Introducing yyxy from LOONA 이달의 소녀
The third and final pre-debut sub-unit of LOONA 이달의 소녀 is 'yyxy' (pronounced "why-why-by-why"), which stands for "youth-youth-by-young", and consists of the last four revealed members of the South Korean girl group - namely YVES, CHUU, GO WON and OLIVIA HYE.
Featured up top and directly below are images of the quartet circa 2020/2021, taken at their shoot for "2021 SEASON’S GREETINGS" (during / post-"12:00"-era).
From official formation on May 30, 2018 (with the mini-album "beauty&thebeat"), to the debut of LOONA's first lead single "favOriTe" on August 7, 2018, this is a record of their journey...
Above: Teaser for yyxy (Uploaded "26 April 2018")
Below: Teaser for "love4eva (feat. Grimes)" by yyxy (Uploaded "24 May 2018")
Above: Preview for yyxy's Mini Album "beauty&thebeat" (Uploaded "27 May 2018")
Below: Teaser for yyxy "Budapest" LOONA TV Episodes (Uploaded "28 May 2018")
Featured below is the single released from their "beauty&thebeat" mini album, with "love4eva (feat. Grimes)" uploaded May 30, 2018. The following is the write-up for all the individual tracks (text via), featured in the descriptions of the MV, written in English, as did all other descriptions for their solo debut MVs before this.
LOOΠΔ/yyxy [beauty&thebeat]: "Each one of the members have their unique identity as a solo artist, and the solo artists gather to form a unit. When the units finally gather, they create a world.
LOOΠΔ 1/3 sang the excitement and expectations of the first love through ‘Love&Live’.
LOOΠΔ/ODD EYE CIRCLE sang that love is not about waiting, but about stepping forward and taking action through ‘Mix&Match’.
Finally, LOOΠΔ/yyxy sings about the love of youth so shiny to seem luminous, through ‘beauty&thebeat’.
They decide to be truthful to their emotions in the moment, free of worries about what may come tomorrow.
Yves, Chuu, Go Won, and Olivia Hye, the members of LOOΠΔ/yyxy, have talked about their own self-awareness and ego in their solo releases. The ego takes them to admire or even be jealous of someone else, like many girls in their age do. Sometimes the story derives from self-hatred or disappointment. However, they all come to a realization that ego isn’t decided or made by someone else, but is complete by loving oneself."
dal segno: "The definition of ‘dal segno’ the title of the intro track is ‘return to segno’.
The time of youth, which goes around and around in the same loop without their own intentions seemed like ‘dal segno’. In the loop, they find the light that lets them discover their own ego."
love4eva (feat. Grimes): "E-TRIBE, the maestro of dance music known for producing SNSD’s ‘Gee’, and an upcoming production team ‘BADD’ have collaborated to produce the track where the members of LOOΠΔ/yyxy completed “love4eva” with their various voice colors and expressive emotions.
Sudden encounter of a crush. They sing that it is not just a process to get the person to love you back, but their emotion itself is what is lovable and precious.
Also, the news that one of the hippest artists in the world, Grimes, will be featuring in the track have raised a fervor in the pop scene around the globe. The beats lay on the start of the girls with blessing and grace by Grimes, the creator of her own musical universe.
The music video was shot exclusively in Budapest, Hungary with LOOΠΔ’s video director Digipedi. The director captures LOOΠΔ/yyxy’s process of completing their ego, which may be a ‘new’ ‘heart attack’ which is ‘one&only’ and ‘egoist’ in their own each way."
frozen: "“frozen” aurally mesmerizes the audiences with oriental story-telling on top of a westernized beats. The melodies of the verse start in the spring passes through summer, where it reaches the chorus and hits you like winter, until flowers bloom again."
one way: "“one way” actually is a track that has been kept aside for a long time to be used in a concept album titled ‘LOOΠΔ the Ballad’.
‘LOOΠΔ the Ballad’ which will be released in May 2019, is an album composed of ballad songs with the best melodies among many common ballad numbers. “one way” is a sneak preview for what is to come, through the emotional expressions in the voices of LOOΠΔ/yyxy.
Yves opens with a dry voice as if she is standing alone in the silent desert, Chuu fills up the space with her voice full of moisture. Go Won’s crunchy voice and Olivia Hye’s voice with the duality of day and night, gather to complete one music."
rendezvous 18.6y: "18.6 years is the sidereal period of the moon. The coincidence of the girls becoming LOOΠΔ 1/3, YeoJin, LOOΠΔ/ODD EYE CIRCLE, and lastly LOOΠΔ/yyxy. And one fate. Meeting with fans who have recognized LOOΠΔ from even before the debut. Endless things such as these that can only be described as ‘rendezvous’. That is how rendezvous 18.6y becomes meaningful."
