Umu: Yeah this is the closer, it's their most recent one- Ben: Wait cloZer or cloSer? U: Yeah...
Shimon: Cause the closer comes in in the ninth inning [what a giant baseball nerd -subber]
Naoki: *laughs* The relief pitcher Shimon: No, I mean yeah, but Ben: *laughs at Shimon*
Naoki: Aroldis Chapman [i hope this is what he said,,] Ben: Are they now all closer to each other because they made these three videos?
Umu: I think they're closer to, like, their goal of what they're trying to do in the storyline Ben: What /are/ they trying to do?
Naoki: They're trying to become ancient greek- Umu: I think they're trying to take a girl back? Who was kidnapped, maybe by Hades
Ben: All six of them? Umu: Or maybe, like- Naoki: They're like the power rangers [of course.]
Ben: The same girl? Shimon: Good for her
Ben: Are they kinda like the smurfs? Noaki+Shimon: *lose it* Umu: NO!!!!
Ben: Like, one girl when they're all like- Shimon: Or it's like Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Ben: Niiiiiiiiice Naoki: oH MY GOD
Ben: Multiple men for one woman Umu: Hades took a girl [persephone!!] into the Underworld and Hades was like the dude who had abs
Ben: Hades was a dude who,, had abs?? Umu: No, that was just the concept photo
Ben: Yeah I wasn't seeing many of the key players in Greek mythology Naoki: I wasn't seeing much
Naoki: Just because it's dark and foggy, and they look evil doesn't mean they're in ancient Greek mythology
Umu: I think it was just a very overall general feel, cause in this one I thought a person was Kronos instead of Zeus
Umu: Because he's walking and everyone's frozen, like dude Kronos is the god, er, titan, of whatever
Ben: So that's mildly disappointing Naoki: Yeah
Umu: Leggo! Jarod: Vixx. The Closer. They're probably the closer Peyton: BOOOOIIIII Jarod: 3, 2, 1 *tap*
Jarod: Lil gong smash, I like it. Or is that a church bell? Probably a church bell.
Ben: Oh boy Naoki: wOW that came out of nowhere Ben: Yeah, that transition was poor N: VERY sudden
Melissa: Ohh that was cool. Did you hear that? Lindsey: Yes, I am listening,
Melissa: This percussion is SO COOL
Emiel: This is... interesting Fiona: I like it, I'm aboard
Kevin: Oh my god, when does percussion ever sound so alive? Yunyi: I knooooow
Melissa: It's like, not a beat Lindsey: Oh they got the blue and red theme kinda thing going on
Melissa: Like it has a beat then there's, like, other stuff that's not a beat
Fiona: This is so good!! Emiel: This is really good
Naoki: That's cool though Shimon: I like the camerawork
Jeremy: This is really trippy
Jarod: I wish I was wearing my watch, this feels like quarter note = 60 kinda deal. And with the bells indicating time, that would be pretty heavy
Hugo: I'm getting more of an American beat here, like an American hiphop beat
Kevin: Eh... OH Yunyi: Oh hey, that's really cool, they delay the *lil boom sound*
Henry: WHAT Emiel: That was a long space right there right before the drop, that was cool
Fiona: But it wasn't like them being overdramatic or anything. Like, it's just good. It's tasteful! Henry: It was tension that fit
Jarod: Dude, they got me. I thought it was about to drop and then it DIDN'T. WhaT
Melissa: Wait I can see the Greek influence in the columns things Lindsey: Oh yeah, actually
Kevin: See, the beginning's the best part Yunyi: I really like the verse though Kevin: Yeah exactly. The verse
Emiel: The low verse sections are the most groovy parts. The chorus is kind of like RRRRRRRRR and dubbed down Fiona: I've noticed that about a lot of songs I listen to, the chorus I'm like "Ehh"
Henry: OH The bass was like "Doob doob doob doob doob doob doob" Fiona: I like the lower voice rapping
Yunyi: The verse isn't really have- The reason we thought it wasn't as memorable is because it started off as a rap Kevin: Yeah...
Henry: I like that they're crashing not on one. It sort of broke the phrase up in a cool way.
