T-ara Cry Cry – Kpop Music Mondays

Filed as: Kpop // Responses: 99

This week’s Music Monday is kinda reviewing two videos at once, though both are for the same song. T-ara’s “Cry Cry” has a dance version, as well as a really, really long, 15 freaking minute cop storyline version. If you haven’t seen them, you can check them out here:

Super Long Story Version:

Not Super Long Dance Version:

Anyhow, we’re big fans of T-ara, even if this wasn’t our favourite song of theirs (I mean, come on! How can you live up to Roly Poly?), but we’re starting to be confused by their super long video trend. Sure, it’s cool to make longer movies like that, but they’re kinda defeating the purpose of music videos, no? You watch a music video because you want some visuals to accompany your song, but when the video is five times the length of your song, and you have to cut up your song as well, then you’re kinda ruining the MUSIC experience. The videos are meant to supplement the music, not vice versa. YouTube users definitely should be with me on this: when you see a music video of a song you love, you totally abuse that replay button, right? How can you really watch and rewatch this video? They’re totally crushing their potential YouTube view counts, man!

And it’s not like this video is really worth rewatching. 15 minutes is a lot of time in the internet age. If you’re going to grab my attention for that long, especially when I can be watching this, then you really have to have something special. But this mini-movie just isn’t that great. The plot was, if not utterly predictable, then just outright silly. We poked fun at some of the parts, but – seriously – there were soooo many more we could have done. What’s up with her terrible sleuthing skills at the jacket shop? Does she really stare at his picture and duck? Seriously? And when she finally accosts the guy she wasn’t supposed to follow, WTF was her arresting strategy? Throw some boxes at him? And then what? He grabs her, and she stares at him. WHERE ARE YOUR SURVIVAL INSTINCTS WOMAN? Knee to the groin! Use those pretty nails to scratch at his face. You think he’ll surrender after losing to you in a staring contest?

Bah! It was a cool song for a nicely shot video which had a predictable storyline about bizarre cop & criminal amateur hour. Can’t wait to see what part 2 has in store, but I’m not sure how a song named “Lovey Dovey” can have a music video about anything but snuggly teddy bears. Maybe the criminals are smuggling drugs in teddy bears? That would make sense.

Anyhow, if you’re a fan of the song, you can pick it up on iTunes, or you can buy the physical album on YesAsia through the link below:

And lastly, if you haven’t been watching our video through the playlist, here are this week’s bloopers. We cut out a skit from the final video because it was going on for a bit too long, but you’ll see Martina assault me with a banana gun. She wagered her gun, and it turned into a banana. Don’t ask us why we used so many bananas this week.

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Anonymous

Oh I’m So glad they picked Tvxq’s before u go! it’s a great video to compare w/ t-ara’s!
I vote for Tvxq :]
http://twitter.com/kpopchristine Christine Bernardino

Of course, my vote goes to TVXQ. haha
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002402106027 Rika Chan

ZE MORDNEY PRESENT BOX AGAIN!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
http://twitter.com/Marrux167 Māra

So…my vote goes to TVXQ -Before U Go.
CRY CRY as song is good, but as MV is a little bit boring,sorry.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=541402720 Beryl Kaczmarczik

Omg…Simon…omg…I started freaking out when I saw the 91.7 WSUM sticker on your notebook in this week’s video. How did you get your hands on that sticker!?! I’m a UW-Madison student who’s currently DJ-ing at the student radio station WSUM and I occasionally play Kpop songs you guys review as filler to end my radio show. In other words, I’m lovin’ that subtle (voluntary or otherwise) shout-out to WSUM!

Oh yeah, my vote goes to TVXQ

http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Simon and Martina

Hilarious! You know, that’s actually a friend’s book. She used to go to UW-Madison

http://twitter.com/6002theMinnie Memey

im really loving your reviews on kpop songs~~!!♥
my vote goes to TVXQ!
Anonymous

I think TVXQ for sure
Daniela Cardoso

This song sounds like ABBA meet the 90′s! Why is the bad guy with pink lipstick at 9:12?
http://twitter.com/rukia__a 어너히 ♥

OMG!!!!!! When you guys said about the police pepper spraying the kids silently protesting on the ground~ Yup that’s UC Davis! The school I’m attending! The protests are still ongoing~
http://twitter.com/meisterkare Karin Meister

TVXQ WINS BY I LAND SLIDE!!!!! The plot is more unique and you always wonder whats gonna happened. Its filmed amazingly well and it would COMPLETELY pass as a drama! also everything it well played out and you arent left confused and dissapointed at the end. Over all TVXQ WINS!
http://twitter.com/HotB2uty_SonElf 아들 남 신

guise,when you say about the Lovey Dovey mv,do you know after this they will film it?
cremeberry

the song feels like Britney Spear’s Oops I did it again…………. O_o
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6ZX4VZGQG2CGTTSOOZAXE3HUU4 Shut

“Can’t wait to see what part 2 has in store, but I’m not sure how a song named “Lovey Dovey” can have a music video about anything but snuggly teddy bears. Maybe the criminals are smuggling drugs in teddy bears?”

I watched the Lovey Dovey story MV. THERE WERE ACTUALLY DRUGS INSIDE STUFFED ANIMALS. I’m not even kidding.

Simon & Martina saw into the future. ._.