The trailer. Every member spoke in their native tongue, which made their words even more sincere and powerful.

NxDE is my favorite (G)I-dle song. Art and music come together. There was big pressure for the follow-up to "Tomboy" and the "I never die" album.

A hard working genius ... A rare gem in music industry surrounded by 5 (4) red diamonds 🎉🎉🎉

The last line of "Nxde" translated literally from Korean is "The pervert is you", which is so much more impactful compared to the weak translation on the MV

I don't think I'll ever get over the fact that they included a "Boo" in the fanchant. I don't know how many groups would intentionally have their fans boo them. lol Also worth noting, Change is entirely in English except for Soyeon's rap verse. I think for similar reasons to Yuqi's solos being in English, this is Minnie trying to reach out to a broader audience. The production credits, in case you were interested: Soyeon - Nxde/Love Yuqi - Reset/Dark (X-File) Minnie - Change/Sculpture Interestingly, Minnie apparently wrote Sculpture quite a while before this (I want to say I Trust era?) but it wasn't chosen until this album, though it certainly seems to fit thematically better here. I do agree with your assertion that they're trying to address a lot of issues here, especially in Nxde, of course, but throughout the entire album, in terms of themselves as both women and as idols. This is where I'll beseech you again to watch their MMA 2022 performance: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZOdq5mTs9G-XZc.html and if you want to have your perception of the group changed once again, the behind the scenes of the Nxde recording: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJ6gZrWDmJ3SkX0.html

Soyeon's motto for I LOVE album was, "I might get hated for what I really am than loved for what I am not". She just shook the whole k-pop industry with Nxde. The company, thought were against with the song, later had to listen to her because of their previous success from Tomboy. She also said that she decided to have the title as Nxde rather than NUDE because when people search *G-IDLE Nxde* nothing erotic comes out in front of them. That's how genius thought Soyeon put in her creation. Deeper meaning wise my all time favourite k-pop songs are Nxde and OH MY GOD Nxde was the MV where first time Shuhua showed her actual singing potential. It was the first time in her life that she dyed her hair completely. Before she just had highlights. Soyeon and other members had a very serious conversation with Shushu. At first she wanted them to give her some time as she doesn't want to erase her natural beauty. But for the theme of the album she decided to do it. Minnie cried very much knowing that Shushu agreed to dye her hair. It was totally shocking for Nevies to see Shushu completely blonde. In IDOL THEATRE G-IDLE episode Shuhua said that even the president can't make her change any decision until she herself agrees to do so. Since Nxde she had dyed her hair a few more times now. Among all the members, Shuhua is the members who posts photos without makeup or *ugly* pictures according to k-netizens, wears same dress in vlive and gives haters suitable replies. She didn't use to wear too revealing clothes but since Nxde she's become more confident. Once she wore a same shirt in a vlive that she had worn before in another vlive. A hater pointed that out. Shuhua said and I quote...(Shouting)... "yes I wore the same shirt. I wore the same shirt. I wore the same shirt. Do you have any problem with that?"(Smirk) And once a hater said, "there's something on your face, ugliness". In reply she said that person to leave the live and said that those kinda people have no face(to judge about their appearance) Research showed over 70% of *actual* Nevies are women, same goes for me😎✌️🤘 Reaction recommendations for this era: G-Idle tipsy live Heechul and G-Idle drunk MMA 2022 performance

Most of Neverland is sure that the animated character is Soojin, she has a mole under her eye, bright red lipstick that she loves and the image of Marilyn Monroe a woman whom she admires)

Yes, I think this is more about the groups relationship with the industry and fans than it is about anything romantic. I think that Dark (X-file) gets the theme started and refers to the aftermath of unfairly losing Soojin.

