Shimon: Yeah Umu: Oh you didn't like the giant cat and all the-
Naoki: Wait Both: GIant Cat?
Naoki: I'm- Umu: SEE! (Honestly how do you miss the giant cat in the dessert smh)
Umu: ONE- YOU MISSED A GIANT ASS FUCKING CAT Shimon: HAHAHAA we were watching Naoki: We were actually watching that one! (Clearly not)
Naoki: There wasn't- (yes there was) Umu: IN THE DESSERT
Naoki: Prove it (Lol)
Umu: OK
Naoki: See look they have little fur coats- Oh there is Shimon: OH MY GOD Umu: THERE'S YOUR FUCKING GIANT CAT
Naoki: No it's actually just a normal size cat it's just shot differently
Because it's CGI. You don't believe me?
Umu: No Shimon: I just didn't know what a cat was
*Rossini's Semiramide Overture plays*
Umu: Alright
Can you introduce yourselves
*Awkward silence*
Mark: Hi Everyone: *laughs*
Hi I'm Mark, I play the violin
I'm a freshman
Nozomi: I'm Nozomi, I also play violin
Umu: This is a girl group
Hugo: Yaay Umu: This is RedVelvet (ReVeluv fandom we got a name finally it's liiiiittttt)
Umu: They're also a pretty strong vocal group and this song
what's cool about this group is they have 2 sides
they have their Red side which is more poppy, more feminine, more girly Gwen: And then their Velvet side
Umu: And then their Velvet side is R&B and like
matured woman- Hugo: Wait you just said Red side twice
Gwen: No she said Velvet Umu: No I said Velvet
Kevin: Do the 2 sides mix like Schumann
At sometimes
(No)
Umu: And this is their 3rd song that they ever put out and this is their red side
And it's called Ice Cream Cake
So this will make you hungry it's called- Mark: Hopefully it's like- it's like a food porn video with like just amazing graphics Nozomi: I though you just ate
Mark: There's always room for dessert remember Nozomi: Oh yeah
Fiona: Pop lock and drop it 5
a 4 a 3 a 2 and a 1
Fiona: Oh my god gimme some of that cake
OH MY GOD Those nails
Peyton: Ah that actually looks delicious
Mark: Wow never seen that topping
Jarod: Oh I want a slice of that
Kevin: That's pretty p- Wooo
Shimon: That's creepy Naoki: Ahah yeah
Hugo: I am in a horror movie
Gwen: Yeah immediately
Shimon: And I think it was the melody, Na na na Naoki: Yeah
Naoki: Well it was like a mode
Gwen: Not anymore but- Hugo: No
Gwen: They were just like.. Tritone chords
Yunyi: celeste!?!?!... give it to me
Fiona: They're so cute Henry: I dig this a lot
Kevin: Man it's like a minor tendency is da da da Yunyi: Yeah
Lindsey: Haha she's wearing a University of Michigan s... crew neck
Gwen: Their hair is so cute
They're pulling out like 90's hairstyles
Naoki: Oh my god this is definitely a motif now
Kevin: Ooh mixture
Nozomi: Oh that's interesting
Yunyi: It's because they have the- the minor 3rd but then they go directly to the- Kevin: Yeah
Yunyi: to 1
Kevin: WHAT Yunyi: WOAAH (Damn right yall shook)
Shimon: That was very different
Kevin: It went.. up a- up a whole step Yunyi: Keep it coming
Davis: They always do that weird thing at the end of the phrases where it's like major
But it's like, they don't really prepare it
so you're ready for it, you're just like oh wait what
Gwen: I'm beginning to think that kpop groups started whipping before we started whipping (They dabbed in Korea way before we did)
Yunyi: I love that
I looooovvee it Kevin: I kinda like it
Fiona: Dude I want all of the beverages they're having
Nozomi: Oh savage she was drinking at a place where it said no food or drink
Henry: This is pretty f***ing dope actually Fiona: Are they actually singing about desserts (No)
Jarod: The aesthetic of just breaking water
Gwen: Was that just a random papaya floating in the water
Davis: And it sounds like a toy piano almost, that's playing in the background
Both: ~Lalalala! lalalalala~~
Peyton: Kinda like the beat too
Yunyi: Like lowkey horror
Peyton: Oh it's so cool they do a major first then they do a minor
Yunyi: Man Kevin: There's actually no harmonic relation it just jumps
Henry: They go from.. A to B
Kevin: it's great
Henry: Gimme that (Ice cream)
Flat seveeenn
Nozomi: Woah woah
Yunyi: Woaah Kevin: Haha wa
Nozomi: What was that Mark: In the Midwest (It's Cali lol) there's something
Gwen: They have a good ensemble
