I've been an Atiny for a year now and experienced 5 comebacks from them (I won't ever find that term not weird) and become well acquainted with their whole discography. And the reason I love them and their music so much is that it has so much variety. Every album has a different style, a different flavour.
I had planned on writing about the NASA performance video when it came out but I had so much to say and not enough time or spoons to do it, so I didn't...but I am going to write about BAD because I enjoyed it so much. I love it.
I love the opening. The font for the text, the guitar riff we hear with it, Seonghwa's entrance with the hat on a slant, and everyone's silent head turn - it gives me 'a stranger entering a saloon' vibes in his interruption of the wedding. It also reminds me of the opening of NASA, where Seonghwa seemed to be the space explorer landing on a foreign planet for the first time.
I love the scale of the mv and the choreography - it's crowded and vibrant, and with a touch of absurdity. The choreography is simple but effective. And with so many people, we get formations like this three-sided square created by the dancers and surrounding our boys, all facing Chase as Sopro...which was originally a cube.
There's a shrine to Yeosang!
I love that there are so many women in the video/choreography, and that they get to showcase just how equally strong and athletic they are. This part in particular is no joke for the thighs.
I love the set, how elaborate everything is, and that the amount of people also create the possibility for this kind of overhead shot - it reminds me of how musical numbers in films often have these, adding to the extravagance. It feels camp-y and almost like a parody.
I love this particular moment:
I love that Seonghwa's comment about his yellow hair and that we would 'understand when the song comes out' might have been a Legally Blonde reference with his pink clothes in the courtroom (credit to @handlebarstiedtothestars for this realisation!).
And lastly, I love that the amount of dancers enables this heart-shaped formation at the end, echoing not only back to the heart of flowers on the wall in the beginning but also to the album as a whole, which Hongjoong has mentioned is about love.
Have I mentioned I love it?
