Katie: Oh I didn't even realize-- the chord progression, instead of going back to tonic, it goes to the sixth, so...DECEPTIVE CADENCE!
Jarod: Deceptive! Like a dinosaur!
Jarod: Monster!
Jarod: Illuminati! Ah!
Lindsey: AKMU-- Oh this is the one, this is the new AKMU song!
Kevin: Oh no! We're reacting to Dinosaur? Umu: Yes
Umu: Oh yes Kevin: Wow, there's been hype, man
Umu: Chanhyuk, the brother who wrote it, said that he wrote it about a dream that he had when he was little
Umu: Like, a giant dinosaur would come in and ruin his house when he was sleeping Naoki: Cool
Umu: However, the fans came up with really really deep, feels-y theories, which I will not tell you until afterwards
Umu: So... so you won't be sad yet Davis: Yeah, okay
Umu: So they decided to go EDM-y
Umu: Um, this, of course is written by-- Lindsey: Like, electronic dance music?
Umu: It's like, electronic dance music with an AKMU flair
Fiona: Oh, I am beyond ready for this Lindsey: Yeah, me too
Fiona: I already like it
Kevin: 3, 2, 1, AKMU!
Kevin: Is that Beethoven-- no, it's Newton
Peyton: Oh Davis: Oh, yo, did he get beat up?
Peyton: I think he did Davis: Yeah, he's got a bloody nose, it looks like
Peyton: Aww Davis: Or he fell off his bike or something? Oh--
Peyton: Oh-- oh, come on bro. Come on, you got it
Hugo: I'm not used to seeing him without his glasses
Gwen: [laughs] Hugo: Oh no, baby, oh..
Jarod: His biggest problem is that he's not wearing a helmet
Jarod: Wear a helmet when you bike, kids!
Stephen: Oh nice!
Stephen: Oh, this is cool, this is different Naoki: Very very acoustic
Stephen: Yeah Naoki: With the guitar so far
Jarod: Even though this has a potentially EDM feel, I feel like they're paying homage to their earlier selves with this guitar, you know?
Kevin: It's not that EDM yet [eyebrow raises]
Kevin: Oh, there it is
Khanh: Oh! Yeah
Kevin: Whoa, I'm such a fan of this
Kevin: This is a new side of AKMU
Jarod: Hamsters are the best because they just exist
Gwen: Oh, I love hamsters
Jarod: Dude, you know this is gonna drop really heavy 'cause they're really taking their time getting into the whole--
Jarod: The development of the intro is awesome
Fiona: Aw, the background noises mimic her voice
Emiel: This is a really good tune so far
Davis: Ecosystem in their vents. They should get that checked out, probably
Katie: I don't know when it's gonna happen
Jarod: I dunno, I'm ready, I'm ready, their voices--
Jarod & Katie: Ooh!
Katie: It's laid back! Jarod: It's a light drop
Katie: Uh-huh Jarod: I like that! It's like, fwwwwh, there you are
Katie: It's like, 'this is the beat but I'm not gonna blow it up in your face'
Naoki: That echo with that REALLY high voice Stephen: Every time they sing it's--
Naoki: Always EDM Stephen: Yeah, like, the reve--there's just so much reverb
Davis: I like this. They're so good. They're so good.
Peyton: So well done
Henry: Their vocal timbre is just incredible
Emiel: Yeah Henry: I just love the way their voices sound together
Henry: Oh my god, I can't get over it Emiel: It works
Hugo: He's got a really good voice! And he raps in most of their videos so you don't hear it as often
Gwen: Yeah, he's singing more Hugo: But he has a really--he has a really good singing voice
Lindsey: Piano, or synth, or whatever that is-- the syncopation like really helps add to the like--
Lindsey: Oh, it was just out for one beat
Peyton: Oh, yeah! I like that! Davis: Silence, dude. It's all about the silence
Katie: Oh I didn't even realize-- the chord progression, instead of going back to tonic, it goes to the sixth, so...DECEPTIVE CADENCE!
Jarod: Deceptive like the dinosaur!
Henry: Also, these lyrics are actually really really good Emiel: Yeah, I'm starting to read those a little bit
Kevin: Whoa, what a video
Kevin: Oh oh oh oh!! First beat was gone--
Henry: Ooh, the delayed entry on two? That's the shit. That is THE shit
Stephen: I really like that chorus melody
Naoki: It works Stephen: Everything here is so simple, yet it's really really effective
Stephen: And catchy, which is kinda crazy
Gwen: This video is one of my favourites by AKMU Hugo: Oh yeah
Emiel: This is such a chill tune, it's so nice, not overproduced, everything is super raw
Emiel: The vocals are nice and clear
Emiel: Harmony is really clear
Fiona: Now back to the acoustic guitar Lindsey: This is definitely a bridge
Lindsey: It's a bridge, not a link
Kevin: What a song
Emiel: It's almost like they're making the dinosaur like a person Henry: Yeah
Lindsey: Whoa! What? It looked like she was about to scream, and then she went [singing] Fiona: That was cute!
