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I’ve read articles about how “heart attack” was initially perceived as sapphic and caught the interest of many gay girls nationally and internationally for that reason. i’m always curious if chuu and yves are happy w that, if they liked doing this concept, if it resonated w it at all, or if this attention was not what they expected or wanted

This is a really good question! To my recollection, the interview with MTV was the only time either of them explicitly talked about Heart Attack and the fan reception

Part of me thinks that Yves is kind of bullshitting by saying "We didn't see it like that" because the MV description makes it quite abundantly clear that Chuu is looking at Yves in a romantic light, though I wonder if whilst shooting, it might not have been made clear to them as actors and then when the MV was released and they saw the final cut they were like 'oh damn'. Which would kind of be hilarious.

(In Korean it reads something like "Heart Attack is not a serious contemplation of her feelings of falling in love, but rather a lively expression of Chuu's feelings as if looking at an IRL emoji", again making it pretty clear that Chuu's feelings for Yves is love)

Even ignoring the description, the MV alone spells it out quite explicitly that Chuu's feelings are love, not like. I guess platonic stalking happens, but the camera's focus on Yves' lips and smile, how Chuu is shown to react (a glance from Yves is translated to a finger heart bullet with fluttering heart confetti exploding everywhere upon impact), and Chuu's fantasy/dream sequence is Yves handfeeding her, holding her hand and hugging her with heart balloons in Yves' room, strongly suggest Chuu is in love with her. I kind of have a hard time believing that either of them thought Chuu's feelings for Yves were just platonic whilst filming.

I think they definitely had an inkling of what they were doing whilst filming (I don't think they did prior to this), and I think they knew how it'd be received, but I also think they played dumb when asked about it to play it safe with conservative audiences. I'm not sure whether in 2017-19 (or even now) an explicit answer of "Yes, it's homoerotic on purpose" would've been OK for their careers.

"happy with it, liked it, resonated, expected" I think are difficult questions to answer. I think Chuu really liked her concept, but I know that Yves was actually quite upset -- not by the LGBT angle -- but because she was promised by the director to debut like a sexy R&B/Hip Hop 5th blackpink member, and instead she got love4eva. I think Yves has grown into liking it a lot, because I think as an idol a lot of where she finds enjoyment from her job is meaning a lot to people. By becoming an iconic LGBT figure in Kpop alongside Chuu, she means more to people and gives far more to people than if she was just a bogstandard singing and dancing idol. I think it means a lot to all members of LOONA to represent the LGBT community in their body of work, and the members make a conscious effort to reinforce this as often as they can, albeit within the perceived restraints that society has on how far they can go with it.

Also fun bonus but I like this article where Yves is listed as an idol who expressed solidarity for the LGBT community alongside Tiffany Young hehe

#loona #loona pride #<- this is my tag for serious loona lgbt moments #also chuu must've known that her song was the song for seoul pride esp living in seoul