Umu: Okay so this is Day6, I told you about how like they have a comeback every single month, right?
Gwen: NO? Hugo: Uhh no!
Umu: They're releasing a music video and another song every single fucking month this year
Hugo: 'Cause they're more insane than you are
Umu: Day6! Whew~
Umu: Comment on music!
Davis: How Can I Say anything about this when I haven't watched it
Peyton: (WHATTA KNEE SLAPPER DAVIS)
Yunyi: 1 2 3 4 5 Day6
Kevin: (GROOVIN)
Henry: Fucking drum fill Emiel: Hell yeah
Lindsey: I like this already Fiona: [vocalizing]
Fiona: I like the vocals in the background
Lindsey: Oh man yeah! Fiona : [vocalizing]
Yunyi: Awww Kevin : Wow
Yunyi : Oh, starting off with the strong lyrics
Jarod: Oh, oh there's the deceptive-- it went to 6 Katie: Yeah
Jarod: It was like II-V-vi
Henry: Ooh, he's dreamy. I like him [BIG MOOD]
Henry: The b-- this is true, go for the bass players. They're always nice.
Hugo: I love his voice. I remember him from last time, oh my god
Hugo: Blue hair. Blue haired bassist
Umu: Young K
Hugo: Young K is a hot motherfucker
Umu: [laughs]
Lindsey: Ohh!! Ayyyyy~
Lindsey: Those-- those slides are really
Lindsey: Really good Fiona: The descending chromatic--
Fiona: [descending sounds]
Lindsey: Oh that's like a really crunchy guitar sound
Lindsey: Oh that's awesome
Fiona: I like how he moves his voice like that
Naoki: Oooooh that was nice
Shimon: I like it, I like it
Naoki: That was cool Shimon: I like it, I like this
Naoki: Yeah Shimon: I like it a lot
Yunyi: I-- I don't even-- like, the chords don't register
Yunyi: as chords to me, it's just emotions Kevin: Really? Mmmm
Peyton: I really love the mix between like, the acoustic sounds
Peyton: Like, the synth? Really, like, adds a nice layer to the rock sound Davis: Yeah
Emiel: Taking a break? Cool
Naoki: Oh, that was a great contrast
Jarod: See, like, I like how the guitar part tells you how you need to groove
Jarod: because he's just accenting the beats and stuff to like- Katie: Yeah, I like that
Naoki: I think the syncopations in the bass is working really well
Naoki: It's giving it a driving feeling Shimon: Yeah
Fiona: I like his voice!
Emiel: I like the verses that build up to the chorus, they really thought out
Emiel: like, the energy level of going from like, each verse kinda like, slowly getting upward in energy
Henry: Wow Emiel: Towards the chorus Henry: *whispers* ripped jeans
Shimon: I feel like it's less about the harmonic structure
Shimon: It's more about the instrumentation, the rhythm- Naoki: Right
Shimon: And then the top melody
Naoki: But there is some really cool harmony, especially the way they treat the melody as well sometimes
Naoki: Overall, it's a very solid song
Henry: I dig that they have the cool pre-chorus that happens twice
Henry: They've got the chorus material and then a pre-chorus that happens twice which is like
Henry: Cool. That like, breaks up the flow. It's nice
Fiona: Is that a lament bass? Lindsey: I was just to figure that--
Lindsey: I don't think-- Fiona: Lament bass?
Lindsey: It like, almost is, but I don't think it is an actual lament bass
Fiona: Question mark
Gwen: The drummer, I think is-- Hugo: What?
Gwen: The drummer is incredible Hugo: Oh, I love him
Hugo: He's going so ham and it's great Gwen: And it's--
Gwen: It's like-- it's like actually like in rock songs
Gwen: like, classic rock songs, the beat would change so much
Hugo: Exactly! Gwen: And it is, right?
Hugo: The beat isn't constant Gwen: Mhmm
Kevin: Is this going to be the first band that I genuinely think of-- Yunyi: You know?
