U: Hi guys, my name is Umu, I am ReacttotheK's channel creator,
I also play french horn, and this is:
S: I am Sean, ReacttotheK's channel arranger
and host of Classical Composer Breaks Down the K.
U: And so, going into this I have not seen any of the trailers,
I have not heard any of the trailers,
I've seen some gif-sets on tumblr, but that's about it.
S: Okay, and I went kind of the opposite,
I've watched all of the member trailers.
U: Well, SuperM, a.k.a. sperm, a.k.a. superm, a.k.a....
[t/n: Sean is so done with Umu]
U: Ahm, want us to go over anything else before jumping in?
S: Eh, you mean "Jopping in"?
[t/n: Now Umu is done with Sean, too]
U: Okay, we just weren't gonna go without... S: Cause SM has revealed, it's "jumping and popping",
U: ..."popping". S: Cause SM has revealed, it's "jumping and popping",
S: because they wanted to make sure that this was
corrected also in America, and so they picked a word
that isn't in any language, including English.
I don't know, maybe it's in some language, but it's not in English.
U: Lyrics are on, 3 2 -
SPERMY BOYS!
...
S: Sigh.
S: Okay, those...
U: Okay.
U: Oh my god.
S: Wow.
S: Some of the sort of 'Superhuman' video aesthetics there,
with the mapping around the body.
There's the thumbnail.
U: Oh boy.
U: I see why they are going for the Avengers-esque...
S: Oh.
U: It's the brass, very similar theme.
S: Yeah, that soundtrack has been in a few trailers
but the- like with none of the vocals.
Yeah, and that sequence.
S: (whispering) "Cuz when we jumping and popping we jopping!"
U: Yeah. S: (whispering) "Cuz when we jumping and popping we jopping!"
S: (whispering) "Cuz when we jumping and popping we jopping!"
U: Nice.
U: I like the rhythmic differences.
S: Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, like, with having bits of it, it's interesting to hear,
I feel like most of these bits of instrumental I've heard before
but, like here it starts out with that really big bit,
but then it goes to that really sparse bit.
U: Uuuh, that's cool!
I like the difference in attitude between Taeyong and Mark
because Mark's - oh!
Yeah, this is a cool development, just based on
the different attitudes in the vocal parts - rap parts.
S: So is this all verse?
'Cause I feel like we have been on the same section for a long time.
U: Oh yeah.
But now we are introducing harmonies with Taemin, of course. (S: yeah)
U: Intro! S: Yeah.
U: Brass is back. S: So I assume this is pre-chorus?
U: Yes, I see this as the pre-chorus.
Are we gonna get the guitar again?
S: Oh, haven't heard this bit.
Uh!
U: HUH! WAS THAT THE CHORUS?
S: I - U: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE CHORUS!
S: Like it feels like that we really haven't hit a full chorus yet.
S: Like it feels like (U: I think...) this is verse
S: and then there's the soundtrack-orchestral bit, that builds up,
and then maybe, like...
U: I think the orchestral bit is the chorus
and I think the guitar is the post-chorus.
S: Okay.
U: Or the "we-" or hm, the "jopping" is the hook?
Wait...
[t/n: Baekhyun be like: Nope.]
U: This can't be the chorus, this ca-
No, these are repeated lyrics.
It's the same instrumentals, I think this is the chorus.
S: Okay, is there just no pre-chorus?
U: Even though it feels like it's building?
S: Bridge.
U: And this is the bridge!?
HHhhHHhHhHH!?
U: And we that modal mixture (S: Yeah) with the major in this minor key.
U: Nice chord, nice, nice.
[YEAH!]
S: Oh nice.
U: 'Superhuman'-chord!
U: I'm really happy that they had some Baekhyun-riffs™
because Baekhyun is so so good with his riffing.
Oh?
S: Dorian (musical mode)
[Baekhyun: AAAAAAAAAAAAAYAAA!!!]
U: Baekhyun.
