[ MBC Dance Contest ] + Freddie Dredd - Cha ChaNana Jaemin uploaded a new video !Description: Jaemin

[ MBC Dance Contest ] + Freddie Dredd - Cha ChaNana Jaemin uploaded a new video !Description: Jaemin, better known as Nana, here! Since I only have 90 seconds to show off my dance skills among a sea of other people, I decided to go with this relatively unknown bop. Enjoy!Jaemin hasn’t formally danced before. The last time he brought up the idea of taking dance classes to his mom, she exploded on him so the idea of dancing formally is somewhat of a fear for him. However, when MBC announced a dance contest for anyone over sixteen years old, he can’t help but give in and at least try to get some practice in. After all, if he really wants to be an idol, he’s going to have to learn at some point how to do hip-hop moves that are sharp and clean, rather than his current sloppy attempts. With only about a week to come up with something, Jaemin’s mind had been on overdrive thinking of not only a song but how to at least make the dance moves he picked up from college parties and TikTok look sharper than most people.Focusing on the dance is most important to him so Jaemin quickly picks an artist he’s been listening to lately, Freddie Dredd. Dredd’s an edgy rapper with vulgar, annoying lyrics but his beats always are unique and sometimes sample something more fun than the actual song. After listening to a couple, he decides to go with “Cha Cha”, as it has the most versatility for him to work with. The intro starts off with a bossa nova sample that mentions dances like the “hula” and the “cha cha.” These dances aren’t hard and can add some humor to his dance; he doesn’t want to take this thing too seriously. The sample merges into Freddie’s verse. He figures this is when he can try to attempt some actual hip-hop moves, as the 90 seconds perfectly ends with the verse and another instance of the bossa nova sample. At home, Jaemin cuts the song to the 90 seconds he needs for his dance sample. For four days, Jaemin goes to the SKKU dance practice rooms and gets ready for “show day.”Once he feels confident with his song and dance, Jaemin gets his props set up and checks out his outfit in the mirror. For props, he managed to find some blue LED string lights he can scatter throughout the back of the dance room he’s reserved on campus earlier in the week. He hangs them up haphazardly like a spider web, giving the cute lights a more ominous look. For his outfit, he contrasts the blue lights with a bright orange jacket and black jeans, with one leg accented by neon stripes by his ankle. He even did his hair and put in earrings into his usually empty piercings. Rather than people focus on his dancing, he hopes they focus on his look. After setting up his Bluetooth speaker to his phone and placing his camera on the tripod, he hits the record button. Instead of stopping between takes, he decided earlier to keep the song on loop and cut the take to the best performance.He does ten iterations and feels like he hasn’t quite gotten it perfect. When the song starts again, he flashes a smile and dances the hula for a brief second before doing a purposefully silly, upbeat cha cha, which is just him swaying his hips as he steps back and forth while moving his hands to match the flow. As the sample fades, so does his smile and dancing. With a fierce face, he breaks into the hip-hop section. He pops and rolls his body to the lyrics. The lyrics accelerate, as does his moves. When Dredd breaks into a sing-song style, Jaemin sways back and forth, aware of the sharpness of his shoulders, until it transforms back into the intense arm and leg movements. He aggressively points at the camera at one point, while doing a running-man-esque move, and he almost cracks a smile at how “badass” he’s acting. As the end of the verse ends, he slows his moves down to a simple shuffle. Finally, the last instance of the bossa nova sample comes back and he flashes his bright smile again to match his excitable cha cha. As the sample breaks down in distortion, his smile fades until he lets his body fall loose and his head hanging.After ten more extra tries, his body starts to feel exhausted from all of the effort he’s put in. With his body already loose, he crumbles to the floor. After laying on the floor after three more loops of the song, he finally gets up and collects everything. When he gets to his home, he can’t be bothered to edit the video until the next day. The take is only 16 and a half minutes but it had felt like he had been dancing for eternity. As he watches it, he subconsciously critiques himself and finds all the technicalities he could’ve done better. Regardless, he splices it to his best take, adds the 90 second sample of “Cha Cha,” adds a filter to make the colors more intense. Typing a cheeky description, he uploads the video. Nothing will happen but one thing’s for sure, Jaemin learned so much and he can’t wait to do another dance cover, even if it kills him. -- source link

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