Jisoo is Cha Seung-won, GD is Karina… K-pop top stars‘ ‘MV battle’

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Blackpink‘s Jisoo completed the music video for her new song ‘Earthquake’ with actor Cha Seung-won (from left). Photo source | Jisoo’s music video capture
Blackpink‘s Jisoo completed the music video for her new song ‘Earthquake’ with actor Cha Seung-won (from left). Photo source | Jisoo’s music video capture
K-pop top stars who are performing on global stages, including singer G-Dragon, Blackpink‘s Jennie, and Jisoo, are creating a buzz by decorating their music videos like ‘star parties. These stars, who have each released solo songs and albums, are collaborating with world-class stars for their new music videos, drawing enthusiastic responses from fans in Korea and abroad.

Jisoo has completed the music video for her new song ‘Earthquake’, which was released on the 14th, in collaboration with top star Cha Seung-won, who has experience on the big screen, TV, and in variety shows.

In the video, Cha Seung-won plays a detective and creates a tense confrontation with Jisoo as she is being investigated in the interrogation room. Despite his short screen time, he received applause from fans for creating a sense of tension reminiscent of a film noir with his charismatic eyes and deep voice.

In particular, Cha Seung-won’s appearance in a music video, which is his first in 13 years, is receiving explosive attention on YouTube and SNS. Thanks to this, the video has maintained its 2nd place in the ‘Popular Music Videos’ with over 34.82 million views on YouTube as of the afternoon of the 25th, just 10 days after its release.

Singer G-Dragon and Karina of Espa (from left) worked together on the new song ‘Too Bad’. Photo source | Capture from G-Dragon‘s music video
Singer G-Dragon and Karina of Espa (from left) worked together on the new song ‘Too Bad’. Photo source | Capture from G-Dragon‘s music video
G-Dragon‘s new partner has been chosen as Karina from the popular girl group aespa. The combination of the ‘Top stars of the century’ was made possible when Karina appeared in G-Dragon’s new song ‘Too Bad’ music video released on the 25th.

The two instantly captured the attention of global fans as they freely performed a couple dance to the exciting and rhythmic melody of ‘Too Bad’. The music video also featured American pop star Anderson Paak.

The music video for ‘Extrael’, featuring global rapper Doichi and Blackpink‘s Jennie (from left). Photo source | Jennie’s music video capture
The music video for ‘Extrael’, featuring global rapper Doichi and Blackpink‘s Jennie (from left). Photo source | Jennie’s music video capture
Jennie‘s music video for “ExtraL,” which was released on the 21st, featured global star rapper Doichi, who recently won the “Best Rap Album” award at the 67th Grammy Awards. Doichi, who featured in the song, also appeared in the music video, showing off his close friendship with Jennie.

They properly showed off their “woman power” with a groundbreaking concept of dancing like twins while wearing only red bras.



Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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