Note: This is not meant to reinforce stereotypes about any sign, and it definitely doesn’t mean every Scorpio thinks, feels, and acts this way. It’s just a fun way to look at how an artist born as a Scorpio made a song embodying the traits commonly associated with the sign.
Scorpios are often said to be possessive, controlling, obsessive, jealous, and intense. I’m not going to argue whether and how much this is true, and we don’t have to believe in astrology to see how his latest solo release portrays the Scorpio archetype.
So, if you’re willing to consider the themes with an open mind, here’s how KPOP boy group Ateez’s Scorpio member, Hongjoong, wrote one of the most Scorpio songs to ever Scorpio.
Posessiveness
Hongjoong opens the song by questioning how his beloved can love someone else.
The lyrics say:
If you want love
No one else
You can’t be with anyone else, baby
Only me
He desires to be the only one in his lover’s life and demonstrates an ‘all or nothing’ mindset, often associated with Scorpios’ intense, polarized thoughts and feelings.
Denial
Hongjoong wants to possess the lover completely, so he can’t bear the thought of them being with someone else. One of my favorite sections in the song highlights his denial, a sense of refusal to accept the situation:
Maybe you’re not truly in love
Because I know you well
I know you still think of us
Even when you’re beside him
In another verse:
I hope this is just a misunderstanding
I hope this isn’t true
It can’t be true, as long as I remember you, love
By refusing to accept what’s in front of him, he’s rewriting the reality in his head. If he can convince himself that he’s still wanted, that the person and the love still belong to him, he doesn’t have to face the emotional devastation of losing what he thinks he can’t live without.
Obsession
The song touches on his relentless obsession, one of the most popular Scorpio associations:
Why do you love? (Stop thinkin’ about it)
How could you? (Stop thinkin’ about it)
I can’t stop (I must stop)
It shows how he is caught in an endless loop of fixation, unable to break free.
One line just straight up says: “Stop making me obsess over you,” accompanied by an animation showing a man drowning in his phone, with the water perhaps representing his feelings.
Refusal to let go
Throughout the song, Hongjoong emphasizes how he’s still holding on to hope that this person actually only loves him, will return to him, and be with him.
The lyrics say:
I’m sorry, I’m still here now
I just wait for you, and me
If there’s no you, there’s no me
The last line also highlights the Scorpio tendency of losing themselves in the lover, of wanting to be enmeshed. He would rather not exist at all than be without his lover.
All of this seems to come from a core Scorpio fear: abandonment. When the love leaves, it’s not just about losing the person. The Scorpio is so merged with the lover that losing them means losing parts of the self one can never get back.
You lose the version of yourself that the relationship brought out, the aspects of your personality that you only felt safe revealing in their presence. You don’t just lose the love, you also lose the kind of person that the relationship enabled you to be.
That’s part of why Scorpios crave depth. Shallow things feel like they can be ripped away from you easily. So, they dig in, cling too tightly, and refuse to let go even when they should. That makes their actions feel obsessive, possessive, and controlling.
It’s their way of saying, “Love me, don’t leave me, I’ll never.”
Desire for depth
At first, I was hesitant to post this because it felt simpler compared to my other analysis posts. I usually dive deep into an artist’s discography, symbolism, uncover complex movie/tv plots, and discuss the psychological and philosophical undertones of art. Some of these are 11-minute-long reads, while others are a 3-part series threading together an artist’s entire creative journey.
This seemed to lack depth in comparison. I was worried that if someone came across this post before reading the other stuff I’ve written over the years, they might get the wrong idea about what I create.
It’s interesting that I had these thoughts while covering a Scorpio song, as a desire for depth is a common Scorpio characteristic. They’re not content with surface-level stuff and want to dig into the deeper layers, finding themself drawn to what’s under the skin, between the lines, and inside the psyche.
The Scorpio themes weren’t just limited to the song; they were carried over to the analysis as well!
I’ve talked about this while analyzing BTS RM’s “Mono” album: All these analysis posts are meant to be an exploration of my creativity, a documentation of how art touched me, what I have learned, and how I grew over the years. It doesn’t have to be long, deep, or complex to be worthy of posting. It’s just meant to reflect how I experienced art and what it inspired me to create.
Hongjoong’s obsession with his lost love made me reflect on my obsession with depth. As long as this analysis is able to convey that, my job here is done!
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