Kevin: Oh man, what are they- Both: *shocked*
Umu: *singing* SF9 is a nine-member boy group that debuted under FNC entertainment in 2016
Jordan: First we'll be reacting to the intro track called 'Tell Me What It Is' of their Burning Sensation 2017 album
U: Ye-yo participated in composing the song along with Kim Changrak
Jordan: The lyrics are about the pain that love brings and how the singer wants to erase their emotions and tune out the world
James: Already got stuff to say about that, but we will wait till this song is over
M: *mimics ascending synth*
Isaac: Wow, are we in space?
Melissa: Like woah, that was cool
His voice is so low, holy heck
Lindsey: Cool. This is weird how they're doing this over just like low piano
Fiona: Yeah
L: And that's it, like
F: It's like super reverb-y piano
L: There's only low piano and then twinkly like high piano, that's all that they're, you know?
F: That makes it sound spacious
Jarod: Oh, I love how they rhyme Korean stuff with like English, its kind of cute
Peyton: *vocalizes drums* Both: woo
Charlotte: That was a bigger delay than I thought it was going to be P: Yeah
Collin: What the hell was that?
J: *satisfied noise*
C: What syncopation man? J: Its so cool
M: Damn he's rapping so fast. That's a lot a- that's a lot of words J: Oh my god
L: *shocked* Woah
Complete change in the mood F: And he has that- yeah that piano really adds like
A kind of like wistfulness L: Yeah
K: The rapping is also kind of displaced from the metre
C: Okay, what are you gonna do damn it
I don't know- I don't know what to do
C: It's like the have the *mimics ??* and its like they have two hits in one before they drop it
P: That's weird
I: So edgy
*mimics synth*
C: That's really cool how they use the synth to totally determine, or well, screw with you
What? J: Was that it? (C: No :( ) I want more, come on, shit, oh
C: You didn't tell me what it is, you didn't do any of that :( What?
J: *singing* tell me what it is, yeah C: What?
That was really weird J: It was really weird but I liked it
I mean I like- the use of space was really cool
It's like the- like that- *mimics bass*
C: Well, the- the (J: *more bass sounds*)
The expectation (J: *one more*) breaking was like ... intense, that is what he meant to ... that was the
J: That's the actual words behind (C: *chuckles* Yeah that was the articulation behind) the sounds
C: No, but what's cool is like- especially in like this- this genre of music like
Expectation breaking is like never a thing and that's probably why it's like- well,
It's also like it's it's well constructed like it's just a good craftsmanship, but
Because you're so used to this music just being like what you expect, it's like
What?! So that was- that was cool. Good job, SF9
F: Whoa, that was surprisingly short, why am I so surprised? Like- L: It kind of 'cause it just kind of ended
F: Yeah, like there wasn't a (L: It cadenced) bridge?
L: It cadenced, but it was yeah, I think it just kind of like- well,
I don't know if it was that there wasn't a bridge or if there wasn't really a set definition of what the verse was in this
F: Yeah, ok L: Becaue it kind of just /did something/ and then it did that little break
F: Then it came back L: Into the chorus, and did something else and that little break and then went to the chorus
And then, I don't know, maybe did something else? I don't know F: I don't know (L: It was so short) It was weird
L: My favorite was how they like transition into the chorus. Like the first time it happened
Especially had me like totally shook cause it was just totally rhythmically not what they were doing before
It started out pretty rhythmically like
consistent, and then all of a sudden it like did this thing and then was in the chorus and then the chorus was kind of
rhythmically not
Y-you know? *gesturing* You know what I'm saying? F: YEAH, that *waves arms* Both: *giggling*
K: Actually about a year ago
Umu showed me the song and wanted me to dictate the rhythm and asked me if it was-
If there was anything different with the metre
And it turns out if you count very rigorously it actually fits the meter perfectly
So the second one; that 'Show me show me what it is'
The first 'show' (I: *hmm*) is on an off eighth note, but if you count it, it actually fits the meter perfectly
But it doesn't sound that way at all
I: Yeah, they're very loose with like the way they rap because like most of it's like- it's primarily rap. K: *noise of agreement*
I: Just the way they've like- they're like swinging around the beats, it's like- it's borderline syncopation
We're on the beats, but rarely on the beats
But yeah, it's like going through each- and every one of the members like they have a different coloring with instrumentation K: *more noises of agreement*
I: Like the beats are very different- its like the way they rise up- it's another set of instruments
U: All right, so the next song you will be (C: What?) reacting to by them is their 2018 comeback called Now or Never
The song is composed by Daniel Kim and Al Swettenham
Jordan: The concept of SF9's 2018 comeback album, Sensuous, is the awakening of a young man's inherent sexuality
J: Oh.
