Had to show Rob this classic by G-Dragon! Every time I re-watch this MV I notice something new Comment/Like/Subscribe! Follow Me! / joshingtweets Facebook: / josh-binder-9093869691...
An early congratulations on your graduation!!! Also about the Coup D'état MV, there's some things that are hard to catch if you don't know a lot about G-Dragon's previous works. The scene where he painted his face black was meant to contrast with the white masks that were all around him. On his first ever solo album (Heartbreaker) there was a white mask on the cover. That album received a lot of good reviews and was very popular, but it also brought a lot of tough times and controversy for GD and he received a lot of hate (it got to the point where people were telling him to kill himself). The scene was meant to say that he's now the complete opposite of what he was during Heartbreaker and him crushing the mask is basically him sending a message that that time is over and that he's matured and is getting over the horrible hate that he received during that time period (at least that's how I interpret it). He's moving away from his Heartbreaker era and revealing a completely different side of himself. The song is definitely his uprising/revolt. This is the best interpretation of the MV that I've found so far: bubblecorn.tumblr.com/post/60099163422/interpretation-of-g-dragons-coup-detat-mv (sorry for the really bright colours)
loved the reaction but I want to point out one thing, it isn't black face cause black face is when a white person , or just a person who isn't black, paints himself/herself in black but after he/she painted himself/ herself black they will make fun of the black culture or just of black people in general, so basically what gd did isn't black face, cause what he did has a total different meaning and has basically nothing to do with black people. just wanted to point out this thing, cause I'm black myself and it just irritates me when people assume that gd is doing black face when he is not cause gd is a really respectful person that will never do something like that,
Thank you!! It really irritated me as well. I'm black too and when GD painted himself black without even knowing the lyrics I never found it offensive. I wasn't even into GD that much at the time. And like you said GD is too respectful to do something like that intentionally.
+Sapphire Yuki As another black person explained it to me. When a person uses the color black to paint themselves,even their lips and other people look at the person and go 'ohh black face' its like they themselves are stereotyping and promoting those really old stereotypes when people painted themselves literally black to represent black people in dramas which was offending because it is wrong. How come people who are open minded and hate racial discrimination look at someone painted in pitch black and still associate it with black people even today? It is not like the white color is owned by white people and black color should only be used by black people right? GD literally made white masks of his face - why arent people saying he is making fun of white people? Black-Red-White was the main theme for the video to represent different sides of GD. A guy who can't travel to Europe without being called all kinds of Chinese, Korean and Japanese slurs because people are racist and ignorant and only can purse his lips and move on isn't going to ridicule black people like that.His live backup band for years now is all African american artists he has performed with every week since forever and they never want the tours to be over and they love all of Bigbang.I don't think they would be this attached to GD if GD was some racist douche.
I honestly love this song so much!!! I've listened to it so many times over the years that I can actually sing along to the whole thing!! Like word for word!! G Dragon is my life.
Yay I love Tablo too. Rapmon is awesome but Tablo man. You guys actually noticed the symbolisms in the video.That's so cool since GD has ridiculous amount of creative and artistic freedom and he loves to use it The most overlooked one is GD as a kid,looking up, with his hand on his heart showing loyalty and respect to the monument that symbolises the industry he has been in since he was a really young kid. In the next scene, the present GD still stands with his hand on his heart but this time he stands on top of this monument looking down.That's quite appropriate Apple represented GD's heart in his first album and the white mask was used as the cover. He has come to really dislike the album due to all the ridiculous hate and controversy attached to it.It turned him into this too cool for everyone and no fucks left to given person he is now. Now you see black tears coming out of the mask and him breaking it with his own hands. In crayon video he was sitting under the tree eating an apple.Here he is under the tree surrounded with rotten apple that look like skulls.And that fact that it represents his heart and we also see how his heart was literally bleeding it is kinda worrysome.The fire in the kitchen is the official color of Bigbang light sticks and the money is boiling on it.Bigbang is basically a hot pressure cooker. He is being shot at by people he can't see due to his blindfold but they keep missing him.Media, who is blind themselves to who he really is, always surrounding him even when he is at his lowest and hiding from the world.That was his concept in the Fantastic Baby video too.Fantastic baby was all about how when all of them are wounded and in hiding dealing with all the scandals and legal shit from 2011 while their fans protect them from their haters and antis.
my first impression on this mv was it's creepy haha, especially the masks part. but after reading the full explanation of the mv plus the lyrics, i understood the metaphors in it. the scene with a kid is kinda heartbreaking bcs it signified the young GD holding onto his aching heart, looking up at the wiser and older GD in admiration, but the kid changed into the older GD again, still holding onto his heart, showing he's still hurt inside no matter how much he'd grown. and the scene i'm most impressed is the boiling money. it showed his arrogant and cold side, saying he has a lot of money it became valueless to him.
Funny though, I've seen RapMon and Tablo in real life and don't worry RapMon's a real person too XD but I think even though BTS is one of my favorite groups (next to BigBang) I just gotta go with Tablo as well... He's just a whole different level...
+annybell mizu I didn't actually get to meet them, I saw them in concert.. But it was surreal!! It's really different going from seeing them on a screen to seeing them in real life O.O .... RapMon is a sweetheart though and he's SO TALL!!! Tablo is amazing too like his personality is really caring and he jokes around a lot ^_^ I could go on and on but I would probably bore you haha >.
Hi Rob&Josh, It´s been a while since they did a comeback but I would like you watch something of Secret (I´m in love / Poison / Yoohoo) , also the member of the Group Jeon Hyoseong a Song Jieun did solo songs like Jieun ft. Bang Yongguk of B.A.P Going Crazy, Don´t Look at me like that and Hyosung´s Good Night Kiss. I am always watching your reactions! Fighting!
I feel like I'm like Rob. If anyone asks me to describe something in one word, it'd be hard. And then after coming up with that one hard, I would then proceed to explain why I chose said word xD
Hi Josh! Hi Rob! Do guys remember the Apple tree in Gdragon's Crayon? Well the same apple tree is in Coup D'etat. Except the tree is dead and the apples are instead skulls..... what do you think of that?
My question: 1) What are your plans for the Josh Binder channel when you and Rob graduate from college?; 2) Will ever do a reunion video with Josh, Rob, Akbar and John? :-)
lol i didn't know rob like taeyang!! Why do you like him btw? i mean...never seen you guys did a reaction video of him as a soloist or something..hewhew
Josh, mamamoo has 4 members XD you were like "the third one..." There's moonbyul, solar, wheein, and hwasa. Also, Big Bang has 5 members not 4. You missed seungri but got daesung, top, gd, and taeyang :) also, didn't you guys learn shinees names? You said key was your fave and rob said taemin was his
