Lindsey: So uh Umu
Umu told us we were gonna be reacting to BLACKPINK
and I love BLACKPINK they're my favorite group
I stan them
Lindsey Did I say that right Umu: Yes
Lindsey: So I decided to dress for the occasion
So I wore
Black
Pink
BLACKPINK
Davis: She looks great Lindsey: I look great
Davis: Man make me whistle like a missile (HAHAHAHOHMYGOSHICANT)
Umu and Lindsey: HAHAHAHHAHAHAXDXD
*Rossini's Semiramide Overture plays*
Umu: Wait Henry is out of the shot Henry: That's a problem
Umu: That is a problem!
Henry: Hey now
Emiel: Let's get close and cuddly Fiona: Hey now, hey nooowww
Umu: You're a rockstar, get your game on Everyone else: This is what dreeeaammss are made of
Umu: Wait Emiel introduce yourself
Emiel: Oh my name's Emiel haha, I play trumpet
Umu: What's your major Henry: He's really good
Emiel: Jazz Trumpet
Henry: And also
Emiel: Oh brain and cognitive science
Henry: Hahaha Emiel: I forget about that
Umu: So this is BLACKPINK
Umu: I sent him the BLACKPINK reaction so he's seen Boombayah and Whistle Shimon: Oh you watched us reacting to it Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: I see I see Naoki: Yeah where you say literally nothing
Umu: First one is Playing With Fire. These are the most recent songs
also Playing With Fire and Stay were released at the exact same time Kevin: Just like fire
Yunyi: Stay and Play With Fire
Umu: Well it's Playing With Fire
You wanna STAY and join me PLAYING WITH FIRE Kevin: Wooooow Yunyi: That does not make grammatical sense
Umu: Let's do it BLACKPINK Henry: *screech* Four Three Two Fiona: Oooonneee Emiel: *Pterodactyl noise*
Gwen: Very pro that
Naoki: Well at least she's not standing on the piano
Gwen: Piano bass-y conglomeration Hugo: Yeah it's like-
Henry: AAAAHHH OOOHHHHH Emiel: That's a pretty sick beat
Kevin: This- Yunyi: Mixed really well
Hugo: Sh*t son Gwen: Oh my god I'm in love
Fiona: That just got so hype real fast like that was just instant Henry: This is very hype
Lindsey: They're still hot
Kevin: Look at that
Lindsey: I still stan them
Hugo: Dude holy f*** yeah Gwen: I don't like her voice but I still love this
Hugo: I love her voice, I think her voice is great
Fiona: It sounds so thick, like her voice is
Thick with Q or a C either one
Naoki: It's interesting how they all have different timbres of voice
Shimon: Mmmmmm Naoki: So you can tell it's a different person singing and just adds to the contrast
Shimon: Cuz I guess normally in classical music you're trying to blend Naoki: It's the same person. You're trying to blend yeah
Shimon: But, the contrast is nice Naoki: But in here- Yeah
Davis: Also I like it that all 4 of their voices are pretty unique
Davis: To themselves Lindsey: Yeah but they all fit together SUPER well
Lindsey: *Doing the dance lol* Davis: So they just went through all 4 of them just then and I can tell that it was a different person each time
Emiel: Groovy Fiona: It's like, the background is so good
Fiona: Bahdupbuhdoop Henry: Their hands are close
Henry: That means they're gonna get even
Clooseeeer
They're gonna- The tree's on fire
Emiel: A lot of things are on fire bud
Gwen: Woah
Fiona: Just like this beat!
