Orange Caramel's Catallena
How to describe and / or explain Catallena? Well, that’s impossible, frankly, because it’s a song that at its core, shouldn’t work. It’s an overwhelming bubblegum explosion, incredibly kitschy and campy, and is so openly queer that I’m honestly shocked it survived censorship. Perhaps they thought that it was less sapphic due to the crossdressing? Who knows. The music video is also utterly bizarre and features sensual eating of sushi, mermaids wrapped in plastic, and some of the strangest makeup I’ve seen in a k-pop video. And yet it manages to be downright addictive, like it took everything that worked from Orange Caramel’s past singles and launched them at the wall with a glitter cannon. In short, it’s glorious, and you should check it out, if not for the quality than for the laughs.
(From my upcoming Orange Caramel review)
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