Finally a reactor that got the meaning right away lol. I guess it’s because 2nd gen stans have already lived this, while 4th gen stans still can’t see themselves in it.
Out of all the theories I've read about the MV's storyline, The one I agree with the most is the one about the parasocial relationship theme where Hee-Soo is a schoolgirl who is lonely as a result of her lack of friends & her being outcasted by her classmates (as seen by the way they barely seem to acknowledge her existence). Hee-Soo eventually turns to New Jeans & their music for comfort & it doesn't take long before she no longer views them as distant celebrities but as her friends. She is no longer bothered by people ignoring her & she imagines NJ as being any average girlfriend group that laughs, plays, gossip & dance together. We see how she imagines them coming to visit her after she got hurt & writing on her arm cast. Apparently the cam-recorder she uses to film the girls is a kind of metaphor to represent kpop fans & how they are always filming idols (at music shows for example) for memories. Eventually Hee-Soo gets so caught up in her fantasy friendship, she doesn't notice the boy, who is always watching her & seems to be the only person who is interested in her. Eventually, as the years go by, Hee-Soo grows out of her one-sided obsession (as seen when she wakes up by herself at home & she sees there is nothing on her white cast) at the very end, we see her as adult & some fans theorise she may have even married that boy from her school. Hee-Soo takes out her old VHS of New Jeans & even though she stopped keeping up with the group years ago, she is nostalgic about the good times she shared with them. For me, I think the entire MV of Ditto is great metaphor to represent the relationship between Kpop idols & their fans, especially those stans who view idols as their comfort zone/escape & are very caught up on them, without making it super creepy or not negative, (for e.g. like the movie Perfect Blue)
my ridiculous theory outside the context of the MV (in this case, Heesoo representing the fans) The 6 were involved in an accident (represented by her arm in a cast), and Heesoo is the only one who survived. An interesting fact is that when she wakes up on the couch, the signatures on her arm are not there, but the nail that Minji painted is. The VHS and the camera represent the memories they created in the past. Side B appears to be much more melancholic, the MV starts with memories of them running in the hallway. It seems that Heesoo doesn't have a relationship with the 5 girls, but according to my theory they are no longer alive, so Heesoo "ignores" them. Heesoo still tries to end the memories by breaking the camera, but in the end everything was stored on VHS, so finally she works up the courage to watch the tapes...
@@lugu2843Oh don't worry. I don't find your theory to be ridiculous at all. It also helps to explain her needing the white cast as well as the Side B version of the song. I also watched another video by another person [though I can't remember the channel name] which focuses on Hanni. Because when you watch the clips the OP has pointed out, you'll notice how Hanni acts differently from the rest of the members. [for e.g, she is always staring at Hee-Soo & during the rain scene, Hanni & Hee-soo are the only ones wearing black uniform while the members are wearing the brown ones.]
Exactlyyyyyy, i relate to this song and video so much cause I turn to KPop for comfort and it’s a safe space to be happy freely. Feeling lonely really sucks
one meaning is about entering a fandom, living the good moments, the bad moments and growing up into a fandom and when you get older you remain with the memories. you think you may be alone by stanning and it's only from your side, but they want to say to you that you are not alone and newjeans love their fandom and appreciate it. also they seem like ghosts in a way, always there around you , going through life together. it's well thought and evokes a lot of things and feelings.
the girl with a camcorder = fandom, Bunnies (her name is Ban Hee Soo, representing Bun-nie-s) filming = stanning NewJeans = idol the boy = real love, real life the girl with a camcorder films idol at the beginning but the subject is changed to the boy (from NewJeans) then the girl stops filming and abandoning the camcorder, which means she stops stanning her idol. fans are getting older and finally forget their idol while time passing by. but the memories remain.
i saw chaewon from le sserafim in the credits as well. i wonder what she did within the mv and storyline. 4th gen ggs are really taking kpop perfectly this year and i’m so excited
Originally, K-pop was this kind of music, not girl crush. Refreshing, pure, pure, retro...New Jeans brought y2k sensibility back to Korea. greatest rookie monster💜
It's about the parasocial relationship fans share with their favorite groups, to the world it's nothing but for them it's everything, from giving hope,strength, courage(since it's made for the fans as told by MHJ) . As it shows in the end she goes out with the boy and remember nj as a fond memory, like in the mv what the girl needed at that point was an escape and nj became one. But when she plays the vcr again after a long time, the girls come back. In a way nj will be there whenever you need them. It's beautiful, sad and again beautiful. I like how raw the mv is both aesthetic wise and message wise any fandom can relate to this.
1. To the Quik: Good job, OG! "Ditto"! 2. Just a Mention: It's "New Jeans" [Dance Movements] & [Sounds] "Bewitching us" [to enjoy] the [Smooth & Sonorous], [Rhythms & Tempos] of [Play & Imagination]! 3. Just [Kids] at [Play & Work] "expressing" a young, [Teen Style] that [Families & Teens Love]! 4. PS: The [Average Age] of "New Jeans" is "Sixteen"! Have a great day, my friend.
a movie in korea named ditto was released in 2000. the story goes a girl and a guy fall in love but end up in an accident and the guy wears a cast. just like heesoo in the mv. what i think of this mv is survivors guilt. they might have been friends in the past but due to a tragic accident (relating with the deer, they might have hit in a car crash) and all of them died except heesoo. heesoo thinks she should have died with them and imagines them. if you see heesoo's cast, one of the members wrote "don't die!!"" heesoo also gets a call from minji at the end and in part b where she leaves the rest of the girls symbolizing her moving on. you could see the deer in both mvs, and a deer symbolizes a good omen, meaning a guide is watching over you from heaven (new jeans in the story are dead and watching over heeseo.) the guy in the mv is what helps her move on from the survivors guilt.