I dont think Dark is about the cheating. I think Dark si the opposite of Nxde. The hidding yourself after acts that you consider shameful. Where Nxde was all about showing yourself proudly to the world, Dark si about hiding yourself in shame, probably related to sexy times in that locked room they mention. And smoking that puff, everything they are doing being just a show anyway, fake, as they sing. The whole album really has a mirroring structure. Nxde and dark not only are about opposite attitudes and believes, they even end the same way, with an a cappela Yuqi saying Dark and an a cappela Soyeon saying Nxde, closing up the whole thing circularly. Even musically you can argue that Dark has a certain dark carnival sound to it opposed to the theatrics of the citation of the Habanera in Nxde, with a sniff of cabaret. But then Love is also the opposite of Sculpture. Not just in the fact that one is about loving yourself above all and not wanting to endure the pains of somebody else being a jerk to you while Sculpture is about loving somebody else so much and needing their love even if it means loosing yourself and suffering, but even by the repetitiveness of the chorus with one word love, and sculpture. And then of course there is Change and Reset. One being about missing an idilic past where you had no worries but aknoledging that nothing lasts forever, not even the present pain, and that there might be a fine future ahead of you, opoosed to a song about hoping for a future after a break up but having to aknowlegde that the past still has you, one about wanting to be honest about your feelings but being unable to opposed to one wanting not to be honest about your feelings and yet having to at the end. One wishing for an idilic past, one wisishing for a very bad one. Even musically you got a song that as a very monotone almost tired and disengaged sound and a very pasionate, almost desperate cry. The reason I think the Nxde interview was interesting was because while they are talking about revealing their true selves (they even speak in their native languages oppososed to Korean... unless they are), the whole video is shot as if they were to strip right there. It would be very easy to let yourself get distracted by the appeareances. It was, I think, a perfect way to express the false expectations that they were countering in the mv itself. If you thought when you watched the promo that you were coming to an R rated show, you have a problem. Why do you think that just by hearing the word nude? Think outside the box and you might enjoy it. And indeed, believe it or not, some koreans did complain that Idle was going to get too nasty for an idol group when thay saw that promo... until the mv played them like a fiddle. It is not a secret that the official subtitling by Cube is... not very good. Bilingual Koreans have always been very vocal about how most of the beautiful immaginery, witt and wordplay of Soyeon´s lyrics gets mostly lost in a kind of mismash of nonsensical literalism. But that just comes with the territory. Here I think they do her particularly a disservice by translating their more agressive and angry "The pervert here is you!" with the more polite "You have a dirty mind". There are several mistranlsation here and there that hurt the lyrics and take away a bit of the meaning, like always, but that one is a bit like defanging the song a bit too much. The message gets trough, but ou loose THE MESSAGE. One is just a simple statement, the other is POINTING their finger at you. SUbtle difference.. but a big one, I think. Soyeon said in several promotional interviews that one of the reasons she had titled that song the way she did is beacuse Idle also means children in korean (thus all that Peter Pan and Neverland stuff) and that if you searched on the web the words Idle and Nude in Korea, you would get... if not straight pedofilia, then something a bit too cloose to it for comfort. But this way, if you put Idle and Nude on your search engine, the first couple of pages would be about this comeback and song instead. I am not korean, so I dont know how effective that would be, but apparently, according to some korean agencies, it did actually work pretty well and it did at least force those scums to work harder. And, as she said, she wasnt trying to solve the problem (she is not THAT arrogant) as much as commenting on it and playing the actual perverts. Wheter that served any actual real purpose or not, even just from the the lets put our money where the mouth is perspective, she has a very special brain. The main story seems to be about the different stages a woman that is full of shame about who she is goes, desperate for love going trough shame, self sacrifice, the uncertainties of the future post break up and perhaps other relationships, to the end game of self love and pride in showing herself and pointing fingers to the perverts that tought she was just a sculpture. And it does tell that story from 6 to 1 perectly. But the mvs are also filled with references to haters and the eviso of the press, expectations and fears of being forgotten, references to them being succesful musician, people thinking that fame and fan love should be enough... So I agree, like any great work of art, it usually can be interprted from several perspectives, and the critique of the over sexualization of women, the giving yourself to fans even if you hurts, not being able to show that you are okay to a world that needs you to smile constantly, having to hide possible scandals... I think it is beyond valid to interpret the album in terms of both a human individual facing states of self doubt and self love in a personal relationship AND in terms of social AND insdustrial aspects. In fact, Nxde, taken by itself, probably would be interpreted by most as a middle finger to that over sexualization of women that plagues ANY entertainmen industry. "I would rather be hated for being myself than loved for being somebody I am not." was the main motto of the album when she presented it to Cube. Marilyn Monroe was her main inspiration this time. A woman that, according to Soyeon herself, was seen as a dumb blonde sex pot but that was actually a very inteligent and powerfull woman, interested in philosofy and poetry. She wanted to show the true Marilyn beneath the sexualized perception and used that as an inspiration for the whole song. Interestingly, t there are several other strong personalities that seem to be referenced in the MV, mostly trough Soyeons dresses, like Madonna (the pointed bra) and Lady gaga during her rap. Many people think that the animated character is Soojin. If you decide to agree with that or not... thats up to you.

