Friday, 26 April 2013

Review: 4MINUTE- What's Your Name?

Zombies?! WHAT?!

First things first.
OH GOD HYUNA. YOU SEXY THANG YOU.

Now that's over, let's talk about Hyuna and 4minute.
This song is rubbish. End of review. 
I'm joking. 

So the lyrics (and the stupid plot of the video) describe 4minute's struggle to pick up guys (they have that problem?!) and the music video was completely ok till the zombies arrived.
1) Why are there zombies invading your music video? Save that for any releases during Halloween.
2) Why are you dancing with zombies. That shit ain't kawaii Hyuna my babes, stop.

Visually, I liked the video, the colours, the styling (especially Gayoon's) and the set. It felt like I was watching "I Got A Boy" by Girl's Generation because of the vivid colours used during the MV but the girls of 4minute made it their own.

Whilst Hyuna didn't have many parts to the song she did have a lot of screen time, I'm not complaining I love her and how she gyrates her booty on my screen but hey let the other girls have some screen time, you already have solos!

The Engrish has finally been sorted as Hyuna no longer says "PoMinit", the English is on point and the pronunciation is not bad. 

Overall, despite the odd plot, its a good MV, just not a strong enough song in comparison to their past releases. I think if you wanted to get into 4minute, I suggest you listen to the songs below:



Sunday, 21 April 2013

Review: Macklemore x Ryan Lewis ft Ray Dalton- Can't Hold Us


THAT BEAT.

This has been one of my favourite songs from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' album: "The Heist" because it is just so perfect to get you pumped up and ready to say "fuck you" to anything that tries to rain on your parade.

Watching the live performances of this song got me more pumped. Macklemore exerts so much energy in each performance that it seems like he drank red bull with his coffee. He just moves so much and gets so into his performance that as a viewer, I'm just left in awe. 

This song also spotlights the talent that is Mr Ray Dalton. Even though in the performances he does seem awkward and meek, the guy can sing so just sit yo ass down. 

The production of this video is elaborate and very dramatic, I don't think we'll ever be rid of those damn fur coats, but shit it was 99 cents (you see what I did there)! It is lively, and in true Macklemore style, quite random. I didn't enjoy the video as much as I did with Thrift Shop but I'll have a good laugh at anyone who tries to make a parody of the video. I mean, come on, I don't think you can find a camel around here.

You should also check out Neon Cathedral and Same Love from The Heist.
Hell just listen to the whole album.


Saturday, 13 April 2013

Review: PSY- Gentleman

Well at least the dance is easier.

Following the success of Gangnam Style, Psy is back, showing us what a wonderful gentleman he is! NOT!
Seriously I had a good laugh at this video, but it's PSY, his videos are hilarious! 

The song reminds me of Brown Eyed Girl's "Abracadabra" mixed with a super slow"Gangnam Style". If you watch "Abracadabra", you'll notice the hip dance is very similar.
Oh no wait, the hot short haired one in Brown Eyed Girls (Ga-In) is in Psy's video.

Now everything is clear, well done Psy. I liked how he brought back Abracadabra from like 2009, and then shared it with the whole world. For K-Pop fans this is like throwback heaven, I mean everyone at least danced to this song whilst drunk and thought they had snakehips. So kudos to Psy for exploding the Korean Pop Culture bomb to the western side of the world. 

Now even if Psy makes funny mv's, the guy actually is a great commentator on Korean society. 
In Gangnam Style, he sang about people pretending to be upper class and wealthy when they really aren't and here he shows how being a gentleman is so hard, because, well it's damn funny to let a girl smell your ass and eat so much rice cake and still be sexy.

Personally, I like this more than Gangnam Style, but I think I will be sick to death of it in a few weeks. I find listening to Psy more enjoyable when he releases mv's so for me, its harder to listen to his songs without watching the video.

Do you guys like Psy's new song? 

Thanks for stopping by!
M


Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Review: Lunafly- Fly To Love

BUT WHY.

It happens to all K-Pop bands, they release a cavity inducing, aegyo-filled single that makes me want to barf.
I love Lunafly, but I was praying they wouldn't go down this aegyo-paved road. 

They enticed me with great covers of English songs, which I think Sam (half English, half Korean) chose for the band to do. Yun (the youngest) has impeccable pronunciation which most k-pop idols should be envious of and Teo binds the whole team together with the amount of instruments he plays.

I've been watching them since their debut and was pretty upset they didn't promote their debut single "Superhero" (which by the way they released in Korean AND English) because it was so refreshing to hear on the K-pop scene. 


The styling for this video is terrible ok, let's just leave it to that. The song itself is not that bad if we were in the 90's but since its becoming a trend, kudos to you guys for keeping up. The vocals are on point as they always are and I will always commend Yun's vocals. That kid is amazing. The MV as a whole is just so cheesy I want to cry.
Dear co-ordi noonas, never put make-up on the guys ever again. 

Lunafly, for your next release, I want an improvement. None of this aegyo shit, you hear?!