When I logged on to my computer today after class and before heading up the gym (that's another story) I was ecstatically surprised to find the music video waiting for me, having been released on the correct day in Korea, but a day earlier in the US because of the time difference. I was so happy. However, I had to be a good girl, so I put it on hold until I got back from the gym. I have to do the hard things first before I can play.
So when I got back, tired and sweaty from running back from the gym (uphill both ways), I sat at my computer and set it up to play. Then I watched it while undressing to take my shower. The music video was so epically awesome, words can't describe how I felt while watching it, how I felt about the fact that I was watching it at all, etc.
The MV is a little over 5 1/2 minutes long, so by the time it got to the end, I was down to my underwear and ready to head to the bathroom. Which I was planning on doing with a happy heart once the music video was over. I really should have known better, since the song is called 'It's War' and the teasers have all talked about how it's about two friends who get into a fight over a girl.
I'm not going to reveal anything, because that would ruin it for others. And you all should know how much I hate doing that. I'll just say, as soon as the MV was over, I burst in to unexpected tears, completely overwhelmed by what had happened in the ending. I was not expecting it at all, and with the way the video was put together and shown, I had no choice in the matter.
Now, let me admit to you all. I have cried while watcing MVs before. Usually, it's because I want to cry, or because it feels like the right thing to do. Which means, usually, I have complete control over my tears and my crying and my emotions. I mean, there are some sad music videos out there. Like Bang Yong Gook's I Remember, a lot of F.T. Island's long MVs, etc. To me, it's perfectly normal to cry over a sad music video.
This one, though, was different. This one, I had zero control over my emotions. The MV ended, and I lost it. You'll have to watch it to find out why, but it was a strange phenomenan, and one that I was grateful neither of my roommates were around to see.
So, without futher ado, I reveal It's War, by MBLAQ. The one that shook my world.
3 comments:
I wish I could understand the words; the images are chilling! There has to be meaning and a lesson in the violence. I hope the Koreans aren't trying to be like the violent Americans. Surely someone can rise above.
Saranghea,
Eomma!
I just thought it was a bit of a overreaction, but again I didn't understand the words. I'll BET that understanding the words puts pounds and pounds of emotional depth in that piece.
I guess some explaining is needed, I really should have though of that before...
The song is titled It's War, and it's about a man who lost his girl to his best friend, and how he's angry at his best friend for; a) stealing his girl, and b) treating her badly. The music video doesn't fit it exactly, but it's close enough.
As for the violence, there have been a lot of speculation among A+'s (MBLAQ fans) about that. A lot of people think that Lee Joon shooting himself is symbolism; he can't give up friendship for love, or love for friendship, so he does the one thing he can think of. He removes himself from the equation. Reading the comments on the video is always enlightening, because a lot of people have different opinions. I just think it's an amazing, tragic story. MV doesn't really need to have to make sense as much as movies do.
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