PROFESSIONAL VOGUER reacts to "COLORS" - SOLAR of MAMAMOO

[@LeksaLee]

thank you for reacting and for mentioning the dancers' names! it does make the research of the industry easier. the embedded subtitles are also quite helpful as i'm not a native english speaker

[@JonalynAclan-s4p]

🤙👊💪✊🤟❤️‍🔥🖤🤍💜💖😍😘

[@jyotitewari739]

You don't know how much your review means as a SOLAR fan❤ Colors was written and composed by SOLAR solely, everything about the concept from clothes to location to bringing House of Love to center stage was her idea to bring about acceptance and highlight the queer community in a conservative korea VERY DIRECTLY AND UPFRONT. During the promotion of the album she constantly spoke about it,brought the dancers to NATIONAL TELEVISION (1ST TIME) and was met with rage, homophobia and majority kpop stans claiming her as a queer baiter and using queer community as "props" when infact she wrote this in 2022 with queer community in mind. This isn't the first time she's been active in the community, she's been working in support for queer since 2016. The song is FIRST FULL VOGUING CHOREOGRAPHY IN KPOP as stated by Mother Ran the Choreographer herself. This fact wasn't digested by some so they started demeaning Solar's dance skills calling her a "noguer" and that she should stop making fun of the community especially on twittr 😔 She practices her best and i feel SO SO HAPPY for you to genuinely appreciate it. She's definitely a REALLY GOOD dancer and loves to take on new challenges as she's learnt pole dancing, belly dancing apart from regular choreos. Trivia : the shooting location is itaewon gay club/bar and the choreographer has been her long time fan❤ Ps- Colors influenced the kpop industry to bring the "house" genre as a trend so much so big corporations like Hybe did a similar concept for their girl group and more are following the suit but the song still remains the most vivid and straightforward irt Voguing & House edm.

[@needyverse]

Yes!! I was hoping some info on this would be in the comment section, you summarised a lot of details so well

[@flame8552]

Your comment sums it up really well! (pls pin it kind sir) it was amazing to see her bring all the dancers with her onto Korean national tv! Solar always loves to challenge herself, and she really outdid herself with this MV, song, and numerous performances on music shows!

[@blairwrelos1891]

Agree with everything. Just a small note tho, we don't know if colors really influenced the industry to bring "House" genre. In dance, Riize had a whole house inspired comeback with impossible and Seventeen's maestro also has the dance break inspired with house steps. For the musical genre, k-pop has had a lot of House genres since F(x) 4 Walls and Shinee's View. Even LSFM had Eve, Psyche And Bluebeard's wife that explains Crazy. I don't think it's bad to say that Solar really brought the ballroom scene to k-pop industry with this cb but we can't discredit that other artists have done things in their respective means as well. Just a small observation here tho 😅

[@blairwrelos1891]

Ohh YK what, I'm just realising maybe you were specifically referring to Ballroom Music when you mentioned "House genre" and not the whole genre in itself. In that case, Ballroom music isn't just the House genre but a mix with techno, disco, etc. So calling it only the House genre is quite confusing 😅.

[@katiekawaii]

4:20 I love how Solar is clearly giving the dancer this moment to shine, and I just wish the camera took better notice of that. A small tweak to the framing and movement of the camera could have done a lot to highlight the talent on display in that moment. (Wardrobe too, like you mention.)

[@RovicValle]

Solar has been one of the very very few idols who weren’t afraid to show their love and support to the gay community from the very beginning of their career. So her doing this wasn’t unexpected but it’s still such a huge thing to do and we love love love her for that

[@JemuzuDatsWho]

And this is why Mamamoo has "mama" in their name: they're truly MOTHERS. Obsessed with what Solar did here! Thank you for your breakdown and finding the other artists names!

[@al_xcia]

You should see her live stages for this song and how the whole collab came about. Mamamoo, SOLAR specially never half ass whatever she puts her mind to. Miss Ma'am learned pole dancing in a couple of days for some short scenes on their(Mamamoo) Egotistic MV, fell in love with it and spend the next year and some practicing and learning everything she could about the whole "culture/movement" and sharing about it on her youtube. Same with the ball room scene, she's shown interest in it for the longest before COLORS came to be.

