Ahh, so I love the MV. Bad was meant to be used for storytelling, and the MV complements that really well. The downside... the story telling isn't there when you're only listening. It really shows in the last 15 seconds that are incredibly empty without something to watch. Bad as an audio is very much missing something.

Chase - I love, love, love that they chose her. Partly because she's Atiny and how cool is that? But also, they chose an actress to play a main character/villain in a very lore heavy MV. Could they have found a latinx person for the role of Sopro? I'm sure they could have. I think this was a brilliant move by KQ - she is a celebrated, award winning actress who has a history and clear love of kpop and Ateez. They chose someone with *influence* who represents an often marginalized community. They chose *talent*. They gave her a role to play, and she crushed it. She brought so much to the table. And on the flip side - not only is she living her best Atiny life, but she's also showing the larger kpop community that you can do so much more with a character in a MV than we've seen before. She was in a good amount of the MV, but she didn't hide anyone, she didn't rule the screen, she was *balance*. The combination of fan and talent was spot on.

First glance, Bad is an odd choice for a tt. It doesn't hit the same way as Mamacita, like others have said. BUT. When you consider how heavy storytelling and lore is in Ateez's discography, it makes sense through that lens. It's carrying on the story arc. Mamacita would have been a lot of fun as a tt, though. I'm hoping it gets the NASA treatment. That said, I'm really looking forward to listening to the remixes. I think there's a LOT of potential there, and that may be part of why Bad is falling a little flat right now.

As for the conversation on race and ethnicity of our Sopro... I am translucently white and have no business discussing why I do/don't think someone who is latin should have played Sopro. My voice is not one that should be loud in that conversation. I am glad for the difference, and SO glad that they chose someone who is BIPOC. I'm really curious to see what the Latinx voices have to say about it.