After the EOEO MV teaser has been dropped, the initial reaction was to watch it countless times and take decent snapshots. But that innocent agenda led to this curiosity, which in turn led us to try decoding the 24-second teaser.
Disclaimer: This is made out of frustration and long months of waiting for this comeback. We donāt know the actual concept/story of the song or video.
Yibo was so on point on! Weāre guessing it was a forewarning from the very start. But who wouldāve thought it will be all about neon?
Upon playing the teaser for the very first time, we noticed the tattoos of musical symbols on Wenhan- the most prominent one was a G-Clef as shown on the photo above. We shrugged and moved on but not long after, we discovered Seungyoun had tattoos too! He had them on his legs and knees, we then decided to replay the video. Sungjoo had the tattoos in his arms, and as for Yixuan, weāre guessing it was the one under his right eye (which could be easily mistaken for as āeyeliner-gone-wrongā incident). As for Yibo, all his pure ānon-neonā form are painted red (with hints of dark aura), so we couldnāt clearly see his tattooā¦.or maybe we already did a month ago.
Nothing much left to say about these tattoos, but its positive that all members have them. Whether thereās a meaning behind these tattoos or none, all thatās left for us to do is wait for the full version of the video and hopefully some bonus ābehind-the-sceneā cuts too (Yuehua, we are knocking on your door)!
From point 0:13, you could already see the members in their pure ānon-neonā form, except for Yibo (donāt dread his corn row, it wonāt last for long). In our opinion, it has something to do with a certain memberās passion, craft or hobby (but of course it can be just about anything).
Seungyoun was surrounded by speakers and amplifiers so weāre guessing it really has something to do with dancing (or him being uncontrollably loud?), as what he also did in the video.
For Sungjoo, his background were masks and lights and if you didnāt know, heās a theater major- acting, and of course its his limelight.
Yixuan was surrounded by television sets (with his images in it) so it could talk about their stardom, or maybe about belief and confidence in oneself?
As for Wenhan, itās kinda vague- he was leaning on a big mirror (probably heās in a dance studio?) with splotches of the neon paint, though weāre guessing his passion is all about music because of his tattoo?
And then we came across this:
No face, just a form. But you donāt need to be a genius to figure out who this person is.Ā Guess who dyed his hair black!Ā The neon paint may be a representation of something that holds them back; could be sadness or grief or even something dark about them, as opposed to its /real/ colors. It can also be about breaking free from their lovely debut image (and please donāt forget the fact that they were greatly involved in making this album). Neon, and black light. Thereās honestly still a lot to decode!
Here, we could see that Yibo was being āshoweredā with paint (misty clouds)!
And so after some time, pink neon paint was splatteredĀ all overĀ his face and shirt, whereas the other members have them on some parts, but not entirely.
We also have to point out the scene where Yibo and Wenhan starts hitting the āinnocentā neon-paint-covered-mannequins.
So weāre getting the feeling that Yiboās āpainā has something to do with Wenhan- seeing as his background was all about the splotches of paint [and that out of the 4 members, his non-neonized form was the only close up one. Hiding something there, buddy? (refer to 3rd photo pls)]. Yixuan kicked one mannequin and yeah, we also saw Sungjoo hold a bat but we never saw him hit the mannequin with it; only Yibo and Wenhan did. Thereās something really fishy about these two.
Notice how splotches of neon paint was splashed on Wenhan as he hit the mannequin, but it didnāt happen to Yibo (with matching colorful cloud explosions)? Wenhan even hid behind these mannequins!
Going back to the title: EOEO. Its feels like the sound of alarm or wake up call. Waking up from something or anything at all, we donāt really know. But in the end theyāre holding torches and its like a rebellion. Feels liberating.
We may be talking trash here but nothing can be right or wrong, so feel free to share your opinions! In the end, a 24-second teaser cannot do justice to the whole song and video. So we have to wait for the whole MV to drop and see if anything about this post makes sense at all. In the end, its all about the music!
For those who havenāt watched yet, here are the links to the MV teasers!
*It sounded a lot different from the KR & CH Versions
Special thanks to: Admin Sydss for sharing inputs, Admin Y for the proofread,Ā uniqace for the gifs and Admin X for the moral support!Ā ā¤ļø
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