Emiel: SIDE STEP
Umu: Yes, so this is nu'est (new establish style tempo).
They are a boy group there are five members, and they're under Pledis entertainment, which is the same company
That Seventeen and Orange Caramel are under
the group debuted in 2012 and their earlier releases were a dubstep
Electronic style so they became- Isaac: EDM Umu: yes
So they became famous because of that
however their company changed their music style and sent them overseas for promotions
So they lost their popularity in Korea and the two songs you're about to hear were very very much overlooked at that time
Thankfully songs are back in the charts now, and I'll explain in more detail- Kevin: they've overcome
Umu: huhuhu
I'll explain in more detail when we react to their more recent release later
So this very first one you're reacting to is called overcome
It was released in 2016
The album concept is a story about a queen and a knight and this song overcome is about
The knight protecting their lover from harm and conquering obstacles together. This way is composed by 계범주, Maxx Song, and BUMZU
Katie: bumzu?
Umu: Bumzu Yeah, he composed a lot of other songs for pledis too
Jarod: composed my mom Katie: 3 2 1 no!
Peyton: spoopy Charlotte: It's seriously the beauty and the beast
Peyton: Wow Charlotte: it's his place where he tore everything up you see what I'm saying?
Peyton: yeyeyeyeyeyey
Isaac: Characters, I don't understand. Kevin: Oh my gosh zom record
What an obscure reference.
Oh my gosh is Blade Runner 2049
Jaord: I would say it's like text painting, but like it's literal sounds
Hugo: oh
Hugo: oh Shit
Peyton: What Charlotte: I did not expect that. that like nyoooooom
Both: Oh
Peyton: oh man
Whoa, this is like hardcore like early two-thousands R&B
With like you know EDM like
sprinkles
Henry: Well he's very pretty
Emiel: hwoa hwoa whao
that was weird harmonically
Kevin: oh oh oh oh that chromatic bass set
Oh oh I don't even know man
peyton: wooo
yo this is really dope (glad you agree)
oh then they took it to like the real pianos
Lindsey: I feel- the time feel in this keeps switching because
Like when it's got the snare on two and four it feels more like it's just like straight up one two three four but when
It doesn't it feels like more of a half time feel
Which is kinda cool
Gwen: it's very electronic but it's very inspired by funk
Hugo: oh yeah it's electric funk
Gwen: cuz those yeah
Henry: Wow Emiel: okay wait if you have something in a composition that's like
about lining the harmony on the bottom with the instruments a melody should
try and follow that
Henry: Yeah
Emiel: it's not right now
Jarod: Ya no American pop artists use that because they're not that cool Katie: i think it's a 6 and it's in a
dominant to one
Emiel: They have like a chorus, and they have all those notes laid out and they all sing it
You know like the way it is it doesn't necessarily match up with like this side stick
alterations they're making in the instruments
Henry: It's very clearly sequential
Hugo: how can this not do well, it's so dope
Gwen: marketing Hugo: true
Lindsey: i like this rap Fiona: ooo oh oooh
it like changed texture. now it's doing it again
Kevin: What that whole bridge didn'- it did- nothing happened,
it's just let's just change beat all the sudden
And now we're back
Henry: Just stay in G even though the harmonies like changing you know
Emiel: I guess it works but like the
see there
Henry: See, but that was better though because I feel like
The the the contour of the melody was harmonized with what was going on
Emiel: I guess
Charlotte: She's like an ice queen? is she Elsa?
Henry: It's a lot of Emiel: whoa whoa whoa do you hear that? I'm gonna mark down the time we're gonna listen to that (H:Okay)
Peyton: oh wow that's kind of a cool way to end it I like that
Umu: yeah, what do you think about that song overall musically
both: yeah it was
Charlotte: nice to listen to
Peyton: Not what I saw coming at all actually cuz like I don't want to hear EDM i'm like- it's usually like a lot of like
like dubstepish type thing (yeah) that like don't have a lot of singing in it. A big thing that tipped off the
R&B sounds like the chord progressions, you know it also like the way the camera was moving almost
Complimented it
Kevin: Very interesting
It's a little messy. I think there's just so much happening and it's cool
The outro is probably the best part we can finally hear things
Isaac: I like the beginning cuz it's like a lowfy like hip-hop kind of groove it was almost ASMR was just very (static)
You know like i don't think it's it at all. for me, I think synthetic music very slow
like pushed out and that has a very a ASMR feeling
I personally like when we keep going with the rap because they do such a good job
But it's like it's a little sometimes (no right) hey, whatever they got. I thought it was like great
Hugo: I thought it was awesome. They had a bass line, but it was not
doom....
