[Review] Sistar - Give It To Me

Vocals: 10 / 10

Sistar really came back with an improved synchronized sound. Dasom and Soyou really stepped it up with the light high notes. Dasom’s English is a little strange sounding, as I heard “that’s what I mean” instead of “that’s all I need” but whatever. Hyorin is still flawless, belting at the end of choruses and the power notes at the song’s climax are amazing. It feels like a throwback to the sexy and classy “Alone” but with the upgraded vocals (albeit at the cost of a more boring main chorus). Honestly, give Bora some lines next time. She’s like the only big name group rapper that hasn’t had any singing time. I’m sure the girl can carry a tune. I imagine her voice akin to Yubin if anything, which is still decent.

Appearance: 9 / 10

Honestly, Bora and Hyorin are known for their bodies since the Sistar19 debut but I’ve always taken a liking to Soyou. Her eyes are beautiful and fierce. Dasom’s bangs are a fresh change of pace, but with some angles and the lighting it looks a little weird. The outfits are flashy, a step up from “Alone” but that’s what the song is as a whole, a step up from “Alone” so it’s fitting.

Dance: 7 / 10

Let’s be real. A Sistar choreography without butt emphasis? That’s new. Although let’s be real again, you couldn’t even tell when they were actually dancing because this music video was more obnoxious than T-Ara’s “I Go Crazy Because Of You” with the scene switching, so aside from the hip swaying at the chorus I couldn’t see anything. So for that, I’ll just give it a 7 for it being a standard dance that doesn’t go too far to get banned but is still sexy.

Rap: 7 / 10

I was rather disappointed with Bora’s rap this time around, in contrast to the popular opinion. I found the rap a little too slow for the beat / instrumental of the song, and was expecting something along the pace of the rapping in Nine Muses’ “Wild”. The enunciation at the end is also a little jumbled. I thought she ended the rap with a very out-of-place “la la la” until I looked up the lyrics / watched live performances. There was some missed potential here, and it’s a shame.

Music Video: 7 / 10

This is T-Ara’s “I Go Crazy Because Of You” music video on crack. Seriously these scene changes are no joke and happen every two seconds at best. What makes this particularly obnoxious is that the scenes will change to (a) group shots, (b) solo shots, (c) a shot of members who aren’t even singing. It’s just very jumbled together and there are essentially no transitions. Not to mention that the sets vary in brightness and colour, making this not easy on the eyes at all. What saves this MV is Shin Dong Yeop’s appearance at the end, very worth bumping this up to a 7. His “pervertedness” is oh so casual and the reactions on the girls’ faces are priceless (especially Bora with the glitter).

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Overall: 80 / 100

Even though the chorus is hyper-repetitive and uninteresting, the rest of the song is well executed by the voices of the members, and Bora’s rap serves as a decent transition to the whispering bridge before Hyorin’s power note. Collectively the vocals are very good and the dance is good enough (for what little we could see of it, at least). The music video is too flashy and jumpy, I’d much rather have a calmer box video like with “Alone” than the mess this was.