&TEAM are back with their second Korean EP "Mark on Me," and we're breaking down all six tracks. On this track-by-track unfiltered review, Chris and Chan give an honest review of the whole werewolf-in-love concept record, going track by track from the Benson Boone co-written title song to the b-sides fans are calling the real highlights.
We get into whether "Mark on Me" earns its title-track spot, the vocal performances that might be the group's best yet, and the "too short" problem hanging over the whole EP. We break down "Good Boy" (yes, all five members of CORTIS have writing credits), the retro '90s R&B of "Love Jang," the groove of "Accelerate," the ballad "Empty," and the pop-punk closer "Night to howl!" Then it's Cut or Keep on the full EP.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 - Intro
- 0:37 - “Mark On Me” Album Info
- 1:46 - Album Cover
- 4:24 - “Mark On Me”
- 15:13 - “Good Boy”
- 22:30 - “Love Jang”
- 27:47 - “Accelerate”
- 31:14 - “Empty”
- 35:49 - “Night to howl!”
- 38:50 - Cut or Keep
- 40:25 - Overall Thoughts & Final Rating
References:
- “Mark On Me” MV https://youtu.be/F-NcvXY8_vU?si=MTiX6HQt9IkTsHP3
- “Mark On Me” Choreography https://youtu.be/r1itPAdS9KU?si=JcVAG8Ro6P70M4uK
- “Good On Boy” Live https://youtu.be/5s3Ur4SGssQ?si=-OM3VED0yqhSZfuX
- “Love Jang” Live https://youtu.be/PfwAWjtPNsE?si=YThm8U1Jo--gZ-kp
- “Empty” Live https://youtu.be/7vbFlvqhJfg?si=bLBsX-21jO_ah5l4
00:00:00 --> 00:00:05 One of Hive's underrated boy groups has a song written by Benson Boone on their second Korean project.
00:00:05 --> 00:00:06 Let's talk about it.
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00:00:17 --> 00:00:20 And today we're talking about the K-pop by a J-pop group.
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00:00:23 --> 00:00:26 Because our patron member, Julianne, is a huge Lunay.
00:00:26 --> 00:00:28 And we reviewed Back to Life.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:33 brand new Korean EP, Mark On Me.
00:00:33 --> 00:00:35 I have to say it like that, you know?
00:00:35 --> 00:00:36 Yes, yes.
00:00:36 --> 00:00:37 See you later.
00:00:38 --> 00:00:40 So Mark On Me is their second Korean project.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:42 It was released in September, 2026.
00:00:43 --> 00:00:58 And for this one, the group is adding the emotion of love to their quote unquote wolf DNA identity, telling the story of a wolf who locked himself away after being rejected by the world and who transforms after meeting a special person, the one who accepts every part of him,
00:00:58 --> 00:01:02 So that is the concept from their press release.
00:01:02 --> 00:01:05 And the album title, Mark on Me, carries that meaning.
00:01:05 --> 00:01:10 You know, there's two beings connected by fate leaving marks on each other.
00:01:11 --> 00:01:11 Oh, wow.
00:01:12 --> 00:01:13 So poetic.
00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 We love the poetic.
00:01:14 --> 00:01:15 That's good.
00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 It's my love K-pop for that.
00:01:18 --> 00:01:20 It's just so dramatic, but it really makes you think about it.
00:01:20 --> 00:01:29 So we will definitely be considering all of that, including the press release information, as we deep dive into the production, vocals, visuals, and performances of each song.
00:01:29 --> 00:01:31 And then we will drop our individual ratings.
00:01:31 --> 00:01:34 And of course, Lunay, you are welcome to join us, okay?
00:01:35 --> 00:01:37 But be warned, viewer discretion is advised.
00:01:37 --> 00:01:39 Your fave will be criticized.
00:01:41 --> 00:01:46 Okay, so before we get into the tracks themselves, let's talk about the cover.
00:01:46 --> 00:01:49 So the digital cover is, is that a shoulder?
00:01:49 --> 00:01:50 It's a shoulder.
00:01:50 --> 00:01:53 I think it's a shoulder, yeah.
00:01:53 --> 00:01:56 With a mark on me imprint on it.
00:01:56 --> 00:02:02 So there are the solo covers, but the main kind of physical covers, we have the Crave You edition and the Tame Me version.
00:02:03 --> 00:02:04 What do you think?
00:02:06 --> 00:02:13 Can I just tell you, I love when people really play into the whole like theme and gimmick of their act.
00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 Like I do enjoy that.
00:02:14 --> 00:02:20 I think the creative at HYBE, I think K-pop in general, when it's good creative work done, you can totally appreciate it.
00:02:20 --> 00:02:25 Because I mean, throughout the albums that we've reviewed, we've seen like, you know, embossed.
00:02:26 --> 00:02:42 embedded logos and things like that leather with with this strange ink marking i mean even now on the um the albums though the navy and the maroon one they have like these little tattoo looking things so it's giving like
00:02:43 --> 00:02:44 obviously it's not a symbiote.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:46 Someone corrected us in our comments last time.
00:02:46 --> 00:02:52 It was like, this is an amorphous shape to represent the clan, the pack.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:54 So I like it.
00:02:54 --> 00:02:56 It's a really strong looking kind of thing too.
00:02:56 --> 00:03:00 Yeah, and the physical ones are definitely giving ancient text.
00:03:00 --> 00:03:07 You open it from the middle and it's like some mystical thing is going to come out of it in a game or something.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:07 Yeah.
00:03:08 --> 00:03:12 But I like the digital cover with the skin marking.
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15 I appreciate that it's kind of just an imprint.
00:03:15 --> 00:03:17 It's not like a bloody scar or something.
00:03:17 --> 00:03:18 Oh my god, yeah.
00:03:18 --> 00:03:19 It's very clean.
00:03:19 --> 00:03:20 It's very PG-y.
00:03:20 --> 00:03:21 Thank you.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:22 Yeah, it looks like someone's nail marks.
00:03:22 --> 00:03:24 Like, you know, when you, like, can you picture?
00:03:25 --> 00:03:27 Yeah, it's giving crescent moons on the nails.
00:03:28 --> 00:03:32 It's like, it's a little, it's a little steamy without being dirty.
00:03:32 --> 00:03:33 So I appreciate that.
00:03:33 --> 00:03:34 Right.
00:03:34 --> 00:03:34 Yes.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:35 Yes.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:40 It is interesting though, because, you know, hi, but you know, we have vampires, we have the werewolves.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:41 Yes.
00:03:41 --> 00:03:42 We're kind of running out of the smexy.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:43 Yeah.
00:03:46 --> 00:03:48 Like, they have a fantastical character.
00:03:48 --> 00:03:48 Beings.
00:03:49 --> 00:03:49 Yeah.
00:03:49 --> 00:03:50 Yeah, yeah.
00:03:50 --> 00:03:52 I mean, okay, there's mermaids.
00:03:52 --> 00:03:53 You can do mermaids.
00:03:53 --> 00:03:53 Ooh.
00:03:54 --> 00:03:55 Bigfoot.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:55 Ooh.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 I'm kidding.
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 It's like the tubacabra, you know what I'm saying?
00:04:02 --> 00:04:02 Yeah.
00:04:03 --> 00:04:05 The Yeti, you know?
00:04:05 --> 00:04:05 Oh, my God.
00:04:05 --> 00:04:07 Listen, they have the Sankos Bravo.
00:04:07 --> 00:04:09 Sankos Bravo could do, like, a Latin mystical character.
00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 I don't guess they're back.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:12 I don't guess they're back.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 Have they ever decided for one video?
00:04:14 --> 00:04:15 I'm here for it.
00:04:15 --> 00:04:16 I'm totally here for it.
