Chapter 149 : Toy (1)
Chapter 149: Toy (1)
[Stardust Mayday MV Interpretation]
Stardust’s main universe was about boys who lived in outer space, accidentally crash-landing on Earth, and falling in love after meeting a girl.
I already left an MV interpretation before, so take a look at that.
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The last title track was about the boys setting off on their first journey to find the girl across crossed timelines.
So this time, it was a sequel.
It was the story of the boys whose space trip went wrong and ended up drifting.
From the very start of the MV, Seo Haim spoke faintly.
"I'm in maze."
I was trapped in a maze and couldn’t get out.
But.
Were all the members in the same timeline?
No, they weren’t!
(Photo)
While everyone else looked sorrowful.
Exactly two people!!
Seo Ian and Cha Seongbin were brightly smiling.
It was because only the two of them arrived in the “parallel universe where they were with the girl.”
The part where they all smiled and danced together was.
The future they dreamed of, and the happy times of the past.
But in reality, it was nothing but a lonely phone booth left behind on a freezing Earth….
It was a setup where endless tears fell.
Maybe the next song would be about the five members (excluding Seo Ian and Cha Seongbin) trying to recover their lost timeline?
A parallel-universe adventure like that, I think.
The alien concept was being pulled off well without being cringy, so I liked this universe.
It had been a while since a group caught my eye, so I analyzed it hard!
But as I was analyzing this, I realized something huge….
The boys were fucking handsome.
I meant it. (Myeongjo Font)
-I was nodding seriously while reading this, and what’s with that ending ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Agreed.
It’s like realizing there’s no seasoning paste after eating all the gukbap.
Still, thanks….
-This interpretation seems right.
Everything fits.
└22222
└I saw another person’s interpretation, and it looks like everyone had a similar main direction.
-I was wondering why some were smiling while others were sad….
Turned out they were drifting across different timelines.
-The song’s title “Mayday” itself.
Was actually a distress signal used by ships or aircraft, like SOS.
└Wow, I didn’t know.
└Ah, so that’s why it was the title….
└So sad, drifting like that.
Who else but Universe Dust would use that as their team name….
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Stop interpreting the team name like that.
└Heart-shattering….
-So what you’re saying is that we, Dusties, turned into dust scattered across space…
That’s basically the universe, right?
└Just go listen to the song.
└Yeah.
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Too much.
└Let me just ask one more thing.
Is this like the Big Bang theory?
The nuclear fusion of dust?
└Just go watch the fancam.
└Okay.
└ㅅㅂ Nuclear fusion of dust ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└The writer is too firm with the Dusties talking nonsense ㅠㅠ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
It was early morning during Music Bank pre-recording.
I went up on stage for the pre-recording.
It hadn’t been long since the song was released, yet the fans, who had prepared fanchants, welcomed us with thunderous cheers.
There was still some leftover time before recording began.
Kang Siwoo smiled brightly at the Dusties who had filled the seats and greeted them.
"Hello, everyone!"
"Kyaaaaaak!"
"Siwoo, you look even more handsome today!"
Kang Siwoo, who had dyed his hair a deep blue, looked especially cold today.
I could even feel a chill from the sharp line of his nose.
"Woooooow!"
Fans who liked that very point the most screamed in joy.
"I’ll do my best on today’s stage."
"This is our first Mayday stage.
I’m nervous."
"Aaaaah! Haim, you’re good, so don’t be nervous!"
"Thank you!"
And.
I asked the most important thing next to him.
"Everyone, have you eaten?"
"Do Seohan is truly Korean down to his bones…."
Well, food was the most important.
Knowing full well that the fans had waited from dawn, I couldn’t help but worry about their meals.
And since it was a winter comeback, I felt even heavier thinking about how they must have been shivering during the long wait.
"It’s miserable to be cold and hungry….
Please make sure to eat something afterward."
That was when it happened.
A fan in the third row shouted with a booming voice.
"Seohan-aaak! Just seeing you makes me feel full!"
"Pffft."
It was so clear that I heard it even from here.
Soft chuckles leaked out from all sides.
But that excuse didn’t work on me.
"Hsssh, if you don’t eat, you won’t be full.
Please eat."
At that moment, Jin Sehyun cut in.
"Everyone, Do Seohan didn’t eat either.
Just scold him."
"……."
I got caught.
"Seohan… you….
Where do you even have weight left to lose…."
A fan in the front row covered her mouth with a groan.
No, it wasn’t because of that.
I just chose to sleep ten more minutes instead of eating.
"Do Seohan, reflect on yourself."
"Yes."
I had nothing left to say.
.
.
.
.
"Junseo! Seongbin! Siwoo! Ian!"
"Sehyun! Haim! Seohan! Stardust!"
Mayday Mayday Mayday
Something’s gone wrong, please hold my hand.
It feels like I’m drifting in a crossed timeline.
I’m wandering in empty space.
I stomped my foot hard.
The members gathered around and then scattered again in formation.
