Stephanie: This makes me wanna learn dance.
Leon: Yeah.
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So you are now reacting to a girl group with 24 eventual members
that are broken up into smaller sub units voted on by fans.
Cat: Eventually?
Umu: Eventually.
Cat: Where are they right now?
Adam: They're in hiding? Umu: Training, training to debut, right?
Umu: So you are reacting to the currently 10 member unit's title track 'Rising',
the lead single off of their debut mini album 'Assemble'.
'Rising' is a song about girls running towards their dream.
They sing: "Not just a dream, but a real déjà vu"
"Becoming confident, hardship makes it true"
"Just the way I saw myself in my dream, déjà vu"
"After the rain I make it move"
The rhyme scheme though~
This song is composed by GDLO, YELO and Artronic waves.
Stephanie: okay
Jason: Ready?
Brian: Mhm.
Brian: Why do I have to do it? Jason: I don't like doing it.
Umu: 3 2 1 !
Adam: Bus.
Cat: Literally University of Rochester Red Line.
Liam: Woooh, this is so chopped up.
Kayla Rae: Okay?
Jacob: Wha- Oh?
Kevin: Oøww ouw~ I felt that in my throat.
Will: Pretty groovy.
Jory: It's cool.
Will: I like it.
Jory: Yeah.
Jason: I like the funk bass, kinda *mimics*.
It's a very vocal sound.
Kayla Rae: Ohohoo~
Jacob: Mmmm~
Kayla Rae: I like her voice.
Jory: A little swing.
Jason: That was great, lower octave harmony.
Liam: Yeah, this grooves pretty hard.
Rachel: I love all the unison, all the unison stuff.
Cat: This is so 2000s sounding.
Cat: So much. Adam: Yeah, and the outfits.
Liam: Woowww!
Stephanie: This makes me wanna learn dance.
Leon: Yeah...
Kevin: Yo, this kind of a bop.
Jason: There's a lot of sh*t going on everywhere.
But I like it though, panning left and right and back and forth.
Owen: That was cool, they had the,
the phrase ended with multiple instruments
and began with her continuing the phrase
and ended on, and then starting a new instrument.
Kayla Rae: The cut with the ramen in her mouth, it's just like,
where she's just staying there, with the ramen, I love it.
Jason: Yeah...
It's very colorful and very percussive instrumentation.
It keeps changing, constantly.
Owen: It's the little things that make a good song, it really is.
Kevin: Hm? Owen: Like the little things, like when they go:
Owen: ♪Ba↗Da↘Da - Ba↗Da↘Da♪
And then they switched it to going up:
♪Ba↗Da↗Da - Ba↗Da↗Da♪
Like, it's little things that make a good song.
Jory: The bass has such a cool attack.
Kayla Rae: ♪Lala la la la♪
Jacob: Mhmmm.
I liked that!
I usually like, when there's like big girl group-
Oh, it's not over.
Cat: Dang, this is literally me though.
This is gonna be me right after this!
Jacob: I feel like a game- Kayla Rae: That is me, me right now!
Jacob: Wow, listening to their own song.
Kayla Rae: "The idol of all possibilities."
Jacob: The idol of all possibilities~ Kayla Rae: Okay, okay...
Kayla Rae: I really liked it though.
Umu: Okay?
Kayla Rae: Like, I think it was one of my, one of...
higher up in the list of stuff we have listened to.
I really liked that the melody, especially in the beginning
there were some moments that went into the kind of more airy sound or the more nasal belt,
but I felt like most of it was like a warmer chest, which I prefer,
and I think that's why I have a, sometimes I don't love the vocals of pop songs,
is because the pop technique usually leans towards airy like Ariana Grande
or like nasal, like musical theater-esque,
and I felt like this was just like a really nice tone,
like all of their voices kind of really matched well
and for the most part it felt like there was core to the sound.
Adam: It doesn't sound manufactured, it doesn't sound fake or anything,
Cat: But it doesn't sound very individual. Adam: But it also didn't-
Adam: Like even the belting at the end, I was like...
Cat: It could be anyone. Adam: Cool, yeah, that's awesome.
Umu: You didn't hear ten different members?
Adam: No.
Cat: If you told me that was one girl I would believe you, I am gonna be honest.
Umu: Do you guys- Adam: But she sounded great.
Adam: They all sounded great. Cat: Yeah, 'she' is sounding good.
Cat: She was great though.