Jarod: You know, these three videos are probably my favorite Vixx videos that I've seen. Cause these are just so good
Peyton: Yeah love the freeze frame where they're always like *demonstrates*
Lindsey: Got some good falsetto going on Melissa: Yeaah Lindsey: WAIT OH that's one of my favorite things, it's like when they have one person singing in falsetto
Lindsey: I think this is a Vixx thing, but it might have been in another group that I said this for too, but they got one person singing in a higher falsetto kind of voice, and they got another guy come in rapping with a very deep voice and it's like the two contrasting timbres right next to each other
Umu: That was Leo and Ravi. That was Vixx Lindsey: That was Vixx? Okay
Kevin: *boppin along* Yunyi: Oh I like this bridge K: I like the bass, the *imitates the bass*
Peyton: It's like, almost going to a quasi, like, double-time
Kevin: Something about the percussion and the arrangement Yunyi: It's the cymbal and the hi-hat in that part. It's just- Was that? Those are not castanets
Kevin: Bit of a mess, this song. It's like, a lot of great ideas, but then put together it feels a bit messy
Melissa: That one guy with the blond hair is like Draco Malfoy [THE ONLY REASON I DID THESE SUBS]
Hugo: That was a high fuckin note Jeremy: It was Hugo: SHIT
Umu: Oh my god Lindsey: Is it because he's blond? Melissa: Yeah
Melissa: That's all it takes. Wait, that's me. Identity crisis time
Emiel: This group has a much different style than every other group. They're much more not mainsteam kpop
Fiona: It's more like, it's like their last songs title, it's more like fantasy, it's not as reality-ish-y [how poetic]
Emiel: They're definitely trying to expand their boundaries, with their music instead of just trying to make a better mainstream song Henry: Yup
Umu: I like what you pointed out about how thye're not really the mainstream kpop, because I feel like that is what this group is trying to do, both with concept and music
Umu: And sometimes they hold off, and sometimes they have more pop-y choruses Fiona: Yeah, their dancing is just like more alternative, it's more like modern dance
Fiona: So like, for the song itself it's not as predictable, more alternative. Alternative kpop.
Umu: Okay, so out of the three, do you like Dynamite, Fantasy, or The Closer better? Emiel: Uhh, Dynamite. Henry: Dynamite Fiona: The Closer
Naoki: That was a much better ending than the last one, even though it was like- Ben: Because they said 'And it's over' N: No, because it was a half cadence
Ben: And V, I
Umu: So I found someone's theory that I can read out loud to you if you want.
Umu: Okay, so this is from an app called AminoApp. The first out of the three music videos, The Closer actually had the most storyline. They believe the story line actually occurres in reverse order- Oh, woah Naoki: What?
Umu: If you were to watch The Closer, Fantasy, then Dynamite, The Closer is telling us the story in reverse so you have to watch it from the end
Umu: Shot entirely from Ken's viewpoint. Ken is playing the part of a god who's capable of controlling time, he can freeze, slow, and reverse time. BUT THAT'S TOTALLY KRONOS
Ben: Can it- Umu: But they say he's Zeus. Naoki: I mean, that's fine.
Umu: And then Ravi, the rapper, was in charge of creating love potions or just sort of potions. I thought he was Hades. But this person says- Ben: Sounds like Aphrodite
Umu: That's what they said. They said that he may be linked to Aphrodite, um, and basically one of the characters will have to travel through the underworld to find Ravi and- Ben+Naoki: Why Ravi?
Ben+Naoki: *talking over each other, can't understand what they're saying* Ben: Yeah, I thought they were looking for a girl
Umu: Maybe, I mean, eventually this guy wants to get love potions to give to this girl Naoki: I think this is a bit too much of a stretch. I think they're stretching it too much.
Umu: And then the two others, Hyuk and Hongbin, might just be mortals, or part of N's psyche
Umu: So basically there's a lot of theories going on about what could be connected to Greek mythology cause it's so loosely given in the music videos Ben: Yeah
Ben: It's pretty, uh, conjectural Shimon: I don't know what that means. Umu: Me neither. [i had to look up that word for spelling. i didnt know it either. pretentious ben does it again]
Umu: What did you think of that one musically? You were much quieter then Ben: I mean, it was fine, I don't know Naoki: Yeah
Ben: I think it was more R&B Naoki: It was definitely different Ben: And that was cool cause it was different from their other stuff N: Yeah
Ben: Or the other two Naoki: That we heard in the trilogy B: But I think my favorite was the first one
Umu: Okay, yeah Naoki: Wait which one was the first one again? U: The first one was Dynamite. ♪Dynamite~ duh nuh nuh nuh♪
Ben: The really cool jazzy one with the mixed- Naoki: Yeah, I don't know, I'm a bit mixed between one and two probably
Peyton: *imitates the ending* Jarod: That's cool. Little fall. Peyton: *does it again* Jarod: That's a cool video. Peyton: *does it a third time*
Umu: Alright, so what did we like about this style of music Jarod: *hums a lil bit* It was very like, song, I mean, they are songs- Peyton: You know it was just kind of like a SONG Jarod: Yeah, this song was a very song. That's the best words I have for it,
Jarod: But it was cool, because you want to sing along because you're feeling it. Umu: Did you get anything, like, through these three music videos of any storyline that was happening?
