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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''The girls we met in the winter, their infinite possibilities.''[[labelnote:L-R]]Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Sinb, Umji and Yuju.[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | -> ''Translucent glass beads glowing red\ |
| 5 | Don’t look back, don’t let yourself worry\ |
| 6 | In the sweet darkness, the witching hour descends.'' |
| 7 | -->--'''Apple''' |
| 8 | |
| 9 | GFRIEND (여자친구) is a six-member generation-defining [[KoreanPopMusic South Korean]] GirlGroup, considered a miracle of small company[[note]]They were the first and only act under Source Music that became a HYBE subsidiary in late 2019[[/note]]. They debuted in 2015 and disbanded in 2021. However, accordingly to the members, who are still close friends and plan to reunite as a group someday, the group is on hiatus. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | '''Lore / Concept''' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | The group developed a strong musical identity that encapsulates a nostalgic feeling, whether it's through a dreamy, melancholic, sentimental sound presented especially through [[BaroquePop orchestral pop]] and [[PowerBallad ballads]] or a light-hearted, funky and energetic pop influenced by [[GenreThrowback retro musical styles]]. |
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| 15 | The group had a continuous storyline named "A Tale of the Glass Bead", their own FictionalUniverse intertwined with their music. The story went from a [[SchoolGirlSeries school series]] to a [[SpeculativeFiction magical narrative]]. The main plot revolved around the friendship of a group of girls while they grew up surrounded by a mysterious universe and needed to deal with loss, their friendship falling apart and a bittersweet feeling as they struggled [[ThePowerOfFriendship to be together]]. Melodies, lyrics, choreography, and music videos all come together to tell a story, making storytelling a strong signature of the group. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | '''Musical Career''' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | They debuted on January 16, 2015 with the lead single “Glass Bead” (Season of Glass), gathering several rookie awards and dubbed “powerful innocence” for their GirlNextDoor image and hard-hitting dance moves, averting the stereotype of [[RealWomenDontWearDresses weakness associated with femininity]] and echoing their youth as they tell their own ComingOfAge journey. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | The group reached huge success after completing a school trilogy with the summery “Me Gustas Tu” from Flower Bud and the snowy “Rough (Running Through Time)" from Snowflake. On July 11, 2016, they released their first full album LOL in [[DoubleMeaningTitle two versions]] — "Lots of Love" and "Laughing Out Loud" with a retro-pop sound in the energetic single "Navillera" followed by the funky "Fingertip" in 2017 from the NewSoundAlbum, The Awakening. They continued the year with the double summer release "Love Whisper" (Parallel) and "Summer Rain" (Rainbow), showing two sides of the season as the latter anticipates autumn. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | They held their first concert called Season of GFRIEND in 2018 and with the release of "Time for the Moon Night", the group fully embraced a more mature sound with a concept named "passionate melancholy", expanding their musical spectrum and theatrical performances. Later, they released a special summer album with the brassy "Sunny Summer" as the title track. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The second full album Time for Us was released in 2019 with the sentimental roller coaster "Sunrise", followed by the tropical "Fever" from Fever Season. They finished the year with the highly praised first Japanese studio album Fallin' Light, which includes the previous singles "Memoria" and "Flower". |
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| 27 | Labyrinth, Song of the Sirens and Walpurgis' Night are part of the 2020 "回 (hui)" series, marking a new era for GFRIEND that, after completing five years of career, became part of [=HYBE=] when their agency was acquired. The trilogy is known for the mellow "Crossroads", bombastic "Labyrinth", alluring "Apple" and the retro-earworm "Mago", representing the members metamorphosing into witches (their new concept revolving around empowerment). The album series was important for the sextet and their growth as artists as they began to have more direct input and participation in songwriting. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | '''Disbandment / New Beginnings / Hiatus''' |
| 30 | |
| 31 | On May 18, 2021, it was announced that [[https://www.soompi.com/article/1469831wpp/gfriend-confirmed-to-leave-source-music the group would be disbanding]] following an inability to agree on new contract terms, with the members uploading [[https://www.soompi.com/article/1470066wpp/gfriend-addresses-disbandment-and-thanks-fans-in-handwritten-letters handwritten letters]] to their fans to social media to thank them for their support. Until October, all members officially joined new agencies. Sowon in acting, Yuju in music and Yerin in the entertainment field. Eunha, Sinb and Umji formed a PowerTrio girl group called VIVIZ. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Shortly after the remaining members announced their new label, they reunited in Sowon's Instagram live. The leader said GFRIEND was forever and that we shouldn't cry, matching her last Weverse post saying that they will definitely meet again someday and Sinb agreed, saying Sowon is VIVIZ's honorary leader and that they are still GFRIEND. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Sowon also acknowledged their shocking ending saying there are things they can't say due to the nature of their job and that she understands it must be frustrating for fans as much as it's for them. Umji finished saying she has written a song for the group in the hopes they can sing it as six again and that's one of her ambitions, to share this song with the world through the voice of the members. |
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| 37 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 38 | [[folder:Members]] |
| 39 | * Sowon (Kim Sojung, born December 7, 1995) – Leader, vocalist, dancer. |
| 40 | * Yerin (Jung Yerin, born August 19, 1996) – Lead dancer, vocalist. |
| 41 | * Eunha (Jung Eunbi, born May 30, 1997) – Lead vocalist, dancer. |
| 42 | * Yuju (Choi Yuna, born October 4, 1997) – Main vocalist, dancer. |
| 43 | * Sinb (Hwang Eunbi, born June 3, 1998) – Main dancer, vocalist. |
| 44 | * Umji (Kim Yewon, born August 19, 1998) – Vocalist, dancer. |
| 45 | \ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[/folder]] |
| 48 | [[folder:Social Media]] |
| 49 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gfrdofficial Youtube]] |
| 50 | ** Yuju's [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLoxAIlQjo5Hj5XxBOJ2fHg YouTube channel]] |
| 51 | ** VIVIZ's [[https://www.youtube.com/@VIVIZofficial YouTube channel]] |
| 52 | ** Yerin's [[https://www.youtube.com/@Yerin.official YouTube channel]] |
| 53 | ** Sowon's [[https://www.youtube.com/@Kimsojeong YouTube channel]] |
| 54 | * [[https://www.instagram.com/gfriendofficial/ Instagram]] |
| 55 | ** Sowon's [[https://www.instagram.com/onedayxne/ onedayxne]] |
| 56 | ** Yerin's [[https://www.instagram.com/every__nn/ every__nn]] |
| 57 | ** Eunha's [[https://www.instagram.com/rlo.ldl/ rlo.ldl]] |
| 58 | ** Yuju's [[https://www.instagram.com/yuuzth/ yuuzth]] |
| 59 | ** Sinb's [[https://www.instagram.com/bscenez/ bscenez]] |
| 60 | ** Umji's [[https://www.instagram.com/ummmmm_j.i/ ummmmm_j.i]]. |
| 61 | * [[https://twitter.com/gfrdofficial Twitter]] |
| 62 | ** Yuju's [[https://twitter.com/konnect_YUJU Official Twitter]] |
| 63 | ** VIVIZ's [[https://twitter.com/viviz_official Official Twitter]] |
| 64 | ** Yerin's [[https://twitter.com/YERIN_OFFICIAL_ Official Twitter]] |
| 65 | * [[http://www.vlive.tv/channels/F73FF VLIVE]] |
| 66 | * [[https://www.weverse.io/gfriend/feed Weverse]] |
| 67 | * [[https://www.facebook.com/gfrdofficial Facebook]] |
| 68 | * [[http://cafe.daum.net/gfrdofficial Fancafe]] |
| 69 | * [[https://www.tiktok.com/@official_gfriend TikTok]] |
| 70 | * [[https://www.sourcemusic.com/ko/girf_profile.php Website]] |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | [[folder:Discography]] |
| 73 | * ''Singles'': |
| 74 | ** [[https://youtu.be/YTWwz6R6jy0 Memoria]] [JP] (September 19, 2018) |
| 75 | ** [[https://youtu.be/gMHP8ZXvuMM Flower]] [JP] (March 03, 2019) |
| 76 | * ''Studio Albums'': |
| 77 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se8bbsUFjC8&list=OLAK5uy_kpQerFAeWsPIkulWbSippxaWZytD3gZqg&index=3 LOL]] (July 11, 2016) |
| 78 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iciFwCnsyY4&list=OLAK5uy_nM3xvV80tLbnUfLzJ_JWBXcvGrLpeB0WQ&index=1 Time for Us]] (January 14, 2019) |
| 79 | ** [[https://youtu.be/mc274HUFhQQ Fallin' Light]] [JP] (November 13, 2019) |
| 80 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmBYPXGqtss&list=OLAK5uy_niXjTmEKkfVvR3EmiznM0KrwXzfvw6Ux0&index=1 Walpurgis' Night]] (November 9, 2020) |
| 81 | * ''Extended Plays'': |
| 82 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7icQFVzHo&list=OLAK5uy_nclbsbcd6n9PaK-4R2t01TVGdePDwlmu8&index=2 Season of Glass]] (January 15, 2015) |
| 83 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYHyAIFG3iI&list=OLAK5uy_m9pHmnzNLhENle8e-LQuZ99YEv6V2Mf1M&index=2 Flower Bud]] (July 23, 2015) |
