Hey guys! Continuing on from my timeline analysis of the LOONAverse, I will now be sharing my personal theories regarding LOONA's latest comeback # and "So What"!
If you haven't already, I recommend reading my timeline analysis before reading this...
Alright, so this is a quick disclaimer before we start analyzing # and "So What".
Before sharing my analysis and theories regarding the music video for "So What" and how is affects the story of the LOONAverse, I wanted to share the analysis I made for the teasers.
The reason why is because I had already written most of these points before the release of the "So What" MV; some were added on after the MV released, but for the most part, it was all speculation before the comeback.
But before that, I also wanted to correct a few details made from my original timeline analysis that I had got wrong. They don't change my analysis too drastically, but I would still like to bring them up before talking about "So What".
So, let's start with addressing those corrections before analyzing the teasers.
Firstly, there is the scene at the end of "Love & Live", where we see ViVi stop in the middle of the road, apparently out of breath, just after the timer on her battery runs out.
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It was confirmed in an interview by ViVi herself, as well as the director of the video, that in that scene, she became human.
So, we can now say that the ending to "Love & Live" was the moment where ViVi became human again. She regained the ability to feel emotion, feel tired, to dream, and to eat food again, but her memories were still a little messed up. It's through her interactions with Heejin, Hyunjin, and Haseul, that she eventually remembers what happened that led to her becoming an android.
Next, is regarding Chuu and Gowon's representative emotions.
Originally, it was shown through the "one" short movie that Chuu represents love and Gowon represents hope. However, this was switched in the description for the "Butterfly" music video; Chuu is now hope and Gowon is now love.
At first, I was baffled by this change. Chuu representing love and Gowon as hope just made more sense to me. However, I decided to keep an open mind. So let's see how these two fit into their newly designated emotions.
The description for "Butterfly" reads: "Chuu keeps her 'hopes' up with her yearning towards Yves. Gowon 'loves' her unique self." These are both proven to be true, as we see in their respective solo MVs.
Chuu is relentlessly stubborn in her efforts to gain Yves' attention and affection in "Heart Attack".
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And Gowon sings about how she learns to love herself, her "One & Only".
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(There's even a double meaning to that, as Gowon is referring to her "one and only" self as her "one and only" love.)
Lyrics in other LOONA songs also reaffirm this. In yyxy's "one way", Gowon ends the song with the spoken line, "But I still love you." And in "Butterfly", Chuu sings the line "Dreams, dreams may come true."
So yeah, just wanted to clear those up before moving on to the # teasers and "So What". Next chapter is where I will share my theories on the # era teasers.
