XG - PUPPET SHOW (Official Music Video) REACTION - DG REACTS

[@DGReacts]

Spoiler alert, XG murdered this. Pause warning! And as always, these are just my thoughts and interpretation of the visuals :)

[@harriettholmes539]

Puppet Show delivers a message of empowerment, asserting the importance of being heard, respected and equally within a romantic relationship. It portrays a scenario where traditional roles are reversed and challenging.

[@MissXHiem]

you are so on point with every commentary i feel bad every time ur like 'im sorry' bc im like NOO O YOU ARE SO RIGHT SO BIG BRAINED!!!!

[@MarkCalica]

The vocals are insane. The whole album is a story book. The symbolism of the contents on the MV are so beautiful. It’s open for interpretation for all. The character that blew up was not worthy but the ladies are. That’s what I’m getting. XG, Simon and XGALX really outdone themselves. I’m so proud of them

[@IAMLUCIOUS]

Maya, hinata and cocona really shines in this song😮

[@MarkCalica]

@@IAMLUCIOUS 100 agree

[@MarkCalica]

@@sanseiryu 💯 agree

[@sanseiryu]

@@MarkCalica I deleted my original take after rewatching the video. There is so damn much in the storyline/lore that I missed a lot. I think that the ruler of the upside down world is trapped along with the remnants of her people. There is a need to escape as the world where they exist is quickly becoming dangerous, with the land exploding around them. There is a portal, a crevasse where a transporting beam of light exists that if one passes through, leads to the tower of destiny (when destiny and galaxies align) in the right-side up world. There the denizens can find their way to escape this land of ice. Juria attempts to use a balloon to float into the crevasse but the ruler prevents Juria's passage even as Hinata asks that she let Juria go. Another denizen makes the leap but is unworthy and explodes. Increasingly desperate, the denizens place their faith in the girls to save the species from destruction. The girls go to the ruler who holds the precious egg with the embryos that is the last hope of the people she rules over. Understanding that the girls have the inner power and strength to preserve the species, she gives her permission for them to make the leap of faith into the beam to save their species from annihilation. Cocona is the first and lands on the tower, the rest follow and make it to the top of the tower of destiny. It is from the tower of destiny that they make their way into the galaxy, free from being ruled and masters of their own fate while safeguarding the embryos who will be born to find Earth. Their bow at the end was done as a choice and not as a command like in GRL GVNG. Who knows if after I watch the video again I may change my mind about the storyline yet again. Incredible and epic film making

[@IAMLUCIOUS]

@@sanseiryu that makes everything make sense now! I love your theory!

[@LILY_213]

Simon needs a Grammy ASAP

[@LuistinaK3]

They are so amazing! Their lyrics are simply incredible!

[@xokaponrxmt]

深い考察✨ありがとうございます😊　そうですそうです。　男性、女性の話ではなくて、誰もが自由に生きよう！という、彼女たちのデビューから一貫したメッセージ曲　最後のダンスシーンが、彼女たちらしくて、力強くみんなの背中を押しているようで、安心しますね。

[@さんこ-s6g]

Your interpretation of this song makes me love it even more. Thanks for the reaction.

[@Allen_Alphaz_XG]

XG my life!❤ Never never miss! That’s XG!

[@Bri_910]

XGをこれからもよろしくお願いします‼️

[@azs6597]

いつもXGのリアクションありがとうございます！XGの曲の歌詞を見て聞くと自己肯定感が上がりいい女になっち気持ちになります(笑)

[@parukoinoki6694]

Amazing reaction DG!! Your meticulous observation, breakdown and interpretation of both lyrics and visuals make me even more in love with XG!!! Thank you!!!

[@ribbonmelon]

XG is Perfect group👑

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

This MV is an exceptional work of art by XGALX. 🙆🏻‍♀️🎼💫🤯 Everyone of the girls have shown off the their beautiful vocals…even the rap line has Great Vocals in this one ☝🏽. This Song 🎶 sounds incredible after listening to it like 20x now. I noticed the vocal runs by CHISA & JURIA. The RAP Line is always on 🔥. I continue to be impressed by Our Amazing Girls. Thank you DG for a Great Reaction. Stay Blessed, Positive and Encouraged. 🙆🏻‍♀️❤️‍🔥🎶🌟🐺

[@pietroeros8308]

Hinata's finally have more lines

[@breadpitt9687]

What a great debut album, every song is quality enough to be a single out of which a group builds their career from. Also, I've seen their physical album and it looks very cool. Just kind of hope there would be longer versions the 2 beginning songs, at least they didn't go full newjeans short song route.

