One of the greatest things I appreciate from your reactions is how thoroughly you can pick up the nuance and meaning behind the song and video! As always looking forward to your upcoming reactions, we're only scratching the surface of Mamamoo's solos :) On a side note, Hwasa actually performed LMM (which stands for Lost My Mind) live very recently. This was particularly special as she never planned to perform it, and in fact changed her already well rehearsed stage to LMM to honour the late actor Lee Sun Kyun. It was such a thoughtful move on her part and the meaning of the song fits perfectly with the situation at hand.
@@SylverReacts Yes, it’s a deeply affecting performance. There are many videos posted. It’s heartbreaking to see the other stars there, sadly remembering their friend and colleague.
LMM is such a powerful song! Recently, at the SBS Drama Awards hwasa changed her performance songs in order to make a tribute to the passed actor Lee SunKyun by singing LMM ❤️🩹. All the actors who attended to the event were so touched that they were holding back tears.. Anyway I recommend you watch the video of the making of Maria ( ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.htmlsi=Ax9NsFWsLFvB6lNI ), it's very interesting because it's a sort of documentary where the creation process of this album is followed.. Last but not least, thank you for the reaction !
Thank you for joining me! Someone else mentioned that performance and it sounds super powerful, I’ll have to track it down! Ooooh I love the making of stuff, if we can fit it in the schedule I may have to react to it, but if not I’ll still watch it on my own 🤣
Hwasa hurt her back because of her dance moves on Maria. They were practicing and she passed out she was rushed to the emergency room. You can see the patches on her back on the performance video. Even though her back is not fully healed yet, she still performed the Maria on its debut. ☺️
She blew a disc, and if you notice she is thinner today when she was then, and it's because she started Pilates. She did that to strengthen her back, and her core, so that she doesn't do anymore damage to her back, and prevents further damage in the further.@@SylverReacts
At the end of Maria MV, Mamamoo showed up, Showing that when Hwasa was in her deep negative thoughts and struggles she has MAMAMOO at the end of the day. Definitely, 1 of the highlights of the MV for me
LMM is a great song. My favorite from Hwasa. I've listened to this song before I even knew Hwasa or Mamamoo. It's just soothing. The arrows in the video, I feel like, is a representation of the criticisms she faces. A lot of them comes from the public(outside), some even penetrate the supposedly safe comfort of her "home" (meaning criticism from people close to her)...but of all of that, the one arrow that hits her is the one she fired herself. Which for me, meant that the criticism you give yourself is always the one that will hurt you the most. Like, it doesn't matter what other people think, not even those close to you who you love so dear...but what you think of yourself is what can make or break you. Like the whole theme of her album Maria, she's saying to love yourself, be kind to yourself, to forgive yourself...because if you don't even love/care for yourself, how can anyone else? Who can? Nobody else.
Great interpretation of LMM song and vid, Brother. You were spot on. I think LMM was also trying to show everyone that Hwasa and Ahn Hye-Jin are differently alike. Each with her own strength, weakness and vulnerability.
Oh yeah Maria Album is a true masterpiece and Maria is absolutely amazing❤❤LMM is a song which I can't stop tearing up since I can relate to Hwasa's story
DPR Live is actually the name of the artist. He is part of DPR or dream project regime and all members use dpr in front of their names, dpr ian is another well-known member dpr live and hwasa have several collabs, including his song "hula hoop" with both hwasa and beenzino. The two have very good chemistry together and that 'i got your back' feel from him is definitely not just in the lyrics (though, per usual, there was a lot of shipping of the two)
Yeah, LMM is an entire movie. All the hate she gets was not new for her when they debuted, she has been hated on before she even tried to go into K-Pop simply for her appearance, obviously getting judged before anybody heard her awesome voice. She learned a long time before debut to be able to handle it. She has had a flat learning curve. One reason for how and why Mamamoo have always seemed like a 'mature' group is that the maknae (people often forget that Hwasa is the maknae), the gentle softie, the baby, the Queen of Hugs, the one who the rest should be protective of, is likely the most well-prepared to handle unwarranted hatred. How sad is the state of the world since we know that sort of bullshit happens to her, of all people, every day? And she is hated more than any other member of MMM. Other Idols have a STEEP learning curve because they didn't get hate until after they debuted. That's really rough, having to learn to handle it late. Getting hate like that should NEVER happen, of course and a lot of people don't expect it, they get blind-sided and don't know what to do with it or about it.
@@SylverReacts Agreed, 100%. I am sure there are Idols who are sort of jerks but still do the job. Maybe they 'deserve' hate sometimes. NOBODY in the K-Pop Industry deserves hate by hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Only very few people on Earth deserve that sort of shit and they must be tyrannical world leaders or mass murderers or slavers (some tyrannical leaders are both).
