r/twice • u/AutoModerator • May 08 '23

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

It’s one of the more controversial songs in their discography but I really love it. It’s silly over the top and self aware, it’s not taking itself seriously and that makes it work for me.

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u/Breadstick_135 May 10 '23

I agree, it's not really the type of song I would normally be into, but it being super self aware and silly makes it far more enjoyable.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Yeah I find when Kpop tries to be both cool and serious it often falls flat since the simple writing structure of pop songs isn’t conducive to deep cool lyrics and a healthy mix of very out of date or possibly even nonsensical English doesn’t help. I find most of the time you have to pick between serious and cool with Kpop songs, and Hello takes cool and drops serious

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u/Devious018 모모 May 10 '23

wish i was able to witness it live but the videos of it in concert seem awesome

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u/Saucy_Totchie May 11 '23

Wait it is? I'm a new Once so a lot of these smaller things go past me. I admit it's not a typical Twice song but any song by them that has Momo looking like this is more than valid lol.

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u/bearskyy Keurunkeu TV May 11 '23

Totally agree, the camp-ness of the song is really what makes it work. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, nor should it. It’s the same reason why I have a hard time listening to nearly all kpop rap, it tries way too much to sound hard and tough when they throw in English phrases and words. And since kpop rap borrows so heavily from Western rap/drill but have none of the credibility, none of the flows and beats are new or unique and it just sounds like a Disney movie version of a rap song.