Umu: Ok so now we're moving on to a solo artist we already react- *gasp* Both: YAAAAAAYYYYYYY
Umu: Alright, this is IU this is Yunyi's new favorite
Lindsey: Indiana University? Umu: no
Umu: And yeah, I feel really bad that we haven't reacted to a lot of girl groups
Umu: So, here we are
Umu: *pants heavily* Finally getting to more
Fiona: *unrecognizable accent* Diagon alley from Ha-Harry Potter
Fiona: It looks like Diagonalley!
Fiona: *countdown* 5,4,3,2,1
Shimon: Christmas!
Fiona It's Christmas!
Henry: Chrithmath
Emiel: It's a Christmas vibe
Emiel: That is a sss- Henry: What the Fiona: Ello
Henry: Fuuuu Fiona: There's a parrot Emiel: Parrot
Henry: I'm just taking taking my parrot out for a walk
Lindsey: How's it going young man
Yunyi: I love- it's not a parrot it's a macaw
Kevin: Isn't a macaw a parrot
Yunyi: I guess Kevin: They're the same Chi- name in Chinese at least
Henry: She's into that guy Fiona: She's really pretty
Henry: Dealing with them onions
Naoki: I'm quite liking the song so far, yeah Shimon: Yeah sure
Shimon: Very Christmasey vibe
Henry: I'm definitely digging this background music
Fiona: His sweater though, that's- Henry: Yo it looks like a-
Fiona: Yeah there's like actual instruments
Hugo: Love with her parrot. Why you leavin' the door open girl it's cold out there (Not this again lol)
Henry: Hehe do you- Fiona: There's horn!
Kevin: I can't tell how old she is
Lindsey: Walks into the store holding a bird like hey how's it going, the guy's just like
Da fuq
Henry: Chords
Davis: Oh I thought she was gonna steal it
Henry: What's happening right now
Kevin: It's like one of those bright star synths
Naoki: Now the mood's changed
Yunyi: True it's a synth Kevin: I've own like a keyboard and there's- like a
Both: Hahah Davis: What was that
Kevin: Oh it was the parrot
Hugo: HA
Aha that f***in parrot
Umu: Oppa! Yunyi: Oppa
Umu: Oppaa
Yunyi: Parrot's got game
Hugo: Hehe she's like embarrassed Gwen: HAHA
Hugo: I'm liking this symphony in the background Gwen: When your parrot is a cockblock
Kevin: Oh god the piano oh tinny tinny
Oh noo
Oh I'm- I'm not
I'm not feelin it
Umu: Because of the tinny piano?
Yunyi: WOah
Yunyi: I bet the brass players are gonna be happy about this Kevin: Now I feel it, now I feel it
Henry: Cellist
Naoki: Yeah I'm liking the orchestral aspect of it Shimon: Yeah
Naoki: On top of like a beat
Kevin: HAHAH SAME GUY Yunyi: Yeesss
Fiona: Is he actually playing? Henry: No Emiel: Oh come on man play that trumpet correctly
Fiona: That was like
Kevin: That bass
Yunyi: I know right Kevin: Yeah
Kevin: I like how the intro was totally something else, I'm like I'm not gonna like it
And now I do like it
Lindsey: I feel like we should be on an 80s workout video
Kevin: WOah
Yunyi: Oh wow! *Bye Kevin*
Yunyi: Wow! *Hello Kevin*
Yunyi: Wwwoooww
Yunyi: This got like disco vibes Kevin: Riiight
Kevin: And that key change
Kevin: I just flew, like a macaw Yunyi: Oooh they just- they just skipped and they skipped
A step entirely
Hugo: I wasn't the biggest fan of that high note Gwen: Kapanaaa
Gwen: I'm not sure how the vowels work in Korean but
That could
Sing on the c- on the, vowels
Hugo: She could just use a little more breath support Gwen: Yeah
Hugo: Is what it is like the ta- the technique is there but she- if she just gave a little more
Huh hwoo
I might even wanna say- I don't wanna say sqeeze but if she just like
Hugo: kept it energized more Gwen: Like to actually sing
Hugo: Yeah then I think she- Gwen: I mean she- she's going for the sound of like light and breathy
Hugo: That's true
Henry: need me the minor thirds
Henry: In a major key Emiel: DAaaa duuhhh
Lindsey: Oh- ah- and now he's got an electric guitar in the shower or something
Kevin: I want that guy
How much does he cost to hire
As like, background musician for like a day
kevin th-that wasn't even in time! yunyi: The glissando didn't sync!
Yunyi: It's fine, it's fine Kevin: It was great, no that's what that- that's the charm
Shimon: Iced tea
Yunyi: String players rippin away
Both: Oh modulation Naoki: THaaaa- that makes it more interesting
Kevin: Oh we missed that key change
I was gonna ri- rise from my chair again
Naoki: They use a glissando like the strings to like do their modulation so it seems less sudden I guess
Fiona: He could be the soundtrack of my life
Henry: When you like f*** up he just tries to play an instrument he can't play Emiel: Ahah!