I love Mamamoo and all they do with a passion, together or apart, but for me LMM is the single greatest piece of music and the best MV that any member has ever released. Its a masterpiece.
Lmm siempre me hace llorar, hwasa ni nadie merece recibir tanto odio simplemente por existir, hwasa es una hermosa persona y no merece sentirse asi de mal por ese odio sin sentido, la gente y el mundo es demasiado cruel a veces.
You are so right, it’s wild that people think that it’s okay to talk about people like that, especially when they’re anonymous behind a computer screen. Thank you so much for being here 😊
One big, easy to miss thing from "maria" that i surprisingly didn't see in any of the comments is how much of the mv was influenced by 'malena', an italian movie hwasa resonates strongly with. (Easy to miss because so many of us haven't seen any italian films at all, let alone that specific one). It is an incredibly poignant movie and i'm glad hwasa put it on my radar, but if youbdo decide to check it out, bring tissues The movie is about a beautiful young woman in a mountain town who all the men drool after and all the women hate because of how the men react. She winds up kind of losing her mind, chopping off her hair and moving to the big city. There's a lot more to it, of course The guys offering to light a cigarette for hwasa and hwasa caressing the scissors are both direct references to the movie, with several more subtle ones appearing throughout
Yes, such a powerful moment. If I ever get through the main part of the MV without crying (almost impossible but sometimes I do) then those last few moments wreck me and I’m in floods of tears.
@@moomoobebe I think it's because, when people see the MV for 'Maria', they feel really bad for her and just want to give her a hug. Same with LMM, really. And having the members show up to comfort her, you know she got the hug that she really needed. It's such a great moment, psychologically freeing. I hope you have happy tears when you know they are there to comfort her. :)
Hwasa went out on her own and used a different company than zany bros (the usual for rbw artists) to do the mv for "lmm". Since then, wheen has been using the same company for her own solo mv production, too. Just 2yg things
This whole album is just incredible and also heartwrenching, esp after hearing/seeing interviews and behind the scenes "Lmm" itself is guaranteed to leave anyone listening a blubbering mess, even the 1000th time you hear it
You interpreted the opening scene of Maria as a murder scene but it's actually a suicide, as hinted at with the scissors and the drowning scene. Keep it in mind when you get to I'm a B(itch). Others have probably mentioned it but in case they haven't, Hwasa won the 2020 MAMA award for best solo dance performance for Maria. Not bad for one of the weakest dancers in a group that can't dance to begin with, esp considering the other nominees included kpop dance legend Taemin of Shinee. I also think it's ironic that she won a dance award for a song that was hands down the most impactful song of the year and a massive hit as well. Should have been the SOTY, tho my personal pick was LMM because it's such a gorgeous masterpiece and it absolutely destroyed me. I think I should add my opinion about Mamamoo's singing and dancing rather than just be sarcastic about the things people say about them and bitter about the awards they perhaps deserved but didn't win. I don't put much stock in critiques of MMM"s singing or dancing technique. This is a performance art and the artistry lies in the personal expression of the performers and their ability to communicate with and move the audience and transmit emotions & ideas. Lia Kim and the other choreographers are dance professionals and they're terrific dancers but they don't have 1/10th of Hwasa's charisma. The dance moves are the vehicle for Hwasa's physical expression of the song rather than the be all and end all. Not that she and the other members don't dance well but rather than attempting to deliver perfect, knife-like choreo (like most kpop groups) they have other, imo more important, goals in mind. I take Kidding to be addressed to a cheating lover and his new flame. Btw, Cosmic refers to both Cosmic Girl and Cosmic Sound. They're a team. Why is a good song but I think it's so overshadowed by Maria and LMM that it loses some of its impact by being included on this album. As you eventually noticed, the rapper on I'm Bad Too is called DPR Live. DPR is a collective of musical and visual artists; it stands for Dream Perfect Regime. Other members are called DPR Ian and DPR Cream. DPR Live is one of the few rappers I follow - his discography is terrific. Hwasa later featured on his song Hula Hoops. My fav DPR Live song is Martini Blue. As you noticed, in the LMM MV the arrows follow her from outdoors (in public) to the living room to the bedroom to the womb-like private space. The hate invades her life and there's no escaping it. I like your interpretation of the arrow she shoots that hits her and I think you're right but I also think it means that the only hate that can truly hurt her is the hate she turns on herself and that realization is what allows her to face the storm of arrows at the end without fear or defiance, simply standing there and calmly accepting what comes her way like a flower in the rain. I thought you'd include one of the fantastic live versions of LMM, such as the one she recently performed at the SBS Drama Awards to honor the memory of actor Lee Sun Kyun, who committed suicide. Check out some of the live performances when you're in the mood and have tissues handy. :) Maria is a fantastic album. It's my 2nd favorite MMM EP after Blue;S.