00:04:16 --> 00:04:17 Oh, man.
00:04:17 --> 00:04:19 A seraphim with, like, the mystical angel.
00:04:20 --> 00:04:20 That's true.
00:04:20 --> 00:04:21 They have their moments.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:22 That's true.
00:04:22 --> 00:04:22 Yeah.
00:04:22 --> 00:04:22 Yeah.
00:04:23 --> 00:04:25 Okay, so let's talk about the songs.
00:04:25 --> 00:04:26 Let's start with the title track.
00:04:26 --> 00:04:39 We have Mark On Me, and this was done by Benson Boone, Griff Clausen, Micah Premnath, Cho Yoon Kyung, Char Main, YX Labels, Jude, Donkey, and Mia.
00:04:44 --> 00:04:55 This song, I will say, did not lean into the whole animalistic thing, but I do appreciate the whole dangerous sound of all of it.
00:04:55 --> 00:04:59 Literally, when I heard it, I was like, oh, finally, a dark romantic song without a secret meaning.
00:04:59 --> 00:05:01 There is no, this is for the fans.
00:05:01 --> 00:05:05 Thank you so much for leaving your mark on our soul.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:06 Okay, whatever.
00:05:06 --> 00:05:06 Get out of there.
00:05:07 --> 00:05:09 Give me, give me dark romance.
00:05:10 --> 00:05:15 Give me, when the clock starts, strikes 12 and the moon is full, he turns into a beast.
00:05:15 --> 00:05:17 But yeah, the song is meant to be sensual.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:24 You know, you have like the lyrics about this dark angel out there, you know, and you know, there's a secret paradise.
00:05:24 --> 00:05:25 Take me down, tame me now.
00:05:25 --> 00:05:26 It's nuts.
00:05:26 --> 00:05:42 it's nothing subtle about the meaning I will say it's less it's like the less frat bro version of Bite Me which I appreciate because come here and get some it's so hot I love that song don't get me wrong I do enjoy Bite Me but this one's a little bit more like you know
00:05:43 --> 00:06:11 you know like he's a little bit smoother it's not like some come over and bite it you know yes it is definitely cooler yeah i love the beginning of it i was quite intrigued when it started you get this really dramatic piano you get these kind of ominous music box sounds and even the way they start each verse the uh like the vocal slide coming in with each each verse that builds a lot of tension there um and then you do get an explosive chorus kind of these sliding synths and these big drums and stuff
00:06:12 --> 00:06:18 I think the biggest thing that maybe stood out to me is the vocal execution and vocal production is actually really good.
00:06:18 --> 00:06:27 And if you've listened to previous reviews, I am so often annoyed by a lot of the hype groups because the way that they vocally produce them, they strip all the emotion out.
00:06:28 --> 00:06:29 You can't tell who's singing what.
00:06:30 --> 00:06:34 But this one, it feels much more raw and they are all emoting very well.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:35 Oh my god.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:35 Yeah.
00:06:36 --> 00:06:37 Dude, yes.
00:06:37 --> 00:06:38 Oh, my gosh.
00:06:38 --> 00:06:40 Yeah, I think the song sounds super eerie.
00:06:40 --> 00:06:44 And it's super, like, the production is very, like, low and bassy.
00:06:46 --> 00:06:47 And it sounds dangerous.
00:06:48 --> 00:06:50 But the guys' vocals were a note for me.
00:06:50 --> 00:06:52 Like, I have Maki and Fuma.
00:06:53 --> 00:06:55 They have really nice tones because the song feels really heavy.
00:06:55 --> 00:06:58 So to hear them kind of lift it a little bit more, sounds really good.
00:06:59 --> 00:07:00 And also, just a quick note.
00:07:01 --> 00:07:05 I've always noticed with Anteam, like their rollout is predictable in a way that's like good and bad.
00:07:05 --> 00:07:08 They seem to always have like that darker sound to be the single.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:08 Yeah.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:10 And then like the second track is always a star for me.
00:07:10 --> 00:07:12 We're going to get to all of that, obviously.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:13 But it's very interesting.
00:07:13 --> 00:07:15 I was starting to notice a pattern.
00:07:15 --> 00:07:16 Yeah.
00:07:16 --> 00:07:17 With the songs, right?
00:07:17 --> 00:07:24 But like, I feel like for this song, it's not like this, you know, We on Fire or like Back to Life.
00:07:24 --> 00:07:25 This is almost kind of like Deer Hunter.
00:07:25 --> 00:07:28 I mean, Deer Hunter is so freaking good.
00:07:28 --> 00:07:30 That was the first one that Julianna showed us, I think.
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 She was like, you guys have to listen to this.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:32 It's really good.
00:07:33 --> 00:07:33 Yes.
00:07:34 --> 00:07:36 But, like, I feel like this could be, like, a cute little, like, follow-up.
00:07:36 --> 00:07:40 Because they don't really have anything that's, like, this, like, smexy.
00:07:40 --> 00:07:41 And, like, you know.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:44 But I will say, even though the tone is not subtle.
00:07:45 --> 00:07:48 The song might be a little too subtle for a late track.
00:07:48 --> 00:07:49 And then.
00:07:49 --> 00:07:50 Yeah.
00:07:50 --> 00:07:51 I will say.
00:07:52 --> 00:07:54 I appreciate the overall drama of it.
00:07:54 --> 00:07:56 Like it is very atmospheric and stuff.
00:07:56 --> 00:07:57 But.
00:07:58 --> 00:07:59 It never fully climaxes.
00:08:00 --> 00:08:01 Oh, God.
00:08:01 --> 00:08:03 That's my biggest issue with it.
00:08:03 --> 00:08:05 Like, it deserved this really dramatic bridge.
00:08:05 --> 00:08:12 It deserved a really, like, crazy final chorus just to, like, really leave you with an impression.
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 And it doesn't do that.
00:08:14 --> 00:08:15 Yeah, it doesn't do that.
00:08:15 --> 00:08:18 I will say, though, you can definitely hear Benson Boone in here, like, melodically.
00:08:18 --> 00:08:23 And even vocally, like, the way they do kind of the head voice falsetto situation in the chorus.
00:08:23 --> 00:08:23 That's so him.
00:08:24 --> 00:08:51 yeah you know so i thought that was pretty interesting i'm curious if this was deliberately for and team or like where this song or collaboration really came from um so yeah fans if you have any context let us know yeah but what do you think of the music video oh my god okay so we i'm so used to seeing like these crazy effects in their music video yeah they pulled it back they did i was sitting here like
00:08:52 --> 00:08:53 Where's my CGI?
00:08:53 --> 00:08:54 Where's my... Oh, you won and you missed it?
00:08:55 --> 00:09:01 Um, maybe for this one, because like when you're talking about marks, there was no actual physical marks made anywhere.
00:09:01 --> 00:09:02 You know what I'm saying?
00:09:02 --> 00:09:12 Like, there's a lot of like arriving and like neck grabbing of themselves and like, you know, arm motions and like explosive choreography and ballerinas.
00:09:13 --> 00:09:16 Which, okay, I feel so bad for the ballerinas, the dancers having...
00:09:16 --> 00:09:18 I'm not sure they're actually ballerinas because somebody's...
00:09:18 --> 00:09:20 Someone's boré was not giving...
