Pop Off: BABYMONSTER vs ONF vs KISS OF LIFE (April 2024 Comebacks)

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[00:01:02] wins for you in the comments. So this month you voted for Sheesh by Baby Monster,

[00:01:10] Might As Touched by Kiss of Life and By My Monster by ONS. So let's get ready to rumble.

[00:01:19] Round one. We have a player one, Baby Monster with Sheesh and this was done by Choice37, Sunny,

[00:01:29] LG, LP, Tui, Hyunsuk, Sanja, Wookstrom and Yang, Hyunsuk which I think is kind of like

[00:01:35] one of those like oh I'm just the executive producer things but I digress. Yeah you get right up

[00:01:41] them. They're credited that's how it works right? I love it. Okay Baby Monster so we had

[00:01:47] talked about batter up previously. We were not the biggest fans so what do you think of Sheesh?

[00:01:56] Okay get it out the way now it's been a month and everyone their mother has talked about this song

[00:02:00] now. Yes. And it's been said a million times right like oh it sounds like a black pink song

[00:02:06] but let's be real here black pink used to get 21s demos too you know as if it's your last

[00:02:12] the leak hello. That aside as a ghost of black pink and their songs it's not good I think it

[00:02:21] it seems like without Teddy Park the remaining producers are just recreating a sound that

[00:02:26] Yang Hyunsuk asks them to make and it's a shame because it's not for a lack of talent it is not

[00:02:32] a lack of skill and innovation on their part but they're probably being told do this make this

[00:02:38] happen it's been seven years it's okay we can do this with our new girl group unfortunately as I've

[00:02:44] mentioned before with batter up I'll say it again Lydia Peck was 21s like backbone in terms of lyricism

[00:02:51] black pink had Becca baby monster doesn't have someone there that's giving them like a voice

[00:02:55] that makes them really stand out it doesn't look it's written for them and they come across

[00:03:01] as a little bit unremarkable in terms of like sonic identity because of that. Positively

[00:03:06] speaking though the vocals are so solid and this group the vocal line the four girls that do sing

[00:03:12] are really good and it just blows my mind that it's getting wasted on these like still

[00:03:18] kind of girl crushy concept like I was talking to a producer that I'm really cool with and he

[00:03:22] does a lot of sinks for kpop and stuff like that and there's like A&Rs are like yo do not send

[00:03:26] me a girl crush concept I don't want it it's out you know and it's tough because

[00:03:31] you're dealing with the whole like magnetic new jeans garage the softer kind of disco-y sounds

[00:03:38] so you're dealing with that and then you're printing this song out and it's dated so they

[00:03:42] have a lot of just sonic competition and that's like really for them but I do appreciate that

[00:03:49] lyrically uh vocally speaking the girls know what they're selling um the tone is really strong

[00:03:57] but I think it's a very yg style the kind of saying like this uh and in your face and very

[00:04:03] chesty but um I think members like Rami um she kind of does like this little vocal fry in the bridge

[00:04:11] she gets really low and I was like oh that's a nice texture Ion's voice I feel like now that

[00:04:15] she's back I guess she's meant to be like that beacon of like power vocal I'm not gonna lie

[00:04:21] when I first heard the note I was like okay okay cool cool cool but I didn't have my headphones

[00:04:24] as I put my headphones on I think it's a little shrill and I think because she is like very much

[00:04:29] soprano high note singing I'm not sure if she understands or if she was guided to actually

[00:04:36] use her blend more than just her full like chest voice um but yeah I mean doesn't sound really bad

[00:04:44] but it's not like the greatest thing ever um I do appreciate their approach of being confident

[00:04:49] in their lyrics as opposed to blackpink's more like uh I'm doing better than an x because a lot

[00:04:54] of their singles were very much like you know you broke up with me but I'm doing you know I'm

[00:04:57] doing better now so you know so I appreciate that um I think the highlight of the song is definitely

[00:05:02] that name spelling bridge the telephrine part because it felt really creepy and it leaned more

[00:05:06] into that whole the whole creepy crawly sonics of the whole song uh again kudos to the attempt

[00:05:14] but it just falls a little flat in terms of like uh I guess a sonic identity and I think

[00:05:20] that's what's kind of holding back yeah I think the whole blackpink copy like you said it makes sense

[00:05:26] why G have done that now with previous groups but it just feels like these songs just aren't very good

[00:05:32] like just objectively speaking like the song is just like fine like even if blackpink sang this

[00:05:37] song everyone would just be like it's fine you know so that's actually where I kind of more

[00:05:44] have the problem because I think it's fine if you're just kind of like we know this

[00:05:47] works so like let's just like kind of do this kind of derivative thing for now but the fact that the

[00:05:52] song sound like blackpink rejects I think it is kind of where it doesn't fully work at least

[00:05:59] blackpink like the songs were still good but we could tell they were 21 reject but they were

[00:06:05] still good songs you know and yeah this one the quality just isn't as high I would say

[00:06:09] okay I think on the positive note I think the first verse like the intro through the first

[00:06:15] verse is actually very good like it's totally hit the chorus like the twinkling keyboard the dramatic

[00:06:21] synth that come in the build is really really good even the melody is a really really good in that first

[00:06:25] verse yeah that chorus I don't know she oh that hook is like it's fine it's a little annoying

[00:06:36] you know but the thing is it's like it just doesn't really go anywhere no and that's

[00:06:40] the problem is again batter I've already did that right but uh yeah oh my god that's just like

[00:06:47] here it's just like when by the time it ends you're just like okay like it's very underwhelming chorus

[00:06:52] now I think the rap section was good I think the flow is good between those three members

[00:06:56] confidence is there the execution is good lyrically it just felt very uninspired though

[00:07:01] because it's just a lot of like boom pat pat bow pow click click clap like it's like okay but you

[00:07:06] couldn't think of anything else to do there you know why I mean Korean is very multiple

[00:07:12] multi-syllableistic I'm kind of surprised you're right it just feels very like uninspired yeah

[00:07:17] but I agree with you like you said earlier the vocal execution overall is great there's so much

[00:07:22] potential there yeah um I see what they were trying to do again we get this kind of outro that's

[00:07:28] supposed to be just like a completely different kind of feel uh but honestly once you get to that

[00:07:34] point like I'm already kind of over the song so it doesn't again it just doesn't take it to the

[00:07:39] place that I think that they thought it would it was gonna go yeah yeah so yeah I'm just it sucks