Many keep suggesting the DDKTV video for explaining Maria/LMM. Which is a great source for much of the meanings missed by those of us outside Korean society. I don't think it's perfect though. There things that David doesn't get that are Hwasa specific. Your reference to the line Whee, comfort me is one. Yes she is talking about the wind in previous lines, but there is no doubt among moos who Hwasa turns to for comfort, for strength in difficult times. And vice versa. Hwasa is amazing at layering meanings into her songs and even the MVs. But I think you deciphered the meaning of the songs pretty well on your own. Hwasa performed LMM for Dingo's Musicgraphy. It's a beautiful rendition and of course her interview at the end sheds additional insight into the song. It probably would have been safe to have included it here.
I'm really busy nowadays so I haven't got the time to watch every mamamoo video you put out, but I just know i gotta watch this one as soon as i saw it. Thank you so much for this.
As far as the arrows go in LMM, you're correct regarding them being the words of haters and the media. But as far as the one she aims at herself, I viewed it more as it meaning that her own words are the ones that hurt her the most. She can hide and protect herself from the awful things others say about her. But when it comes her own mind, those same words actually hurt. I love seeing reactions to LMM so much. It's so fascinating because everyone reacts the same way. There's always a few comments at the start about it being beautiful scenery/cinematography and how amazing she sounds. And that's it. It's impossible to form words after that because the song and the message are just so breathtaking. Hwasa is such an incredible artist. She can leave you speechless with her talent and her vulnerability. I feel like there are so few artists that are truly vulnerable like her. It's hard enough to be honest with yourself, let alone share that honesty with the world.
That scene in Maria didn't strike me quite as a murder scene. Maybe because at the time this came out there were three recent celebrity suicides in Korea. Same with Dreamcatcher's Boca that came out around the same time, for which I took "tooany angels dying now" to be an allusion to those recent events.
I'm so happy you have finally got to Hwa Sa's Maria! First thing, Hwa Sa does use the word fuck in her music. She isn't scared of it lol So when you see it, it's there :) This explanation video is a must! It covers both Maria and LMM ( I will link the one they did for Twit too!) Hwa Sa - Maria and LMM Explained - ua-cam.com/video/Pryv3Kxl9qc/v-deo.html Hwa Sa - Twit Explained - ua-cam.com/video/EUGwqNJu24o/v-deo.html These videos, help explain the lyrics, because even though they have subs, unless you speak fluent Korean, or are Korean you aren't going to understand the meaning of everything. Plus it helps with the hidden meanings in the videos, and things that are connected with the Korean culture. They are truly amazing, I wish the creators had continued making them for all of her music. I don't think Kidding, and Why get enough love... Both of those songs are SPECTACULAR!! and I love that Hwa Sa is her own featured rapper in Kidding! (She does the same thing in Bless U on her Guilty Pleasure album) Now all the videos below are wonderful, but if you don't want to watch them all I urge you to please watch the [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] BEHIND THE SCENE - ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.html Because it shows the making of the album, but honestly all of them are worth watching. :) *MARIA ALBUM VIDEOS [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] Intro : Nobody else - ua-cam.com/video/OmnPr5Pxwsc/v-deo.html [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] BEHIND THE SCENE - ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.html [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] AFTER THE PLAY - ua-cam.com/video/6ftJ82vE91A/v-deo.html [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] Track List - ua-cam.com/video/iiprvhQqkfI/v-deo.html [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] PRE-INTERVIEW Full ver. - ua-cam.com/video/DeXTPlYCVZo/v-deo.html [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] HIGHLIGHT MEDLEY - ua-cam.com/video/edhHZxvaRhk/v-deo.html [화사] '마리아(Maria)' MV Making Film - ua-cam.com/video/tjw4__BOybw/v-deo.html [BE ORIGINAL] Hwa Sa(화사) ‘Maria(마리아)’ (Behind) (ENG SUB)StudioChoom - ua-cam.com/video/0kvkTBqXUGY/v-deo.htmlsi=RG4WQSBRL5flAN9A Hwa sa 1st Mini Album María Production Making Film LOGOS (SUB ENG) - ua-cam.com/video/EhpYig_A99U/v-deo.html Daily 1M l Making-Of Hwasa’s “Maria” Choreography | 1MILLION - ua-cam.com/video/QoU-SZk9uus/v-deo.htmlsi=0w9LjZI0eQmKh4SO
Love this album from Hwasa. The episode of Home Alone where she spoke about it made me like it even more. So much unwarranted hate thrown at her for no reason. Link below has a very good explanation of Maria and LMM ua-cam.com/video/Pryv3Kxl9qc/v-deo.htmlsi=P_A5CSKICr4kaPeg
LMM = Lost My Mind. Hwasa said one day after work she went home and suddenly had hard time breathing and she cried a lot, she felt uneasy about her future and couldn't think of anything happy. She felt like throwing up and just wanted to run away. She wrote how she felt in LMM lyrics. Cyndi Lauper was in South Korea for her musical "Kinky Boots" when LMM was released and in an interview she said Hwasa's LMM was on her playlist, such an amazing song.
