Naoki: In New Zealand we have plagal cadences which is 4 to 1 but we never covered that here
Shimon: Well minor 4 to 1
Naoki: Wah
Shimon: Well minor 4 to 5 is a pla- Naoki: Well it can be
Naoki: No minor cadence is for me is just 4 to 1, it can be anything Shimon: I'm sorry, that's, that's uh that's umm
Naoki: It's like the god cadence like amen
Shimon: Ooohh god
Shimon: What's a mode that starts with a P Naoki: phrygian
Shimon: Phrygian cadence
Shimon: Phrygian cadence? No that's not- Naoki: Wait what, isn't that flat 6 to 5
Shimon: I thought it was minor 4 to 5
Naoki: Wait let's check that Shimon: Ma-ma-ma- maybe
Naoki: Phhryygiian
*umu talking to ash in the background*
Naoki: Yeah it's flat 6 to 5 Shimon: It's minor- minor 4 to 5
Naoki: Yeah but there's also other scale degrees Shimon: Minor- I'm talking about the roman numeral
*Rossini's Semiramide Overture plays*
Davis: So this is NCT Lindsey: This is Reacttothek, pop
Umu: Yes and this group- Davis: And they're- so they're created
Umu: So they have like unlimited amount of members, they have, I think they have about
16 right now (lmao save umu nope)
Umu: But what they do is they split up into sub units Lindsey: They should have Seventeen haha get it cuz that's another kpop group
Umu: That's funny (So salty XD)
Umu: Anyways Both: HAHAHHA Davis: Wow
Lindsey: The salt!
Umu: And there's al- there's Nct Dream, Nct 127, and Nct U
And they rotate sub units
The first sub unit to debut is called Nct U and it's made up of 6 members
This group is more college aged, I think it's like 17 to 21 or something like that
Kevin: Nct University (So much meme, so early)
Gwen: One, two, seven
Shimon: Owowwoooww Naoki: Hah that bass
Gwen: I'm so into that dancing, I'm so into this right now Hugo: *Sipping*
Hugo: I'm really into this bass line with the- Ooh
Kevin: Oh that's a hum, that's a sing Yunyi: Woah
Fiona: Ooh- Woah! wait this is really cool and the jacket's really cool
*henry singing some sort of progression on scale degrees*
*Shook*
Gwen: Less into it now
Yunyi: Woah
Kevin: I'm ok with this
Gwen: It's like, the type of like hiphop that I- it's just like
BLURGH
BLORGH
And you're like
Yunyi: Very western vibe
Hugo: HEhehehehehe that's exactly what it's like
Lindsey: I like it Davis: It reminds me of something else
Lindsey: It reminds me of Hotline Blind Davis: Yeah
Davis: That's what I was thinking ok yeah that's what I was thinking Lindsey: Yeah it's just like the dancing on the
Lindsey: The colored- like the monocolored- monochromatic Davis: Yeah
Lindsey: Background
Fiona: The- I wrwe- ok I'm such a fan
Davis: I'm confused why... they're in boxes Lindsey: HAhahaha
Fiona: I like this group
Kevin: Much color
Uwagh
Gwen: When you film a music video in the shower
Lindsey: I'm a fan though Davis: Oh yeah
Davis: No it's definitely different than what we've listened to cuz it's just like
Kevin: I like the counter- the dunuhnuhnuh
Whhahaat
Yunyi: Woah
Davis: Normally they just have it kinda mixed into the song but this is just
Lindsey: Straight up Davis: Yeah yeah yeah
Yunyi: Oh he has a great voice
Naoki: It's reeedd and black haha Shimon: Hahaha
Shimon: ~White blue~
Naoki: Haaahahaha Colors Shimon: The colors, colors, symbolism
Naoki: Ahah oh yeah the symbolism between aha red and white Ash: Oh my gohahaa XD
Shimon: Is that a bathroom
Gwen: Are you ok Hugo: Nah I'm just
Gwen: You're just sick, it's just- this is a hot song it's just, ya know Hugo: Nah it's just- it's fine it's-
shimon: ooh i like that
Fiona: Like kind of the heavy, thick echoey background
Henry: Dr- a du- more drowning in reverb
Fiona: Yeah Henry: Boom
Henry: Yeah Fiona: I'm a fan though
Henry: I'm sometimes a fan
Davis: Nice, flow Lindsey: Is that guy wearing a st- stussy
