Red Velvet | 'Zimzalabim' & 'Umpah Umpah' REACTION | What an actual rollercoaster...
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When i first heard zimzalabim im like wtf but now when wendy goes ARE YOU READY FOR THIS im like HECK YEEES ZIMZALAABEEHM
damn right we are :D ... Luvies bopped to it hard in La Rouge :)
This is exactly right hahaha now I'm like ZIM ZALA BEEEEEEEM
Zimzalabim is my party jam. This is ReVeluv's ritual 🔥🔥🔥 There are just some chosen people to like this. 🤣
Zimzalabim got me through 2020. I loved it first listen when it came out. But it hit different in 2020 honey!!!!!!!!!!!!!#rollercoaster#
Zimzalabim is A LOT, as a DIEHARD Luvie it was a lot to process. It’s overwhelming. I’m really glad you gave it a second chance because it REALLY needs multiple listens to appreciate the complexity and vocals. Red Velvet is the ONLY group in SM that could pull of this song. That being said, Zimzalabim is a hypnotic MASTERPIECE and when Red Velvet performs it live, they literally turned South Korea into a dance club. Yes, Red Velvet are the QUEENS OF SUMMER! Great reaction, I appreciate your honesty.
I’m so into it now that it’s been a few days haha. Definitely takes time to understand.
I think the aspect that makes me LOVE Zimzalabim the most is the fact that it is a super out of the box, surprising and strange song (in the best possible way). It has a wonderful bridge and grows catching you off guard even with a chorus that repeats itself throughout the song. The first time I heard I was ??? but the second time I was already defending the music on the internet and I don't know, I feel it makes a total feeling of something like the Reve Festival!! I LOVE
14:24 Umpah is a korean phrase that's used to teach children how to swim or how to breathe while swimming (that's also why there's swimming gestures in the choreo). 'um' = in and 'pah' = out, if I remember correctly!
Meanwhile 'zimzalabim' is similar to 'abracadabra', a bewitchin word to aid magic spells and the chanting chorus really feels like they're trying to put a spell on us - especially when the fan chants are added :D Zimzalabim beyond doubt is a more challenging song that takes most people several listenings to appreciate and like, some may never really like it. But that's fine. I'd suggest checking out some live stages of the song, it has a different feel with the girls performing, it's really energetic! The song itself has been with SM for a long time, the girls first heard it while preparing for Rookie, but Lee Soo Man (the founder) felt like they weren't ready yet to release that kinda song at that time. In the end it took 3-4 years until everything came together!
Actually, Zimzalabim was submitted to SM before Red Velvet was even a group.
The producers of the song admitted they were smitten with SNSD's "IGAB" and wrote the song not long afterwards.
My grandpa used to say zimzalabim all the time while playing bored games with me to try and get the number he wanted!
When I found this song I thought it was so cool and still do!
i am Korean and You described exactly what Umpah means!
Zimzalabim is a magical phrase like Abracadabra. First listen for most people is WTF! Okay I have to listen to that again. Okay one more time. By the time I heard it for the fifth time it was my guilty pleasure! Since you already reacted to Queendom, they say they are the queens of the red castle. And there is a red castle in Zimzalabim. So you know where they live now. ;-)
Zimzalabim is a kind of music that is not everyone's cup of tea, but one thing is for sure, red velvet is the only group that can pull off that concept because they are the concept😎
I instantly remembered my clubbing days when I first heard Zimzalabim. Also, if you watch some clips of their concert, Zimzalabim gets the biggest reactions from the audience, even if you hate the song, you cant control it by then
Zimzalabim was definitely the grower type for me! I needed to listen like 4 or 5 times to fully grasp the song and now it's been one of my favorite RV's title track since.
It also took me a few more listen to like zimzalabim, but now, its a no skip whenever it plays. I really wanna be in a RV concert and party to this song.
Don't feel too bad.... 6 months after it's release, netizens were STILL furiously debating Zimzalabim's merits.
For anyone who is actually familiar with RV's stellar discography, ZZB wasn't a surprise at all. This was just them reminding everyone what a fiercly experimental group they are.
To me, Zimzalabim is just another example of everything RV does right. Continuously gaining new fans while scaring off bandwagon stans who try pigeon-holing them as just *one* type of group.
