Your Analysis on 'Ditto' was spot on... 'OMG' is the opposite of Ditto on how the Fans (and the kpop industry in catering for fans) can have negative effects on the idols... I think you got it but for more context the idols have literally forgotten their true selves and become slaves for the fans... hanni being an iphone is the most obvious she exists for you.... haerin is always being told shes looks and acts like a cat by the fans (and even the other members) so now thats all she beleives she is (in ditto side a at the beggining she talks to the same cat... telling it that she isnt a cat... foreshadowing what she becomes in OMG) Hyein is looked on as a fairytale princess ... the 'bear' actually represents the fans as they dont want prince charming to steal her away from them.. she belongs to the fans and fans only... Danielle may appear 'normal' but shes watching white noise probably thinking shes seeing newjeans on the screen (a parallel to heesoo watching white noise in ditto) i beleive she is so consumed in thinking shes an idol thats literally all she is now and not a normal person outside of her group.. and yes Minji is looked on by fans as the 'Mum' of the group so her thinking shes a doctor makes sense so she can still look after her girls even when shes also crazy.
Only to put a little more context, in Danielle part, when she is watching the tv, she's also laughing for nothing in that tv and it's a reference bcs Dani is always smiling, so the fans have the picture in they mind that she's never sad and is a pure ray of happines and always with a smile
@@JohanPark07 wow.. thats actually a really good astute observation and something i never realised before! Assuming Dani is seeing newjeans on white noise much like heesoo does in ditto its such a stark contrast.... whilst heesoo watches them looking sad (because of her loneliness and depresion) ... dani watches them looking like the complete smiley ecstatic self she is perceived to always be (albeit she does look mental also) lol... nice!
@@jaynadiah5498 Yeah, also the white noise in the tv plus Heesoo's perspective is an element that i never see in the theorys of mv's, but is mindblowing fr
You are the first reactor (that I've watched) that understood Ditto immediately to the depth that it presents. Very refreshing lol I hope we see more from this director in future projects, because these are _cinema_ not just MVs. It also helps that the songs are amazing, of course.
@@LeMn680If that were true, it's a great opportunity to let other directors and their teams collaborate with the group. There was a time when mvs directors were important, and many of them even directed very good films: Michel Gondry, Stéphane Sednaoui, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, or even Alex Garland, for instance.
I've watched a lot of reactions to NewJeans and it's not often that someone gets Ditto and OMG on the first watch. You were pretty spot on, not only with the analysis, but the feeling that NewJeans gives to their fans. For me it brought back so many memories of when I was younger and it made me connect emotionally to their music and the group. The only thing I can really add to your analysis of Ditto is that the fawn usually represents innocence and youth in film and literature. Ban Heeseo is faced with the choice to let go of that and the girls, and essentially "grow up". And in the end, she looks back at her time as a NewJeans stan with fondness. As for OMG, it's the perspective of the idols who tend to lose their identity in order to please their fans. You see that especially with Hyein where it seems like she's disappearing cause she so fixated on the fans (the bear). Each member has fallen into the character that the fans see them as; Minji as the mother figure, Hanni as always being there for their fans and doing what they want, Dani always so happy and laughing, even at a staticy tv, Haerin is always compared to a cat, and Hyein the princess. Thank you for your reaction, I look forward to your future ones!
Not sure if you had seen anyone tell this but Heesoo the sixth girl actually have a TH-cam channel with the same name "Ban Heesoo" where she posts those NewJeans clips. just a bit of a cool detail about this comeback, felt so realistic.
Many people criticize new jeans for the fact that they are always predictable not in terms of the clip but the songs. Personally, I think new jeans are perfect for their style and they should stay that way. Their every return was perfect. Their tracks that I recommend listening to next time "zero" "new jeans" "super shy".
Many of us thought that the bathtub scene was recorded since Attention MV, but they said, they had to recreate the scene for this MV, also good analysis from your part, the character 'Ban Heesoo' is called that way because of the fandom Bunnies (in hangeul it's pronounced in a similar way). So Heesoo represents a fan, that believes the members are their friends, and with the time the fan finds other ways to use their time, but at the end the memories will remain. Omg is, as you said, a message to the people that thinks the idols belong to them or owe them something and have to do whatever the fans want.
it's amazing that you can understood of real meaning of Ditto in first watch. it's so deep. can't wait to watch your reaction and interpretation for ETA and Cool with you
Other videos to watch out with dep meanings are; ETA - its a very similiar concept to Ditto but dealing with much more disturbing issues and another 2 parter; 1 . Cool with you side a 2. Cool with you side b (2 parter based in greek mythology)
NewJeans is special ✨ Yes, there are lots of outstanding groups out there wirh amazing music, interesting concepts and extremely talented individuals. You could even make the point that there are groups with more sophisticated music and more talented individuals (like better vocalists, better dancers, better performers) and I would certainly agree to that. But there is something about NewJeans. There is something about their music, their style, their concept that just feels so.. nostalgic but refreshing at the same time. Sure, they don't own it and they certainly didn't invent it, but it suits them a lot and they execute it really well, and their team just knows how to adapt to and capitalize (?) on current trends. Besides, they are just so easy to love and their music is so.. trendy and easy to listen to and get viral. I believe that's the reason why they are so popular; and I think their impact and influence on Kpop is undeniable, even in the eyes of non-fans and people who don't necessarily like them as much as others (which is totally fine because music taste is subjective). I got into K-Pop last year through Fifty Fifty's Cupid (and at first I was reluctant to "dig deeper" into it), but it was NewJeans who made me stick around and want to check out more groups. And I'll always be grateful for that. It has been a very fun and interesting journey because I've been able to discover a very enjoyable side of music that I was not familiar with; and even then, they still remain as one of my two favorite Kpop groups (along with Nmixx).
