Apa (Slow)
- Artist
- 2NE1
- Song
- Apa (SLOW) (아파; It Hurts)
- Lyrics
- E.Knock, Sun Woo Jung
- Music
- E.Knock, Sun Woo Jung
- Other Information
- Arrangement: Sun Woo Jung
"Apa (SLOW)" is an r&b song recorded by 2NE1. It was composed and written by E.Knock and Sun Woo Jung, and is track #4 on their debut album To Anyone. The song was used as the follow-up track to the group's songs "CAN'T NOBODY", "GO AWAY", and "Bakssu Cheo", which were all simultaneously used as the lead singles for the album, and is the overall fourth single. It was lyrically described as speaking about "the pains of love" and along with "CAN'T NOBODY", received a bronze certification from the Cyworld BGM online music chart.
2NE1's debut performance for "Apa (SLOW)" was at Inkigayo on October 31, 2010.
Music Video
The MV was directed by Kim Hye Jung, whom also directed G-Dragon's music video for "Butterfly", and was released on November 1, 2010 on 2NE1's official Youtube channel. It was described as having a "dark fantasy theme" and Dara starred as the music video's female lead heroine longing for her longtime lover portrayed by Lee Soo Hyuk, a male fashion model and friend of G-Dragon. The music video was said to "showcase the longing desire on unrequited love" and the group sported a "Gothic look" to coincide with the sad, dark theme. On it's first day of release, the music video garnered 1.4 million views.
It begins with a shot of the roof top of an old wooden house with various fallen branches and brown leaves littered upon its surface. The shot pans down then fades to reveal Dara, the occupier of the house, sitting on a bed inside of a room with leaves scattered on the hardwood floor. The scene switches to CL lip syncing the first verse of the song sitting on the roof top amidst fog. Inside of the house, Dara is shown combing her long, thick hair until she suddenly stops with a sad, forlorn expression on her face.
While 2NE1 lip syncs the song on the foggy roof top, the various solo scenes of Dara, sitting down in various locations, is interspersed in the music video. Eventually, Dara is shown sitting at a long rectangular table lighting three blacks candle on a white cake with skull and cross decorations on top. While her eyes are closed, a candle blows out on the cake. When she opens her eyes, Lee is sitting on the opposite end of the table; Dara smiles in delight. Lee and Dara leave their chairs on the opposite ends of the table and Dara rushes into Lee's arms with a smile on her face.
While lip syncing the verse "Did you have to change? Can't you come back? Did you really have to change? Can't you come back?", tears begin to fall from Dara's eyes. The last candle goes out on the cake and Dara is revealed to be still alone at the table, and the music video ends showing Dara at the table, starring sadly at the cake.
