Aaron: Oh
wow
that is
high
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I hope you enjoy our reaction to ATEEZ's "Horizon"
Umu: You're now reacting to the eight member boy group ATEEZ and
a b-side song from their 2020 "Treasure: Epilogue" album
The leader Hongjoong said that he started writing "Horizon" as a trainee and feels that is a continuation of their past songs
"Aurora" and "Sunrise," which he has also contributed to writing
As the title implies, the members are looking to travel beyond the horizon to see what other treasures they can find - maybe greater fame is on the other side
The lyrics show they are aware they will face more challenges, but they express excitement about what's to come
They also confirm their desire to travel this path together as a group
The song is composed by EDEN, LEEZ, BUDDY, and leader of ATEEZ, Hongjoong.
Fiona: Wow, the prompt of this song like makes it sound like this song is like a movie or something
Three, two, one!
Cloud: I really like that!
Owen: Is that the- is that like a "da-da-dah da dah"
"da dah" "da-da-dah da da"
That seems like a pirate shanty sort of thing Elizabeth: It's definitely inspired by that
Owen: Yeah Elizabeth: And it's kind of in three, so
Owen: Yeah, it seems like they they put the duple and triple over each other in different situations
Fiona: A lot of things changed just now
Like the rhythm really cleaned it up but now it's adding stuff back on Daniel: Mmm
Fiona: Letting you know that a beat drop is coming... space!
Cloud: All these songs sound like an Island Adventure
Henry: That was an immediate change of meter
Aaron: See...
This is where I feel kpop takes its own genre,
like this is kpop
Nick: They've got really like hearty drops Aaron: Yeah
Brianna: Mmm, half-time - one, two..
James: I love these like big- feels of one. Like it's so good.
Brianna: Yeah, I love how the beats slow down but like his rhythmic play sped up. So it gave it- yeah James: Ooh
Cloud: They have a good mix of elements holding you back and elements pushing you forward at the same time
So you feel kind of off-kilter
Aaron: Oh! Wow, that is high. How is that even- I can't be try to sing that high, like...
Aaron: Wow, we just went duple, very duple Nick: Yeah
James: This is like the bridge Brianna: I like that little like thing in the background
Clap, clap .... ratatata!
Nick: Oh, this is- is this? This is different, right? Aaron: No, this is still duple. Yeah, they- they change this
Fiona: This is like a total like shift to a totally different realm in this song Daniel: Really?
Fiona: They just go from that galloping to just like, okay, we're keeping the same rhythm, but everything's different
James: F*ck it up!
Aaron: Wow, I feel like I can like almost see the lasers because of what I'm hearing, like
Nick: Oh, yeah, it's like this really biting synths that are like "joo-jooh jooh" Aaron: What do you think?
Nick: Um, I'm kind of at a loss for words in some ways
They had two of these
Pre-chorus-ish things? One of them I think was followed by the chorus
And then one of them was followed by like the bridge or something
I'm kind of lost because I don't even know what the chorus is at this point. I-
Umu: I think that they just have a drop
Nick: They just have what? Umu: That's the first one, right? Aaron: Yeah, this is the first one. Nick: Okay
Umu: Drop Nick: They have a drop- Aaron: One two three "duh duh duh duh duh duh"
*everyone, relatably, singing at the same time*
Nick: We've got a pre-chorus, hook, verse two, pre-chorus, outro? Umu: No no no-
Umu: And then, pre-chorus, this is what I hear the pre-chorus as Nick: Yeah, that's the pre-chorus Umu: And then drop number two.
Nick: Oh Aaron: Ohhhh okay Nick: I don't know how I missed that
Umu: You guys might have been talking through it Nick: I think we were Umu: And then-
Nick: Okay, that's why Umu: And then - but that's the thing, so this... Aaron: That's interesting, yeah that's certainly
Nick: But then we have this other, like Umu: Then we go straight to the pre-chorus (*verse) Nick: After the drop? Umu: Yeah
Nick: Okay, that's still bizarre
It works though
Aaron: I think it works. It's a little, like, copy-paste, but it's okay Nick: It really- it really
pushed us through the song, like the song felt a lot shorter probably because there-
we were kind of like missing a chorus. Aaron: I could see people getting hyped to this song Nick: Yeah Aaron: In like an arena, opening weekend
Nick: It's very energetic, lots of stuff going on.
Fiona: It was like a wild sea shanty
It went from all types of water from rough to smooth to an island
and then back to "dan-dandandandan I'm gonna blow you up with my cannon"
Daniel: Sure Fiona: A lot of variety Daniel: Yeah, there's a lot of variety, but I think it could easily be sliced in half
in a certain way and the balancing of its characters, I think there's like two or three Fiona: Mhm
Daniel: Yeah, I know it was recycling... Fiona: Instead of like "ooh, climax," it was like
It wasn't a mountain, it was a mesa
Henry: Yeah, that was cool Umu: You were very stone-faced, okay Henry: Yeah, not really my cup of tea
Cloud: Loved the chorus. I love that "dah-na-na-nah-na-nah-na-nah"
Like little motif that they had like as soon as that came in in the intro
I was like, oh I love that but I don't know if I liked the verses 'cause like- 'cause the voices are what was holding you back?
Henry: Yeah Cloud: Like the eighth notes were kind of pushing you forward and like
And you're just kinda like swaying there and you're like what's gonna happen and the drop comes and you're like "oh, here we are," but...
