all of f(x)'s comeback concepts were incredibly artistic and were always straying away from the norms of mainstream kpop. But it was pink tape and 4 walls that so boldly pushed through unexplored territory for the kpop industry. Thank you for making a video about this! They (both f(x), and the creative minds behind the music and physical album production) truly deserve the recognition for their lasting contribution to kpop.
Amazing video! As a graphic designer as well, f(x) holds a special place in my heart not only for their music but also because Min Hee Jin cleverly and seamlessly integrated high art concepts into kpop with f(x). Finding her references like easter eggs always made me so giddy. Not mentioned in your video but other examples were the Pulp Fiction and A Clockwork Orange influences in Red Light's art direction. Also the photo of f(x) wearing berets, stripes and check printed tops, with blue, red, yellow, and white pants, basically a Piet Mondrian painting personified. Everything she did with f(x) was brilliant but the 4 Walls music and art direction as a whole was just perfection. Never would I have imagined that f(x) would release a UK Garage song, perform it in bell bottoms, with voguing choreography, while having Swiss and Modernist inspired graphic aesthetics. Who would've thought all these different elements(none of which were used in kpop yet) from different time periods could coexist together. It still blows my mind today. Even with f(x) at the bottom of the priority list, Min Hee Jin did so much with the very little SM gave f(x). f(x) and Min Hee Jin were a match made in art ho heaven. I'm glad Krystal remained close friends with Min Hee Jin, hopefully they'll all work together again someday.
I said this once and i'm gonna say it again, f(x) and min hee jin are AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. seriously when I heard 4th gen songs, I was thinking "if f(x) just debut now they will be bop" I know how underappreciate f(x) is that time
don't forget about the fact, that they paved the way to a lot of gen 4 groups but yes, if they were popular now, it will be awesome and they get all rank charts
Pink Tape is a work of art, physically, aesthetically and musically, although honestly, the same can be said for any of their albums. Thank you for this amazing video. There will never be quite a group like f(x)... they deserve recognition for pushing boundaries and truly being ahead of their time.
I love f(x) and I love to see them being recognized as a trendsetter group. The way they manage to create a sense of mystery and magic in their work is trully inspiring.
Im really happy because min hee jin work with F(x) back then and they are my first stan and now she's working for Newjeans which is pretty cool too see her work with the albums 😭😭 and her creative mind she's really smart and talented 😭😭 i hope she make work album like this because its soo cool and beautiful 😭😭
So that's why Pink Tape is so iconic. Definitely set the bar for album packaging. Min Heejin is fearless to be unconventional and it paid even years after.
I love what min heejin did with the groups she worked with in SM every single of them especially red velvet and fx but f(x) gosh they were waaaay ahead of their time
3:57 to be honest, I feel like unique packaging was always a thing with kpop prior to this iconic masterpiece but this indeed did help creative directors give more thought and put more creativity into their packaging designs, etc. Min Hee Jin really is the blueprint and has been since she started working for the industry since 2002.
“I bought bootcut pants because Krystal wore bootcut pants” 😂 but seriously, I started wearing them in 2015 because I loved 4 walls so much. It was uh… a bit polarizing amongst my friends but Min Hee Jin knew what she was doing 😂
SM really went downhill creative-wise after Min Hee Jin’s departure, from the song choices and all of Aespa’s plagiarism scandals. No one can really top her work especially on girl groups so I’m looking forward to her new girl group this time.
Agreed, I found myslelf more attracted to Min Heejin's work than the newer ones. There's always something That Pops in my eyes the colour,The references,The Aesthetic.Min-Heejin will always be my favourite
Yes! They led her to creative burn out. So I'm happy that atleast now, she has more authority on how she can use her time. Really excited for her new girl group!
Im thankful that this concept was made solely for f(x), i can’t imagine if this was Red Velvet’s. (no hate to them, i only compared them to fx since they are the company’s experimental group/concept)
This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for making this video.😭As a MeU it’s always heart touching to see people recognize f(x) and their uniqueness, irreplaceability, and ahead-of-time.💜💜💜💜💜
Hi im a little late here, but i am glad that i found your video. Could you please make a comparison video between her works at sm and her works at hybe. While im watching your video i kind of see some similarities
Min Heejin is gonna debut a new group soon somewhere in july i think and i also heard rumors that they are gonna film something in spain but its just rumors
It's totally normal of an entertainment agency to delete (or abandon) the "disbanded/inactive after 7 years contract" group out their site of as they weren't in contract anymore. There's nothing to do with MHJ.
@HealRD okay but for SM, it's peculiar. Maybe it doesn't seem that way at first because Fx was mistreated by them from the beginning. But they don't usually let the legacy of their artists fade. Like Aespa remaking an SES song, NCT remaking an HOT song. Ses and hot were some of SM's first ever groups from the late 90s and they're still not abandoned. And we can see that in this universe that SM is building, groups like super junior and girls generation who have been around longer than fx are still included. And it's not like fx flopped when they were around because they were chart toppers and critical darlings.
