What I first felt when listening to the song was that the main girl is probably bright and cheerful, but not the kind of person who can honestly express her feelings. She falls for a man who seems like a player, and even though he doesn’t return her feelings, she ends up being treated as a convenient, on-and-off relationship. Thinking, “He should absolutely like me,” yet when she’s actually in front of him, she gets swept along or holds her feelings back—that was the impression I had. With the rise of matching apps and more services that make it easier to meet people, I felt that there are probably many women experiencing these kinds of feelings, and I developed the character around that idea. And as the title “Cocktail” suggests, I tried to let her cope with those feelings that have nowhere to go by escaping into alcohol, something she isn’t used to and is actually weak against, to distract herself. Even as she gets carried away by the alcohol and starts losing track of whether it’s a dream or reality, she herself wants this, and struggles in that dreamlike state. In the second half, however, she even starts to enjoy it, putting on the lipstick she had initially discarded because she thought it didn’t suit her, smiling as she applies it, running and jumping around, and shifting from a sudden lonely expression to a more free-spirited, increasingly positive mindset. I structured the piece so that it would link with her emotional journey. I also paid special attention to how the colors were created in the video. I made sure that colorful tones such as green, red, yellow, and blue—like ingredients mixing together in a cocktail—would coexist within the video, including the background and lighting. I also incorporated cocktail elements into the visual style through colorful confetti and mixed paint.