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[Spring Sakura]

I thought the mv was pretty funky. And I am so in love with her new hair do!!! DAMN! She looks so hot and sexy with short hair ---I never would have expected it!!!

The song....well, I can't say I'm that in love with it. I thought Eien was a bit more catchy --that being said, Verbal's rap was awesome (as usual )

Not bad, and I can still see all those MJ inspired moves back there.


And I loved the outfits, mainly Verbal's --but BoA's hat was

[airnosam]

allright this is the best mv i think... i really love her vocal n dance choreo in this mv...but honestly i'm not agree with her new hair style lol...

[volia]

The song is just great! Even though I don't know jap or pronounce it well, I could still go "BUMP BUMP!" It's very catchy too! Woo 5/5!  

[GoDiElA]

OMG!!!...she really cut her hair...
Oh man...so many things happen when she go into the US.
1. got a tattoo...
2. dress up like an all American Negro...
3. CUT HER HAIR...
4. Whats next???...

Edited by GoDiElA, 07 October 2009 - 09:40 AM.

[Kudaranai]

^ omg?




omg? lol. What's wrong with all those things? Tattoos and piercing go together, and we know BoA has multiple piercings. Her styles has been changing constantly, it's not a surprise. Nothing's wrong with a new hair style either.

[mlyap7_boa]

^ Agreed...  
There's nothin wrong with changin her style & besides, BoA looks good with her new haircut IMO...
You can't stick with the same look, image or style forever...

[Yabisi]

Dress up like an all American Negro? wow...

Take out the dancing, add more slow shots of BoA...maybe walking or doing something other than dancing. The suit and hair combination makes her look like a guy. If she's going to continue dressing like a tomboy she should've just kept her long hair lol. Verbal's parts seem kind of meaningless...like he's just there wasting space. The video is too dark for my liking...especially for an upbeat song like this. I don't know...I think the video doesn't go at all with the song.

As for the song, I like it a lot. However I don't like the random screaming (reminiscent of the It Takes Two song), and the rap parts.

[mlyap7_boa]

^ Wow I'm like the total opposite of what you think...
I think the suit and hair combination was nice, I think VERBAL's parts were fine but I do agree with the video bein a bit dark but I definitely think the video went well with the song...  

[magic]

I love her new hair!! At first i was afraid it might not look as good, but I'm totally surprised! It would have been better if she had more than one costume though.  BoA and Verbal are always good together!

[Triquetral]

Ah havn't been here for ages!!!! Was down for some long I totally forgot haha...

Anyways sorry but that short hair really disappoints me Love girls with long hair especially hers was so gorgeous...it's not bad but her long hair is just so much better its not even funny :/

[Magus427]

I really like this music video a lot, really can't say enough good things about it.  It's definitely 1000x better than any of her U.S. songs.

A few things to address though...

1) I'm not really a fan of the houndstooth suit (but however she does it, BoA still manages to look great in it).  For those that don't know (even I didn't know at first I admit), the houndstooth suit is made by Chanel.  And in fact, Verbal is wearing a Chanel pendant of their logo in the video as well.  Could this be used as a promotion for the company too?  Who knows.  Chanel's flagship store is based in Tokyo (even though they are headquartered in France).  Given BoA's sense of fashion, I think it's safe to say Chanel is obviously a brand she likes.  So while some of us (like myself) may not exactly like the outfit, lets at least recognize the girl has a high class sense of fashion and accept it.

2) The opening rap Verbal does is a tribute to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock (influential hip-hop duo from Harlem, New York) for their song "It Takes Two" released back in 1988.  If you watch the original video to the part where you hear "Hit it!", you'll see the original rap Verbal plays off of.  Granted, this is nothing new as both Taku and Verbal are known for putting little things like this into their songs as m-flo.  To me, it's just cooler Verbal threw it in having production credits for Bump Bump!.

3) There seems to be some Korean in the video (like there was in Love Bug).  For example, the end of Verbal's 2nd rap before the horn part (where the two of them look so cute together) doesn't sound like Japanese.  Granted, we probably won't know for sure until we see the lyrics released with the CD when it comes out on October 21st, but I think it's neat to consider.