Kevin: Whatever the Kpop term is for shipping Umu: Stanning
Yunyi: Shipping? Kevin: Not shipping, not shipping
Yunyi: Do you stan Day6? Kevin: I guess I stan Day6 [it sounds like he said scan LOL]
Naoki+Shimon: Ooooh
Naoki: Daaaaaamn
Kevin: Whaaat? Yunyi: Oooh, that's a really great ending
Kevin: Is that how the song ends too? Umu: [singing]
Umu: Yeah. That's how it is Kevin: You know--
Kevin: I mean, I just want to listen to it again Yunyi: I like that
Kevin: It's just-- it's just great
Naoki: Well, that was--that worked really well Shimon: It worked--they did that very well
Naoki: That was like, so out of the blue
Umu: Right, yeah so what did you think about this-- the overall musicality of this song
Peyton: Yeah, I thought it was really good
Peyton: Really good-- like he said, like, the drummer was killing from the get-go
Peyton: And I think he kind of pushed the whole thing
Davis: I thought they embraced a lot of dissonance too
Davis: Which was really cool, I kind of was like, "this is just going to happen, so go with it"
Davis: And that's what happened, you know?
Davis: I mean, it was an intentional thing, it added to the soundscape
Jarod: Less is more, there was a lot--there's a lot for a while, like the last minute was-- Katie: Yeah
Jarod: The same like [guitar chords sounds]
Jarod: Like, you need one of those moments-- not that it has to be a half-time like we saw with the other group, but like--
Jarod: You just needed something that's gonna, like-- like a bridge
Jarod: Like, a little bit more of a bridge
Katie: It was a little jumpy for me
Katie: Just because--and I mentioned it earlier in the video to Jarod--like, I'd be grooving
Katie: To one, like, pulse and then it would just change and like
Katie: Not because of anything, it would still be the verse, or still be the chorus, but it would just change and it was like 'hhhhh'
Katie: Like, I just didn't know when to expect that Jarod: I don't know what to do! [i feel like he's imitating someone but idk who]
Umu: Was there a specific part of the song or a specific thing that happened that was your favorite?
Shimon: There were multiple things Naoki: Yeah
Shimon: The silence that they incorporated in the middle of the section, in between the sections maybe? I can't remember
Naoki: Yeah, going into one of the recap kinda things Shimon: That was cool
Naoki: Of course, it's not going to be the recap because that's sonata form but [laughs]
Shimon: And that was followed by that, like, it was followed by a different vocal person- or they sang it differently, something like that
Shimon: There was a lot of nice contrast in that sense
Naoki: I concur. Um, I also liked the melodies, especially sometimes when they would do the leap, it made it feel more anguishing
Naoki: And even though they didn't quite hit the note, because of that it made it more tearful, or more (motions) heartwrenching
Shimon: And the difference between the normal singing and then going into, like, falsetto, like in that leap
Shimon: That really makes, with the whole longing feel
Fiona: I liked the chromatic descents of the guitar
Fiona: (demonstrates)
Fiona: It was cool
Umu: That was probably not lament bass
Lindsey: I think it was (demonstrates), but that's not lament bass
Fiona: But it would be if it were- Fiona+Lindsey: (demonstrate)
Lindsey: But it wasn't
Fiona: Like, if the VI were flat
Fiona: (WHIP)
Lindsey: It was- that means it was dorian
Fiona: (bro wtf)
Umu: Okay, was there a specific musical moment that you liked the best? Or didn't?
Henry: Prechorus Emiel: Prechorus, for sure
Emiel: What I didn't like the best is the drums were a little bit too, like, wish-washy/crashy in the beginning
Emiel: So it's like, kinda just like your ears are like SHSHHSHSHSHSH
Emiel: Like, starting the tune instead of just, like, (makes some drum noises) you know?
Emiel: Like, getting the beat, it was just from the beginning, all the cinematics and him playing the drums
Emiel: It was like (more drum noises) and my ears were like (more noises)
Peyton: I'd say all the drops, or all the breaks
Peyton: Those were really really well done. Just cause getting a group of people to stop at the same time is way harder than people think
Peyton: Then to also bring it back in, and they did that very well every time
Jarod: I like how they used the deceptive cadence, however, like II-V-VI?
