The new video for the English-language, American debut single from K-pop singer Se7en. Called "Girls," it features Lil' Kim about ten years too late and with a fucked up new nose. Christ it's bad. The song, too.
Really? You're serious? Actually, I think about 1:06 in he tries the St. Louis "err" in accessory, so between that and "whip" you have to at least give him props for knowing what's up in 2002.
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This song would go great with waterboarding.
I wonder why they're always late...
The version without Lil Kim is better.
The song isn't that bad...
At least Se7en isn't being sued yet ㅋㅋ
I don't think the song is that bad either, it is unsurprisingly mediocre though, much like the music of any K-pop stars who are making a debut in the West these days. BOA's recent US release last year is a good case in point, nothing I listened to had anything on the catchy-ness of 'No. 1'.
I always think youngsters in the US could gain a lot more from listening to these singers original K-pop material than this stuff though. At least then they might learn something, or get some window into Korean contemporary culture rather than listening to the most re-hashed, done-to-death lyrical content ever that comes with these tunes.
What really stands out, too, is how bad American hip-hop and R&B have gotten. Not all, of course, but we've been hearing songs about "in da clooooob" and pimpin deez bitches for about twenty years now. Shitty music isn't the only reason Americans have grown so stupid, but it's not helping either, and it's creating a generation of maladjusted nitwits.
And, so when you consider how bad American pop music is, you might get soneone like BoA or Se7en on the charts. The biggest reason they're not up there---besides the shitty music---is that Americans won't buy from an Asian. Moreover, I think the non-Asian-American audience will feel alientated by the music's popularity in the Asian-American community. Sorry to all my readers of that demographic, but that clique hasn't always been the most accepting of outsiders, and that's one reason why I don't know if an Asian star would make it here. Don't ask me how that compares to the insularity and unfriendliness of the black community, I'm not smart enough to break that down.
Asians don't fit the US's definition of cool. But then again, after seeing what that entails, maybe it's better they don't.
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