[00:07:46] because I do think this group is very talented yeah but these songs so far just do nothing for me

[00:07:53] yes yeah that's the tough part oh yeah well moving on to the next girl group we have

[00:08:01] kiss of life with Midas touch and this was done by Mia on Dine or on Dean

[00:08:08] Samson Strawberry Banana Club and Joe Yu Kyung and shout out to I think I forgot which member

[00:08:14] of Joonbust did this but Joonbust was a company that I used to work for for shout out to them

[00:08:18] they can write it that whole team is awesome um yeah this is like a new writer I think but anyway

[00:08:24] Midas touch so what do you think about this one because I was thinking about you when I listened

[00:08:29] to that like oh yeah that's funny it is yeah it is quite on brand for me because it is so reminiscent

[00:08:36] of the 2000s girl groups yeah and just that sound at the time that is just kind of like everything I love

[00:08:44] and a lot of kiss of life's discography is that as well which I love but they're growing

[00:08:51] like in a really great way like their confidence has grown so much as as they've kind of gained

[00:08:56] this experience yeah and there has always been this kind of like slight r&b tinge to all their music

[00:09:02] but now it just seems a little more genuine like they're actually kind of feeling it a bit more

[00:09:07] yeah like the confidence is there uh so it's just yeah I feel like it's getting stronger

[00:09:12] so yeah I think this is great I think the production it does have that kind of under

[00:09:16] stated 2000s thing to it yes kind of doesn't really go anywhere it's kind of the same thing

[00:09:22] looped kind of almost the entire time yeah but it but it works in this case because you can tell

[00:09:29] that's kind of what they're going for and the vocals are good enough to kind of carry it

[00:09:35] I think the I think the cheerleader kind of tight bridge was really fun I do think I do wish

[00:09:40] the adlibs at the end were just a tad more powerful because that's what would have happened

[00:09:46] you know like at Little Mix saying this or if I don't know the cheetah girls saying this

[00:09:50] no or cheetah girl they would have killed this let's let's just be real but yeah yeah they would

[00:09:56] have done a bit more just at the end there that's totally yeah that's what would have really been

[00:10:01] like oh my god this literally could have been released by someone at that time

[00:10:05] but yeah overall I'm a fan it's grows on me each time I hear it

[00:10:08] oh yeah just very much on brand for made this one

[00:10:13] yeah I agree when I heard I was like oh yay um you like you said it sounds like 2000 but it

[00:10:18] also has 90s influence because of those like very new jack swing sound like a teddy wiley

[00:10:23] his his his grip on k-pop in the past several years has been crazy um but yeah I appreciate the

[00:10:31] retro sound because as I mentioned previously there is such a focus on drum and bass um garage

[00:10:36] disco and just chill sounds and k-pop which is fine but then we're like getting vocals where

[00:10:42] people are singing like na na na na na na yeah and then they have to actually sing out and

[00:10:47] they actually cannot do it because it's a different tone from singing the studio to on stage

[00:10:52] not trying to shade those serif and but they're like the most recent like uh group that has a

[00:10:56] face that where they kind of whisper sing yes and now they're feeling the effects of it they're

[00:11:01] singing with all of their chest um and even if they're singing breathy it's still na na is

[00:11:06] projected it's not just like i'm singing in front of a microphone so I really do appreciate

[00:11:10] appreciate that excuse me you know when I was listening to this song I was like this is giving

[00:11:14] me like it has that in-your-faceness of pop singers from the retro it's still retro but it has

[00:11:20] in-your-faceness like will afford I want to be bad or like pink when she was a light-skinned black

[00:11:26] woman back in the day or even groups like mystique you know i'm saying like pinks most girls kind

[00:11:32] of felt like this to me but not so much where it was like a super copy and I like that um the

[00:11:37] lyrics are the lyrics are diabolical they are a warning to the listener and it's like I'll eat your

[00:11:45] love I'll eat your love I've been watching baby I'm so toxic like this is the tone that a lot of young

[00:11:52] girls on the internet are really embodying even in real life I talk to people sometimes and they'll be

[00:11:56] like men for what or like what do you need a man for I don't think it's nice I don't agree with

[00:12:00] the sentiment whatsoever but this whole like I'm gonna free dinner or like I'm gonna put my

[00:12:05] little you know dark feminine power whatever this song is kind of that and I think it just

[00:12:11] it's all over the internet now and it's also the lyrical content of second-gen girl groups like

[00:12:16] you think jewelry you think brown eyed girls you think even was it secret they were just very

[00:12:22] much like we're very hot girls and you gotta figure out why i'm so hot and I love that because

[00:12:26] there are very talented girls um you mentioned that the production was really minimal and I

[00:12:31] agree I think the harmonies here and there especially in the pre-hook helped build the

[00:12:35] the tension I'm not sure if that's like the the person who wrote the song or one or the group

[00:12:40] but it didn't sound like the group because I think it was so process still not a big deal

[00:12:44] I appreciate that they have distinct vocals there's four of them and each of them have their own

[00:12:47] tone and I appreciate that so much there's breathy vocals punchy ones everything's really well

[00:12:52] executed and shout out to that lyrical bridge because each girl sang their part and featured lyrics

[00:13:00] for a title of one of their solo songs when they debuted in the beginning and I was like oh that's

[00:13:04] really cool it feels more catered to them as opposed to like a demo that they just copy

[00:13:08] word for word bar for bar um the only thing I will say one thing I will say as a like

[00:13:13] kind of note is that the chorus is not as big and bold as I hoped it would have

[00:13:18] I could have been you know I'm saying like the song is super short which is unfortunate

[00:13:23] and which is why I think that there is no host chorus whereas just like some harmonies here

[00:13:29] harmonies there that kind of really punctuate that minus touch because by the time you get to touch

[00:13:33] you kiss you no no no minus touch you're done and I'm like dang it it doesn't make me just like the

[00:13:39] song but it just reveals the potential that this the song is kind of sitting at where if maybe they

[00:13:44] do a live version of this they could like take it to the stratosphere who knows but this is one

[00:13:48] of those songs I'm like they can still build upon it but I wish they had more of a bigger chorus

[00:13:53] but aside from that nothing crazy noting wise yeah yeah yeah kiss of life is getting up there

[00:13:58] it's one of my favorite of the more current girl groups for sure so yes yes all right well player

[00:14:04] three and this one was voted for on patreon um as the winning one on patreon so shout out to our