[@matsuokei]

I was REALLY hoping you'd see this! Especially since Ran Love is the choreographer/movement director for "Colors". Solar is a member of Mamamoo, a group known not only for their insane vocals, but for constantly defying norms of the K-Pop industry. And they never shy away from giving their 110%. I don't know if it was something Solar was adamant about when doing "Colors", but *all the dancers for every single live performance for this song were the same dancers from the performance video - that is to say, the members of the House of Love.* Not only that, in the music shows where they put information about the song, the House of Love, along with the names of every single member, were mentioned as the performance happened. It was released around mid-May, so basically Solar was telling Korea pride month was around the corner. Thank you for taking the time to see it, Gravity! ❤

[@dragonkazoo77]

I already love Solar's Colors and its performance video / MV but this reaction makes me appreciate it even more, especially how Solar and her team / agency to give spotlights and platforms for professional voguers from the scene House of Love. Some fun facts for people who don't know: Solar wrote and composed Colors on a memo 2 years ago with voguing and ballroom scene in mind. She really did the music for the queer community and people who share the same kind of value to appreciate the diversity and uniqueness of each individual. Solar invited the House of Love dancers to perform with her for Colors stages on Korean national TVs three times during her comeback in this May including SBS The Show, MBC Show Champion, and KBS The Seasons - Zico's Artist.

[@julim2603]

Thank you for your reaction to this MV, I really enjoyed it! And also a huge thank you for adding subtitles 💖✨

[@ailee3459]

Thank you for the reaction! I'm a Mamamoo fan who's been obsessed with your content lately, so this is really exciting! Solar doing vouge is not that suprising honestly, considering Mamamoo's history with lgbt community and drag queens specifically. Eventhough the lyrics are a little basic, they're so catchy, I wish I could dance along😂

[@Iceydovefrost]

Teaaaaa I absolutely love this song and choreo, I've been obsessed since it's release

[@AnaissN]

Great commentary! Before Colors I knew little about Vogue and very indirectly because my sister has friends in that scene. Thanks to your commentary I understand a lot more, I didn’t know the different types of vogue (old and new) and how much of each there was in the video! Solar herself was the one who decided to ask Love Ran and House of Love to choreograph, and Solar composed and wrote the song herself too 😊 I got to meet the very talented House of Love through this video, a lot of moomoos (Mamamoo’s fandom name) follow them now too and they appeared on national TV dancing with Solar, it was all really cool 😊

[@NathyIsabella]

Yayy! Finally!! You know, Solar loves doing challenges, no wonder she's the first one to commit to doing the full choreo thing, also she loves the community! Also, Love Ran has posted the original choregraphy by her if you wanna check it out... Most of it was maintained the same

[@Yohann67]

As a Mamamoo fan, welcome to the fold. You obviously appreciate what Solar and Mamamoo have that sets them apart. Insane work ethic! When you have that kind of talent and combine it with hard work, wonderful things happen.

[@sendarian]

Solar is my favorite singer world wide and Mamamoo my favorite group. Many times they sing genres really I did not know I would like, though it is more of mamamoo makes any genre great and I did not know there was such a thing as Vogue as a style of dance until Solar did it in this MV. She does credit the house of love and talks about how she wanted specifically to do it right which is why she found the house of love and worked with them to put out this video. Solar is that type, she does not do anything half way. So it doesnt surprise me that this was done well.

[@raumach.9420]

if you have time to spare, check out sung hanbin's "bad boy" studio choom artist of the month performance! it has a pretty intense hands-focused section, and though it's tutting rather than vogue (before debuting as an idol, he was actually a professional dancer specialising in waacking and tutting!!) i still think you might enjoy that part!:)

[@linaa005]

yes! i was gonna comment this!

[@wookong1723]

seconding this! i believe he also did dip his toes into vogueing a bit but was never part of the scene like that

[@BlackjackGamer1]

Thanks for this video, I'm not from the community but when i first saw the video for this song I felt so happy that the community seemed to be showcased very honestly and put on a pedestal. I was glad to hear your thoughts echoed that sentiment and it made me super glad that Solar or RBW or both took the time to display this.

[@kidcaptainwembri]

Thanks so much for reacting to Solar, she has always been a supporter and advocate for the queer community. Even tho I'm not in this dance scene it's so interesting to learn about it, thank you for sharing your expertise!

[@loredell]

Yay!! Finally you saw it!! ^^ I love when they incorporate stuff to choreo, but Solar with the crew just went off for the song! (of course, with the limitations that can be apply to it being a choreo to be done while singing O_O)

[@moneymoy]

Thank you for this commentary! Solar's authenticity of expression is one of countless reasons to love her. Yes, she's a workaholic too, but this was a passion project for her and you can see she sincerely appreciates the people and the craft of the ballroom scene she immersed herself in while learning to Vogue. I remember when this first came out and online haters were accusing her of using these dancers as props and that was so baffling to me. So thank you for sharing your knowledgeable perspective and reinforcing what the rest of us sane people could plainly see- Solar loves these dancers, wanted to give a platform to their community and to share the joyfulness of it all.

