I wasn't here or there on the MV. The only constant is Sean Garret definitely has a face made for radio, songwriting and any other non TV work. LOL The black on black on black did make it hard to see. I don't blame SM for not going all out for the video. labels can spend 1-2 million on a cheap one. and right now America isn't showing the return to make that kind of investment in a MV,IMO. video could have been better but not the worst I've seen.
You're right about the mv. But I wonder why they didn't let Boa sleep a little or something before filming it? She looked exhausted and deathly pale. SM seems to have forgotten the importance of making sure she looks fabulous, especially since this was one of her first videos in America. They didn't even bother with fans, they could've blown her hair with a fan or something to make it more dramatic. lol. And her outfit could've had a bit of some nice fluorescent colour, green or blue or
something. And now that I think about it, why didn't they put some streaks in her hair? Why'd they make the video so bland, anyway? Geez...she would've looked great with some red here and there to light up her face a bit.
I'm trying to figure out what exactly SM is thinking. So if good vocals are not important, looking fab doesn't matter, good song lyrics don't matter either, letting BoA eat so she fills out and looks great in leather isn't important...then really, what are they relying on to make her a success? Please don't tell me it's Sean Garrett. Garrett's put out several megahits, but I don't recall him being in any of the peoples' videos? lol. His presence there did help the mv a bit though, otherwise it would have been BoA's flat, lovely vocoder voice for 3+ minutes, a guaranteed failure I think.
Sean Garrett's songs are normally interesting, with some kind of storyline in the lyrics. "I did it for love" has no such thing and it really makes me wonder. I was thinking about it--if I heard this song on the radio, I would have been a little interested at first, but after hearing the chorus...no. I think this song lacks some melody. I wonder what SM's master plan for poor BoA really is. I think I feel sorry for her, she looks overworked. Wow. I feel sorry for BoA. This is getting interesting.
I wonder what Joseph Kahn was thinking, too? Didn't he direct Britney Spears' Toxic? So what kind of substandard rubbish is this? lol. Does he
want BoA to fail? That was definitely deliberate. You can't tell me "I did it for love" is a Joseph Kahn-directed video. He must have been on something. rotfl.