ANIMAL MV Reaction - BOYNEXTDOOR

Why Koreans care

The opening riffs on the Korean title of Animal Crossing, 모여봐요 동물의 숲 (moyeobwayo dongmurui sup, “Gather Round, Animal Forest”). It swaps 모여봐요 (moyeobwayo, “gather round”) for 함께 봐요 (hamkke bwayo, “watch together”) and turns 동물의 숲 (dongmurui sup, “animal forest”) into the deliberately garbled 애니멀의 뮵 (aenimeorui myup); the debt, member-collecting and “나비보벳따우” (nabibobetttau, an Animal Crossing-style chant) extend the parody beyond the title.

In the Korean comments

Listen closely around 12:28–12:46: several timestamped comments single out the sudden “Amazon” background music, and one reads, in translation, “At 12:38—hearing Myung Jaehyun’s voice in ‘Amazon’ is ridiculously funny.” Other comments flag another “Amazon” moment involving Han Taesan at 12:56–12:57, making the soundtrack edit a specific running gag to catch.

What the words mean

기싸움 (gissaum) literally means an “energy fight,” but here it is a silent stare-down in which neither side wants to back down: Riwoo uses the casual, slightly playful expression for his face-off with a stray cat.