Hee-soo represents K-pop fans, NewJeans represent K-pop idols, and the guy Hee-soo was interested in represents her actual reality. Ban Hee-soo sounds like the name of NewJeans’ fandom “Bunnies” and her camcorder represents the screen of our phones. As an easter egg, there is even a TH-cam channel named “Ban Hee-soo” featuring her camcorder recordings that align with the MV’s narrative - she records and uploads the moments she has with the NewJeans girls in efforts to remember them forever. Hee-soo's interactions with the girls mimics the way K-pop fans can meet their favourite idols up close and personal during fan meetings or gatherings outside show venues. Standing right in front of them and breathing the same air is an incredible dream come true and this elicits a fantasy that their idols are within their arm’s reach. We see Hee-soo’s illusion of the girls crumble when the guy catches her crying alone. Humiliated, Hee-soo runs away and tries to escape him - her reality. She is about to approach the girls again and finds them performing happily as they always had, but this time without her. As she glances at her unblemished white cast, a symbol of physical or emotional hurt that she had hoped the girls would alleviate, she finally acknowledges there will always be a physical and emotional distance between them. This distance does not change no matter how she may attempt to relate to their burdens like walking in the rain with them instead of using her own umbrella to keep dry. The deer symbolises the process of Hee-soo’s recovery and self-discovery. It first appeared in what seems to be her dream or subconscious where she stood all alone in a massive endless snowfield that seemed to represent the fantastical yet lonely world of idol chasing. The second time the deer visits Hee-soo, it stands in her familiar school hallway. After assessing her current state and realising that she has decided to return to her real world, the deer finally turns around a corner to leave. The deer may also represent her guardian spirit who came to guide her in the correct direction to lead a fulfilling life. Overall, I believe that “Ditto” wishes to convey how a fan’s devotion to K-pop can become an unhealthy coping mechanism if left unchecked. By seeking refuge in the K-pop world, obsessive fans may choose to forego their own reality if they can live in a better one. We see this in the persistence of parasocial relationships in the K-pop industry.
I really enjoyed your analysis! I was neutral on New Jeans up until Ditto. This comeback made me understand why NJ was getting popular so fast. They're doing something completely different from everyone else on the kpop scene and it's exciting to watch.
Great reaction. You don't see the face of the sixth person because it is our face (fans). I feel that this mv is poignant, bittersweet, but with a happy ending (she moved on after successfully coping with a traumatic situation, explained later). In contrast OMG is tragic and sad, predicting that all of the members of NewJeans will eventually be institutionalized from mental breakdowns resulting from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Anyway, it is amazing that you pulled that meaning so quickly when so many reactors are just lost. IMO, Ditto speaks about the potentially beneficial and potentially toxic parasocial relationship between fans and Kpop Idols. The good is that it can help a fan cope with a bad situation currently being experienced. The girl behind the camera (representing fans) had a cast, possibly from a car accident where she may have lost her parents (never shown), but nevertheless trying to cope with a traumatic experience. The facial expressions on the Boy AND her fellow classmates as she was videotaping give me the impression that they all knew the girl was coping with a traumatic experience and were empathetic but having little idea of how to help her, but knew she needed help. She was comforted by imagining her favorite Kpop group members surrounding her with loving companionship. But eventually she had to face reality in order to move on (broke her camera, backed away from watching her Kpop group dance in front of the train tracks, moved from her imaginary relationship with her Kpop Idols to a real relationship with the Boy). Years later she put in the VHS, and all the happy memories (about how her Kpop group gave her a sense of loving support to help her cope with a traumatic situation) came rushing back. The downside is that if you stay in that imaginary world, your real world will be in ruins as you lose sight of your own necessary personal growth and the needed transition to adulthood with all the associated responsibilities that come with that.
Now is time to react to newjean's second EP!! get up! love the reaction btw. This is the songs that introduced me to newjeans and kpop (ditto and omg) in general. I love them so much.
41:07 yessss, when i listened to ditto the first time, my school days appeared in my head and ditto was like bgm... I wondered their music was not good so I didnt pay attention to ?? And know i got the answer haha
*the scene of minji in the bath was recorded again for this video (the director said it) *the guy that take the drawings it's a manghwa creator popular in sk (and if I'm not wrong the original creator of this drawings).
