an epic vampire castle.

But wake up we did. And we woke up in the midst of vanpires.

Now they look towards the light, but the light is the moon during the day - an unusual thing, and which probably means werewolves. 

WEREWOOOOOOOOOLLLLVES. 

And this is about as close to an &TEAM cameo as we’ll get, I guess >:(

Thus the ‘Dark Moon’ logo sequence with the eclipse. 

I have no clue where this is supposed to be, and ENHYPEN are living up to their vampire superpowers, because they seem to be teleporting with every comeback. But it looks nice and very Gothic. I like how, from this distance, the mountain can look a bit like a monster with a smaller skull and rib bones on it’s back. 

Maybe I watch too many ‘Iron Lung’ videos. 

And that’s about as close to blood as we’re going to get in this MV.

Again, the 7-circle formation which is honestly not unique to ENHYPEN, but still worth noting. And they’re in the white outfits - did they get smote down by the power of the moon wolves? 

I mean that is classic vampire imagery right there. Maybe they needed to sleep to heal from the werewolves. 

It’s also an intteresting way to emphasise the powerlessness that they describe/imply in the lyrics. 

Ayo they’re gonna keep teleporting. It’s another tower, which is possibly more dilapidated than the other. And, of course, later in the day. Perfect for vampires. 

For some reason, every single time I’ve watched this MV - which is many times by now - I have had the exact thought ‘yo that circle kind of reminds me of a pentagon’ at this exact moment - not before when they’re in a circle, not when they turn into coffins, no. When they turn into floating coffins. 

This is also a very clever way in my opinion to go from an extreme high angle o a low angle. 

I love how the blue light from above transitions to red and dark - reminds me of, again, catacombs, and also, duh, of hell. 

I think the floor is bizarre in this set, but it becomes important later so I’ll excuse it. 

Also love he starting formation for the choreo. 

JUNGWOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN

I know some people hate the pale contacts on idols, and in lots of cases it’s out of concept, but it’s completely in-concept for ENHYPEN, and I love it.

I’m a big fan of this set, other than the unfortunate way in which it reminds me of Yoongi-priest in whichever BTS video that was.

The candles are amazing, and so is the mirror-window centrepiece. It evokes vampire lore (invisible in mirrors), common media (a standoff in a dream world between a hero and villain, complete with a chessboard), and the Gothic in general (no one is there, and then someone appears).

I like that it’s Jungwon v Sunghoon - Sunghoon was the one defending the girl (who I presume is the one from the webtoon but no one knows because no one can read it because it’s paid) in the album teaser, and Jungwon is the leader, thus most likely the most powerful vampire, either in authority or in power. 

I like how this shot transitions from looking like very questionable blood.

To a flock of demon birds.

To our physics-loving Aussie Jake. 

More vampire lore and references - they may be cliche, but at least I can respect them as very Gothic and very epic. 

As expected, turns out the ‘blood’ was the Dark Moon that seems to rule over their lives as soon as HYBE wants more money thus webtoon.

Dang, imagine having your career as an idol determined by some semi-random webtoon. Kind of funny and kind of epically unique. 

I love how Niki’s always the one in the MVs to get the casual displays of power. And I also love the ornaments in his hair. 

This reminds me of him floating in Given-Taken, which makes me think that he is both a floater and a teleporter. I say with no evidence and having not looked at the webtoon yet for fear of cringe.

Also loving how he is high above us and effortlessly lording over us - the duality of us being powerful (in the lyrics) and powerless (in the MV) here is really fascinating. 

The lighting of this scene and this MV in general is top-notch. Makes them look like one big monster. And, of course, the Gothic architecture and the blood-red on the outside. It also looks like they are reaching for the light - perfect timing for the line ‘God.’

The ‘oh my god’ line is both hilarious and brilliant. The delivery makes me laugh, but also reminds me of the Addams’ family, and the way it disrupts the song and is deep and hypnotising while evoking Christian imagery is a wonderous blend of Gothic and vampire media cues. 

YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS BEST SHOT OF THE MV.

More Sunoo being stalked by things.

Shadows

Shadow puppets

Grasping hands

Sunoo in the control of someone?

Menacing

Blood red

Stage 

Plush and luxurious - rich vampires

He looks both incredibly powerful and incredibly powerless

Shillouettes

The shining pearls and jewels of his jacket

Lighting person you have my heart, please marry me

More of this epic lighting.

Love this moment of Sunghoon - he executes this move perfectly. I also love this section of the choreo, which kind of emulates strangulation, but also perhaps when a vampire grabs someone’s neck to bite them. And if you read it in the right context, could be considered sexy.

A few seconds ago (about 1:00 in the MV) they put their arms out, which remainds me in this context of crucifixion. But I can’t find a screenshot that has both their arms fully outstretched and Niki’s tongue in his mouth (the later making me incredibly uncomfortable). So I will just tell you about it instead of showing it. 

Mind you, I guess we’ve all seen it anyway...

Omg what do you think he’s holding? Omg is that a pawn? Omg are we all pawns in his game? Wow such monumental and amazing storytelling.

I mean, it’s a well-known trope for a reason, but it’s also very overused. I also wonder why they would use it here - since Sunghoon was the protector in the trailer, and thus painted as a good guy while the others were bad. Is this supposed to be a hint that he’s actually the bad guy/brainwashed by the evil girl? And that Jungwon is the good one? Ngl I could not tell what Jungwon was holding for the life of me, except that it was not a pawn (since it was bigger) and may have been either a queen or king. Probably a queen because HYBE has enough gay rumours and they don’t need more. 

Omg he burst.

Okay then...

And now they’ll look at the light? I am very concerned about how there is a growing light over my head while I lie on the ground surrounded by a circle of silent vampires.

Now I actually like this choreo for the most part - I think it’s fascinating that they chose to include the female backup dancers, since it’s something that ENHYPEN haven’t done before and which shows them as debonairs catching all the womenfolk (which is very vampire of them). However, I also hate it. First, because of how these kinds of choreographies objectify the backup dancers, whether they’re male or female. And second, because it is associated, in kpop, with sexy concepts. And I am so glad that Jungwon is in the centre but I despise how Niki is still a part of this choreo. Because HYBE clearly thought they hadn’t had enough sexy-coded choreos for this still-minor dude.

That said, I like how the women are in red and with face coverings. Although that does increase the subconscious sexiness of it, it also shows how the vampires do objectify these women, through covering their faces and seeing them literally as just sexy bags of blood. 

It also adds to the nobility aesthetic of vampires.

I like how the choreo includes them in a pseudo-ballroom dance, where the women have their hands around their necks - another subversion of who is in control here, and a subversion of ENHYPEN as vampires as their likely victims are the one who show control over them.

I’m also so sorry for what I did to your face, Jungwon. I swear it was an accident.

Like this part where they’re like the opposite of each other. But not liking the butt-touching.

Yas, great choreo. Can we just release it in a minimum of 7 months, please, HYBE? 

Loving whichever ruins they got to do this in - catacombs, European, and disintegrating. All vampire things. Although I wish that they went into the Korean concept of vampires more than the American and European ideas, they are pulling ALL of the Eurpoean/American vampire cards.

This MV is the European version, by the way.

Yessssss. Cropped because Niki was in the background. 

Loving how Sunoo is looking at the camera.

And loving how this move is kind of seductive, but of course, also controlling.

Not going to lie, I’m a bit confused about why the moon turned into a chandelier, and why they ended up in the same scene as Niki. But I do love how the chandelier is swinging, like a pendullum (passing of time) and also like it’s hypnotising you (ahem, vampires). 

It also gives a unique and sort of magical lighting effect to the scene, and, of course, is very elegant and rich (ahem, vampires).

Loving this choreo and the shadows on the walls. 