As the producer already mentioned, this is the story of New Jeans and their fans. Just as I love idols so much but I can't be like them (like deer are pretty and mysterious, but difficult to approach), I decided to live my current life (the time when a girl grows up with a boyfriend), and after time passed, I liked New Jeans. It was not a meaningless time and it was also a precious memory. When I took out the memory box again, New Jeans opened the door and came in.
Wow, I missed that. There was no way to recognize her from those close ups and fragments of her face. Her name is Park Ji Hoo for those interested. She played Nam On-jo in "All of Us Are Dead". She also played the main character in a movie "House of Hummingbird". One of the best movies I've seen last year, although the movie is from 2018.
The lyrics are really telling more of the story that matches the video than people seem to mention. Every character just wants the other to say what they feel for the other back, ditto. From the fan to the performer, to the performer to the fans, from boy to a girl who met eyes.
OMG Thina, I knew we could count on your big brain(!!!) and above all, your empathy, to understand what was going on with the Ditto MVs. There is only one other reactor I've found (and I've watched many, I can't count) that like you, bothered to look up the name of their fandom and the symbolism of the fawn/deer, in order to place their thoughts/theories into proper perspective. Notwithstanding how we all feel about New Jeans and their impact on the industry, the instrumentation of the song and the members' vocals, or how Ador markets the group, this particular MV reminded me of how it felt to be a young girl, it conjured up such a range of emotions. Perhaps that's why people say they feel sad even though there is camaraderie, there is also loneliness, awkwardness, being apart from a group, growing up. It's a lot, but the song is still catchy.
Just discovered your cool channel. I'm in your age bracket but I'm totally new to Kpop .... thanks to the awesomeness of Newjeans who drew me in, from their retro vibe, freshness, singing, dancing, and MVs. I've been through some similar life challenges as yourself so totally get where you're coming from and the comfort that music & idols can give, even now as a mature adult!
Aside from how good this song and the MV is... This is so well produced, anyone can have a different interpretation, but we still got the same meaning.
it's about the relationship between fan and idols. Idoles are with them everyday at every moment of their life. Face A : Imagination. Face B she's more in real life with the boys and love to watch them on tv
As soon as i finished watching the MV (literally finished it like 10 mins ago) I quickly search Thina's reaction and she really not dissappoints. She really get the MV's meaning after watching it 2 times. An OG kpop stan indeed!
I think you caught the core. New Jeans means 'Kpop idols' for that lonely girl (her refuge). So they are imaginary ones- as she grows, she likes a boy and also she leaves the group with age. And she overcame her loneliness and became an adult. The final scene of B means the girl became a woman and recalls the new jeans.
Hee-soo means Bunnies, the fandom of New Jeans, and most fans can only get in touch with the singer through media (ex. the camcorder that Hee-soo keeps carrying in the music video), as shown in the video. Fans and singers are always difficult to be together in reality, but singers are always there, and sometimes people look at fans who follow singers in a strange way. I think it is. Haha Fans and singers who have always been together like that, as time goes by, the fans start to focus on other things in reality, and the distance in their hearts (I think this is expressed as a deer in the middle) will become farther away, and later on, the fans This situation of leaving will eventually come, but looking back over time, it seems to mean that during school days, the ones we were always with were our favorite idols at the time, and those idols were always in place.
Doesn't mean it, but her full name is pronounced in a way that sounds like "bunnies", but the word in Korean that means it is Tokki, if I'm not mistaken.
I love you so much girlfriend I cry everytime I watch ditto side b at end when girls come in door one girl says it's been too long it's like it was imaginary friends that as and adult she put vcr video away for years then revisit her youth it's so good
After watching so many reactions to them now. I’m just noticing they’re dancing the OMG choreo in the scenes when it seems they’re focusing on the story for the mv
Their M/V's are so K-Drama they even have K-Drama actors in them. 3:19 for a moment here they are actually doing the OMG choreo. The video camera footage from here is used in that M/V too.
New Jeans and TXT are the leaders of 4th Gen. Instead of AI concept, Edm concept, girl crush concept, their concepts are more suitable for youths, us( teenagers+ early 20s). Their concepts show our ages of youths' struggles and feelings. And I wanna them to maintain those concepts.
In 2000 there a Korean movie called Ditto were HS students from the same school but two whole different dimensions were able to communicate with each other throung a amateur radio. I think there's something relatable with this movie
As long as I remember, the past and the present are connected I hope NewJeans and the fans(Bunnies=Ban Heesoo) will be like that. That's what an old fan is 😍
btw....and if you watched the zombie kdrama 'All of Us Are Dead', the main actress in that is the main girl in these videos (even tho you never see her face)
this def gon be my new fav song from them. their songs are chef's kiss🤌 also you should check out &TEAM'S "UNDER THE SKIN" MV, EXTENDED MV & DANCE PRACTICE. you'll be amazed by them!!