I think: she liked Newjeans as they were whole life -> She focused on her own life -> When she grew up, she remembered newjeans and liked them again, so Newjeans came to her again (the last scene)
Great reaction and analysis. IMO, OMG is foreseeing NewJeans members in the future having mental breakdowns and being institutionalized from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Yes, this is a tragic storyline, American Horror Story: NewJeans Edition. The contrast between the happy vibe of the song and the darkness of the MV is trully astounding. OMG is a huge meta statement about the parasocial potentially toxic relationship between Kpop Idols and their fans, but from the Kpop Idol perspective. Ditto is about the same parasocial potentially toxic/potentially beneficial relationship, but from the fan perspective. You can see that the 2 mv's are related from the Ditto video dance clips shown on the OMG video. In OMG NewJeans members are being treated after having mental breakdowns from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Note the song starts "This song is about you Baby. Only you, you you, you, you, you.", and it cuts to face shots of each member of NewJeans as "you" is said. The mv and song is about a POSSIBLY tragic future of NewJeans members (which can be avoided IMO). Hanni (as Siri/Steve Jobs with round glasses, black t-shirt and jeans and sneakers) seems to have accepted her fate, saying that she has lost her sense of self, that she only exists for her fans and to fulfil the needs of those fans (like Kpop idols are want to do, not just iPhones). Harein thinks she is a cat, becoming what her fandom thinks about her in real life (that she is the living embodiment of a cat). Harein is seen nibling on cat food. Heyein is the member with the most entertainment industry experience, having been a busy child actress and here she is lost in the fairytale of one of her early roles (being lost in how her fans think of her). Minji is the Unnie (the actual oldest member who has a clear role to play in any Kpop Idol group), trying to take care of her members and bringing them to be treated (fulfilling the Unnie role that her fans expect from her). Note that at one point in the video, she stands over HERSELF, and brings herself into the ambulance, and obviously needs treatment too as she has also lost her sense of self and is lost in her fan created role of caretaker for her members. Only Danielle can remember that they were members of NewJeans, but she is institutionalized too, suffering mental issues, but not to the point of losing her memories. Danielle is really Danielle from NewJeans, but she is imagining that she is still shooting music videos. She is imagining the crew is there. Mentally she is trapped in her NewJeans past. BTW, IMO the Bear represents the fandom. Potentially very protective like a moma bear, but also potentially vicious and ferocious and deadly (as toxic Kpop netizens are want to be).
These two (well three) music videos are the best ever made hands down. Ok I may not be objective but damn, the cinematography, the stroy telling, the acting, the music, the moods, the meanings... Nah this is just too good. You can dig again and again and still find/deduce some new stuff from these.
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"You smiled at me but Do you think about me now yeah" Maybe means that idols 'smiled' at you through screen or performing on the stage, but the smile is for everyone and they'll just forget you because they don't know you that much.🤷 I have a theory for the doctor in omg that also is a patient. I think it means that everyone has their own problems? Like you're patient yourself and you have your own problems.
I already said everything in my comment on your first newjeans video, but to re-iterate, please watch both versions of Cool With You. Unlike Ditto, it's the same story that continues immediately after the end of side A. Also there is a short song interlude tacked onto the end of Side B that does not get it's own MV due to it's length.
Your theories are close to other's theories. You can read some interpretations in the comments below the mvs. Btw, the fawn (baby deer) is representing childhood or maybe purity and with the leaving deer at the end of the 2nd part childhood is gone and adulthood has come
As for OMG, the roles that they have in the mv is like the roles the get from fans in some way: Hyein - the visuals (princess), Haering - Kitty Kang (cat), Danielle - Girl's crush or Rizz girl (prince), Hanni - idol (the metaphor through phone, idols are always in our phones), Minji - leader, mom of the group (doctor who cares about them). And you should check out their performance videos for these songs, especially for OMG (it is the most popular video of the group rn)
Agree with your conclusion. Yep nj gives that comfort feeling in their songs n mvs. Hope they'll survive the sh*ts going on within their management company
You should also react to all hype boy mv member version. Last video u reacted to only performance version. You would definitely love the storyline there too.......
I TOTALLY understand what you mean when you say you didnt really get the hype from their first EP... as huge of a newjeans fan as i am now NONE of the first EP gets on my playlist... I got into them after hearing 'newjeans' and 'supershy' and being a massive Mainstream UK Garage fan I couldnt beleive their was pretty much an entire EP based on Mainstream early 2000s UK garage in kpop.... aftr that i went and listened to their earlier stuff... loved ditto and omg as well.. but the 90s rnb from the first EP wasnt really 'different' enough for me.... i get the hype because in a current kpop market completely oversaturated with girl groups having that aggressive trap rap style of blackpink.. newjeans brought in something different... but me .. a fan from 2nd gen the 90s rnb vibe wasnt anything new to me (it was pretty big in 2nd gen) but i guess how younger fans hadnt really heard it being from what 15 odd years ago lol... I like it though.. just not half as much as everything they did afterwards.
