Kayla Rae: I think every section has been entirely different
HAha, A lot going on
[Rossini's Semiramide Overtune plays // Subtitles by youtube @anisian]
Umu: So this is PIXY, you've reacted to them before
They did "BEWITCHED", where it was like- Rachel&Liam: *uhhhhhhhh~*
Umu: *ahhhhhhh~* Ali: haAHAHA~
Umu: *bewitched~ da-da-da-da~* and they're wearing like leather
And they're- and then you start punching Sam
Ju Young: There's some synth! There's some 80s synth going on!
Ju Young: oHHH YEah (5x) Ok (3x)
*beep sfx*
Umu: My friends, you are now reacting to the previously 6 member
But now 5 member girl group, PIXY and their title track, "Karma"
Off of their mini album 'Chosen Karma'
Their new member, Rinji explained on a talk show, that
This song takes place in a universe where a coin flip
Will determine the life or death of evil
In the lyrics they say, "I'll decide your fate let's flip a coin
Tell me, heads or tails, I'll chose your destiny, I'll be your Μοῖραι"
Jason: What is that? Brian: Oh, aren't they the ones, the-
Brian: Aren't they the sisters who have the tapestry that they weave
And they're weaving their fates together
Or the threads of fate together to form like a picture? Jason: Yeah
Liam: Well that sounds perilous
Umu: The song is composed by, JASMINE, Lee Ju Hyung, and Jo Youngbae
Jacob: All these albums are like operas, Like they have like the most like
Complex storylines and-
It's interesting, because I love operas Kayla Rae: For real!
Jacob: But it's definitely operatic in scope, okay
Owen: 3, 2, 1, crypt! Kevin: 3, 2, Face
Owen: Wow~ Kevin: Oh true, oh~
Stephanie: Wow~ Hot girls hehe
Kevin: woAHHH~
Brian: ooH~
They got some rhymes already
Ju Young: Mmm~
Liam: Nice cowbell
Ali: I like the beat a lot
Kevin: Goodness, woahhh~
Owen: Wow
That is very cool Kevin: Mmhm
Rachel: I like the organ
Kevin: Somehow the visuals in the song kind of match perfectly
woaHH~!
Kayla Rae & Liam: Oooh~
Brian: oH!
Ali: I like their voices, like the tone and the quality
And the effect their voices have on me its very warm
Owen: Yeah- Kevin: It felt like- woah
Liam: uhuh-oh-hoh~
Kevin: It felt like it was about to switch styles but it only added instruments
Jason: *water drop noises* all those sounds
Kayla Rae: I think every section has been entirely different,
A lot going on haha
Will: Woah~ Jory: I like whatever's happening there
It's kind of weird
Will: That melody sounds a lot like... "Thriller"
Ju Young: I like the harmonies
Ali: Mmhm
Ju Young: Like the pre-chorus, it's like lush
Both: Mmmhmh~!
Kevin: Yeah, woooh~! Leon: Mmhm~
Jason: *woooowwoo~* Good bass figure
Ali: Their voices blend so well together
oH?!
Liam: ooHHhohoh~ Yeah!
Kevin: They're doing it! They said it- Owen: 9-
Jacob: Oh my god!! 8-
Rachel: Got that brass in
Will: Some trumpet parts in there
Jory: Yeah, they've got like these weird kind of
like big band-y, kinda "Dangerous Woman" type of stuff Will: Yeah
Kevin: Woah- wha- f*ck-
Owen: That's short! Kevin: Yeah, *bum*
Rachel: That was good Liam: That was kinda crazy
Rachel: That was a really good song
Jason: That was a lot Brian: That was really a lot
Kayla Rae: Confused Jacob: Yeah, kinda took us everywhere
W: Lots of like modal mixture, but in a way that felt like slightly weird
Like we're in minor then all of a sudden we're in phrygian
And then all of a sudden we're in like dorian-
And then it was minor and it was just like- woah
Js: They did go really-
Drastically in so many different areas
Even though it may have been in some type of structured form
But it was just like the instrumentation changed a lot
And harmony changed a lot, and style changed a lot
And so it was just like what?
Jc: Was that like the point?
Js: Well I mean I'm thinking it's because of the coin, duality
I can definitely hear instrumentally in like the choices they were making
Being like fate, like 2 sides of a coin and it's kind of like random
That's just kind of going into these different areas
And one is not sure where it lands, but that's why it was like kinda all over the place
U: Let's just say you hearing a distinct change between the phrygian section
And the dorian section makes complete sense
Because this is a combination of 2 different songs
*caw crowing*
Al: Are they? Jr: Really?
Ra: Really? W: Hmm
Jc: Hmm~
K: Oh that's neat!
Le: I can't tell
JY: Like I wouldn't have known
Like it's like one cohesive song yeah- U: It's pretty smooth!
Al: Yeah, I wouldn't have known
Js: Damn, well I guess it makes sense now Br: We're just playing games
Jc: Because I felt like I was kinda confused
Because they both sounded similar and I guess they're both in the same key
It sounds like this is supposed to be the same thing, but it feels different
So I kind of just lost... But I like the chorus KR: Yeah
Js: Do they have those 2 songs separately first and then it's that song? (U: Yes)
Then it makes sense, and then the people listening to the album are like
Woahhh! Wait a minute!
Material I've heard before! But now intertwined with something else,
Yeah I get it (2x) but that was crazy to hear alone
*Spongebob narrator ~meanwhile~*
Le: There's so many more songs out there that just sounds 2 different things
That this is nothing St: Yeah
St: Like that- the broccoli and the strawberry situation
Le: Oh yeah that- Yeah St: This ain't that
U: What would you say this is?