[00:14:12] subscribers on that yeah we have on f with buy my monster and this one was done by huang hian

[00:14:19] and why it of on f and we've never talked about on f actually um this show um but this was there

[00:14:27] they won uh with the song their second win ever with the song um so congrats to them and they all

[00:14:34] went to the military together a few years ago yes I remember that so they did disappear for a minute

[00:14:39] but yet now they're all back and we have a very dramatic song what do you think of buy my monster

[00:14:48] I read somewhere um that why it wrote the song kind of as the as I think the fan name is called

[00:14:55] use correct me if I'm wrong I do apologize we're not familiar with this group or not super familiar

[00:14:59] rather um I know I'm definitely not so stand up to the fans on on patreon uh but yeah I feel like um

[00:15:06] he said that he felt like he wanted to write a song about like I guess the going into the army and

[00:15:11] like leaving and saying goodbye and I was like okay I read it somewhere I could be wrong I

[00:15:15] apologize for giving misinformation but that's what I read on google and other little cute k-pop

[00:15:21] websites um but yeah the parallel this song samples the third movement of uh rock men of men

[00:15:28] men enough symphony number two that's right who has struggled there you know I like the sample

[00:15:34] of classical music and k-pop is so interesting because you'll have like western music uh sample

[00:15:39] of course obviously western song like like obviously like oh from the 80s and the 90s and

[00:15:44] a little bit song from like 10 years ago but k-pop's been doing this oh we're gonna

[00:15:48] we're gonna go a little bit further digging the graves the archives if you will the mausoleums

[00:15:53] and pull out these symphonic masterpieces and it's interesting because um it adds definitely a

[00:16:00] lot more layers and depth to the song and I think it's so interesting to uh not witness but to

[00:16:06] hear how a producer can take something that is so classical so very much technically recognizable

[00:16:15] just technically sound of a plot and then incorporate all these electronic sounds and

[00:16:19] other genres and bend it to make a full song so I appreciate that um and that being said the song

[00:16:26] actually reminds me of a boy group called elast or elast um and they have a song called dark dream

[00:16:31] I think I sent it to you or maybe I sent another song by them to you but yeah I like their song

[00:16:39] because it's so dramatic it's the strings like the intensity is palpable um the only difference

[00:16:44] is I would have to only but one of the differences would be um oh and ev ont utilizing more of the

[00:16:51] roch rock approach upfront compared to like elast's rock opera kind of feel um but yeah I like elast's

[00:16:58] song though and so I felt a fondness toward this one um and I think as I listened to this one it

[00:17:04] grew on me a little bit more I remember listening to it for the first time and thinking oh my gosh

[00:17:08] this is like so Korean like they're like honestly k-pop is one of the few dominant industries that

[00:17:14] will have a whole string section and a pop song you know what I'm saying and I was like this and then

[00:17:19] at the end it sounds like some like anime ending to like the second arc of the shonen and I was like

[00:17:24] what is that right you know like I wasn't upset at it but I was like okay go off um the bridge is

[00:17:30] super epic and it was enough to make me go hmm hang on should I be getting into this group and

[00:17:36] that's what you want that's what you want that is the goal the harmonies were there

[00:17:40] the lyrical distribution was really nice the canon in terms of like how the the vocalists would come

[00:17:46] one after another I loved it it was angsty it was grand it did what it needed to do whatever

[00:17:50] it was trying to do I felt it you know all that feeling I felt it what about you I mean you

[00:17:56] know like a boy group thing like a new one right no but I've always actually appreciated

[00:18:02] ONF like because they have always they never really follow what everyone else is doing like I

[00:18:08] feel like they do take a lot of risks with each single and it doesn't necessarily always work for me

[00:18:14] personally because sometimes I'll hear stuff and I'm like I get it but I just it's just a little too

[00:18:21] odd sometimes super but in this case I actually really like this one I think the kind of pop rock

[00:18:29] writing style plus the orchestra you know with the rock drums and it does have this kind of j-pop

[00:18:38] like anime climax kind of feel to it like there's just that an epicness in it which I think is very

[00:18:45] cool and I feel like we haven't really had anything like this in a while oh my god yeah because I

[00:18:52] feel like the more dramatic stuff that boy groups have been doing recently it hasn't really

[00:18:58] been like this yeah now yeah um like this is taking the drama to another level you know

[00:19:06] which I appreciate and I think the vocals are good too because they are emoting very well but it

[00:19:12] does still feel genuine like it's not overly done yeah and yeah the harmonies are awesome like that

[00:19:20] last chorus especially that has kind of that full high belt kind of on top of it like whoever

[00:19:26] singing that sorry I don't know any of the members names but they're killing that

[00:19:32] yeah I think that's a really cool song because it is risky still it is kind of pushing some boundaries

[00:19:37] it does stand out literally every other k-pop song out at the moment but it stands out in a good way

[00:19:42] and the melodies are still accessible even though kind of the orchestra and the drums like

[00:19:47] it's all little out there production wise yeah but the melodies are actually

[00:19:51] quite pop and safe actually in a good way yeah so I think the song is really cool

[00:19:59] and it's another one that had grown on me a lot I think the first time I listened to it I was just

[00:20:02] like oh this is like very good and then each time it was like oh my god this is actually like really

[00:20:08] really good okay am I tripping did you feel infinite from this a little bit right I did I was

[00:20:14] I think vocally yeah because I could totally hear totally I could totally hear infinite singing this

[00:20:21] as well the dramatic they've done that yeah they've done this kind of like you know a lot of like

[00:20:26] orchestral elements for uh-huh to yeah it's out of the sweet tune and infinite yeah yeah so good they

[00:20:33] did love the angst so yeah that that connection definitely makes sense oh you mean this comparison

[00:20:38] in the best way I would say absolutely yeah yes that's it for round one which is about the song

[00:20:44] yes so what wins for you um this is tough because um one song is like fully fleshed out but the other

[00:20:53] one was like an instant catchy I can sing it back to you right now kind of thing so like the

[00:20:57] difference is not that far in between again I really do appreciate O and F but I can't honestly

[00:21:04] say that like oh I can remember it bar for bar and I feel bad about that but um we just we just kind

[00:21:12] of closed our poll a couple days ago anywhere so it's one of those things where I had only heard it

[00:21:17] because someone voted it in and it didn't really sit in and I feel a little bit guilty about that

[00:21:22] but so for me it's going to be my this touch only because it's the one that I've sat with the