00:09:20 --> 00:09:36 complete point it was given okay point is they were on like terrible like surfaces doing your borays like right i was just like why don't have them on here that's just a little nitpick as a as a former like studio dancer like if i was not on like literally like the
00:09:37 --> 00:10:05 the metatarsal of my toe the ball of my toe point is point is I was just like where's my mark I do appreciate that they had women in the video or like some type of opposite to them because with Bite Me there was a lot of backlash but it's like the song is about someone it's about romance how are you going to create some type of romantic quote unquote tension if there's just the members listen we all love a good like grab each other moment but like this song is not about that
00:10:07 --> 00:10:32 so yeah i do appreciate it and for what it was the guys were selling it like it's like who are these who are these men who are these people like nicholas was selling i never knew who that boy was until no offense to him no offense but you know you have members who always kind of take take your attention like nicholas he was selling it and blondie a little angel i have no clue who that is guys let me know who blondie he's i was like give it to me little angel little blondie boy i enjoyed him
00:10:33 --> 00:10:33 Yeah.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:34 Yeah.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:43 So our Patreon member, Julianne, said that she wished that we got to see more of the members dancing instead of the ballerinas.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:56 And I actually I don't know if I actually fully agree with that, because I I think we're so used to these super extra K-pop videos to have something that was just a bit calmer.
00:10:57 --> 00:10:58 I actually did appreciate that.
00:10:59 --> 00:11:03 I thought the ballerinas balancing out was actually quite beautiful.
00:11:03 --> 00:11:06 I actually wish there was even more interaction between them.
00:11:06 --> 00:11:08 Like I wish there was some just like weaving in and out.
00:11:08 --> 00:11:12 Because all we really got was the ballerinas kind of surrounding the boys like in a circle.
00:11:13 --> 00:11:13 Yes.
00:11:13 --> 00:11:15 But they kind of stayed six feet away, you know.
00:11:17 --> 00:11:17 Yes.
00:11:17 --> 00:11:21 And I kind of wish even if you don't have to touch each other, of course, but I just think they could have just like.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:28 really like woven in and out of each other or just like a bit more dynamic there could have been interesting yeah um
00:11:30 --> 00:11:33 And I actually appreciate that there wasn't too much choreography in this.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:34 Right.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:43 Because then when they did do some, like those jumps to start the chorus and stuff, even the dance break, that is where visually you do get a climax, right?
00:11:43 --> 00:11:45 So I'm not too mad at that.
00:11:45 --> 00:11:47 Like there was still an intensity to it.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:51 I think the boys do a good job of keeping your attention as well.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:52 Yes.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:59 So I actually thought the video worked and I appreciated that it wasn't full of all these effects and battles and stuff.
00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 I was being silly.
00:12:01 --> 00:12:02 I was just, I was being silly.
00:12:02 --> 00:12:03 Because remember the back to life?
00:12:03 --> 00:12:05 I was like, is that a tornado?
00:12:05 --> 00:12:06 It was a lot.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:07 That one was a lot.
00:12:09 --> 00:12:10 Yes.
00:12:10 --> 00:12:21 Speaking of a lot and choreography, I don't think this, I mean, it obviously did have choreography this performance, but I don't I don't know how I feel about the lack of choreography when you're watching it.
00:12:21 --> 00:12:26 Because like walking and such, I haven't seen a group do that like ever?
00:12:26 --> 00:12:26 Really?
00:12:26 --> 00:12:28 Just walk around and have moments?
00:12:28 --> 00:12:30 Like it was almost so bare where I was just like
00:12:31 --> 00:12:57 you know i wouldn't have minded a shape or two like i mean watching watching the performance is so interesting because i didn't realize how many boys there were yeah oh my god there's nine oh my god um like i knew there was a lot of them like just watching them all stand like a wall of men i was like oh my god who are these people um but yeah i think in certain moments just based on the song them walking around mm-hmm
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 For a lead single, I don't know.
00:13:00 --> 00:13:03 I'm like, I have like a love-hate.
00:13:04 --> 00:13:05 Hate is a strong freaking word.
00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 But I have a love-dislike with it.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:07 Yeah.
00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 Or like dislike with it.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:13 Like, I appreciate like, hey, we're going to actually use our microphones that we pay thousands of dollars for.
00:13:14 --> 00:13:20 But I also feel like there's so much musicality there to only get something at the chorus is a little.
00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 Okay.
00:13:22 --> 00:13:22 Yeah.
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 But then the dance break.
00:13:23 --> 00:13:23 Okay.
00:13:23 --> 00:13:24 Here we go.
00:13:24 --> 00:13:24 Thank you.
00:13:25 --> 00:13:25 Right.
00:13:25 --> 00:13:25 Right.
00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 It's just weird.
00:13:26 --> 00:13:26 I don't.
00:13:26 --> 00:13:27 I hate it.
00:13:27 --> 00:13:27 I don't hate it.
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 I don't know.
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 I mean, I think it's just one of those.
00:13:29 --> 00:13:31 The pendulum just swung a little too far.
00:13:32 --> 00:13:32 I think.
00:13:33 --> 00:13:33 Yeah.
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34 Because I have the same opinion.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:34 Like, yes.
00:13:35 --> 00:13:35 Like.
00:13:36 --> 00:13:40 most K-pop performances now are just like music videos, just the most, doing the absolute most.
00:13:40 --> 00:13:42 You can't sing live while doing it.
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 Like it's crazy.
00:13:43 --> 00:13:45 So this, I do appreciate it.
00:13:45 --> 00:13:57 Like Julianne actually did say that an article came out where an interview happened, where the boys said they actually wanted to do a less is more approach and focus more on live vocals and nuanced emotions and subtle movements.
00:13:57 --> 00:13:57 Yes.
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 Right.
00:13:59 --> 00:14:02 And so I appreciate that as the approach, right?
00:14:02 --> 00:14:04 Because these boys can sing.
00:14:04 --> 00:14:10 I like that it kind of forces them to work on just natural performance and stage presence.
00:14:10 --> 00:14:10 Yes.
00:14:11 --> 00:14:14 You know, so that's actually a big skill to have, right?
00:14:14 --> 00:14:18 If you're not relying on choreography, you need to still command the audience and the camera.
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21 And so this is a great exercise for them.
00:14:21 --> 00:14:24 But I agree, it maybe could have put...
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 10% more.
00:14:26 --> 00:14:27 You know, just a little bit.
00:14:27 --> 00:14:29 Because some of the...
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 I'm over here.
00:14:31 --> 00:14:35 Lack of movement was not my favorite.
00:14:35 --> 00:14:40 Julianne did say that she wished there was some more contemporary dancing maybe in the verses.
00:14:40 --> 00:14:45 Or at least do some pretty formations and pictures, you know, around the members who's singing.
00:14:46 --> 00:14:48 And that I fully, fully agree with.
00:14:48 --> 00:14:51 Like, you didn't need to just do, like, a line.
00:14:51 --> 00:14:52 Yeah.
00:14:53 --> 00:14:55 You know, and then like, I don't know.
00:14:55 --> 00:14:57 Yeah, they definitely could have done a little bit more.
00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 Yes, Mr.
00:14:58 --> 00:15:00 Choreographer, what you're doing?
00:15:00 --> 00:15:03 Okay, so what do you rate this song?
00:15:04 --> 00:15:04 You know what?
00:15:05 --> 00:15:06 I like it because of No Bridge.
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 I have to give it a 7.5.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:10 Would have gotten a higher ranking if it was just taking me someplace.
00:15:10 --> 00:15:11 I have it as a 7.5 as well.
00:15:13 --> 00:15:30 All right, up next we have Good Boy, and this was done by Johnny Goldstein, His Noise, Supreme Boy, Aldi, Worldwide Fresh King, Felifero, Ferraro, excuse me, Hitman Bang, Wu Tan, Cho Yunkyung, Cha Main, Jude, and the members of Cordis.
00:15:31 --> 00:15:32 Woo!
00:15:32 --> 00:15:35 Yeah, so we had all the guys from Cordis working on this.
00:15:35 --> 00:15:35 Interesting.
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 Very interesting.
00:15:42 --> 00:15:43 Mm-hmm.
00:15:43 --> 00:15:43 Yeah.
