I’ll freely admit, I’m not as into K-Pop girl groups as I am boy groups. That’s not to say that girl groups are any different, I just haven’t connected or done deep dives into many of them as I have boy groups. I fully intend on resolving that with this blog, though! I have plans to do some discography dives into some groups that I have liked so far.

One of those groups that I plan on digging into is Red Velvet, a girl group that has been around since 2014. So I have a LOT to catch up on, which is awesome. The biggest reason that I was drawn to this group is the MV for their title track from Perfect Velvet, “피카부 (Peek-A-Boo)”. Give it a watch below:

First off, I’m gonna squee a bit.

SEULGI MY QUEEN!!!

Ahem. Anyway.

My friend M was the one who turned me on to this video (along with a lot of others, lol, she’s the real MVP). And how could I not love it? It’s so creepy and weird, but also funny and bad-ass.

I mean, the premise is that the girls are killers, who take out delivery boys by seducing them into their house. They put them through odd ritualistic behavior and force them to do weird things, like eat green jello mold while blindfolded and having their hands tied behind their back, and this guy is just like HAHA SURE YEAH CUTE GIRLS, WHAT, ARE THEY GONNA HURT ME?

The answer is YES, DUDE. Because they’ve been practicing with things like crossbows, throwing axes, and straight razors.

The group chases the guy down with assorted weapons, which he thinks is all fun until he realizes that they have weapons and he’s going to die. At one point, he thinks that one of the girls is letting him go, or running away with him. I think it’s the latter, because he finds out very quickly that he is most certainly not safe once he gets out.

tl;dr – PRETTY SERIAL KILLER GIRLS WITH WEIRD RITUALS AND COORDINATING OUTFITS????? YES PLEASE.

Mmm, yeah
Yeah

Oh, gosh so crazy (Oh, gosh)
Yeah, I’m an emotional girl
I fall in love so easily (I fall in love so easily)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I like new things, they sparkle
Everyone’s like that, right?

Peek-a-boo, it’s love only when my heart flutters
(La, la, la, la, la)
All my friends yell at me
They say I have a problem
I’m fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine

Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo (Ow)
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo
A fox who wants to have fun, that’s me
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo

I said one, two, three, play the game again
Let’s press the button, hurry like “Kung Fu”
Don’t be surprised even if I change my mind
Aren’t you attracted to me? Then excuse me
Call me, let’s go play all night
Restart a game!
Go forward, roll it, Blanka!

Tonight (Let’s go)
The playground is popping
No time to be bored
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Go round and round (Ooh)
Everyone is the same
Then we locked eyes

Peek-a-boo, this is new, is this love?
La, la, la, la, la
All my friends yell at me
They say I have a problem
I’m fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine

(My boo, boo, boo, peek-a-boo, boo, boo, boo)
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo

Tag, you’re it!
It’ll be fun, I’ll include you here
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)
Till the moon hangs on the jungle gym
Let’s play, yeah
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)

Peek-a-boo, it’s strange, you’re different
I stop this game and I look at you again
I’m not afraid, because I just felt
That a new story will begin
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo (La, la, la, la, la)
A fox who wants to have fun, that’s me
La, la, peek-a-boo (No, no, no)

Tag, you’re it!
It’ll be fun, I’ll include you here (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)
Till the moon hangs on the jungle gym
Let’s play (Na, na, na, na, ooh)
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)
Tag, you’re it! (A peek-a-boo, boo, boo)
It’ll be fun, I’ll include you here (A peek-a-boo, boo, boo)
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)
Till the moon hangs on the jungle gym (A peek-a-boo, boo, boo)
Let’s play a little more (Yeah, yeah)
(Peek-peek-a-peek-a-boo)
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo

Lyric translation from Genius English Translations