Photo credits: KpopSelca
New girl group WASSUP enters the K-Pop industry with a bang, bringing "twerking" into the scene and claiming it as their concept. This new girl group consisting of 7 members (with Sujin, 16, as the youngest) conveys so much boldness in their first official music video that they managed to turn heads.
Their debut title song entitled "Wa$$up" talks about how their way of dancing and their bodies catch attention of many and that the mere reason why was that they really owned the dance floor. I am truly sad because there is nothing more to the lyrics than that and to be honest, after checking the music video out - I was completely speechless.
There is nothing wrong with literally being comfortable in your own skin and the spray tan they used on themselves for the music video was a deadly mistake. They look like they were burnt alive and the angles that were taken of them were so unflattering I had to literally cover my eyes a few times and mutter some words which I certainly cannot share here. In a sense of bringing something new to the industry, the act itself requires boldness and maybe more but what they have portrayed in the music video is far from attractive. There is nothing innocent about them and maybe that was what they were aiming for but to have the camera constantly focusing on their behind is really something else altogether.
For an all-rounder K-pop enthusiast, I can honestly admit that this is really disappointing and this saddens me to such a great extent. It is not so much of expecting them to act cute and all girly for their debut but what I was expecting to see was conservation of a certain concept that has been kept alive for years. Maybe they do not have to be cute and be pretty in all of their music videos but certainly not this (I apologise) trashy either. For instance, 2EYES - another girl group who just debuted recently - did not stick with the cute concept but they still managed to mark their debut with a decent entrance.
What angers me is the fact that they look like they really do not have respect in all their attitudes and for someone who is currently learning the Korean culture, I am sorry to say that they will not go far. Their interview showed just how loud they are and the subtlety is just absent - sadder fact? they are all so young and I pity how vulgar they are.
Maybe this was all an exaggeration for my part and maybe the girls are not the one to blame. Maybe the agencies - Sony Music Korea and Mafia Records are the one to blame for throwing such vulgar concept for these young girls. Simultaneously I realised as well just how easily the agencies today throw concept shoes for their artists to fill in without so much of an argument. These girls are not half as bad as how they were made to look like in the music video - they are actually quite beautiful individuals and perhaps, with unexpected hidden talents. I do not know what kind of audience they are trying to garner but I hope they will be able to come back with a more decent concept and that goes for the music video as well. Please remember that you are still wearing the rookie hats. Good luck, girls.
New girl group WASSUP enters the K-Pop industry with a bang, bringing "twerking" into the scene and claiming it as their concept. This new girl group consisting of 7 members (with Sujin, 16, as the youngest) conveys so much boldness in their first official music video that they managed to turn heads.
Their debut title song entitled "Wa$$up" talks about how their way of dancing and their bodies catch attention of many and that the mere reason why was that they really owned the dance floor. I am truly sad because there is nothing more to the lyrics than that and to be honest, after checking the music video out - I was completely speechless.
There is nothing wrong with literally being comfortable in your own skin and the spray tan they used on themselves for the music video was a deadly mistake. They look like they were burnt alive and the angles that were taken of them were so unflattering I had to literally cover my eyes a few times and mutter some words which I certainly cannot share here. In a sense of bringing something new to the industry, the act itself requires boldness and maybe more but what they have portrayed in the music video is far from attractive. There is nothing innocent about them and maybe that was what they were aiming for but to have the camera constantly focusing on their behind is really something else altogether.
For an all-rounder K-pop enthusiast, I can honestly admit that this is really disappointing and this saddens me to such a great extent. It is not so much of expecting them to act cute and all girly for their debut but what I was expecting to see was conservation of a certain concept that has been kept alive for years. Maybe they do not have to be cute and be pretty in all of their music videos but certainly not this (I apologise) trashy either. For instance, 2EYES - another girl group who just debuted recently - did not stick with the cute concept but they still managed to mark their debut with a decent entrance.
What angers me is the fact that they look like they really do not have respect in all their attitudes and for someone who is currently learning the Korean culture, I am sorry to say that they will not go far. Their interview showed just how loud they are and the subtlety is just absent - sadder fact? they are all so young and I pity how vulgar they are.
Maybe this was all an exaggeration for my part and maybe the girls are not the one to blame. Maybe the agencies - Sony Music Korea and Mafia Records are the one to blame for throwing such vulgar concept for these young girls. Simultaneously I realised as well just how easily the agencies today throw concept shoes for their artists to fill in without so much of an argument. These girls are not half as bad as how they were made to look like in the music video - they are actually quite beautiful individuals and perhaps, with unexpected hidden talents. I do not know what kind of audience they are trying to garner but I hope they will be able to come back with a more decent concept and that goes for the music video as well. Please remember that you are still wearing the rookie hats. Good luck, girls.
Video credits: AsianDreamVOD
By Nani Azlan
By Nani Azlan