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  1. KATSEYE -- Animal
    youtu.be/m7k9UMcHbr0?si=fp-tfz

    The other day I posted that I was newly open to KATSEYE on the strength of the "Animal" teaser, so now that the MV is here I feel I should post my opinion.

    The good: I should say "better", as having the members actually singing marks a huge improvement as far as I am concerned over the awful "Gnarly" and "Pinky Up", but the song is not that interesting. Still, I am pleased that they have gone for the melodic.

    A lot of people have noted the homage to "Bound", that super erotic 1996 neonoir from the Wachowskis. As I watched the MV, I was also reminded of the conceptually similar but musically superior WJSN The Black -- Easy.

    The mystifying: I couldn't follow the plot, if there even was one, of the MV, and was both surprised and puzzled by the sudden appearance of Demi Moore. Perhaps there is some KATSEYE or more general pop culture joke or reference here which has not registered with me.

    The bad: If I told you that "thighs" and "spicy" applied to a sequence of the MV, you would probably give me a knowing wink; little would you know that I was referring to the thighs to be found in the Jollibees Chickenjoy Bucket served with the signature spicy gravy, all on display in the MV starting at 1:54.

    When it comes to product placement in an MV, some consideration has to be given to the matching of product and overall concept. The high end audio of Bose fits with the glamorous aspirations of "Animal", but nothing could be further from that glamour than a fast food fried chicken meal deal. Jollibees is less sharp suits, sexy lingerie, and high heels than graphic tees, baggy shorts, and flipflops.

    Th ugly: Those bleached eyebrows! Daniela ( I think that's her name) looks like something from a horror film.

    In general: better than their most recent releases, but not something I will be saving to my playlist.

    #Pop #KATSEYE #Animal #GlobalPop #GlobalGirlGroups #GirlGroups #Jollibees #ProductPlacement

  2. Fifty Fifty

    I hope the comeback TOO MUCH has the disco sound suggested by the visuals here.

    #Kpop #KpopPix #FiftyFifty #TooMuch #GirlGroups

  3. #JMusicFriday revival by @cthellis, themed hiking / trekking / journeys

    E-girls -- 別世界 -- Bessekai
    youtu.be/5gFUjAglBSY?si=apVOtw

    >> Are you ready to see another world? ...never ending our journey <<

    One of my favourite Jpop tracks.

    #Jpop #EGirls #Bessekai #GirlGroups

  4. #KpopMonday #CarsAndTrucks

    Although I hate the way that so much of life in the USA and beyond is dominated by the car, I recognize that city pop being heard at its best in connection with night time driving means that car culture cannot be damned unreservedly.

    Brave Girls -- We Ride
    youtu.be/4HjcypoChfQ?si=8nKW6x

    I think I posted this in another #KpopMonday quite recently, but since it's so good I feel no inhibitions about posting it once more.

    #Kpop #BraveGirls #WeRide #CityPop #GirlGroups #Cars

  5. Thank you [email protected] for running #KpopMonday and choosing this week's theme of #UpAndDown

    RESCENE -- YoYo

    youtu.be/uDYy2UyO1X4?si=eH6WNi

    >>We're going up down, up down, up down...<<

    Even though the YoYo MV runs for less than two minutes, it's one of my favourite releases of the year.

    #RESCENE #YoYo #Kpop #GirlGroups

  6. @Erzbet
    Thank you, as always, for organizing this.
    #KpopMonday #MedalMetals

    Mamamoo -- Piano Man

    youtu.be/gZpr72kIRH4?si=BRXF4H

    This was a tough assignment!
    I eventually thought of this stage, in which Mamamoo are dressed in gold for the entire song.

    #Kpop #Mamamoo #PianoMan #GirlGroups