Edit: Ok, so I like the song a lot better now that I heard it a second time. I still think that the video could have been a lot more gritter, they could have put dirt on the guys to make them seem like they really belong in that graveyard. I wasn't feeling those shinee suits. I liked them a lot more in their black attire.
Sadly, I'm pretty disappointed with this comeback.
1. The styling and song don't match. The leather/tattoos/tough guy image doesn't match a song this clean and upbeat sounding.
2. The MV set was T E R R I B L E in my opinion. It looked like a cheap kid's horror house set!!
3. They're jacking VIXX's concept, but not doing it near as well.
The few positive points are Changsub looks awesome, Ilhoon looks awesome (his creepy smile is super creepy), and of course everyone sounds really good. The song is okay, and the choreography is okay too.
1- I agree about the styling and the sets. I think if they were going to go dark, then the set should have been much dirtier and creepy.
2- Yes, the set was kind of cheap looking
3- I hate to say this but yeah the thing about Vixx is that they really do creepy scary really well, and the videos all have a gritty feel to it. The sets match the tone of the video, along with the styling. The editing helps too.
I think the eyes were what was helping Ilhoon look creepy, he has the eyes of a soulless doll.
CUBE really needs to sit back and decide what BtoB is going to "be" in order to stand out from the other 2012 rookies. Are they just trying to recreate Beast? Their prerelease track and lead single mimicked Beast's latest releases, right down to the mv that is riding on VIXX's coattails. Don't get me wrong, plenty of other people in kpop have done the "lurking in the dark" thing. But VIXX is the only group pulling it off this year.
I'd like to like BtoB, especially because their bts stuff is cute and my midwestern pride makes me shower love on bb Peniel, but if they keep throwing random outfits and songs and cardboard sets at these boys it just isn't going to happen.
Agree so much, there's so much talent in this team, but no vision or direction. Which just goes to show that sometimes it's not good to blow up so fast... if you'd polled people in 2012 about what 2012 rookie group was the best return on company investment, they might've said BTOB.
Anyway I hope they can recover from this dark, inspiration-less period and pull off something great again. I liked the MV for "Lover Boy", personally, BTOB has personality so they don't necessarily need the fancy choreo, weird costumes and elaborate sets.
S C R E A M S CHANGSUB UNF MINHYUK UNFF HNNGNGNGNNGG ILHOON IS SO FOKING CREEPY I CNA'T ASDLKSJDAL SUNGJAE ASLKDASLJD S T O P HYUNSIK I'M CRYING MY BROVARIES BYE
Song is growing on me and I love the string sounds they have alskjdlaksjd F E E L S
Why must I be at work?! WITHOUT my earphones?! Now I gotta wait until I get home , my only saving grace is that I get to watch it on the big screen lol
I like dark concepts but i I feel like the concept doesnt really go well with the song. But i found myself really liking the song when i heard it without the mv while watching BTOVIXX shimshimtapa episode today. (Bomb episode tbh! Btovixx is amazing, if i didnt know any better i'd think N, Hyuk, Eunkwang and Sungjae were from the same idol group)
as a minhyuk stan, i must say CHANGSUB IS ALL THAT MATTERS!
i really want to like it, and ilhoon looks amazing, but yeah I can't stop thinking of vixx and b2st while watching this. smh at cube for giving two of their artists similar MV concepts within months of each other
.... I really had wanted to like this. You know a groups vocals are solid when their main singer only appears at 1:52 mark. (Or does it mean seven is too many in a group ._.) They look good and sound good, but the song is boring and the mv is just as bad. Noooooo.
Oh btob.....they are in my top 5 groups but this song...idk....like i dont hate it but i dont love it either...the teaser was misleading in a way....i felt like i was watching a fusion between shadow and hyde... i love both songs but idk...Changsub and Hyunsik look fabulous but I cant say im that happy with this comeback song...I really like when i was your man...i'll just wait for the album to be released.
but I am glad HUTA made his appearance in this comeback
The teasers made me so excited, especially because of the intense instrumental, but IDK, the actual song and video are a little underwhelming for me :| But it's growing on me, the more I listen to it. Ilhoon's psycho face is hauntingly attractive though :") Can't wait for the rest of the tracks to be released!
Unlike other ppl, I actually really like the song. :)
Everyone looks gorgeous but the green eyes make me LOL and Ilhoonie looks creepy I love it! ♥ The way he didn't blink at all and those creepy smiles remind me of someone but I can't remember. :O
You're not alone. I really REALLY like the song now. I agree the sound is not "dark" enough for this concept, but it's still a clean and powerful song. Plus they look gorgeous.
I love this. People need to stop it with the Vixx stuff because they're not the only ones who are allowed to do this concept okay. I like how dramatic everything is but that camerawork is a little too dramatic for me
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:36 am (UTC)Edit: Ok, so I like the song a lot better now that I heard it a second time. I still think that the video could have been a lot more gritter, they could have put dirt on the guys to make them seem like they really belong in that graveyard. I wasn't feeling those shinee suits. I liked them a lot more in their black attire.
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:44 am (UTC)PENIEL HAD LINES EVERYONE LOOKED SO GOOD HYUNSIK SUNGJAE CHANGSUB AND HIS MOTHER EFFING TATTOOS
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Date: 2013-09-05 03:50 am (UTC)1. The styling and song don't match. The leather/tattoos/tough guy image doesn't match a song this clean and upbeat sounding.
2. The MV set was T E R R I B L E in my opinion. It looked like a cheap kid's horror house set!!
3. They're jacking VIXX's concept, but not doing it near as well.
The few positive points are Changsub looks awesome, Ilhoon looks awesome (his creepy smile is super creepy), and of course everyone sounds really good. The song is okay, and the choreography is okay too.
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:00 am (UTC)2- Yes, the set was kind of cheap looking
3- I hate to say this but yeah the thing about Vixx is that they really do creepy scary really well, and the videos all have a gritty feel to it. The sets match the tone of the video, along with the styling. The editing helps too.
I think the eyes were what was helping Ilhoon look creepy, he has the eyes of a soulless doll.
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:04 am (UTC)I'd like to like BtoB, especially because their bts stuff is cute and my midwestern pride makes me shower love on bb Peniel, but if they keep throwing random outfits and songs and cardboard sets at these boys it just isn't going to happen.
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Date: 2013-09-05 06:11 am (UTC)Anyway I hope they can recover from this dark, inspiration-less period and pull off something great again. I liked the MV for "Lover Boy", personally, BTOB has personality so they don't necessarily need the fancy choreo, weird costumes and elaborate sets.
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:04 am (UTC)S C R E A M S
CHANGSUB UNF MINHYUK UNFF HNNGNGNGNNGG ILHOON IS SO FOKING CREEPY I CNA'T ASDLKSJDAL SUNGJAE ASLKDASLJD S T O P HYUNSIK I'M CRYING MY BROVARIES BYE
Song is growing on me and I love the string sounds they have alskjdlaksjd F E E L S
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:10 am (UTC)changsub is the only thing here of note
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:23 am (UTC)But i found myself really liking the song when i heard it without the mv while watching BTOVIXX shimshimtapa episode today. (Bomb episode tbh! Btovixx is amazing, if i didnt know any better i'd think N, Hyuk, Eunkwang and Sungjae were from the same idol group)
as a minhyuk stan, i must say CHANGSUB IS ALL THAT MATTERS!
WIWYM >>>>>> Thriller
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Date: 2013-09-05 07:43 am (UTC)and wow I am a terrible stan need to go make some VIXX posts but I've gotten so lazyyyy D;
BTOVIXX on SSTP
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:23 am (UTC)smh at cube for giving two of their artists similar MV concepts within months of each other
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:48 am (UTC)but I am glad HUTA made his appearance in this comeback
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Date: 2013-09-05 05:06 am (UTC)at least they look hot. everything else is just beneath their talent as a group. :o\
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Date: 2013-09-05 05:14 am (UTC)Everyone looks gorgeous but the green eyes make me LOL and Ilhoonie looks creepy I love it! ♥ The way he didn't blink at all and those creepy smiles remind me of someone but I can't remember. :O
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Date: 2013-09-05 05:51 am (UTC)but they all look hot af, damn
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Date: 2013-09-05 06:48 am (UTC)this is about to become my JAM
EDIT: I was expecting so much more from this after watching it again.. the song is really catchy imo..
Except the visuals are just so scrappy and the whole time it felt like Ilhoon ft back up dancers...
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Date: 2013-09-05 07:47 am (UTC)Still hurr for resident cuties Sungjae and Minhyuk, and dork leader Eunkwang (who could have looked worse lbr)
But lol at the VIXX feels I'm getting from the weirdo laser eyes xD
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Date: 2013-09-05 11:43 am (UTC)the guys look amazing though, i really like the song, too~
they are perfect no matter what ♥