September 4, Sunday / Comeback Preparation / Luminous Music Studio
"Day 4!" Iseul said. Just like he did in the past few days. The members chuckled as they got out of the van and went inside the set.
"What do we have this time?" Hyun-Jung said as they went to the dressing room by themselves.
"I just noticed that there are a lot of cinematic scenes. Our debut song doesn't have a lot." Minsu said.
"Yeah, just the one where we wake up, take a bath, go downstairs, and stuff? That isn't technically a cinematic scene because we sang our lines that time." Iseul said as he sat on the couch. The staff gave them their costumes before they went to try them on.
After a few hours, the members went outside the dressing room, fully prepared with their costumes and makeup on. They were dressed like they were in school, their logo on the right side of their uniform, and has a blue and black theme to it. They went on the 2nd set which was changed after they used the first set.
"Oh... This is the set prop that got broken, right?" Hyun-Jung said after Iseul opened the door, going to the set.
"Oh yeah. This set is beautiful," Minsu said, looking at the set as he walk. The set was filled with books. It has a library feel to it but the design was very different from an ordinary library. It has a space or galaxy vibe with it. The members waited patiently, talking to the cameraman before they got called to go to the center of the set. The director told them to dance to their song and they went to their positions before the camera rolled. They made a few retakes on it because the staff had to do different angles and members sometimes forgot the routine.
The members were sitting on the chair as they ate a biscuit that was given by the staff. The cameraman was filming them.
"Hyun-Jung, go to the set." The director said through the mic before Hyun-Jung nodded and went to the set as advised.
"We will do solo shots with lipsync for your lines. I think Hyun-Jung can go to that window over there." The director said after Hyun-Jung got to the set. The staff escorted him to the place where the director wanted him to be.
While Hyun-Jung was filming his solo shots, The members were watching him while the camera for behind-the-scenes was pointed at them.
"I just can feel that the output of this Music Video will turn out so good," Iseul said to the camera.
"I'm excited to react to this MV," Minsu said, agreeing with Iseul as he nod. After Hyun-Jung, The members were called one by one for their solo shots with the set. It took more than 5 hours for all of them to finish plus group shots and some cinematic scenes with the set.
September 5, Monday / Comeback Preparation / Luminous Music Studio
"Day 5-"
"Iseul, You have to stop. Right now." Hyun-Jung said, tapping Iseul's shoulder but it doesn't bother him.
"DAY 5!!" Iseul said, louder than before. The members sighed except for Ji-Hun who laughed as they walked inside the studio. They went to the dressing room, as usual. Once the staff prepared the members, dressed them up, and applied makeup on them, The members were escorted to the set 1 room. They wore the personalized school uniform the company had for them. Once they entered the set, It was the colored dirt set. But instead, there was a light, in a circle shape, coming out of the dirt.
"Are we gonna perform a ritual, or what?" Ji-Hun said as he looked at the set.
"Oh... Who's that?" Minsu said as he paid attention to a mysterious man on their seat. He was dressed in a black robe, his face are almost fully covered with the hood he got.
"Maybe he's part of the MV? Let's talk to him." Iseul said before the members followed him towards the mysterious guy. The members politely greeted the mysterious man, bowing at him as they sat beside the man.
"Oh, yeah. I'm the 5th member of M41." The guy said as he take the hood off. The members were in complete shock.
"5th member??" Hyun-Jung expressed. His eyes widen.
"I'm kidding! M41 Will always be 4. I'm just an important character for your MV Story." The guy laughed before the members were relieved by him not being the 5th member of M41.
"Important Character? You mean, there's a story behind our MV?" Hyun-Jung asked since he was close to the man.
"Yeah. I mean, having lore or a story behind a K-pop MV is actually popular these days." The male said, looking at the set.
"Do you know any of it?" Minsu said as he became curious about it as well.
"I know some. Like, you guys came to another planet but didn't know there was someone observing you from a distance." The man said as the members were mesmerized by the story. They haven't been in a cinematic, story-based Music Video and they only see it on other groups that usually have a high budget to even produce that kind of Music Video.
"That's cool and creepy!" Minsu said before the director called the members to go to the set including the mystery man who put his hood back on since the director wanted the man to hide his identity.