Un dato curioso: en LMM, cuando Hwasa dice "Whee" en realidad es porque está llamando a Wheein para "reconfortarla" como dice la letra; ellas se apoyan mutuamente, aunque wheein no demuestra lo cariñosa que es ella siempre está ahí para hwasa.
oh no u missed the important part in the end of maria mv edit: i saw u know that now and are going to watch it later) also yeah i like to think that in lmm "whee comfort me" line is referring to wheein btw i think u know kidding from a guide it was used as a bgm and another cool thing btw which i don't know if u picked up in maria is the scene with all the pencils pointed towards her is a metaphor for all the mean comments haters make abt her ty for reacting!
Oh you missed the maria mv last part. There’s mamamoo 😢😢. It’s really important because this mv’ meaning is she’s getting hatred but she found mamamoo;her safe place so she’s happy. But her next song I’m a b is like a second part of this song(maria) it’s about she getting hatred and she don’t have anyone(she couldn’t find mamamoo) so she became a b*tch😢
Most people don't really realise that their words affect people mentally. Especially the people on twitter are nasty. Hwasa gets hate for no reason and it's so upsetting to see.
Thank you for not going to a crown of thorns and making it a religious reference. The crown refers to her fame and notoriety as a singer. The nails show that there is pain and hardship that goes with the fame, but the jewels in the crown show there is benefit as well, making it a hard choice. You have a habit of not watching videos all the way to the end. There is a special scene at the end of Maria that you missed.
Actually the "fuck it" in the song Why, it's definitely a part of the lyrics. I just double checked the album on my shelf. Now whether or not the translated "fucked up" is in I'm Bad Too that's something that someone who could read korean would need to verify.
its kinda funny that you keep thinking she's not saying fuck when she definitely is haha! at least on the english one, the one where it translated from korean isn't exactly fuck but it's the right vibe!
oh dang.. this album is like listening to Hwasa's heart... i'm crying everytime i listen to her song
Seriously though, LMM wrecked me so hard outta nowhere 😭
One of the greatest things I appreciate from your reactions is how thoroughly you can pick up the nuance and meaning behind the song and video! As always looking forward to your upcoming reactions, we're only scratching the surface of Mamamoo's solos :)
On a side note, Hwasa actually performed LMM (which stands for Lost My Mind) live very recently. This was particularly special as she never planned to perform it, and in fact changed her already well rehearsed stage to LMM to honour the late actor Lee Sun Kyun. It was such a thoughtful move on her part and the meaning of the song fits perfectly with the situation at hand.
Aww thank you so much for the very kind words 🥰
Oh wow, I’m gonna have to go track that performance down, it sounds super powerful!
@@SylverReacts Yes, it’s a deeply affecting performance. There are many videos posted. It’s heartbreaking to see the other stars there, sadly remembering their friend and colleague.
LMM is such a powerful song! Recently, at the SBS Drama Awards hwasa changed her performance songs in order to make a tribute to the passed actor Lee SunKyun by singing LMM ❤️🩹. All the actors who attended to the event were so touched that they were holding back tears..
Anyway I recommend you watch the video of the making of Maria ( ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.htmlsi=Ax9NsFWsLFvB6lNI ), it's very interesting because it's a sort of documentary where the creation process of this album is followed..
Last but not least, thank you for the reaction !
Thank you for joining me! Someone else mentioned that performance and it sounds super powerful, I’ll have to track it down! Ooooh I love the making of stuff, if we can fit it in the schedule I may have to react to it, but if not I’ll still watch it on my own 🤣
Hwasa hurt her back because of her dance moves on Maria. They were practicing and she passed out she was rushed to the emergency room. You can see the patches on her back on the performance video. Even though her back is not fully healed yet, she still performed the Maria on its debut. ☺️
Wow really? Gotta admire the dedication, hopefully she got the time to recover after that!
