I often complain about the quality of music in my adopted home of Korea. It tends to be a distant cousin of Hilary Duff-style pop. However (and perhaps I’ve been here too long), I’m embarrassed to admit that I kind of like Girls Generation’s new song, “Oh!”.
[I have always been brutal to Girls Generation... even when my ex kind of liked them I would start yelling.]
BUT! The main thing you should do right now is sit down and watch the video. It’s kind of impossible to describe, and/but it’s so bad I can’t stop watching it.
When I play it on YouTube while the class is working on an assignment I slyly stand behind the computer so I can sneak glimpses of it.
The iMac (circa 1999)… the Western hairstyles… the 438 hands-to-the-face gestures… the whole American football theme… it’s all just so overwhelming.
Just watch it…
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LOLL hey i’m a korean student on exchange in america and i find this blog very interesting. always curious how my country looks like to foreigners.. but srsly, this is BAD BAD BADD LOL
Don’t be embarrassed to like this song :D It’s one of those that are specifically tailored to get into your system whether you want it to or not. Every single part of it is like, perfectly crafted to be infectious and catchy and make you unable to not get the hook stuck in your head for at least a little while (so I much admire the songwriter). You could conclude this from just the amount of awards that SNSD got from Oh! in 2010…I think it was around 12 or so. Of course, since this comment is about a year after you wrote the post, you may have very well already gotten over liking the song.
I can only hope you didn’t watch the story version of the MV.