EN- Lore Theory

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In terms of storyline and lore, this is what I personally think is happening right now:

ENHYPEN have a multiverse / different-dimensions concept. They obviously stated this in their album Dimension: Dilemma. All the early albums were the ones that the webtoon was based on (not the other way around). The webtoon always follows the lore stated in their trailers, MVs, and lyrics. The webtoon might also be a bit different story-wise, considering that a webtoon will add more scenario-based storytelling, while ENHYPEN’s original content has more metaphorical meanings of them as “idols” and them as “vampires” being metaphorically the same thing.

The previous universe was heavily expanded by the webtoon. They were vampires who lost their memories, living in an orphanage, previously knights of Princess Selen. Then they ran away and started studying at a high school with the reincarnated girl, Sooha, etc. (Also notice that the sins concept was in their lore all along, starting from Border: Day One if you watched its trailer -they embodied the seven deadly sins.) This is the essential story/lore of the webtoon and their early albums. (The webtoon has currently just reached the Orange Blood lore.)

Up until Romance: Untold, they changed dimensions/universes, and the proof is that the story is different. The girl they fall in love with now is Chloe, not Sooha.

From Romance: Untold onward, the lore is different. It’s them in another dimension that has an underground vampire society. There are official news reports shared on the website Vampirenow.live. They lived for a long time with Chloe by their side, as the only human who supported them.

I think the reason they chose to change the story now is so they can experiment with different genres and vibes more freely. They even introduced Chloe as a representation of ENGENE, which means a lot more than being tied to a story with fictional characters. As “idols,” they can have even more interesting stories beyond that, all without losing their vampiric originality, because it’s simply them in a different universe (just like Marvel when they introduced the multiverse loop).

So the sin they are talking about now is different from the seven deadly sins mentioned in Border: Day One. Now, the sin is that they have fallen in love with a human -Chloe.

Here’s what’s happening:

In Romance: Untold, as the name suggests, everything is “untold.” After seeing the lyrics, the concept cinema, and the MV, it’s about them always waiting for her to say the word so they can move forward. She has to give them her affirmation so they can continue loving her, and without her permission, “it will stay untold.” They daydream about her, they are lovesick, and all of these concepts are included in this album.

Then, in the concept cinema, we see that she gives them her permission—she says “O” and not “X.” So now the whole Desire: Unleash trope takes place. From the concept cinema, we know that love, for vampires, awakens the desire to “destroy” the things they love. By “destroy,” I think this basically means turning the loved person into a vampire. For them, it’s a cursed thing, but they desire it anyway. And as the name says, it’s now unleashed.

Long story short: Chloe is now a vampire. This leads to The Sin: Vanish trope. The seven vampires are now reported as escaped, and a pursuit team is after them.

In The Sin: Vanish, the vampire society wants to fight and find them because they committed the sin of falling in love with a human and turning a human into a vampire. But the essential idea they will explore in this next album is that vanishing -running away- is okay as long as it’s with her, the one they love. As long as they’re together, it’s alright, even if the whole of humanity and vampirity is against them.