| 84 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VKcLPdY9lI&list=OLAK5uy_mQb36YR8PgkjCyDvPfgW6MT7o2VpgL4eI&index=2 Snowflake]] (January 25, 2016) |
| 85 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1n_1jrUEjU&list=OLAK5uy_kw2DK8rCUt9camFk3I4X97zY86h8THg84&index=2 The Awakening]] (March 6, 2017) |
| 86 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnXXfYA91Y8&list=OLAK5uy_nIRcEphVfXCKpRQ19LuYF7C7ULELWWAKQ&index=2 Parallel]] (August 01, 2017) |
| 87 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XyBa8QsVQU&list=OLAK5uy_nCNOmE6IVrK0DFk-Mni2Xc4NSuyhU9yC4&index=2 Time for the Moon Night]] (April 30, 2018) |
| 88 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iPLjmz3_U4&list=OLAK5uy_kt_fhhbFcOBiktiV-HdAHattdqHCAUV38&index=1 Sunny Summer]] (July 19, 2018) |
| 89 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zll7O1v63aY&list=OLAK5uy_l-GopiaFcwp7CXdJUbq5gG0xX4fetMUew&index=1 Fever Season]] (July 1, 2019) |
| 90 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx5TWKPE5sU&list=OLAK5uy_npklyt4Xa2jmpd61PHWBGHcpSsvM9HtHA&index=2 Labyrinth]] (February 03, 2020) |
| 91 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSse3b2ge4&list=OLAK5uy_k34YSck_-jtn9X8KHC3i8njr7-Aox3Id8&index=1 Song of the Sirens]] (July 13, 2020) |
| 92 | * ''Reissues'': |
| 93 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsYwEV_ge4Y&list=OLAK5uy_nIRcEphVfXCKpRQ19LuYF7C7ULELWWAKQ&index=3 Rainbow]] (September 12, 2017) |
| 94 | * ''Compilations'': |
| 95 | ** [[https://youtu.be/Q_8YONoUqRw 今日から私たちは ~GFRIEND 1st BEST~]] [JP] (May 23, 2018) |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | [[folder:Other Works]] |
| 98 | * ''{{Literature}}'': |
| 99 | ** [[https://twitter.com/i/events/1343310651947704324 유리구슬 Märchen]], illustrated mini books. |
| 100 | * ''ShortFilm'': |
| 101 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRp0GIiwUmk A Tale of the Glass Bead : Previous Story]] |
| 102 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcOZ6PJ-M-c A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect]] |
| 103 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsI-BFutaTQ A Tale of the Glass Bead (VCR)]] |
| 104 | * ''VideoGames'': |
| 105 | ** [[http://superstargfriend.dalcomsoft.com/en/index.html SUPERSTAR GFRIEND]]: A RhythmGame for mobile devices featuring GFRIEND songs. |
| 106 | * ''{{Website/YouTube}} Series'': |
| 107 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqQwarHaCFcqwA0lAFFmeTlpXFtZm8iD Memoria]], a RealityShow turned VarietyShow. |
| 108 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqQwarHaCFen-khbpMb2vV2JgFFCewJO G-LOG]], a VlogSeries. |
| 109 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqQwarHaCFdfhFEm1VCB_mjztrtVYjdN G-ING]], short clips (bite-sized behind-the-scenes content). |
| 110 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqQwarHaCFcvME0JM90X_M6Umwe6X9SR Special Clips]], longer footage of the behind-the-scenes. |
| 111 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWqQwarHaCFfs54VRWFFDtk68xFAQ8rE6 Official Covers]][[note]]Even though Umji included her original song called "eve love" in the playlist. Also, there are many other covers available all over the internet, and since they don't have access to their group accounts anymore... Eunha posted "Lilac" on her [[https://soundcloud.com/user-514825100 SoundCloud]], Umji posted "Rose" on her Instagram, and so on.[[/note]] |
| 112 | * ''ConcertFilm'': |
| 113 | ** Season of GFRIEND (2018) |
| 114 | ** Season Of GFRIEND — Encore (2019) |
| 115 | ** Go Go GFRIEND (2019) |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | ---- |
| 118 | !!The tropes waiting for you (yes, you) |
| 119 | [[folder:General Tropes]] |
| 120 | * AffectionateNickname: The names ''yeochin'' or ''yeochinnies'', derived from their Korean name ''yeojachingu'' — a female friend. |
| 121 | * BadassAdorable: Yerin skinned a lizard in [[KoreanMedia Law Of The Jungle]] and she's definitely [[StrongerThanTheyLook Stronger Than She Looks]] as she can carry more than one person at the same time, fans started to call her [[Series/StrongWomanDoBongsoon Strong Woman Jung Yerin]]. |
| 122 | * BigEater: |
| 123 | ** Eunha likes to eat a lot, she's always munching something and never hid this trait, going as far as having a TrademarkFavoriteFood (hamburger). She has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPvcs1_Qya4 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYbvt7Mexw mukbang]] videos with Sinb in their G-LOG series so far, the second one being a gift because the first was so well received. |
| 124 | ** Talking about it, Yerin has her own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkWxgsUQ3MM&list=PLQv1U2oSD8oChznU15GlRc__gAGWderWM&index=10 mukbang show]] series, Sinb appeared there as well in one of the episodes. |
| 125 | * CelebrityResemblance: Sinb to former Music/GirlsGeneration member Jessica Jung. |
| 126 | * CherryBlossomGirl: Eunha dyed her hair pink, has cherry blossom motifs for her Pepsi collaboration [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVg3YhF0QY "Blossom"]] and was born in spring. |
| 127 | * ChildhoodFriends: Eunha and Sinb knew each other since they were nine years old, they were part of the same dance crew as children, they even [[https://twitter.com/GFRDofficial/status/762092431625953280 recreated]] one of their childhood photos and have matching tattoos. |
| 128 | %% ** Yerin went to high school together with Hayoung from {{Music/Apink}} and Joy from Music/RedVelvet. They frequently hang out together, send one another food-trucks when one of them is promoting or filming something, and even performed for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3DDW3L4cbA special stage]] as the unit ''Oh-Jung-Park''. |
| 129 | * CloudCuckooLander: Yuju who imitates inanimate objects, other members refer to her as "GFRIEND's Weirdest Person" because of her eccentricity. Also Yerin, the way she acts is very odd and funny. |
| 130 | * ContagiousLaughter: Sinb makes people laugh with her own laughter and Yerin's laugh is very tough and loud so it makes you laugh. Fans say that a joke gets ten times more funny when this duo is laughing along. |
| 131 | * CuteClumsyGirl: |
| 132 | ** Yerin famously somehow managed to [[https://youtu.be/CkHmqUJHVQs knee herself in the face]] while dancing on Series/RunningMan. |
| 133 | ** GFRIEND's speeches are known for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtuZ7ukPrn4 being a cute mess]], the most notable one was Eunha at SMA 2019. She couldn't reach the microphone and made a pun singing their song "Sunrise" making her members embarrassed and the audience cooing and laughing at her. |
| 134 | * DancingIsSeriousBusiness: The group is notable for their dance, if that's not what they are the most famous for, since they brought up consistent complex routines each comeback, making it a stand out for girl groups at that time. The girls trained a lot to reach their status of synchronized choreography with their teamwork. It's not far-fetched to say they changed the game and inspired other girl groups to be more performance-driven. |
| 135 | ** They created some famous variety show segments like Weekly Idol's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QRCOldQ3l8 2x speed dance]] and always go viral because of their dancing skills and countless successful dance challenges. |
| 136 | ** Umji posted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CVK99fwxI a long video]] showing all the steps of "Flower Garden" choreography from them grasping the idea to add details as a fan gift for the end of their tour. Half of their songs have choreography. |
| 137 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihBGtZCij0 "Mago" blindfolded]]. That's it. The idea started from a challenge on Series/KnowingBrothers that Umji nonchalantly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1H1qZLUzM accepted it]] for any of their songs. |
| 138 | * {{Determinator}}: Yuju. Nothing will stop her from finishing their performance. And by nothing, ''we mean'' nothing. Not accidentally having one of her shoes slipped off on stage. Not even falling down ''at least four times'' '''and''' suffering a twisted finger as a result of those falls as seen on that legendary fancam performance will stop her. Also, after she broke her hand, she performed quite a few times while wearing a cast. |
| 139 | * DrinkingOnDuty: They even had alcohol in their fansigns. The memorable moments were when Umji and Sinb have come of age and a fan gave them a beer and when a fan [[https://twitter.com/sowonloops/status/1167007169042010112 brought wine to drink with Sowon.]] |
| 140 | * FanCommunityNickname: Buddy. They're our friends, we're their buddies. |
| 141 | * FanDisillusionment: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. Yuju said in a VLIVE: |
| 142 | --> When you like someone, whether a celebrity singer or actor, when you like them, there's this saying like "those people don't even know your existence, they don't know your name, they don't know anything". I've heard this kind of sayings too. Long ago I just thought that "so what if they don't know me, I'm just gonna like them alone", but deep inside "yes... in reality it's kind of like that". I had thought of that, but now that I'm a singer, I thought of it again. '''They're people that I've never met nor heard, but in our heart there's a place set for them. I hope you won't forget that'''. |
| 143 | * {{Fan|boy}}girl: All of the girls with {{Music/IU}}. Umji went as far as giving her a scrunchie hair set, so she would see IU [[AscendedFanboy using her gift all the time]]. |