4) BoA's probably confident, happy, etc. in the video compared to her others because she is shooting it with Verbal.  When they were both on Music Japan (or was it Music Station, I forget) and m-flo was performing Love Comes and Goes, she was there performing too, and during a speaking portion wanted to take a picture with one of the hosts and called Verbal over to take the picture of them.  In the making of Universe video with Verbal and CK, when he walks in the room she hugs him.  The two of them seem to be very good friends and have great chemistry together.  I'm sure however they perform this song live it'll be great because they always seem to have fun together (which I think is more than evident in this PV).

And finally, I've read a lot of stuff about how she's doing so many dance videos lately, etc.  You know what?  The girl loves to dance so I don't think anyone should say "Oh, she does too many dance videos".  BoA should do what she loves to do.  And if she feels like singing a ballad now and then too, she can do that as well.  I think it's one thing to say you don't care for a song or a video or something, but another to start trying to say what she should or shouldn't release to suit your individual tastes.   We're fans because we like what she does (overall), if we don't, then we're no longer fans, right? <

I do look forward to the new ballad coming out in December for the new Tales game being released (which I'm sure has more to do with her participating in singing the opening theme to the game than it being a ballad).  What I'm more curious about though is if they'll go the same route like they did with the last one re: Bonnie Pink and have BoA sing the opening in both Japanese and English.  What do you guys think?

-Magus

Edited by Magus427, 09 October 2009 - 12:57 AM.

[hinachan]

GoDiElA, on Oct 7 2009, 12:33 PM, said:

OMG!!!...she really cut her hair...
Oh man...so many things happen when she go into the US.
1. got a tattoo...
2. dress up like an all American Negro...
3. CUT HER HAIR...
4. Whats next???...

There's nothing wrong with a tattoo or a haircut (if, indeed, she even cut her hair--could be a wig).

But "dress up like an all American Negro" is so offensive.  First off, kids and young people of ALL races dress that way now.  And secondly, that statement is disgustingly racist.  How would you like it if BoA became famous here, kids adopted her style, and somebody said, "they're dressing up like a ---- " (insert derogatory word for "Asian" here).

Racism is ugly.

[boudle tek ati]

Hope that someone will cap it from M-ON! HD

[mlyap7_boa]

Magus427, on Oct 9 2009, 04:47 PM, said:

I really like this music video a lot, really can't say enough good things about it.  It's definitely 1000x better than any of her U.S. songs.

A few things to address though...

1) I'm not really a fan of the houndstooth suit (but however she does it, BoA still manages to look great in it).  For those that don't know (even I didn't know at first I admit), the houndstooth suit is made by Chanel.  And in fact, Verbal is wearing a Chanel pendant of their logo in the video as well.  Could this be used as a promotion for the company too?  Who knows.  Chanel's flagship store is based in Tokyo (even though they are headquartered in France).  Given BoA's sense of fashion, I think it's safe to say Chanel is obviously a brand she likes.  So while some of us (like myself) may not exactly like the outfit, lets at least recognize the girl has a high class sense of fashion and accept it.

2) The opening rap Verbal does is a tribute to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock (influential hip-hop duo from Harlem, New York) for their song "It Takes Two" released back in 1988.  If you watch the original video to the part where you hear "Hit it!", you'll see the original rap Verbal plays off of.  Granted, this is nothing new as both Taku and Verbal are known for putting little things like this into their songs as m-flo.  To me, it's just cooler Verbal threw it in having production credits for Bump Bump!.

3) There seems to be some Korean in the video (like there was in Love Bug).  For example, the end of Verbal's 2nd rap before the horn part (where the two of them look so cute together) doesn't sound like Japanese.  Granted, we probably won't know for sure until we see the lyrics released with the CD when it comes out on October 21st, but I think it's neat to consider.

4) BoA's probably confident, happy, etc. in the video compared to her others because she is shooting it with Verbal.  When they were both on Music Japan (or was it Music Station, I forget) and m-flo was performing Love Comes and Goes, she was there performing too, and during a speaking portion wanted to take a picture with one of the hosts and called Verbal over to take the picture of them.  In the making of Universe video with Verbal and CK, when he walks in the room she hugs him.  The two of them seem to be very good friends and have great chemistry together.  I'm sure however they perform this song live it'll be great because they always seem to have fun together (which I think is more than evident in this PV).