Go at it, boy!
His range is no joke.
Yeah, this is the chorus.
S: So, are we in outro?
Or is this bridge, too?
No, that was an outro, okay.
U: So that was...
just that was the post-chorus changed a tiny bit to be the outro,
can we call that a coda? (S: Yeah...)
S: Yeah. Yeah, I mean,
I feel like outro and coda are effectively the same thing, just,
codas are what they're called in classical
and outros are what they're called in pop.
U: Okay. First thing, of course, that comes to mind is
the intro that we thought would never return,
introducing them, you know, they are K-pop Avengers,
and so therefore they have a big brass theme
that resembles the Avengers theme,
just like kinda harmonically and rhythmically, that way,
and then of course we transition into this long long long long verse -
or no no, first we have the guitar thing, right?
U: Which is really fun syncopated, right? S: Yeah. *sings line*
U: daDada daDada ... S: Well...
S: Yeah, it's a 3 3 3 4 pattern, just the sequence of descending chords,
*Sings line*
I think the last one is on a four and I don't remember what pitch it is.
U: Right.
S: It's sort of just chromatic move, sequence down.
U: But that section builds suspense (S: Yeah), and so you think:
Okay, yeah, this is the beginning, this is opening
this has caught my attention,
and then we go into this very rhythmically stable verse,
where we have the rapping
and we're able to show off the different characteristics,
first with, you know, Taeyong's growly, dark timbre,
and then we move on Mark's smooth, kinda sexy,
and then Kai continues that in his own way,
and then we eventually introduce the vocals which...
seems like the pre-chorus, right?
S: Yeah... U: Or you felt, but it's also,
U: it feels like verse part 2 because of the same instrumentation.
S: Yeah, I, and I may, I think if there is a pre-chorus, that's it.
I think when I was listening to it,
I kept waiting for a really distinct shift into a pre-chorus
where it was clearly building up, and I never got-
well I thought I was getting that
when it went back into the orchestral figure,
cuz I thought maybe this is the build up
and then there's something it gets to that's even bigger,
but that, I agree with you, I think that's actually the chorus,
in which case maybe just where it goes sung is the pre-chorus,
or maybe it's just not something with a really clear pre-chorus,
maybe because the first part of the chorus
does have such a sort of building concept,
S: maybe they felt they didn't need a pre-chorus to build into it, so U: I don't think they did a pre-chorus.
S: it really is just verse and...
S: If you wanna put a division in the verse and say this is the pre-chorus
you could, but it doesn't necessarily function in the way
S: you would expect a pre-chorus to. U: Cuz a lot of American pop doesn't have a pre-chorus.
S: Okay.
U: So this might just be, cuz I know they're promoting this a lot in America,
verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge - chorus and then outro, right? (S: Yeah)
And then, I love the bridge,
I thought this song was a really cool way to show off
what each member is known for, like,
Baekhyun has amazing riffs, amazing belting,
Taemin can harmonize himself so well, so of course the seventh or-
was there a seventh chord that came in as harmony, maybe...
S: I think, there were definitely... chords with some sort of extensions,
I don't know whether they were 7ths or 9ths or add6s
U: Not triads. (S: Yeah) Harmonies that aren't triads,
so that brought in a little SHINee sound, and then of course,
Kai Mark and Taeyong, we got some nice, catchy rhythmic rapping/shouting,
and that's when I think Lucas came in,
because he has such an iconic deep voice that he got most of the hook
I believe they layered their voices
but he was in center during most of those times,
and then Ten brought the attitude and the dancing and the performance,
I mean all of them brought out the performance
but I specifically saw that a lot with Ten.
So yeah, that was really fun,
and I look forward to listening to this a lot more times
to just discover more of what's going on,
and now we're gonna move on to listening to the rest of the album,
so please look forward to that, not quite sure when it's gonna come out,
so thanks for being patient ahead of time.
Thanks for watching.
Both: Bye!