I have wondered if traditional instruments could be used for KPOP. Low and behold I have an answer. Wonderful A marvelous concept reinforced by the traditional dress. Of course Mamamoo is always awesome. Thank you for the reaction.
I believe traditional instrument use can be heard distinctly in Pink Venom and Hwaa. It’s a great concept and would love to hear more. Thanks for watching.
This is my favorite Mamamoo+ song by far. It's not close to being their latest track, though. Bad Guy was a pre-release single from their 2023 3 song single album Act 1 Scene 1, which featured the title track GGBB (Good Girl Bad Boy). Later last year they followed it up with an EP called Two Rabbits and the title track DangDang. There's a lot to say about Bad Guy. I had fun reading the lyrics, researching some of the traditional references and coming up with theories about what they're up to in the MV and if you're interested and have the time I think it's well worth the effort. You noticed it looks like a play (the album title is a hint). The MV has the feel of a low budget video but it's by design rather than lack of money that it takes place on a single stage with a flexible set and utilizes theatrical conventions like using a frame for a mirror and stepladders to represent cherry trees. They're obviously blending traditional and contemporary elements in the lyrics, music, instrumentation, costumes and props and even in the acting styles they employ, which include the pansori performers as well as Solar and Moonbyul doubling roles in different eras. Moonbyul switches genders and Solar switches acting styles from old school melodramatic gestures when she's the Joseon era woman longing for the departed lover to modern method acting in the mirror scene and when she flips off the bad guy at the end. I think they're trying to make a connection between traditional Pansori and contemporary Kpop as uniquely Korean multi-disciplinary art forms. Imo Bad Guy is the most equal and most successful mix of traditional and contemporary in a kpop song & MV. You mentioned that Solar seems to be playing a kisaeng at times, which was very perceptive. Her longing for the lover who abandoned her reminds me of poems by the famous 16th century kisaeng Hwang Jini, who you may have seen in films or kdramas (my fave is the kdrama featuring Ha Jiwon). Here's an example: Blue mountains speak of my desire, Green waters reflect my Lover's love: The mountains unchanging, The waters flowing by. Sometimes it seems the waters cannot forget me, They part in tears, regretting, running away.
Beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the song. There would have been no way that I would have caught all that during the first watch, even if the lyrics were in English. I will have to check out the rest of the album.
@@_KpopAjumma_ YW. No way anyone gets everything on the first view, even Koreans. You can interpret the song for yourself but I thought it was worth mentioning the concept of placing kpop in a Korean tradition that goes back to pansori. That was a new idea to me and I think it's brilliant, if that's indeed what they intended. :)
Very happy to see you reacting to Mamamoo members again! For me the Mamamoo+ subunit has been a huge success artistically. They’ve packed a lot of goodness into a relatively small number of songs, and also got in an Asian concert tour (I wish I could have gone!). They posted some cute videos in the run up to announcing Mamamoo+ and their first song, Better (feat. BIG Naughty). Sort of reality-tv style comedy-drama about the formation and naming of the subunit, auditioning and tormenting their featured artist, and other on-brand delightful nonsense. It’s cute that you translated the title and got “Bad Guy”!!! The official non-Korean title of the song is actually the Spanish translation “Chico Malo” (it’s in the song if you listen for it). Solar in red, Moonbyul in blue, surrounded by the dance crew in white - that’s the South Korean flag!
Good eye on the Korean flag and outfit colors. This is one of the reasons why I love viewer comments. Everyone always has something to share and teach me. I thought I kept hearing Chico malo, but wasn’t sure if it was Spanish or Korean, but now it makes total sense. lol.😂 There were other MMM related videos on my feed that are I haven’t had the chance to review. There’s just so many that it’s so overwhelming.
@@_KpopAjumma_ Haha, yes, so much content! I would never say too much content but there's kind of too much content and we have to pick and choose which videos to watch. 🤣 I'd love to take credit for spotting the Korean flag, but the truth is that I read it somewhere on a comment thread. In general, if there is something to be spotted then some Moomoo somewhere has spotted it and commented on it. By the way, if you ever have a chance to see a Korean pansori performance - all I can say is that I went to one once, and it was emotionally incredibly powerful. Are you ready for HWASA on Thursday? I am trying to decide whether to wake up in the middle of the night to listen to her album and watch the MV immediately when it is released. It will affect my next working day, both negatively but also positively.
@@moomoobebe wait what’s going on with Hwasa on Thursday? See, this is how out of touch I am. It’s like I have to start all over. I even missed their anniversary!!
@@_KpopAjumma_ Hwasa’s long awaited comeback is at 6pm Korean Time on Thursday! If you go to P Nation’s TH-cam channel, you’ll see the teasers and highlight reel. It’s a mini-album.
@@_KpopAjumma_ They did a sweet video for their 10th anniversary, a sort of picnic barbeque with games and silliness. That was the only anniversary content that I know of, so you didn’t miss any major developments there. Wheein has left her label, The L1ve, after her three-year contract expired in August. She says she’s going to take a break for a while. There’s no news so far about her signing up with anyone else. Moonbyul had a recent comeback where she added some new songs to Starlit of Muse to make a vinyl double album called Starlit of Twinkle. And she and Solar have signed a new contract with RBW, after the old one expired in June. Those are the main things.
![MOONBYUL SINGS!!! | Mamamoo reaction - [MV] 마마무+ - Better (Feat. BIG Naughty)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/R71zhy58EaA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Professional Dancer Reacts To Solar "Colors" [Practice + Performance]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5okCDTz7Zg0/mqdefault.jpg)
Solar is actually portraying a fox spirit. Tails are represented by the fans of the dancers. This is my favorite of the Mamamoo+ songs.