And finally, I've read a lot of stuff about how she's doing so many dance videos lately, etc.  You know what?  The girl loves to dance so I don't think anyone should say "Oh, she does too many dance videos".  BoA should do what she loves to do.  And if she feels like singing a ballad now and then too, she can do that as well.  I think it's one thing to say you don't care for a song or a video or something, but another to start trying to say what she should or shouldn't release to suit your individual tastes.   We're fans because we like what she does (overall), if we don't, then we're no longer fans, right? <

I do look forward to the new ballad coming out in December for the new Tales game being released (which I'm sure has more to do with her participating in singing the opening theme to the game than it being a ballad).  What I'm more curious about though is if they'll go the same route like they did with the last one re: Bonnie Pink and have BoA sing the opening in both Japanese and English.  What do you guys think?

-Magus

That was extremely well analyzed...  
You're so right that BoA should do what she loves...  
Anyway, I think they'll get BoA to sing the openin in both Japanese & English...

[ichigoXIII]

Magus427, on Oct 9 2009, 04:47 PM, said:

I really like this music video a lot, really can't say enough good things about it.  It's definitely 1000x better than any of her U.S. songs.

A few things to address though...

1) I'm not really a fan of the houndstooth suit (but however she does it, BoA still manages to look great in it).  For those that don't know (even I didn't know at first I admit), the houndstooth suit is made by Chanel.  And in fact, Verbal is wearing a Chanel pendant of their logo in the video as well.  Could this be used as a promotion for the company too?  Who knows.  Chanel's flagship store is based in Tokyo (even though they are headquartered in France).  Given BoA's sense of fashion, I think it's safe to say Chanel is obviously a brand she likes.  So while some of us (like myself) may not exactly like the outfit, lets at least recognize the girl has a high class sense of fashion and accept it.

2) The opening rap Verbal does is a tribute to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock (influential hip-hop duo from Harlem, New York) for their song "It Takes Two" released back in 1988.  If you watch the original video to the part where you hear "Hit it!", you'll see the original rap Verbal plays off of.  Granted, this is nothing new as both Taku and Verbal are known for putting little things like this into their songs as m-flo.  To me, it's just cooler Verbal threw it in having production credits for Bump Bump!.

3) There seems to be some Korean in the video (like there was in Love Bug).  For example, the end of Verbal's 2nd rap before the horn part (where the two of them look so cute together) doesn't sound like Japanese.  Granted, we probably won't know for sure until we see the lyrics released with the CD when it comes out on October 21st, but I think it's neat to consider.

4) BoA's probably confident, happy, etc. in the video compared to her others because she is shooting it with Verbal.  When they were both on Music Japan (or was it Music Station, I forget) and m-flo was performing Love Comes and Goes, she was there performing too, and during a speaking portion wanted to take a picture with one of the hosts and called Verbal over to take the picture of them.  In the making of Universe video with Verbal and CK, when he walks in the room she hugs him.  The two of them seem to be very good friends and have great chemistry together.  I'm sure however they perform this song live it'll be great because they always seem to have fun together (which I think is more than evident in this PV).

And finally, I've read a lot of stuff about how she's doing so many dance videos lately, etc.  You know what?  The girl loves to dance so I don't think anyone should say "Oh, she does too many dance videos".  BoA should do what she loves to do.  And if she feels like singing a ballad now and then too, she can do that as well.  I think it's one thing to say you don't care for a song or a video or something, but another to start trying to say what she should or shouldn't release to suit your individual tastes.   We're fans because we like what she does (overall), if we don't, then we're no longer fans, right? <

I do look forward to the new ballad coming out in December for the new Tales game being released (which I'm sure has more to do with her participating in singing the opening theme to the game than it being a ballad).  What I'm more curious about though is if they'll go the same route like they did with the last one re: Bonnie Pink and have BoA sing the opening in both Japanese and English.  What do you guys think?

-Magus

WOW!!amazingly analyzed!!
great job
yea...BoA shud do watever she wants...its her life...

BoA 4 Lif3