Brianna: My wig almost came off, wow
Umu: You are now reacting to the six member boy group Onf and their 2020 release, 'New World'
Cloud: *starts singing the New World Symphony* U: 'New World was originally released during the final round of the competition show Road to Kingdom
So you'll be reacting to the performance video of 'New World' that they released after the show had ended
'New World's lyrics encourage listeners to trust their heart and fly higher into a new world in which fears and unhappiness can not follow
they sing- Charlotte: whERE IS IT? U: Yeah
So they sing that if you keep carrying on through life, into the future, and find your lost dreams, you will achieve the happiness you deserve
This song can also be interpreted as Onf singing to each other, because in past music videos
the concept has been them as cyborgs in a dystopian land in which they are looking for a lost friend
so in this music video they are looking for the Pandora's box to unlock and go into that new world where they might find their lost friend
The song is composed by Hwang Hyun from Monotree and the Onf member MK, the lyrics were co-written by Onf's Wyatt
The choreography is by freemind (Kianna: Yes freemind) and the Onf member U
Ari: Alright K: I like freemind a lot actually, so I'm looking forward to this
A: Three, two, one
Stephan: Oh snap look at those keys
Stephanie: Fancy keys
Raffi: Wow
Jason: Strings
tympanis
Ah, oh electric guitar Ju young: I love that they added strings to this
S: OH dang!
A: So fast
Sam: Oh you hear those like, harmonic vocals in the back
S: Okay I thought that was cool, nobody does that anymore so I loved it
Njoe: Oh my gosh
I love that, I love levels Ky: Yeah
B: Oh ooH
Ja: I like that I like that I like that I like that Ju: Oh he went higher
A: It's a lot to absorb at once
But I like it
Nice
B: My wig almost came off, wow
Henry: Harmonic minor! Right? Ch: So glad this came back.
Both: Ooh K: Woah woah woah woah what is happening woah
N: Ey Ky: Nice
K: That is wild
whhAT?
A: The lifts in this
Ky: ooh love
Nice N: Ooh
Ooh! That was sharp, I liked that Ky: Okay, okay
Owen: That was cool, that was good, I love the inflection in that
*sings the inflection* and then taking space
Kevin: Ooh
Ju: Oh I like your voice red hair
Okay
Yes, go higher
A: This move I'm curious about, 'cause it's very- what the hell
ST: What
Cloud: Why is it a waltz now
Ju: Oh I love him Ja: That's kinda cool Ju: I like just the box stuff it- oh
oh
K: that's so cool A: Yeah
A: Throw it (K: Throw-) oh okay
B: Oh
Who is out here- OOH
K: I think I'd have a really hard time controlling my energy at this part if I were them, I'd be like, I just wanna do the most
H: What just- where am I?
S: I would mosh pit to this song
B: Was that a picardy third? W- wha
Ke: This song, they really morphed into a new world, they went to a couple different worlds
Nice
ST: That was a really exciting experience, I thought
Leon: I feel like I'm watching an anime with like a duel battle (ST: Ohh) like Yu-Gi-Oh, yeah it sounded like anime
But I really liked the bwaa, that one, 'cause it makes me wanna shake my head like that
While like the- the driving part makes me wanna play games
U: So if you guys could paint out a journey for yourself listening to this song, for each section, what would you be doing in each section
So like for you (Leon) it's playing video games, (L: Mhm) whats the *sings intro part*
L: That's the part where I'm entering the boss stage and then when the regular beat comes is when I'm fighting the boss
U: And then what about the pre-chorus? Is that still boss-fighting?
L: No, that feels like a song now, so I'll probably imagine...
I'm at a concert, like actually listening to them *ST and L laugh*
U: Okay, so we go from fighting a boss, to watching them in concert to head-banging
L: Yeah
U: And then back to boss fighting, and then where are we at the vibe change
ST: For me it's kinda like dreamy feeling
the sky U: Now you're in the bed, you're in bed dreaming ST: Yeah
L: Or like watch the concert until I'm drunk.
ST: Oh! U: And then- and then do you go- when the guitar comes in
is this back to fighting the boss?
