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THEY ATE SO HARD

wooyoungs freeze frame is actually one of my favorite moments from the mv hahaha

Hongjoong, the captain/leader of Ateez, explained the timeline of their lore on Showterview with Sunmi. If I remember correctly, there are 2 universes the A (example Pirate King & Treasure) and the Z. And the album The World is in between those (Bouncy is on The World:Outlaw). So the graffiti "Z"on the wall at the end of the MV could foreshadow that the fight is not over.

I'm an Atiny, but it's so hard to keep up with their storyline....so I'm always waiting and glad to get it explained from Jordan 😂

The reflection in the glass is on purpose. It's how Mingi sees the bad guys sneaking up on him and gets the upper hand. Classic fight scene stuff.

12:14 it was made for some sort of comedic relief BECAUSE they are in a boxing ring yet San kicked with his foot so the film plan literally had the phrase “San… this is boxing 🥲” as Wooyoung’s thoughts because he is surprised

The figure that HongJoong sniped, wasn't the ruler, but a white guardian, the ones that have been chasing ATEEZ/HALATEEZ from all the way back to 'Answer'. You see them in the pre and post clip of the 'Answer' MV 😉😊

I'm not even an Atiny but this MV this Song is ome of the best released this year in EVERY CATEGORY

you need to keep in mind that they want to be anime characters, and the Wooyoung's freeze feels like anime to me, also the fake sky clouds in Halazia, very anime

As a multistan I don’t have the time nor patience to keep up with all the lore from all the groups so I just appreciate the songs as songs. I commend you for understanding all the lore of the groups you do reactions for! 👏🏼👏🏼🤝🏼🤝🏼

“Slow it down make it bouncy” to “Jesus loves you, I love you guys” at the end hahaha Man this mv, along with stray kids topline & sclass- my month has been made.

Ateez is so underrated. They are absolute masters!! They produce MOVIES not MV’s. Their production team is world class, and these guys are SO talented. I freakin love ATEEZ - they never disappoint! 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you Jordan for reacting to this MV and dissecting it frame by frame. Wow, you made me love Ateez's art more. It's so satisfying seeing an analysis from an expert. Thank you!

Crazy how opinions differ because I LOVE the freeze frames in the boxing ring!! I found it so cool!

The Outlaw album is about them breaking into the Prestige Academy to save a student as well as carry on with their mission to remove the boards off the windows so people can see their reflections as it can make people get their emotions back. The student they are saving is the brother of the boy at the end of the Guerrilla music video. His brother had his ear piece shut down against his will by his young brother (the boy from the Guerrilla video) by a black chip that ATEEZ handed out at one of their demonstrations in the City where Z rules and his Guardians, the Android Guardians, oversee the following of the rules as well as hunt ATEEZ and the Cromer. This music video shows that they have been hiding undercover as gunmen (Hongjoong and Mingi), Underground Boxer and Manager/bookie (San and Wooyoung), Biker Gang leaders (Seonghwa and Yeosang) and mechanics/fake police (Yunho and Jongho) it was so they could keep an eye on the school and waiting for their operation to start. The shot Hongjoong fired was at the Android Guardian in the school as they are the security/rule keepers who make sure no one has their emotions back. (If they do have their emotions back they are sent to the Android Bunker which is the art gallery in Say My Name, where there emotions and memories are forcefully removed by the Android Guardians.). The end I think was the symbol of Z, the leader of Strickland, and the one who rules everything. It was his way of showing ATEEZ that he is still here and still hunting them as it was carved on Mingis wanted posters. I still have to properly read the new diary entrees from the new album but this is my understanding so far.

As an atiny i always appreciate your efforts to understand the lore... Ateez always deliver every single cb and slay every time Thank you for this reaction

I like that this guy REALLY KNOWS Ateez. He's not just using their videos for views like alot of other youtubers. He knows of the stories Ateez has crafted.

Ah yes the video even started with Jordan's shocked/excited/interested face. And dance therapy was just as amazing as usual✨

I was dying to see Jordan's reaction. Thanks again! I was soo happy to see what you have to say about the video. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. It blew my mind!

This MV seems like it came from a videogame: the aesthetics, the rhythm and the freeze frames, specially during the fight and shooting scenes. Really cool!

I feel like the true strength of this MV is that they clearly had some technical elements on set - like the gun flashes and the punching, that hindered the MV - but the editing was so good that it distracted us and made it so much harder to notice - it takes a very pedantic person or a highly experienced professional to notice. I’m a film student and I didn’t notice these issues! And I’m training to look at them.

