STAGE NAME — artemis

COLOUR — blue
ANIMAL — wolf
NAME OF DEBUT SONG — move (originally by taemin)

THE MUSIC VIDEO — 
— artemis is lying inside of an enclosed room, alone with bruises all over him. in his hand he holds a pendant of the sun. he clenches it.
— with the pendent still in his hand, artemis looks into the camera and starts singing.
— a close up of a door that is being pounded against from the other side. the door burst open and masked people start running in.
— artemis gets up and runs away, opassing multiple doors and corridors . 
— right at the chorus, it cuts to him dancing inside of a blue room
— he leaves the room and and runs down a hall. he stops in his tracks when he sees down the hall, a statue of apollo. but soon after, he notices the masked figures surrounding the statue as they praise it.
— the masked figures all turn to him and he drops the pendant, causing it to shatter in half. 
— cuts again to him dancing inside of the blue room. this time, though, it is dimmer than before.
— artemis turns to run away, but it's too late. the masked people from the other room have caught up to him.
— the two crowds attack him. the mv is constantly cutting back and forth from him getting pounced, to him dancing inside of the room. 
— there is a close up of paws walking towards the assault. then it cuts to a wolf, standing there. it watches the crowd for a second before it pounds.
— the masked people run away in fear of the wolf, leaving artemis almost limp on the floor.
— the wolf picks up the broken pendant from the floor with its mouth and walks over to artemis's body. 
— artemis roughly shifts to face it, his bruises even more noticeable this time. the wolf drops the pendant into his open palm. 
— artemis doesn't move, staying in his place due to all the pain he is. but, his eyes are focused on the pendant. 
— through his blurry vision, he notices a pack of wolves walk up behind the leader wolf.
— cut to artemis dancing again, this time with backup dancers.
— slowly but surely, artemis pushes him self up. 
— the wolves start walking away, but artemis manages to follow them.
— as artemis follows them, he notices a hallway that is illuminating with orange pulsating lights. the pendant in his hand has started to glow, too.
— completely forgetting about the wolves he was following, artemis scurries down to the hall. he reaches what he thinks is a mirror, and looks at his  reflection is disappointment. but, the pendant is glowing even brighter now.
— he looks down at the sun pendant in confusion. when he looks up, he sees apollo walk up to the mirror. the two share a moment of astonoshing joy, thinking they've finally found each other. when they place their hand upon the glass, hoping to feel eachother's touch once again, artemis notices the masked people from before. this time, they've brought even more support.
— in fear, artemis runs away.
— cut to a wolf running away.
— back to artemis and his back up dancers in the blue room.
— artemis runs back to where the wolves once were, looking to return to the pack. instead, he finds a door. 
— artemis enters into a black room, with the only light shinning upon a man in formal clothing. the man turns to him and a table appears in front of him, with a game of poker set to be played.

SYMBOLISM — 
— the choreography that apollo and artemis peform are almost identical, save for some minor differences. the moves that are identical, however, are mirrored. this shows that even when the two are far apart, they are still in sync.
— the bruises that mark artemis are in reference to the insults and harrasment he's faced from his childhood.
— the reason artemis is in an empty room is to represent how he's chosen to push everyone away due to all the sadness he's faced over the years.
— the masked people are the netizens and their cruel comments directed towards artemis.
— apollo's symbol is the sun. artemis holds a sun pendant to represent his hope for being with apollo.
— the masked people are praising apollo's statue because they accept him and love him.
— the masked people turn to look at artemis when he walks up and immediately attack is to represent how he believes  that if he puts himself in public, he will only face hate.
— rather than getting up after being attacked, artemis lies on the floor motionless. this represents how artemis is so quick to give up on himself.
— the wolf is an animal that symbolizes loyalty. the wolf appears and drops the broken pendant into his hand to remind him of his loyalty toward apollo and a reminder that he has to search for him.
— the pack of wolves is a reference to the goddess artemis's hunters, who are a group of hunters who isolate themselves from the outside.
— artemis is so quick to run away from apollo, showing how he is so quick to run away from the good things in his life when he is faced with something wrong. 
— the well-dressed man is the god dolos, the god of trickery. similar to the ending of apollo's mv, he has a game set up of poker. 
— the ending is ambiguous. it leaves you questioning if artemis will play the game of poker, if dolos will let the brothers see each other after they win, or if he's just pulling another sick trick.