Brian: oH?
Jason: *imitating bass* Acoustic bass~!
[Rossini's Semiramide Overtune plays // Subtitles by youtube @anisian]
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You're now reacting to BooSeokSoon (BSS), which is a subunit from the boy group SEVENTEEN
Originally this trio debuted as a subunit for their song "Just Do It"
Performed at one of their concerts, Caratland
And it was supposed to be just like a one-time thing, but fans wanted more and so they delivered
Owen: Wait, they wanted more carrots? Kevin: They wanted well- ohhh oh
Owen: Is that what's going on? Umu: No, the Carats wanted more BooSeokSoon (BSS)
Kevin: Carats is the fandom name Owen: Ahhhh, okay!
Umu: And you're reacting to their first comeback...
Ju Young: 파이팅 해야지- 하이- 히에야지 [fighting hae-ya-ji- hai- hi-ae-yaji- ]
All: HAHAHA Ju Young: I messed up that 아 [ah] with the 에 [ae]
Umu: And when 'Fighting' is used in Korean, it's used as a word of encouragement
To cheer up someone in a difficult situation
So in the music video, you'll see the three members of BSS giving out their love and energy
To people bustling through the many different aspects of everyday life
This title track also features the female rapper- Rachel: Le Young Ji!
Umu: LEE YOUNG JI~! Rachel: Yuh~
Umu: Who is known for- Rachel: She's cool
Umu: Winning 'High School Rapper 3' and being the first woman
To ever win Korea's rap competition, 'Show Me the Money'
The song is composed by Woozi, Bumzu, Hoshi, S.Coups, Park Ki Tae,
And also the BSS members, Hoshi, DK, and Seungkwan co-wrote the lyrics
Henry: Sick Ju Young: 3, 2, 1
Ju Young: woAAAAH~
Rachel: Turn that sh*t up
Brian: oH?
Jason: *imitating bass* Acoustic bass~!
Now you got me hooked
Henry: It's like 2 voices- Ooh that high octave~ Okay
Umu: Nice~
It's already so rhythmically exciting, like I want to listen to what's going to happen next
Liam: Yeah, I like the interplay between the guitar and the chopped up vocals
Kayla Rae: Ooh~
Owen: I'm glad that they went back to a sparse texture here as the contrast
Ya know? Kevin: Mmhm
Rachel: oH? Liam: oOOoh~ I like that 2-5~ Nice
Kayla Rae: Oh? Jacob: Okayy!
Jacob: There's a lot of high belting in this
Cat: Hehe this is very goofy~
Jason: Mmhm 2-5-1 in there, yeah nice (4x)
arGHHHH that's good!
No 1 there, theres just f*cking space, that was awesome into a buildup
Umu: *clapping* Henry: Yeah, it definitely wants you to clap along
Rachel: Dude do you see his orange juice though?
Liam: Haha he's very proud of it Rachel: That was like me this morning
I want orange juice~
Umu: The tambourine *tambourine noises*
Kayla: Get up~
Cat: I like that they're calling all of us 'Earphone wearing zombies'
Cat: Such a read~
Umu: It's so interesting, the verse feels like it just keeps building (3x)
and then we kind of like settle into a very comfortable area in the chorus
Jason: Wait...
Kayla: Dang, their faces- is so animated Cat: It's- they're so animated
Cat: It's like when your director tells you-
Kayla: oH?
All: oOOOH~!
Jacob: okAYY~!
Kevin: That didn't rhyme haha
Jason: God F*cking damn!
Brian: oooOH~
Kayla: Uh-huh~ Cat: She's bad~ in a good way!
Ali: Killing it Ju Young: *sigh*
Owen: This is the most positive rap I've ever heard
Jason: Yeah (3x) F*cking sick!
Owen: And they're in a stock room Kevin: See like the piano sounds a little canned
Kevin: But because it's well placed- Owen: It's a little canned
Kevin: I'm so happy with it- Owen: eH-...
Henry: Oooh~ The hits~
Jacob: Oh my god! Wait- He just belted like a G Kayla Rae: OoO Okayy~
Cat: Someone can sing high *vocalizing*
Kevin: Nice
A little leading tone going, clash
oH~ Owen: Wow~
Owen: Prolonged dominant~ Kevin: NO, NONONONO, IT DOESN'T RESOLVE!
Kevin: agHHHH~ I mean it does because *vocalizing*
It's just one note
Jacob: That's great, that's probably my favorite
Umu: Over [Seulgi's] 28 Reasons?! Jacob: I liked it a lo- No, no like-
KR: Like of today? Jc: Like over 28 reasons- yeah favorite today
Jc: Favorite of today (3x) U: Okay, favorite of today
*beep sfx*
Hr: This song has a lot of momentum
I think it really fits for their message of like "Keep Going!" You know?
