END OF ERA | 'FRIENDS FOR LIFE'/'空: SKY' ERA

May 9, 2021 - Officially announced that STARWISH's 5th Era, 'Friends For Life' which is also known as 'Sky' has come to the end. This era is the most memorable era for all the members, that told the story about how important friendship is.

Pre-release single, 'Golden Blossom'
The title track - 'Sing Out!'
Storyline: A group of six girl best friends trying to cheer one of them (portrayed as young Jiwon) because she is going to move out of town. They may never meet anymore but will be in the future. Five of them waving, saying goodbye to the girl during their moving day. At the end of the music video, one of the left-behind best friends (portrayed as young Hyoyeon) went home and hugged her mother (portrayed as grown-up Hyoyeon). then, at night, the mother reminisced memories about her own group of best friends. in the picture, there are five of them and a blank spot left at the center. she smiled and teared up while looking at the pictures.

Full Studio Album, '青空: Blue Sky'
Title Track - Sentimental Train
Storyline: New student came into the class (portrayed as Yein). She is a cold and introverted person until a girl (portrayed as Soyeon) came to greet her and became friends. They grew closer until three girls came befriended with them (portrayed as Hyoyeon, Yoomi, and Yuri). They got closer but then, it made Yein strayed away from Soyeon after hearing that Soyeon loves all of them the most (She thought that Soyeon only loves her the most). She avoided Soyeon after that until Soyeon confronted her to comfort her that no matter what happens she will always be her no 1 best friend. They got closer back together with Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoomi. The story ended with Soyeon and Yein went to buy ice creams and then the scene blacked out with lorry's honk.

Side Track - Blue Sky
Storyline: The loss of her best friend (portrayed as Soyeon) turned her (portrayed as Yein) life upside down. She became her old cold self, but still the same happy Yein with Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoomi. Then, a new transfer girl (portrayed as Jiwon) came to their school. She started to befriend Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoomi and became close much to Yein's dismay (She thought that they will be replacing Soyeon with her). That's until Jiwon came to try to befriend Yein, at first she declined but later she talked about why she couldn't accept Jiwon immediately. Jiwon understood her situation and keep on trying to open her heart again for other people which is later she will. In the last scene where they went to their late BFF's cemetery to say goodbye and Yein will move on. The story ended with Soyeon's promise to be always with Yein, that's why Yein's face changed to Soyeon's. It meant that no matter what happens, she will always be with them.

'Sentimental Train' is the prequel to 'Blue Sky' whereas 'Sing Out!' is the sequel to 'Blue Sky'. //the blank space in the center in the picture that Hyoyeon's holding is for Soyeon (in Sing Out!' MV)

Storyline Arrangement:
First - Sentimental Train
Second - Blue Sky
Third - Sing Out!

Japanese Album, '夏空: Summer Sky'
Title Track - Life is Beautiful
Storyline: Each of the members has their own career. Hyoyeon as an author, Yuri as a drama club actress, Yoomi as a cartoonist, Soyeon as a ballet dancer, Yein as a pianist, and Jiwon as an artist. Each of them has its own dooms. However, they were quickly comforted by their friends. Yuri as Hyoyeon's friend, Yoomi as Yuri's friend, Soyeon as Yoomi's friend, Yein as Soyeon's friend, Jiwon as Yein's friend, and Hyoyeon as Jiwon's friend. It shows how important to have friends to support them in their lives.
Full story, read here.

Full Studio Repackaged Album, '夜空: Night Sky'
1st Title Track - INFLUENCER
Storyline: In their repackaged album, the story is less to be told. However, it will be described based on the lyrics. Each of the members found their own dream and working hard to pursue it. How their dreams changed their own life. The lyrics described how much love they poured into their dreams. The 'friends' part is when their friends came to watch their success while carrying their dreams. However, in the music video, something portrayed hatred which is their dooms.

2nd Title Track - HARMONY
Storyline: In their repackaged album, the story is less to be told. However, it will be described based on the lyrics. Each of the members is having a mental breakdown and losing themselves in a deep hole after having their dooms. All of them are nearly giving up despite having support from their friends. However, one day, their friends' brought back every material from their dream career to make them realize that they will never give up their dream because of one failure without saying anything. That's when they decided to keep going. Each member worked harder to achieve the best result. Near the end of the story, each of the members finally succeeded, the chorus starts with "Surely, everyone has been there (being failed)" which explained that all of the members had failed once, nearly giving up, however they support each other and they stand back together. It was the HARMONY.

'INFLUENCER' is the prequel to 'Life is Beautiful whereas 'HARMONY' is the sequel of 'Life is Beautiful'

Storyline Arrangement:
First - INFLUENCER
Second - Life is Beautiful
Third - HARMONY

STARWISH's ERA
1st Era (2014-2015) - The Wish Era
2nd Era (2016-2017) - The Dream Era
4th Era (2018 - 2019) - The Fantasy Era
5th Era (2020) - The Sky Era
6th Era (2021) - The Flower Era (rumors, unconfirmed)

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Mindblown 🤯🤯🤯 I can see the friendship tropes in BigHit Cinematic Universe