Here’s what I’ve noticed after watching multiple reactions!! The actress (heeseo) is seen always recording the girls when they are dancing in both versions, but there is ONE time where she isn’t recording them while dancing, which was in Side B when the train passes by and they are on a parking lot or empty space. As the girls are dancing, heeseo is off to the side kinda far away, and even the girls aren’t facing her. I see this as heeseo finally letting go of the girls and moving on, which is seen as she walks away during that scene Another thing that shows her “moving on” is when the camera is showing the girls backs in the tall grass, and the camera slowly moves away. The dance thing they do when they sway and lift their arms up reminds me of this gentle sleepy feeling, like they’re almost stretching. Even in the dance practice, if u ever react to it, the beginning and end is the same. It’s like they’re “falling asleep”(to me. I’m no dancer but 😀). I like to think that it represents this heeseo character is in this sort of “sleeping” state, dreaming about this kpop group being her actual best friends. And then in mv where they’re in the grass and their backs are shown, it’s like as if new jeans is staring ahead and moving on as the kpop group they are. Then at the end, the girls are seen entering the room, same as before, all happy as if no time has passed. This shows that the even in the far future, u can still look behind on those memories u had with these groups bc no matter what they’ll always be there YEA I know I haven’t commented in like a year or two but I’m back again 😀 u can thank new jeans that I came back bc I do not watch music videos as excitedly as I did before, making me stop watching ur videos. Then I watched this just bc it was very catchy and I fell in love with it all. I’m glad Hybe is doing this concept for their new girl group as they are very very young. U may become obsessed with them and have a special place for them in ur heart but u must remember that u have ur own life to live. As with the fans of new jeans, I hope they understand this and not become too obsessed and clingy, forcing these images upon the girls (as shown in their OMG mv, yes I think they’re connected in this way)
Ditto is a sweet song about a wanting someone to love you back. There are two sides to every relationship. In the MVs, Side A shows Heesoo's relationship with her idols. Side B shows NewJeans' relationship with their Bunny. I was struck by your interpretation of the fawn but also by how sad the members look when Heesoo leaves them at the end of Side B. Except she never really does, because we flip back to Side A and she is smiling and reminiscing. I'm new to Kpop but it seems obvious that idols worry a lot about fans not loving them back, or leaving them. I think the cast is there maybe as homage to the movie but more practically speaking, the girls are all wearing uniforms and we never see Heesoo's face, so the cast makes it easy for viewers to see she's not part of the group and also visually separates young and grown Heesoo. I really enjoyed your reaction, it's the best!
If you want more NewJeans to check out, I highly recommend you check out their live performances lately like at MAMA, MMA, and AAA. They've put in some new choreo and updated the vocal in Attention. For MMA, the camerawork was not great, so I highly recommend you watch the practice video on their official channel.
In case you didn't know why you were thinking of Hanni particularly----- perhaps because her ethnic background is Vietnamese-Australian and speaks 3 languages.
Please react to OMG! I feel selfish asking but I know fans would love if you reacted to their Ditto performance videos too because the choreo is different from the MV
Great reaction. I disagree that it is sad. I believe it to be 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. But your background and experiences (being bullied, Kpop as a life raft in rough seas) no doubt helped. 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 gives 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.
This ditto reference to old korean movies with the same title. The synposis was kinda someona in the same school but different ages somehow can communication each other with kinda old radio if im not wrong. But new jeans used the handycam to communicate.. and i think new jeans are the which living in different era back then
And ADOR (NewJeans agency) is following the steps of what HYBE has done with BTS: making the videos so fans develop theories. I like the 90’s vibe of the song. The video gives you the opportunity to have your own interpretation… good job guys
Ehh making storyline videos isn't a bts only thing.... Ador creative director Min Heejin has been in the industry since first gen nd she has made many concepts like this even before bts existed... Hell even big bang, kara used to make 6 to 7 minute videos for their title track with storytelling.... It's more like bighit/hybe followed the others steps in making bts storyline in 2015 ...
i saw a different version of story in a comment on a reaction vlog.....it's said that six of them are friends and they have an accident and the haesoo the one holding the camera is the only survivor that's why she had a cast on her arms......the guy knew what happen and he wants to help her go on with her life cause she cannot move on for missing her friends so much....the version is long😊😊
The girl recording they called her "Bban Heeso" or if pronounced "baneeso" sounds like "bunnies" right? which is the fandom is called bunnies. A fan perspective, watching and using kpop idols or music as their coping mechanismand then growing up and just looking back at the memories wgen we all feel happy like our old self enjoying kpop as an innocent child.
Spoiler Theory !!!! So apparently if you watch side b first then side A you can understand it better. So there’s a movie call Ditto about two lovers and the boy gets in a car crash. The girl in the video as a cas on her hand because her and her friends got in a car accident and she’s the only one that survive. That’s why she’s recording everything while they are dancing in side b but in side A everyone is looking at her crazy because nobody is their because she’s imagining her friends that died. Also the cas says don’t die. The dear represents her friends watching over her, like a spirit guide. The boy represents moving on as he help her to move on from her friends death. That’s why at the end of side A she’s walking alone with her friend and side B her friends watching her walk alone.
