SECRET, “Yoo Hoo!”

Korean girl group SECRET has returned with “YooHoo,” a summery tune that is the K-Pop version of soda: delicious, full of empty calories, and ridiculously addictive. Hyosung, Jieun, Sunhwa and Hana – that’s right, Zinger dumped her old name and is now going by her real name, Jung Jana – return to their aegyo roots with a vengeance. Considering that their bestselling tracks were the Triple Crown-winning Shy Boy and the chart-topping Starlight Moonlight, it seems natural to release another cutesy anthem, and YooHoo! fits the bill perfectly.

SECRET’s YooHoo! MV is also, in itself, an aegyo showcase of unparalleled proportions. Unlike T-ARA N4’s Countryside Life, whose MV is an unusual Gangnam Style-styled display of bumpkin nonsense that doesn’t seem to fit with the song’s pointed response to the scandal-prone girl group’s detractors, YooHoo! is clearly designed to showcase the girls’ cute expressions in a picturesque setting that is quite literally paradise. (The MV was shot in Saipan.)

So how does YooHoo! fare? The song isn’t a tip of the hat to any previous musical genre, something on which Shy Boy and Starlight Moonlight clearly capitalized. In this sense, it’s probably the most original aegyo release we’ll hear from SECRET. The dance itself is also cute, with a lot of clear-cut moves that people will definitely be able to copy – there’s a Hawaiian-type hula during the chorus, another part where they flap their arms like wings, and another baby gorilla type movement at the bridge, that are the cutest moves of the set – and use to their advantage.

Will it be a hit? If I had my way, naturally, yes. SECRET is long overdue for a music show win, especially since promotions for the underrated Talk That, their best shot at a win in a long time, ended prematurely because of the girls’ traffic accident at the end of 2012. Their primary girl group competition consists of T-ARA N4 and 4minute, both of whom I think they could take on and win. However, they are also up against Psy, who released Gentleman, the follow-up to the massive Gangnam Style, and idol group 2PM, staging its first Korean release in two years. Also, G-DRAGON of Hallyu superstar group Big Bang, may promote Michigo. So I’m not too optimistic, but if any song – and MV – could help bring SECRET back to the top, YooHoo! has as good a chance as any.

YOOHOO! Lyrics (English translation)
SECRET

I only saw you as a friend
I only thought you were cute
Don’t know why, I don’t know why
But I am getting attracted to you

When you comforted me when I was struggling
When you listened to my stories
Maybe you, I’m loving you
My heart moved little by little

How, how, how should I tell you?
Do you hear me that I’m fallin’ in love
It’s only you in my head, I keep missing you

I guess I love you, yoo-hoo
I only see you, yoo-hoo
I want to meet you as a lover and not a friend
Please look at me, yoo-hoo
I can’t take it anymore, yoo-hoo
More than yesterday, more than today, I will love you tomorrow, oh my love
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
I just wanna be your love

In order to look good for you
I bought clothes and went on a diet
Yes I do, oh yes I do
Do you know my heart?

What if I lose you?
What if you don’t like me?
Maybe you, I’m loving you
I have so many thoughts, I can’t fall asleep

How, how, how should I tell you?
Do you hear me that I’m fallin’ in love
It’s only you in my head, I keep missing you

I guess I love you, yoo-hoo
I only see you, yoo-hoo
I want to meet you as a lover and not a friend
Please look at me, yoo-hoo
I can’t take it anymore, yoo-hoo
More than yesterday, more than today, I will love you tomorrow, oh my love

I want to hold your hand
And walk on this street with you together
It’s only you, really, now I want to tell you
I mean it, really, please know my heart
I want to always protect you
By your side

I guess I love you, yoo-hoo
I only see you, yoo-hoo
I want to meet you as a lover and not a friend
Please look at me, yoo-hoo
I can’t take it anymore, yoo-hoo
More than yesterday, more than today, I will love you tomorrow, oh my love
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

YOOHOO Lyrics (Romanized)
SECRET

[Jieun] Chinguroman boideon niga
Gwiyeopgeman boideon niga
Don’t know why i don’t know why
Neoege kkeullyeo gago isseo

[Hyosung] Himdeun nal wirohaejwosseul ttae
Nae yaegireul deureojwosseul ttae
Maybe you i?m loving you
Jogeumssik nae maeumi umjigyeo

[Sunhwa] Eotteoke eotteoke eotteoke mareul halkka
[Hana] Do you hear me that i’m fallin? in love
[Jieun] Meorien ontong neoppuniya jakkuman bogo sipeo

[Jieun] Neoreul saranghana bwa Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Neoman boyeo Yoo-Hoo
[Hyosung] Chinguga anin aeineuro neorang mannago sipeo
[Jieun] Nareul jom barabwajwo Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Mot chamgesseo Yoo-Hoo
[Sunhwa] Eojeboda oneulboda [Hana] naeil deo saranghalge~
[Jieun] Oh my love
Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~
Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~
[Hana] I just wanna be your love

[Sunhwa]Neoege nan jal boiryeogo
Otdo sago daieoteureul hago
Yes i do oh yes i do
Ireon nae mam arajulkka

[Hana] Hoksi neoreul nochyeobeorilkka
Nareul sirheohajin anheulkka
Maybe you i?m loving you
Saenggagi manhaseo jam mot ja

[Hyosung] Eotteoke eotteoke eotteoke mareul halkka
[Hana] Do you hear me that i’m fallin? in love
[Jieun] Meorien ontong neoppuniya jakkuman bogo sipeo

[Jieun] Neoreul saranghana bwa Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Neoman boyeo Yoo-Hoo
[Hyosung] Chinguga anin aeineuro neorang mannago sipeo
[Jieun] Nareul jom barabwajwo Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Mot chamgesseo Yoo-Hoo
[Sunhwa] Eojeboda oneulboda [Hana] naeil deo saranghalge~
[Jieun] Oh my love

[Sunhwa] Ni soneul japgo uu (uu)
I gireul neowa hamkke geotgo sipeo
[Hana] Neoppuniya jeongmariya ijeneun malhago sipeo
Jinsimiya jeongmariya nae mameul ara jullae
[Hyosung] Hangsang neoreul jikyeojugo sipeo
Ni gyeoteseo nan

[Jieun] Neoreul saranghana bwa Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Neoman boyeo Yoo-Hoo
[Hyosung] Chinguga anin aeineuro neorang mannago sipeo
[Jieun] Nareul jom barabwajwo Yoo-Hoo
[Jieun] Mot chamgesseo Yoo-Hoo
[Sunhwa] Eojeboda oneulboda [Hana] naeil deo saranghalge~
[Jieun] Oh my love
Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~
Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~ Yeah~~

Lyric credits here.

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