Brown Eyed Girls - Kill Bill, (Latest K-Pop Videos)

Just as we promised with the previous Latest K-Pop Videos, we are going to cover a male group very soon (possibly later today), but first up is the Brown Eyed Girls with their track Kill Bill, aptly named considering the whole video is a homage to the Quentin Tarantino film (Vol 1 in particular). Anyone who is a fan of the samurai sword wielding movie, will no doubt appreciate the careful construction of the video and the references to all the characters and the events (Kill Bill: Vol 1 is a particular favourite of mine so it was pleasant seeing a music video centred around the movie). 

The female K-Pop group, consisting JeA, Miryo, Narsha and Ga-In, have said that the idea for the video came from JeA, who stated that 'the whistle in the intro of the song reminded me of the movie Kill Bill' and the rest of the group decided that it would be fitting to included western elements and references in the music video. The song certainly has a sassy feel to it, and includes some pretty impressive raps and a pretty catchy chorus and that's exactly what makes it stick. The track has a plus side of having a visually quite impressive music video, which you should check out for yourself below: 

The Brown Eyed Girls have made their music video into a type of mini-movie, with black and white imagery, and most importantly, an actual narrative to the video, which is interesting to see unfold. It's sassy, sexy, bold and daring. 

The video features overplaying titles which introduce the members as 'characters,' all members are part of the 'Brown Eyed Girls Squad (similar to the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Kill Bill) and they each have code names: jeA is bloody blue spider (channelling Elle Driver), Ga-In is mack the knife (channelling The Bride), Narsha is S-A-K-U-R-A (channelling O-Ren Ishii) and I can only assume Miryo as Guns N Roses is channelling Vernita Green. 

The video has it all, well choreographed dance moves, fighting, spiders, guns, pretty much everything that comes to mind when I say western bloody ninja fight. The video also possesses moments of humour and ludicrous (but well made) outfits and overall it's pretty entertaining, even if you've never seen the film. It's well worth a watch (I mean it). 

                          

Track and music video reviewed by Mel.