♪ Two minus one I can see you're doing really ♪ [Rocketz recording "2 MINUS 1"
♪ good without me baby ♪
Two Two [VERNON preparing to record]
♪ Two minus one ♪
♪ I can see you're doing really good without me baby ♪ [Spicy vocals different from theusual]
♪ Two minus one ♪
♪ I'm doing great myself ♪
♪ Hope you know I am ♪
Let's listen to that
OK
[Monitoring]
♪ Two minus one I'm super fine ♪ [Continuing recording the next part]
♪ I don't need you anymore ♪ [Soft ver]
♪ I'm super fine ♪
♪ I don't need you anymore ♪ [Powerful ver]
Done [VERNON finished recording "2 MINUS 1"]
♪ Hope you listen to this song 'cause I I I ♪ [JOSHUA starts recording "2 MINUS 1"]
♪ 'Cause I'm doing right just fine ♪
♪ I'm doing all right doing all right ♪
That part was really good
OK
♪ Hope you listen to this song 'cause I I I ♪ [Encouraged by the compliments]
♪ 'Cause I'm doing right just fine ♪
♪ I'm doing all right doing all right ♪
That was really good [Continued compliments]
OK!
I'll keep getting better
OK
♪ Hope you listen to this song 'cause I I I ♪ [Finishes recording perfectly]
OK!
VERNON, how should we match it up?
One of us says you're, and one says [Discussing pronunciation details]
you're, which one should we go with?
Oh? Did I say it differently?
We just say it kind of differently [Small pronunciation difference]
-You're? -Yeah [Done adjusting pronunciations]
♪ minus one I can see you're doing really good without ♪
OK you're
[Recording room concert]
["JOSHUA&VERNON" "2 MINUS 1" Recording done]
[Genius "Open Mic" 2 MINUS 1 Live filming]
In "2 MINUS 1"
we tried to express the contrast
between the sadness of a breakup
and the bright melody of the song
The song portrays a man
trying his best to act fine
[Rehearsing the intro where they enter through the door]
We don't have to close it hard, right?
About that much
-It opens again though -Someone will close it from behind [Checking meticulously]
OK got it
We look forward to working with you today! [Rocketz don't forget their greetings before filming]
Let's do this well!
[Song starts with them entering through the door]
What's two minus one?
♪ Hope you listen to this song 'cause I I I ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm doing right just fine ♪
♪ I'm doing all right, doing all right ♪
♪ All the time in the world to myself ♪
♪ I can go out and drink all day and night ♪
♪ But why can't I get you off my mind ♪
♪ I can't get you out of my head, yeah ♪
I just liked the genre
When VERNON first asked what I thought about this genre
It brought back a lot of memories
Songs I used to listen to when I went to school
We would order food while working on the song
I only have comfy memories
VERNON and I talked a lot writing this song
When we were working on it and weren't making progress, we'd have some good food and take a break
then go back to talking and writing lyrics
That's how we worked while practicing
or preparing for our comeback
We would write lyrics during breaks in between practice
and write some more during the next break
That's how this song was made [Worked on this song while also preparing for their comeback]
[Eyes blinded]
Oh that's the lighting, not the sun
VERNON, when do you take your mic out?
Me? I take it out from the start
-Really? -Yeah
I think rather than matching that...
-Comfortably -Yeah
But for my part I have to take it out
The sun here is so... [Just realized the identity of the "sun"]
I thought it was the sun so I said "The sun is so bright" but it was the lights [Can't open his eyes]
That's where the sun should actually be
I can't open my eyes
Right? Me too
Oh really? [Chatting with the band members during break]
We felt really relaxed while recording
It's fun and all
but I don't know how much longer my voice can hold out...
♪ I don't need you anymore ♪
♪ I thought you were the one ♪
♪ Didn't need any other ♪
♪ I can still smell the perfume you used to wear in my clothes ♪
♪ Can't erase it no ♪
We filmed "2 MINUS 1" for Genius "Open Mic"
This was a song we really wanted to show to our CARATs live
It was a song that we really enjoyed
while working on it
We have a lot of affection for this song
so we wanted to sing it to our CARATs live
so we were really glad to be able
to show you a live performance through this opportunity
It was so fun singing this song
As you can hear my voice is almost gone
but it'll recover soon so don't worry too much
-and I hope you enjoy watching this -I hope you guys like it
♪ Don't need you anymore ♪
♪ I need you ♪
[Genius "Open Mic" "2 MINUS 1" live filming over]