Reaction to (여자)아이들((G)I-DLE) - 'Wife' Official MV - Respectfully... Whaaaa...? 😅😍

I NEVER know what to expect from (G)I-DLE! I did not expect 'Wife' though! The lyrics & the video both confused and excited me! hahahahaha
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Episode Teaser
0:22 - Intro
1:19 - Killing Voice Preview
3:33 - 'Wife' MV
6:10 - Didn't expect THAT
7:41 - The LYRICS!!
9:04 - MV AGAIN
11:18 - ...I like it?!
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I'm Khadija. I used to be part of another reaction series (R.I.P. RiVerse Reacts) and now I'm here, continuing my k-pop journey with all of you! I have fallen in love with the k-pop industry - the idols, the music, the performances, the choreography, the language, everythingggggg - and I love being able to share my excitement with other k-pop fans. So if you want to fangirl (or fanboy or fanperson) along with me, subscribe and let's do this!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

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[@TMC_TimeLine]

Kpop fans have been begging for a group to do a quirky and unserious song for a long time now, since we don't really see it anymore, and (g)idle delivered. They made a fun, quirky song with actually meaningful lyrics behind them, but to the point that it is still fun to listen to. I think the thing that is the most appealing about (g)idle is that they like to break the boundaries and tell powerful messages, and do it their own way. Queendom and Nxde are songs that are so focused on empowerment in a way that we pretty much never see in kpop with amazing concepts around them, and now they bring back the quirky sound that has been abandoned by the last 2 generations to still send a powerful message.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

YES. I love that they keep giving us songs with such powerful messages... wrapped up in such fun, silly, danceable music! haha. They are such queens. And this quirky, unserious sound is actually so much fun. Definitely want more of this! (The world is too heavy. We need this kind of light!)

[@squidca2455]

it's the first time I've ever watched a dance and believed that my stiff body would actually be able to dance along, like it was just super fun and let loose :)

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hahahaha, VERY TikTok-able. @@squidca2455

[@childofartemis5410]

"I feel like all of the kpop industry should say thank you to I-DLE for these songs and their messages" Worded it so right !!!!

[@flwixxs]

A lot of people don't understand the concept, and even this is NOT the title track. the song is about how a wife is in the society, if you see, in the video they don't say the words, just in the final, when they say that they don't want to be this type of wife, that the society bring all these years, cleaning rooms, making dinner, being perfect...like, this is the message. in the mv, they bring this fun concept that brings an funny way to see the music, that is unserious but serious too. Like the music, who is the same way of feeling. in the korea forums, lot of the netizens are with mixed opinions about the song and the lyrics, a lot of them are saying that (g)idle didn't need to make this concept, but i desagree with this. They need to congrats that (g)idle are bringing back the old kpop, with unserious concepts and music, who had a lot of deep meanings for the society, like wife! soyeon had a great time thinking about this, imagine how is going to be the comeback! i recommend to you watch the trailer for the album!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Ahhhhh see!!!! ONCE AGAIN, (g)i-dle has come with a brilliant message wrapped up in a fun song! I love them for this. Especially what you said about them not singing - I knew there was a reason for that! It's like... be seen and not heard, be cute and pretty and fun but we don't want to hear your voice. Wow. Thanks so much for your comment! 💚

[@flwixxs]

@@KPopwithKhadija you're welcome! i'm happy that you understand very well!

[@sarahshine9300]

Interesting, ​​⁠I also watch and read many interesting things about it. It’s like they say: You wanna be your wife but can you handle ? Would you make her do basic things and what? Like anyone else ? Then we’re in love ? That’s why Make you feel like a mirage, a lie, because women are individuals persons even they have many shall in commun it still be specific like to each every songle human being and many lifesituations… Mariage is a huge engagement : you used to pick it up in minimaliste view… This how you consider your “ futur ” wife ? If you’re choosing only about beauty and skills, you might choose someone higher level than yours… In a simple way it’s just talking about love without talking about love - and probably other things too, for sure.

