tw:- mentions of suicide, sexuality questioning and suicide note.
❛ je voulais que nous marchions ensemble,
mais la nuit est venue tôt. ❜
trans of prelude.
❛ i wanted us to walk together,
but the night came early .❜
eunhye says this in the beginning before her voice rings out to sing poem, the song is written by her during a dark time in her indefinite hiatus from the limelight. during that month of numbness, she fell into a sort of relapse where the young woman remembered all the people who’ve died from suicide in her life. especially her childhood best-friend, Leo - he was only seventeen when he unfortunately took his own life just a year after her debut with red velvet. leo was a young boy who had many aspirations and dreams, and often spoke to eunhye about his struggles within society and socially.
he felt out of place, especially since he was introverted and liked boys. at the time, society was harsh to the one who loved just like everybody else and in his suicide note: he addressed eunhye with a hand-written poem, thanking her for all the love and warmth she brought to his life.
eunhye released this song in remembrance of our lost loved ones, a topic everyone tries to stray away from. we all have a loved one that’s passed and we miss dearly, we often think of where their beautiful souls are in the universe, can they hear us? are they in peace or still in turmoil? all these questions ran through eunhye’s mind while writing this song, but she stuck to one theme:
poem would be a song about the love we hold for a lost loved one as well as the memories and happiness they brought to our lives.
the music video starts off with eunhye (of red velvet) playing with an old camcorder she had when she was in a relationship
she decides to switch it on and the song begins
herself and actor kim sohyun play the characters of two lovers, starting off with a cute scene of their first date together
soon different clips start to show their life as a couple, and taking inspiration from actual movies. most of them being disney, considering eunhye’s perspective of how she wished love would be like
the infamous tangled scene with the lanterns except its fairy lights scattered across the room with polaroid pictures of the two - that scene is where they share their first kiss
another scene is them dancing in a large kitchen, all smiles and giggles - the comical side of the relationship
soon they are arguing and the relationship begins to tumble
the end of the music video is of eunhye smiling thankfully, symbolising herself getting over an old relationship.
she leaves the camcorder on the park bench, collects her things and gets out of camera shot
the last scene symbolises how getting over a relationship that was so dear to you will come. whether it was a friendship or a romantic endeavour - the time will come where you will heal.
[fan’s reactions]
many fans were shocked at the intimate scenes between actor kim sohyun and eunhye as red velvet were only a 3-year old group at the time
they were also shocked at the guest appearance by kim sohyun, later on in an interview eunhye said that he personally reached out to her after one of her good friend’s jieun (iu) pushed him to star in the music video
after the music video release, a lot of romance rumours were floating around but the agencies both denied there were any romantic feelings between the two
albeit, some sohye shippers still exist till now and are always trying to find minimum crumbs to satisfy themselves hehe
despite all the positive reception from the majority of reveluvs, a lot of ot5 stans came about and began to hate eunhye for being the first to branch out solo, believing she’s selfish and ruining the group’s image with the romantic scenes she shared with sohyun.
however, surprisingly, netizens payed no mind to those scenes and even praised eunhye’s album - the charts speak for themselves.
You can find Eunhye’s first solo mini-album ‘𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓’ here.
