miss A make their live return with “Touch” and “Over U”

Even though I’m not feeling miss A‘s “Touch”, I’ve been gagging all week to see their comeback stage. The foursome always kill it live, and I’ve been holding out hope that they’d perform “Lips” or “No Mercy” as well. Instead they did my least favorite song from their Touch mini, “Over U”, but they compensated for it by absolutely slaying the choreography, which I knew they would.

miss A really delivered on the dance front, so much so that I think I may even like “Over U” now. Even Suzy was good and didn’t lag behind the other members like she usually does. I’m not exactly sure what the concept for this performance was, but I’m calling it ‘the popular teenage girl shopping at the mall on Saturday with her friends‘ look, and I liked it a lot.

After “Over U”, the girls transformed into dark and sexy K-divas to perform their Gothic-disco flop “Touch”. The routine for this song is so unique and bizarre that I couldn’t wait to see them do it live, and they totally nailed it. They also sung a lot of the song completely live, so we could hear their voices instead of having them drowned out by the backing track like with T-ara and 2NE1. Considering that miss A perform much more difficult choreography than both those groups combined, you’ve gotta give ‘em props.

There were a few things that I didn’t like, though. The flesh-colored bandage dresses didn’t look as good on stage as they do in the video, and they could’ve done more with the lighting effects. More interesting lighting really would’ve made the set come to life more, but it wasn’t a huge issue given the quality of their overall performance.

I think that “Touch” is going to be miss A’s worst-performing single to date, since it had already slipped to No. 3 on the Instiz chart as of yesterday, but they should still nab some music program wins since BIGBANG won’t be back on stage until March 11. At the moment, their biggest competition could end up being former Superstar K2 contestant John Park, who is currently outselling them with his flawless acoustic ballad “Falling”. “Falling” is pretty amazing, and I have a feeling that it’s only going to continue to gain more and more popularity over the next couple of weeks.

It’s not too late to start promoting “Lips”, miss A! (It totally is, but I’m just going to ignore reality).

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  • http://twitter.com/HyunAKnowles HyunA Knowles

    Touch isn’t that bad! The performance made it grew on me a lot. I’m liking it now. So has Over U! I hated it at first but the performance slayed me and I’m liking it too now.

    I would love Lips to be the follow-up single. It’s just so hooot!

    Anyway, T-ara has turned down their backing track in Lovey-Dovey era! Kween Hyomin’s powerhouse diva vocal has been slaying every girlgroup’s lead singer!

  • http://twitter.com/ICONI3 ICONI3

    Ugh I love touch but not feeling the performances. WTF is up with Jia and min’s mics?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Humbz-Beltrao/100002612116386 Humbz Beltrao

    Touch is great! So is the choreography. ♥

  • hahaha

    proph, where is the difficult choreography there?

  • KingBeaArthur

    I can’t with the outfits during “Over U”! Not liking them at all!

    But “Touch” was utter perfection!!! The choreography was so sexy & smooth, but the song seemed to drag on once it hit the 3:30 mark. Maybe they should trim it a bit for the stage, I don’t know. And I agree on the bandage dresses. Jia’s seemed like it didn’t fit her right & was about to fall apart the entire performance.

    And did anyone else notice the gazebo thing they step out of for “Touch” was the same one (or pretty damn close to the one) that BEG used for “Sixth Sense” promo? Still flawless.

  • hahaha

    and also Miss A are also using backing track! you are always hating on 2ne1! all kpop groups are using backing track!

  • hahaha

    ooopsss proph i watched these videos again and Miss A were lipsynching!

  • theprophetblog

    They weren’t in Touch.

  • matttm7

    The bandages on Jia were a bit off, especially near her chest when she put her arms in front of her and massive ripples were happening.

    I normally feel that kpop is stuck in the 90′s with their constant use of ‘rap’ breaks, but I actually do prefer the song with the rap. I guess they wanted to focus on the choreography for the MV and performances

  • KingBeaArthur

    Oh no, they need the rap! Maybe they could cut the chorus before the rap. Just a quick rearrange would do wonders, but that’s just me.

  • George

    Brave Girls’ new concept dissapointed me :(
    http://youtu.be/wDZVHyIZibk

  • yosafbridge

    These live performances really elevate the songs. Touch was effortlessly sexy without being vulgar and Over You shows that Miss A haven’t lost their ability to be powerful and dynamic on stage.

    I’m especially impressed with the Touch live performance–it stands out from most of the other choreography in k-pop, so cool and different yet mesmerising.

  • yosafbridge
  • Nicky

    flawless. they killed it just like i knew they would. can’t wait to see it on all the other programs. 
    i actually like the outfits for over u. they were so 70′s middle school popular kids lmao

  • Jay

    M!countdown always fucks up the mics, just wait for Music Bank!

  • Johnny

     Pretty much. All of the choreography is very intricate and detailed, which should make it even harder to synchronize as a group. I learned a lot of the “Goodbye Baby” choreography, but I don’t think I’ll be able to learn this lol. It’s too intricate for me.

    I swear they’d do well on America’s Best Dance Crew lol.

  • Steveroni

    Umm. The Touch performance is so amazing.
    The movements are so fluid and awesome.