JEONGHAN X WONWOO - "Last Night (어젯밤)" MV Review

Jeonghan and Wonwoo are both members of Seventeen, and they have recently released their first single album, This Man, featuring the song "Last Night" as the lead single.

"Last Night"

When it was announced that Jeonghan and Wonwoo were going to have a sub-unit together, it took me by surprise because, in my head, they were one of the Seventeen duos least likely to happen -I mean, you could see that BSS was eventually going to happen from a mile away- but color me surprised as they fit very well together both vocally and aesthetically.

The song is fantastic, the Spanish guitar played by Park Joo-Won is marvelous, and the beat during the chorus is perfect. The softness of Jeonghan's voice and the deepness of Wonwoo's voice complement each other and they both blend well with the instrumental of the song.

The MV is beautiful, but I didn't understand it very much ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.  I did read that the concept of the album is "inspired by an urban legend that people worldwide encounter the same mysterious man in their dreams." In my defense, the first time I watched the music video, I did it without the closed captions and couldn't understand what the people were whispering at the start, so at first, I thought that both Jeonghan and Wonwoo were the "mysterious man" and at the end of the video they both found each other, had a "fight" and Wonwoo won. 

Apparently, what is really going on in the music video is that Jeonghan is fleeing from Wonwoo, who is, in fact, the mysterious man. 

I don't understand what is so bad about Wonwoo or the "mysterious man" appearing in people's dreams, he doesn't do anything bad, or does he? I'm still confused... However, I do think that if you have the same dream several times, even if the dream is good, it starts to feel slightly unnerving.

My favorite part of the music video is the scene towards the end at 2:54, where Jeonghan and Wonwoo are rotoscoped(? 

On another note, the animated characters that appear throughout the music video are really cute. I think the style is called "Rubber Hose animation" (like the old-school animation from the 20s or more recently used in the video game Cuphead). 

Style-wise, there is nothing that really "stands out," but all the outfits look great and are very beautiful, so I will totally be giving that category a 10. I don't know, but in my opinion, black clothes always look fantastic on Wonwoo -if you couldn't tell until now, yes, Wonwoo is my favorite member of Seventeen-.

I'm lowkey disappointed (jk) because I thought that there was going to be a scene with Jeonghan and Wonwoo wearing the blonde wigs from the promotional pictures -they both look great with those blonde wigs-

Rating

Song – 10/10

MV – 10/10

Style – 10/10

Overall Rating – 10/10

Song Credits

Release Date: June 17, 2024.

Length: 2 min 57 sec.

Lyrics by: Woozi and Bumzu.

Music by: Woozi and Bumzu.

Arranged by: Bumzu.

MV Directed by: HOBIN (aHOBINfilm).

Photo source: Pledis.