7 Uniquely Shot K-Pop Music Videos [BLOG]

Does the song make the K-pop music video or does the K-pop music video make the song? Of course, a good song should always be able to stand on its own, with the accompanying music video only serving as a mnemonic aid, so the answer might seem obvious to some. But consider the following uniquely shot music videos that challenge the notion that all of the genre's visual releases follow the same trite love octagon storylines and abandoned brick room sets as the ones before it. We repeatedly return to these effective and entertaining videos and as the soundtrack second handedly ingrains itself in our heads, we know the real answer to this age old question.

EXO "Growl"

Because we all saw it coming and because we cannot have a compilation of uniquely shot music videos without it, EXO's "Growl" is the first up on our list.

Garnering nearly 78 million views on SM Entertainment's official Youtube channel (so far), this makes it the most watched video the group has to date. It may be the song, or the boys' A+ school uniform concept that is attracting all the attention, but more likely than not, it's the fact that the entirety of the music video was shot in only one take.

Audiences can only imagine how long it took the boys who were working under much pressure to perfect the dance, and even then, it wasn't quite perfect. Coming from someone who is guilty of revisiting the music videos multiple times, several blunders can be spotted in the final cut, such as the moment when member Kai accidentally drops his hat in the middle of the routine (see 2:13 mark). With such swift recovery, however, fans would never have thought that it wasn't part of the choreography.

VIXX "G.R.8.U"

Overlooking the unflattering filter that only makes the members look more washed out than their Korean skincare routine can handle, VIXX's fun music video for "G.R.8.U" employs another never been done before technique - the use of a rewind effect. It veers from the dark fantasy concept that we are used to seeing from the boys down into a more lighthearted avenue as we watch the members channel their inner five year old. They squander away good tissues from a tissue box, rip away at pages from a book, and commit other acts of horrors to a mother in reverse. And I know I just cannot be the only one who was envisioning how this must have looked like done in motion during the filming process.

What makes this music video all the more awe inspiring, however, is that with music videos that apply a rewind effect, comes backwards lip-syncing. As if a music video shoot was not demanding enough, the members had to learn the lyrics of their song all over again, but this time an inverted version of it. As one Kultscene writer has noted, VIXX works hard to create pieces that can be enjoyed on every level. 

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Any opinions expressed are not those of KpopStarz, but are the ideas of the writer.

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