umu: ARE YOU GUYS PUMPED FOR MORE AKMUUUU
FIONA: YEAAAAAH
henry: yEAS umu: ok so
as i told you before, akmu- the brother in akmu is headed off to the military
henry: WAIT whAT???
umu o i didn't tell you that
henry: nooOOO
*semiramide overture plays*
umu: they released a song called last goodbye cus the brother is going off to the military
and then they released a short film, and they JUSt released this a few days ago (lol this is rly old footage)
davis: oh like IRL he is? lindsey: yeah this was
lindsey: released on the 16th of Febuary
hugo: ok so now we're gna watch this umu: yes
gwen:- really saad
gwen: what is he diiiies
hugo: shhhh
let's focus on the music video
umu: be positive
hugo: 3, 2, 1
gwen: this is adorable
OHMYGOD is this footage of them as kids umu: yes
i'm dying
shimon: i swear that looks like japan
umu: it might be japan naoki: so it's not :P
shimon: i'm pretty sure this one is
that is japan
naoki: wait you've been there?
noo but like- the poles and like the markings on the poles and stuff like that
Naoki: Oh yes
Shimon: That's really Japanese
Gwen: This makes me so happy but
Hugo: I like their attacks and releases
and it might be part of the language but just the way they're saying it, it just-
Yunyi: Awww hahaha
*Inhale*
That's soooo cute
Gwen: This is gonna sound really weird
But this is the first song
That I have been actively aware that it's not in English (Gwen wtf XD)
Davis: I like this
You're right this is fun
Lindsey: Yeah
Emiel: Was he- What are all those things Henry: Aww it's so cute
Henry: I really really really like the brother sister vibe that happens
And it definitely reminds me of how me and my sister are cuz we're really really close
Lindsey: I really like all of their music that we've heard, I mean this is only the third song that we've heard by them but like
Kevin: No they just, they just used the silence on the f-
fourth?
Ok we'll figure it out
Yunyi: We'll figure it out
Kevin: Heh
Kevin: Let's not say five four til we're sure
Naoki: It's quite catchy
But there's a lot of pauses and breaks which doesn't help it flow a little bit
So it kinda starts and stops
Like it's quite sectional
Yunyi: Dude what are the chances of having like a brother sister duo that's this talented, this good looking and like
This musically trained
Kevin: And they're so quirky it's like they can just let go in their videos Yunyi: I know ah
Gwen: And now I think it's cute and so now I'm even more sad
Yunyi: Hahaha *Kevin is doing a thing*
Hugo: Their slides are really good
Lindsey: I love how they sing in unison
Lindsey: Like, in different octaves Henry: ????
Naoki: Yeah
It's groovy
Lindsey: I like how he's just laying on the ground laughing
Same
Emiel: The groove is light it's not like heavy
Henry: Yeah there's definitely like a th- gr- yeah
Umu: HAHAHHAHA Emiel: It kinda has a (country?) vibe
Umu: Oh
Emiel: Kind of has a country vibe
Henry: All of their music is like really light
Which is really nice
Emiel: Mmhm Henry: It just sits really well
Lindsey: From both of them though. Neither of them are really showing any expression at all whatsoever, they kinda just look dead in the face
The whole- The whole time
Maybe it's because they're sad that they're gonna be separated but they're still sounding happy in the song
I feel like I need to come up with a meaning behind everything now
Yunyi: You're right it does get into four four Kevin: Ahuh
Kevin: Ooh I love that fifth!
Kevin: Ungh Yunyi: Aw parallel fifths ugh
Kevin: But done right
Kevin: Cuz pop music Yunyi: Yeah but
Naoki: Is this Justin Beiber now
*Laughs at own joke*
Shimon: Oh my god (I literally just got the joke too and omg)
kevin: nooo! That was so good- such a great ending!
bab babeh babeh babe-
hugo: they're diction is so- it fits into the song gwen: yeah
hugo: the way they're saying the words gwen: the text...the text is
gwen: is part of the song
gwen: and so i like can't ignore it like I normally do
naoki: i just can't believe they had that lying around
shimon: that's true
naoki: i mean- do you have baby photos? there might be videos...?
shimon: i do
henry: yeah it's very much not pop-ified by the fact that it's emiel: acoustic
emiel: it's all acoustic fiona: i think it's very raw
hugo: that was soooooo cuuuuuuute
gwen: i had one musical comment
the rest is me just being really-
hugo: I had many musical comments so it's ok gwen: sorry i'm a failure
emiel: it's not eletric...which was nice
henry: i mean there was like electric guitar that was sort of like....comping a little bit like
it definitely wasn't like over bearing
or like very intense
and it wasn't all synthed out
and i liked that there was real piano
henry: that was niiice fiona: it was chill
fiona: it was chill yet like... gets you goin
umu: right
emiel: yup
umu: cool
henry: there were moments where it was minor buT IT INCLUDED MAJOR 6THS!
emiel: WHAT
oh wow
umu: so you were talking about like it pauses and-
naoki: yeah at least like until the ennd like
before the final chorus it would keep pausing which made it a little bit harder for me
shimon: i do understand what you're getting at
naoki: -get into the groove
naoki: like it would pause and you're like -HNNG-
shimon: it's like stuttering.
naoki: yeah
naoki: i mean that could be their point but maybee
it it doesn't help me appreciate it at first, maybe with a few more hearings...yeah
davis: the whole like subject matter isn't necessarily the happiest thing but like still make it an enjoyable experience
lindsey: to watch and listen to davis: yeah
its sort of like this whole like escapist mentality of just like 'oohhh lets just have some funnn' listening to this
and so i think that's good
like let people enjoy things!
naoki: yeah
shimon: hearings...? xD
naoki: aww c'mon shimon: dictation?XD
naoki: ohh yeah time to dictate yup
umu: that's the whole point of this channel- you have to dictate kpop
naoki: yup
that would
be
interesting
umu: but I also think...if we understood what the lyrics were (I couldn't find any at the time)
the- it would give so much more sense to what they were saying
naoki: oh yeah absolutley
yeah
shimon: what were they talking about?
naoki: childhood?
umu: i think they were talking about like-
they get a lot of hate for being "ugly"...because their face isn't "perfect" and "beautiful"
naoki: in korea?
umu: yeah in korea naoki: in korean standards?
umu: so I think they were talking about like...
how like..."oh you call me ugly but i'm happy living my life how I am"
and the like sibling rivalry like "you're ugly!" "you're ugly!" "i'm better" "you're better!"
like you know just fun- you know- like
kinda like they're having fun fighting themselves almost
so- i think it's a really fun song that way
naoki: yeah
i mean it was at a playground so it was playful shimon: yeah that's true
umu: HA ok