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Does Hyuna Pop Your Bubble?

Written by Subi On July 5, 2011

She kind of, sort of pops mine.

Sometimes, I refuse to believe that this girl is younger than me.
A jersey, a wife beater, and a pair of converse can be just as sexy as leather, eyeliner, and monstrous heels.
One second she’s cute; the next, she’s sexy; and she’s fierce every step of the way.
Oh, Lee Joon. How can someone so handsome look so silly?
“Miaow~ Chop! Chop! Whoppee!”–the pop art dialogue is HILARIOUS.
Does that one girl intentionally resemble CL?
All the guy did was smile and “Chun~” Relax.
I’m surprised she didn’t sprain her butt filming this MV.

I’ve always considered Hyuna a talentless, albeit overrated, girl group member. And though her vocals and dancing still fail to blow me out of the water, the development of her image and her persona are promising. Hyuna explores a variety of style palettes, she presents a diversity of charms, and she shows the audience that she can do songs like “Change” as well as songs like “Bubble Pop.” She may not be the most talented idol out there but if she can continue to hone an image and style that is entertaining as well as versatile, I believe she can create quite the name for herself. “Bubble Pop isn’t perfect by any means but I believe it could be the beginning to a very interesting career.

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eh

You know Hyuna is on the level of uselessness as Yoona and Uee (even though I kinda like Uee now) – but this song was fun. Nothing serious and just brainless fun. Though the video did not match the song. Especially when she was in the black evening dress. A little too much pouting for my like too.

I wonder if the other 4Minute girls will get their own solo careers?

asianromance

those are my feelings about the video/song exactly. my fave parts of the video are when she’s in the pink top, the blue jersey, the long denim shirt, and in the red sweatshirt. It seems like the choreographer or director doesn’t trust her to be capable of being sexy without sexy moves. I think one of the other 4minute girls have gone on to do a duet and sing for an OST. I’m not sure if the company will invest in an official solo career, but they will definitely end up branching off to other projects.

eh

Too much emphasis on the sexy and a little too much cleavage too. You’re right it seems like she was told to move that way, as opposed to her just free styling with the music.

I don’t understand Hyuna though. The fact she left Wonder Girls makes her better than the rest of the girls. Is it the former status which WG fans are pumping up Hyuna? Shame all around for the other girls. No wonder bands don’t last long, favouritism and lack of investment will eventually break them up.

J

I enjoyed it. More so than her Change single.

On another note, I don’t know what I’d feel if her mini outsells 4minute’s last two albums.
DeNote

I totally agree that Hyuna is overrated but surprisingly, I liked the song. It’s a vast improvement over Change. I also like the overall sporty look she has, as oppose to the black latex or frilly skirts current in KPopland. There’s some good marketing going on at Cube Entertainment. But the MV is overly sexy masked in girly cuteness. She’s trying too hard to sell it – something Lee Hyori can do in her sleep.

PS. Why is her mouth always open?
Kelly

She’s definitely cute and really pretty in this. But I still can’t tell if she’s like the mini-hyori or just trying too hard to be mini-hyori..

I love her clothes and makeup in this <3

hapacalgirl

In this video its more of a “trying too hard to be mini-hyori” in all honesty, Hyunah is a pretty girl with innate sexiness but here she is trying to hard that it is a bit awkward.

ooh

i like it! this is coming from a girl too
mv was great and song is great. she’s always had a sexy persona and she carries it out perfectly on stage. in real life, she’s pretty cute and funny

everyone’s saying she’s not old enough, but she’s 20! and they’re calling her s sl*t. i mean come on, hyori does the same thing. and please, this is tame compared to american music videos. i’m looking at you gaga…….

love the clothes and her hair! her hair is absolutely gorgeous!
twizzler

I just don’t like the tone of her voice its very high pitch screechy to me.
EmJaye

You all say it’s great, but I’m thinking she’s skanky here.

EmJaye

I like the song, but I really dislike the mv. Sure, she’s ‘legal’ now, but she seems to not respect herself. Overly sexy dancing, sticking her hand between her legs, yeah, that does not read like ‘self-respect’ to me.

Daydream

I don’t see how sexy dancing = no self-respect. I agree that the choreography here isn’t exactly tasteful (or brilliant for that matter), but it alone doesn’t define Hyunah as a person. Do people call boybanders who rip their shirts off guys with no self-respect?

Anna

To be fair for the boys, I think boybands ripping their shirts in practically all of their performances are desperate for attention, thus, no self-respect. If 2PM were scrawny, whiny little kids I doubt they’d be that popular.

