Up to now, Chuu has explored fantastical ideas like pleasant animated monsters that be part of her in an imaginary world. Nevertheless, along with her newest single, she makes use of differing strategies to convey difficult emotions relating to friendship. Within the MV for “Solely Cry within the Rain,” Chuu is a pal coming back from faculty to her hometown to see her finest buddies. Whereas the reunion must be jovial, it’s clouded by bittersweet feelings in the direction of her buddies. By delicate hints, symbolism, and the lyrics of the track, “Solely Cry within the Rain” tells a conflicting story concerning the lack of friendship.
On the floor, the MV is a few group of buddies reuniting; nonetheless, by the strategy of delicate layers inside the storytelling, a deeper that means is revealed. Chuu performs a scholar who left for school and is assembly up along with her finest buddies upon her return. She is shut with the feminine pal, versus the male pal who joined their group later. There are scenes of Chuu learning along with her feminine pal, and one other the place the male pal burns faculty acceptance letters. It was clear one was extra supportive of Chuu’s objectives, whereas the opposite was extra reluctant to let her go. Regardless of that, by different scenes, like when Chuu brings him an ice pop, we all know she cared for them each. All through the characters’ interactions, the viewer should take note of the small particulars to place collectively the context.
On the whole, Chuu is far nearer and fewer gated along with her feminine pal. Whereas the male character smiles at instances, in different scenes he seems moody and misplaced. Generally, we don’t even see his face in a scene, however his blurred profile within the background or simply elements of his physique, like his hand. Nevertheless, the scenes with Chuu’s feminine pal are way more vigorous and emotional. When Chuu is crying within the rain, her feminine pal is the one one who runs to consolation her. It’s not till we put collectively all the small print that the viewer would come to grasp why Chuu is nearer to her feminine pal than her male pal.
The animation in the direction of the top of the MV provides one other layer to Chuu’s private emotions about her buddies. Within the cartoon, all three buddies are driving on bikes; nonetheless, solely two trip off, whereas the middle one is left behind. Chuu’s is represented by the center character, who symbolically sprouts wings to fly away. As such, this scene conveys that her buddies stored on the identical path collectively, whereas she went on a totally completely different trajectory.
The lyrics of the track give us extra insights into the MV. The “cuckoo” talked about within the pre-chorus of the track is that of a clock that chimes on the hour. That is to convey that the voice of the track is consistently pondering of that ache day-after-day. Moreover, the voice solely mentions one pal, and somebody to whom they had been beforehand shut. To “cry within the rain” is a method to conceal one’s tears, and due to this fact, they are not looking for anybody to know what they’re feeling. Within the MV, we see that the feminine pal is the one one who notices Chuu within the rain scene as she is sobbing. This revelation, together with the animation, reveals that Chuu feels changed by the male pal, which explains her rising disappointment:
Days after days, we had been overwhelmed with pleasure
Increasingly more, we had been harm and unhappy
We had been in a world for 2
‘Trigger you-ooh-ooh, you-ooh-ooh, youWhen it rains like this (Rains like this)
The cuckoo clock inside my coronary heart
Cries softly, “cuckoo”
‘Trigger I solely cry within the rain.
“Solely Cry within the Rain” tells an exquisite and tragic story about rising up and leaving your pals behind. Whereas earlier than, she instructed a narrative of fantasy by the usage of animation, for this MV, Chuu makes use of animation to discover her emotions of loss. Moreover, as an alternative of being overt with its message, the MV makes use of hints and clues which might be layered with the theme and lyrics of the track to inform this story. Chuu continues to evolve as a musical artist and tells a special story with every comeback. As she does, hopefully, she additionally continues to make use of completely different strategies for that storytelling that may proceed to entice her followers.
