Viewing Music Videos Retrospectively

I think seeing things retrospectively is the STRANGEST thing ever.

I personally think I'm quite good at recognizing faces. When I was watching 2NE1's video for Go Away, the male lead was quite prominent. And just by chance, I was rewatching After School's Because of You 'cause that's my favourite After School song. And although there was only one shot, I recognized the man in Because of You video! He was the abusive boyfriend of CL in Go Away!

And today by chance, I watched the After School video again (cuz I wasn't completely sure if it was that video...after all he only had almost one face shot) and I found out his name is Song Jae Rim...Then I experience a sense of deja vu.

A couple days ago, I remember reading that Tao, Victoria and Song Jae Rim will be in Zhang Liyin's new video. And lo and behold...it turns out the guy is part of SM. And I'll be seeing him again real soon. Now I even know his name LOL.

OK that's kinda off topic. But it's always interesting to re-watch videos and see something new each time.

Haru Haru - Big Bang
I rewatched Haru Haru a couple weeks ago...(love the song XD http://youtu.be/8OAQ6RuYFGE?t=2m42s) and I was scrutinizing the girl. She looked so familiar and a lot likePark Min Young. And it turns out it was her :O.  I didn't watch Sung Kyung Kwan Scandal until like almost 2 years after it first aired. So that was why it never occurred to me in the many times that I watched Haru Haru long ago the actress was Park Min Young until literally a few weeks ago. It's a very weird feeling XD.

Twinkle - Taetiseo
Another example is TTS's Twinkle. I think at that time, I already knew about Chanyeol because he had a lot of solo close up shots. And I vaguely remember a Kai and Sehun dancing around Tiffany. I got into learning about EXO after watching Chen's amazing performance with Zhang Li Yin, which got me to revaluate their other songs. Don't hate me but I really didn't like the Wolf song and that was the first song that I heard from EXO. And cuz I didn't like, I never looked into them until my 2nd song Overdose; if I had listened to Mama or Growl first instead of Wolf...would've been a different story. Anyway back on topic, I decided to go back and see who the dancers were in the video because I honestly didn't remember their faces. I did remember people keep metioning Sehun. And so I see Sehun and Kai and then I did a doubleback; Baekhyun was in the video O.O. Lol he totally flew over my mind because his shot was the least memorable. This is why I always have the impression Chanyeol is the popular one, not Baekhyun. He even appeared in SNSD's Genie Japanese version of music video after all.

And then you get the videos that you don't believe even when you see them with your own eyes

Replay - SHINEE
I think Victoria is uber pretty but honestly if someone didn't tell me that was her I really wouldn't think that noona was her. Maybe it's the make-up and hair that's different from when she's in Fx.

U - Super Junior M
Same here. I really couldn't tell that was Victoria if nobody told me. I think these videos were probably filmed around the same time as she has really really light make-up on.

We Belong Together - Taylor Swift
But nothing beats Taylor Swift dressing as her y alter ego. Even after seeing it with my own eyes I still have a hard time believe that they are the same person. That girl looks completely different with a brunette wig on :O. 

Anyway, does anyone have any interesting video viewing experience to share?

 

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