(subtitles by @angelade17 on Twitter, the Stray Kids dance tutorials guy)
*wind whistling noises* *Kevin aggressively munches his food*
KEVIN: *chokes*
UMU: Hi guys, this is Umu from ReacttothekK and this is...
KEVIN: Kevin, with no- nothing near his mouth
UMU: Yes, you will hear some high-pitched *makes squeaky noises*
And that is the wind
KEVIN: *shakes head* That's her mind UMU: Because it's movin'...
UMU: It's my mind
You can literally hear what's going on in my mind
U: Um, 70 miles per hour wind outside K: [singing] "Where is my mind?" reference
U: Okay anyways, today! Stray Kids, "District 9!"
So Stray Kids is a newly debuted boy group under JYP entertainment
So that's DAY6 and Twice, and GOT7
K: DAY6 has a new song coming out
U: Japanese song? K: They're releasing hella teasers
U: WHAT
K: Not DAY6, I mean Twice U: ...Yes
K: I meant Twice but I said DAY6
U: I was like, HONEY K: I love groups with numbers in their names because they all
K: My brain doesn't know what's what
U: Anyways yeah, so basically they (Stray Kids) released a lot of pre-debut songs
U: And they compose all their own stuff, and they're a very very strong rapper group K: They're very very strong
U: Very very strong (K: Very very) Yeah yeah, I've been impressed with their rapping, but um
Melodically harmonically, their stuff isn't as complex, um, but I remember like, a lot of people are saying like
Good, you've gotta hear it, 'cause rapping
U: 'Cause you like Block B's rapping, some people were saying K: I DO like Block B's rapping
U: So here we go! This is, yeah, their official debut
*owl noises in the background*
K: Also, I've not seen "District 9", so if they make references I'll just be like
K: Rome comp U: Question mark
K: 3 2 1
K: Oh no, it's "District 9" isn't it? U: That'd be cool if the key like, the beeping is in the key of the song
[t/n: ICONIC INTRO]
U: *jamming out*
U: Oh, damn!! I like how we- K: I like how he starts, I like the rhythm
U: It starts as if it's in like fast 4, and then once the rapping starts, you notice oh my god (K: But also his-) it's cut time
K: The first thing he raps has like, heavy syncopation U: Yeah
K: Which is great U: *sings the rhythm*
K: Way to go against the beat, yeah
K: Oh, it's so good
U: Oh! K: =O
U: Oh, the hype just keeps going!
U: *sings with the bassline*
U: *anticipates a different note*
K: Ayy, you've been programmed
K: You've been programmed U: Was that lament bass?
K: *shakes head* It doesn't go down
K: It's just I VII VI
U: 3/4ths of them go down K: Oh no, it goes down U: It does!
U: Lament bass! *claps*
K: Oh, love those quarter tones
K: I love the sci-fi vibe U: Yeah
K: It fits the song- like, this weird synth sound
U: Yeah, it fits what's going on story-wise K: It's woah
U: *sings* "Better watch out!" K: Do they have like death grips?
K: I mean okay, this is not death grips. But like
U: That's so cool, there's like high and screechy to this really smooth low talking K: Uh-huh
K: I like how when you're faced with like *zzzt* There's like a static
U: Yeah, harmonically this is moving nowhere but it's SO hype and it keeps your attention rhythmically (K: Yeah, it is really hype)
K: And the rapping! U: Yeah
K: Sick flows, man
K: Sick fuckin' flows! U: He's added some tones, to his rap (K: PG)
U: Oh that was so cool, did you hear that? *vocalizes rhythm*
K: Nope
U: Wait that was so cool! Okay we need to go back K: I will listen to it- there will be re-going back
U: This is so much energy!
U: "Ow!"
K: Love the camerawork (U: Yep) by the way
U: I think it adds to the energy (K: Yeah) the *demonstrates zooming in and out*
K: [deep voice] "DISTRICT 9"
K: That's pretty bad-ass
U: Tonic prolongation!
