Friday, September 28, 2012

TVXQ New Album 'Catch Me'

The first group that caught my attention, and drew me into Asian Pop and K-Pop in particular was DBSK. Now with only Yunho and Changmin left in the group, and switching over the name to the lesser known TVXQ, I've been trying to support them. When I clicked into YouTube the other day I was really happy to see first the teaser and then the full length MV for 'Catch Me', waiting to be watched. 10 minutes later, i wasn't so sure how happy I was anymore.
The guys looked good, nice hair cuts and all but somethings were weird for me.
Please watch before reading on.





During the video you see them dressed identically, like their the same person or a shadow of the other. Unfortunately I don't speak Korean, and I haven't looked up the lyrics yet, but I think that's what is going on in the video. I really like the arm glowing moves, I thought they were really cool, but then I saw a different scene where Yunho and Changmin had on these white sweat suit outfits, all I could think of was 'wow, that looks cheap'.

Normally I watch videos and don't think too much about costumes and sets, at least not until the third or fourth viewing. Then looking at those baggy clothes it made me think of the 'Hug' days (moment of silence for the five power), and I was upset that coordinators had put them in those cheap sweats. Are they trying to say that the arm lights cost so much that they ran out of money for other nice clothes?? I know that they can't possibly be as popular as they were before but even newbies get better clothes than ill-fitting jogging clothes.

Rant Over.
Beyond that the song was like Euro-Dance infused. Not a really fan of Euro, but I think it was well done here. Love the classic Changmin scream that was thrown in just for the fans :) and like previously mentioned the glow arms were pretty freaking cool. I can't say that this will be one of my  favorites, I'm not a fan that believes my favorite celebrites can do no wrong, but I will support them. Glad that they're back and looking really good :D

Friday, September 21, 2012

U-KISS Stop Girl MV

 

I've always been on the fence about U-KISS. I would like one song and then hate another. Plus Alexander was given the boot (I really liked him). Now though, with this new song I think they've convinced me to give them another try.




Everything looks great except that God-awful wig/hat combo that DongHo wears for part of the video.