First Impression: Youai's "I Got A Boy"

“Girls bring the boys out!”
“I got a boy.”
“You too? I got a boy!”

What timing for this rookie singer. To come out with her song just days after SNSD’s I Got A Boy. Not only does the title of her song scream SNSD, the pink color is dripping with SNSD. The spelling of her name, Youai, in Korean reminds me of IU’s name in Korean too. 유아이 (Youai). 아이유 (IU).

On to the song. It’s like J-pop. Anime style. Perfect for karaoke.

Forget the song though. Her voice. Oh my. Something terrible is going on. Nail on chalkboard. Knife on glass bottle. Squealing pig. Worse than all that.

So squeaky. Her voice is weak and unstable. Squeaky. Her high notes. Squeaky. My ears. Squeaky. Never again. Please. Squeaky. No.

-Cassis-

*Invades Cass' post* “Youai’s song has an upbeat vibe with disco elements. The song will showcase her sexiness and is expected to impress with great live performances.” allkpop’s best troll yet.

-Yuanie-

First Impression: SNSD (Girls' Generation)

Quick Bio: A nine-member girl group debuted in 2007 under SM Entertainment.

Day 1: I first heard about them in 2008 through my friend who showed me Kissing You. Unsurprisingly, I couldn’t tell who any of them were. My friend spent the longest time putting names to their faces and none of them stuck in my head. They looked like an army of girls and I thought most of the were the same girl with different hairstyles. I thought Taeyeon and Jessica were the same person.


My friend then showed me Into the New World for more practice in recognizing them. I did make progress. I remembered Seohyun because she looked like a monkey to me.


In the end, my friend gave me the MV of Girls’ Generation to study since they were wearing sweaters with their names on them. I’ll tell you now. It didn’t work. Why? I was completely not interested after my first five minutes being introduced to SNSD.


First impressions on those who stood out: The only impressions worth mentioning are on Yoona, Yuri, Hyoyeon and Sooyoung. I saw Yoona on Manwon Happiness and I thought she would be an incredible singer. She was the one doing the challenge, she was complimented on her looks, the PD commented on her commercial experience and for some reason I just figured she’d be a impressive singer. I heard her sing. Weak and unstable voice. Shocked and disappointed. Now I know. A good singer? Uh, no.


My first impression of Yuri was simple. I saw her in Super Junior’s Attack on the Pin-Up Boys dancing with Heechul. I thought she was way to skinny. Too skinny. No curves. No. I also thought she was Yoona and Seohyun. Those three confused me as hell. Seohyun and Sunny too.


I had the same impression for both Hyoyeon and Sooyoung. Half a line. Why are they in the group. So sad. I know I shouldn’t add this in, but of course I will. I figured they didn’t have any lines and were always in the back because they couldn’t sing and they weren’t as aesthetically pleasing to the eye compared to the others.



Now: My opinions on some of the members have changed throughout the years. Some for the better, some for the worse. Some didn’t change. I can tell them apart now. Their songs are catchy and forces into my brain. None of their songs get stuck in my head because they’re good. SNSD is near impossible to forget and erase not because they’re impressive, but because they’ve made a name for themselves and they’re everywhere in kpop.


-Cassis-

Rant: SNSD mv/Oh Yeon Seo-Lee Joon Couple

So I heard SM is going to re-lease “I Got A Boy” mv due to that offensive hat. LOL woah that’s so stupid. Honestly they could of saved all that trouble by not having the girls wear the hats in the first place.

This just reminds me of how K-pop is constantly trying to become “American”. I use to love k-pop because most of the songs weren’t about sex, drugs, partying and getting wasted. Now it’s changing and we have meaningless songs that are just catchy. Then we see that, Welcome Mother Fuckers on a hat. Woah I do love being called a mother fucker, harharh no. Even if it’s edited out in the mv I still know what it says, nice try SM.

I don’t think SNSD is to blame, but honestly I am disappointed. In my head SNSD is the cutesy group that are just overly cute it makes you sick. Well that image is certainly cracked.



First, I like to congratulate Oh Yeon Seo on her new relationship. I know there’s the whole issue of her being on “We Got Married” with Lee Joon, but sometime’s love just happens out of nowhere.

I do pity Lee Joon, but I don’t blame Oh Yeon Seo. I never liked the show “We Got Married”, I mean you know everything is fake and scripted so they are probably NOT going to end up together. I would like to fangirl over how cute a REAL couple is instead of a fake one. The only couple I approve of was Jo Kwon and GaIn. So all the fans probably feel stupid now because their relationship is smack in the face fake. Reality hurts.

Also I pity Oh Yeon Seo too, she just gained bunch of anti-fans and she barely started her career. From what I read in the comments hardly anyone has congratulated or seem to be happy for her new relationship. Everyone is just going crazy over the FAKE relationship and ignoring the REAL one, in my opinion “We Got Married” should just end already.


-Yuanie-

First Impression: SNSD's "Dancing Queen" MV

Before we begin: I was curious as to why the phone went back to 2008 and why their hair color at the start of the song was not current. They made the MV during Gee, apparently.

Now we begin: Just like Gee, Tiffany and Jessica start with their English. They’re even wearing Gee type clothes. You could at least change the clothing style.






What is with that dance. Some kind of bbuing bbuing cat dance. Reminds me of T-ARA, minus the gigantic clown paws. Their face expression. It’s so disgustingly cute. Bbuing bbuing everyone to death why don’t you. It’s not a compliment.

