Recent activities of the members : . JeA : Active with solo projects and collborations. . Miryo : Participation in Unpretty Rapstar. Narsha : Got married & Variety shows. Gain : Last solo album ' End Again ' in 2016 I hope they unite as Brown Eyed Girls soon, it's already more than 2 years since their last album..TT I miss them so much, my favourite group.
Honestly, i don't understand why this album didn't sell well as their other albums, I personally think Basic album is one of the best maybe come after Sound-G, the concept is unique and good, Brave New World is really refreshing, Warmhole is not just something that any other girl groups can produce even until now, Fractal is a light and nice song and Light is inspiring, other songs in the album are quite good as well, BEG always produced something that not just any groups can produce, They always experimenting.That's how they stay relevant. I really love this album, I still hope it gets the recognition it deserved :(
This album had KILLER sound -- I *loved* how innovative it was and how much they played with distortion and modulation. I only bought Abracadabra off their other one, but this album I actually went through the effort to buy whole because all the songs were bangers.
I was there when it was released and maybe my opinion is not solid since i was only a young highschool teenager at that time, but this song is really hard to grasp at the time it was released. It was the time when easily catchy songs were released back to back so complicated songs like this might not get more attention. But listening again this is masterpiece.
....Okay...I am not really a big fan of BEG, but after listening to this new song, I can understand what makes them stay and be influential in the music industry for this long. I was captivated by the variety of elements (instrumental, jazz etc.) and how they are combined in this song. It has a very late 70s groove and BEG has once again raised a new level of music quality in Kpop.
This video is, hopefully, based off of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. The book warns against control of society by government based technology and the elimination of happiness and understanding of the world. In the mv, the girls are listening to commands through cords stuck in the apple. The apple represents primitive human instincts of curiosity(Adam&Eve's curiosity for knowledge which led to them to eat the fruit). They are in the car, which is hopefully a Ford model(Henry Ford created the assembly line), which creates them into mindless human clones(hence they wear the same clothes while dancing). In the book, Ford is mentioned as a 'God' figure and eliminates other forms of religious higher beings, also eliminating the stories and mysteries that come with those religions. Although the car has turned the girls into clones, the apple they listened to sparks their primitive need of curiosity for knowledge of the world. Suddenly their "paradigm shifts" and they realize the world has much more to offer than stoic, cold control from technology(the dark room with linear beams of light they were dancing in in the beginning). Their clothes become more flamboyant and individualized as they venture out into the world, discovering more and questioning everything("why am I so serious? Why don't you be curious?"). The "Ford" god-figure no longer exists and the girls wonder about "who made the secret all about the world," questioning religion and thus the wonders that come with it. In the novel, weather could not be manipulated, so the government manipulated how people viewed the world by drugging them with soma, a drug that induces pleasure and instant gratification. The girls are able to view weather with color later in the mv, as before there was no color. The 'government' had distorted all aspects of time(in the car), information(the girls keep questioning everything), weather(no color), etc. The 4 cornucopias, which represent 'plenty', the girls stay in and then come out of transform them and give them the plentiful knowledge of the world. In the end of the mv, everything reverts back to the apple which was the fruit of their knowledge and curiosity, the root of human nature itself.
+Sunny Cho wow i really like your insight on the mv, i was also wondering what the meaning of everything was as nothing is ever "coincidental" and all the symbols we see are there for reason, now i wonder what that reason is
I'VE BEEN SNATCHED. Everything about this, from the amazing sound quality to the sheer beauty of BEG to the choreo was PERFECT. Buying this album for sure!
Wish we could bring back the classic era of K-Pop girl groups. It’s not hard to figure out what the secret formula is. There’s a clue in this tune where there’s a nod to a past Michael Jackson hit in the string sound used. The best songs were distillations of dance hits from the ‘70s and ‘80s with modern production, studio techniques, instruments and hooks thrown in. Will probably take another 20 years to cycle back into vogue.
DaRunningMan i didn't say i hated Disco nor did i say i hated the song . please reread my comment . plus being young has no relation to what genre of music i like :) how old do you think i am anyways!??
These queens dropped one of the best and most unique albums of the year and the video is only at 2 million. So unappreciated. I haven't been listening to kpop as long as others and even I can recognize the awesome stuff the senior groups put out.