Hugo: Oh sh*t that's cool cinematography Gwen: This is bomb
Hugo: Oh that's so cool with their hair
Fiona: It's beautiful and the beat's fire
The mood is fire
Yunyi: Obviously I don't speak Korean
Fiona: It's all around lit
Yunyi: But there's something about the way she pronounces her words that is just soo Kevin: I agree
Yunyi: So like
Swagalicious (Defnintion of Swagalicious: Lisa)
Kevin: Uh huh
Emiel: Everything's on fire in this video Fiona: The water's on fire now
Henry: The water's on fire Fiona: At this point. Just make it happen Emiel: Everything spontaneously combusts at any moment
Davis: Yeah
Henry: Pocket dab *Pocket dabs again* Emiel: I saw that hahaha
Kevin: I like not too sexualized girl groups
Fiona: I forgot how much I love them Emiel: They are good dancers
Fiona: AAAHH
Hugo: F*** they are super good
Yunyi: I mean
It's not sexualizing them it's just it's a fact
She is so hot (That's what happens when you play with fire)
Gwen: Oh my gaaawwd. Everything's on fire Hugo: I love the chord progression of this song. The chord progression of this song is really good
Gwen: Including my heart (Gwen you so extra lol)
Hugo: I'm like "I like the chord progression" Gwen's like "Everything's on firee" Gwen: Now it's raining
Emiel: Beat drop was a little predictable but it's still groovy
Gwen: Don't play with me boy
Emiel: Save me
Fiona: Hahaha Umu: Duhduhduhduhduh
(I ship it)
Umu: BTS Save Me (I WAS THINKING THAT TOO)
Emiel: And the water's purple!
Henry: HAHAHHA Emiel: Hehehe
Everyone: Hahahaha fiona: how!!??
Emiel: I'm waiting for it to go on fire though
Hugo: I feel like how you never see the guy's face
Gwen: Fate! Hugo: Fa- well that was very subtle
Hugo: Fate
Naoki: It just stopped and it was very
Gwen: Aint none of this BTS symbolism sh*t Both: Hahah
Gwen: We want you to get something we gonna put it in big letters and light it on fire (That's the YG way)
Hugo: Yeah that pretty much sums it up I think
Yunyi: So is she saying
Her fate is dangerous or like-
Gwen: *Blows air*
Yunyi: Her romance is dangerous Kevin: Her attraction to fire will lead her to play with it cuz that is fate (That's called arson)
Naoki: That was a good upbeat song yeah Shimon: Yeah
Emiel: It's done
Henry: Dammit
Fiona: She's like damn I burned everything there's nothing left to burn Emiel: Black..Pink except the C and the N are backwards
*Happy Lindsey is happy*
Shimon: You know
I think I really like BLACKPINK
Naoki: Oh yeah Shimon: Yeah
Naoki: I wonder why
Shimon: Compared to Mamamoo (Boiiiiii tsk tsk)
Umu: *GASP*
Umu: Ok visually you like them better, Ok Shimon: Visually I like them better
Umu: But music wise
Shimon: I don- ah eeehhh
They're
Equal
Umu: Ok what did you think of that one
Lindsey: I liked it a lot!
Davis: That was Blackpink for sure Lindsey: That was definitely Blackpink
Davis: If you hadn't told me the artist's name even though it's a kpop group I probably would've been able to guess that it was Blackpink
Because it was similar to the other Blackpink that we listened to but I think in a good way
I think they've found their niche in the music and they're exploiting it really well
Umu: Ok musically
Kevin: Mixed well and catchy Yunyi: Very, very, very well produced
Yunyi: Everything was like crisp, clean Kevin: And things popped out when they should've
Kevin: And nothing popped out when they shouldn't have, a.k.a the percussion wasn't smashed
Smashing our brains in
Yunyi: Just the perfect amount of balance of listening in 2040p
2060p?
What's double of 1080
Kevin: 2160 Yunyi: 2160 hehe
Umu: Anything interesting chord wise, progression wise? Both: Not really
Umu: Mkay
Yunyi: It was mostly like arpeggiators Kevin: Dun dun duhduh duh dun dun
Kevin: Duh duh duhduh dun dun dun
EEHH
*Save me pls*
Fiona: I'm a fan Emiel: That beat drop was awesome Henry: Yeah
Emiel: The beat is cool, the chorus- Fiona: Bedeepbedepbedboop
Emiel: If they delayed the beat drop on one of the choruses that would've actually been the most Fiona: They kinda- they did, they did on one Henry: By two bars
Fiona: Not enough?