She blew a disc, and if you notice she is thinner today when she was then, and it's because she started Pilates. She did that to strengthen her back, and her core, so that she doesn't do anymore damage to her back, and prevents further damage in the further.@@SylverReacts
At the end of Maria MV, Mamamoo showed up, Showing that when Hwasa was in her deep negative thoughts and struggles she has MAMAMOO at the end of the day. Definitely, 1 of the highlights of the MV for me
LMM is a great song. My favorite from Hwasa. I've listened to this song before I even knew Hwasa or Mamamoo. It's just soothing. The arrows in the video, I feel like, is a representation of the criticisms she faces. A lot of them comes from the public(outside), some even penetrate the supposedly safe comfort of her "home" (meaning criticism from people close to her)...but of all of that, the one arrow that hits her is the one she fired herself. Which for me, meant that the criticism you give yourself is always the one that will hurt you the most.
Like, it doesn't matter what other people think, not even those close to you who you love so dear...but what you think of yourself is what can make or break you. Like the whole theme of her album Maria, she's saying to love yourself, be kind to yourself, to forgive yourself...because if you don't even love/care for yourself, how can anyone else? Who can? Nobody else.
Great interpretation of LMM song and vid, Brother. You were spot on. I think LMM was also trying to show everyone that Hwasa and Ahn Hye-Jin are differently alike. Each with her own strength, weakness and vulnerability.
Yeah I think you’re right, it’s a pretty spectacular marriage of song and music video, major props to Hwasa and the director on this one! 😊
@@SylverReacts but when she herself shot that arrow and it hit her own back, man! That broke me.😪
Oh yeah Maria Album is a true masterpiece and Maria is absolutely amazing❤❤LMM is a song which I can't stop tearing up since I can relate to Hwasa's story
LMM is a masterpiece thanks for reacting to it
💯💯 agree it’s such a wonderful song even if it does wreck me a bit lol
DPR Live is actually the name of the artist. He is part of DPR or dream project regime and all members use dpr in front of their names, dpr ian is another well-known member
dpr live and hwasa have several collabs, including his song "hula hoop" with both hwasa and beenzino. The two have very good chemistry together and that 'i got your back' feel from him is definitely not just in the lyrics (though, per usual, there was a lot of shipping of the two)
Mamamoo dedication to their song is none to others.
Yeah, LMM is an entire movie.
All the hate she gets was not new for her when they debuted, she has been hated on before she even tried to go into K-Pop simply for her appearance, obviously getting judged before anybody heard her awesome voice. She learned a long time before debut to be able to handle it. She has had a flat learning curve.
One reason for how and why Mamamoo have always seemed like a 'mature' group is that the maknae (people often forget that Hwasa is the maknae), the gentle softie, the baby, the Queen of Hugs, the one who the rest should be protective of, is likely the most well-prepared to handle unwarranted hatred. How sad is the state of the world since we know that sort of bullshit happens to her, of all people, every day? And she is hated more than any other member of MMM.
Other Idols have a STEEP learning curve because they didn't get hate until after they debuted. That's really rough, having to learn to handle it late. Getting hate like that should NEVER happen, of course and a lot of people don't expect it, they get blind-sided and don't know what to do with it or about it.
It’s so sad that it’s a norm of the industry, but especially Hwasa, she’s such a sweet and kind person that it just hurts more 🥺
@@SylverReacts Agreed, 100%. I am sure there are Idols who are sort of jerks but still do the job. Maybe they 'deserve' hate sometimes. NOBODY in the K-Pop Industry deserves hate by hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Only very few people on Earth deserve that sort of shit and they must be tyrannical world leaders or mass murderers or slavers (some tyrannical leaders are both).
I love Mamamoo and all they do with a passion, together or apart, but for me LMM is the single greatest piece of music and the best MV that any member has ever released. Its a masterpiece.
LMM always got me too 🥺 ❤️ masterpiece ❤️
Lmm siempre me hace llorar, hwasa ni nadie merece recibir tanto odio simplemente por existir, hwasa es una hermosa persona y no merece sentirse asi de mal por ese odio sin sentido, la gente y el mundo es demasiado cruel a veces.
You are so right, it’s wild that people think that it’s okay to talk about people like that, especially when they’re anonymous behind a computer screen. Thank you so much for being here 😊
MARIA ALBUM IS MASTERPIECE! Everytime i hear LMM i get to emotional and by the way she write that song.❤ i love her!
