So here is Kpop trying to capture the Christmas spirit. The song "White Confessions" released by INFINITE (which in my mind seems like another manufactured Kpop group) has been an 'all kill' in the charts this week, knocking off the much loved IU's comeback, new debut group Troublemaker and my favourite Wonder Girl ladies. But what is seriously special about this track and the MV apart from the usual materialistic, fake and totally unreal storyline that represents nothing in real life and is all a fantasy? Surely the ladies from Wonder Girls should have won something rather than this cheesy Christmas track.
The usual chimes of bells in the introduction is accompanied with a shot of different stereotypical Christmas feel items. If you ever try listening to the song without being mesmerized by the eye candy that is the MV, you begin to feel a hint of Japanese pop style music in this song. Look again at the music video again and oh wait! The scenes they have chosen are all in Japan! Why exactly are Koreans bouncing over to Japan for this video shoot, is Korea not even good enough for their Korean Christmas song?
Sigh, I just don't understand.
But just to give the song a bit of credit it does sound good, the vocal range of the boys may not be spectacular but the timbre of some of the members is rich. It's just enough to make it mainstream, but besides that I can pick nothing special out of it. Once again the Kpop formula works once more, with members having limited singing opportunities throughout, then a couple of raps here and there to make the song "cool" and bang, there you have it, a song which everyone will hopefully catch on to - which, in this case, obviously has.
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