Preface

I started writing this back in May before their “Fantasia X” comeback but never got around to finishing as I couldn’t figure out why the music video “Fantasia X” didn’t give us more clues.

But seems like we are getting the first teaser of a new comeback tomorrow (October 14), which would be connected to “Fantasia X”, so I thought it would be appropriate to revive this analysis.
It will be posted in parts, and I will add bits and make edits once there is more information.

Chapter #1 “Zone” - Hyungwon

Chapter #2 “Gasoline” - Shownu

Chapter #3 “Chaotic” - Jooheon

Chapter #4 “It Ain’t Over” - IM

Chapter #5 “Beautiful Night” - Kihyun

Chapter #6 “Flow” - Minhyuk

The plan of analysis:

* identify all elements in the episodes

* decide which are relevant and which are not

* identify the sequence of events

* time and space

* possible connections

I. The titles of episodes are connected with the tracks:

Chapter 1 “Zone” = Track 03

Chapter 2 “Gasoline” = N/A

Chapter 3 “Chaotic” = Track 04

Chapter 4 “It Aint Over” = Track 06

Chapter 5 “Beautiful Night” = Track 05

Chapter 6 “Flow” = Track 2

Track 1 is a title track “Fantasia”

Track 7 “Stand Up” doesn’t have a corresponding Episode. I thought that, perhaps, because it was planned when Wonho was still part of MX, since “Fantasia X” is supposed to be connected to “Follow: Find You”. However, if it is so, then why he was not credited in any of the songs?

Episode 2 “Gasoline” doesn’t have a corresponding Track. However, before the release there was a rumour that it is a hidden track?

The music in this episode is from “Fantasia” = Track 01.

II. Events

Episode 1 “Zone”

Main character: Hyungwon

Location: a warehouse type of a building

Hyungwon is waiting for something/someone by a brick wall, next to the crates

A man (Jooheon) appears and gives him a package

There are 2 keys on a key chain in it

A phone is ringing in the background

Hyungwon is looking for something/searching for the ringing phone

His reflection in a puddle of rainwater

Walks past concrete walls

Number 8 on a brick wall

(Is he being spied on by a camera?)

He finds a telephone box

The box is old-school looking, has FANTASIA X on top

The phone is ringing inside

The door is locked

The keys open the door

(There is water outside on the glass as if it was raining but it is sort of on the inside?)

Some numbers are written on the phone (26071?); 50 cents

Hyungwon picks up the receiver

He disappears and the receiver is beeping (the line is engaged)

A zoomed-out view of the booth - no rain & the receiver is in its place; something big is covered beside it.

Episode 2 “Gasoline”

Main character: Shownu

Location: Car, outside

Shownu sits in the car (it is an old type of a Cadilac, like the 50-60s)

A man (Jooheon) is approaching

Shownu looks to his left from the window

The back mirror is showing the walking away figure. (There are several “no trespassing” posters, one of which has the phone number and location of Whittier, California)

He gets out of the car

There is a wrapped package on the roof of the car

There is a flip phone inside and 2 sets of keys (the flip phone looks like A StarTAC 130 (GSM model) - The Motorola StarTAC, first released on 3 January 1996, is the first-ever clamshell (flip) mobile phone)

Shownu opens the phone and it says “calling….” - he waits but the call drops, as the line is engaged. He looks at the keys.

Opens the car lock with the keys (why if he was already inside before? why was it locked?)

The radio cassette player starts showing random numbers

Shownu opens the door and looks inside, gets into the car and then disappears.

The rain is falling and the window wipes are moving (they were not before and it was not raining; if wipes are on, it means that the keys are in the ignition - then why did he need other keys to open the door? Or maybe he was waiting specifically for Jooheon to get him the keys to a portal in time.)

Episode 3 “Chaotic”

Main character: Jooheon

Location: some sort of a storage (looks like a bar or a restaurant)

Different items in the storage: chairs, empty shelves, mirror, etc. There are drapes hanging from the ceiling and a rope. It looks as if it might have been a bar\restaurant\something like that.