A beat that rushed in without pause.
I pushed between Cha Seongbin and Kang Siwoo and leapt forward.
Mayday Mayday Mayday
Something’s gone wrong, please hear my cry.
It feels like I’m drifting in a crossed timeline.
I’m searching for you.
I stretched my arm out, pulling my body softly as if drawing in gravity.
The solo dance of the center part, where I put in the most effort, wrapped up cleanly.
Trapped in time so many times.
What I was looking for was only one time.
Only one was enough.
But I couldn’t grasp it.
"Aaaaaaah!"
With the cheers, the fans’ fanchant thundered in my ears.
There hadn’t been much time to prepare, but a few times it matched up perfectly as if rehearsed.
Mayday Mayday Mayday
Something’s gone wrong, please hold my hand.
It feels like I’m drifting in a crossed timeline.
I’m wandering in empty space.
A tough 3 minutes and 44 seconds on stage.
There was no way the first pre-recording, danced with all my strength, wouldn’t be exhausting.
Especially this song had unusually complicated formations and a lot of choreography to sync together.
While running from one end of the stage to the other, it felt like my breath would cut off at any moment.
But.
The really amazing thing was, that fanchant.
It made me enjoy the stage.
It made me stand tall in the hardest moment.
"Haah… ha."
When the stage I had poured myself into finally ended, I lifted my head, panting heavily.
A subtle tingling sensation in my fingertips spread down my legs.
It was electrifying.
"Haah…."
[Stage Genius Do Hamjji]
[Seohan, marry me]
And.
"Shine bright! This has been Stardust. Thank you!"
I was always grateful.
Maybe it was because we had received so much energy from the fans during the pre-recording.
As we prepared for the fan signing event, the members were surprisingly lively.
Even though the schedule was exhausting enough that it wouldn’t be strange if we collapsed at any moment, everyone’s eyes were sparkling.
"Ugh, I’m tired."
"Save me~."
Of course, they kept saying how tired they were with their mouths.
At times like this, caffeine was necessary.
Ha Junseo smiled brightly and held out a tumbler to me.
"Want a sip?"
"How many shots is this?"
"No, this time it’s barley tea."
"Seriously?"
I turned my head with a doubtful look.
Nothing Junseo-hyung handed over had ever been normal.
Unless it was a factory product, I had never trusted it once.
It was odd for caffeine-addict Ha Junseo to be carrying barley tea instead of coffee.
Ha Junseo gladly offered me the tumbler.
"Check for yourself."
I peeked inside and the color did look like barley tea.
That only made it more suspicious.
"What’s going on…?"
"Want to try it?"
"Yesss."
Since I personally liked barley tea, I drank without a second thought.
And.
"Kuhyak!"
I nearly got assassinated.
Seo Ian flinched and turned this way in shock.
With his ears perked like that, for a second I almost mistook him for a real rabbit.
His terrified eyes blinked slowly.
"What? What happened?"
"Hyung, taste this."
"Hey… would I drink that after seeing you nearly die just now?"
He drank.
Seo Ian sniffed carefully and picked up the tumbler.
Curiosity outweighed his survival instinct.
Hyung tilted his head and asked again.
"The smell’s just barley tea?"
"I told you, it’s barley tea. Seohan’s just too much of a kid to handle it."
Unbelievable.
Even children drank barley tea.
It’s just… this one….
"Kuuhk!"
Ah, one more down.
Seo Ian groaned in pain and looked up at Ha Junseo.
"Wh-what… how many packs did you steep in this?"
"About five."
"What the hell, what does it taste like…."
Kang Siwoo showed interest.
I didn’t really want to witness another sacrifice.
For the leader hyung, I added a frank comment.
"It tastes like barley sprouting in my stomach."
"What kind of horrifying description is that?"
"Like my body turned into a little field?"
Shuddering, I snatched the tumbler away.
"Let’s put away this food of Satan."
"Too harsh."
"I didn’t even know barley tea could have shots."
"Yeah, normally you just steep one bag…."
"You’re the worst, hyung."
"At least it woke me up."
It was about time to head into the fan signing event.
Bang—
Manager Lee Jaeyoon swung the door open and came into the waiting room.
"Are you ready?"
"Yep, we’re going now!"
The members, who had finished touching up their makeup, stood up.
"Let’s go."
"First fan signing of this promotion~ let’s smash it~."
Cha Seongbin hummed a tune as he walked out first.
Following behind, Seo Haim and Ha Junseo shook their shoulders excitedly.
"So fun, so fun."
"Book me a spot to pass out afterward."
"Uh, we still have practice."
"…Seriously?"
During the last promotion, there had been plenty of fun episodes.
From Ha Junseo giving nothing but unnecessary model answers, to meme genius Jin Sehyun.
And Seo Haim, who had been endlessly bright.
What kind of legend would be born at this fan signing?
I too grabbed the doorknob with a pleasant sense of anticipation.
"Mmm~."
Not knowing it would turn into a legend of a different meaning.