Smokin' Hot, and Super Cool.
I wasn't a huge fan of the MV the first time I saw it. I'm really just not into the overly sexualized sort of music video (please note that it's not that I think there should be like a 'clean wholesome kpop' or anything, it's just not what I'm into boys or girls). But in this case the sexiness of it is well-warranted, and it suits the song perfectly. I hate the leotard though, not conceptually, I just think that this particular leo is pretty unattractive (I mean the yellow & white one, the black one with the necklaces is awesome). All the glamour shots really ramp up the sexual tension and I think that it's really well done in this MV. I'm not a huge fan of the choreograpy for the most part. It's sexy and fabulous in some places, but in others it's kind of dull. The knee flick thing especially, it's just not what I feel the song calls for. For example, on the 'touch like that' lines, I'd have loved to see something timed to the lyrics rather than the running the hand down the arm, like hip-touch-left beat hip-touch-right beat shoulder-touch-left beat shoulder-touch-right beat... I don't know, I just think it would have added more visceral tension. They may have been purposefully diffusing some of the tension because it is quite tense. But at the same time the hands-on-shoulders-leg-twist shown starting at 2:10 is my favorite move in the choreo, and that is way more intense that beat-matching the touches a few lines earlier... Ah, well it's still a great visual to pair with the track. And getting on to the track itself, it's one of my favorite female releases in kpop so far in 2014! It's well balanced, the vocal quality is unique and striking, the lyrics are simple, but certainly scintillating, and I enjoy how easy they are to sing along with. The harmonic underpinnings give the track tremendous energy and the whisper of the vocal melody tamps it down to make the sense of covert tension feel especially acute. I'm not terribly fond of the bridge, the 'get busy with it' bits are blah and don't really drop out from under the song in a way that allows the song to soar, but still. It's good, over all.
| Normally I'm a fan of multi-version releases, but these two videos really just aren't different enough for me to actually count them as separate versions. This is just a re-cut of the original and I had to watch them both in quick success before I realized what was actually different about them. | |
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