Kevin: Nice. Of course, you've got to go to A-flat in an F major song. That's just Cosmic Girls.
So now you're reacting to a 13 member girl group called Cosmic Girls.
'Thawing' is a b-side song belonging to their 2018 'Dream Your Dream' album,
and it's composed by the Cosmic Girl member EXY, and the songwriters Vincenzo, Any Masingga,
and Fuxxy. And the song is about falling in love for the first time,
comparing it to winter ending as her cold heart is thawing.
Stephen: Oh!
Seiji: I thought that was gonna be like, dark. Stephen: I thought it was gonna go dark for a second,
Seiji: Yeah Stephen: and then you said cold heart is thawing and I'm like, oh, okay. That's okay, good.
Seiji: You know, I think our minds and our hearts are just like,
thawing really fast. Stephen: Don't become jazz musicians, kids. That's what happens. You think everything's dark.
Seiji: Yeah. That's the go-to.
Lindsey: Okay
Fiona: I'm ready for my heart to thaw.
Okay, that sounds like Christmas. Lindsey: The sound of jingle bells already. Fiona: because the jingle bells and then (mimicking sound)
Lindsey: Oh my god! What?
James: Oh!
What? Yeah. Elizabeth: Oh, my God. Wait, no, I heard a car alarm.
Like car unlocking sound.
both: she sneeze??
Kevin: It's so cute, in a good way.
LOONA synths?
Elizabeth: (singing)
Both: Ooh!
Kevin: Nice. Of course, you gotta go to A-flat in an F major song. That's just Cosmic Girls.
Seiji: Two, five, one.
Elizabeth: That's so interesting, because that's definitely like rap-esque, but it's still very like, breathy. James: Yeah.
Elizabeth: It's not aggressive, so they're still adding that like, cutesy idea
Kevin: Yeah, I like how it went from the cutesy to the slightly heavy and groovy.
Lindsey: This just sounds very like, bouncy? Fiona: Yeah. Bounce, sweet.
Lindsey: Except, there is just so much going on in the background. They use so many different sounds.
Elizabeth: Oh, yeah, a lot of vocables!
James: Wha?
Elizabeth: Okay now, this is rap.
Fiona: She sounds cool. Lindsey: Break it down.
Fiona: You could tell she's the one who composed it, cuz she sounds the most badass. She's like, "This is my moment!".
Stephen: Hmm. I like that--hits that they're doing behind the vocal line. That's cool. Seiji: Yeah. It sounds like a,
it sounds like a Prophet, or some sort of synthesizer like that. Stephen: A Prophet? Seiji: I think so.
Elizabeth: Whenever they say, "dream", it's all just like there's no rhythm to it, it's just "dream!",
and there's like a synth pedal tone.
James: Yeah
Lindsey: I don't know how I feel about these horn things going on in the background. They're a little
like, cluttered sounding. Fiona: Yeah, I don't know if it's necessary.
Lindsey: No, I don't think so. Fiona: I agree with that.
Jarod: Their consonants are so weirdly soft, I think that's what's kind of throwing me. Collin: Oh
Yeah, you're right! Tu, tu...
Jarod: (singing)
Collin: Yep, you're right. That's interesting.
Kevin: Ahh, the filter.
Okay.
Seiji: Oh Stephen: That's weird. It's like they're trying to mix walking bass with like a hip-hop beat.
Seiji: Yeah.
Kevin: There's the Christmas vibe.
Of course, cuz this is a totally foreign chord.
Isaac: Wha?
Aaugh!
What?
Fiona: She's singing that high.
Lindsey: Oh, yeah.
Collin: Do you hear the bells?
It's like church bells. Wow.
Isaac: (singing)
James: Awww
James: What? Elizabeth: Yeah, let's just not resolve.
Collin: Whoo!
Jarod: Whoo!
Umu: What did you think of that song overall, musically, and how it created maybe a wintry vibe?
Jarod: Well, sleigh bells. Collin: Yes
Jarod: Lots of sleigh... Collin: This was actually a pretty effective use of sampling bells and like, you know, all those different percussive, like,
I don't know, triangles, etc
But actually, that was good. Like the icicles, how did they represent that?
It was a chimes, I guess, right? Maybe? Jarod: Yeah, chimes. Collin: I don't know. Jarod: I feel like
when it comes to Christmas time,
it's all about little little high-pitched things,
like whether it be bells, chimes, triangles, or any kind of high-pitched percussive, like those little
mini finger cymbals like, ding! Collin: Or screams?
Umu: Did you say screams?
Collin: It was the last...I was referencing the last music video.
I'm still not over it.
