Naoki: Be Mine? He will always be mine, no actually come here Shimon
Umu: wait
Everyone: PWAHAHAHAHHA
Ben: I know I'm actually separating a couple right now shimon: aw should i be concerned? naoki: yeah
Naoki: should we- you should switch seats Shimon
Umu: Alright so quick introductory time you've seen him before but this dude is a dude and you've seen him in the
Umu: BAP reaction shake that brass reaction Lindsey: OMG [lol] "this dude is a dude"
Alex: My name is Alex I also play the tuba I'm a senior
Alex: I'm Lindsey's boyfriend Lindsey: [Grin]
Umu: [lol] all her fangirls are gonna die
Umu: Alright so were gonna start today off with INFINITE this is 'Be Mine'
Umu: This is the dance practice music video because I asked on twitter ya know, "what do you want me to show" and everyone's like "YOU BETTER SHOW THE DANCE VERSION"
cause there is like an actual music video but this one was just specifically just the dance takes
Umu: Yeah let's go!
Kevin: KJADNJDKN!!!!
Yunyi: [... Kevin... what?!?!]
Both: [button button!!!!] Yunyi: Awwww
Umu: [sigh] Both: GAHAHA
[MV starts]
Kevin: Yeah~ Yunyi: Hey~
Naoki and Ben: [head banging] Shimon: [judging] Umu: [dying of laughter]
Emiel and Fiona: [jammin]
Both: [beatboxing]
Hugo: yeah that guitar
Naoki: Yeah I'm liking this beat and the mood is like MAN Other two: [agrees]
Lindsey: What is that?!?! The... is it just like a synth?
Alex: [what?]
Fiona: First impression this is really cool you know how they just started off just like no voice just dancing
just like [demonstrates] all intense this is intense [in the zone] that's what the vibe I got
Gwen: [squeels] ohhhh boiiii Hugo: I like his voice a lot better
Hugo: This guy's like - the second guy's voice Gwen: You know what I ain't got NO chest hair <...i would... i would hope not>
Emiel: It's like the beat and the instrument tracks kind of don't mesh together really
but it works...
Jarod: Yo I hear that bass in the background but not necessarily like like the electronic but like the kind of like that stringy kind of slappy kind of sound
Idk how to describe it
Both: [jammin]
Alex: aw this is like - 80- Lindsey: it's like backstreet boys!
Alex: it's like some 80s harmony
Emiel: I don't really know what an 80s vibe would necessarily be characterized as
Fiona: idk just... idk how i feel about this
Jarod: I'm just really enjoying this groove and like
the vocal melodies <... lol i dont think that's a word jarod>
yeah
Ben: Not gonna lie... it does make me feel better that they're not like insanely ripped, it makes me feel better about my body
Shimon: [laughing cause he can relate]
Jarod: dude this rap is good it's definitely like my top 3
Kevin: Yeah see it?!?! yunyi: Yeah I just like the
Kevin: It's a little sad when the intro's like the high part Yunyi: what is that?
Yunyi: It's like a bouncing like synth Kevin: [jellyfish dancing]
Lindsey: there's not very much going on in like the music actually though like there's just that bass
that's playing like at first I thought it was just a tonic peddle but then I realized it's just like a tonic like a
elongation at the beginning and then you just moved on from there to other stuff
Alex: [sigh]
Naoki: I'm liking this contrast though versus like just one person Ben: yes
Naoki: Just a lil bit.... less energetic?
Naoki: More emotional Shimon: also i like the filter of the camera
Peyton: that's like a number one boy band move you can think of it's like [demonstrates]
Umu: and the girls do like the [demonstrates behind camera] Peyton: [agrees]
Umu: they do more fingers yeah yeah Peyton: [imitates]
Lindsey: woah all of a sudden we get this like dubstep like trap thing Alex: woah
Both:
Kevin: are there quarter tones? Yunyi: they are quarter tones!
Lindsey: there's a lot going on [lol]
Hugo: [claps] that was cool gwen: that was the best part of the song thus far
Yunyi: hey!!! they like modulated up but like they went in quarter tones that's the first time that's happened
Naoki: the song is wrapping up Ben: idk i think it's a really cool song cause it shows off everyone's talent
Ben: cause it's like really hard vocals, hard dancing, but it's all super tight
Ben: Ohhhh~ steamy
Shimon: pft [dying]
Hugo: I have thoughts about the beat we get to it once we're done with the video
Gwen: it sounds like you're driving a car in a video game?
