Hey groupies, welcome back to Form of Therapy,
I am the video channel producer and obviously, we are doing a very highly requested reaction
This is Mic Drop, the Steve Aoki remix by BTS
Obviously BTS has been making waves with their American appearance and their TV debut at the AMAs
and what I'm really excited for is this music video
it looks like they're gonna go all out
for a b-side track of all things, so let's get into it.
I saw the meme,
How people were waiting four years
to find out who was behind the glass, [as a] reference to the other BTS music video
Oh my god, that is gorgeous.
Sorry I'm not talking too much.
I'm actually like, focusing on a lot. I'm like mesmerized
by this music video, its absolutely gorgeous.
Oh wow I love the effect of like, Steve Aoki is in the background he's like this looming figure.
Like what I'm really enjoying over this music video right now is honestly the video production.
Oh, this chorus is a lot dirtier.
I don't mean like, lyrically, but I mean like,
the track the backing track is a lot dirtier because of, uh, Steve Aoki.
Oh my god,
I love that set right there, this set right here, because
what is this the camera room, the tech room? like....
BTS does this a lot in their music videos where it's just one person and then it
the camera swings around or they're joined by
Another person I really love that they do that and it's usually all one shot, too.
Oooh!
You know what I love?
the constant throughout this video of the mics dropping in the background
Wow this is a really high production music video, even for BTS
Oh my god, Jin has like,
Jin had like, three separate moments of screen time! That's amazing!
I honestly thought they would do the chorus one more time.
Okay, I gotta admit,
I'm not the biggest fan of mic drop from the BTS her album,
it is perhaps my least favourite.
It's not that I don't think the song is bad, in fact,
if you check out my listening party review
I actually like the song. It's just my least favourite on that album.
I'm actually not a fan of like, hip hop music that incorporates a lot more trap elements
That is a lot harder than this
I prefer more like, chill-hop type stuff,
so, you can understand
If I had some reservations going into this especially because I'm not that big a fan of Steve Aoki either
But this collaboration worked, I think
Steve Aoki's influence wasn't too crazy that this song sounded completely foreign and yet at the same time
I felt like it was a remix. It was a genuine
full-blooded remix that I felt like it added something that
I was missing in the original mic drop for me like I liked this a lot more than the original micdrop actually
But what I thought was stronger than the song here was actually the music video
Maybe that's because I'm a video producer that I appreciate the video production side more than
I do the music production side
But I genuinely think the video is a lot stronger than the actual remix itself.
first of all the quality of this and the production and scale size of this is
Bigger than most of what BTS has done. It's definitely bigger than like War Of Hormones
I would say this is bigger than Danger like then again
They were a smaller group back then so it is unfair to compare it to something as old as that
But honestly even compared to something like DNA
which was a full-on green-screen set music video pretty much
I feel like green-screen was wild and it was an acid trip
There was something about this that has more Flair and showmanship to it
The production level behind this
is definitely bigger than I would say even Not Today
It's bigger than
I don't know if it's bigger than spring day spring day is more cinematic
so that's an unfair comparison, but I would say
This music video it feels like it is a bigger budget
And I have to say it's probably because of the Steve Aoki
Remix that they were able to actually get more sponsors and pulling more money to make this music video
So I think that's why the music video is actually a lot grander
There was a lot about the music video that I actually really liked.
I liked that they made the cold blue interrogation room the sort of
central piece throughout the music video like it kept cutting between like
That scene and whatever a member had a solo it cut to a different scene for them, and I like that
The interrogation scene was basically the performance choreography
Stage and everyone had individual rooms. I really like Suga's room, and how it was a Red Room for
Photo development, and I liked that explosion effect that they had that was really cool
I liked Rapmon, or I guess RM's
solo scenery as well. It was like a tech room, like a AV room
and it was filled with cameras like,
a big part of this
has to do with
cameras and
Media and influence and all the cameras are pointed at them
And I really appreciated the mics
constantly dropping throughout the music video like
it's in the sky and sometimes you can't notice them because they're too dark
but it was a constant thing if I really enjoyed
I really liked the effect that they had of like Steve Aoki
seeming like some kind of overlord where he's like DJing above them
That was really cool, and the last set, the one on fire that was really gorgeous
And I appreciated the white set too.
Overall this music video
I think is a more prominent, better display of a kpop-American collaboration
even though it's not a full-on collaboration,
it's just a remix.
I think it's better than what
PSY did. After PSY exploded he did a collaboration with
Snoop Dogg I can't even remember the title of that song it was so forgettable and
I know it got a ton of views, but like, nothing really happened after that you know what I mean.
For BTS I think though, this is a great
capitalization on what they've been doing with the American market.
I'm actually glad because I thought DNA was the wrong song for them perform the AMAs
I feel like maybe they thought because it has an EDM influence
and that's the kick that America is on, they'd like that?
But honestly I think if BTS was debuting, they should have gone
stronger,
and something like Mic Drop is exactly what I'm talking about?
I'm thinking like, songs like Not Today, Fire, Mic Drop,
Something where first of all you show them
choreography that is insane, beyond belief hyper fast, hyper crisp.
You know stuff like Fire and Not Today is definitely on that level for me.
DNA there were a lot of complaints from ARMYs and non-ARMYs alike that,
it was catering too much to the American audience,
and it was too familiar, and I understand those criticisms.
I definitely see that. I like DNA, but I definitely see those criticisms
and and I feel like DNA should not be the song that is the poster boy for
what BTS is and what they represent.
I feel like we have seen that before.
Not exactly done in boy group form BTS is DNA is unique in and of itself, but you've heard a song like DNA
Similarly enough because it's EDM.
But I feel like a song like Fire or Not Today, or even this Mic Drop song,
no one in the American
dcene that makes music like this or perhaps, this is a bold statement
I could be completely wrong and no one's coming in mind,
has ever made a song like Fire, with the inclusion of such intense choreography.
So, I feel like if you're gonna debut into the American audience
you should have as much flair, and you should show of, as much as possible.
And so I think Mic Drop is actually a lot stronger, and it's better for BTS
for American promotion than the AMAs DNA stage.
In fact, I mean we talked about this at a reaction,
the DNA stage was handled so poorly by the AMAs cameraman
Which it's not their fault necessarily,
America is way behind when it comes to camera techniques being creative.
You know I talked about this a lot where in America
camera techniques and camera work is so technical
and there's not a lot of creativity inside of it.
And you know a lot of the visionary directors actually make camera work more of a creative artform
as opposed to a technical art form.
The AMAs was not the best stage for BTS in just, many aspects.
Anyone who is interested in BTS after the AMAs, this is a great thing to watch.
You got a better handle on what BTS is like and you get a different taste on their
musical stylings too.
Anyways guys
What do you think of a mic drop remix by Steve Aoki and BTS? Did not live up to the original?
Or do you like it a lot more? Let me know in the comments below.
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