Hi friends, welcome back to the channel.
So if you don't know this,
I'm from a place in Malaysia called Sabah.
With a population
of about 3.5 million
next to countries
like Indonesia and Philippines...
It's such a tiny place.
But even though it's in Malaysia
because of where it's
located, its culture
and language is more similar
to the Philippines and Indonesia.
So the last time I reacted to content from Sabah
was almost a year and a half ago.
Since then, this channel has grown tremendously.
But because of how small the population is,
a lot of the content from Sabah
doesn't explode and go trending like other videos.
So most of the time,
the only way I find new content from Sabah
is when friends and family share it.
And the video I'm reacting to today is no exception.
It's a video by this new group called
ISOBAHTOS or "I" SOBATOS, and the song is called Pangkis.
To be honest, I don't know what 'Pangkis' means,
so I looked it up.
Apparently, Pang kis means having one
or both eyes focused towards the nose or cross-eyed.
I don't know if this is the same meaning,
but this is from the online Ilocano dictionary.
Ilocano is an Austranesian language
spoken in the Philippines
and is the third
most spoken native language in the country,
most likely after Tagalog and Cebuano.
So even though I'm not sure if this is the exact meaning,
as an Austranesian language,
it is related to Malay, Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Maori
Hawaiians, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan & Melagasy.
So probably?
But that's all the context I have for this.
Now let's check it out.
Oh.
Straight away,
it's the traditional instruments like the gamelan.
Huu...
Oh!
Oh, my God, I did not expect this,
I heard the first like five seconds
before I actually reacted to this,
so this is the first time I'm checking this out.
OK!
The power, the lyrics, the symbology.
OK, OK, this is hot.
Oh, OK, collect myself.
This genre, I believe, is called trap.
It sort of sits along the lines of hip hop,
but it's not that old school R&B sort of style of hip hop.
It's more current and modern.
Now!
This is, this is hot now and its fire.
OK! Oh, the lyrics.
He said 'Kirai', he said 'Tapai'.
These are all local slang for smokes and rice wine.
Huu...
Ui...
oh.
"That's all that they know".
Huu...
Oh we can
hear in the background...
This is it!
There's also chinese.
OK, before we continue,
I want to talk a little bit
about the music in the background,
the music the gamelan continues playing.
But it's all these other traditional instruments.
I can't name them, but I recognize the sound of them that,
oh, this makes me so proud and so happy.
You guys in the Philippines and you guys Indonesia,
if you've been following my videos,
I'm sure you know how much I love listening
to traditional instruments in modern day music,
and I'm glad you're checking this out with me.
After this video, be sure to send these guys some love.
Everything about this is just like, I feel
the love.
Oh,
their outfits,
these are the
traditional outfits of
Sabah. Oh!
Oh, I like!
Huu...
Oh,
no.
Huu...
That transition!
Oh.
Huu... oh, so much identity in the song,
so much of my culture, so much of what I grew up with,
I hope you guys are enjoying this experience
because this is the first time
I've ever listened to ISOBAHTOS
and the only other group that I know
that's come out of Sabah
has this sort of style is K-clique.
But I love what they've done here.
It's like they've taken
that genre,
added their own spin to it,
added these traditional instruments and sounds
and took it up even more like just escalated the genre.
OK, before we finish the rest of this video,
be sure to give us video like
and if you enjoy my reaction,
remember to subscribe as well.
Oh look at that.
Huu...
Oh no?
Oh, my God,
that was so cool.
So steady!
Ui...
ui this one
lah!
Ui the track.
Huu...
ui...
ui it makes me 'Pangkis',
if I'm even even using that word right?
ISOBATOS that is,
oh, this is the best thing I've seen come out of Sabah
this year, for sure.
I love it.
The creativity, the pride, the passion, the culture,
the emotion, the history, the tradition.
There's so many things that you guys captured in this video
that is just, ooh!
Next time
I'm going to just sit here with my 'kirai' &
'tapai', and just chill and enjoy this masterpiece.
This makes me so proud.
I don't even know you guys,
but I am wishing you all the best.
And for everyone else who's watching this,
send your love to them.
Go watch the video.
Hit the like button. Subscribe to their channel.
We need to send love and support so these guys can continue
doing what they're doing to continue coming together
and creating masterpieces like this.
I'm so happy I found this today.
I hope you guys enjoyed this reaction.
If you want to check out another reaction video
I've done to content from Sabah,
be sure should check out this one called 'Borneo Utara'
by Country Wolves,
and hopefully with new and exciting
content comes out from Sabah,
I'll be around to react to that too.
So until next time, I'll catch you around!