[@pbbbfft]

The main difference with this and other songs with vogue elements is Solar reached out to Love Ran to choreograph the entire song. In k-pop, the usual is the labels ask choreographers to submit demos then the labels often times piecemeal choreos from different demos which explains the sprinkled in elements of various dance styles in one song's overall choreography

[@iriskim2344]

Solar is iconic for this

[@allan9472]

please please do chung ha again but "i'm ready". it was choreographed by love run and just THAT good.

[@aldengroves5193]

This is a great choice

[@BohemianAnthem]

I was going to ask the saaaaame "Im ready" and "Colors" are back to back on my playlist because they just have the same mood to me in my heart 🎉

[@jyotitewari739]

Love Ran*

[@maxhere6153]

i'm ready use waacking choreo the most right? not vogue

[@NNH1096]

that is mostly if not all waacking tho, there is no vogue

[@6012reasol]

I remember I showed this mv to my friend, and she said she wouldn’t expect that from solar. and i was like, do you even know solar!?!??? it’s so solar. everything about it. i wish the rest of the album was as good as this sing though

[@amikireicraftstore]

I'm so happy that you liked it!! I was obsessed the moment I watched it. The love behind this song is there, Solar went there on national television with as much queerness as possible. Mother delivered ♡

[@WLNUTS]

I personally recommend Kwon EunBi's Glitch for a coming reaction. Whilst the choreography isn't the most insane, it does lend from vogue in its more iconic parts. The MV is great for the concept, but doesn't show off the choreo that well. The dance practise would probably be the best choice. Love these videos, seeing you share your well of experience with all of us!

[@thvnderxx]

thank you so much for the reaction sweetheart, it gives a bit more of depth to the video in the sense of the choreography and how its much more vogue than a lot of other performances (bcs its choreographed by a house) like you said, much love 💜

[@AmyEvans-jx7kt]

Thank you so much for reacting to Solar and giving so much insight! It is so nice to hear how a professional views the performance and learn more about vogueing! Solar also performs this song live with house of love as a stage (e.g. on KBS), please check it out if you get time!! :)

[@rp7600]

Thank u thank u thank u. PLEASE WATCH A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SONG. IS EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE LIVE

[@jpansa147]

Recommending Shinhwa (1st gen group) MV “This Love” incorporating some vogue moves. More subtle but clockable for sure vogue-centric especially for a boy group. There’s a dance version for a more comprehensive take, super interesting to see a mixture of masc and femme.

[@kunikuzushis]

oooo I second this. ever since I saw it I wished that more k-pop boy groups would do something similar but sadly they haven’t.

[@christina76454]

Wow the algorithm take me here and this is definitely the most professional review of this MV, thank you!!🎉

[@iluvart1482]

I'm super excited for your future reactions, and to check out the other videos on your channel!

[@AuroraCampo]

I'm learning so much with this video.

[@kudgeond755]

Thanks for sharing your expertise and your appreciation for what Solar did in Colors. I'm not a dancer, let alone a voguer, and I learned some new things, both from you and the folks in the comments. I noticed a Mamamoo fan commented that the lyrics are a little basic so I thought I'd add my 2 cents on that topic. Solar's album consists of 6 songs in completely different genres, 5 of which she wrote or co-wrote herself (lyrics & music), and she spelled the album title Colours to emphasize Ours as a celebration of diversity and community in both music and people. Those ideas are obviously expressed in the song Colors and I think they also underlie the line "I want a black and a white one and a pink and a purple." The choreo makes it clear she's referring to nail colors but there are often multiple levels of meaning in MMM lyrics & MVs and I think she's also talking about people. I wouldn't be surprised if Solar chose those colors to imply that we should go beyond the divisive classification of people based on skin tone (black and white) to include colors that better represent their personality and sense of identity such as pink or purple. MMM have long been allies of the queer community and many of their songs include empowering messages about self-love and acceptance of others for their uniqueness and individuality. 😂

[@Rosesrade8]

Thank you for these videos! I love hearing your reactions and learning the supplemental info about Vogue along the way 💕

[@ΛευκήΣτεφανοπούλου]

