World of K-Pop: 4MINUTE "What's Your Name?" Comeback

The sassy girls of 4Minute made a comeback on April 25th with their 4th mini-album titled "Name is 4Minute" and a title track called, "What's Your Name?" The song is created by hit producer Brave Brothers with a fantasy hip-hop genre, while the rest of the album contains music styles like rock, electro and blues. The concept is a bright, super colorful hip-hop theme. "What's Your Name?" is a casual, flirty dance track about meeting someone new. Though it's not my favorite song from them or my favorite album, I like that they are branching out and trying something more funky.

4Minute "What's Your Name?" (Eng Sub)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unn7oTfB-LU

Though I'm indifferent to the concept and zombies in the MV, I do have some mixed thoughts about the stylists' choice of outfits. First, Gayoon looks absolutely fresh and stunning with her wavy chesnut hair, bright skinny jeans and cropped top. On the other hand, Hyuna doesn't look so great in this comeback. Her haircolor and outfits are brighter, sure, but it's starting to overshadow her looks in general. She's known as a "sexy icon," but at 20 years old (international age), does she really need that much eye gunk and a constantly red lip? Does she really need to prove her sexiness by wearing see-through mesh cropped leggings and baring her butt to the camera for people to think her attractive? I don't blame the girl, I blame her company for sexifying her to the point where she starts to look tacky (and that's the nice word for it). Come on, Cube Entertainment. Sex sells, sure. But it's more innovative if you can hint at it instead of baring all of the poor girl's goods.

The photos below are their teaser/album jacket photos. Personally, I think it looks tacky, uninspiring, and is an overall lackluster effort from an otherwise large agency. Honestly, you can see the tan room background through those fake fronds! In the very least, blur out the background or something...!