Choose ur teory : 1. New Jeans are imaginary friend (?) 2. Them (New Jeans) are real but in different universe (?) 3. New Jeans are ghost (?) 4. Heesoo (the girl with recording cam) is ghost (?) 5. Them all are friends, and New Jeans member are die cz accident and just heesoo still live (?) 6. This about Idol and fans relationship (?) 7. Heesoo have a skizofrenia or something (?) ???
maybe im just a sad person, but my understanding of the video was a little darker than one’s obsession and comfort in kpop. i saw it as Heeso was friends with NewJeans, but there must of been an accident and they all died except Heeso, which is why she has a cast on her arm. she lives through memories of them with her camera, but unfortunately its traumatic for her and not only that but everyone in her class probably thinks shes crazy. eventually, she learns how to move on and we see her drop her camera and even talks to the boy she has a crush on. in the end, shes an adult and shes watching old tapes again, except this time instead of it being an escape for her and holding her down, its a moment of happiness. then her memories (NewJeans) literally burst through the door and sit on the couch together and Heeso is able to reminisce one last moment with them peacefully. the moral of the story, life may have stopped for her friends, but that didnt mean it had to stop for her too. but yeah, maybe im overthinking it. lol
a theory i had was that it’s about Survivor’s Guilt. the 5 members were friends with the girl with the cast but the 5 of them had passed away due to a car accident. maybe it was bc of a random deer on the road that’s why they kept showing one. the girl feels like she should have died with them that’s why she keeps replaying all the memories. they r still with her but as ghosts, so the girl doesn’t feel lonely bc she can still see them. idk if this is the actual meaning behind the MVs since it might be a little too dark for NewJeans concept lol but yea i thought it was super interesting and sad either way :/
The painting of one finger gives awareness about physical and sexual violence against children. The actress in the MV had a broken arm. A theory from another youtuber said maybe newjeans were her friends who died and she's a sole survivor of some incident so she started having illusion of them. But she forgot about it when she broke the camera however in side B when she grew older she got reminded of it again when she saw the cassette. So basically she meets the deer again. Then newjeans appears in her room. But I still can't figure out why Minji called her did she survive too ?? Hmm
my theory is that basically the girl and new jeans were friends maybe in a dance club and then they all got into an accident recently which is why the girl has the cast and she cant cope with it so she goes to all the places she went to before with them to recreate video’s theyve taken in the past which is why as an adult she has the vhs tapes. the guy in the mv knew them which is why he looks worried about her instead of weirded out like the rest. shes seeing new jeans because their ghosts are with her watching over her until she can move on. the deer that keeps appearing is hanni cause hanni is the most suspicious and the odd one out in the pictures for the album and she’s making sure that the girl can move on and the scene with the overgrown grass where new jeans is doing a dance where theyre very flowy and fold in together is their ghosts finally being able to pass on since shes moved on. i like how when the song says “ive got nothing to lose” she throws down the camera and breaks it because she has nothing on there to lose because all the videos she took after the accident didnt have them in it so it wouldve just been hurting her to keep it.
Finally a reactor that got the meaning right away lol. I guess it’s because 2nd gen stans have already lived this, while 4th gen stans still can’t see themselves in it.
And in Thina's case, she's a first gen stan, so she was there from the beginning lol
Yes. Many think its a horror movie lol !!
Terpaling fans la tu
im a 3rd gen stan and i got the meaning so fast lol, specially with Side B
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Out of all the theories I've read about the MV's storyline, The one I agree with the most is the one about the parasocial relationship theme where Hee-Soo is a schoolgirl who is lonely as a result of her lack of friends & her being outcasted by her classmates (as seen by the way they barely seem to acknowledge her existence).
Hee-Soo eventually turns to New Jeans & their music for comfort & it doesn't take long before she no longer views them as distant celebrities but as her friends. She is no longer bothered by people ignoring her & she imagines NJ as being any average girlfriend group that laughs, plays, gossip & dance together. We see how she imagines them coming to visit her after she got hurt & writing on her arm cast. Apparently the cam-recorder she uses to film the girls is a kind of metaphor to represent kpop fans & how they are always filming idols (at music shows for example) for memories.
Eventually Hee-Soo gets so caught up in her fantasy friendship, she doesn't notice the boy, who is always watching her & seems to be the only person who is interested in her.
Eventually, as the years go by, Hee-Soo grows out of her one-sided obsession (as seen when she wakes up by herself at home & she sees there is nothing on her white cast) at the very end, we see her as adult & some fans theorise she may have even married that boy from her school. Hee-Soo takes out her old VHS of New Jeans & even though she stopped keeping up with the group years ago, she is nostalgic about the good times she shared with them.
For me, I think the entire MV of Ditto is great metaphor to represent the relationship between Kpop idols & their fans, especially those stans who view idols as their comfort zone/escape & are very caught up on them, without making it super creepy or not negative, (for e.g. like the movie Perfect Blue)
my ridiculous theory outside the context of the MV (in this case, Heesoo representing the fans)
The 6 were involved in an accident (represented by her arm in a cast), and Heesoo is the only one who survived.
An interesting fact is that when she wakes up on the couch, the signatures on her arm are not there, but the nail that Minji painted is.
The VHS and the camera represent the memories they created in the past.
Side B appears to be much more melancholic, the MV starts with memories of them running in the hallway. It seems that Heesoo doesn't have a relationship with the 5 girls, but according to my theory they are no longer alive, so Heesoo "ignores" them.
Heesoo still tries to end the memories by breaking the camera, but in the end everything was stored on VHS, so finally she works up the courage to watch the tapes...