Br: I feel like they did a great job of giving it fight song vibes
Like it almost reminded me of like Pep Band or something with the drum set going
And they're like- yeah we're cheering people on!
It was very "You go girl~"
Hehe Very encouraging and I liked that- Js: Why did you look at me like that
Js: You went like- Very you go girl~! Br: Because you go girl~
Js: Aww Br: Hehe
Js: I do be going sometimes Br: You do be going
Js: I did go! Now I'm gonna stay a little bit Br: I do-
Js: I goo- Br: I do wish that you goo
Js: haHAhaA I goo! That's the past tense of- Br: No its not
Js: Yeah I know, No I just- U: Went!
Js: I know (3x) It's a JOKE~! It's a- Br: You goo girl!
Js: Yeah (3x) I goo I goo~ *beep sfx*
U: In the verse I hit- my heartbeat was like *pounding*
Because there's so many different rhythmic elements that I could listen to
A lot of things that just made- kept me on the edge of my seat
I think it's because so many of these rhythms are so short
Even if you're on the downbeat Hr: Yeah
Hr: Well it's cause there's *vocalizing* sort of got the staccato rhythm
Hr: So you really feel that space inbetween U: And then that space is filled up
U: With that background vocal Hr: *vocalizing*
Hr: I think they're also doing a 16th dotted 8th so it feels like that- it wants to rush forward
*vocalizing* instead of *vocalizing*
But the *vocalizing* it just- I don't know, that makes me want to rush more
U: And then we just kept raising (4x) that energy to settle into like this
really comfortable area where it had very long hollowed out????? chords
C: When the chorus came in, I was like, I was not expecting it to be going that way at all
I guess it's just that the verses are- they have so much energy that
Expecting more, but I guess where can you really go from that
So it gets a little bit- U: Right, so it kind of just like
C: It lulls a little bit, yeah U: Mmmhm
Li: But it is good vibes
Especially in the chorus
KR: It sits pretty
Like, up there
Something that's higher is usually more positive and something that's lower
Is usually more like sad or like negative
Jc: I also think maybe like the shape of like the vocal line
Like *vocalizing*
It's like- that's like- KR: Right you're like pushing on
Jc: So like it like- it goes up this direction
Li: Well the tonicization of the relative major is really good Ra: *piano*
Li: Rachel play the chords, start in E Minor
And then do a 2-5 in the relative major Ra: *piano*
Li: But like in the chord Ra: *piano*
Ra: What? *piano* I can't do this right now I'm sorry-
Li: Switch spots! U: Liam go for it, go for it Liam!
Li: I'm gonna, I'm gonna do it Ra: My brain is like ~scheherazade~
[BGM: Scheherazade ?????]
*beep sfx*
U: Liam- Li: *piano chords*
Li: mmhMHM, for that color change they add in this note *F-E-F piano*
So instead of *piano* like this *piano*
Which kinda has *piano* you're still kinda feeling that minor mood
You get this *piano* mmhm? *piano*
Hehe *piano*
So you get this brightness with that *piano* major 7
KR: I was vibing U: Hah- yeah!
KR: But, I do kind of feel like the only like part that I like genuinely like really (2x) enjoyed
Was probably her part yeah
A: Bruh- that rap- JY: Her rap cadence is so good
A: Dudee also like her- the timbre of her voice
Js: The rapping was fantastic Br: Oh yeah
Js: Cadence, style, articulation everything was just awesome
Ra: But I also liked the color change
Because it was like- it just became like super dry and
Li: Yeah Ra: Very Hip-Hop, which like makes sense
Li: And her voice is like I dunno-
It has a really dark timbre to it
Which is really great- U: Yeah, contrasted theirs which is really-
Ra: Dark timbre~ wow Liam you nerd
Li: That's just how we talk about things I dunno-
Ra: He's like- this ~dark timbre~ oOoOh~
Ow: I liked how she started her rap, just "Okay"
It's like Beethoven's "Eroica" Where you're like listen to me!
And then- K: Are you talking about the horns?
Ow: Um am I thinking of "Eroica" ? I'm thinking of...
K: LISTEN TO ME~ [in the beat of Beethoven's Symphony No.5]
Ow: No
K: LISTEN TO ME~ [in the beat of Beethoven's Symphony No.5]
K: Haha, okay I want to rewatch her rap verse Ow: That works too
Ow: But starting any sort of symphony with *vocalizing* You know?
K: I like the delivery of the rapper, but something about the way Ow: Oh yeah, definitely
K: They like don't kind of rhyme when they end
Ow: I didn't even notice this- it was just the vibes were good K: I dunno, it was just ok
U: Were you reading the lyrics though? K: Yeah of course Ow: Oh what?
Ow: The Beethoven deaf to something about Beethoven U: Movement- Yeah (5x)
Ow: Ok
JY: Like it's lyrics that I would actually vibe with U: Right!
