she has the Flame 🔥 and Fire of a Phoenix 🔥, Her Dance is Fire 🔥, Her Vocals is Fire 🔥, Her Visual is Fire 🔥, She is and they are the First and always Eternal Legendary Dreamcatcher ✨⚡🔥
At first glance you could think this is about them being proud and happy with themselves, about confidence. I don't think that is it though. The album is called VersuS VillainS, which makes me think it is not this simple. So I believe this song is meant as a criticism of narcissism, vanity, materialism and also (maybe) the fast fashion industry. "OOTD" stands for "Outfit of the Day" after all, maybe it's about useless instagram influencers posting videos of their outfit of the day, which also promotes fast fashion. The fact that fashion is moving ever faster is the most destructive industry to the planet apart from the fossil fuel industry. The Aral lake has all but disappeared because of the cotton industry for example. It would fit to the Villain image, and you can see in the MV that they are acting. It is shown in the scene where Yoohyeon and Handong are fighting, but then the camera is off and Handong helps Yoohyeon up. The main reason why I don't think it is about confidence or their own success is the line "Driving on the highway, drunken everyday, do you feel like a monster?" and the album title. That just doesn't fit. And there was the ymenehcra account posting about touching a crown is dangerous and other cryptic messages before the comeback. It could also be a big and well-hidden F*U to the Kpop industry, like the Nightmare arc probably was. The narcissism and materialism is definitely criticized here, and Dreamcatcher have been criticized a lot themselves because of their rock/metal concept, while other groups have been celebrated for using a guitar riff once in a song. And Handong standing in front of the camera with bruises all over her legs seems to be a comment on the merciless industry as well. The music is highly interesting as well. The Rock is dirty and distorted. The song structure is not what you'd expect at all, for me it is punk rock meets K-Pop. Not their usual spiel, but a very good progression. It takes a couple of listens to really appreciate it.
OOTD is one of their most complex M/V so some explanation might come handy. OOTD has at least three layers - Superficial, Satirical and Story layer. The first is the most obvious which is the self-empowering, confidence boosting "we are beautiful, successful, rich and famous" kind of message. JiU calls herself Venus, a goddess and being literally "drop dead gorgeous" at the end.. And it is just soo over the top :D But the thing is they deserve it and could actually do it, but it is just not them. On a satirical layer this song is a huge middlefinger to the music industry in general and the superficial beauty where everything is all about the looks, everything staged and edited. The soundscape and parts of the M/V mimic generic girl crush concept sounds (what we do not really hear in the other 70+ songs DreamCatcher has) and the M/V redraw parts of other M/Vs (mostly YG and a big LOL to the bedazzled cheetah). Posing with cool Cars and Motorcycles (Siyeon - Sua), doing commercial and product placement (Gahyeon), just posing looking fabulous with high fashion (Handong and JiU wearing Dior), making fake drama for more views (Yoohyeon) etc. The rap section is told from the perspective of an idol how many of them act after getting some fame. Dami even calls out as her last line to the idols acting as such: How is it, do you feel like a monster? And for all the previous pictures they empathize that those are fake, and show how they actually look from behind the scene. Handong with the bruises, JiU like a boxed product, the Yoohyeon drama that ends right after the cut and the behind the scene footage and rendering shots for the other three. They also incorporate really short cuts to ensure we do not take them seriously, like the face Handong makes, Yoohyeon burst into a laughter throughout the final chorus, Siyeon laughing etc. Also the "Look at my necklace" (that she is not wearing), "look at my black dress" while wearing street fashion... Now for this satirical layer they had to adjust a bit their delivery and this is what makes this track different and this is why many who love the Dreamcatcher signature sound complain. First they wanted to not just look but to sound a bit like a traditional K-Pop girl crush song. And those filters and distortions and tuning that make a not so great singer sound good actually take a bit away from parts as we can hear their natural voice less as normally they do not use it since they are such great singers and do not need it... Also they deliberately used lifeless robotic delivery through the "OOTD this my fashion shut up no more question", like OOTD is the only thing that matters, they have no opinion about anything else, do not ask them about anything else as this is the robotic answer you get. In the final chorus they are almost laughing while singing to highlight the sarcasm. Also the overly playful mocking tone of the "I am only doing better". All in all ppl complaining about why the track is different most probably miss this layer. And finally there is the story layer where OOTD is the 1st part of a duology. Dreamcatcher members here are the villains who lure poor Shasha (the protagonist of the video, working as a video editor or graphical artist) into some kind of an augmented reality experience looking for the "crown" (aka fame, success whatever). The analogy I think is the follow the white rabbit from Matrix (along with many other Matrix style references throughout the M/V). And to appeal to Shasha they play the role of being great and rich and successful aligning with the narcissisms of the satirical layer. The story starts when Sasha searches for Dreamcatcher videos and stumbles upon the mysterious Dreamchat where Archenemy (spelled backwards, the 99th victim of Dreamcather) tells her about the power of the crown that she should be looking for luring her into this VR game. She follows the crown (drawn at the back of the truck) and at the end finds it but falls a victim of Dreamcatcher becoming the 100th sacrifice hence completing the crown. JiU even refers herself as Nephthys who is actually the goddess of death, decay, and darkness, mother of Anubis and Shasha falls when JiU "places the crown" on her head. This lore is not in the video, there were some external clues to put together this part.