It’s pretty awesome 🥹😊
One big, easy to miss thing from "maria" that i surprisingly didn't see in any of the comments is how much of the mv was influenced by 'malena', an italian movie hwasa resonates strongly with. (Easy to miss because so many of us haven't seen any italian films at all, let alone that specific one). It is an incredibly poignant movie and i'm glad hwasa put it on my radar, but if youbdo decide to check it out, bring tissues
The movie is about a beautiful young woman in a mountain town who all the men drool after and all the women hate because of how the men react. She winds up kind of losing her mind, chopping off her hair and moving to the big city. There's a lot more to it, of course
The guys offering to light a cigarette for hwasa and hwasa caressing the scissors are both direct references to the movie, with several more subtle ones appearing throughout
I think you missed the last seconds of Maria MV when the members show up 😢 such a powerful moments tbh.
Yeah a few people have mentioned that, I plan to check it out on my own a little later this afternoon 😊
Yes, such a powerful moment. If I ever get through the main part of the MV without crying (almost impossible but sometimes I do) then those last few moments wreck me and I’m in floods of tears.
@@moomoobebe I think it's because, when people see the MV for 'Maria', they feel really bad for her and just want to give her a hug. Same with LMM, really. And having the members show up to comfort her, you know she got the hug that she really needed. It's such a great moment, psychologically freeing. I hope you have happy tears when you know they are there to comfort her. :)
@@jamescurfman3284 Yes, that's exactly it!
@@moomoobebe :)
2020 was a year of GOOD music, it was a good year overall. Maria was a huge success, and I really love Hwasa for making a masterpiece like this ❤
It’s a brilliant album for sure!
Hwasa went out on her own and used a different company than zany bros (the usual for rbw artists) to do the mv for "lmm". Since then, wheen has been using the same company for her own solo mv production, too. Just 2yg things
i feel that the maria intro 'nobody else" deserved song of the year..so beautiful and emotional
This whole album is just incredible and also heartwrenching, esp after hearing/seeing interviews and behind the scenes
"Lmm" itself is guaranteed to leave anyone listening a blubbering mess, even the 1000th time you hear it
You interpreted the opening scene of Maria as a murder scene but it's actually a suicide, as hinted at with the scissors and the drowning scene. Keep it in mind when you get to I'm a B(itch).
Others have probably mentioned it but in case they haven't, Hwasa won the 2020 MAMA award for best solo dance performance for Maria. Not bad for one of the weakest dancers in a group that can't dance to begin with, esp considering the other nominees included kpop dance legend Taemin of Shinee. I also think it's ironic that she won a dance award for a song that was hands down the most impactful song of the year and a massive hit as well. Should have been the SOTY, tho my personal pick was LMM because it's such a gorgeous masterpiece and it absolutely destroyed me.
I think I should add my opinion about Mamamoo's singing and dancing rather than just be sarcastic about the things people say about them and bitter about the awards they perhaps deserved but didn't win. I don't put much stock in critiques of MMM"s singing or dancing technique. This is a performance art and the artistry lies in the personal expression of the performers and their ability to communicate with and move the audience and transmit emotions & ideas. Lia Kim and the other choreographers are dance professionals and they're terrific dancers but they don't have 1/10th of Hwasa's charisma. The dance moves are the vehicle for Hwasa's physical expression of the song rather than the be all and end all. Not that she and the other members don't dance well but rather than attempting to deliver perfect, knife-like choreo (like most kpop groups) they have other, imo more important, goals in mind.
I take Kidding to be addressed to a cheating lover and his new flame.
Btw, Cosmic refers to both Cosmic Girl and Cosmic Sound. They're a team. Why is a good song but I think it's so overshadowed by Maria and LMM that it loses some of its impact by being included on this album.
As you eventually noticed, the rapper on I'm Bad Too is called DPR Live. DPR is a collective of musical and visual artists; it stands for Dream Perfect Regime. Other members are called DPR Ian and DPR Cream. DPR Live is one of the few rappers I follow - his discography is terrific. Hwasa later featured on his song Hula Hoops. My fav DPR Live song is Martini Blue.
As you noticed, in the LMM MV the arrows follow her from outdoors (in public) to the living room to the bedroom to the womb-like private space. The hate invades her life and there's no escaping it. I like your interpretation of the arrow she shoots that hits her and I think you're right but I also think it means that the only hate that can truly hurt her is the hate she turns on herself and that realization is what allows her to face the storm of arrows at the end without fear or defiance, simply standing there and calmly accepting what comes her way like a flower in the rain. I thought you'd include one of the fantastic live versions of LMM, such as the one she recently performed at the SBS Drama Awards to honor the memory of actor Lee Sun Kyun, who committed suicide. Check out some of the live performances when you're in the mood and have tissues handy. :)
Maria is a fantastic album. It's my 2nd favorite MMM EP after Blue;S.
