# Hello Bitches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 22, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281 "2015-11-22T16:12:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281/1 "2015-11-22T16:12:22Z")

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[Hello Bitches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4Zj98FeX4)

(NSFW, in case that isn’t clear from the title.)

CL just released this song about 24 hours ago and the YouTube video already has well over 1 million hits. It totally fucking rocks! It’s an insanely energetic hip hop dance video with all kinds of attitude and NSFW-ness. From a Kpop star, no less!

The song is deliriously catchy; a perfect example of playful menace. The jaw-dropping, head-bopping booty-shaking beat is like ten tons of fun for my ears. I like how the lyrics incorporate rapping, singing and a strong chanted chorus. There could have been 3 or 4 vocalists, but as far as I know it’s just CL adopting various sneers and inflections in the mixed Korean/English vocals that remind me of Trina, Monie Love, Nicki Minaj, Shawna, Khia, Lil Kim, etc.

[Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/chaelincl/hello-bitches) shows 250,000 plays; no idea how to check how many times it’s been downloaded (1 for mine, tho).

First Psy, now CL? Can she get some traction with Americans with this song and video?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281/2 "2015-11-22T16:30:06Z")

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I thought Vanilla Ice was like a trademarked name. Robert Matthew Van Winkle will be very upset.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281/3 "2015-11-22T16:46:56Z")

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Sorry, I don’t see it getting any traction. It made me giggle. Gangnam Style was far more undeniably hooky.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281/4 "2015-11-29T13:02:16Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Sorry, I don’t see it getting any traction. It made me giggle. Gangnam Style was far more undeniably hooky.

I like CL (and 2NE1 as well) but I don’t see this being some sort of. K-pop phenom like **Gangnam Style.** Heck, it’s not even as good as **The Baddest Female** or **MTBD**.