Umu: Hello everyone, my name is Umu, and I'm reacttothek's channel creator
Sean: Hello everyone, I am Sean, reacttothek's channel arranger and host of classical composer breaks down the k.
And this is a reaction to K/DA's comeback 'The Baddest'
I'm very excited, like, I think a lot of us have been hoping K/DA would comeback since 'Pop Stars'
but... like, it was kind of a long shot
I'm very excited that we are having a proper K/DA comeback, and this is a pre-release single, which means there's gonna be more
U: So I have heard, of course, their first song, and really excited to see that they're gonna be doing an album and such
because I really do love their group sound
lets go in a three, a two *singing part of Pop Stars*
Hey! Oh just kidding. Hey! Oh...
Ohh
This is a good continuation from
'Pop Stars'
sonically
da daa daa daaa kind of rhythm
Yeahhhh, thinning out for the rapping
percussion's slowly coming back in
the trap hi-hat's back in
and she's rapping up higher in her register
dududududududududu
OH YEah
Yo, this is a rap verse we don't deserve
Yooo
Yeahhh
S: Oh okay, so the opening was- it started out with the chorus
U: There's some really nice vocal harmonies kind of panned to the right
Woo! She got range
triplet, triplet, triplet, triplet and uh
Ohh nice, descending harmony along with that
this is our lifted moment of the song
*sings bass part* that's a bass part, hell yeah
S: I like the amount of vocal harmonies they're putting in
U: WHAAT? S: Oh
U: NO S: Huh
U: NO, no no no
No no no no no no no no no no no we need another chorus! S: I was expecting another chorus at the end
U: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That can not be the end
There's gotta be
noo
The way that she ended that rap phrase "call it a flex"
it sounds like, as if you're going to continue, "call it a flex" dadada dadadada
instead of like "call it a flex."
'Cause that would've been like, okay, we're ending, you know like the inflection down
but she ended it as if there was gonna be more
noooooo
*laughs* that was so nice
S: Yeah this is, it's not pop song form basically
like if we talked about it in terms of that, it would be
chorus, verse, prechorus, second chorus
brid- I mean, I guess just second verse, well I feel like it sounds kinda bridge-y, prechorus, outro
so yeah, that's an interesting choice, so yes, going back in
three, two, one
K/DA has really good snares, their- like their snare drums always have a really big punch to them
U: Smart putting
yeah, and then they add in the kick drum
when's it gonna come back in
now it's back, 'cause now
we've gone half time instead of the- the beats
the hits on every single beat like the first half of the rap
S: I do wish like right here they'd let her start doing- I mean triplets would be the standard thing *sings rhythm of triplest*
of even just do sixteenths *sings rhythm of sixteenths* like she can rap, she can rap at that speed
I can just double tongue at that speed, but she can actually rap words at that speed
yeah, just like the bass is really big, but also a nice amount of vocal harmonies around it
and is- oh yeah the-
that's the bass from the- the sort of credits basically
um, a little bit more distorted, not- not just so big
although distortion also adds saturation, so it can make things bigger
U: AAAHHHHHH
That needed to go on for like two times as long
S: Yeah, that's such a weird choice
'cause like, it's very clearly doing the post chorus
building back up into the, where the third chorus would go, and then it just like thins out to this outro
I'm making a prediction, which might turn out to be wrong, that whenever they release the title track of this ep
it's gonna have a hard hitting third chorus
i feel like this is just taking it away from you so that you're excited for the proper title track
I-I can respect that, like there's- sometimes there's the issue of like there's a prerelease single which is just like
this was just like, you kinda wanted it to be a title track, but it wasn't good enough
And like I do expect the title track will be even better but like this was- this was worth making a video for, this was well done
but it does kinda leave you feeling like you never quite landed, feeling like there's something
it's- that's still supposed to come
Oh I guess actually at the outro there are the triplets that I was talking about
it doesn't feel like what I expected it to, right, because it's- the song's kind of on it's way out at that point
and I expect that to be
*singing along*
*intense clapping*
building up to, you know, the chorus
U: That was such a good continuation from their sound with 'Pop Stars' S: Yeah