like it was
boooiuuuuuuuahm
Like they had the phaser on it, so whoa whoa whoa except then. They broke it up too so then
Gwen: hugo just wanted to flex
Hugo: Yeah, totally that's exactly it yep
The thing was it sounded like what it would sound like if someone beatbox along to the song which is kinda in that style of
Trap funk mix kind of mess and it was super dope the rap was dope (G: *repeats*)
Gwen: I think my favorite part of it was there- It didn't feel like they were bringing in loops
You know like you know it was it felt like it was not only created like for this song
But also constantly kind of changing
And I liked that quite a lot
Emiel: right there look at this listen to this harmony and his voice
Henry: What that's like such a bridge harmony and he just doesn't even do anything with it
Yeah, it's like Ab, but he's got like #4 Emiel: no i(t's like) okay watch
Emiel: listen to this Henry: is it like Eb and the bass in A and the voice is carrying over?
Emiel: Emma you don't-tell me if this tickles your ear a little bit
Umu: oh
Yes,
Emiel: I don't know if it's like good tickle to my ears (really?) it's like that it's like a- like a *aaahhhhh*
It's like one of those where like
Like you listen to something and all of a sudden like a certain pitch you hear it
And your whole body just goes cold for like a hot SEC, and you get like a little like spike of goosebumps or whatever
That's exactly what I got when I listen to this.
Ketie: I love the
chord progression and the harmonies very very fun to listen to that
Especially I think it it's like in the chorus and second minor and then goes to it's like an applied
It's like a five of four if it's if it's in six, anyways. It's so
Satisfying
Lindsey: there was a lot of cool rhythmic things like
in intricacies with like double time half time
Lindsey: stuff like that fiona: yeah there was so much variety
With the mood like it was like so imagine sitting down for like a nice French eight course meal
Imagine like it's all the same theme like let's say we're only gonna have orange food so the first is like a pumpkin
Little bites thing in a second yes mashed sweet potatoes, and then the next is like some kind of pumpkin.. Lindsey: butter nut squash
Fiona: chutney
Butternut squash soup like everything is different different textures, but it kind of has the same theme like just flowed really well together
Umu: Okay, so next song. This is their second 2016 comeback
Yes, the album is called canvas and this song is called love paint that album represents a 24 hour day where the songs were meant
To be listened to at a certain time and in a certain order
So love paint was written for the afternoon
This was composed by bumzu royal dive and all the members of this group contributed in writing the lyrics.
Hugo: dope
Lindsey: alright 3 2 1
Jarod: oo the strings
Katie: oh those synth strings
Lindsey: this is very aesthetic already like the Flamingo just did it for me,
Fiona: oh Canted angle (yeah) suggests that something's not quite right the mind isn't,,, sane or normal
Isaac: oh kevin: oh they like R&B flavoring
Gwen: i like the uh... Overlapping vocals
Fiona: Yeah they sound like Lindsey: those harmonies we weird
Fiona: they sound like big time rush
Peyton: oh yeah that's really dope
Jarod: that was a cool drop Katie: It's the same chord. they're using the same chord
Emiel: SIDE STEP
I Really like the vibe of this
Henry: yeah like is way better Emiel: the chorus is a bit of an overload
Harmonically, but I like the idea
Kevin: I feel like there are changes in the harmonies spray. but they don't make it obvious enough
Like the bass move to the bass solo I do a double-take
Naoki: That synths are on point. Stephen: Oh, yeah, Naoki: they go like the right amount and the right sound I think
Like it works very well.
Stephen: Yeah that chord like right there presenting right when they come in is really cool. (N: yeah)
Henry: I do like in the chorus and the verses are well-defined though like a this and always happen
Emiel: This is good. I like this. Henry: I like this way better
Henry: it's also Interesting that they said this should be played in the afternoon
I Hope thats a rap verse though
Hugo: There it is
Jarod: oh I think this guy's got a voice of charcoal
Katie: chwaaarcoal
Jarod: Watch out dads, he's gonna take your daughter
Katie: . . . . .
Gwen: he's got a very like low voice
and he kind of almost pitches
pitches it
I think that it brings that out
Peyton: See that like girl build up where there's like double the speed every time
It's almost like you're like being shot out of a cannon you know
Stephen: it's cool too because use it but yeah, but you can still hear the
Melody line like with what they're singing
Over it on top. It's not being covered up there
Naoki: yeah
Kevin: Oh my god some of these chords are flying by so quickly. I just can't tell
Jarod: I love this syncopation
Kevin: I Don't think it's a bad thing. I think I like it... Oh see that
Emiel: Yes good
Isaac: interesting Kevin: interesting it ends on a
suspended dominant
Emiel: I like that 20 times more
Umu: reasons why? details please
Henry: I think the textures weren't as overloaded as the last one
I think this sort of replaced busy texture with a little bit of a busier harmonic rhythm and I think that it worked
It's in the video's favor
Emiel: so true.
