Umu: VIXX VIXX VIXX VIXX VIXX VIXX VIXX VIXX AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH (I wonder who her bias group is)
Lindsey: Is this your favorite group Umu: Yes this is, this is my favorite group of all time
*Rossini's Semiramide Overture plays*
*New person alert* (Also Leah isn't dead. At least I don't think she is. I'm not in NY so I can't confirm)
Shimon: So, Leah will not be with us (Umm)
Naoki: Hahaha that sounds like she died (OMFG HIS ACCENT I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE)
Shimon: Hahaha
Naoki: Hi my name is Leah, I play the french horn
Naoki: Oh wait you're still recording haha Umu: Hahaha
Naoki: Hey I'm Naoki, I'm from New Zealand (And I'm falling in love with that accent)
This Shimon obviously
I play the piano and I'm a dual degree with economics
Oh yeah I'm a senior. I keep forgetting that
Naoki: Hey I killed Leah so I could appear on this I really wanted to
I saw him just eating the whole time and I really wanted to eat food so I just ya know
Umu: Can I keep that XD Naoki: Ya know, took her out of the equation
*guttural noise*
Shimon: Go with that Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: Leah is just taking a break, she'll come back eventually it'll be fine Naoki: Eventually
Shimon: Um Naoki: Yo
Shimon: So Naoki is gonna try to fill her spot in
Naoki: Yeah, my name's Leah Shimon: We'll see how that happens
Naoki: Hahaha
Ash: So ya'll probably have watched they're videos On and On and Voodoo Doll Umu: They've watched Vixx
Fiona: Yeah Henry: Oh Voodoo Doll
Henry: Shiiiiiiiiiiit Fiona: Aw yay that was gr8(U)
Henry: That one was freaky as f***
Ash: Yeah ya'll are about to be smacked in the face with another dank concept of Jekyll and Hyde
Henry: Woah that's cool
Kevin: Jekyll is the normal- Yeah and Hyde is the Umu: And Hyde is the crazy one. So you can see them switching between nice and mean, nice and mean
Umu: So go ahead
naoki: *in japanese* go ahead
Naoki: No please go ahead
Fiona: Evil vs. Not Evil
Fiona: 5, 4, 3, 2, Jekyll and Hyde
Lindsey: Ah Naoki: Oh Jarod: Ohh
Henry: This is a kinda creepy group. I dig- Fiona: I like-
Both: WOOOAAAHHH
Fiona: Ooh I'm a fan, this is spoopy, tarantula
Henry: Bruh I'm level 10 spooked
Kevin: Oh I love it when that happens
*makes noises of what happens*
Fiona: They're all cute. Sorry Henry: *Noise* Woah
Kevin: Oh there's always the mysterious lad- Ooh ooh harmonies
Yunyi: Give me those chromatic passing tones man
Fiona: Ooh his voice
Gwen: I'm into the dancing
Peyton: Oh I was not- Oh look at these ladies Jarod: Tight
Naoki: I'm liking the beat
Kevin: Bangs, Ew tarantulas
Gwen: Not into the spiders
Gwen: Into the chords *Hugo spider crawls on gwen*
(Bye Hugo)
Kevin: There's some diminished chords in there
*More noises*
Yunyi: XDXD
Henry: Also I think they're doing the thing of like
As opposed to resolving to minor 1 they have a minor progression that resolves to major 1
Kevin: Aw there it is
Henry: Yeah actually this music is really good
Hugo: Ooh good chords
Kevin: Aw Gwen: Ooh sh*t
Hugo: Yeah
Naoki: Melodies (any BTOB fans) Shimon: I like the chorus
Yunyi: It's just parallel major minor
Kevin: Oh no but there's some special- there's 1 or 2 twists
Hugo: Good synthesizer use like really good synthesizer use
Fiona: Ooh I like this synthy part
Shimon: Ooh I like that Naoki: The dancing (The was he says dancing. Don't judge me I know you're thinking it too)
Shimon: No the sudden like silence Naoki: Ooh yeah
Hugo: I can appreciate a good silence. Sorry Gwen: That girl used to be wearing black
Yunyi: 7 to 1
Kevin: No it's actually parallel minor chords
Kevin: Like a halfstep apart
*Zombie noise*
Fiona: Oohh
Yunyi: That's 7 to 1 though Kevin: Yes
Davis: Oh, Ok
Fiona: Ooh I liked that
Yunyi: Aaww
