[subtitles by @angelade17] UMU: So you guys know that I went to New York City to see Stray Kids a few weeks ago,
and I also did a thing with MTV.
Basically what happened was MTV interviewed Stray Kids
and then I went to the concert and I did hi-touch,
where the members line up in line and everyone who like sits close to the stage who like pays extra gets to high-five them.
And so you know, one of them has been giving us shout-outs on VLIVE,
and so when I saw him I said, "Hey thank you so much for supporting ReacttotheK!"
He said, "Yooo! I was looking for you!"
NICK: :O
AARON: And??
UMU: And then the next day, at the MTV interview they pulled out their phone and showed me this video.
CLOUD: Oh oh oh, what video? What video?
WHAT VIDEO? WHERE?
HENRY: *excited screaming* *laughs*
AARON: Wait what happened oh my god, did you film this?
UMU: So this was MTV and they told them my name and that I was a graduating student and that I traveled 6 hours to see them.
ELIZABETH: Aww. UMU: *laughs*
AARON: Damn.
BANG CHAN: There's a channel where you know, there's classical musicians and they react to our music,
and I kind of feel like I'm learning a lot from them, and it's really cool so I-
BANG CHAN: especially for the members who make the songs, write the songs, (JU YOUNG: No way...)
BANG CHAN: I sometimes share it to these guys as well and they'll be like "Oh okay!" (AARON: Wait, I'm gonna cry.)
BANG CHAN: I mean of course it's not their native language,
BANG CHAN: but they're like "Oh okay, so there's, there's you know musicians, actual musicians who really react to our music as well." (AARON: We try.)
(PRODUCER: Emma's coming to your concert!) BANG CHAN: She's coming??
STRAY KIDS: Hi Emma! Hello!
BANG CHAN: Alright Emma so we heard that you're coming to watch our show.
BANG CHAN: Ah I heard it's a really long trip, but thank you, you know just for coming. (JAMES: Oh my god.)
BANG CHAN: We heard that you know, you're going through a lot of decision-making and stuff, but you know um-
To know that, you know, you're giving us love and to know that you're just interested in Stray Kids itself, we're just really really thankful.
And because you're coming to our show, we promise that we'll give you, you know, a really great experience so I hope you're looking forward to it.
JASON: I'm gonna cry! CHAN: Thank you! Thank you so much!
STRAY KIDS: Thank you! JU YOUNG: That was so wholesome!
JASON: Why are they angels? We don't deserve them!
CLOUD: Did you have a really great experience??
Wholesome content!! *laughs*
CLOUD: Oh that was so cute! (HENRY: BROOO! Bro!!)
CLOUD: I'm a proud mom, I just- wow!
Elizabeth: Oh my gooooood! WHAT? OWEN: That's so cool!
UMU: How does it feel for you guys to know not only does just the leader of the group watch our stuff, but he shows it to the other members?
OWEN: That's fucking awesome, that's so cool. ELIZABETH: Yeah.
CLOUD: It reminded me of like when I showed my friends, I'm like, "Watch this, dude it's so cool!"
CLOUD: They're like yeah yeah yeah, nice, yeah. [laughter]
NICK: I think it's absolutely crazy, like that feels like too much power.
AARON: It's unreal. NICK: We listen to the songs once, and then we say like what we think about it.
(AARON: You know we try and like...) NICK: And then they're like actually...
AARON: They work on them, for like (NICK: Yeah.) at least a month.
NICK: They're like, their songs are their babies, and...
AARON: Yeah I feel like, yeah it's like- (UMU: We talk about them...) (NICK: 'Cause I feel we're just like glancing at them.)
AARON: Yeah it's like one thing to comment on things, and then like another thing to like make something,
and then like, you know, because it's way easier said then done.
(NICK: It's very cool) AARON: I feel good, but I'm also I'm like thanks.
AARON: Like, no biggie. *laughs* Like, stop it.
UMU: Well good job guys. AARON: Thanks.
AARON: And I'm glad we can be a part of the journey.
ELIZABETH: I sort of watched you build this channel from the ground up, 'cause we've been friends for so long,
and I remember you posting your first videos, and I remember them blowing up.
And I like watched some people who I'm good friends with now on the channel before I even met them,
and like to just know that all of the hard work that you have put into this channel to make it what it is.
ELIZABETH: And all of, you know, the work that we do. I mean for us it's just an hour a week. OWEN: It's really nothing.
ELIZABETH: Yeah we sit down and we talk about music. And to know that like... OWEN: Stuff we do anyway.
ELIZABETH; Yeah you know, to know that work that we and you are putting in to like, make content that we enjoy
and that other people enjoy too, including the people who like make this music, that's just-
(OWEN: So cool.) ELIZABETH: I mean that's one of the things that makes the Internet so freaking cool.
Like, it's just one of the things that like, how else on the planet would this have happened?
Like that's just, it means so much to know that, especially that you're getting the recognition you deserve.
Because like, I don't know if y'all know how hard Umu works on this channel, it's her WHOLE life.
So she deserves all the success and I'm really glad that it's blowing up the way it is.
OWEN: Mm-hmm. *snaps*
UMU: Thank you guys. *laughs*
HENRY: It's uh, I dunno it's really heartwarming to see other really successful musicians (UMU: Yeah.) um like, so humbling.
By watching and taking- and like really seriously considering like "Oh what are these other people who have a similar craft think?"
You know, or at least in the world of music, it's so flattering.
JAMES: 'Cause you know like, we work so hard to perfect our craft,
and we're so you know, really biased because we know ourselves and we know our playing,
and um but it's always the other outsider that like, when THEY give you their thoughts, that's like oh.
Like this is what the audience thinks, like that's- it's almost really important in its own right.
So I think it's so awesome that they, that they care. Oh my god.
CLOUD: And it's so, (HENRY: It's so cool.) it's so nice to bridge the gap between like, kind of like pop and classical,
because I feel like there's like those standards or that way of thinking where like classical musicians are kind of elitist, or don't like listening to pop music,
CLOUD: or K-pop music in this instance, (HENRY: Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.)
CLOUD: And this is really nice where we're like, *makes noise*.
I'm like so proud of Seiji and Stephen too, for like breaking down those rhythms for them, because I was not about to do that. *laughs*
And then like- 'cause even stuff that like I didn't know!
That's kinda why sometimes I'll watch the videos like we're in, 'cause I wanna see what like Owen said about this, and like Elizabeth,
(HENRY: Yeah.) CLOUD: or like Stephen and Seiji. 'Cause like I think all of their opinions are really cool too!
CLOUD: And like, I'm like I'm a musician, you say cool things, like I know what I heard, I wanna know what you heard.
JASON: Usually when you see people like reacting to your music,
JASON: and they're, people are like famous and have like followers, they like disregard it and, don't like that. (JU YOUNG: Oh yeah, big time.)
JASON: So that was really cool, I- that's major respect for him.
I would like to tell him that he's a beautiful human being, and that he's the reason that the world is a little better everyday.
JASON: Even though I don't know him, I can just sense it. (UMU: You only saw two videos of him hahaha!)
JASON: Exactly! I can sense it. He's like... UMU: He has a big heart. JASON: Yeah.
BANG CHAN: Doesn't matter how old you are, doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl or whoever you choose to be,
because everyone is welcome in our special district!
[MTV preview plays]
[t/n aw this was such a wholesome reaction video! let's keep supporting the channel!]
UMU: High-five, guys.
UMU: Good job. HENRY: By proxy, we've just high-fived Stray Kids. UMU: *laughs*
UMU: No it's the right hand! HENRY: Ah ah, yes, good.