Water is dripping on the floor.

Jooheon is looking for something. He finds a box, opens it and sees 2 sets of keys (2 on each ring; the key tag has Fantasia X on them).

He is interrupted by a security guard, who walks around and stops by the open box.

Jooheon uses a lighter to stop time and take the keys.

Walks out with a grin on his face.

The ending shot is of a box with 2 spaces but only 1 lighter. The watch on the lighter says 3:28 (or around that)

Episode 4 “It Ain’t Over”

Main character: I.M (Changkyun)

Location: a lounge bar (It is an actual place in Seoul - AY Lounge Bar )

Changkyun sits at the bar, looking through some notes or letters, drinking coffee/tea.

He overhears 2 men talking and sees the newspaper they are holding. (The back of the newspaper has a large title “YAHYA”, but the men are focused on the front page.)

There is a shot of some letters on the bar counter, a cup, a plate, a small candle, and the lighter. The letters/notes are handwritten and the biggest word is “Sight” in cursive.

Changkyun takes out the lighter from his pocket (which is weird because it was just on the table). Turns it on. The clock is at 13:45.

The time stops.

He stands up and picks up the newspaper from two guys - we can’t see what he is reading but it is the bottom part of the front page.

A closeup of somebody’s watch (Rolex Submariner 16610 - the first watch was introduced in 1954) shows the time as 18:50.

On his way out, Changkyun stops and flips the lighter closed. The time resumes.

Then we see him sitting in a leather chair (different time as his shirt is white) and there are an open book and a newspaper in front of him on a table.

Daily newspaper: “A See of Tragic Destiny?” and the smaller font “A Treasure of Tragic Fate” and there is a photo of a two-piece jewellery in a frame (the winding keys).

There is an open pack of cigarettes in the corner.

Episode #5 “Beautiful Night”

Main character: Kihyun

Location: a room (Changkyun’s room?)

Kihyun enters the room. He is looking around, while on the phone with someone or calling someone (which is also a flip phone).

He finally sees the frame and flips the phone closed. There are two items: a winding key on a bracelet and a winding key on a chain. The background parchment has the words FANTASIA X and MX0514. The frame is leaning against the wall - behind it, you can see some handwritten notes (like the ones Changkyun was looking at in Episode 4).

Next scene is of Kihyun sitting in a leather chair. He has the bracelet with the key on, and the frame with a necklace is at the front. The winding key bracelet has a wing charm, while the neck chain with the winding key has a horseshoe charm.

Kihyun is in the same room as before, but it looks different. The view pans out and we see that he is sitting next to Changkyun (last scene from Episode 4). However, Changkyun looks frozen in time. Kihyun is looking at his bracelet with a key. He stands up and goes to a music box on the desk, takes out its winding key and replaces it with a key on his bracelet.

As he winds the music box, the time goes back. There is another close up of the key on a necklace (which is Minhyuk’s). Kihyun looks up and behind his shoulder, and at the same time we can see the door opening and someone stepping inside (Minhyuk).

Episode #6 “Flow”

Main character: Minhyuk

Location: an abandoned apartment

Minhyuk walks up the stairs, through a hallway. Everything looks abandoned. He walks into the room. Everything is vintage looking (a lamp, a sewing machine, candlesticks). He sees a clock on the mantlepiece. Everything is covered in cobwebs.

Minhyuk comes up to the mantelpiece, opens the clock face door, pulls off the key on a chain from his neck. The clock is set at 11:15.

He turns the key and the time goes back. We see the papers flying up, a broken cup on the floor is assembled again, the fallen chair straightens up. The candles light up again. We see the clouds and the sun moving along the sky. First backwards, and then forward.

The time has reset itself. Minhyuk is standing next to a clean mantelpiece; the candles burning on each side.

To be continued.