Preview of T-ara posts to come

[koganbot]

Never got around to answering arbitrary_greay's comment over on the snsd_ffa Gangkiz thread regarding the T-ara concept and high production values. "T-ara concept" is the subject of one of my 500 future T-ara posts that are in the planning stage. But in brief, the T-ara concept can be summarized, "Words that rhyme, words that repeat, raps that fit sing-song, any rapper

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I love (the cut version of) "Day by Day" so much. Their wispy vocals as Hyomin and new-member Dani (who is 14...) frolic in the fields with doves and bunnies; those same whispy "doo doo doos" as Jiyeon chases down and kills faceless male gangsters in corridors. AWESOME.

Also is it just me, or are there a lot of twins in Kpop? Jiyeon and her twin sister in 5dolls; DBSK's Junsu and his brother with a cameo in Tallentelegra; BAP's Bang Yong Guk's older twin brother who fronts for a rock band; SNSD's Jessica and F(x)'s Krystal who aren't technically twins but are reportedly very close. And then there's Boyfriend and Crayon Pop, newer groups with intact sets of twins aha. I wonder if this is something the entertainment companies look for, since groups score points with fans when the members are "close" (and "actual twins" is less dysfunctional than "codependent as *if* they were twins").

[koganbot]

Dani may be only 14, but she has special powers (though so far they don't include performing with the group).

To further foil my T-ara Voice Recognition Project, the vid for the dance ver. keeps cutting to various members sitting in a chair and lipsyncing each other's lines.

You mean Hwayoung, not Jiyeon (as the one whose twin sis is in 5dolls/Co-Ed School).

Jiyeon's hair is back to black.

Dara's brother is in MBLAQ, right? Not that they're twins.

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Yeah, Thunder was a last-minute addition to MBLAQ after the original choice dropped out right before they debuted. (I know this because my ex-roommate is a big big MBLAQ and Thunder fan.)

Day by Day dance ver. video is hilarious. If I was going to pick the very last T-ara song to give the constant-black-and-white-costume-changes-and-flashing-lights treatment, it would be this one. "Day by Day" is a relaxing song, or at least it sounds relaxing when you aren't paying close attention to the lyrics. I can't tell if it's laziness or if the director is screwing with us.

[koganbot]

Apparently T-ara videomakers rarely let the nature of the song curtail their imaginations. I won't say it won't always work, to bring heavy concepts to light music.