Jarod: Yeah, Vixx is really awesome. That's the storyline. Peyton: BOOOOIII
Umu: Out of the three, which one do you like the best: Dynamite, Fantasy, or The Closer?
Jarod: I like the middle one (Fantasy) best. Umu: You like Fantasy. Jarod: And this one! I really liked this one too because that guy, the rapper, just like goes off especially hard in this one
Jarod: And plus, they got me with the fake drop. Umu: Do you want to go half and half? Fantasy and Closer? Jarod: Yeah, I'd do that
Umu: (to Peyton) and you're for Dynamite? Peyton: Yes
Melissa: They've got some chords. Which I find really cool because I like music with chords
Melissa: It's like, super jammin, I like this group. They're just consistently good. I have not yet heard a song by Vixx that I didn't like Umu: All three?
Melissa: All three of them I liked. I feel like they really fit together very well, so. LIke, I'm not saying they all sound the same, but they were consistent. Consistent with the quality so I can't pick
Umu: Are you going with a three-way tie? Melissa: Yes Lindsey: I like the first one
Kevin: I feel like this trilogy we can compare with the Godfather trilogy Umu: Okay... K: How like, the first film is great, but the second film just builds, it's even better, and the third one has Sophia Coppola. The cymbal and hi-hats are Sophia Coppola
Kevin: And its... kinda sad... and not the best... That being said, that moonlight sonata jam. Both the first two would be on my playlist for a while. Yunyi: Yeah, yep.
Kevin: When you have two super solid solid solid, you know, tracks before that, the third one just seems a little messy
Umu: Was it because of all the different weird percussions thrown together? Kevin: I think so, when you said- Also you said it was "not dense"? Which the beginning wasn't Umu: Yeah, it builds. Kevin: Then it builds.
Yunyi: I really don't think it was that dense, but I think it was just the timbre of like, of each layer was so unique, so it made it feel like it was denser than it should've been? Cause the things don't really blend together as well
Umu: Right. okay, so out of the three, which one do you like the best?
Yunyi+Kevin: (Number 2)
Kevin: The official name of the moonlight sonata was "Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia" Sonata Like a Fantasy Yunyi: HHHH BUBUBUBBAWBAWBAW
Hugo: I don't like it that they close at least two of their songs out by BEEEEEEuuuum. But other than that I thought that was really good.
Jeremy: Yeah, yeah, same Hugo: That was like, fuckin, damn J: I would guess it's called the CloZer instead of the CloSer Hugo: There was more of a finality to it
Umu: What'd you like about- So you said this was more American but what did you like how they did with vocals and all the rapping and stuff?
Hugo: I thought the rapping was the best part. Jeremy: The rapping was the best part of the song, I think. But also, the vocal line was a lot more interesting in this one than it was in the last one Hugo: TRUE. True. Very true
Jeremy: There was, like, more going on and stuff. Hugo: And there were a little more harmony between singer. But the rapping was just like, man, his rhythm was good, he was bRRrRRrrRR
Jeremy: He was going ham. Hugo: Like FUCK it was so good. It was really good.
Umu: Well, out of the three, which do you like the best: Dynamite, Fantasy, or The Closer? Hugo: I think... Fantasy
Hugo: I don't know, as a complete song I like the third one the best. Jeremy: Yeah same H: I think the second one has a lot of potential
Hugo: Like, there's so few things that I would tweak but man, like, this set up for an awesome fucking song. It's there Jeremy: Yeah H: It just doesn't deliver all the way. So... I think the third one
Jeremy: Yeah I like the third one the best. It's the most complete, it has the, like, every aspect that you would want Hugo: The first one was way too fucking mad [?? not sure] She was like HOOO MY GOD
Hugo: The second one... Jeremy: The second one was just like, it was close Hugo: It was close, it was so close. You wanted it to do- you were like "cmon just dooOOO" and then it didn't. like, ah fuCK
Hugo: But the third one really was just. ratted out [not sure again] Umu: Okay
[subber notes/commentary are in these brackets [ ]. my fingers really hurt. also jarod has a nice voice. i appreciate his humming.]