L: Yeah it's like fighting a boss *laughs* but in drunk motion
U: Oh my go- *all three laugh*
H: Hope you enjoy that- what were you, what are you guys laughing about? I completely missed out on that Ch: Cause I-
H: The box! We found it!
We found it!
We found it
Harp Ch: But where are we musically? It's like we went to fairy princess land
U: The new world Ch: OH
U: We were talking about the bridge, where like theres little birds (H: And the harp, the harp)
H: That was a wild ride Ch: Ohh my god
H: I should listen to it again, because I think I was so... ethered by the song, that I didn't really notice the changes to the bridge
and the way that they're doing the tempo change is actually really cool
they're taking- it's in duple before hand *sings a bit*
and then they take that small beat and make that the eighth note for the triplets so it's *sings example*
so you don't take the big beat and just put it into triple meter, but- I forget- metric modulation is what thats called
U: I was wondering if there was metric modulation H: Yeah metric modulation, they take that micro beat, and they use that for the triple meter
*sings example* and it's like a waltz *continues singing example*
with birds, and harp, and tweety, and paradise and it's so very classical music fantasy sounds, which is cool
and then they use that *sings bit* I think *Umu sings build up to the end of the bridge (i guess) Henry also sings it*
H: they still use beat to get back into tempo and then they use this again, they just go right back, metric modulation right back into duple and use this as their micro beat
which, I think usually when we hear changes, its usually they keep the same big beat but instead ba ba ba ba you just make triplets in the middle
bababa bababa bababa ba which this was a unique- Ch: That's macro equals macro, we're talking about micro equals macro of vice versa
H: Yeah Ch: Yeah I know what I'm talking about (H: Yeah) trust me
O: It- it felt like it was, I hadn't gotten the key at that point, it's D flat? Maybe (K: It's C) C, is it C?
Yeah, wow, weird, 'cause I characterized everything in D flat K: Do you think of it as something "higher" O: Yeah
K: Woo O: There was one point that I was very confused about, 'cause it did like a one then applied six and then it did something where like
in the major key, in C, it would've been like F sharp in the bass, going down to F, what- how did that work
K: It's either this
or it's this
I think it's more this (O: Okay) because the song kinda goes here
from A minor to then- and then it goes there, and then I guess it just goes down to F? O: Yeah that's what I thought, and it was just- it was that
like that and this bass the tritone feeling of that, 'cause it's still, we're still hearing it comparison to C
so that F sharp comes out and it's like got that, it's so unstable, 'cause normally you would hear like and F sharp going up to G and then to C
K: Yeah O: And so when they had that unstable tonality and then brought it down to F i thought that was cool K: Yeah because it's not quite dominant seven
O: But I thought that was cool (K: Mhm) a little something that they put in there K: Mhm
*Henry makes noises imitating the chorus instrumental*
H: Lots of uh, a lotta use of silence, I enjoyed- I appreciated that (Ch: Mhm) 'cause that creates tension
but also it just kept going, it never felt like the tempo took a break, even with the silences
which kinda like, you could either describe as exciting and enthusiastic, or migraine inducing, but it depends on how you feel it
and it's almost seven, (U: Sorry) and I'm feeling a caffeine crash, so I dunno, I dunno where I'm at with that
their dancing is amazing, gotta say U: Yeah
A: Aw man, I feel like I was tense the whole time just watching
K: Feel like I just ran a marathon A: Yeah it was a story, there was a story there
U: Yeah, this first time through, what moments stood out to you?
