KPOP REVIEW: EXO "Wolf"

OH.MY.FUCKING.KRISUS! EXO RELEASED THEIR MV!

Ok I would have reviewed the MV the same day it was released, however I stayed up until 2am waiting for the M!Countdown comeback stage and the music video. Then I had to recover from the loss of sleep when I came back from school. I was so mad when I was trying to watch M!Countdown because MNet was sooooooooo slow from all the people watching it so I couldn't log in. I ended up having to watch it live on a crappy website.

Anyway on to the reviewing!

Honestly tell me when you first listened to "Wolf" you didn't cringe, even a little bit. When I first listen to a song I don't look at it from a fangirl's perspective. Although I may be going crazy over the video I may not think the same about the song. When I heard it on the album medley I was thinking it was going to be epic and have a really fierce MV , which it did. I just don't know if it's me or what but on the first full listen of the song I was confused. It didn't sound like a bunch of different songs (*cough*IGAB*coughcough*) put together, but it didn't sound like it fit well. The chorus was really strong and so was the rest if the song, but parts sounded different than others. I don't know, I just can't find a word or phrase that explains what I mean. When I do really like a group I tend to have the song grow on me faster than it would for a group I don't particularly listen to, so now I am full on jammin' to "Wolf".
The song really did justice to Chen, D.O, and Baekhyun's voices especially toward the end. MY GOD DID MY OVARIES EXPLODE. I also liked the fact how they all sang one language. I expected something like MAMA, but they would all be dancing and the ones that would be on the front would be the ones singing in their designated languages. I literally started crying when Chanyeol came out singing in Mandarin. I just couldn't. UGH! THESE BOYS RUINED MY LIFE!
 On the subject of the song, anybody else get irked when they say "oolf". It's cute but I can't just let it slide. you know. You can't blame it on their Asian accents because just today I listened to the leaked demo (which I will write a strongly worded article about later). I finally brought it upon myself to hear it because I already heard the finished product so it doesn't matter. In the demo they correctly pronounced wolf, so whoever or whatever made them change the pronunciation deserves a big slap in the head.

The lyrics are about what you expect it to be about: Romance. It gives you the hint in the teaser with the plot MV it teased us about. BTW I cannot wait for the drama version to be released, it looks so epic. Based on the English translation I have to say the lyrics aren't bad. Most SM songs have a catchy sound, but the lyrics are not interesting or really good, no offense SM stans. This song was a bit different. The lyrics fit with the concept and it made sense. I like how the lyrics have this sort of love story going on where a wolf falls for a human and can't find the strength nor the will for them to eat said human. Typical plot yes, but you don't usually see that incorporated into a song much less a Kpop song.
I also concur that the song can be a metaphor. Referencing back to the teaser it looks like Luhan and Kai fight over a girl. Luhan could be a playboy/thug who does nothing but hurt people. He is the wolf. The monster who ends up falling for the innocent pray. Thus he can't find it in himself to hurt her in anyway contradicting what he was so used to already. She is a "one-bite meal" ,as stated in the lyrics, however the
"wolf" just cannot find it in himself to harm her.

Ok I was bawling my eyes out watching this music video. It was 3 in the morning I was tired and very emotional, ok! My brother tried to stay up with me since he had a project to get done anyway. Unfortunately that loser fell asleep, but he said he heard my squeals and cries in his sleep haha, I REGRET NOTHING! I first watched the Chinese version and Chanyeol just killed me there singing in Mandarin. In the Korean one I started crying again, because Chanyeol came out first. I liked the tree looking pose they did in the beginning and in the middle where they did two trees. The effects were pretty cool too. Them turning from wolves to humans was really well thought. Kai's braids weren't doing it for me AT ALL. Most of you would agree right? Since it was more of a dance version of the MV there wasn't much to see, so yeah. I can tell you now that I will probably do a better music video review of the drama version.
The dance was itself really different then what you typically see in Kpop. I appreciated the fact that the theme was also in the dance. They clawed at the camera and made mad faces. To me it looked like they were trying really hard to give it that wolf feel than to make it sexually appealing, which in my book is a lot better than crotch grabbing or hip thrusting (although they did kind of thrust in the air at the end. I thought that looked pretty dumb). I disliked the part at the end where they make a wolf chomping motion with their hands. Everything else was amazing. It looks like the dance has to be done with all 12 of them so they have no choice but to always perform this song together  FOREVER! MUAHAHAHA!!!
The clothes for the music video were ok. I'm just glad they didn't go for a full on wolf concept for the fashion of the video, because that is a disaster waiting to happen. Kai's clothes though... they were...I think... EWWWW! The outfit he had in the beginning was just terrible and the braids didn't help. I did't like Luhan long sleeved black shirt with the puffy cuffs either. On a better note, D,O look damn hot in his outfits. I never really saw him as extremely good looking like Lay or Kai, but he was the best looking out of all of the this time (well except for my Park Do-Bi).

My Ratings

Lyrics: 3.5 out of 5

MV: 4 out of 5

Song: 4 out of 5

English: 2 out of 5

Dance: 4.5 out of 5

Outfits: 3 out of 5

Overall: 3.75 out of 5

Here is the music video AWOOOOOO!

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