The problem with your fan theory is that when Hesoo inserted the tape into the TV, the girls do appear in the video, so they did exist! Therefore, for me, the correct theory is that they were friends of Hesoo but died in an accident, and the only one who survived was her. That's why she has a bandaged arm indicating an accident, and everything else is just the post-traumatic shock she suffered.
omggg newjeans are my fav group ever, they’re so unique and special and not only for me, for the entire kpop world ! ❤ thank you for the reaction, please check the others comebacks from the girls
One more thing to note is the girl filming everything in ditto is called Ban Hesoo which kinda sounds like bunnies if you speak it fast enough. Also she has her own youtube channel with all the recordings she did.
This idol group is currently facing complicated issues with their management company. That Ador's CEO, Min Hee-jin, has been struggling to protect this rookie group on her own from Hybe. Many Koreans are reinterpreting NewJeans' music video because they think the producer hid messages in the video about what's going on in the company. In "Ditto," the character Heesu holding a camera is seen as Ador's CEO, and the male student as HYBE CEO. For example, the moment where Heesu, despite having an umbrella, chooses to stay in the rain with the members symbolizes the CEO's sacrifice for her group. There are currently many concerning issues surrounding the future of this idol group that are a hot topic in Korea. If you look into these background situations, it seems that your review of Newjeans' music video would become much richer. And hopefully, more people will become aware of these situations so that this idol group can continue to perform well in the future..
hola! he visto muchas reacciones y creo que eres el único que entendió el significado de las canciones a la primera, me gusta el análisis que generas y tu perspectiva, me gustaría ver más reacciones tuyas a newjeans! te recomiendo que reacciones a su segundo álbum (2nd EP: Get Up) que contiene 6 canciones, todas tienen MV. 1. New Jeans 2. Super Shy 3. Cool with you (and Get Up) 4. ETA 5. ASAP
You are spot on with the reaction! Please react to Girls’ Generation The Boys next. The song itself filled with crazy arrangement. Interested to see your reaction and opinion.
There is a theory that all the members of newjeans died in an accident which envolves the deer. And heosoo was the only that survived the accident and she can't accept what happened in side A. Where in side B she already accepted the fact that they are all gone and she needs to move on by the help of the male character in the MV.
that was before 'OMG' came out... OMG solidified the para-social theory because it was also about that as well and it being the 3rd part made much more sense..
tell me Ditto MV is not like a Jpop MV come on... feel so at home. I cant recall the equal for Hello Project but I immediately think of Sakura no ki ni narou from 48 project
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Your Analysis on 'Ditto' was spot on... 'OMG' is the opposite of Ditto on how the Fans (and the kpop industry in catering for fans) can have negative effects on the idols... I think you got it but for more context the idols have literally forgotten their true selves and become slaves for the fans... hanni being an iphone is the most obvious she exists for you.... haerin is always being told shes looks and acts like a cat by the fans (and even the other members) so now thats all she beleives she is (in ditto side a at the beggining she talks to the same cat... telling it that she isnt a cat... foreshadowing what she becomes in OMG) Hyein is looked on as a fairytale princess ... the 'bear' actually represents the fans as they dont want prince charming to steal her away from them.. she belongs to the fans and fans only... Danielle may appear 'normal' but shes watching white noise probably thinking shes seeing newjeans on the screen (a parallel to heesoo watching white noise in ditto) i beleive she is so consumed in thinking shes an idol thats literally all she is now and not a normal person outside of her group.. and yes Minji is looked on by fans as the 'Mum' of the group so her thinking shes a doctor makes sense so she can still look after her girls even when shes also crazy.
WOOW thank you for this it's awesome
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Only to put a little more context, in Danielle part, when she is watching the tv, she's also laughing for nothing in that tv and it's a reference bcs Dani is always smiling, so the fans have the picture in they mind that she's never sad and is a pure ray of happines and always with a smile
@@JohanPark07 wow.. thats actually a really good astute observation and something i never realised before! Assuming Dani is seeing newjeans on white noise much like heesoo does in ditto its such a stark contrast.... whilst heesoo watches them looking sad (because of her loneliness and depresion) ... dani watches them looking like the complete smiley ecstatic self she is perceived to always be (albeit she does look mental also) lol... nice!
@@jaynadiah5498 Yeah, also the white noise in the tv plus Heesoo's perspective is an element that i never see in the theorys of mv's, but is mindblowing fr
You are the first reactor (that I've watched) that understood Ditto immediately to the depth that it presents. Very refreshing lol I hope we see more from this director in future projects, because these are _cinema_ not just MVs. It also helps that the songs are amazing, of course.
He did 'cool with you' and 'ETA' as well (which explains a lot why ETA is so similiar)
@@jaynadiah5498 pretty sad he's not working with NJ anymore..
@@LeMn680If that were true, it's a great opportunity to let other directors and their teams collaborate with the group. There was a time when mvs directors were important, and many of them even directed very good films: Michel Gondry, Stéphane Sednaoui, Mark Romanek, Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, or even Alex Garland, for instance.