By the way, (G)I-DLE's debut album "I am" was labeled/registered as a "masterpiece/classic" by the Melon chart. This is the band's first album to achieve this.

I appreciate you talking about your interpretations after each song. It's always amazing to hear what others think and see if I am on the same wavelength. For me, I felt like this album is very emotional to me. It's in my top 3 favorite albums for Idle. I will say, not a single album so far has skipped songs. Change is one of my all-time favorite songs from Idle.

Nxde was the era in which they started to release behind the scenes of the recording process and how Soyeon directs them while in the booth (later on there will be also some with Minnie and Yuqi as the producers). Hopefully you get to react to those because it's so interesting to see how they work and help each other 😊

'I never die' was probably the highest challenge for I-Dle (and particulary Soyeon), and after that success, they had to confirm that even with all the sh*t they had to go through, they will continue to grow and have more and more nevies. 'I Love' had really good teasers, like fake interview and the awesome x-files video that hyped us so much. And when finally the album came out, i was shocked. Everything is this album is fantastic : songs, concept, videos style. And i loved the fact they made a story for the album with a mix of songs of 3 of them. Really nice.

Yuqi wrote Reset as a gift for Miyeon 's SOLO album , Miyeon like it a lot , but she heared that Soyeon used to want it as a group song , so she decided to choose another song from Yuqi's collection of works . She chose a song whitch called 'Rain' , and talked with Yuqi that she want to try writing lyrics, then Yuqi gladly accept.And Soyeon rewriting the lyric for Reset more like a group song for Yuqi . Minne invited Miyeon wrote the lyric together for Minne's song《Vision》whitch inclued in b-side of their 2ed full album '2'.

Shuhua's voice in change is so good. Minnie must have really hyped her up during the recording.

oh my gosh already on nxde era??? my absolute favorite and must watch nxde era pieces of content are: the most iconic and interesting thing, if you watch anything from this list, watch this: “Nxde recording behind” basically we get to see them record the title track. so awesome to see soyeon at work. “Up to Gidle” it was a multiple episode series for the fans as a prelude for queencard era. the first episodes are alright but holy shit it just gets funnier as it goes on. “Gidle tipsy live” it’s so fucking funny. after winning an award they all get drunk and sing nxde. “shuhua who even bleached her hair wants one thing” a recorded special content video, so goddamn funny. the title is in korean but it should come up if you search what’s in quotes😼 last but not least kim hee-chuls variety show. the episode is named in korean but you just have to search “heechul gidle drunk” oh my god it’s so funny i wanted to jump out of my chair. they all get drunk and spicy. it’s a two parter episode, and it’s an absolute must watch. all of these are amazing and so goddamn good

Change, Sculpture composed by Minnie. And you're right, if the main instrument is a guitar, I guess Yuqi composed and Piano is Minnie. 😂 , Reset, Dark (X-Files) composed by Yuqi. NXDE, Love composed by Soyeon. X-Files M/V, Miyeon have to drink because she can't acting like a drunken 😂😂😂.

I LOVE is a concept album about love. The most spread theory about it is it starts with DARK, that talks about a totally toxic relationship where our protagonist doesn't feel an inch of love. It continues to Sculpture, still a toxic relationship, but our protagonist at least feels some kind of love from her partner at the expense of losing her personality. The rest of the album evolves our protagonist sense of love, ending with Nxde, realising that the first and most important type of love is self-love, as you can't love anyone else if you don't love yourself first. It is my favourite album alongside I BURN. Gotta love concept albums.

I don’t know if you noticed but all of the members were speaking their mother tongue during the Nxde Interview at the beginning which I think is a super cool touch that they added 1:23

IDLE once recommended that you listen to the album I LOVE from the bottom up to better feel the emotions that IDLE wants to convey.