St: Hmmm? Le: Strawberry and yogurt?
St: Yes yes! I was thinking around the same
It can be like a combined nice milkshake, strawberry yogurt milkshake
It's like smooth and like good smooth texture
Ra: I think this worked really well, like I think it flowed pretty nicely
Ow: Maybe because there weren't sharp creases or any delineation that
Made it feel like I was moving to a new place
I mean there were, because they did go to different choruses and things
But it was one long, like tendril that was holding everything
It was just a string that was connecting it, even if it was a very thin string
It was all one
So we've heard VI VII i a million times and they would go there
And they would tease it and then they'd go back to a ♭6 or something
And then the ♭6 with the intention to go to 5 and then 1
And then that doesn't happen, and it keeps like moving
And then coming away and going forward, and then coming away
And when it arrives, then like I said before the end is a new beginning
And it like kicks off some other different direction
And there's no- there's no stasis
Which is good at least with how this song is presented I think
K: Now that you mention it, I can see how yeah
The chords they chose definitely contributed a lot to this-
This very smooth- Ow: It's really interesting
K: -experience, I like it- it definitely was immersive so-
Ow: That's a good word K: For sure-
U: You guys didn't feel- you felt like it all went together so smoothly so-
Ow: Except the last bit! K: I think it earned it
K: I don't like it, I don't think I like it But I think it earned it, yeah
Jr: That last bit was cool, it was kind of like that groovy, funky, kind of throwback thing
But then they were doing that with the horns,
They had like really subtle horns earlier
And it was like, when the auto-tune ad-libs were going
And it was just like a really weird like combination yeah
U: But that last bit, why did it work better?
Jr: I dunno, they had like the cowbell come in or whatever
And they like fully committed to that
I wanna hear it again-
Br: Oh yeah, this is definitely "Hide and Seek", the counting
Js: Oh see I get it, I was like-
Br: I was wondering what they were counting to,
Now I see "Hide and Seek" it makes sense
Jr: That chanting thing is kind of funny
It's a cool beat, it's a really cool idea
To kinda like- ominous kind of chanting to double up your lyrics
W: I dunno, like they layered them singing with them just like talking or something
So it's like, it's like not notes
St: And when they did like the multiple voices thing, it was like- that was interesting to me
That was like the first texture they used I think towards the very end
I was just like wasn't expecting that
It was a mystery part for me
K: I really- even for this parcel of a song
I appreciate a final ending section that does something different
Instead of repeating the same thing
So I feel like the song earned it
It was so interesting and they tried something in the end
And it wasn't completely for me
Ow: You're right, I'm glad there is an ending- K: Yeah exactly
W: I think I semi-disagree about the horn part
Like, I like the earlier part of the horn better than the ending part
The early part it felt more like they sampled an old record
Or something of like- it felt more like in the style of like a hip-hop
Thing with like a sample from like a Motown record or something
You know what I mean?
Jr: Yeah~ Both: *vibing* W: *imitating instrumental noises*
W: You know like that kind of like- I'm down with that
Like these horns, cool
K: The moment I saw the pixelated creature
I dunno why, it brought out like the crazy percussion,
All the panning and the cool depths of it more
It's like even that pixelated stuff really added to the (4x) vibe
The- this yeah- it brought elements of the song out for me
U: So in the end I guess, the- your favorite part of this song
Is just like their voices and the blend or?
Al: I think so, like their vocal harmonies
JY: Yeah, it's good to have like members that have different voices
But it's also really nice if they blend very well
And I think PIXY does that
Js: What I did like was I thought that the vocal arrangements and harmonies were really nice
Li: Yeah, it almost like they were orchestrating
The vocals, like they had like 3 different textures just in the vocals going on at one point
Is like melody, they had like a counter melody going on too
And then just like backing vocals with the harmonic foundation on top of
All the crazy haha panned instrumental whatever stuff
Is going on, it was- chaotic on top of throwing in that flat 2
Ra: Oh yeah, the flat 2- Li: In the chorus
Ra: *piano*
Oh yeah, and then all the harmonies, just being like super open
Li: There's lots of parallel 5ths
Al: It sounds ancient is what it is
Because at 00:54 it's unison, and it goes *piano*
And it's- I dunno- A 5th is very chanty
Ra: *piano*
It's like- haha Li: Yeah, there's a lot of that
Ra: There's just like a lot of 5- fifths happening
Ra: Like parallel 5ths Li: They hit you with it like immediately basically
Al: It's like "Organo Plano" it's very antiquated
Al: It's old- JY: So it's organ music, this is sacred music
JY: You think this is sacred music Al: No, it's not sacred music~!
JY: She thinks it's sacred music Al: It borrows from it
JY: Ali said it's sacred music~ Al: It's not sacred music
U: How do those 5ths add to the atmosphere?
Li: Open- creepy- Ra: Just open, kind of creepy
Ra: Not like resolved
Al: It's just like, like the simplest harmony you could go to
Because in the harmonic series, it's like an octave
And then after the octave, the next thing that comes is a 5th
Li: There's a lot of space for things to creep in
When harmonies are that-
Ra: Creepy- Li: Creepin'
Al: Just so simple and unexpected, in a world where like everyone's trying to be-
Experimental and crazy with their harmonies and like how many extensions can I add
Like what if everything's based on chordal things
To just end on a 5th was like really surprising for me
But like in a good way
[BGM: RM - "Change Pt. 2" // Subtitles by youtube @anisian]
Le: Woaaaa~ Spicy chicken- St: HAHAHAHA
Le: In the background
St: Umm if you do good things, you'll get nice spicy chicken!! All: Hahaha