Ash: Three, two, one!
Ash: AH! Okay.
Ash: Hi everyone, my name's Ash. I am the assistant filmer and MV for this video.
Lindsey: I'm Lindsey. Davis: I'm Davis.
Ash: What was most surprising when watching k-pop for the first time?
Lindsey: I thought I was gonna hate it.
*wheezes*
Lindsey: And then I didn't.
Davis: I think, I think the most surprising thing for me was the production value that goes into the videos.
Davis: Like, it was crazy seeing such high production.
Davis: Like, the cinematography and everything that went into it... it was just clear that they put a lot of time and effort into it.
Lindsey: Yeah, the only thing I knew about k-pop before we did this was "Gangnam Style".
Lindsey: And you know, I thought that was just kind of, like, a joke of a song, so I kinda just figured that's what k-pop was... but it's not.
Ash: So, what do y'all think is your favourite thing and least favourite thing about k-pop?
Lindsey: I think my favourite thing is the, like, variety, and probably my least favourite thing...
Lindsey: ...is when there's not variety.
Davis: lol
Lindse: No, I mean, you know some groups, just everything just sounds the same.
Davis: Yeah, no, I get that, yeah. Lindsey: It just-- it just gets old.
Lindsey: But that's just-- that's not for every-- that doesn't go for everything.
Davis: I think my favourite thing about it is the depth that you get from, like, storylines and, like, music, and, like,
Davis: just things that they, like, manage to create that you don't really think about,
Davis: but, like, there's all of this, like-- things that are connected to each other and all this awesome stuff.
Davis: But, uh, one thing I don't-- I think my least favourite thing... hmm...
Davis: I don't actually know.
Davis: This is hard to think about because I'm just thinking of all this stuff that I, that I like about it.
Davis: And whenever we do these videos, I'm just, like, analyzing, "Oh yeah, that's, that's something that I like."
Davis: I guess one thing that I don't like is that sometimes, a lot of these k-pop groups can fall into this trap of trying to be too complex
Davis: and then, it just kinda loses any sort of, like, substance for me.
Ash: Uh-huh. Davis: I think that they're trying, like, too hard and they should just, like, stick to, like, something that's more simple.
Ash: So, out of the groups that y'all have seen so far, which ones are your favorite? And do you listen to them on your own time?
Davis: Oh. Well. Yes--
Lindsey: I like Blackpink. I listen to Blackpink.
Lindsey: I also really-- I listen to "Not Today". BTS "Not Today". I'm a big fan.
Davis: Ooh, I think my favorite is probably, probably AKMU. That's probably like the top, like-- their music is really, really good.
Davis: Do I listen to them? Yes. And I also listen to Red Velvet too.
Ash: Okay. Davis: I like them.
Davis: Yeah, my mom actually suggested them to me before we reacted to them.
Ash: So, what are y'all's top three favourite musical instruments? And if you could play one other than your own, which one would it be?
Lindsey: Well, I'm a Music Ed. major, so I have to play a lot of them.
Lindsey: When they say, what are your top three favourite instruments, like the SOUND of them?
Ash: I guess just, like, in general. Yeah, I guess, yeah.
Lindsey: I like the temple blocks.
Lindsey: That's my favourite instrument. Of all time. It's just, it's just so fun-sounding lol
Davis: Wow.
Lindsey: I'm not kidding lol
Davis: That's, that's a good-- that's better than-- I mean, obviously my favourite instrument's the tuba.
Lindsey: Well, I play the horn. So I like that one. But I really love the temple blocks.
Davis: Okay. Top three. Here we go in order. I got tuba, french horn, and--
Davis: that's actually the one that I'd play if I could play any other instrument that wasn't the tuba. Lindsey: That's funny because if I had to play one that wasn't horn, I'd pick tuba.
Davis: There you go. Ash: lol
Davis: And number three is probably contra bassoon, I love contra bassoon.
Davis: It's got a great, low, reedy sound. It sounds awesome.
Lindsey: I guess my three, other-- like, I'll cu-- I'm not gonna say horn cuz that's the one--
Lindsey: like, obviously I love horn.
Lindsey: So we go the temple blocks, the tuba, and the bassoon. I really just like. Straight up.