00:15:44 --> 00:15:54 I'm curious if they wrote it specifically for Anteam or if it was kind of just a leftover from their writing sessions because I know Cordis have now written songs like TXT and I think a few of the other Hybe groups as well.
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 So they're definitely...
00:15:56 --> 00:16:13 getting around which is cool they are yeah yeah so i do appreciate the energy in this production i think you were kind of alluding to it before like this is kind of what they did with the last album too like you kind of have this more intense wolf title track and then you have this like fun hip-hoppy kind of track yeah
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 It's like the B side.
00:16:14 --> 00:16:18 Like B-Witch was like this rocky kind, but B-Witch was so good, you know?
00:16:18 --> 00:16:18 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:16:18 --> 00:16:20 Or like was it Lunatic?
00:16:20 --> 00:16:21 That was one that was more hip hop.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:22 Wee the Lunatic.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 Oh, right.
00:16:23 --> 00:16:23 That's right.
00:16:24 --> 00:16:24 Yeah, yeah.
00:16:24 --> 00:16:24 Yeah.
00:16:24 --> 00:16:26 But I appreciate the energy.
00:16:26 --> 00:16:27 I like the production of it.
00:16:27 --> 00:16:31 You get this big bassy synth and the percussion is also very heavy.
00:16:31 --> 00:16:34 So it's definitely made to be performed and I can hear them
00:16:34 --> 00:16:35 having fun.
00:16:35 --> 00:16:38 Like it sounded like they were having fun doing this chant and everything.
00:16:38 --> 00:16:40 And the execution is, is really well done.
00:16:41 --> 00:16:44 And I think the balance of the rap and the singing is good too.
00:16:44 --> 00:16:47 So I think the way it was written, I appreciate it.
00:16:47 --> 00:16:49 The raps are also really cool.
00:16:49 --> 00:16:51 Like each guy kind of sounds a little different.
00:16:51 --> 00:16:53 They have a different cadence to the whole thing.
00:16:53 --> 00:16:55 So again, you're really starting to hear the,
00:16:55 --> 00:17:02 They're a group, you know, it's not like before where it was just like, you can't tell who's singing, you know, so I appreciate this.
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 However, I have the same complaint.
00:17:04 --> 00:17:10 This song feels too short because it feels like it's building towards something and then it just ends.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:33 yeah i have that feeling too because i was listening to it and i was like wait the rest of it because you know how you start this rap we were like kind of like it was it maki i forgot who else but they were rapping i just know maki's voice y'all he's very like distinct pop vocal yeah a few of them were in there like i think nicholas is doing the second first who's from the rapping part at the end with maki
00:17:34 --> 00:17:55 joe i think okay someone correct me if i'm wrong i'm sorry guys oh i'm not good with these names i'm not good with everyone's names i'm so bad with everyone's names now i'm so hey point is point is the rap was building up this tension and then for them to go back into the chorus and then the song was over i said way to go where is the rest of it yeah so that's that's what we're talking about in terms of like the song is asking to go someplace
00:17:57 --> 00:18:01 And I think this is one of those moments where I make that weird comparison to SM.
00:18:01 --> 00:18:02 Like, SM, I've heard them get demos.
00:18:03 --> 00:18:04 And I'm like, okay, where is this going to go?
00:18:05 --> 00:18:08 And then they either add something to the song.
00:18:08 --> 00:18:10 You know, I think JYP does a good job of doing this, too.
00:18:10 --> 00:18:12 Like, they'll get a demo and then add a little something to it.
00:18:13 --> 00:18:16 just to make it feel a little bit bigger, it is okay to deviate from a demo, y'all.
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 Hive does not do that often, I've noticed.
00:18:19 --> 00:18:21 But it's neither here nor there.
00:18:21 --> 00:18:27 But yes, this song feels like Big Bad Wolf is giving feet by Fofum.
00:18:27 --> 00:18:28 Yeah.
00:18:30 --> 00:18:56 I love the hop on it jump on it command moment it's fire like I love that for them because we always tell their dog sit stay you know so it's giving that like it's giving the impression that you're giving order to a dog um the good boy thing it works for them because they are canine creatures like like like like like like cantorfic there you go like cantorfic characters as a group wow what a big word that's a big word
00:19:00 --> 00:19:02 You know, this ain't...
00:19:02 --> 00:19:03 Darling, this is no joke.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 This is lycanthropy.
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 Come on, Shakira.
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 She wolf.
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 But...
00:19:09 --> 00:19:10 Welcome to our show.
00:19:10 --> 00:19:14 But yes, I get the feeling the song may have been a demo, which is fine.
00:19:14 --> 00:19:16 And if not, cool that it works out.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:19 But if it was a demo, I feel like chorus wouldn't have fit it.
00:19:20 --> 00:19:26 Like the whole wolf thing and the gang vocal is amazing because of the size of this group.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:28 So when I was like, oh my God, there's nine boys in the group.
00:19:28 --> 00:19:29 Like it's like twice.
00:19:29 --> 00:19:29 Wow.
00:19:29 --> 00:19:30 But it makes sense.
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 Like,
00:19:31 --> 00:19:36 Whatever the song started as, and teams got the vocalists to really slide on the track.
00:19:36 --> 00:19:41 You know, like you can, I'm not saying anyone could rap, but with K-pop, it's like anyone can rap.
00:19:41 --> 00:19:47 But with the singing stuff, they've got some really strong vocalists on there in terms of like their, in terms of their tone.
00:19:47 --> 00:19:55 Not like, I'm not like, wow, like they're doing all these crazy runs and stuff, but there's something about each one of these guys' tone that I can say, oh, I hear someone different.
00:19:55 --> 00:19:58 I may not know their names, but I know it's someone different.
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 Totally.
00:19:59 --> 00:19:59 Totally.
00:20:00 --> 00:20:01 But no Shady Chorus because they do sing.
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 Like they sang on Joyride.
00:20:02 --> 00:20:10 But they're a little bit more like a rap, rock, kind of 2010s, like Lil Wayne rapping, rocking, singing type of thing.
00:20:10 --> 00:20:11 Like an indie kind of thing.
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 But yeah, no, I like this song.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:15 All the lyrics allude to like animalistic behaviors.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:16 Yeah.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 It all stacks really well.
00:20:17 --> 00:20:20 But my other complaint is that there's no B Chorus.
00:20:21 --> 00:20:45 yeah you have to hop on a jump on it that it would have been nice to have something else so it feels like this tension's being built with this hop on a jump on it command command command but there's no release point so now you've reached the precipice and it just hops back into a verse so i think that's for me like if i were to write the song and to add something it'd be if you don't have a bridge have something melodic after that chompy chompy stompy stompy staccato moment
00:20:46 --> 00:20:48 At the end of the day, I like the song.
00:20:49 --> 00:20:54 And coming after Mark on Me, this is much needed energy.
00:20:55 --> 00:20:57 So they did actually perform this.
00:20:58 --> 00:21:01 as their B-side performance and also at their showcase.
00:21:01 --> 00:21:07 And I can totally see why they chose this because it's giving you exactly the opposite of Mark on Me.
00:21:07 --> 00:21:09 Like you've got this huge gang of dancers.
00:21:10 --> 00:21:15 They each have these big solo moments where they can kind of show off their style, you know.
00:21:15 --> 00:21:16 And I like choreo like this.
00:21:16 --> 00:21:19 Like this is the type of choreo I used to do when I used to dance a lot more.
00:21:19 --> 00:21:20 Like there's a lot of grooves in it.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:22 There's a drive to the whole thing.
00:21:23 --> 00:21:24 It just looks fun.
00:21:24 --> 00:21:26 Like they look like they're having a lot of fun doing this one.
00:21:26 --> 00:21:26 So.