Naoki: Yeah that was a maggot
Henry: Dramatic
Ooh and that bass
Jarod: Definitely playing the whole 2 sides thing like Jekyll and Hyde you know the light and the dark
Henry: Woooaah ok that's really dope
Peyton: They're just like oh I love you, no I hate you, oh I love you, no I hate you
Davis: Which side's gonna win
Naoki: It's very symbolic
Naoki: English Shimon: For what
Naoki: The contrast between good and the bad, light and dark, Heaven and Hell
Shimon: I see, I see, I see
Henry: OOOHHHHH
Yunyi: Halftime
Always dope
Kevin: Ooh triple it
Triple it rapping is the best rapping, yeah exactly
Gwen: I think that you- Hugo: Dude I wish I could be one tenth as hot as they are f***
Yunyi: Give me that six eight Kevin: Fifth, fifth
Kevin: Aw not fifth Yunyi: Aaww
Davis: Woah what
(Kevin wtf)
Hugo: Oh f*** woah woah woah Gwen: Oh woah hello satan
Hugo: Hello my name is Satan
kevin: see that's major- picardy third!!!
Jarod: What the heck
Hugo: He just gave f*** you eyes
Kevin: Man this song is lightening me up (Kevin is an edgelord confirmed)
Fiona: This like hurts my shoulder blades thinking about it
(Let's talk about Leo for a sec lol)
Gwen: Did she die? Hugo: Oh wait oh there it is
Gwen: Ok Mulan guy really hot (Mulan guy XDXD)
Gwen: He's really hot Hugo: The one with the longest hair he's super hot
Lindsey: Oh that's cool
Naoki: The music does sound pretty tense and gripping (He can read me the nutrition facts off cereal I don't care I'd enjoy it)
Hugo: This is another rave song this is a good rave song Gwen: This is such a rave song
Davis: Yes, woah Lindsey: Woah
Gwen: Woah
Davis: Oh Lindsey: Are they inside of her like are they all a part of her
Hugo: Good chromaticism, really good chromaticism Gwen: Yes yes and a lot of that was to give that creepyness
Hugo: Yeah Gwen So not into the maggots though
Hugo: Yeah ehaghagh Yuck x6 Gwen: Actually I'm more into the maggots than I'm into the spiders
Gwen: I watch a lot of crime shows and sometimes there are lots of maggots on the dead bodies
Hugo: I would like to hurl now thank you
Shimon: It goes back from major and minor. Back and forth
Naoki: Oh good and bad symbolizing Shimon: Symbolizing good and bad
Umu: Okay what did you think of the instrumentation and the beat of the song
Naoki: It was obviously dark
Shimon: Yup
Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: Good alright Umu: WOooaah
Jarod: That was definitely different Peyton: Yeah
Jarod: Instead of liking how bright and flashy this was very much dark and- Peyton: Can't get over that major chord though
Davis: Exactly Lindsey: Can I say something Umu: Yup
Lindsey: That was officially my favorite kpop video of all time because there was a woman in it and she didn't disappear
Davis: Music was really good, yeah Lindsey: I really liked that
Lindsey: Those like couple of times where it kinda switched into like a halftime feel for a very small amount of time like I love when music does that Davis: That's always really cool
Fiona: That was cool
Henry: You know I mean, I'm not sure if that, if it was purposeful for this reason Ash: Yeah
Henry: The reason being that you had moments where it was kinda like happy and hype and then it turned back to sorta minor and being weird and creepy
and then it was kinda like cool and the progressions was all off to major things and then they resolve back to minor things and it was kind of dark and brooding again
Henry: and if that was purposeful to show like, the transformation between the good and the evil I don't know Fiona: Conflict
It was, that was cool
Peyton: I think if you really pay attention to the kind of vibe they're setting up with the music even though it was energetic it's kinda got this like
This creepy tone because some of the chord tones they were using they were going to like chromatic ones like-