Jacob: I mean, I still enjoy it,
but I feel like in groups where like there is like 17 or 18 or 19 people,
I feel like it gets intimate because there is not a lot of moments for individual members,
not everyone gets to shine and sometimes the group chemistry or the synergy feels less intimate,
but I really liked how in the music video it still felt like very friend-like,
like everyone was taking selfies with each other and like, it still felt very casual,
and like, there were a lot of moments where it did not even feel like there was 17 of them.
So like, yeah, and I thought they did that very well.
Rachel: I feel like they utilized having ten people,
(Liam: They seriously did) with all the harmonic, like the harmony happening within,
and like the unison.
Liam: Yeah, the unison felt so powerful cuz they also added like,
Liam: a lower octave. Yes. Rachel: It was like a lot of layers happening,
Rachel: like, within the vocals,
and then there were also these vocal sound effects, even at the beginning.
Liam: Yeah, the chopped up vocals.
Rachel: Yeah, like chopped up acapella-y thing at the beginning
and then like the thing when they were munching on the pizza,
there was like some sound effect happening,
like, it was like ♪nhheee~♪
Liam: Yeah
Rachel: And I was like, this is cool.
No, it is a really simple song, but like, the layering was really cool.
Also the space, the space too, was really cool, (Liam: And in the background- Yeah!)
just like completely cutting things for like a beat or something.
Liam: Yeah, right at the end of the first chorus, I think,
there is like that one spot where they just like completely dried everything up.
Rachel: It was just a very cool textural experience, I think...
Liam: Mm. It made my ears happy. Rachel: ...so, yeah.
Jory: I really liked the, they had like a pad that was like more noise than note.
*imitates*
Which is cool, it was like, it felt soft.
Not soft in like volume or dB, just like soft texture.
I was hearing chords but it was mostly from the bass.
Will: Yeah, the harmony was like almost subtly implied.
It's like, you knew what it was, but it wasn't like right there, super prominent,
which is pretty cool, let the melody and everything kind of take the forefront,
and then that was like a more subtle texture underneath.
Which is pretty sick.
Jory: The first chorus hit really hard.
Will: Yeah, I think I would agree, yeah.
Jory: Like, the rest of it was sick too, it's just like,
Jory: I remember clearly that, yeah. Will: The swing comes it, it's just like...
Jory: Oh, okay, okay. Will: Grooving~
Jory: Wait, so was the first part of it like actually straight, it wasn't swung at all?
Umu: Good question, let's re-listen.
Jory: Yeah, those are just straight 8ths.
Will: It never goes back to the straight 8ths?
Jory: No.
Jory: No, cuz the next verse was still swung Will: Word.
Jory: And I remember that I was like, "Oh? We're stickin'" Will: Kind of a vibe.
Jory: That's cool, actually.
Will: Yeah.
Umu: I think what they did in this track, they did it really well,
like specifically like the "lala la la la",
they take that, they sample it out through the rest of the song, right?
But they change it a little bit, they cut off, they go like "lala la la-"
Stephanie: Yeah, no, it is that, yeah.
Owen: Yeah yeah.
Yeah, at 1:30...
Would you agree that these are quarters?
Kevin: Yeah.
Owen: Yeah, which means we have half, it's in cut-time, right?
And the first two quarters are a synth on F♯,
then a different synth sort of sound that was more like a plucked sort of,
Owen: like a cool banjo on the second quarter- Kevin: Unlike a normal banjo.
Owen: Banjos can be cool, yeah. Kevin: Banjos are cool.
Owen: So you have F♯ on a random synth, then D on a banjo synth on the second beat,
and then you have B-D with the singer,
and it's one line, it really is, so you are like:
*Owen singing line*
But it was like Kevin singing the first F♯ and then Emma (Umu) singing the second D
and then I go B - D
Let's do it, ready? 1, 2,
Owen: 1, 2, Umu: Wait, what's a...?
*Owen giving D and F♯*
Owen: 2, ready, and: Umu: Wait, what note, wait-
Kevin: Yeah, there you go.
Owen: You are *D* Umu: Okay
Owen: Yeah, 1, 2, ready, and:
Kevin: I like the extra octave too, that was cool.
Owen: So it's one line but because it was split among different sounds,
then it was like, it was cool, it had different textures.
Umu: And it's the klebshner-technique?
Kevin: "Klang" Owen: Yeah, the klebklebklamser.
Umu: Klemser?
Owen: No, Klangfarbenmelodie. Kevin: Klangfarben.
Owen: Klang, which means something,
[sound] Owen: Klang, which means something,
and then Farben which also means something
[colors] and then Farben which also means something
and then Melodie which probably means melody.
[yes]
Umu: Great!