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 Yes, I like the choreography for this one.
00:21:28 --> 00:21:31 I thought they were going to start crumping because the beat kind of gives crumpy crumpy.
00:21:32 --> 00:21:33 Yes, it's a strong beat for sure.
00:21:34 --> 00:21:37 Yes, and also for whatever reason, I'm hearing the Imperial March.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:41 I don't know why I hear it.
00:21:41 --> 00:21:42 It's not there.
00:21:43 --> 00:21:45 But I was watching the performance and I'm like, is that good?
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 I could be wrong.
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 So I'm going to back off on that.
00:21:48 --> 00:21:51 That's just my brain kind of just doing like weird little DJ things.
00:21:52 --> 00:21:56 But yes, I do appreciate the machismo that's in the choreography.
00:21:56 --> 00:21:57 Like some of the muscle flexing.
00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 It's one of my favorite.
00:21:59 --> 00:22:01 But yeah, I like this performance.
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 I like this one.
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 But in terms of B side, I feel like I'm trying to think.
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 B-Witch is so good.
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 I love that one.
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 And then Lunatic wasn't bad.
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 And then there's this one.
00:22:09 --> 00:22:13 So I feel like Bewitched, this one, then Navy Lunatic.
00:22:13 --> 00:22:15 Yeah, no, I like this one.
00:22:15 --> 00:22:16 I just, again, like little things here and there.
00:22:16 --> 00:22:19 And the choreography and the performance kind of boost up Mike's score for sure.
00:22:19 --> 00:22:20 Okay, fair.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 So what do you have it as?
00:22:21 --> 00:22:23 This one's actually an A for me.
00:22:23 --> 00:22:24 I don't hate it.
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 I just, you know, the ending.
00:22:26 --> 00:22:27 Okay, I think I'm going to stay with the 7.5.
00:22:27 --> 00:22:30 I'm just kind of like okay right now.
00:22:30 --> 00:22:39 Next up is Love Jung, done by Park Moon-chi, Soma Genda, Yoon Da Hye, Ruru, David Wilson, and Wyatt Sanders.
00:22:39 --> 00:22:47 And this translates to love letter or love journal, referencing the very 90s idea of jotting your feelings in a notebook and passing it around.
00:22:47 --> 00:22:49 And they did perform this at their showcase.
00:22:55 --> 00:22:58 Yes, I like the new Jack swing.
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 And so McEnda's back as well.
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 Yeah.
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 Okay.
00:23:01 --> 00:23:04 See, when we see this name, we know good things come.
00:23:04 --> 00:23:06 Interestingly enough, we have reached this point of the album.
00:23:07 --> 00:23:10 Usually the third song is like the retro sounding song, like the cutesy little song.
00:23:11 --> 00:23:12 And I'm just like, oh, this formula.
00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 There is a formula.
00:23:14 --> 00:23:19 I will say out of the three times that this has happened, Lovejang might be my favorite one.
00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 I might agree with you, yeah.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 Yeah, because I was like, I don't know.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:27 Because for me, it's like you get the new Jack swing and it's fun.
00:23:27 --> 00:23:30 Like the song sparkles and twinkles a little bit without being childish.
00:23:30 --> 00:23:32 It sounds more like you're smitten.
00:23:32 --> 00:23:34 You can hear that throughout the song.
00:23:34 --> 00:23:42 I love how the top line's written because they kept in mind like the tone and the gradual increase of joy and whatnot in the song.
00:23:43 --> 00:24:09 like if I was writing a song about how someone made me feel you would start lower right like the vocals aren't too bright on the track so it all builds up like I said you're using chest voice and maybe some some falsetto here and there but then you get Maki K and then the blonde angel boy you know I'm saying so and it is also that cutie pie with the pixie cut the they all have higher voices so when the chorus comes around it feels like wow I really like this person they make me feel like this and it just sounds really blissful
00:24:10 --> 00:24:12 So it doesn't sound like, you know, with girl groups, it's like always super high.
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 Don't start super low.
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 This has a good balance.
00:24:15 --> 00:24:17 Second verse is a highlight for me.
00:24:17 --> 00:24:19 Super highlight.
00:24:19 --> 00:24:20 The rap, the spoken parts.
00:24:21 --> 00:24:23 It's also like boyfriend cord coded.
00:24:24 --> 00:24:24 Yes.
00:24:25 --> 00:24:27 It's like, yeah, I love it.
00:24:27 --> 00:24:28 And it's so second gen too.
00:24:29 --> 00:24:31 I feel like a lot of boy groups are at now.
00:24:32 --> 00:24:47 um and then uh yeah i feel like this song is it does what it needs to do it comes it's actually strong for like a quote-unquote basic sounding track yes you know i like this one so now i'm kind of regretting my score i gave last night because i get what you're saying now dang it okay
00:24:49 --> 00:24:53 Yeah, so honestly, if they were going for the 90s thing, I totally hear it.
00:24:53 --> 00:24:57 You get that, like, classic kind of city pop kind of situation.
00:24:57 --> 00:25:03 It has that kind of dreamy, lush, like, ethereal quality that a lot of city pop has, which I like.
00:25:04 --> 00:25:05 And there's some great background vocals here.
00:25:06 --> 00:25:08 You get those oohs in the pre-chorus.
00:25:08 --> 00:25:10 I wish that kind of got extended into the chorus.
00:25:10 --> 00:25:13 So the chorus kind of had all these vocal layers and dynamics in it.
00:25:13 --> 00:25:15 I think that would have been really cool.
00:25:16 --> 00:25:19 And I will say, I am starting to definitely tell their voices apart.
00:25:19 --> 00:25:22 Kind of like you said, I can tell when Nicholas sings.
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 You know, like he starts the song.
00:25:24 --> 00:25:26 He has that kind of husk and breathiness.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:30 I'm just starting to kind of get there, which is good.
00:25:30 --> 00:25:31 Yeah.
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 Again, no bridge, which...
00:25:34 --> 00:25:39 I don't love because if they were going for the 90s thing, this could have been three minutes, 30 seconds, people.
00:25:40 --> 00:25:40 Yeah.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:41 Yeah.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:43 The song should be longer, I feel like.
00:25:43 --> 00:25:46 I feel like with fans, if you were really a fan, it's not going to matter if the song was good.
00:25:46 --> 00:25:49 If the song was bad, it's like, dang, put it out of its misery.
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 This is a good song.
00:25:50 --> 00:25:51 This is a good song.
00:25:51 --> 00:25:52 This is a good one.
00:25:52 --> 00:25:58 And the performance, I will say, I know that the whole thing is like, we want a really cutesy song.
00:25:59 --> 00:26:01 So we're going to do a really cutesy performance.
00:26:01 --> 00:26:04 But the song actually isn't that cutesy.
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 No, it's not.
00:26:05 --> 00:26:08 So like the fact that they had to perform it in this way.
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 Yeah.
00:26:09 --> 00:26:11 They have to do like cute interactions with each other.
00:26:11 --> 00:26:14 These like little hops and stuff in the chorus.
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 Yeah.
00:26:15 --> 00:26:17 I was kind of like not as into it.
00:26:17 --> 00:26:21 There's some cooler kind of groovier moments in the verses, you know.
00:26:21 --> 00:26:24 But yeah, I feel like they don't need to be this.
00:26:25 --> 00:26:25 I don't know.
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 It's just a little extreme cute for me.
00:26:27 --> 00:26:27 You know what?
00:26:28 --> 00:26:31 I feel like I was 20-something-year-old boys, like, boys, guys, whatever.
00:26:32 --> 00:26:32 Yeah.
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 I call it boys or kids.
00:26:34 --> 00:26:38 But I feel like to be 20-something years old, like, yeah, I get it's, like, fan service.