Zimzalabim had to grow on me 😅 on my first listen the bridge was like a reward after hearing most of the song 😭 now it’s one of my favorites? weird how our opinions can change 😅
Umpah Umpah was actually supposed to be filmed on a real beach but couldn’t due to rain btw Umpah Umpah is about them teaching people how to drown 🥰
I didn't like Zimzalabim at first, but then it got stuck in my head. It's a great song to dance to.
GET READY FOR RED VELVET DOMINATION!!!!
You need to react to joy solo stuffs as well.... like "Hello, day by day , always in my heart , if only , mayday , her osts "... that girl is an amazing singer
Your face throughout zimzalabim tho HAHAHA i cannot
Zimzalabim is one of my favorite Red Velvet title track. It surprised me when it came out but as I listened to it more, I started loving it and it became one of my favorites. The lyrics, vocals, concept, everything about it is amazing for me. Anyway, I hope you'll be able to check out Red Velvet's solo/unit songs. I would like recommend the following:
Red Velvet Irene and Seulgi - Monster, Naughty
Wendy - When This Rain Stops, Like Water
Joy - Hello, Je T'aime
Yeri - Dear Diary, Hair in the Air (with Renjun, Jeno, and Jaemin of NCT Dream)
Thank you very much for sharing your reaction to us! I really appreciate it. 💗
For your next Red Velvet videos:
Irene and Seulgi - Monster and Naughty MV
Wendy - Like Water MV and When This Rain Stops
Joy - Hello MV n Je’Taime
Nice
Yea def do the solo stuff
yesss
Yeri - Dear Dairy and Put Your Hair in the Air
Yes, you're right! Red Velvet is literally dubbed as the Summer Queens of Kpop
I would suggest for the next reaction SEULGI & IRENE. Naughty and Monster, they are really good songs 💗
i think hes going in order :)
@@luviemoo In order of what? Release or people's requests?
@@neoculttech release :) look at his red velvet playlist
@@luviemoo Well I had no clue, in other RV videos I was only suggesting my favorite songs but he already reacted to Psycho and Queendom so...
@@neoculttech yeah he started with a few random ones but now hes going in chronological order :)
I actually liked Zimzalabim on first hearing. Very quirky but fun (in a dark way?). I had actual trouble with Aespa’s Savage….had to listen to that four times before I could get my head around it.
I can't help but laughing watching your reaction to Zimzalabim (I'm sorry, no offense though☺). Anyway, it has that 'effect' (confused, overwhelmed, lost) on most people. That's one of RV's uniqueness I think. If you like it, that's good but even if you end up don't like it, you can just appreciate it because RV always delivers the concept and THE VOCALS.
Zimzalabim HITS in the car I swear.
Red Velvet's MVs are all fire in its own way. But in my opinion, their B-sides slam real harder.
Red Velvet's 'Zimzalabim' is the child of Girls' Generation's 'I Got A Boy' and the parent of aespa's 'Next Level'. SM loves this kind of quirky songs that feel like several songs in one. But it works, it always does, because the production is incredible and the vocals are always on point.
Zimzalabim is the red pill of music...
😂😂
I loved ZZB first listen, but I also loved IGAB by Girl's Generation first listen as well. I always think of songs like this as concert songs. All the different parts feel like a mashup, and it gets the party going. Everyone knows the random lyrics and sings along and gets the energy pumping. I always tell people this is probably the most exciting song on a set list because even if you hate it, you're gonna sing along. I also think it's probably one of SM's best structured mashup/noise song. The instrumental lead ups all make sense and the melody transitions also make sense. It's jarring first listen to most because they're unconventional, but structurally, it all makes sense lol. A friend of mine was actually so overwhelmed with the sounds AND the visuals that I actually told her to listen to it without watching the video because having the weird visuals adds to the already overwhelming feeling of the song. She came back to me and told me she liked it so much better without watching because her attention wasn't being pulled everywhere. ZZB is a divisive song for a reason, but I am absolutely in love with it and I will jam to it unabashed every time it comes on.
I love Zimzalabim on my first listen.. when the EDM part came and the bridge-- just WOW! NEVER HEARD IT LIKE ANY OTHER SONG 💗
Zimzalabim is WTF for me too, at the first time i listened. but hell yeah, now i get along with it
You know, when it come to love, you love everything they do
Ps.sry about my english, not my language 😅
I think once you understand the meaning behind ZZB it makes 100x more sense in the structure/lyrics of the song. They want everyone to be saying Zimzalabim, so they get it stuck in your head. When you repeat the incantation, you get put under their spell. They drop from the sunny vibe they had when coercing you to say it, and switch to a direct approach, making you recite it as well. It's a genius concept and it really worked. It still has everyone talking about it, love or hate, and that's the goal!