Seriously, they couldn’t get new clothes for this song? It just seems so lazy. It also seems like just in case you forgot, we’re the ones who sang Gee. Gee. The song that made us popular. Don’t forget.


If I saw that picture without knowing it’s from Dancing Queen, I would assume it’s from Gee. Even though I know it’s from Dancing Queen, all I see is Gee.

The same five people get solo camera time. It may not be true. Didn’t count. What matters is that’s what it seems. SNSD and the backup dancers.

I’d rather listen to the original song. Even Lee Hi was better. I’ve read what Sones said about Lee Hi in SNSD’s defense, so that sentence means a lot to some of you Sones.

It’s very forgettable and I want to forget it. I mentioned in my First Impression: SNSD’s I Got A Boy MVFirst Impression: SNSD's I Got A Boy MV post that their songs sneak into my brain, but not this one. Not everything SNSD does is gold.





Yuanie specifically told me to include that she hates this song too.
-Cassis-

First Impression: SNSD's "I Got A Boy" MV

Before the song: The beginning screamed so much of Oh! it made me not want to listen. Oh! was a repulsive song. I thought I Got A Boy would be just as horrendous. The beginning made me laugh. It’s so stupid. Who looks through a peephole like that and all at once with eight other people? Definitely just trying to look cute.


During the song: They get prettier after every MV. The beginning with Sooyoung and Yuri rapping really impressed me. It got my attention at least. I even though that the song wouldn’t be half bad.


The first thing I looked at was their clothes and hair. I looked at Hyoyeon first because she seems to get clothes from a dumpster and stylists who want to kill her hair. She looked normal. Yay. Everyone else looked good with their clothes and hair. Except for Sunny. That wig. No


As soon as the rap was over and it changed to this (above), I instantly hated it. I’ll say this right now about their clothes. Even though it’s not my fault that I’m thinking this. It’s all the Sones and Blackjacks. SNSD looks like they were trying to be 2NE1 but they only knew how to be SNSD.
The dance is different from their usual style. It’s more…powerful I could say.



Is that how the chorus is going to start every time? With Tiffany stopping the music and to a dubstep? Because that was definitely a no. I was so confused.



Whoa. What’s up with the wigs. That’s hideous. It’s funny because it’s ridiculous. All I can do is laugh.
A lot of the girls look so awkward dancing. They only look good dancing to their simple choreography. The dance is “powerful” but it’s still so cutesy feeling.
I hate how the chorus starts. This song feels like two or three songs edited together into one song. Such a clash.

Overall: The beginning rap was the best part. The song was harsh because it really felt horribly put together. I had to strain to see Hyoyeon as usual. The ones who always get the most screen time got the most screen time again in this MV. Everyone except Sunny looked fantastic. No one in particular stood out because their look would change depending on their hair. It’s easy to see who SM sees as beautiful based on their clothes and hair. The thing about SNSD is that no matter how much I hate their song in the beginning, it’ll creep inside my brain and start playing in my head. Even though it’ll probably do that for this song, the song was not enjoyable or appealing. The MV was okay. It smelled of SNSD.

-Cassis-

Read my co-blogger’s (Yuanie) take on the MV here.

First Impression: SNSD "I Got A Boy" mv

First thought: Finally released, I been waiting for awhile.

Even though I am not a big fan of SNSD I still pay attention to some of their new releases. I actually really like their style in this comeback, everyone looks great besides Sunny. I don't know why I can't like her short weird color hair. It's just not for me. The beginning was typical SNSD, all the girls together looking cutesy. I don't know about the song though, first 2 min I couldn't remember anything they were singing/rapping. However the rapping was good.

Also this guy in the mv, I never got to see his face. Okay the mv is about SNSD but still the guy was featured so at least let me see him! Poor thing, just some guy. The song is about how great the boy is but no, all I get is a body with hair on top.

2 min into the mv and I didn't think the song was catchy, then I heard the dubstep that reminded me so much of "Crayon" and the chorus. I gotta say it's catchy. I don't like the lyrics that much but it can get stuck in your head for a little bit. Also I like how there's a close up of each member, so they all got their fair share of screen time. Sometimes some members are just forgotten, like there's 3 girls that I always mix up too.

If I HAD to pick a bias in SNSD (not that I really love any of them) it's Yoona. I always liked her better than the others, probably because the first time I saw her was in a drama and thought she was an actress. I have to say she looks great in this comeback, and Tiffany. Those two stood out for me in the mv. Also Yoona rapped, does she rap? Maybe because I don't pay too much attention but I thought she sang. That was cute.

I hate those wigs. I winced when I saw it. Those are so heck no. It's orange, and all the girls wear the same wig. Why? Just when I think I can't really pick on the mv this comes up. Woah I don't find that cute at all. The outfit doesn't help either. They look like ailens with orange hair. No, they better not wear those in a live perf.

Conclusion: The song seems choppy to me. After watching the mv I didn't remember anything besides what I have heard in the teaser. The mv was ruined by the orange wigs. I guess this is a good comeback, haven't payed this much attention to SNSD since..."Run Devil Run" days. I thought their debut in US was...sad. This concept is actually more acceptable to me, I like fun styles more than sexy or cute. Lyrics...meh. Not much meaning to them but easy to remember. Way to start the year SNSD, I think their fans will be really happy.

-Yuanie-

Read Cass' impression here.