[00:21:26] longest and I like and even after listening to it five thousand times still liked it so yeah

[00:21:31] is not that far off though yeah so I will actually give it to O and F because I think

[00:21:37] it's just a big surprise for me like I just I kind of just went in with kind of no expectations really

[00:21:44] honestly I was actually expecting it to be weird and and something I wasn't necessarily going to get

[00:21:49] and so I think it's been a very pleasant surprise that it's actually something I really

[00:21:53] enjoy so I will give it to O and F for this round round two all right round two we have

[00:22:02] the video portion and we're taking it back up to baby monster with shish again yeah um

[00:22:11] again unfortunately for me I think the video is only okay uh it's just again I'm going to use

[00:22:20] the same word it feels uninspired like this whole haunted house or church thing you know that they're

[00:22:27] doing yeah kind of the kind of cultish devil worship type imagery feels well it feels done before

[00:22:38] don't you think you know like the fire like these you know in the you know like in the cape and then

[00:22:43] with the candle then you have the fire then you have like you know like the the imagery of like

[00:22:49] the woods in the back you know it's it's stuff like that that's just like so been done before yeah

[00:22:56] it's kind of funny because I know there's been all these recent reports about how like

[00:23:00] hybe is involved with devil worship and stuff and well you know and it's kind of funny that

[00:23:05] you're a baby monster for yg is like now their latest video was also like it's like

[00:23:10] yeah um so yeah I think the video itself is just kind of boring like there's again just like nothing

[00:23:19] happens um I think that's the scenes like the setting for the dance scenes and stuff it just

[00:23:25] I was like I don't know there's just like nothing about it that feels like a song in any way yeah

[00:23:31] I don't know no I think the members themselves again are great for camera super charismatic

[00:23:38] giving it their all I I'm starting to recognize the members and I haven't even seen that much

[00:23:43] content from them because you know I don't really like these songs that much but I can still

[00:23:47] you know already start and so that's a good thing because that means you know they're able to

[00:23:51] perform well so yeah it sucks again I'm saying the same thing like a potential is so there

[00:23:56] but they're not being given good songs and unique concepts and like things that will make them

[00:24:02] stand out I think the best part for me I I did enjoy the kind of individual portraits

[00:24:07] in the outro section it was giving like haunted mansion disneyland yes right yeah which I appreciated

[00:24:13] you're not that's the truth that's true yeah and I was just at disneyland so that's why I have

[00:24:18] that reference but that's awesome um yeah other than that I'm bored oh you know I don't blame you

[00:24:26] I like the whole egger alan I was gonna say egger alan ho but I think this is first you know

[00:24:31] I like the whole egger alan wo aesthetic in the video I think it's like um I think that's a big

[00:24:38] double worshiping um but I appreciate the intent because it's like this gothic inspired set the

[00:24:43] last one I was thinking oh yeah like you know haunted like that you know and then uh like

[00:24:48] rami sees I think she's like a siren or like a witch like they're all kind of in trying to be

[00:24:53] like a little like creepy I was any more like witch getting burned at the stake because there's

[00:24:57] she's in the middle of an eye like the evil eye um and that's just a word off word off the bad thing so

[00:25:02] I think that's why I was just giggling because I was like whoa wait I didn't think that um but then again

[00:25:07] I'm also kind of naive when it comes to stuff like that I don't realize until someone's like you

[00:25:10] know I'm like really you know um but yeah I I think I like this the the shadows of the branches

[00:25:18] are on the window uh uh the the black and white concept kind of being uh not punctuated being

[00:25:26] accessorized with some reds here and there the flames and such um but yeah like you said unfortunately

[00:25:32] because we're forced to experience it through the hired yg filming style we can't really appreciate

[00:25:39] the depths and the details in terms of design and the characters that the girls play throughout

[00:25:43] I feel like maybe you should have laid into the monster thing like bed back big bad wolf

[00:25:47] vampires like really go into a ucg to kind of create a colored eye or use a colored contact just

[00:25:52] to kind of give them a little bit of ugliness because if you think about like 21 not to compare them to

[00:25:56] 21 but in terms of yg's creativity they've had a gothic inspired music video for it hurts

[00:26:01] they're on the roof their hair was kind of kooky and weird and they were leaning into the

[00:26:05] ugliness of scariness but they're doing like this pretty ugly thing and it's just not I think

[00:26:11] that's also is not connecting it's like if you're going to be a monster go for it don't be

[00:26:15] like the princess that's hiding away from the monster um so I think that was kind of like a

[00:26:19] little bit of a this connect for me in terms of like the creativity um I'm not saying that yg and

[00:26:25] the people at work there are not talented people again I think they're at the behest of their

[00:26:30] whatever that man is to them and they can't really not do it and they have to go they

[00:26:36] can't go against a grain or lose a job you know um I feel like like you said the facials were

[00:26:41] actually not as forced as in batter up it's a welcome change for sure I think my favorite

[00:26:46] scenes were chiquita scenes um because I liked her blonde and black hair like she was giving face

[00:26:51] and it was not too much either um I do feel about the girls were in the box the whole

[00:26:56] time yeah which thanks because they could have been an actual force there's so many

[00:27:00] yeah forest forest and music videos that they could have ran through again going into that

[00:27:04] whole you know little red riding hood thing like they just oh they needed some reality to set

[00:27:09] the whole picture is a lot of just like miss opportunity here for sure for me all right well

[00:27:16] moving on to mitis touch what do you think of this one um you know I like that they played another

[00:27:31] you know set of collection of women like baby monster did um I think jillie was aphrodite

[00:27:37] and natty was like a black widow hanul was like mariette I don't know mariette and that

[00:27:41] maybe she was Dracula with the heads on the stakes I don't know I mean and jillie was a

[00:27:44] heat yeah I don't I don't make the last two have some more more like mythology behind

[00:27:50] it some lore with any I don't know drop a comment if you're a fan that knows please let us know

[00:27:54] like no t no shade I just generally was just like a peacock okay sure I don't know what's

[00:27:58] data about a peacock um I think some of the cg news in the scenes that highlight the girls

[00:28:04] kind of indicated a little bit of you know tanquilado peligro shells a little dangerous over

[00:28:10] here wheel may like I feel like that's what was kind of indicating um there's a lot of snakes in this video

[00:28:17] I thought of you immediately

[00:28:22] I watched this video from a distance that's the kind of stuff you watch from a distance

[00:28:27] I did not like snake um but I get it with the whole medusa yes um turning man to stone

