Last year, 2PM had quite possibly one of the biggest songs in the kpop world with their smash hit, "Heartbeat." Since then, they released "Without U" in early Spring, which had a good reception, and just made their comeback last week with their newest song "I'll Be Back." Unfortunately, the song has disappointed many for some of the following reasons:
1) The Terminator: for some odd reason, 2PM have claimed that this song was inspired by the Terminator. That's understandable, because the Terminator is an awesome movie. What's bizarre, though, is that the song has nothing to do with Terminator. The song is about love for a woman. How does Arnold protecting John Connor from the T2000 have anything to do with this? Sure, the chorus of this song is "I'll Be Back" and one of the members has a metal hand in the video, and the end of the video uses the Terminator theme song, but that's about it. The similarities between the two end there.
2) The Dance: what's very bizarre about this video is that the dance is awful. Absolutely awful. 2PM are some of the best dancers in all of Korea, yet the dance to this song is the running man. Sure, it's a little more complicated than just the running man: they change directions, and do the running man again. Wow! There's also a very bizarre sequence near the end of the video in which they start mule kicking and doing the running man at the same time. It's completely bizarre, and quite possibly the worst Kpop dance of the year.
3) The Makeup: this is quite possibly the most noteworthy part of the video. The members of 2PM are entirely covered in makeup, almost to an unrecognizable degree. We're not talking about a bit of eye-liner here. They've got more makeup on than the entire cast of Jersey Shore. A lot of fans are quite happy about this, because it's a really new look and it brings out their eyes, but others will note how ridiculous they look, unfortunately.
Altogether, 2PM's return to the Kpop world is a bit lacklustre with their newest song "I'll Be Back." The video was a great disappointment, and didn't do justice to the song. Hopefully they will release another song and video soon that will bring them back to the level they were at with their other huge hits. "I'll Be Back" just isn't it this time around. - 42265
1) The Terminator: for some odd reason, 2PM have claimed that this song was inspired by the Terminator. That's understandable, because the Terminator is an awesome movie. What's bizarre, though, is that the song has nothing to do with Terminator. The song is about love for a woman. How does Arnold protecting John Connor from the T2000 have anything to do with this? Sure, the chorus of this song is "I'll Be Back" and one of the members has a metal hand in the video, and the end of the video uses the Terminator theme song, but that's about it. The similarities between the two end there.
2) The Dance: what's very bizarre about this video is that the dance is awful. Absolutely awful. 2PM are some of the best dancers in all of Korea, yet the dance to this song is the running man. Sure, it's a little more complicated than just the running man: they change directions, and do the running man again. Wow! There's also a very bizarre sequence near the end of the video in which they start mule kicking and doing the running man at the same time. It's completely bizarre, and quite possibly the worst Kpop dance of the year.
3) The Makeup: this is quite possibly the most noteworthy part of the video. The members of 2PM are entirely covered in makeup, almost to an unrecognizable degree. We're not talking about a bit of eye-liner here. They've got more makeup on than the entire cast of Jersey Shore. A lot of fans are quite happy about this, because it's a really new look and it brings out their eyes, but others will note how ridiculous they look, unfortunately.
Altogether, 2PM's return to the Kpop world is a bit lacklustre with their newest song "I'll Be Back." The video was a great disappointment, and didn't do justice to the song. Hopefully they will release another song and video soon that will bring them back to the level they were at with their other huge hits. "I'll Be Back" just isn't it this time around. - 42265
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