N: I think it was after the s- it was like around the second verse, where it was the really sharp part where it was just five of them
and then like it kinda, the pan- the camera panned to them and he's in the middle and it was just like *imitates dance*
it was just very sharp (Ky: uh-huh) it was very sharp (Ky: Yeah) but it was U in the center, that one, I liked that part
Ky: Interesting, interesting N: 'Cause it goes from, it's a nice break from all the dancers (Ky: Right) and then focus back on the (Ky: Aha) members
K: That giant formation that they made, that was like a big robot, with like the three points (A: Yeah) that they had, with all the tutting
A: They were all bouncing, like when they lifted someone and were just like moving like that, like I wasn't expecting that (K: Mm mm), you know
There were like moments where they would use their hands to kinda, I thought anyways, they looked like they were holding something
you know, like- like- like *gestures* I'm holding something, I'm looking for something, just this kind of movement basically
K: Yeah honestly the vibe of it just felt like a huge, I'm coming outside of the message, but just like a huge way to show off
'cause I'm assuming that like this was for- is Road to Kingdom a competition show? U: Yes, this was the final round (K: Yep) that they did this
K: It very much felt like this is the finale, we're throwing everything we have at you, look at how incredible we are with our dance moves
like they just, they threw everything they could into that choreography
I mean it made us like, y'know, thrash around, and dance with them, so it was super effective in that
that's what- that's what I wanted, you know (A: Yeah) I didn't want them to slow it down, I wanted them to speed it up
*all three laugh* and they did that, so it was great
U: How difficult do you think this choreo was, like does it make sense that (N: Oh) (Ky: Hard, very hard) this is what they did in the final round?
N: Don't ev- like mm mm Ky: It's literally like energy 24/7
N: Especially because you have to not just work with members (Ky: Mhm), but backup (Ky: backup dancers) dancers
though I know they probably- Ky: the more the people, the harder it is N: yeah, I feel
U: Gotcha. Yeah it was interesting, 'cause I was watching a behind the scenes video, and they were talking about how high in key the song was,
and like, oh it's so hard to sing (Ky: Right) and I was like (Ky: The "higher" part) well this chorus looks kinda hard too
N: Yeah Ky: Right, yeah N: I didn't even think about how high the song was, 'cause it was definitely high
Ky: Right, right N: I was not focused on that part, but yup that was definitely high
B: The chorus, I'm sorry, it slapped, the- it was just- I loved how the beat would drop, and they would fill in like
there were moments of silence that they would fill in with their voices, I'm just like ah, their voices? periodt.
C: I was- (B: they killed it) speaking of the voices did they pitch anything down? Like was that Wyatt and MK's (U: Those are their actual voices) normal speaking voice?
Cause that was cool B: Yeahh C: I was like, yeah
B: They- (C: Always here for that) it was good, they did that, like singing wi- periodt.
U: How do you know their names? B: Like you can't come for their vocals. C: Their names are in the captions!
Sam: That's a pretty big yes from me. R: They can take me higher
anytime
R: Did I just say that?
U: Did you mean to not say that? R: Nooo
Sam: there was just so much happening, like the textures were so dense
and the... momentum was picking up so quickly, you never got a chance to think
about anything except for, oh the next thing is coming, you never got to like reflect on what they just did, it was just always something next
it took me like five seconds to figure out that the waltz section was actually happening
I was like wait... something's different, this is really different
but yeah, that's kinda my reaction to it and why I nev- and why it sounded with so much conviction and so much confidence
because they never let us not think about it
R: Mhm Sam: Or they never let us
U: There was no resting point Sam: There was no resting point, that's what I'm trying to say
R: Well I think continually going back to "higher" and then
having the melody be higher, I- like it definitely just gets your attention
and there was a lot of vocal choices too, just in terms of mixing, and falsetto and belting
K: Oh O: yeah, the- the timing on that is what- like you obviously need time to get your voice down there too
K: uh-huh O: But also for our ears to register it, like it takes us a little bit of time to get down to that low C
I just- I can't get over it, how cleanly they went like *whistles part*
You know (K: Yeah) like that- it's just so nice, the way they're just like *sings part* K: Yeah
you know, that was fantastic K: Like an instrument, (O: yeah) like a, yeah, like an instrumental soloist would do it
O: I talked about it before I think, but like bad art, is- you go like 'wow' and then 'huh?'
but good art is like 'huh, wooow' (K: Yeaaah) you know?
and that's kinda what this song was for me K: Uh-huh
[thanks for watching! stan onf :) they're great]
*Ju, Jason, and Umu aggressively sing Dvorak's New World Symphony*