When the reactor understand ATEEZ's lore....🎉🎉🎉🎉

I really appreciate that you are honest and even mention what you didn't particularly like in the video. You don't only compliment the videos trying not to offend fans and that makes it much more entertaining to watch your reactions and learn about the editing process :) Thanks Jordan

I’d like to just point out the freeze frames in the boxing match 4:05. The boxing scene seems as though it was heavily inspired but Guy Ritchie movie Snatch, where he tends to use those freeze frames of each of the hits as well as the zoom into the crowd. Understandably it’s not of everyone’s taste, but as a fan of Ritchie’s cinematography, ATEEZ really perfected the scene and style, which makes the whole music video amazing

9:14 I believe its the bad guys showing up in the reflection and that's why Mingi knew to start shootin' . Thank you so much for the reaction~! I love watching all your vids~

big disagree on freeze frames! I think you might think like that if you watch it frame by frame but in the MV the cuts are so fast and disorienting the freeze frames feel like shots in the comics right before/after the impact, emphasizing the power of the hit.

This has probably already been said - The figure at the end with the silvery bits all over his face was at the end of the MV for Answer, and San fought him in the Ode to Joy performance on Kingdom. I hadn't noticed that it was him (being overwhelmed, as usual, by an Ateez video) until Jordan pointed him out. Also, that freeze on WooYoung in the fight felt very Ocean's Eleven to me. :) Thanks, Jordan!!

that one freeze frame of wooyoung you don’t like is literally one of my favorite scenes in the whole mv 😭

So... I'm convinced that them cornering the market on chili peppers is another proof of their love of fantasy & sci-fi (or that someone in their team loves it, lol). After all, we have "Dune" as a song title and in *Dune* we know that "He who controls the spice controls the universe" 🌶 Makes sense to me. My brain made the connection and thought it was cool, but then I remembered a comment I'd read somewhere a while back... about how the tour for World EP 1 was "The Fellowship" and there was a song on that album called "The Ring", which has final lines calling directly back to Tolkien's work ~ "One ring to rule them all; One ring to bring them all". Things like this tie together far too cleanly for me to believe it's just coincidence.😅 I *definitely* know about the whole double entendre here... but beyond all that, the fantasy/sci-fi nerd in me loves what they've done. Most of the songs on this album had a short little teaser film that showed how each duo was set up in their undercover operation, with "Django" showing the entire group together. Then they dropped the official album trailer, which showed "Blue Bird Delivery" taking food to Captain/Mingi, Yunho/Jongho, and Wooyoung/San. The food contained chili peppers that broke open to reveal secret messages (and Yunho got a message at the bottom of his drink, heh). Finally, the delivery guy pulls up to Seonghwa and takes the helmet off, and we see that it was Yeosang. So we've seen the peppers used for more than just hiding a bullet, and we may well see them again. The figure appears to be an Android Guardian, based on what I've seen of them. They're basically the hunters that track down dissidents in Strictland and enforce the laws there. We've seen one tracking our guys before in at least one MV (I can only think of "Answer", but I might not be recalling correctly) as several made an appearance for a stage in Kingdom: Legendary War. At the end, Mingi's annoyed because all of those Wanted posters had his face on them. I agree with the commenter who said the "Z" crossing over them is probably to say the fight isn't over... and we're all aware of how they can continue to build in every area of the timeline, so there's room for the story to continue as long as they want to make it. They bounce us (no pun intended) around their timeline in a way that reminds me of *Pulp Fiction*, but I'm definitely on board for the whole ride.

BOUNCY REALLY NEEDS TO WIN BEST MUSIC VIDEO

The SECOND I watched this video I knew I had to see Jordan react to it. The energy, the swag, ALL OF IT just makes me so happy! ATEEZ are really killing it

5:08 The Akira drift goes absolutely insane omg

I love this song, I'm blasting it since it came out. The mv is so cool!

