Umu: *singing dynamite* Cuz la a a la na ma
Kevin: oh Oh oH
Umu & Kevin: *awkward laughter* [Subtitles by youtube @anisian]
Umu: Hi everyone my name is Umu- hahaha Kevin: *laughing* that was it- that was it haha
*beep sfx*
Umu: *to the tune of dynamite* I run the Classical and Jazz musicians react~
reACT- reAcT~
Kevin: *to the tune of macarena* And I'm a reactor in the CMR, I'm a reactor in the CMR~, I'm a reactor in the CMR
Kevin & Umu: Light it up like dynamite~~ hahahaha
Umu: And as you can tell, neither of us are vocal majors Kevin: Wow, that, that was amazing
Umu: I play French Horn Kevin: I play piano
Umu: And we're here to react to BUTTER~
Umu: You reaDY~? Kevin: Yes, I like "Dynamite" but I think it's a little overplayed at this point
So I'm ready for the next one
*crickets chirping sfx*
Umu: ButTER
Umu: *logo change frustration noises* Kevin: This is different, this is new
Umu: *singing ??????? idk the reference* Kevin: Yeah right
Kevin: I dunno...
It's got a lot of edges
Oh I like- they're sticking to the dominant seven
Kevin: That's cool Umu: Adding in the bass with V
Kevin: Whoa
Oh I like that it transitions into a more pop-y vibe
Umu: Ugh~ Kevin: Nice~ Also that first note sounds like dynamite *vocalizes*
Kevin: No it doesn't, different scale degree, I don't know why-
Umu: This vocal melody makes me feel like we're flying through the sky (Kevin: Yeah) bright blue sky
Umu: oOOH~ Kevin: Oh WOW, right back, dominant seven
Kevin: Don't need no USHERRRRRRR! Wow~
Umu: OHHHHHHHH~! That run!
Nice rhyme scheme KEvin: Nice Mmhm
Umu: Lot's of- and vocal layers Kevin: *reading lyrics* Melt your heart into two
Kevin: The bass is fAT
Umu: I love the rhythm of the melody here
Umu & Kevin: oOOH~ Kevin: Nice!
Kevin: Woah~
What is that instrument? It sounds like-
Someone warped a brass and put it on a keyboard
Umu: I think it's a talk box where you sing into the tube thing and then you go boop boop boop
Kevin: Oh yeah, you're probably right
Oop- I like how the note just disintegrated- Yeah Umu: Yeah! I thought we were gonna change keys or something
Kevin: This is some crazy dissonance
Nice little pentatonic
Umu: *vocalizing*
Kevin: That's a weird counter melody the- *vocalizing*
Huh- oo-woah~
Umu: Yeah this hits~
Oh the talkback- talk box is back Kevin: Huh
Umu: Oh- *clucking noise* some clucks
Oh they're gone
Oo! Kevin: That's how it ends?
Umu: Added some uaHHH- to it Kevin: Everything- it was like a unison octave C
Umu: Wait in the instrumental? Kevin: I think so, everything was in unison
There wasn't any chord at the end, the last run
No, there was something, but it- the bass is so overwhelming- the *distorted voice* brrrrrr
Umu: YEAH! It's so textured (K: Yeah) I enjoyed a looooot of this
U: *whisper* I do like it better than "Dynamite"
K: I like things about it better than "Dynamite"
U: But do you like "Dynamite" better? Hm K: I do like "Dynamite" better
I think the lighter tone of "Dynamite"- U: But do you like "Dynamite" better? Hm K: I do like "Dynamite" better
I think the lighter tone of "Dynamite"-
I don't know, fits it better- the bass got a little overwhelming for me,
By the end of the song, I was like *deep breath* oHHH
U: I didn't feel the bass was that level of overpowering to me (K: Ok)
But I did feel like it was very close in dynamic level to a lot of the other instrumental
And so, when listening to this for the first time,
I heard the different vocals and whatever was panned like hard right and left,
Right, I picked up (K: Mmhm) on a lot of those different sounds and rhythms and-
The bass, the vocals right, and so the second time around if you're down for it~ ...one?