kinda like this creepy chromatic thing going on which is what they use in a lot of horror movies and that kinda feeds into the like
We're dark now, no we're light, no we're dark, no we're light
Umu: What I love about this group specifically is that their two main singers the long haired dude who you said was really hot
Then there was another guy, his name is Ken, they're the main vocals of this group
and what's cool is that they went on, not Broadway, but like they did musicals in Korea Hugo: Oh sh*t
and so this was before they did that,but you can hear how their technique and voices change throughout Gwen: Oh absolutely
Gwen: Absolutely Hugo: Oh
Umu: Which is so cool Gwen: That's really cool Hugo: Wait, like pre and post broadway
Gwen: This is pre broadway Umu: This is pre broadway
Gwen: Place your bets will post broadway be worse or better technique. I'm gonna guess
Hugo: Better
Gwen: I'm gonna guess worse
Hugo: Ohohoh we'll see who wins Gwen: I worry that I might get pushed and stuff (You literally pushed Hugo)
Hugo: Especially with this style of music if he learned how to make a lot of sound
*Makes sound*
Hugo: Sorry
Gwen: Also they were really good at straight toning into chords
Gwen: That's something I can't do but like that's really important, especially in this style of music where the chords are very crunchy
Hugo: Crunchyy
Yunyi: 1, flat 3, 2 ,flat 2, 1 Umu: I thought I had this reserved until 8
Kevin: No it's actually oh it- flat 3 Yunyi: Well minor, 3 in minor
yunyi: wait did i accidently- did i mishear the 3 as 1?
yunyi: i did i did!
kevin: flat 3... this is major- yunyi: nonoonono
yunyi: i'm not talking about the chords, i'm talking about scale degrees you fucker!
kevin: oh, it's 5, 7, major 6, minor 6
yunyi: yeah i heard it...i heard the 5 as a 1
kevin: yeahh~
kevin: that's my kind of chord progression <3
Umu: Onto the next one
Lindsey: GR8U
Umu: Yes this one is Jekyll so they went totally opposite of Hyde and went happy
*Model Yunyi appears*
Umu: Ok there we go look at that
Kevin: GR8U?
Gratu
Umu: GR8U Kevin: GR8U (this just looks weird in subs lol)
Kevin: So GR8U is Jekyll
Jarod: Go into the light in 3, 2, 1
Shimon: Oh it's the last video Naoki: Yup, it's probably to show the contrast
Naoki: I wonder if they used the same motifs though
Lindsey: This is what you missed
Lindsey: Oh aw Davis: oh woah woah
Fiona: Aaw
Kevin: Rewind
Naoki: Wow this is, a different saturation Shimon: They look normal
Jarod: Definitely very different
Davis: They're doing it backwards (I was literally so confused when I first watched this video)
Lindsey: Woah
Henry: Woah this is so cool Fiona: Woah
Shimon: So happy
Gwen: Wait is that the guy with the long hair
Kevin: Gosh again (referring to his headphones)
I don't think it's that
Yunyi: is it in the parallel major ? Kevin: Oh wait got it, ooh
Gwen: They are so cute what the hell
Kevin: I think it is
Jarod: The colors almost bring out the white just as much as the white brings out the colors Peyton: Yeah it's like they stole the pigment out of their skin
Kevin: Cuz the other one is F sharp minor
Naoki: They're jumping on a piano Shimon: They're sitting on a piano
umu: -learn the lyrics backwards
Hugo: That's
Hugo: So intense sh*t Gwen: That is so impressive
Lindsey: These guys are awesome
Yunyi: But they're still key related
Lindsey: I'm a big fan
Gwen: So impressive
Kevin: Yes they are
Gwen: That's actually the most impressive thing I've ever heard in my entire life Hugo: Yeah
Fiona: It's so satisfying
Yunyi: I get it, because ok, are you sure that this is in B major Kevin: Yes
Yunyi: So this is- B major is the dominant of F sharp minor right
Kevin: No Yunyi F***
yunyi: wow kevin: C- C#! C# is the dominant!