I don't know if someone already commented on this but Zimzalabim, if I'm not mistaken, was used on the teaser of Trolls World Tour Movie, because they were part of the cast on that movie. ♥️
Oh really?
Lmao his mind went blank after the cult song as expected 😂😂😂we classified it as cult song evem pewdiepie agrees.
I feel the same as you. I am listening to these for the first time with you and I was *confused dancing* the whole time. Maybe after listening to it more I will like it, some songs are like that.
Don't try to understand it, feel it!!
Umpah Umpah is the perfect way to end the Korean title track reactions! It's just an accumulation of the love that Red Velvet have received from their Reveluvs, hence the reference to their previous songs. It may not be their best title track technically, but it is one of their most special songs 💖
Zimzalabim is like a Rollercoaster.
"this a song", yes i totally agree
I love zimzalabim on the first listen 😂 i love different, different is nice 🥰
When he says he's ready for it but Luvies know better
Zimzalabim is not my favorite RV song but I like it and it's iconic... and I love umpah umpah ❤
I luv zimzalabim since first time listen because i'm used to Red Velvet music since their debut, they have alot of genres so having zimzalabim really makes me happy. More unique songs more satisfying
umpha umpha sound wave means breathing in onomatopoeia when swimming
zimzalabim is my favorite song
these two songs are my top fave rv songs of all time
Me when I first heard Zimzalabim: your exact reaction
Me when I hear Zimzalabim now: ZIMZALABIM ZIM ZIMZALABIM ZIM ZIMZALABIM ZIM ZIM!!! 🎆🎇🎆🎇
And also SAME!
wow rj... that was very considerate of you for rewatching zimzalabim HAHAHAHAHA whenever you laugh, i laugh as well. I really find the reactions interesting for that song.
Zimzalabim is the sister of I Got A Boy and Next Level 😅😅
I was looking forward to this! You definitely approached ZZB with the right balance of trepidation and open mindedness, your face went through so many emotions! Joy always sparks joy. I was absolutely not sold at first but now it gives me the same strange euphoria as SNSD's IGAB, f(x)'s Red Light and Aespa's Next Level. I swear some producers look at SM with glee thinking this is where they can send their craziest creations. It's such a visual experience too! There's a huge group dance version of ZZB that is a trip to watch.
Umpah Umpah is my favourite of their red summer songs, I love the theatre-style physical props in the mv. Mentioning Joy's smile, fun fact there's a famous fan who for years shouted to her "Park Soo Young, when you smile, I'm also, happy!" at every event, it was hilarious. They did take the Queens Of Summer mantle from Sistar for a few years, Brave Girls probably owned it last summer though!
I was waiting on this one 😂😂 Both of these songs take a few listens to "Get it" but once you get it, it's a bop 😂😂
simple irresistible catchiness of songs like umpah umpah drew me into k-pop, but the curiosity that songs like zimzalabim evoke in me is what kept me hooked
The TL was divided that day…June 19, 2019. The first few minutes, all I could read in my twitter feed was variations of “OH” “ WOW” “AH”. It took a while for most luvies to process the song - some did not like it, some super liked it. We did not except the song to go that way as the teasers were somewhat not-telling-the-gist-of-the-song feels.
I love Red velvet 💖💖
I was so confused when I saw the comments about Zimzalabin when the MV came out. I loved the song from the first time I heard it. 😂💖
i believe Zimzalabim is written and produced with SM artist Hitchhiker. if you watch his MV's for 'Eleven' and '$10' you will understand how the convergence of Red Velvet and Hitchhiker created Zimzalabim. he also did Red Velvet's 'I Just' which is one of my favourite tracks (and not at all like Zimzalabim)
Zimzalabim was originally meant for SNSD.
If you thought Zimzalabim was weird.. You aren’t ready for what’s to come with SNSD - IGAB OR f(x) - RED LIGHT.
No need to understand, there is great instrument with awesome vocals. Get under RV witches' spell, bounce together. I heard they played Zimzalabim in their concert, everyone says it was crazy wild experience 🤡 Zim, Zala, Bim are the names of trickster gods. then magicians used ZimZalaBim be as magic cast spell in some European countries then popularized.