[@i_kpop_fan]

To me this song is them saying “look I can cook really well and I can clean really well and you’d like me to be your wife but no, I’m not interested.”

[@SWGIRL831]

I think A2R did a good job of talking about the meaning of the song, including the visuals. I love this song so much. I would just randomly sing, "mmm mmm mmm." 😅

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I've been watching a bunch of other reactions today cuz I'm just so obsessed. I'll check his out, too! I can't stop singing it, either!

[@flwixxs]

i love this song

[@stkronz]

Thing about I-dle’s lyrics is that the Korean parts really don’t translate well to english. I think anyone who’s bilingual will agree with me. Some songs have so much substance in the language they were written in, but once you try to translate it, it sounds off, or less interesting. I’ve had the experience of talking to Korean people who like I-dle’s music, and they say Soyeon’s lyrics in Korean are full of word plays that seem impossible to translate. This song specifically made it to Korean TV today because of the “controversial” slang in it, like 따먹다 (slang to ‘have sex’) and many others. About the colors in the video: they are direct opposites of the schedule poster which is a type of Red and Black. A fan noticed that if you put the negative effect in the poster it gives you Aqua color and white! So I guess this song is the opposite of everything else in the album. I like the song too! I think it’s fun and light, but with an underlying seriousness to it (edited this comment to add info)

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yeah, this makes sense to me! I think a lot of her really creative songwriting wouldn't translate cuz wordplay and wit just... don't really hit the same in different languages haha. That's SO INTERESTING about the colours, though. I didn't even think of that! Hmmm, now I'm even more curious to hear the rest of the album!!

[@ariathefirst6495]

This is one of the reason why knets are having a field day right now. Wife has been banned for broadcast by KBS because of suggestive content which is funny because other kpop songs have done the same yet are not penalized for it.

[@stkronz]

@@ariathefirst6495 Yes! I just saw that it was banned from KBS. It sucks really. Although I’d say this song isn’t just “suggestive” but very straightforward, especially that one expression (at least that’s what K-Nevies are saying). Still, it’s a pity, because I imagine the reaction would be different if it weren’t a girl group doing it.

[@ariathefirst6495]

@@stkronz if it was a boygroup... no one would even bat an eyelash. So unfair.

[@stkronz]

@@ariathefirst6495 Right. That’s why we need brave groups like I-dle in the industry. Constantly defying the norms

[@loreyxillumina]

The song is really good. It is just playing in my head

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I haven't stopped singing it all dayyyyyy! haha

[@pangkouxiong1244]

I'm not sure about other cultures but growing us as a 1st gen asian American, we're "taught" to be a housewife where you basically look after your husband as if he's a "baby" and I hate it! I think this song is playing against that and I live for it! 💜🔥🙌

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yes, that totally makes sense. I love them for kind of going against the norm with this (as they always do)!

[@sheenawang2573]

best wife reaction I’ve seen so far! please do more gidle reaction🙌

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Thank you for watching! I definitely will!! Actually, I was thinking today maybe I'll go backwards and re-watch all my favourite (G)I-DLE songs... now that I love them so much, I feel like those older ones will hit different! haha

[@childofartemis5410]

Nobody knows what to expect with GIDLE....they are the Queens of Concepts fr !!!

[@KPopwithKhadija]

SERIOUSLY! Who else is doing what they're doing?

[@Vogelkinder]

It's a playful, sarcastic commentary on being the "perfect wife", with a great deal of innuendo in the latter part of the song's raps.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I love that! A lot of people have said if you speak Korean, the lyrics are much more impactful which I totally believe. I love that So-yeon is so playful and clever with her songwriting all the time!

[@thepeverlostgoethe]

omooo!!! another reason to stan g-(idle).

[@KPopwithKhadija]

We already had enough reasons, yet they keep giving us more! 😍

[@user-sz5lo6ph7n]

Wow. it's amazing.

