After making the cover video of PSY’s “Hangover”, I have a better understanding about K-pop and fandom. Being a K-pop idol is harder than you think, because they have to practice singing and dancing for a long time until actually debut. They will not know when they can debut and they just keep practicing every day since their company will not tell them. Even after they can debut, they still need to keep practicing and show their perfect side in front of their fans.
We usually focus on the idols on stage; however, we should also pay more attention to the people who work so hard behind stage such as producers, songwriters and composers. Making a 3 to 4 minutes long music video is definitely not an easy task, and I can imagine that how much time and efforts they need to put in. Starting from writing songs and lyrics, then need to decided different locations and prepare different materials for filming. The editors need to combine everything at last to produce a final version of music video. Each step is very important and cannot be skipped.
On the other hand, I really admire the fans who do the dance or song cover. I never did any cover videos before and this is my first time. I found that it is really challenging. Before filming, we needed to get a rough idea about the music video. At the time of shooting, we needed to act in front of the camera with different facial expressions or movement. The lighting and shooting angles are also very important. I definitely know more about the process of K-pop covering.
Cherry Cheng