You have to do NA queen's Hwasa!!! 💋👌

[@NotATwig]

YAAAYYY!!! I've been asking for a reaction to this music video over the past couple videos I'm so glad that you uploaded this!!! I loved her music video and how much dedication she put in to learning the moves/

[@claireflorence9153]

So excited for the crazy choreo tutorial coming up! 💞

[@TheNoodel]

Great video! It was great to listen to you talking about importance of portrayal of Ballroom in music videos. :) I would love to hear bit more details when it comes to technical side of movement, that would be so informational and interesting. Love from Poland XOXO

[@flame8552]

thank you for reacting to it! Its really refreshing to get a detailed breakdown of the whole MV, really makes us appreciate it even more! ps for those who would like to see more of Solar's performances, my personal favourite is the version she did on KBS with the silver fit! Dance, Vocals, Outfit, and background clapping were perfect! Just search Solar Colors KBS and it should be the 1st vid!

[@uchster9]

omg how haven't i seen this mv before this video is INCREDIBLE

[@aldengroves5193]

Loving these as always! One again putting a vote in for Untie by VIVIZ. Not as true to Vogue as this video is (not even close, honestly) but there's a lot of arms control influence that I would love to hear you comment on (and critique!)

[@FilipZiokowskiTieM]

I was waiting for this! Thanksss!

[@hongandy]

I was waiting for thissss

[@vibracketssquared]

my favourite vogue-inspired song from all the effort put into genuinely celebrating ballroom culture!! another more subtle one is key's "bound" if you ever wanna check that out!

[@pilgrimwanders]

Thanks so much for the great commentary! 🎉

[@yny13xx]

Your breakdown is very helpful for a dance dummy like me. I haddn't like the song that much from 1st listrning, but I fell in love with it once the mv is out. The song and the dance was so fun and got me dsnced crazily along. Then it dawned upon me that the song is meant to be consumed with dance performance.

[@ennosencemoore7524]

ready to get this by chungha and la di da by everglow plz

[@jennyniemi2141]

Thank you for the subtitles!

[@t_alc]

thank you so much for the video! i’ve always followed your content on ig but have only recently stumbled upon your yt channel, love the absolute density of knowledge about vogue you pack in such a short time in every video without sacrificing anything for time limitation. would definitely like to know about your opinions on aya satou’s take on vogue too on top of these vogue-inspired kpop mvs coming out recently. for quite a long time now aya has been doing vogue on her own unique style that i’ve never quite seen anywhere else, would like to hear opinions from a professional belonging to the ballroom scene ❤ in the meantime i’ll be camping here yt binging the rest of your videos! thank you again❤

[@aleleyeii]

yess, I was waiting for this video

[@OnTheHorizon]

the most informative analysis about this song! thank you!

[@vanessaseatang2941]

Alexa Back in Vogue was choreographed by LA-based House of Sam but not being in LA I wouldn't know if they're a kiki house, or just a dance crew. XG - TGIF was choreographed by Sienna Lalau. Also not sure because I know Hawaii is technically part of the USA but it's kind of different from what I can tell This Love by Shinhwa was choreographed predominantly by one of the Shinhwa members Lee Minwoo with contributions by another member Jun Jin. No involvement in the current iteration of Korean ballroom, just inspired by Madonna I guess. Kkili Kkili by G-reyish (now disbanded). Pretty small company. Probably took a bunch of choreo demos and picked the bits they liked most Ladida by Everglow was choreographed by Lia Kim (funky lia, popper/choreographer of 1Million fame)), Tina Boo (also 1Million), and Haejun (part of the Korean ballroom scene. also a waacker) others have made a lot of good suggestions and I know Love Ran was involved in the choreography process so I highly rate those as well. I'm a member of a on hiatus kiki house in Australia and a lot of my kpop friends recommended that I watch these clips. I'm not a professional dancer though, my AUDHD ass cannot deal with all the work required to make it my career (also I'm in my 30s, these bones creak and I need to see the physio every week lmao) randomly, not k-pop Gustaph - Because of You was placed 7th in the Eurovision Song Context in 2023 and the video clip has a couple of voguers but Gustaph's job is to sing not dance. But I loved it and the live performance briefly features PussCee West

[@cradicalcompassion]

Omg thank youuu re the black background, that part gets me every time 😭

[@harrislaw4123]

Glitch by Kwon Eun Bi is choreographed by Love Ran as well. I love the draft version on Love Ran youtube channel more than the MV

[@toastedbath]

I would love for you to react to Sung Hanbin from ZEROBASEONE's 'Bad Boy' Studio Choom Artist of the Month video. It is primarily focused on tutting, since he is professionally trained in waacking, tutting and voguing (Many videos are available on youtube if those interest you). Another note to mention, Titch Ninja from The House of Ninja used to mentor him as well!! It would be greatly appreciated if you did check him out. He is insanely talented!!

