"Virtual Angel" by ARTMS

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When I first heard this song, it took over my head for awhile. I usually don't listen to much K-Pop but I heard this song and it instantly grabbed my attention. The melody and way the lyrics are sung are so pop-perfection, and then the aesthetic of the video and song also grabbed me.

I feel like it plays on the idea of parasocial relationships because of the video. It has the main idols of ARTMS, and has them be these angelic like features that a group of school girls are obsessed with them and constantly try to reach into the internet in order to find them. The video also plays on the idea of biblically accurate angels, which is kinda fun. It also has extremely flashy visuals, so much so that they literally made a version of the video called "Human Eye Version" and it severely toned down the flashing visuals.

I think the idea of the original video being so hard to watch because of the visuals adds to the idea of the biblically accurate angels, because they are hard to look at, so when the visuals go all flashy when the idols are on screen, it adds to that.

This song really jumpstarted me into writing my own fiction pieces about addiction to online spaces and worlds, so I think this song just holds a spot in my heart. I think the idea of being so addicted to technology and even other people that you'll hurt yourself to even look at them (like with the video) is so intriguing and fun to play around with when writing.

I can't really think of much else to add, the lyrics are in korean, so I don't really have that much understanding with the lyrics, but I just really enjoy the song.