00:26:38 --> 00:26:44 But there's a way to kind of be, like, a little nudge as opposed to a full-on, like, we're back-to-back and we're doing the pointing.
00:26:44 --> 00:26:46 Like, there's ways of interacting.
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 Like, we both have danced.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 I'm choreographed.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:48 You choreographed.
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 Yeah.
00:26:49 --> 00:26:55 And there's ways of creating that picture of like, we have chemistry without actually doing like cutesy stuff.
00:26:55 --> 00:26:56 So that's where it kind of took me out too.
00:26:56 --> 00:27:00 But everything else was, they had little Roger Rabbit moves, like a lot of like older 90s things.
00:27:00 --> 00:27:02 So shout out to the millennial that choreographed this.
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 Shout out to you.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:07 Because it's very, very like right in the pocket.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:08 Yeah.
00:27:08 --> 00:27:09 Yeah.
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 Okay.
00:27:09 --> 00:27:12 So rating wise, I like it more than the last two songs.
00:27:12 --> 00:27:12 So I'll give it an eight.
00:27:13 --> 00:27:16 I like it just as much as the last song.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:16 I'll give an eight.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 I don't regret my decision.
00:27:18 --> 00:27:18 Okay.
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00:27:47 --> 00:27:48 All right, y'all.
00:27:48 --> 00:27:49 Up next is Accelerate.
00:27:49 --> 00:27:55 And this was done by Chizzy Stevens, Will J, Mia, YX Label, and Moon Yeoroon.
00:28:01 --> 00:28:04 Okay, this feels fresh for them.
00:28:04 --> 00:28:06 Yes, I was like grown-up songs.
00:28:06 --> 00:28:08 Yeah, this feels fresh for them, which is good.
00:28:09 --> 00:28:14 And Chizzy Stevens, he's done stuff for like Jennifer Lopez, right?
00:28:14 --> 00:28:16 Like he's done like Seven Streeter.
00:28:16 --> 00:28:19 That's a cool name to have on here.
00:28:19 --> 00:28:22 It's a lot of good R&B kind of vibes.
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 Yeah, so that's really cool.
00:28:23 --> 00:28:27 And like, yes, I think, spoiler alert, this might be one of my favorites.
00:28:28 --> 00:28:29 off this project.
00:28:29 --> 00:28:31 There's a funkiness to it.
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 There's a lightness to it.
00:28:32 --> 00:28:34 I love the melody of the chorus.
00:28:34 --> 00:28:35 It's chill.
00:28:36 --> 00:28:38 It just feels like nice to sing, you know?
00:28:39 --> 00:28:43 And then this one does also have great harmonies, especially that second pre-chorus.
00:28:43 --> 00:28:47 Like this is their opportunity where they perform this to finally do some harmonies.
00:28:47 --> 00:28:49 This song is like built for that, you know?
00:28:50 --> 00:28:51 Yeah.
00:28:51 --> 00:28:57 But yeah, you know, compared to the last one, especially seeing them perform so cutely, this one feels extra...
00:28:57 --> 00:29:22 cool yes it feels a bit more mature than some other other stuff so i appreciate that the only thing that is bringing my score down again no bridge and this one in particular the production literally is building and it builds and builds and builds and builds and then it just ends it's this one might be the most annoying one like full blue balls situation that's so funny
00:29:27 --> 00:29:28 But you know what?
00:29:28 --> 00:29:29 So we're on the topic of love.
00:29:30 --> 00:29:31 and such.
00:29:31 --> 00:29:33 Yeah, I agree.
00:29:35 --> 00:29:38 I feel like with this song, I was kind of, I felt a little bit of disappointment in the end.
00:29:38 --> 00:29:41 But yeah, I like the meaning of this song.
00:29:41 --> 00:29:46 It's a great, in terms of track listing, I feel like the progression of everything has been great.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:49 The opening song, Mark Remy sounds like an opener.
00:29:49 --> 00:29:50 Like, let's be so real.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:51 It sounds like an opening track.
00:29:51 --> 00:29:52 I totally get it.
00:29:52 --> 00:29:57 You have, second track is more energetic and you got a cute, like a cutesy R&B vibe and now you have an actual
00:29:58 --> 00:30:01 R&B pop moment.
00:30:01 --> 00:30:01 Yeah.
00:30:01 --> 00:30:05 You're saying accelerate, but it's like, it's taking things slow.
00:30:05 --> 00:30:12 I love that they're actually talking about romance because the last time they had a track on the album, it was about their freaking teamwork.
00:30:12 --> 00:30:12 I'm like, no offense.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:13 Yes.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:19 I don't, I don't, I don't, no, I don't want to hear about that.
00:30:19 --> 00:30:21 Let's talk about our teamwork as a couple.
00:30:23 --> 00:30:48 I love love songs That's all I write So for me I enjoy it And I love the meaning of it I like to accelerate And get the drive Using cars as an allegory Or as a metaphor for the relationship When the song is super chill On Apple T So I also like the song quite a bit I don't know if I like it more than the other one Or just ooh I don't know
00:30:49 --> 00:30:52 I have to think about it, but this is a good song and I do want to perform it.
00:30:52 --> 00:30:55 I wish they would perform this maybe instead of the cuter one.
00:30:55 --> 00:30:56 Yes.
00:30:56 --> 00:30:59 I'm anticipating really good choreo for this.
00:30:59 --> 00:31:00 Oh my God, yes.
00:31:01 --> 00:31:01 Let's go.
00:31:02 --> 00:31:02 Okay.
00:31:02 --> 00:31:03 So I give this one an 8.5.
00:31:03 --> 00:31:04 Oof.
00:31:05 --> 00:31:06 Okay.
00:31:06 --> 00:31:08 I will give this one an 8.
00:31:08 --> 00:31:10 I think, oh!
00:31:12 --> 00:31:12 Too late, you said it!
00:31:13 --> 00:31:25 Okay, next up is Empty And this was done by Dwilly, David Wilson, Brian Matthews, Mia, YX Labels, Lee Hyung-Sook, and Lee Soo Ran And they did perform this at the showcase
00:31:31 --> 00:31:32 Oh, yes, they did.
00:31:32 --> 00:31:35 Also, again, shout out to whatever millennial they have on the A&R.
00:31:35 --> 00:31:40 I'm pretty sure that their whole, like, management team is obviously, like, older, like, you know, people.
00:31:41 --> 00:31:42 Anybody else is just kind of, like, ancient.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:43 No offense, sorry.
00:31:44 --> 00:31:49 But, yeah, it's just interesting because, like, the sound for this group has always leaned toward rock.
00:31:50 --> 00:31:54 But I always get this sense of, like, it's something to revive the inner emo of, like, you're like, what is this?
00:31:54 --> 00:31:55 What is this?
00:31:55 --> 00:32:14 you can go back in time but oh this is what the like you know 80s night for like the gen x yeah a lot of people make the joke that like millennials have emo night yes yes but yeah i think that's so funny but yeah the point is it's like even though i'm making like millennial jokes i'm so sorry to millennials um
00:32:15 --> 00:32:25 you know, making the jokes, it makes sense because there's something about that time of music where it's just like, you have a bunch of bands, people just kind of singing their little faces off about a topic.
00:32:26 --> 00:32:30 Like when they're given a rock moment and team does well,
00:32:31 --> 00:32:53 period like i think when julianne was first showing us girl when you were like you have to listen to this i was like hang on for the first time in forever someone's recommendation was absolutely like spot on and like it was super unbiased and i've noticed that with a lot of the the lunae like a lot of the fans you guys are very good about being honest with this group and i love that um
00:32:54 --> 00:32:56 But yeah, I feel like with this song, it's awesome.
00:32:56 --> 00:32:59 Like a few of the members sing in the stratosphere.