[@JonalynAclan-s4p]

Solar❤️🖤🤍💖💜✨✨✨

[@yudhaprihantoro]

Please Bambam Last Parade

[@bri-dg4tw]

u should definitely check out weki meki - who am i! the choreo is also made by love ran

[@goodfella1401]

Check out XG. I would recommend XG MOVE #2 and XG's TGIF dance practice. Both have vogue by the way.

[@_shaeom_1144]

Can you react to sung hanbin for zerobaseone! He's a professional dancer specialist on waking and tutting!

[@RayaIrshaid]

The dancer are sick u should check them out

[@Leo-nh9ui]

Kwon Eunbis song glitch could also be fuun to react to. the choreography was done by Ran.

[@mrd7532]

This feels more organic than Lesserafim song

[@tinapouha1]

Plssssssss react to love ran dancing. Pllssssss react to her battling at Red Bull Korea 2024

[@NationalAnthemLa]

you should listen to/react to YENA (최예나) - 네모네모 (NEMONEMO) MV

[@raxacorico]

it’s not fully vogue but it has some vogue elements in it so i would recommend watching this performance video of BOUND by KEY from shunee, he uses some vogue elements in some of his solo choreographies! in my opinion he is one of the very few male idols that incorporates queer elements in his solo music kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKi3iZmPpLJ4mK8si=1k2_JOdXWyrvO4dw

[@DGERICAA]

Hi, can I ask you to please react to Bad Boy by Sung Hanbin some day. Hanbin is a professional dancer specialized in various genres (Waacking, tutting...). The choreography contains several genres, and even Spella, "Naughty's" choreographer, appears as a backup dancer and choreographer. Hanbin was his student and was even in his crew. Thank you

[@chiomaeze4791]

You should react to alexa, „back in vogue“

[@juegawomandownunder]

Adoro Veré WTP

[@boopscrootles6786]

This is awesome! Have you reacted yet to Fast Forward by Somi?

[@ichi_san]

awesome

[@RoseAllDayyy]

Yay! Colors is SO much fun, Solar clearly had a blast and it’s fun to see Korean dancers so prominently featured. Please please please react to Chungha’s “I’m Ready” extended performance video. She had everyone gagged, she’s incredible.

[@曾维帅]

Could you react the song "美人计" by Jolin Tsai, who is a really famous singer in Asia. And this song is released 14 years ago. I think it is an amazing choreography, which use a lot of voguing elements.

[@shada2421]

❤❤

[@srishtishivakumar]

YESSSS

[@boppitybops6365]

Not necessarily a M/V but could you do a reaction on Aya and Bambi Sato?

[@BaekguPark]

SUPER SHY BY NEWJEANS DANCE PRACTICE

[@garladybird]

you should react to ladida by everglow

[@rozahkobero8445]

Could you please react to busy girl by tove lo mv?? Enjoyed this reaction to Solar!💕

[@tiansewell-morgan7109]

Glitch by Eunbi please ❤

[@andrewjarvis5564]

I CANT wait to watch your break down of le seraphim’s song !!!!

[@KaylahH]

There's already a video for Crazy up!

[@RayaIrshaid]

Ugh I wished u reacted to love ran house of love performance It’s so much better Cuz solar is a vocalist

[@jyotitewari739]

This is very disrespectful to Solar. Solar is not only a vocalist but a dancer as well, do not depreciate her skills this way.

[@ctfddftba]

Tbh the reason authentic dance (not just Vouge) gets dumbed down so much is because the idols usually learn the dance less than a week before shooting the music video, usually closer to 2-3 days before and there still may be changes that they have to unlearn/relearn in that time period

[@Sunnydoll414]

Could you please react to puzzle moon by gwsn I don’t really know how much vogue it is but I definitely noticed some vogue elements in the choreo love these videos btw ❤

[@Leftbuttcheak]

Please react to AleXa's: Back in Vouge when you get the chance!! ❤

[@djvillan]

Professional voguer? Seriously, no one cares about what people do for a living.

[@orbitsomnia]

You sure care enough to comment here tho

[@jamztheworld12]

so why are you here bae