Hugo: Yeah Gwen: They blend well
Kevin: Do you scream ever-
Both: Hahha
Kevin: Oh they repeat it
Mark: I scream you scream
Nozomi: Gimme gimme- gimme that gimme that ice cream
Mark: So is it i'm screaming or ice cream or is it a play on words
Jarod: Dude there's just something hip about the Korean language
Which is like- it just bounces man
Mark: I just don't understand the connections between ice cream and you scream
Henry: It's symbolic
Fiona: It's definitely symbolic of something
Henry: It's a innuendo Fiona: of something special
WHAT THE F******CCCKKKKK
Peyton: Oh that's a big cat
(Yet Shimki missed it)
Henry: THERE'S JUST A MASSIVE CAT IN THE DESSERT
WOW
Lindsey: Oh I see it Davis: YEah
Lindsey: They're all wearing Thrasher
Gwen: It modulates every- what is that dominant
Kevin: OOhh different different Yunyi: Yeah they didn't go major that time
Kevin: Oh no- Yunyi: Oh now they did
Kevin: Now it's in major, yeah
Yunyi: ~come and chase MEEEEEEE~
Hugo: I think they use the chromatic thing to go back down I think that's how they do it Gwen: YEah
Both: I scream you OHHOHO
Yunyi: OHOHOHO we got played
Peyton: The beauty of chromaticism
You can do whatever you want
Gwen: It went back down
Hugo: Yeah Gwen: But it's not lower than it was before
Hugo: No yeah Gwen: Just somehow get back up
Hugo: I think they just go up a whole step then they go back down a whole step
Jarod: I love those jackets though
Peyton: I- Jarod: Like the lights (Oh he was talking about the fur ones)
Peyton: I just love them
Yunyi: He- *Looks at Kevin* Kevin: I scream you scream gimme that gimme that ice cream
(Lol extra)
(Wtf was that noise XD)
Hugo: Gimme that gimme that ice cream Gwen: Yeah it's the times where they say I scream you scream
like there's no vocal line so that's when they start modulating
Gwen: Yeah Hugo: No I think they do it before then, I think they do it right...
I think they do it preettyyyy soon I think once they hit the actual refrain they're back in the original key Gwen: Wait we gotta- we gotta listen- we gotta find it
Fiona: Gimme that what
Umu: Gimme that gimme that your lips
Fiona: Ooh ok yeah definitely a huge innuendo
it- for that cat (LOL)
in the dessert
Jarod: I love the beat
and yeah what Peyton said how they did that cool minor major thing
it was great but I was definitely entra-
some beautiful human beings in that group
Peyton: You're gonna have to apologize I mean when we watch like 40 guy groups in a row Jarod: Some beeaautiful
and you've finally shown us a girl group Jarod: And you're just like BABFBAK (Definitely not a sexual innuendo)
AND I SAW THE BREAK ROOM AND I WAS LIKE SHALALALA
Jarod: Sorry Umu: HHAhA
Umu: Ok
English lyrics then you'll get what it's about Nozomi: Oh
Umu: Please gimme that sweet taste, ice cream cake or the flavor that fits this special day that ice cream that's on my mouth
makes your heart pound and you'll come to me
It's so tasty so come and chase me I can't hold it in I scream
you scream, gimme that gimme that ice cream
Umu: Hah mark's getting it
Mark: So many, I can't believe it, what
Nozomi: I'm still-- Mark: Maybe it's one of those videos where it's better not to know the lyrics
Just a
Assume it's one of those innocent happy songs
Umu: Exactly Nozomi: I still don't get it
Umu: I'll tell you after the video
Gwen: OOOOOHHHHH
Gwen: What is that, applied dominant
Hugo: No it's a chromatic.. modulation
There we go that's where it is
And then they go back to the refrain the re-
(I just started dancing the chorus lol)
They make that- they make the modulated key an applied chord of the original key
They modulate high enough that they make that chord the dominant of
the original key and then they go back down to the original Umu: That;s so cooooll
Davis: What I like about the music is.. I really like you know they're telling you about this whole chase me thing (Go watch Dreamcatcher Chase Me)
As they were singing that, in the background they had this like jigidajigidajigidajigida
I mean like it- it created a sense of urgency Lindsey: It's like the uh
Lindsey: Erlkönig
davis: Den Erlenkönig (dddddddudududududuudududud) schubert. have you guys-
did you have that in theory yet?
