Umu: So today we have two very special violinists with us today. Can you guys introduce yourselves and your YouTube?
Brett: My name is Brett. Eddy: My name's Jeff. B: And we make a kskdjfn channel.
E: My name is Eddy.
E: This is Brett, we're TwoSet Violin, very honored to appear today on this channel to react to some K!
B: No, React to THE K! E: OH!!
B: Not SOME K. It's THE K.
[Rossini's Semiramide]
U: I've seen that you guys are familiar with kpop since you have some kpop related material on your channel.
U: So, I'm wondering what your very first opinion was on kpop when you discovered it for the first time.
B: I was gonna say something - E: Men are beautiful. I was like, I've never felt this way before. That was a pretty...
B: Think this guy introduced me to it. E: No, it was that video we did, like,
E: a year ago, remember? I don't remember the context, but we reacted to BLACKPINK, BOOMBAYAH.
E: Why do rubato when you can do boombayah. B: Oh yeah, I remember.
B: Oh yeah, that was the first time, okay. E: I think that was the first time for both of us, and I was just like -
B: I liked it. E: It was very, um,
B: Boombayah E: visually stimulating.
B: Everything was beautiful.
U: That's wonderful. Do you guys usually listen to pop music or you usually stick to classical?
B: I don't listen to any music.
E: I listen to some, like, variety of music.
E: I'm not like one of those classical musicians that [are] like strictly against pop music,
E: BUT I have to say I'm more of the type that -
E: when I do listen to music at home, I want to relax.
E: When I'm at home, I want like low-key stuff. I don't listen to like
E: Un tss un tss un tss
B: I can listen to any music. Just play it and I'll just listen to it.
U: Alright, well, the songs that I chose for you guys to listen today are ones that I consider to have
U: at least one thing that sets them apart from a typical pop song.
E: Why don't you not tell us and we'll try to guess why you picked something and then you tell us afterwards.
E: So this is a game, we have to guess why you chose it, let's do it. B: Okay.
E: Okay. B: I'm down.
U: Okay. So now you're reacting to a 13 member boy group called Seventeen, and their 2016 release called 'Aju Nice'
U: which means very nice in English. And the song is actually composed by one of the members named Woozi and the songwriter named Bumzu.
E: What did you say 13 member band named Seventeen? U: Thirteen members, yes.
E: Did 4 people leave or did they just miscount?
U: Four people left, but they have an excuse for calling themselves Seventeen. Thirteen members, three subunits, one group.
E: Nice save. B: Yeah, nice one guys. Spacebar.
E: Bonza! B: I'm trying to listen for the musical stuff. E: What was that?
B: I'm getting distracted by the visuals. E: Yeah.
E: Told you, the men are beautiful.
B: Girl, get out of the way.
E: It's like, I'm trying to cross the street.
E: Oh, I was supposed to be listening out for musical stuff. B: That's what I mean,
B: I'm trying but I can't. E: I can't, I'm just looking at...
B: This is a trick, trick game to distract - maybe we have to close our eyes.
E: Dude, he keeps like, this stuff like he does this, and stuff explodes out.
E: That's literally very...
E: explosive.
B: You know I forgot all the musical terms, so this is all up to you.
E: I don't know why, okay. Why did Umu choose this? B: 'Cause there's 17 guys we'll have to pick from.
E: Cool.
E: Which one do you like the most Umu? Who do you like the most?
U: Woozi.
U: He's the composer, he's the smallest one. B: Woozi? I like - the smallest one.
B: This guy. E: That guy. B: He looks small.
E: It's probably something to do with the (singing). B: Repeating motif.
E: It's not in a normal major/minor scale, it's like blues or something. I don't want to say that,
E: it's probably not blues, I probably just offended - B: Ooohh!
B: That's why I keep my mouth shut. And just not say anything.
E: What scale is that?
E: It's a flat five, that's the most technical I'm going. B: Yeah.
B: Alright, stop there, flat five.
B: All right, I think...
Both: Woah!
B: Dude, what happened? E: Umu, can you like edit like...
U: Okay, I'll do my best.
U: So you noticed like the kind of bluesy stuff with the brass, but I seem to have won this round.
E: 'cause it's not. U: Did you notice the drops into the chorus? B: There were drops?
U: It just kept prolonging the drop. B: It kept going longer and longer.
B: Ohhhhh!
B: Nah, I blame - E: Dammit, this is how you wanna play Umu?
B: All right, I blame the 17 boys, it distracted me. U: It is really distracting.
E: It is very distracting.
B: I want to see more. Bumzu, where are you?
B: Oi, hurry up, next time - next one - E: I've got my own.
