@stillactinglame

1 year ago

WARNING: LONG ANALYSIS AHEAD. While watching the music video, I realized that whenever she was with him, she was in this cartoon fantasy land, but she is without him in real life, meaning she can only live in this escapism when she is with him. In the real life shots, we can also see her constantly traveling or on the move, implying she is desperatley and continuiously reaching out for this "Neverland" as she calls it. But once the couple finally started getting into real problems, into things that weren't just "fantasy" (i.e., once the boyfriend existed outside of animation form) they crumbled under the pressure, meaning it was just that: A Fantasy. Taking down the lights at the end of the video symbolizes ripping apart the fake world that only exists in your mind. She associated him with a world that is not real and they were not able to make their fantasy a reality. The switching between animation and life action a super interesting concept that I think was handled rather magnificentally. I think it's also interesting how Illy mentions only ever having expressed herself through animation, which is why taking a leap with this music thing is scary; that is also shown throughout the video, with the safe comfortable shots being in animation form, and the mysterious unkown shots being filmed in real life. She knew what she wanted to do from the very beginning, and executed it PERFECTLY! I will be streaming this and checking out the rest of the EP. If you actually read this, thanks lol.

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