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1nternetjester · 1 year ago
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f(x) - 미행 (그림자: Shadow)
I have been repeatedly listening to f(x)'s "Shadow" from their second studio album "Pink Tape" and I felt that it left a huge impact on me seeing that I would scavenge for crumbs to find content about this song. May it be visualizers, meanings, interviews, or any media that depicts the vibe. Coincidentally, I found their album art film dedicated to their Pink Tape album. 
It starts with a narration by who seems to be Krystal, she talks about love and how we would be in the delusion of hopes that the feeling would last forever. However, in reality, it isn't meant to last. Yet once we come into feelings of affection we hope for it to go on forever even if we are aware of the reality that it would end eventually. Which results in making us feel emotions such as "lunacy", "fear", and "panic". 
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As this narration ends, the song starts playing with clips of the girls doing random things or filmed interacting with geometric shapes and random objects. The girls seem to be portrayed as youthful and oblivious as seen in their actions and facial expressions.
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The lyrics portray the girls being the shadow of their owner and falling in love with their humans. They fall deeper in love as they follow their owners as they are the shadow beings of the humans that they're with. They sing about secretly loving them as they only get to follow behind their steps and watch them over. It's a secretive love, they're secretly in love with their owners. 
"When the sun rises, together with you I walk in sync I am really really into you When the moon rises, in my arms You fall asleep I really really like you"
However, if I were to consider the eerie yet sweet chimes and bells that give off the imagery of a pure love that a young girl is experiencing that they have to keep a secret, it is more than a "shadow" falling in love with its owner. With both factors combined, I believe I can perceive the girls playing as characters that are sweet, alluring, and pure yet they could get so creepy by following the person they love without the other person knowing that they're constantly being followed and watched. These girls are dreamy. They have the element of being magical, as it isn't realistically possible to be someone's shadow. But this alludes that they are increasingly more obsessed with their person as they fall into insanity. 
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"The person in the mirror Is smiling with you, I don’t know Underneath your feet Without an expression, I hide behind you"
Bringing it all together, I can see that the dream-like imagery the art film has goes along with the storyline that the sound and lyrics depict. I believe that the narration was what set the overall imagery of the media itself. She realistically talks about how love feels like for a girl who feels pure emotions for the person they like, at the same time also about how they're constantly following the said person just like a shadow. 
"Every day, I secretly chase after your footsteps I’m always careful so you won’t notice No one says it but our date has started Our own date Where are you going? Step by step, I follow you Without a word, you lead me Step by step, did you notice me? I have nowhere to hide"
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There is nothing more creepy yet adorable about a girl in love. People can get obsessive which can fall into the wrong way yet it still can be portrayed nicely as it can be categorized as being sweet, lovely, or endearing due to the image of a girl being in love, they are seen as harmless. 
"Where are you going? Step by step, I follow you Without a word, you lead me Step by step, will you notice me? I don’t want to hide"
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Overall, I am absolutely in love in this song and the art album that was released for the Pink Tape album.
"Day by day, we resemble each other more and more Your laughter and tears, I know it all Don’t be scared, we’re a fate tied by the sun It’s our destiny to be together"
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-love, internet jester.
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