Jarod: But the thing is, it's only cool if you do it a couple times, cause then it loses the deceptive nature
Jarod: Cause the cool thing about a deceptive cadence is that it has the word 'deceptive'. It's unexpected, but when you start expecting it, then it loses it's magic
J: If anything, I wanted to then hear the traditional cadence, II-V-I, cause then it /grounds/ you
Katie: Yeah that's what I was expecting actually, after a while
Jarod: Cause you use the deceptive cadence to bring out the traditional cadence, cause that way you throw in the little bit, but then you bring em back and then you land
Jarod: Like, it'd be like a plane flying, and instead of landing it just kind of coasts, and everyone just kind of jumps out [not the best analogy maybe?]
Katie: I want you to keep going with this analogy Jarod: Yeah, like...
Jarod: You jump out, you don't feel grounded, and you how you drop and you just start rolling? That's not comfortable, that's not a comfortable-
Jarod: Cause it ends, but you still keep rolling. Whereas you want that plane to land. And you want to walk down the stairs, you wanna pick up your suitcase
Jarod: And you want to just be like 'damn, I have MADE IT'
Umu: Yeah, the next one is a little bit less musically interesting, one of the members said that they wrote this song to listen to let loose and just dance
Umu: That's why it's called DANCE DANCE
Henry: Like, that's important though. You need that sometimes, in music. That's like, good shit
Kevin: DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION Yunyi: ♪Just dance♪ Kevin: ♪Gonna be okay, dadadodo♪
Lindsey+Fiona: (clapclapclap)
Yunyi: That was so cute
Kevin: Oh
Naoki: This song starts off a lot better Shimon: Yeah
Shimon: Naked Naoki: Sure
Fiona: Bumbumbumbum Lindsey: He must have wrists of steel to be able to do that
Henry: He's got MASSIVE hi-hat cymbals, Jesus Christ Emiel: It's energetic, again, I like this group for it's energy
Davis: Simple harmonies, and the voice harmonies
Yunyi: This is Day7! Day6. Day6 and their tasty 7th chords
Emiel: Very cool melody. Like... Henry: WOW, this is great
Henry: Also, the K cymbals I'm digging them, he's got a good taste in cymbals Emiel: Yeah
Fiona: There's like that guitar squealing on the top, like you barely notice it
Henry: Ayy this is- fuck yeah! Emiel: This is sick!
Kevin: Ooh Yunyi: Uhh
Yunyi: That was like the start of a D2 sequence
Yunyi: Their choruses are consistently just, so catchy across the board Kevin: Yeah
Yunyi: Like, they never disappoint in that regard
Jarod: YEs see this is what I was talking about, with the change in pace Katie: This is really reggae
Yunyi: Like, it's reggae without any of the instrumentation. Like reggae but like rock instrumentation
Fiona: There's something about this part where it's like bum bum bum bum, but the drums is not as obstructive as it usually is
Lindsey: And I also like that in the melody line, it kinda sounds like they're starting to build, but then it kinda comes back, and then it goes back up
Fiona: You can tell it's about to happen though Lindsey: Now you can, but before it sounded like it was going there
Lindsey: I would totally- like if they played at a dance, I would actually dance
Fiona: I would be happy
Katie: I liked that they showed that Jarod: I like the slide, Katie: We are about to go to tonic here
Yunyi: This really makes me wish that I could write songs Kevin: Yes, same, actually Y: Or compose. At all
Kevin: [vocalizing melody]
Kevin: ♪We're gonna give all our secrets away♪ [SHOOK]
Kevin: OneRepublic? Yunyi: I don't know it
Umu: Really? Yunyi: SHIT!
Jarod: I like how everything's like, the harmony's like ascending
Emiel: Wow Henry: Oh my god! Emiel: Cool snap-up progressions going on
Henry: It's a bridge!
Henry: SCREM
Yunyi: What is that mixture?
