"Hello, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa…" remember these words? Rather, remember the song? This was the content in that Korean-pop song made during the –soccer competition, that presented Korea to the people. Who might the interpreter of this song be? It was no other than the rookie group: B.I.G –which stands for Boys in Groove, and yes it’s an awkward name but let’s not linger with that issue as that’s not what I’ll be talking about here. The group who had just made their appearance in the scene early this year had made a quick comeback, with a new concept to go with their new song: Are You Ready?
The song is very catchy that has the ability to make you bob your head along its beat. And the song had properly showcased the group’s vocals as it had more words than their previous song which goes ‘Hello, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa…” on and on and on. Here we can clearly hear Gunmin vocals, J-Hoon’s falsettos and Benji’s high notes alongside Minpyo’s playful rap and Heedo’s deep voiced rap. The distribution of parts was something to be happy about as, unlike the other groups, B.I.G had their fair share of lines. Kudos to whoever divided them.
B.I.G had caught my attention with their dance (and those very random videos they posted online) and the comeback was no disappointment. With the upbeat tempo, obviously the dance has got to be lively. With the ‘I’m so curious’-like bouncing setting the atmosphere in the opening. (Do notice the synchronization of their legs) There are certain points to look in their dance. The body wave and how shy it appears to the viewers as they don’t do it frivolously, and the ‘maeil maeil’ dance which is in fact alike the happy version of BTS’s ‘high blood pressure’ dance in their Danger song.
The music video mainly focuses on Heedo and his never ending cola drinking. Just kidding, but seriously almost half the 3 minutes whenever it is Heedo’s airtime we could see him holding a bottle of cola in his hand and a comic book in the other. Pushing those weird things aside, let’s fawn over his blonde hair and how it fits him perfectly. Is it even legal for the maknae to look this fine? Speaking of hair, J-Hoon, our vanilla latte addict leader-nim (insert his infamous oh-hong-hong laugh) please do consider of keeping that 5:7 hairstyle for a lifetime, I guarantee you more fans.
In the music video -other than their hair, the constant charm explosions should be looked out to. Especially with those lip bites, seems like the members had been practicing lip biting most their free time as 3 out of the 5 members bit it in the video. As for individually, everybody looked really good as they all had their fair share of camera time. Everybody except Benji –their supposed friendly alien, who looked a bit uncomfortable and awkward for me. But nonetheless, everyone looked really fly in this video.
Half the music video already showed them chasing the girl that Gunmin had showed interest in. And this is the part that I liked a lot in this video. I can’t quite fathom how I came to like this part. It looked a bit dramatic but the moment it zooms in the members and how they looked like they were frantically looking for someone just made me smile and awe at their acting.
All in all, this comeback from a rookie deserves some appreciation. Though, I still can say that they aren’t yet in par with the other groups above them in terms of video but musicality wise, they sure have a lot of potential. With the song ‘Are You Ready’, they somewhat reminded me of SHINee back then, with all their energy and those first generation hiphop artists with their sound.
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