[@marygodarrd5532]

I believe the figure connecting Hinata and Chisa, as well as the first figure to jump into the beam of light (and explode into blue powder) is representative of their group producer and manager, Simon (Jakobs), who was himself a former K-Pop idol.

[@alisaorange]

Thank you for explaining the lyrics and tying it in with the music video. You are one of my fave reactors for XG specifically.

[@lulabreacts]

Love that you have done that warning in the start, almost nobody think about that. I do that even in my channel, seeing one of my favourite KZbinr doing that, respect🙏

[@samantav....1519]

Hasta la fecha xg no tiene ni una sola canción mala. estas chicas son el futuro de los gril group son demasiado buenas la discografia de XG es sólida cuando piensas que ya dieron lo mejor,te sorprenden y se superan entregandote un concepto y álbum hermosos 🔥📈🌠

[@scootdog1329]

I adore your breakdowns! Well done! 🐺🧬♾️

[@Zupp-de1zr]

Love this song and the way you interpret the message unlike another reactor who twisted the meaning of the song and got angry. XG deserves all the praise and more acknowledgement.

[@avvmendoza]

This NewDNA mini-album was extremely well-crafted that the album itself is a whole story on its own. 👽♾️

[@jofx1027]

They don't know how to miss. Not one bit. Everything they've dropped since day one is straight fire. The symbolism was on point too - they really are art personified. The whole EP is as beautiful as it gets. 6 tracks. 5 beautiful songs. 4 cinematic MV's for an EP. Damn. Thanks for the XG love. The baddest GG out there with another win. 🔥🔥

[@Celeste-zd5zk]

Oh my goodness your interpretation of this song is Amazing...

[@Naty16-06]

This MV was beautiful!!! and the concept and lyrics, congrats to them!!

[@siscob]

After watching a bunch of reactions where some were even offended by them doing the "feminism" as it is rather in full swing in Western countries, I believe it was incorrectly interpreted. If you look at chronological order of songs and their release, to me at least, it is about female idol groups in Korea and Japan but also in Thailand, China and Philippines to an extent. The Entertainment companies dictate (puppet string, barbie doll, changing idol stereotypes, etc) what songs they do, what choreo, what they wear, how they behave, what image they have in day-to-day, even acting to certain image and personality characteristics assigned by the companies. A certain member might have some say in choreo and whatnot, but not entirely. Even I-dle [(g) I-dle] have to fight for the songs they have written and produced. In short, they are saying XG will do what XG wants, not that I'm completely sold on the idea that they actually do what they want, but hey. Close enough. Great on-the-spot interpretation as always DG.

[@alanacristinacunha2370]

Ah! That's what I think too! I hope @Greyracha can see it too.... : (

[@escapetothemoon9069]

Agreed

[@blackk.lacquer5760]

​@@alanacristinacunha2370me too:( like, the song doesn't generalize man exactly

[@BeatrizRodrigues-bj1de]

You know what I think it's funny? They don't mention "man oppression" anytime, aside the line "girls taking control", which can be interpreted as them as a group not all girls in the world. Yet, it's automatically offensive to girls only mention to *hypothetically* treat other people as puppets alluding to the way they were treated. Even if it was a "feminism act" they are only saying "it would be good to be the puppet master for once instead being the puppet" so when men get so offended they are only making clear that they felt "called out", that collaborates to the movement. So it's a fail altogether. It also makes clear to me who is truly listening to them, and paying attention to what they're saying and what it could mean and who is not. DG is a western man and didn't even mentioned that line of though, he only mentioned the aspect "idol x audience" once. Like fr that people are hating on them for this???

[@ash.1353]

@@alanacristinacunha2370 at this point please never support or watch him again. he has listened to songs where men have disgusting lyrics but does excuses for them. he did the same with gidle, and he basically said xg need to stick to making songs that are appealing to men, what a misogynist lmao.

[@michaelstapleton2768]

They’re just evolving so much into their talents ang gifts. They work so hard and believe in themselves. XG❤❤❤❤❤

[@gogakushayemi]

You are the first person I saw to mention the controller-Atari-game over lyric. that was tight!

