*\[Idk why I deluded myself into thinking I’d get good discussion on the main kpop sub about Enhypen theories, but I’ve learned my lesson so I’m posting my theory here instead.* ***What I’m looking for is feedback on the theory around the MV***\*, *not on Russian language, its Ukrainian derivatives based on similar sounding words from Southern Russia, or anything related to that. I’ve linked in Wikipedia and website sources that should cover all that for anyone who has questions.\]\**

When I [first watched the MV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qedonJosQ3g) I was confused lol. Why is everyone frozen? Why does it go in a loop? Repeating the same scenes? Why does lightning destroy everything at the end? It all looked too simple and too odd that it made me feel like I was missing something obvious, so I paid more attention while watching the MV and I was right. I DID miss something obvious. Something that makes the MV mean so much more to me.

**There are three themes of Orange Blood: KSANA, KALPA, and carpe diem**, as the follow up from Dark Blood.

**KSANA** has a double meaning depending on the language. In Buddhism/Sanskrit it also means “instant” or “moment” – the shortest possible instant of time. *\[Based on feedback from others with Wikipedia links (added* [*here too*](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0)*), in Russian it is the short form of the name “Oksana” with roots in Ukrainian which means means “foreigner” or “traveler”. I initially wrote (based on comments from another Russian person) that* [*Ksana is a name that means “Praise be to God”*](https://www.thebump.com/b/ksana-baby-name)*. Either way, whether it’s ‘foreigner/traveler’ or ‘praise to a higher power’, it works very well with the theory below as well as with the Sanskrit meaning. You’ll see at the end. \]*

**KALPA** in Sanskrit means the opposite – a long period of time, or eternity, or the time between the creation and recreation of a world or universe.

I missed this on the first watch, but all over the MV, first in the scene on the street, and then in the stairwell, and even when they’re in the lower level arcade, you see the following words written everywhere in neon lights, graffiti on walls, posters, etc.

“NOTHING BUT NOW”

“KSANA”

“THE MOMENT”

“MORTAL”

In the MV there are two positional extremes:

1. Everybody in the MV is frozen in time, everything stops even a drink that’s been poured.
2. A sequence during the bridge where everything moves too fast, deliberately sped up while they’re partying

The MV is a full loop, starting in the scene where everything is destroyed, and ending in the exact same scene, but what I missed initially is that for most of the MV, nothing is actually destroyed until the end. It’s all intact and it is only *after* the sped up sequence that the set is destroyed by lightning in the third and final chorus of the song.

**ENHYPEN’s lore** (I’m still figuring it out but) – the gist of it seems to be they are vampires who were given (cursed with) something they now deem a gift. A blessing and curse that shifts the concept of time from instantaneous to eternal as they were once mortal and are now immortal. As though they are now transient beings or travelers moving through time. The gift of immortality was ‘gifted/cursed’ to them by an entity that is itself dual in nature (good and evil) shown in the person of Sooha and her twin/alter ego, who they’ve devoted themselves to and live to praise.

In light of all of this, I view the MV as a massive and brilliant play on the concept of time. It captures the essence of the ‘instant’ or KSANA where they crave the ‘sweet venom’ and blood of the one that took their mortality. The moment they drink the venom time speeds up and their world is upended and destroyed.

The theme continues in the next song on the album called Still Monster, where they wrestle with acknowledging whether they are now monsters or still retain their humanity.

What do you think? Does the theory make sense?

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