Am I ugly?
I guess it's fine
Do you enjoy being famous?
I'm not famous
I was surprised that people
reacted positively to what I said
We had a lot of positive comments
We had as well comments that were... constructive criticism
But not that constructive 
actually because
Well, I'm not going to change it
While editing, I put the MV's volume down
in order for you to hear what we are saying
While reacting, we still have our earphones
And I can assure you that it's loud 
enough in our ears
We can hear everything quite 
well, especially him as a musician
And because he produces music too, he has a sharper ear than I do
And I know the songs already a 
they are most likely on my playlist
Meaning the songs are not new to me at all
It might be annoying depending 
on your personal preferences but
you shouldn't think that we are disregarding the artists by doing so
or lacking respect towards them
It's a reaction so we just say 
what we think on the spot
Us speaking doesn't mean that we
don't hear what's happening in the song
A little disclaimer to show that
We are seeing and valuing the comments
But there is a reason why it's 
like that and not another way
And it's not going to change
Today's setlist
It really took me a while to choose
One was already on the run for the first video
Then, we have one girl group
The first MV we're going to react to
I thought it would be a must even if it's not necessarily your genre of music
It's Seventeen's last comeback
The ones
It's my ultimate group
And I thought that even though their style of music isn't necessarily yours
But their latest song is the 
type of song everyone can enjoy
Even if you would like to hate it, you could just not
It's so groovy, fun, and catchy
I really hope you're going to like it
I'm actually scared that you're not going to like it
Because I mean they're my babies
I think the choice of the song is quite safe
It's the one they brought out around a month ago
Called Left & Right
Did they have a TikTok thing?
Actually interested in your opinion because
They're a group which also produces their own music
Be it the music, the 
lyrics or the performance
They do a lot of things on their own
Sometimes even everything
1, 2, 3 and 4 in Korean is Hana, dul, set, net
They're 13
It's getting quite groovy with the guitar
They have 3 units
Hip hop unit, vocal unit, and performance unit
The percussions are similar to the ones used in the 80's
That's exactly what I told myself
And the dance moves are inspired from the past too
It's quite old-fashioned
The rhythm!
It's Vernon (*internally freaking out*)
My bias
I'm getting some high school vibes
They kinda went back to what they did before
Because last year they had darker concepts
And now they went back to something funkier
It feels young too
It's actually very "them"
They can do anything but that style feels like them
It's funny because they are filmed in separate groups
It really gives the sense of three different units
Despite the moments in which they are obviously together
They have different units but
They make an entity together
They work together for the group
They're making a rocket *lol*
We don't need to understand
And then they're filming it like... everything is normal
It makes me think of Back to the future in some regards
To some movie from the '90s
Again filming like this is totally random
Didn't they just kill someone?
I actually thought the same at first
There was someone inside, guys
Where did he land? On the moon?
The music is great though
You liked it ???
Yes
It makes me so happy
He's still alive
How did he survive that?
He's like... everything normal, that happens all the time
He's used to it
It's really nice. It's like the end credits of a movie
This one really fits their personality, I thought
The percussions were similar to what you can hear in Phil Collins' song
Which one?
That's the one!
What a great culture you have
I'm very good when it comes to music before the 2000's
Do you hear it?
Nope.
It's the first electronic drums
I really need to find the name of this thing otherwise I'll just look stupid
TR-909
If that's it, then I'm a genius
You should actually meet up with
Woozi and discuss music with him
He probably didn't use the TR-909 but
There are lots of samples using this type of drums
Look there is an example of TR8 on in the air tonight by Phil Collins
It's probably another type of drums
It's a newer version of the TR-909
See?!
That sound?
The sound is really far in the background
It's not Phil Collins who used that first
Most artists in the 80s-90s did use it at some point
And it actually stayed as a basic sample you can get in every music program
We can see the trend nowadays in music and in the fashion industry
We're actually taking 
inspiration from the past
Especially the 80's 90's
It's a song that works. It's fun, catchy, "mainstream"
But there is still a retro vibe
When they're doing their little "grandpa" move
I think there is a willingness in this song to bring you back to the past
The song is giving off a vibe from the end of the '80s, beginning of the '90s
With the highschool theme
It's something that we can hear 
since a few years already
It's an idea of regeneration
With the democratization of all the music programs
That anyone can access quite easily nowadays
That's why there is a desire to go back to the times
When not everyone had access to the same things
It allows to (re)diversify the modern music
Did you like it or not?
