Hi guys, this is Umu from ReactToTheK and welcome to my day 6 Shoot Me - oh just kidding, it's called
Youth.O r I guess Shoot Me. Shoot Me Youth Part 1 first listen.
So I've already listened to Shoot Me, link in the description if you haven't seen that reaction already, and
we'll start off this first listen with Somehow. 3, 2, 1
*Somehow intro*
Day6 is really playing with different synth and sample sounds so far - in this song and Shoot Me
I - so far I love the key... oh, oh, hello YoungK ooh on the bass
Oh! The progression is going places I don't expect! I'm like
"oh it's gonna resolve up" and then it resolves down, and I'm like
"it's gonna resolve down" and then it's gonna go up
Oh!
He went high!
"ah-ah" (attempts to hit Sunjin's high notes)
"na~"
Yeah, I have to go into falsetto
There's so many different sounds and rhythms happening
But it's hard to comment on them because there's so much happening
And also I just really like this song so far, so I don't really want to talk over it
The bass part is good
I like how they have a section that you can hear the bass guitar a lot more and then when the
other electric guitars come in the bass guitar is buried
Or just outlines the progression the other guitars are playing
It's so high!
I'm not gonna get over that
I like the chord changes during the chorus. Oh it's just, it's so nice
Nothing too weird happening and yet it's so energetic and really keeps me interested
with the different
lines doing their own thing, like sometimes the lead guitar breaks away from just doing power chords and plays its own melodic line.
oh, Oh, OH!
"uh" *imitates final chord*
Pre-dominant, it's on a pre-dominant. I thought it was gonna like "four, five, one"
I thought it was gonna do that but nO
Okay, Feeling Good: 3, 2, 1
*Feeling Good intro*
Hello, synth strings
Okay, we're getting a little bluesy with the vocal melody
There is some crazy vocal harmonies
"ah~ care~" *trying to hit Wonpil's high notes*
Day6 and their goddamn vocal harmonies.
Oh, we're still building...
"We feeling goOD" *trying to hit more high notes* Someone's singing high!
I don't mind these synth string sounds, they're not bad
Ooh
I like that rhythm
Descending line
Oh just kidding
Okay "da, da, da, da" *imitates progression*
"da~, da~~, da~" *imitates next progression*
"da"
"da~"
I like this progression
I love the sound of like funky-esque guitar
Oh, and how could I not notice?
(gets distracted by YoungK's falsetto, same)
Every time
Um
At that one section we had four on the four on the kick drum and then the cymbals were on the off beats
Wait now we've got that
one
TWO
three
FOUR
Oh!
"one-sev(en)" *imitating progression)
Wait "one six - six sev(en) one! One six - three two one~ six." *more progression*
Yeah so both these b-side songs haven't been too complex musically or anything, but I just like them
They're definitely my cup of tea
Talking To! 3, 2, 1
*Talking To intro*
"Dada dada dada da" *imitating guitar melody*
My Day, it starts off like My Day
wait, wait, wait, wait wait, so this, this is Talking To
"da~" *imitating starting chord*
Eyyyyyyy
Except this one - Talking To - goes minor
"da~" *imitates chord*
Is that minor? Wait
*hums progression*
I think this is tonic. "Tonic, 2, 3, 4, 4~" *singing scale degrees*
Sharp four?!?!?
Oh!
It's... kinda spicy in its own way with chromaticism
This is musically complex
(same)
What just happened?!?
Oh and we're getting rapping Young K!!
*laughs and screams* (also same)
Jae!?! Whoo! (relatable)
oh
Nice delay! Nice fake-out, you got me
I really love the vocal harmonies
Sounds like they're switching between thirds and fourths and perhaps fifths
Ooh okay, we're gonna do the fade-out
Yeah, alright. So far, Talking To is my number one of the album
Okay, Still. 3, 2, 1
Are they gonna end with a bang?
No. I mean yes, but slower song
Hey, tambourine
Keyboard...
Electric keyboard sounds
All the electric keyboard sounds get that really harsh attack
'Cause acoustic pianos don't do that
It's... *tries to imitate electric keyboard attack*
But that's what rock musicians play; they would play keyboards
Oh I love that melody!
I love when Day6 writes slides
"da~~~~" *imitates vocal slides*
Ah, bring out the background vocals!! I want to hear more of that beautifulness
"na na na" *imitates melody*
Yeah, resolves to one, then the melody starts again - on one
Oh so nice! This little part is like a breath of fresh air
When you just...just bass guitar and piano and vocals
"tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu" *imitating drum part*
That's another way of transitioning in the percussion - in the drums
Like you either go *imitates drum fill* Or you just do "ta-ta-ta-ta"
Yeah, going up *describing progression*
Still going up...
...down...
...up...
Backwards piano
Oh, acoustic guitar and now the jazz organ
Last chorus
Oh that was cute.
"uh~, uh" Oh okay - pickup. it was a pickup, okay.
So it went two-three-two-one
Okay, now we're gonna move on to Warning and then that'll be the end of this first listen. 3, 2, 1
Weird to listen to the first song last
My bad.
*imitates background buzz*
Oh that's what they're saying! "Warning, warning, warning"
And now it's Picardy thirds, touching on major
This is the second most complex song in this album
Just based on you know, major minor stuff
(me)
Love the lower vocal harmonies
Wow!
That panning was insane!
"Guh guh" and it went "guh guh guh" *imitating the melody*
I really like this verse.
I usually like Day6's choruses the best but this verse so far is...I mean, it's great
"ah~, ah~, ah~, ah~" *imitating progression*
I love that part
(literally me)
Oh yeah!
Isolating the vocal track always works cause Day6 are such strong singers and full of attitude and personality and uh
so good.
what
YoungK what is up?
Yeah okay! So in the end just based on the first listen
Talking To is my favourite out of the whole album
But I'm sure as I listen to the whole album more it might, it might change
Also, it's rare for me to like every single song on an album.
Like I was never bored with any of these songs.
This is definitely a really strong album and a fantastic comeback.
Thanks for watching my first listen. See you guys later, bye.