B: Oh you got your own, alright. U: Yeah!
B: Maybe we need two ears to figure this game.
U: Oh boy guys, so now I'm showing you like an actual staple in the kpop world,
U: and I'm surprised that you haven't heard of this because it is great!
U: So anyways, this girl group is called Girls Generation and this is their song called
U: 'I Got a Boy'. So this is a song that leads the experimental kpop wave in 2013.
U: The composers that design music said that the inspiration for this song was quite organic
U: in the way that the song was literally written in 15 minutes.
U: They wanted the song to have an urban danceable feel to it, some American swagger,
U: but still keep that unique kpop flavor.
U: And just by the way, the beginning of the music video, the very very beginning,
U: is just like an ad so it isn't actually part of the song.
B: It's gonna be distracting. E: Nah, it's girls. I don't get distracted by girls.
B: That's true. I only get distracted by guys, let's do it.
B: Oh!! I gotta smash it.
E: F major 7. B: Hey man.
B: Ay yo, GG. E: Ay yo, GG.
B: I'm getting distracted.
E: Oh what? Okay, this one's from,
E: F major to E major with the rap interlude transition.
E: Being as nerdy as I can. B: Yeah.
E: (hums E), E major.
B: They're gonna change again. E: Yeah probably. B: Yeah.
B: In like 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
B: Bro, I'm tripping.
E: Did the tempo get faster? I think it did. B: Mm-hm.
B: What's the tempo?
B: 152.
B: No, 190.
B: Oh, it's back to this scene now.
B: Oh dude, time travel - E: But they changed the first subject. B: Yeah.
B: Oh, so it adds on. E: (singing) became (singing)
E: Went up a third.
E: I spotted that from a mile away. B: And back again!
B: Bro, déjà vu.
B: That was a man hand, that wasn't a female hand!
E: (gasp) How dare you touch my idols!
Both: Okay, slowing down again.
Both: 140 E: Ohhh!
E: You were wrong - you said it was 190. B: I said 152 first!
B: I self-doubted myself
B: No, but that's a different tempo. Oh they're changing - ohh, it's a different time signature.
B: Oh crap, my brain. E: 140 - let's see if she's legit.
B: Alright.
E: Cool. That one's easy, it's just the tempo changes.
U: Exactly! And what the fun thing is, is that one sec -
U: You know when they say "bring it back to 140" and it goes to a specific style?
U: The first time that style appears is exactly 1 minute and 40 seconds into the song.
U: So they're going to 140 BPM and 1:40. It's like in the original track minus the -
E: Ohhh! Is that why added the intro? U: Well, they - actually it's without the intro.
E: Oh without the intro it's 1:40.
E: And they composed that in 15 mins. U: 15 minutes.
B: Imagine they composed in 1 minute 40 - E: Did they time the 1:40 thing?
U: So now you reacting to the boy group SHINee who originally [consisted] of 5 members
U: but there are 4 members in this comeback since one of the members got in a car accident
U: and was unable to promote with the rest of them.
U: So this is actually released in 2013 and came out on an album called misc - miskpthlbpd
U: Misconceptions of me, um, which is supposed to have a darker and dreamier feel.
U: This one? Okay, enjoy the harmonic instability.
E: Ooooh. B: Ooh la la. Alright, are you ready?
E: Yeah
E: Ooof. Sorry laptop.
E: Yai
B: Dude, it's like, rocky
B: It's so different. E: Mmm.
E: Tasty bassline. It's chromatic.
E: This one is also in E major. What's with all the songs being in E major today?
E: It's like the joker. B: Change - changed it again.
E: Why so seriouuss? B: He changed it.
B: Imagine it eventually goes to A major 'cause of what [Taemin] is wearing.
B: Or A minor
E: Dude, I'm so confused.
B: this reminds me of, like, Queen or something.
E: Like the rock feel? B: Yeah E: Yeah
E: But I'm just like -
B: Uh oh here we go, changed again.
E: This is throwing my perfect pitch off and that's saying something.
B: Goodbye. Into the simulation
E: Dude, now it's D flat major. It was in E major, I swear.
E: Dude, this is like Schoenburg.... but like kpop
B: Dude, they go more members now!
U: Those are backup dancers!
B: Oh, they're dancers! Oh right.
E: It's like, the member instability is also harmonic - B: Every member is a flat in the key.
B: Another flat
B: 5th member, 5th flat E: Oh my god maybe, like 7 members means 7 key signatures
E: Oh my god B: But the thing is still there, the -
E: But then it's just - B: Oh wait, no no no no
E: It IS A major!! You were right!
E: You predicted it!
E: Is the bass line always the same though? Or is it subtly changing?
