Wow . . .
BigStar has literally taken every ridiculous internet trend and made it even more ridiculous. The MV has no really cohesive story, but definitely has interesting visual elements that keep you paying attention. And they're clearing have so much fun that if you manage to make it through without smiling at least once, you're lying. They've incorporated every visual genre in Kpop, at least for a breif moment, and mixed it all together into a hilarious farce; from the dark gangster, tough-guy thing, to the bright colors of the flower-boy trend, from party-MVs to Choreo-MVs, even with a ridiculous stab and the Story-type-MVs. They even make fun of the music-tendancyto use dramatic sets and such by throwing one in as the result of a hallucination inside a hangover. There's color to the extreme, styling that can't even be described . . . it all circles so far past ridiculous that it's almost able to look good. And certainly the boys look fabulous, these are some of the best hairstyle they've ever had. From their debut with Hotboy to Think, and then I Got The Feeling . . . they've had some interesting looks, but they've always been great sports about it and they've always made it work. I'm not sure if it's the overwhelming confidence they're due to have for their talents, or just plain idiocy, but they manage to pull off the dumbest of things.
The Choreography in this MV is fantastic. They literally charge from scene to scene like morons looking for a Frisbee's landing spot by chasing it on the wind. The moves play with the words perfectly; my favorite example is at :56 when the line 'everybody put your hands up' as he flips over himself. It's a great surprise, because everyone listening knows the idea of hands up in MV's so you don't expect anyone to put their hands so opposite of up that they hit the floor, but it's timed so perfectly that by the time the lyric gets to the word 'up' his hands rise up from the floor to over his head, far further than the usual rise of from the sides to just over the head. I really like it. I also like flips, so that might have something to do with it. But anyway, the choreography balances strong moves that are dramatic and powerful and filled with a distinctly masculine charm with moves that have comedic value along with a significant aegyo index. The focus-member shifts are elegant and smoothely done and work absolutely perfectly.
Think is definitely the best release that BigStar has released so far, but all of their songs are solid. They've got a unique sound in Kpop, very rap-heavy but not with the deep bass resonance of most rap heavy groups like debut-mates B.A.P. They've got a very high synthy sound that has BraveSound's signature sound laced inside of it. The songs are all well constructed, they're balanced and spatialized, making fantastic use of harmonics and ear-attention to draw the feel of the song about the listener without needing to make sweeping gestures of music. This song in particular mainly uses the lower harmonics and the high sound effects to spatialize. The vocals are remarkable crisp, held inside a bubble of sound that's not hit with interference by any of the other elements.
The other thing I really like about BigStar is that their sound is tremendously consistent. They're a lot like BEAST in that regard, they can put out a track in any one of a dozen genres and it still sounds exactly like the standardized BigStar sound. They've got some killer talent and they really should be much more popular than they are.
The Choreography in this MV is fantastic. They literally charge from scene to scene like morons looking for a Frisbee's landing spot by chasing it on the wind. The moves play with the words perfectly; my favorite example is at :56 when the line 'everybody put your hands up' as he flips over himself. It's a great surprise, because everyone listening knows the idea of hands up in MV's so you don't expect anyone to put their hands so opposite of up that they hit the floor, but it's timed so perfectly that by the time the lyric gets to the word 'up' his hands rise up from the floor to over his head, far further than the usual rise of from the sides to just over the head. I really like it. I also like flips, so that might have something to do with it. But anyway, the choreography balances strong moves that are dramatic and powerful and filled with a distinctly masculine charm with moves that have comedic value along with a significant aegyo index. The focus-member shifts are elegant and smoothely done and work absolutely perfectly.
Think is definitely the best release that BigStar has released so far, but all of their songs are solid. They've got a unique sound in Kpop, very rap-heavy but not with the deep bass resonance of most rap heavy groups like debut-mates B.A.P. They've got a very high synthy sound that has BraveSound's signature sound laced inside of it. The songs are all well constructed, they're balanced and spatialized, making fantastic use of harmonics and ear-attention to draw the feel of the song about the listener without needing to make sweeping gestures of music. This song in particular mainly uses the lower harmonics and the high sound effects to spatialize. The vocals are remarkable crisp, held inside a bubble of sound that's not hit with interference by any of the other elements.
The other thing I really like about BigStar is that their sound is tremendously consistent. They're a lot like BEAST in that regard, they can put out a track in any one of a dozen genres and it still sounds exactly like the standardized BigStar sound. They've got some killer talent and they really should be much more popular than they are.
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