Many keep suggesting the DDKTV video for explaining Maria/LMM. Which is a great source for much of the meanings missed by those of us outside Korean society. I don't think it's perfect though. There things that David doesn't get that are Hwasa specific. Your reference to the line Whee, comfort me is one. Yes she is talking about the wind in previous lines, but there is no doubt among moos who Hwasa turns to for comfort, for strength in difficult times. And vice versa. Hwasa is amazing at layering meanings into her songs and even the MVs. But I think you deciphered the meaning of the songs pretty well on your own. Hwasa performed LMM for Dingo's Musicgraphy. It's a beautiful rendition and of course her interview at the end sheds additional insight into the song. It probably would have been safe to have included it here.
Todo este album es iconico, hwasa como siempre demostrando la reina que es 💖
I'm really busy nowadays so I haven't got the time to watch every mamamoo video you put out, but I just know i gotta watch this one as soon as i saw it. Thank you so much for this.
You should watch Maria and Lmm explained by Korean
I’ll check it out! Probably on my own time, but I do love explainers 😁
As far as the arrows go in LMM, you're correct regarding them being the words of haters and the media. But as far as the one she aims at herself, I viewed it more as it meaning that her own words are the ones that hurt her the most. She can hide and protect herself from the awful things others say about her. But when it comes her own mind, those same words actually hurt.
I love seeing reactions to LMM so much. It's so fascinating because everyone reacts the same way. There's always a few comments at the start about it being beautiful scenery/cinematography and how amazing she sounds. And that's it. It's impossible to form words after that because the song and the message are just so breathtaking. Hwasa is such an incredible artist. She can leave you speechless with her talent and her vulnerability. I feel like there are so few artists that are truly vulnerable like her. It's hard enough to be honest with yourself, let alone share that honesty with the world.
she is an incredible artist makes quality music performs with quality. and your voice is perfect ❤
She really is!
That scene in Maria didn't strike me quite as a murder scene. Maybe because at the time this came out there were three recent celebrity suicides in Korea.
Same with Dreamcatcher's Boca that came out around the same time, for which I took "tooany angels dying now" to be an allusion to those recent events.
I'm so happy you have finally got to Hwa Sa's Maria! First thing, Hwa Sa does use the word fuck in her music. She isn't scared of it lol So when you see it, it's there :)
This explanation video is a must! It covers both Maria and LMM ( I will link the one they did for Twit too!)
Hwa Sa - Maria and LMM Explained - ua-cam.com/video/Pryv3Kxl9qc/v-deo.html
Hwa Sa - Twit Explained - ua-cam.com/video/EUGwqNJu24o/v-deo.html
These videos, help explain the lyrics, because even though they have subs, unless you speak fluent Korean, or are Korean you aren't going to understand the meaning of everything. Plus it helps with the hidden meanings in the videos, and things that are connected with the Korean culture. They are truly amazing, I wish the creators had continued making them for all of her music.
I don't think Kidding, and Why get enough love... Both of those songs are SPECTACULAR!! and I love that Hwa Sa is her own featured rapper in Kidding! (She does the same thing in Bless U on her Guilty Pleasure album)
Now all the videos below are wonderful, but if you don't want to watch them all I urge you to please watch the [화사] 1st Mini Album [María] BEHIND THE SCENE - ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.html
Because it shows the making of the album, but honestly all of them are worth watching. :)
*MARIA ALBUM VIDEOS
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] Intro : Nobody else - ua-cam.com/video/OmnPr5Pxwsc/v-deo.html
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] BEHIND THE SCENE - ua-cam.com/video/DusPcVrtxn0/v-deo.html
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] AFTER THE PLAY - ua-cam.com/video/6ftJ82vE91A/v-deo.html
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] Track List - ua-cam.com/video/iiprvhQqkfI/v-deo.html
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] PRE-INTERVIEW Full ver. - ua-cam.com/video/DeXTPlYCVZo/v-deo.html
[화사] 1st Mini Album [María] HIGHLIGHT MEDLEY - ua-cam.com/video/edhHZxvaRhk/v-deo.html
[화사] '마리아(Maria)' MV Making Film - ua-cam.com/video/tjw4__BOybw/v-deo.html
[BE ORIGINAL] Hwa Sa(화사) ‘Maria(마리아)’ (Behind) (ENG SUB)StudioChoom - ua-cam.com/video/0kvkTBqXUGY/v-deo.htmlsi=RG4WQSBRL5flAN9A
Hwa sa 1st Mini Album María Production Making Film LOGOS (SUB ENG) - ua-cam.com/video/EhpYig_A99U/v-deo.html
Daily 1M l Making-Of Hwasa’s “Maria” Choreography | 1MILLION - ua-cam.com/video/QoU-SZk9uus/v-deo.htmlsi=0w9LjZI0eQmKh4SO
Love this album from Hwasa. The episode of Home Alone where she spoke about it made me like it even more. So much unwarranted hate thrown at her for no reason.