I've been a fan since wonderland era, I knew they were creative but I didnt think there were lores behind the mvs! just shows how talented they are. i'm mindblown

i actually loved the freeze frame on wooyoung smm!! i feel like it made the fight scene sm more interesting and colorful

Your dance therapy never fails to make me laugh 😭

SOTY for me. Also the camera work was insane in this vid!! Also that 4:3 got me so hypedd upppp

Thank you for explaining the benefit of using that aspect ratio--I was confused. I love how you connected the that spiciness would be a drug in their world. In a preview, I think they showed a big wanted poster behind the bartender and the bartender recognizing Mingi as soon as he saw him. So it's possible that Mingi drew first to protect himself from being captured. Someone else theorized the bullet moving through day and night suggested the bullet was switching between dimensions/universes as it flew. The dance therapy was some of your best ever. 😊

ATEEZ mvs always so cinematically beautiful but this mv indeed is so different

personally i think people are not talking enough about yeosang’s akira slide at 5:09, i pop off whenever i see one 🏍️💨

Jordan, it was the smoothest transition to advertisement! 100/10!

Can’t believe I’m this early for one of my favorite editor reaction videos. Keep up the good work Jordan(also love the new haircut)!! ❤

I just love seeing the evolution of ATEEZ music videos, it shows their increasing popularity everytime and the amount of budget they put in their stuff. Thank your for reacting, it's always interesting to get your insight.

12:32 as a videographer/cinematographer this got me freaking out too hahaha crazy camera work

THE DANCE THERAPY IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE BEST PART OF THE VIDEO😅🔥 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REACTION❤☺🤟🌶🌶🌶🌶🔥🔥🔥

Noooo, you missed mentioning the Akira slide. I pointed at my screen and yelled "WEEB!!" the first time I saw it 😅

I love how he just did a body roll after airing out a bar

omg when u said "sometimes dance therapy is not enough" and went to the advertising omg that caught me so off guard, u are hilarious

Oh my god the story is making sense now, I never thought of it like that you are a genius!

They slayed fr this mv is on a whole another level

i think in mingi's shot he was meant to be able to see the people behind him in the glass as well, so those were prob the silhouettes

i just KNEW that mingi’s part would make you go crazy from an editing perspective

I’ve been waiting for your reaction ever since the MV came out!! Not gonna lie - the production team and Ateez ate in this MV!! 🤠🤠

you're like one of the few people who i watch and i don't get annoyed when you pause, ... :D

Just wanted to say that the fire is real fire! The set was also very warm as a result. It was mentioned in an interview there were so many practical effects, assets, and props on top of all that as well. As a result, this MV was the longest to create and film, making it the most expensive one for them to create to date. But it looks amazing!! 🎉🔥

no because ateez’s lore is actually insane. your frame by frame of the bullet at 15:40 made me audibly scream because the mask thing that the bullet hits after going through the doorknob is from the masked figure that appeared at the end of a music video from 2020, answer. like that is the smallest little detail ever and the fact that they included it is just fgdhdjfbdnsmcjjsms theyre just insanly thorough ugh i just love them so much

You know what they say you can't spell Ateez without ate🤭

13:06 literally my fav part of the mv cause of the editing, it makes me feel.. idek, i cant explain it its just too good

Bro is that good of an editor that he even knows how to do a smooth transition into a sponsorship

Hongjoong was the sniper. Mingi, at the end, was the guy who shot up the bar.

The man in the Mask from "Answer" gets shot by Hong.

I like that you also kept in mind the storyline that goes along the mv too. You looked beyond the visual effects and pieced up the meaning behind the scenes too.

I love Jordan's videos because no matter how many times I watch the og MV's, or how invested I am in the lore, he always points out things I missed!! Thank you for breaking these down Jordan, now... Let's DANCE!!🎉

i've been waiting for this video, cause you explain the lore so freakin' well. thank you jordan!

Omg you do not know how many times i have prayed for a day ever sine it came out for you to educate us Jordan❤❤❤❤❤

That one freeze cut which u didn’t liked is my favorite moment in this mv 😅

With the punches not connecting, part of that visibility might be that, in the storyline for them, the fights are supposed to be fixed in order for San and Wooyoung to make money from them, except San doesn't like losing so he kicks the other guy in the face and wins anyway

Loved this analysis! That ending tag is a preview of their next album's title track, and my theory about why Mingi looks so annoyed is that the giant graffiti Z is a calling card of another faction (possibly another dimension's ATEEZ?) announcing that they're coming to play next album. XD

I've waited for you to comment on this! When I saw the MV for the first time, I was flashed. One of my favorite music videos of all time, honestly.

I have been waiting for your commentary on that whole Mingi sequence. 🥵 I still can’t get over the camera angles.