Oh wait, I guess my reference is just simply towards 2PM.

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Oh wait, you’re wrong.
Ever heard of DBSK? or MBLAQ’s Lee Joon? Both have been known to rip their shirts off. Or are you just trying to be negative towards only 2pm? Good luck with that.
umm

Why are you bringing 2PM into this?
Saying that they rip their shirts off in ‘practically all their performances’ is totally untrue. Heartbeat was OVER A YEAR AGO, fool. Without U, I’ll Be Back and Hands Up all don’t feature shirt ripping. Don’t be such a hater.
Anna

It’s so funny how I said something negative about a group, I’m automatically a hater. You’re wrong. On the contrary, I’m not a hater towards 2PM. Individually, I don’t have a problem with them, even as a group. But let’s face it. DBSK didn’t rip their shirts in practically all of their performances. While it’s true that Jaejoong would prance on stage wearing jackets but no shirt to show off his abs, he didn’t do it on stage all the time, and he wasn’t eager to take everything off either. I suppose Lee Joon could count into the equation considering he does it a lot on stage as well, but he stopped doing his ab flashing on stage after he stopped promoting Oh Yeah, after that he only does it once in a while, and now very rarely. 2PM however did it even after they stopped promoting Heartbeat, which is actually the pioneer of all their ‘rip shirts’ performances to date. They did it in dance battles to their their promotions in Japan, ect. I remember rolling my eyes at one of their Heartbeat performances in Japan where they ripped off their shirt towards the end and thought ‘That is so 2PM’, and that was kinda (maybe) recent. Even their shirts were designed to rip easily on stage. Without U, I’ll be back and Hands Up were successful because after that they have already established themselves as brand name, not as a talented group, but as a popular group. They didn’t get their popularity because the majority of the members were talented, they got through because they sold off their bodies more than any other boy groups that have promoted on the kpop scene. Isn’t this how SNSD, a female example, managed to soar into popularity with Gee and Genie? Because their sold out their sexuality, but much more subtle. Sex sells.

It’s true I’m not fond of 2PM, and I greatly dislike 2PM, but to call me a hater and a fool without listening to my reason is like a biased, obsessed fanboy calling a fangirl an anti of a girl group ‘jealous bitches’. It’s unreasonable and uncalled for. I have my reasons for disliking 2PM, and it should be respected just as much as a person who is a fan of them.
Anna

Forgive me. I probably started the whole 2PM thing and went overboard with my statement. But my opinion regarding 2PM still stands anyway.

hapacalgirl

Blatant Hyori copying aside I am not really feeling this video because it looks cheaply made and badly produced, a disappointment when you consider the awesome MVs coming out of Cube Ent. in recent times. I am not feeling the song either because Hyuna cannot sing to save her life, she is a solid rapper and should stick to that because singing is not her forte.

As for the sexiness of the video, girl is trying to hard and it is awkward. I mean Hyunah is a sexy pretty girl and doesn’t have to do much to be sexy, and is also quite the dancer. But here its like she is trying to be sexy rather than just being sexy if that makes sense. The dance is nothing to write home about, and Hyunah can do a lot better than what the choreographers are giving her.

Bday

Agree with u every single word.

I misplaceed my comment. It’s below Evan’s.

Evan

Her dance move is not sexy, but sluthy & cheap

TAY

I agree its like shes trying to hard to be sexy
Bday

Agree with u every single word.

While I usually feel HyunA’s sexiness in other times she appears, she trys way too hard in this MV…

I like HyunA and her ‘change’, but this single and MV don’t even give me a hook.
Listening to HyunA’s singing the whole song requires somewhat patience. Her voice is better at rapping than singing.

The MV disappointed me as well. I see cheap production/poor editing here and there. The scenes were just mashed up randomly. Some’s irrelevant and unnecessary, esp that of black evening gown. And the story is pointless.

The most disapointing job from Cube so far.
eh

If this was Beyonce you wouldn’t be saying that. I understand kpop doesn’t cater towards the sexy. I personally like that, because I rather they weren’t gyrating half naked. However, I believe it is unfair to say the girl is being “slutty” here. Trying a bit too hard to be sexy and giving it all that. But then she’s no different than anyone else in the music industry world wide.

Emeldy

Beyonce dance is sharp and her moves oozes charisma. And that makes it sexy. In Korea Lee Hyori, Boa or Kahi can dance so well.