Link below has a very good explanation of Maria and LMM
ua-cam.com/video/Pryv3Kxl9qc/v-deo.htmlsi=P_A5CSKICr4kaPeg
Thanks for sharing! Yeah she’s such a sweet person, she doesn’t deserve any of the hate at all 🥺
Yes, you are right, she didn't say "fuck it", a bad translation.
Yeah it seemed really out of place lol 😂
Thank you so much for the genuine reactions . xoxo
Thank you for watching with me 😊
@@SylverReacts my pleasure
LMM = Lost My Mind.
Hwasa said one day after work she went home and suddenly had hard time breathing and she cried a lot, she felt uneasy about her future and couldn't think of anything happy. She felt like throwing up and just wanted to run away. She wrote how she felt in LMM lyrics.
Cyndi Lauper was in South Korea for her musical "Kinky Boots" when LMM was released and in an interview she said Hwasa's LMM was on her playlist, such an amazing song.
That's some really high praise for Hwasa, Cyndi Lauper's a legend
i agree she as talking about wheeinie in LMM
Un dato curioso: en LMM, cuando Hwasa dice "Whee" en realidad es porque está llamando a Wheein para "reconfortarla" como dice la letra; ellas se apoyan mutuamente, aunque wheein no demuestra lo cariñosa que es ella siempre está ahí para hwasa.
oh no u missed the important part in the end of maria mv
edit: i saw u know that now and are going to watch it later)
also yeah i like to think that in lmm "whee comfort me" line is referring to wheein
btw i think u know kidding from a guide it was used as a bgm
and another cool thing btw which i don't know if u picked up in maria is the scene with all the pencils pointed towards her is a metaphor for all the mean comments haters make abt her
ty for reacting!
Oh you missed the maria mv last part. There’s mamamoo 😢😢. It’s really important because this mv’ meaning is she’s getting hatred but she found mamamoo;her safe place so she’s happy. But her next song I’m a b is like a second part of this song(maria) it’s about she getting hatred and she don’t have anyone(she couldn’t find mamamoo) so she became a b*tch😢
Yup, he missed the member's appearance at the end of the mv 🥹🥹
I did?! Oh 💩 well I will check out the very end at lunch time today, so I can see the girls’ cameo 😁
@SylverReacts you should check the MV until the end because sometimes they add something like a hint for the new single or album. :)
Normally I do, but I guess I just missed this one!
Most people don't really realise that their words affect people mentally. Especially the people on twitter are nasty. Hwasa gets hate for no reason and it's so upsetting to see.
I like to think that she was calling out for wheein. That makes the song so much more special
Thank you for not going to a crown of thorns and making it a religious reference. The crown refers to her fame and notoriety as a singer. The nails show that there is pain and hardship that goes with the fame, but the jewels in the crown show there is benefit as well, making it a hard choice. You have a habit of not watching videos all the way to the end. There is a special scene at the end of Maria that you missed.
Better let you know that you have missed Maria MV last few seconds scene. You have stopped the video too early.
Yeah someone else mentioned that and what was there, I’m gonna have to go back and check it out on my own, sorry about that! 😅
She actually does say "f*ck it" in Why. It's listed as explicit. Hwasa don't care. 😂
Actually the "fuck it" in the song Why, it's definitely a part of the lyrics. I just double checked the album on my shelf.
Now whether or not the translated "fucked up" is in I'm Bad Too that's something that someone who could read korean would need to verify.
Seriously? Alright Hwasa, throw it down 😆
Haha yeah for real - I also have the album and its in the official lyrics. Hwasa is very raw @@SylverReacts
I’m sorry, but the lyrics translation video pissed me off. All of them
Yeah they were pretty off this time, it happens, but it kinda sucks I know
This song is sad . she was treated unfair from south Korea media 😢
💯 Hwasa doesn’t deserve the hate she gets at all 🥰
its kinda funny that you keep thinking she's not saying fuck when she definitely is haha! at least on the english one, the one where it translated from korean isn't exactly fuck but it's the right vibe!
I’m not used to swearing in K-pop! I mean I have heard it before, but it always surprises me 😂
@@SylverReacts "my way" hwasa strikes again 😅
You lost the ending in MARIA 😢
Yeah a few people said, I went back and caught it on my own though, sorry about that! 😅😅