Hey, welcome back to DC. Been a while. Hope you are doing well (especially after this video...). I knew you would like this but I did not think you would get THIS WRECKED by ALL of them. WOW. Must be REALLY DIFFICULT, right? You were so fun to watch here! I agree about all the hair colors. Siyeon's curly Deep Red kind of screams "I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER!!!", but then, so does Yoohyeon's bobbed Electric Blue. And while we are at it, I may as well be sure to mention all three main colors of the spectrum, so Blonde-Dong is most definitely in the running (maybe that's what Dongie and Yoohyeon were fighting over...?). Gahyeon will look GREAT no matter what she does with her hair but I really think she should now hold the patent for Pastel Pink; it's really her color, everybody else has just been borrowing it. Obviously this group is AMAZING all the way around, as always. Vocals, lyrics, choreo, looks...killing me. Damn. :)
see you agree! especially with the hair color ^^ they would look good with any hair colors, but there are just some colors that they “own” the OOTD hair color era was made for them. they’re all the main characters lol thank you so much for watching! looks like shatter reaction is next :)
You were like I think 시연 is going to wreck me this come back then 수아 just comes in and runs you over .This song and video gets better with every listen.유현 looks amazing with the short blue hair.But The Whole video was 완벽인 .I Dami’s rap part was probably one of my favorite rap part of the song she did it was simple but full of impact especially with that base.지유 is a goddess 여신 지유 my bias.
Wow, you are really making me work for their names here...JiU I can get and most likely will be able to remember but the rest...my memory is crap so this stuff is really hard for me these days. I would only really remember the beginning of Gahyeon's name of I saw it in Korean letters but I notice that you did not mention the maknae at all. Hopefully it's just an oversight and not that you have anything against her.
@@jamescurfman3284 No I didn’t mean to leave out 가현 or the rest I love them ☺️all .I’ve been studying Korean and actually feel more comfortable writing their names in Hangul the Korean alphabet.I’m definitely not that good I only know very little.It’s actually one of the easier languages to learn in my experience.Have a great day👍
@@드림캐쳐111 OMG, that's SO AWESOME of you! I am very glad to see that at least somebody is trying to expand their skills and improve on themselves. Good luck with Korean, I hope you will take it as far as you want to go with it. Maybe you will get to travel one day. :)
@@jamescurfman3284 that’s really sweet of you thanks a lot I would love to travel to Korea or any other interesting places in the world.I wish you the best with everything.take care.
I love it but at first It took me a few moments to adjust but I always love them.They have some best choreography , as 여자친구 had some of the best too and Xg as well.Not to get off track but 드림캐쳐 ,여자친구,Xg ,비비지 are some of my top favorite girl groups.Nice to have you back Linda 💕
she has the Flame 🔥 and Fire of a Phoenix 🔥,
Her Dance is Fire 🔥,
Her Vocals is Fire 🔥,
Her Visual is Fire 🔥,
She is and they are the First and always Eternal Legendary Dreamcatcher ✨⚡🔥
If you want more wreckage, check out the Dance Video for Shatter, a B-side on this same album VillainS. Song and choreo are based off of Medusa.
shatter is next!!