The vid up there… is slutty. It like shouting F@#### Me. I don’t blame her,she is so young. Her management company deserves all the rant.

eh

The message is clear in her video. No qualms about that.

No that doesn’t make it sexy to me. It may to you, but Beyonce is also promoting sex appeal. Just because she sings about girl power does not hide the fact, she shakes her arse just as much as Hyuna did here.

Sex sells. Beyonce does it. Gaga does it. Britney does it. Beyonce doesn’t get flack because she’s a good singer, and people think her body is “what a real woman should be” — she like Hyuna wears zero to nothing clothes, and gyrates and shoves her crotch in your face.

Sorry that isn’t sexy to me. People saying she “oozes charisma” make me laugh. But hey you’re entitled to your own assessment of Beyonce. Me on the other hand find it funny how Hyuna is a slut but Beyonce is charismatic.

Newsflash: No one is ranting at the company here. They’re calling Hyuna a slut.

Oh and lets not forget Britney dressed up as a sexy schoolgirl at sixteen.

Pot meet kettle.

Nat

Totally headed towards the Hyori image.
Sad.

Kpop….Always trying to copy( yes! COPY) or “be the next_______”.

be your own person for once!!

Daydream

It’s a great summer track, lively, upbeat and cute. The mv…um…I don’t know what I was expecting, but definitely not a whole lot of strutting, posing and butt-shaking. It makes me wonder if the mv director even listen to the song at all.

Like others have said, Hyunah generally carries her “sexy” persona well, but she’s obviously trying too hard here.
JOMAMA

I liked Hyuna’s mini-album, but I think one of the main reasons for that is the amount of features. For a Hyuna solo mini album there was less Hyuna than one would think, and IMO that’s what made the mini-album better.
aja

if she was my daughter, i’d be humiliated. are the skanky clothes and moves necessary?
Duke

Expect this MV to be banned too! She’s dancing on the streets in front of a car! :D

kn;l

I agree ! they banned a lot of videos for violating traffic rules, if they dont ban this im gonna go fucking bonkers.

coffee

Yeah, still confused as to why this hasn’t been banned yet… And, with her recent outfits, too.

niczcin

the music video would have been infinitely better if they didn’t include all of the sexy scenes in the black dress.
Tesh

I won’t listen to a girl who can’t sing dance or rap but got in because she had her ‘bubble popped’ by whatever high up person on her label. Sorry Hyuna you suck ass

*-*

Totally:)
I don’t get what the hype about her is all about, plus her “rapping” sucks as equally as her singing.
There I said it lol

…

totally agree, she sounds like a chipmunk

ceecee

whattahooch
Felicia

I don’t think shes emulating CL at all. CL doesn’t try so hard to be sexy and i think she has a different way of doing it.
Also does anyone think the song could’ve done without the Dubstep?

JP

SO AGREE. I don’t get why people say she resembles CL. These two have TOTALLY different styles and personally I think CL beats Hyuna in EVERY SINGLE WAY.
To be fair, I’ll say that Hyuna is pretty, can do some slutty-and-sexy-in-between dance moves, and that’s all. She can’t sing, and don’t vindicate her by saying she’s a solid rapper coz her rap SUCKS. This song is not terrible or sth but is just like every other mediocre summer pop song out there. Hyori can still stay in India doing her charity stuff coz no one, including this Hyori-wanna-be Miss Hyuna, can ever replace her, yet.
Subi

I wasn’t comparing Hyuna to CL; I was comparing the girl that Lee Joon flirts with to CL. They look alike, don’t you think?

Felicia

Oh i’m so sorry i cant read :P.
I definitely agree and even the girl beside her looks like CL

yanhee

i guess the problem with her is that she tries to be everything, cutesy, sexy and badass. i mean, trying to be one over the either is hard enough but when you attempt to be all three, it’s just fail?

nevertheless, if she’s so keen to go solo.. she shld prolly write her own songs and quit trying so hard..

and gosh, dont compare her to CL. CL’s got immeasurable and incomparable swag.
http://blackmagic32.livejournal.com/ Cas

I like it a lot and just to be clear I am a female.I don’t think she is trying to hard or this video is too sexy. I think as an artist Hyuna falls under the category of Hyori or Koda Kumi. More so Koda because it seems like she is empowered by dancing sexy and thats what Koda is all about.

I think a lot of people come down on her really hard.I don’t see why they need to call her talent less or compare her to Uee or Yoona because they are popular too.