yunyi: that's right that's right! kevin: you have to start with the dominant yeah it's the other way-
kevin: yeah no yunyi: it's the major subdominant xD
Kevin: I'm so into- I like all this. This is all good
Gwen: This is just so confusingly happy Hugo: I know it's so not the group we just watched
Peyton: Oh wow I wish I could clean my room that fast
Yunyi: I love you too Kevin: Ooh I like the-
Kevin: I'm so fan (Kevin is so cute)
(Yunyi get it together)
Kevin: I mean I might not have the sexual attraction that Yunyi does, but musically Yunyi: No it's just, I jsut, I was swooned
Lindsey: He's wiping away the bad past
Davis: Yeah there you go
Davis: That's what I was thinking I just had to figure out a way to put it into words Lindsey: Cuz it's like the Jekyll and Hyde thing, he's wiping away the bad part
Jarod: Oh it's like they're a magazine
Peyton: Man this is just so friggin' happy
Kevin: Ooh I love that, It's like
Falsetto like oooaahhh
Yunyi: Hahahhaa just
Kevin: Oh no
Hugo: Watching him put the tissue back in the box perfectly
Shimon: I can imagine hearing this at a dollar tree
Naoki: At a dollar tree XD
Gwen: I like them a lot- (Hugo interrupts Gwen pt 2) Hugo: This is a very satisfying video to watch I'm not gonna lie to you
Gwen: I like them- (interrupt pt 3) Hugo: Because it's watching everything get clean and my spirit is fullfilled
Jarod: The hair and the hat game is strong with this one
Fiona: This is so upbeat
(ok what is that sound)
(Ravi looked so good with that hair)
Naoki: You wanna bass- do a dictation of the bass line
Jarod: Fotball
Kevin: Woah
Fiona: I like their harmonies
Kevin: This is going places Ynuyi: It is going places
Naoki: Are they singing higher in this song than the last one
Jarod: Oh
Henry: Oh that was really cool Fiona: Happy
Hugo: Checkers! checkers so much checkers let's go play chess on on their bodies (wait what where did that go)
Umu: XDXD
Naoki: It's like in a higher key which would make it seem happier.
Yunyi: Oh the sky in the bakcground reminds me lowkey of the truman show
Naoki: Oh that's cool. That long sustained notes carry over
Kevin: Oh good one!
Henry: I do have a special place in my heart for stuff that's just like very happy go lucky
Henry: And this is very much that
Jarod: That was cool
Henry: And like it's so cool and it's such a cool simple happy concept
henry: i can see why this is Emma's favorite group
Fiona: Yeah Henry: This is definitely one of my favorites
Henry: I love it Fiona: I liked it. It was really lighthearted
Shimon: That was really really happy
Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: It was in major
Henry: There's a chance I'd listen to this. I'd listen to this and maybe some AKMU
And some Seventeen
Ash: The first video you watched was Hyde and this one is Jekyll. What did you think about this one
Jarod: Complete opposite Peyton: Yeah I mean it was just-
Peyton: Like another side of a coin basically
Jarod: Literally night and day
Umu: Did you guys not catch what they did with the piano
They kept jumping on and off it
Kevin: Oh (wow)
Yunyi: It was an electric keyboard no one cares Kevin: It was an elec- exactly
Yunyi: That's totally a Clavanova dude. Yeah no f***Clavanova's man Kevin: XDXD
Yunyi: I like have too many, too many competition memories of warming up with the headsets in on a Clavinova
Eeeww and the touch, the touch weights are all off mmm
Umu: So you're fine with hem jumping on a Calvinova Yunyi: Yeah you know what they should've burned that one
Umu: Hohoho!!