| 144 | %% * {{Foreshadowing}}: Their song "Fingertip" was foreshadowed beforehand by the group without the fans realizing until when the song came out, particularly the words ''Tang Tang Tang''. On Showtime, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGo8xVzBnDQ there are several moments]] where they said the words ''Tang Tang Tang'' on camera. In addition, during the behind-the-scenes of their appearance in the 2017 Idol Star Athletic Championship, Sowon is caught on camera speaking the words "Fingertip daebak!". |
| 145 | * FunPersonified: They are known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-rS72ABXA beagle-dols]], they are so genuinely funny that even non-fans watch their variety shows. The girls say that they are personally shy, but together they are loud and make a mess out of themselves, giving them a friendly and bubbly image to people outside. |
| 146 | * GenkiGirl: All the girls can be considered this but especially Yerin, Yuju and Sinb who are constantly energetic and talkative on shows and interviews. |
| 147 | * HaveIMentionedIAmGay: When Yerin said that she [[https://youtu.be/uoVDvZwIbFM loves pretty girls]]. |
| 148 | --> '''The cooking teacher''': And pretty men? |
| 149 | --> '''Yerin''': I haven't thought of that... That girls... |
| 150 | --> '''The cooking teacher''': Girls. |
| 151 | --> '''Yerin''': I thought that my eyes were getting clean. |
| 152 | * {{Homage}}: Their initial sound and styling have drawn many comparisons to girl groups from the first generation of KPop. |
| 153 | * ICanStillFight: The [[https://youtu.be/Ag2R7Mt8yI8 legendary fancam]] of GFRIEND performing "Me Gustas Tu" on a slippery stage. Yuju and Sinb picked themselves up despite falling hard at least 4 or 5 times throughout the entire performance. The video deservingly went viral and further propelled the group into popularity for their professionalism. |
| 154 | %% * InelegantBlubbering: After their first win on a music show (especially Yerin). |
| 155 | * {{Irony}}: Sinb hates pink but their stylists make her wear pink outfits. She even dyed her hair pink! |
| 156 | * JackOfAllTrades: Yuju can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYoVa4X236o sing]], dance, play guitar, write and compose songs, write poems, [[https://youtu.be/SFzutoVb118?t=79 pole dance]], skating, [[https://youtu.be/s4oQOrsGLnM?t=72 run fast]], [[https://youtu.be/0ODZihUTT0A gymnastics]] and so on. |
| 157 | * KaleidoscopeHair: Sinb has dyed her hair in many [[https://imgur.com/a/d9HdC8Z different colors]]. |
| 158 | * KoreanSeries: They appeared in many! Here are some examples: |
| 159 | ** Some {{Crossover}} reality shows examples were when they appeared in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEo97ClecB4 Insolent Housemates]] with Heechul and did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgllt_02Nbg Showtime]] series with Mamamoo. |
| 160 | ** They were ParentsForADay, but with dogs, in [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEdH95lSepnsmaifnVtwS-E7T1x26yUJU Look After Out Dog]] and had some [[VacationEpisode travel-reality series]] like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272QBrzsN9s One Fine Day]], [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL6lRMpp0OwEcYd6_4xarCKCRKEnGt7aa GFRIEND Loves Europe]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5U-1KXXv40 The Friends in the Adriatic Sea]] and Summer Vacation in Okinawa. |
| 161 | ** MEMORIA was their own reality-variety show with many different arcs. Going from VacationEpisode to MysteryEpisode, NewJobEpisode and casual talk shows. The series ended out of the blue with a ClipShow. |
| 162 | * ManipulativeEditing: Sinb called out Series/ProduceX101 editing in a live after some members appeared in an episode and all the positive things they said to their juniors were cut out. However, she wasn't so serious about that as some sensationalist news outlets tried to paint her either... Ironically, double manipulative editing. |
| 163 | * MeaningfulName: Sowon means "wish", Sinb means "mystery", Eunha means "galaxy" and Umji means "thumb", yes, "thumb"... but it's based on the fairy tale ''Literature/{{Thumbelina}}''. |
| 164 | * OhCrap: Eunha tends to spoil the new songs before the release. You have to see the members' faces when this happens. |
| 165 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Eunha and Yerin are called "fake youngest". |
| 166 | * OneSteveLimit: Eunha's real name (Jung '''Eun'''bi) is the same as Sinb's (Hwang Eun'''bi'''). |
| 167 | * ProudBeauty: Sowon said that her stage name was going to be "P.B." which means "Perfect and Beautiful". Also is said that she looks at the mirror very often. Just search for "Car Door Goddess" and " "Korea's Top 3 Beauties" on Google. |
| 168 | * {{Pun}}: Umji once performed with Hong Jin Young as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EogyL-vPviA latter promoted]] her song "Thumb Up" (umji cheok/엄지척). |
| 169 | * RagsToRiches: They went from a bankruptcy company operated in a semi-basement, having problems to debut and their CEO mortgaging his own house to winning 29 times in music shows only in 2016 and establishing themselves as one of the most successful and best selling KPop girl groups. |
| 170 | * SingerSongwriter: All of them have KOMCA (Korea Music Copyright Association) credits in lyrics and composition. Some notable examples are "Hope", "Better Me", "Eye of the Storm" and even the title tracks "Apple" and "Mago". The process can be seen in the [[https://youtu.be/kHm0j4df8IQ recording behind videos]] and they often share the songwriting process in [[https://twitter.com/i/events/1287495266564820992 interviews]]. |
| 171 | * ShrinkingViolet: Sowon said that Eunha was very shy and quiet when they met. |
| 172 | * SignatureStyle: High notes, ad-libs, nostalgic elements, knife-like choreography, dance breaks and electric guitar or orchestral instruments. |
| 173 | * StageName: All of them, except Yerin. Sowon (Kim Sojung), Eunha (Jung Eunbi), Yuju (Choi Yuna), Sinb (Hwang Eunbi) and Umji (Kim Yewon). |
| 174 | * TeamDad: Sinb is jokingly seen as this by the other members, as she often is the one who fixes broken appliances at their dorm. |
| 175 | * TeamMom: Being the eldest out of the 6, Sowon is regarded as this. |
| 176 | %% * TeenIdol |
| 177 | * TenderTears: |
| 178 | ** Yerin cried during Yuju's rhythmic gymnastic performance. |
| 179 | ** Yuju cried when she saw Sowon backstage in her debut as a [[https://youtu.be/6R8wSDLUKXs runway model]]. |
| 180 | ** The stage for "Here We Are" during their first online concert "C:ON", organized due to the pandemic. The members couldn't hold their tears seeing fans on the screen behind them. |
| 181 | * TheCutie: This feature was enhanced by Eunha's bob short haircut. |
| 182 | * TheLeader: Sowon named by Source Music. |
| 183 | * TheShowMustGoOn: |
| 184 | ** Aforementioned legendary fancam of "Me Gustas Tu". |
| 185 | ** Sinb dislocated her shoulder in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpRwfHfgxAQ "Navillera" stage]], but she just kept dancing using only one hand. |
| 186 | ** When started to rain and they performed [[https://youtu.be/P_nx6sb4aCM soaked]]. |
| 187 | %% ** Sinb has a very boyish attitude but she still has an interest in fashion and is a crybaby. |
| 188 | %% ** Also Yerin is not very delicate and has tough mannerisms but dresses very girly, wears {{Girlish Pigtails}} and likes to [[TheCutie act cutesy.]] |
| 189 | %% * TryingNotToCry: Yerin received hateful comments for looking "ugly" and "fake" after she cried on camera. Since then she tries her hardest not to cry or at least not to be seen while doing so. |
| 190 | * {{Tsundere}}: Sinb who seems cold and stoic is really kind and cares for her fans and friends. |
| 191 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Sinb and Sowon are known as the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry duo of the group. |
| 192 | --> '''Sowon''': Sinb, what do you think (of the shorts)? |
| 193 | --> '''Sinb''': It's pretty, but it's too short. |
| 194 | --> '''Sowon''': Well, life is short! |
| 195 | * VocalTagTeam: There is a tradition that every KPop group needs a rapper, resulting in the infamous GratuitousRap in a lot of songs. That's not the case with them, GFRIEND is a vocal group and very praised for that, their [[https://youtu.be/5Jf5CcI2psU?t=98 encore stages]] are even called "ear purifying". In their early days, even if the group used to display ACappella and harmonizations on radio shows, Yuju and Eunha were labeled as vocal line, doing the most collaborations and [=OST=]s outside of the group. Today all the girls have the opportunity to show their vocals in their songs whether with high notes or adlibs, they even have individual stages in their concerts. |
| 196 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Heights?]]: Yuju is scared of heights. So naturally, this gets exploited during their appearance in Showtime (2016). |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | [[folder:Music Tropes]] |
| 199 | ''Including songs, performances, choreography and music videos (non-related with the story).'' |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AlbumClosure: All the last tracks from Labyrinth, Song of the Sirens and Walpurgis Night offer closure to their own stories. The SurprisinglyGentleSong "From Me" finishes with the theme of loving yourself, leaving behind the "you" from the previous songs. "Stairs in the North" contemplates the past and hesitation in moving forward, giving a DownerEnding compared to the album opener "Apple", but what could be a WhenImGoneSong ends up hopeful with their recurrent theme of doing things at your own pace. "Wheel of the Year" is about being able to move forward and [[AndTheAdventureContinues continue running]], being a SequelSong to "Compass" and closure for the whole series. |