I really enjoyed the MV and the 
music that came with it
I really appreciated the 80's-90's vibes
Seventeen is really like a family
They're my babies
They're really talented
When you realize that they are doing lots of things themselves
You can only give them probs
One of the vocalists composes and
produces most of their songs
With a producer of the company (mostly Bumzu)
But Woozi does a majority of songs for Seventeen
It allows you to be closer to your music
Yes, as well as allowing to convey what you personally want
And according to the personality of the group
I know you don't have the rights to put Phil Collins' music
Yes, but I will leave your thorough analysis
Because you think you're such a boss *kidding*
I'm going to show you the girl group first
That goes more into electro music
I'm really trying to make a good mixture of non-electro and electro songs
It's a group called Everglow
I think they debuted last year if I'm not mistaken
Do you see, 142M views
Compared to what Seventeen does in terms of views
It hurts me a bit
Wait, this one came out longer ago
Yeah but Seventeen, they rarely pass the 100M
Really? *surprised*
Actually, maybe for Don't wanna cry they did
One of the members is really tall
She's like 175cm (*feeling less lonely*)
I'm getting vibes from Indian music
Don't know, I'm getting exotic vibes
She's the tall one
She has lenses
They're a lot too
No they're not
Ah, it's the dancers
I think they're 5 or 6
I know what's coming
It's such a calm phase
Makes me think of DJ Snake
A bit
It's trap
Really?
Totally
I thought it was electro
Trap is a type of electro
Thanks
You can feel some characteristics of trap here
The dance is powerful
They're not doing the same drop as before here
It makes you feel surprised
It's true you hear more voices in this drop here
Before it was more of a synth
Again a calm phase
I love this so much
I was never really into this type of sound
But this is just SOOO good
It works really well
You can see that the music is well managed
They put the right amount of everything
There you have another synth
It's not the same all the time
They bring in some variations to it
That's the cool thing about it
The synth is similar to what you can actually hear in arabic trap music
What DJ Snake used to do around 2014
I didn't really comment the dance or the visuals
The music in itself is efficient
You have some calm phases
You can feel that something is about to drop
It was surprising to have a phase, only with voices
Without any instrumental elements
It's actually rather rare
Usually in a dynamic song like that,
you always have something tagging along the voices
Some characteristics of trap music
You had a kick that hits
As if it would slap
And the snare
The snare is really different
in house music and trap music
Meaning?
Because it's actually written stupid up there
For example, in the big room which is a type of house
Both kick drum and snare will be powerful
In trap music, the kicks are softer
And they actually hit quicker/harder
The snare might seem a bit more acute
And is hitting as well
I said it had some similarities to arabic trap music
It's a synth that feels/behaves like a snake
But the synth was definitely mixed differently
It feels more discrete
And then you have some vocal chops
Which are voice samples that you can change
They are pretty, aren't they?
They are gorgeous
I was waiting on that
I was like. He's a man, why is he not reacting?
They're pretty girls!
Even I'm totally blown away
And he's like
The snare is hella fine
I'm like... ah the snare -.-
When I'm listening to a song, I focus on the musical aspects first
While I'm the opposite
To sum up, you liked it
Absolutely
I actually find Kpop
It's great, isn't it?
The music is good
But I have the feeling it is even better to watch it
When you have both together
I definitely agree because a Kpop concert feels different
I'm always saying the usual western artists' concerts
It's nice but
A Kpop concert just hits differently
It's really something else that is going to stay in your mind forever
It's so mind-blowing
In some regards, Kpop is the continuation of what Michael Jackson did
In terms of performances
I'm often saying that Kpop took back what the Western world
has lost over the years
Okay so the last one is going to be a Stray Kids one
I like them
We're looking forward to it
If I remember well, all the songs they released last year
They kinda go in the same style of music
I could have shown you Side Effects, Double Knot, Hellevator
But to me, these songs felt similar to Miroh in terms of music genre
So I'm gonna have you react to their latest release
That came out around the same time as Seventeen's
It's really a song that I adore
Because the song is weird
The performance is great, the mv is amazing,...
But the lyrics
You're like guys, where is this coming from?
It's really unexpected
I'm not going to put the subtitles
So that you won't be distracted
Because when you start trying to understand the lyrics you're like
What I wanted to mention as well
Last time, we looked up who 
composed/produced Miroh
And we found out that it was an American producer alongside 3RACHA
I forgot to tell you that 3RACHA is actually a unit composed of Stray Kids' rappers
Stray Kids is one the groups which work on their songs themselves too
Stray Kids = Felix
I really don't know if you're 
going to like it
It's the one song that convinced me to stan them
I was like... the talent!