[00:28:34] who god uh I think in certain scenes the video really looked like a lot of western music videos

[00:28:39] from like our memories um like a lot of the verses CGI road scenes with cards and motorcycles

[00:28:45] were very Joseph con inspired toxic uh the names and lights it's later mom lady marmalade and maybe

[00:28:52] a little bit of pussycat dolls if you like you know yes the way it was filmed even was like bottle pot

[00:28:57] to me um the editing in the video is really satisfying um the transitions and the connections

[00:29:03] from scene to scene with the imagery for example uh the statue's heart uh breaking and then that's

[00:29:09] becoming julie's next set yes you know like things like that were the transitions like that

[00:29:13] yeah it's so delicious in the medusa's head becoming a hood ornament for the g-wagon

[00:29:18] that bell setting on that ugly crock of a car um honestly the video is as opulent as the

[00:29:25] phrase might as touch implies so I think they definitely leaned into the whole CGI joseph con

[00:29:32] kind of style which I appreciate and also like k-pop's already overdoing kcg anyway so it just

[00:29:38] makes sense and it kind of adds to that little bit of like cheapness that we now see like the western

[00:29:45] pop videos like oh my god why do i this motorcycle you tell us a green screen like it's giving that

[00:29:50] but it's not a bad thing it just adds a little extra layer that fans like us can appreciate who

[00:29:54] are a little bit older yeah I agree with you we've complained on the show or I've complained on the

[00:29:59] show a lot about like the use of CGI and a lot of these k-pop videos and how it seems just

[00:30:04] legit doesn't add anything to it I'm not against CGI but sometimes they're just there for no reason

[00:30:09] in this case I feel like everything was there for a reason and it was meant to look kind of

[00:30:16] cheap in a way like it wasn't supposed to look real like you're supposed to be able to tell

[00:30:20] that it's fake like yeah like for example I forget what's remember it is sitting on the truck right

[00:30:24] like it's like that's clearly fake but it's but it's yeah so it works in that way or even when

[00:30:30] they're on that really over the top like kind of like Greek oh stage thing like it looked like an

[00:30:38] old computer game you know from back in the day but that's why I think what made it work is that

[00:30:45] it wasn't supposed to look super real or authentic

[00:30:49] yeah I think it was great I thought the whole just kind of setup was great even with with just

[00:30:54] the beginning of them kind of just like touching that man yeah all kind of going in from there

[00:31:00] and the whole storyboarding of it was just clearly very well planned out oh totally scenes were

[00:31:06] very very detailed like yeah and very planned out yeah um yeah I would say they are also really good

[00:31:18] on camera yeah and you can tell they're kind of just having fun too and the fun feels genuine

[00:31:24] it's not the fake smiles and stuff that we get a lot um and they really do look at each other as

[00:31:29] well and the chemistry does seem pretty good here as well yeah um so yeah I think they did I think

[00:31:36] they did an awesome job and match it to song and match it the title of the song oh yeah yeah the budget

[00:31:42] was good so word we're no complaints really on for me on this one yeah for sure um so yeah

[00:31:49] moving on to the next video we have we have production quality we have some outside scenes

[00:31:54] and the CGI yeah you know yeah you know this oh nev's video you know I usually try to interpret

[00:32:03] but again I didn't get a lot of time uh to do it but this is one of those beautiful imagery kind

[00:32:09] of videos I don't think this story needs to be that in depth I think a lot of the parts make the

[00:32:13] whole for you to understand um I think the storytelling was a situate CGI uh and it's a

[00:32:20] loose storyline from what I got from it like I feel like I was trying to figure out the

[00:32:22] meaning of the library and the writer and why was he shaking like why is he writing a letter is it

[00:32:27] what's the letter yes and I was like it's just it's turning into too much like burning items and

[00:32:31] and exploding buildings and I guess the video is meant to really represent the meaning of the song

[00:32:36] and the lyrics like the duality of love and how things uh can be really complicated and then

[00:32:41] when you get to the end you know feel like your world's falling apart it was very beautiful at

[00:32:45] the end of the video you know they let the bird fly away the cage is like covered in flowers

[00:32:49] they feel a little bit more like yeah breathless and like I'm effortless and like uh breathless they

[00:32:56] could take a sigh of relief rather excuse me so I guess like at the end of something even if it

[00:33:00] is hard to let go or like hard to get out of uh there's still beauty at the end that I can

[00:33:04] appreciate that I think the performance shots are they're they're a little tough because again

[00:33:10] not knowing anything about their faces specifically and not really being too uh keen on their

[00:33:16] their their hand as a as a group I didn't know how many of them there were because the background

[00:33:22] dancers were also dressed in black and that was ear to ear because I couldn't tell and there's no

[00:33:28] like silver accessory or white kind of accent or any color that could have made them stand out a

[00:33:34] little bit more um and that was tough for me but again I think maybe that leans into the whole

[00:33:40] monster and the man being the same I don't know I'm just trying to maybe get into the mindset of

[00:33:47] what was going on there because if you think of it like that the guys kind of trickle in kind of

[00:33:51] creepily anyway and they dance with the group like uh like they come in ways essentially so I

[00:33:57] guess that kind of fits um I like the baron apartment dance scenes and the bird cage at

[00:34:02] the end like I said the juxtaposition and the colors again the duality of the song

[00:34:07] and then the the the hopefulness that the the music actually reflects I feel like this one

[00:34:12] fits the trajectory and the dynamics of the song the most out of the three for sure okay yeah well

[00:34:19] I felt like it was a little bit disjointed with the CG and the story and the and I was getting

[00:34:23] a little bit like oh my god but I give what they were trying to do I think I get much more I

[00:34:29] I think I also get what they were trying to do to I this isn't really the video I was

[00:34:36] picturing when I was listening to the song um I think it actually personally relies too heavily

[00:34:43] on the dance scenes oh interesting yeah yeah not that they don't do a good job in the dance

[00:34:49] scenes and I think the building is cool um like the the setting that they're in but I feel like

[00:34:55] the song is so like you know like we were saying it sounds like it's an anime climax like it sounds

[00:35:02] there's like just an element of a story there where I actually do think a more literal story would

[00:35:09] have helped benefited um the song because yeah for example like Big Bang's Haru Haru right yeah

[00:35:18] like there's no dance scenes in there are still moments of them like lip syncing and stuff

[00:35:21] but it's a really dramatic story it's barely a short film that yeah and it goes through