The neck-snapping returns. 

And Jungwon being epic in the background again. 

Also really loving this sequence where they merge into each other - it’s kind of creepy in a very toned down body-horror way, is disconcerting, and, of course, we’ve got the red lighting. Also reminds me of Bohemian Rhapsody for some reason, but that’s not a bad thing because the ‘oh my god’ line reminds me of that song too, and that song had a lot of inspiration from and impact on the Gothic. 

Ahh yes, Jay and his horse. On a cold, moonlit night. Very vampire, very Gothic. I don’t know why he suddenly has a horse when Sunghoon had one in the trailer, but I’ll take it I guess. 

YESSS

YESSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

We’ve seen hints previously, but this sequence shows that Sunghoon and Jungwon are dealing with a chessboard. An actual chessboard. And since it is on both sides, it is, again a mirror. Whcih implies to me that they are the same person....? Um some meaning may have been lost in translation, HYBE. 

Anyway, the reason I pointed out the floor earlier is because now we can see that it IS the chessboard. They are all pawns in the game of Sunghoon and Jungwon... who are pawns in their own game... who may be the same person... who are probably both being controlled by someone else.... and the girl is suspiciously absent in this MV despite being such a big part of the trailer.... hmmmm wow I wonder what happened here?

In case anyone was wondering, that is indeed sarcasm. 

Still loving the duo choreo for all reasons other than Niki.

Pls don’t look at me like that.

Love how Niki’s just levetation-vibing.

Bruv this would be the perfect place to have a werewolf cameo. When the vampires stand in the bloody ruins of their castle. 

Ahh welll.

Mind you, the lights going out was a part of Drunk-Dazed when the werewolves went for Sunoo, so it could be a nod to them.

This bit sounds like it came from the webtoon, but since I haven’t read it, I don’t know. 

I’m also not sure why I imagine Jungwon being the one to say it, when it’s usually Jay and Jake. 

Conclusions

I love that it brought back the vampires, and I hate that it didn’t bring back the werewolves. There was a sad lack of blood and a wonderous abundance of Gothic tropes. 

As I predicted in the beginning, it’s already grown on me, even over the short period it took me to write this. I realised that the only things I had against it were the lack of my favourite ENHYPEN things (excessive amounts of blood, werewolves, bizarre symbolism, and loud hype music). And, as much as I love the choreo, it was held back for me initially (and still is) by the fact that it is so intensely sexy-coded, and my dude Niki is still in this group. If it released in a few months, or preferably years, I would be on top of it. Let’s hope that the fans don’t behave too rabid this time. I’m going to look forward to watching the stage performances of this (and avoiding Niki), and to what their next comeback, and &TEAM’s comeback, do with this. 

Hint: It’s probably not going to be anything.

[luvistqrzzz]

L♡VE THEORY- sim jake oneshot teaser

i think im fallin' in you

deeply and slowly

NOTE- the earlier oneshot idea has been changed into an upcoming smau w changes to the plot, so check it out here!

PAIRING- jake x f.reader

SUMMARY- For you love was a game, like a theory better left un practiced. But what happens when you cross paths with Hybe Uni's star soccer player, Jake and sparks fly? Can he explain a way out of your love theory? Or will you get tangled in his games of love?

Alternatively where Jake Sim reminds you way too much about your first kiss from summer camp.

GENRE- fluff, angst, college!au, ex-crush!jake, crush/acquaintances to strangers to lovers, physics major!jake, photography major!reader

WORD COUNT- idk... hoping 8k to 10k// TEASER- 0.35K

TAGLIST- open! Send an ask or comment

@4hysgf @kishmish-ihate @noascats @tnyhees @beomgyusonlywife @txtbrainrot @chaechae-23

WARNINGS- profanity, drinking and college parties, jake being kind of a douche (dw he redeems himself!), more tba

RELEASE DATE- tba, but hopefully i'll finish writing this before my summer break ends

A/N- this is set in the same universe as The Accidental Polaroid, you can find some coinciding plot lines but the smau can be read as a stand alone ofc!

