{"id":171,"date":"2014-03-14T18:43:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T02:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimchi.greyduck.net\/?p=171"},"modified":"2014-03-30T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T16:41:16","slug":"not-quite-the-target-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asthekimchiturns.net\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Not quite the target audience."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching a new video today.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key from Shinee and WooHyun from\u00a0 Infinate collaborated on a new mini album called Toheart.\u00a0\u00a0 Since I love both groups, I happily clicked to watch the first video from the album.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t take me long to realize&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 wow, I&#8217;m so not the targeted age group.\u00a0 ROFL!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Toheart (WooHyun &amp; Key) &#039;Delicious&#039; MV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mdrz_e2mbtE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This adorable video is clearly aimed at the teen crowd.\u00a0\u00a0 As a DJ, I&#8217;d play this in any junior high\/middle school dance.\u00a0 I really liked the 1950&#8217;s feel to the sets and wardrobe.\u00a0 There was such an innocence to this whole video that I even commented on youtube:\u00a0 &#8220;Are they even old enough to shave? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This video however, did remind me that being older, I don&#8217;t necessarily respond to certain videos the way the target audience is expected to respond because, after all, I&#8217;m not the target audience.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll give you a few examples of this.<\/p>\n<p>Super Junior\u00a0 &#8220;Sexy Free and Single&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"SUPER JUNIOR \uc288\ud37c\uc8fc\ub2c8\uc5b4 &#039;Sexy, Free &amp; Single&#039; MV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWIkiI_UmeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly Super Junior is comprised of some seriously handsome young men.\u00a0 Their songs tend to be aimed at the High School\/College age group.\u00a0 And while I love the eye candy and excellent dancing afforded in this video, as a single woman my age,\u00a0 I hear that chorus and I think, &#8220;Jerk! Thanks for the warning!&#8221;.\u00a0 *chuckles*\u00a0 The lyrics themselves are are on the clean side, which is what I love about kpop, but the message of the chorus to my jaded dating ears is &#8220;Its all about me and let me use you for the night&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 While a 20 year old girl might be open to these lines just because the guy is cute,\u00a0 not so much for me since I know these type of guys aren&#8217;t worth my time.<\/p>\n<p>The next example is\u00a0 Gdragon&#8217;s\u00a0 Michigo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"G-DRAGON - \ubbf8\uce58GO M\/V\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrwnL62HObI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This song has no redeeming quality whatsoever.\u00a0\u00a0 My DJ response is &#8220;meh&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 Its a club song, and not even a very clever club song.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll talk about the lyrics in just a moment.\u00a0\u00a0 Every artist has two types of songs.\u00a0 There is the music they make when they are using all their creativity, and then there are those songs you just do because you know they are going to make money.\u00a0 This song is a cheap example of this.\u00a0 This song probably took Gdragon all of an hour to think up and I&#8217;m probably being generous at that.<\/p>\n<p>Now to the lyrics and video content&#8230;.\u00a0 This is a very imaginative video.\u00a0\u00a0 All of Gdragon&#8217;s videos are.\u00a0\u00a0 However, the first time I saw this I couldn&#8217;t understand why there were so many groin innuendos in it.\u00a0 And not even sexy groin innuendos, just blatant, in your face, look at my size innuendos. \u00a0 Pink elephant between his legs,\u00a0 big hands and feet,\u00a0 dancing in a urinal,\u00a0 getting spanked by mom and dad, getting worked over by the embarrassed doctor&#8230;.ehem.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 Curious, I then went and looked up the lyrics.\u00a0\u00a0 Oh&#8230;.its about a guy wanting his willie jerked all night long.\u00a0\u00a0 Lovely.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I was 20 years old, I would have probably swooned and thought how beautiful and sexy Gdragon is, because lets face it, the boy has a very pretty face.\u00a0\u00a0 Being twice that age&#8230;\u00a0 *evil chuckles*\u00a0 I had a very different response.\u00a0\u00a0 I watched the video again and started laughing.\u00a0\u00a0 There is only one question I have after watching this video&#8230;.. who got laughed at?\u00a0\u00a0 This is a male compensation video if there EVER was one.\u00a0\u00a0 Now, I&#8217;m not saying that Gdragon would have been the one laughed at (giving the idol the benefit of the doubt)\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;. but clearly somebody on that production team was feeling insecure.\u00a0 lol<\/p>\n<p>Being a Kpop fan is fun.\u00a0 Fun music, fun videos,\u00a0 the artists themselves are usually humble and nice, which is a nice switch from the blantant meglomania of some american artists.\u00a0 But it also comes with a lot of humor because I&#8217;m not a teenager and so I&#8217;m going to respond a little differently on occasion then what is intended.<\/p>\n<p>I will end this post with my favorite Kpop song that is all eye candy, good music and excellent dancing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"TVXQ! \ub3d9\ubc29\uc2e0\uae30 &#039;\uc8fc\ubb38 - MIROTIC&#039; MV\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HtJS32n6LNQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching a new video today.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key from Shinee and WooHyun from\u00a0 Infinate collaborated on a new mini album called Toheart.\u00a0\u00a0 Since I love both groups, I happily clicked to watch the first video from the album.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t take me long to realize&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0 wow, I&#8217;m so not the targeted age group.\u00a0 ROFL! 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