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Originally Posted by Aderianu
Anyway, that's the concept of this video?
Who is creepy nun and why left eye is white? Reference to problem with left ear? When eye is not white, it's still with different lens
And what did she say? Maybe Japanese fans will be better in reading lips
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This is just my interpretation:
In general, the song is about picking yourself up after things take a turn for the worse, moving forward at all costs, and learning from your mistakes that got you there in the first place. It's why the opening lines ask the question:
"Where do we draw the line
for what's old and what's nostalgic?
Link a king we can't use anymore
and a queen no longer used"
Simply put: in moving forward, what pillars of thought/ways of living should we leave to die in the past(old), and which ones do we hold onto(nostalgic), and how do we make such a decision?
The video presents Ayu as this sort of super-heroine(judging by the cape) coming forth to act as a savior after catastrophic event that's literally left everything in ruins. It's a very dramatic way of visualizing a "dream" that's been shattered, and saving those who have had that dream shattered. In that respect, the video/song lyrically remind me of Madonna's Keep It Together; sticking through hard times with the help of your loved ones/people close to you.
We can interpret all this for how she feels about her career and the direction it went the last few years or so... the ways she has tried to change and adapt herself to stay relevant over the years as well as push her career as an artist, despite perhaps being to no avail? Despite that, she had the love & comfort of her team by her side always, and they helped her through the darkest of times.
As for the nun imagery, I see it basically as an antagonist to this story. The definition for a nun via Google is "a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one,
living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience," so while nuns do live as a tightknit sisterhood, they also do so at the cost of living out their lives to the full extent. As we know from "Real Me", Ayu doesn't care to be "like a nun". She wants to be "dangerous", "have fun", etc.
The black/white contacts I believe can be interpreted however you want it to. It could represent the duality of living life like a nun(having a sisterhood to depend on/not having your own life basically), it could represent one eye in the future, one eye in the past(learning from history), etc.
While I'm not sure we'll ever know what's being mouthed in the nun sequences, I think it's safe to say it's probably just meant to represent a prayer.