[@ゲゲゲケケケ-q3h]

あなたの考え方に興味を持ちました。この曲の歌詞の意味について様々な意見がでています。 あなたは、2つの観点から見ることが賢明で美しい事だと。最後のシーンでは周りのホワイトに同調するように彼女達もホワイトの衣装でした。同調するので、反対側からも歩み寄って下さい。という意味に初めて、私は感じました。KZbinであなたに出会えて、新たな意見を聴けてほんとによかったです。これからもリアクション楽しみにしています。

[@Phantom_Silver8]

Love the breakdown, you are genius

[@tothemax1517]

So good 🫡 altho I will say, I’ve probably watched this MV ten times now (along with the reactions) but I haven’t fully grasped the MV theme 😂

[@BABYMONSTER_RORA_RAMI_AHYEON]

XG 🔥

[@infallibleblue]

I love their visuals.

[@hiromi1221]

ありがとう！！！！

[@GooGoo_Taro]

Thanks for your good reaction to XG.🔥 It was fun.👾👽💗🐺

[@Lockdown24-7]

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!

[@samhue4194]

Loved your breakdown

[@liz_and_burgers]

Love your interpretation and reaction! ❤

[@youyichen5216]

your intepretation are inspirational!! thank you!!!!

[@arianagonzalez7693]

Your interpretation make senses for the music video.🙌

[@josiekaneshiro]

I love your reaction as always ❤

[@puripuriin]

Harvey and Jurin are opposite of each other, if we girls talk too little (Harvey black teeth) it's like we're mute and if we talk too much (Jurin sharp teeth) it's like we're annoying

[@yayok4783]

素敵な考察！ ありがとうございます！

[@blackk.lacquer5760]

Been watching other reactions too and the message they got was "girls hate man", or "this message is so wrong". What I got from this, watching ur video, is tha the song doesn't generalize man exactly, the part were they talk about a "boy" doesn't exactly mean "all men", more like it was the bad experience with a certain person (who knows, a corrupt figure) that made them want to take control cuz they don't want to be puppets anymore. I think with all the previous hate from women towards men recently is making men take the wrong message from this kind of dialogue. It's a social problem cuz now they feel threatened by this kind of messages. Edit: The song is portraying the irony of how the world has been working with mainly man power, but imagine girls mainly ruling it. It portrays the historical background but in a non offensive way cuz, they are not insulting the masculine public, they are giving a role play is the world was the opposite way. I hope I delivered the my interpretation🤣

[@divx1001]

It's pretty tone deaf because XG are not American. No, asian women don't have the same rights as western women do. XG and any feminist movement in Asia are perfectly valid because in our home countries a woman is worth less than a domestic animal sometimes. I hate that westerners push their agenda on us due to their own personal insecurities. Japanese women were still required to put on heels to go to work only 4 years ago.... Songs like this one are needed in Asia because women are still told to be quiet and follow men blindly. All these angry snowflakes talk about respecting women but in reality they mean their western women only, none of them tried to learn what the situation is like in Asian countries. For some reason they think that if women in their countries are free it's true for the rest of the world. Women in Iran are still being jailed for taking off their veil and American men are offended at a song.... It's ridiculous 🤮

[@jasonmoo4177]

Your breakdown was immaculate ❤

[@grantloy3300]

I loved that song and your analysis on it. Keep up the good work!

[@anythinkposted9562]

I do support creators who love and support XG cause alphaz support alphaz 🫶 every single time xg release something i automatically watch reaction videos right after i watch xg videos. I love supporting people who loves xg 🥹 i appreciate y'all sm cause thats the best i can do to support the girls

[@YokiAlphaz]

Really love your thoughts in this reaction

[@X90909]

You are so deep !　your explanation is really helpful to me interesting !!

[@Coachella2600]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@josiekaneshiro]

❤❤❤

[@yc001]

Your reaction is heartfelt and great! Keep doing this please DG! Also thanks for supporting XG.

[@V3actions]

👑🐺👑

[@ijusttrynabenice]

No more xg please

[@pandalalove]

Its not for you to decide

[@dub8117]

何言ってんだこいつ

[@steffilim2842]

More more more xg please 🙏

[@faidahlawal0323]

I actually came to look for this comment cause he screenshot it and put on his tweeter😂😂😂😂. Why no more xg love?

[@Prezz1t]

Don't watch? XG is going to take over but you could just choose not to click and miss out. Buh felicia

[@ままみみすーあ]

❤❤❤❤❤