Based on the context of the MV, your theory is what made the most sense so far.
@@lugu2843Oh don't worry. I don't find your theory to be ridiculous at all. It also helps to explain her needing the white cast as well as the Side B version of the song. I also watched another video by another person [though I can't remember the channel name] which focuses on Hanni.
Because when you watch the clips the OP has pointed out, you'll notice how Hanni acts differently from the rest of the members. [for e.g, she is always staring at Hee-Soo & during the rain scene, Hanni & Hee-soo are the only ones wearing black uniform while the members are wearing the brown ones.]
@@lifeissobeautiful6404 Didn't realize that about Hanni...
Exactlyyyyyy, i relate to this song and video so much cause I turn to KPop for comfort and it’s a safe space to be happy freely. Feeling lonely really sucks
i really feel satisfied when reactors understand mv's story
one meaning is about entering a fandom, living the good moments, the bad moments and growing up into a fandom and when you get older you remain with the memories. you think you may be alone by stanning and it's only from your side, but they want to say to you that you are not alone and newjeans love their fandom and appreciate it. also they seem like ghosts in a way, always there around you , going through life together. it's well thought and evokes a lot of things and feelings.
I always got goosebumps when I watch their mv
the girl with a camcorder = fandom, Bunnies (her name is Ban Hee Soo, representing Bun-nie-s)
filming = stanning
NewJeans = idol
the boy = real love, real life
the girl with a camcorder films idol at the beginning but the subject is changed to the boy (from NewJeans)
then the girl stops filming and abandoning the camcorder, which means she stops stanning her idol.
fans are getting older and finally forget their idol while time passing by. but the memories remain.
This is a pre-release song, the other song will be out this January 2. Minji contributed in writing the lyrics for 'Ditto'
i saw chaewon from le sserafim in the credits as well. i wonder what she did within the mv and storyline. 4th gen ggs are really taking kpop perfectly this year and i’m so excited
Originally, K-pop was this kind of music, not girl crush. Refreshing, pure, pure, retro...New Jeans brought y2k sensibility back to Korea. greatest rookie monster💜
tru . old day
It's about the parasocial relationship fans share with their favorite groups, to the world it's nothing but for them it's everything, from giving hope,strength, courage(since it's made for the fans as told by MHJ) . As it shows in the end she goes out with the boy and remember nj as a fond memory, like in the mv what the girl needed at that point was an escape and nj became one. But when she plays the vcr again after a long time, the girls come back. In a way nj will be there whenever you need them. It's beautiful, sad and again beautiful. I like how raw the mv is both aesthetic wise and message wise any fandom can relate to this.
In reality there are also theories that fit a lot with this MV, but everyone thinks what they want
This is just one theory, not confirmed
They will comeback on January 2 with their single album 'OMG'. Please stay tune!
1. To the Quik: Good job, OG! "Ditto"!
2. Just a Mention: It's "New Jeans" [Dance Movements] & [Sounds] "Bewitching us" [to enjoy]
the [Smooth & Sonorous], [Rhythms & Tempos] of [Play & Imagination]!
3. Just [Kids] at [Play & Work] "expressing" a young, [Teen Style] that [Families & Teens Love]!
4. PS: The [Average Age] of "New Jeans" is "Sixteen"! Have a great day, my friend.
a movie in korea named ditto was released in 2000. the story goes a girl and a guy fall in love but end up in an accident and the guy wears a cast. just like heesoo in the mv. what i think of this mv is survivors guilt. they might have been friends in the past but due to a tragic accident (relating with the deer, they might have hit in a car crash) and all of them died except heesoo. heesoo thinks she should have died with them and imagines them. if you see heesoo's cast, one of the members wrote "don't die!!"" heesoo also gets a call from minji at the end and in part b where she leaves the rest of the girls symbolizing her moving on. you could see the deer in both mvs, and a deer symbolizes a good omen, meaning a guide is watching over you from heaven (new jeans in the story are dead and watching over heeseo.) the guy in the mv is what helps her move on from the survivors guilt.
As the producer already mentioned, this is the story of New Jeans and their fans. Just as I love idols so much but I can't be like them (like deer are pretty and mysterious, but difficult to approach), I decided to live my current life (the time when a girl grows up with a boyfriend), and after time passed, I liked New Jeans. It was not a meaningless time and it was also a precious memory. When I took out the memory box again, New Jeans opened the door and came in.
This song literally represents you lol. For the older kpop fans that moved on from the fandom but come back and reminisce
I FEEL YOU, HYEIN IS ALSO MY BIAS! SHE IS THE MOST UNDERRATED MEMBER EVENTHO SHE IS TALENTED. I BELIEVE ONE DAY SHE WILL SHINING BRIGHTLY.
The actress who plays Heesoo plays one of the main characters in the zombie show All of Us Are Dead (which I really liked).
Wow, I missed that. There was no way to recognize her from those close ups and fragments of her face. Her name is Park Ji Hoo for those interested. She played Nam On-jo in "All of Us Are Dead". She also played the main character in a movie "House of Hummingbird". One of the best movies I've seen last year, although the movie is from 2018.
The lyrics are really telling more of the story that matches the video than people seem to mention. Every character just wants the other to say what they feel for the other back, ditto. From the fan to the performer, to the performer to the fans, from boy to a girl who met eyes.