Davis: It's supposed to create like a chase- like through the music I thought they did some of that with their music here where they sort of
like things sort of reflected what they were singing
singing in the music
not saying, singing
Lindsey: I just liked it cuz it was catchy and fun
(Lol)
Yunyi: Anyways.. I'll trust that
The lyrics was probably a conscious choice Kevin: Well it says chase me, you know there's like a-
Kevin: There's like a nuh uh (Kevin would make a great sassy girl)
There's like an unh unh type of feeling which is always good
Yunyi: I was gonna talk about
Something musically- OH there was lowkey kazoo action in the background did you hear that
There was some phewweeew
like some kazoo
Umu: So you liked the chromatic melodies in that Henry: Yeah, I dug the modulation between Fiona: I enjoyed all of it, it was hilarious
It was in B then it was also in A sometimes
and also in B other times FIona: Red Velvet, more like Scarlet, like they deserve a better.. better
Red- Crimson
Umu: ANYWAYS
We're moving on to their Velvet side, this is Automatic (Make sure you're using my subs not Automatic subs hehe)
Mark: I have a feeling it's gonna have lament bass in it
Nozomi: They usually- yeah
Yunyi: Very different topic than Ice Cream Cake
Umu: Yes
Yunyi: Automatic ice cream cake
Like
Automatic
Riffles
Automatic ice cream cake
(Yunyi wtf)
Umu: Whaat
Kevin: Automatic riffles that shoot ice cream cake
Jarod: We about to take you on a nice velvetty journey (Ok you need to show them girl groups more often)
Enjoy
(I feel uncomfortable)
*Click*
*Creepy wink*
(Omg stop him pls)
Kevin: OOh there's some
what
Peyton: unhunh
Ooh
(I'm dancing to this part too lol)
Fiona: Ooh
Dude they're so versatile
Shimon: Spaghetti (BUT DOESN'T NOTICE A GIANT CAT)
Naoki: Mussles
Shimon: Brown Couch
Naoki: Red
Velvetty
Shimon: Fish
Tight, tight
Naoki: Ok
Lindsey: Oh it's like- it's like a mom's club
Gwen: Well this is beautiful
*Hugo ruins it*
Hugo: Also- Gwen: Their voices are so much better suited to this style
Naoki: Yeah their voice types are different now
Hugo: I mean we've only heard one but yeah
Naoki: it's because they're conveying different characters, this one's like silkier
As opposed to upbeat and like
youthful Shimon: Darker
Richer
Naoki: It's velvetier
(These 2 I swear)
Gwen: But this is like ideal R&B tone
Hugo: Yeah GWen: Where it's like breathy and sultry and stuff
Hugo: But not too breathy
Fiona: It is very R&B it kinda reminds me of 2000's R&B
Gwen: Also their diction is like
I don't know it cuz it's Korean but it's good
Shimon: This is a really huge stylistic difference though between the 2 videos Naoki: Oh yeah
Jarod: I'm just gonna straight up say, this beat
This melody
Is bangin
Kevin: I'm surprised I like their poppy side more
This hits all the R&B beats.. R&Beats
Gwen: Ooh did you hear that descant? *Hugo blows nose*
Henry: Ungh that chord
Umu: What's descant?
