Let's Dance Together

Why Koreans care

“Para Para” names a Japanese synchronized dance style; it is not simply a string of playful sounds in the title.

In the Korean comments

One comment reads, in translation, “It feels like this should be danced kind of loosely, but everyone’s lines are too graceful.” Another points viewers toward Mina’s lower-leg movements: “Mina is usually so reserved, but why do her legs below the knees have such a strong personality?”

What the words mean

미사모 (MISAMO) combines the names Mina, Sana and Momo. One commenter playfully says they initially mistook it for 미나미 사랑하는 모임 (minami saranghaneun moim, “a club that loves Minami”), a made-up expansion using the same three initial syllables; another continues the joke with a mock warning not to confuse 미나미 (Minami) and 미사모 (MISAMO).