| 202 | * AlbumIntroTrack: "Season of Glass", "Flower Bud", "Snowflake", "Parallel", "Daytime" and the nameless intro from LOL (2016). |
| 203 | * AlbumTitleDrop: "Sunny Summer", "Time for the Moon Night", "Rainbow" and "Fallin' Light". |
| 204 | * {{Allegory}}: The "回 (hui)" series was [[https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view?num=54&lang=en a more mature and ambitious]] storytelling for them and also a dialogue between fiction and the stage of their career on a meta-level. |
| 205 | * ArtisticLicense: "From Me" says "''[...] from I to me''", a self-love letter. |
| 206 | * AudienceParticipationSong: KPop groups have fan chants for their songs, GFRIEND isn't an exception. Although, there are some special cases: |
| 207 | ** In “Time for the Moon Night”, the fans started to call "Umji-ah" during a cute part in the choreography where the members are calling her. Averted with the lack of an audience during the pandemic, the members [[https://youtu.be/9cc_M03g-uw?t=117 yelled "Buddy-ya"]] at the camera instead. |
| 208 | ** Sinb used to say "''tting''" after Eunha's "Fever" intro and now fans started to say it too. |
| 209 | ** The biggest example of this would be “Vacation", the fans started to shout "EEEEAAAA" during the song, turning it into a very interactive and fun performance. |
| 210 | * AwesomeButImpractical: |
| 211 | ** The original choreography for "Navillera" had a butterfly formation too impractical to perform with the song, they did it for a [[https://youtu.be/WKI2d0BWdQg?t=146 special stage]]. A bonus from the same era is a cute opening with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcPozZzAHHQ ribbons]]. |
| 212 | ** They danced on the water for "Love Whisper" and even being too impractical for live stages, they did it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBSeNveqpx0 one time]]. |
| 213 | * BeYourself: "Better Me" is the perfect example, but they have some lyrics here and there encouraging the listeners not to care about what others think: |
| 214 | --> '''Smile''': ''Smile, smile more. Smile, smile more. When others look at it strangely and it's okay.'' |
| 215 | * BiblicalMotifs: "Ave Maria". |
| 216 | * BookEnds: "Memoria", "Sunrise" and "Time for the Moon Night" choreography use this as a narrative tool for the story told in the dance, "Love Whisper" choreography is more literal. |
| 217 | * CallBack: |
| 218 | ** "Apple" to "Glass Bead" and "Navillera". |
| 219 | ---> '''Glass Bead''': ''[...] like a clear glass bead.'' |
| 220 | ---> '''Apple''': ''Translucent glass beads glowing red.'' |
| 221 | ---> '''Navillera''': ''I’m still a shy child.'' |
| 222 | ---> '''Apple''': ''[...] let go the timid child.'' |
| 223 | ** One could say that there is a CharacterDevelopment dialogue between "Room of Mirrors" and "Mago" and the use of mirrors to address self-image. The first is bitter, an anxious individual; the latter is at peace with oneself, it's a celebration through purification. The individual from "Room of Mirrors" is wavering, but "Mago" states "I won't ever waver". "Run away for me" changes to "Dance for me". She's smiling in the mirror, instead of "turning around as possessed and blaming" herself. |
| 224 | ** "Wheel of the Year" [[https://eternalfloret.tumblr.com/lyrictrans/wheeloftheyear lyrics]] to the whole series, especially "Crossroads" and "Labyrinth" and even their song "Compass": |
| 225 | ---> ''It’s like we were trapped in an enormous maze. A lost me, who constantly stopped at a crossroads.'' |
| 226 | ** The intro for their TMA 2019 performance titled "Time travel with Buddy" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPUOoMSXr7Q all past title tracks]] represented by a different member. |
| 227 | ** A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPIizr9Vqp4 performance for "Time for the Moon Night"]] showed themselves from the "Summer Rain" era on the screen behind them. |
| 228 | * ChangedForTheVideo: "Rough" and "Fingertip" have an extended break. |
| 229 | * ChristmasSongs: |
| 230 | ** "Sunny Summer" has a special version called [[https://youtu.be/LvgzpvB3uEw "Snowy Winter"]] with SnowySleighBells. |
| 231 | ** Umji wrote and composed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a63JJo5Fagw "Eve Love"]] as a Christmas gift. |
| 232 | * ColorMotif: "Mr. Blue", "Red Umbrella", "White". |
| 233 | * ComingOfAge: The group's music and videos are a perfect example of this. Their trajectory could be separated into three phases based on three main producers and concept names.[[note]]It's important to notice that they experimented with some themes before shifting completely the group's gears. Before the second phase, they had "Rough" and "Summer Rain", before the third phase, they had "Fingertip" and "Fever".[[/note]] |
| 234 | ** Innocent. The girl group debuted with Iggy Youngbae as producers and their concept was called powerful innocence. The songs were bubbly, cheerful, going from [[TwiceShy puppy love]] to friendship and encouragement lyrics, marking an innocent phase of life where things are positive and untainted. |
| 235 | ** Melancholic. Departing from the duo to work with another, No Joo-hwan e Lee Won-jong were in-house producers. With a concept called passionate melancholy, the until then "pink world" gets urgent in tone as the girls discover the pains of growing up. The lyrics become more poetic and metaphorical. The encouraging lyrics open space to healing songs. Love is seen with [[JadeColoredGlasses a new lens]], they go through heartwrenching feelings like longing, yearning and heartbreak of [[LoveTranscendsSpacetime grand love stories]]. |
| 236 | ** Witch. More of a concept than a sound, they started to work closely with Frants and evolve their image from girls to women. All phases led to this moment, with the members writing and composing songs that were before inspired by them instead. The empowerment theme that became overdone in KPop didn't sound generic because it married the wistful and lyrical tone of their existent musical identity, giving a refreshing and unique take to this thematic, and being a CharacterDevelopment after changing the main subject of the songs. |
| 237 | * CosmicMotifs: They have songs named "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunrise", "Eclipse" and others like "Please Save My Earth". |
| 238 | * CostumePorn: All stages for "Apple" include outfits that were individually tailored and impeccably done, full of details. |
| 239 | * CoverVersion: They did many covers, especially participating in competition shows like Immortal Songs and Series/KingOfMaskSinger. |
| 240 | ** "Mr. Mr." by SNSD and "Wild Eyes" by Shinhwa are notable examples for being a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17mnBm96a3Y special stage]] for their concert. |
| 241 | ** They also did solo stages for their concert. Respectively, Sowon's [[https://youtu.be/3ac0tLr_qzY?t=23 "Gashina" (orig. Sunmi)]], Yerin's [[https://youtu.be/GpWhsCTtyY8?t=21 "U Go Girl" (orig. Lee Hyori)]], Eunha's [[https://youtu.be/0i2cw6cZWG8?t=26 "Bloom" (orig. Gain)]], Yuju's [[https://youtu.be/tu35AHruYKA?t=25 "Heaven" (orig. Ailee)]], Sinb's [[https://youtu.be/1MtpdQM7fKQ?t=16 "No. 1" (orig. BoA)]] and Umji's [[https://youtu.be/-QT0X_tl49Q?t=10 "Twenty-Three" (orig. IU)]]. |
| 242 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Crossroads" incorporated in the choreography a part where the members are walking around like at a crossroads and AloneInACrowd, showing their restless state of mind in the moment of choice. |
| 243 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: |
| 244 | ** "Mago" is both the word for wizard in Spanish and the [[Myth/KoreanMythology Korean deity]], part of the East Asian creation lore. |
| 245 | ** The aforementioned first Studio Album LOL. Lots of Love would represent the lovely (feminine and graceful) side and Laughing Out Loud would represent the refreshing (playful and bubbly) side of the songs and concept photos from the era. |
| 246 | * EsotericMotifs: "Tarot Cards", "Mago", "Crossroads", "Three of Cups", "Apple", "Love Spell" and "Wheel of the Year". All are part of their "回 (hui)" series that uses especially esoteric symbolism borrowed from [[UsefulNotes/WiccanMythology witchcraft]]. |
| 247 | * EtherealChoir: "Memoria". |
| 248 | * EvolvingMusic: During their tour, they [[https://youtu.be/MgdaIyGvihs changed some lyrics]] for "Me Gustas Tu" and "Time for the Moon Night" in every country to match with their languages. |
| 249 | * FairytaleMotifs: "Mermaid" is based on ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid''. |
| 250 | * FemaleEmpowermentSong: |
| 251 | ** "Apple" uses witch imagery that ends up being related to womanhood rather than a more broad self-empowerment song. The girls said "Apple" is about being honest in one’s desires, rather than simply being swayed by temptation. |
| 252 | --->''Don’t look back, don’t let yourself worry, in the sweet darkness the witching hour descends''. |
| 253 | ** "Mago" follows the same idea combined with the dance floor being the representation of the place where they can be free. |
| 254 | * FlowerMotifs: "Flower", [[GardenOfLove "Flower Garden"]] and "Water Flower" are some songs, but flowers are mentioned several times in their song lyrics in general. "Better Me" is an example of a flower blooming used as a metaphor in the lyrics. |
| 255 | * FriendshipSong: "My Buddy", "Secret Diary", "Three of Cups" and "LOL" are perfect examples of this. |
| 256 | ** "Secret Diary" is about the friendship between Yerin and Sinb. |
| 257 | ** "Three of Cups" was said to be about celebrating women's friendship. Their sisterhood being represented with the tarot card of the same name. |