Lindsey: Really good bassoon players have a good sound, so--
Davis: You should try to write a piece for temple block, tuba, and bassoon.
Davis & Ash: lol
Lindsey: That would just be, like, disgusting sounding.
lol
*YES. YOu get the joke :) *
Ash: So, um, the next question is what languages can you speak other than English? And if there aren't any, what would you like to study?
Davis: I really want to study German.
Davis: As a mus-- yah, as a musician, German is a very helpful language.
Davis: Like, a lot of music, especially, like, European music... if it's in German it would be nice to know, like, what they're saying.
Davis: And, and also, uh, I just think it's a beautiful language.
Davis: But I can't speak anything other than English very well unfortunately.
Davis: I can kind of speak Spanish, but that's just from highschool so don't ask me to say anything.
Lindsey: Yah, I took four years of Spanish in highschool, but I stopped after junior year and don't really remember much.
Lindsey: I also did, like, a Hebrew thing. So I learned a lot of Hebrew but I don't remember almost any of it.
Lindsey: All I remember is that נַקְנִיקִיָּה (naqְnִyqִyiah) is hot-dog. And רֶחֶם (rֶhֶm) is uterus.
lol
LOL
Ash: Did y'all think that this classical musicians react thing would grow--
Lindsey: NO.
Ash: to, like, be as much as it did?
Lindsey: Absolutely not. Davis: No.
Lindsey: I remember, like, when, when Umu messaged us at first saying, "Hey! Do you wanna, do you wanna, like, record a video for this?"
Lindsey: I was like, yah sure, y'know, it's only one video. Whatever. No big deal.
Ash: Mm-hmm. Yah.
Lindsey: And then the first one went out and had, like, 50,000 views by the next day and I was, like, shit lol
Davis: Yeah. Lindsey: But-- lol
Davis: It definitely snowballed very quickly.
Davis: I, I kind of have a similar thing, where she asked me and Henry.
Davis: And then right after she asked me, Henry messaged me and was like, "So do we do it or what?"
Davis: And I was just, like... I mean-- Lindsey: Same thing happened with me and Fiona.
Davis: I was, like, what could go wrong? Like, we'll just go record this thing. It'll be fine.
Davis: I don't know anything about k-pop, but I did not expect it to get this big, this fast. This is pretty crazy.
Lindsey: Yah. Ash: Uh-huh.
Ash: So, like, you guys have been watching group after group after group in all these reaction videos
Ash: like, EXO, EXO, BTS, SEVENTEEN
Ash: is there a specific member in each group, or in a certain group that stands out to you?
Lindsey: T.O.P. from Big Bang.
Ash: Oh.
Davis: Oh yah.
Lindsey: He's got a really, really nice jawline.
Davis: He does.
Lindsey: And that-- like a voice that just, like, resonates.
Davis: Yah, it's a very unique voice there that I like. Also, RapMon.
Lindsey: RapM-- ugh, *ooof*
Davis: He's, he's, he's-- Lindsey: Don't even get me started.
Davis: Yah, we-- we like RapMon. Lindsey: Lindsey likes RapMon.
Davis: Yah, she's-- well she's in love with RapMon.
Lindsey: Shoutout to whoever it was that went on Tumblr and tagged me in all those posts of RapMon.
Lindsey: That was kinda weird, but kinda fun.
Ash: So are you guys flattered in any way, or surprised by the amount of viewers, um, and comments?
Lindsey: Oh definitely. Davis: Yah.
Lindsey: I-- now, if you ask that question to Shimon I think you might get a slightly different answer, but...
Ash: lol
Davis: Yah, I think it's definitely flattering. And it's kinda nice that all of these people are, like, watching us.
Davis: And even though, like, it seems kind of silly to us sometimes, cuz we're just, like sitting there, like with our headphones on
Davis: in, like, this, this room, like, listening to this stuff and we're just talking about it.
Davis: I think it's really cool that so many people are getting so much enjoyment out of it. Lindsey: Yah, I agree.
Lindsey: I think it's really awesome.
Ash: What drew y'all to pick the instrument that you guys play?
Lindsey: Ooh. That's a story.
