Early this year, in GDA, BTS metioned "City Dionysia", which was a festival held in March in honor of Dionysus with the purpose of liberate one& #39;s soul, symbolizing one& #39;s rebirth: "bringing those dismembered parts into relationship with one another so that something new emerges."
And just like you& #39;ll see in this thread, we begin with a whole soul being dismembered into Persona, Shadow and Ego during the concert, only to be one once again at the end.

Let& #39;s get it!
1. First VCR

Like I said, the term "City Dionysia" first appeared during GDA VCR (in the quoted twt you can see my break through the VCR). Something that caught my attention at first was the location: the desert https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏜" title="Wüste" aria-label="Emoji: Wüste">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel">

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We& #39;ve seen the desert before during MIR MV, where the boy crossed the desert alone until he found the dragon and faught against it. Becoming a HERO, K wording the infantile Ego in order to become a mature man (Bring the pain oh)
But just like i pointed out with the poster announcing MOS ON:E, it reminded me to Paulo Coelho "The alchemist" book. In which the main character followed his dream about a treasure that lead him to the desert. The treasure was knowing his true self. https://twitter.com/__Samira7__/status/1293841167264681985">https://twitter.com/__Samira7...
The scenes that we see during #MapOfTheSoulOne 1st VCR are related to ON official MV, like you can see.
Once again, this part with the red hoddies reminded me to Fake Love extended MV. But instead of making the "Shadows" disappear, its more like they celebrate the presence of it, they accepting and embracing it.

You can tell because of the use of the shell https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐚" title="Muschelschale" aria-label="Emoji: Muschelschale"> which symbolize power
But why ON MV?! Do you remember what "City Dionysia" standed for?! "One& #39;s rebirth"

I believe ON MV is based on the Renaissance (rebirth or "To be reborn") era which liberated the humanity from it darkness (ignorance) and lead them to light (enlightment). https://twitter.com/__Samira7__/status/1234229320618594304">https://twitter.com/__Samira7...
2. Second VCR

The 2nd VCR starts with everyone in the middle under the bright light. But after having individual shoots we see shadows overlapping their perfect and bright image.
With this VCR we& #39;re starting to remembering those parts of the Soul.
As expected, this VCR looks into the PERSONA archetype. The Persona is the mask we put on to socialize with others, to look like them, to make them like us. We don& #39;t want people to find us different, singular https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎭" title="Darstellende Künste" aria-label="Emoji: Darstellende Künste">
But now we see that Namjoon is wondering: WHO AM I?!
The boys have been using identities to hide their true self, avoiding the criticism from the society. But life says that we need to face the darkness if we want to move forward (but we& #39;ll check it in the 3rd VCR).
I.e. This part, an ARMY pointed out that it represents Persona& #39;s lyrics:

My shadow I named him “hesitation” and called him so
Once he became it, he has never hesitated
Whether it is under the stage or under the light, he keeps appearing 
and stares at me fiercely like heat haze
When they released the concert teaser I already talked about the ego and mirrors relation: The EGO is a kind of mirror in which the psyche can see itself and can become aware. https://twitter.com/__Samira7__/status/1313368251779424256">https://twitter.com/__Samira7...
The Ego is the I, the consciousness, so it& #39;s normal that we see the boys looking themselves in the mirror, their reflection in the water or just not looking at all.
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Something that did caught my eyes during the VCR was Yoongi and Hobi https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel"> you probably know why already...NARCISSUS!! But it& #39;s not the 1st time we see this hint of Hobi+Narcissus https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> https://twitter.com/__Samira7__/status/1312818609010466817">https://twitter.com/__Samira7...
In the other hand, I noticed this VMIN moment, which reminded me to DNA MV. Idk, Black and White, they were in similar rooms, yet they& #39;re totally the opposite https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> a reference to https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☯" title="Yin und Yang" aria-label="Emoji: Yin und Yang">?!
And about Tae...I noticed before his "power" with the light. We saw it during BWL and during SY the final concert VCR where he kept playing with ahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💡" title="Elektrische Glühbirne" aria-label="Emoji: Elektrische Glühbirne">.
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Just when the light changes into a darker one, we see the mandala in the background of the room where they& #39;re. The mandala symbolize wholeness and it helps us in the journey into knowing our true selves. https://twitter.com/__Samira7__/status/1313744354314518528">https://twitter.com/__Samira7...
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*okay time for me to go sleep, the concert is in 8h, I& #39;ll continue this thread while waiting for the concert. You can come and check up the whole thread after the concert.
P.s. gonna delete this "info" part once I& #39;m awake, it breaks the thread so don& #39;t reply to this twthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">*
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