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It’s official, the last subunit ‘yyxy’ has officially debuted! To celebrate, I’m going to break down their debut mv. Please check out my other theories here and enjoy!

I first want to point out the timeline of yyxy’s videos. love4eva takes place during the girls self-discovery. Many of the scenes in the video are parallels to their solo mvs which I will discuss later. love4eva fits into the storyline by showing how the girls left Eden. In this version, Eden is a school, with the headmistress being God. 

Yves’ Dirty Socks: We know why her socks are dirty. She’s been walking into the forest, but the forest means a lot in the LOONAVERSE. The forest represents the unknown world, and in this case the world outside of Eden. Yves has been there and she knows whats out there (new mv). As a result, she loses focus in Eden and continues to be interested in what lies beyond. Her taking off her shoes represents her not wanting to conform to Eden’s rules. 

Come With Me: Yves was vital to Chuu and Go Won attaining self-love in their respective solo mvs. My theory on when and where those mvs, Heart Attack and One & Only, take place is during love4eva. Rather than those mvs taking place in their versions of Eden, it takes place in the girls mind/subconscious. They represent their internal battle with self-love. This is why a lot of the scenes in love4eva is visually similar to their solo mvs. Chuu’s mv plays on the school of Eden, while Go Won’s plays on the large windows and hallways of the castle. But, once they conquered their battle for self-love, Chuu and Go Won are ready to listen to Yves plea to leave Eden.

Love and Fruit: By the time Yves has convinced the girls to leave Eden and they have accepted their true forms (forbidden fruit) the girls start rebelling. After eating their fruit, they are no longer interested in the indoctrinating/fake apples, while Olivia eats hers up (representing her still believing in Eden). They eat the flower of love, the rose, showing they are ready for me. I think Olivia is like a teacher’s pet, she completely obeys and respects the rules, but even that has consequences. 

The Egoist: the girls sneak out of Eden and into the forest, leaving Olivia behind. As the last member of Eden she continues to learn and train, and maybe even suffer? The way the headmistress/God clapped at the end was very off-putting and almost sinister. We know that Olivia eventually leaves Eden and embraces self-love, but unlike the other girls, she never ate the rose. She’s not ready for love. She’s broken, hurt, angry, and that makes her dangerous. 

Things I noticed but can’t explain. (1) there were a lot of shots when the screen turned red, like in Egoist. Did this represent corruption, or maybe Olivia’s senses? (2) Chairs: there were a lot of chairs and they could represent the other LOONA members, even the girls from BBC who did not become a member of LOONA. (3) WHERE IS YEOJIN? (4) x? For having a lot of the teaser description being about neanthropic chromosomes there wasnt much emphasis on who is x in the video. I still think its Chuu though.