James: We've listened to K-pop songs that utilized samples like this,
but I really liked the samples used in this, and I thought they were really interesting--the sneeze... Elizabeth: Yeah, the first 15 seconds,
there's like a car being unlocked, James: Yeah
James: Yeah. I thought the sneeze was like so cool.
Elizabeth: Yeah, I've had to sneeze ever since that happened ?????????
James: There was one bit that I didn't like too much, and it's not even like a section,
it was just one part that they kept using over and over again, where the singer was going like,
(singing)
Like something like that, and it sounded really like strained. I thought it was a fun song though. I thought it was cool.
Stephen: I'll be totally honest, like I was listening to anything since the intro, I wouldn't think of it as Christmassy or wintry,
but the one reason why I think of that is because of the sleigh bells at the beginning, you know.
Umu: Because the winter thawed and it became not winter. Oh!
Seiji: Yeah, yeah that makes sense.
Yeah
Umu: I don't know, I just thought of that.
Stephen: That was deep!
I thought the walking bass was a little odd. The reason why is just because, I don't know, it just seemed very
disjunct, like it didn't necessarily belong there, that just wanted to add that there just for sake of contrast.
I don't think it necessarily, except for maybe like the drumbeat,
and maybe some of harmonies that they used in like the melody line,
maybe like, it didn't really relate to what I heard before, so I was kind of like, oh, well. Seiji: Yeah, yeah
Seiji: Yeah, probably not the place for walking bass line.
Stephen: I've just never heard a walking bass line with hip-hop before. I didn't even know you could do that.
Seiji: You can do that! Stephen: Well, maybe you can, but I've literally never heard anybody try. I've never played with a bass player
who did that. Seji: I've never even thought of doing that.
Stephen: I want to meet the guy who thought of that idea, and was like guys, we gotta do this.
Seiji: I mean someone's gotta spark change. I mean, I'm all about that.
Stephen: It's gonna be the new thing.
Seiji: Yeah
Lindsey: I like the sneeze at the beginning, that was cute. Fiona: Yeah!
Lindsey: That was my favorite part! Fiona: The beginning was so cute--the sneeze and the little, "beep, beep!" part. Like I wish they did more of that throughout.
That's exciting. I love that.
Lindsey: I like that they started with that, because I was like, oh, this is so fun,
they have all these different sounds and stuff going on, that's part of like the introduction,
but then I think that they like built on that too much throughout. Like I feel like
Fiona: It sounded like it had jingle bells in the beginning, too. I forgot about that. Lindsey: Yeah, yeah
Yeah
And I feel like if they had kept it more simple and down to that kind of thing, coming back every once in a while, the
whole thing would have like, Fiona: It would have made sense more. Lindsey: it would have melded together a lot better. Fiona: Yeah
Yeah, I loved that beginning. Lindsey: Yeah
Yeah, I wish there were more of that throughout.
Isaac: I thought it was interesting how there's so many people in this group, and yet they were able
to like keep your attention the whole time, so it's like their tambours are very similar.
The only part that there was maybe a slight change was when Kevin: Mei Qi Isaac: Mei Qi
When she comes in, it becomes a swing, or it's a lot faster kick, especially when you notice the bass start Kevin: Is it the bridge?
Isaac: Yeah, the bridge Kevin: Yeah Isaac: It's like, boom, boom, boom, boom
I mean, you know it's going somewhere. I thought it was interesting. Just the way it goes back and forth from each one of the vocalists,
and they all have very unique
tambours but yet, they're so, in a way, it's like very similar in the range. Kevin: Yeah
I thought it was interesting, the part where they sing, da da da da da da... Kevin: It's na, na, na, na, na
Isaac: I think it's a quote from something, Kevin: Yeah Isaac: but it's definitely not in the same key.
Kevin: No exactly. Isaac:The B-flat sticks out like a... Kevin: Yeah
The same notes
under a different chord, they almost serve a different function, and it sounds very fresh and different. Isaac: Yeah
Kevin: Yeah. In the chorus, we have a hint of something jazzy, so it gets a little groovier,
and then once we get to the bridge, it almost like fulfills the prophecy. Isaac: The prodigal son returns. Kevin: Yeah, it becomes something,
you know, it fully goes jazz, and there's even a giant brass wall that fades in.
Isaac: Oh, yeah! Kevin: Yeah
Isaac: Oh, that one part that just distorts, Kevin: Yep Isaac: like, turns off the sound, woot! Kevin: Yeah
And veers back into the music. Kevin: Yeah
Kevin: Christmas with a twist.
Isaac: Ring, ding, ding!
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