Henry: No
Fiona: It was still predictable Emiel: No I mean like if you put the highs of the chorus, they go in like in time
But then the bass comes in later, like a couple beats later, that's pretty sick Fiona: Oooohhh *Henry gives example*
Henry: Yeah that's what you mean
Fiona: So it starts but not really Emiel: I would've lost shit but it was still groovy, I liked the beat
Umu: So yeah this is Stay, this was released the exact same time as Playing With Fire Naoki: Oh this is Blackpink again
Umu: Yes and this is more of a relaxed song so I think Shimon might like it we'll see Naoki: Oh cool
Naoki: No but upbeat is good
Shimon: Yeah but chill, chill is good too Naoki: Chill is like uh why
Naoki: I mean that's what classical music is for right
Shimon: No that's not- That's not no take that back Naoki: No, no... Shostakovich
Umu: So Yunyi and Kevin have already seen Stay Kevin: But we Stayed for more
Yunyi: But it did Stay in my memory (The meme team everyone)
Umu: It was a long long long time ago when I was immature and I was like oh no they didn't like it, so I deleted it
But we're gonna just
Umu: They're gonna watch it a second time Kevin: Hopefully we're gonna like it much more this time
Kevin: Go! Yunyi: Oh I remember the color palettes of this
Yunyi: It was pretty Kevin: It's a nice video
Shimon: Mcdonalds (This boy I swear)
shimon: but due to copyright naoki: but it's like...
Naoki: Run down
Lindsey: The harmonica
Kevin: That's better than Taylor Swift it's got a nice little harmonica in D flat which
Ok
Gwen: Oh I like their voices better in this context
Yunyi: Her voice is so sweet
Shimon: I like it, I like it Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: Is that E.T.?
(Shimon wtf)
Naoki: What?
Davis: She's not playing that guitar
Umu: She knows how to play it, that might just be the editing Davis: She knows, oh ok ok
Emiel: I like how everything is just broken
Henry: I really dig those white shoes, honestly
Emiel: That is a cool jumper right there, Oh no blazer, woah
Lindsey: Does her jacket have eggs and bacon on it
Yunyi: Oh that's a really cool setup. All the cocktail drinks
Kevin: See this song when it gets hard
Naoki: Dahdahdun, isn't it
Kevin: It sounds like the mic was way too close to the- to the hole
Naoki: The progression dahdahdum dahdahdum dahdahdum all over again Shimon: Oh yeah yeah yeah
Yunyi: I like it cuz it gets some of the bass that comes out Kevin: A little yeah I can see it
Yunyi: I actually really like that effect Kevin: It doesn't sound very natural to me
lindsey: (heaven is a place where nothing ever) happens. deep.
Naoki: It's interesting how they mix styles
Kevin: Felony
Naoki: Like normally people just stick to one style
Kevin: Oh really
Ooohh
Naoki: Ooohh
Naoki: Oh I thought there was gonna be a drop there or something Shimon: Yeah
Naoki: It felt like it Shimon: I thought it was gonna be more heavier but then it turned out to be really light
Yunyi: Clapping on 2 and 4
Davis: That was a very interesting juxtaposition to this doomsday set that they're walking around right now
Yunyi: They mixed together the snapping and the clapping, that's pretty Kevin: Exactly, yes
Yunyi: Pretty neat Kevin: Yeah
Kevin: We didn't notice this last time
Umu: Are you liking it better than last time Kevin: I think so
Kevin: I mean- Yunyi: I'm trying to put aside my bias against acoustic songs like these and just try to approach it from an objective standpoint
And I mean cuz it's really high quality work, it's just not my favorite genre
Lindsey: Well that was interesting harmonically like the vocal line
Went somewhere where I did not think it was gonna go against the bass line
Yunyi: Oh I liked how it cut out
Davis: Yeah, cuz the bass line is just descending
Emiel: No it goes from 2 minor to 1 major in the key of
Both: D Flat
Lindsey: Oh you know it's because it ended on a leading tone
Shimon: It's an interesting combination with the visual, you wouldn't expect the audio to be like this
Gwen: YYAASSSSSS
Emiel: Woow Davis: That was pretty dope!