K: Sure, I'd like to talk about some more things I liked though- (U: Cool, cool) Ok
U: Oh, I'm not finished- HAHAHA K: Oh, okay
U: The second time around, when you listen to it, you can listen harder
For the things that are closer in dynamic level to the bass, so-
Like right when we jumped out, I noticed that-
The talk box actually had a full on melody (K: Mmhm) beneath, like I didn't notice that the first time,
because I felt like it blended really well with the bass,
And so I think I'm going to notice a lot more the second time around,
And that's what I like with songs, when you notice something surface level the first time,
And then second listen, third listen, you pick up on a lot more textures,
And that's what makes listening to pop music exciting, because if I'm able to hear everything first listen,
I'm like why are we listening~
K: Ok, I'm going to rapid fire some thoughts U: *clapping rapid fire thoughts*
K: You mentioned the bass? (U: Yes) well, it's not just a bass, which I do like about it,
I like that it's kind of bass and the percussion, it feels like there's a lot of tracks just for that bass sound,
Which is a very straightforward thing rhythmically,
But I feel like there's a lot that went into that U: A lot of layers yeah
K: Like there were like yeah six different sounds it was like a djoom dJOOM
I like the lyrics of this song more than "Dynamite", both songs try to create a fun vibe with the english lyrics,
But I think that "Dynamite" tried a little too hard to be clever,
It made it a little- a few too many references and-
It got a little ahead of itself
This one, it maintained the fun vibe of like the "Dynamite" lyrics, but I liked how grounded it was
They did more with less, if I- (U: Okay) well "Dynamite" kinda did a little too much with the lyrics
U: They were like *burrrrreah*
K: Yeah, that's definitely I think the standout for this song,
I thought the final counter melody they added, the one that sounded almost like a chant- *vocalizing*
I can't wrap my head around it, and I can't wait to-
U: It's really fast moving K: Yeah
K: But it doesn't make it- like I- It doesn't (U: Oh like melodically?) make sense to me-
K: Like that last line, like how does that and that go together?
But I like how I can hear both of them I guess, so we're going to listen to it again
And see how I make heads or tails of it, (U: Ok) because that's so-
It's one of the most mystifying things I've heard in a while, I'm just like wHaT?
Do I like it? Do I not like it?
U: This time through we can pause if you want to talk about something (K: Sure)
U: So we don't talk over too much of the music
3, 2, new HYBE logo wHAT
It's- it's- it's- it's- it's...pretty K: Oh new logo, oh I got it
U: Yeah, it's almost as if they lined the percussion up with some white noise it-
it sounds like *tsch tsch* K: So that's a dominant seven,
K: Should we do the piano thing? U: Oh, we should- we should demonstrate just in case
K: Hi there! Have you ever noticed that the verses of "Butter" sound more funky and jazzy than the other sections?
Well that's because it uses the dominant seventh *plays piano*
So, on a normal scale, you'd have *piano* do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do, sound of music, all that,
But, when you add the dominant seventh it sounds a little jazzier,
Maybe not when you play the scale *piano*
That sounds, eh ok, but then when you start picking the right notes *piano*
Versus like the normal one which is *piano*
You know it sounds so, so milk toast???????, so you know how in the end of happy birthday,
A lot of people go, *piano and sings* 'and many more~~' and (U: OHHH) that always sounds really special,
Because the song never uses dominant seven, and when *piano* people do that suddenly it adds a jazzy vibe to it
*piano* ~DOMINANT SEVEN~
U: 2, 1
Octave lower?
