Queen B'Z - Bad (MV Review)

Rookies that Rock

These girls have some fantastic pipes, that much is obvious right away. Also, I'm pleased with their dark and sexy concept, a rather unique debut concept, especially for a girl group from one of the smaller companies in Kpop. The MV is clearly shot on a budget, but that doesn't stand out like it does in some under-funded productions. The director did very well with making it look good, like big-budget & plenty left over for ditigized smoothing good. I like that the MV is literally steamy as well as metaphorically, it adds a certain something to the sexiness that gives the whole video unique flair. The choreography is nothing we've never seen before (though the strangling thing is not the typical use of the side to side hairflip thing...) , but it's put together very well and used to the girls' advantage very well. And the quick flashes to the blacklight scenes, very well done. The creative team on this project was clearly top notch. I also enjoy the fact the the female violence isn't made comical or trivialized or even made excusable because it's solely a result of over-wrought passion. It's cold blooded aggression and that is something rather rarely seen in music, especially kpop. The styling is great; the make-up is gorgeous, as are the hairstyles, and the outfits are dark and dramatically sexy without relying on being skin-bearing.

I don't quite understand the 'performance vers' qualifier though, has anyone found an alternative version? Either way, this is still a good MV.

The song is fabulous too. It's not incredible, but it's catchy and moves melodically through a complex and evolving pattern. The bassline is powerful and also malleable and it grows along with the melody. The harmonic fill is well balanced and well spatialized. All in all it's a really great debut.

I give it a 9/10: Blissful!