I've watched a lot of reactions to NewJeans and it's not often that someone gets Ditto and OMG on the first watch. You were pretty spot on, not only with the analysis, but the feeling that NewJeans gives to their fans. For me it brought back so many memories of when I was younger and it made me connect emotionally to their music and the group.
The only thing I can really add to your analysis of Ditto is that the fawn usually represents innocence and youth in film and literature. Ban Heeseo is faced with the choice to let go of that and the girls, and essentially "grow up". And in the end, she looks back at her time as a NewJeans stan with fondness. As for OMG, it's the perspective of the idols who tend to lose their identity in order to please their fans. You see that especially with Hyein where it seems like she's disappearing cause she so fixated on the fans (the bear). Each member has fallen into the character that the fans see them as; Minji as the mother figure, Hanni as always being there for their fans and doing what they want, Dani always so happy and laughing, even at a staticy tv, Haerin is always compared to a cat, and Hyein the princess. Thank you for your reaction, I look forward to your future ones!
diito was the song of the year 2023 by almost every chart
i got even more emotional when i watched newjeans reacting to their own ditto mv, the girls didn't expect any of that
Not sure if you had seen anyone tell this but Heesoo the sixth girl actually have a TH-cam channel with the same name "Ban Heesoo" where she posts those NewJeans clips. just a bit of a cool detail about this comeback, felt so realistic.
Omgg tysm for that piece of information it was so cool!
Ditto, the song that made me stan them.
Many people criticize new jeans for the fact that they are always predictable not in terms of the clip but the songs. Personally, I think new jeans are perfect for their style and they should stay that way. Their every return was perfect. Their tracks that I recommend listening to next time "zero" "new jeans" "super shy".
NewJeans is my fav group. Makes sense why they became so huge, their songs are so good…
Many of us thought that the bathtub scene was recorded since Attention MV, but they said, they had to recreate the scene for this MV, also good analysis from your part, the character 'Ban Heesoo' is called that way because of the fandom Bunnies (in hangeul it's pronounced in a similar way). So Heesoo represents a fan, that believes the members are their friends, and with the time the fan finds other ways to use their time, but at the end the memories will remain. Omg is, as you said, a message to the people that thinks the idols belong to them or owe them something and have to do whatever the fans want.
I like new jeans songs cause they give me such pure warm nostalgic feeling
I love how he understands the meaning of the whole song in seconds and is attentive in everything! Please react to more KISS OF LIFE 😭❤️❤️
Esperando ansiosamente pelo os próximos reactions de NewJeans.
Nossas coelhinhas merecem muito reconhecimento ❤
omg you are so smart 😮 you could figure out what the mvs mean, i really couldn't figure out at first when i watch them
it's amazing that you can understood of real meaning of Ditto in first watch. it's so deep. can't wait to watch your reaction and interpretation for ETA and Cool with you
Other videos to watch out with dep meanings are;
ETA - its a very similiar concept to Ditto but dealing with much more disturbing issues
and another 2 parter;
1 . Cool with you side a
2. Cool with you side b
(2 parter based in greek mythology)
Your comments about the mvs were pretty good you especially noticed that OMG is played as an instrumental in Ditto side A keep goin like that
And they have a comeback soon❤
NewJeans is special ✨
Yes, there are lots of outstanding groups out there wirh amazing music, interesting concepts and extremely talented individuals.
You could even make the point that there are groups with more sophisticated music and more talented individuals (like better vocalists, better dancers, better performers) and I would certainly agree to that.
But there is something about NewJeans. There is something about their music, their style, their concept that just feels so.. nostalgic but refreshing at the same time. Sure, they don't own it and they certainly didn't invent it, but it suits them a lot and they execute it really well, and their team just knows how to adapt to and capitalize (?) on current trends.
Besides, they are just so easy to love and their music is so.. trendy and easy to listen to and get viral. I believe that's the reason why they are so popular; and I think their impact and influence on Kpop is undeniable, even in the eyes of non-fans and people who don't necessarily like them as much as others (which is totally fine because music taste is subjective).
I got into K-Pop last year through Fifty Fifty's Cupid (and at first I was reluctant to "dig deeper" into it), but it was NewJeans who made me stick around and want to check out more groups. And I'll always be grateful for that.
It has been a very fun and interesting journey because I've been able to discover a very enjoyable side of music that I was not familiar with; and even then, they still remain as one of my two favorite Kpop groups (along with Nmixx).
Hee-soo represents K-pop fans, NewJeans represent K-pop idols, and the guy Hee-soo was interested in represents her actual reality.
Ban Hee-soo sounds like the name of NewJeans’ fandom “Bunnies” and her camcorder represents the screen of our phones. As an easter egg, there is even a TH-cam channel named “Ban Hee-soo” featuring her camcorder recordings that align with the MV’s narrative - she records and uploads the moments she has with the NewJeans girls in efforts to remember them forever.
