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This week's Music Monday is the GET OFF MY LAWN YOU HOOLIGAN edition
with 2NE1's "Ugly"
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EEEeeeEeeeeEEeEEEEeeEee I don't know. The song really didn't do it for me.
I know, I know, I'm a 2NE1 fan, and it's got a great message,
it's really symbolic, and blah blah blah,
but, I think in comparison to "I Am the Best" it was just kind of lacklustre for me.
Sorry guise!
You know, one of the things that really confuses us about Kpop
is the inconsistency in a band's message. Bands go from
Hello ladies.
Look at this manly man, now back to this cutie boy,
now back to this manly man, now back to this cutie boy.
Are you confused? Because I am.
Is he, like a man, or like a boy?
Cuz I don't know.
Or cute aegyo girls who go from sexy women
then back to aegyo girls, then back to sexy women.
This one's a real hottie.
These flip flops back and forth are just confusing.
Make up your mind already. Are you a confident sex god, or a coy shy guy?
Cuz you can't be both.
2NE1 though, is a special situation.
In "I Am the Best" they showed how super confident they were
and in this song now, they show are super unconfident they are.
As a result, I think it can be difficult to come to terms
with both sides of 2NE1, if you don't see them as a comparison
to other girl bands that are out right now.
More than anything, I think 2NE1 is just trying to separate themselves from other Korean Pop groups,
like, for example, you'll never see them acting aegyo and cute and shy,
they don't call people like "Oppa!"
and they don't act super hyper sexual just to get someone's attention.
I mean, they'll wear clothing that's considered to be "ugly"
They'll tell you that they're ugly in comparison to other beauty standards,
but, on the other side, they'll confidently tell you that I am the best, and I don't care.
The point is, yes, 2NE1 is very different than other girl groups out there right now,
but they still often deal with opposing messages
that can be kind of confusing to their audience.
Side point here though. Um.
For a video about being ugly, it kinda doesn't really make sense to me,
that you have a bunch of smoking hot Korean girls
wearing really funky clothing walking around being badasses
and destroying all the constructs of fake prettiness.
It doesn't really fit for me.
You know what I want to know? Where did you get all those art supplies?
I mean, spray paint I understand,
because you're hooligans and you use spraypaint. Fine
but Neon Paint? Who's your art supplier man?
And, I don't know about you,
but if someone walked up to me and covered me in spray paint,
the last thing I'd want to do is have a super awesome happy dance party with them.
I'd probably just punch em in the face.
Ah yeah! Can't wait to get up in this club and do my dance moves!
Hay you wanna dance!
Alright girl I know you like my sexy winAAAAT THE?
HAHAHA! Yeah let's dance!
Girl, you crazy, but I like your sass.
Ahh yeah!
Back to being profound:
I think we can learn a very valuable lesson from this video.
And that's to never get on 2NE1's bad side.
Confident or sad, it seems like it'll always end
with 2NE1 blowing someone up.
Crappy ex-boyfriend? Yeah, we blew him up.
Pyramid and drummers? We murdered them, shot the pyramid.
Ugly people dance party?
We sang with them for a bit, then, we blew them up.
Um, 2NE1, Question:
Is there any situation with you that I'm not gonna die?
You know what Dara? I think it's time that we break up.
Do you know what I do with my ex-boyfriends? I KILL THEM!
Oh! Hay! You know what?
I didn't say break up. I said make...make out.
You and I should make out. Make out.
Do you know what I do with my boyfriends? I KILL THEM!
Whoa! Hey! That's kind of sucky.
How about we...you know, let's not think about dating.
Let's just go dancing at a club. It'll be nice and fun.
I like dancing. You know what I do after I finish dancing?
I BLOW THE CLUB UP!
On a side note: blowing stuff up and walking away from it unfazed,
just isn't cool anymore. It kinda went out two years ago.
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There really isn't a dance to this video,
unless you count dancing around the world's loneliest moshpit as a dance,
but while they were jumping around, did anyone else notice
that 2NE1 are like, the worst lip-syncers on the planet?
Ugly singing sequence take 1: action!
Cuz I'm the Spudgy! And everybody wants to...
Cut. Are you doing alright?
OMIGOSH! I'm so sorry. Let's do it again.
I'm good! I'm good. I know what's wrong here.
Yeah, I'm good.
Take 2: action.
Cuz I'm the Spudgy! And everybody wants to...
Cut. Ok ok you know what?
Let's try doing the singing without any background music.
Just like, live?
Just sing it live.
Ok. Yeah, I can do that.
Take 3: action!
Cuz I'm the Spudgy! And everybody wants to...
Cut, Ok. Um, what the hell just happened.
What? Really? You didn't know?
YOU DIDN'T KNOW?!
BUAHAHAHAHA!
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As for the English of the song, we give this a
6 out of 5
Seriously: I don't think we've ever reviewed a song
with English as good as this.
It doesn't take the normal route of just throwing in
a couple words or phrases to sound cool.
The entire chorus is in English,
and not only is it in English,
it makes perfect sense, and it doesn't sound terrible.
Really, this is the kind of English that we fully endorse.
Not those little splats of English that try to make you sound cool.
*COUGH LEGO COUGH*
I'm sorry. I just had some hip-hop caught in my throat.
I don't think I can emphasize this enough:
From an international fan's standpoint,
I think this song shows a lot of respect to your international audience,
and shows a great way of bridging the gap
between Korean and non-Korean fans,
Great job 2NE1. I'm really impressed.
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Last week we asked you who had the funnier walk.
Super Junior's Zombie Walk in Mr. Simple,
or BEAST's Penguin Pee dance in Fiction
And the winner was Super Junior,
which really scares me because I don't like zombies,
and you never should have voted for something that involved zombies,
It's like you're supporting the zombie race,
and I don't like zombies. They scare me. I have scary memories.
Question:
Question.
Um. Why did you say Beast and not B2ST?
For this week's Hooligan edition
we ask you who make the most badass hooligans.
2NE1 in "Ugly" or CN Blue in "First Step"
Leave your votes in our comments, or in our Facebook poll,
and we'll announce the winners next week.
Also thanks to all the Blackjacks who FINALLY got 2NE1 in this week.
If there's a video you want to see us do for Kpop Music Mondays,
head on over to eatyourkimchi.com/requests
and tell us who we should do a video for.
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And, for the winner of last week's Super Junior Mr. Simple giveaway,
the winner is gonna be announced in our bloopers.
Cuz I'm the Spudgy!
and everybody wants to hug me.
Look at me aren't I so pretty?
Oh yes I'm so pretty.
Pet me on my face,
cuz I'm the Spudgy!