OMG Thina, I knew we could count on your big brain(!!!) and above all, your empathy, to understand what was going on with the Ditto MVs. There is only one other reactor I've found (and I've watched many, I can't count) that like you, bothered to look up the name of their fandom and the symbolism of the fawn/deer, in order to place their thoughts/theories into proper perspective. Notwithstanding how we all feel about New Jeans and their impact on the industry, the instrumentation of the song and the members' vocals, or how Ador markets the group, this particular MV reminded me of how it felt to be a young girl, it conjured up such a range of emotions. Perhaps that's why people say they feel sad even though there is camaraderie, there is also loneliness, awkwardness, being apart from a group, growing up. It's a lot, but the song is still catchy.
Something about them is so soothing to my soul.
Finally someone that understands the meaning of this m/v
I cried on side b .i just noticed im crying ..its look a beautiful memories for me. 🥰
Just discovered your cool channel. I'm in your age bracket but I'm totally new to Kpop .... thanks to the awesomeness of Newjeans who drew me in, from their retro vibe, freshness, singing, dancing, and MVs. I've been through some similar life challenges as yourself so totally get where you're coming from and the comfort that music & idols can give, even now as a mature adult!
Aside from how good this song and the MV is...
This is so well produced, anyone can have a different interpretation, but we still got the same meaning.
it's about the relationship between fan and idols. Idoles are with them everyday at every moment of their life. Face A : Imagination. Face B she's more in real life with the boys and love to watch them on tv
The director is the famous documentary director, that why the cinematography it so fabulous ❤
Thina, you are the best Kpop reactor. Period. This was so spot on.
As soon as i finished watching the MV (literally finished it like 10 mins ago) I quickly search Thina's reaction and she really not dissappoints. She really get the MV's meaning after watching it 2 times. An OG kpop stan indeed!
I think you caught the core. New Jeans means 'Kpop idols' for that lonely girl (her refuge). So they are imaginary ones- as she grows, she likes a boy and also she leaves the group with age. And she overcame her loneliness and became an adult. The final scene of B means the girl became a woman and recalls the new jeans.
NewJeans is a breathe of fresh air in kpop fr fr... it’s so great to see a group not doing the noise music, weird rapping, 5 genres in one song thing
It’s a masterpiece I love NewJeans! They are the now and future!
The opening and closing songs give me such Ghibli vibes. I love this song and mv. Just when I was worried how they'd top their debut!
You’re always on point! That’s why I love watching your reaction videos to my favorite groups!
The girls wrote part of the lyrics of all their songs, they participate in the composition of their songs.
she got it right away, IQ 700
Hee-soo means Bunnies, the fandom of New Jeans, and most fans can only get in touch with the singer through media (ex. the camcorder that Hee-soo keeps carrying in the music video), as shown in the video. Fans and singers are always difficult to be together in reality, but singers are always there, and sometimes people look at fans who follow singers in a strange way. I think it is. Haha Fans and singers who have always been together like that, as time goes by, the fans start to focus on other things in reality, and the distance in their hearts (I think this is expressed as a deer in the middle) will become farther away, and later on, the fans This situation of leaving will eventually come, but looking back over time, it seems to mean that during school days, the ones we were always with were our favorite idols at the time, and those idols were always in place.
sort of....her name is Bahn Hee Soo ("ban-neese-eh" or Bunnies). Doesn't actually MEAN bunnies, just that the full name sounds like the word Bunnies
Doesn't mean it, but her full name is pronounced in a way that sounds like "bunnies", but the word in Korean that means it is Tokki, if I'm not mistaken.
What I like about the two videos is that it leaves it up to the viewers imagination so that it means different things to different people.
I love you so much girlfriend I cry everytime I watch ditto side b at end when girls come in door one girl says it's been too long it's like it was imaginary friends that as and adult she put vcr video away for years then revisit her youth it's so good
After watching so many reactions to them now. I’m just noticing they’re dancing the OMG choreo in the scenes when it seems they’re focusing on the story for the mv
I can't explain but their songs really refreshing.
The new performance video for this that just dropped today was so good 😭
Their M/V's are so K-Drama they even have K-Drama actors in them. 3:19 for a moment here they are actually doing the OMG choreo. The video camera footage from here is used in that M/V too.
Ditto ate down let me just say
New Jeans and TXT are the leaders of 4th Gen. Instead of AI concept, Edm concept, girl crush concept, their concepts are more suitable for youths, us( teenagers+ early 20s). Their concepts show our ages of youths' struggles and feelings. And I wanna them to maintain those concepts.
The best interpretation that I watch
I miss you, Noona!!!
i think you're one of the few reactors who articulated what i also felt while watching the MVs and i totally agree with your insight. great reaction!
In 2000 there a Korean movie called Ditto were HS students from the same school but two whole different dimensions were able to communicate with each other throung a amateur radio. I think there's something relatable with this movie
the realisation
As long as I remember, the past and the present are connected
I hope NewJeans and the fans(Bunnies=Ban Heesoo) will be like that. That's what an old fan is 😍
btw....and if you watched the zombie kdrama 'All of Us Are Dead', the main actress in that is the main girl in these videos (even tho you never see her face)
Your skin is radiating.