Emiel: Wait now all 4 of them come together Fiona: They found each other in the abandoned city Henry: Taylor, I don't know that brand of guitar
Fiona: Yeah this is Taylor Swift af Emiel: *Whistles like a missle* Henry: Shhh
Emiel: Get off that bus it's gonna explode
Henry: Get off that bus Fiona: It's gonna set on fire according to Blackpink logic everything will set on fire Emiel: According to GTA
Henry: The laws of Blackpink
Gwen: That was cool *Does the cool thing*
Davis: Where is ...they?
Gwen: Yas fishnets
Davis: I mean i'm trying not to assume gender
Hugo: This would be easy to do a cover of too (Yall go request in the comments for Hugo and Gwen to cover this)
(I love Jennie's voice)
Hugo: Just sayin
Umu: Ok
Gwen: I like keep trying to read the random text scattered throughout
Hugo: They're very good with their signs I'll say that
Emiel: It kinda has the same guitar pattern going but it's groovy
Fiona: I love the harp- the harp Emiel: Banuhnuhnuhnuhnuh
Hugo: Oh sh*t that is a much different message than if you don't read the subtext
Gwen: Heaven is a place
Shimon: Are they going for the country thing?
Yunyi: This is very ominous for a music video cuz they're kind of in a destroyed, abandoned area
Henry: *Humming* Emiel: part ends on a nice...
Emiel: Imperfect, authentic cadence. ending on the third Fiona: Aaayyyyyyy
Kevin: So that's actually happy Yunyi: Oh! woah where did all those people come from
Hugo: I'm really confused and concerned for their well being, girls run away
Naoki: Yeah this is really upbeat for like snow and dark- Shimon: Yeah
Naoki: Oh where did all those people come from Shimon: Yeah- You just noticed XD
Naoki: Yeah no I just noticed
Oh and then now they're gone
What are they, are they ghosts or something
I'm not very observant if you haven't realized
Henry: Would you look at that Fiona: Cool, I'm a fan
Henry: Yeah me too Fiona: Wow
Fiona: Gotta Stanamanmana blah (One day guys, one day)
Emiel: Dang Henry: You do that- you do this everytime
Fiona: Staannly
Kevin: I like it
Better
Umu: Yeah Davis: What were the people at the end there
Lindsey: I feel like ghosts could be- if it was referencing death Davis: Maybe, maybe ok Umu: Ooh Davis has a
Lindsey: But yeah
Davis: So this person that they wish was there is dead
So all those people are other dead people that are always there
But you just can't see them
So that's why they kept appearing and disappearing
So it's like there
So really they did- This person they wish was there did stay but they just don't know
Umu: Watch us be completely off because we don't know all the English lyrics hahaha Davis: Oh yeah no yeah. This is purely just from visual Lindsey: Oh well probably
Lindsey: Representation Davis: Yeah yeah
Hugo: They have a very interesting group dynamic
Yunyi: I mean yeah I like it better but it's still not my favoite Kevin: Yeah, I think it's a much- I think
Kevin: Whistle and Boombayah is a very good pairing while the previous song and this one are also very good
Cuz those two is more po- everything pops out more. These two are more mixed
They're more... harmonious or less... percussive. So I like the pairing
Shimon: I like their music (That grin boi)
Umu: Can you guys talk about, if you remember what you thought of the first time you heard this
Yunyi: Yeah I- Kevin: I think it's just very like we couldn't hear the, what it sounded like with headphones so it just sounded like a very flat song
Yunyi: Yeah Kevin: With-
Yunyi: Yeah like there's not- like there's nothing too special to the vocal melody. I think we just like- the flatness kinda got to us Kevin: But I think with headphones also
Kevin: The quality of their voice really
pops out
Cuz now we're really noticing how good the singers are
Yunyi: What I really appreciate about- about them is that each of the singers have a very- or not just