[@Bran-ll5sr]

Pretty sure its just a song about sexy time, A la, Fergalicious. I didn't get the cook cream soup part until Minnie says, 따먹어줘 "Ttameokeojweo" which is basically Korean slang for "fk me" but literally translates into "eat me". And immediately I thought.....cream??? soup???? noooooooooo. couldn't be???

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Liiiiiiiiiiike...! 👀👀👀

[@BABYMONSTER_RORA_RAMI_AHYEON]

They can do it all

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Truly. The fact that everyone in this song was rapping...? They all can do it all.

[@sarahshine9300]

⁠I read many interesting things about it. It’s like they say: You wanna be your wife but can you handle ? Would you make her do basic things and what? Like anyone else ? Then we’re in love ? That’s why Make you feel like a mirage, a lie, because women are individuals persons even they have many shall in commun it still be specific like to each every songle human being and many lifesituations… Mariage is a huge engagement : you used to pick it up in minimaliste view… This how you consider your “ futur ” wife ? If you’re choosing only about beauty and skills, you might choose someone higher level than yours… In a simple way it’s just talking about love without talking about love - and probably other things too, for sure.

[@Bobby_Shi]

❤❤❤

[@renquinn6385]

i hope ur reaction their tittle track later at 29 january

[@KPopwithKhadija]

YESSS! Very excited to see what they give with their title track (& full album)!!

[@gaiapiazza5329]

Hi Kadjj lately I couldn't join your straming because for me it's too late in Italy (like 2 am)... I'm going to join the Patreon at least. Thx for your reactions, I love them! Can I make a request somewhere in this way?

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hiiiiiii Gaia!!!! Aw, we've missed you but I TOTALLY understand! I'm gonna try to do some streams at different times of day for y'all on the other side. But YES, if you comment on the pinned post on my Patreon page, I do monthly requests from there (and no one has commented recently so... yours will definitely get picked hahaha)

[@tynie5317]

The lyrics are overtly saccharine, submissive, and objectifying - these are the ideal characteristics of a wife in the eyes of society (specifically Korean society here). References to cooking, cleaning, sexual objectification and male pandering

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yeah, for sure. I see that. It's so interesting, the song is sooooo unserious. So it's like you can't take the lyrics seriously, which I guess is the point. I love (g)i-dle for that!

[@jbonceu2457]

Miyeon's part where she wasn't lipsyncing and just serving face reminds me of a commercial lmfao. Not related to this, but someone also pointed out a lyric that goes "want me your wife but she is" sounds like "want me to wipe your sh*t" like what moms/wife do to their baby.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hahaha, yes, a commercial! That's so true!!! And yesssss - I watched Sebastine's reaction and he had to rewind that part and was like, "Woah, I thought she said wipe your shit"... but now I can't stop hearing it and that lyric is so much better. Like the English doesn't make sense, but they very intentionally pronounce it the way you would in Korean so it sounds more like "wipe" than "wife" and that is amazing and brilliant! You want me to wipe you shee-iiiittttttt? Mm mm mm!

[@loislindsay]

Im a new subscriber Tommy

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Hiiiiiii! 👋🏾

[@loislindsay]

Minx love shake real minx ver plz thats my request

[@TheBearAspirin]

From what limitations I have on the lyrics, it's almost dissing the stereotype of what makes a "perfect wife". They're humble bragging about the superficial shizz they can do that would historically be the feminine role and they can do it better than anyone else. They're saying that yeah, they can do all of it but that doesn't define them. They keep hyping themselves up until...they basically say "yeah, you want me for your wife but that's not necessarily the role I want." The implication is also that we're viewing them as the perfect "girls" but the part where the lyrics switch to "I don't want to be a wife" is throwing the gauntlet down: this is what I can provide but what do YOU bring to me? The bounce and almost over the top cutesiness makes the song actually quite subversive IMO.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

YES, I think you nailed it! Like, they can do all these things but "mm mm mm" actually they don't wanna be a wife! And the visuals are all just perfect and cute to put it directly in your face. I love it the more I think about it!!! (Always the case with I-DLE!!!)