Davis: I started off on trombone in fourth grade, but my arms were too short... because i was eight years old, so
Davis: which-- I was not very large for an eight-year-old.
Davis: Then I moved to trumpet cuz it was smaller, but I didn't like how I sounded on it.
Davis: So whenever we went into the sixth grade band room, uh-- in fifth grade, they're, like, taking us around the school.
Davis: They took us into the band room and I saw this tuba, like, sitting up on, like, a stand.
Davis: I was like, that is the biggest instrument I have ever seen.
Davis: And, like, I tried to pick it up and it was so heavy and I was just determined to pick it up.
Davis: And so I decided maybe I should try to learn this and then, like...
Davis: I don't know, I just thought it was so different from everything else. I was like, nobody will want to do this.
Davis: I wanna be, like, THAT KID who picks, like, the cool, like, unique instrument. And that's what the tuba was to me, so...
Lindsey: Okay, so, I went to the instrument tryout night in third grade and I was 100% certain I was going to play the clarinet.
Lindsey: And I got-- well my cousin played clarinet, my mom's a professional saxophone player, so it's like...
Ash: Oh! Okay. Yeah.
Lindsey: Yeah, so I, I went in there, I, I tried-- and they told me I had to try-- or, I could try three instruments.
Lindsey: And I was like, okay, I'll try the clarinet. I guess I'll try the violin cuz, like, it's a string instrument. Some variety.
Lindsey: And I was like, "Alright, that's it." And the lady who was working at the table was like,
Lindsey: "You should really try one more, like, this is your opportunity."
Lindsey: So I looked at the list of instruments they had and I was like, "I GUESS I'll try the french horn."
*lolz at fate*
Lindsey: So then I went, I tried the cl-- or, I think I might've started with the violin.
Lindsey: They taught me how to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and I was like, "This is God-awful."
Lindsey: So I put it down and never touched it again.
Lindsey: And then I went and tried the clarinet and I was, like, "Yay."
Lindsey: And then I went and tried the french horn and I was like, "Oooooooh."
Lindsey: I think I went back and forth between the clarinet and the french horn, just trying them out, for probably about an hour.
Ash: Hm! Oh! Wow! That's a long time.
Lindsey: Yah. No one, no one else did anything like that. I was just... insane.
Lindsey: Um, and I was in third grade.
Lindsey: The horn, just, kind of, it just kind of seemed to fit.
Davis: Mm-hmm. Ash: Uh huh.
Lindsey: But, y'know in my brain, I was like, "But. I. came. here. to. play. the. clarinet."
Lindsey: So then, I was like, "Y'know, I, I-- I'll just go with it!" So I went with the horn and yup. Here I am lol
Ash: If you all went to Hogwarts--
Lindsey: I don't know anything about Harry Potter. I've read the first three books. Davis: Ohhhh. I got this though. I got you.
Lindsey: Do I have to take one of those-- I think I, I think I got Hufflepuff ??????? I have taken the quiz before like on Buzzfeed or something.
Ash: Oh you have? Lindsey: Yah.
Ash: Oh! Awesome! Davis: Okay, even better.
Davis: So is this a house question?
Ash: Yah. Davis: Okay, great.
Davis: Ravenclaw. I mean they're the best. They're-- Lindsey: I think I'm Hufflepuff.
Davis: They're the smart ones... Lindsey: I don't really know what that is. Davis: You're Huffle--
Ash: Do any of you guys watch anime?
Lindsey: No. I've literally never seen anime in my life. Davis: Uhhh kind of.
Davis: I watched a lot of "Cowboy Bebop."
Davis: Uhh, and also, um, let's see... "One Piece" is good.
Davis: I've seen-- my brother used to watch "Naruto" a lot. But long time ago.
Davis: I probably couldn't even name any of the characters on there anymore cuz I was really little.
Davis: But I thought it was really cool, like the whole fight sequences and, like, we would play the video games and stuff.
Ash: Mm-hmm. So, we're, we're almost done.
Ash: But um, what do you guys think are the best and worst things about being a music major?
*oof*
Lindsey: I think the worst thing is just that we don't really have a lot of free time.