"M41, I want you all to feel like you've entered an unfamiliar planet. Just observe the surroundings and compile yourselves inside the circle" The director said on the mic, loud and clear, that the members managed to scatter everywhere. The mysterious man was standing behind a rock, and he was acting like he was spying on the members. As the camera rolled, they started to do the prompt. They had a few retakes as they can't keep themselves together. But still, they perfected it and went inside the circle and as soon as they all went inside, the lights turned on which is controlled by one of the staff.
"And... cut!" The director said as a few of the staff went to the members to fix their hair and makeup. Even the cameraman rushed to film them.
"So, we have a book, a sunglass, a piece of rock, and a glowing light," Minsu said, looking at the objects inside the circle, as he was talking to the camera.
"The story behind what we are doing right now is too deep for my brain," Ji-Hun said, chuckling at his joke.
"This was actually a turnover since this is our first time filming a Music Video on a set. we got used to our debut song that was filmed outside." Hyun-Jung said after he went behind Minsu who was talking to the camera.
"I miss when we have to rush our makeup because we want the sunlight for our Music Video. Minsu said, chuckling as he bring back their debut days.
"But this is fun too. We get to film the Music Video on a set." Hyun-Jung said as he smiled and went back to the circle as he knew the director will film them again. After a few minutes of retouching the members' makeup, the director spoke again.
"Each of you, sit inside the circle and grab the object in your place. Just observe the object and we will film you one by one with the object" The camera rolled and the members did what the director told them to do. They were so serious about the acting. It went perfectly by how they wanted this to be finished as neat and beautiful as possible.
September 10, Saturday / Comeback Preparation / Luminous Music Dance Practice Area
"Stop." Their Dance Coach said, pausing the music as the members stopped dancing in front of him, wearing the first costume, the School Uniform.
"Make sure to move to the side or move a little bit closer to the rest, Iseul. You're too far from them." Their Dance Coach advised, calmly as he can be. Which is a little odd for the members.
"Can I make this particular move, a slide instead? Like I'm going to slide while I do the move?" Iseul said as he demonstrated the particular move.
"You can. Don't slide too much though." Their Dance Coach said before he advised the members to continue their dance routine. It went on for hours, trying to wear their costume, changing some little details to the dance, and of course, they always take a break for their hard work.
September 10, Saturday / After Schedule / Dorm
While Iseul and Ji-Hun are doing live on Instagram inside their bedroom, Hyun-Jung was doing dishes while Minsu was doing TikTok in the living room.
"So, you're doing TikTok? I haven't seen you doing TikTok videos just today." Hyun-Jung said after Minsu finished doing the TikTok Video he wanted to do.
"I haven't posted something on my TikTok ever since I became a member of M41," Minsu answered.
"Oh, so you do have a TikTok before. Why didn't you tell us?" Hyun-Jung asked while he was doing the dishes.
"It's just random videos of myself. Nothing special in particular." Minsu said as he chuckled. While these two are talking about Minsu's TikTok, Ji-Hun and Iseul are interacting with their fans as they share funny stories back then when they were studying.
"...But when we take a peek at it, it's a mouse. We all jumped in fear as we ran towards the exit of the kitchen." Ji-Hun said while they both laughed.
"Luckily, we don't have mice in our dorm. I would freak out if there is." Iseul said as he got chills just by thinking about it.
"How will we have mice if you literally clean our dorm, before and after we go out?" Ji-Hun explained as they both laughed and looked at the Live Chat.
User2892: I love you both!
User4852: Love from the US!
User9865: I miss JiJung Ship...
User9835: Iseul is such a boyfriend material
User3896: I LOVE YOU M41!
User8965: Comeback When?
User9056: Someone says JiJung?
While they were looking at the comments, they saw that some fans are all about JiJung. They both assumed it is for Ji-Hun and Hyun-Jung. Iseul and Ji-Hun both shared looks as they both laughed.
"Don't ship me with Hyun-Jung! Ship me with Minsu instead." Ji-Hun said and it shocked many fans. Especially Iseul who looked straight at him, shocked and frozen like a block of ice.