Monday, November 11, 2013

[OLD] Song of the Week: Hyde - VIXX

This week we are picking up a bit of the K-pop phenomenon with our song choice.  The song we are focusing on this week is one of the latest from K-pop boy band VIXX (Value In ExCess).  It's their most recent music video and it kicks major butt.  The song is called Hyde as in Jekyll and Hyde, and oh, boy, if this isn't the most awesome of their songs to date, I don't know what is.

Now, in case it wasn't obvious enough, I really like this group.  Every single music video these guys have put out has been awesome.  They haven't been around all that long (I think they debuted last year), but oh, my gosh, they are seriously amazing.  The awesome dance moves, the totally awesome set pieces and themes for music videos, not to mention the effects...all of it just culminates to make a vortex of extreme AWESOME.

But enough of the fangirling.  This song is just awesome (how many times can I use that word in one review?).  Below are the lyrics of awesomeness*:

New generation is back
Yeah, we killin' this track right now
We started from the bottom
But we just do it now
Just follow

There's no way I said those words
There's no way I said I would leave you
Girl, please believe the me of right now
(There is a crazy person inside of me)
Oh, how do I explain this?
You'll probably think it's all an excuse
I'm not the same me as yesterday
(There is a crazy person inside)

Don't leave (leave me)
I love you (no, I hate you)
I'm both Jekyll and Hyde, don't run away from me

I'm not a bad person, I love you
Don't give me those scared eyes
There's a different person that's not me inside of me
There's a different me that's not me inside of me

Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control

There's no way I said those harsh words
There's no way I hurt you
Girl, please believe me, who's in front of your eyes
(There is a crazy person inside of me)

I only know you alone (that's all a lie)
You know me (no, you don't)
I'm both Jekyll and Hyde, don't run away from me

I'm not a bad person, I love you
Don't give me those scared eyes
There's a different person that's not me inside of me
There's a different me that's not me inside of me

The devil you saw last night was not me
Actually, I don't really remember myself, I think I'm crazy
I try to block myself, but as I saw myself jumping around, I knew I was sick
I need a remedy called you, come inside of my body
A different person that's not me has been caught inside of me

Only you know me, you are my last
I'm scared of myself if you leave me
There's a different me that's not me inside of me
I'm not a bad person, I love you
Don't give me those scared eyes
There's a different person that's not me inside of me
He's trying to hurt me

Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control
Just can't control

So as far as love songs go this one is pretty unique.  I've never seen the Jekyll and Hyde concept worked into a love story scenario before.  It's quite interesting, and makes for one heck of an amazing song.  The melody and such for this song is also quite interesting.  It's like techno-meets-pop-meets-dance, if that makes any sense at all.  It's really cool.

Speaking of dance, the music video for this song is pretty rockin' awesome too.  The choreography for this is really cool and the dance moves don't feel recycled like some music videos do (then again, VIXX doesn't usually have that problem).  The video is kind of dark, but that just adds to the tone of the song.  There are lots of skulls and that sort of imagery, as well as a poisonous snake and a HUGE spider (there's maggots too...that part's kinda gross).  The makeup on the guys is really almost walking dead-ish as well.  They have large black circles painted around their eyes and they have makeup on to dull the tone of their skin so they look really pale and ghostly.

All in all, totally awesome song, totally awesome music video...it's definitely worth checking out if you're into techno dance beats with some awesome makeup and effects thrown in for fun.

P.S. Seriously, how many times did I use the word "awesome" in this review?

*Translation may not be 100% accurate.  Don't fault me; I don't speak Korean.
Translation credited to pop!gasa

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