At first glance you could think this is about them being proud and happy with themselves, about confidence. I don't think that is it though. The album is called VersuS VillainS, which makes me think it is not this simple. So I believe this song is meant as a criticism of narcissism, vanity, materialism and also (maybe) the fast fashion industry. "OOTD" stands for "Outfit of the Day" after all, maybe it's about useless instagram influencers posting videos of their outfit of the day, which also promotes fast fashion.
The fact that fashion is moving ever faster is the most destructive industry to the planet apart from the fossil fuel industry. The Aral lake has all but disappeared because of the cotton industry for example. It would fit to the Villain image, and you can see in the MV that they are acting. It is shown in the scene where Yoohyeon and Handong are fighting, but then the camera is off and Handong helps Yoohyeon up.
The main reason why I don't think it is about confidence or their own success is the line "Driving on the highway, drunken everyday, do you feel like a monster?" and the album title. That just doesn't fit. And there was the ymenehcra account posting about touching a crown is dangerous and other cryptic messages before the comeback.
It could also be a big and well-hidden F*U to the Kpop industry, like the Nightmare arc probably was. The narcissism and materialism is definitely criticized here, and Dreamcatcher have been criticized a lot themselves because of their rock/metal concept, while other groups have been celebrated for using a guitar riff once in a song. And Handong standing in front of the camera with bruises all over her legs seems to be a comment on the merciless industry as well.
The music is highly interesting as well. The Rock is dirty and distorted. The song structure is not what you'd expect at all, for me it is punk rock meets K-Pop. Not their usual spiel, but a very good progression. It takes a couple of listens to really appreciate it.
Ty
Dreamcatcher will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one day. Progressive as hell.
OOTD is one of their most complex M/V so some explanation might come handy.
OOTD has at least three layers - Superficial, Satirical and Story layer. The first is the most obvious which is the self-empowering, confidence boosting "we are beautiful, successful, rich and famous" kind of message. JiU calls herself Venus, a goddess and being literally "drop dead gorgeous" at the end.. And it is just soo over the top :D But the thing is they deserve it and could actually do it, but it is just not them.
On a satirical layer this song is a huge middlefinger to the music industry in general and the superficial beauty where everything is all about the looks, everything staged and edited. The soundscape and parts of the M/V mimic generic girl crush concept sounds (what we do not really hear in the other 70+ songs DreamCatcher has) and the M/V redraw parts of other M/Vs (mostly YG and a big LOL to the bedazzled cheetah). Posing with cool Cars and Motorcycles (Siyeon - Sua), doing commercial and product placement (Gahyeon), just posing looking fabulous with high fashion (Handong and JiU wearing Dior), making fake drama for more views (Yoohyeon) etc. The rap section is told from the perspective of an idol how many of them act after getting some fame. Dami even calls out as her last line to the idols acting as such: How is it, do you feel like a monster? And for all the previous pictures they empathize that those are fake, and show how they actually look from behind the scene. Handong with the bruises, JiU like a boxed product, the Yoohyeon drama that ends right after the cut and the behind the scene footage and rendering shots for the other three. They also incorporate really short cuts to ensure we do not take them seriously, like the face Handong makes, Yoohyeon burst into a laughter throughout the final chorus, Siyeon laughing etc. Also the "Look at my necklace" (that she is not wearing), "look at my black dress" while wearing street fashion...
Now for this satirical layer they had to adjust a bit their delivery and this is what makes this track different and this is why many who love the Dreamcatcher signature sound complain. First they wanted to not just look but to sound a bit like a traditional K-Pop girl crush song. And those filters and distortions and tuning that make a not so great singer sound good actually take a bit away from parts as we can hear their natural voice less as normally they do not use it since they are such great singers and do not need it... Also they deliberately used lifeless robotic delivery through the "OOTD this my fashion shut up no more question", like OOTD is the only thing that matters, they have no opinion about anything else, do not ask them about anything else as this is the robotic answer you get. In the final chorus they are almost laughing while singing to highlight the sarcasm. Also the overly playful mocking tone of the "I am only doing better". All in all ppl complaining about why the track is different most probably miss this layer.
