I challenge you to watch it without laughing when they start howling.
They all look so young. I like the styling, but the song in itself is a little ... I don't know, I just don't feel it. It's definitely no History, and I don't even think it could be a grower like Mama. I'll download the album if there is one, but I don't hold high hopes if this is the song to go by.
I've been on YouTube for a long time now. My current account since 2007, and my old account for about 6 months before that. That was the golden age of YouTube, the rise of the vlogger and when the site was still a community.
Over the years, I have seen some of my favourite YouTubers come and go, and some come back again. However, not all, but I remain subscribed in hope.
BoBurnham.
Don't be so busy in Hollywood that you forget to post your sarcastic songs on the tubes. I still maintain that you are a million times better than Tim Minchin.
CutewithChris.
I still celebrate International Feel Sorry for Yourself day ... because of you, Chris. I miss the Pervy the perverted horse (lotion makes you slippery). All your dreams are dead.
ClipCritics.
Yes, you came back, but I miss the old show. I can't place a finger on why, but it's not the same. Maybe because everyone is doing it now (namely Ray William Johnson)
Comedinnerwithme.
YOU NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE.
CommunityChannel.
Damn it Nat!! You were the funniest person on Youtube! Just come back properly ... or at least make the goshdarn lamingtons video.
5AG.
I don't want you to come back properly, but a video every once in a while with the guys or girls reunited would be a lovely surprise.
JohnnyDurham19/PumpkinSplat.
To the LOVELIEST awesome guy. I miss you most of all.
CommunityChannel's Nat I know will return with a load more empty promises, and I suspect we will get a video at some point from everyone else, but I fear CutewithChris is dead forever.
Ah, such a waste. He used to own the number 7 kitten website on the Internet, you know. I strongly suggest you watch every one of his videos. Then try to pronounce Oregon.
What seems like years ago now, SM Entertainment, home to my favourite bands Super Junior and SHINee, revealed they were debuting a new band, consisting of two units who would release the same song in Korean and Chinese. They labelled it as something never done before, even though pretty much every major kpop band has re-released songs in either Japanese, Chinese, both, or some other language. For example, I have Perfection in three languages, and countless others in two. However, I don't think a song has been equally promoted in two languages at the same time, so I guess that's what they are getting at.
I eagerly anticipated their debut, especially after the first teaser was released, featuring the extraordinary dancing talent of Kai. More teasers followed, 20 in total, some featuring new members of the 12 strong group, although most of them focused on Kai. After what must have been nearly three months, two 'prolouge' singles were released, and yesterday, finally, their official debut Music Video, Mama, was released.
The intro is interesting enough once, and I swear narrated by a man who could make a fortune as Michael Gambon's voice double if it isn't actually him, but you can skip to around the 1.23 mark for the start of the actual song.
First impressions? DOT DOT DOT. I didn't know what to think. It was so ... gothic churchy, different from everything I had come to expect from the teasers and singles. What is Love was chilled, and History was catchy, both fun to listen to but stereotypical kpop. To be honest, this scared me a little, especially the chanting at the start and face paint in the shout-y rap-y part, even if it did remind me of Super Junior's Knock Out (Twins) debut song over 6 years earlier.
But kpop has this habit of seeping into your subconscious, and songs you weren't overly impressed with on the first listen start playing in your head just as much as you watch and re-watch the music videos. So yeah, now I'm pretty addicted, and will happily admit to melting a little* at 3.18 of the Korean version, and coming over strangely maternal between 5.02 and 5.12.
The actual music videos were pretty awesome, and I really liked the whole back story explained (somewhat nonsensically) in the intro and how the members manifested their powers. The effects were impressive in both the introduction and the main part, but I have to admit to finding the sound effects somewhat distracting to the song. I kind of get why they did it,to add to the atmosphere and all that, like the swooshing for the tutting part of Lucifer, but I just found it unnecessarily loud and obvious.
The use of English isn't quite right. SM, who brought us the genius of 'Oh my gosh [...] do it do it, an original, hey baby love crash' in Super Junior's A-CHA strikes again, this time delighting us with 'Careless, careless, shoot anonymous, anonymous, heartless, mindless, no one who care about me.' which while it sounds very impressive, doesn't actually make much sense. Its just a shame because it is the English parts that stick out most to English speakers, and while I fully appreciate that we aren't their target audience, Korean music is international now. Also, I can't very easily go around singing it or people might think I'm a poorly educated suicide bomber, and we all know how upsetting seeming uneducated would be.
Anyway, I have to go watch both the videos again, and then eatyourkimchi will do a Music Monday on them tomorrow.
I just need their full album. Now.
<3 x
*18 year olds should not have that effect on people, Kai.
I was watching the EXO showcase earlier, (yes ... after a million and one teasers, and two 'prequel' singles, they are actually debuting... maybe... it could be a 'prequel' album) and while they were reviewing the teasers, I noticed one of the songs was called 'Baby Don't Cry'.
Big Bang have a song of the same name, as do U-Kiss.
Apparently, so does 2Pac, but I am less interested in him, even if he is dead now.
Maybe Exo think having a song with that title is some sort of success talisman. I think being a part of SMtown is enough of a good luck charm.
I'm not really sure where I was going with this. It's just something that I thought I would write about, but now having made my point, I am left with a rather pathetic looking post. It came out better in my head.
Interestingly enough, 2Pac's version is 'Baby Don't Cry (Keep Your Head Up)'. This post was very nearly 'Why? (Keep Your Head Down)'. Well, its interesting to me, because I know what game I'm playing.
In other news, I found videos today of Heechul being Heechul while serving his mandatory military service. He is a DJ at the district office in which he is stationed. He was dancing to SHINee's Sherlock and it made me happy.
Driving relatively long distances on your own is boring. By relatively long distances I mean over 2 hours, because by then your throat hurts from singing along with your music and you start to find your attention wavering, which isnt good when you are supposed to be concentrating on the road.
However, my journey went pretty well. I decided to skip the motorways to avoid the mid week rush hour traffic in the city, and according to the sat nav, it only added an extra 20 mins to my journey. Having said that, I made up like half an hour on the way there, but only 10 mins on the way back, so in reality, it took me about 45 mins longer to get there than to get back. Highlights of my journey included needing the loo for the enture journey and trying to overtake a car but not being able to get up enough speed before another car came on the other side of the road, and having to drop back in embarrassment. For a moment, I considered trying to make it, but decided playing chicken when I had a car beside me wasn't the best plan. Also, my mother would murder me if I got killed.
Highlights of being home include having no heating, no hot water, noone to talk to and no food. Luckily, I can just fob myself off on friends and family to warm, feed and entertain me until my parents come home.
School tomorrow. I'm undecided whether to buy the boys fabric and make pillow cases, or just buy pillow cases. They've all chosen somewhat elaborate designs, and I want them to be finished by the time I leave. Its not like making pillow cases will take long, its just the convience of it. I think I'll get them to make it; that way they can say they've done it all and it will probably be easier to decorate flat pattens than an already sewn together case.
Sorry, thinking aloud again.
Exo released a new music video. I have no idea what they were doing in their pockets. There are some very dodgy dance moves in the kpop world at the moment.