K: Haha It's like Beethoven
Ow: They look- they're looking like-
K: Alright, that was kind of clever
The rest of the rap they sort of rhymed, they kind of, they kinda work
But when she says laziness, I think she didn't rhyme intentionally
Because she's being lazy U: oHHHH Ow: That's nice
K: And I'm like, I got it ! Ow: You get it
K: It made sense Ow: You understand her
K: This is why we relisten to music, this is why we relisten to the "Eroica" symphony
Ow: You learn new things because it's awesome K: Yes
Hr: I really love in the rap verse, how much- how present her voice was
And it was well supported by the vocals that kind of like eased it back in
Right towards the end of the verse
Right, and I also appreciate in the music video, how like that added with the crowd
In the background, kind of like- sneaking in together U: Yeah and BSS also, yeah BSS themselves
U: Snuck in, as the vocals snuck in Hr: Yeah, vocally- they literally
Hr: Snuck into the music video, as the vocals snuck in
I thought that was just a really nice blend of artistry
I just- I love this! I love how they're sneaking in with this verse
It's so smart
U: Do they also just like stack harmony?
U&Hr: *vocalizing*
Hr: Yeah! They went *piano & vocalizing*
And they just stacked up an arpeggio
JY: And then they just have piano, like it's like-
Is this a bridge?!
A: So you have like all of that hype up for the chorus and then you have the-
Rap verse which is also hype, and then it comes down to like very simple instrumentation
Where you just have like one person's voice
And then the piano line-
Ow: When it went to the only piano that was not a website that I would frequent
It wasn't my favorite- U: Piano sound or like just about pianos in general?
K: Of what we're not going to- U: Or like what do you mean?
Ow: In the character that I wanted as a contrast
It was almost like a waiting sort of sound
And I don't think the song needed to wait, I think it still needed propel
To go towards the- K: Gotta go to the next movement~
Ow: Energy that it was going to
But for me it just felt like kind of a tick-tock
*vocalizing* A: *piano*
Ow: Like alright, and then I'm back Ya know?
As opposed to something that's like leading me forwards, and then I'm ready!
JY: It's taking like the listener on a journey rather than just like
Here's a song, A: Right
JY: It's gonna be repeated and like whatever
But it's just like- it keeps me interested
Kind of like a more revamped version of like musical theater
Like the motives itself is like- It's about like oh fighting~
And that's very you can do it~!
U: What is it "Seize the Day" from the Newsies?
JY: Yeah like "Seize The Day"! It's like- it's giving Newsies A: Oh yeah
Jc: Yeah because like- this seems like a very theatrical group
And I thought that the vocals like themselves were really impressive
Like the belting was like really difficult
U: Were you listening this time to like instrumentals or vocals?
Like what jumped out to you the most? Or was it their faces?
Ky: Faces... and their teeth! Their teeth are nice
Good dental work All: haHaha
C: Someone give me their dentist's number
U: I'm guessing- that sort of dental worth- work allowes for
Enough oral space to project Ky: Mhm, yes
U: Into the atmosphere like *vocalizing* Ky: Yes, yes
C: I feel like a ????? expander gives you more internal space, more resonance
Ky: It makes them want to smile more, and lift their cheeks
C: Yeah get really nice resonance from that Ky: And soft palette
C: If you have a good smile, you're a good singer
Ky: Exactly! And Cat's a perfect example! C: Look at both of our cheekbones let's be real
C&Ky: HahahAHA
*beep sfx*
C: I just really like that one guy who could really belt it out at the top
Ky: I would- I really want to like hear him live
Of course like- C: Yeah!
Ky: This is recorded- U: *gasp* Ladies and ge- ladies~!
C: Ladies and ladies hehe Ky: Ladies and ladies!
U: Let me-
C: The guy on the right's voice is a lot breathier than it sounded
Ky: It just sounds warmer
C: I love their energy
That was good Ky: Mmhm
C: I love this guy's voice With the red hair! [DK]
His hair- or his face is also glowing
oH?! Ky: Mmhm
C: Okay, he did it!
Jc: The belting was so high, he belted like a high G that's hard
*vocalizing G5* haha that's how high it was
Ky: I feel like- I don't know about the other 10 people
But I love these 3!
C: Yeah these guys rock!
Ky: Yeah, they're like a great combo
I really enjoyed the authenticity in their voices
That's why I was like- I really want to hear them sing live
And I feel like they're great live performers
C: Yeah, I like it so much more live, it's so much more impressive and fun
That's cool
[BGM: GOT the beat - "Stamp On It" // Subtitles by youtube @anisian]
U: You have a favorite vocalist out of the BSS?
Li: Yeah like 1:15 I like when that guy came in [DK]
Whoever comes in on top of this with the distortion that- [Hoshi]
*beep sfx*
That I think that- [Seungkwan]
*beep sfx*
I think that man [DK]
HAha Ra: i tHinK thAt maN haha