Hugo: yes but like more so then that like beyond that
Gwen: [jammin] Hugo: The rappers really good like I really like the rapper
Naoki: That was like a iv/iv structure idk what to call it
Naoki: [demonstrates] and then they finish in cadence the fourth time
Kevin: I like that just the totally out of that totally out of left field [sings]
Yunyi: Yeah the sort of like the signal beep? kind of Kevin: Yeah
Kevin: and it doesn't even match the key like [wails] ahaha I liked it too Yunyi: it was completely unrelated , yeah I liked it
Kevin: It was very very yeah, it's a good song, it's very solid Yunyi: I love it when artists use like experimental effects
Kevin: ... it could've been more hype I think like the chorus just fell back to the like sequence Yunyi: [agrees]
Yunyi: They played it a little safe but I liked it when they didn't Kevin: [agrees]
Kevin: that being so the chorus goes [demonstrates in singing] ... pretty good
Hugo: okay so talk about that modulation it was unnecessary but I feel like they needed it---- Gwen: it was.. it was...
Gwen: Without it I would've been bored so I guess it was necessary? Hugo: That's why they added it cause it was boring and otherwise
Hugo: and you should never --- and you should never add a modulation because otherwise the songs gonna be boring otherwise it's bad song writing
Hugo: The thing was that they had the same beat throughout and the beat itself was really simple it was [demonstrates]
Hugo: Like that was it throughout the entire thing and that's fine but....
Hugo: There was no rhythmical variety and it's kind of---- Gwen: except for that one measure it stops
Hugo: Exactly! it get's kind of ridiculous after a little bit like Gwen: That was the best part of the song
Hugo: like afterwards it's just noise Gwen: I think this was music for the masses
Jarod: i.. I enjoyed it, it was nice easy groove Peyton: [agrees]
Jarod: it wasn't anything necessarily like revolutionary but it was just like felt good Peyton: it was like [demonstrates]
Jarod: and you know, it the body movin Petyon: [body movin]
Alex: oh it was good but.. [agrees] Lindsey: It was like very classic like pop
Lindsey: except I like how it went into the like dubstep kinda thing for like a little idk it just
Lindsey: you know what i mean? like that's not something you hear too much anymore Umu: yeah
Emiel: it was good there was nothing bad about it, it was just nothing quite stuck out at all Fiona: [agrees]
Fiona: but hey Emiel: it doesn't take away from the performance Henry: I wasn't offended
Emiel: There was no like low Fiona: gotta have that bell shaped curve somehow
Henry: [lol]
Naoki: it was like AAA and then cadence Umu: oh
Naoki: yeah and then [demonstrates]
Ben: Yeah but it the two last times it changed the pitches right?
Naoki: It was like more or a sequence... maybe Ben: it would more like an AB kind of structure so like a mini period
Ben: I really like that one, i'd listen to that
Shimon: I feel like we're less focused on the visuals this time
Everyone: lol Ben: yeah wait what?!?!? Naoki: [dying] Shimon: Yeah I think we all were we were all focused on the music
Ben: yeah i think it's interesting that the lack of colors in this one made us listen more to the music, for sure The couple: [agrees]
Umu: That makes sense yeah, okay, ready to move on to the next one?
Ben: We're ready
Umu: okay let's go! Last one! INFINITE 'Last Romeo' don't make a--- don't don't don't oh [he did it] Kevin: I will infinitely be you last Rodeo
<... wait what?!?!>
Umu and Yunyi: ... [speechless and in shock] Kevin: woah i didn't realize that would be so dirty how that sounded
Jarod: They say chivalry is dead
Both: [video countdown]
Jarod: fix the hair real quick, before the video <... boi> Peyton: Wooblim~ entertainment
Lindsey: woah
Linsey: It's very like drumline
Hugo: [mimicking]
Jarod: aww yeah get that little street beat you know marching band Peyton: [jammin]
Emiel: hype is building right now
Lindsey: There's like a string section going on too like that's definitely a cello [right? @ Alex]
Hugo: That's a dope earring
Kevin: I like the instrumentation it's different it's more spacey
Yunyi: yeah it's usually this goes more EDM beat Kevin: and kevin likes it cause kevin's spacey~
Yunyi: [shook]
Kevin: 'kay lets talk music
Naoki: WOAH like Ben: yeah i know like woahhh kind of wondering what this is
everyone: [excited]
Shimon: wait was there Naoki: Almost like a DJ into Ben: this is a long intro
Ben: OH IT'S A DRUM FILL [freaks out]
Kevin: dude that piano... i think so Yunyi: was that the intro or was that a prelude?
