T*A*E*Y*E*O*N 태*연 'Something New' MV Analysis
(Part 1)
On her new MV, TY shows us just how fake and sinister the celebrity life is. Before we start, let's take a look at the teaser pictures. The agency, S*M Ent made her did all kinds of pose with different themes. No words really needed to explain them.
JUNE 12 KST
An announcement was made that TY would be releasing her latest album in just a few days. Of course she had to hide one eye for the album cover, right? Not sure if that "hardcore" word on her shirt brings any significance, but the later pictures will make us wonder whether the agency is trying too hard to sexualize TY.
This portrays dualism or split personality.
She's wearing colored glasses. Reminds me of the rose-colored lenses in the movie "The Matrix" which is about an elite-controlled world. Also notice the combination of the color black and red (for reference, see my posts about T*V*X*Q)
JUNE 13 KST
Nothing really special here, just TY with one of her eyes crossed in the name of art. I don't find this artistic at all though.
Another one.
This one is shot from a high angle, she looks vulnerable with her blank stare. Almost like she's under control of a handler of some kind, or probably it's just art again doing its job.
JUNE 14 KST
Someone has pointed this out before. This is what I meant by an attempt to sexualize TY. I don't get why she had to do these shots, the theme of the album is just so chaotic, that it doesn't have a theme, they just mixed in everything here and call it "something new".
This pose looks like something a pedo would love. Notice the white color and the flower pattern (virginal?).
Instead of offering "something new", she's just doing what other girls of the entertainment industry have been doing all this time.
An MV teaser was released, including a creepy voice at 00:18 right when one of TY's eyes opens. Probably just something the producer put in to mark his masterpieces lol, it's also there on N*C*T's C*herrybom*b (according to the Youtube comments).
JUNE 15 KST
The fans would argue that instead of being sexualized, she's just aging backwards, that's why she looks this innocent.
JUNE 16 KST
Can you sense more dualism here? After white-themed and innocent photo shoots, here we get dark-themed one eye symbolism.
Her eyes are open now, yet still the truth is far from her sight. She just can't see it, not with those filtered glasses.
JUNE 17 KST
Pink. The color of feminity, romance, and true love, also the elite's favorite.
PINK. These are core related alters. They maintain the true feelings of the true self apart from the cult programming and the cult family’s programming. These alters are viewed as weak because they are emotional and often break down and weep. They are fragile emotionally.
(Source)
Heechul said, "Taeyeon's emotional ups and downs are really severe. Seeing as how both of our emotions fluctuate severely, we are called the Kim Bipolar siblings. Her personality really matches XX. I can't say this any other classy way." (Source)
JUNE 18 KST (THE RELEASE DATE)
This was the last picture she unveiled for her latest release. Looks like she just cried and her mascara got ruined. This doesn't exactly match the overall theme of the album. Shouldn't she be excited for "something new" that's about to come?
Well, after watching the MV... there really is nothing to be excited about.
The MV started with this scene showing TY standing in front of an empty red carpet with no one else around. Okay so, what is exactly happening?
We won't get the answer just yet, instead we'll be shown this extremely disturbing image of TY:
It's probably just her reflection showing on a piece of a mirror, but why should it be like this? Why just one of her eyes? Why ruined her mascara like that? Lol. She almost looks like a different creature here, a scary one. Excuse my language, but this is batshit crazy. You can see that the reflection does an effect– the eye on the right looks evil, while on the left, it's innocent. Another form of dualism/split personality.
A hammer is shown swinging in the next scene. Something crazy is about to happen.
Yes, that is a hand grenade.
She started walking carelessly on the red carpet, it's raining. This does look ritualistic to me, an empty red carpet and rain.
Another scene of TY right after she ruined her mascara (something did happen).
Now I realize that everything we've seen before is actually the epilogue. The real scene started when TY got out of a car, ready to hit the red carpet.
Then suddenly, something caught her eye.
She was staring at the top of the building (hotel) she's about to enter. Can anyone confirm whether this building is meant to look like a cathedral or is it just a regular building? I'm not familiar with European architecture at all.
To be continued on part 2. I'm only allowed to attach 20 images on each post.
