PINK (Life5)

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**PINK** is the debut single album of Mae from the K-pop girl group Life5. It was released May 12, 2023. The song “**NO FILTER**” serves as its title track. It comes in two physical versions: “Chainsaw” and “Bat”.

## Background

Following the group's holiday at the end of 2022, YELLOW was the first release from the group in 2023. However, the members had been discussing making their solo debuts since they debuted as a group, brainstorming ideas and concepts for their respective solos. At first, this was more of a creative exercise, but they became increasingly invested in the project. Thus, they decided to pitch it to EXP in June 2022, following their surge in popularity from Tropicana.

Mae revealed in her comeback livestream that her solo concept was deeply personal. She wanted to use it to address issues she had faced, such as bullying, body image issues, and abusive relationships. She hoped it would be cathartic for her and for others who have gone through similar struggles.

## Tracklist

**Composers**: YAMAMANAMI, Song Zhenzhen
 2
**Composers**: Im Bong-cha, LuLeee
 3

(playlist)

## Music Video

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*Mae (Life5) 매 - NO FILTER MV*

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The music video, despite opening on a content warning for blood, gore, abusive relationships, and other such topics, starts pretty normally and innocuously, with Mae in her Chainsaw outfit doing the beginning choreography before the lyrics start. Once the vocals start is when the warnings become apparent.

A man with his face obscured and made featureless by a mask is seen supposedly critiquing Mae harshly as she looks at herself in a mirror. The following shot shows Mae in a school uniform surrounded by schoolgirls with bangs long enough to cover their eyes whispering to each other before all staring at Mae and laughing. During the lyrics “널 좋아해 널 좋아해”, the same schoolgirls are telling Mae they like her in a sarcastic and condescending manner. Much to the schoolgirls’ surprise, Mae is holding a baseball bat behind her back and the last shot before the chorus is her smirking.

The chorus starts and the first shot we see is Mae smacking one of the schoolgirls in the head with the bat, causing her to fall to the ground—dead—and the other three look on in horror at what just happened, before another one follows the same fate and the surviving two run away. Occasionally interspersed are shots of Mae in a school bathroom with the mirrors shattered and every surface graffitied on holding onto the aforementioned bat. The lyric “No filter!” birthed one of the most iconic scenes in EXP Entertainment music video history, with Mae winking to the camera and holding up a peace sign while blood is splattered on her face and clothes. The pre-chorus are choreography shots with Mae in her Bat concept photo outfit. Every time the camera cuts, there is one less back-up dancer, who are dressed in more colorful versions of the school uniforms of the evil schoolgirls.

The second verse shows Mae in her Chainsaw outfit once again. This time, she is in a bedroom and the mysterious man is back again. Similar to the trailer, Mae is holding hands, hugging, and cuddling with the mysterious man, but she is obviously uncomfortable and it’s visible how hard the man is grasping onto her arm to keep her next to him. Once again, he is harshly critiquing Mae, most likely her outfit and how much skin she does or does not show as evidenced by the lyrics, and she is smiling yet trying to fight back tears. The next part of the rap verse shows Mae and the man holding hands and standing next to each other as nondescript human figures standing around them start disappearing. At the last two lines of the verse, it then swaps to a shot where Mae and the mysterious person are holding hands. Mae is lip-syncing and looking right at the camera as clips of the two’s hands are interspersed, showing the man’s nails digging so hard into her hand that it draws blood.

The pre-chorus shows Mae saying “널 좋아해 널 좋아해” to the man, albeit panicked and walking backwards. The following shot shows Mae in the front yard of a house holding a chainsaw, before kicking down the door and barging into the house.

During the chorus, Mae immediately starts wrecking the place, throwing stuff, breaking windows, before going to a bedroom where we find the mysterious man, awakened and startled, before Mae rushes toward him. Spawning another iconic frame in EXP Entertainment music video history, she once again winks and holds up a peace sign during the words “No filter!”, this time as the chainsaw is hitting the man.

The rest of the music video is shots of Mae just hanging out at the school and in the bedroom while she and everything is splattered with blood, with choreography shots interspersed.

