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"BUTTERFLY" by LOONA (이달의 소녀) - From Teasers to MV, to Show Performances

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In anticipation of LOONA (이달의 소녀)'s performance of "BUTTERFLY" (Trailer / First Revealed) for the coming Episode 9 of QUEENDOM 2, I'd thought to reshare the MV from their 2019, along with teasers that preceded it, and as well show stage performances during their comeback period, and beyond.



(Featured above is a superior fan-made/edited "Performance Version" of Butterfly)

The year "2019" had been a tumultuous year for both the South Korean girl group, and their fans - "Orbits" - which saw delayed comebacks, the leaving of their Creative Director, lawsuits - all incidents that have be debated online since, but never truly officially addressed directly by BlockBerry Creative (quite frankly, as it should be, because who really knows the business side of things? And if details could be revealed without compromising said lawsuits, alas).




For Orbits, this song represents more than a "tune", while for other folks, who've not lived thru that music journey - like myself - "Butterfly" continues to be a beautiful song irrevocably tied to LOONA, and possesses a "healing message" that goes beyond "KPOP", and frankly I wished more folks in the world could have experienced, IMHO. Perhaps after Episode 9 streams this Thursday May 26th, more folks'll be searching for the song and MV online.... NO, let me rephrase that: People WILL be searching online for more about "Butterfly"!



The following teasers leading to the actual MV is what I have found online - Do let me know iof I am missing any crucial teaser or visual info, cheers.

"X X" Teaser (Dated: 14 Oct 2018)


"X1X" Teaser (Dated: 31 Dec 2018)


"XIIX" Teaser (Dated: 10 Jan 2019)


"XIIIX" Teaser (Dated: 20 Jan 2019)


(LOONA) "XIVX" Teaser (Dated: 30 Jan 2019)


"Butterfly" MV Teaser (Dated: 13 Feb 2019)


Reacting to Butterfly Teasers (Footage from VLIVE)


Preview/Highlight Medley for Repackage Album "X X" (Dated: 14 Feb 2019)


"For all LOOΠΔs around the world" (Dated: 15 Feb 2019)


"Butterfly" MV (Released 19 Feb 2019)


LOOΠΔ [X X]

Coincidence meets coincidence in LOOΠΔ to make each other’s fate.

HeeJin and HyunJin are real-life friends while HaSeul is like the mother of the team. YeoJin is the youngest sister of all. The team expanded its cells by family-like relationships. The only foreign member and an android ViVi gets introduced to become LOOΠΔ 1/3.

ODD EYE CIRCLE was born at the opposite end. With the story of three moons gathering to form a full circle, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry decide to stand at the frontlines to save the world, under their slogan ‘Girl Front.’

Born in Eden the utopian land, LOOΠΔ / yyxy chooses to embrace the forbidden and leaves to find their own selves. Yves, the leader of yyxy, had “faith” in being born again with the song ‘new’. Chuu keeps her “hopes" up with her yearning towards Yves. Go Won “loves” her unique self. Olivia Hye shows “anger” towards the taboos of Eden. When all of their emotions gather, a Neoanthropinae genes of yyxy manifests.

All of the units meet with YeoJin to add to the addition, resulting in their first EP [+ +] to announce the start of LOOΠΔ. At the ‘First full Moon of the LOOΠΔ new Year,’ LOOΠΔ starts their two-two-dimensional fusion with [X X].

The intro track ‘X X’ foreshadows that the album is completed at the opposite side of where [+ +] is.

The title track ‘Butterfly’ contains LOOΠΔ’s irreplaceable unique concepts. Mixing softness with dynamics, the track takes LOOΠΔ to another level with new beats and drops never heard in K-pop before, along with electronic sounds and melody.

Shot in Iceland, Paris, and Hong Kong, the teasers of [X X] started on first of January to unravel the stories behind the universe of LOOΠΔ. Under the slogan of ‘For All LOOΠΔs Around the World,’ it spread worldwide, to all LOOΠΔs of the world.

LOOΠΔ causes a Butterfly effect through music for the listeners to gain courage, find oneself, and raise one’s voice. Anyone under influence, is another LOOΠΔ.

LOOΠΔ’s visual director DIGIPEDI toured around 5 countries from 5 continents for LOOΠΔ’s Butterfly effects to capture the freedom and courage of girl worldwide in the music video of ‘Butterfly.’

‘Satellite’ starts calmly, but as music flows and orbits, the layers stack to double the listeners’ excitement. ‘Curiosity’ is a dream-pop number that draws you in with its mysterious aesthetics.

‘Colors’ has the LOOΠΔ universe dissolved into the track, desiring for each other’s colors and dye each other to become love portrayed with a drop beat. ‘Where you at’ was a previously prepared track along with ‘one way’ of yyxy in LOOΠΔ the Ballad album. It is a pop-ballad song with melodies so powerful that the members of LOOΠΔ memorized the whole song with just one listen.

Additionally, in the limited edition of LOOΠΔ [X X] CD’s, the very first hints to the next album are hidden in two bonus tracks, to arouse more curiosity and anticipation.

LOOΠΔ collides fate into destiny to create coincidence.



Lyrics: G-High (MonoTree), Jaden Jeong
Composer: G-High (MonoTree)
Arranger: G-High (MonoTree)

LOONA Reacting to Butterfly MV (Footage via VLIVE)


Dance Practice (Dated: 11 Mar 2019)




M COUNTDOWN Ep.607 (Dated: 21 Feb 2019)





Show Champion EP.305 (Dated: 27 Feb 2019)


Fact iN Star (Dated: 27 Feb 2019)


M COUNTDOWN Ep.608 (Dated: 28 Feb 2019)


Simply K-Pop Ep.352 (Dated: 8 Mar 2019)



Music Core (Dated: 4 Aug 2019)





KCON 2019 LA (Dated: 12 Sept 2019)


SMUF K-POP (Dated: 6 Oct 2019)


IGC Music 2020 (Dated: 17 Dec 2020)
(Performance by 11, with HaSeul still on hiatus)


@G KPOP CONCERT 2021 (Dated: 22 May 2021)




BONUS#1: StageMix (Dated: 24 May 2022)


BONUS#2: Chuu and Yves dancing in HK


The above video was from LOONA TV #480 featuring superior added sound effects (which I previously FEATURED HERE), along with all the "behinds" of the making / filming of the teasers and MAKING OF MV for their BUTTERFLY-era ... Don't know why I got emotional watching these two dance together in their teaser too ... LOONA BEST GIRLS :)

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