Umu: Hello everyone, my name is Umu and I'm Reacttothek's channel creator
Sean: Hello everyone, I am Sean, Reacttothek's channel arranger and
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Umu: Welcome to Sean's and my's LOVELYZ' 'Obliviate' reaction
So I did preview this song and it sounded like the synth sounds were really awesome
So I'm really excited to jump into this and
Let's go! Three, two, one
*whispers like IU in her song Obliviate* o b l i v i a t e ~
oOOOo~
Umu: I love the pulsing that we get along with the guitar
Sean: I think what they've done like they've taken a fairly quick decay pluck pseudo-acoustic pluck
But then they're reversing longer ones
So it kind of fills
there aren't large holes in it even though it's-
short
Umu: Now the hi-hat is a little bit more piercing-
in the texture
OooO inTereStiNg water so- *OoO*
Umu: Descending-
And then we pick up
Umu: Nice~~
the percussion, the beat is so detailed
like the li-
the higher percussion sounds
Cause otherwise you've got the four-on-the-floor bass drum
or no... snare drum
*brrgm*
Sean: I like the little guitar in the right channel
Umu: We got rid of the bass
but we have the really beautiful piano part
and now it's gonna come back in
Umu: Prechorus is nice and dramatic
Sean: Yeah, I like in this style bin
and I guess it probably traces back to fx's four walls, um-
But more recently-
I think of this sort of-
This sort of bass part in this section with 공원소녀 (GWSN/Girls in the park)
Now here it's much longer I guess, it's more of the-
I guess like in the chorus proper, not the post chorus where it's a little more lucky-
Umu: Pizzicato, arpeggiating
*vocalizes* du-du-du-du
Umu: oKAY keyCHANGE!
Yep! And then we have the offbeat-
Hit... come back in
Sean: Oh that _____ little guitar-
Panned left to right
Umu: *cat screech/meow*
Oh? We got a little maj- major modal mixture
Sean: Yeah, I like that little- that style just having these little electric guitar plucks
very softly-
Sort of following choruses or post choruses filling in-
filling into space
Umu: Its- It kept getting louder and louder and louder and louder it's really scary
aHHHHHH woAAh
Sean: I'm wanna go back into the beginning and listen to the intro again
Okay, it might not be reversed,it might-
It might be that there's a delay on a version
It might be that they have one version and then they have a delay-
Basically on a second version that has a- a softer attack
It's been coming in
*vocalizes* And then-
*vocalizing*
Sort of on the off beats so I guess on like an eighth delay
Sean: That or they're just doing one pluck
But then there's an envelope manipulation that's making like the front of the pluck still strong
And then it's taking it down and then it's taking it back up. So it's like *vocalizes*
Like I guess like it would be- *vocalizes*
That sort of thing
not certain, but that-
That might be it, it's an interesting sound
I wish that had been more prominent throughout the song
I'm not sure if it completely disappeared-
I don't remember hearing it but it also could have just been really far back but I felt like that was-
That was one of the more interesting sounds they had in the song
The- the way they processed
This was making it more interesting than most of the plucks so I kind of wish they'd
Leaned into this one a little heavier because I think it would have given the song
a... like...
made the song more distinctive beyond what having a little bit of this did
Yeah, because it also feels almost artificially like it's made to decay at the front end
Yeah like that texture at the beginning with like
like this pluck that's in here now was in there but now
the *vocalizes* is gone
Oh, that was really nice that little *vocalizes*
Uh not the hi-hat I hear the hi-hat in there
But it was before the hi-hat came in sort of I guess foreshadowed it's entrance
S: And then more-
More like orchestral strings plucking here
It's a nice variety of sounds
like they do- they do a good job not just using like the same two plucks the whole time
I just wish...
My favorite one were more prominent
Amidst the variety of plucks
U: Ok, so one of the first things that came to mind when listening to that song
is that it sounded like I had little sprinkles of
Inspiration from IZ*ONE's 'Violeta' because it has a lot of light textures
Leading up to the pre-chorus in which we have this halftime-
dark-
bass, dramatic drop
So we have a little light *vocalizes*
We're feeling it like this
Except we- instead of
What uh, 'Violeta' does on every strong downbeat
We just have one giant hit and then we're floating for eight counts until we pick up the pace again. So-
Big hit and then we're kind of floating
and then-
Descending progression goes back up and then we start speeding up with it
*vocallizing*
*vocalizing*
And that bASS texture I absolutely love it
Yeah, and then when we go into the post chorus-
1:12, three, two, one
U: We lift everything off
So it's super satisfying when the bass does come back in
That happens several times throughout- throughout the song they play really nicely
with um- when to add in the extra
Uh lower frequency instruments and then take it out so that it feels extra
Dramatic and extra satisfying when it comes back in
Zoom time with Sean!
U: We- we match each other 's colorful aesthetic S: Yes
S: Yes U: unPLANNED
U: Hell yeah, okay., so right off the bat
What were your favorite moments of that song?
S: The intro
U: Yeah Yeah Yeah S: I love the processing on that pluck thing
U: Yeah! I wa- that was mind-boggling! But then right after the intro when we add
All the other different effects and like there's some water
U: *Vocalizing* Noises S: Yeah
U: And then another moment that stands out to me is in the third chorus when we have that
random major modal mixture moment
S: Oh, I think I missed that one
Oh, there it is-
S: Yeah- I yeah, you're completely right. I just missed it
U: I wonder if we could think really deeply, you know, you're trying to wipe memories
So like if we're in minor this whole time
Maybe that little major sneaking in is that like wiping of the memory
of where we've (S: Maybe?) been modally before? haha
S: Maybe?
Yeah, there are a couple of- I think there's some point I want to say it's in a-
pre-chorus where it- there's a
Major, although I think it's more of an applied dominant than just a straight up major
So yeah there- that happened on occasion. I think I-
I was focusing a lot just on the sounds in this one
U: Yeah for me, it just- when i'm approaching the song
It does have a progression that we've heard in a lot of other girl group songs
so, you know like just- like a little twist on descending fifth sequence and um, just you know,
Kind of heading tonally where we think it's going to go other than that modulation
U: That, I did- I did not see that coming at all S: Yeah
U: Um, but what really makes this song stand out is just the amount of layers
and um the production (S: Yeah) of the synths and panning it
right and left even though like the
*vocalizes*
You know that thing just going on and like- S: Yeah
U: little like *vocalizes* S: Yeah
S: Yeah, I like the recurring a little electric guitar *vocalizing*
at the ends of post choruses and like one I think it was just right and then one time
I think it went left to right and one time it went right to left
But just these little- it sounded like electric guitar just very softly
We're not talking like heavy distorted just like *vocalizes*
It was just sort of the tails on sections
U: Yeah, and then the vocals are just solid as always and they did a really good job, um invoking like the lighter
obliviATE~ obliviATE~ you know that lifted feeling
S: Oh okay U: So I felt like it-
Just the song overall both vocals and a track, uh helped create this kind of dramatic
but also mysterious vibe to support the lyrics
U: So yeah, we're really curious about your guys's opinion
I know this is quite a sound change for LOVELYZ
So I'm wondering if people really like the sound change
or if they prefer like a lot of their older tracks
I've heard- I think I like both
a lot like the- both their old sound and this new one
because just the production level is so incredibly high and-
um, really nice sounds
So, thank you so much for watching everyone and we'll see you later
S: Bye U: Looking forward to 'Shining☆Star' appearing on classical musicians react season, five!
U: wooooooo~~
U: Yay, goodbye S: Bye!