I know this is not a new song anymore. It's pretty old, in kpop song time, but I love Wow so much that I couldn't go on without writing about it. It just has one of those beats, you know? Enjoy...
Aw, so much to say and such short attention spans from the average blog reader! First thing I'm going to say is how much I appreciate that the woman in the video has more make-up on than the guys! As normal is that is in the west, it's just not a given in Korean music videos, so alright BTOB!
For the mass majority of the video, I adored their costumes. Only the white ones had any really cringe-worthy elements.
I am, of course, referring to the socks. Even BTOB can't pull a sock over a pant leg and make it look good. Oh no, no no.
I loved the dancing in this video! I liked the very beginning when the middle three are all but chasing the camera. "Pay attention to us!" I liked the part where they were admiring the woman's S-curve, demonstrating by showing their bums!
But my favorite was just how much energy and enthusiasm they had. You have to imagine they've practiced this dance hundreds of times but they don't look bored, like they're just going through the motions. I know I don't look that happy at work, doing the same thing I did yesterday, and the day before that, and will be doing again tomorrow! Even in their dance practice! This is a composite of at least three dance practices and yet, look how enthusiastic they are! Not in front of an audience, just practicing, they are energetic and fresh, and I find this amazing.
Also, I really enjoyed how the beginning of the song starts off in the regular, well choreographed dance routine and then slowly deteriorates into a skillfully controlled chaos of individual moves and sequences. There was always so much to look at. Plus, when everyone is doing their own thing, it gives unskilled people like me the feeling that we could jump in in the back somewhere and totally fit in. It's easy to picture dancing with BtoB and instead of getting security called on us, getting high-fives at the end.
As for the plot of the video, as each boy falls for the girl, falling irrevocably in love (I like to think), he disappears. She doesn't return the feelings of any them until the last, where she is the one to disappear instead of him. His name? Um, no idea. But he's a cutie! So in the dance of seduction, the score is Girl-6, Boys-1. I especially liked the cherry and tie scenes. The girl running her foot up the inside of guy's leg was the most sexually explicit play I've seen between sexes in a kpop video! So that was new.
The song was about a guy seeing a girl in a class above other girls. He freely admires the different parts of her body and imagines doing nice for her. Unfortunately, the song is not as original as the music video, but hey, as a non-korean speaker, the words don't bother me one little bit. I can imagine them singing something amazing as I shake my groove thing to WOW.
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