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The whale comes three times, and the fire goes from a lit cigarette to a whole house: seven things you missed in RIIZE's 'Insomnia' music video

The music video is 33 seconds longer than the song, and the same window, the same whale and fire come back several times. We look at the sprinkler on 'Standing in the shower', the 1.2 seconds of the song's only question mark, and the scenes after the song ends.

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The whale comes three times, and the fire goes from a lit cigarette to a whole house: seven things you missed in RIIZE's 'Insomnia' music video
Photo: still from RIIZE's 'Insomnia' music video (SMTOWN)

RIIZE's 'Insomnia' music video runs 3 minutes 47 seconds, 33 seconds longer than the 3-minute-14-second song. It starts a little over 8 seconds before the song does, and the scenes keep going for nearly 30 seconds after the song ends. In between, the same window, the same whale and fire come back several times. Every time below follows the official music video.

0:43 · Two lines that start in front of the same window

At 0:43, when '저 문틈에 왜 빛이 새' (why is light leaking through that door crack) comes, the person on screen is in front of a window with a white lattice in a round pattern. When '2 AM and no sleeping' starts at 1:46, another member is standing in front of a window with the same pattern.

1:50 · The one who shoots, the one who looks

At 1:50, one person on the sofa in front of that window takes a photo with an instant camera. At 1:53, in a different room that is dark blue, someone else looks at a small photo, and meanwhile the lyric moves on to '네 맘을 모르네' (I don't know your heart).

2:01 · 'Standing in the shower' and the sprinkler

At 2:01, the moment 'Standing in the shower' comes, the dark night scene turns into a lawn where sprinkler water pours down. With that cut, the barely audible drums come in loudly within 0.3 seconds.

2:04 · The only question mark

Of the 64 lines in the lyrics, the only one with a question mark is 'Do you love me or nada?' at 2:04 (the November 7 list). For the 1.2 seconds this line is sung, the drums, the bass and the other instruments all drop out and only the voice is left. Meanwhile the screen goes black twice, and the drums come back at 2:06.

1:06 · From a lit cigarette to a whole house

A lit cigarette at 1:06, a hand holding a matchbox at 1:20, and at 1:21 a whole house in a field goes up in flames. A person walks out in front of it, and on the cut into the burning house the drums come back in. The photo at the top is this scene. At 2:58, a person in a hood stands beside the burned-out wreckage.

0:44 · The whale comes three times

At 0:44 and 2:12, the same whale scene, seen looking up from underwater, passes in under a second. Right after the first whale, at 0:45, the drums and bass come in together. The third whale comes after the song has ended, at 3:31, closer up, and stays for 3 seconds.

3:18 · After the song ends

When the song fades out, about 2 seconds of black screen follow, and from 3:20 English narration plays over two people sitting side by side on a riverbank. After the third whale and a close-up of an eye, a cursive title card and the RIIZE logo appear in turn. Song information is in the October 26 news briefing. Apple Music

숨은 디테일라이즈RIIZEInsomnia뮤직비디오SM

Watch on YouTube ↗Listen on Apple Music ↗
  1. 1.[SMTOWN] RIIZE 라이즈 'Insomnia' MV ↗
  2. 2.[벅스] 'Insomnia' 곡 정보·크레디트·가사 ↗
  3. 3.[애플뮤직] Insomnia - Single ↗
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