Hi everyone!
As we know, TXT is dropping their digital single Love Language on May 2, and the promos for it have been so creative and unique! On April Fools’ Day, we saw their official instagram account completely change their layout, and we got the iconic shitposts and posters. Some highlights include “I love you from my head to-ma-toes”, “#AuthenticMexicanKinda” and the Symphony dolphin (lol 😭). However, there was a post that stood out from the rest, one that was a computer screen with an icon that said the following: “Totally not a virus, trust me, im a stray heart looking for free wifi”.
This post pointed towards the promos being inspired by ILOVEYOU worm / virus! If you don’t know, the ILOVEYOU worm was created by a filipino student in the year 2000, with the objective of aquiring internet access details, as he thought WI-FI access is a human right. The worm was spread through chain emails with the description “kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me” and a file called “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs”, which tricked people who thought it was actually a text file into downloading it. By this logic, we could assume that TXT’s instagram was infected by a virus, a LOVE BUG if you will (lol)
After AFD, the posts were wiped from their account and their layout was returned to normal. Seemingly the “virus” was removed and under control, and today we got confirmation of this being the case through their new instagram broadcast channel. However, it still seems like the love virus is attacking or could attack their instagram account again, seeing as the name of the channel is the same as that one file which contained the virus… “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt”. On top of that, they’re asking moas to download attachments (do they not care about cybersecurity? /s)
This is truly one of the most fun promos I’ve ever seen, not just for TXT, but for kpop groups in general! Using the ILOVEYOU virus story is a genius move, specially considering that the file original file name included “txt” in it. As a moa, I’ve had so much interacting with their instagram and trying to make sense of what was going on. Their team has truly outdone themselves with this idea, and I can’t wait to see how they continue to utilize the channel and the love virus motif to promote the comeback!!
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