What are your favorite concepts in Kpop? (1 Viewer)

[Darkseid]

And I don't just mean broad umbrella terms like cute, badass, girl crush etc.

But like post an MV or maybe it's just an album/series and talk about the concept and why it appeals to you

I'll start off with 3 of my favs in no particular order:

1. Twice- Cheer Up


Could've also gone with TT, but Cheer Up concept remains iconic for me. They recreated/parodied so many famous movie scenes, characters, and genres here. The amount of work it must have took to get all the different styling, aesthetics, sets, CG, and have it all blend together and flow seamlessly. Amazing.

2. Orange Caramel- Catallena


This is so wacky and wild, but on a deeper level it can be an allegory for so many things. Consumerism, the pressure to conform and meet societal standards/industry expectations, losing your self worth etc. In the end when a single tear rolls down the cheeks of the members in stark contrast to the high pitched, fun song, it really hits deep if you think about it.

3. GFriend- Rough


Works as both standalone and as part of their school trilogy. The song itself gives you feelings of nostalgia, the bittersweet emotions you experience when you think of and miss the good times gone by, but instead of grieving over them, you still cherish them and are grateful. The MV too illustrates it really well. All the members are doing their own thing and being melancholy, but when they finally reunite at the end, it makes me so happy lol. And the choreo shots mixed in are fucking great.

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[AnotherKpopTrash]

(G)I-dle Oh My God


I love dramatic, grandiose concepts like this. They feel larger than life and inspiring. The imagery is vivid and jarring. And there's a lot cool theories that can spawn from these concepts.

Twice - What is Love?


This was such an engaging concept. This is definitely my most rewatched MV. The movies concept and having each member with a very distinct movie scene offers so much replayability. It piques my interest everytime and first time watcher have a lot fun spotting the references.

Nine Muses - Remember


This is just a mix of dark, horror and sexy which is a cool mix. Nine muses pulls this concept off very well. There's a lot of mystery too which is interesting.

Ha;tfelt - Ain't Nobody


There's just something cathartic about a woman at the end of her rope just dancing wildly in the street. It's a powerful scene and concept.

 

[Darkseid]

(G)I-dle Oh My God


I love dramatic, grandiose concepts like this. They feel larger than life and inspiring. The imagery is vivid and jarring. And there's a lot cool theories that can spawn from these concepts.

Twice - What is Love?


This was such an engaging concept. This is definitely my most rewatched MV. The movies concept and having each member with a very distinct movie scene offers so much replayability. It piques my interest everytime and first time watcher have a lot fun spotting the references.

Nine Muses - Remember


This is just a mix of dark, horror and sexy which is a cool mix. There's a lot of mystery too which is interesting.

Ha;tfelt - Ain't Nobody


There's just something cathartic about a woman at the end of her rope just dancing wildly in the street.

Oh My God is such a great concept and MV Soyeon in that red mud or paint or whatever that was

 

[Suzy]

pizza boy murder queen concept



tom and jerry murder queen concept



high queen concept



I like dark themes lol

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Oh My God is such a great concept and MV Soyeon in that red mud or paint or whatever that was

Yeah that scene is iconic. Really visceral.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

pizza boy murder queen concept



tom and jerry murder queen concept



high queen concept



I like dark themes lol

wait is rookie secretly dark too?

 

[Suzy]

pizza boy murder queen concept



tom and jerry murder queen concept



high queen concept



I like dark themes lol

Adding on actually:

Song Jieun - Don't Look At Me Like That



John Park - U



Both are super dark but also some of the most interesting K-Pop MV concepts in my opinion.

 

[Darkseid]

Some other favorites of mine:



Totalitarian state curbing freedom of expression and 4 badass women leading the resistance




Mad scientist trying to bring back deceased lover by putting her memories into a cybernetic android but starts losing more and more of himself as time goes on too. Love story with so many feels

 

[Suzy]

wait is rookie secretly dark too?

Not dark dark as in murder but Joy drugs them at the beginning and they're basically just hallucinating in the rest of the MV

 

[Darkseid]

pizza boy murder queen concept



tom and jerry murder queen concept



high queen concept



I like dark themes lol

Ah Red Velvet at their best when they're crazy af lol.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Not dark dark as in murder but Joy drugs them at the beginning and they're basically just hallucinating in the rest of the MV

Sounds like a fun time to me

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Adding on actually:

Song Jieun - Don't Look At Me Like That



John Park - U



Both are super dark but also some of the most interesting K-Pop MV concepts in my opinion.

Oh John Park interesting. I know of him but never saw an mv.

 

[Darkseid]

Posting more of these as I remember.



Sexy concept without sexualizing the performer or making her the object of your desire. It's about a woman coming to terms with her sexuality, trying to understand and take control of it. The imagery is also 10/10.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Some other favorites of mine:



Totalitarian state curbing freedom of expression and 4 badass women leading the resistance




Mad scientist trying to bring back deceased lover by putting her memories into a cybernetic android but starts losing more and more of himself as time goes on too. Love story with so many feels

Whoa that Vixx song look interesting.

It reminds me of another song that's one of the best concepts.

Beast - Fiction


Also a love story that gave me the most intense feels. It's not necessarily about the relationship but about the way the guy deals with his feelings about it. One possible interpretation is the guy made up this fictional world because he didn't find closure in his last relationship. He tries to make the relationship live on in the fictional world, but his memory of her slowly fades. And at the end, he writes an ending to the story so that he can finally find closure and let her go.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Posting more of these as I remember.



Sexy concept without sexualizing the performer or making her the object of your desire. It's about a woman coming to terms with her sexuality, trying to understand and take control of it. The imagery is also 10/10.

We keep remembering new songs this will get long

So far, that vixx song has me the most interested.

 

[Suzy]

Oh John Park interesting. I know of him but never saw an mv.

I'm not a fan of his other songs so I was really hoping he would continue with this style of music but sadly it didn't do as well as his other music so he stopped releasing songs like this. This is by far his best song and most interesting MV in my opinion.

 

[Darkseid]

Whoa that Vixx song look interesting.

It reminds me of another song that's one of the best concepts.

Beast - Fiction


Also a love story that gave me the most intense feels. It's not necessarily about the relationship but about the way the guy deals with his feelings about it. One possible interpretation is the guy made up this fictional world because he didn't find closure in his last relationship. He tries to make the relationship live on in the fictional world, but his memory of her slowly fades. And at the end, he writes an ending to the story so that he can finally find closure and let her go.

Ok I forgot all the details lol, but basically one of the dudes' lover dies, and he begins working to bring her back as a cyborg and starts turning himself into one too. But when she's brought back, she doesn't remember him, so he downloads the memories into her. But this time govt. agents intervene to stop his experiments. And he finally realizes that their time together is coming to an end so they lie down together and let a machine deconstruct them as they gaze into each other's eyes

I've seen Fiction yeah, I always had trouble understanding what exactly is happening, but it makes sense that he was writing the story to get closure and be able to be with the girl in some form. But when the girl disappears, Idk if he actually found closure or realized that his work was in vain

 

[Darkseid]

We keep remembering new songs this will get long

Ayy that's the plan

 

[Suzy]

These two are romantic dark and they have similar concepts to each other but I still like them so here:

 

[Suzy]

Also can we please have another co-ed duo with this concept:




I'll wait forever if I have to but someone please make it happen!