Umu: Hi guys! What is up~? My name is Umu and I'm ReacttotheK's channel creator.
Kevin: Hi everyone. This is Kevin from Classic Musicians React and today...
that-- the intro just gets more and more blurry every time but we're keeping it.
Umu: Welcome to Kevin's and my A.C.E ...
Naughty boys? Wait, what is it called again, good boys?
Wait, wait, wait, wait--
'Favorite Boys'! HAAAha~
Kevin: Number 19 on trending!
WHAT! That's SO cool. I LOVE seeing K-pop trending. Every time a K-pop song trends,
somebody will check it out, and... or more than-- more than somebody,
a lot of people and you know that at least one person will be like,
Hey, that's pretty sweet!
U: Going into this reaction, I... we're following them on Instagram and I saw their Instagram post
and I legit just stared at all their teaser photos for, like,
15 minutes straight.
HOLY shit.
I was just speechless from the amazing
photography and aesthetics and what they were wearing and their makeup
and I was just so, so, so blown away by that.
But anyways, we're here for the music, right?
This is Musicians React not Musicians Attempt to Break Down Visual Aesthetics Reaction.
So, let's go!!
K: 3, 2, 1, A.C.E.
This intro...
U: Nice logo sounds.
K: That's-- a lot just happened.
U: Wow! So many huge crashing sounds.
Oh, yeah.
I ship A.C.E. with electric guitar-- grungy guitar sounds.
*sings the synth melody that just happened* ~bedebedebe~
K: It's a good rap beat, you know.
It's got, like, four minor type rap.
Bit retro.
U: Yeeahh, that's satisfying.
K: I love the syncopation.
Woah! The percussion just disappears, but yet, it stills feel punchy-- still feels punchy because of the attack and the split second of silence.
The vocal delivery in this chorus! Of course, not to mention the amazing drop.
U: The vocals blend really well with the background at that part -- I wanna go back.
K: I like the *imitates background synth* ~wooooo~
U: AHHHH~~!!!
WAOW.
*imitates percussive sounds* ~boobooboodabooda~
OHH YEAH IT'S BACK!
He has sequins on his eyelashes???!?!?!?!!
K: This part... it--
the momentum dies down a tiny bit~
But then that happens. But then THAT happens and it brings it right back.
I LOVE their delivery. WHAT is that???
*attempts vocal melody* ~dumnumnum num~
*LOLL*
U: That's interesting -- they had sounds of cocking of a gun, but then vocally they did the "pow."
Wow.
K: The texture is SO cool~
And then it comes back. Oh my gosh.
U: Yeah. harmonized high notes are the best!
WOOO~!!
Wow, that's synth part is so active.
Wahhh.
K: Ohhhhhh it ends on the half beat. 1 and 2 and 3 and. Yep.Oh, that's so great!
Lots of surprises. A lot of moments that made me-- instead of going like, this is awesome,
they made me go, huh~
But then they follow up with something awesome right after that, and I think that's really good. Lots of subversion of expectation.
U: Whew!
Hahh~
I feel like I need to take a breather.
Wow, they had a loooot of instrumentals going on, a lot of effects.
I just-- what immediately stood out to me were the transitions.
How they went from section to section.
36 seconds in 3, 2, 1.
They go a little circus at this part.
~dada dada~
It's just chromaticism, but I was like, oh, that's kinda... circus vibes.
Yeah, nice lower harmony at that moment.
Okay, listening to the background synth part.
*background synth notes*
There're SO many things going on in this section but they fit together so well.
*different synth noises*
*umu makes more synth sounds*
That synth, they--
it, like, starts off lined up with the voice but it's going at different rhythms. It's kinda going like,
*synth noises* ~buabuabuabuaaa~
While it goes, ~dada dada dada~ in the vocals.
That was-- *GASPS* that was so cool. Okay. I'll go ahead and zoom Kevin now.
U: That was a lot~ K: It's-- it's a lot.
U: That was a lot. K: Yep.
U: They like-- for almost-- during the verses, every single time they transition, they transition in a different way.
K: Yeah~ U: So this, like, invites you to go back and re-listen and re-listen so you can pick up on all the differences,
but go ahead, you were gonna say something.
K: It's one of those songs where...
like, there were so many-- there were many moments of big satisfaction, big reaction.
But there were also a lot of moments, especially in the earlier parts,
that made me go, huhh~
Or even like, huh?? U: Yeah.
K: Like the bridge!! U: *sings* ~dada dada~ K: Yeah.
But also (U: Ohh.) that really WEIRD texture in the bridge, I couldn't quite understand what they were doing with the instrumentation,
but then, see, every time I had one of those reactions it's always followed by
a big, satisfying moment. That-- and I can't wait to be able to
memorize, sort of, what goes on in the song, (U: Yeahh, yeah.) just be able to groove to it completely.
U: Mhm, throughout this song, it's like they pull you in. They're like-- they get you listening (K: Yeah.) intently.
And you're like: wait, what is that? It's a little bit inquisitive.
K: Yeah. U: They really just-- they grab you, and then they just hit you with that, like,
OHH yeah, okay! (K: Yup, exactly.) We back. We back.
So it's this nice, not only just, like, push and pull of interest,
but also range! Vocal range. K: Mhmm.
U: They explore so much down here and rap-- kinda like rapping but also singing at the same time,
and then the ~ooohhwaAAHH~ y'know, (K: Yeah.) all the way out there as well.
K: Yeah, and this is one of those cases where I like that the chorus lasts a little longer than it usually would,
because, y'know, the one guy hits the high note, ~LAAA~
and then the beat just keeps going, it doesn't feel the need to change, and I think that was well done.
U: Yeah, when I was previewing this song, I was like, ooh, it sounds like the texture is too similar throughout the entire thing,
I don't know if I'm gonna have a lot of nice things to say about it,
I don't know I'm gonna be excited, but just listening to it in whole, you're so right!
That was very, very welcome (the consistency of texture with the post chorus added on to the chorus),
because we do adventure into such extremely different areas in in the intro, verse, and bridge.
K: Yeah~ yeah.
So this song was just, very, very-- like, checked off a lot of things that I like in pop music in general.
K: I like that vocal delivery, ~rumrumrumrum~
U: YEAHHH~
Yeah, yeah, K: Yeah, it's different. It's different. Yeah, I don't--
y'know, usually during the choruses when the instrumentals are just super hype,
you know, the singers usually-- they just take the back seat, and they don't do-- y'know, they do--
in this song they do something, y'know, it's pretty quiet, but it's got that GRIT. It's just a gritty ~rmmmjmgmjm~
Yeah, I like it. And a lot of guitar, which I really enjoy. The electric guitar -- really well used.
Yeah, and I like the ending too. The ~dun dundundun yebuhh~
Yep.
It's on a half beat, which we've heard before, but
lately I've not heard as much of it -- this type of ending.
U: Yeah, I'm SO curious what everyone else thinks of this comeback.
I was just blown away by both the video and song combined, (K: Yep.) and...
Oh my god. They're (K: Yeah. Excellent.) their physical albums is going to be full of just brilliant photoshoot pictures, OHH I want~
Yeah, I like the set production design of the music video a lot as well. U: YESS!
A looot of opportunities for, just, really cool stuff. U: YESSSS. Yesssss, okay!!
Well, I-- we look forward to reading everyone's comments on what your opinion of this song is, and yeah! Until next time.
K: Yupp. U: Byeee~