Yeah I thought- I thought it was both a good continuation of that but also a good set up for
the forthcoming ep
um, 'cause like, the ending- well I mean,. the form's all around weird
U: Yeah *laughs* S: Right it's like chorus, first verse, prechorus, chorus
either second verse or- we'll say second verse U: I see it as bridge S: Prechorus, outro
yeah, but like it does have the prechorus again, so I feel like this is them sort of
leaving... leaving it feeling not quite closed
U: Yeah I wonder if maybe S: So the setting up, like this might be even the-
be the intro of the album (U: Yes) and then the title track's gonna come right after this that sort of
intentionally peters out, like it's not like they couldn't make the last chorus, like they intentionally
didn't put a last- or I guess by definition, the second chorus is the last chorus
but they didn't put a chorus after the bridge/other prechorus, (U: Yeahh) like if they're intentionally just
builds up and then goes into that final little rap U: And the bass sound (S: Yeah), like they knew exactly
I don't know how many different bass sounds there were, 'cause there was definitely at least three different bass sounds
S: Yeah, yeah the- I love the bass in the chorus, like it's just such a huge sound
U: Yeah S: Just like- like everything in that just like fills out so much, like that and the vocal harmonies
yeah, like whoever ?? producers are super good
just in terms of the electronic- the production of the electronics, it's really high level, like their people know how to produce
yeah, what amazed me a lot about this track was Soyeon's first rap
on how, 'cause you know there's kind of like two sections to it, right? S: Yeah
U; We've got the floaty first section where she's kinda rapping in her lower register
and then we add in more percussion, and then we change the bass sound as well for the second half,
and she starts rapping in her upper register, and also we go half time, the groove has changed
and it's just so amazing how smoothly it flows between the two, and how different the section feels, but how much it makes sense
S: Yeah, it's also- it's thinking about it with pacing, 'cause like when I heard that I was kind of hoping for her to build up speed
S: Like she did in the pop starts rap U: Right but it did the exact opposite
S: Right, it doesn't build up speed and then at the very- it only even clicked the firs- or the second time I listened to it
that at the end she is starting to put in some triplets U: Mmmm
S: "Look at the gold, call it a flex" (U: Mhm) that sort of thing, but like because the instrumental isn't building up energy, it doesn't
have the same feeling as where I'm used to like,
*singing the speeding up using triplets* U: Right right
S: Building up- U: Drrrrrrr
S: Building up speed, so again I feel like this may be acting as a bit of a teaser for the ultimate title track of this- this ep
Yes U: Um, just summary, iiis
WOW
production S: Yeah
U: Holy shit
Like I- words can not explain how obsessed I am with those bass sounds, and just
the mixing (S: Yeah) was fantastic,
and the, how many layers of vocals we had, but they were panned so quietly that you just had to listen
really intently for them, and they were like oh, they're there
S: Yeah, it's a really good mix of like keeping one or two parts
extremely clear in the chorus- overall, but especially in the chorus where it's just like
it's- there's a lot of stuff, so it feels huge (U: Mhm) but like
you can still very clearly focus on like the main vocal melody, and then the bass
and those are the parts you're supposed to- I assume you're supposed to focus on prominently but there's
so much stuff surrounding it but also those are so well produced
U: yes S: They're just like this huge wall of sound
and also like the drums are really well produced, that's also one of the notes on the 'Pop Stars' instrumental like
especially the snares, just like they're- they're a great combination of like
good punch, like good- good pop at the beginning, but also just a massive sound
U: Very true, and then third fact is just, yeah, amazing vocal performance
S: Yeah U: Boom! There we go
Which just makes me super excited for the upcoming ep S: Yep, hopefully they'll announce a date for that soon
U: Yeahhhh, alright, thanks so much for watching everyone, I'm really curious about your guys' opinions on this song and 'Pop Stars', whcih one you like better
what- if you think that this maaay be the intro track? Whether it's like leading to another track on the album or not
Let us know. Alright.
See you guys later S: See you
Bye U: Bye~