Umu: Yo, what's up insomnia? Hi, my name is Umu and I'm ReacttotheK's channel creator.
Kevin: Hello everyone, this is Kevin from classical musicians react, and today we are reacting to Dreamcatcher 'Boca.'
U: And Dreamcatcher is baaaaAAAAACK
I'm ready for some energy, I'm ready for some cooling vibes.
'Boca,' starting with uh, the same image that 'Scream' started with, interesting.
Let's go. Three, two, one.
Oh, I love the vocal backing
dum
K: Ooh.
U: With the super hitting percussion, the soft background vocals is a nice- oh. Ohhh
I love the inflection of that rap part, we'll go back
K: Where's this going?
One, sharp six. I like the chord progression here a lot.
U: I love- OH! There we go!
Nice~
Very scale wise melody.
*singing the notes* Five, six, sev(en), one. Five, one.
K: Did we change keys?
Why does it feel like we've changed keys?
U: *shook laughter* *whispers* Oh my god
K: Oh man what a great rap voice.
Wow
U: I like this new guitar part. We didn't have this last time
Oh, yeah, it is such a nice explosion here
*humming*
Oohhh
Nice change of progression... but keeping the same energy, intense singing with softness.
K: I like this bridge though. It keeps the metal instrumentation
U: Nice~
Wow *laughs*
Holy- *attempts to hit the note*
*whispers* What
Hhhwhaat? Hwhat? WhaAAAT? Whaat?
Wait, I want to know more
What does boca stand for? I saw some twitter thread
talking about some theories that some of the images
in the music video are like protecting yourself from hateful words, like continuing the concept of 'Scream.'
I looked online and I couldn't find any english translation of the lyrics.
I will for sure try to look for them after we publish this video as well.
I was so shocked that first listen because
the way I was approaching this song from the teaser was like okay in the verse we're gonna have like a generic
pop summer track because I heard the beat Da dada da and then I also heard in the chorus that the melody Is a lot of five, one, five, one.
*sings*
It just like jumps around on
two scale degrees using a scale that are often used I feel like in summer songs.
So that- that was the way I was approaching it mentally, and then I just did not expect anything else to happen.
That was so awesome. It just really took my breath away.
I want to go in for a second listen, three, two, one.
Water noises, thunder
cool synth noise
clap sounds
hear that very gentle... it sounds like the pick sound of some traditional plucked instrumental
And then the duru du du du.
I think there's a second layer lo-lower harmony to those.
Yeah the hits lining up with her.
*singing notes of the rap*
I love that inflection of "range" in the rap
They choose the perfect moments for Dami rap
and then this gentle speaking part transitions so well to this section.
*singing a low drone part* got a drone, and then some
*sings higher synth noises* echo-y synths around.
I like how they layered Gahyun's voice with a
with a lower voice down here to transition to Dami
because Gahyun's voice at that part was a little bit higher pitched in a way almost,
and then when Dami's darker timbre comes in, we have that nice transition in by using that layering to transition to Dami
1:46 three, two, one.
That's cool, the vocal line is used as a pickup from the end of Dami's rap
transition to the-
I like the chord changes also in this pre-chorus
*sings guitar part*
This is an insane guitar part.
And this insane run to just be cut off, I really wish that came back.
Ahhh
Dude, if they ever perform this live with a live band, they could extend this song I think another
length of a chorus and then bring in some crazy insane guitar shredding
I'm hoping, I am praying that that would happen live because that would just be like
The icing, the sprinkles on the cake to a already really good song
Okay time to discuss with Kevin~
Alright, so I was thoroughly pleased with that
I know- I know you've been- you've been,
like lately when you ever react to dreamcatcher, you're like, okay, I wish they just went a little bit harder, right?
Is that the general census for this one too?
K: Only when the rock comes in. U: Yeah, and this one was, the rock was mainly just in the chorus.
K: Yes, which that- that's a whole thing in itself. I was-
I don't know. How what's the best way to put this? Yeah, I was-I wasn't-I wasn't too
U: You weren't a fan of the chorus. K: I wasn't a fan of the song
U: Okay, you go first then. K: All right. Um...
I thought the groove they chose for the verse before the chorus was really interesting
the *sings groove*
U: Really? It's just used in every single song ever- summer song ever.
K: I know but for- exactly but for Dreamcatcher U: But for Dreamcatcher
K: That's why it was weird. That's why (U: Ohh) I was like, (U: Mmmm) why am I hearing this right now? U: *laughing* Yeah
K: I like the tone of the percussion instrument, (U: Mm) but that's probably the best thing I can say about it.
It didn't fit. (U: Uh-huh) It felt like nothing about the song kind of fit together
when (U: Mmmm) the, yeah, when the hard rock came
I wish it hit harder again, and also, especially because it wasn't the most interesting-
U: Right very diatonic. K: I wish you could have at least-
Yeah, really sort of (U: *sings* Five, one) yeah, had the power had that blast, you know.
U: Mhm K: I really I wish it could have blasted in my ears a little more
U: I feel like it was it was very punchy instead of, I think you were hoping for like power chords, right?
Kind of like 'What'-esque (K: It could be both) or 'You and I' K: It could be both power and punchy
U: Uh-huh K: It could be punchy, but it could also just be a bit higher on the decibel rating
It just could, yeah U: I thought there was quite a bit of a a dynamic shift to the chorus.