Umu: 'Cause the voices were like more melodic and drawn out Cloud: Yeah, like they were just a little slower
Henry: Okay. So you like that contrast? Cloud: I like that contrast, I think it's a little hard to dance to though
Henry: Yeah, I get that Cloud: Like when you're like trying to vibe in your room. You're like "where did we just go?" but then the chorus comes in and you're like "here we are"
Cloud: Um, oh ten out of ten, would listen again
Also, like literally all of their music that we've listened to I feel like it just feels like an island adventure like on a boat sailing somewhere
Henry: For some reason I can't get out of my head like...
Minecraft let's play
When I listen to this, it feels very like
intro slash like a montage reel and this is playing the back Umu: Oh that makes sense, yeah!
Henry: Do you know what I mean? Yeah Cloud: Yeah, like some kind of video game... Henry: Like that's what I mean, not dance-y, but it's just kind of like there and really cool feeling
Cloud: Also I just got hit with like nostalgia vibes like while we were listening to this Henry: Really
Cloud: And then you're back behind the camera like
I was like "this is why I do this," I just do this for that
Henry: I'm not gonna try to like justify or like
bs why I might not have liked it because that could not be the reason why I did or didn't like it
But I did think they were doing some cool stuff
As far as just their choice for meter
I think jumping right into a meter change has its merits, I don't know whether- it didn't really bother or not bother me
I just
Pretty much as soon as it started like into the first chorus I already kinda knew like "ehh, it's not really my cup of tea"
Cloud: Okay Henry: But I like what they're doing and then I did like the-
Near the last chorus where they kind of made it "half-time" I'll say, well- there's this like I think a piano or some kind of synth going
"da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da" always sixteenths, and then that last part that's like
"bah-bababababababa"
But they were just doing eighth notes so it kind of felt
sort of half-time-y, but it felt more I think
broad, and that was a good change, but generally the sound I just wasn't fully into
Owen: You know it'd be interesting
There was a- on the "Abbey Road" album, the new like version that they just released they have the strings parts isolated
For "Something" and "Golden Slumbers." It'd be really interesting to hear just their vocal lines
Isolated from the rest of the track because they're so intricate and it almost carries like the entire progression
and like a lot of the energy of the song just in their vocal lines in terms of
Like how complex they are and how much stuff is going on
Elizabeth: Yeah Owen: So I would actually want to hear that song but just the vocals and probably enjoy that just as much
Elizabeth: Yeah, a lot of this was listening to
the sort of like synth back track like I'm sure this is like a high-energy dance moment for them
But they are really good at singing together. I wish we could have had like more opportunities to kind of hear them singing
I stand by thinking that like their pre-choruses are always just like
Super hype and partially it's because like most of them have like the "duh, duh, duh, duh"
"duh-duh duh-duh duh-duh duh-duh"
"duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh" and so like having that sort of
Like drumbeat like getting faster and faster Owen: You said like a metric crescendo Elizabeth: Yeah, it's a rhythmic crescendo, yeah yeah yeah
So it kind of like gets you in but then they always have like this break right before the chorus lands
and then the last time around there's usually like
an even bigger silence like a pause before the last section comes in and it's just like very effective
Elizabeth: Doing it? Umu: So this is like a live performance Elizabeth: Yes! Owen: Ooh
Umu: So they promoted this along with their title track, so this is a b-side song and they had choreography for it
so they performed it live Owen: Oh, cool
Umu: So this is a dance track Elizabeth: Yeah, that's what I figured
Owen: Oh, are they singing? Elizabeth: AAAAGH
Elizabeth: I love his hair Owen: Is that - Hoooong- Umu: Hongjoong Elizabeth: That's Hongjoong Owen: Cool
Owen: All right, I didn't notice that motif the first time, the "da da dam-bam"
Oh, they're going-
Oh!
I like that progression. I don't think we've heard that very much before
I mean it's pretty simple, but it's nice though
Six, seven, one, three, six, but the three ties it nicely together because the five, six
Owen: Who's that Umu: Hongjoong Owen: I like him
Elizabeth: We all do
Owen: That synth riff must have taken the producers forever to figure out
the "duhleelilileeliloo"
Over f-minor
very cool
James: Girl you tried it Brianna: I tried it
James: You tried it, she didn't make it, but she-
Brianna: I meant to go up to there,
but she wasn't happening
Umu: What elements of that song did you like?
James: I feel like the genre in general it's very
optimistic and like call to action-y and very like
"oh, yeah, let's go live life" so I think the genre choice with the message works perfectly. It wasn't super repetitive though
They were using a lot of different like EDM techniques. Like they really used a shit ton of
Different things which kind of kept it interesting and I- their voices were great as well
Brianna: I thought they really did showcase their voices really well despite the EDM music
I feel like a lot of like EDM or like dubstep music it's always about like the instrumental- James: It's simple, yeah
Brianna: Yeah, and the instrumental and like they just try to like play off of that
But I loved how like they try to like contrast whatever was going like whenever the harmonic rhythm was slower
They would try to make their melody a little bit quicker whenever the harmonic rhythm would get faster
They would like make their melodic lines a little bit more smoother and longer.
Jongho was giving us vocals. He was giving us range
And he was giving us Kesha vibes. He sounded like Kesha James: Yeah Brianna: He literally sounded like a whole fucking woman James: Tea, tea tea tea
Brianna: I was like go off!
Aaron: Yeah, it's ATEEZ, "Horizon" Nick: You're flexible, oh my god
Aaron: Yeah man Nick: Do you do- you do yoga, right?
Aaron: Yeah
Nick: *surprised Pikachu emoji*