Gwen: It's like a
So you know how the highest line is usually the melody
Sometimes there's a higher line, that's not the melody
And if it's like- it's basically
cou- like a counterpoint to the melody
But it's not a harmony
Umu: Are you enjoying
Henry: Yes I mean
Not so much the lyrics and the singing, but
The chord progression
If there were- if- if
If there was someone rapping over this I'd be like
BRUH (Not him too)
Fiona: Dude that's actually really true
Nozomi: I mean this chromaticism ma- Mark: Very R&B sounding
Hugo: Oh damn girl, sh*t get it
Fiona: They're such good dancers
In sync
Hugo: Also dancing in heels, props Gwen: Also.. yeah
Davis: This is definitely very R&B, this chords are so, there's just a lot of major 7th and like Lindsey: Mhm
Jarod: Late night at the coffee shop
peyton: yeah man
Yunyi: Woah English
This is such easy listening Kevin: Yeah I agree
Yunyi: It's cuz everything is kinda
like
At the same dynamic level and the instrumentation is very consistent through
But the vocals are really interesting but they're not overbearing
Henry: Bridge
Peyton: Woooohhhh
Fiona: AHHH
Henry: Ooh it's good
Peyton: I love the chords
Henry: OOhhh
Chords OOhhh
Lindsey: you know like they gotta slow it down a little you know
Henry: OOOHHH
Mark: I like the- the beat, it's like the vibe of the song, it' pretty nice
(It's moments like these that make me happy, less work XD)
Jarod: Like- Ooh I dig this
Kevin: Man their dancing looks so classy
Mark: I like the way the water is filmed backwards too there
Herny: The chor- uh
The chorus is just like
But like, the bridge was like EEEHHE
Mark: I don't know I always thought Korean wasn't really a vocal language but this kind of just like
it sounded natural
It wasn't- I thought it sounds usually consonant nozomi: *sings* sooo natural
marK: what
Nozomi: No- they.. they.. the lyrics
Jarod: Like- nice like that cinematic they- Peyton: ~Automatic~
Jarod: Ending where it began
Henry: Yeah, wow I definitely like this one better
Fiona: WOW there's such a contrast between the two sides Henry: Yeah honestly good for them for being able to do both of those really well
Jarod: Yeah this music.. very sexy
Booty-ful I might say
*Peyton is so embarrassed*
Lindsey: I feel like I just don't have very much to say about this song it's just very straightforward, just like
Like it's definitely ... kinda... just chill
Jarod: This is the kinda music that I'd put on, when I love
someone neomu neomu neomu much
And I would express how much I love them
With this music
And then we'd engage in tickle fights
Lindsey: I wish I had more to say about it but I just don't really Davis: Yeah I just- I love- I loved it
Lindsey: Yeah yeah no I- Davis: I love the music like you can hear the chimes in the back and the synth
Umu: What musically makes it sound like R&B from the early 2000's
Davis: There's a lot of like- whenever anytime it's like
I just say teh early 2000's cuz that's a lot of the R&B that I listen to
But like
You hear a lot of those major 7th and suspended chords that are going on in the synthesizer
And also they like to do all the transition between ideas like they used that chime in the background so it's like Lindsey: Yeah
And the bass- the bass is almost always like- it's like a specific groove
buum
badoom
doom
babooboom
It's very steady- it's always
you can just feel how it just lays back on the beat
It just makes it- it just gives it that chill effect
Mark: This one sounded more like
What I'm used to hearing
On radio stations from R&B groups so.. I didn't think that Kpop could sound like this so
I feel like I had one type of music in mind when I
When people say what kpop is (BigBang Fantastic Baby, that's what it was for me lol)
So this is definitely broadening my
sphere
Umu: Let's just talk about their voices and that song Gwen: Oh Beeaautiful Hugo: Amazing
Gwen: Beautiful
Very well suited
Umu: Do you want me to show you some live performances from them
Gwen: Yes.. of the velvet side Hugo: Yeah Me: YES Umu: Ok I'l probably show the
Umu: Of the velvet side, not on like immortal- I have immortal songs too
Hugo: Both are fine Gwen: Do that yeah
Umu: Was there anything like
musically interesting about the chords in this one or...
