Monday, August 27, 2018

"Loona - Hi High: Piecing it all together."


"Loona - Hi High: Piecing it all together."
by:
The Vole

If you have been following Loona for the past 2 years or so the MV for Hi High would feel really familiar as it brings back those scenes of the past individual , duo and sub unit MVs together particularly those that have some mystery to them as the appearance of the other girls in the other MVs.

The beginning of the MV shows all the girls looking upward. Being drawn by the moon. Like the tides. A powerful force that lets them gather as one.

At the center of all this is the Odd Eye Circle.The subunit that comprise of Kim Lip , CHoerry and my favorite Jinsoul Where they all split up and connect with other members of the subunits. The MV for Girlfront shows them running in different directions and it is not really shown where they are going it is referenced to have some connections but this is the first time where those connections lead. 


Choerry connects with Hyunjin of Loona 1/3 in the footbridge , this is in reference to the Cat sticker on a map from the Girl front MV and Kim Lip catches up to Heejin also of Loona 1/3. 
In essence the girls of Odd Eye Circle found the 4 members of Loona 1/3.

The whole reference from Egoist where Olivia Hye is surrounded by the 3 girls of Odd Eye Circle before she closes her eyes and joins the 3 other members of her Sub unit YYxY. She appears before the subunit leader Yves and completes that group as well. There is another reference with Egoist , the last single for the last member debuted where she meets with Heejin on the rooftop. After looking at the YYxY single of Love4eva one can also connect why Olivia Hye is so relieved to see the girls of her subunit , she thought that she had lost them at the end of the MV! 



In Choerry's Love Cherry Motion she wakes up in ruins and has a light shone on her face from the distance from what appears to be a blonde girl.This is at the 2 minute mark of her MV Initially you would think this is Jinsoul but the other blonde that is revealed is the YYxY member Gowon and you would see in the Hi High MV that Chuu and her does emerge in the same ruins.

Wow this is a lot of backtracking for just one blog post but at least I am now getting all of those scenes that did not make sense in the earlier MVs.

In the end what ties this visually is all of the girls running and jumping toward nothing else but the moon. With Haseul actually floating toward it in the very end.



One other thing I loved about this MV is the fact that I was pleasantly surprised at Chuu and her main vocal killing part. That really got me. 

I am happy that LoonA is already out as a full group and I am looking to more amazing things form them this year.

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