Weki Meki - 'Crush' MV

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

source:  Interpark Music

Comments

[adenar.livejournal.com]

I like this! It's definitely the most public-friendly sounding of their title tracks. The chorus id really catchy. I kind of miss the disjointed sound of their previous releases but I don't think they've lost their character.

The mv could have been more interesting.

The line/screentime distribution seems better this time too, like I actually saw Lucy more than once (though I'm always torn between 'give Rina and Lucy more lines' and 'Lucy and Rina are children keep them in the back'). I noticed that Elly got an improvement in lineshare as well as Lua getting a small increase, which is nice. Sei also kept roughly the same amount of lines as in La La La. Hopefully this is an improvement that will continue!

I'm excited to see the stages!

[myungung.livejournal.com]

I agree with line distribution, feels like Suyeon is not dominating all, and Elly and Lucy are getting more. My only gripe is that Yoojung, as talented and popular as she may be, is getting 2 rap verses and chorus, which is a little too much when the rest of the group don’t have a lot of lines

The dance formations look interesting! And I hope they do show something similar in vein to that WTF dance cover.

[adenar.livejournal.com]

Yeah Yoojung really didn't need All That. She gets lines in the post-chorus each time too which should have gone to Elly or Rina, and she could easily share lines in a rap verse with Lua or Lucy (who we recently found it is a pretty good rapper through one of fantagio's station releases). She was the only one who got a stupid amount of lines this comeback. Doyeon and Suyeon still got more than others but it felt proportional to how other groups do it.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I like this but I also feel like the song and the mv are trying to be too many things at once?

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Being too many things at once has always been Weki Meki's concept lol

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

True, but their previous title tracks didn't sound so disjointed to me though

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

It's less disjoncted than IDLYG for me but I see how it's jarring, the chorus and verses don't really feel like the same song

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

IDLYG really grew on me though, so I'm sure the same will be true for Crush. It's cute!

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

IDLYG really grew on me too! So catchy.

[myungung.livejournal.com]

I like the song, it wasn’t as cutesy as I expected from the highlight medley. It does sound a little dated, but at least it’s not tropical or latin influenced.

MV wise, it doesn’t seem very original and there are a lot of similarities to MVs of other GGs? Especially the ending holdup scene, it’s very similar to Pristin’s one. But the girls look good, and there’s ample screentime for most of them?

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Idk, I find it forgettable and bland
There's a few moments very reminiscent of a BlackPink song then they jump to Twice like sound, it's like a big mash up of what popular GG do but it doesn't match

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

Mte. I’d rather them find what works for them (like fromis 9 did recently) than try to copy the popular groups, because the end result feels pretty empty

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

yeah, empty seems more appropriate
There's nothing there, even the MV was a snooze fest. The girls are pretty but that's it

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I like this release! It's a good chorus, jarring from the verses at first but by the second time I was ok with it (but then I don't need much to be pleased lol). The MV is fun though a little over the top. I like that the line/screen distribution looks a lot more balanced this time, Elly especially got a lot more than before!
Also Doyeon is gorgeous. The styling looks great on everyone

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

line distribution = level up, i like the song (we'll see if i LOVE it after a few more listens) and the aesthetic!
also apparently they will get to promote on music shows which makes me so happy! i was worried bc of fantagio's nonsense

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

The visuals are nice. The song itself reminds of Twice’s BDZ as in the visuals made me think something tougher or bolder was coming and then....nope, lol. I didn’t like that song and not so much this one either. The song has some cutesy parts that go nowhere. As tacky as their debut was, IDLYGF remains their catchiest title track

So overall I’m learning that WM is a group where I like their b sides more than their title tracks, which imo isn’t great since my favorite groups have multiple title tracks I love

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

The disconnect between the styling and the song in BDZ was soooo jarring. I don’t mind the song and nearly every Once was bracing themselves and warning others to not get their hopes up, but even with that in mind, I don’t think any of us were expecting.... that. Lmao.

[dior-chic.livejournal.com]

I totally ignored those warnings lmaoooo I saw the outfits and thought omg were going back to the Like Ooh Ahh days!! The MV set up started so good too with Sana narrating and it looked like a good plot was being set up, I got T-ara Day by Day vibes... then theyre like ‘nahhhhh were just fucking with you, here’s some typical Twice’ and left me 😑

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

Loooool, ignoring those warnings was definitely where you went wrong!

[annayism.livejournal.com]

actually not a bad song! the instrumental during the chorus is a bit overwhelming. otherwise sounds pretty nice

doyeon is stunning. also the girl with black hair and the ~dark look...don't know her name lol but i like her face!!

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I think you're talking about Rina!

[adenar.livejournal.com]

I agree, you probably mean Rina!

(x (http://paper0.tumblr.com/post/178945301908))

You may also mean Lucy, who also had black (long) hair, but she had a less dark look.

[annayism.livejournal.com]

yesss rina i love her aura!!

[frequency.livejournal.com]

so far i think this is their best title track, lol.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

that opening bass



then the actual song started



but overall I like the song. the MV tho...if there were any Pristin fans left they'd lose their minds at that blatant copy ending.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

that opening bass was a trap

[ohlookshiny.livejournal.com]

i really like the girls, aside from wjsn they're my fave ioi spinoff group... but this just doesn't work. astro's special album was also disappointing for me and now this... fantagio why :((((

love the visuals here and my girl lua looks great but the song is so boring & forgettable. it's not even b-side material tbh, majority of their b-sides are better than this.

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

this might sound mean but doyeon really could do a lot better than being in this group. with her height & face, she could be modelling.

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of Doyeon's fans are thinking just like you
At least Doyeon is already doing a lot of modelling for a rookie group, Fantagio are really pushing her in this direction. She has the most individual schedules for now

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

She looks very commercial (and there's a lot of money there), but international supermodel, idts

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

You're setting the bar quite low by naming two "models" who are more socialite than actual model (they're nto even supermodel which is a whole different category), and neither of them are good at modelling

She's very beautiful, there's so denying that, and I'm sure she'd make tone of money, but she doesn't have a supermodel face. The popular asian models right now look like Park Ji Hye, Liu Wen, Sui He, Xiao Wen Ju & Soo Joo Park

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

lol, yeah she certrainly deserves a better group and managment, I'm not disagreeing with that

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

I disagree. she has certain features that aren't conventional and this gets pointed out often by netizens (eg her nose). I think she suits high fashion more than commercial. whether she can actually model remains to be seen but she certainly has the looks for it.

[thomaswilmoore.livejournal.com]

kinda feels like "as if it´s your last" part 2 for me

like it a lot though

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

now that you mention it, I can hear a bit of AIIYL in there.

[antrea.livejournal.com]

Rina is stunning :O

Their best title track!!!

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

I don’t mind the song, but I don’t think it’s going to be a song I’ll be itching to repeat any time soon. At times it feels like they’re going to go hard on that girl crush sound and end up falling short. I really hope this group takes off though.