[MV Review] 2NE1 - Do You Love Me

Late as usual, but oh well. If 2NE1 can half-ass an MV, I can half-ass my way through my article schedules. Heh.

The thing about 2NE1's Do You Love Me MV is that it is yet another notch in the long laundry list of shits YG doesn't give about 2NE1 recently. Blackjacks waited a KPop eon (read: 1 year) for a 2NE1 comeback that sucked ass. The whole thing was repeatedly delayed, but that was nothing new for longtime YG stans/industry veterans. What WAS new was the fact that the whole thing was originally an intro of sorts for the I Love You promotions. With that kind of thing in mind, you start to understand a little about why Blackjacks get so butthurt over 2NE1 comebacks.

In any case, the trend continues with Do You Love Me. Since YG spent all their production moneys on Gizibae's and Falling In Love's gold spray paint budget, DYLM's MV is filmed exclusively by handy cam. Most likely by 2NE1 themselves.

The whole premise starts with 2NE1 conducting an elaborate demon summoning ritual.

"LORD BEELZEBUB, PLS BLESS THIS UNHOLY PRODUCTION AND GIVE US
SUCCUBUS POWERS SO BOM CAN GET THE D TONIGHT."

After obtaining the succubus powers, CL and Dara snort an eighth of coke each, Bom gets off her fucking rocker on a huge Vicodin binge, and the three of them proceed to corrupt Minzy in an orgy of debauchery and rampage across some island resort + casino. If this all sounds like the plotline of The Hangover I/II/III, then you would be absolutely correct. It pretty much is. Not exactly a bad thing, because seeing KPop idols (no matter who they are) drink and get down at tha crub is always funny, but it's still kind of a cop out when you take a look at 2NE1's backlog of expensive MVs.

Everyone's all coked out, but Minzy's being all cute 'n' shit with her wacky
randomness in the back of most of these cuts.

Case in point: Look at Minzy doing sit-ups behind CL's and Bom's drug-fueled
rampaging.

Some say this is Dara being cute, but the look in her eyes tells me otherwise.
That shit is chilling.

Using the power of bukakke, CL tries to summon yet another demon.

Look at Minzy, she's sho cute gettin' all crunk 'n' shit. :3

If you're not into 2NE1 already, or you get easily nauseous, this MV is definitely not for you. Aside from all of these party clips, there's a surprising amount of exploitable + sexual gifs in this MV. Or not, since they summoned demons for sexual powers at the beginning of the MV.

Certain unscrupulous individuals out there could use this to depict a penis
jizzing on CL or something. I sure as hell am not doing it.

I almost shot myself for unleashing this upon the unsuspecting world.
I hope you're happy, you sick fucks.

Here's some Minzy fanservice. ;A;

Surprisingly, there's also quite a few cameos to be had in here too. Mostly YG affiliates, but there's some surprises too. I'll give you a handy picture guide to see if you spotted em all.

Click to EXPAND

I'm sure there's more the folks who made this missed, but it doesn't really matter.

Visually, it's decent. Aside from Bom being Bom and CL + Dara looking more cracked out than usual, everyone looks fairly decent. 

Minzy is the tru savior of this godforsaken group.

Bom makes it so hard to excuse/overlook her faults.

As for the song itself, it's a meh. Nothing special, nothing fancy. Unless you count making Dara sound like a breathless gasp most of the time as something wow-worthy. Other than that, it's just a typical summer club-banger, but there's so many better ones out there. Eh. I can't even muster enough fucks to give about the song. I will give them credit for making Minzy's parts pretty good.

TL;DR: Don't bother with this shit unless you want to see 2NE1 fuck around and party.

+:

• gettin' crunk
• handy cam footage is kinda neat
• Minzy as always
• Minzy's parts

-:

• WTF Dara's singing
• lazy production
• YG gives no fucks about 2NE1
• Bom is still scary
• boring song overall

I give this MV a 2.5 out of 5.