(Thump Thump Thump Thump ahh, Thump Thump Thump Thump ahh) (Playing with spoons music.)
This week's Music Monday will have you kicking stuff in slow motion with T-ara N4's "Jeon Won Diary".
(Music)
[T-ara N4] tting garing garingga tting garing garingga
So, we didn't pick uBEAT for Music Monday because uBEAT did their own version of Music Monday,
which we just published, and we also did an interview with them where they talked about their video a lot,
so you can check those out here. And, we didn't talk about SHINee's "Why So Serious"
because even though we're big fans of SHINee and have reviewed just about every single one of their videos
since "Lucifer", we did not like "Why So Serious" whatsoever.
(Martina whispers) It was so bad.
(Their bodies were found in a river 3 days later.)
And so, we are reviewing T-ara N4's "Jeon Won Diary".
Ok, just when I thought Kpop names were weird, it turns out that Kpop sub-units have the most bizarre names.
We've got the 2Yoon, the ZE:A Fives, the Sistar19s, the TaeTiSeo (Tittays) (TTS), and now, the T-aranafours (T-ara N4s).
Except the last one kind of sounds like: (Tiaranafor) (Most Feared Dance Dino). (Sounds like Tyrannosaurus rex) (Dinosaur roar)
This is the best Kpop song of the year, well, next to PSY's "Gentleman",
but I don't really consider PSY Kpop, he's kind of transcended beyond the realm of Kpop.
[M] Ok, no, wait a second. Are you totally crazy? Are you smoking some crazy poop?
[S] No, this song actually rocks tremendously.
[M] You think this is like one of the best songs of the year? [S] Easily.
[M] Oh, it's on.
(Western Showdown music) [S] Simon verses Martina: 30 second showdown to disagree,
starting... now! (Tiny beep)
[M] Listen, if the song had started past the one minute mark, that whole beginning na na na na na na na was awful.
The chorus itself is great, but I don't like the rest of the song.
[S] The whole song leads up to the fever pitch of the chorus, in which they could do like a Harlem Shake breakdown,
and it's awesome, fun. Every part of the song is necessary.
[M] No, it's not. It completely destroyed it.
I don't know what's happening nowadays with Kpop, where is my cane?
It seems like they like to poke like four different songs together, instead of having like a one feel with it.
I'm missing my ring ding dongs (SHINee), I'm missing my lovey doveys (T-ara), I'm missing all my like good songs.
[S] I totally disagree with you, I think- (Beep Beep Beep) [M] Sucker! (Beep Beep Beep)
[Both] Good day, sir. (Beep Beep Beep) (Beep Beep Beep)
Now I do think that this is an awesome song for 2013, but I mentioned in the Kpop chart update
how this isn't one of the best T-ara songs ever. (This song= #6 on my list)
One of those top five songs, in my opinion, #5 "Sexy Love", which we still sing to this day.
#4 "I Go Crazy Because of You". It's one of their less popular songs, but I love it.
#3 "Yayaya". Incredibly ridiculous and incredibly fun.
#2 "Lovey Dovey", which we also still sing to this day,
and #1 "Roly Poly" It's just oozing with perfection, and it really is one of the best Kpop songs in the history of Kpop.
As for the video, it's so bizarre, that I'm sure some people might be confused.
Basic gist of the video, girls living in the countryside are unhappy with their countryside life
because they suck at it, and they see this flyer for a dance contest.
Then, they start playing the dance routine, which is an homage to the running man or the shuffle step,
which is something totally brand new and I haven't seen that lately in the past two years!
And they kick ass at dancing, not farming. And that's what it's all about.
(Dramatic dun nuh) (Or is it...)
(School bell rings) Good afternoon, class. I am, as you very well know, Professor Trollio,
and today I am going to give you the lesson on T-ara's deeper meaning in Jeon Won Diary.
(1. If EX-O has fallen down a hole,) A lot of the lyrics of the song are telling people to stop hating and to mind their own business,
(how long will it take for SM Entertainment to help them out?) which considering T-ara's history and their scandal,
(2. Solve this equation) This is really relevant. The video is even book candid with the old guy being like
I don't want to watch this (First form: Taemin) (Second form TaeMAN)
and then ending the video getting caught watching it. (Final form? Tae Maximum)
Why? Because this song is so fun, and the video was fun, and that's what matters most in life.
Stop giving a damn about what's going on in the singers' personal lives!
Listen to the music and shut up!
In fact, the bigger message in life, which we can get from this video,
is that T-ara N4 may not be able to grow vegetables or pick food or push a wheelbarrow or chop a piece of wood
or even walk worth a damn, but indeed they can look very pretty and sing as well,
and so, the moral of the story is... even if you are very very stupid, you can still be a Kpop idol.
No, wait... no, wait. That didn't come out right.
I've made a terrible mistake.
[M] Will this be on the final exam? [S] Shut up. You've failed the class.
