CUte! But also kinda Creepy . . .
Okay, so I'm clearly not a raging feminist, or rather an actively campaigning feminist (because feminazism is a not a real thing and frankly the idea is rather disgusting), but I do have standards. This doesn't quite violate any of them, but it gets really close to crossing lines by more or less reinforcing the stereotypes of rape-culture. I mean really, that girls don't understand their sexual urges, but all men do and coercively arrange things for their own sexual gratification? Really? "I don't know, I don't know, it's the first time for me, it's only natural for you, but I don't know..." and "meeting only at night, 'it's like that for adults', I don't know" . . . yeah, kinda creeper-y there. & the sweater thing . . . sweet shisus that was creepy, like 'what the hell is this guy trying to do?' creepy. And yet, at the same time, it's playing with those stereotypes, the girl exploits the distraction she poses to win the video game, and she seems to just be acting oblivious to watch him squirm... but still, it's just not kosher in my book. The nursery rhyme elements and the creeper-deep voice that chimes in now and then just make it feel very uncomfortable; very childlike and like he's ruining her innocence (which is an entirely different level of creep-tastic . . . ).
On the other hand, I LOVE everything else about this release. The track is flawless. It's catchy and quick-witted and it moves beautifully combining elements I would have have thought could work. It slides from the verses to the chorus with grace and then into the rap with an elegant flip of meter that's jaw-droppingly straightforward and then it magically cants right back into the chorus. It's spatialized beautifully, the parts are well-balanced and well-mixed so that the vocals sit neatly inside the track and nothing feels stretched. Seriously, the only complaint I have at all about the track (aside from the lyrics) is that it ends without a cadence. One more note, really bum bum BUM (I know you can hum what I want in your head, it's a cadence, it's a human need for that last note . . .).
The choreography rocks, the styling is gorgeous, the sets are beautiful and have just that little touch of christmasiness to make it charmingly holiday... it's really a great release. Were it not for the humanist defender of all, including female-kind in me, I'd easily throw a 9 at this, without question. But being what it is . . .
On the other hand, I LOVE everything else about this release. The track is flawless. It's catchy and quick-witted and it moves beautifully combining elements I would have have thought could work. It slides from the verses to the chorus with grace and then into the rap with an elegant flip of meter that's jaw-droppingly straightforward and then it magically cants right back into the chorus. It's spatialized beautifully, the parts are well-balanced and well-mixed so that the vocals sit neatly inside the track and nothing feels stretched. Seriously, the only complaint I have at all about the track (aside from the lyrics) is that it ends without a cadence. One more note, really bum bum BUM (I know you can hum what I want in your head, it's a cadence, it's a human need for that last note . . .).
The choreography rocks, the styling is gorgeous, the sets are beautiful and have just that little touch of christmasiness to make it charmingly holiday... it's really a great release. Were it not for the humanist defender of all, including female-kind in me, I'd easily throw a 9 at this, without question. But being what it is . . .
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