Emiel: Bass hasn't come in yet
Henry: Just the kick drum
Henry: Ahhh yeah Emiel: Ayyy
Fiona: It's just such a, feel good song Lindsey: Yeah
Fiona: So uplifting
Jarod: What if the dinosaur is like, their inner demon? Their inner--
Katie: I don't know, because it said...um
Katie: It said that "you came and roared at my family" Jarod: Oh
Katie: So it's like a family threat
Henry: Wow
Emiel: That ending was, yeah Henry: I was just-- fucking radical
Umu: Right, yeah, so what did you think of that song overall musically?
Hugo: That was a more grown up song style for them, I feel
Hugo: It had-- Gwen: It was cute, but they weren't resting on the fact that cute was the only--
Hugo: Yeah. The music in itself could have stood alone. The music itself can stand alone from the video Gwen: Mhmm
Hugo: And not that the music itself couldn't stand alone from the video before
Hugo: But this-- yeah, this more so, there was another level of depth between the arpeggiation of the chords within the synth
Hugo: And it didn't arpeggiate like [do-do-do-do-do], it jumped around between pitches in the synth the whole time
Hugo: Which made it more effective when they did have the solid [do-do]
Hugo: And have like, actual held-out chords with the snare drum
Hugo: Ah. And his voice-- his voice is really good
Gwen: Yeah. Yeah, like we mentioned during the song, usually we only hear him rapping or like talk-singing
Gwen: And this was like, he was truly singing and it was-- it was good Hugo: It was good, I enjoyed it, yeah
Gwen: And I mean, obviously her voice is stunning Hugo: Oh yeah, no, oh my god, every time I hear her voice
Hugo: It's just like, 'can I have that voice please?'
Gwen: And this was just like, a catchy song
Hugo: Yeah, it was a catchy tune, I would definitely listen to that Gwen: I was good, I liked it
Gwen: Yeah Hugo: In fact, I'm probably going to listen to-- Gwen: Listen to it, yeah
Kevin: It's very simple, like, even instrumentally Khanh: But I like--
Khanh: That's something that would make me listen to this again Kevin: Exactly
Khanh: It's simple, but there are so many details in it Kevin: Mhmm
Khanh: Like the different drops, and every iteration of the chorus, etc. that gave it re-listenability
Henry: It had a couple pop-y elements that I don't like
Henry: Like the high, sped-up voice at the end of a chorus
Henry: It's like when you over-do whistling in pop songs
Henry: That's a huge pet peeve of mine. I mean, Fiona loves it, but I don't really like it
Henry: I thought that it like grooved really well, but it wasn't like-- it wasn't like 'hit you over the head with like-- Emiel: Yeah, wow
Emiel: It was so nice Henry: Yeah
Henry: It was really just like-- it was very easy
Henry: And also, it was like a whimsical topic surface-level
Henry: But also you could tell that there's something else going on
Henry: I--I dug everything about it. It was perfect. AKMU has never disappointed
Naoki: The rhythm. The rhythm is key Stephen: Yeah
Stephen: I was gonna say that it had that general kind of EDM like, [uh-uh-uh-uh-uh] rhythm that you hear a lot
Naoki: Oh, like the [uh-uh-uh-UH] with the syncopation Stephen: Yeah, well
Stephen: Yeah, and even though the drum parts and everything were like super simple it kind of helped it move and stuff like that
Stephen: Which was really really nice. And plus, yeah, there was still contrast Naoki: Yeah
Stephen: Like, when it was just guitar, or when everything would lay out, kind of, sort of like a breakdown Naoki: Yeah
Davis: I mean, it was--it was quite crafted
Davis: It had just the right amount of complexity to simplicity ratio
Davis: It was perfect in every way Peyton: Very beautifully done
Umu: Alright Davis: Also, she has amazing control of her voice like she was doing some crazy stuff
Davis: With her voice that probably was not easy I don't know why I was really focused, on her voice more than the other recordings but, yeah.
Jarod: I'm curious as to like, what-- what are the theories? Like, what's like what's extra stuff that people like usually talking about when they hear about this song
Jarod: 'Cause I'm--I'm I don't know if I'm-- I don't think I'm catching it right
Gwen: I have a feeling it's gonna be-- just because of the 'I'm gonna shout louder than you' part that it's gonna be something tragic and depressing
Gwen: But honestly, pretty sure it's just about a dream he had as a kid, right?
Gwen: Like I don't foresee myself hearing this fan theory and thinking that it might be possible
Hugo: Well, I-- I, you know, he was beat up in the beginning is what it looked like.
Hugo: It looked like he got roughed up. Whether he was mugged or beat up by bullies or something.
Hugo: And so I think it has to do a lot with that and finding, you know people make imaginary friends as a way of like having a companion and stuff like that
Hugo: So on that same thread of thought, um, kind of creating that escape for oneself in those situations.
