The Kulture Study: XG 'Puppet Show' MV REACTION & REVIEW

XG’s ability to have amazing music and music videos is so impressive like they are so unique and refreshing in the K-pop scene. They just released XGene and that music video was a masterpiece. It felt like art it was so pretty and the choreography was insane

There's one more mv you need to check out... The Hesonoo x X-Gene performance video 😊

I've watched the MV so many times, but I still get goosebumps EVERY SINGLE TIME. Thank you for your honest reaction.

Sometimes when I see XG I thought, 'Is it ok for them to be this good?' Like, they're still rookie idols but their music and MVs are so high quality. How would they do in the future when they already set the bar so high? It's gonna be harder to impress when people already have high expectation. But then I also think that this is how they show how serious they are. They are aiming for top of the world and they ain't doing things half-heartedly.

XG has never disappoint me so far

XGs discography is insane! Literally no skip ❤️‍🔥

XG continues to shatter expectations, going above and beyond. I’d have to agree that the music video for PUPPET SHOW brings a whole nother level to, for me what is already powerful song in terms of meaning and storytelling. That is why I hold PUPPET SHOW in my top three XG songs. Much love to your reactions and analysis of our Xtraordinary Girls thank you for the continuous support!

That shot of Juria and her voice is just 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

XG’s dropping a new winter song soon too. No date confirmed yet but keep an eye out for “Winter Without You”!!

I totally recommend looking at the Choreography video, it's a completely different experience for some reason

I’m so happy you got into them! A lot of Kpop Stan’s are mad they are mostly Japanese but honestly, the music and style is so good it shouldn’t matter. Keep up the great reactions!

YO PD!!! Just wanted to share the story and lore behind the music video., credit to @exScythed. - The XG girls are lowered individually into Buddhist Hell by the thread of a spider (the scene with Chisa represents this). The figures you see in the very beginning are wearing traditional Buddhist headdresses. They are surrounded by spirits who are caught in a cycle of reincarnation that never ends. (In Buddhism the “spider’s thread” is a reference to how Buddha took the thread of a spider in Heaven and lowered it down to Hell so that a criminal can climb up from Hell to Paradise. Therefore the thread of a spider is a symbol of slight hope aka a silver lining and of fragility. In the story it’s stated that the thread descended through “many layers of sky and clouds.”) - The XG girls look on sadly as many spirits attempt to reach Paradise and fail, exploding into nothingness (Chisa looking down from her perch represents this.) - Even though the XG girls are hailed as goddesses by the other spirits (represented by the way the other spirits bow to them) they realize they still can’t reach Paradise alone aka achieve enlightenment. - This changes when the XG girls find each other in death, realizing that their meeting was fate in order for them to reach Paradise together (they are tied together by the “red string of fate” and “hesonoo” is Japanese for umbilical chord.) This is represented four times in the video and twice in the chorus of the song; When Juria is running to help a spirit and meets Hinata there’s a close up of her eye where we see her having a vision of an explosion, when Harvey (who has black teeth which in Japan is a common practice amongst women because it represents a “woman with virtues”) meets Jurin, when the XG girls rap/dance together as a group with the drums, and when a wayward spirit’s failure to achieve enlightenment causes an explosion which knocks everyone down leaving only XG standing strong. There’s also a ton of fourth wall breaks showing that they’ve broken away from the circle the spirits are stuck walking in. They know the Truth aka achieved enlightenment and know you’re watching basically. Also, it is only in the later two choruses the girls adlib together. The first chorus, when they haven’t met in the video yet, has none. - Before XG goes, they bless one of the spirits who is heavily implied to be pregnant with a girl (the moon is associated with womanhood, XG fans are ALPHAZ aka wolves) and has earned the right to be reincarnated. - The XG girls take a literal leap of faith together and successfully reach Paradise! The music video is tied to XG’s themes of female empowerment—women have two “x” chromosomes, the girls are “extraordinary,” they have the “x-factor,”they represent a better future for women which is connected to the idea that the next generation of children (children birthed by women who have “new DNA”) are the future hence the futurism stuff. I hope this helps anyone!

They shoot their music video how I want a live action final fantasy movie to look...😂😂😂😂 Damn man.

Another bop from XG

Oh how I've missed you sir. 🥹

XG, Kiss of Life, and Queenz Eye are definitely the best of the new generation to me. Such breaths of fresh air in the over saturated market of basically identical music/videos.

XG is insane:face-fuchsia-tongue-out::face-red-heart-shape:

Bro!! New Hesonoo + X-Gene! Vid up like right now!

5:16 that quote is PRECISELY THE VIBE. God I love them so much!

Tippy toe to this MV, I mean the budget!