Umu: He just caught a little sneak peek of what this song is. Hi guys, this is Umu from reacttothek
Kevin: Don't cry Christmas tears because I heard a few seconds of the songs
Umu: Hyukoooooh! .... we saw them live
Kevin: I'm Kevin by the way
Umu: That's Kevin, and I'll try not to cry Christmas tears unless this is a sad
song and this is Hyukoh and Joon Park Kevin: That album cover though
Yeah, It looks, that looks sad.
Kevin: That's not how it goes Umu: Oh that's new...
Kevin: Oh, that's so corny
Cause they said night before Christmas and they said night again
Kevin: It's still got the Indie lo-fi mixing which is great Umu: 1-2-3-4-5-6 (counting beat subdivision for triple meter)
Even the drums. Wow, it's really grainy
Kevin: Two against... It's duple
Wow
Kevin: Yeah, and this, now they're swinging. Slow swing. Umu: Waaaaahhh
Umu: So he was singing in duple while the track is in triple
Aural skills 101 Eastman School of Music, duple over triple tapping... that was on our exam.
Kevin: Okay, are they just gonna repeat the same thing over and over again, I like the duple but they gotta change it up at some point
Umu: Yeah because it's been like verse, verse right?
Kevin: Yeah, verse, verse, verse this is the third time Umu: but that's what they did with Jesus Lived in a Motel Room
But they had like, two parts in the verse.
Kevin: I don't know if this can top Jesus
Umu: Oh no no, he's gonna come back...
Kevin: What...
Kevin: Navigation!
Kevin: It's like...
Kevin: Oh...
Kevin: Wow, it's like trying to be poetic, but just coming off a little awkward, but still endearing
Kevin: Okay, at this point... Umu: Layering some harmonies, they're new
Umu: Kind of guitar solo
Kevin: Oh, but now they're singing in full swing. Umu: Oh, low octaves...
Kevin: They're going full swing!
Umu: 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-- da duh duh duh da (Umu really likes counting)
Kevin: Okay, it's clear that the song was meant to be like, kind of a joke, kind of really... Umu: I think it's supposed to be slightly sarcastic.
Umu: Yeah, just slightly comedic. Kevin: So in that sense, I actually really like how repetitive it is
Kevin: It's like, this is it. This is all you get
Kevin:He's laughed, he broke character. Umu: He went hooooo... Kevin: and that's how the song ends
Kevin: The song ends with him breaking character.
Umu: And then with jingle bells which is the most classic... Kevin: Oh, there was a little hiccup.
Umu: What? ...... What? Kevin: That's it!
Kevin: Okay hear the laugh in his breath. Umu: Is he singing? Is this... this is probably Joon Park.
Kevin: Oh there was no hiccup, my bad...
Umu: *sigh* smh... (shaking my head)
Umu: That was fun, yeah, I feel we would have enjoyed it more if we knew what they were saying.
Let me just quickly while you talk. I'll look up to see if there are any English lyrics.
Kevin: Yeah, I did enjoy like right from the get-go I'm like wow this is a really
Christmassy sound, like traditionally Christmasy sound but then I heard like the nuance the lo-fi quality.
Which is what Hyukoh is like... known for
Overall, I really liked the sound that they provided.
Umu: Well, there are no English translations at the moment
So yeah, that was funny
And the English was really good and the deep voice added to the overall characteristics of this track
Kevin: Yeah, there were only certain syllables when I could almost realize
Oh, this is a Korean person speaking like some of the r's are a little bit off and I'm like, oh, haha
But but it was really good like 'twas the night. I heard that I'm like... Who did they get to perform this
Umu: That's taken from " 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse"
Kevin: But then it was " 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the night??"
Hyukoh, and the Boys of Hyuokh... Christmas delight.
Umu: It's so good!
Umu: I love it ... oh my god
Kevin: I think it's so bad. It's good, but overall good
Umu: Yeah, and like we said two over three was cool. And then eventually they started swinging so then it was just normal compound meter
Yeah, it sounded like Hyukoh.
Thanks for watching guys. Bye!