The singers, the members, they all have a very unique timbre to their voice
Whereas like with some groups their vocals seem to all mix together, you have no idea who's singing, but with Blackpink it's very distinct Kevin: That's true
Like they have a very unique quality to each of their, their vocals Kevin: Also mellow rapping
Kevin: Is a thing
And it's great
Umu: Which one did you like better
*Gwen in deep thought*
Umu: Playing With Fire? Lindsey: The first one
Umu: Ooh you like Playing With Fire, and you liked Davis: Uuumm I think I- I think oohh uuhhh
Gwen: The second one
Umu: Ok
Davis: I liked- Lindsey: I liked the little claps in this one and I liked the- this one felt more like a comfortable kind of vibe you know like
Just chillin' with your friends and you're sitting around singing a song (In an abandoned city nbd)
Davis: Yeah Lindsey: But I think i liked the first one better it felt more Blackpink
Davis: Yeah I think I liked this one a lot so much because I listened to the other 3 and then to have this stark contrast
Umu: So you're voting for- Davis: Right afterwards, maybe more likely to end up enjoying it more I think because it was just a different thing
But I still think the first one was really really good, but being in the sort of different vein of Blackpink was nice for a little while at least
Umu: So you're voting second one Davins: I think I'm gonna vote second one yeah
Gwen: I was just yeah I was feelin' it, I was happy, I was good
And it wasn't too like whiney
It was like
My life would be fun if you left but also if you wanna stay that's cool
And then there was some like literally 50 people only wearing white showed up and then I was confused and creeped out
Gwen: But Hugo: It was all the McDonalds workers (LOL)
Naoki: I'll probably listen to the first one more just because it's more partier, party-ish
Both: The first one
Kevin: Playing with fire because that's what I do for breakfast
*Save me pls*
Shimon: I like the second one better Umu: Ok
Shimon: It's laid back
Naoki: Well obviously we're different people hahaha
Shimon: Clearly
Hugo: It's hard cuz they're different songs, like they're different kinds of songs Gwen: Yeah
Hugo: I liked
I liked the first song contrary to you know that's a fair point ??? Gwen: Contrary to what
Hugo: Like just their tone and their beltyness Gwen: Well that was
Hugo: For the first- for the first one Gwen: OOOHHHHHHH
Hugo: But I like that, I think it was appropriate for the song and I think they did a good job with it
I think they have
We're so used to watching a lot of boy groups so we're used to these guys with really high voices
Umu: Mhm Hugo: And they're singing up there
Hugo: So now we have these girls, these women
Who are singing lower in their register and it's a different kind of sound
And I think they were able to get a little more resonance out of it than the high floatyness you get with a lot of these boys groups, these boy bands
And I think they're f***in' killing it I think they did a good job in the first one and I think they also used that floatyness a little but more in the second one
Hugo: Put me at .75 for the second one and .25 for the first one
Gwen: Alright you know that orange ribbon that;s tied on her wrist
It's the color and shape of Kraft cheese singles
Hugo: *Why is she like this*
Lindsey: May I also just say when we went to go drop Davis off at the train station
Um I- we had been listening to Whistle in my house on the speaker system before and so the entire ride there he kept just sitting there going
*Whistles Whistle*
Lindsey: And then I would point it out, the fact that he was doing that and he'd be like "Oh my god I hate you"
Davis: i just get progressively more and more angry
Davis: Cuz it's like one of those things you just subconsciously if nothing's going on you just hum something Lindsey: You just like whistle like a missle bomb bomb