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Miss A: A Brain In Every Muscle
Jul. 21st, 2011 12:57 amNew Miss A vid, with song and album attached. Miss A are natural dancers, while their singing often feels like a struggle. This struggle imparts charm, puts me on their side. I hope there's a true payoff, an evolution into total awesomeness before they're eased out of the pop world as happens to all idol groups.
[If there are no English subtitles, click CC.]
This single, "Good-bye Baby," is a light breeze atop a nice little swing rhythm (what those of you who are still wet behind the ears call "schaffel"), even if their voices have to huff and puff a bit to catch up. Jia's rapping is excellently precise. The thing will be a grower, though its immediate merit is in how its light bounce helps propel their feet. Overall I'm disappointed: their digital single "Love Alone" from earlier this year was simultaneously warmer and more glistening, and "Breathe" last year was astonishing, r&b jammed into Gilbert & Sullivan, exuberant and adorable and hilarious with a live dance to match.
Although Miss A's YouTube site describes the "Good-bye Baby" vid as suspenseful, the only real suspense is wondering when they're going to start the song already. The dancing is terrific, of course, not trying to overimpress us this time, just playing natural movement against stops and poses. Min especially - the short one with dark hair - seems to have a brain in every muscle, movement her fundamental state, a good round flow that even feels present when she stands stock still.
Am waiting for the live dance routine, though, which I hope does try to impress.
( Min's training-days vid )
( A Class )
[If there are no English subtitles, click CC.]
This single, "Good-bye Baby," is a light breeze atop a nice little swing rhythm (what those of you who are still wet behind the ears call "schaffel"), even if their voices have to huff and puff a bit to catch up. Jia's rapping is excellently precise. The thing will be a grower, though its immediate merit is in how its light bounce helps propel their feet. Overall I'm disappointed: their digital single "Love Alone" from earlier this year was simultaneously warmer and more glistening, and "Breathe" last year was astonishing, r&b jammed into Gilbert & Sullivan, exuberant and adorable and hilarious with a live dance to match.
Although Miss A's YouTube site describes the "Good-bye Baby" vid as suspenseful, the only real suspense is wondering when they're going to start the song already. The dancing is terrific, of course, not trying to overimpress us this time, just playing natural movement against stops and poses. Min especially - the short one with dark hair - seems to have a brain in every muscle, movement her fundamental state, a good round flow that even feels present when she stands stock still.
Am waiting for the live dance routine, though, which I hope does try to impress.
( Min's training-days vid )
( A Class )
