Big Bang Comeback: “Bad Boy” Review

Ovaries explosions galore!! Yes, today is the day when fangirls and fanboys all over the world crash YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and basically all social network servers by watching and downloading Big Bang’s new mini album – ALIVE. Along with the album release, Big Bang has updated their YouTube account with the “Bad Boy” MV. Let me have a NYC-girl moment here and get excited that I recognize the places they’re filming at and somehow believe there’s a special connection between me and Big Bang. (For all who don’t know, this was filmed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – as you can see on the street sign in the beginning – Broadway and Keap St.)

The song is a fast-beat R&B-type number. The chorus has a catchy hook complete with English phrases that I can sing along to. I feel like this is a classic GD song – it’s very street-style and the chorus  fits him perfectly. Of course, following the “Bad Boy” theme of the song, the MV portrays our five iconic idols romancing a “good girl.” Boy, am I glad that they actually found five DIFFERENT girls to pair up with the guys. Enough of those one girl, five guys stories. It’s a simple MV, with Big Bang walking around at most 2 streets, and climbing some subway stairs as well. But the camerawork was amazing. It wasn’t the “BLUE” type of camera with its gray-blue filter and panoramic shots. This MV got up-close and personal with the boys and made the viewers feel as if we were in the MV itself.

Raise your hand if you're cold.

The thing that bothered me was the weather. Yes, that’s a weird and completely off-topic thing, but seriously you can see the boys’ steamy breath every time they opened their mouths! And ok, GD has his furry coat, but Taeyang’s wearing a sleeveless vest!! Not that I’m complaining or anything, but the whole look was just thrown off by me realizing that it was effin’ cold during the shoot. Maybe it’s because I’m from Brooklyn and I was amazed at the surrounding and trying to recognize the area, but I noticed every little detail. Like how there’s a Jewish guy who was walking then turned away cause he probably saw a white-hair dude named TOP rapping his heart out (at 2:09). And how the construction workers were giving GD the “Dude, your girl’s hot” look at 1:05. I literally laughed out loud when I saw how typical New Yorkers reacted to Big Bang.

Anyways, I won’t take up more time with my rant. I love love love this song and I’m gonna dance to it when I’m walking, when I’m sitting, when I’m showering…you get the point. Check out Big Bang’s “Bad Boy” MV below!

Review: Big Bang “BLUE” Comeback

Fangirls rejoice! The iconic group that made kpop what it is today has finally returned and THIS is a comeback. Big Bang drops their latest mini album (their 5th to be exact) with the title song “Blue.” Already, their comeback album has sold over 250K in pre-order sales. All this hype is well-deserved, as the group took a year break (filled with drama and controversy) and fans had anticipated this album for almost as long. As of midnight today, their “Blue” MV was released on YouTube, already gaining more than 50K views in less than 12 hours.

The song, a mid-tempo pop number, is reminiscent of Big Bang’s traditional music style. It’s not as catchy as “Lies” or “Haru Haru” but it has the potential to be stuck in your head. As of this moment, I’m repeating the chorus in my head (as it’s the only English part and part that I remember). It has surprisingly a lot of Daesung in it, which I am pleased with. There’s the breathy GD parts, the rapping TOP parts, the Taeyang chorus, and Seungri has a verse or two in it. My favorite part is TOP’s verse (of course I’m biased) but TOP kills every rap he does and this is no exception.

Oh TOP we could've had a date under the Manhattan Bridge...

I can’t wait to see the dance and performance for this MV. In my head, I can imagine kind of a grungy look (maybe a little bit of GD guitar bashing). It’s a very sad blue song, and it just makes you wanna hang your head and do some hipster stuff. It’ll be interesting to see what dance they pair with it. As for the MV itself, let me first and foremost express my regret and anger for not being a stalker-paparazzi when Big Bang was filming in New York (particularly Brooklyn and within 10 miles from me). It’s so cool to recognize iconic landmarks like the Manhattan Bridge and Coney Island and yet at the same time, it kills me to see them there knowing that I could’ve been there too. The MV is a perfect fit for the song. It has that kind of blue-ish wash over the film and sad cloudy skies that totally emphasizes the “blueness.” Now I get that the members are depressed so they’re hanging around, moping in cars, and running to random places, but the white girl I don’t get. Is she one of their girlfriend? Or maybe all the members are pining over the same white girl? Anyways, the random flashes of the girl is depriving me of more Big Bang time, which is a no-no.

Big Bang comeback ftw!!

Big Bang’s official comeback is February 29th! In the meantime, check out the music video below and tell us what you think!