U: The group describes the song 'Now or Never' as dark pop and it is about expressing love
P: Oh
Both: *mimicking bubble sound*
M: Whoa, what sounds are those? That's so cute *makes sound*
It's like a video game
P: It's a cool effect though
P: Yeah, woo (C: Oh?) oh, double time, ok, it was faster than I thought
C: Harmonic minor
I: Oh, this bass
L: Oh my god, they're so attractive F: I love that *makes sound* sound
That's in a lot of music I like lately, so
C: Ah, yeah, there we go
*mimics descending synth* Did you that? The descending line?
K: Oh man, what are they
I: *gasps*
K: *chuckles*
C: What?
F: I love all the whispering that is like under every vocal
It adds so much like depth and like thickness to the overall sound concept
K: It's so (I: Wow) good
It fits the theme really I think - discovering sexuality, getting edgy
M: I love this bass drum thing
I feel like that's what makes a dark pop
because of all the like low ... stuff
J: I really like, like the rhythm in the background C: Dude, that's what it-
K: Ooh, a different- different stuff - the vocal harmonies
C: Dude, that's so fucking satisfying J: Right?
*at the same time* J: It's just so wide sounding C: Like holy shit
C: No, but like it's- it's unique too, that's what's- like what makes it half the s- gives you half the satisfication (he meant satisfaction)
F: That guitar L: They always seem to have like pretty deep timbres even if their actual choice is higher pitched
They all have very like, round voices (F: Yeah, rounded) so they're like very
It sounds very good together
C: Ooh
Oh
F: Woah
*fangirl-esque squeals*
*little scream*
L: See, this guy's voice is a lot higher pitched F: *another fangirl noise*
L: But its still very like grounded (F: Yeah) and has like the deep-
F: It's not thin (L: Like, yeah) she thicc
C: Oh, Michael Jackson vibes
to the max
P: Woo! (C: Yaaass) man, they can dance C: *snaps*
J: Mmm, interesting. M: What?
J: Just the color. I'm like, thinking too much about it probably but,,
M: I wanna hear it (J: Ya) when the song's over
P: Ooh. Ooh. Yeah C: Ooh
F: *sighs* L: Oh, we're ending again with that same lo-fi kind of sound that we started with
F: Dude ... L: That's how you
F: I loved how like- L: That's how you create a masterpiece F: Oh my god
K: Woooow I: That was a good ending
K: It's a good song (I: Good song dude) that was a very good song
I: The stark contrast between just like the silence and then just like the re-entrance of the beats was just like
That was very tasteful and it was done very well K: Yeah
And they're good- their voices- oh sorry, but these voices, the way the contrast with one another
It's just like very nice, but they complemented each other at the same time, so the juxtaposition was very nice
K: Yeah. This is- I think this is a type of Hollister song that-
The rare Hollister song that will make me want to stay in the store for longer I: Agreed
K: Just like yeah, I'm gonna finish this song first before I continue.
I: It was so clean. (K: Mm-hmm)
I: Like, you know just like this- even the video was clean.
But like I'm- this sound was just like- everything was like
pure in its own nature like; each one of them you can hear separate entities, but it all comes together and just
Comes out as great house music. (K: Yeah) Yeah
J: It was- I mean, it was a really fun song, I thought. The use of those little *boing*'s
You know, usually what most people would do is they would just include that sound on like a single pitch
But they were like- those were chords like they were literally chords. It was a chord progression. So I thought that was really cool
I'd never really heard anything like that
And then they ended the song in a similar almost like cyclical way.