You were never good at sports. It wasn't like you hated the concept of it but rather you hated playing it. You had never been one of those physically fit and active people, eager to run around and multitask. Also you had terrible hand/leg eye coordination for a 20 year old.

When as a six year old, you broke your leg whilst playing soccer, you just grew a particular dislike towards it. Call it a childish habit or your inability to understand the game but soccer wasn't your thing. And that has continued well into your adult years.

Just like love.

Too bad for you, Sim Jaeyun loved sports. Or in particular soccer. Well, saying he loved it would have been an understatement because the boy literally breathed in the sport.

And it was during one such soccer match did you meet him. Normally you would have preferred to stay at home but majoring in photography had its pros and cons, one such being clicking pictures for the college's soccer team as they bathed in all their winning glory (or sweat).

You hadn't seen the players up close before but standing at the side of the field, your camera in action, you could understand why so many students gushed about their good looks. "Heartbreakers first, Heartthrobs second", your friend Kazuha had told you after her brief relationship with Taehyun.

You were, in all sense, a professional person. You weren't the one to be distracted by their looks, the game or the cheers the crowd erupted into when Hybe Uni won the match 1-0. But then you locked eyes with the star player of the match. It was like a flash, just enough for you to click a picture of him, not even five seconds but you felt yourself go still.

And it wasn't only because of the fact that the dyed blonde haired boy looked attractive with the smirk on his lips and the playfulness in his features as he stared straight into the camera. No, it was his eyes. His warm brown eyes that you had seen somewhere…

why are we so complicated?

love's a word i've always hated.

Feedbacks are highly appreciated <3!!

work belongs to @/luvistqrzzz do not copy, repost or translate my work

[endthedream]

Lieber Sunghoon,

ich hoffe du vertraust mir, dass ich keine Erinnerung mehr an unsere gemeinsame Zeit habe. Zweifel nicht an mir. Das würde mich sehr traurig machen… Du musst mir helfen beim nächsten Vollmond all unsere Kameraden am schwarzen Meer wieder zum Leben zu erwecken. Nur dann können wir für immer glücklich sein. Sunghoon… ich hoffe du kannst mit vertrauen.

Deine Sooha

Translation

Dear Sunghoon,

I hope you can trust me that I have no memories of our time together anymore. Please don’t doubt me. That would make me very sad… You have to help me bring all of our members back to life by the Black Sea at the next full moon. Only than can we be happy forever. Sunghoon… I hope you can trust me.

Yours truly, Sooha

(Hope the translation isn’t to vague. I tried my best to decipher everything)

[slippingkim]

THIS IS THEIR INTERPRETATION OF US ☠️☠️ *(tumblr engenes)

[malarign]

should i write like,,, guitarist!jay x pianist!reader?? i just thought about it for a while but i dont know yet 🤐

to think about it i think it could turn out pretty cute 🤔

[igiveyoumyblood]

Dark Blood

Released 22nd May 2023, after a huge hiatus that included the debut of &TEAM, and, in my opinion, completely destroyed all hype for ENHYPEN. 

The comeback also continued the sad trend in recent albums of not having intros and outros, and not having hyphenated names. A sin. It’s also the first album to not be in a specific ‘era’ - Border, Dimension, Manifesto. And it, after such a long hiatus, has a measly 6 tracks.

But on the bright side, it brought back the epic vampire concept and the storyline in full force, with a fascinating album trailer featuring THE GIRL, and a lineup of songs clearly related to their storyline. I have hope for them going into the future, now. Less hope than I did before, but at least the hope is there.