Umu: Yeah, so thoughts overall you felt like Gwen: well
I think that the people behind the scenes mixing and producing this we're more impressive than the actual group themselves
Hugo: lemme get this straight I think that this group is less of a vocal line oriented group and more instrumental
Oriented because again like the background beats and chords are all awesome
But I was really kinda disappointed with the vocal and particularly for the first half because it was very just kind of like
Gwen: yeah Hugo: and then it warped here deet
it would be just a simple line that was following like even the pre-chorus
The same actual-technically the same intervals just moved up for the harmony
Gwen: all right And I think one of the things that I mentioned that it kind of sounded the same
I think most of that was the vocal line (yeah) because it was so simple they it wasn't even
Because you're right like the backing track was quite different. Um it was more
Obviously more of a slow jam it was more pitched it was
It had less of kind of phasing that you were mentioning, but um no I like the rapper a lot
Jarod: *beat boxing...?*
Oh, see I love I love
Just gonna go out and talk about the musical thing
You're here what I love is that rhythm so it's like gives you the downbeat seriously
*Both of them singing the instrumental*
JarodL It lets you feel grounded on the downbeats
You're just like ah ha yeah, and you're so a little spice a lil peprika
Kevin: it was good Umu: so the chords flash by too fast most of the time?
Kevin: and that's not a bad thing
I think that that made them work more like that
Just made the song like to kept me on my feet on my ears. You know what I mean really was really flashy
There's a lot of pizzazz.
Isaac: I don't know I feel like it's like there's not much distinctive motives or like techniques that
really stand out except for the visuals
Yeah, it's like certain things like we repeat again like it's fine like obviously you'll find some repetition in classical music and in every type
Of medium for music, but it's like how do you make that like stand always like oh, this is my this is this piece?
Kevin: Right Isaac: this represents my piece Kevin: That's true
Isaac: yeah This piece is like exactly like I didn't really catch
Kevin: like I can't even remember what the last song sounded like they just kind of
Isaac: It kind of just went by that's not that's how I feel like for me
It's like it went by but some people - Kevin: uh-huh yeah
And it's harmonically interesting too - which is like it could use he's a bit more of that catchiness
Isaac: It's like if they hit it harder on like certain like they really want to amplify emphasize
This chord one chord
Then that could be like the leading motive
Naoki: the crunchiness like made us stand out as the chorus. That was like how they
Elevated it it seems (yes) rather than just like going ham for it
Like the crunchiness was like that and then the face was like how we knew it was a chorus
Stephen: plus I just like the effect when they first came in for the course where it's like
They'd have the effect and then you like you'd quickly come in and then come out
It was just really nice to listen to that or I don't know how to describe it other than that
but it's almost like they were hitting like the mute on and off button for like a bunch of different effects and instruments at
Different times (yeah) but like also in rhythm, so it was just really cool. Naoki: Yeah,
Umu: okay, so yeah comparing this song to overcome.
Gwen: i liked- Hugo: i thought overcome was much better
Gwen: Yeah, I'd like to overcome a lot more. I quite enjoyed that and I think they do better in kind of a more energetic style
And I think some of the songwriting was better
Hugo: well I think that they tried to keep the energetic style while simultaneously creating a slow jam
(Yeah) they wanted to create a slow jam
They need to just commit to the fact that they're creating a slow jam
Naoki: they're pretty similar
I felt in the terms of like their musicality like what they did like with the fakes like similar style
(S: Yeah i was gonna say) and the like the chords that they choose and like the dissonances that they use
Stephen: yeah I thought at least what stands out to me between this one and the other one was
Specifically what they did like we talked about earlier on the chorus
But yeah other than that. It's like you know pretty much drawing from the same
Kind of style
Peyton: it's like the same deal
You know they like it's kind of like this like minor electronic R&B groove
And then like you know there's like this patient moment where I do starts rapping
I don't know. I'm starting to like develop a k-pop send out a form
almost
Charlotte: Dude, yeah, Peyton: it's just kind of like
Charlotte: a cool opening thing Peyton: where it's like, okay
Peyton: welcome to the world of Kpop charlotte: then the chorus
And then
Charlotte: you do some cool other phrase, and then you do a chorus then you come back and you do your rap
And then you do a chorus and then you have an ending
Peyton: where the descant. Charlotte: Yep. Peyton: then there's something
That's just kind of like buh buh buh, buh
Charlotte: it's like ABA
B A'
outro
Peyton: basically
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