bReaK iT dOwN~
And this is where we- K: Yeah, when the four comes in-
U: Instrumental- part K: It opens up so much
U: And the fact that they- instead of going up scale wise right *vocalizing*
They go *vocalizing* (K: Mmhm) *vocalizing* oop I overshot
But basically, they went to the higher note, so that we could (K: Mmhm) land easily into the chorus
3, 2, 1
*vocalizing*
K: This thing-
Is pretty iconic already
U: Ohh, that's so satisfying! I love the-
The rhythmic trope of when we have rhythms in the vocal melody and the instrumental lines up with it,
and just completely goes silent, just *choop, choop* (K: Mmhm)
*choo, choo, choo* coming, coming at you K: Yeah, pretty cool
U: It's really nice rhythmic variation 0:54, 3, 2, 1
whOO! HarmoNY~
Oh *click, clock, cluck, clack, cloock*
K: I'm not hearing the tongue clacking,
That's ok, I'll relisten later U: Okay
K: Ahh that's funny, I don't know why,
Gotcha has that
U: The filter? K: I do like this pre-chorus,
K: I think this is the mood change here is super good- U: Did you not like the filter on gotcha?
K: I didn't understand the point of it (U: Oh) I do think it's very cool
U: Yeah, it sounds cool but- K: But you know I get philosophical often with these little choices
U: Ah, gotcha gotcha, gotcha K: I did like- Gotcha!
K: Gotcha haha U:???????
U: OH! That was new!! The RM part
Wasn't in their first chorus
I like that riff is part of the melody *vocalizing*
He adds so much grit to the oop- Yeah, I can't talk over this
K: *da-da-da-da* Theres a- A diatonic seven in there
Instead of dominant
U: Oh, it goes an octave up the second time around?
U & K: *vocalizing* K: I like that
K: Whaa-
Whoahhh clusters???????
U: Here we have the clucks *clucking* mouth noises back
K: Oh yeah and then this comes in
*vocalizing*
U: AR....MY? AR? Cause it's- K: Oh yeah, ARMY
U: Does it say ARMY? (K: I think yeah) Ok I wasn't-
I wasn't seeing things, ok great haha
K: Oh I like his adlib, it was like not on the beat
U: So new harmony the- *vocalizing*
K: Yeah, that's introduced in the bridge U: *vocalizing*
K: And I have no idea, I still didn't know if I like it or not, it's so weird
U: I like it~~
U: And then the talk box takes over
Yeah I like this outro with the rap, ending with the rap K: Yeah, I especially like the lyrics here
U & K: Yeah K: We can make you do this,
K: We can make you bounce, they just change one word, and there's a lot of attitude
And it doesn't feel like they're trying too hard, I love it
U: *whispers* I like it a lot K: *whispers* That's great
K: If you're clubbing responsibly after getting vaccinated,
I can see this being like a total banger, because of the bass
I think in a club or bar environment,
You're gonna feel that the DJ's gonna like crank the bass up (U: Mmhm) even more,
And the different sections are gonna have more contrast U: Yeah
K: So maybe that's what they were going for, it's like as the world opens up this-
They're- they're looking forward and-
U: This is the kind of song that I could picture myself getting into a topless convertible?
The- the hoodless- (K: Mkay) the top- yeah (K: Yeah, hoodless) whatever it's called haha
And just like, blasting down the street, and you're with your friends,
And you're just shouting out this song into the sky K: Sure
K: And then some of us are doing the chant, the *ooh-oOoOh-OooOHs*
K: And someone- is doing the chorus, yeah yeah U: Yeah and someone starts doing the main melody
U: And then we'll be harmonizing when the harmony comes in K: Ok, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
U: And then you start spitting the RM fire at the... end K: Sure hahaha yup
U: Yeah, yeah, I can picture that
K: I do think on the second listen, this is a very good summer song,
I-I think this hits the spot U: Like buTTA on toast~
K: ...That does hit the spot, that's good stuff U: yEAHH, yeaH, yeAH~
U: *claps* yayyyyyy thanks so much for watching everyone!
K & U: Bye!
[BGM: Meiko Nakahara's "Fantasy" // Subtitles by youtube @anisian]