Ador was so lucky to discover them
I have been waiting for your reaction. Yes you're right about tokkis
Felt like watching TXT. The same vibe with 0X1 . Guess im stanning NJ starting today
I love them so much
I think it's hilarious that they put in subtitles for the 'woo woo' parts. :)
this def gon be my new fav song from them. their songs are chef's kiss🤌
also you should check out &TEAM'S "UNDER THE SKIN" MV, EXTENDED MV & DANCE PRACTICE. you'll be amazed by them!!
Here’s what I’ve noticed after watching multiple reactions!!
The actress (heeseo) is seen always recording the girls when they are dancing in both versions, but there is ONE time where she isn’t recording them while dancing, which was in Side B when the train passes by and they are on a parking lot or empty space. As the girls are dancing, heeseo is off to the side kinda far away, and even the girls aren’t facing her. I see this as heeseo finally letting go of the girls and moving on, which is seen as she walks away during that scene
Another thing that shows her “moving on” is when the camera is showing the girls backs in the tall grass, and the camera slowly moves away. The dance thing they do when they sway and lift their arms up reminds me of this gentle sleepy feeling, like they’re almost stretching. Even in the dance practice, if u ever react to it, the beginning and end is the same. It’s like they’re “falling asleep”(to me. I’m no dancer but 😀). I like to think that it represents this heeseo character is in this sort of “sleeping” state, dreaming about this kpop group being her actual best friends. And then in mv where they’re in the grass and their backs are shown, it’s like as if new jeans is staring ahead and moving on as the kpop group they are.
Then at the end, the girls are seen entering the room, same as before, all happy as if no time has passed. This shows that the even in the far future, u can still look behind on those memories u had with these groups bc no matter what they’ll always be there
YEA I know I haven’t commented in like a year or two but I’m back again 😀 u can thank new jeans that I came back bc I do not watch music videos as excitedly as I did before, making me stop watching ur videos. Then I watched this just bc it was very catchy and I fell in love with it all. I’m glad Hybe is doing this concept for their new girl group as they are very very young. U may become obsessed with them and have a special place for them in ur heart but u must remember that u have ur own life to live. As with the fans of new jeans, I hope they understand this and not become too obsessed and clingy, forcing these images upon the girls (as shown in their OMG mv, yes I think they’re connected in this way)
Idk if you’ll read this, I just wanted it to be said 😗✌️ idk if the dancing part makes sense too, I’m not good at explaining my thoughts exactly 🫠
Ditto is a sweet song about a wanting someone to love you back. There are two sides to every relationship. In the MVs, Side A shows Heesoo's relationship with her idols. Side B shows NewJeans' relationship with their Bunny. I was struck by your interpretation of the fawn but also by how sad the members look when Heesoo leaves them at the end of Side B. Except she never really does, because we flip back to Side A and she is smiling and reminiscing. I'm new to Kpop but it seems obvious that idols worry a lot about fans not loving them back, or leaving them. I think the cast is there maybe as homage to the movie but more practically speaking, the girls are all wearing uniforms and we never see Heesoo's face, so the cast makes it easy for viewers to see she's not part of the group and also visually separates young and grown Heesoo. I really enjoyed your reaction, it's the best!
If you want more NewJeans to check out, I highly recommend you check out their live performances lately like at MAMA, MMA, and AAA. They've put in some new choreo and updated the vocal in Attention. For MMA, the camerawork was not great, so I highly recommend you watch the practice video on their official channel.
spot on analysis of the video's story / vibe! 🧡🧡
As always, i love your reactions. Thank you for this!
Minji wrote lyrics. I love their label making artist.
Glad to have you here! You’ve given me warmth with your input in these videos.
amazing reading of the mv:) I hope ur ok now :X! much love!
Luv thisss
In case you didn't know why you were thinking of Hanni particularly----- perhaps because her ethnic background is Vietnamese-Australian and speaks 3 languages.
Please react to OMG! I feel selfish asking but I know fans would love if you reacted to their Ditto performance videos too because the choreo is different from the MV
Great reaction. I disagree that it is sad. I believe it to be 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. But your background and experiences (being bullied, Kpop as a life raft in rough seas) no doubt helped. 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 gives 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.
5:45 Camera girls korean name is [Ban hi su] written on her cast, it is pronounced similar sound [Bunnies]
off topic but u look so good
you have to react to OMG too...its the idol's POV this time...
This ditto reference to old korean movies with the same title. The synposis was kinda someona in the same school but different ages somehow can communication each other with kinda old radio if im not wrong. But new jeans used the handycam to communicate.. and i think new jeans are the which living in different era back then
Homage to Ghost. "I love you" -Molly. "Ditto" -Sam
And ADOR (NewJeans agency) is following the steps of what HYBE has done with BTS: making the videos so fans develop theories. I like the 90’s vibe of the song. The video gives you the opportunity to have your own interpretation… good job guys
Ehh making storyline videos isn't a bts only thing.... Ador creative director Min Heejin has been in the industry since first gen nd she has made many concepts like this even before bts existed... Hell even big bang, kara used to make 6 to 7 minute videos for their title track with storytelling....
