- No way.
- I love them so much because it just doesn't
seem like a boy band.
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna be showing you some music videos
by an up and coming boy band. - Oh.
Up and coming boy band.
- I love boy bands. I'm excited.
- Is it PrettyMuch?
- Brockhampton. Solid bet now.
- Me llamo Roberto y me gusta bailar.
- Huh, what?
- No way! I love Brockhampton.
- Oh, is this Brockhampton?
- It is. It's Brockhampton.
- Oh my God, I love this.
- ♪ What are the rules for breakfast today? ♪
♪ What are the words I'm forbidden to say? ♪
- Oh wait, this is a bop, actually.
- This is good.
- This is a boy band?
- (singing along) ♪ I've been shot down, kicked out twice ♪
♪ Ain't no stopping me tonight ♪
- You know, I listen to country music.
- When I hear "boy band" I think of One Direction,
not guys like these.
- ♪ Brockhampton ♪ - Brockhampton.
- I'm kind of into it.
- (singing along) ♪ Best boy band since One Direction ♪
- ♪ Best boy band since One Direction ♪
- Ugh, Kevin Abstract.
- Are they the Blue Man Group?
- This is dumb.
- These guys are so different.
- Their music is really nice. I really like this.
- ♪ Twist it up, let it in and inhale the fumes ♪
♪ I'm the one that's zoom if you just assume ♪
- That was amazing.
- I like it so far. That first music video was dope.
- My brother really likes rap, so whenever we're in the car,
that's something he plays and they're awesome.
- What more is there to say other than the fact
if you're not already on Brockhampton, you should be
on Brockhampton.
- Me llamo Roberto.
- Do they always start with that?
- ♪ Keep a gold chain on my neck fly as a jet ♪
♪ Boy, better treat m with respect ♪
- Oh, it's Brockhampton? Oh my God, this is Gold.
I'm so dumb.
- ♪ 2 A.M., eighty five on the highway ♪
♪ Whole world get a little misguided ♪
- There's so many of them, too. I never know who's who.
- You know what this is? This is SoundCloud rapping.
- ♪ I just wanna feel on your booty grab a camcorder ♪
♪ We can make it a movie ♪
- I don't usually like this type of rap, but I don't know why,
I like it.
- Merlyn Wood, also incredible. He's one of my favorites.
- [Bleep] it, I'm downloading all their music when I get back
in the car.
- ♪ That's clean, bitch You can't play with my team ♪
- All bops.
- I like how their music videos are very low budget,
but they're very unique.
- They're so cool. They're so good.
- ♪ Keep a gold chain ♪
- I think I like it.
- Wonder when they're coming out with the next album,
'cause the albums they have so far, I really like.
- They have a lot of different artists in the same song
and it sounds so different every time.
It's really cool.
- That's cool that they're in a sense, revolutionizing
the boy band industry.
- Me llamo Roberto. - Of course.
- Okay, this is the first video I ever saw from them actually.
This is what got me into Brockhampton.
- (singing along) ♪ I love huskies but I feel like a wolf ♪
- ♪ In a pack but I feel all alone I'm scatterbrained, man ♪
- Oh wait, I've heard this.
- I also know this song, but I didn't know this
was a Brockhampton song.
- ♪ Ice and my boys and my wrist this flex ♪
- How many of them are there?
- ♪ Don't call me Cupid I got too many hoes right now ♪
- No.
- (singing along) ♪ Trying to see if Beyonce would take me ♪
♪ For adoption ♪
Merlyn Wood is just speaking what all of us are thinking.
- Oh my gosh, this beat is grimy as [bleep].
- See, I love them so much because it just doesn't seem
like a boy band.
- ♪ Growing up my teachers told me "You better get them grades up ♪
♪ If you wanna finish high school and after high school, ♪
♪ You better get a degree ♪
- I love that Joba part so much.
- They all sound so different. I love it.
- ♪ Someone who can handle it Ice and my boys ♪
♪ And my wrist this flex I don't need nobody ♪
♪ Tryna give me [bleep] ♪
- Was that the whole band? There's ten boys right there.
- No bueno. I don't like rap.
- I like their music videos though, a lot.
- Their music videos are really bizarre,
but I like the style of it. It's very homemade.
- I'm going home. I'm buying posters.
I'm putting them on my wall. I'm listening to music.
I'm buying T-shirts.
- Me llamo Roberto.
- They always start off with this.
- They just finished robbing a bank?
- (laughs)
- ♪ Take me for granted what would hap' if I vanish? ♪
- Okay, I like this.
- ♪ My shooters only speak Spanish keep my heart with my dogs ♪
- This is the only okay, good one.
- "Mr. Abstract, The Mastermind planned and operated
a bank heist."
- Ameer and his llama.
- Is that an alpaca?
- ♪ I bought a black four-fifth ♪
- They're so weird.
- (giggling)
- Me and my friends be like-- squad rolling up.
- It kinda reminds me of Tyler, the Creator
just a tiny bit.
- ♪ Cash don't last my friends will ride with me ♪
- I'm here for all of this.
- ♪ We robbed a limousine When the guns go pow ♪
♪ Won't bother us again ♪
- They're all just such characters.
- They're so different. They're crazy,
but they're so good.
