Forget “Gangnam Style.” Forget “Bar Bar Bar.” 2014 could be the year that we all start dancing to “Ear Attack.”
By “we,” I mean “you”—or, at least, someone you know.
Below, you can watch the video for “Ear Attack.” It’s a tune by a new Korean pop group called Badkidz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Omrk11iiU
At the time of posting, the above clip has around one hundred thousand views on YouTube, so by those numbers, this certain hasn’t gone supernova. Yet. (Here is the club version if you are into that sort of thing.)
The song debuted at a terrible time for South Korea—during the recent Sewol ferry disaster. The country’s attention was directed elsewhere, obviously, but the group appears to be getting another push, recently appearing on music program The Show.
Badkidz’s official website has loads of clips of various different people doing the Ear Attack dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMvjb5GYFQ
Kids on the street.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJrlhWeipk
Motorcycle racers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OffH5M8sAeY
Schoolgirls in a sketchy part of town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taG1jsII4S8
Soldiers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVGIlJi-Ijg
Macho men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxn7HBRJu7I
Cops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-vKDb_S7Ic
More cops.
Maybe this is simply viral marketing! The group is appearing on Korea television more and more and there are more and more clips from other YouTube users.
Oh, or videos like this of people going nuts.
Dudes with sparklers.
A dance school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSsT_pfSr1Y
Small children.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LSACMVdDZ4
Another dance school. (There are lots of dance school vids for “Ear Attack.”)
See?
And if this dude in his backyard is anything to go by, expect to see “Ear Attack” in a neighborhood near you. Literally!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEINVIOg2s
*SLR강좌* 2014 P&I 컬러매니지먼트 웍플로우 현장세미나입니다 [SLR Club Thanks, Sang!]
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