Jarod: It's starting to like pick up though
towards the end you know? Katie: Yeah
Jarod: The song moves forward like they're moving forward and how they want to ya know, acknowledge the past and yet
Create a new identity, come back and stronger than they were before
Umu: So Ladies Code is a girl group that debuted in
2013 with five members. The first song that we'll be reacting to is called 'Bad Girl', and it's their debut song
This song is a good example of the funky, fun, and upbeat style music most of their early releases strive for.
Jarod: Are you ready?
Katie: Aye aye captain
Jarod: I cant HEAR YOU?!
Katie: AYE AYE CAPTAIN!
Jarod and Katie: OHHH
Jarod: Who lives in Korea and makes music videos?
Jarod and Katie: Ladies Code
Fiona: AHH
Fiona: Me in piano class. I sound that good. Lindsey: No, you dont
Jarod: Ay they're under the sea! She's under the sea!
Emiel: I like it. I really like it.
Khanh: That's really heavy
Kevin: That is
Henry: Whoa
Emiel: Woah I couldn't tell where the beat was for a sec Henry: Yeah me too Emiel: That was cool
Lindsey: For like the first two bars. I was confused about the meter because it kind of felt like it was in three
But it's definitely in four
this is swung
Peyton: Yes! Got the mini trumpets in the back
Charlotte and Payton: POW!
Naoki: This is jazzy as hell though
I feel like I'm getting a James Bond vibe right now. Stephan: Oh yeah! Naoki: Like Skyfall Stephan: Yeah
We'll definitely the way that she's dressed and also like some of the
Melodic motives that they are doing
Melodic motifs
Lindsey: I really like this girl's voice it's really deep like deep and rich sounding, kind of
Fiona: But it's also kind of light free too
Charlotte: Oh hello
Hugo: Oh, I really like her voice Payton: Yes, leg kick!
Gwen: Very musical theatre
Hugo: Yeah
Especially with the chords going down
Fiona: Oh her voice! The brass! Lindsey: *imitates the brass*
Fiona: The brass! Me! *also imitates the brass*
Lindsey: I just realized that there were strings going on in the background this whole time
Fiona: Yeah, the backgrounds a little too much for me, not gonna lie.
Jarod: I like how they have like the bluesy badass vibe, and the name is literally Bad Girls
see what they did there
Hugo: Yup, I get a very musical theater vibe from this
Gwen: Probably because of the brass and the beat. Hugo:Yeah Gwen: It's very, it's very like if you mixed
Camelot with Rent
Hugo: Yeah
Payton: Which would still sound better with real trumpets, but I appreciate them. Oh yes, Hammond organ sounds! Yes!
Hugo: Ooh, oh, we're gospel up in here! Oh shit!
I want that, bring that organ back come on let's go
Oh
Oh Shit! Gwen: I am pleased!
Wait are they gonna get into a fight?!?
Yeah! Charlotte and Payton: Oh
Peyton: Silence. Oh, okay weird. Charlotte: She's gotta machine gun. Payton: Oh okay. Yeah.
Naoki: What is going on?
Stephan: She really doesn't like that wall. Or she doesn't like the color blue
Lindsey: And we back.
Emiel: If they could slow it down a couple of clicks it would groove a lot harder
Henry: Yeah Payton and Charlotte: Oh
Payton: Flamethrower
Well I guess these are bad girls
Emiel: Kind of like a shuffle groove they got going on and if they just went *imitates a beat*
Henry: If it was a real drummer, and they slowed it down, and they slowed it down
And he was doing like a pretty halftime shuffle thing Emiel: Yeah
That would groove so hard! Emiel: Yeah Jarod: And this has what we call, swung eighth notes
So it's like instead of it being like *regular 8th notes*
Its like *swung 8th notes*
Fiona: Seemed like manipulative ladies
ladies code
They know how to snag their men. Lindsey: I like how it just like fuzzed out in the end. Not fuzzed out like *imitates ending sound with Fiona*
Umu: Yeah, what do you think about that song? Fiona: It was good.
I really like the vocals Lindsey: Yeah Fiona: For a while like the background was a little too intense with intense vocals
I was like ahh I wouldn't, this isn't an easy listening, which it doesn't have to be but Lindsey: But then they brought it back though
Then they yeah, they kind of chilled. I was like, okay,
It's kind of scary. Charlotte: God
I just liked when we like hit into like the whole beat and just like how you would like really jam to, like it was
a good like
Just dance and jam out, and I think that was the honestly the best part of the whole thing
I just don't know how they danced that well. Umu: Welcome. Charlotte: Yeah Payton: Umm I thought this was a pretty good one
Honestly. Uh in comparison to some of the things that I've gotten from like groups that kind of had the same vibe,
The music moved around a lot more the, the harmony at least and also there are a lot of different sounds I heard
Electric bass, but also the acoustic piano was a nice touch. They also had like a Hammond organ
Type deal. There was also the the horn lions in the back doing that *BOW* Charlotte: Oh, it was like jazz and pop
Peyton: Yeah Charlotte: Had a baby Payton: Little bit
Khanh: Yeah, I agree with what Kevin says the you know, it's nicely produced. But for some reason it
Just, it didn't pop you know. Kevin: The sound is kind of safe. Khanh: There's nothing that really jumps out at you
There's there's nothing that Kevin: Oh no. I think instrumentally. Instrumentally it
There are some jumpy moments, but the main melody that they sing Khanh: yeah, it's pretty safe Kevin: It's a just scale
*Khanh sings the melody*
hugo: So, I really like the bridge. Bridge was my favorite part 100%! Like the triplet rapping
*Hugo imitates the triplets*
That was really good Umu: Yeah, but overall?
