This is Normal...
Explicit version:
My quick and furious takes...
Starts with a mirror. The mirrors which obviously point to the reason for NORMAL/LAMRON... two sides to every mirror--reality versus what you see in a reflection with only a limited view of surroundings. The same with camera snapshots. You only see what is in the image where the context of reality is missing. The 360 mirror in the big room is especially true these days, they can't escape being watched, but its still a limited view mirror of reality.
Jungkook standing there under pouring water. It's a constant and inescapable deluge. That sounds like torture doesn't it?
Jimin laying himself bare. I'm not complaining... oops sorry...
Seksi Jimin. Have I paused and hit rewind? at least 4 bazillion times.
Sparkly shirt...
White swan (as opposed to black swan which symbolized losing one's passion). A confusing dichotomy considering the lyrics of this song.
Abundance of cake, never eating it... They can't have their cake and eat it too? They seem to want to share the cake.
Woman in purple. Army is behind them every where.
A very adult looking party.
Dogs... which apparently somewhat match the personas we THINK we know. So we've reduced them down to dog breed traits instead of looking at them as humans with emotions? And also a reference to them being called puppies by the fandom which they indulge in at the end by pushing each other out of the way in pure chaos.
The throw-back/recall imagery is abundant:
cake throwing or the inference that there is some cake smashing about to happen
pillow fight
Cigarette lighter
Goldfish
SWIM locket and model of the sailing ship.
They are recalling imagery from their beginnings to their most recent work. It's all connected. Pure genius. There is no way they could have predicted while filming the Spring Day MV that they'd make it this far or become this big.
The set is Decadent-Yet-Tasteful-Luxury-Meets-Decaying-Dark-Somberness. Beautiful but getting old and a bit smothering.
Yoongi shielding his face from the bright light and then later attempting to climb over the gate to escape his mansion (big cars, big rings) but the spikes at the top are too risky.
That scene of Jimin having a pillow fight with the women... play fighting but it is still fighting but with soft weapons. They hit him and he is smiling so he must like it, right? He fights back. Firmly, but gently. We don't really want to hurt each other.
The absolute unedited, unmodified appearance of their faces, their real skin tones, pores and scars... all unhidden by post production editing.
Running up the staircase (of their success), Jimin and Jungkook leading the way.
One thing that has me in a chokehold is the styling. Not a single miss in my opinion... looking at you, Sparkly Shirt. Even the other people in the MV... the woman with the purple shirt is obviously Asian. The non-Asian male person with the red leather pants is shirtless. Purple and red. Diversity.
Can't wait for the behind video for this one.