Featured above is the "love4eva (feat. Grimes)" Choreography Practice (Uploaded "30 May 2018"), for which I am constantly amazed at them keeping pace with this non-stop cardio workout! And even though this is a 4 member line-up, the amount of travelling done in performing this song, to me is a testament to their stamina and being able to keep up! But of course I am looking at this from the POV of a haggard old dude Stroke survivor lah LOL
Featured in the video below is yyxy's first Fan Event (Uploaded 26 Jun 2018), which happened on their 2nd week of promotions, and was held in a public / mall environment (when before fan signs were in dedicated halls).
The concept seen in person is "cute" and a adorable line-up of young ladies ... but in the LOONAVERSE concept, their story is much more intense than anyone not known to the lore would ever realise, IMHO.
Featured in the 3:55 seconder video (below) titled "one" presents the much darker undertones to the girl's story, and a deeper delve into the LOONA-lore that has gone on before yyxy, and of the cinematic opulence and visual richness that LOONA would be known for, in MVs to come...
Yves (이브) : Faith (믿음)
Chuu (츄) Penguin : Love (사랑)
Go Won (고원) : Hope (소망)
Olivia Hye (올리비아 혜) : Anger (분노)
And while previous revealed members has assigned "animals". And colors" (which too members of yyxy possess), so too are a new assigned "emotion" to each individual members shown in the video below as well...
The following paras are directly lifted off the loonatheworld.fandom.com-page, and describes the overall concept of what yyxy might encompass, from the videos we have been presented with.
That said, one aspect of the LOONA-lore/LOONAVERSE is it's somewhat "complicated" lore (*And by that I meant there is no fixed nor official "answer(s)" to the questions shown, and deciphered by fans), and at the same instance, should not stop anyone from enjoying LOONA's music, as one can be independent from another ... but together, they'd make for a more "fulfilling" experience, IMHO. Again, don't let these deter you from enjoying their music...!
BlockBerry Creative / BBC has not outright come out to deny nor endorse the explanation from the fandom, and continues to present their story via texts captioned in LOONA's music video releases.
"yyxy is composed of four girls held in a separate dimension called Eden. In “love4eva”, it’s revealed that if they eat their individual Forbidden Fruit, they are expelled from Eden. They soon feel trapped and adventurous, so Yves convinces Chuu and Go Won to eat their forbidden fruit and escape with her. Olivia Hye also wants to go but is not brave enough to eat her fruit. They leave without her.
Olivia eventually eats her fruit and tries to follow them, but becomes lost and angry. She knows that Yves plans to create a new dimension, and decides to destroy
it out of anger at being abandoned by her friends.
This journey is about the ego of the youth. Being in love, hurt, broken, but still stepping forward, the girls capture moments of youth to complete an ego. They express that ego is falling in love with themselves, and that they must first love themselves before loving others. They declare neanthropic chromosome yyxy, different to xx or xy chromosomes."
That said, here are some (fan-edited) compilations of their non-performance / non-stage appearances - from VLIVES to various online shows - which shows their individual personalities, and what fans have termed "crackhead" shennanigans (*which in turn I'll say they are "enablers" of each other :p), along with their "yyxy" performance stages - and not necessarily in chronological order though...!
YYXY were guests for variety talkshow "Fact In Star" (circa Oct 2018) seen in above video ... Yves would later return to the show and be co-host/MC in 2020.
Featured below is a quartet of 59-seconder clips (from 연닷/YSSCOM), where each individual member takes turn to be introduced by the other members of yyxy (circa 2018). This "59" MANUEL" will see the entire LOONA line-up being introduced in future editions, during their promotions.
And for older fogeys like myself (*cough*), you might recognise the yellow plaid ensemble...
Ending off this excessively long blog-feature, I'd like to share videos of yyxy on MOMO X (Uploaded "June 2018"), in what would be the most "quietest" I've ever seen of them!
UPDATED: I just discovered this video, of yyxy engaged in a "V ROOKIE Heart Mission" scavenger hunt, which we get to see parts of the BlockBerry Creative offices, featuring some recognisable spots seen in their VLIVES and LOONA TV episodes!
UPDATED: The following Concept Photos were revealed (From June 3-June 6, 2021) in anticipation of LOONA's 4th mini album [&] comeback, scheduled for 2021.6.28 pm6 (KST) Release.
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