I’m not saying this music video for “In The Middle,” from the Ukrainian group Kazaky, was made with gay male audiences in mind, but … oh who am I kidding, those boys are dancing in stilettos.
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boo radley
I think the only appropriate word for this is “awe”
Theo
Wow…awesome.
tallskin2
I’ll have two of them
Send them up to my room
Dallas David
Impressive dancing, but they’ll never be known for their lyrics.
Gee, I miss Cole Porter . . .
Matthew
So wait, are they a gay boy group? I mean the music video speaks volumes but then again they are European so they can go either ways.
tallskin2
@Mathew – LOL, so is that how it works in Europe???
Matt
Judging by this video, these guys aren’t even a “boy-band”. They’re just a bunch of hot dancers who can rattle off a few lines to a beat. Or is that what all boy-bands are like nowadays?
hmm
what is up with their lack of internet presence? their “website” contains only this video!
they need to give me “more…more…MOOOORE”
JadeLycra
Oh holy balls on fire….
mrpeenee
I don’t know, they look sort of like they’re auditioning for the Pussycat Dolls, Ukraine Edition.
Rocket
@Matt: Isn’t that what all boy-bands ever were? Come on now…
Robert
Why do I get the feeling the Jonte is behind this somehow? lol.
AdonisOfFire
More please! It’s rare that a hot guy manages to be/act androgynous and not be off putting, but the context of the video and the choreography is pretty awesome.
Ted B. (Charging Rhino)
Gee, didn’t know that Bel Ami had branched-out into music videos….
B Damion
O.M.G..this video is very much “Jonte/Raymond” essk…I agree with you Robert. In fact I thought I say Jonte dancing in the darkness.
God..why the hell can’t may body look like that. I love’s me some white boys y’all……Get it!!!
Rrr
there is no “THE” before Ukraine… even if it is a sexy video
Lefty
Oh. My. God.
icelus
I think Gaga just found her new backup dancers.
CML
@tallskin2:
They’re not gay, they’re European! 😉
tallskin2
@CML, I think they are both european and gay.
But I could be misjudging the situation.
Oh, I’ve changed my order: Send three up to my room. And tell the boys they needn’t shower beforehand, I will shower them down should they need it.
shawn
Oh My! Looks like a show I saw at escuelita in NY!
Kurt
Slava!!!!
prohomo
Where’s the song?! Oh, and way too gay, vain, look at-me-I’m so-beautiful..don’t like. Been done a million times Boring.
REBELComx
Good gods, these boys can move. How I envy dancers. And each of them is so hot in their own little way. Music is simple but very catchy and really well produced (unlike that damn Cazwell “Ice Cream Truck” everyone compares this too), and the video is a total tease, showing very little here and there but just enough to keep you hot and interested. I think I drooled over this all night. The only other video I can find of these guys anywhere is of them ALL in stilettos dancing to Vogue for a European TV show.
Oh, Tallskin, can you spare me the blue eyed, curly haired, mischievous smiled boy? :~)
Lefty
I literally cannot stop watching this.
Okay, none of it’s really new and the song is woefully slight, but absolutely everything about its execution is so perfect that it elevates the material completely.
First of all, all of the “band” are absolutely gorgeous in different ways but all in an interesting way. Their performances on camera – not just the dancing, but the way they react to the camera and pull you in, as it were – is all spot-on.
The dance routines and the cutting are all perfectly executed – the way they hit each move perfectly to the beat, that switch split! – the clothes, the hair – and as has been said, the androgyny is so captivating. They all seem so masculine and so feminine at the same time.
Finally, the way everything is photographed is great too. Very simple but makes the whole thing, which is already as sexy as hell, even sexier.
The song is good. Mind-numbingly simple, yes, but very catchy.
The video’s the thing, though.
Can’t wait to find out more about them. Looking at their website, it looks like they’ve done this video to generate publicity/revenue before doing anything else. Do they have any other material I wonder?
Okay, I realise it’s just a music video, but I really can’t get enough of it and thought I’d share some of my thoughts. Think I’ll go and watch it again! 😛
shae
I think im in love….cant stop watching this!
L.
@Matt: “Nowadays”? When were boy bands anything more?
Jouin
I don’t know what was that I just watched but I wholeheartedly approve. Their hot bodies and sleek dancing compensate for the fluffy lyrics and I’m ok with it ’cause it was damn enjoyable.
tripper
id rather watch 2PM do the running man and make cliche boy-band poses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdofhj9WKU
hmm
wow. sorry boys: running man, NOT sexy. not in 2010.
Christian Y
First of all, the video is hot and the choreography is on point! Beyond that, I’m getting a little tired of how everyone…including us from the comments on this post…seems to equate any behavior that intersects masculinity and femininity as gay. They’re wearing heels…so what? This is the same tired response people had when Madonna would wear men’s clothing in her videos. Unless these boys make a statement that this video is a “statement” why can’t it just be received as the same type of marketing tactics Gaga, Beyonce, and oh, EVERY pop icon uses to sell their music?
Personally, I think the world is moving on and too many people are just getting old.
Anonymous
denz denz with me baby!