Fiona: I like- Henry: This video is pretty- it's pretty- it's really cool
Fiona: I like the sound of rap in Korean cuz I don't know what they're saying
which I don't know what they're saying most of the time in rap anyways and it's just.. a lot more cool syllables that I'm not used to
Naoki: Yeah no it sounds very uh
very reminiscent of like American hiphop culture Shimon: It does but I want a melody
Naoki: I mean
They don't have melody in like
Hiphop
Kevin: That's so cool duhduhduhduhduhduhduh
Yunyi: Yeah it goes uh, it jumps to the tritone Kevin: It's 7 - 1 one but it sounds like it was going into another key
Kevin: Because Yunyi: Yeah
Henry: I don't dig the drums, but if the drums were a little bit different
I would be like
Hugo: The dancing's super dope Gwen: Oh yeah I love the dancing
Kevin: Ooh Yunyi: Ooh butts
*Smirks*
Umu: AhaAHAHHAHA
Shimon: I- I want a melody Naoki: Well here you go
Shimon: Ahah this- Naoki: Is this a melody
Shimon: yes
Davis: Choreography is sick. It's so good
Yunyi: Yeah, Is this a new mus- is this new melodic content Kevin: Big fan
Kevin: It looked like it just added the glass shards af- it doesn't look real at all
Gwen: That time, he said eyes
And I heard it like eyes
Fiona: This is like hot- hotline bling vibe with the color scheme Henry: That's really cool
Hugo: That was a cool move
Yunyi: That move
Naoki: I mean the choreography was really good
Yunyi: There was not much song Umu: Ok
Kevin: It's- it's- it's good, I'm a fan Yunyi: It's, mostly vibes, aesthetics
Gwen: The last 30 seconds were my favorite part of the whole thing
Where they were dancing and it was like bowm
Bowm Bowm
Kevin: YEaahhh
Hell (yeah)
Are all there stuff this good (Grammar king Kevin)
Davis: Awesome
Fuck yeah
Umu: But yeah ok so that didn't have much melodically going on but what did you- when there was melodic stuff
Kevin: It's um
New type of melody Yunyi: I- my roommate listens to this kind of music
Alll the time so this is stuff that I- I'm very familiar with this kind of
track composition and it's nothing- nothing new to me Kevin: Heeeyy
Yunyi: But it was still nice cuz it wa- it's kind of like that
Effortless
Swaggy
Yunyi: Wow I sound so lame Kevin: Mhm
Umu: No it's ok
Kevin: Effortless Swaggy Yunyi: Effortless swaggy, that's what their name should mean Umu: Alright
Umu: Whaddya think Davis: it was really good Lindsey: I really liked it
Lindsey: I got a lot of hotline bling vibes Umu: Yeah yeah yeah Davis: I liked that it was-
Lindsey: Like from the dancing and the mono.. chromatic Davis: Like it was just.. a straight up like a hiphop chart
Davis: Like the whole time Lindsey: Chart, you make it sound like they're doing jazz
Davis: Jazz *snap*
A lot of these other videos it kind of like puts it in there a little bit you know like they'll be like a rap section or there will be like something with the background Lindsey: Woah this is good af
Davis: But this from start to finish was very clearly a little bit of a different outsider- Lindsey: Is their stuff just not on youtube
Umu: Oh no it is, I just downloaded it in case we had internet problems
Fiona: Wait what is this song called
Henry: Who are you looking for what are you running from
Umu: 7th Sense
Fiona: oh I found it
Duuuddee I'm a faaannn
Umu: So you really like that style of music and like how- Fiona: Yeah, that's what I'm into right now
Umu: Ok so you're thoughts on that one specifically was just like, wish there was more melody
Naoki: Nah I was fine with it. Shimon's just weird so Umu: Mm
Shimon: Apparently yeah Naoki: Yeah
Naoki: He's so used to symphonies Umu: Ok well the next one you're about to see
Has melody
It- it's totally different style
