Taeyeon music video analysis: How INVU utilises Greek and Roman mythology to tell the story of a failing relationship
Taeyeon released her highly anticipated third album "INVU" today. The title track of the same name is a breakup song that draws heavily on Greek and Roman mythology in its music video. Only Taeyeon would release a breakup song on Valentine's Day, king behaviour indeed. INVU as an album explores the failure of love and relationships in different forms. The music video for the title track supposedly ties the album into the lore of SM's SMCU. In a setting I would describe as a cyber re-imagination of Greek and Roman mythology with a sprinkle of LoTR-type elven fantasy, Taeyeon takes on the role of a goddess similar to Artemis. Taeyeon in her supposedly marble temple, the columns in the middle look like a fantasy interpretation of the Ionic order to me With Girls' Generation being introduced as the "Goddesses of Sound" in the SMCU and the entirety of SM's artists arriving at KWANGYA beginning of this year, this seems fitting. Also, the fact that Taeyeon...