Oooh, nice… like the 9-tailed fox and such. Good eye!!
I have wondered if traditional instruments could be used for KPOP. Low and behold I have an answer. Wonderful A marvelous concept reinforced by the traditional dress. Of course Mamamoo is always awesome. Thank you for the reaction.
I believe traditional instrument use can be heard distinctly in Pink Venom and Hwaa. It’s a great concept and would love to hear more. Thanks for watching.
This is my favorite Mamamoo+ song by far. It's not close to being their latest track, though. Bad Guy was a pre-release single from their 2023 3 song single album Act 1 Scene 1, which featured the title track GGBB (Good Girl Bad Boy). Later last year they followed it up with an EP called Two Rabbits and the title track DangDang.
There's a lot to say about Bad Guy. I had fun reading the lyrics, researching some of the traditional references and coming up with theories about what they're up to in the MV and if you're interested and have the time I think it's well worth the effort. You noticed it looks like a play (the album title is a hint). The MV has the feel of a low budget video but it's by design rather than lack of money that it takes place on a single stage with a flexible set and utilizes theatrical conventions like using a frame for a mirror and stepladders to represent cherry trees. They're obviously blending traditional and contemporary elements in the lyrics, music, instrumentation, costumes and props and even in the acting styles they employ, which include the pansori performers as well as Solar and Moonbyul doubling roles in different eras. Moonbyul switches genders and Solar switches acting styles from old school melodramatic gestures when she's the Joseon era woman longing for the departed lover to modern method acting in the mirror scene and when she flips off the bad guy at the end. I think they're trying to make a connection between traditional Pansori and contemporary Kpop as uniquely Korean multi-disciplinary art forms. Imo Bad Guy is the most equal and most successful mix of traditional and contemporary in a kpop song & MV.
You mentioned that Solar seems to be playing a kisaeng at times, which was very perceptive. Her longing for the lover who abandoned her reminds me of poems by the famous 16th century kisaeng Hwang Jini, who you may have seen in films or kdramas (my fave is the kdrama featuring Ha Jiwon). Here's an example:
Blue mountains speak of my desire,
Green waters reflect my Lover's love:
The mountains unchanging,
The waters flowing by.
Sometimes it seems the waters cannot forget me,
They part in tears, regretting, running away.
Beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the song. There would have been no way that I would have caught all that during the first watch, even if the lyrics were in English. I will have to check out the rest of the album.
@@_KpopAjumma_ YW. No way anyone gets everything on the first view, even Koreans. You can interpret the song for yourself but I thought it was worth mentioning the concept of placing kpop in a Korean tradition that goes back to pansori. That was a new idea to me and I think it's brilliant, if that's indeed what they intended. :)
Very happy to see you reacting to Mamamoo members again! For me the Mamamoo+ subunit has been a huge success artistically. They’ve packed a lot of goodness into a relatively small number of songs, and also got in an Asian concert tour (I wish I could have gone!). They posted some cute videos in the run up to announcing Mamamoo+ and their first song, Better (feat. BIG Naughty). Sort of reality-tv style comedy-drama about the formation and naming of the subunit, auditioning and tormenting their featured artist, and other on-brand delightful nonsense.
It’s cute that you translated the title and got “Bad Guy”!!! The official non-Korean title of the song is actually the Spanish translation “Chico Malo” (it’s in the song if you listen for it).
Solar in red, Moonbyul in blue, surrounded by the dance crew in white - that’s the South Korean flag!
Good eye on the Korean flag and outfit colors. This is one of the reasons why I love viewer comments. Everyone always has something to share and teach me. I thought I kept hearing Chico malo, but wasn’t sure if it was Spanish or Korean, but now it makes total sense. lol.😂
There were other MMM related videos on my feed that are I haven’t had the chance to review. There’s just so many that it’s so overwhelming.
@@_KpopAjumma_ Haha, yes, so much content! I would never say too much content but there's kind of too much content and we have to pick and choose which videos to watch. 🤣
I'd love to take credit for spotting the Korean flag, but the truth is that I read it somewhere on a comment thread. In general, if there is something to be spotted then some Moomoo somewhere has spotted it and commented on it.
By the way, if you ever have a chance to see a Korean pansori performance - all I can say is that I went to one once, and it was emotionally incredibly powerful.
Are you ready for HWASA on Thursday? I am trying to decide whether to wake up in the middle of the night to listen to her album and watch the MV immediately when it is released. It will affect my next working day, both negatively but also positively.
@@moomoobebe wait what’s going on with Hwasa on Thursday? See, this is how out of touch I am. It’s like I have to start all over. I even missed their anniversary!!
@@_KpopAjumma_ Hwasa’s long awaited comeback is at 6pm Korean Time on Thursday! If you go to P Nation’s TH-cam channel, you’ll see the teasers and highlight reel. It’s a mini-album.
@@_KpopAjumma_ They did a sweet video for their 10th anniversary, a sort of picnic barbeque with games and silliness. That was the only anniversary content that I know of, so you didn’t miss any major developments there. Wheein has left her label, The L1ve, after her three-year contract expired in August. She says she’s going to take a break for a while. There’s no news so far about her signing up with anyone else. Moonbyul had a recent comeback where she added some new songs to Starlit of Muse to make a vinyl double album called Starlit of Twinkle. And she and Solar have signed a new contract with RBW, after the old one expired in June. Those are the main things.