[00:35:27] and I think this song could have done something like that or could have used something like that

[00:35:31] totally yeah that makes sense yeah and so for me the non-dance scenes were the best part of it

[00:35:38] like I think all the stuff with the feathers and the yeah all the building blowing up

[00:35:42] yeah all the smoke um and all that stuff and the burning letter and all that like I enjoyed

[00:35:48] those scenes way more than I did the dancing scene um yeah I also think they it was such a

[00:35:55] misopportunity not to have like a full full orchestra behind them in that last like all whites

[00:36:00] more like a full scene I don't know it just felt it's just so prominent in this music it just

[00:36:06] felt weird to not use that no that's cute so yeah I was really hoping for a really dramatic

[00:36:15] like short film type music video and that's not the direction that they went

[00:36:20] ballad so I just feel like it's just a bit of a missed opportunity like I like like you said

[00:36:26] I get what they were going for and it does match this song I just feel like it could have been

[00:36:31] something more memorable than what we did in the story yeah we haven't gotten a story

[00:36:35] in a while yeah yeah I don't think yeah I don't think there's anything about this that

[00:36:40] makes me want to watch it again more times yeah I don't valid that's valid I oh I agree yeah well

[00:36:48] I don't think it's a surprise which one wins for us this round no no sorry that was like

[00:36:57] sorry guys so yeah might as touch for me yes might as touch for me as well yeah round three

[00:37:05] three now for our final round and this is the performance and the live the dance portion so

[00:37:18] yes wow that was rough but yeah so yes the performance of the choreography yes okay baby monster

[00:37:28] okay I'll start so again I think the beginning is great I feel like comments for all three of these

[00:37:34] rounds of the song are like quite consistent because I think the beginning is really great with them on

[00:37:38] the floor some great pictures there very subtle movements and it builds really nicely into that

[00:37:44] first chorus word I think the chorus choreography it's fine like I do think moments of it are

[00:37:49] memorable like with the um both the kicks and the elbow hits and the yeah it's it's very strong

[00:37:55] and it matches the song so again it kind of just it does what it needs to do right right I think

[00:38:01] what I need to I think just again just kind of say on the whole is that the song

[00:38:07] is just so not great that doesn't even matter how good the choreography is like it's always just

[00:38:13] gonna make the performance will always only be just like fine for me just because I feel like

[00:38:17] the song isn't good enough but the chorus choreography whoever did that like they definitely did

[00:38:23] something good with it in my opinion like I think it I think it's good it looks fun to do

[00:38:28] yeah um I will say though I think their strength as a group and maybe this kind of goes in line with

[00:38:33] what you were saying about how they're kind of doing like the pretty ugly kind of thing

[00:38:37] but like their strength is the more just kind of like strong feminine sassy stuff so when they

[00:38:44] try to go a little more like hip hoppy like like for example in the round it reads it doesn't

[00:38:52] feel genuine like it feels a little weak you know kind of it feels like you know when

[00:38:58] cheerleaders decide to suddenly throw in some hip hop moves for example like it just doesn't

[00:39:03] feel like they're like really like rounded in it does that make sense no that's a valid oh my god

[00:39:09] um I will say I would say my favorite move actually is that that arm wave into the devil horns

[00:39:15] for the monster horns yes well whatever I'm trying to spare them I'm trying to spare them from the

[00:39:23] high beat mess well they're not in high beat so it's fine was this sure um yeah anyway I love that

[00:39:30] move I think it's so powerful when they are all just in one line and they stop and then the and then

[00:39:35] the arm slowly whips the snakes up into the thing that's very very cool I also like how they end

[00:39:42] the song with the bounce oh yeah like we don't get enough of it yeah we love a little you know we love

[00:39:49] a little um what do you call that rebound reverb yeah rebound sure sure yeah um yeah of course they

[00:39:58] did make a huge deal these past few weeks about performing with a live band on the music show so

[00:40:04] I do want to mention that band sounded awesome like this is just proof as to why we always say

[00:40:09] at concerts like for sure artists should perform with the band um and their vocals are pretty good too

[00:40:16] very very strong and their performance ability is good like for such a new group I thought the

[00:40:21] chemistry was good the confidence was good um and it'll just get better from there so yeah I think

[00:40:26] like I said they're doing great but yeah just kind of is when it is yeah yeah you know I the

[00:40:33] point choreography for the for the chorus for the chorus he was done by bodily um

[00:40:37] she's the one who also never she did um roll the roll but just for your recollection got you got you

[00:40:43] um and yeah I like the swinging and the slicing and the kicking too I think that's what helped

[00:40:48] uh there I think because there are more members we have the benefit of forming bigger pictures

[00:40:52] as opposed to like um with black pink they only had the four of them so they end up recycling a

[00:40:58] lot of the formations or using background dancers to kind of um insulate them uh I think

[00:41:03] watching them perform the dance either in the video like the performance video or on live stage

[00:41:10] the dance is definitely meant to be simple enough so that when the girls perform they can actually

[00:41:14] sing there's no T no T to any group like I'm not actually dip the shade in the teeth it makes

[00:41:18] you feel better honestly I get it when we saw them on the show they were dancing their

[00:41:24] behinds off but that was to catch you and grab you and obviously it worked people YG is not

[00:41:29] promoting a dance crew they're promoting a bunch of vocalists and pseudo karaoke rappers um the the

[00:41:37] karaoke part was a little shady but they're pseudo rappers right and they can sing a lot better than

[00:41:43] some other you know two to three year already debuted groups or some newer groups from like

[00:41:48] larger companies and that's saying a lot or maybe not saying a lot because the standard for like

[00:41:53] vocals and k-pop is not that high any longer um but I can think of ferrita rami and ayon being able

[00:42:01] to sing together and actually maybe being able to belt something out without me worrying about

[00:42:05] oh is that a backing vocal oh are they lip syncing and I can appreciate that um I think I like

[00:42:11] watching them perform it because I wanted to see if their visual like their digital um charisma

[00:42:18] in the video kind of translated on stage when you're on stage the adrenaline's going

[00:42:21] you know the nerves are going in you don't know what kind of face to make because there's no takes

[00:42:25] um and I appreciate them actually being able to translate that charisma on stage um the rap

[00:42:32] section I you know I felt a little weird watching the first two that's ruka and um Ayon but the

[00:42:39] Japanese member Asa I feel like even though her rap was legit a bunch of automata piece like a

[00:42:44] comic book something about her she's got a little something something going because Ayon's