Min heejin ran the sm design team like the military lmaooo the impact and influence she had in the kpop industry is just... wow
heejin and krystal are close friends right?! i wish they would work on an EP.
Lol that’s why Newjeans are so good
all of f(x)'s comeback concepts were incredibly artistic and were always straying away from the norms of mainstream kpop. But it was pink tape and 4 walls that so boldly pushed through unexplored territory for the kpop industry. Thank you for making a video about this! They (both f(x), and the creative minds behind the music and physical album production) truly deserve the recognition for their lasting contribution to kpop.
they were the blueprint 😫
Min heejin the top tier producer in Kpop industry
Amazing video! As a graphic designer as well, f(x) holds a special place in my heart not only for their music but also because Min Hee Jin cleverly and seamlessly integrated high art concepts into kpop with f(x). Finding her references like easter eggs always made me so giddy. Not mentioned in your video but other examples were the Pulp Fiction and A Clockwork Orange influences in Red Light's art direction. Also the photo of f(x) wearing berets, stripes and check printed tops, with blue, red, yellow, and white pants, basically a Piet Mondrian painting personified. Everything she did with f(x) was brilliant but the 4 Walls music and art direction as a whole was just perfection. Never would I have imagined that f(x) would release a UK Garage song, perform it in bell bottoms, with voguing choreography, while having Swiss and Modernist inspired graphic aesthetics. Who would've thought all these different elements(none of which were used in kpop yet) from different time periods could coexist together. It still blows my mind today. Even with f(x) at the bottom of the priority list, Min Hee Jin did so much with the very little SM gave f(x).
f(x) and Min Hee Jin were a match made in art ho heaven. I'm glad Krystal remained close friends with Min Hee Jin, hopefully they'll all work together again someday.
thank you for such a lovely and insightful comment!!
I said this once and i'm gonna say it again, f(x) and min hee jin are AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. seriously when I heard 4th gen songs, I was thinking "if f(x) just debut now they will be bop" I know how underappreciate f(x) is that time
don't forget about the fact, that they paved the way to a lot of gen 4 groups
but yes, if they were popular now, it will be awesome and they get all rank charts
Min Heejin THE GOAT
Pink Tape is a work of art, physically, aesthetically and musically, although honestly, the same can be said for any of their albums. Thank you for this amazing video. There will never be quite a group like f(x)... they deserve recognition for pushing boundaries and truly being ahead of their time.
I love f(x) and I love to see them being recognized as a trendsetter group. The way they manage to create a sense of mystery and magic in their work is trully inspiring.
Im really happy because min hee jin work with F(x) back then and they are my first stan and now she's working for Newjeans which is pretty cool too see her work with the albums 😭😭 and her creative mind she's really smart and talented 😭😭 i hope she make work album like this because its soo cool and beautiful 😭😭
f(x)'s aesthetic is unmatched!
im a 4th gen stan and will never shut up about pink tape album and the art film..
So that's why Pink Tape is so iconic. Definitely set the bar for album packaging. Min Heejin is fearless to be unconventional and it paid even years after.
HOLY BIBLE OF KPOP "PINK TAPE".
Don't argue with me. shhhhh 💕💕
I love what min heejin did with the groups she worked with in SM every single of them especially red velvet and fx but f(x) gosh they were waaaay ahead of their time
Min Heejin deadass gave birth to high teen girl group concept,what a queen
f(x) was and always wayy ahead of everything
I will never forgive SM for what they done to FX.
3:57 to be honest, I feel like unique packaging was always a thing with kpop prior to this iconic masterpiece but this indeed did help creative directors give more thought and put more creativity into their packaging designs, etc. Min Hee Jin really is the blueprint and has been since she started working for the industry since 2002.
f(x)'s concept 📈📈📈📈
“I bought bootcut pants because Krystal wore bootcut pants” 😂 but seriously, I started wearing them in 2015 because I loved 4 walls so much. It was uh… a bit polarizing amongst my friends but Min Hee Jin knew what she was doing 😂
this is so true if this was dropped in 2020 onwards it'd do so big
aww man, just imagine if we could've seen more of min heejin and f(x) working together... thank you for making this insightful video!! :)
SM really went downhill creative-wise after Min Hee Jin’s departure, from the song choices and all of Aespa’s plagiarism scandals. No one can really top her work especially on girl groups so I’m looking forward to her new girl group this time.
Agreed. Her creativity and work is unmatched
Agreed, I found myslelf more attracted to Min Heejin's work than the newer ones. There's always something That Pops in my eyes the colour,The references,The Aesthetic.Min-Heejin will always be my favourite
Damn here I am thinking aespa has been Sm's best work in a while haha
Yes! They led her to creative burn out. So I'm happy that atleast now, she has more authority on how she can use her time. Really excited for her new girl group!