00:32:59 --> 00:33:03 So like, again, the chorus feels earned after all those lower tones.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:04 Yes.
00:33:04 --> 00:33:05 And I love that reoccurring hook.
00:33:06 --> 00:33:07 I keep coming back for more.
00:33:07 --> 00:33:16 It totally captures the lyrics about like the addictive devotion you have towards someone like where you feel unworthy, you know, like dangerous toward them because you're a wolf.
00:33:17 --> 00:33:19 And, you know, you can't stay away.
00:33:19 --> 00:33:22 And I'm choosing to be with you anyway.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 Like the whole I'm yours.
00:33:23 --> 00:33:24 Like, I love that.
00:33:24 --> 00:33:26 Like choosing love despite start coming.
00:33:26 --> 00:33:27 I enjoy that.
00:33:27 --> 00:33:27 Yeah, I like it.
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 Yeah, no, this one's fun.
00:33:29 --> 00:33:34 I definitely wrote down like it's giving Avril Lavigne or Simple Plan or something, which I love.
00:33:34 --> 00:33:35 I'm a big fan of both of us.
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 I saw them both live last year.
00:33:36 --> 00:33:41 Yeah, the overall melody of this is really strong, actually.
00:33:41 --> 00:33:43 And you do get a climax here.
00:33:43 --> 00:33:45 Like, this feels more fully formed.
00:33:46 --> 00:33:49 Because that final chorus where the drums just get really intense.
00:33:49 --> 00:33:50 And you get some extra harmonies.
00:33:50 --> 00:33:52 And the band gets a moment, you know.
00:33:53 --> 00:33:55 This is very more satisfying, you know.
00:33:55 --> 00:33:57 It's a satisfying structure.
00:33:58 --> 00:34:06 I think vocally, they are really so much better than some of the other songs actually allowed them to do.
00:34:07 --> 00:34:13 Yeah, because even watching the showcase performance, which I was so annoyed at that heavy backing track.
00:34:13 --> 00:34:20 And I'm getting deja vu because I think I said the same thing for them last album for Sakura E Royale.
00:34:21 --> 00:34:22 Shout out to them, though, for singing against it.
00:34:22 --> 00:34:25 Because, like, we've heard, like, if you don't sing with it, you sound like you're off.
00:34:25 --> 00:34:26 Yes.
00:34:26 --> 00:34:27 You're not on it?
00:34:28 --> 00:34:31 Some of those notes are really hard.
00:34:32 --> 00:34:34 Like, Maki at the end, those huge belts.
00:34:35 --> 00:34:36 I was like, whoa.
00:34:36 --> 00:34:37 Like, they killed that.
00:34:37 --> 00:34:40 So, yeah, someone isolate those vocals there.
00:34:41 --> 00:34:42 But then, talking about the performance, though.
00:34:43 --> 00:34:45 And this, I am getting deja vu again.
00:34:45 --> 00:34:47 The whole standing around.
00:34:49 --> 00:34:52 looking bored, waiting to sing your part.
00:34:52 --> 00:34:54 It's looking sad and somber.
00:34:54 --> 00:34:55 It's the whole K-pop thing.
00:34:55 --> 00:35:00 It's the whole stand there while your fan cam, your fan cam takes pictures of you.
00:35:00 --> 00:35:02 Your fan, what's it, your team?
00:35:02 --> 00:35:06 You know the people that follow people with the cameras and they edit it and they airbrush it to like high health?
00:35:08 --> 00:35:10 I bought merch for those people, so let me start talking.
00:35:11 --> 00:35:11 Yeah.
00:35:12 --> 00:35:12 The fan groups.
00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 You don't talk about the cameras.
00:35:15 --> 00:35:16 Yeah.
00:35:17 --> 00:35:20 I just... Like, it's a good thing this song is good.
00:35:20 --> 00:35:24 So at least... And I was, you know, curious to hear the vocals, so I was paying attention.
00:35:24 --> 00:35:26 But it's just...
00:35:26 --> 00:35:27 I hate that with K-pop.
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 I do too.
00:35:28 --> 00:35:29 You know?
00:35:29 --> 00:35:30 At least way.
00:35:30 --> 00:35:32 They just have to stand there like trees.
00:35:32 --> 00:35:33 Yeah.
00:35:33 --> 00:35:35 I think K was the only one that was kind of giving.
00:35:35 --> 00:35:37 So, you know, he was like holding onto the mic stand.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:37 He's such a dancer.
00:35:37 --> 00:35:38 He's so drama.
00:35:38 --> 00:35:39 You know, he was like trying it.
00:35:39 --> 00:35:40 He's so drama, yes.
00:35:40 --> 00:35:40 So.
00:35:41 --> 00:35:43 Anyway, I do like the song.
00:35:43 --> 00:35:43 I have it as an 8.5.
00:35:44 --> 00:35:47 Me Too, Evan, is 8.5 as well.
00:35:47 --> 00:35:49 These boys can actually sing live, so yeah, heck yeah.
00:35:49 --> 00:35:52 All right, last but not least is Night to How!
00:35:52 --> 00:35:53 Exclamation point.
00:35:53 --> 00:36:08 This was done by Soma Genda, Annie Love, YX label, Andre Nukadu, Axel Nukadu, AJ Nukadu, Tanisha Jackson, Cho Yoon Kyung, Lee Soo Ran, Ta Main, and Jude.
00:36:08 --> 00:36:10 Shout out to what I could only think.
00:36:10 --> 00:36:12 I don't know what that last name is, but it's Fire.
00:36:13 --> 00:36:39 I guess they're siblings maybe Let's get it They all have A's too Okay Okay I said simple plan for the last song This is simple plan Like this I love that I love that so much And my first reaction was Following the first chorus was This should have been the title track Oh yeah
00:36:40 --> 00:36:42 I can already imagine the video.
00:36:42 --> 00:36:43 It's super cinematic, right?
00:36:43 --> 00:36:44 You get the howl.
00:36:45 --> 00:36:45 Yeah.
00:36:46 --> 00:36:47 In different ways.
00:36:47 --> 00:36:48 The gimmick is right there.
00:36:48 --> 00:36:49 Yeah, the gimmick is literally there.
00:36:51 --> 00:36:53 And all the ways that they do the howls are like really fun.
00:36:54 --> 00:36:54 They are.
00:36:55 --> 00:36:55 You know?
00:36:55 --> 00:36:56 Don't worry.
00:36:56 --> 00:36:56 And like the song is just.
00:36:56 --> 00:36:57 I love it.
00:36:57 --> 00:36:59 It's fully formed.
00:36:59 --> 00:36:59 It's fully formed.
00:37:00 --> 00:37:00 Yeah.
00:37:01 --> 00:37:01 You know?
00:37:01 --> 00:37:02 Yeah.
00:37:02 --> 00:37:05 And the vocal production on this is awesome.
00:37:05 --> 00:37:06 You get a lot of layers.
00:37:06 --> 00:37:08 You get the octaves in the chorus.
00:37:08 --> 00:37:14 There's not a ton of background vocals and stuff, but it still feels like kind of a group song.
00:37:15 --> 00:37:15 Yes.
00:37:15 --> 00:37:16 And it has a bridge.
00:37:17 --> 00:37:20 Honey, that is a bridge.
00:37:20 --> 00:37:22 And Maki's putting it together brick by brick.
00:37:22 --> 00:37:23 Yes.
00:37:23 --> 00:37:27 Shout out to Maki yet again for those big notes into the final chorus.
00:37:27 --> 00:37:28 Like this.
00:37:28 --> 00:37:28 Oh, yeah.
00:37:28 --> 00:37:29 Yeah.
00:37:30 --> 00:37:31 This deserves to shine.
