OMGOMG THEY'RE BACK! <3
Heart asploded. And I'm late, of course. The video came out on the third. But fwatevers- I have been watching this nonstop for the past few days.
Admittedly they're not back together. If that were the case, the internet would have exploded - in a good way of beautiful, perfectly harmonized vocals and chemistry like no other. But Yunho and Changmin are back!!! It feels really wrong calling them DBSK when there's only two members so I'll refer to them as HoMin for now.
--shameless fangirling ahead, if you haven't been able to tell from all that.
Of course it's heartbreaking watching the video and expecting the other members to be there, but after such an absence, the excitement/thrill at seeing Yunho and Changmin back in action makes up for it somewhat. Yunho's singing, normally so underutilized is really brought out. Both of them have improved so much! -- And Changmin raps!
So many great things going on here:
Changmin's vocals and range are always amazing, but homg it's AMAZING here. So intense!!!
The crescendo in the beginning into the first big downbeat at 0:43
Yunho's high-pitched rap/rap-singing segments. They're always really interesting to listen to, and there's plenty of it here.
Triplets at 2:20 <3
The descending digital fall at 2:11.
And then the sudden switches between Yunho's 'normal' voice and his strange (in the best possible way) tenser rapping one.
And all the "keep your head down"s are really great and sinister.
All the weird digital sounds are all really fascinating to listen to. Especially the squelches that pan through and sometimes match the rhythm of Yunho's voice and the really delicate and fragile notes that glimmer between the really heavy beats. (octaves that become most apparent at around 3:29- there are a lot more, but they're really hard to explain! Listen for them- preferably with headphones! You'll catch more that way.)
I'm a sucker for atypical stresses in eighth note runs like the one starting 3:57
Great decision to add plenty of reverb coming down from Changmin's INSANE F3 at 4:15.
But maybe most of all, I love how they didn't bother with the autotune. <3 It can be interesting at times, but to use it when you have the Dong Bang boys is just a waste.
Hokai, now that we've sort of got the pressing matters out of the way:
HOMG, do they look good here. Haha, a lot of the fanboys are saying in the comments that they think Changmin is the most attractive member.
There is plenty of fanservice here - which I think was the reasoning behind Max's very revealing puffy-shouldered top. I have no idea how he managed to pull it off, but pull it off he did.
Ah, speaking of bad wardrobe calls: Moth suits??? I snorted when Yunho first showed up on the screen. It looks bulky and awkward and full of wtf-ery. But he wore it with as much dignity and grace as one could in a furry moth suit. Major props.
Changmin's looked a bit better and if the fabric weren't so distracting, it would have been quite a dashing suit. Maybe moth ties with a regular suit would have been a bit better?
Melikes the choreography at "keep your head down". Very nice effect.
FIRE 8D Is very pretty and cool.
b-but, this made me really miss the five-member DBSK. :< So if you'll humour me, here are some amazing lives:
Admittedly they're not back together. If that were the case, the internet would have exploded - in a good way of beautiful, perfectly harmonized vocals and chemistry like no other. But Yunho and Changmin are back!!! It feels really wrong calling them DBSK when there's only two members so I'll refer to them as HoMin for now.
--shameless fangirling ahead, if you haven't been able to tell from all that.
Of course it's heartbreaking watching the video and expecting the other members to be there, but after such an absence, the excitement/thrill at seeing Yunho and Changmin back in action makes up for it somewhat. Yunho's singing, normally so underutilized is really brought out. Both of them have improved so much! -- And Changmin raps!
Click to viewSo many great things going on here:
Changmin's vocals and range are always amazing, but homg it's AMAZING here. So intense!!!
The crescendo in the beginning into the first big downbeat at 0:43
Yunho's high-pitched rap/rap-singing segments. They're always really interesting to listen to, and there's plenty of it here.
Triplets at 2:20 <3
The descending digital fall at 2:11.
And then the sudden switches between Yunho's 'normal' voice and his strange (in the best possible way) tenser rapping one.
And all the "keep your head down"s are really great and sinister.
All the weird digital sounds are all really fascinating to listen to. Especially the squelches that pan through and sometimes match the rhythm of Yunho's voice and the really delicate and fragile notes that glimmer between the really heavy beats. (octaves that become most apparent at around 3:29- there are a lot more, but they're really hard to explain! Listen for them- preferably with headphones! You'll catch more that way.)
I'm a sucker for atypical stresses in eighth note runs like the one starting 3:57
Great decision to add plenty of reverb coming down from Changmin's INSANE F3 at 4:15.
But maybe most of all, I love how they didn't bother with the autotune. <3 It can be interesting at times, but to use it when you have the Dong Bang boys is just a waste.
Hokai, now that we've sort of got the pressing matters out of the way:
HOMG, do they look good here. Haha, a lot of the fanboys are saying in the comments that they think Changmin is the most attractive member.
There is plenty of fanservice here - which I think was the reasoning behind Max's very revealing puffy-shouldered top. I have no idea how he managed to pull it off, but pull it off he did.
Ah, speaking of bad wardrobe calls: Moth suits??? I snorted when Yunho first showed up on the screen. It looks bulky and awkward and full of wtf-ery. But he wore it with as much dignity and grace as one could in a furry moth suit. Major props.
Changmin's looked a bit better and if the fabric weren't so distracting, it would have been quite a dashing suit. Maybe moth ties with a regular suit would have been a bit better?
Melikes the choreography at "keep your head down". Very nice effect.
FIRE 8D Is very pretty and cool.
b-but, this made me really miss the five-member DBSK. :< So if you'll humour me, here are some amazing lives: