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WTF Moment of the Week: Eunhyuk And Donghae

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Written by On December 23, 2011

Super Junior members, Donghae and Eunhyuk had recently released their song, “Oppa has Risen.”  Oh where to start? Okay, I love the fact that is a funky beat, and I love me some funk, but WTF?

The song is fabulous; I actually love it because it reminds me of the funkadelic eighties music and they even reference Funkytown, so props, boys. I will admit to liking Roly Poly (I’m an endangered species, we’re nearing extinction) so I liked the eighties disco feel to this. I know that this isn’t a serious musical composition; its pure fan service, but that in and of itself creeped me out.

The English is grammatically correct but they are random phrases thrown together a la SM style. Alright, SM, here’s the deal: I need to pay for college and you need someone to proofread your English. See the connection? Call me. While the English was random the Korean lyrics were definitely creepy.

“I make fire in your heart. I am the original woman killer.
Should I seduce you so that I make you write, erase, write, erase text messages.”

Yeah Donghae, you lady killer, making me erase my text messages and write them again. You give Tiger Woods a run for his money.

“I won’t leave you alone, so that you won’t be able to sleep at night. Don’t think of stopping me, or else you’ll be hurt.”

Isn’t this what all the idols say to their fans? This line reminded me of the immense hold that idols have over their fans. But it can also be taken as a guy telling a girl to never think of anybody but him and the feminist in me is cringing. If I do stop thinking about you, why will I be hurt? Are you threatening me?

And this line reminded me of Gollum: “myyy preeecccioooouusss”

“Party like a superstar, gather pretties” — but that’s just my nerdiness coming out.

Not only is there oppa worshipping in these lyrics — not surprising seeing as that this is a fanservice song — but it’s also quite suggestive. For one, it’s also accompanied with a plethora of pelvic thrusts. But also:

“Yes! I’ve got a feeling. Shall we go all night? Whose heart should I play with tonight?
Once I’ve risen yell, oppa oppa!”

I know our Seoulbeats readers are smart cookies so I am pretty sure you guys can reach the conclusion without my help.

Creepy lyrics aside this song is not all too bad. But wait, what is that at 2:03?  ARE THOSE AFROS I SEE? When SM let you guys do your own thing, magic happens.  Donghae dons a red afro to match his suit but Eunhyuk has a black one, in my opinion it should have been yellow. Speaking of outfits, theirs are gloriously hideous. Donghae is in an all red shiny suit and Eunhyuk is his yellow counterpart. Both are wearing bow-ties because bow-ties are cool.

Not only is there the performance version of the song, our ever so politically correct Shindong directed a better — in my opinion — music video of the song.

This version is complete with a slap-fest between Donghae and Eunhyuk and slow-motion hip movements.

This last comment is for SM. After seeing this song I would like to tell you to lay off the auto-tune for Eunhyuk’s voice. That boy can sing, he may not have the voice of an angel but he is not tone deaf either. So this is a plea, if you can’t recruit me to proofread your songs can you at least give him some lines to sing and not random English raps?

(SMTOWN)

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  • Anonymous

    What’s wrong with liking “Roly Poly”? I know the girls have problem with live stages, but the song, the concept, and the MV are well-packaged. A pretty package of K-pop I always like to have.

  • Anonymous

    Lol oh gosh, I think I liked the song better without knowing what the lyrics meant.

    I thought it was sweet that Shindong would direct a music video for his friends but why were they slapping each other?

    “I won’t leave you alone, so that you won’t be able to sleep at night. Don’t think of stopping me, or else you’ll be hurt.” – this reminds me more of stalking or rape so I’m a little creeped out by this line.

    • Gazza

      Actually, it felt more like Shindong was using this as a way to boost his own profile (see how he keeps turning the camera on himself at the end of every other shot?)- I found that a bit tasteless, but otherwise you can’t deny that WAY more effort was put into this than the official one- and even title track MVs. SM, you really need to lift your game…

      • ebolajez

        I agree. I can’t help side-eyeing Shindong for getting involved. It’s like
        Donghae and Eunhyuk aren’t allowed to shine on their own, other SuJu
        members have to get some of the spotlight too.