[M] Ok. It's not that this video isn't fun, it is,
and there are a lot of Kpop videos which are either so serious about being sexy or just kind of repetitive and boring,
so I am really glad that this video takes itself in a fun, light hearted kind of way.
However... did you seriously just cast the members of T-ara N4 as the dumbest, airheaded farm hands to ever live?
Wait, did you just describe countryside life as a place to (Now that our boss is gone: just stop working!) put all your worries behind?
(Let's use the food like it's confetti! Yay!) Do you know how hard it is to work on a farm?
Obviously not because I see how you work. (Trample everything!)
How did these girls manage to get jobs at this farm???
(First World Farmer Problems by T-ara N4)
Uh, oh my god! It's so unfair! I can't believe my boss was mad at me just because I was looking in a mirror
instead of doing my job!!!! Oh, eyebrows look great today.
Oh my god. It's so hard to clean this potato, and I'm so weak: I can't even push a wheelbarrow.
Oh my god. This watering can business is complicated. Uh. Uh.
Oh my god, that man chopping wood scared me! (faints)
Oh my god! I can't believe you stepped on me while I was lying in this field, admiring myself with a- (Chicken clucks)
(A cow moos. Another chicken clucks.) That's not okay... anywhere... ever.
[S] Um, miss, can I get a latte?
[M] Yeah. You can get it yourself.
Ok, no no. I can't deal with this.
I'm gonna fix this music video right now.
(EYK's Version) (Saxaphone)
[M] Oh my god! We are such hard workers that we plowed the field, harvested all of the vegetables,
and finished three hours earlier, and using my super buff woman arms,
(Chicken sounds in the background) I've chopped all of the wood, and Gary, the farm-hand, fainted due to my awesome skills.
I even fixed the horse fence.
[S] Oh my god! Is that a flyer for a dance contest?
[M] Huh? Where?
[City Girl] Hahaha. Farm girls, you can't do anything but farm and look dirty from farming.
You could never learn a dance or put on makeup and nice clothing like a city girl.
We'll definitely win the dance contest just from our looks alone.
[S] We'll show you. Let's go! [M] Let's go!
(1 week later)
[S,M] Hahaha hahaha. [S] We won! [M] Not only are we great at farming and hands on physical labor,
but we also won the dance contest due to our hard work and our sexy moves.
Putting your mind to something and working hard pays off.
What a great message for women! (And men!)
See? That was not that complicated.
(Spoon playing music) (The dance)
One of the best things about T-ara is that their dances are usually super freakin' fun,
so freakin' fun! Ha ha ha ha ha. Get it? That was my Bo Peep dance. (From their song Bo Peep)
You watch something from SM like TVXQ's hulk fisting or Younique Unit's Maxstep,
and you are amazed at how cool the dances are, but you really can't partake in it because you probably suck at dancing.
With T-ara though, their moves are so simple and silly, and it's something you can really get into with your friends,
even though you still probably suck at dancing.
[M] Mmm, ah!
(More spoon playing music) (The English)
As for the English of the song, I give this a...
pleased yet disappointed out of five.
T-ara's English in the song is acceptable, and that's something I should be okay with,
but this is T-ara we're talking about.
They usually have the most gloriously atrocious English in Kpop.
It's as common as their awesome dances.
"Go it go it go it go, I like-ah-like-ah this, I like-ah-like-ah that. Shut up (shout out to) my mind. Kiss me, baby"
"I'll must be stay here. Day by day." So, it's great for T-ara for not having bad English, but not great for me... on the inside.
P A R T, why? (Sounds like party)
(The end of the spoons playing music) (The Showdown)
Last week, we put G-Dragon verses Crazyno in the battle of the crazies,
and you choose G-Dragon. (Kids cheering) We knew that was going to happen,
but we at least had to share Crazyno's crazy video, which you have to admit, was pretty cool, right?
T-ara's video showed you the non-glamorous Kpop life, but was it better than Dalshabet's "Have, Don't Have", the don't have version?
Cast your votes in the comments section below or on our Facebook poll, and we'll announce the winners next week.
[M] Hey Simon, how come you didn't talk about that Twitter controversy with T-ara and that other guy?
[S] Oh, because I don't give a crap, but if you want to know our thoughts on T-ara as a sub-unit
and about the cool sample they used in the song, check out our blog post here,
and if you agreed with what we had to say today, give this video a like, and if you didn't, let us know in the comments.
Oh my god! You should review 2PM.
You better get voting then, by heading on over to the Kpop charts, here.
I think we're done here, take it away, countryside Spudgy.
(Spudgy sings Jeon Won Diary) Subscribe for more videos and also check out the bloopers, they are so very funny.
And, make sure you watch those videos, and also check out last week's video
because it is so good! [M] Spudgy. [Sp] What?
[M] I like your babushka. [Sp] Thanks.