## Lyrics

* NO FILTER
* Gingko Leaves (Fox-Like)

예쁜척은 나 안할게

난 원래 예쁜애니까

Bad good 왜 굳이 하나만 해

난 skip 그게 멋지니까

바란다면 난

널 좋아해 널 좋아해

애교 떨 수도 있지만 음음

Know who I am, know what I do

더 세게 내게 물어봐

대답해줄게

더 솔직하게

그게 매력있으니까 음음

사랑해

는 나중에 해

No filter! 솔직하게

Sing it La La La La La

La La La La La (빠라 빰빰빰)

La La La La La

No filter! 솔직하게

꾸며내지마, 있는 그대로가 좋아

어차피 내 눈 안 필터만 수만가지

입히고 입히고 입히면 잎 펴진 flower

딜리트 빼내고 지워도 여전히 flower

무슨 말인지 알겠니 넌 already good

나쁜 말들이 널 괴롭히면 go ahead bad

날 믿는다면 거짓말은 끝

난 널 믿으니까 믿어주길 소원해 yeah

널 좋아해 널 좋아해

애교 떨 수도 있지만 음음

Know who I am, know what I do

더 세게 내게 물어봐

대답해줄게

더 솔직하게

그게 매력있으니까 음음

사랑해

는 나중에 해

No filter! 솔직하게

Sing it La La La La La

La La La La La (빠라 빰빰빰)

La La La La La

No filter! 솔직하게

날 봐줘 이게 내 솔직한 모습이야

내려온 햇빛을 한가득 머금고

이렇게 눈부신 빛을 낼거야

너에게 전부 보여줄거야

대답해줄래

더 확실 하게

그게 매력있으니까 음음

사랑해

는 나중에 해

No filter! 솔직하게

Sing it La La La La La

La La La La La (빠라 빰빰빰)

La La La La La

No filter! 솔직하게

Original song: No Filter by Dain (Eternity)

Oh oh

 Yeah, oh

아이고 제발 좀 그만해

이번에는 또 어떤 남자길래

관심도 없던 교회를 가고

블로그엔 하루 종일 오직 주님 찬양

이번에 만난 새 남친은

교회오빠 내 말 맞지?

난 정말 정말 정말 이해 안돼

넌 무교였는데 또 시작이군

여우 같은 기지배 여우 같은 기지배

남자만 만나면 확 달라지는 불여우

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 시작된 사랑

이번엔 몇 달 짜리니?

다음 달까진 무리야 (무리지)

일주일은 가려나 (에이)

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 시작된 사랑

넌 정말 못 말려

왜 이래 한 달 넘도록

연락 한 번 없었던 니가

요즘 바쁘냐며 얼굴 좀 보자고

왠지 좋지 않은 예감이 들었지 (설마 설마)

저번에 말한 새 남친은

양다리라 헤어졌대

그래 그래서 내게 연락했니?

넌 항상 그렇지 양심도 없어

여우 같은 기지배 여우 같은 기지배

남자만 만나면 확 달라지는 불여우

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 끝난 니 사랑

이번엔 진짜라면서

더 이상은 안 봐줘 (안 봐줘)

나 이제 너 안 볼래 (흥!)

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 끝난 니 사랑

잘 먹고 잘 살아

Oh 그래도 친군데

우는 널 보니 마음이 찡해져

널 울리는 그 녀석

그냥 다 잊고 새롭게 시작해

사랑이란 영원할 것 같지만

영원할 수 없는 Magic

그 사이 어느새 너는 벌써

새로운 남자 찾은 거니?

Oh 여우 같은 내 친구

Oh whoa

여우 같은 기지배 여우 같은 기지배

남자만 만나면 확 달라지는 불여우

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 시작된 사랑

이번엔 몇 달 짜리니?

다음 달까진 무리야 (무리지) (안돼 안돼)

일주일은 가려나 (에이) (아이고)

여우 같은 기지배 또 또 또 시작된 사랑

 넌 정말 못 말려

아이고 또 차였구나 (진짜?)

그래도 괜찮아 (괜찮긴) 여우 같은 Girl

아이고 또 생겼구나 (대박 대박)

빠르기도 하지 여우 같은 Girl

Original song: No More by f(x)

## Trivia

* PINK is the only Life5 solo that breaks the pattern of two different sides of each girl being portrayed.

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