Brian: I did definitely latch on to the funky bass line
because I was liking the funk aspect of the bass they incorporated.
I also feel like they had very clean vocals,
I could tell that there was a little bit of funk in there
but they almost like scrubbed it clean a little bit.
Sometimes funk can get a little dirty, you know?
Not dirty in like hhhh-
Umu: Not dirty as in like dirty~ but dirty as in dirty.
Brian: Yes. Umu: Yeah.
Brian: Like, I'm trying to think of a way to put it that isn't suggestive
cuz I feel like I keep thinking of suggestive words.
Like, uncooked!
Umu: Okayyy?
Brian: This was cooked a little bit.
And scrubbed clean.
Sterilized a little bit.
But it was still funky.
Does that make sense?
Jason: No.
Brian: No?
Jason: No.
I mean, yeah, but no.
It's very clean.
Umu: Mhm.
Jason: I don't particularly care for clean and scrubby.
I want something grittier, like something that will stand out.
But this is sweet and it's good, I mean it's nothing bad about it,
It's just like, it doesn't do anything for me.
Adam: I feel like you can't go wrong with that.
Adam: Like I feel like it's- yeah. Cat: It was so non offensive.
Cat: Like, there's nothing to not like,
but I was not passionate about anything that happened.
Umu: Why was that?
Adam: I feel like...
Cat: There was no risks.
Adam: There is no risks.
Cat: But you know what, to be fair,
sometimes the things you show us are some crazy risks.
Like...
I think it's cute, it's got a fun vibe, it's got a good beat,
and like the singing is all good, nothing bad happened,
everyone sounds good, nothing where I was just like oooh...
But I find this so listenable, like it's really, like I could listen to it.
Adam: Well, Cat and I were talking about this in the car the other day, where it's like,
sometimes you are passionate about music
and sometimes you just need a vibe
Adam: to fill out the background. Cat: This is a vibe, this is such a good vibe.
Cat: This is like, I don't care what they are talking about, what they are saying,
Umu: I just need this viiibe~ Cat: But like this vibe is good,
Cat: Like this is perfect like going for a drive with your friends vibe, (Adam: Like sunny, yeah.)
Adam: Like how it's been the last couple days, it's just sunny.
Cat: This I could listen to, yeah.
I'd never be like, "Oh you gotta check out this song"
I'd just be like, "Oh let me put this on"
and it'd be in a playlist of like vibe.
Adam: Yeah. Umu: That makes sense.
Umu: Let's just like say, overall, like sure,
this isn't something that like, you're like: "I've never heard that before!"
But what made this a solid song?
Leon: It's like when you go to a ramen restaurant
and then you expect ramen to be a certain kind of level
and then you have it, like, "oh this chāshū is nice, oh this broth is nice, oh this noodle is cooked right on"
but nothing really like stands out.
Umu: You weren't like "this is my favorite ramen restaurant"
Umu: You were just like, "I am satisfied." Leon: Right.
Leon: Yeah, I am satisfied, I am full.
Umu: But like what specific elements of this song makes it that ramen shop experience?
Stephanie: Let's say the melody is the chāshū then.
One thing I liked about the melody,
which I just notice like, what I like as a melody, I guess,
is like when they do:
That kind of thing. They sing:
Because everything else felt like pretty simple,
that part kind of just like, like, shone,
like, the past tense of shine,
cuz it's not "shined", right?
Umu: No, no.
Stephanie: Okay, shone.
So yeah, it like sparked a little, it shone for me
and just made me think about
"Oh yeah, that, I like that whenever I hear that in pop music."
So that's, that was the good, like the little fatty part of the chāshū.
Melody, I would say.
Umu: Then what would we call the noodles of the song?
Stephanie: Uh, maybe it's that underlining motif that keeps on going.
Yeah, cuz it's like, oh okay, like,
I was listening for how long they were gonna stick to that.
Leon: And then the broth is the arrangement.
Umu: Okay. Leon: It's the mixing and production.
Leon: Cuz that's, I believe, like, that's the core but also like the hardest part of the song,
to like make the arrangement.
Also in ramen it's like, the hardest thing is to make a really nice broth.
Stephanie: Mmm.
Umu: Right, because you like soak the meat in the water... Leon: Yeah, like boil it for 12 hours.
Umu: Yeah, hour, yeah.
Stephanie: Yeah.
Stephanie: Ramen.
Umu: Yeah!
Jason: You know Barney, the dinosaur?
Umu: Yes?
Jason: I f#%ĸing hate Barney.
Barney haunted my dreams for many years.
Brian: Oh-
Umu: HhHH-