  • Anonymous

    I really really like this song xD. The disco feel, EunHae playing around with each other, etc. The music is fun, and they seem like enjoying this project a lot. This is how a sub-unit supposed to be. Fun and enjoyable.

    But I didn’t know that the Korean lyrics meant. Now after I know it, it did sound a little creepy.

  • Revy

    First time in my life i actually felt creeped out about lyrics from a kpop song

    • ME

      Ho, Revy… My first time started with “Make a love, Baby…. Just make a love…”, comes from 20something boy…. omo…. How do you think my coworkers think when they hear that? Following with some songs they can’t even understand…. BIG OMO!

  • nhoki

    lol at the scene where eunhyuk is eating a banana in slow motion (so wrong!)

  • SHINee52911

    i like how it was random

  • T Hudson

    Eunhyuk didn’t need a yellow afro wig
    His hair is already yellow !

  • guest

    Are they trying to follow GD & Park Myungsoo..??

    • Maeau

      Their song had a different vibe? I don’t understand what you mean? The whole duo thing? ‘Cause that obviously didn’t start with them. The outfits? It’s not like it was original in the first place, there’s plenty of colored suits, aha(: I’m in love with that song and I can’t find how this is copying that, though.

    • Boo

      I think they performed Oppa Oppa in concerts before PMS and GD even released theirs.

    • guest

      I just ask, I thought it was a new song since they performed on TV this December..
      But I am glad SM lets them doing something different than their suju’s song..:)

  • Annon

    You guys read the lyrics? I have 182 korean songs in my ipod and I know the lyrics to 0 lol

    I dont bother, I just enjoy the music.

  • Bervalvic

    Well I had no idea what the song was saying but overall it sounds fun and they are having so much that you can’t help but like it.

    Once I’ve risen yell oppax2………….hmmm okay.

  • Anon

    I’ve only seen the video once and I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s just that peculiar.

    Thanks for the Doctor Who reference. :)

  • maldita

    Eunhyuk’s really not a bad singer as people think he is. In a big group like Super Junior, it’s essential that members have their own defined roles, and Eunhyuk was assigned as the main dancer and the main rapper. No one will deny that the guy can move, and he doesn’t make himself out to be some awesome rapper whatever. He does what his part in their songs dictate. Years of doing little raps here and there took a hit on his confidence to sing. The rare times Eunhyuk gets to actually sing, he shows he’s not as useless as some other idols out there. He WAS supposed to debut in an RnB trio with Junsu and Sungmin after all.

    With that said, I have insane love for “Oppa Oppa.” EunHae’s compositions just appeal to me. I would’ve liked them to release their SS3 collab “I Wanna Love You” and promote it. It’d be a good way to show off both guys’ talents.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jcho49 J Cho

    1ST I love roly poly until the troll appears I likey likey this…. RIP roly poly you were an honestly good song until that part came in.
    2nd I actually like the suits because it matches they playful mood, and they know it’s just for fun anyways.
    3rd Eunhyuk looks really good here, and this is coming from a dude.

    • Anonymous

      that likey likey line is the only Hwayoung’s solo line… the existence of that line is like the existence of Hwayoung herself, which is…. what? kke. :p 

      sorry, Hwayoung’s fans, but she seriously need to talk with her boss about her existence in the group.

  • Anonymous

    I like Roly Poly too, Gil. Not ashamed to admit it, it’s a fun song.
      Sometimes I avoid listening to a SuJu song because I think it’s going to suck, but then I’m pleasantly surprised. I like this song (and love “I Wanna Love You”, keep adding the cool random song links, SB!). And Shindong should definitely direct future SuJu video’s.
    After listening to these two songs, and M&D’s ‘Shut Your Mouth”, I think SME should do something really crazy, like produce a special compilation album where the members can write, sing, and compose their own music. It would be a treat for the guys and the fans.

  • DeNote

    Is it me or was this song made for Yoo Jaesuk to parody?
    PS- <3 the DW reference

  • Limpy Limpious

    I’ve got a feeling that they are mocking us all with this song and MV. It’s like, Donghae and Eunhyuk teamed up with Shindong to create the ultimate, over-the-top kpop video with all kpop stereotypes crammed in together: cheesy a la Roly Poly tune, bad choreography, overly sexualized creepy ‘oppa oppa’ lyrics, and ugly colorful outfits, meaningless food eating and eunhae slapping each other – everything you need for a good parody.

    I mean they are parodying Suju, ELFs and kpop in general:
    Super Junior MV for Mr. Simple starting with slow melody, pelvic trusths, crotch grabbing, obssesed fans screaming OPPA, OPPA!, fanservice (see the sexy banana eating in MV), weird outfits, autotune, eunhae and whatnot.

    I can imagine Eunhyuk and Donghae laughing their asses of behind our back for not realizing that this is a parody. I mean, how serious can you expect all this to be if you ask Shindong to direct this video.

    • Anonymous

      If there’s one thing the members of Super Junior know, it’s the art of shameless self-promotion. They know what the fans want and they give it to them 100%. In return, they get diehard fan-girls who make them stay relevant. Fans talk crap about these guys as well so it’s only natural that they would have a laugh at the fans expense every once in a while.

      • Boo

        Sometimes I feel sad when I think about the reasons why SuJu has even come to be so good at getting themselves out there. They were basically the ones not good enough to be in DBSK but look at where they are now. Yep, they know better than to take themselves seriously. :)

        • ME

          Good point, Boo.
          I stop listening after ‘Mr. Simple’. I’m here to read all your SBers’ comments. I’m still waiting something like ‘It’s You’, ‘Why I Like You’ or even ‘Don’t Don’. They are not DBSK, but they are way better than several others out there. 

  • Sam5Can

    It normal that the lyrics are for their fans! This song was made for their concert! 
    They are singing it live on music progs as SM want to make money :/
    Maybe that song is not the best but it was supposed to be only for their fans, and I don’t like how other people just take their chance to make bad comments again on them just because of this song.

  • http://profiles.google.com/melapots23 mela roldan

    This maybe the one time I am actually glad i do not understand what they are singing 

  • Yoyo

    For some absurd reason I actually enjoy this song! The tune is fun and not annoying like SJ’s title tracks. Even the MV I find more interesting and was able to finish the whole video, unlike their usual dancing in a box MVs SM put together.

  • Anonymous

    Okay, I’ve just watched the MV and my first reaction is: can Shindong direct the next SNSD MV? That’ll be fuuunnnntaztic. Haha. The song is… err.. as long as I don’t understand the lyrics, it’s pretty much fun. However, I have to argue with the MV quality as well since I’ve seen Youtube comments loaded with praises for Director Shin. Imo, they can use that red-yellow background effect less and hire proper cameramen (and use proper cameras too; or if they want to save money, they can ask those fans who have pretty pretty cameras for fancams). The lyrics, well, the reason why I like Kpop is because I can’t understand the lyrics. Haha. 

    But anyway, it’s good to see SM doing an actual (and apparently cheap) trolling. Let Yunho-Changmin do some trolling too, they’d get older faster if they always put up those kind of serious face every time. :p

  • jhg

    lol at you thinking you’re one the few ones liking Roly Poly. You know, the song most downloaded and streamed in Korea?

  • Nana

    I think their suits are reversible.

  • theDutchesse

    Did I spot a Doctor Who reference over there? Bow-ties, indeed, are cool. So are fezzes, by the way.

  • Triinu

    A Doctor Who reference on a site about K-pop? 

    *cries* 

    I’m home! 

    • Mel

      Yes! I love me some Doctor Who. Now to have Doctor Who embrace Kpop would be awesome.