Hey Sylver, the moment I heard Change for the first time is the exact moment when I fell in love with them. not sure what it is about that song, (and granted, I was late to the party) but it absolutely grabbed me, and made me check out the rest of their discography. I am so glad it did. Been watching since your first Dreamcatcher vid, keep it up man, watching you makes me feel like I'm watching these groups for the first time... again. Thanks for the fun content! :)

Shuhua said from her debut that she would never allow her hair to be dyed, but for this comeback she herself decided to dye her hair blonde. minnie was so moved that she cried) they told this story on Sultreat Fighter 2 episode 17/18 (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsdxaJp-rsjSmGQ.html&t) add this to the playlist for the future it’s very funny))

The x love I believe was the album showcase. It was a talk show that they made to talk about the album. It’s worth a watch in your own time

Don't be sorry about video length. More content to watch, your takes were on point, so it was really entertaining. Thanks for reaction!

Not finished watching but the sample used for Nxde is from the Opera “Carmen” which is about a seductress which adds even more to concept and song (and for me it was this song when I really saw the level of genius that Soyeon has)

If I remember correctly, Yuqi composed X-file while she was drunk. Please correct me in the comments if I am wrong but that's what I read several times. I also think/interpret X-file as how they felt/dealt with the Soojin situation on their own.

loved your commentary on this again! really helped me to reiterate my own thoughts on the songs... I loved sculpture before but never had a closer look at the lyrics... so I was quite shocked when I read them in your video! This album makes me feel really connected to the girls as I feel we all have had a story similar to this in our lifes... still at the "finding self love" part but I feel (haha pun not intended) this album helps me and others to sort some of the emotions that we couldn't find words for before. Can't wait for your next reaction! Have a good one and best greetings from germany :>

you are becoming one of my favorite reactors. I really appreciate how much time you put into this and i can tell you tell honestly what you think. Thank you for the amazing content i can’t wait to see your further reactions 💗

You're right, reset indeed is a Yuqi product and it was written as the title for Miyeon's solo album at first

Change is masterpiece. Gidle is the only 1 kpop girl group

Once again here I am seeing your reactions to Gidle's content, thanks for this one! We look forward to more soon. 😊

(G)I-DLE ❤️‍🔥🫶🌹🔛🔝 Great reaction 😁👍

Nxde is my favorite title track of theirs but i didnt love this album at first heard. your interpretations made me appreciate it a bit more

Definetely their most personal album. While "I never die" was anger and sadness, "I love" was (G)I-dle laying it all out. My favourite is "Sculpture", i love how funky the song is and the lyrics are really, really good. Personally i think this is a song about the relationship between idols and their fans.

I Love album was meant to be played in backward Dark (X-File) to NXDE because the meaning the album was being free from the toxic relationship to loving yourself

by the way there is a band Xdinary Heroes (under jyp) and i think it would be really cool to see you react to a little bit of a different side of kpop! They have some amazing songs and are a relatively new group! I am also thinking about making an ultimate guide to them :)

I would agree that this album is meant to work on multiple levels, though I'd say that about most of their music since " oh my god". I don't know if anyone said that on one version of the album they actually numbered the tracks in reverse. "Sculpture" is the hardest for me to listen to because it hits so perfectly what I've been through, but I equally love them for it.

Good job, great reaction. When you finish GIDLE's discography, could you react to the covers and the discography of the rest of the members including Soojin, please. 🥺 You have a lot of content yet to discover, greetings. 👋😉

Alright I wanna make my comments about nxde before I forget even though only halfway through the video haha. Nxde literally got me into kpop, before that I had only heard a couple of songs but wasn't that interested. Nxde was just something completely different, the art, the message, the music, I had to know more about this group. I agree that the pacing at the start of the song feels a little bit hectic. The kiss that Minnie blew at the end of the live performance looked like it went straight to your heart😂. Not sure if your a sing along in the car kinda guy, but I've noticed over time, idles songs are really fun to sing along to. Just the emphasis on words and the melodies, something about it makes it really fun to sing to lol. Anyway I'm sure I'll have more comments before the end of the video so I'll leave it here for now lol

React to Heat Album please 🥹🥹🥹 You'll be amazed by how good "I do" was composed

Sylver you got to react to Minnie's Fiction cover with ryujin,chaeryoung and isa please you will fall in love with Minnie even more