00:37:32 --> 00:37:34 It's so weird.
00:37:34 --> 00:37:34 Yeah.
00:37:35 --> 00:37:35 I'm sorry.
00:37:35 --> 00:37:36 Okay.
00:37:36 --> 00:37:36 Okay.
00:37:36 --> 00:37:38 Lunay, you have to answer my question.
00:37:38 --> 00:37:39 You have to like, let me know.
00:37:39 --> 00:37:46 Is there like a secret conspiracy where it's like, the company's not really like purposely putting out their best stuff.
00:37:46 --> 00:37:47 I'm just trying to figure it out.
00:37:47 --> 00:37:53 Cause like, there is no K-pop group that has this sound except like an Extraordinary Heroes where it's like, they are a band.
00:37:53 --> 00:37:53 Right.
00:37:53 --> 00:37:54 You know what I'm saying?
00:37:55 --> 00:37:56 And these guys can deliver.
00:37:56 --> 00:37:57 You know, it's so annoying.
00:37:58 --> 00:38:00 But yes, back to what I was saying about the pattern.
00:38:00 --> 00:38:03 Closing tracks on Anteen albums are always good.
00:38:03 --> 00:38:08 Sakura, Iro, Yell, as you've mentioned before, was my jam.
00:38:08 --> 00:38:08 Okay?
00:38:08 --> 00:38:09 This song has a catchy hook.
00:38:10 --> 00:38:11 It has the gimmick.
00:38:11 --> 00:38:14 Like, oh my God, the melodies are good.
00:38:14 --> 00:38:14 Yeah.
00:38:14 --> 00:38:16 I sat there thinking, oh, I want to write a song like this.
00:38:16 --> 00:38:17 This is actually really fun.
00:38:17 --> 00:38:18 I enjoy this so much.
00:38:19 --> 00:38:19 What...
00:38:20 --> 00:38:28 a wasted effort and all that money you guys probably spent on this damn track to have it just sitting on the end of an album where it's like, you have to go to the concert to see it.
00:38:28 --> 00:38:29 No, give us the good stuff.
00:38:29 --> 00:38:31 Now give me the Crabby Patty secret formula.
00:38:31 --> 00:38:32 What are you doing?
00:38:32 --> 00:38:33 Here's my question.
00:38:34 --> 00:38:36 Is it because Benson Boone?
00:38:38 --> 00:38:42 Man, please go away with that.
00:38:43 --> 00:38:44 Anyway, no offense to him.
00:38:44 --> 00:38:45 This song gets a nine.
00:38:46 --> 00:38:47 Yes, nine for me as well.
00:38:47 --> 00:38:49 Nine like the members of the group.
00:38:49 --> 00:38:50 There you go.
00:38:50 --> 00:38:55 Okay, so now we're at our cut or keep section of our episode.
00:38:55 --> 00:39:02 And this is where we have to choose one song to cut and only one song to keep from this project.
00:39:02 --> 00:39:04 So let us know your picks as well in the comments.
00:39:04 --> 00:39:05 Oh my gosh.
00:39:05 --> 00:39:09 So what would you cut from this project and why?
00:39:09 --> 00:39:11 Okay, unfortunately.
00:39:11 --> 00:39:13 Oh my gosh, it's so sad.
00:39:14 --> 00:39:16 Is it bad that I would cut Mark on me?
00:39:18 --> 00:39:18 You know what?
00:39:20 --> 00:39:23 He got to back with himself off this album, I guess.
00:39:23 --> 00:39:25 Sorry, Mr. Boone.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:27 I can see why you say that.
00:39:27 --> 00:39:28 I can see why you say that.
00:39:29 --> 00:39:33 Unfortunately, even for their sensual tracks, like Deer Hunter, like, oh, God.
00:39:33 --> 00:39:34 Yes.
00:39:34 --> 00:39:35 Oh, my God.
00:39:36 --> 00:39:40 I feel like somebody's old as Auntie, but, like, I'm trying not to be, like, oh, my God.
00:39:40 --> 00:39:43 Like, I don't want to sound gross, but, like, I love that song so much.
00:39:43 --> 00:39:48 Yeah, I see Mark on me, and I'll match you.
00:39:49 --> 00:39:49 Oh, you'll match me.
00:39:49 --> 00:39:50 Okay.
00:39:50 --> 00:39:56 Yeah, because either that or maybe, maybe, maybe Love Jung, just to kind of get them out of the cutesy stage.
00:39:56 --> 00:39:57 But I like it, though.
00:39:57 --> 00:39:58 I know, me too.
00:39:58 --> 00:39:58 Yeah.
00:39:58 --> 00:39:59 Because I'm, like, second.
00:39:59 --> 00:40:02 Okay, so in terms of a keep, Night to Howl is the one.
00:40:02 --> 00:40:03 I...
00:40:05 --> 00:40:31 take a my salt yeah though i actually really love empty and accelerate and love jong as well okay for me if i were to keep a song like hey this should have been a single good boy go for it it's fine because lunatic didn't happen it's true you know like oh it's right there yeah okay so overall thoughts and final rating i do think this project is stronger than the last one yes yes
00:40:32 --> 00:40:33 I've lost Korean one, right?
00:40:33 --> 00:40:33 Yes.
00:40:34 --> 00:40:35 So they are heading in the right direction.
00:40:35 --> 00:40:41 And I think I will, I am very happy that the vocal production is much more raw.
00:40:41 --> 00:40:42 If that makes sense.
00:40:42 --> 00:40:46 If you guys are kind of like a rockier group, like why is the vocal so heavily processed?
00:40:46 --> 00:40:46 Do you know what I mean?
00:40:46 --> 00:40:51 So I'm glad that that seems to be finding its, its, its space there.
00:40:51 --> 00:40:51 Yeah.
00:40:52 --> 00:40:52 Um,
00:40:52 --> 00:40:54 Performance wise, these guys are amazing.
00:40:55 --> 00:40:55 Yeah.
00:40:56 --> 00:40:56 As well.
00:40:56 --> 00:40:57 Like I would love to see them live.
00:40:58 --> 00:40:58 Me too.
00:40:58 --> 00:40:59 Next time they tour.
00:40:59 --> 00:41:00 They're so good.
00:41:00 --> 00:41:02 So yeah, I am here for it.
00:41:02 --> 00:41:05 And I did keep the latter half of this album.
00:41:05 --> 00:41:07 I put it on a couple of playlists, you know?
00:41:07 --> 00:41:09 So I'm here for Anteem.
00:41:10 --> 00:41:10 Yes.
00:41:10 --> 00:41:14 Every time we get to do a team review, I do enjoy our time.
00:41:16 --> 00:41:18 So yes, I feel like this one's good.
00:41:18 --> 00:41:23 I kept thinking to myself, if some of these songs had bridges, it would have all been like eights and nine.
00:41:23 --> 00:41:25 So it's just like, okay.
00:41:25 --> 00:41:25 I guess I'd like
00:41:26 --> 00:41:52 it then you know so for me this is going to say the big fat giant eight overall it's not bad whatsoever i am curious to see what's going to happen because i do believe that they are pretty much slept on in terms of the hype groups they have drama here and there yeah you know y'all know what i'm talking about this drama with this group and that group they'll be one of the only groups i haven't had really crazy things happening to my knowledge so it's like why not just give them the opportunity to really shine well not my business i'm the one in my mommy's basement
00:41:53 --> 00:41:55 But I do like this album.
00:41:55 --> 00:41:55 It's fun.
00:41:56 --> 00:41:56 Yeah.
00:41:56 --> 00:41:59 And I will match you with an eight as well.
00:41:59 --> 00:42:03 So, Lunay, what do you all think of Mark on Me?
00:42:03 --> 00:42:06 What would you rate the songs and the album?
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