U: Okay
U: Here's the bridge that moves around a little bit more
Still pretty diatonic *laughs*
K: It's too diatonic (U: It's very diatonic) but you know what, I like the timbre
K: ...of the percussion, c'mon!
K: C'mon! It's so good U: I love the sound of the lower percussion
U: It's kinda like-
U: I really friggin' dig this rhythms
U: *sings the bassline*
U: *sings the bass note* Was there- was the guitar originally in this rhythm before? K: I don't remember
K: [low voice] "District" U: *sings the synth part*
K: Aw man, that- "System Blower"? Anybody? "System Blower"? U: *continues to sing synth part*
U: Oh I like the lower harmonies
K: What harmonies? U: They added- I think it was fourths below
U: Okay, we'll go back, I'll show you
Usually they have just like, you know, a lower octave supporting, but those were actual harmonies
K: I didn't hear any harmonies U: THERE ARE HARMONIES
U: Okay, ready? K: No
U: Again
U: Lower harmonies! There's *sings melody* and there's *sings harmony*
K: Well, ah (U: *sings harmony again*) It's too subtle
U: It's there K: It's too subtle
U: No, but that's what is so fuckin' awesome about subtle harmonies is that you don't notice them unless you're looking for it
So if you just like, listen to a song just for the hype, you don't notice things
And then one day you're bored, you're like, you know what, I'm gonna actually like REALLY listen to this
And then you discover so many new things
U: That's the cool thing about subtle harmonies
K: That IS the cool thing about subtle harmonies. But I'm not sure if this one has them
U: Well you- you heard those, right? K: No
U: Okay well, they're there K: Okay
K: Trust Emma, she's the ReacttotheK-er
U: Anyways, I just wanted to go back to go over that really cool rhythm part K: Sure
K: They're on the bus U: They're on the bus! K: With some handheld stuff
U: Okay, bus
[t/n: Han Jisung, the talent, the legend]
K: Nice
U: *claps and flails*
K: That's SO good U: THAT'S SO GOOD
K: And even before that, his entire like, half verse was crazy
Because you have triplets that kind of show up
And then they're just straight eighths, you just have a little bit of triplet action
K: And then at the end, *verbalizes rap rhythm* U: *verbalizes rhythm*
U: Like, he's rapping so fast I have to triple-tongue K: Guys, guys, some of you will get this
K: Could this be the Brock Hampton of K-pop?
K: *mind explosion*
U: I don't know what he's talking about. And anyways, how they get into the chorus
U: Is it irregular measures or they just start weird pick-up? (K: They just, no it's-)
U: *starts counting the beats*
K: No it's regular, it's regular
K: Yep
K: Ohhhh, you're right! U: *claps* The drop's on 3!!
K: So there's a half... No no no, it's just a shorter measure
They put a half measure in it. Because the chorus itself is still in 4
It starts a new 4
K: Yes U: So it goes *sings*
K: Yes, yes. *sings* Yep
K: That one I don't think there's an irregular, it just, it just U: Yeah
U: So there's irregular measure second time. Let's see what it goes first time
K: That percussion, holy
Holy shrek
Holy shrekker
K: I think it's a half-measure, it's a half-measure. Okay
U: So yeah uh, mind blown
I think, I think by far out of all their other songs, my mind has been blown the most with the rap in this song
Triple stuff is- like, it actually takes out the duple percussion in the background sometimes
And it just goes into triple. And I haven't heard that before in K-pop
K: Damn solid U: So this is friggin' awesome
U: Um, YES we will be adding this to the React list
But prepare yourself for people to be like, *whines* it doesn't move anywhere methodically or harmonically
But we'll definitely compliment the rhythms and rapping like crazy
K: That's because they haven't listened to Brock Hampton!
U: Again, I don't get what he's saying, but some of you probably do
But yeah that- the rapping is just amazing
U: So I definitely want to compliment that K: Mm-hmm
U: Yeah. Thanks for watching guys, bye!