I think like those girls Hyuna has something about her that makes people want to like her and want to listen to her music.

Heyhey

I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU JUST WROTE! Equating Hyori…and Kumi…. -___- Next You’re going to say Justin Timberlake is like Micheal Jackson =___=

Anna

At least Koda Kumi doesn’t try to incorporate both cute and sexy and badass into one video. She knows she has a sexy image, and she’s sexy and fierce through and throughout her whole career as a soloist. Even Hyori isn’t half as desperate at doing all those butt shaking and semi-boob flashing at what Hyunah is trying to emulate here. She and Koda Kumi are in a different league altogether. This video just screams desperation to look sexy rather than embodying sex appeal.
sdfsd

I agree ! they banned a lot of videos for violating traffic rules, if they dont ban this im gonna go fucking bonkers.
jessijess

Honestly, I wouldn’t really have a problem with the sexiness of the video if she wasn’t 18/19 years old! I mean, imagine Selena Gomez or even Miley Cyrus putting out a video like this, all hell would break loose!

hapacalgirl

Miley Cyrus kinda did with the MV for “Can’t Be Tamed” and she got a lot of flack for it b/c she was only 18, and America is a lot more open-minded than Korea so I don’t get why people are that surprised that Hyuna (who is the same age) is getting flack for a video that in my opinion is more “sexy/slutty” than that Miley Cyrus MV in a country that is more conservative than America.

Blasphemy!

I think HN needs to determine whether she wants to establish a “cute” or “sensual” stage persona, because it’s confusing having a happy-go-lucky song paired with such suggestive visuals in a MV.

Personally, I wish HN and her management would put more effort in developing her vocals and her overall presentation as an entertainer that at present seems disjointed @_@

On a related note, HN is young, so I don’t know why her company is so desperate to exploit her nascent erotic appeal. I can concede that the whole premise of her being “barely legal” or “fresh-off the kiddie train” can be titillating for some section of the music consumer market.

However, maybe waiting till she’s matured as a woman and as an entertainer (e.g. giving her some years to definitively transition from teen pop to a more adult kind of sound) would lessen the creep factor of putting this young woman in short-shorts and high-heels, and have her jerk around in some crass attempt at sultry dancing.

infinityparade

Absolutely agreed. I could do without the sexy moves if HyunA could shape up her live talent. I love the song and it never fails to put a smile on my face, but she doesn’t really have live vocals that hold presence and are, well, on-key. She needs to grow into having her own image. The sex appeal is WAY too overdone.

yup

THIS! I would enjoy the song and video a lot more if it wasn’t so disjointed. The song is a mess with that dubstep and the video fluctuates between nice and disturbing with the abrupt shifts from cute/spunky to sexy/suggestive. I don’t even mind the dance, just the unnecessary sensual strutting that jars you from the more pleasant, cute image that the song lends to her.

If it was a sexier song, I wouldn’t give a damn but the inconsistency just ends up being annoying.
v

um…normally if im really into a vid ill go back and watch but i cant for this vid. i know hyunha image is sexy butsometimes it feels like they puush it farther, its like this is not really her level of sexy,its like they make her dance a certian way, it doesnt feel natural coming from her.im sorry but this does feel slutty, beyonce moves come off bit more powerful and crisp and somewhat more classy. its like she is the next hyori but this girl has no vocal backing but as long as she has support and fans she has the possibility of being successful
coffee

I blame it on management.

I’ve never really liked Hyuna. But, in the same sense, I’ve never really disliked her. This MV, these outfits, her expressions, the tan, some of the dance moves (ugh, when she presses her… chest together and bends down) just make me belch at the performances/lives.
That, and blatant Hyori similarities…

The song is addictive. Everything else is less than desirable.
http://letsmakequalitytime.blogspot.com Freda

The try-hard sexiness screams of western influence and potential exploitation. Nevertheless, I’ve always liked Hyuna. Her charisma makes at least some of the awkward choreography watchable.

coffee, I am always reminded of Hyori as well.
melona

I feel like hyuna’s just trying too hard to sell her sexiness to the audience. She is pretty however she is talentless and a bit overboard with the sexiness a lot of the times. I do not know why people are so obsessed with her; singing and rapping skills aren’t good. TBH when I first heard the title, I was thinking of the typical cute and bubbly concept but I was totally wrong. The only reason why she got so many views on youtube is because of the creepers out there that are looking at her “bubble pops”.
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Anonymous

bubble pop is a terrible song and you should feel bad for liking it