#Standing next to you

[tokehashi]

[honsool]

STANDING NEXT TO YOU (2023)

for @yoongikook ♡

[btsiu]

STANDING NEXT TO YOU (2023)

[dasisugarun]

Standing Next To You

[jkvjimin]

JUNGKOOK IN HIS DEADLY VEST 🖤

[bts-trans]

240324 Jungkook’s Comment on jonny 🧅’s TikTok

New year old shenanigans #jungkook #standingnexttoyou

JK: 이거지

JK: This is it

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[dzckling]

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[golden-jeon-jungkook]

‘Standing Next to You’ MV

[jmdbjk]

Praise and worship

I finally figured out the meaning of the Standing Next to You MV!!

But first, did Kookie wax his pits or does he always have that landing strip of hair there?

Anyway, sorry for the immediate digression but you know it is imperative to dissect everything, even pit hair.

Back to the MV...

The opening scenes include this very non-inclusive sign:

Only limos, no sportscars, SUVs, pick up trucks, family sedans or mopeds welcome here. They are keeping the riff-raff out. ONLY LIMOS THEY SAID CAN'T YOU READ THE SIGN?

Obviously makes sense when we see this dystopian scene where less than a dozen people are walking around inside some sort of derelict compound. A FORTRESS FOR ONLY THE STRETCH LIMO PREFERRING POPULATION!

Incidentally, stretch limos represent 1 percent of the options available from limo companies in the U.S. (I googled it).

Amazing that they found this many in Budapest.

What was once a sign of affluence has now fallen on hard times... hence the decrepit dystopia pictured above.

Enter our female antagonist. Who does she represent? I'll get to that later...

Our antagonist is antagonizing beautifully throughout but starts off antagonistically in her leather coatdress and 1980's heavy black eyeliner and bobbed hair. After all, the song is a throwback to that era of the late 70's/early 80's. All she is missing is the peach blush in the hollows of her cheeks. Hand me a Maybelline Blooming Colors Blush Palette and I'll fix it.

Then the dark angel makes his appearance. Ah, yes, sweet angel, come closer.

I think he has come down or up from where ever dark angels habitate in order to correct an injustice... the injustice being the duck-billed cups of this atrociously antagonistic dress our antagonist is made to wear:

For real... they couldn't find a better fitting dress? At least grab a roll of toilet paper and stuff those titty cups to fill them out? They are so sad and droopy looking... props to her Maybelline Expert Eyes Turquoise eye shadow though.

I suppose the stacked pancakes... I mean bra cups... could have meant to be an homage to another 80's icon: Madonna and her cone shaped bra... but ... nah... try again. They look like hamburgers. Now I can't unsee it. So, so sad.

We do a lil spin and our protagonist spins himself up into a jewel encrusted, crotch grabbing, finger pointing master of his game.

I think he's here to conduct a worship service.

It's time to be churched:

Stretch limos (because no riff-raff remember?) enter the opening in a temple-of-Petra-like giant wall emblazoned with JK's sacred heart logo. Very symbolic.

In they go to gather for worship. Others sit in theatre seats while Ms. Antagonist sits on the car like a hood ornament.

So... who is she and what's going on here?

No clue. She sits haughtily and antagonistically on her outdated stretch limo, while her little minions sit in the rows watching the object of their desire preaching the holy choreography.

However, Mr. Protagonist is about to really lay down the religion.

But first, gratuitous shot of Kookie prancing in heeled chelsea boots.

Back to religion... the religion of Bangtan dance... one of these is not like the other.

(*covers Hobi-hyung's eyes* Don't look its too painful.)

Did they not monitor this mess?

I don't meant to be disrespectful and I know these guys are some of the best dancers in the industry but next to Jungkook, they look like a herd of elephants. Just sayin'.

Anyway, Protagonist proceeds to become angry at the sloppy choreo and all the limo drivers gather for a gang-brawl in the middle of the church. Probably arguing over the spelling of chauffeur. I couldn't find an urban slang reference for limo, limousine or limo driver. I'm sure some exist but being the innocent thing I am, I don't know what they are.

Mr. Protagonist brings down the wrath and puts the fear of Hobi into his crew:

Then the climax of the whole darn thing: a dance break. Holy communion commences with serious thrusting into crotch grabs (some are enjoying it more than others):

Service concludes and I wonder how many takes before they got one where Kookie didn't bust out laughing with his bunny giggle?

But seriously, the MV does seem to be an homage to an era where Michael Jackson thrilled us with his brilliant music and dancing. Jungkook is continuing to pull us and BTS as a group along, forging new paths for them in the music industry. Like Kookie, I am anxious for them to reunite and get back on that stage together. And like Yoongi, I too believe they will devour the world.

(It's humor, y'all.)

[vulcanette]

Usher featured on Jungkook’s “Standing Next To You”

[tomorrowxtogether]

231103 jungkook tiktok update

#BTS #JUNGKOOK #GCF #DANCE#TOMORROW_X_TOGETHER #TXT #YEONJUN #HUENINGKAI@TOMORROW X TOGETHER

[tokehashi]

standing next to you ✨

[myobsessionsspace]

The House of Montague

So I saw this picture and wondered what member of the crew it was...

Tanu Muino

Music Video Director

It seems as though her signature pose is sitting on the ground by her music video artist.

Muino has worked with a number of pop artists and been consistently nominated for her MV direction especially in the past two years, though directing for over ten.

It was when looking at her Instagram that I spotted the confirmation that some of us had been wondering about…

Yes! Dancing on the stage of what looks like a decrepit theatre, the MV, not only an ode to the King of Pop Michael Jackson, but the the OG love story of Romeo & Juliet (Baz Lurhman style).

Once you see it, you can’t un-see it

Jungkook’s MV & Lurhman’s Romeo and Juliet (1996)

I feel old😭 The film came out BEFORE JK was born!!

House of JK?

Nice little treat for the eyes, the reverse fighting

Our Jungkookie the modern, modern day Romeo, or with the black wings, opposite to Danes' white wings…the modern, modern day Kookliet 😏

**UPDATE**

Director of Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Baz Lurhman

recognises Muino & Jungkook’s MV!

11/10/2023

“Twenty-seven years later, it’s great to see a new generation or artists, like the gifted JK, still influenced by Romeo + Juliet #jungkook #standingnexttoyou”

Taken from Lurhman’s Instagram

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🖤🤍

[yoongikook]

because i am deeply in love with jungkook and obsessed with this album and have no self control, i now also have golden bracelets available 💛

[jkvjimin]

정국 (Jung Kook) 'Standing Next to You' Official MV

[bts-trans]

231215 Big Hit’s TikTok and Instagram Reel

#StandingNextToYou Performance Video Behind the Scenes🎬 #부제1분1초매순간잘생긴정국 #장꾸전정국 #정국 #JungKook (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C03OOneJqDF/)

#StandingNextToYou Performance Video Behind the Scenes🎬 #AlternativeTitleJungkookLooksGoodEveryMinuteEverySecondJustAllTheTime #PlayfulJeonJungkook #JungKook

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