| 258 | * GenreThrowback: A good part of their discography is based on this, "Contrail" is based on ragtime, for example, but especially the album Parallel (2017) with genres like disco and Shibuya-Kei. |
| 259 | * GriefSong: Implied in "Time for the [[MelancholyMoon Moon Night]]". |
| 260 | * HairFlip: The beginning for "Fingertip" choreography and also Sowon's trademark in "Sunrise" and "Crossroads". |
| 261 | * HotterAndSexier: Their outfits, stages and video for "Fever" and "Apple". |
| 262 | * IncrediblyLongNote: |
| 263 | ** Yuju in basically every title track and also some B-sides like "Windy Windy" and "My Buddy". |
| 264 | ** "Sunrise" has a high note for almost all of the members, the highlight goes to Eunha's final verse being the embodiment of this trope. |
| 265 | * InDaClub: The music video for "Mago" and also evoked for their [[https://youtu.be/huQQeBTkZkA?t=134 2020 SBS Gayo]] "Mago" performance. |
| 266 | * InternalHomage: MIO, former in-house producers, revealed that "Flower Garden" has EasterEggs from all GFRIEND's seven first title tracks. |
| 267 | * LeavingYouToFindMyself: "From Me". |
| 268 | * {{Letterbox}}: "Fingertip", "Time for the Moon Night" and the most recent music videos will fall in this category. "Mago" has a 4:3 AspectRatio for the {{Retraux}} and "Sunrise" an AspectRatioSwitch to fit the narrative. |
| 269 | * LoveAllegory: A lot of their songs use allegories (and similes) to talk about love, a notable example is "Please Save My Earth". |
| 270 | --> ''You won’t believe me but in the middle of the big universe, past the river of time, become the moonlight and save my earth.'' |
| 271 | * LyricalColdOpen: "Time for the Moon Night", "La Pam Pam", "Fever", "Paradise", "Flower Garden", "Memoria" and others, most of them sang by Eunha. |
| 272 | * LyricsVideoMismatch: {{Averted|Trope}}. The music videos reflect the songs and lyrics. Sometimes groups will tell a non-related story in their music videos while the songs are SillyLoveSongs, but for GFRIEND it works both ways, a love song and part of the fictional universe as the characters are communicating in the story. It happens because the lyrics are gender-neutral and vague in a poetic type of way, matching with the music video imagery. |
| 273 | * MakingTheChoiceForYou: "Tarot Cards" is about spreading the cards to unfold the future and plays with this trope. |
| 274 | * MatchCut: In [[https://youtu.be/gMHP8ZXvuMM?t=171 "Flower"]], Eunha smashing the flower turning into petals, Umji catches them and blows them, reaching the candles in Yerin's shot. |
| 275 | * MelismaticVocals: |
| 276 | ** The powerhouse vocalist Yuju in songs like "Mr. Blue" and "Secret", an OST that displayed amazing [[https://twitter.com/gg_vocals/status/1308243970741293057 vocal runs]]. |
| 277 | ** Sinb and Eunha in the bridge of "Mago". |
| 278 | * MusicalEpisode: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bVGamQnbyQ "Love in the Air"]] even emulates a SpontaneousChoreography. |
| 279 | * MythologyGag: |
| 280 | ** "Sunny Summer" mentions "Time for the Moon Night" chorus and Korean title "밤 (bam)", the intention being clear when they change from an English phrase to a Korean word: |
| 281 | ---> ''Having a good '''bam''' (night).'' |
| 282 | ** Also "Sunny Summer", Eunha opens her mouth and there is a diamond, a nod to "Love Bug" lyrics: |
| 283 | ---> ''Nunbushin (dazzling) diamond in my head.'' |
| 284 | ** "Love Oh Love" playfully references their older title tracks: |
| 285 | ---> ''Running through time, finally I'm meeting you. From today on what are we? Oh oh.'' |
| 286 | * OminousChanting: Played alongside the intro for "Time for the Moon Night" at [[https://youtu.be/90di4e-Q16k GDA 2019]]. |
| 287 | * OneWordTitle: "Rough", "Navillera", "Fingertip", "Memoria", "Sunrise", "Flower", "Fever" and many others. |
| 288 | * PerformanceVideo: |
| 289 | ** For Studio Choom: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaOxyL7Sjho "Fever"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxEyvYPdJ8 "Crossroads"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4OVNHBEVw "Mago"]].[[note]]Sinb also did covers for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKF3lRkYzIU "Sweet but Psycho"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70COms6JHL4 "Tap In"]]).[[/note]] |
| 290 | ** For 1thek: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc_C1Zt5TUs "Sunrise"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0fh-JHQe0 "Labyrinth"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72EQrZJF1NY "Apple"]]. |
| 291 | ** There are performances of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps7ZnDCgfOg "Only 1"]] for run.wav and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0ykCsdCQg "Sunrise"]] for dingo. |
| 292 | ** Music videos usually have a performance (also known as choreography) version as well. |
| 293 | * RearrangeTheSong: |
| 294 | ** "Season of GFRIEND" used a live band. |
| 295 | ** "Rough" and "Navillera" at [[https://youtu.be/6Dj9R-z9pEU MMA 2016]], one of their most emblematic performances. |
| 296 | ** [[https://youtu.be/YPcDbpUfHNA "Apple" Rock ver.]] for KBS 2020 as well. |
| 297 | ** They did ballad versions for "Summer Rain", "Rough", "Sunrise" and even "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 298 | ** They did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwTFgAs2gNc School Trilogy Mashup]]. |
| 299 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Their choreography is heavily centered around the lyrics and the message of the song, even bringing some themes and elements and representing them. Here are some examples: |
| 300 | ** "Time for the Moon Night", the intro and outro representing a solar system and the moon phases. |
| 301 | ** "Sunrise" showing the sun rising and setting with mesmerizing formations. |
| 302 | ** "Rough" and the embodiment of time with clock imagery and turning back (slow motion) moves. There is TickTockTune at the end of the song followed by a dance movement emulating it. |
| 303 | ** The girls blooming like a flower in "Flower Garden". |
| 304 | ** "Summer Rain" is basically a text painting. A poem coming to life. |
| 305 | ** The opening apple tree formation is a highlight of the choreography for "Apple", but the whole choreography perfectly conveys the story told in the lyrics, from the briar-choked road to even [[https://youtu.be/6yzdRr7zQxk?t=91 off-cam moments]], being very theatrical. |
| 306 | * RuleOfThree: They have many musical narratives separate in a trilogy: |
| 307 | ** Season of Glass (2015), Flower Bud (2015) and Snowflake (2016) are known as school trilogy. |
| 308 | ** The Awakening (2017), Parallel (2017) and Rainbow (2017) are connected through their evolved logos. |
| 309 | ** Time for the Moon Night (2018), Sunny Summer (2018) and Time for Us (2018) are part of a heavenly bodies themed arc also connected through evolved logos. |
| 310 | ** The "回 (to return)" series has three acts: Labyrinth (2020), Song of the Sirens (2020) and Walpurgis' Night (2020). |
| 311 | * {{Sampling}}: "Summer Rain" samples [[Music/RobertSchumann Schumann]]'s ''Dichterliebe'', Op.48. |
| 312 | * SelfEmpowermentAnthem: |
| 313 | -->'''Glass Bead:''' ''[We] may seem like a clear glass bead, but [we] won't break that easily.'' |
| 314 | -->'''Under The Sky:''' ''I’m telling myself, don’t stop, don’t give up. I don’t care if it takes time. I will achieve my dreams.'' |
| 315 | -->'''Fever:''' ''A big flower breathing in this small world, I think I know how to love myself.'' |
| 316 | -->'''Better Me:''' ''Don’t hesitate again. No one can stop you [...] A flor de flor. Aún más bella. No tengas miedo. '' |
| 317 | -->'''Mago:''' ''Go on and judge me now, I won't ever waver.'' |
| 318 | * SeparatedByTheWall: It's the theme of the collaboration with Sonar Pocket [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvZFnRQe4K0 "Oh! Difficult"]]. |
| 319 | * ShoutOut: |
| 320 | ** "Navillera" is a neologism created by the Korean poet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Chi-hun Cho Chi-hun]] in the poem “The Nun’s Dance” to describe a fluttering action similar to the movement of a butterfly. |
| 321 | ** The clothes used in "Love Whisper" resemble Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart. |
| 322 | ** "Rough" being inspired by Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime. |
| 323 | ** "Sunny Summer" to [[Creator/JohannesVermeer Vermeer]]'s painting "Art/GirlWithAPearlEarring", {{Silent Movie}}s (`Door. Bang´) and also [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]. |
| 324 | ** [[Music/JosephHaydn Haydn]]'s Sunrise appears in the "Sunrise" music video. Similar to the original, the melody and choreography for the song emulate the sun rising. |
| 325 | ** Jean-Honoré Fragonard's "Art/TheSwing" {{painting|s}} appears in "Apple". |
| 326 | * SingerNamedrop: |
| 327 | ** Their Korean name 여자친구 (''yeojachingu'') is written vertically in the second verse of "Love Whisper": |
| 328 | --->'''여'''전히 오늘도 화창했었지 |
| 329 | --->'''자'''꾸만 하루 종일 네 생각만 |
| 330 | --->'''친'''절한 너에게 전하고 싶어 내 맘을 |
| 331 | --->'''구'''름에 실어 말하고 말 거야 |
| 332 | ** "Sunny Summer" played with this trope during the song, including all the members names, respectively: Yuju, Yerin, Umji (means ''thumb''), Eunha (means ''galaxy''), Sinb (means ''mysterious'') and Sowon (means ''wish''). |
| 333 | --->'''''Would you''' be mine?.'' |
| 334 | --->''It’s c-c-c-cold and '''Yerin''' is [[AloneAmongTheCouples lonely]].'' |
| 335 | --->''Th-th-th-'''thumbs up''' going across the '''galaxy'''. '' |
| 336 | --->''Into a '''mysterious''' place.'' |
| 337 | --->''Will you listen to my '''wish'''.'' |
| 338 | * SongsOfSolace: Many, many of their songs. The biggest examples being "You Are Not Alone", "Compass" and "Night Drive". |
