here's the artist!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXzTVqMNLtd

... and a machine translation of their Instagram post:

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Stray Kids Seungmin - Torrent Lyric Video

I worked on the video for Stray Kids Seungmin's song 'Torrent'.

When living through days that feel like copy-pasted routines, there are times when you suddenly feel stifled and anxious, as if you are floundering in murky water.

I think 'Torrent' is a song that offers gentle comfort and encouragement when you are lost in such feelings of frustration and anxiety.

While working on this project, hundreds of times...

I used the expression "hundreds of times" to mean "a lot"...

Anyway, I was comforted a tremendous amount—more than hundreds of times...!

With the intention of repaying that comfort, I tried to capture the song's vibe in every single pixel, so please enjoy the song and the video!

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I would like to express my gratitude to @ miniseungkim for introducing Seungmin to this great song, and to the staff at @ jypentertainment for conducting Seungmin's project with such consideration and without any inconveniences! Thank you!

#IntoTheCurrent

If pixel #Seungmin is walking by the Han River, then we have all of #3racha represented: Chan (star), Changbin (streetlight), Han (river).

I wonder if there's any symbolism representing other skz members too?? nothing jumps out at me though.

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watching it again this morning on the big TV, I want to note some more lovely/ touching things:

- The opening shot, that looks like someone's window onto the world, with the clock showing 05:02 (today's date, release date of the song). But it's also a view into an aquarium, with algae growing on the glass, and fish swimming through the smoggy city atmosphere behind Seungmin.

- There's a framed picture on the desk under the window/aquarium. It's too pixelated to be able to tell what it's supposed to be. If it's a pixelated version of a published photo, I guess someone will identify the original photo eventually. But I reckon it's more likely to be a personal photo that hasn't been published. I want to imagine it's someone putting Seungmin in a headlock. 😂

- The video starts off at 4:3 aspect ratio. Partway through. as he arrives at the sea, it switches to 16:9. Like his world is expanding??

- The star during the night-time city walk, falling to talk with him and encourage him. Seungmin loves star symbolism. (In skz symbolism terms, stars seem to be most linked to Seungmin and Bang Chan. There's also a streetlight in that scene, which is a bit of Changbin-linked symbolism.)

- During the line "Even if shards of broken glass pierce into me," pixel Seungmin steps on a piece of broken glass with his left foot (which is the one that is injured at the moment).

- Happy crabs dancing at the shoreline as he approaches the sea. Reminds me of Seungmin's crab dance from the Low Poolside SKZ Code last year. Also a couple of starfish to add to the star symbolism.

- After he dives into the sea, his clothes change from the more formal style into a bright blue casual outfit, and he looks so happy.

- The song is 4 and a half minutes long, which is an epic length considering current kpop song length trends.

I wish the artist was credited in the video description. It's beautifully done, and clearly the work of human artist(s), not AI.

It seems that Seungmin's directed most or all of his recent solo videos (starting with Song By maybe??). Given his love of analog and his dislike of fast-moving and/or automated tech, he'd would probably pitch a fit if JYPE tried to push an AI video concept for one of his solo songs.

#IntoTheCurrent #Seungmin #HanPop

> Most of all, I hope our team's music will be widely known

#IntoTheCurrent

> I hope it becomes an unforgettable song soon

> Look for it and get it out and listen

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Seungmin's commentary on bubble (machine translated):

> I'm finally playing the precious song that HAN wrote for me
> It's probably just one short YouTube video that goes by for someone...
> I think about recording and trimming it from when it's really cold, and what meaning and composition it should be interpreted in a video so that it's easy to see
> With the color and feeling of the song, I wanted it to remain more lingering, so I teased the skis [??] and the writer in charge... (thank you...) It was a skiré [??] with so much effort that I delayed and delayed the upload schedule because I was revising it

#IntoTheCurrent