Group &TEAM has raised anticipation for their upcoming 2nd Korean mini album, "Mark on Me," set for release on September 8, through a poetic trailer.

&TEAM released the trailer titled "Trailer : The First Mark" for "Mark on Me" on the HYBE Labels YouTube channel at 6 p.m. on the 5th. The video sensuously captures the journey of boys who trapped themselves in ice, bound by old wounds, as they find freedom upon meeting "you," who accepts those very traces as they are.

The video opens with EJ's Korean narration, "Everyone thought of it as a wound, so I hid it." This is followed by the confession, "You read my wound for the first time," accompanied by the touch of "you" slowly tracing the scar. The calm tones of the nine members, alternating across four languages including Korean and Japanese, add depth to the immersion.

The turning point of the story is the moment the ice melts. As the members breathe on each other and embrace, the rigid ice gradually collapses. Their images as they swim through the space filled with water convey a sense of liberation from the shackles of their wounds.

At the end of the video, the appearance of a beautiful "mark" where the scar used to be encapsulates the message of the new release. It is a metaphor that the wound did not simply disappear, but rather gained new meaning upon meeting "you," who read it as a special pattern. The narrative of the album title "Mark on Me," where two beings leave unforgettable traces on each other, is completed here.

&TEAM's expressive acting also stands out. The restrained acting of the nine members, which delicately captures the boys' changes from their anxiously trembling gazes to expressions softening at another's touch and graceful movements after being released from the ice, adds persuasiveness to the story.

While the prologue video "The Wolf Who Loved Red" released on the 2nd unspooled the story of a wolf tamed by love like a warm fairy tale, this trailer focuses on the reason why the wolf willingly opened its heart to a single person. These two contrasting videos connect organically, foreshadowing &TEAM's expanded "wolf DNA" narrative.

Photo = YX Labels

(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)