What did you like about that one other than it being sunny. What made it sunny
Yunyi: ooh eeehhh
Kevin: I wonder- I've always wondered what makes things sound sunny it's not just the chords but I wonder if those instruments or synth pads have like
harmonics that make it sounds sunny you know like the tamper and stuff Umu: Yeah
Kevin: That sound
Yunyi: Ok conveyors of atmosphere I've identified so far melodically at least is like if they wanna go for sad, be in minor, sing 6ths
if they wanna go for broody angsty, lots of chromatic passing tones. If they wanna go for pop happy 4ths, 5ths and a lot of tessituras
umu: lots of 7th chords i remember henry saying yunyi: 7th chords....
Kevin: 7th chords are low Yunyi: 7th chords go for everything
Yunyi: But as far as melodic line goes, yeah I tink what makes it really happy is that they just do a lot of vocal riffs involving the 4th going up to a tonic-
kevin: also the 'oooo' is a perfect 5th
Umu: Which did you like better
Kevin: First one. Definitely Hyde Umu: Hyde
Yunyi: Uhhhhhh
Kevin: It's not- It's not by a significant margin it's just like, yeah
Yunyi: I think they're 2 sides of the same coin so I can't pick
Umu: Do you want me to put half for each
Yunyi: The first one matched my aesthetic a little bit more so I think I gotta go for first one
Noaki: I mean I'm generally a fan of dark pieces when I play stuff because i feel like it's easier to convey emotions that way
Umu: Ok so you liked Hyde
Shimon: I feel like the um the happy one it would get old really easily if I listen to it more than 5 times I would probably be just like oh ok
Naoki: I mean it was a good song Shimon: It was it was I'm not crapping on it
Shimon: Like it was great(U)
Shimon: Yeah I like the first one a lot better I think
Umu: Ok
Shimon: Because there was more to it. It was more in depth Naoki: There was more happening in it I think
Shimon: There was more deeper things going on I think
Gwen: Much more into the happy one that the one with the spiders
Hugo: I musically am much more into the one with the spiders and video wise much more into the one that's happy Gwen: Yes that's accurate I was very into the chords and the-
Hugo: Hyde musically was my jam Gwen: Was lit
Gwen: This one musically was like cool. This wasn't called Jekyll this is called GR8U Hugo: Jekyll, it was like it was fine
Hugo: Point being it was very happy and I loved the music video because I just watched them put everything back together and it was great(you) Gwen: Yeah that was nice that was cathartic
Hugo: Yeah exactly. But musically Hyde was dope Gwen: Alright
Lindsey: yeah I don't know Davis: I still think I like the first one
Umu: Ok Lindsey: I like the video of the second one
Lindsey: Actually I liked both of them
Davis: I think I like the first one on both accounts
Lindsey: I don't know which song I liked better. Umu: Want me to put you at half and half
Lindsey: Yeah i was gonna ask if you could do that
Fiona: If I had to listen to one I'd listen to the other one
Ash: They Hyde?
Henry: If I had to listen to one I'd listen to this Fiona: It's (Hyde) a little more angsty there's also a study
Fiona: there's a lot of studies out there but I've listened to too much public radio.There's a study that shows that people tend to like angsty music
because it makes them seem more complex and if it's like super happy then they're like it's not as cool
And I think that's what I'm doing. I like the other one more
(I'M DONE GUYS MY EYES ARE DEAD IT'S ONE AM HOPE YOU ENJOYED)