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I love all that I’ve created for this fictional girl group of mine, but I’d have to say this mini album (and the sequel album) are my favorite concept wise. Hope you like it as much as I do
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If you’d like to see their other albums you can find them in Fairytale’s Thread Archive


Concept

Bulgae ā€œFire Dogsā€

In Korean mythology, Bulgaes are fierce, fiery hounds that call the underworld their home. The legend states that the King of the dark realm who was tired of his dim kingdom, sent these hounds to capture the moon and sun, to bring light to his world.
He sent one bulgae to steal the sun, but it was so hot that the ferocious creature couldn’t tolerate the heat and the sun burned its mouth before the bulgae returned back home.
A second bulgae was sent to retrieve the moon, but it was so cold it froze the beast's mouth and the bulgae fled home.
However, when a bulgae is successful and steals the moon, it causes the blood moon to happen, as the fiery heat from the dog burns the moon into a fiery red color.


In a specific providence in South Korea there is a nearly extinct dog breed called ā€œBulgaeā€ as they resemble the mythical creature, they are now protected in Korea and are stunning, you should definitely go look up some pictures.

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As with Fairytale’s Snow White themed albums where Stella was the ā€œmain characterā€, this time it’s Scarlett. The members are Bulgae’s (fire dogs from Korean Mythology) After failing and almost making it countless times, they’ve finally succeeded and are at their strongest to capture the moon and sun. They feel powerful, they feel unstoppable, they feel majestic and free. The blood moon is no longer the sign of their failure (as a blood moon sometimes will also symbolize failure for bulgae’s) but the light that rains down on them.


The Members
Scarlett has layered long hair with black flaming orange balayage. Rena has her black bob with bangs. Stella has long, wavy deep purple hair. Iris has her long dirty blonde hair with bangs. Elfie has long, curly black hair.

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Release Date : October 18, 2025


Music Show Wins : 5 Total (23 total since debut)

Inkigayo Win (Oct 19) šŸ†
Show Champion (Oct 22) šŸ†
Music Bank (Oct 24) šŸ†
Inkigayo (October 26) šŸ†
Show Champion (October 29) šŸ†


Pre-Sales : 943,082
1st Week : 1,137,816
Total: 2,080,898
Member popularity: Elfie, Iris, Rena, Scarlett, Stella

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Concept Photos


ā€œFairyā€ Version (Light)

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ā€œTaleā€ Version (Dark)
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Album Cover

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What’s Included In Album
(All album art is similar to the art style of the album cover)
A small watercolor painting of one of the members with a Bulgae (fire dog).
180 Page Photobook
A short tale inspired by the Bulgae mythology
Poster
Sticker Sheet
Album CD
2 Random Photocards
1 Random Holographic Photocard


Tracklist
Track 1 - Moon & Sun - Riverside by Agnes Obel
Track 2 (Title) - Howl - Bird Set Free by Sia
Track 3 - Regality - Waterfall by Sabrina Jordan
Track 4 - Lover Made - Witching Hour by Grace Power
Track 5 - Bitter Bite - Running with The Wolves by Aurora
Track 6 - Howl (Acapella Version)





Tracks


Track 1 - Moon & Sun

Audio Sample

Written and Produced by Elfie. A piano and vocal driven song filled with harmonies and beautiful melodies. It’s almost like a dark lullaby. The song references the fire dogs of Korean mythology (Bulgae’s) and uses it as a metaphor for life. Sometimes you try to catch something as beautiful and mysterious as a moon but the beauty will bite back like ice. Other times you’ll try to catch something full of light and electrifying like the blazing sun, but it burns you when you get too close. Basically it’s saying the things that look great may not be for you and that’s okay, you can find other things that are perfect for you in the future.


Track 2 - Howl (Title)
Audio Sample:

Written and Produced by all the Fairytale members. It’s a beautiful, anthemic track with soaring vocals that give a beautiful and desperate feeling to it. The song says that the members don’t let their mistakes define them, they recognize that the red moon symbolizes their failures (since they’re Bulgae’s) but as long as they have each other they’ll bask in the red moon's light and use it to help themselves succeed and become the top predator.


Track 3 - Regality
Audio Sample :

Written and Produced by New Talent Entertainment. A mystical pop track with expressive drums and beautiful harmonies. The lyrics talk about the singer being drunk on their own beauty and how others who watch/listen will soon fall for them and continuously be entranced by everything they do. Referencing parasocial relationships and how they can do no wrong in some people’s eyes because they’ve trapped onlookers with their ā€œregalityā€.


Track 4 - Lover Made
Audio Sample :

Written and Produced by Elfie and Iris. A mystical, magical and somewhat haunting song with their signature harmonies that almost sound like howls. Filled with string instruments, giving it an almost folk feel. The lyrics talk about the girls creating the perfect man with their voices, how he’s the one, but they know it’s all fake as he had no choice but to be born loving them. It’s a fake love but they revel in his presence for as long as possible.


Track 5 - Bitter Bite
Audio Sample :

Written and Produced by Elfie and Iris. A haunting and powerful song with electronic elements, keeping a mystical rhythm throughout. The lyrics talk about being hunted by their past selves who try to make them not feel as powerful and majestic as they do now by reminding them of all their past failures and mistakes. But they won’t let themselves get struck by the arrow of self destruction.


MV
(If this is messy it’s because I have way too many ideas of how I want this MV too look lol)
There’s no plot in the MV. The colors throughout are generally black and white besides the members hair colors, the color red, and the fire that’s included throughout. There’s also animations of the animals in the MV, most specifically the crows and at some points the fire dogs.
It opens with Rena looking over a beautiful valley, with a sparkling lake and snowy capped mountains in the distance, a bright full moon shining. The first verses are the members walking through the calm valley.
Once the first chorus starts it goes to a dance scene where the girls are still in the same valley, dancing the choreography in front of the full moon, the wind picking up and crows flying around them and in the valley. From there on out the MV is a sequence of varying shots, consisting of the dance, the members interacting with the fire dogs, Iris touching the moon, the moon slowly turning into a red moon and giving the valley a red hue, most notably is the members standing in a large circle, wearing long black dresses, their trains on fire and creating an outline of fire around them, another shot is Scarlett spinning a fire poi.


MV Moodboard

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Choreography
The choreo includes large arm movements and intricate hand gestures that are sometimes strong and powerful but other times delicate. The ā€œkey dance moveā€ is when in the chorus the members raise a hand up to the sky, their fingers curled upwards like they’re howling. There are also some ballet stances used throughout the dance.


MV Outfits
The only two outfits are their dresses and outfits from the dance scenes. All of their dresses would include a very long train. They wouldn’t be wearing any shoes.
Elfie and Stella’s are my favorite dresses

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MV Dance Scene Outfits
Some of my favorite outfits I’ve made for them overall. I LOVE Elfie’s and Stella’s.
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Stage Outfits
The theme was red and black. I tried to have the outfits have elements of gothic, steampunk or Victorian touches but also keeping to the members ā€œstylesā€. Elfie and Stella were the most difficult, usually they’re both the easiest lol. Elfie’s tutu belt just wasn’t meshing well with the things I had picked out as options for her so I had to go with the top/bottom that you see, unfortunately it doesn’t fit quite into the previous elements mentioned but it still goes well with the others. Iris and Rena’s are just so pretty to me, Scarlett’s is also so pretty. Iris’ would have a leather crop top with it as well.

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