Yay

Latest video by Girls’ Generation and their new album, “The Boys”:

Even if you’re not a KPop or Girls’ Generation fan in general, the video is pretty amazing visually. I like the intro quite a bit with the falling blossoms, Sunny’s new hair (the short blond look), Yuri’s hot open-sleeve white shirt, Tiffany’s cool blond streaks, and of course Taeyeon’s look with the blond/pink extensions. I also liked Hyoyeon in this video all-round and happy to see a lot of Jessica and Sooyoung too, plus the nice intro with Yoona. Seohyun, as always, has an awesome voice.¹

On the lighter side of things, Simon and Martina over at Eat your Kimchi posted a good review of the video. It’s pretty funny to watch.

I didn’t share their dislike for the rapping, but I agree it wasn’t their strongest suit. I actually liked the “Bring the boys out” chorus myself and the following morning it was still stuck in my head. A good sign. Like many people who responded, “Genie” is still the best song, though I’d have to argue that “Run, Devil, Run” is a very close second. I watched this video again this morning after a good night’s sleep and I like it even more than before. It grows on you, like much of SNSD I suppose.

I’d love to go and get the single album soon, but I’m going to Japan in late December, and I’m already planning on hanging out Shin-Ōkubo (新大久保駅) with my wife and her friends. It’s not the usual place Western tourists to Japan would visit, but it’s a famous, historical “Korea-town” in Tokyo with quite a large Korean community. I’ll be there loading up on KPop stuff. ;-p It’s a lot cheaper than trying to buy imports, and probably more variety to offer too. We’ll see.

P.S. I decided to post this a day later than originally intended out of respect for the recent floods in Ireland and Thailand.

¹ Although I have favorite members, I think it’s good to acknowledge everyone’s contributions. They’re all great performers and deserve credit. The group wouldn’t be the same without any one of them.