Umu: Hi everyone, my name is Umu and I'm reacttothek's channel creator
Jarod: My name is Jarod, so good to see you
you may recognize me from previous episodes and seasons of classical musicians react
Kevin: hello everyone, this is Kevin from classical musicians react-a-palooza, and today we will be paloozin' some BTS
U: Before jumping into reacting to 'Dynamite' I'd like to respond to some comments that I've been seeing recently on the comment sections of our videos
about how we aren't reacting to BTS anymore, and I'd like to apologize because I totally understand the shift in
wow you used to react to them all the time, every single time they had a comeback, and now you aren't anymore
I totally understand if that makes you upset, I totally understand if that makes you want to unsubscribe
but my music tastes did change, and so even, not just BTS, but all groups in general even the groups that I started out stanning years ago
I don't react to maybe as often anymore, and that is absolutely nothing against the fandom, nothing against the group themselves
I've learned that what you guys appreciate most from us is coming here to learn something new, to get honest opinions
and to be excited with us, and so if I were to listen to a song, not be excited, be super critical, that isn't any fun at all for you, so
sometimes I don't react to a comeback because I'm not doing well mentally, or I'm super busy, or sometimes it just
the song isn't my cup or tea, and I wouldn't be able to put out a very positive reaction that you may be looking for.
So that's some of the reasons why I don't react to every single BTS comeback
but I promise, just because we miss a comeback or two does not mean that we will be not reacting to the artist anymore
nor does it mean that I like the artist any less.
So once again I understant why people are maybe confused or upset, but I promise you I do not hate any group out there even if I've never reacted to them before,
it just means that their music isn't my cup of tea, or that their music doesn't have the qualities that we're looking for to feature on this channel.
And if you want more information about that, I've pinned a comment at the top of the comment section, with some documents you can read that will
tell you about, oh there are the songs that we won't be reacting to and why, these are the songs we will be reacting to,
and these are the songs that we are actually running through our vetting process that will help us decide
yes, we really wanna react to this song and had a super positive reaction to it, versus no we aren't gonna be reacting to it and why.
So yeah, with that being said, if you haven't seen it already, we reacted to BTS 'Stay Gold'
and all of our Japanese reactions go up on our patreon, so that's been up there for about a month now, and I'm very ready to dive into 'Dynamite.'
J: For those of you who do know me, you know that I. Love. BTS.
And I'm super excited about this, I know it's gonna be dynamite
U: 'Cause I told you once, 'cause I told you twice, we gon' light it up like it's dynamite (singing a 2010ish US pop song)
Boom!
J: The classic BigHit intro, always love it
U: The intro's so comforting
We gon' get...
horn line instrumental?
Okay Jimin... oh
Oh
Same melody that the horn line was playing
K: OOOoooh
Ooh the muffled bass
U: Nice attitude in the vocals
little Adam Levine style
J: Oh that's a- such a smooth transition from voice to voice and visually too, they just sound so good together
K: Wooow
Wearing their influence on their sleeves
Awh
Why is this getting me so much?
U: Oh, nice vocal layering there
J: Yo they actually got
the claps going on two and four
*counting and clapping*
U: I like the lower vocal harmony at this part
'Cause it's parallel harmony and then it kinda does a little riff to
fill in the space between the main melody
J: Fitting that they're on a basketball court, because BTS are just all ballers, you know what I'm saying
Okay
Is that RM doubling him?
Like this chorus right now, like it is impossible not to bop along
K: Very future nostalgic
U: Ey, yeah
There we go, there's the horn line
Yeahh play those chords
And back in unison
Love the add- the addition of trumpets, especially
with this, you know, the disco background
U: Yeah, stacking triad
*singing along*
Wonderful transition back to the chorus
K: One more time
I'll shine through the city with this
J: Oh! Okay! Okay
K: We uploaded- *laughing at himself* we uploaded, we
modulated a whole step up, and I wan't expecting that
Wow
But it was, it was somewhat smooth
U: I like that they bring in the brass for the very last chorus
it helps build a thickness to it
Ah!
