✦ THE OFFICIAL THREAD OF ✦ GFRIEND ✦ I'll be your BUDDY ~ #ThankYouGFRIEND

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Omg. Created an account a year ago but never leave a comment anywhere. But I had to I just can't

Have been listening to GFriend before rough era and every time I feel like losing touch with them their comebacks slayed me back lmao

From the highlight medley I like here we are the most but now it's too hard to choose one...

Really like the guitar/guitar-like synth sound from the beginning of eclipse and dreamcatcher tho

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15 minutes ago, Sofs said:

I still need to listen to the mini but i decided to update my twitter chart account and I’m going crazy here everyone says this is their best album 

Welcome, buddy! Gfriend have that power, they pull you with their songs and never want to let you go

Thanksss! Album and mv wise it's deifinitely their best. I'm still shook to the core. They really rode on the 2020 hardcore bandwagon to make it even harder to survive.

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17 minutes ago, eternal glow said:

Yay!! Happy that you're joining us here  

I feel you on the struggles to choose a single favourite track!

Hey! And labyrinth just became the flower garden of this album. Hope one day we'll see its choreo

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29 minutes ago, Chuan said:

An unofficial upload for 'Labyrinth':

A link for those who need it: https://www.vlive.tv/video/172722

The outfit, the hairstyle, the song, the choreo everything is perfect

Also, umji/yerin and eunha doing high notes togetheri thought it was eunha doubling her own voice in studio

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1 hour ago, tuut said:

omg hear me out but I think the crossroads mv needs to be watched together with fingertip and tftmn's mvs. AND i think SouMu deliberately chose fingertip and tftmn as part of tonight's showcase (!!) I'm not one for theorizing but watching the crossroads mv was the first time I had so many eureka moments hahaha. this just a lengthy mv reaction and it's just an opinion lol

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i think Umji is as much of a main character as Eunha is. 

The butterfly represents each time they've had to go back in time and Eunha is the only who realises that they keep replaying. Why do they keep having to go back in time? Because in each timeline Umji dies/disappears and they/eunha is trying to prevent it. The same events keep happening again and again but each mv shows different parts of the same storyline so we get a better understanding of what is happening.

 

In fingertip, Umji shoots Sinb and then Sinb shoots her back, and that's the last of Umji's storyline. We also see Sinb shooting Sowon and Yuju who are in the car. It ends with, Sinb shooting Yerin, and Eunha falling off a building after chasing and touching the butterfly. Only she falls off the building and ends up in her bed. 

In tftmn, we know that Yuju is at someone's grave and Yerin is crying over someone while listening to the casette tape. Even when everyone is having fun running around in the room, Yerin is the only one who, for some unknown reason (hint hint umji), is unhappy and Sowon tries to cheer her up. In this same scene in the room, everyone thought Eunha looked dead-pan. When they were at the field, buddies was wondering why Eunha was walking ahead of the others alone and sad, before the girls called out to her and chased after her. People also wondered why tftmn ended with only Eunha turning to look at the camera. Maybe she wasn't dead, it's just that she already knew what was going to happen with Umji. Her realisation thus puts her in a third person's perspective to the whole narrative, hence why Eunha's shots always seem like they're breaking the fourth wall. The only shot of Umji really is her throwing paper planes, on some monkey bars (at a playground?), and then jumping (falling?) down. 

Finally the crossroads mv. Yuju and Umji have a fight, but when Umji tries to reconcile with Yuju (yuju still has the band-aid on her face), she's rejected. And then we see Yuju continuously running, and she ends up at a...playground? But nothing seems to be happening there. Once again, we see Yerin moping around, in the bathtub and on the train.  What about the eunbi line fight? Considering how she's probably the only who realises what is happening, Eunha is probably quite frustrated and accidentally vents it out on an unknowing Sinb (flashback to fingertip: Sinb shoots at Umji, Yerin, Yuju and Sowon). AGAIN, we never find out what happens with Umji beyond that fight. BUT, crossroads ends with a full body shot of (many versions of) Eunha, Yuju at the aquarium, Sowon with the fireworks, Sinb and Yerin at the train station but...only a shot of umji in the darkness where we only see less than half her face? Speaking of that sequence of Eunha in diff hairstyles, the short brown bob is clearly a call-back to fingertip and the long black hair to tftmn, and the fact that the third version of Eunha in that crumbling house has pink hair leads me to believe that once again, after the events of the crossroads mv, they're about to restart again.  Here's the catch - it's probably the last chance they have, as seen from how Eunha already collected three butterflies and only has space for one more. 

One eureka moment was the scene where Eunha saw the butterfly again, fell off a high place again before landing in...you guessed it, her bed again. It mirrors what we saw in fingertip and while tftmn doesn't have such a sequence, we still do see Eunha in a bed at the climax of the song (Yuju's highnote when Sinb opens the door). So I think the mv starts in the present time, and then the mv continues on as a flashback.  Another eureka moment was also when the shot of eunha falling was paused they edited that clock behind her.

