Bang!

Single Cover

Artist

After School

Single

Bang!

Released

2010.03.25

Tracklist

1. Let's Do It!
2. Bang! (뱅!)
3. With U
4. Bang (뱅!) (Inst.)

Information

"Bang!" isAfter School's third single. The title track, which was used as the lead single, was originally planned to be included in After School's second single "Neo Ttaemune", but was delayed due to the lyricist and composer wanting to make the track more complete. The single’s concept displayed the group wearing sexy marching band outfits, and it was later revealed that Gahee was the mastermind behind the concept. Gahee stated after watching the American film Drumline, she fell in love with the marching band style and wanted to do a marching band concept ever since she took to the stage as an After School member. The group practiced playing the drums for five months with a trainer for the concept, and it is the first release to feature fourth generation After School member Lizzy.

Controversy

After School was accused of choreographic plagiarism after German dancer and choreographer Camillo Lauricella received messages that a Korean girl group called After School "...stole some of our moves for their music video of their song "Bang!"". Lauricella further stated "On the one hand its cool & flattering. But on the other hand…… What do you guys think?" Lauricella and his good friend Nika Kljun originally created the choreography to Black McGrath's song "The Night" and uploaded it on Youtube in February 2010.

Pledis Entertainment responded to the allegations stating "There is a problem in deeming choreography as plagiarized just because a single dance move less than 3 seconds long is somewhat similar to another. The choreography for Bang! is strictly the end product of our creation, put together by Pledis’ Korean and American choreographers." They went on to further say "Dance is a language spoken through the body for everyone, regardless of cultural barriers. To give a comparison, one would not say that a certain modern choreography is plagiarized because it is similar to a Korean culture dance. We hope no more disputes and controversies are generated over this matter."

Lauricella responded to Pledis Entertainments statement in a Youtube video saying "Yes, I’ve seen what Pledis Entertainment had to say about it. And honestly, I didn’t really expect anything else. Like, it’s so ignorant and really not cool at all." Lauricella later on pointed out that more than three seconds of his dance move was stolen, unlike what Pledis Entertainment had stated.

Song Information

Lyrics

Kim Hee Sun

Music

Kim Tae Hyun

Other Information

Chorus: Kim Tae Hyun, Kim Hee Sun, After School

Arrangement: Kim Tae Hyun

Vocal director: Kim Tae Hyun, Kim Hee Sun

Recording engineer: Heo Eun Suk, Kim Min Hui

Mixing engineer: Choi Jae Young

External Links

• Hanteo Profile