에픽하이
Epik High ft. Yoong Jin of Casker
Love Love Love
2007
Korean
imeem
mv with subs
perf ft younha she can rap!
lyrics translation is about halfway down
epik high is one of the few groups that consistently pulls off having multiple genres of music on the same album. their baseline is rap/hiphop, but by picking good features to match the creative tracks they produce, they end up with more pop/dance songs like this one, or slower/ballad songs like umbrella. all while ensuring that there remains a strong element of hiphop or rapped verses in keeping with their style.
one subtle difference i really like about the mv that isnt in the album version are the little phone dialing noises they added to the second line of the song. it fits since that line mentions a phone call, and is just another one of the ways this group demonstrates their creativity.
a quick note about the performance is that i think this was the first collab between epik high and younha (not too long after her return to korea from japan). their success with this more than likely lead to their continuing partnership in songs like umbrella, memory and so on. love love love was also performed featuring the leaders of the wondergirls(min sun ye) and snsd(tae yeon) independently of each other, on two separate occassions.
like i mentioned in one of my previous posts, the imagery utilized by epik high in many of their songs is truly amazing. love is a very common theme for music, understandably, therefore you hear a lot about being in love, how it drives you crazy, conflicts, and the overall trials and tribulations of relationships. what you hear about less are the more specific descriptions and examples of how these things happen, or what happens afterwards; and thats where epik high comes in.
in one word, the lyrics to this song are real. there arent any particularly fancy metaphors, stupidly generalized feelings, or fantasies that are difficult to relate to. the song is plain and simple, down to earth. they talk about things that everyone does, everyone thinks, everyone hides. youre always embarrassed to admit it but these are the crazy things that you do when youre in love. thats just the way it is.
with that i really urge you to read the lyrics. they get better and better as the song progresses from describing falling in love, to breaking up, and what happens along the way. personally i find it a lot more enjoyable and meaningful if i read the translation line by line while listening to the song at the same time, so watch the mv!
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