*laughs* that was really nice
K: Ahhhhh What a good time
what a great, great time
it- you know like, theres nothing much to say about it
but it just embodies that vibe so well
J: And the way they have that little nanananananana how
it accentuates different parts of the beat and the offbeat
create a really fun and playful experience, just rhythmically, that was fun and it outs you in a good mood
U: So right now we're in F major, I think we went a whole step up
Okay, yeah we went a whole step up
*laughs* I thoroughly enjoyed the second half of this song
I... 'cause we went from
finally adding in the brass, even though we hinted to it at the beginning
rap verse to
to the prechorus
to the chorus
and then we had that outro, adding the brass in for the first time
and then we kinda have a transition section
this is probably the bridge, the nanananananana part
and then- and then a total change to the third chorus
where you remove all percussion, all funky guitar, just a gentle synth hitting the progression
with these soft vocal, and then Jungkook starts singing quiet and then fills out his vocals
and we go up
for our final
man, modulations are really good for two things, one adding variation to the song, 'cause you know,
when you return, certain material can be too repetitive, but when you shift it up, it sounds a little different
and then two, vocal- vocal- showing off vocal, showing off range, hell yeah. Discussion time~
J: It was fun, it was fun (U: That was nice) like the way I would describe that
it's definitely- it's a beautifully simple song, it's a song that will never fail to not make you feel good
U: Mm
J: Or I guess it will always succeed in making you feel- like it's just a feel good song
like it's a nice (U: Mhm)- it's like a fun dance track where it is just- it's just fun, like you're just- you're just grooving
And (U: Mhm) it's just a good time, (U: Mhm) you know, that's
that- that's some- that was my initial reaction, it's like (U: Yeah) this is just- this is just fun, you know
U: I really enjoyed the little details here and there, because harmonically I was able
you know, to predict exactly where the melody was going, exactly where the chord progression was going, kind of some of the hits
but there was like, the first verse bass, it would be like- wait let me attempt to sing along with
*singing the bassline*
you know, it was- it had little (J: Right) beeps and boops there
to like transition between four bar phrases, and then we added, you know, a real
electric bass in, and then we added some funky guitar, and so just overall I enjoyed
the like rhythmic changes here and there and once in a while (J: Yeah, yeah, yeah) adding in some harmony
to the vocal line, or an octave to change the color of it
J: See, what I thought was impressive was they add- when they added the brass hits in the instruments towards the end
how they were able to add a lot to the texture (U: Mm) but not weigh it down
it still felt really light (U: Ah) it still felt like floaty, it didn't feel really heavy
but there was a lot of instrumentation going on
And I (U: The chorus) thought that was really impressive and like well mixed, mastered, and just done,
because that way it just- there's a lot happening, but it doesn't feel like a lot
U: Yeah what're (J: so you- yeah) what're your thoughts Kevin?
K: I thought it was phenomenal
U: *pleasantly surprised* Oh!
J: *laughs happily*
K: I love this song (U: Yo that-) especially, yeah
especially the way it wore its influences on its sleeve
there's a lot going on (U: wait) that I was just like woaaah (U: wait), especially 
U: wait
K: Yes? 