I ALSO THOUGHT THE BANNER WAS TALKING ABT ABORTION THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE MV 💀💀💀 btw amazing video as always so cool to see your analysis

I just know you will freak out when this mv drop. Thank you for your reaction jordan! It's really like what I was imagine it would be 😂🙌

imma try to explain this part of the storyline to shed light on the mv in case anyone is confused: Ateez plan to infiltrate Prestige Academy because it is the most influential school in Strictland. They actually spend six months in disguise, which is why they’re all dressed as cowboys, bikers, fighters, etc. The whole music video is just the members as they start to put their plan into motion. In the album’s diary version, the story touches on Ateez after they had infiltrated the school. They’re also protecting the older brother of the little boy who appeared at the end of the Guerrilla mv. Highly recommend checking the diary entry out, though i will admit there are some dark themes that may trigger some people.

I love the way you describe ATEEZ's story too

I think that because he’s a professional editor, he analyzes the freeze frames more which is probably why he doesn’t enjoy them as much as us, who don’t really have editing experience besides our TikTok edits😭

The guy who got shot at the end is the guy who appears at the end of the fireworks mv, at minute 3:42, which shows that they've been in the same storyline for over 2 years, and it's still not over I am obsessed😭🙌

To all the people saying it isn't the crew reflected in the glass, it's the people sneaking up on him: Mingi's body is blocking the only light source behind him. So the possible options are 1) there shouldn't be a reflection (pretty likely given how close he is the the glass and how dark it is inside the bar) or 2) Mingi's body should be the only thing reflected (if there's enough light from other directions), or 3) he should still be in the center of the reflection (if the glass were far enough from him which is unlikely given the width of the counter). Notice neither of the people in the reflection are wearing a hat. It can't be people sneaking up on him from behind if he isn't in the reflection, and it isn't the reflection from the bartender's side because from the bartender's side the pepper is on the left while in the shot of the glass the pepper is on the right. Jordan's assessment is the most logical.

I just realized the masked figure that got shot was the dude at the end of Answer omg

The parrot is real, i dont know how they made it talk😅 Also love ur haircut

I need to say that I was waiting for this reaction and analysis since the day that the MV came out. Really, it was so worth it and so satisfying watching from the perspective of a professional editor. There's not a single time that I don't learn something completely new. Thank you for this ❤

He always has the most slick sponsors 😭

Just found your channel and I love your insights!! Have you done a video on their MV for Don’t Stop? It’s not technically part of their lore. It was kind of a side project they did, but they do draw heavily from their lore for the story. It’s basically a mini heist movie in an MV. It’s amazing!

The end is sometimes in ateez mv as an spoiler for an new song

jordan this video was SO unbelievably funny. your reactions were too good but what really killed me is seeing your bright ass blue booty shorts everytime you stood up 😭😭 was gasping for air by the end of it.

i really appreciate how well you explained their storyline so casual listeners could be familiar with the context

Highkey becoming an Atiny.......they are so GOOD

They put the goat in there cuz they are the GOAT (greatest of all time)

I don't know how he manages to connect the ads so well, it even makes me like to see them hahaha

Came here after discovering the channel from the crazy form vid and this is another awesome analysis! Dance therapy time 😂👌 Watching this makes me even more sad that this didn't get a mama nom for best MV 🙈 It's so creative and well made! Plus matching the vibe/beat of the song well like you explained.

Thanks for reacting to Bouncy! I've been waiting for this one, love your reactions

With this album ATEEZ became the 1st boy group not from "big four" kpop agencies to surpass 1 Million sales in first week. They are second boy group (after BTS) to have an album in top 10 in UK. #1 on Top Album sales in US They are also #2 on Billboard 200 You can say the goat in this mv isn't just a coincidence 😏

I'm so happy you reacted to this MV!

i appreciate you soo much for helping us understand the storyline omg.

i’m a new atiny! and i am literally in love with them after this music video! the art is just incredible. can’t wait to see more!! ^^ anybody have any recommendations or tips? (i still don’t have all their faces down :( )

Yours and PD’s reaction were the ones I was most anxious to see! I love the technical and concept thoughts you guys bring to your reactions ❤

Thank you so much for this! I Learned a lot as always! Your dance therapy sessions had me in tears. 😂

The reflection in the glass is the people sneaking up on him. That's how he knows to draw his gun and start shooting.

Mannnn… your pov makes me perceive these videos in a new light now! Technically also learning new stuff🙏🏻

been waiting patiently for your reaction. the camera in this video is absolutely perfect.