Background 's 2008 single "
Mercy". The music video was released on December 21, 2012, at 10 a.m.
KST via Korean music site
Naver. Most of the video was originally filmed in 2008, while being bookended with scenes from the music video for "I Got A Boy". The outfits and the concept featured in the music video were instead reworked into what would become "Gee". A screenshot of the music video was leaked in 2011 along with the audio of the
Korean version of "Boomerang," which was later officially released in Japanese on their second Japanese album
Girls & Peace (2012).
Synopsis The music video, with a running time of 4 minutes, 23 seconds, has a time machine plot. The video begins with the members in a pink doll-like room.
Yoona opens up a present to find a small device. The group quickly gathers around and finds out it is a time machine which brings them back to the year 2008 from 2013. The room transforms into a retro-style diner.
Tiffany turns on a jukebox with
Jessica while they sing the intro. The first verse mainly focuses on the diner. While in the diner, the video transitions from each member's line in a pan-order around the diner. The second verse is focused on the white set, wearing white shirts and jeans (which would be reused in "Gee"). During the bridge, the members throw a party while dancing in groups of three while Tiffany approaches a DJ telling him to play a song. The video cuts back to the center of the diner where the group is dancing with customers and diner staff. Confetti is thrown during the final chorus while the party continues with a final pose in the T-shirt and jean costumes. At the end of the song, the time machine moves forward to 2013 as the words "Ayo GG" spoken by
Sooyoung are heard, leading into the teaser for "I Got a Boy". The first part of the teaser is met with audio using mid rock-synths and breaks down into dubstep as Tiffany says, "Ayo stop, let me put it down another way". At the end of the video, the "I Got a Boy" symbol was used with "2013.01.01 comeback" seen below it. ==Credits==