[@GeorgiaGrown90]

I think the lyrics are purposefully a little childish/silly ( twinkle twinkle to describe being clean etc ) as like a nod to how men ( ESP Korean men ) like women to be very innocent & childlike and maybe a little dumb lol The whole song is a dissertation of the female struggle & stereotypes ( cooking, cleaning & smex objects...i.e the innuendos in the lyrics ) & why thats leading to more women these days choosing not to get married/stay completely single ( the i dont wanna wife part at the end )...all set to a 2 minute bop lol Soyeon is a genius.

[@beautifulgorgeousman]

also how women treat men like children because of their weaponized incompetence

[@KPopwithKhadija]

YES, both of these things! It's silly and dumb, because it's exaggerating how women are seen in society but also mocking how men want to be treated. Double entendres aside, the lyrics are all like... I'll feed you like a little baby, I'll clean up your little spills you silly little baby hahaha. The video itself feels like it could be a children's show, it's so bright and animated. Ugh, I love Soyeon so muchhhhhh!

[@Suranda68]

Well... I don´t like the song but I love it 🤪😂💃💃💃💃💃❤👑

[@KPopwithKhadija]

EXACTLYYYYY! hahahahaha

[@kiminji]

red velvet killing voice coming too? 🙏🙏

[@KPopwithKhadija]

AHHHHH. I can't believe I still haven't seen this one!!! 😭😭😭

[@TheCutestChris18]

Lol the purpose of this song was literally made for it to go viral. The lyrics are so unserious but the instrumental is bop. I didn't like the song on first listen but after a few listens I was kinda boppy. I wont add it to my playlist because I can't relate this anyway.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Bahahahahahahah. Omg, okay so it's totally viral worthy cuz it's so frickin catchy! The beat is SICK. But your "I can't relate to this anyway" just made me LOL! 😅

[@Dacre1000]

The purpose of this song flew over your head the same way most things in life will. Get used to it.

[@TheCutestChris18]

@@Dacre1000 I know the actual meaning of the song but in terms of production and how short it is and how out there some of the the lyrics are kinda cringe. I’m not a wife nor ever going to need a wife the song doesn’t apply to me.

[@rickmccloskey831]

Pretty much, I like you enough to do all these things for you but don't want the title.

[@BABYMONSTER_RORA_RAMI_AHYEON]

KBS banned this song 🤔🤔

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Yeahhhhhh, apparently the suggestive innuendos in Korean are tewwww much for conservative Korean television! 😳

[@fullyasian98]

Yea, this song's sexualised lyrics has nothing on one of Soyeon's other song called "Mermaid" with the CUBE rapline😂

[@puthaycrabzz7478]

i didnt like the song like at all. and the people screaming “you just dont like fun!” down my throat are annoying. you can do good and camp music while it still serving….this song was just not it.

[@KPopwithKhadija]

Haha awwww... k-pop fans are so intenseeeee! This song is definitely not for everyone and it's fair that you don't like it.

[@IZTheOne]

Just another song trying to go viral by repeating words, it's a made for tiktok song don't have to be deep lol

[@KPopwithKhadija]

I think that's exaaaaaactly the point hahaha

[@IZTheOne]

@@KPopwithKhadija yeah it's a song if you splice it 5secs, 10secs, 1min it's the same bgm 😄

[@Dacre1000]

It is deep. You are just stupid. Dont worry. YOu are not alone.

[@tontonyland]

Their worst song 😟

[@KPopwithKhadija]

😅😂 You know what, I love it... but I can totally respect this opinion! 😂😂😂

[@babette5918]

Get used to it... It'll be everywhere until "Super Lady" drops in 6 days.

[@SolitudeDayys]

You’re so brave for sharing your factually wrong opinion ✊🏽😙

[@Dacre1000]

And you are a waste of a human. Thats life.

[@-inumakinsimp-3273]

@@SolitudeDayysreal