Part 3 of this post can be found here.

I chose this song for the anger part of the 4Minute 4Stages 4Grief (Denial, Anger, Bargaining & Acceptance) because I really liked this song and the one time I got to go to fucking M Countdown in Korea 4Minute were the only fucking group who didn’t actually perform live on the show. They played the fucking music video instead. I mean, I got to see GFriend and AOA Cream, but still, for fuck’s sake, 4Minute, now I’ll never see you perform live. Fuck.

‘Hate’ is actually one of my favourite 4Minute songs, although it wasn’t super popular in Korea and under-performed to the extent that the band broke up, so fuck you, ‘Hate’. If they’d led with some boring-ass airhorn tribute by Brave Brothers maybe they’d still be around, but no, they had to try and do something ‘different’ and ‘slightly non-mainstream’ which is the kiss of death in K-Pop.

I’d always assumed ‘Hate’ was a simple song about a couple who have broken up, but Lim (née Dokdo) put me to rights within 7 minutes of hearing the song again.

[KCMF] thoughts? you know this one

[Lim] Lots of anger and frustration

[Lim] interesting, I read this article about how in relationship men underestimate their female partner’s sexual need, and as you’ve lectured on me basically 90% of the kpop songs are about sex

[Lim] I guess this song is talking about sexual frustration from being with a male partner who doesn’t know how to work their poppers

[Lim] “Don’t drag for absurd excuses

It’s late, it’s over”

meaning ‘you go soft mid snu snu, I’m done with pampering your male ego saying it happens to all men, nope, no more of this BS.’

[KCMF] so, just like ‘LIE’ by EXID, it’s boners all the way down?

[KCMF] Wangception?

[Lim] Of course, 90% of the time K pop is about

1. Female empowerment “Just chill and diddle”

2. Homoerotic softcore porn for slash fans (boy band exclusive theme though… idk why but the whole industry seem to be against [redacted, even I have standards] theme)

it has something to do with penis. I’m sure of it.

While ‘Hate’ may or may not have penises as a central theme, we were both agreed that the MV visuals are stunning, the ‘wubs’ are great, and for fuck’s sake 4Minute why didn’t you perform live that day? That was my last chance to see you live, God damn it to fuckery.

Even Bul Gogi was a fan of ‘Hate’, making it one of the few 4Minute songs he liked, further proving they maybe went too far out of their wheelhouse. Fuck, if they’d led with Canvas would they still be around? God damn it Cube, you useless wankers.

[BG] THIS is the BEST. Gayoon verses make the song for me. the emotion and power.

[KCMF] I’m glad you like it

[BG] Haha its interesting I like it

[BG] Hate is amazing

[KCMF] BUM BUM BUM BA BUM BUM BA BUM BUM

Breakdown

The album tracks for this one are great, including ‘Canvas’, as well as the instrumental for ‘Hate’ which personally I love, but then I’m the sort of weird cunt who likes instrumentals. The physical album was, in my opinion, 4Minute’s most impressive to date, and well worth shelling out for if you’ve got the cabbage.

Inb4 ‘lol ur sheets are creased’, I know they are, I’m a grown-ass man. The album itself also looks a bit tattered because of the amount of times I’ve fucked it, because I love it that much.

In terms of Hyuna Dominance, this is another pretty fair track, possibly because Cube was desperately trying to keep all the other members from leaving the group. Great fucking work on that, Cube, real A-plus job. Hyuna Dominance level of 4/10.

K-Pop MV weirdness is this MV’s weak point. Nothing is really weird about it – there’s no giant heads, or ass-slapping, or toilet-jerking or anything. 1/10 for weirdness because why is she in a bath with a blindfold on? That’s some kinky shit.

Too hot for Netizens rating: a paltry 3/10, There’s the brief bath scene and Hyuna’s boob-game is on point, but otherwise, my dick remains at slumber from this video.

Lyrics are apparently all about cocks, according to Lim, which is an automatic 10/10.

Overall rating: Final score from Lim was 7/10, which I found harsh. Personally, I’d say ‘Hate’ is a solid 9.5 and PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY AWESOME LIVE ON M CUNTING COUNTDOWN DAMN IT TO FUCK, WHY DO YOU TEST ME OH ALMIGHTY JYP.

Gfriend were pretty good, though.

Part 3 of this post can be found here.

As ever, thanks for reading, my little fornicating 4Nias