EvoL debut with “We’re a Bit Different”

Rookie girl group EvoL have been incurring the wrath of angry netizens for the past couple of weeks after releasing some teaser videos that shared similarities with 2NE1. Their teasers also looked a lot like B.A.P, but it was only the notoriously deranged blackjacks who lost the plot over EvoL.

EvoL’s debut MV “We’re a Bit Different” has now arrived, and in its full form, it’s not as close to 2NE1 as the hip-hop-themed teasers originally suggested.

Just like fellow rookies Crayon Pop, EvoL have borrowed concepts from a bunch of different groups, and then mashed them together to create their own little niche. 2NE1, 4minute, and B.A.P are all obvious influences in “We’re a Bit Different”, but they’ve been tied together with a gritty Japanese cosplay style, giving EvoL a pretty cool and distinctive image.

A lot of money been pumped into the “We’re a Bit Different” MV to create the kind of apocalyptic warzone that you’d see in a big movie of video game. There’s fire everywhere, a giant tank, broken, burned-out buildings and debris, and even ravey laser lights (just in case you wanted to dance amongst the chaos). The styling of the members is great and they all stand out, making “We’re a Bit Different” a total winner on the visual front.

All the budget must have been pumped into the MV though, because the actual song is nothing more than a fairly innocuous slice of forgettable europop. It’s got a beat like Wynter Gordon’s “Dirty Talk”, lyrics about dancing, and a hook that just goes “OooOooOoo” over and over. 4minute wouldn’t even use it as a b-side.

When EvoL named their song “We’re a Bit Different”, they clearly forgot to mention that the “bit” should be heavily emphasized.

EvoL might be worth watching in the future, but for the time being, I’m gonna stick with SPICA, She’z, AOA, and of course, the almighty Crayon Flop.

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  • AOI

    Not really impressed by this. And yeah, Crayon Flop only have two songs out and already deserve a statue in the food court of your local mall *stans* They are the Korean B*witched! >_<

  • tjoz

    Was looking forward to them but they will get something better down the line. Cant be too different on debut but most people wont remember who sings the song after a while. The people will probably think JQT have a new song out.

    Goddess is the last one left to debut now.

  • http://twitter.com/SuzySooyoung Suzy Sooyoung

    Not loving this song, its pure generic! The chorus is so weak too. Wtf. I really loved the fierce hip hop sound from the teaser!

    With that said, AMAZING MV.

  • Isthatapuppy234

    lol back to watching the teasers

  • http://twitter.com/pikachu3236 Josh Faumuina

    That chick does not have the voice necessary to pull off the oh-ing. I still kinda like it, though.

  • george

    Being the European whore I am I totally fell in love with the song. I was so NOT rooting for this group. Then I heard it and totally loved it… Because it was super easy to listen to and yell along.
    I loved that they used the OVERLY used word “ONEUL BAM” which must mean tonight or something… yay for learning Korean.

  • http://twitter.com/lillian23910 Sharon

    I heard their other stuff was better, but honestly, im not motivated enough to check out their album. Their song was generic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lucaswoodstock Lucas Oliveira Dantas

    okay the girl with half-blond half-brown hair is my favorite!! i want her hair now! lol but the song is dang generic kinda boring

  • oopsie

    lol ’4minute’s b-side’? Seriously, 4 minute’s recent releases have not been good, and that goes for their title songs as well. 4 minute’s singers don’t have very good range; they tend to sound strained when it gets to the high notes, though I do like gayoon a lot (don’t get me started on hyuna’s rapping…). This one is a standard pop dancetrack but backed with solid vocals and rapping, so i’m ok with it.
    In any case ppl should stop looking for ‘originality’ in kpop, since kpop has always been a derivative of western pop music. The established groups just happened to ‘copy’ that type of music earlier, and with their success, other newer groups go on to do that too. So of course new groups will remind ppl of older groups, they take their music from the same source duh…

  • mybiasbeatsyourbias

    Europeans pretty much made disco before the americans did but ignorance is bliss. Song is weak but mv isn’t bad. I’m tired of bullshitter AOA. That aegyo garbage crayon pop. Spica got talent but who is fucking listening? And she’z already can’t recall. Imma give evol and d-unit a chance. Other than that kpop is just swin.