Kevin: I mean it def- it sounds pretty generic for R&B but the bridge
did have- there were some moments but because the chords were too crunchy I actually can't tell you
Like what they did
It feels like a different language (weeeelll)
R&B and like it's not a language that I've mastered
Yunyi: I was gonna say I actually thought the vocals or harmony were the.. only.. real.. dynamic thing about this
song we just listened to
Cuz like everything- like the beat was the same, the instrumentation was mostly the same
there was no rise and fall of like.. stuff cuz lik
you know like usually when other groups umm get like a chord change or just when other musicians get a chord change
Like they'll make a big deal out of it
most of the time
Cuz usually at a sectional break but these- they just kinda
went back and forth you know, modulated places
Peyton: See that is what we would call
for yall not aware of my culture
that's what we'd call a slow jam
now you can experience that in your own- in your own time but (JAROD WHAT ARE YOU DOING)
Slow jam is a beautiful style with a lot of
Nice ?? going usually
major 7 on to minor 11 like they just sequence them down
Just sit down at a piano and figure it out you're like
take you about 20 mins if you know some theory then you'll AUTOMATICally be a neo soul R&B person I mean (Jarod is so extra nvm don't show him gg's)
Major 7's and minor 11's
(Omg Jarod)
Go to town, but
Very beautiful song, good groove
beautiful women to match
Gwen: They're going for the sound and they're getting it
you know what I mean
like it's not bad technique
Like they're not doing anything that screeches ?? Hugo: I thought their technique was pretty good I thought like
Gwen: I mean it's- it's hard to be a- have good technique
in that style, you know what I mean
Hugo: Yeah no but I think there is a way and I think they're definitely closest
out of all the vocal groups we've seen I think they actually did a really good job of
keeping the breath support because
being that breathy x2 Gwen: ~It just comes automatic~
Hugo: And singing that you need a lot of breath support Gwen: ~It just comes automatic~
Gwen: Yeah I can't
Hugo: You can't straight tone it
Umu: Ok so which side did you like better
*Pointing to nothing*
*points up*
Yunyi: First one (Oh jk it was a 1)
Kevin: Yeah first one Umu: So Ice Cream Cake
Umu: Velvet side or Red side
Naoki: The fun side
Shimon: Ok see I think I like the music from the first one better
Umu: Oh but then- Shimon: But I didn't like the video because It was a little too extra (Said the one who didn't see the giant cat)
Umu: Ok.. Ok so which one did you like
Gwen: It's- this one x3
Hugo: Yeah same Gwen: This one
Fiona: I'm a fan
I can't pick which one Henry: I dig
Fiona: Umm I kinda feel like I wanna go with the first one that I like more
Fiona: It was like.. blatantly like I"M A GIRL Hnery: I definitely like the 2nd one
Deal with it
Nozomi: Well because I didn't really understand what the lyrics meant I like the feel of the song for Ice Cream Cake better, it's I guess
I don't really know R&B
like I don't know much of it so it's just a new experience for me
Umu: Then which one did you like better, their red side- Lindsey: I like the first one
Umu: Red side or Automatic
or.. Velvet
Umu: Ok so I'm guessing are you guys liking the Velvet side better than the Red side
Jarod: Oh you bet Peyton: Yes
Jarod: You know it
Peyton: Yes
Jarod: You know it
Peyton: YEs
Jarod: Don't lie to yourself
Peyton: YESSS Jarod: This is the best thing you've heard all day
Both: Yes