Hee-soo's interactions with the girls mimics the way K-pop fans can meet their favourite idols up close and personal during fan meetings or gatherings outside show venues. Standing right in front of them and breathing the same air is an incredible dream come true and this elicits a fantasy that their idols are within their arm’s reach.
We see Hee-soo’s illusion of the girls crumble when the guy catches her crying alone. Humiliated, Hee-soo runs away and tries to escape him - her reality. She is about to approach the girls again and finds them performing happily as they always had, but this time without her. As she glances at her unblemished white cast, a symbol of physical or emotional hurt that she had hoped the girls would alleviate, she finally acknowledges there will always be a physical and emotional distance between them. This distance does not change no matter how she may attempt to relate to their burdens like walking in the rain with them instead of using her own umbrella to keep dry.
The deer symbolises the process of Hee-soo’s recovery and self-discovery. It first appeared in what seems to be her dream or subconscious where she stood all alone in a massive endless snowfield that seemed to represent the fantastical yet lonely world of idol chasing. The second time the deer visits Hee-soo, it stands in her familiar school hallway. After assessing her current state and realising that she has decided to return to her real world, the deer finally turns around a corner to leave. The deer may also represent her guardian spirit who came to guide her in the correct direction to lead a fulfilling life.
Overall, I believe that “Ditto” wishes to convey how a fan’s devotion to K-pop can become an unhealthy coping mechanism if left unchecked. By seeking refuge in the K-pop world, obsessive fans may choose to forego their own reality if they can live in a better one. We see this in the persistence of parasocial relationships in the K-pop industry.
OMG, Your reactions are satisfyingly, I'm glad I found your channel
I really enjoyed your analysis! I was neutral on New Jeans up until Ditto. This comeback made me understand why NJ was getting popular so fast. They're doing something completely different from everyone else on the kpop scene and it's exciting to watch.
I love how they just get so quick i love their analysis on the mvs !!
Another great reaction! His expression when he realized Ditto's meaning was priceless!! Thank you
Fantastic reaction & insight! You really pay attention & have some great thoughts about the MVs & songs.
you should definetly check out 'cool with you' and 'get up' by new jeans!! amazing mv's and songs ❤
Excellent reaction. You make watching things again interesting.
You are very smart. Way to pick up on most of the themes and meaning behind everything
Great reaction. You don't see the face of the sixth person because it is our face (fans). I feel that this mv is poignant, bittersweet, but with a happy ending (she moved on after successfully coping with a traumatic situation, explained later). In contrast OMG is tragic and sad, predicting that all of the members of NewJeans will eventually be institutionalized from mental breakdowns resulting from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Anyway, it is amazing that you pulled that meaning so quickly when so many reactors are just lost. IMO, Ditto speaks about the potentially beneficial and potentially toxic parasocial relationship between fans and Kpop Idols. The good is that it can help a fan cope with a bad situation currently being experienced. The girl behind the camera (representing fans) had a cast, possibly from a car accident where she may have lost her parents (never shown), but nevertheless trying to cope with a traumatic experience. The facial expressions on the Boy AND her fellow classmates as she was videotaping give me the impression that they all knew the girl was coping with a traumatic experience and were empathetic but having little idea of how to help her, but knew she needed help. She was comforted by imagining her favorite Kpop group members surrounding her with loving companionship. But eventually she had to face reality in order to move on (broke her camera, backed away from watching her Kpop group dance in front of the train tracks, moved from her imaginary relationship with her Kpop Idols to a real relationship with the Boy). Years later she put in the VHS, and all the happy memories (about how her Kpop group gave her a sense of loving support to help her cope with a traumatic situation) came rushing back. The downside is that if you stay in that imaginary world, your real world will be in ruins as you lose sight of your own necessary personal growth and the needed transition to adulthood with all the associated responsibilities that come with that.
NewJeans is a masterpiece! So artistic!
Now is time to react to newjean's second EP!! get up! love the reaction btw. This is the songs that introduced me to newjeans and kpop (ditto and omg) in general. I love them so much.
41:07 yessss, when i listened to ditto the first time, my school days appeared in my head and ditto was like bgm... I wondered their music was not good so I didnt pay attention to ?? And know i got the answer haha
You have a very good memory. I loved your reactions. You should also watch newjeans dance practice videos
Ditto mvs always makes me cry aaaaaaaa
A interesting fact:
Their is an account here in yt named Ban heesoo with all the films that she recorded with the camera... 👀
*the scene of minji in the bath was recorded again for this video (the director said it)
*the guy that take the drawings it's a manghwa creator popular in sk (and if I'm not wrong the original creator of this drawings).
The 90's version of the Ditto choreography 😊
Man OMG redefined my whole worldview on what kpop can do. Hope they won't stop breaking the mold in the future🙏
Omg your analysis in the top 🔥🔥🔥
This is the best reaction to Ditto and OMG i've seen, just going on bro
I think: she liked Newjeans as they were whole life -> She focused on her own life -> When she grew up, she remembered newjeans and liked them again, so Newjeans came to her again (the last scene)
you should watch dance practices for all the groups you've listened to so far they are so good
You should definitely react to "Cool with you, side A-B"!!!