Gwen: It was bomb Hugo: It's bomb af
Umm, there were a few singing Gwen: Oh my god, did you just say af? Hugo: I did. There were a few singing points where they kind of do the
*Hugo imitates the singing points that he mentioned*
Gwen: Yeah Hugo: Like vocal, like vocal, voice crack included and that's kind of in the style. It's fine! Yeah
It's just it's it's not my personal taste
Gwen: Yeah not something we're drawn to
I don't think it was
Necessarily unhealthy because they didn't do it very much, it was very much textural, lil' Hugo: No, yeah
Whenever they had a pause or like a pre-chorus kind of thing
Emiel: I thought this song had like a vibe that I'd actually remember. I dig like the shuffle little thing,
their voices
Worked well together. Yeah, I don't know, I liked it. Katie: It was interesting
I like the trumpet solo at the very end that was cool, but it stayed pretty much the same like
progression throughout except for that one passage where it kind of went more R&B and was
Like halftime that was cool. Peyton: Yeah, I thought it was cool. I think it'd be interesting to see, because this was their debut
Is where they go from this because what I've noticed I had this thought with the last video with them and then this
Being an actual debut
It's like whenever you come up with this video
And it sound like you're really setting the stage
The first impressions of what your group is going to be. So you're like creating not only like a visual identity
But like a sound identity that like when they hear, you know, Ladies Code
What are you gonna think of you know you're gonna think of like ballady? Like cute and
Peppy? Like this kind of like blues rock and roll kind of vibe?
And it's like what we're about to listen to I think it's gonna be Galaxy and
It's gonna be interesting to see how this kind of relates to see if they kind of take this mold and roll with it
or you know
Umu: Well, I have some news for you
So k-pop groups often have super hectic schedules and have to drive quickly from one performance to another
Lindsey: Same! Fiona: Me too!
Umu: And so there are sometimes minor car crashes
Fiona: OH
Umu: However in
2014 when it was storming the members got into a car accident
two of the members were killed in this accident
However ladies code doesn't want people to pity them. They want people to know them as artists and not just by the car accident
so after a year and a half of hiatus with three members they came back with a
Change more mature concept. So the song that we'll be reacting to next is their first comeback since the accident and it's called 'Galaxy'
Emiel: Dark
Henry: Wow, that's really heavy. That is the first time we've ever gotten this heavy on this channel
Gwen: This could be the most upbeat song, and I'm still gonna cry guaranteed Hugo: Ready? 1 2 7
Fiona: I'm already sad Lindsey: I know
Fiona: Is this gonna be sad?
Lindsey: I feel like it's not. I feel like it's gonna be empowering I feel like it's gonna be
Never mind, it's still sad
Peyton: Oh Yeah!
Wow! I did not expect that at all!
Henry: Wow
Emiel: Yeah
Fiona: It's like, passionate
Lindsey: Sometimes Charlotte: Thats how I'd describe it
Lindsey: Sometimes I really like the sound of drum machine.
This is one of those times
Charlotte: Their whole vibe has changed Peyton: Yeah, the bass the way, Charlotte: It's like hard-hitting rather than this like fresh like
popy-ness
Katie: thee's a heaviness now Jarod: Yeah like the beat carries so much weight
Fiona: I like that silence and right before like Lindsey: OH! I love the harmonies in here!
Payton: Yeah
Yes! This bassline is taking me all the way out!
That was 2 5 1 2 4 by the way.
Khanh: I like that rhythm
Kevin: Oh that piano pops! It pops out!
Stephan: Yeah, they're going like from halftime to just Naoki: Yeah, there is more movement here
Stephan: Yeah Naoki: Different section Stephan: Yep absolutely
Henry: Good keys
Actual like, really good synths. A real guitar player. Emiel: This is it Henry: Yeah
Good bass. Really, good actual studio bass! Laying down! Emiel: Thats the stuff you'll remember
Stephan: I just love like the sounds that they're doing for the, not just the effects Naoki: The twinkles!! Stephan: Yeah!
But also just for the like, for the drum set for example. Naoki: Ahuh
Stephan: Yeah there is like a longer sustained on the drums Naoki: Yeah I can hear it now
Jarod: And like the space between the beats even though the tempo is like, going constant. It just feels like there's like a mile in between
each strong beat
Katie: That's true
Henry: Whoa!
