Umu: Hi everyone, my name is Umu
Kevin: My name is Kevin
Umu: I run the Classical and Jazz musicians react series
Kevin: I'm a pianist from Classical Musicians React
Umu: And I'm
a french
horn
player
Kevin: Oh
It's okay
thousands of tears later
Umu: So yeah
It's been a wink-
It's been a.. humm..
Kevin: It's been a wink? Umu: It's been a minute
That's the saying
Umu: I wrote it down cuz I kept forgetting the saying
But it's - it's been a minute since Keving and I have filmed a duo reaction to Seventeen but
Neither of us is on hiatus and our availabilities have lined up
and..
WOOO
Seventeen is back
This is the first title track that we've seen so many
non ????? or Seventeen members as part of the production or the song writing so
I'm curious what sounds they go for
Alright, would you - would you like to do the count down
Kevin: Sure
3 - 2 - 1 - Play
Kevin: did it go?
Kevin: There's some crazy effect going on with the-
some panning, some fading in and out- the instruments
Umu: I love how the "Ta-da" Kevin: They have the "ta-da"
Umu: Yeap, jinxs
Umu: Nice contrast to choosing where members with a darker voice
Umu: Yeah, lower register.
Kevin: This is one of those chord progressions that just works
Like it goes down and then go up to the minor and
softens back into the B flat Mayor
Umu: That was a smooth transition into like
rap or spoken part
Kevin: Mm
Umu: Omagad That BASS
Umu: Oh, oh, it's the left now
Umu: Oh, it's traveling
Umu: That's dope
Umu: I can't stop listening to it
Kevin: Yeah, the bass is great
Kevin: YoU GiVE mE PUrPosE
Kevin: Nice
Kevin: Uh, I like the rhythm
Of this sing rapping
Kevin: And there's some mayor - minor interplay with the A chord
Umu: Oh I missed that
Kevin: It's like: Is a mayor? Is a minor?
Umu: I'm kind of really entranced by the rhythm of the vocals
Umu: I'll talk more about the phrasing after the song ends
Kevin: Uh
Kevin: I like it Umu: That was cool
Kevin: It doesn't interrupt the flow
Kevin: uh
Kevin: Yeah, there's some interesting inter ????
sings
Umu: Right
Kevin: The first time, I think that was a straight 7, like
demonstrates
Kevin: Or something like that
Umu: Ohhhh
Umu: I like the- sounds like strings
sings
on the off beats
Kevin: I like the "James and the Giant Peach"
Umu: Eyy
Kevin: It's a simple bridge but those vocal harmonies made it
great
Umu: Usually they use the high notes to lead up to the final chorus but they brought the register back down with S.coups
and then transitioned into the final chorus
A little bit surprised by that
Kevin: That's a lot of water Umu:
Kevin: Uh, outro
Nice
Yeah so in the chorus
It was E minor
and then in the verse they do E mayor
and that little change kind of plays with my ear in a weird way
Umu: So, basically in lamer terms, what Kevin is saying
is that we have a set pattern of notes that the verse plays
and then just a few of those notes-
the pattern changes a tiny bit for the chorus
and so, we have most of the same notes but the few ones that really
differentiate the mood when we switch between the verse en chorus which
I did not catch on because I kept listening to either the texture
or the rhythms in the vocals
so I'm glad we listened to like very opposite things
whenever you were listening to the melody I was listening to instrumentals
whenever I was listening to instrumental, you were listening to melody
so I'm glad we balanced each other out
with this first listen
Kevin: I kind of wish the-
The sort of fast fade in and fade outs of the
that type of pulsating harmony at the very beginning of the song
came back at some point
but it didn't
yeah, I thought that was a really cool intro and
I was ready to see what they could do with that
Umu: But instead they kept it as just instrument
Kevin: Yeah I think, the texture (Umu: Instrument? Intro)
Yeah, it's a little same-y
Like I was ready for the bridge to be a bit more different
It was still, it was a good short snappy bridge
Umu: Yeah
So, rhythmically with the vocal phrases,
it's a nice contrast whenever it switches from member
from singing on the beat -
so when you're head banging, the notes that they're singing lines up with your head banging
To starting the phrase when their notes do NOT line up with your head banging
So you like
demonstrates
That's basically what we call a syncopation
Kevin: Yeah, it's a nice song
Kevin: It's short but I think with (Umu: Oh it is!)
the textures that they explore it's the right length
Umu: Right Kevin: I know
Kevin: Yeah, there's definitely room for experimentation
but I'm- I'm glad with what they did that they didn't drag the song out even more
Umu: Mmm, true
Kevin: It's a good length
Umu: this kind of texture is both wholesome and a little bit grundgy
and I think it's the de tunned bass and chorus that add that grundge
Right? And maybe the flip between mayor and- parallel mayor and minor
Kevin: There's something a little bit angsty about it
And I like the- I think the drum fell right before the
Kind of accentuates
Umu: The second chorus? Kevin: cause the song does not slow down
Kevin: No, the first time it happened too Umu: Oh, oh
Kevin: It was very compact.
so it's hard to notice
Umu: So much reverb
Kevin: Mm
Umu: Oh, they have that come back in- there's -
ohhh
In the background there's a lot of super giant reverby hits
cause that- the
Going into the chorus, happens at the end of the chorus as well
as we go into the verse
Umu: and then Kevin: Oh really?
Umu: yeahh
Kevin: Something like that, yeah
Umu: So they make the texture just seem very large and- oh is it kind of panned?
Yeah, so if you go at like 1.44?
Yeah, so it goes left to right (Kevin: There's a lot of panning)
Umu: And that's cool because with their choreography they switch from one side to the other side
so it goes with the panning (Kevin: no way)
Umu: Oh no they go like
Okay they still have move with each and they do switch direction
That's cool
because when you add direction in music and then paint it out visually it's just so much easier to understand what's happening audioally
Umu:
I cannot wait to listen to the b-sides
I have a sticky note full of comebacks in may and june
that I- b-sides that I still need to listen to
there's about 15 groups that I still need to catch up on
One day I'll just sit down and listen to everything
Okay, thanks so much for watching everyone
Umu: And let us know what you think of the song Kevin: Thank you!
Umu: In the comment section down below.
Umu: Byeee!
Kevin: Byeee!