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE !!!! also 2 vids in one day LOVE IT 🥳🥳
Love your reactions, thank you for giving us these😊
Great reaction and analysis. IMO, OMG is foreseeing NewJeans members in the future having mental breakdowns and being institutionalized from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Yes, this is a tragic storyline, American Horror Story: NewJeans Edition. The contrast between the happy vibe of the song and the darkness of the MV is trully astounding. OMG is a huge meta statement about the parasocial potentially toxic relationship between Kpop Idols and their fans, but from the Kpop Idol perspective. Ditto is about the same parasocial potentially toxic/potentially beneficial relationship, but from the fan perspective. You can see that the 2 mv's are related from the Ditto video dance clips shown on the OMG video. In OMG NewJeans members are being treated after having mental breakdowns from their traumatic experiences as Kpop Idols. Note the song starts "This song is about you Baby. Only you, you you, you, you, you.", and it cuts to face shots of each member of NewJeans as "you" is said. The mv and song is about a POSSIBLY tragic future of NewJeans members (which can be avoided IMO). Hanni (as Siri/Steve Jobs with round glasses, black t-shirt and jeans and sneakers) seems to have accepted her fate, saying that she has lost her sense of self, that she only exists for her fans and to fulfil the needs of those fans (like Kpop idols are want to do, not just iPhones). Harein thinks she is a cat, becoming what her fandom thinks about her in real life (that she is the living embodiment of a cat). Harein is seen nibling on cat food. Heyein is the member with the most entertainment industry experience, having been a busy child actress and here she is lost in the fairytale of one of her early roles (being lost in how her fans think of her). Minji is the Unnie (the actual oldest member who has a clear role to play in any Kpop Idol group), trying to take care of her members and bringing them to be treated (fulfilling the Unnie role that her fans expect from her). Note that at one point in the video, she stands over HERSELF, and brings herself into the ambulance, and obviously needs treatment too as she has also lost her sense of self and is lost in her fan created role of caretaker for her members. Only Danielle can remember that they were members of NewJeans, but she is institutionalized too, suffering mental issues, but not to the point of losing her memories. Danielle is really Danielle from NewJeans, but she is imagining that she is still shooting music videos. She is imagining the crew is there. Mentally she is trapped in her NewJeans past. BTW, IMO the Bear represents the fandom. Potentially very protective like a moma bear, but also potentially vicious and ferocious and deadly (as toxic Kpop netizens are want to be).
YOUR THOUGHTS IS 1000% SPOT ON🔥
Newjeans is so good and now is the most famous group
I'm veeeery curious about you reacting do Cool with You, for me it's one of my favourites, great reacts keep goiiiiing
These two (well three) music videos are the best ever made hands down. Ok I may not be objective but damn, the cinematography, the stroy telling, the acting, the music, the moods, the meanings... Nah this is just too good. You can dig again and again and still find/deduce some new stuff from these.
we want more new jeans/twice and aespa🔥
[4K] NewJeans(뉴진스) “Ditto” Band LIVE Concert Ditto HOLIDAY BAND LIVE🎄 [it’s KPOP LIVE 잇츠라이브] 2022.12.23
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"You smiled at me but Do you think about me now yeah" Maybe means that idols 'smiled' at you through screen or performing on the stage, but the smile is for everyone and they'll just forget you because they don't know you that much.🤷 I have a theory for the doctor in omg that also is a patient. I think it means that everyone has their own problems? Like you're patient yourself and you have your own problems.
Spot on theories. What a genius.
Thank you so much
You def have to react to all their music
I already said everything in my comment on your first newjeans video, but to re-iterate, please watch both versions of Cool With You. Unlike Ditto, it's the same story that continues immediately after the end of side A. Also there is a short song interlude tacked onto the end of Side B that does not get it's own MV due to it's length.
Bro I was just watching your Le Sserafim reaction and again so happy to see a new video wow! 💓
Your theories are close to other's theories. You can read some interpretations in the comments below the mvs. Btw, the fawn (baby deer) is representing childhood or maybe purity and with the leaving deer at the end of the 2nd part childhood is gone and adulthood has come
As for OMG, the roles that they have in the mv is like the roles the get from fans in some way: Hyein - the visuals (princess), Haering - Kitty Kang (cat), Danielle - Girl's crush or Rizz girl (prince), Hanni - idol (the metaphor through phone, idols are always in our phones), Minji - leader, mom of the group (doctor who cares about them).
And you should check out their performance videos for these songs, especially for OMG (it is the most popular video of the group rn)
you really should watch “hype boy”with all versions
Newjeans DITTO, you think its a old but its brand new.
Across all Generation, Newjeans loves by any Generation
Agree with your conclusion. Yep nj gives that comfort feeling in their songs n mvs. Hope they'll survive the sh*ts going on within their management company
I like your transparence 😊
You should also react to all hype boy mv member version. Last video u reacted to only performance version. You would definitely love the storyline there too.......
Best MV on their latest EP: Cool with you and ETA!!!