And finally there is the story layer where OOTD is the 1st part of a duology. Dreamcatcher members here are the villains who lure poor Shasha (the protagonist of the video, working as a video editor or graphical artist) into some kind of an augmented reality experience looking for the "crown" (aka fame, success whatever). The analogy I think is the follow the white rabbit from Matrix (along with many other Matrix style references throughout the M/V). And to appeal to Shasha they play the role of being great and rich and successful aligning with the narcissisms of the satirical layer.
The story starts when Sasha searches for Dreamcatcher videos and stumbles upon the mysterious Dreamchat where Archenemy (spelled backwards, the 99th victim of Dreamcather) tells her about the power of the crown that she should be looking for luring her into this VR game. She follows the crown (drawn at the back of the truck) and at the end finds it but falls a victim of Dreamcatcher becoming the 100th sacrifice hence completing the crown. JiU even refers herself as Nephthys who is actually the goddess of death, decay, and darkness, mother of Anubis and Shasha falls when JiU "places the crown" on her head. This lore is not in the video, there were some external clues to put together this part.
Fully agree they are fabulous
OMG FINALLY I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS! Lol! Amazing reaction as always. Now you gotta do "Rising" and "Shatter". Prepare yourself!
Welcome back! I hope you're doing well! ♥
thank you, stay safe and healthy!
Sua is my bias too she has been destroying us all comeback
Hey, welcome back to DC. Been a while. Hope you are doing well (especially after this video...).
I knew you would like this but I did not think you would get THIS WRECKED by ALL of them. WOW. Must be REALLY DIFFICULT, right? You were so fun to watch here!
I agree about all the hair colors. Siyeon's curly Deep Red kind of screams "I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER!!!", but then, so does Yoohyeon's bobbed Electric Blue. And while we are at it, I may as well be sure to mention all three main colors of the spectrum, so Blonde-Dong is most definitely in the running (maybe that's what Dongie and Yoohyeon were fighting over...?).
Gahyeon will look GREAT no matter what she does with her hair but I really think she should now hold the patent for Pastel Pink; it's really her color, everybody else has just been borrowing it.
Obviously this group is AMAZING all the way around, as always. Vocals, lyrics, choreo, looks...killing me. Damn. :)
see you agree! especially with the hair color ^^
they would look good with any hair colors, but there are just some colors that they “own” the OOTD hair color era was made for them. they’re all the main characters lol
thank you so much for watching! looks like shatter reaction is next :)
@@kpopmoonlightbae Oh, AWESOME! Can't wait!
Damn you're alive !
Hey babe!! Miss you 😊
hiiii :)
You were like I think 시연 is going to wreck me this come back
then 수아 just comes in and runs you over .This song and video gets better with every listen.유현 looks amazing with the short blue hair.But The Whole video was 완벽인 .I
Dami’s rap part was probably one of my favorite rap part of the song she did it was simple but full of impact especially with that base.지유 is a goddess 여신 지유 my bias.
Wow, you are really making me work for their names here...JiU I can get and most likely will be able to remember but the rest...my memory is crap so this stuff is really hard for me these days.
I would only really remember the beginning of Gahyeon's name of I saw it in Korean letters but I notice that you did not mention the maknae at all. Hopefully it's just an oversight and not that you have anything against her.
@@jamescurfman3284 No I didn’t mean to leave out 가현 or the rest I love them ☺️all .I’ve been studying Korean and actually feel more comfortable writing their names in Hangul the Korean alphabet.I’m definitely not that good I only know very little.It’s actually one of the easier languages to learn in my experience.Have a great day👍
@@드림캐쳐111 OMG, that's SO AWESOME of you! I am very glad to see that at least somebody is trying to expand their skills and improve on themselves. Good luck with Korean, I hope you will take it as far as you want to go with it. Maybe you will get to travel one day. :)
@@jamescurfman3284 that’s really sweet of you thanks a lot I would love to travel to Korea or any other interesting places in the world.I wish you the best with everything.take care.
@@드림캐쳐111 You too. :)
I love it but at first It took me a few moments to adjust but I always love them.They have some best choreography , as 여자친구 had some of the best too and Xg as well.Not to get off track but 드림캐쳐 ,여자친구,Xg ,비비지 are some of my top favorite girl groups.Nice to have you back Linda 💕