(subtitles by the Stray Kids dance tutorials guy)
UMU: Hi guys, this is Umu from ReacttotheK and joining me today is...
CHARLOTTE: Charlotte
U: ...from... *laughs*
...the Classical Musicians react series, and she is in town because we are going to KCON
C: KCON! U: KCOOON!
U: ...in a few days. And by the way, I actually can't hear you (C: Oh) through these earbuds
C: Just pretend like you can so- YAAAH U: So I'm just gonna- yeah I'm just gonna pretend
U: So if she asks a question and I go like uh-huh
Or like, smile or something, it's just because I can't hear her and I'm improvising
U: Okay captions are on! I'm not always able to pay attention to lyrics while listening- like trying to analyze music
U: So we'll read them afterwards if we have trouble catching them C: Sounds like a plan U: Yeah
C: Three two one
U: Half-dab early
U: Glitch glitch glitch (C: *gasp*) glitch
U: Are they about to run a marathon inside of a tunnel building?
That sound design though
U: Ooh
C: *laughs*
U: Okay, who be singing that low
U: Oh, CHANGB- mmmMMMMMM *party*
U: Oh C: *shookT*
U: I love- I love the low raspy vocal doubling with the electric guitar at the beginning
C: We all know I love that
U: There's something about voice and electric guitar like when they're singing at the same time, or voice and saxophone singing at the time that's
C: *gasp* pony!
U: Okay, smooth part! The vocalists always seem to get that smooth part C: Yeah
U: Because their phrases are much longer, but- oh, this is speeding up
U: Okay
C: Oh! *GASPS at the sight of Felix*
U: That was cool because the chorus started as half-time C: Yeah, and then they built it
U: Yeah *clapping the rhythm* C: And they're coming back again U: Yeah
C: Nice U: Goes back to double
C: Oh
C: I like this bass line
*both hum along*
C: It's nice
U: YES! Get rid of those beats!
U: Just like bubbleshine (????)! Yeahhh!
U: *scream of excitement*
U: Okay *laughs* whew
U: I feel something stylistic about Stray Kids' music is having like really really fast-paced rapping and then
floating vocals at some part of the song, whether in the pre-chorus or chorus
C: They're building, that's what she's talking about
[lol they ain't ready]
C: What? :( No it can't be over, I'm mad, NO
U: No it's gonna have like a music video interlude
U: For suspense C: I love suspense U: A dude and his car
C: I love dudes and his cars U: It's gonna go into the... bridge
U: How do you feel about Felix getting the bridge?
(U: Or, the beginning of the bridge) C: Um, I think he's beautiful at all times, so
C: Oh nice
U: Wow they cut off that- C: Oh! U: Oh, we going staccato
U: Yeah, I'm a sucker for those kind of third choruses C: Like, just look at-
U: This is my favorite part C: I like whenever he says, "Let's go"
U: Okay, so all I got about that lyrically was "Just in my lane" and nananananana
So we should probably look at the lyrics
C: What I got is that they're amazing [t/n: FACTS]
C: I thought it was cool. I thought they always kept you on your toes because they never really ever let up into the chorus the exact same way as before
U: They're good at their pre-choruses to choruses C: And they're good at changing up their choruses too
U: Variation~
C: Yeah this was nice and tasty
U: That song definitely moved around a lot more with its melody
It was faster pace during the chorus than, um...
*sings to self* da da DAA. da da da DAAA
U: Which is "District 9"
So the melody moves around more than that past release
U: *reading My Pace lyrics* I look at others and then I look at myself
They seem to be better than me by at least a thing
Aka me in conservatory comparing myself to all the really good French horn players
C: Me in every day of life
U: Well this is going on my favorite lyrics playlist
C: This seems to be like, admitting you have your anxieties and all of those things but willingly to accept them
You're going at your own pace on a completely different journey and
U: Eyelash C: Thank you U: Mm-hmm
C: ...That you're going on a totally different journey than anybody else
And if you're constantly comparing yourself, you're just setting yourself up to feel like crap about your life and what you're doing, so...