Naoki: But same people
Umu: Same people
But this is their second comeback I like this one better than the other one but that's because I like this style of music
It is called Without You and it's more melodic, more- Lindsey: ~With or without youu~ Davis: So which sub group is this
Umu, This is still Nct U Davis: Ok so it's still the first one
Umu: Ya Davis: Ok
Umu: So let's- Kevin: Do it
*click steal*
*Sad Kevin*
Yunyi: I accidentally muted it. I don't even know how I did that (Press the M button)
*click click*
Yunyi: Woow Kevin: Oh you paused it Umu: You pauhahah
Yunyi: Cuz you're an a**hole
I don't-
*swat*
High five
Kevin: I could live without you right now (The everloving puns)
Naoki: Melody
Shimon: Melody yes yes yes
Lindsey: It's another sideways one, it's another one where you gotta watch it like this
Hugo: Hey singing
Yaay
Davis: Oh
Naoki: You know the style is like completely different
Umu: Haha Henry: Are they going down or are they going up
Naoki: This has got like a band, like you know guitar Shimon: Yeah yeah yeah
Naoki: I'm guessing the drums will come in soon
Wait for it
Henry: Really really basic chord progression
*Nope*
Naoki: Oh there's a little bit of drums. It wasn't as much of a drop as I was expecting
Hugo: No but I'm digging this synth and this rock guitar underneath, mm
Naoki: Well it's building
*Nope*
Gwen: I was too early (Me in color guard)
I was a beat too early
They added train tracks
Lindsey: I like this though, it's very like
Summer beach party vibes. That's what I'd say, do you agree
Davis: After- after listening to the song that I listened to before this, it makes this sound that much more constantly- Lindsey: Why do they have a California flag
Kevin: Very generic harmonies but they really
Hugo: I'm really diggin his voice
Kevin: They really give it that inspirational kick
Whatever the lyrics mean
Gwen: That was a good chord
Hugo: OOhh cut time
Yunyi: It's the electric guitar strumming on every beat, that's- Kevin: Yeah, it's-
Yunyi: Every 8th note Kevin: It's well produced but it's on the poppy side of well produced, meaning the percussion is a bit higher
Fiona: Totally different style, I can't believe this is the same group right
Naoki: I'm guessing
About having fun, with a girl, and a guy
Shimon: Ima- is he just reminiscing about the past Umu: That's what I thought yeah
Naoki: Oh that's why it's like kind of hazy Shimon: Yeah yeah yeah
*Cough*
Shimon: And he was looking at his empty hands
Naoki: Oh look that's them as children
Probably
Naoki: Haha Umu: Did you just say satan's children
Naoki: Them as children Umu: Oh (I originally put him and his children lol. Still love that accent)
Fiona: It's definitely more alternative vibes
Fiona: What the heck. I really like it
Naoki: Their harmonization was pretty solid
Shimon: Yeah sure
Naoki: Sure
Naoki: Could you hear it through your- Shimon: Oh arcade
gwen: *whispers* dance!
Hugo: I'm really enjoying this song though
Lindsey: I like the duhduhduhduhdduhduhdudhdu like that's just a cool melodic thing
Henry: OOah
Whoa what's going on I haven't been paying attention to this video
Henry: I'm tired Fiona: It's good
Henry: It's really good
I like the- the fact that the song is basically the same thing, a billion times *Sarcasm*
Hugo: I'm loving their high stuff, they all- following the trend of all male kpop vocalists have to be tenors
Umm
Theey have really nice high voices
Ooh
That's a good high note
With a little bit of a cry at the end there Gwen: What note was that
Hugo: we'll play it afterwards
Gwen: Yeah we need to figure out what note that was, cuz I need to judge him based off what note it was
Kevin: It's yeah predom- predominant
Tonic dominant Umu: Not dominant tonic?
