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Kath

Yeah you are right in that some scenes didn’t make it to the MV. I wonder wether we will have a longer making film like they sometimes put in memories etc… or if there will be longer behind the scenes documentary etc. With Layover itself based on what Tae has said so far and the info available thus far… my take and interpretation is that it’s very much an album that reflects and captures his personality, tastes, vibe and moods he likes in song form rather than it perhaps being autobiographical as he’s not credited as a writer or producer on it. Tae said in his rolling stone interview and other interviews that he chose to receive songs, as he felt he had plenty of time to share his own music later… and that first he wanted to establish his musical colours, musical direction and reflect his tastes as Kim Taehyung the person and that he likes this style of music and sounds etc first. He’s also described it as an album that is part of a journey for him (a layover, stepping stone etc) and also that it gives Army a chance to catch their breaths and a bit of tranquil peace and respite and a chance to reflect on our own lives… he was also saying in a few shows ‘Slow Dancing’ was chosen as a title song because it literally in the meaning of the word reflected his slower, gentle, tranquil personality and characteristics in song form. Tae also is very visual in all his concepts… he recreates and interprets the mood of music and films he likes and time periods he likes in his own way in a lot of the content and photo shoots he does too. there is usually always a reference point… so it makes me wonder wether various scenes were used as separate small metaphor’s rather than one cohesive long narrative. For example the running after the van, the putting up the posters. The running after the van vaguely made me think of what he’s expressed a few times of falling behind others… He’s also always said he likes the emotion of nostalgia itself and longing for something and I think that in some ways the fleeting free-spirted, dreamy, fragile days of golden youth is kind of what he was going for and trying to capture maybe. Some of the Slow Dancing and the beach scenes reminded me of the Europe holiday scenes in one of Tae’s fav films, call me by your name (you will get to the lives he talks about later… but he was obsessed with the sound track and also played it numerous times over the years on piano, he even read out some of it’s dialogue). Rainy days he’s said reflected his ordinary daily life… like taking a nap, eating, painting etc. Another reference that we defo know of for Love Me Again with the MV and cave scenes it was very much based on the outfit and David Bowie and glam rock as his inspiration rather than a storyline. Blue is the one that’s more difficult to interpret but I think finding yourself etc is a good way of interpreting it, and Tannie finding him when he was down. In IU’s palette IU summed it up as you had clear visual concepts in mind (and because of the narratives fans came up with) she jokingly said you can add dramatic details. It will be interesting to see if maybe we get more info later on. I also wonder wether we feel more of a link between the MV’s because they were shot at the same time… like blue and some of slow dancing were shot on the same days with the same apartment block and cast etc. And the epilogue of Layover in ‘For US’ ties them all together too. The days just have been very long for them to shoot everything. Either way I love how much it makes us all think though which I think all good art should. I’m so proud of Tae. 💜