Let's do a clap
It's trap
Giving us trombones again
Last time it wasn't them though
Indeed, wasn't them
They are really strong in mixing
the calm and powerful phases
I love the synth used here
I'm so in love with this song and MV
It's like a siren sound as a synth in the background
IN showing his arms really gets me
They're really synchronised
That calm phase is really pretty
I like it a lot
It similar to breaks you can hear in house music
I'm getting some vibes of gangsta rap here
It's soooo good!
This song is so WTF
And I'm so into it
I don't really know what they're doing
It's like they would play the drums
It's actually as if they were cutting something
It's the God's Menu, it's as if they are prepping a meal
I think they killed me
If you compare to Miroh for example
This is totally different
The style still goes in the 
the direction of electro/EDM
In the sense that trap is a sub-genre of electro music
I'm learning things
And it's different to what we heard last time
And the rap gave off a vibe of gangsta rap
Brought from the 90's I guess
What's actually powerful, it's that, from the start of the song,
they directly lay down the structure of the music
And the shots are changing fast
The way it is filmed is really stylish
And the transitions...
They quickly position the set so that you can find your way around
Well this song is actually
Really powerful
Just noticed now actually
This is hybrid trap
After dubstep, what Skrillex 
brought on the market
You had riddim music
It's a style that is more aggressive than what Skrillex used to do
This sound makes me think of a blade cutting through the air
It's definitely a metallic sound
What I understand from the lyrics, it's that
Well it goes into the I'm making you something to eat
But it's as if they would actually say that
They are creating/making their music
And they promise you that you never tried something like that before
Your overall opinion? Which one was your fave?
These three songs are rather different
Indeed!
As a personal choice, I would say that I really enjoyed Seventeen
You had one flying to the stars
Kidding
It's actually the leader
Luckily for them, he came back
The second MV. I really think that on the music aspect,
it was perfect
In terms of music aspects, this one really impressed me
It's actually rare to hear a lead with voices and vocal chops combined together
And that in the end, it's pleasing to the ear
Your computer doesn't like me
He doesn't like me either
Last time, the screen went full disco mode
I was like, man, you're doing really bad
Stray Kids impressed me in the sense that
They showed me that they can do anything
This album from them is
P R E C I O U S
It's as if they would give a menu
and in the end, they give you something totally...
Something you weren't expecting
At first, I really thought it would go in the same direction
as Double Knot, Side Effects, or Miroh
Not at all!
I think we spoke already a lot
I've learned so much in like an hour
Some groups I know that what they're doing isn't necessarily your style
Such as Seventeen for example
Or maybe it's just me thinking that and in the end, you'd like it anyways
I wanted to show it to you so that you have an introduction to the group
Sometimes it's quite hard for me because
I know groups that are good but I need to find a song that fits you
So that you don't get wrong 
stereotypes on the group
What is interesting actually is that I have things to say
for each song you're showing me
A lot of people are telling that Kpop is the "same"
It's such a stereotype because it's just so wrong
I'm showing you 3 different things
And these songs are not falling 
in the same genre of music
It's not the same musically
And it really bothers me when people are saying that
This is NOT true
It's as if you would say that 
rock is all the same
You have many sub-genres of rock
such as the rock blues, the hard rock, heavy metal
What we kinda forget is that pop is what's popular at a certain point in time
Rock in the '60s was pop because the majority of people were listening to it
At some point, it's random because we don't say USpop, Frenchpop
In a sense, it's a generic term 
applied to modern Asian music
Because it was new to us and we didn't dig further
It's actually new for them too
But at some point, it arrived at the same time as here
It just took longer to be integrated internationally
I don't really understand why but apparently
the Asian world didn't or still doesn't get the same visibility as other parts of the world
But like, we shouldn't put stereotypes on a genre of music
only because it comes from a certain part of the world
I hope you enjoyed it
I'm very happy that he was surprised by the choices I've made
And that he enjoyed it
Choosing the songs is a real thought process
So I'm relieved you liked it
Good job!
I wanted to thank you again for
All the love and support you've been showing to our first reaction video together
The performances of the video
For me, it was really mind-blowing
Please don't hesitate to tell us
if we should continue doing videos of this format
I love doing them
I don't know about him though
I actually enjoy it too because
I like speaking about music
And this is a great opportunity 
for me to express my thoughts
It's true that I don't have many
opportunities to share my passion for music
It's a chance for me to share  
my thought on music
And I find it really interesting
Lots of people asked for his YouTube channel
I will most likely drop the link
in the description down below
If you want to check it out
It's there for you
I will probably publish some 
songs by the end of my Summer holidays
And in the future too
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Otherwise, let's see each other next time
