-May when the
teaser for Testa’s album was released.
The movie Cosmic Gunner, in which they made a cameo appearance, was a global box office success enough to mobilize 8 million viewers in Korea and was about to leave the theater.
-Aren’t you rushing out to paddle when the water comes in? Hahaha
-Oh, please don’t be in a hurry, saying that attracting popularity by
type is the taste of capital.
Some people started whispering about comeback articles and rumors that popped up without notice only three days before the teaser was released.
Park Mun-dae’s first runner was also on the verge of biting his nails.
‘The head of headquarters looks like an idiot with a young American disease… ! Could it be to Testa?’
The head of the headquarters managed to get stuck in Mirinae and evaded the beast, but now it suddenly occurred to me that maybe it was just a lie
. Of course, some of the people whispered, and most of those who heard the news of Testa’s comeback were intoxicated with the mulberry that had risen through < Cosmic Gunner >.
That was actually a bit worrying.
-Daebak daebak Testa’s surprise comeback is
crazy
. This guy’s expectations are rising endlessly.’
Mundae has never let himself down, but he always does what he wants.
‘Even if Moondae and the kids do well, it’s useless if the company does stupid things again… !’
From the words of a company official at the end of the article to the expression ‘this album that will delight various global fandoms’, I was uneasy.
-Thumping! (Link)
Still, I shared Testa’s comeback article and commented like this, but this is also a reaction for external use.
‘I am named… . self-weight… do….’
I especially missed Moondae who put the apple cake stickers he drew on his cheeks at the fan signing event.
…At least if we make a comeback, we’ll see it again. I’m going to do a fan signing event.
‘okay. Let’s trust and wait.’
In fact, isn’t it a season where it wouldn’t be strange to make a comeback just by looking at the term!
She organized her mind like that with a fairly pure fan heart.
and three days later
– It’s up! floated!
The teaser, which was clicked amid tension and excitement, started with black smoke rising like a haze.
What unfolds is a dark and profound modern banquet hall.
Gorgeous figures wearing masks dance in an elegant place where the shadows are thick and slightly ominous.
The silhouettes overlapped and blended together.
When you want a cut like a scene from a 20th century art movie to last for a few seconds.
The sound suddenly changes.
-Rumble!
Thunder.
“…!”
In the middle of flashing light, the scene changes to the outdoors outside the dark and pale banquet hall.
In the middle of the night when the rain was pouring down, the lights of the banquet hall leaked out of the window above the castle gate.
[…] …]
iron prick.
And a bare foot stops in front of the rainwater gate.
Its flesh is dyed red, and it drips and spreads into the water.
polluted
“…!”
Somewhat spooky camera work and editing.
And slowly the sight rises.
What has been revealed… A faceless shadow wearing a red hood.
A mask without facial features.
Go oh oh oh,
the moment you want to confirm the eerie grotesqueness, the screen turns black again.
Darkness.
A riff melody resounding in it.
– Mmmmm.
The graceful and slow-pitched violin plays ominously and eerily, and the laughter of the people in the banquet hall subsides.
The album title pops up.
[OVER the Masquerade]
[TeSTAR]
“Wow.”
The atmosphere was clear.
Elegant, ominous, dark and luxurious feeling.
– Wow!
-oh my god!
First of all, contrary to the speculation and concerns of some netizens, the visual beauty created by pressing the capital was excellent.
First of all, people who expected gukppong gave good reviews and chatted with excitement.
– I don’t think
it’s embarrassing to put it out anywhere
.
This esoteric, aesthetic, and intense atmosphere created a sense of incongruity.
because i’ve seen it a lot.
-hmm…It feels like a combination of all popular K-pop idols in the US, such as V-tic,
and so on. -The taste of America must have been
so sweet.
This is because dark and deadly luxurious symbols reminded us of some idols whose global momentum is better than domestic ones, starting with VTIC, which has gripped the American fanatics.
In fact, it was common for idols to change their concept, but there were also people who couldn’t laugh at the switching that seemed to be aimed at the right timing.
In other words, the form does not live. –
All Gao in Group 1 are dead
. Quality is like a big company
-I wonder if there was even a need for this
.