    • Anonymous

      Tehee. >.<

  • Hannah

    YESS! I was hoping you guys would address this whole “oppa” catastrophe. I mean, I think its cool if you wanna go retro and whatnot, but the disco thing was WAYY to literal. If you get to the afro/disco point place, you need to take a step back and reexamine the damn song. And out of all colors, red and yellow? I could not get Mcdonalds out of my head the entire time I was watching.

  • Skye

    I like this song. I mean, it’s absurd and ridiculous and over the top, but that is the whole point of it, isn’t it? I enjoy it greatly, makes me walk in the house doing old dance steps like there’s no tomorrow :’D And the outfits and everything work perfectly for me because that’s how it’s supposed to be.

    • Skye

      Oh, and the lyrics… idk, I try not to pay attention to kpop lyrics anymore, tbh xD

  • Amy

    You said Eunhyuk can sing.

    Thank you.

  • http://twitter.com/v_gonsalez veronica gonsalez

    “[...]if you can’t recruit me to proofread your songs can you at least give him some lines to sing and not random English raps?”
    Well, no. Let’s face it, Gil, it’s SM we’re talking about!! They don’t know how to change: they have great artists – singers and dancers – but they can only make random english sparkled in their songs and those (horrible) empty-roomed(???) MVs!!

    I vote for SM to hire Gil to write the english lines, who’s with me??!!!! (^-^)/

  • Syifa_haris98

    But Gil,the thing is that One way’s Peter & youngsky(love them) were the ones who composed and wrote this song not SM/eunhae. Idk this song made me cringe everytime I listen to it. But It’s growing on me after watching them perform it live.

  • Anonymous

    Lol it’s official, I love SeoulBeats, the writers here speak their mind

    Coming here before I go allkpop xD

  • Bbunni

    Their choreography, stage costume, attitude were all over-exaggerated, what makes you think the lyrics weren’t as well? It’s a parody of themselves, of course everything would be overblown.
    Sometimes I get the feeling that writers here at seoulbeats are a little too trigger happy with their arguments. Definitely well-written but lacking in a little sense.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_44MXXBIFEVB7NHTGOZMUR2Q7DE Hong

    I just enjoy their music.Who cares about the lyric

    • Amy

      You’re right. I’ll go and write a song about killing people, setting babies on fire, and destroying the world, but then I’ll go and get popular idols to sing it with a catchy beat and people will still listen to it.

      Don’t be stupid. Lyrics are a big part of music.

      I enjoy EunHae’s performance a lot because of their dancing and liveliness, but even I cannot stand those lyrics, and I’m Hyukjae biased.

  • Anonymous

    Let’s face it. This song is just plain stupid. BUT! You know, even though it sounds so stupid and the costumes are freaking annoying, you’ll be drawn in this song. Sounds stupid but its also fun. LSS with Donghae! Oppa! thing. :))

  • smilesandtoast

    They should have performed “I Wanna Love You”… but this song is undeniably catchy, despite everything else. 

  • sujumyeolchiii

    since I’m new to seoulbeats, correct me if I’m totally off..but is it possible that this is a rough translation of the lyrics, and that the Korean version is not quite so blunt/creepy?  I’m only saying this because I’ve seen these exact phrases whenever I google Oppa Oppa lyrics or see subs on a video, etc.  If the author is a Korean speaker then all of this is null and void, but I was just wondering…. / hoping that my own feminist side wouldn’t have to spontaneously combust while thinking about what this song means.

  • HaHa

    Thank you God!~

  • GoGoSuju!!

    Yes the lyrics “seem” creepy and partially disturbing, but that’s not going to stop me from listening to this song. You find a song that Donghae and Eunhyuk sing together in, and all you want to do is exaggerate about how horrible and bad its lyrics are. I’m pretty sure that what its translated to in English isn’t what they were trying to say. I mean come on, this is Eunhae. They’re angels.<3