Fiona: woahhhh those are two very different aesthetics they're going for
Gwen: since my comment about Dreamcatcher changing wardrobe now all I can think about when they change wardrobe
Kevin: I don't know what's happening in this instrumental!!! [curious]
Hugo: I really like his voice like he was doing a really good job wiht the intro
Fiona: Oh I like that non-dancing scenes so far, this is cool
Emiel: Sounds like a poppy country of vibe to it
Ben: Korean kpop tends to focus more on like extreme in emotion so, so super high like intense like pain
or like super high intense like joy?
Naoki: I mean it's more convincing to like all people I feel
Ben: but it's funny cause i don't think that's quite the same in American pop music
ben: i think the emotions are a little more white-washed Naoki: It's like, I feel like Eminem is always angry Ben: yes, but he's always a certain way Shimon:
Jarod: I do appreciate the horn in the background that sounds cool
Peyton: [singing along]
Ben: yeah i think they tryna go a little bit more in the extreme and they try to nuance it Naoki: right Shimon: [still chillin]
Lindsey: Oh i like how they have just like the horn interjection like you know the trumpet like [demonstrates]
Yunyi: is that a screaming guitar or what is it
Hugo: see the beat in this one is better there's more difference in the beat in this one which is nice
Gwen: Also half of the beat is like electric guitar chords Hugo: which is dope
Gwen: So like the beat is actually a chord progression to like which is lit
Hugo: Yeah but you also have that like high note synthesizer going which is really cool
Kevin: I feel like I'll be re-listening to this one
Jarod: these guys have dynamite voices
Fiona: ohhhhh I like him
Henry: [giggle]
Fiona: he's cute
Emiel: it's a catchy groove
Jarod: You can't lose her man you're the last romeo
Romance dies with you
Kevin: toho vibes no not that
Yunyi: I just want the little trumpets Kevin: [agrees]
Lindsey: um it's very like um uh their lines are -their melodic lines don't sound like traditional pop music at all
but they just sound so like really it's there's like a wide range
Yunyi: uh well someone's dropped out there was synth
Kevin: When you said that it doesn't sound that as well produced I think it's cause it doesn't sound as clean as most kpop songs Umu: yeah
Kevin: But that 's the appeal
Alex: turn out doin' the kinda [demonstrates] Lindsey: gotta cut off the drums gotta give a little bridge
Alex: Cut out the drums and bass
Lindsey: yeah Alex: the [demonstrates] in the stratosphere effect
Kevin: [flabbergasted]
Kevin: the trumpet gets me every time yunyi: ikr
Kevin: [demonstrates]
Emiel: choreography moves are snappy as sh*t Fiona: okay
Kevin: [jazz hands]
Fiona: that one dude's really cute Emiel: it's like Henry: WOAHHHHH BROOOOOO
Ben: okay this is more like outro material right? Naoki: [air piano playing along]
Naoki: ... it's more what?
Ben: outro
Both: jammin
Fiona: WOAH that was cool choreography
Ben: ohhhh OHHH Naoki: [sings]
Naoki: 2, 1~ they didn't finish it again
Ben: well no they just ended with a 9 i think?
Everyone: ohhhhhh Emiel: is that a 9 chord? Henry: yaaaaas [excited from realization]
Fiona: that is you guys's fetish
Fiona: sorry I think i use that word a lot
Henry: C sharp and that b minor chord whoooo emiel: lol that makes the muisc more interesting
Fiona: the only thing that makes music interesting are 9 chords
Ben: ... that's a 9 chord Naoki: it doesn't feel finish though!!!
Ben: well yeah cause it's of the 9th... Naoki: well yeah... it should feel finished Shimon: [not particpating in the convo just laughing]
Shimon: it's like jazz
Ben: yeah i think it's trying to be a jazz chord Naoki: ehhh ehhh ehh
Naoki: i dont care that's what i dont like about jazz either Ben: YOU DON'T CARE?!?!?
Ben: WHAT?!?!? Naoki: I DON'T LIKE JAZZ HOW IT NEVER FINISHES
Ben: WHAT?!? HOW DO YOU NOT LIKE JAZZ?!?!?!
Naoki: NO I LIKE JAZZ BUT I DON'T HOW THEY ALWAYS don't finish not on like a tonic chord
Ben: well they do they just a 9 Naoki: yeah which doesn't make it sound finished to me
Yunyi: that was kind of like me with a plate of like instruments and then like I'M GONNA JUST HAVE EVERYTHING
Kevin: ohoh WE'RE BACK tO the food analogies i've missed these!!!