To be honest, I wanted to force it a little, but the spirit of the fans of other groups who rushed at me with a sense of crisis was too much.
‘Still, the public reaction is okay.’
Many people found several classic symbols in the short teaser.
-This looks like a reference to ‘The Mask of the Red Death’ by Edgar Allan Poe. As the plague spread, the vested interests who lived in a luxurious hideout by themselves eventually came to the silent visit of the plague… I’ll just talk about it here ^^
└ Oh, I’m curious about how to apply it! Daebak It seems to have a very profound and dangerous
feeling
.
‘This isn’t even an image similar to a movie appearance.’
Aren’t they too heavy? Not like the usual testa… .
“….
Anyway, contrary to my worries, the quality is good, so I concluded that there would be no problem if I endured well with aggro at the beginning of the release.
‘Let’s go for a career high this time too!’
However, in fact, her worries and concerns have already been paid for by the parties involved.
What is the nature of Testa?
Where is the source of their uniqueness?
– It seems to be going back to one in the end.
Following Sun Ah-hyun’s analysis, Park Moon-dae concluded as follows.
– It’s funny.
just fun.
And the suction power that the charm of the fun exerts.
immersion.
-So the first keyword that Ahyeon chose after analyzing all of this must be immersion.
They never made obscure symbols and allusions their main value.
That’s just side story.
The main value was one.
‘Fun to see and hear.’
It is the most indigenous and fundamental value that the stage and sound source have.
Pleasant pleasure that can be enjoyed without any burden and without a steamy aftertaste.
Testa’s center has never changed. And that will be the case with this album as well.
-let’s go.
Another week after the teaser release. A music video was released.
‘Ugh!’
Homma clicked on the video right away, even as her hands trembled.
The scene in the music video begins with a gate that has been torn off in half.
It was a cut following the teaser, but there was a clear difference.
‘…There is no light.’
There is no light in the banquet hall that was leaking out, albeit faintly. And no rainwater.
Outdoor scenery in the middle of the night when everything stopped.
Go oh oh oh
, the chills for a while.
The camera work, which moves as if being sucked into the castle gate, passes through the unlit corridor and leads to the dark banquet hall.
broken masks. red paint.
In the mess that has already turned into ruins, the monster in the red robe that appeared in the teaser is caught in the center. Anyone can see that it is the cause of this horror.
‘Uh… …. Is that a plague?’
Are you one of the members? What is that creepy feeling?
But the camera didn’t get any closer.
Instead, the scene changes abruptly.
gate again.
– Whoa.
The sound of a short breath. He is caught standing with his back to the camera facing the huge, half-torn castle gate.
Instead of silence, the sound of the night forest and the sound of insects.
A tall man wearing an indigo robe.
At that moment the music returns.
Whoa-!
The sounds of drums and trombones intersect quickly and magnificently, and the person standing in front slowly looks up at the sky.
Kwakwang!
thunder and lightning strike
it is raining.
However, perhaps because of the music, instead of the melancholy that we saw in the teaser, it was a refreshing and overwhelming scene.
‘Huh?’
The moment the person turns around and takes off the mask.
A close-up shot catches the face.
Park Moon-dae
”…!”
Even the shaded neck, shoulders and ears are attached with techwear-like elements of the military uniform like sci-fi equipment.
But it was only for a moment that I properly checked it.
In the very next scene, Park Mun-dae flips over the navy hood he was wearing on his head.
White hair tinged with blue fluttered.
Rule!
Then, a glitch seemed to pop out from the back of his head, and blue light sprouted and shimmered on his shoulders like a mane.
“…!?”
Park Moon-dae smiled.
[Ha!]
The gloomy outdoor scene with a short shouting sound instantly becomes a stage filled with sci-fi luminous light!
– Hear the sound of an anxious call
over there. The sound of my running footsteps. The leader
who appeared first
!
Following the melodic rap from the first measure, a cool treble splits the accompaniment as if piercing the window sill.
The moment Park Moon-dae hits the floor as if jumping off with the highest note, the camera pulls back and the applicator flutters behind In-yeong.
And six other people appearing in between.
Kim Rae-bin’s low-pitched rap, which came out as the center, is mixed with the first bar of the high-pitched note.