K: Yeah, I yeah, I think I there's a particular rock sound that I always look for in their songs
that (U: Mhm) yeah, feel a bit more metal that feel a bit more- because obviously when when they do have a live performance of this
the bass Is going to be cranked up (U: It's awesome) everything is going to be great (U: yeah). Everything is going to come together (U: Mhm).
But I wi- I just wish their studio
yeah, their studio recordings could have that same type of power. Nothing has changed from my usual
complaints about- U: What- but I'm- I'm curious what song do you think has done it best so far? Like, what's your favorite dreamcast song?
what is *sings chorus of 'You and I'*?
U: That's 'You and I' K: Oh okay. Yeah, I like 'You and I' very much and 'Chase Me' is still really awesome.
But even with those songs, I want yeah, I- I (U: A little bit more) I do wish that, yeah, yeah
But this one just it's not just the the usual criticism. It's also the, the way the song comes together
U: Mhm K: I found it odd, like like, you know by the second time the the summer groove
if we're gonna call it that (U: Yeah), comes back, I kind of had a I had a suspicion that
The the bridge was going to retain the rock,
U: Mhm K: and then that's going to yeah, it's just going to be the rest of the song.
So like even that part wasn't too surprising (U: Mhm) and
yeah, I don't- I don't know if the summer vibe was needed in this, I don't think they they needed to go there
U: Yeah, like what I picture while listening to this song, like while also you're explaining to me your experience with it,
it's like going into toy store and then you're you're seeing a bunch of different toys, and they're all like really interesting and colorful
and then you just grab one from the top shelf, and you grab one from the shelf on the opposite end the room,
and then one grab one from the floor, and then like you just I'm gonna buy all these toys.
Right? And that's kind of what the song felt like, right, we- we hi-
joined together the summer groove, with the rock sound in the chorus, with you know, a very
I felt like nicely shifting power through the verse and chorus. That's what- I think my favorite part was
mixing really soft smooth airy vocals with you know, like really dynamic rapping and speaking and loud chords
K: There was a really awesome rap in this song for sure. U: Did you like the first or second verse better?
K: I think the second verse U: Blue hair or pink hair?
K: Why is this so hard for me? I can't- *Umu laughing* I ca- I can't- I can't remember
*both laugh*
U: The raps were absolutely wonderful. So like I think- if you're doing summer time
this is definitely like it beats my expectation for any other summer song K: It could be worse
U: Let's phrase that in a different way K: Alright sure
U: Summer songs are meant to be cooling, are meant to be you know feel fresh, like just chill beach stuff.
And so Dreamcatcher did their own twist on a summer song, and then some of my other favorite summer songs
Eric Nam's 'Paradise' which is like a little bit creepy, I don't think you've heard it Kevin, but it's really it's really nice.
It has his flavor in it. I like when groups add their own flavor to a summer song.
K: For sure U: Rather than just do a summer song that sounds like every single other person's summer song.
K: Mhm U: You know, and so I thought this was a good twist on it
but I also see what you mean by like they didn't haAAaaAve to like do
Dreamcatcher summer song, they could have just released a really solid Dreamcatcher track. (K: Yeah) But
I- I think- I think it's a good mixture of both, in which I know that when repeating listens to this
like my little gripes with oh, but I can kind of predict where the melody's going to go,
oh, I kind of know how the structure is going to pan, out like those little mini grip- What is it gripes? Grips? Groups. K: Gripes
Gripes? Gripes, okay grapes- right now are so gonna disappear, and I'm just gonna jam out.
Yeah, overall I really like the nice package of things, and I just want
my- my one thing is that I want more, um electric soloing guitar that appeared in the second chorus K: yEAHH
Wasn't that awesome? (K: YeAHH) That was awesome!
K: Absolutely U: Because like instead of like the last repeated chorus
like it would have been cool if they had an outro that really expanded upon that kind of
I think 'You and I' also had a post chorus with a guitar solo parts
K: Mhm, I think 'You and I' was a bit more
It went a little farther, it went a little more overt,
which this (U: Mm) type of theatrical rock style definitely could use. Always.
U: Yeah so, yeah. I'm- I'm definitely going to be listening to this lot and purchasing it and stuff
and I'm really curious about what everyone else thinks about this release.
Do you did you feel like you liked Dreamcatcher's twist on a summer song?
Does it not feel like a summer song at all to you?
We're really curious about your opinions- K: Yeah, the fact that you know
you had to remind me that that was the summer groove (U: Yeah). I think that was
Yeah, I was totally taking it out, into its own little Dreamcatcher bubble.
So no, it did not feel like a summer song to me which made, you know,
my (U: Mm, mhm) impression of the song even more confusing *Umu laughs* I was just really confused by it.
Yeah. U: Because it's like- it's like the chant-y
*sings part from the song* K: Yeah
Absolutely, it makes sense now, yeah. U: Bonfire, dance around the bonfire
roast some (K: Right, right.) marshmallows on a hot summer evening time. K: Yeah
U: To end this video I'd like to announce that we're coming out with merch soon
*both scream*
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And also excited to watch more Dreamcatcher content check out their collaboration with dkdk tv if you haven't already, that looks really fun I'm, very jealous.
I need to move to Korea.
Alright, once again, thanks so much for watching everyone and we'll see y'all later.
K: All right bye. U: Bye~