Fantastic Baby- Big Bang
I heart BIG BANG
(Korean hip hop boy band)! Love the song! Love the matrix free fall moves! Love
the play on the new images sported by each member!
I was first
introduced to the band via Taeyang's 'Make Love' (imagine a K-POP Usher)… Then
began going through all their back catalogues. Favourite songs include: Haru
Haru, Lies, Tonight and Beautiful Hangover. Boy bands were a hit back in the
90s with BSB, 5ive and N'sync but of late, they are no longer in vogue on the
Western pop scene. However, they are still very much alive on the K-POP scene
with bands like BEAST, 2PM , BAP etc. And of course, there are the ubiquitous
K-POP girl groups like SNSD (Girl's Generation), T-ARA, 2NE1, Wonder Girls etc.
(Interestingly, they all identical clones, fantastic choreography and extensive
use of auto-tuning)
K-POP boy bands rock
guyliner, extensive makeup, carefully co-ordinated outfits and dance moves to
kill… Just look at the guyliner in the MV above (puts me to shame…) As much as
I love BIG BANG and their music- there are a few things about them that annoy
me including: G- dragon (leader of the group who attempts to rock the
androgynous look but often fails), TOP (easily one of the most handsome in the group but of late, dress sense is OTT), Seungri (hardly ever sings)… Actually, I thought
the band was going to break up last year due to Daesung's car accident (crashed
and killed a motorcyclist), G Dragon and his marijuana usage and the group
members venturing into solo activities… However, this is no longer the case…
Love their new mini album- ALIVE. Two words:
Fantastic Baby.
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