Tracks

Fate

Lyric Analysis

Bite Me

Lyric Analysis

Choreography analysis

MV Analysis

MV First Reactions

Sacrifice (Eat Me Up)

Lyric Analysis

Choreography analysis

MV Analysis

MV First Reactions

Chaconne

Lyric Analysis

Bills

Lyric Analysis

Karma

Lyric Analysis

[sayitditto]

'chaconne' is a song that depicts the boy getting drunk and corrupted by his own dance.

hey guys!! enhypen is back and i’m totally in love with dark blood. both the album’s lyrics and music have fascinated me and it’s now my favorite album. i have a lot of thoughts, so i’m going to share my interpretation of chaconne, which is the most interesting to me so far. please listen to dark blood and show enhypen lots of love. 🤍

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chaconne puts us in a scenario where the protagonist of the narrative is a “monster” who lives in a “shaded castle with no sun”. the situation is very depressing so i immediately visualize this monster living alone in the castle, but it seems like they’re talking to someone else and inviting them to dance because it appears to be a party. this monster has accepted that it is a monster and has also accepted that it lives among “dead flowers” (which can be interpreted as their life being miserable, but they seem to embrace and even enjoy it). the lyrics tell us that this monster likes darkness, so they start a party with 'chaconne' (classical music) playing in the background and begin to dance “drunk” with themselves.

what i find interesting is the mention of “a cracked mirror”, which can symbolize a distorted view of oneself. the monster may not be literally a monster, but it is depicted that way because it carries a lot of darkness within, although it could be just their perception. “match my moves whilst looking through the cracked mirror,” my theory is that this monster doesn’t actually have a dance partner and is dancing alone. the broken mirror, as i mentioned before, represents a false perception of reality. i think the monster is so “drunk” with arrogance that they are unable to see that they are truly alone and in misery. “as if I was drunk,” that “as if” makes me think again that everything is a lie.

i believe this song can be a representation of highly romanticized, arrogant, and pretentious depression. the monster is too arrogant to escape from that misery. dancing with classical music playing in the background while looking at yourself in the mirror and thinking you’re the worst person in the world seems like something a poet would do. i love how they have portrayed a depressed yet arrogant figure.

i’ll leave the lyrics below, credits to @ enhypenupdates on twitter. thanks for reading!!

[goblinkingdomsblog]

Okay, my theory about Enhypen’s song “Chaconne” is that the song talks about a character of humble origin who ended up getting rich and noble (to the point of living in a castle), and this makes a lot of sense when we think that the chaconne was originally a popular song of hispanic origin that was then appropriated by European nobles and underwent several changes, such as been played by orchestras and stuff. This character must have been in love with a woman who also had humble origins, and they used to dance the chaconne together. However, he seems to have done some not-so-nice things to achieve wealth (after all, he even talks about himself as a “monster”), especially to give everything he could to the person he loved. However, as soon as he got power, I believe that his loved one died and he went crazy and now sees her spirit, as he talks about “seeing her through a broken mirror”, of an “aroma that is only for him” and even a “party just for him”. I believe his beloved died hating or rejecting him for the terrible things he did, because there is a noticeable bitterness in the character. “Brighter than the sun, this is me” would be him trying to convince himself that he was not someone bad and was still the same good and innocent man as before, but inside he knew that he had become corrupted, because soon after he talks about drowning in arrogance. “I kiss the flower that died”, “I don't care about death” and “in the darkness, this seems to be the only world left” seem to confirm that he knows she is dead, but that he desperately longs for her ghost to be real and not just a hallucination of his own head (“even if this moment is a curse, it won't stop”, “even if it’s a curse, I also can’t stop me”) simply to be able to dance the chaconne with her again, like they did when they were still together. “Get drunk on the beautiful me” and “I shine even in the broken mirror” are the answers that her spirit gives him (or that he imagines she gives), as she remains a good person even in death. Ultimately, I believe he follows her spirit's words to death ("dance the dance of death", "dance for me while you die like the bleeding flower") because he believes this is the only way to be forgiven and be with her again. Then, they dance the chaconne, this time forever -> “there’s no such a thing like an end”.