Umu: yeah me too man
Yunyi: Yeah I feel like when they were producing that they were just kind of like
Yunyi: what instrument's do we want? ALL OF THEM
Yunyi: I actually think that was the most like obviously layered song like
Yunyi: not like in a bad way but it was just like it was like most songs are kind of just like you know
Yunyi: they're like cakes you know? they're like cakes
Yunyi: most songs are like three layered cakes you know? sometimes they're like easy going
Yunyi: Like cheesecakes which is like one single layer like balanced or something just going for one vibe
Kevin: NO NOT CAKES OGRES ARE LIKE ONIONS
Yunyi: NO. CAKES. it's cake pop
< OMG AHAHAH YAAAAAS>
Kevin: [dying]
Yunyi: But this is like a 7 tier cake dude!!! this is kind of like cut it and then you just see a rainbow inside
Yunyi: there's like chocolate, mint, strawberry, chocolate, like more chocolate, vanilla and like banana Umu: OMG
Yunyi: like ganache or something? Kevin: there's nothing that doesn't belong
Yunyi: yeah, you like eat it and expect it to be too much but then it's good it just they all work together Umu: right
Umu: so this one you enjoyed the trumpet line but felt like the audio engineer did something, what did you---?
Jarod: I just feel like it couldv'e been brought out a little bit more
Jarod: cause when you put brass into something especially a line like that, it's meant to be kind of abrasive as meant to be
Jarod: it's meant to be heard and I just felt like they kind of like alright here's like our beat and here's our vocalist and then we're just gonna find a line and put it right here
Jarod: where at the very least it should be like maybe a little under? like it's it was just there wasn't necessarily like a color
Jarod: it was like, having like lemon water versus lemonade Peyton: [chillin]
Peyton: [bruh]
Lindsey: there are four seconds left Alex: I think they finished that on scale degree...
Both: 2 Lindsey: yeah
Lindsey: it was very upbeat it was fun
Lindsey: I didn't really pay much attention to the video I feel like
Umu: that's fine it was really confusing
Lindsey: I always like when they put brass in it like the interjections
Alex: could've uh... could've danced to this
Alex: in a downtown seoul club
Lindsey: [lol] Alex: yeah
Umu: Anyways what do we think about this, how was this one
Fiona: This was Henry: Gooder
Fiona: it was gooder Emiel: yeah it was gooder than the last one
Fiona: 10/10 would work out to it
Fiona: it was like intricate and there were like strings and that was cool
Henry: yes there were strings Emiel: Also impressingly average I will say
Henry: yeah this is like Fiona: infinitely average Emiel: sorry to br like the Simon Cowell but like
Henry: because of it's so unfortunate because of like so much of what we do is based off of shock value
Henry: that when a group that has merit in their field to people who are used to the crazy things that
Henry: to the things that we thing are crazy we dismiss them because they're not the most crazy thing we've ever seen
Hugo: it was great I liked it, it was a lot better than the first one
Hugo: They're not my favorite group but I appreciate the music
Hugo: I appreciated the beat and the rhythm of this one and the chords a lot more than the first one
Gwen: yeah this one had a chord progression that--- Hugo: well, it had a lot more substance to it
Hugo: and they're vocals are pretty good they're again i'm not blown away by it but they're good
Ben: I thought the brass hits were cool I thought because that pulled on the jazz tradition [shade]
Naoki: OH i see [shook]
Ben: ummm... which obviously Naoki doesn't like
Naoki: No i like jazz, i just don't like the fact that it never resolves
Umu: Alright so if we're comparing Last Romeo, and Be Mine which do you like better
Both: Last Romeo
Yunyi: cause it was just so much
Kevin: Be Mine was very good too but the chorus got a little yeah I think I'll listen to both yeah
Umu: [singing] Kevin: INFINITE's getting up there
Yunyi: Back is such a good track
Umu: yeah they're just like [fangirl moment yes] kev: good stuff
Shimon: first one better Naoki and Ben: [agrees] Umu: because?
Naoki and Ben: more interesting Naoki: WOAHHHH how did we say that at the same timeee
Umu: wait say that again Ben: I'm a sucker for modulations, I really like modulations
Jarod: Be Mine Umu: both of you? Peyton: [yes]
Alex: I like this one, that's just me Lindsey: I think same [Last Romeo]
Lindsey: I don't even remember the other one and we literally just watched it
Lindsey: which means I definitely liked this one better cause this one's still like stuck in my head
Lindsey: And I know we watched this one second but still
Umu: okay so yeah which one did you like better be mine or last romeo
Everyone (mainly Fiona): LAST ROMEO ~
Fiona: Ro-MAYO Emiel: [what]
Both: this one definitely [Last Romeo]
*ailee next*