Davis: Yeah. Lindsey: Well, we do have a lot of free time but we have things that we need to do in our free time.
Lindsey: Like, we have to be, like, practising or studying for, like-- or, like, doing homework, or, like...
Lindsey: It's all music. Sometimes it get's a little tiring.
Davis: Yeah, the free time thing. Yeah that is a big thing.
Davis: My teacher likes to do this thing in my lessons where he'll point at my tuba and he'll just be, like,
Davis: "So, uh, do you wanna pay the rent with that thing?"
Davis: And I'm was just, like, "I mean, that would be nice." He's like, "Okay, well then you're not allowed to have free time."
Davis: It's like, it's like, if you're NOT doing something you should be practising.
Lindsey & Ash: Yeah. Davis: Like, that's, that's sort of his thing.
Davis: And so that's kind of-- it's not really-- I wouldn't call it a negative thing, because it does push you obviously to become a better musician.
Davis: But I do feel like a lot of people take that a little too literally and, and--
Davis: so one of the negative things I think that happens is people just... of being a music major is you see so many people just get burned out in their degree
Davis: because they're working themselves SO HARD to try to achieve something and then if it doesn't-- Lindsey: Like you gotta, you gotta, like, work to come up with other hobbies
Lindsey: cuz, like, if you're constantly JUST doing music all the time (Davis: you'll go crazy) you just get real burned out from it.
Lindsey: But I think probably one of the best things is that it, it's fun.
Davis: Yeah. Oh yeah. Lindsey: Like, y-- no math, like... Davis: It doesn't feel like work ever.
Davis: I would say it is, it is fun to play.
Davis: And for me, I think the best part about being a music major is doing something that such a large portion of the population doesn't know how to do-- Lindsey: Who wishes that they could.
Davis: And so-- yeah. Exactly. And so-- they wish that they could. So it-- for me, it gives me a good--
Davis: like, whenever I'm performing it always, like, makes me feel good to think about, "I wonder how many people are there, like, listening to this saying,
Davis: 'Aww, you know, like, aww that would be so great to do.' Or, 'I remember when I USED to do that.'"
Davis: Like, trying to connect to people through music is definitely the best part because you'd be surprised how often that happens.
Ash: So this actually ties in with our last question. Um, what made you decide to become a music major.
Lindsey: I've wanted to be a highschool band director since I was in eighth grade.
Davis: I... part of it was I just didn't know what the hell else to do.
Davis: I mean, it was like, it was like do that or, you know, move back home with my parents and go to community college
Davis: until I figured out what I'm going to major in because I just hadn't thought about anything else. Ash: Uh-huh.
Davis: And uh, but wh-- and then what finally gave me that, that push was uh, I think realizing that if I DIDN'T do music I would HAVE to find something else to do.
Davis: And just thinking about that was like-- it was just-- I, I'm already good, pretty decent at this one thing and I'd like to be better.
Davis: So, like, I would not wanna just drop that to go find something else and just start from square one.
Davis: So I just figured I've got a good thing. I should just keep going with it.
Davis: And it ended up-- it's really-- the best decision I think.
Ash: Mm-hmm.
Lindsey: Yeah, I think also another thing for me is I just have a lot of, like, really strong musical role models in my life.
Lindsey: I mean, like, I've been surrounded by music cuz of my mom.
Lindsey: And then when I went to highschool-- my highschool band director's just, like, AMAZING.
Lindsey: So that was, like, another push towards, like, "Okay, yeah. This is what I wanna do."
Lindsey: "This is who I wanna be like". "This is what I need to do to get there".
Ash: Mm-hmm. Lindsey: So...
Ash: So do you guys have any um, things to say to your viewers?
Davis: Uhhhhhhhh~~ keep watching!
Davis: Stay tuned for more awesome content.
Davis: I mean, we're having fun, so we'll keep making these videos as long as you guys are watching them.
Lindsey: Thanks for following me on Instagram. It's really nice lol
Davis: Oh yeah. I've gotten a lot of followers from this channel. It's great.
Lindsey: And Twitter. Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, all that stuff.
Davis: Yeah, that's all I got to say. Lindsey: Yeah.
Lindsey: Thanks. Ash: Awesome. Thank you, thank you!