This week's Music Monday will get you a copy of GD's newest album
With G Dragon's "Crooked"
Yes we know that both JYJ and GD's "Coup D'etat" currently outranked this 3rd place video
But JYJ's video was...
How should we... put it...
[Singing] This is a commercial~
~Of cheesy 80's music~
And GD's "Coup D'etat"... We were both pretty torn about.
I liked the song.
Simon didn't.
Yes, the symbolism in that video was like an English nerd's wet dream
But it would take us 45 minutes to explain it all.
[Demon voice] SPOILER ALERT
IT'S ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER.
So we decided to go for "Crooked" which we both actually like.
What's really cool about this video is that a lot of the time
when you see Kpop bands shoot videos in other countries
The bands rather awkwardly stick out
Either due to their odd fashion or the and awkward actors
Who just hate to react to them.
Those videos feel like Kpop band is just performing in other countries
And they are used in their country as a
Oh My God So Cool back chop to the music video
Which is totally fine but reeks of insincerity
*cough* BatOOst *cough*
Beautiful night.
That's batoost "beautiful night"
But this here is a first kpop video I've seen where
at the start of the video it looks like he is an average Joe
who is going to receive an ass-kicking from strangers.
We don't see GD being the Center of the party.
We see him weak.
Loosing control.
Being denied entering into clubs.
Picking fights.
Being belligerent and erratic.
And sobbing in the bathroom secretly.
It makes him seem like he is just a normal London dude
who loves punk and sports, anarchy and the fashion of Billy Idol.
He is poorly dealing with issues of love and loss
just like we do.
Except I find the emotional breakdowns a bit unrelatable
because he looks just a bit too snazzy.
Emotional breakdowns look more like...
Now while everyone is going to have different experiences of this video
I kind of saw this as a depiction of a super rich,
super stylish kid living a very shallow and unfulfilling life.
We see him partying with his friends
and They all look like they are really enjoying themselves
while GD is looking like he is kind of forcing himself to have a good time
He gets no satisfaction out of this life of partying
as different things are going through his mind
but he is kind of putting up a front.
And at the end of the video we start seeing the cracks
as quick scenes of him crying alone
are spiced with scenes of him still trying to look like he is enjoying himself.
Screaming at parties and then screaming out tears.
I thought that the video was honestly really well done.
Considering the fact that GD is a God-level celebrity in Korea
seeing a body guard deny GD entry to a club seems oh so humorous.
If GD would be denied entering a club he would probably explode on the spot from unworthiness.
Psssht, you're not coming in.
Bitch, I'm fAbulous!
AyOOOOooo~
And we just can't help but imagine
how fans' reactions to GD's behavior
would differ from those of the every day Londoners in this video that don't know him.
[GD]Ack! [TEP]OH MY GOD I KILLED A CHILD!
[Seungrina]Oh my, GD~
This was supposed to be for our 2nd date but I'm ok with it if you're ok with it.
[S]Touching me. This means we are getting married~ [GD]hElp!
[TEP]I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!! [GD]*screams*
[S] OH MY GOD GD TOUCHED MY FOOD! I'LL EAT IT OFF THE CRAP!
And on a lighter note: there is no dance in the video for me to talk about
Apart from GD's running man
Get it? Running man? [S]Boooo
It's clever. He is running.
He does the running man. For the whole video. [S]Get off the stage!
He does the running man. [S]It's not funny! [M]It's clever. [S]Booo!
Oh Ooh Oooooooh
GD's running yeah, GD's running yeah
GD's running around
He is running from Godzilla
And from Fangurilla
He is eating some Taco Bell.
Now he's got 'dem ruuuuuns
He's got the ruuuuuns!
And if yooooou
see him in the city he is looking kind of shitty
He is eating that Taco Bell.
Cause he's got 'dem ruuuuuuns
He's got 'dem ruuuuuuns~
*fart sound*
Last time we asked you to pick between Seungri's "Gotta talk to you"
And MBLAQ's "Smoky Girl"
for the best mature smoky shadowy manly Kpop video
And you picked MBLAQ's "Smoky girl"
Which I agree with but not by That much
As it got almost 3000 more votes than Seungri.
For this week's showdown we are putting GD's "crooked"
up against 2AM's "Like crazy" for the most powerful crybaby movie.
Though we could have picked just about any other 2AM video.
Do they ever NOT cry?
Leave your votes in the comments or on our fancy-pantsy poll on our website
An we'll announce the winners next week.
Also we've been So busy traveling
That we've missed out on a couple Music Mondays
And we feel kind of bad about it
So we want to apologize by giving away a few of GD's CDs
~GD CD~
If you want to win one, here's what you've got to do:
For our YouTube subscribers: make sure you are subscribed by clicking on the link here
Then let us know what was your favorite scene from GD's video.
Get all artsy and analytical if you want.
For our facebook followers, click on the page Here
Give a like and then answer the contest thread question
in THE CONTEST THREAD ONLY!
For our twitter followers: make sure you follow us by clicking on the link here
and reTweet the link by clicking on the link here.
BOOYA! That's so easy. Just two clicks.
Lastly don't forget to like and favorite this video and to subscribe for more Music Mondays
Take it away crooked Spudgy.
oh Ooh Oooooooh
Spudgy's coming yeah, Spudgy's coming yeah
Spudgy's coming around.
Rubbing his tummy and rubbing his bunny cause everyone loves him now
Cause you love the Suuudge, You love the Spuudge~
And if you're looking for the Meemers
And I'm sitting over here
And you can now touch my head (?) [S]No!
[S]No you don't! [M] You like the Meemers, You like the Meemers too~ [S]Go away!
...Stinky...