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Yes, I came back just to share this crazy theory that my mind created. I hope to not be the only one to see this music as the description of a tragic love story of a morally gray character. ☝️

[theory-chicken]

ENHYPEN MASTERLIST

I would recommend reading the Webtoon or Webnovel and or watching all of the music videos before you read any of these because it might not make sense if you dont have any background info

Im rlly bad at explaining stories but really like theories so im sorry if my thoughts don't make sense

*update on the pictures above*

Yes it bothers me that not all the comebacks can be on one image equally now💀 (its currently the day of daydreams release) im not going to change it untill i find a better one or untill they have a number of comebacks that fit into one image nicely

In progress

Finished

Border: Day One

Border: Carnival

Border: 儚い

Dimension: Dillema

Dimension: Answer

Always

Dimension: 閃光

Manifesto: Day 1

I Need The Light

定め

Dark Blood

結 -YOU-

Orange Blood

Memorabilia

Romance: Untold

Romance: Untold -daydream-

[thesingingrevolution]

Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Theory Based on the “Fever” Music Video

Part V

A few things I can’t yet explain:

Sunghoon leaning on the doors leading to the altar. Is that the “throne” Jake sings about?

Also, why is the hypnosis necklace in his mouth?

There are a lot of shots focusing on hands throughout the MV. Why?

Not sure about Heeseung's solo scenes. Mostly because my brain fries when I see them but I think it’s either just us being blessed but it may tie into the intense emotion,like when he’s deeply breathing and staring into the camera!.?/$).?/?/!/?@&&/, curling into a ball, and getting up abruptly.

I’m a bit suspicious of both Sunoo and Ni-ki’s characters.

Heeseung is safe, he’s too much of a main character to be suspicious. Very transparent guy.

Jay does not strike me as a plotting character at all so… he’s impulsive and stubborn when it comes to things he is upset about, so I don’t think he fits the profile of someone to come up with some elaborate scheme. Very honest and straightforward.

Jake is too wholesome in a very genuine way, I can’t explain it but he’s also not suspicious.

Sunghoon is safe too, I feel like he is trying to figure out his identity as a hybrid(?) creature and what powers come with it, and his tsundere (sorry it’s the best way to describe it) personality makes me think he’s a bit insecure. Definitely one of the most fascinating characters to me.

Jungwon is like… perfect (just like he is in real life 🥰). I can’t explain it but he seems balanced and rational. I don’t think he’s suspicious at all.

Sunoo is a bit suspicious to me because I feel like he doesn’t let on as much as he knows. I can’t fully explain it, but it’s just… odd (THE CHARACTER. NOT THE REAL DUDE‼️). Sometimes, I feel like his excessive sweetness in the webcomic might be a façade.

As for Ni-ki. There’s all the stuff I talked about before, but something else I wanted to bring up is the Bleeding Darkness performance by him and Jungwon.

Although it’s not considered canonical lore, at least not officially, it’s obviously inspired by their vampire concept. Ni-ki kills Jungwon like 5 times during the dance 😭😭

I just thought it was a bit… scary. It’s even worse if you consider Wonki are besties in Dark Moon, they literally don’t show up until we’re several chapters in cause they only spend time with each other.

Once again, I love Ni-ki’s character, but I’m suspicious of him…

Interestingly enough, I heard from someone who has read the web novel that the other vampires (bad guys) are mostly threatened by Sunki. Which brings me back to what I stated at the very beginning, I don’t think Sunki (or just Ni-ki or Sunoo or anyone else for that matter) are plotting against their brothers maliciously, but rather to protect them from other, sinister things.

Lastly: yes, I think Chris, or his impostor, or the prince (Chris?) Sooha is arranged to marry before Day One, is Dardan. Hahaha

Hopefully this was coherent! It would be so cool if I got even a little bit right, hahaha. Thank you for reading! Please support Enhypen’s comeback, Dark Blood, next month! ❤️‍🔥

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV