As announced earlier the Kpop group After School did the theme for the Hello! Project audition show “Great Tokyo Girls”. The song, “Dream Girl”, is a remake of the popular Morning Musume hit “Love Machine” and the MV was released today.
I honestly wouldn’t call it an MV perse. It’s exactly along the lines of SNSD’s (Girl’s Generation) MV for “Way To Go”. (watch it here). Sort of a backstage look at how a song is recorded. Nevertheless, it’s an interesting concept of having them remake the song. I’m interested to see how the lyrics get translated compared to the original.
The song is catchy, but I think that’s due to the fact that it’s just “Love Machine”. After School is a good group though so they did a good job with it. I’m going to listen to this version, but if I had to pick I’d say “Love Machine” all the way.
If you’re interested in more After School here’s a few videos -
Ah MV
Diva MV
Diva live on MusicBank
Hmm. This shows just how strong an arranger Tsunku really is. Had I not ever heard the original “Love Machine” I might at least mildly like the remake. But, frankly, there is no comparison.