Have any of you ever seen a Korean music video (aside from the hard rockin’ nonsense I’ve posted here)? Quick…what’s a common theme that runs through each and every music video (again excluding the mighty hard rockin’ nonsense I post here)? “Someone dies?” Who said that? That’s absolutely right!
Korean music videos tend to be fairly melodramatic affairs, and chances are that someone is going to die. While the odds are someone is dying in the video, the cause of death is not always so obvious. In the 3 years or so that I have been exposed to Korean pop, I’ve seen some pretty insane causes of death depicted in various pop singers’ music videos.
So odd were some deaths that I had no choice but to create a game around it. I call it “The K-pop Cause of Death Game™.” The rules are fairly simple: at the onset of the music video players declare who in the video will die, and what their cause of death is going to be. At the close of the video players that correctly guess the cause are rewarded a point. Play ends when players are bored, and the player with the highest score wins. The game also works as a drinking game. The rules are similar except under these rules, players correctly guessing cause of death are not required to drink during the next video.
“Wyatt, this is all well and good for those of you living in Korea, but what about us in
Fear not readers in Kenya, The Czech Republic, Sweden, and Cameroon! The internet is here to hook you up! Youtube has a vast array of Korean pop videos just waiting for you! When using youtube (or watching Korean MTV for that matter), performance videos (PV) or anything with a disco beat are not worth playing during, since no one is going to die.
So there you have it kids! The K-pop Cause of Death Game™. Enjoy!
The K-pop Cause of Death Game™ is a trademark of Kimchi & Me Enterprises. Kimchi & Me does not promote or encourage The K-pop Cause of Death Game™ to be played as a drinking game, and any death, damage, or legal woes which may arise from improper use of The K-pop Cause of Death Game™ are the responsibilty of the parties involved. Also don’t blame us if you have to hear some seriously god awful tunes!
Hilarious!
Comment by Nathan B. — April 22, 2006 @ 13:23 pm
Too Funny! We have been watching Korean Pop videos for about 8 years and we play that same game. Well, we didn’t make any rules, but it is sort of a running joke that someone is gonna die, we just have to figure out who and how; no points awarded. It’s good for a laugh everytime. But I still LOVE K-Pop and some of those death videos are pretty good.
Comment by Cynthia — April 23, 2006 @ 15:39 pm