[00:42:49] kind of like the jenny so she's kind of like really prissy with her rap ruka's a little bit more

[00:42:54] tomboy-ish but asa's kind of somewhere in the middle where it translates a little bit more for me and

[00:42:59] as opposed to just being on one side or the other um so I think she has a combination of the two

[00:43:04] of them where was like Lisa being a little bit more tomboy-ish but they didn't have a third

[00:43:08] person to kind of balance it I think the three of them together work but asa coming through

[00:43:12] in the middle or being that last rapper even in batter up her rap was a little bit better

[00:43:17] than ruka but ruka is more like uh fiery when she performs it as opposed to asa being a little

[00:43:22] bit more cool with it so I think it depends on like what you like in terms of uh presentation but I

[00:43:27] think she stood out to me during the performances for sure um but yeah I mean overall aside from

[00:43:34] the band performances this was YG standard they are mildly untouched when it comes to live stages

[00:43:43] because of how they train their their artists I said mildly untouched um like from big bang

[00:43:50] on to now even even one time from one time on to now like you know like the performance quality

[00:43:57] always had to be really good so I think this is kind of like on par with what they usually do

[00:44:02] okay moving on to Midas touch so we are with now with the smaller group

[00:44:09] so what do you think of this choreo and you learned a bit of it right I was gonna say yeah

[00:44:15] I learned some of it um this choreography is um ridiculously intricate and in a bunch of

[00:44:24] pockets and it's such a pain in the butt um you know uh I think because they have like a

[00:44:31] nati in the group uh or like a julie I think julie can dance because she'd like a double

[00:44:36] pirouette and there are other nobody knows thing and heels so kudos to her but yeah the dance is

[00:44:43] meant to be danced for sure um there's a lot of like little intricate hand motions and such

[00:44:49] and there's a lot of dynamics in turn of like uh them milking us a movement and kind of being

[00:44:55] flowy and then hitting it really shuts and I appreciate that there's a lot of head and

[00:45:00] hair and flipping and stuff yes so it's tough because in the verses it's very much like

[00:45:08] dang what's going on but you get to the chorus it's like this very like shaky shaky shaky um

[00:45:13] boa kind of I gotta make it kind of like you know shimmy and I'm like I'm okay with the 2000

[00:45:20] shimmy that is so cute it's perfect for that but yeah I think um the choreography fits them

[00:45:26] personality wise conceptually and musically speaking I don't think there's too much going on

[00:45:33] in terms of um like why is that move there I do feel bad for julie in the pre hook because she has to

[00:45:40] kind of is it julie gets on the floor someone gets on the floor even not oh my gosh yes does a full

[00:45:46] like all the both hands on the ground you know do this full like little roll yeah yes that part

[00:45:52] I feel like was a bit extra because like there's so many ways y'all could have just done a circle

[00:45:56] we get that you could dance I feel so bad for them like you have to sing the chorus right after

[00:46:01] like literally it was one of the girls who had to sing the chorus that was on the floor and I was

[00:46:04] like why um but aside from that I think it's it's simple enough like there's four of them they

[00:46:09] can only do so many formations but the chemistry is there the the the dynamics are there and they

[00:46:16] don't out dance each other you know how covered out dance uh restable julie and adi don't do that and I

[00:46:22] can tell that they're a little bit stronger dancers but they don't yeah do that and I appreciate it um

[00:46:27] so yeah I like this one um I feel like even beyond the the dancing the singing is there when they

[00:46:34] actually do get a chance to sing and they have the it factor in their own kind of way

[00:46:39] um again depending on how you like your it presented they have it um and they all have

[00:46:45] their own charms and I feel like in this group there's not a single member that feels like a little bit

[00:46:49] of a black hole where it's like oh you did not get this concept but they all understand what's

[00:46:54] going on and they perform that well so yeah yeah I agree with pretty much everything you said I think

[00:47:00] again yeah the chemistry is great between these four yeah they're all giving the exact same kind

[00:47:05] of energy while still each standing out on their own as well you're exactly what you want

[00:47:10] and in girl group I think um yeah I think actually my favorite parts in all of this were

[00:47:15] just the interactions uh that they have because obviously it's called Midas touch so it even starts

[00:47:21] off with you know their hands touching and stuff but I would like the way that was kind of used

[00:47:26] throughout and there is eye contact like between the members a lot of course there's that moment

[00:47:30] in the chorus where they're all in the line and doing like the hip thrust and step

[00:47:34] and it actually feels like they want to be that close to each other it's now you've seen

[00:47:38] another girl groups where it's like oh god now I need to touch this one um yes so so yeah I appreciate

[00:47:44] all the interaction there um again yeah I think it's just makes it more fun and that's why we love

[00:47:50] a girl group like it's yeah it's we're not here to see four individuals like on stage right want to

[00:47:55] see them be a group come on now and then of course there's that little partner moment in the final

[00:48:00] chorus as well which is very fun oh yes but yes this choreo looks hard or short

[00:48:07] if they perform it um there are moments they have to rely on the backing track like there's

[00:48:12] just no way you can do this choreo and sing it live well oh my god this is literally impossible

[00:48:19] and you know that's always been something I've never loved about current k-pop um yeah in terms of

[00:48:24] the actual choreo itself it does feel just kind of like classic girl group choreo like the pussy

[00:48:30] got dolls would kill this for example like it's classic kind of street jazz sassy stuff

[00:48:37] yeah which I love and so I think it's super effective I think they're good performers

[00:48:43] yeah I enjoyed it okay awesome good to hear up next is our final contestant our final player

[00:48:50] oh and up okay as these solid boys in this whole thing and also the the eldest group um

[00:49:00] they are definitely seasoned and I feel like in my opinion it was that's what kind of helps this even

[00:49:06] they're they were away I don't know if they were away for a while release a single and then

[00:49:09] the single or it was like they were away for a while and this is a comeback I don't know I think

[00:49:13] they've released some other stuff right it's the military yeah yeah well good well good for them

[00:49:18] it shows I feel like I feel like some members are a little bit like kind of sweet boy too sweet

[00:49:23] boy for this concept but it's it's not like so bad where I'm like bro what's with this dead fish face

[00:49:31] like I didn't feel that um because I've seen you know how I feel about that debt like that

[00:49:36] stupid look on the I hate that look but I didn't feel out of members with it

[00:49:42] no I've mentioned it maybe two or three times on this show especially during is it boppin's

