Umu: So this is Monsta X. They are a boy group that we actually reacted to last season
it was *singing* dramarama ay
Kevin: I like that song Umu: But the song "Hero" was released in 2015
And it's about protecting a girl from the wolf like men around her,
And it uses tropes from comics and video games to describe being a hero and protecting the princess
Collin: Interesting
Hugo: Alright, d-d-d-d-d-d-do *click*
Rachel: Monsta Hugo: X
James: It's very vlog-like Elizabeth: Yes
J: There they are
E: Oh that's a cool shot actually, with all their faces stacked
J: Oh wow
Charlotte: Helicopter pad
Charlotte: YAA
Rachel: Oh my god Hugo: Oh ho ho
R: The throat bass H: *laughing*
R: *vocalizing throat bass*
Lindsey: Oh my god Davis: I like the Mario sounds
L: Wait, their dancing is SO GOOD
Charlotte: Oh, yeeess
Rachel: So. Much. Bass.
Kevin: Ah, this first phrase is so good *vocalizes notes*
Rachel: Angst
R: Oh-- Hugo: Oh, major R: --that was a good chord, yeah major one
H: Sudden transition to major for just a hot second
R: It's always major I's.
you're like-
H: Build-up, here we go
Kevin: Ahhhhh
Rachel: Brrrrrrr
R: It's interesting that they give you the drop before the chorus
that one, like in the beginning, so you know what's coming
Elizabeth: I like this little motif James: And the sax Both: Yeah
J: It's very catchy E: It's just a triad, but it's like J: Yeah
E: It's funny how triads
make very catchy music
Hugo: I also like how the saxophone is actually the melody of the
chorus. Like there is no actual melody in the vocal line for the chorus, except for "hero"
Kevin: *laughing*
Kevin: What is that, Dorian?
Yeah the way that fanfare was placed, it's like in the Dorian... thing
Rachel: He has such like an interestingly deep voice
Hugo: Nice patching done by the producers
Kevin: I love that the beat in the verse. There's a lot of dimension
Nice Ooh, ooh
Hugo: I really dig his voice Rachel: I think it's a-- yeah, me too
they all have great voices
Collin: Dude
It's so much I'm just trying to get all of it Jarod: *laughing*
Charlotte: Oh, outfit change!
C: Oh!
Peyton: I like that that's like their go-to dance move, it's like C: Oh!
P: We're goin to sorta pull our shirts up but
C: But we're not giving you everything P: No, not everything
Jarod: So this one's got more of like an
Instrumental chorus compared to like other videos where it's like a lot of like singy bass
this is definitely a little bit more of like the
instrumental dance vibe
Collin: Definitely, I mean, it sounds like club music in a way J: Yeah, definitely
Rachel: They need a hype-man who is solely a hype-man Hugo: *laughing*
H: This--this group is the hype-man R: He's just like "ay ay"
Elizabeth: Pitch bend upwards James: Drop E: And then we're going to drop the bass
J: Yeah, exactly E: yeees
Kevin: There you go, that's the variety I was looking for
Isaac: OH! NOOO!
I: They went there K: Oh-oh!
Their fragment! *vocalizes*
There it is
Oh it started with the second half
That's good, that's good
The major, the major
I: AGAIN!?
Charlotte: Ohhh Peyton: Interesting C: Good descant
Lindsey: This is like definitely minor but they keep having things going on that are major
Like there was someone's voice in the background
And it was just singing a major riff over this minor like-- Davis: yeah, yeah
L: ostinato thing that's going on, like
Hugo: *Vocalized "wah"* Rachel: Oh it's like brass, but like, down a zillion octaves
H: *Vocalized "wah"* *laughing* R: I'm about it
Kevin: Alll riiiight
It threw a couple more tricks in the bag by the end and again, I'm really--that was really satisfying
Umu: Sooo Collin: Wow!
Umu: umm C: That was a ride!
I actually think that's way better than like most American pop music
Umu: Welcome
Both: *laughing*
C: Like, what! Like it actually had like a soul. That was interesting not not to be mean or something but like--
The, it was like the form was surprising
There is actually some complexity to it
As opposed to just like face value like you listen to this in the back of a store or something, you know?
Yeah, go on J: Oh man, I mean
C: I'm still processing
J: Yeah, I mean
It was definitely something like club piece that I think definitely highlights
like the dancing and it gets your blood pumping, for sure
Hugo: Rapping was very angry rapping. Rachel: Oh my god so angsty
H: Which is like, cool, it's a style, it's a choice
R: I like it. There are so many hits H: There are so many bops R: I love a good hit
H: I like the um--who's the guy who had the like blond reddish tips? R: *vocalizing hits in the background*
H: Shownu? His--He had a really good voice
R: Well H: I meant they put the vocals in a major chord
R: But like the very strong, present, but not scream-y
H: Which was nice, which was very nice R: Very ennunciated
R: Hit 'em with that angry diction H: Damn
I've never heard this angry of Korean rap, and it's interesting to hear they like how
They have to inflect the language to make it angrier how the consonants do become more like
R: *humming* H: *snatching noise*
Um, important? I guess is a good word for emphasized. It was interesting.
James: It follows so many of those like, already established like, rules for this kind of genre of music like Elizabeth: yeah
J: *vocalizes beat*
And then like bass drop. It--very very dance like techno club-y music
Honestly, it's pretty standard in that way E: yeah
J: But like the use of the Mario sounds E: yeah J: The Nintendo sounds, that was like a nice
They played with our expectations E: Cool quotation J: yeah
I love it when people will like sample things like that, and like stick it in
It's just like it's like a little easter egg basically
And that's the thing too. That repetition is so important
E: Yes J: and it's like simple and it follows those certain rules in that way and that gets the listener hooked
But then it also--all of these subvert your expectations just a little bit which is nice. It's really nice touch.
Charlotte: I love ragers, obviously. I've loved every single one
But I think that this one's interesting in the fact that I like it--despite the fact that it seems
Synthesized saxaphone, a little bit.
I don't know what you think
Peyton: My first thought was definitely like
wow, they could have picked a, like, raunchier, dirtier, grittier sound for that melody
Cause it was just kinda like
*vocalized high-pitched brass*
And it just kinda C: It's like they
Took an alto saxaphone and just like, you know
Took out all the depth of alto saxaphone and kept it up in like a squeaky range
And I'm surprised that I still enjoyed it despite that
It's a jam. I really like it.
Isaac: Wow Both: *Laughing*
I: I thought was interesting how the beginning set up really slow
Pace like speaking or singing and also rhythms, like there was very like sporadic
Very spread out and then slowly gradually they pick up the tempo and then it's like you have duples and triplets and then
they go into the chorus and it's just like
*Screaming* AHHHHH
WE'RE CLIMBING UP!
and then they keep going up.
And what's interesting is like they support this with the bassline
It's very repetitive and
Once you have this down you can--you'll hear this happening a lot of like um,
I guess like very crazy, energetic EDM music
b6, 5, and 1 *vocalizes*
And you just hear this repeated multiple times and also the beginning motive, it.. what--what
What's interesting is they do the same model, where it's like they bring it back later after their chorus
So you still have it in your mind and they bring it back even later and just it's like a running theme
But they keep making it better. It's like there's that the way they hype things up. There's like sirens
Cause sirens is a sense of warning. So you're thinking about what's happening something dangerous. But no,
You're just having a damn good time
That A-suspension K: Uh-huh
It's the--the major
Yeah, because they do the major in the verse and you're like
Okay that's a weird spot to place it and the very end when the one guy is doing his own thing I: *whistle*
it actually yeah it kind of comes back. Yeah. Umu: *vocalizing*
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