The biggest eureka moment was seeing the Yuju-Umji-Yerin storyline. I thought it was only in crossroads, but I suddenly recalled seeing bits of it back in tftmn and fingertip, we see many scenes of them together. 

• When Yuju releases the balloons in tftmn, I never noticed how the mv cuts to Umji looking at something, and then cuts to the balloons
• Yerin putting on lipstick for Umji in tftmn
• Umji using headphones, which almost parallels Yerin using earphones to listen to that casette tape.
• Yerin napping next to Yuju
• tftmn ends with a shot of Umji at the monkey bars with the paper planes frozen in mid-air (time stopped/going back in time??) and then cuts to the scene of the place where Yuju was/the grave
• Yerin being the one that is shot by Sinb and tries to reach out for Eunha in fingertip

Conclusion? I think:

• the mvs are not meant to be literal, but more metaphorical. 
• They keep re-living everything after Umji disappears in each variation of the timeline; eunha is the only one who is aware amidst all this
• Conflict between the members is clearly what leads to Umji disappearing
  • Yuju feels guilty about something she did not get to resolve with Umji
  • Yerin is mourning/sad
  • Sinb is likely an antagonist in some way 
• Sowon's role also seems consistent in these mvs. I think it's interesting that while conflict is the driving point for this narrative, Sowon assumes the role of the comforter. But other than that, I'm not really sure how she fits into all of this lmao, i guess we'll have to wait for a future mv
• EDIT: I think with each time they go back to repeat the narrative, the members (other than Eunha) slowly start to realise/have an inkling about what's happening. Hence that dissonant scene where everyone is happy in tftmn and Yerin is unhappy (she almost doesn't understand her own emotions). It would also explain why Sinb was trying to go look for Yerin at the train station. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that ending scene with Umji in crossroads where she opens her eye is alluding to their realisation as well.
• This is not to discount their other mvs and the other scenes in fingertip/tftmn/crossroads; i just have no idea how the other stuff align with my thoughts ahahaha

 

Your theory actually reminds me of the anime Re:Zero They performed fingertip and tftmn tonight so i agree there's something going on between these three songs.

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since school is suspended here and i have no life, I’ll share my favorite parts of the songs

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Labyrinth: the retro vibe of 90s/00s electronic jpop, the subtle urban beat in verses and of course the highnotes

Crossroads: post-choruses, yerin’s line before second chorus and yuju’s few seconds a cappella before last chorus

Here We Are: the killer chorus ofc and the little minor phrases going on in post-choruses with music box in background

Eclipse: the intro starting with guitar-like synthesised broken chords with violin and drums slipping in after, the whole song tbh lol

Dreamcatcher: again the guitar intro is just so good, the “wow” reverb effect in first half of chorus, the “dreamCATcher”s in choruses, and the harmonies 

From Me: the melodies in verses, the dreamy post-choruses, and yuju ssi’s bridge part (and her delivering high note)

 

 

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Crossroads dropped to my fourth favourite  yesterday cos i was looping labyrinth, HWA and eclipse. But now that i’m listening to it, it has gone back to no.1  The song arrangement of the two producers really has a special place in my heart.

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1 hour ago, love said:

hard to tell.  is it the same one that was in the g-log where sinb and eunha do a noodle mukbang? 

No, I don't think so. In fact I think it's Eunha's family house? Since they were posting their old photos.

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On 4/11/2020 at 9:53 PM, eunheart said:

 

I'm taking this out from Umji Weverse update just now

It seems like Umji asking Buddies of her MBTI as she's curious about it.

What do you think her personality is?

 

Could this be a hint that they'll be on the youtube channel about MBTI of kpop idols?  Or am i overthinking lmao

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https://www.youtube.com/user/SBSTVJobs

 

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59 minutes ago, eternal glow said:

Nek minute we are clowns and they decide to not comeback in summer this year  

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I agree with you guys on MiO! I love their tracks for GFriend. I think their songs are well-aligned with GFriend's identity and musically, are total bops. I will never stop going on about how Flower Garden deserved to be a title track. Not necessarily instead of TFTMN because Miss TFTMN is timeless and I wouldn't trade her for anything, but Flower Garden should have seriously been saved for another time 

Still remember when TFTMN was out, at first it was underperforming a bit and buddies were literally arguing (again) which song should've been the title track, but that time not with 2 songs, but 3 songs, TFTMN, love bug and flower garden. Seriously the post two would've been so good as a "spring" comeback as well.

