Well, this video is . . . sugary.
The latest single "Rock U" (lyrics here) from the group "Kara," who added a 14-year-old sometime in the past year. She's the one rocking the shit out of the Blossom hat. It's a break from the gangsta stylings in their earlier video for "Break It." There's a higher quality video of "Rock U" available if you click through to YouTube, in case you were curious about that.
I can't find the exact wording now, but I remember somebody commented in our Orientation handbook a couple years ago that everything in Korea tries to be cute, in the same way everything in the States is "Xtreme" and too cool for school. Korea uses a cartoon to advertise where the US would have a gravelly stoner voiceover, and Korean videos often feature cuteness exaggerated to a sickening degree where American videos would lots of brooding and feigned indifference.
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I saw them a few weeks back and thought "Wondergirls,Part deux." Korea isn't the only place that clones success, but they are one of the few places that does it sooooo much.
BTW, been on vacation, but still been reading.
Thanks for your visit and your comment, as always.
What the hell are you still doing on vacation? Lucky.
That is way too jumpy for me. Are they on speed, or didn't take their ritalin?
I saw this on TV when I woke up around 5 am and it was quite a shock to my system. I was trying to figure out which member I dislike the most, but it's too difficult. But I'm leaning toward the blinky leader, though.
Heh, and this isn't Roboseyo. He's the next blog over.
Yeah, sorry about that. I was reading Roboseyo's blog at the same time that I was reading yours.
I babysat... cough cough... taught middle school tonight, cut me a bit of slack *^^* ㅋㅋㅋ
What's up with the refrain? The cartoon bubbles say "Rock Your Body I Say" (6 syllables) but the girls are clearly saying only singing 4?
I demand a formal investigation into those missing syllables...
I thought Koreans usually ADD syllables when speaking English.
It's offensive is what it is.
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