What I was gonna say about the colors- ugh, here we go
So the first thing I thought was they started off with red and then immediately like the second color changes like red to green and
Like they were like ferns and like plants and the like- literally the chair is like changed like-
*hits microphone with headphones cord* oh my god, sorry
The first thing I thought was like oh if this song is about the awakening of like a man's sexuality
it like- it sort of becomes this like- thing that's like not a part of your life and something you don't think about which is
Like red, like it's a no-go
To like green and then once that- like once you hit puberty and kind of happens just like, whoo, you're gone
but then, you know that was the first thing I thought, but then it kept changing like blue was next
and then there was a little bit of yellow and then
There was like one point in the song where you got like a spectrum, like they went through all the colors really quickly again, and they
M: *whispering* That's cause they're gay :D
J: Okay, yeah, that's what I'm about to say M: Ok
Oh really? J: That's actually not what I am about to say but (M: Damn)
I- I think it could be like a reference to- it is a spectrum and like
everyone, you know when you when you go through that puberty phase you like realize where you end up on that spectrum and it's just like
Kind of nice that they gave like homage to that. Like it's not just like you're here, here- there's like a whole
M: That's beautiful J: Yeah,
F: Because you mentioned how rounded like- their qualities of their voices are, like that's how the whole song was in general
Like it and and started with the *makes synth noise* L: Yeah
F: And that like- that simple like motif ... began it all
L: Yeah, and but then it was so different from that throughout, like (F: It like, wove) it was very like, high energy
F: mm-hmm L: Throughout, and then the beginning the very like the intro and the outro
That's when it kind of had this like lo-fi
relaxed kind of sound but then in the middle it was like very high energy; their voices were all just like so ... bold
C: Whoa! What? What?
J: I think you described it best when you said
satisfying
U: So what about it was satisfying?
C: The rhythms were really satisfying and it's like kind of like- gave me like a *punching hand noises* guttural thing at the time
But ah, you can feel it in your gut, how about I put it that way
J: Cause yeah, like the rhythms were like really- like
C: Well they were actually intricate J: They were intricate but I think the sounds that they used for those rhythms helped the after the effect of that
The how- because it's like they chose like really
deep kind of- like really like wide sounds
C: In ... Both: Yeah, yeah yeah yeah
C: Well in that section J: Well, like, in the bass
kind of like, just the way it just
and like the droplet effect with the pitch bending helps add a little bit of /weight/ onto the note
like it feels wide but at the same time it was like very precise
So it's like sometimes you get caught like with big stuff it's like- it tends to, I don't know it feel a little sluggish
But it felt very- C: Well there's- there's a lot of forward motion
Well, what's interesting is like I don't listen to a lot of (J: House music or something like that) yeah yeah yeah
But like what I think is special about this
it's like, all of the textures are like super cohesive- at least what we've been like reacting to is things that are like
'Holy shit, he made...' you know like,
I don't know world music with like rap, and it's good, right?
Like you just combine these two different things, but this was like its own entity and it was really effective
K: Oh well the (I: *giggles*) the other one- the other one was too short (I: Yeah, agreed)
And the main gimmick of that song is that weird drop that kind of just
Disorients you, but this song has time to really let us get used to the two worlds
of the low base drop and the high- s- the *bwamp*
And I also like how
it messes with my ability to perceive what harmonies are going on I: Agreed
Because of all the chromatic little *brreh*
I: Little slides (K: Yeah) *zooom*
M: I like the first one better J: Really? I like (M: Yeaah) this one better
M: The first one was just so hype, and like- I mean, this one was- I also really like this one
And it was super hype, it but like the first one I was just like
'Ooh there's like another thing, oh my god, another thing'
Like, I feel like the fact that it changed so much- it just had ^lots of things^
And then this one's like more consistent which is like maybe objectively better
J: Yeah M: But it was very much like one (J: Gotcha) focused, like, thing, musically
J: I think it was a lot more coherent, a lot more- M: Yeah
Musically mature maybe? I don't know
L: They were very different F: mm hmm
L: It's hard for me to compare songs that have music videos with songs that don't because I-
My focus is in so many different places when there's a video
So, like I loved the music video for this one and I loved the way that it worked with the music and how they would
change, um, setting in the video, uh, rhythmically with the music.
So for me that kind of did it, so that- I guess I like the second one better
But I feel like if the first one had a music video then I might feel differently
F: I would say that I like 'Now or Never' more
I think overall it had a more refined sound and then the first one was short and that was like really cool and
Interesting and caught my attention definitely.
For a long-term relationship I'd say 'Now or Never' is the guy you'd-
L: *chuckles* Yeah (F: Wanna marry) I guess I- I- I guess I'd agree, I'd agree with you
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