It's more like bighit/hybe followed the others steps in making bts storyline in 2015 ...
i saw a different version of story in a comment on a reaction vlog.....it's said that six of them are friends and they have an accident and the haesoo the one holding the camera is the only survivor that's why she had a cast on her arms......the guy knew what happen and he wants to help her go on with her life cause she cannot move on for missing her friends so much....the version is long😊😊
Totally unrelated but you are very beautiful ☺️❤️❤️❤️
The girl recording they called her "Bban Heeso" or if pronounced "baneeso" sounds like "bunnies" right? which is the fandom is called bunnies. A fan perspective, watching and using kpop idols or music as their coping mechanismand then growing up and just looking back at the memories wgen we all feel happy like our old self enjoying kpop as an innocent child.
Spoiler Theory !!!!
So apparently if you watch side b first then side A you can understand it better. So there’s a movie call Ditto about two lovers and the boy gets in a car crash. The girl in the video as a cas on her hand because her and her friends got in a car accident and she’s the only one that survive. That’s why she’s recording everything while they are dancing in side b but in side A everyone is looking at her crazy because nobody is their because she’s imagining her friends that died. Also the cas says don’t die. The dear represents her friends watching over her, like a spirit guide. The boy represents moving on as he help her to move on from her friends death. That’s why at the end of side A she’s walking alone with her friend and side B her friends watching her walk alone.
I prefer this theory tbh.
This theory is wrong tho. The company had previously stated that the video is a story about newjeans and their fans.
I heard this was kind of a ref to an actual korean movie called Ditto where people from different timeline would communicate through a lens or sum
Choose ur teory :
1. New Jeans are imaginary friend (?)
2. Them (New Jeans) are real but in different universe (?)
3. New Jeans are ghost (?)
4. Heesoo (the girl with recording cam) is ghost (?)
5. Them all are friends, and New Jeans member are die cz accident and just heesoo still live (?)
6. This about Idol and fans relationship (?)
7. Heesoo have a skizofrenia or something (?)
???
Hi tina hope you notice me, pls try to watch &team mv - under the skin and scent of you plus their dance practice they are insane. :)
maybe im just a sad person, but my understanding of the video was a little darker than one’s obsession and comfort in kpop.
i saw it as Heeso was friends with NewJeans, but there must of been an accident and they all died except Heeso, which is why she has a cast on her arm. she lives through memories of them with her camera, but unfortunately its traumatic for her and not only that but everyone in her class probably thinks shes crazy. eventually, she learns how to move on and we see her drop her camera and even talks to the boy she has a crush on. in the end, shes an adult and shes watching old tapes again, except this time instead of it being an escape for her and holding her down, its a moment of happiness. then her memories (NewJeans) literally burst through the door and sit on the couch together and Heeso is able to reminisce one last moment with them peacefully. the moral of the story, life may have stopped for her friends, but that didnt mean it had to stop for her too.
but yeah, maybe im overthinking it. lol
4th gen stans: they all died thats why only heesoo can see them and she has a cast
2nd gen & older stans: it's about fucking parasocial relationship
a theory i had was that it’s about Survivor’s Guilt. the 5 members were friends with the girl with the cast but the 5 of them had passed away due to a car accident. maybe it was bc of a random deer on the road that’s why they kept showing one. the girl feels like she should have died with them that’s why she keeps replaying all the memories. they r still with her but as ghosts, so the girl doesn’t feel lonely bc she can still see them. idk if this is the actual meaning behind the MVs since it might be a little too dark for NewJeans concept lol but yea i thought it was super interesting and sad either way :/
It's the second best theory after the one about fans and their relationship with idols.
Please React to Kep1er's WE FRESH dance practice 🌟
Please react to their live performance 😁
Im a Reveluv but New Jeans🥰🥰🥰
Bunnies = ban heesoo = name of the girl filming newjeans
Plzzzz Thina sunbaenim. Kwon Eunbi had a comeback and she freaking slayed💅. Pls react to it. I am begging you🧎. I have been waiting for so long.
It's been a month
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In the East, deer mean idols or objects of worship.
I am very curious about that pinky, how can she do it if her other arm has a cast?
Song is very upbeat but the story is so sad.
korean cant say bunnies but "bun nii seo", so ban hee soo = bunnies
This is like BTS all over again with all these crazy theories! 💜
react to le sserafim dance practice for awards
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The painting of one finger gives awareness about physical and sexual violence against children. The actress in the MV had a broken arm. A theory from another youtuber said maybe newjeans were her friends who died and she's a sole survivor of some incident so she started having illusion of them. But she forgot about it when she broke the camera however in side B when she grew older she got reminded of it again when she saw the cassette. So basically she meets the deer again. Then newjeans appears in her room. But I still can't figure out why Minji called her did she survive too ?? Hmm
my theory is that basically the girl and new jeans were friends maybe in a dance club and then they all got into an accident recently which is why the girl has the cast and she cant cope with it so she goes to all the places she went to before with them to recreate video’s theyve taken in the past which is why as an adult she has the vhs tapes. the guy in the mv knew them which is why he looks worried about her instead of weirded out like the rest. shes seeing new jeans because their ghosts are with her watching over her until she can move on. the deer that keeps appearing is hanni cause hanni is the most suspicious and the odd one out in the pictures for the album and she’s making sure that the girl can move on and the scene with the overgrown grass where new jeans is doing a dance where theyre very flowy and fold in together is their ghosts finally being able to pass on since shes moved on. i like how when the song says “ive got nothing to lose” she throws down the camera and breaks it because she has nothing on there to lose because all the videos she took after the accident didnt have them in it so it wouldve just been hurting her to keep it.
Ban Hae soo