- I've never seen a band like this before,
so I'm just like, whoa, but I like it.
- I came into Brockhampton once I finally saw the video
for Sweet and then slowly I just ended up listening
to all three of their Saturation albums,
'cause I was like, I need to know more
about this group.
- (FBE) So that was rap collective Brockhampton.
The band came together in Texas after rapper
and creative director Kevin Abstract posted
that he wanted to start a band on an online forum
dedicated to Kanye West. - I love it.
- I had no idea.
- (FBE) What do you think about the story
of the beginnings of Brockhampton?
- It's so cool just because it shows you that
if you're really passionate about something, you can
start anywhere.
- I feel like this is a first time I've heard the internet
literally bringing artists together.
- We have the internet and we can do so much with it
and the fact that they created a band over the internet
is just great.
- Every boy band or girl band now is just like,
Simon Cowell put them together on the X Factor.
It's never even just on their own anymore,
so this is very different.
- (FBE) Brockhampton consists of several rappers, singers,
producers, designers, and directors all working together
to produce both the albums and the videos
the band releases. In 2017 alone, they released
three studio albums known the Saturation trilogy.
- Three albums in one year?
- I think that's a lot of music for me
to listen to tonight.
- (FBE) What are your thoughts on the size and scope of this group
and how this allows for more music to be produced and released?
- I mean, of course if there's a ton of them, then it's gonna
be easier to pump things out a little bit faster.
As a consumer, I want more stuff from them.
- There's so many of them to be able to actually
work together, I mean, come on.
I'm home schooled, but I still have group projects
and we all know that there's that one person that just
decides, "You know, I'm gonna be the one
that prints out the paper. I'm not gonna write anything."
- They're all working together and they all have different jobs
they're doing to produce more music and clearly it's working for them.
- You have your main vocalist, but then on top of that,
the producers are just as important, because they're
the ones that are helping make the beats and then
you also have the videographers that are helping to make the videos.
- Because you have directors and designers and producers
and artists, they're creating a whole different thing
on their own and I think that's really interesting.
- (FBE) So, Brockhampton challenges the traditional
notion of a hip hop group by displaying issues
of identity and insecurity within their lyrics.
While previously, boy bands have battled rumors
and speculations of members being gay, Brockhampton
openly welcomes these topics within their lyrics.
Kevin Abstract identifies as gay and doesn't shy away from that
within his raps. - That's awesome.
Oh my gosh, you rarely see that.
- (FBE) They've stated in interviews that they want those who listen
to their music to feel accepted and to know that it's okay
to have vulnerabilities. Do you think hearing these
types of messages from a hip hop band is unique
or has this become more commonplace today?
- Well, you don't really hear that type of stuff
in that type of music.
- Not a lot of hip hop and rap stars come out as gay.
They always want bitches and money, bitches and money.
- It's like, we have Tyler and we have Frank Ocean.
We have several rappers nowadays who have come out as that.
Nevertheless, I still think it's really important that he has
done that. Just because multiple people have,
it's still important to make that message clear and say
that it's okay.
- Rap is a very manly man kind of thing, but I feel like
they kind of take a different turn on that where it's like,
you can have lyrics that are sensitive.
You can have lyrics that talk about your relationships
with your boyfriends and being gay.
It's cool, because I feel like sometimes you'll get
artists that'll try to shy away from it, just for the sake
of trying to not polarize anybody in their audience,
but Brockhampton's like, "If you don't like it,
you don't have to listen to us."
- (FBE) And for you Laurie, could you ever see yourself
using Brockhampton's music inside of one of your routines?
- Oh my gosh, actually, I'm sure I could.
I'm sure I could find a way. I wouldn't be able to use lyrics,
'cause in gymnastics, you're not allowed to have lyrics.
That's a deduction. But their beats are so good,
I feel like that would work out. That's a good idea.
- (FBE) So finally, Brockhampton is set
to release their fourth studio album in 2018,
their first since signed to label RCA.
After watching their videos and learning a little bit more
about them today, will you check the next
album out? - I'm buying it.
I'm pre-ordering it.
- Oh, definitely.
- Of course I will.
- I will definitely be listening to it.
- Absolutely, just 'cause I think they're so good.
- Oh yeah, for sure. I'm probably gonna go
home and download their songs.
- I'm always looking to listen to more music,
so I liked this. I think I would definitely
check it out.
- Probably not. I'll probably stick to
that Keith Urban, Brad Paisley stuff.
- I'm very excited. I feel like they're
a great new group and I really like their music
and I don't latch on to bands very easily, so this is--
I'm excited.
- Yes! Brockhampton honestly,
I love you guys. Y'all are incredible.
I'm losing my [bleep] right now and I'm so glad
we're doing an episode on you and I hope you're watching this,
but I love y'all. Y'all are so talented.
Don't change. Ah!
- Thanks for watching Teens React. Shoutout to Pug Chick.
- What's up guys, Tori here. This is my last episode
of Teens React. It's a little crazy.
I'm gonna miss them all, but honestly I loved
all of my time here at FBE. All of my awkward teenage years
are on YouTube and I hope you've enjoyed it,
but thanks for making it out to my graduation.
Peace out, I'll see you on Adults React.