That was so wild! That they just like
that the end of that track they just like
I sewed everything, like
immediately like
Brought everything else in the track down and pushed her voice all the way up. And so you can hear that raw studio sound of
When you just isolate her vocal after you've just done the take. And it was just, you can hear her breathing at the end
And it's so cool. That's really deep. That's good. That's creative editing. That's what you do when you have a really good engineer
Kevin: Yes, theres a good sense of pacing in this song. Khanh: Yeah, I agree, man. Kevin: Yeah
Peyton: I just like the like groovy electric bass in this part
Whenever we're talking about like "Man. I wish this bassline would move around a lot more." This is what I'm talking about.
Jarod: It's like the song moves forward
Like, they are moving forward
Like how they wanna acknowledge the past
And yet
Create a new identity, come back stronger than they were before. Kevin: There's a lot of like almost rubato like rhythms
Things don't line up completely, but the effect is like Khanh: -ish, yeah
I think it's like, it's phasing between like this being the, the macrobeat
And then like, or emphasis on the macrobeat and emphasis on the microbeat. You know? Which is really cool like that
*Khanh demonstrates*
You know? Kevin: Oh, it ends with the bass and you hear that *chkh*, that little the bass, yeah the falling noises
Yes, it's great
Khanh: Pacing! You nailed it when you said pacing. That's what I liked about it. You know
It started out with that right kind of ambiance kind of melancholy, and then it had a nice, you know
Crescendo to it. Yeah and like the drops and the silence and and all those little bits
Just kept it going you know. Kevin: And it's not catchy per se but I do feel like there's a lot of melodic variety
That kept it interesting even in the vocal parts. Stephan: I loved it. I thought it was really really great
It was super subtle like compared to their last song just kind of more, like yeah almost like film score-y
Kind of how it sounded, but just kind of over the top with a lot of different instruments. Here
They didn't they used like a lot of different effects, but um Naoki: The instrumentation was pretty simple
Stephen: Yeah, it was so much more tasteful because of that I really enjoyed it. Yeah, it felt like an art song Stephan: Yes
Yeah, it was definitely like a lot of meaning
Yeah, they weren't just doing things just because they had to as like artists
But they're doing it to make a musical statement. I feel yeah in addition to whatever the song statement in
Naoki: Yeah
Jarod: You know this, this made me think of like if you've ever seen like any kind of like
Superhero movie or comic where somebody dies but comes back?
Like they just feel like wiser, more mature, just the vibe is just a little bit more
Sophistication to the sound Katie: I liked all the symbolism in it especially the end you know walking basslines usually
Represent like movement and like going somewhere, but then I just like cut out without like a big like cadence
It just kind of like cut out, which is probably what it was like in the car crash where it just like happened
That's just what I got from it. Fiona: It was like a really calm like chill vibe the whole time, but it was also really passionate
The song changed so much throughout just by adding like *bell sound* like a little like bell sounds here
Just like the texture of this song changed, but like that melody was all the same
Lindsey: I also feel like
knowing the backstory
Makes a difference in how we look at this because I feel like if we went, if we watch this without knowing the backstory might've
Been like okay? And?
You know? But knowing that this was like their first time coming back to this whole thing
After that horrible accident it puts so much more meaning and passion behind it that it really gives us a different perspective of appreciation
For it. I think Emiel: That was good. Great Henry: That was incredible. That was maybe one of my favorite things
I've seen on this channel so far. Umu: Right and compared to their last song like the styles totally changed
How do you think this song represents the group that they are now compared to the last one?
Emiel: It felt like they weren't just trying to put out another
Tune. Henry:It felt far more concept driven. It felt like they were they were so grounded and unfortunately they were grounded for kind of
A somber reason you know because they understood that there was like this gravity to what they were doing it's hard.
I can't imagine how impossible it would be if I had a group of five members and then two of them were killed
I don't think it could do it. Artists that stay really dedicated to this and I think that like
Their dedication to this concept is absolutely worth recognizing and appreciating
It's also worth noting and I get that what happened with these guys was it was bad
Whether they were in a car crash. That's tragic and horrible
Artists are humans. Art is a process you can't
Expect and this is true of companies. This is true fans. Artists
Need to take time for themselves to make sure that they're okay. With the death of so many wonderful musicians far
Too young because they were pushing themselves farther and farther and farther and farther and
Father for their art and for their fans
That dedication can be deadly. You need to give them time and like with this group
They gave themselves a lot of time to heal. That's really important. They really bounce back in an incredible way Emiel: yeah
I just like, super super huge props to ladies code. Charlotte: I think they just allowed themselves to be
Not like a totally different group
But have a different vibe that fits kind of just the three of them more
Because I feel like before they were more like I don't know like girly-ish kind of but just like poppy and more fresh
Sounding and all these things and this was more hard-hitting and edgy
And it was just a transformation so you can see that they had like
Gone through some stuff that they're coming back
and they're not wanting to try to be the same because they can't be obviously so they just kind of are allowed to be a
Totally new thing which is really cool. Payton: Yeah, I felt that there is more depth in their sound like I can just tell like
whenever
People go through things
And they're artists, it comes out in their art. And like you can just tell like they're just changed you know and
That definitely feeds into their performing. They seem more mature like we've seen some life, like life has hit us and
We are better for it now.
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