BoA dance (plus wild, crazy guys)
Jul. 7th, 2011 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
koganbotMat embedded this BoA rehearsal in one of the K-pop threads, and I don't want it to go unnoticed, since BoA's got something amazing as a dancer: her whole demeanor, a completely flexible confidence, a casual command of space and an elastic joy that's capable of owning every cubic centimeter in a room, should she find her way to it.
I've never gotten BoA as a singer; I run into my Keri Hilson problem, an absence in the middle. The tracks seemed to be waiting for their Cassie, or Britney, or someone, a missing ache or neediness that needed to seep into the music. But I've heard little, so now with my eyes opened maybe my ears will follow.
Speaking of waiting for my Britney, here's what could be the Korean equivalent of the Lonely Island, or of the wild and crazy guys, perhaps. It's "GG," comprising G-Dragon (of Big Bang) & comedian Park Myung Soo, "Having An Affair," from Infinity Challenge, which according to Mat is a show where unlikely combinations of musicians and entertainers come together and create a track. The routine starts off mildly funny, with a fairly good electro squiggle in the rhythm; then, as "guest artist," Park Bom of 2NE1 comes on, and she totally pwns it, does an ace Britney, if slightly generic.
[YouTube etc. kill this vid fast anytime anyone posts it, so don't delay; look now. Here are the English lyrics.]
I've never gotten BoA as a singer; I run into my Keri Hilson problem, an absence in the middle. The tracks seemed to be waiting for their Cassie, or Britney, or someone, a missing ache or neediness that needed to seep into the music. But I've heard little, so now with my eyes opened maybe my ears will follow.
Speaking of waiting for my Britney, here's what could be the Korean equivalent of the Lonely Island, or of the wild and crazy guys, perhaps. It's "GG," comprising G-Dragon (of Big Bang) & comedian Park Myung Soo, "Having An Affair," from Infinity Challenge, which according to Mat is a show where unlikely combinations of musicians and entertainers come together and create a track. The routine starts off mildly funny, with a fairly good electro squiggle in the rhythm; then, as "guest artist," Park Bom of 2NE1 comes on, and she totally pwns it, does an ace Britney, if slightly generic.
[YouTube etc. kill this vid fast anytime anyone posts it, so don't delay; look now. Here are the English lyrics.]
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Date: 2011-07-17 04:25 pm (UTC)