E: That's what I'm curious about.
B: You know what it is? E: What? B: We're taking this too seriously.
E: I thought of that - B: Why so serious?
E: It's like, the moment I asked that question the guy was like -
B: Just chill out and go with the vibes, man. E: "Why so serious?"
E: Yeah yeah, just go with the vibes
E: Don't over analyze music! B: Yep!
B: All right, so.
U: Yeah, you got it! B: Got it?
U: It just modulates everywhere. It goes -
B: Okay. Well, there you go. E: Do you know if the bassline's the same?
B: It changes. E: They harmonized it.
U: Right. E: So like, it appeared in E major, then it appeared in Ab,
E: and it appeared in D fl- Db idk.
E: Though the best part was when like, it's almost like they knew we'd be analyzing it,
E: so it then goes, "why so serious?" B: Yeah stop looking at it~
U: So now you're reacting to a member from the girl group called Loona.
U: Loona's company was actually really really smart to debut only one member at a time. So there's 12 girls.
U: So they started way back in 2016 giving a solo to every single member and they finally recently debuted as a full group.
U: So this is actually the 8th member to debut and her name is choerry
U: and she debuted in 2017 with purple representing her color and fruit bat representing her animal.
U: So it like represents her personality
U: So this song, "Love Cherry Motion," is composed by Ollipop, Hayley Aitken, and Kanata Okajima.
U: And in this music video, actually - you're going to see other members from the group appear.
U: So they're going to make like - make a cameo and then they also have -
U: This is so confusing. I'm sorry.
U: They also have subunits where her member - her subunit members are going to appear,
U: so when you're like, "oh my god she has blonde hair now"
U: No, that's actually just her subunit members
E: What's subunit mean? U: Subunit? So it's like it's the full group right?
U: And then it's just like small sections from that group.
B: Okay. E: Gotcha. So subunit's like a section.
U: Yes. E: Like first violins.
E: Imagine an orchestra that introduced each orchestral member one the time.
U: Oh my god . E: Then after like 100 months...
B: Love Cherry Motion. E: Alright, my turn. B: Go.
B: I was trying to whack your hand
E: Mmm. Digging the vibes.
E: This song reminds me of a different song. Is it just me?
U: *whispers* Katy Perry
B: MmmmmMMMMmMmm
E: nottherightnotes
E: Well, it was influenced by Katy Perry.
B: Inspired. By Katy Perry. E: Inspired.
E: Ooh, I like this bit. It's very dreamy.
B: Cherry on top!
B: Oh!
E: Oh. Now it's the dark side~ B: The dark side.
E: Oh oh~
E: Night time's heeere~ The real Choerry's coming out~
E: Wait no, her name's- Choerry? Yeah.
E: I'm digging that bassline.
E: Whoa!
E: Gonna be naughty Choerry!
B: Bad? E: Ahhh called that!
B: Dude it sounds Arabic. E: Yeah.
E: Full of seventh chords. Ohh! How do you do that?
E: Color correction. Adobe.
B: She's slowly like getting taken over by the dark side.
B: Probably. E: The meaning is like - every girl has -
B: A dark side.
E: two mean - two sides to them.
E: The innocent pretty side - B: But does the music say that?
E: and then the complex side.
That was a very ASMR ending. B: Yeah.
E: Oh, I think it's to do with the - duality of the music.
E: Is it - no, but that's too shallow. There must be more to it.
U: That Arabic scale, you know your modes, right?
U: Phrygian.
E: That's the same a Boombayah! B: Blackpink!
U: Yes, so kpop really likes this Phrygian natural three scale.
E: Is that - *bows* U: Major Phrygian.
B: I haven't heard that word in like 10 years. E: Major Phrygian.
B: Phrygian.
U: So we just call it Phrygian natural 3 or Mixolydian flat 2 or Egyptian scale.
B: Egyptian scale E: Egyptian scale. I like that.
U: So out of those four songs - do you remember all the four or should I like -
B: Did we listen to four?
U: Yes. It was SHINee, B: Yeah, SHINee.
U: and then there was a Girls Generation, and there was Aju Nice, with the explosions,
U: and there's this one.
U: Which one was your favorite?
E: The second one was the one that changes tempo. Back to 140!
B: I like that one, but I don't know if I would listen to that one.
B: But I don't listen to music.
E: Which one do you like the most?
E: Not from a listening standpoint. U: Which one surprised you the most?
B: Well surprised me was the second one. E: which one's visuals did you like the most?
B: The second one.
U: Ok so I think the second one is your answer XD B: Yeah the second one.
U: Awesome. Okay, Part 2 coming soon.