2PM is the next boy group joining the summer comeback. They had a
blast last year with the party anthem, Go
Crazy. This year, they go back to their root with sexy R&B track, My House. Check out my review of their
newest single below…………………………………………
My House is 2PM second title track with member, Jun K., as the composer. Once again, he proved his capability in
creating diverse type of song. In the past, he already made a ballad,
electronic, and hip - hop song. With My
House, he brought back the R&B genre.
My House is a simple, yet catchy song. It has the usual K-Pop song formula
with repetitive words in several parts, making it easier to sing and memorize.
But in terms of music, it’s different. Most of K-Pop songs now rely heavily on
noisy electronic song. My House takes
the opposite way by going simple.
It’s simple because it only has guitar and bass sound in most of
the part. This type of sound is refreshing because it’s rare in recent K-Pop
songs. Beside that, the guitar and bass sound brought the R&B element of
this song. To avoid making the song becomes boring with the guitar sound, Jun K
made different melody in each verse. The differentiation added more dynamic to
the song flow.
In terms of vocal, all of them nailed their part. What I love the
most from 2PM is that each member able to show their strength and cover each
other weakness in terms of vocal. Each of them could shine. There is no member
who overshadowed others. But still, I wish I could hear more Nichkhun in this song. I also feel that
Taecyeon’s rap is awkward in some
part of this song.
My House music video is one of 2PM best music videos. It represented the
song lyrics where 2PM wants to take the girl to her house. The girl may looks
ignorant, but the boys know that she actually wants to go too. To make the
music video more interesting, 2PM put a spin of various fairytales on it.
I find the fairytale aspect interesting for boy group with mature
image like 2PM. Fairytales often associated with childhood. Beside that, most
of the fairytales has female as the main character, which is why only female
artists that mostly done this concept. It’s quite unique for a boy group to
have this kind of concept.
The music video began with Cinderella
references. A girl is running away from the ball because it’s already twelve in
the midnight. But then, each of the boys began to approach her and persuade her
to go home with them. Each of their scene represented different fairytale.
Taecyeon became a wolf (The
Red Riding Hood), Wooyoung let
the girl to eat an apple (Snow White),
Junho walked through a corridor
where the talking rabbit hide (Alice in
Wonderland), and Chansung has a
monster-like hand (Beauty and the Beast).
I am not really sure about Jun K and Nichkhun’s scene, but many have pointed
out the Rapunzel and Cinderella
references.
The fairytale storyline accompanied by beautiful visual in this
music video. I love the color tone, setting, and costumes. It represented the
classy and glamour image of the story and 2PM image itself. I also like the fast
editing at some part. It added the mysterious aspect to the music video.
Overall, My House is an
enjoyable song to listen in the summer. It’s simple and catchy. It also brings
back 2PM signature style in sexy R&B music. The music video is one of their
best too. It put a twist on classic fairytales.
Rating : 4/5
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