Yunyi: Oh, that's interesting, that's new Kevin: That goes reverse
Kevin: It's pretty common in this style
I mean- Umu: No wonder I like it
Naoki: It has a steady driving beat, keeps it upbeat
Fiona: I find comfort in this repetitive song Henry: The video is aesthetic as f***
Kevin: WAoh what a thing to end it on
Naoki: Oh why does it have to end like that. It has to resolve
Kevin: Sound.. waves
Davis: Maybe if you play the soundwaves it'll have a message or something I don't know
Lindsey: Probably not Umu: That'd be cool Davis: I'm just trying to figure it out too
Davis: That would be way too deep x2 (SM would let's be honest) Umu: That would be so cool
Henry: I mean look, the only tunes I ever write are either blueses where the changes are very simple chord progressions so I can't really say that much
But at the same time for people who wanna call themselves professional songwriters
like
I would expect
like
A little bit more interesting harmony than what's currently going on Fiona: But there's art in like
Ew
There's like an art to making pop music, pop music
Like the repetition of it, the comfortableness of it
It's attractive
Hugo: I'll just go play it on the piano
Gwen: Yeah just go do that
~AAHHHHHH~
Hugo: What are your guesses
Gwen: I think it's in F
F sharp
Hugo: I was thinking in F sharp or G
*umu is now screaming because they played a note in the chorus not the high held out note which is an A* hugo* F sharp
Gwen: WOOOHH
When you don't have perfect pitch but you can kinda tell based off where your muscles are in your throat
Hugo: Yeah and it wasn't crazy high but it was high enough- Gwen: but it- and it was strong
Hugo: Yeah and it was really- and that's what's important, it's not about getting like
Hugo: Reaching the highest like- Gwen: It doesn't- yeah it's just ab-
Hugo: Scuse me emma I'm trying to sit down (The sass XD)
Gwen: *In joking tone* Um excuse me we're the reactors
Umu: So Yunyi you- did you like this one
Yunyi: Kinda Umu: Mkay
Yunyi: I mean it was like I don't know I'm- I'm like
Lowkey disappointed that they didn't have something fresher to offer cuz these are all like
Yunyi: Like styles- Kevin: I do think- yeah
Yunyi: That have been done by other people before
Very much so
Umu: Okay
Yunyi: I didn't quite see their uniqueness show through this one Kevin: Man I feel like my- my-
When I critique like stuff that I've clearly heard before it's very much like when I think about movies
That have a generic plot but if the movie really
Makes the generic plot work
The it's still- like it could still be like a 5/5 movie and these aren't- these are like
4.5/5 songs even though they're like yeah
But I do think that for a music video that was that special the song was definitely a little
Umu: Ok Kevin: Yeah
Kevin: Like I very really appreciate the 2nd music video
Umu: It's like Imagine Dragons
Fiona: Yeah no that's- Henry: Yeah which is why- I don't like Imagine Dragons
Umu: Oh I love Imagine Dragons Henry: I do not like Imagine Dragons
Umu: This is my style of song
Fiona: I appreciate- I appreciate respectfully- respectfully, don't listen to them very much
Shimon: I am surprised by the fact that they were both the same group
Naoki: Yeah it's kinda weird that was the same group but it was 2 different styles like Shimon: It was very very different
Umu: Ok which one did you like better
Davis: The- I ha- ooh see that's hard- Lindsey: I liked the first one just because it was real catchy but the second one was more like
I me- Not catchy I mean the first one was just more like ya know
Davis: Yeah, it was groovy Lindsey: Just chillin
Umu: You liked the first one better
Fiona: Oh ohah Henry: No I liked this one better
Fiona: I like the other one better I pr- I'm a fan of both I'm just shocked that they're able to do such different styles
That was so cool Umu: Ok Henry: That's actually- yeah that's really cool the fact that they can do both of those
Fiona: Both of them so well like that's me as a classical horn player being able to play jazz which I can't play
You know that's just so cool
Umu: Ok so song wise you two liked the 7th sense better
Kevin: Yes I- yeah Yunyi: Yeah
Naoki: Oh the second one for sure Shimon: Yeah Umu: Ok
Naoki: Yeah it had more to it rather than just a bass line
Shimon: Melody Naoki: It's just a different style so I mean you're comparing apples and oranges I feel
Umu: Ok so yeah which one did you like better
Both: That one Umu: Oh ok
Umu: I- I'm glad that you liked it yay
Hugo: Hands down Gwen: I'm actaully gonna listen to that song in real life though like I liked it
Like actually liked it