Yunyi: Is that a- Kevin: It's a flat III. It's a flat III Yunyi: Flat III, okay
Yunyi: Hey it's offset
Kevin: oH IT IS
Yunyi: It was Kevin: Oh it was
Yunyi: It felt like it was offset
Fiona: Those breaks just give the listener chill time
Fiona: Like, now the rest of the song is much more enjoyable just because that little pause. It was like WOO
Henry: Their progession is so cool! Emiel: It's mixed really well, too
Emiel: Like, it's not as washy in terms of drum cymbals as the last one was
Peyton: And also, I feel like they know that they KNOW they got women
Peyton: They, like, totally feel that- imeanunlesstheywereintoguys BUT
Peyton: You can just while they're like, singing and performing around the mics and stuff, like they have really great stage presence
Peyton: It's almost like they're aware of how attractive they are Davis: Oh
Lindsey: Oh, that was a really nice authentic- perfect authentic cadence Fiona: Jazz organ!
Jarod: That was cool Katie: Okay, that was sick
Jarod: I really liked that
Jarod: It's like they took everything we said about the previous video that we watched and applied it
Naoki: Solid, solid
Umu: Overall, what do you- what musical aspects kept this song driving and stuff?
Naoki: Well, it wasn't as driving, it was just uplifted
Shimon: [vocalizing the bassline]
Naoki: No, away-
Shimon: (Figuring stuff out) Naoki: (Also figuring stuff out)
Naoki: That thing
Jarod: The reggae jump Katie: Yeah, the reggae jump
Katie: I just, I love the groove of it, um, it was really easy to follow, but still, it was very interesting because it kept switching up
Katie: But when you expected it to, which is cool
Davis: Your disclaimer was correct. It wasn't the super most interesting, obviously, it was just the same thing over and over again
Davis: But, I think it achieved that, like it picked a good hook, you know? So that made it- that's always gonna be the difference between a good song that's sort of played
Davis: And a bad song that's sort of playing, is that, it's playing but it's still effective, so it could be both. It's a balance
Peyton: Yeah, and I feel like their performance of it, granted this was just a music video,
Peyton: But I can just tell if we were see it live it's gonna be really really hype
Peyton: And I feel like with something that's that simple, you have to sell it like crazy
Peyton: And your body language, you can't play it simply, you know? And I think that's honestly what makes certain things more boring than they actually are
Peyton: Even if it is, like, "dry", or whatever, and I feel like this guys are really really on that
Peyton: So even though it's not all over the place harmonically, it is interesting, I'm watching, I'm paying attention, I'm tapping my foot the whole time cause they were selling it
Henry: I loved it Emiel: It was better , it was much better than the first one
Henry: It was just so great
Umu: What specific musical moments did you like the best? What made it good?
Henry: WOW uh... they're not afraid to use minor VI in the key of E and they're also not afraid use a Bb in the key of E
Henry: Which is seriously super great. Like, that had actual chords that made it kind of, like, the most important part about music is tension and release
Henry: That's something that any music teacher anywhere will tell you
Henry: And so the fact that they were not afraid to do things that were like, a little bit out, that pop music doesn't usually venture to?
Henry: In the name of creating a musically interesting song? Man. Seriously great
Henry: And, also, one thing that I definitely had a hard time doing
Henry: that I used to have a hard time doing, was being able to take music as just being awesome?
Henry: And, like, enjoying music as a listener?
Henry: That's something that I definitely had a problem with when we started recording last year, was that I was always like 'I can't turn musician brain off'
H: And while it's true, I can't turn musician brain off, that doesn't mean I don't have to enjoy things.
H: And so, this was not a hard song, you know? But that doesn't mean that it wasn't- it didn't look like they were having genuine fun
Henry: And I didn't feel like I was genuinely included in that fun
Henry: Like, it was so authentic, and it was great. AHHHH
Lindsey: I liked- I liked when it did that reggae section out of nowhere and then there was that pause with the throat clear, it like--
Fiona: (clears throat)
Lindsey: At first I was like, 'this is good but I think I'm gonna get bored'
Lindsey: Cause it seemed like it was just, you know, feel good pop music
LIndsey: But then it got interesting, and then went back to feel good pop music, so it was fine
Gwen: I loved the second verse with the- Hugo: With the reggae beat?
Hugo: It was just laid back Gwen: They're just like, you know what?
Hugo: Fuck iiiiiiit
Gwen: Yeah, pretty much
Gwen: This is how people should write music. They should just write what sounds cool Hugo: Fuck iiiiiiiit
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