How do SEVENTEEN manage to incorporate nods to ALL of their previous musical eras into one new music video?! How does “Ima” both continue their music video story and offer hints about its future? And how do their characters live like crosses between Don Quixote and Truman Burbank?! Hope answers these questions by breaking down the lyrics of SEVENTEEN’s new songs and symbolic moments throughout the “Ima” music video! But before assessing the fictional narrative, Hope spends a few minutes reflecting on the story’s very real components and what about SEVENTEEN’s musical storytelling resonates so deeply for her, specifically as an autistic person.  Read the essays mentioned in the episode below! “SEVENTEEN and The Truman Show”: ​​https://17caratkpop.substack.com/p/seventeen-and-the-truman-show?sd=pf  “My Autism Acceptance Month Speech”: https://17caratkpop.substack.com/p/my-autism-acceptance-month-speech?sd=pf  More SEVENTEEN-related essays:https://17caratkpop.substack.com/p/content-sorted-by-artist?sd=pf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-jacobson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-jacobson/support