hi, welcome!
in today's video we are going to be talking about why Ateez's
Wonderland is so familiar, now I've been getting so many requests to talk about
Ateez in a video so I thought let's make a video in this series where we talk
about second gen kpop or things that remind us of even 3rd gen kpop, am I
gonna mention 2NE1 as well? you know what might as well! before ''Wonderland'', the only
song I had ever heard from Ateez was ''wave'' is that even how you pronounce Ateez?
Let's look at the Korean writing of it... oh my god! we got it right the first time around,
someone give me an award! so I had heard their song ''wave'' previously and I
thought it was pretty iconic and I really enjoyed it and I actually added
it to my Spotify playlist, which if you know me, I very rarely add songs to my
Spotify playlist, I usually have 10 to 15 songs that I will rotate and I made my
mom listen to it, she didn't like it, she doesn't like anything I like, so you know,
whatever! don't take that to heart, she only liked 2NE1 and BIGBANG but you know...
she doesn't know what happened to 2NE1 and BIGBANG and I don't have the heart to
tell her frankly... so with Ateez's comeback with ''Wonderland'', it is completely
different, they did a complete 180 and you know I love to bring things back to
second generation so if that offends you, just know that I'm gonna be mentioning
at least five different second gen groups so if you're gonna have a fit
about it, I'm giving you the chance right now
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before getting into the similarities with second gen kpop I want to talk about a
similarity with dreamcatcher, I don't know if you notice this but their
outfits are so similar and I'm not trying to imply anything, I'm the last
person who was like ''oh this group is copying this group'' even though my
Oneus video rubbed people the wrong way.. I was obviously very sarcastic when
I said that the hanbok existed a bit before BTS' debut
people thought I was serious like obviously I know the hanbok has
existed for so long, it was a joke guys! come on give me more credit than that...
so let's get into everyone's favorite parts! second gen kpop, this song gives me b.a.p
vibes, not necessarily the outfits, though we can find some outfits similarities
but mostly in the sound, so we have this hardcore feel to the song, this hardcore
sound, and that is very B.A.P-esque although you know, a lot of people are gonna argue
that b.a.p is not really 2nd generation because they debuted in 2012 and 2012 is
more 3rd gen, but I feel like 2012 is a mix of the 2nd gen elements with these
3rd gen elements and you can really tell by the eyeliner, so back in 2012 eyeliner
was still thing and that is very much a 2nd gen thing even in 2013 as well even
with BTS is debut with ''no more dream'' that they're wearing eyeliner, which to me,
is very 2nd gen so if you don't want to consider it 2nd gen we can at least
agree it's like this huge transitional period in kpop from 2nd gen to 3rd gen
you guys can argue all you want about that in the comments below! I'm also
getting some Dalmatian E.R. vibes, the songs don't sound anything alike
ER was very much a sad heartbreak song also MBLAQ cry which was also a very sad
heartbreak song, *sings ''cry* you make me cry you make me cry! oh my god.. however Wonderland
still gives me those vibes, still gives me those stylistic vibes, gives me those
2nd gen vibes, without actually sounding too much like a 2nd gen song now that
we've talked about why Wonderland seems so familiar, let's move on to my
review of the song! do I like this song? yes and no, it gives me very strong b.a.p
vibes however there's something that is a little bit off about this song and I'm
gonna try my best to explain it to you and the most cohesive way possible, so
you know the intro of the song is very high-energy like it pumps you up but
then it doesn't really transition into the first verse, it's like the entire
song is almost a beat drop it just seems a bit unnerving, I think that's the word
I'm looking for, unnerving and I want you guys to let me
know if you relate to this at all or if this is very much just relate
to me only, this is just my own personal experience, and it's really odd like I
really would have expected myself to fall in love with this song because it's
everything my second-gen heart would have loved, also the chain scene reminds
me of the string scene and NU'EST ''action'', can't believe I forgot to tell you that
I'm done with the comparisons but anyways that's how I feel about the song
but quite honestly please don't take this to heart,
I generally dislike a lot of songs that I hear initially even from my faves
make sure you leave in the comments down below what you thought of this comeback
and what it reminds you of, why do you think it's so familiar? so yeah thank you
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