U: Wait. Noo, keep going I'm just freaking out
K: Okay. A lot of the trends in American music, this throwback
this-this almost like this need for an artist to go back to the disco times
I thought first of all, the production of this song was really on point,
they didn't make it too heavy-handed or too heavy in general
but there's a lot of little references here and there, like
theres a *sings part* that reminds me of 'Uptown Funk'
there's some- even some of the way they use- 'cause you know most of the song is in English if not all of it
U: all of it, this is their first English track
K: Okay yeah, that's what I thought
yeah exactly, there's a lot of that one note Bruno Mars type stuff
U: Like *sings example*
K: Yeah, yeah
And then it usually will ta- tail end it with like a dUH Duh, with a little (U: Yeah) yeah
with a little bit of a swagger-y lift
But also, yeah, later on, after 'Uptown Funk' Bruno Mars released this whole album thats like dedicated
to that 80s 70s style of music, and it reminded me of that as well
but also the bridge, *sings bridge* right, thats a reference to KC and the Sunshine Band's 'Give it Up'
which is a song that's used in Kingsman, that's how I learned about the song
So, and it's actualy a song on (J: Ah *laughs*) a lot of my playlists but I was very impressed with that
and just- because this year Dua Lipa released her Future Nostalgia
and there's another disco album by Jessie ?? that was really really hot
I thought for BTS to offer their spin on this whole retro trend, it's really really great
U: Yeah
K: And I think they're very smart for doing that, and I also like the modulation at the end
U: Yaayy
K: There are so many little easter egg posters
of (U: yeahh) like 80s culture, a little David Bowie, and there's a line "like a rolling stone" that's a
weird Bo- it's a Bob Dylan reference because his song- he has a song called Like a Rolling Stone
not necessarily the Rolling Stones the band per-say, a weird one, because it's not disco, but... it's there
U: yeah, no, it was really fun. I really loved, also, how much range they painted out 
because second verse they did explore some lower octaves, some lower harmonies
and then also dynamic- painting out dynamics through their voices as well, like just a quick example is the bridge
where Jimin was singing softly and quietly, and the Jungkook comes in, from that vibe
and it's all- it's all up to him to transition back to the, you know, higher dynamic level of the chorus
and he does that so smoothly, you know, starting like this (quietly) and then singing full voice
it just comes so naturally
K: Mm
J: Yeah and the way they ha- the way they hand off, you know, (U: Mm) vocal lines to each other is also incredibly smooth
like all of the sudden you know, one member's singing and passes the torch, and it's just such a nice transition
K: For like... the VMAs? Are they- is that why?
One of the reasons they released this is because they would be performing this?
U: Also Grammys are coming up.
K: Grammys are in Febru- no, no they're not, I don't know
J: May-maybe they're releasing this song, especially lyricizing it in English
so that way when they show up to these awards, they can like have,
there's like, you know, firm reasoning, like they're not gonna get
you know, knocked- not to say that like winning a foreign categorized award is bad-
but they're like, you know, instead of- they want- you know they wanna tackle the top dogs, you know what I'm saying
they want- they want their slice of that cake
which I think they rightfully deserve, you know
K: Mm, mm
U: Well, from what I've heard from the interviews that have popped up on my twitter timeline,
is that they, BTS, heard the demo in English, and they were like, you know what? We like it as is
we like how the English flows, we're gonna do it in English, that was literally,
it wasn't like, oh we're strategizing, we need to do it in English, you know *J laughs*
it wasn't any of that, it was just we like the sound of it in this language, so that's what we're gonna do
K: Because yeah a lot of like, I think it's breaking YouTube view records, right?
I think it's gotten the most views of any YouTube video in 24 hours
J: To see like, you know, when we were doing this back in like 2016, to think that BTS would be like
crashing those kind of like records and views and listens and spins
U: ugh, I'm so proud of them
J: Like the evolu- it's like- it's craaaazy but it's so great
U: Armys are working very hard, I'm, wow, really powerful fandom
K: Yeah and they did it just with a little funky song, as they sang *they all laugh*
with disco, the melodies, they're all pretty predictable, and there's a lot of (U: Mm),
you know, it's always- usually a combination of
some legato lengths *sings demonstration* you know (U: Mm, mhm) that line
and then a lot of very punchy, like even Bee Gees 'Staying Alive'
* K and U sing*
K: You know, yeah, it's all about that staccato, and a lot of the staccato, it's not even syncopated (U: Mm) it's just
on the beat, because the instruments have so much groove that sometimes (U: Mm) you want that to shine
And I think (U: Yeah) yeah, it's just- it just does it very well, I'm very happy
U: Yaayyyy, I'm really curious about all the- everyone else's opinions as well
and yeah, just let us know your thoughts on this song in the comments
I'm looking forward to this brightening up the rest of my year, the re-listens on re-listens
U: Yaayy, alright
J: Yeahh
U: Classical musicians react season 5 will be starting up in about a month, and we'll be starting with BTS's 'On'
K: Oh my gosh
U: It's gonna be exciting
J: Woo~
All: Bye~