 

Now we're speaking buried treasures, I'm surprised no one mentioned Vacation. Is it just me or if they release a song like Vacation as their summer comeback would be lit? Like maybe cut down a little bit of the cutesy-ness, but with the vibe of it. The song itself is pretty much very "GFRIEND-esque" with a retro sound, but not all that similar, with memorable melody and catchy lyrics. They can have a fun and interactive choreo as well. Imagine that

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2 hours ago, eternal glow said:

I remember the title track wars omg. Sounds dramatic but I swear, when GFriend have such a top tier discography I guess it's just inevitable to have healthy debates over what could have been. I personally loved TFTMN from first listen. Flower Garden just... deserved to be more than just a b-side

I am also a Vacation enthusiast!!! I'm infamous for being a Sunny Summer hater in this thread  Personally, I still believe Vacation should have been the title track and not Sunny Summer (and I literally never feel this way about any of their comebacks). No shade to SS. She's cute and all but Vacation was IT. The performances of Vacation from their concerts really sold the song for me even more. I love the bright coloured outfits and the fun dance. The members always look so happy performing it, especially Yuju   

Honestly same lol

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When they revealed that SS was gonna be composed by Duble Sidekick, and after the teaser 1, I was seriously expecting sth like S*STAR's I Sw*ar. But welp it turned out-

Anyway happy 2nd anniversary of TFTMN!

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don't know if anybody has seen this but the daily chart peaks of labyrinth's b-sides were doing quite good!

https://twitter.com/ggalbumsales/status/1274756402372915200

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And speaking of Atlantis, did anyone notice on KCON:TACT's crossroads stage, the background was kinda like an underwater palace (mostly red with some dark turquoise, like a negative film), could that be a spoiler as well?lol I guess we'll only find out which one of us (if any) is correct about the concept when the song's out

 

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22 minutes ago, spopo said:

yall remember when their b-sides used to chart on the weekly too '

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also I'm an idiot, I thought it was a train station.

 

Well time's different now, it used to be quite easy to debut at no.1 too since songs usually came out at 12am 

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OMG maybe I'm the idiot here, what if it's really a train station... that'd be so dumb of me jeez

 

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1 hour ago, Sofs said:

their release timeline keeps getting shorter and shorter. We used to have like 2 weeks of teasers and now it feels like 3 days >.>

Yes!!! We used to get teasers every day too... But the first week would be photo/lyrics teasers anyway so I'm not exactly complaining when we're getting a story clip

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13 minutes ago, Memoria~ said:

They travel from some of their MV (Yuju & Umji's - Crossroads, Sinb-TFTMN; Sowon - Sunrise; Eunha- Rough (outfit looks like Rough's) ; only Yerin's I cannot tell maybe Fingertip??

Buddies be like: We shall find all the running scenes from their previous mvs to reincarnate a (wrong) theory again!!

And once again, after watching the teaser, I'm more confused than ever.

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DAMN those photos... Has postmodern Gothic horror GFRIEND finally broken through its shell and show itself just when we are definitely looking for more horror stories in 2020?

Ok that aside, didn't sign up for this but HEY gimme more

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About the flowers and shoes in Yuju's photo tho

 

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2 minutes ago, Sofs said:

buddies out there trying to scare me

 

in the first teaser batch they looked dead, here they look haunted

tbh, the set background does remind places for where you carry human body experiments 

It looks like it's coming directly from that kind of suspense movies...

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Wow that's a whole lot chunk of names there lol but I love the fact that the members are actually involved in the songwriting, and not only b-sides but also the title.

And i like FRANTS' overall style, not only Labyrinth but he(?) has also produced BOPS for W*nder G*rls and Su*mi (the fact that he actually wrote Siren for her)

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2 minutes ago, Sofs said:

Tarot Cards sounds so goooood. The girls and e.one never disappoint. The title sounds interesting.

Finger cross Snow Time/Tarot Cards would be the RockFriend track that we didn't get from Labyrinth.

And Mirror Room kinda reminds me of It's You, just more dramatic.

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Okay so far what we're seeing/hearing from the photo teasers and video teasers, they're giving like 6 different vibes

I'm seriously intrigued and (at the same time kinda frustrated) what the song and MV will be like...

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38 minutes ago, WenSuelRene said:

This MV already looks to be better than Crossroads, mainly for the inclusion of some actual choreoghraphy. I'm excited for the full MV now.

Agreed  

Somehow I hope the clothes of "tilted" and maybe "broken room" make an appearance in the MV cause the styling of those are just too great to just be in photos

41 minutes ago, sergel said:

btw anyone else notice lots of comments in Spanish in the teasers? I’m not complaining just interesting since it didn’t seem like there was a lot in previous comebacks.

off topic but i like the Spanish comments cause I'm studying Spanish right now and I can use them as my little comprehension exercise

They're 99% nice comments tho

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30 mins UGHHHHHHHHH

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1 minute ago, eternal glow said:

I've seen Snow Time, Time of Snow and Time of Eye so I'm not really sure anymore... 

I think it's probably "eye" since on the description of the song it mentioned sth like "typhoon eye" 

Not sure tho

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I'm speechless I- wow

the song, the concept, the post-chorus, the black outfits, Umji's highnote

I- And did Yuju's explosive highnote make a comeback OMG I-

sb calm me down