-Yeah give me that baton.
The symbol of Rule The bell of justice
is ringing today
Louder, tighter, and more powerful
!
Moondae Park doubled the last verse.
A sense of speed created by galloping rap and piercing high notes.
In addition, the chorus explodes immediately with the performance that flips the hood and swings.
-That’s ma savior!
Throw away the tension and enjoy
the night of victory!
“Huh.”
A thrilling and enjoyable beat.
While watching the video with your mouth open at the momentary change of atmosphere, seven people run into the castle gate, beckoning to the camera before you know it.
Wherever they went, yellow and blue glows flashed from the candles. The accompaniment of string instruments, which are sharp and lively and full of skill, follows as if to assist.
And again, a creepy barefoot figure wearing a red robe attracts attention as if being sucked in.
Chiyiing!
The members each take their places in the seven colorful banquet halls, and each part has a fierce performance cut like a battle.
Like a hero fighting a villain.
“and.”
It didn’t look like a clumsy action movie thanks to the fact that only the part where the impact of the collision exploded was cut short.
It’s just that the dynamism of the performance has come to life more realistically.
‘What concept is this?? Who is this?’
The excited Homma clenched her fists, but no answer came out.
It was fine though! What’s certain is that… It was cool and fun to see the testa running wild wearing techwear with details from traditional military uniforms.
yes it was fun!
– Climb aboard this dance,
pull the bowstring,
don’t stop the march of the thrown dice,
the melody!
Lightning strikes the dark banquet hall. And the rainwater pours and scatters around the splendid dance.
A spectacle of performance created by afterimages of blazing blue light.
And the intense choreography of the bridge that connects the posture and body to make it look like a giant siege gun.
-That’s ma savior!
outstretched hand.
Red Hood is captured by the head in an instant.
At that moment, the performance and music, which seemed to run out of control, stopped.
[…] …]
The cloth around the captive head drooped and the red hood fell to the floor.
There is nothing in it. This is because it is the embodiment of disease and fear itself.
All that remains is the mask in Cha Yu-jin’s hand.
At the
moment, white noise flows on the screen, and the color and camera work change so that it is slightly creepy.
But Cha Yoo-jin, who is holding the mask… I just shook my head as if I didn’t understand.
The tension disappears.
“…?”
In addition, Bae Se-jin, who was standing behind, came out as if nothing had happened, grabbed the mask, and smashed it without hesitation before throwing it out the window.
[…] …]
Then, he looks back at the rest of the members with a face that says ‘Are you okay?’.
[match…Clap clap clap clap!]
The 4-dimensional appearance of the members clumsily clenching their palms as if they were paying attention contrasted with the intense performance, creating strange laughter.
“Oh what!”
Homema also laughed. The screen was ending with the members trudging out of the banquet hall encouraging each other.
-Ring the bell Ring my bell
I wanna be your savior
An empty banquet hall that is no longer dreary.
The last verse pops up loudly in the subtitles, neatly ending all sounds and cuts.
It was a perfect ending that made me want to see more.
“under….”
However, before Homma can think of anything to appreciate, the video returns.
“hmm??”
An empty space inside the castle gate where the clouds clear and the moonlight shines down.
Seven round stone statues arranged in a circle were caught in the sky’s view.
And it was a stone statue she knew.
“…! this….”
A huge, round body that I had seen in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace.
it was lazy
“…?!”
In Korea, a mysterious animal with a traditionally emphasized guardian character that punishes bad guys.
And Homma gets a lightning-like realization.
“that…That’s why!”
This…It was a Haetae concept to beat the plague!
There was even a cookie video.
Members Haetae opened the door of the temple and ran out coolly to the city under the mountain.
In the city, the already restored night view was shining as if it had never disappeared due to the plague.
“and….”
Homma opened her mouth.
It’s like collecting only the essence of Testa’s album activities so far…After all, what’s different about a restaurant specializing in concept performances…no anyways!!
‘It’s fun just by looking at it! It’s even more fun when you know it!’
And the members in techwear were insanely handsome and sang well!
Especially Park Moondae!
A few minutes later, when she barely calmed down and turned on social media, the posts were already overflowing.
And the members were also quickly monitoring all of this.