I think you will really enjoy the song cool for you by them
Please react to their get up album as well. I’m sure you’ll love it.
I TOTALLY understand what you mean when you say you didnt really get the hype from their first EP... as huge of a newjeans fan as i am now NONE of the first EP gets on my playlist... I got into them after hearing 'newjeans' and 'supershy' and being a massive Mainstream UK Garage fan I couldnt beleive their was pretty much an entire EP based on Mainstream early 2000s UK garage in kpop.... aftr that i went and listened to their earlier stuff... loved ditto and omg as well.. but the 90s rnb from the first EP wasnt really 'different' enough for me.... i get the hype because in a current kpop market completely oversaturated with girl groups having that aggressive trap rap style of blackpink.. newjeans brought in something different... but me .. a fan from 2nd gen the 90s rnb vibe wasnt anything new to me (it was pretty big in 2nd gen) but i guess how younger fans hadnt really heard it being from what 15 odd years ago lol... I like it though.. just not half as much as everything they did afterwards.
The guy at the end was a cameo from the cartoonist who did all the drawings.
getting emotional bc hybe forcefully deleted the videos on the BanHeesoo channel...( she is the protagonist of ditto/ the girl with the camcorder)
Wow, you're so smart, crazy how you interpret the video so well, I couldn't
I love the song ditto so much
you are amazing
Thanks for the reaction 🤍
The problem with your fan theory is that when Hesoo inserted the tape into the TV, the girls do appear in the video, so they did exist! Therefore, for me, the correct theory is that they were friends of Hesoo but died in an accident, and the only one who survived was her. That's why she has a bandaged arm indicating an accident, and everything else is just the post-traumatic shock she suffered.
You’ve just listened to the song of 2024 via every music award in Korea (it’s ditto btw)
love your videos!!!
omggg newjeans are my fav group ever, they’re so unique and special and not only for me, for the entire kpop world ! ❤ thank you for the reaction, please check the others comebacks from the girls
that why newjeans is different gen 4 girlgroup
💖💗Please NewJeans 'Cool With You' side A and B
cool with you side a and b next pleasee
You may check out their live performance at MMA 2023! It’s Amazing
One more thing to note is the girl filming everything in ditto is called Ban Hesoo which kinda sounds like bunnies if you speak it fast enough.
Also she has her own youtube channel with all the recordings she did.
Love them newjeans they dropped a new song teaser called Bubble gum u should check it out bro👍
Its ban heeseo meaning bunnies(fans of new jeans) you are right
I told you guys. They are going to the world.
still waiting for the "forbidden" ive reaction 🫠
Thanx for the reaction
🤞🤞 i love your content so much!! also i recommend you react to some more nmixx b sides (from their 2 EPs)
This idol group is currently facing complicated issues with their management company. That Ador's CEO, Min Hee-jin, has been struggling to protect this rookie group on her own from Hybe. Many Koreans are reinterpreting NewJeans' music video because they think the producer hid messages in the video about what's going on in the company. In "Ditto," the character Heesu holding a camera is seen as Ador's CEO, and the male student as HYBE CEO. For example, the moment where Heesu, despite having an umbrella, chooses to stay in the rain with the members symbolizes the CEO's sacrifice for her group. There are currently many concerning issues surrounding the future of this idol group that are a hot topic in Korea. If you look into these background situations, it seems that your review of Newjeans' music video would become much richer. And hopefully, more people will become aware of these situations so that this idol group can continue to perform well in the future..
hola! he visto muchas reacciones y creo que eres el único que entendió el significado de las canciones a la primera, me gusta el análisis que generas y tu perspectiva, me gustaría ver más reacciones tuyas a newjeans! te recomiendo que reacciones a su segundo álbum (2nd EP: Get Up) que contiene 6 canciones, todas tienen MV.
1. New Jeans
2. Super Shy
3. Cool with you (and Get Up)
4. ETA
5. ASAP
MMA 2023 newjeans full performance
You need to react the 2nd EP all the musics have video
And GODS from League of Legends
And Zero from Coke
All the new jeans songs
i think OMG MV fucked with everyones head at the first listen lol
They say Attention minji part is recording one more
Ban HeeSoo is similarly pronounced like Bunnies.
You are spot on with the reaction! Please react to Girls’ Generation The Boys next. The song itself filled with crazy arrangement. Interested to see your reaction and opinion.
There's no wayyyyyyyy you understand the story of ditto on the first watch!!
Babymonster next please
There is a theory that all the members of newjeans died in an accident which envolves the deer. And heosoo was the only that survived the accident and she can't accept what happened in side A. Where in side B she already accepted the fact that they are all gone and she needs to move on by the help of the male character in the MV.
that was before 'OMG' came out... OMG solidified the para-social theory because it was also about that as well and it being the 3rd part made much more sense..
tell me Ditto MV is not like a Jpop MV come on... feel so at home. I cant recall the equal for Hello Project but I immediately think of Sakura no ki ni narou from 48 project
And we will be thankfull if you react to Cool With You and ETA from NewJeans