This week’s Music Monday is the Bear in the Woods edition with Sistar19’s “Gone Not Around Any Longer”
Ok. I must get this out of the way from the start. TURTLENECKS MUST DIEEEEE!
WHO STARTED THIS TREND?!
Seriously, Who, Who did this?! Was this you T.O.P.?! Did you start this trend with that one video that you wore turtle neck in?
Seriously, it’s not like there’s just one turtle neck. There are couple turtle necks in this video. That’s not cool.
There could be like couple what, like couple hoodies or couple t-shirts but couple turtle necks… No, no.
And they are wearing shorty short shorts. And they’re dancing in turtlenecks with short shorts.
Who planed that?!
Who was like “hey, shorty short shorts with high-heels and turtle necks are the best”. NOoo
Let me say that I’m very surprised by the song.
We loved Sistar’s “Alone” and “Loving you” but Sistar19’s “Ma Boy” was totally not our thing at all.
Not in the least bit. At all. Whoa, like not even close.
So when we heard that Sistar19 rather than Sistar as a whole was coming out with another song, we were a bit concerned.
But this is great. I freakin love sexamaphones when they’re done right.
Erm… sorry... Did you mean saxophones?
That’s what I said. Sexomaphones.
No no no no no , Saxo
Sexa
Saxama
Sexama
SAx
SEx
SAx
SEx
Ok, I’m just gonna leave that.
Like I was saying, I Love it when sexysexamaphones are done right in pop music.
Here the Sexamaphones are all sexy and drawling and totally fit the jazzy melancholic feel of the whole song and video.
Even the echoing whispers of the chorus. The “Now” or “Ow” or whatever it is that they say they fade away and they really match that feeling of loss in the song.
It’s really well put together.
We actually like the acting in this video as well.
Usually in kpop videos about breakups… And, boy are there ever a lot of videos about breakups… we often see people falling to their knees dramatically
And pounding on things with their fists or reaching out and grabbing imaginary things while staring really hard at the camera while someone hoses down their face with ranch.
Ranch tears? I’m in.
Did I say ranch, I meant water.
No. no. I don’t…
You do get some of those crying shots, though, but it isn’t totally overwhelming as it is in other videos.
There are some really great contrasting scenes of happy to sad.
Like where Hyorin was really happy and snuggly when she was with the boyfriend, but once she is alone in the scenes you can see the strain of the face and the quiver in her lip.
And there is even a scene where Hyorin is happily playing around with her boyfriend and then they walk through the door and then he just vanishes.
And she emerges alone on the other side.
THAT was a really simple scene but that non-stop camera pan created an awesome contrast of them together and then her alone.
It was super effective.
But that’s not to say that this video is Perfect.
It’s pretty solid for the first two minutes and thirty seconds of the video and it does a great job of conveying sadness and loss.
But then the last minute of the video totally changes.
Ok, sure. I totally understand that maybe the director doesn’t want to do like three minutes and forty two seconds of love and loss scenes from the same setting.
Which I actually appreciate, coz that can get kind of repetitive.
But it looked like it went from a slow, sad music video to something out of a club scene.
Seriously if you mute the video at the two minutes and thirty three seconds and then you watch what’s going on
The dance and the acting, it’s like a totally different song is being played in the background.
Even the video editing changes.
The piano solo ____ where they show the transparent piano being played by none other than TRANSPARENT PIANO MAN
Is a bit awkward and then doesn’t really add anything to the video apart from an abundance of lens flairs.
Then the walls collapse and… All the spotlights turn on and then Sistar19 are dressed up in hip-hop gear and then they dance in front of the TRANSPARENT PIANO MAN again
Bora does the bum flex on the wall and then Hyorin punches the camera…
Whut? What’s up with that scene?
How was that relevant to the song or the first awesome part of the video what so ever?
You guys don’t really look sad anymore. I’m not sure what you look like.
And whoa… suddenly there is an excessive amount of hair flicking and hair touching.
I get that it’s sexy, but after a while it does start losing its effect.
Hey Simon, did you want some… coffee?
Oooh, that sounds so… Hot.
Did you want it with sugar and… cream?
I think I just want it with… cream.
Ooooh, it sounds so good.
Oooh, thank you for offering it to me.
Oooh, ugh… oh, coffee. So…hot…
Um, guys … could you really…
Ooh, God, my sexy wig fell off.
I’m actually really torn about this dance.
On one hand I thought the blind folded back-up dancers rubbing their feet in union with Sistar19 was super cool.
But I’m not sure how I feel about this table-bum-rubbing-dance.
At first I was like…” Yeah~ “ and then I was like… “Um…actually a lil bit odd.” And then I was like “Yeah~work that table. That’s actually pretty good”.
So then after Simon saw the music video I was like…
Oooh, look what I’m doing to that table. Ooh~ Speaking in whisper grunstlinkers.
What once started off as sexy and sensual, now because of Simon looks like what a bear does after it takes a shit in the woods.
Having hibernated all winter long the bear finally emerges from his cave.
Having pooped himself the entire winter he needs to bum-doodle to relieve his itchy bum. Just like the Sistar dance.
The bum-doodle represents his loneliness and desire to eat. And eat he must.
Not very sexy, but oooh so nasty~
Last week we asked you which sad turn-back-the-time video did you prefer. BoA’s “Disturbance” or JYJ’s “In Heaven”?
And the winner was… JYJ.
I guess you could say JYJ beat SM again. Hahaha. Please don’t sue me. It was a joke.
For this week’s showdown we ask you which bummy dance you preferred. Sistar19’s table-bum-rubbage in “Gone Not Around Any Longer” or Sistar’s rub-a-bum dance in “How dare you”.
I think I’m noticing a trend here. Bears~
Leave your bummy votes in the bummy comments and I’ll announce the bummy winner next week.
Also if there is a video you wanna see us do for Next Week’s… Oh wait, we’re actually not doing a Music Monday next week.
We have a very big announcement, that we gonna make on Thursday so that’s kind of why we might be skipping Music Monday.
I’m not sure. We gonna try to get a Music Monday done in time, but we have a very big project we gonna be working on so stay tuned
And hopefully we can get a special KMM in.
And lastly don’t forget to like and favorite this video and to subscribe for more KMMs, take it away bummy Meemers.