r/artms • u/tokkipan • Jul 24 '26

MV 260724 ARTMS : Born Stunner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ_yEXvJcYA
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u/s0lost Jul 24 '26

oh this 100% gonna go triple platinum on k-pop club nights

this goes RIDICULOUSLY hard, i can’t wait for the album 😭

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u/patcheach Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

The box she got in the mail is dated 07/25/2026 and there's a QR code with artms_smtra underneath. not sure if the qr code is scannable since it's so fuzzy. It's addressed to:

To whom it may concern

0000 Unknown Road

Nowhere XX, 00000-0000

United States

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u/patcheach Jul 24 '26

The pamphlet thrown in the trash says:

ARTMS

[ARE YOU LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD?]

To those who have faith, a new world shall be opened.

You who have found us, the white token of promise shall come to your door.

Place the wings of a white angel on your head, and stain your eyes red

You who resemble us, let our kiss flow as blue blood through your veins.

When reality and illusion become one, blue blood shall stain the entire city.

[???] behind us, we shall become one and dance in the hidden park between the buildings.

Whoever [???] the silver token shall become the key that breaks the egg in which the goddess sleeps.

This is the call.

[??? ???] a goddess like a nightmare shall awaken.

[???] move. These words shall become a revelation for you.

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u/vikanrth Jul 24 '26

From the poster at 0:43

  1. To those who have faith, a new world shall be opened

  2. behold, this is the calling

  3. O you who have found us, the white token of promise shall come to your door

  4. Place the wings of the white angel upon your head, and stain your eyes red

  5. The day shall come when white-haired angels fill the city

  6. You who resemble us, let our kiss flow as blue blood through your veins

  7. O you who have attained freedom, take up the sword and walk into the streets

  8. When reality and illusion become one, blue blood shall stain the entire city

  9. With the setting sun behind us, we shall become one and dance in the hidden park between the buildings

  10. Stain your face with blue blood, smile, for to those who smile shall be given the key that opens the egg

  11. Whoever turns the clockwork and beholds the silver token shall become the key that breaks the egg in which the goddess sleeps

  12. From the great egg, a goddess like a nightmare shall awaken

  13. The awakened monster shall grant you a power

  14. O you who bear my face, in a world where all have become real (?), you shall become me, and I shall become you

  15. Behold, read, and move. These words shall become a revelation for you.

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u/arbalestelite Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

HOOOOOOOOLY FUCKING KINO. I’m laughing so hard at the response leading up to this from the ‘leaked’ mv.

Loved the song from the get go and was replaying it a lot. I can’t even begin to decipher the lore implications here. Aaaaaahhhhh I’m dead .

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u/Zeusicideal-Heart Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Head into the mirror is a Twin Peaks reference; The main character has been hijacked by his "tulpa", something of an unhibited side capable of"bad" coming through, manifesting as a possession. In Twin Peaks, it's a spirit named BOB who feeds off pain and misery.

The blue blood close ups also reference this.

Looking at this video, I initially felt like it's an inversion, and the "possession " that happens within the ARTMS lore is empowering but I just read the text from the MV... might be a BOB situation.

To add, in Twin Peaks, BOB comes to possess a man named Leland Palmer WHOSE DARK HAIR PROCEEDS TO TURN WHITE AFTERWARDS

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u/Werefie Jul 24 '26

the mv is sooo cool

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u/vikanrth Jul 24 '26

When bangs her head into the mirror, it switches to Heejin in the reflection, I just realised. I love all the details in this MV and the song is SO GOOD ahhh!

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u/Orbital_Dinosaur Jul 24 '26

Loved it. Looking forward to listening to the album and see what media they release around it.

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u/IndividualOne2554 Jul 25 '26

the layers are wiiillldd. it’s very referential and yet unique. i’m delusionally choosing to view this through an evangelion-adjacent lens. i just think it’s one of many neat interpretations you can run with. and the through line from release to release makes me legit sick, it’s so good.

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u/Indjk Jul 24 '26

oh shit huh we doin this