Henry: And it's just like Fiona: Mee at music school
Hugo: I get the feeling every time she goes up to those high notes she's probably gonna go flat Gwen: Yeah cuz they're- they're getting higher and higher so we're- we're getting scared
Hugo: I'm just waiting for it to go flat
Hugo: Like i'm just- my Gwen: I mean that was
Hugo: Yeah
Yunyi: See they're still teasing us cuz- Kevin: She's very good at the moi thing
Yunyi: Cuz they're going one
Major 1, flat 2, major 1 Kevin: Yeah
Yunyi: So they're teasing us with the modulation Kevin: Uhuh well from the beginning it was augmented tee taag
Gwen: She's so pretty
Kevin: Brass
Kevin: I don't care if it's real or not, it's good Yunyi: It's reaall, it's gotta be real
Umu: It's real Kevin: It could be just a sample Yunyi: Where did it go
Emiel: Oh man this is like Broadway disco it keeps modulating to every freaking key in the book Henry: *Whistle* Hahhahahaha it keeps modulating
Yunyi: *Gaasspp*
Fiona: I really do enjoy her voice though
Emiel: Her voice is good though Fiona: Yeah it's like velvety
Davis: It's like I can't love you and the bird
Lindsey: HAHAHAHHA
Emiel: That was her trying to get it out not belt it Henry: They were going to and then they didn't
Emiel: I told you this is like Broadway
OOAAAHHH
Emiel: No again Henry: AAOOOOWWWWW
Fiona: I feel like her- she's gonna like explode if she goes any higher
Davis: Damn
She had the range
Did not think- did not think she she would have the range for that note but Both: She did
Emiel: Nice picardy third there
Hugo: It was good until she went up to a higher note and it was less good Gwen: and it was less good and then she released it and went Uhgu
Lindsey: There were just so many things
that happened in that song
Kevin: It's not traditionally Yunyi: Piano postlude
Shimon: The sound of snow does not sound- Naoki: Oh wait not she's gonna like
Fall in love with the music guy
Cuz you know who doesn't love musicians right
Emiel: It's snowing you can't play outside when it's snowing
Fiona: He's playing the snow
Yunyi: I like these fourths
Kevin: I like- Yunyi: chordal harmonies should be used more often
Umu: Yaay Fiona: Striinnngsss Henry: I'm really hungry
Umu: That's fine you guys are- Emiel: Aaannndd you're still on her roof that's weird
Fiona: That's s- I- Uh- ok I don't wann- Henry: Creepy dude
Kevin: or could you say pLANING outro
Yunyi: Well, yeah yeah Kevin: Cuz like it just- it just goes down yeah
Kevin: Nice
Naoki: So we just scored ourselves some pringles so that we would talk (Wow)
Shimon: I like- I like that. I like that one Naoki: yeah Umu: Mkay
Davis: The orchestration was- was one thing I was thinking about the whole time cuz it was like, it was really thicc
Davis: You know you had strings, you had horns that weren't fake Lindsey: She thicc
Davis: Were not samples of a- they were real instruments which I always will be a fan of
Davis: umm Lindsey: Well yeah
Davis: So I- and then that's sorta what kind of like directed me towards that like musical theater comment
was I was like you know this is- this is definitely- it seems like an orchestration that she's singing over
So, they did really good
Naoki: I like the storyline aspect of it Shimon: Yeah
Umu: Mhm
Naoki: And the music was pretty- Shimon: Oh god
Umu and Naoki: Hahha
Yunyi: Musically I think that was one of the best ones we've seen
Umu: I'm curious like how can you tell when like
the notes aren't very good when they're high
Hugo: When you hear a singer and it's just a little bit of a weaker sound it's cuz they're not engaging their breath mechanism correctly
And then they're not connected to their breath so they're not gonna be just as vocally
Present
Gwen: And honestly if they're singing a high note without vibrato it's probably b-bad
Umu: Oh Hugo: Bbad
Gwen: Pff sorry, it's probably bad because vibrato happens naturally when you have air support Hugo: Yeah
Gwen: So in taking it out
You're- you can do it the right way
Hugo: It uses more muscle to have straight tone than it does to have- use vibrato Gwen: Yeah
Hugo: Vibrato is naturally occurring while straight tone is not
Gwen: So you can do straight tone, you can support straight tone and have it actually be straight tone
But most people when they think- do straight tone they just think don't have vibrato
And so then it- they just take out the air support that causes vibrato and then you're like hwarjar Umu: Right Hugo: Yeah
Hugo: Alright Gwen: Alwright
Yunyi: Cuz whoever the arranger is needs to like
Aww they need to win some kind of an award for this
That was arranged so well
Umu: Yeah what did you guys think
Henry: It was ok, incredo disco, had Fiona: It was ok, very dosco-ey, kinda painfully disco-ey Emiel: That was super disco-ey
henry: featured all the keys ever
Henry: Like Emiel: I'm not gonna lie Broadway music that modulates to every key in the book is not necessarily my taste of music but it grooved
Emiel: But it grooved, like a disco tune Henry: It did groove
Umu: So in the one you're about to see is actually my favorite
Umu: This next one it's really- it's real- Kevin: I feel like if this song didn't have the modulations then we still would've appreciated it quite a bit
just cuz it was so well mixed Yunyi: Yeah just because of the writing
Kevin: But of course just, pulling an early modulation when the first chorus comes and then not letting you down by the end is- is
Kevin: Quite- Ohh yeah hah Yunyi: Literally not letting you down
Yunyi: Cuz they don't- they never modulate back down afterwards