MV Review | Lee Michelle - I Can Sing

The song

The guitar sounds good and groovy. I kinda like it. Her vocals were on point.

Now I don't understand why she didn't do a vocal performance thing on this song...you know, she says "I can sing" so that's what you could expect, a girl who would sing the hell out of this song, you know what I mean? 

Why did she make her "doom doom" part so short (from 1:25 to 1:35) ? THAT was the best part of the song to me, she was doing some RnB singing and I was like "yes, go ahead girl!" and then she sang the chorus and then rapped...you can sing girl, but why rapping? She's not bad at it, but c'mon, all of a sudden, a rap part...it didn't really suit the classy and groovy character of the song, in my opinion. 

This song was too soft, too "good girl" to me...when it could (should?) have been fierce and memorable.

It's a good song, but for the most part Michelle's songs sound too standard, too safe. They're not really exciting. But they probably sound like her, to be honest. She's said before that she's not adventurous or something like that. She's simple, and there's nothing wrong with that. But as a new artist trying to break into a saturated and highly competitive music industry (Kpop), you would expect her to show us something different in order to stand out, and be more visible in a sea of pale-skinned, thin sexy young women. 

Well, YES, she already stands out. She's thick, half black and doesn't show skin. She doesn't dance and she didn't dye her hair blond with blue contact lenses. Good. But still, music-wise her song is not outstanding; emotionally, vocally and visually.

She preferred to keep it cool and low-key, almost like an accoustic song.

The visuals

It's not a bad idea, it doesn't put Lee Michelle in the spotlight, you can see her but it's very subtle and sober with a playful light. I do worry a little bit about the reason being that she's not the "conventional Korean beauty"...which might be why they don't put day light emphasis on her face and body.

There are seats in front of her, but nobody is sitting to watch her sing. How sad you'd say, but that's interesting, she knows she's not super famous, she knows she has few fans and is just debuting as an artist. She's (still) introducing herself and proving herself.

I like that she doesn't look thin. She has nice legs. Her outfit is good but it kinda makes her look older or too serious. The necklace is great, the pants and shoes too. 

But it saddens me a little to see her hair like that. Korean hairdressers don't really seem to know how to handle kinky or frizzy hair (cf. Michelle's promotional pics). Now, she probably doesn't give a shit about that, she's probably fine with her hair this way, and if that's the case then I shouldn't say anything.