| 339 | * SongStyleShift: |
| 340 | ** "Sunrise" has a bubbly beginning but shifts to a powerful chorus and dramatic ending giving it a roller coaster effect. |
| 341 | ** "Show Up" starts with a low register but then it gets festive, changing to different moods through the song. |
| 342 | * SpellingSong: "Vacation" and "L.U.V.". |
| 343 | -->''V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N VACATION.'' |
| 344 | * SpokenWordInMusic: |
| 345 | ** "You Are Not Alone" opens with a whispered "''amor''" (love). |
| 346 | ** A voice says "''there is a place we need to go''" blended in the song before they start to sing in "Rough". |
| 347 | %%* StepfordSmiler: "Click" is a completely uplifting song, but it can be interpreted as a person trying to emulate a cheerful image for the camera, so they can see the photography in the future and associate this happiness with that memory. |
| 348 | * StarCrossedLovers: It's a recurrent theme in their discography, especially using crossing paths and parallel lines as the motif. |
| 349 | ** Specifically in Snowflake, we have the theme starting with [[TimeTravelRomance "Rough"]] and "Say My Name", and getting a resolution in [[FateDrivesUsTogether "Trust"]]. |
| 350 | * SummonBackupDancers: Used a couple of times for “Time for the Moon Night” ending and “Sunrise” opening in live performances and it's part of “Labyrinth” choreography. |
| 351 | * TalksLikeASimile: Their songs use a good amount of similes and metaphors, it's everywhere. |
| 352 | * TheRoaringTwenties: Evoked for the [[https://youtu.be/4ShHM9NPvA4 "Mago" stage]] at 2021 New Year's Eve Live concert. |
| 353 | * TitleDrop: Every title track but "Apple" and "Crossroads" that use VisualTitleDrop. |
| 354 | * TranslatedCoverVersion: They debuted in Japan with a GreatestHitsAlbum. |
| 355 | * {{Tsundere}}: The premise of "Tik Tik". The song is written from the point of view of the person whom the tsundere likes and it's amusing. |
| 356 | --> ''One day you threw the umbrella at me and ran away.'' |
| 357 | * UnpluggedVersion: "Compass" is a house song, but gained a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gn4gd4Qkc&t=1s stripped version]]. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | [[folder:Story Tropes]] |
| 360 | ''Including music videos, short films, mini books and additional content. Unmarked spoilers.'' |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | * ArtifactOfPower: In the MagicalSociety they lived in and was once known as "blue butterfly village", there were butterflies everywhere but they disappeared after [[TownWithADarkSecret people started to use them for bad things]], but... actually... they weren't totally gone. The butterflies were kept in this box in a MagicalLibrary far from the village by a mysterious man. |
| 363 | * AspectRatioSwitch: The aspect ratio changes in "Sunrise" when it enters the foggy ArcadianInterlude forest scenes. A piano surrounded by a MysteriousMist completes the haunting atmosphere. This helps the narrative to indicate a different place or time, playing together with EtherealWhiteDress. |
| 364 | * AtTheCrossroads: Where they tried to meet and where they lost each other and need to choose a path. |
| 365 | --> "''Confused about which '''light''' to follow, we are still standing here''."[[note]]A quote from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gLcDb5l26g&feature=youtu.be&t=29 "Crossroads" comeback stage]], also being a {{Foreshadowing}} for the blue light mentioned in "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect".[[/note]] |
| 366 | * AllJustADream: {{Implied|Trope}} when Eunha wakes up in "Fingertip." |
| 367 | * AstralProjection: It happens in "Fingertip" with Sowon and Umji. Curiously, Sinb projected herself from Eunha. |
| 368 | * ArcSymbol: The logos usually are evolved versions of previous ones, indicating the beginning or end of an arc. |
| 369 | * BackToTheEarlyInstallment: |
| 370 | ** "Crossroads" has Eunha's crumbling room sequence implying she goes back to "Fingertip" and "Time for the Moon Night" using the butterfly as InterdimensionalTravelDevice. The music video also opens with a scene straight out of "Fingertip". |
| 371 | ** The ending of "Mago" shows the SecretUndergroundPassage from "Sunrise". |
| 372 | * BathtubScene: Yerin has one in "Crossroads". She's dressed and a blue butterfly can be seen after she submerges from the bathtub. |
| 373 | * BiblicalMotifs: |
| 374 | ** "Memoria" plays with the angel imagery as they try to reach the sky. |
| 375 | ---> We are gonna fly, in the blue sky. |
| 376 | ** "Fallin' Light (Angel's Ladder)" is the phenomenon RaysFromHeaven. |
| 377 | ** "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect" shows Eunha finding a TemptingApple in a tree. |
| 378 | ** "Apple" starts with a GardenOfEden scenery, playing with ForbiddenFruit. |
| 379 | * BlessedWithSuck: If either the power was ''a blessing or a curse'' are ArcWords after their conflict that led to the devastation of their village. |
| 380 | * BookEnds: |
| 381 | ** The same train from the beginning of "Crossroads" appears in the end, but going backward. |
| 382 | ** "Mago" ends with the girls exiting from an alley, just like Sowon came in. |
| 383 | * BreakingTheFellowship: In "Rough", they were supposed to go in separate ways, they are separated in "Summer Rain" and "Crossroads" is about their conflicts. |
| 384 | * ButterflyOfDoom: Every time you use a butterfly, your glass bead gets darker. |
| 385 | * CallBack: |
| 386 | ** "Love Whisper" has a symbolism [[RecurringCameraShot recalling]] other music videos: tree ("Me Gustas Tu"), train station ("Rough"), bridge ("Navillera") and butterfly ("Fingertip"). Although, after "A Tale of the Glass Bead" revealed that it was a prequel, it could be called a CallForward. |
| 387 | ** "Time for the Moon Night" with a cassette tape from "Love Whisper". |
| 388 | ** "Sunny Summer" has a lighthearted approach, the finger guns to "Fingertip", Umji's paper airplanes in "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 389 | ** Aforementioned "Crossroads" and "Mago". |
| 390 | ** The Song of the Sirens (2020)'s [[https://imgur.com/a/aWthW1X "Tilted"]] concept photos gather objects from previous stories. |
| 391 | ** The "no more fairy tale" line from "Mago", after "Apple" evoked it. |
| 392 | ** The lyrics of "Wheel of the Year". |
| 393 | * CerebusSyndrome: The story started as a SliceOfLife, shifting in "Fingertip" and becoming very dark in "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 394 | * ClocksOfControl: There are few clocks throughout the story, a way to symbolize the concept of time. Some examples are in "Fingertip" and "Crossroads". The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90di4e-Q16k GDA 2019]] stage even had gears. |
| 395 | * ComingOfAgeStory: The narrative is about a group of friends while they are growing up and facing life, whether it's the happy or the painful side. |
| 396 | * ContinuityNod: Every music video has objects that can be seen in other music videos and contents, becoming motifs. The most notable examples are the glass bead, the clock starting with "Rough" and the butterfly starting with "Navillera". |
| 397 | ** [[ButterflyOfTransformation Butterfly]]: "Navillera" (mentioned), "Fingertip", "Love Whisper", "Crossroads", "Apple". |
| 398 | ** Letters: "Rough", "Summer Rain". |
| 399 | ** Diary: "Rough", "Fingertip", "Summer Rain", "Sunrise". |
| 400 | ** Phone booth: "Summer Rain", "Sunrise". |
| 401 | ** Paper airplanes: "Rough", "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunny Summer", "Sunrise". |
| 402 | ** Cassette Tape: "Love Whisper", "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 403 | ** Clock: "Rough", "Fingertip", "Sunrise", "Crossroads". |
| 404 | ** Ladder: "Sunrise", "Fallin' Light". |
| 405 | ** Glass beads: "Glass Bead" (mentioned), "Fingertip", "Time for the Moon Night", "Crossroads", "Apple". |
| 406 | ** [[PublicDomainArtifact Box]]: "Fingertip", "Time for the Moon Night", "Crossroads", "Apple". |
| 407 | ** Railroad: "Love Whisper" and Labyrinth (2020)'s [[https://imgur.com/a/bcfOvXR "Crossroads"]] concept photos. |
| 408 | * CorruptTheCutie: There is a thematic of loss of innocence through the story, but especially Eunha starting from "Fingertip" and becoming an EmotionlessGirl through "Time for the Moon Night" and "Crossroads". |
| 409 | * CosmicMotifs: From the UsefulNotes/{{Constellations}} in "Fingertip" and "Memoria" to the SolarAndLunar trilogy symbolism, especially in "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 410 | * CypherLanguage: Used in the celestial bodies trilogy, starting with "Time for the Moon Night". Only the characters for the members and group name are official, but [[https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=gf&no=1937552 fans made an alphabet]] based on them. |
| 411 | * DancingIsSeriousBusiness: They have a [[JapaneseSchoolClub school club]] for dancing. |
| 412 | * DarkerAndEdgier: "Fingertip" compared to the previous music video "Navillera". |
| 413 | * DealWithTheDevil: The blue butterfly is a MagicEnhancement, but can lead to uncontrollable situations and turn dark the glass bead of whoever uses it. The blue butterfly isn't necessarily a bad entity, but it turned into a CursedItem due to the circumstances. |
| 414 | * DesolationShot: "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect" starts with a dark and devastated version of the island. Maybe magic has GoneHorriblyWrong since the mini book that starts with the scene says: |
| 415 | --> "''I thought we would be happy if we gained magic, but instead we...''" |