@@galatea___ yeahs I noticed that from her works in 2015-17(-ish), tho her works from late 17' to 18' are probably one of her best
Min Heejin is debuting a new girl group under HYBE soon... I am really excited to see what amazing work she will do with them
Is it le sserafim
@@micmicbungee355 no Le Sserafim is Bang Sihyuk (Bang PD)'s group. He is overseeing them. Min Heejin has her own label called ADOR
@@hueningbahiyyih627 ah good to hear that thought min heejin is working on that and I'm kinda disappointed because lesserafim concept is not my type 🙈
@@micmicbungee355 nope creative work for lesserafim is done by source music... Bang Pd is involved in both ador n lesserafim with song production...
wow u preview the future, the new gp is newjeans, and "attention" is soooo good
fx is my first and my favorite girl group, their concept is just unique and never gets old.
Not only the MV but the photography, CD and background of their albums. I'm glad I still owned them.
Im thankful that this concept was made solely for f(x), i can’t imagine if this was Red Velvet’s. (no hate to them, i only compared them to fx since they are the company’s experimental group/concept)
I first heard 4 walls this year when Spotify recommended it and assumed it was a recent release. So good
I really love f(x). I was heartbroken after Sulli's death. Thank you for your video and explanation. I got nostalgia.
I still cry when i think how a horrible bullying culture took an angel, a free spirit, korea didnt deserve sulli
Please continue to make video essays of f(x). They are so forgotten by the new generation of kpop fans. F(x) deserves sooo much more 😭😭😭
This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for making this video.😭As a MeU it’s always heart touching to see people recognize f(x) and their uniqueness, irreplaceability, and ahead-of-time.💜💜💜💜💜
How does this have such a low view count? You explain it so well, and talking about such a cool topic and such an amazing group! I loved the video
Pertama ngeliat mv NewJeans bener2 vibe nya f(x) pink tape iniiiii
You must add part 3 is Krystal album IDWLY is such one of min hee jin masterpiece. Thank u 🥰🥰
I loveee your Kpop analysis videos its amazing!
Excited for pgngg
This is such an amazing video! I’m just getting into f(x) and this video is such a great analysis, thank you! :)
Totally agree with all the points in this video! Super well done and informative. Thanks for making this :)
i love this video! thank you for sharing, :)
Thank you so much for making this video
Her influence is game changing.
I really like your analysis!!
I think it's so enjoyable analyze things that we like (such kpop things) T-T
Keep up the good work!!
I can't wait see her work on newjeans full album
amazing video!
Hi im a little late here, but i am glad that i found your video.
Could you please make a comparison video between her works at sm and her works at hybe.
While im watching your video i kind of see some similarities
if only sm promoted f(x) right
Ahh suddenly I miss them so much..
Phenomenal video!
Min Heejin is gonna debut a new group soon somewhere in july i think and i also heard rumors that they are gonna film something in spain but its just rumors
They debuted with "Cookie" which was released yesterday
Thank you very much ! I learned a lot from your video
Hiii really enjoy your videos. Please make more videos like this
So sad that i didn't have any album of f(x)
WHY THIS VIDEO HAS THE LOW VIEWS😭😭😭😭😭
This is amazing! Thank you for the video
I really love f(x) so much ❤
Great video!
Thank you for this 🙏🏽🥺
This video was so well done!
Rmb how f(x) started the tennis skirt trend. It's called krystal skirt before 🤣
great job👍🏻
2:02 great video! can i ask wheres the interview of min hee jin sharing her direction from?
I believe it was part of a livestream f(x) did to promote the release of the album. Thanks for watching!
hope ador revive fx
Soooo ador happened
NEWJEANS has entered the chat
Coming back here in 2024 only to realize that SM is probably heavily erasing f(x) because of Min Heejin
It's totally normal of an entertainment agency to delete (or abandon) the "disbanded/inactive after 7 years contract" group out their site of as they weren't in contract anymore. There's nothing to do with MHJ.
@HealRD okay but for SM, it's peculiar. Maybe it doesn't seem that way at first because Fx was mistreated by them from the beginning. But they don't usually let the legacy of their artists fade. Like Aespa remaking an SES song, NCT remaking an HOT song. Ses and hot were some of SM's first ever groups from the late 90s and they're still not abandoned.
And we can see that in this universe that SM is building, groups like super junior and girls generation who have been around longer than fx are still included. And it's not like fx flopped when they were around because they were chart toppers and critical darlings.
mhj had a hand in every single SM groups' artistic direction from 2002 to 2018, why would they only erase f(x)?
@@brassicaoleracealover f(x) was her biggest and most awarded involvement
All theses aesthetic is giving Tumblr White girl, F(x) , Newjeans, Nothing stand on korean media
Sooo great