Yeah, like he says: "Follow my lane, take it easy"
U: I'm really loving these lyrics C: These are nice U: I have to admit I'm tired of like any love song, anything connected with romantic love
So when I find songs that I can relate to just like living as myself, comparing myself to others, growing up as a young adult
U: I really really appreciate it, so... C: Thank you Stray Kids for being bomb on multiple levels
U: Definitely C: ...especially you, Felix :)
U: And bang- Changbin for me, Changbin. I sa-rang-hae you
THAT WAS SO CRINGY!
U: So we are going to listen to it a second time for the like, "review" section of this video and see if we can notice anything new
Especially since after now that we know the lyrics and the message they're trying to convey. Leggo!
U: *sings(?)* Na na na na naw
U: Changbin hit me up with that low voice of youuuuurs
Growly!
Guitaaar
Leggooo!
*sings(?) again* Na na na na naw
Na na na na naw
*sings along* Na na na na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na
NAW NAW NAW
U: I love how he changed the phrasing by doing- like you know, shouting it
C: But it's nice that the guitar has it first then he takes it
U: This- that scene is just so shocking
'Cause it's just like YEAH! ABS!
U: So this specific, like the brassy low synth progression, this is the main underlying progression throughout the entire song
U: But I love how spacious it is C: They do so well with rhythms!
C: And I said it in "District 9" that when you play with rhythm really well you get good things
And they're doing it again
U: There was a horse in that scene C: Yeah, I said "Pony!" U: Was there a horse in that scene? I didn't see that the first time
U: Oh!
U: Oh, they kept the same progression from before (C: Mm-hmm) except this time the bass is legato
And legato means it's like connected without a tenuto. And before it was just like, holding out, and there was silence, holding, silence.
This time it's drrrrrh *drone noise*
U: I like these little like *sound effects* a ba du ba da, du ba du ba da
Like little vocal breaks between sections, 'cause that's what they're using as a transition
*enthusiastic clapping*
U: So many different sounds behind him too C: Five...
U: And they're playing a lot with dynamics C: That's I V I there U: Mmhmm
U: I thought- I V I? C: There's a IV occasionally but sometimes they skip the IV U: Ok
U: So really easy progression. So again
Similar to their other songs, this is stronger in variation and rhythms rather than melodically and harmonically
'Cause in fact, there aren't any harmonies! It's just unison or octaves
U: Are there any harmonies? No!
I'll need to go back and double-check
U: I like that high-pitched synth that sounds kind of like pizzicato strings or something
C: Yeah, or like a piano or something (U: Yeah) that's just like plucking or bending the key U: Yeah, is it called prepared piano?
C: I think so, yeah
U: And there's a strings, fixed strings in the background
C: Five...
C: Yep, it's right under there U: Sev... I VII I
C: *laughs* I love that dance
U: And this time the electric guitar is playing an octave up
U: I think there's like an electric guitar in the lower range and one up
So they changed it from the beginning where it was just a low voice, low guitar
And then this time it was thicker because there were octaves
U: They touched on more... C: Tasty U: Tasty...ness of the bridge. That doesn't make any sense
C: *sings* I love Stray Kids, I love Stray Kids, how 'bout you?
U: *joins* How 'bout you?
U: Yes I love Stray Kids, and we're gonna watch that album
U: awl-bum
U: I can't sing that low
U: Ayy so we're gonna do first listen to the album
I'll try to publish it as soon as possible, but it's gonna be edited by my assistant editor and he also has a crazy schedule like me.
So have patience but it'll come out eventually
C: Sorry I'm yawning
Been up since 1 a.m y'all, and it's like- what is it?
C: It's 3:00 U: It's 3pm
U: Alright, anyways C: That is a 14-hour day already and I am done, so bear with me people
C: Sorry
U: Anyway, thanks for watching!
U: *whispers* bye