This week’s Music will have you gasping for air with Orange Caramel’s “Catallena”
And by gasping for air, I don’t mean that you’ll be laughing so hard that you'll be gasping...
I mean that this is Music Tuesday, because we didn’t put up Music Monday yesterday
because we were feeling sick from the yellow dust
which - if you don’t know what it is
is just a shitstorm of dust and pollution that come from China
though its origins are debatable.
That doesn't matter
What does matter is that I feel like I'm going to die and *cough*
and so does everyone else here in the Eatyourkimchi Studio.
*ring ding dong ring ding dong*
What's up?
I'm the Fairy Godmother
Um... I don't think you're my Fairy Godmother...
Hahahaha, I'm just messing with you.
I'm the Yellow Dust Fairy
Eeeh Shablamoh!
What the?
You got pneumonia
*cough*
Eeeeeh.... Shablamo, lot's of mucus
Hello loves.
It's me. Your Fairy Diarrhea Godmother
I've go the guns for the runs
And a fitting for shitting
Is there a Spudgy here?
No I'm not here.
I heard you were eating corpious amounts of rubbish
No I wasn't.
SHAZAAAAAM
Oh God *farting/pooping sounds*
BUUUUUUUT this is probably the last chance we’re going to get to talk about Orange Caramel’s awesome song
before it gets knocked out of the KpopCharts ranking
so we wanted to talk about this phenomenal song and video
which we totally and uncontrollably love
While we still can.
Before we die of Yellow Dust, that is.
*cough cough*
Okay. Something important I want to say about this video and other kpop concepts
for me, as a happily married heterosexual male
I’m seriously not interested in the sexy concepts in Kpop videos
They have no impact on me.
Every sexy Kpop video I watch looks like I’m watching a rehearsed video on how to try to be sexy.
For me, it's not actually sexy, it’s just them going through the motions of the director guiding them to be sexy.
And when it comes to male Kpop groups, since I’m not attracted to men,
a music video that consists only of glancing at the camera, lip rubbing, and body rolling and showing your abbs is super duper boring.
So what I’m trying to say is this: if you’re not sexy to me,
and you're heavily relying on your sexiness for your video
I'm not going to be interested in your video.
Which is why I like Orange Caramel’s stuff so much
Because humor doesn’t depend on sexual attraction.
If you don’t find the members of Orange Caramel hot, you can still like their stuff.
It's possible because it’s fun and vibrant, well thought out, and beautifully edited.
Why do you think PSY’s “Gangnam Style” went viral?
Because it’s funny, not because he is hot.
You can share funny. You can’t always share sexy.
Look at Crayon Pop!
They exploded onto the kpop scene
and are actually better known in Korea than most of the bands we talk about for Kpop Music Monday.
They did a fun video, and you didn’t need to be attracted to them to like the video.
We think that Orange Caramel’s videos are pure gold.
My Funny Hunny was AWESOME
and Lipstick is still one of our favourite Kpop videos of all time.
And Catellana follows up with another hilarious and perfectly done video. Allow me to explain.
It has a perfect balance of interesting props, sets, and fantastically adorable costumes
without crowding the set
It doesn’t rely on reused Kpop shop locations or props,
like a giant chess piece, a phone booth, or a chair.
Hey you know what would make a great video?
I need a chair.
And then I need various people.
They are are going to dance around it
Yeah.
Chairs, man.
Cut away to people looking sad in a brick room.
Let's also add some flashy filters and lens flairs and editing
And then we're done.
Music Video over
A job well done.
Orange Caramel doesn’t take the lazy approach for their videos.
Somebody took a long time to make a giant sushi plate stage,
a giant soy sauce and wasabi dip, gigantic rice balls.
The plastic wrapped mermaids with their sale stickers are incredibly real looking,
and actually quite clever
if you pause the frame and look at the details.
They made an octopus costume
and even fish eggs that could be tossed into the air.
And a real sushi restaurant with a conveyor belt.
You gotta appreciate the effort into making this video.
Even if you don't like it, coz you're crazypants
What? Who said that?
Who would say that you're crazy for not liking this video?
It was me.
The Meems.
And if you can appreciate fashion:
just the fish dresses alone are incredibly made to both look like seafood and to look cute at the same time.
The details in the hair, like the fish bones or bright hair color pieces,
all were thoroughly whimsical and clearly thought out
Pearl earrings? Mermaids? Everyone has pearls somewhere.
C'mon!
This video also does a great job of introducing new sets and characters
before you lose interest in the dances or close ups of the faces.
And the additional characters actually add interest to the plot.
How many Kpop videos have we seen that has ONE female or male love interest
who is the foil to EVERY single member of the band.
OHMERGAWD, MY HEART IS SOOO BROKEN/INFATUATED/YEARNING for you!!!!
JUST YOUUUUUUUU…
and not to sound creepy but all the members of my group kind of love you too.
We’re kind of back stabby like that.
Oh and not that I’m ashamed of you or anything,
but if you could just never show your face in the music video…
that would be great.
Let’s show a great example of how the Ursula octopus character adds to the plot
With one tiny smirk and one tiny shake of the plastic wrap
the octopus shows the audience that she’s snotty and proud of the fact
that she’s worth more that the three mermaids combined.
Did you see that?
That was called acting
And it was funny!
They’re great at showing emotions with small little micro expressions
rather than over exaggerated screaming and fist slamming to the ground,
or 45 seconds of back and forth cut scenes of slow motion crying.
This video is so good.
Even the editing is timed to the music
It’s just..so beautiful…
Guise: I think it’s official
Orange Caramel is my new favourite band in Kpop.
They can do no wrong.
They are prefect.
God bless Orange Caramel
We're making it sound as if this is only a good video,
but we didn’t even talk about the awesomeness of the song.
How awesome is the song?
real talk here. I know that a lot of you feel,
like kpop videos you like, a lot of your non-kpop friends just won't understand
There comes a point from time to time
In which you see a video
That is so special to you
That you decide to try sharing it
I did that
With this song
I sent this song to my friends who don't know Kpop
It's that good.
Last thing I can say before we start vacuum sealing our windows
I just heard 30 minutes ago that the Yellow Dust has crossed over to the toxic realm
is I like how this song is great for Australians. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
Get it? Get it everyone?
[S]Boooo [M]That totally... I went to an Australian wedding once
And everyone did AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!
[S]Boooo. It's not funny!
It's pretty factual
I'm sure every Australian thought of it
[S]Definitely not!
They did... you thought...hey
Last week we had an epic showdown between Girls Generation and 2NE1
for the best comeback this year,
and it was close, but not close enough.
Girls Generation won with 15,000 votes while 2NE1 got only 13,000
I think it was just Simon voting over and over again.
[S]Oh that is so not fair. [M]You are so SNSD biased. [S]I only voted like 5 times
For this week’s showdown we’re gonna put Orange Caramel’s Catellana against Lipstick.
Let us know which video you liked more.
Yes, I know it’s not the hottest showdown out there,
but we’re hoping we can bring more recognition to the awesomeness of Lipstick.
It's just perfect
If you haven’t seen it yet now’s your chance.
Let us know what you liked more in the comments or on our fancy poll on our site
And we'll announce the winners next week
We’re gonna talk more about our love for Orange Caramel and their video
in our blog post, so make sure you click on the link here
to read more about it
and don’t forget to subscribe for more Music Mondays
Take it away, Yellow Dust Spudgy!
My name is Spudgy and I didn't have fun today
I couldn't go outside and make a poo
Or go play
Eat poopers Oi OI Oi