Introduction
   Recently, New Jeans has made a lot of headlines with their successful North American debut at Lollapalooza. They performed all 12 songs released so far, and even though it was a live performance, they received cheers from the crowd for their unwavering appearance and relaxed stage manners. In Lollapalooza, the songs from the 2nd album, like ETA, Cool With You, especially drew attention. Today Muzic Bank wants to present a new interpretation of Cool With You, the most recently released music video.
   New Jeans’ Cool With You music video attracted a lot of attention as several star actors appeared. Jung Ho-yeon, the heroine of Squid Game, and Tony Leung, the most recognized actor in Asia, appeared together. Surprisingly, Tony appeared in this music video for free despite his high quality, and his words that he wanted to give Korean fans a gift are very cool and surprising. Then, shall we start interpreting the music video?
Cool With You MV Review
1. Eros, Psyche, and Jeong Ho-yeon’s Mission
– Eros that connects love, Jeong Ho-yeon suffered while connecting only the love of others.
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   Jeong Ho-yeon follows a woman around and when a suitable man appears for her, she connects them and leaves. From this, it can be seen that Jeong Ho-yeon is taking on the role of Eros. Jeong Ho-yeon seems like she is different from a human being. She knows the future that it will rain and takes her umbrella. However, Jeong Ho-yeon is suffering because of the task of only connecting love for another person.
2. Jeong Ho-yeon’s Conflict and New Jeans’ Concern
-Jung Ho-yeon feels her skepticism about her own mission, and New Jeans worries about this.
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   Even in front of the famous painting depicting her Eros, Jeong Ho-yeon only looks at the love of others in order to carry out her duties diligently. However, at that moment she is attracted at first sight to the man who appears in front of her.
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   This man, Psyche, leaves without knowing her, but Jeong Ho-yeon hurriedly follows him and chases him. She doesn’t even care about her missions, not paying attention to what’s going on with the target of her mission.
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   She spends her days loving the man, and New Jeans anxiously watches Jeong Ho-yeon, whose sadness coexists with her skepticism about his mission. New Jeans looks at Jeong Ho-yeon every moment. In particular, they felt sorry for Jung Ho-yeon when she was in conflict.
3. Jeong Ho-yeon’s impossible love and sad reality
-Jung Ho-yeon can’t focus on her own mission, but she continues to love him.
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   Even when she sees mission is failed as the couple she matched broke up, she couldn’t stop loving the man. She, however, herself does not exist in this world, and she is not eternal to him.
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   Jeong Ho-yeon looks at New Jeans who watches her sadly in this wavering heart. Even so, she can’t stop loving him.
4. Jeong Ho-yeon’s Choice and Happiness
-Jeong Ho-yeon abandons her own mission and chooses to become a human and find her true happiness.
   Finally she decides to give up her own mission and become a human. Tormented by her worries, she goes in search of her happiness as she puts everything down.
   She becomes a human being. She and the man fall in love immediately and stay together, but…
5. Jeong Ho-yeon’s final ordeal and conclusion
– With the appearance of Tony Leung, Jeong Ho-yeon encounters the darkness of her love, and she ends up leaving, concluding her own journey.
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   One day, as usual, the two of them are standing at a crosswalk for a date. However, something else catches the eye of Jeong Ho-yeon, and that is Tony Leung, another non-human being. This presence makes her feel uneasy.
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   Tony Leung stares at the man while looking at Jung Ho-yeon as if he’s mocking. The blue light turns on, and Jeong Ho-yeon gets closer, but the man she loves doesn’t look at her.
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   Rather, there is another woman where the man’s gaze is directed. Just as Jeong Ho-Yeon makes people fall in love with a glance, Tony Leung deliberately creates a similar situation to make her man fall in love with someone else.
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   Tony Leung disappears while looking at the situation. With this, Jeong Ho-yeon encounters another complex aspect of love.
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