[00:49:49] but yeah I feel like I didn't get that too much um I was captivated you know you said they

[00:49:53] emote well and I feel like they did like even the members who felt a little like innocent sad

[00:49:59] I believed it the ones were really kind of like angry sad I believed it yeah like they understood

[00:50:04] they were singing about and I think that's really important because you can tell if they don't

[00:50:09] like their song or they don't know how to perform their song or they're still trying to learn how to be

[00:50:14] how to embody a song and I feel like this group is again there's no land really not a crazy bit

[00:50:20] maybe I missed it I don't know the choreography I think is the prettiest out of all of the

[00:50:25] contestants um I think the cannons throughout and the arm choreography is really interesting

[00:50:32] like the usage of arms throughout this dance to create all of the pictures best part

[00:50:38] best part like the arms themselves were hooks okay

[00:50:43] I think the chorus is up the version of the chorus choreography at this point I don't

[00:50:50] care if it's a point dance I see a lot of arm moving but one thing I do appreciate about appreciate

[00:50:55] about it is that um it wasn't super interesting where it was like hit every beat hit every word

[00:50:59] it was more like feel this feel this one and two and three and four not one and two and three

[00:51:04] and four eight like oh my god let it breathe so by the time it did jump into the air we used our arms

[00:51:11] like an upward motion it felt like it was building towards something as opposed to already being at

[00:51:16] like a hundred and then having them like basically off themselves trying to finish the choreography

[00:51:24] you know I think toward the the floorwork was cute the little contemporary mellow was really nice

[00:51:31] and then I appreciate them actually making a circle formation during the bridge of the high note to

[00:51:35] actually choreograph the high note instead of having the guys off to the left singing while

[00:51:42] everyone's sitting like you know doing all this jojo siwa like arm dance oh my god you know like

[00:51:48] so yeah I think I think we have a choreographed this shout out to you did a very good job it

[00:51:52] felt like a very big team performance um very pretty very pretty yeah it's definitely giving the

[00:51:59] contemporary hip hop thing that I expected it to it's a lot of drama but then there's really sharp

[00:52:05] kind of hard hitting moments yeah the arms have to be super sharp and this entire thing

[00:52:10] and it's impressive for sure because they're like pretty clean there yeah uh yeah I think the

[00:52:15] orchestral section is beautiful like it's kind of exactly what I wanted but the little floor

[00:52:20] ripple thing um very flowy and stuff and then you do get like more partner moments too

[00:52:28] like for that second verse you have that kind of start of the moment then like one of them gets

[00:52:32] like pulled back by all of them yeah yeah I think it's all very beautiful and effective um I do think

[00:52:39] the background dancers actually weren't used to like their full potential really because I feel

[00:52:45] like you could have done a lot more like structurally I think with it because there were a lot of

[00:52:50] people on stage yeah uh and I don't think it was fully utilized like even for example like

[00:52:56] that picture that they make in the bridge when they kind of each have a line oh yeah I was like

[00:53:01] this seems like such a typical formation of them just like arms kind of just doing kind of like

[00:53:06] I was like they could have done so much more there's like 20 people on stage I don't know

[00:53:09] no it's valid I feel like yeah so there's little things where I feel like it just felt

[00:53:14] I don't know like there could have been a little bit more risk taken with yeah with

[00:53:19] it here because I think you can go more arcsy like I feel like with this song you can go

[00:53:25] kind of yeah interesting yeah yeah the choreo I think I said this like for example like what I

[00:53:29] said with dreamcatcher you know like months ago oh yeah yeah yeah where it's like if you're gonna

[00:53:34] kind of be just like kind of avant garde kind of group then your performance should be that too

[00:53:40] you know because then because if the performance just kind of looks like kind of any other boy

[00:53:43] group in a lot of ways I think um what makes us stand out yeah totally I get that yeah so

[00:53:49] yeah so I don't I don't know if I love the performance actually of this I will say though the

[00:53:56] encore live vocal yeah was very good because you know at the end of the day they are an older

[00:54:02] group but their training it's definitely more in that soulful oh yeah yeah that we love

[00:54:10] and it's hard those encore stages you know they don't get any backing track you know

[00:54:14] they go full cold turkey with that and this song is hard to sing this song it's hard to sing and they

[00:54:21] they did a pretty good job at that so I have to shout that out because obviously live vocals had been

[00:54:26] a topic of discussion recently yeah um so yeah I don't know I feel like kind of so much of the

[00:54:33] video this didn't fully reach it's like oh yeah potential for me because I wanted it to be as

[00:54:40] kind of risky as the song is yeah yeah you know what's tough because I think what ends up

[00:54:45] happening with the contemporary stuff I noticed like high V has kind of cornered the market in terms

[00:54:50] of throwing themselves and so it could have turned into a what they doing so it's kind of hard to

[00:54:58] toe that line because I've watched certain performances and I was like oh it kind of

[00:55:01] reminds me of height I'm like oh my god not me falling for the trap but that's what happened

[00:55:05] when you create that artistic identity yeah you know so kudos to the high beam um but yeah I

[00:55:11] guess you're saying whoops but yes all right now that being said uh yes what do you think

[00:55:21] who do you think takes the cake for you I will give it to kids of life for this one might

[00:55:26] just touch how about you me too I'll give it to them there you go are you gonna learn the rest

[00:55:32] of it you know what I didn't get to the course I might we'll see my schedule looks like nice nice

[00:55:37] I would have joined you if I was there yes I'm on a world tour at the moment that's right you are

[00:55:43] yes you are okay well overall thoughts and winner then of this group um of contestants yes uh oh

[00:55:53] it's tough because I I think I will give it to kids of life as a whole because I just am really

[00:56:02] excited about them as a group and if I had to watch a video or performance again we're gonna

[00:56:06] listen to a song right now it probably would be that one even though I'm so impressed by ONF and we'll

[00:56:13] definitely be kind of keeping an eye on them more than I used to for sure moving forward

[00:56:18] uh but yeah kids of life takes it for me how about you I agree ONF has been at a close

[00:56:24] second throughout this whole episode yeah um again I watched the baby monster show and I

[00:56:29] know they have it in them but again we are getting it through the lens of yg so they're not even on the

[00:56:34] the the board right now unfortunately for me in terms of like giving them a higher score we

[00:56:40] only have close freaking second but my this touch I think is the overall better package

[00:56:45] yes awesome all right well that wraps up eight rolls pop off yeah to you

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