SOUNDTRACK: TXT (투모로우바이투게더) ‘Cat & Dog’ (2019).
Because this book is about cats and dogs, I was going to put “Cats & Dogs” from The Head and The Heart as this song. Bit when I searched for “Cats & Dogs” the first video was for this song. And any band whose name is in a language I can’t read will certainly get posted here.
In fact, I didn’t even realize they were called “TXT” I thought it was something to do with text messaging.
Turns out TXT stands for Tomorrow X Together. Of course.
The video starts with five cute boys running to the a window and looking out on a cartoon world. It seemed like The Monkees.
So I was quite surprised when the song started with heavy bass and auto-tuned and I realized that duh, this must be a K-pop band.
I assumed I’d heard of all of the popular K-Pop bands by now (how many could there be?), but here’s one I’d not heard of. Nevertheless. this song has over 47 million views.
I really don’t know how to talk about K-Pop.
The five of them are adorable and pretty much identical (hair color being the distinguishing factor). They all seem to dance well (in the heavily edited sequences). All of their voices are auto-tuned so who knows if they can sing. They are also singing in at least two languages, so who knows what they are singing.
I assume the language I can’t understand is Korean, although it sounded to me like Spanish at one point (which seems very unlikely).
There’s a repeated refrain of someone gong “brrrp brrrp brrrp” which is a weird but catchy hook for all languages. I assume that none of the boys’ voices can possibly go deep enough t make that sound.
Apparently, this song has something to do with cats and dogs because there are meows and barks in the song (and in the video they do lots of synchronized cat and dog ear movements).
I’m kind of curious what the chorus actually says–are they saying the word “Pet” or is a Korean word?
At the end he sings I just wanna be your dog, but not in any way like Iggy Pop.
Sometimes it’s fun to dive into music you don’t ever experience.
[READ: February 6, 2020] Kitten Construction Company: A Bridge Too Fur
I really enjoyed the first Kitten Construction Company book. I loved the premise–not that the kittens were good at building things–but that no one took them seriously because they were so cute. It allowed for a lot of funny frustrations from our feline friends.
Well, now the city of Mewberg has fully accepted the Kitten Construction Company. They have built a new stadium with updated energy efficiencies and plumbing.
There’s a nice joke that while accepting the adulation for this stadium, architect Marmalade can’t help but knock the microphone stand off the podium. I only wish that Green had drawn it to look more deliberate–that would have been a lot funnier. Instead it almost seems like an accident. (more…)
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