Umu: That was one of the fan theories yeah
Umu: Okay, do you want me to read the lyrics since you didn't catch them first? Jarod: Sure
Umu: Okay 'In my old neighborhood in the basement of the villa, four members of a family lived. They lived happily
Umu: Under the bathroom door there was a mouse hole, Every night my father tosses and turns, no problem, I didn't know anything
Umu: I still remember that time clearly. The young me was afraid of nothing but what made me jump, what made me jump, what made me jump was a Dinosaur
Umu: I woke up with a scream, everyone in the family woke up together. The warm blankets, I kicked off the warm blankets. My mom hugged me I couldn't hide my tears
Umu: She told me to watch TV and calm down. I'm blinking, the black room is flashing
Umu: You broke down our window you roared at my family. If I see you again then I'm gonna shout louder than you, I'm gonna shout louder than you
Naoki: Ooh, home intruder Stephen: Yeah Umu: Louder than you, dinosaur Naoki: Home intruder
Stephen: That's intense Naoki: Someone came to murder the family Stephen: I'm something like some sort of...
Stephen: Violence or, like yeah, like home intruder or like abuse in all honesty. Naoki: Yeah
Davis: Okay I have a theory Umu: Okay
Davis: And I read about this actually separately somewhere else that...
Davis: They had like government people will like come to your house and like wreck your shit.
Davis: I don't-- I don't remember why, it's probably like taxes or something or if you're like in debt or something I don't know. Is it-- is it that?
Umu: Did you look up a theory beforehand? Davis: No I did not. I seriously--
Davis: I read this article, okay, I read an article on, actually on debtors prison, which was a thing in London
Davis: And then like, it was like an article about like all of these different ways that societies treat their people Peyton: [laughing at Umu's reaction to Davis]
Davis: Like the way the government's like-- like how in like Russia like communism, they would come like just take things from their house that would equal the value
Davis: Like they would just like repossess like everything
Umu: So they thought the dinosaur represented debt collectors. Do you know who they are? Henry: Yeah. Oh. Woah Umu: And so that's when like, yeah
Emiel: That's scary Henry: Actually that makes a lot of sense Umu: That's what I believe to be true
Umu: Even though like the brother already said like 'Oh I just wrote it because of a dream' but like this I like believing this is true too
Henry: Well but okay i mean...
Henry: There's been times when like I'll be on my phone before I go to bed
Henry: And I'll read an article about something and then I'll fall asleep and then it'll be in my dream
Emiel: Yeah Henry: So like, I mean-- sure maybe it was just a dream that he had that he wrote a song about
Henry: But I mean when you live in certain conditions, I mean like, like, people with...
Henry: People with PTSD can't have doors slam because they think that it's a bomb going off
Henry: The-- there's so much about how you live your life that just like you-- that stays with you
Henry: So I mean, it could very well have been that
Umu: Yeah, now-- now that you know kind of like one of the theories and the lyrics
Umu: How do you think that affects the song?
Jarod: You know, the bread was the beat, the peanut butter was like the message
Jarod: And like the jelly was like the sweetness, the ironic sweetness
Jarod: Because it's like, from an-- if I didn't know that there was like a heavy meaning behind this it's just like, you know, your average dude like
Jarod: Oh, this is a cute song, you know, it's got a happy vibe but then you--
Jarod: And you like really like, you know, you dive into it you're like 'oh'
Katie: It definitely adds like, another layer to the song
Fiona: That gives it such a different twist Lindsey: Yeah
Fiona: --comes back a lot like, cooler and more relaxed, and kinda
Fiona: Less upbeat and in your face than I remembered it originally, I guess?
Fiona: I dunno. Like, I can definitely see the melancholy in it now
Lindsey: It's kind of interesting because it definitely sounds pretty upbeat and happy, almost
Lindsey: But then like, it's kind of minor, which makes it sound a little less happy
Lindsey: But the way that they use it, and the way that they kind of go with it makes it sound less down
Lindsey: And let-- you actually have to think about it
Lindsey: For--to realize, oh
Lindsey: Maybe this isn't all super cheery
Davis: You know, I guess there's this sort of innocence to their sound
Davis: And I guess whenever you're reminiscing about your childhood, that's the sort of emotional thing that you want to convey
Davis: It's like a, like an innocence, or like, a--
Davis: Or, you know
Davis: Something that makes it more inviting, 'cause like, the whole point of it is that you feel bad for them, right?
Davis: But the music stays up somehow
Davis: That's what always puzzles me-- the paradox of really happy music with sad lyrics Peyton: Yeah
Davis: I don't understand how they do that
Peyton: I thought the story itself-- that was kind of cool because they seem to be comforting each other
Peyton: Throughout the whole thing, you know? Davis: Mmm
Peyton: And it's like, seems to be how their music works as well
Peyton: He like, gives her material and she sings it, and like, all the scenes were just them being brothers and sisters
Peyton: And like, the music kind of was representative of that in a way that it was optimistic
Peyton: But like, not overly optimistic, obviously
Peyton: It's like, 'eh this kind of sucks, but at least we have each other' Davis: [laughs]
Davis: Can't hold back the tears! Dude, that was so good
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