I am so unbelievably shocked that this has not reached a million views yet and the reception this song is getting. I know we all have our own tastes but this song is simply perfection, like, higher than anything I heard this year. The mixing, the arrangement of the backtrack and vocals, the choice of contemporary sounds mixed with disco and funk and THOSE. HARMONIES... *quietly sobbing* I literally cried when Miryo did her rap (which was dope as fee-ak!) AND THAT FUCKING DISGUSTING ASS DOPE ASS TRAP BEAT CAME ON AND WENT EFFORTLESSLY BACK TO THE DISCO ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE STRINGS!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 100,000,000,000/10. BEG is perfection. This song is perfection. This MV is perfection. Everything is BEYOND perfection. But seriously if u sincerely don't like this song I suggest you look at MRJ's, a youtuber who reviews and reacts to kpop music, on it. He explained literally everything I FUCKING love about this song and more. Even if you don't like this song, it would really help me sleep at night to know people understand WHY this song is so great. LOL
+Mr. MUZe You are soo right, this is the best, most oryginal song of 2015, every time you listen to it you discover sth new, and yeah, go and check MRJ and see how awesome this song is.
It topped 4 charts so it's being receipted well in Korea (LIKE IT SHOULD) in just annoyed all the people here. BEG is always innovative and people are so afraid of something different. BEG doesn't need Jea yelling out and Miryo's rap to be face-hittin fierce (and they had the nerve to say it was following trends, which I scoffed at because I have yet to hear any female rapper/idol rap like that. Her flow was A++++++) ughhh. People can't understand the artistry behind this.
MEvox you are 100%right. This song and album is fresh and amazing. About Miryo, she has maybe Best flow of kpop female rappers, she really can deliver emotions when it is needed, she can be fearce, sexy or very nostalgic. Her live solo performances are brilliant. Im so happy that they are doing good on charts. For me its the kpop song of the year.
velvirek Basic is definitely the most creative album of the year and maybe the best album of the year. Too bad it came out too late for award season though. Not that it would matter, too many teeny boppers vote for the same people over and over again when their stuff wasn't even as amazing as it claimed to be. BEG tried something new and experiments each comeback, writes their own music, and picks their own concept. They're the biggest inspirations in Kpop imo.
*the hands down best kpop album of 2015.* 2015 kpop had me on a chokehold, but this is the best album. i am very passionate about this. i am very nostalgic. also been in the kpop community for a really long time. i have been blessed by them in person so that’s why i am alive in 2021.
+Vivianne Gravel Same here. The first minute is the problem. Even now I just skip that. The music sounds awesomely nice once it gets going. And some of the scenes are very cool in a sci-fi way.
Didn't expect that kind of song... but loved it! They totally fit it. And Miryo's rap was fucking awesome. I don't know, I just loved everything♥. Going to listen their album now! Does anyone know if they're going to release more mvs? I'm asking because of the previews of the other songs.
Sora6893 I'm assuming they are releasing the mv for wormhole tmrw it's super funky if you loved this one you're going to love wormhole too the mv is cute/sexy.
B.E.G Everlasting So excited! After a long time... the wait was totally worth it, this mv was awesome, sure the other one will too! I hope they're doing well in the charts and knetz like the album♥
Sora6893 yes it was totally worth it I preorder the album now I can't wait until it arrives. I think they will do well in the charts beg always charts well so there no need to worry
+Eoa1234 I've never heard rap quite like this before and I love it. "New and original" will never suit everyone's tastes though, I think that's the issue here... she is singing to a completely different tempo than the music, it's really offputting and bold, it grabs everyone's attention but not everyone will like the strangeness of it. Because mark my words, it's strange. I like strange though, I don't need to hear the same mainstream rap beat in every friggin k-pop song these days. A little variety is a good thing.
Coming from an older K-pop fan who's been here for a while, Brown Eyed Girls and Wonder Girls are the only comebacks this year that bring back memories when K-pop was the best.
wonder if these lyrics aren't about a LSD trip? the iconography, the references to synestesia and heightened sensitivity, the ideas of a "deeper meaning of life" that often comes up during trips, plus the title, Brave New World, the most famous work of Aldous Huxley, himself an early proponent of recreational LSD use. no one but BEG could do that in K-Pop.
They’re going to come back next month after 4 years, I don’t like how Mystic Ent. ignored the group for 4 whole years, their past company gave them at least one comeback every year. They could have done something in these 4 years they were away but glad they’re making a comeback now.
after releasing brave new world, mystic ent. wasn’t financially good bc the audience felt the album difficult(?), and that’s why the next comeback was delayed
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