| 416 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "回 (hui)" is a Sino-Korean character that means "to return". |
| 417 | * EnchantedForest: They are lost inside a forest in "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect", without being able to meet each other. Every girl seems to be in a different place or/and time, following the clothes: Sowon (presumably Sunrise or an unknown era), Yerin (Apple), Eunha (presumably Rough), Yuju (Crossroads), Sinb (Time for the Moon Night) and Umji (presumably Summer Rain or Crossroads). |
| 418 | --> "''Will we ever break free from this grim and shadowy forest? And then, a song, floating through the darkness.''" |
| 419 | * EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: The lake in "Love Whisper" is a PlaceOfPower that gives them small abilities and WhereItAllBegan. |
| 420 | * EvilTaintedThePlace: The transition between Labyrinth (2020)'s [[https://twitter.com/SOURCEMUSIC/status/1221810303190491137 "Room"]] concept photos to Song of the Sirens (2020)'s [[https://twitter.com/SOURCEMUSIC/status/1277617940314025985 "Broken Room"]]. |
| 421 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Eunha in "Navillera". |
| 422 | * FairytaleMotifs: |
| 423 | ** "Apple" basically being a dark fantasy borrowed some elements from fairy tales. Firstly, ''Literature/SnowWhite'', when Eunha bites the apple. Yerin evokes ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' as well as ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' when she chases the butterfly into the labyrinth. "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Buttefly Effect", a prelude to "Apple", also evokes ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'', when someone left behind one of the slippers in the forest. |
| 424 | ** The illustrated mini books follow a fairy tale format, the name of the story is "A Tale of the Glass Bead" after all. |
| 425 | * FlowerMotifs: A red rose in "Fingertip" and a big flower with a moon in the center behind "Time for Us" [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timeforusgfriend.png photocards]] are notable examples. |
| 426 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 427 | ** A lot of their previous songs have "Crossroads" in the lyrics. |
| 428 | --->'''Rough:''' ''If I could run through time and grow up, I'll hold your hands at the crossroads.'' |
| 429 | ** The last lyrics of "Summer Rain" when the next music video is "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 430 | ---> "''At a crossroad hiding the moon in the night sky / I'm waiting for you / Will there be a miracle?''" |
| 431 | * FormerFriendsPhoto: There are many in "Sunrise" with Sowon. |
| 432 | * FreezeFrameEnding: "Time for the Moon Night" last scene is a compilation of this, including a [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall looking back into the camera]] moment. |
| 433 | * GrayRainOfDepression: Used in "Summer Rain" to show their hopelessness. |
| 434 | * GreenEyedMonster: Envy is what led to the conflict between them. The details are unknown, but it was caused by their individual magical abilities. |
| 435 | --> "''Envy is like a seed planted in our hearts, growing in its own without water or care, twisting its vines amongst us.''" |
| 436 | * HappierHomeMovie: Not a video, though "Navillera" and "Sunny Summer" display some homemade videos recorded by Yuju, but a tape that Yerin listens to in "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 437 | * HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Umji in "Crossroads", after she fought with Yuju. |
| 438 | * HealTheCutie: They cherish their moments with Eunha in "Time for the Moon Night", turning into a heartwarming moment. |
| 439 | * HedgeMaze: Yerin is running inside one in "Apple", the previous album chapter was named Labyrinth with a song with the same name. Sowon said that "Labyrinth" is about DoubleConsciousness, a story of a girl who faces an identity crisis in a maze-like world, agonizing over whether to stay or escape from it. A maze-like garden appears in some of their stages like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hUKwW3tQX0 "Rough"]], [[https://youtu.be/qxDew-rzEKI?t=67 "Apple"]] and even a [[https://youtu.be/NnTLvVkbV1I "Fever"]] performance that was named ''Une Journée Au Jardin''. |
| 440 | * HeroicSacrifice: Eunha sacrifices her glass bead integrity to save her friends with the help of the blue butterflies' power. Later, in the latest story book, is revealed that all of them did the same for each other and that [[YouCantFightFate They Couldn't Fight Fate]]. |
| 441 | * HoldingHands: Yerin and Sinb in "Love Whisper" and "Crossroads". It's a heavy motif in the storyline as "Rough" says "''I will hold your hand in this cruel world''". |
| 442 | * INeverGotAnyLetters: Implied in "Summer Rain", all the written (and non-written) letters were discarded and not delivered. |
| 443 | * {{Its Always Sunny at Funerals}}: Yuju is mourning someone's death and it's a bright day in "Time for the Moon Night". |
| 444 | * ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: When they met to find Eunha in her SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere (a SecretRoom is mentioned in the lyrics from "Time for the Moon Night"), there is a DramaticThunder in a scene where the girls look directly at the camera. |
| 445 | * KaraokeBondingScene: The DancePartyEnding from "Sunny Summer" that started as a ScarySurpriseParty for Yerin. |
| 446 | * LadyInRed: Sinb in the ending of "Apple". |
| 447 | * LadyLand: Downplayed. They studied in a OneGenderSchool (with a male SternTeacher) and live on an island where all the girls are born with a glass bead. "Mago" is a women-only club as well. |
| 448 | * LetThePastBurn: The tree burning at the end of "Apple" could represent it as "Mago" lyrics even say "in the blessed flames I fly reborn", bringing this imagery back laced with [[ThePhoenix rebirth]]. |
| 449 | * LightDarknessJuxtaposition: There is a day and night contrast running through most of the music videos. "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunny Summer", "Fever" and "Apple" start from daytime and turn into night-time. |
| 450 | * LightFeminineDarkFeminine: The transition between the GardenOfEden and BrightCastle scenery to a thorny HauntedCastle in "Apple". The comeback stage also has a transition between Greek goddesses to dark witches with an OminousVisualGlitch. |
| 451 | * LivingShadow: Sowon has a crying shadow in the first mini book. Although, it could be a metaphor for how she felt inside since she looks happy. |
| 452 | * LonelyPianoPiece: Eunha playing piano in "Sunrise" alone in a forest. |
| 453 | * LongingLook: Yerin and Eunha through "Navillera", Yuju and Umji in "Crossroads" and between the girls in "Time for the Moon Night" in moments of tenderness. |
| 454 | * LotusEaterMachine: It's implied in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIjC8a_9N8E first teaser of "Apple"]], where the girls are eating flowers. |
| 455 | * LoveConfession: |
| 456 | ** Yerin confesses to Eunha in "Navillera", even doing LoveDoodles in her roller skates. |
| 457 | ** Eunha also receives a confession through a LoveLetter in "Rough". |
| 458 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Initially their magical powers were just small abilities. |
| 459 | * MagicMusic: The piano sheet found in "Sunrise". Umji finds the last puzzle piece to complete it, Eunha already is playing the song in the forest. It's implied that the girls meet when both of them play together. |
| 460 | * MagicalGuide: The blue butterfly to Eunha. Even being called [[CallOfTheWildBlueYonder blue light]] in "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect". |
| 461 | * MementoMacGuffin: Yerin's tape. It's named "2006.03 가죽여행 (Family Trip)". |
| 462 | * MindScrew: "Fingertip" is a perfect example. It happens to be a DreamSequence with a lot of symbolism, BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, MirrorUniverse and the classic AllJustADream ending. It's ambiguous if Eunha's dream is DreamingOfTimesGoneBy, DreamingOfThingsToCome or even CrashingDreams. |
| 463 | * MythicalMotifs: "Labyrinth" and "Song of the Sirens". |
| 464 | * OminousMessageFromTheFuture: The cassette tape from "Love Whisper" was found in a swing under the tree. |
| 465 | * OnceMoreWithClarity: The initial scene from "Crossroads" being the same as "Fingertip". |
| 466 | * OpeningMonologue: Umji opens "Sunrise" saying: |
| 467 | --> "I had a dream last night. The moment we could be together was just short, we were not far away from each other." |
| 468 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: They start as high school students until their graduation day when everything changes. |
| 469 | * OrWasItADream: The last scene from "Fingertip" or even "Sunrise" motivated by Sinb's SingleTear, similar to Eunha in "Fingertip". |
| 470 | * PandorasBox: A visual metaphor used when Eunha opens the box and the butterflies fly in a sequence of "Apple". This box appears in other music videos as well like "Fingertip", "Crossroads" and "Time for the Moon Night". The person who gave the box to Eunha says that when she used [[LimitedUseMagicalDevice the final butterfly]], things greater than what she can handle could happen. |
| 471 | * PenPals: The girls exchange letters throughout the story, especially in "Rough" and "Summer Rain". |
| 472 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: Downplayed with the note the girls left for Sowon and she reads in the train platform from "Rough". |
| 473 | --> "Sowon, if you're going away too, live well. Don't forget our friendship. We miss you so much! Contact us often." |
| 474 | * PortalCrossroadWorld: A door can be seen in "Time for the Moon Night", curiously, only in the teaser and a portal in "Fingertip" where Eunha passes by. |
| 475 | * PowerCrystal: A glass bead that all the girls received when were born. Its appearance can be ambiguous sometimes: |
| 476 | ** An illustration appears in Parallel (2017) album package with a hand holding it. |
| 477 | ** The girls appear together around a table with what looks like a CrystalBall in "Season of GFRIEND" [[https://youtu.be/2sBF1-7YIZ8 teaser]]. The table scene also appears in the concert's third act "Awake" VCR and scenes from the music videos "Glass Bead", "Me Gustas Tu" and "Rough" appear inside it. |
| 478 | * PowerOfFriendship: It seems like the story is driven by this, all of their music videos share their friendship and how they are precious to each other. Most of the music videos show them reuniting in the end, but some of them resemble a memory from the past. |
| 479 | * QueerRomance: Yuju and Umji is lightly implied, as well as a LoveTriangle, but Yerin and Eunha in "Navillera" were [[HoYay/{{GFRIEND}} confirmed]] by them. |
| 480 | * RedOniBlueOni: Sinb and Sowon, respectively, in "Apple". |
| 481 | * RuleOfSymbolism: |
| 482 | ** The internal conflict of each girl can be seen in the aforementioned Song of the Sirens (2020)'s "Tilted" concept photos, as it displays objects related to the characters and their moral dilemma as well as the books: Literature/LordOfTheFlies by William Golding, Literature/SenseAndSensibility by Jane Austen, On Liberty by John Stuart Mill and {{Literature/Disgrace}} by J. M. Coetzee with an AssimilationAcademy imagery. The scale was also explored in the [[https://youtu.be/qxDew-rzEKI?t=30 "Apple" comeback stage]] and the weight of the objects are more symbolic than literal. |
| 483 | ** One of the versions of Labyrinth (2020) is called [[https://imgur.com/a/pj70A6B "Twisted"]], a reference to Ariadne's thread and the Minotaur labyrinth, but also a {{Foreshadowing}} of "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect" and their twisted paths. |
| 484 | * SchrodingersButterfly: The story introduced the possibility of an AlternateUniverse caused by [[ButterflyOfDoom The Butterfly Effect]], but also implied lucid dreams and meeting each other in the dreams numerous times. The ambiguity messes with the audience and its interpretations. |
| 485 | * SchoolGirlSeries: So, EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether and that's what the school trilogy is about: |
| 486 | ** "Glass Bead" is about {{Passionate Sports Girl}}s. There are plenty of gym scenes with SchoolSportUniform. |
| 487 | ** They have an AfterSchoolCleaningDuty in "Me Gustas Tu" Japanese version and also in "Glass Bead" because they were PassingNotesInClass, even StandingInTheHall. |
| 488 | ** They were AsleepInClass during "Me Gustas Tu" Japanese version because they were preparing themselves for a SchoolFestival. |
| 489 | ** "Me Gustas Tu" is a VacationEpisode, where the girls are enjoying their time together... They share horror stories and have a ChildishPillowFight. |
| 490 | ** "Rough" (Running Through Time) shows their [[GraduateFromTheStory graduation year]]. |
| 491 | * SeasonalBaggage: Elements of the season are used to show the time of the year. It can be seen in "Rough" and the snowy weather as well as the summery music videos like "Love Whisper" and "Me Gustas Tu". |
| 492 | * ShatteringTheIllusion: Implied in the break scene of "Fingertip". |
| 493 | * ShearMenace: The girls use scissors in "Apple" to cut each other's hair before setting it on fire. |
| 494 | * SignificantAnagram: Yerin with siren, displayed in Song of the Sirens (2020)'s [[https://twitter.com/SOURCEMUSIC/status/1277617843698192384 "Broken Room"]]. |
| 495 | * SolarAndLunar: The day and night duality is explored through these celestial bodies in "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunny Summer" and "Sunrise", a series of events connected by the moon and the sun. |
| 496 | * SpaceOpera: In "Fingertip" with [[RayGun guns]], [[PlanetaryRomance betrayal]] and even a [[FTLTravel car]]. |
| 497 | * SympathyForTheDevil: "Apple" lyrics are full of EvilFeelsGood such as "let rise the shimmering light of destruction", one of the stages even used [[https://youtu.be/THYFYwcGPm8?t=139 a reversed pentacle]]. |
| 498 | * TarotMotifs: "Choice" is an important word for this trilogy, the [[https://twitter.com/weverseshop/status/1308225158453157890 photobook]] that was supposed to be the concept for their tour even has this name. Each member [[https://imgur.com/a/oMfabfx recreated a tarot card]] for the pictures: |
| 499 | ** Sowon: The Temperance |
| 500 | ** Yerin: The Chariot |
| 501 | ** Eunha: Wheel of Fortune |
| 502 | ** Yuju: The Empress |
| 503 | ** Sinb: The Strength |
| 504 | ** Umji: The Magician. |
| 505 | * TheBridge: A place that appears in several videos and is part of their village. |
| 506 | * TheCallLeftAMessage: The butterfly in "Love Whisper" guides them to a cassette player under a tree. |
| 507 | * TheCorruption: "Apple" is about being swayed by temptation, but by your own terms. The concept photos reflect it as well, the aforementioned "Broken Room", "Tilted" and [[https://imgur.com/a/AkPmyw6 "Apple"]] (representing the dazzling and shining temptation). The chapter is related to the butterflies being used, tainting their glass beads, a symbol of corruption. Although, rather than tainted red, they choose considerably positive words: |
| 508 | --> "''Dream the red dream, endless and deep\ |
| 509 | Translucent glass beads glowing red [...]\ |
| 510 | Infuse with color all my grey decisions.''" |
| 511 | * TheHiddenHour: Implied many times with [[TimeStandsStill frozen]] scenes and restless objects in "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunrise", "Crossroads"... and the lyrics for "Apple" mentions the witching hour. |
| 512 | * TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: A place called Glass Bead Store where the girls are the clerks. It appeared as the VCR for their 2021 NYEL stage, but it was mentioned for the first time in their "Dear Buddy: Make a Wish" fan meeting, saying that it would be the only day that you could visit and that "your wish will be fulfilled". |
| 513 | * TheHedgeOfThorns: It's explored in "Apple" EndingByAscending final act, but mentioned in the first verse of the song: |
| 514 | --> "''On the briar-choked road\ |
| 515 | Blood-red footsteps remain\ |
| 516 | Why does that icy decision\ |
| 517 | Hurt me so, was it a mistake.''" |
| 518 | * TheLittleDetecto: Yerin's "Love Whisper" tape recorder (or why Sowon is carrying an antenna?) |
| 519 | * TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Yuju's trapped inside of a mirror in "Fingertip" and her reflection moves in "Fallin' Light". |
| 520 | * ThousandPaperCranes: Sowon in "Memoria", curiously [[MeaningfulName Sowon's name means wish]]. |
| 521 | * TheVerse: The story permeating all music videos with its own [[{{WMG/GFRIEND}} theories]] and [[{{Characters/GFRIEND}} characters]] page. |
| 522 | * TimeCapsule: The girls are gathered together to open one in the ending of "Rough". |
| 523 | * TrophyRoom: They have one in "Navillera", Sinb is cleaning the trophies. |
| 524 | * TwoBeingsOneBody: "Labyrinth" when they sing "You know the truth, I’ll soon become you". |
| 525 | * TwoRoadsBeforeYou: The beginning of "A Tale of the Glass Bead: Butterfly Effect". |
| 526 | * VisualMetaphor: |
| 527 | ** The word apple isn't mentioned in the lyrics of "Apple", even if it's a symbol of temptation, it's mostly used as a visual metaphor for the glass bead turning red in multiple scenes of the music video. |
| 528 | ** One could say the disco ball from "Mago" represents the moon following the verse "we can dance in this moon night again". |
| 529 | * WesternZodiac: There are constellations representing the sun signs of every member in "Time for the Moon Night" [[https://twitter.com/GFRDofficial/status/985895603916779520 illustration teaser]]. |
| 530 | * WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: It's implied by the SolarAndLunar trilogy composed of "Time for the Moon Night", "Sunny Summer" and "Sunrise": |
| 531 | ** "Time for the Moon Night" is a night meeting between them. |
| 532 | ** "Sunny Summer" quotes [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?...") and Sonnet 43 ("All days are nights to see till I see thee / And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me") connecting to Umji's monologue from "Sunrise" and implying the importance of "day, night and dreams". |
| 533 | ** In "Sunrise", the monologue talks about the time they have with each other as the story shows it's Eunha's birthday. There are three versions: [[https://imgur.com/a/HMphhDv "Daybreak"]], [[https://imgur.com/a/6TatB3t "Daytime"]] and [[https://imgur.com/a/F9aHmrv "Midnight"]]. There is a SundialWaypoint in the plot as well, hinting at a LiminalTime. |
| 534 | * {{UsefulNotes/Walpurgisnacht}}: "Apple" recalls a festival as the lyrics warn that the witches' night coming. Curiously, "Time for the Moon Night" was released on April, 30 and the final installment from the series is called Walpurgis' Night. |
| 535 | --> "''There’s no turning back when the night turns restless / Let the festival I dared to imagine come alive''" |
| 536 | * WorldBuilding: "A Tale of the Glass Bead" short films and the illustrated mini books called "유리구슬 (Glass Bead) Märchen", that comes with the album, give more context for the story and the world that it happens. |
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| 538 | ---- |
| 539 | |
| 540 | ->''"I may seem like a clear glass bead, but I won't break that easily."'' |
| 541 |
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