'Umpha Umpha' is the top Summer Red song on my list followed by 'Power Up' and 'Red Flavor's. UmPhaUmPha is told to kid learning swimming, Um=hold breath, Pha exhale. and as a sidenote, while RV watching the male vocal swimmer, he is drawn to death, as he was UmPhaPha~~~ 🤡
Edit: La Rouge 2019 concert
4 song combo as ending stage except encore.
Butterflies + You better know + Hit that drum + ZimZalaBim.
The holy concert ceased by Covid. 😭
The first time i listened to Zimzalabim i loved it.
Babyyyy… when ZZB came out us luvies were fighting for our lives… it was a lot and the hate the girls got for that song was too much…
Zimzalabim is Red Velvet's anthem. That's my opinion lol!
Umpah umpah has one of the creepiest rv backstory
Zimzalabim is the ultimate cult song
At First I also doesn't like Zimzalabim, but... after listen for so many time, I actually like Zimzalabim when plying after work, dancing. I also can memorize the lyrics and sing in the car XD
Zimzalabim is best with hard bass, especially when u heard it at concert
Totally agree with the hard bass
"they're like the queens of summer".... and ure right lmao they are labelled as summer queens after the huge succes of red flavor followed by power up
Funfact: Umpah Umpah was scheduled to be shot at an actual beach, but it was raining continuously during those days, so they made an indoor set instead and made artificial water and waves with those plastic sheets :)
Yeah. what @tinycey said. At first, I wasn't much of a fan of Zimzalabim when it first dropped. But since I stan my girls, I'd been watching them perform the song EVERYWHERE lol so it's no surprise I love it now. But there is a method to Red Velvet's madness. Zimzalabim, Umpah Umpah and Psycho are all a part of the same album now, but as the rollout was being presented, Zimzalabim served as the opening.
I don't know why, or because my ears are open to them as an avid fan. I don't even know why people say it's weird or not normal. At first listen, already loved it, just another plain great song. 😆
I'm team zimzalabim... I lov songs that are unique and sound kinda weird!!!
Zup RJ!
Okay, it's understandable that you need to listen to Zimzalabim one more time, a lot of people did when they watch it for the firat time! Because of their unique stule that SM vibes off too. I dont know if you know Girls' Generation but they are the first ones to do this type of thing, way back in 2012 (? Im not sure of the year) they realeased I Got A Boy, where it's a sing where it doean't know where it takes you because it's it's like they combine 5 songs to become 1 song. It's unique and only SM does that, so if you are a huge SM stan, you will get use to these types of style where it doesnt know where it will lead you too. NCT 127s Cherry Bomb is also like this where as you dont knkw will it will take you, like 3 songs combined to make a song. And yes, Red Velvet where it's like 10 songs combined to make a song. Many call these songs the Bohemian Rhapsody of Kpop because just like Bohemian Rhapsody of Kpop where they make different sound by making many songs combine to make a song. One thing that makes zimzlabimstand it is because there sound is very very very experimental. In Girl's Generation its like they more of a rock-ish vibe and in NCT127 is like hip hop-ish style while in Red Velvet, there music its just unexplainable, for example is there is a sound that is travelling though your head when you listen to the song (the effect that you can hear from the start and became louder in the dance break) , thats what makes ximzalabim more unique and its either you will love it or not 😁.
Okay so zimzalabim is named after 3 trickster demons , ZIM, ZALA, BIM . They are like demons where they gave you what you want and will take something in return and basically the MV is red velvet is a cult of witches that have amusement part to make you happy where they take you to the sky with there basically using roller coaster, and its creepy because the cymbals are playing by itself, boots are marching all by themselves and tgat is i think an omen thatbis saying that tgey are like those trickster demons that will give you want you want in they want something in return. So yeah, another unique MV from red velvet.
Moving on to the umpah umpah, yeah they referenced their songs and its the cutest thing ever! So basically umpah-umpah is like their most simple and NORMAL mv right? But listen, the audio, (first off, the song is about the girls trying to teach how to swim to someone) when you listen to the lower voice where a guy is singing umpah umpah allthrough out the song, notice where it stops in the end,meaning, they just drowned the guy 😏. Thats it, somple as that.
I dont kniw if you read my comments where I explain the mvs but I also did last reaction, please do read it because im dying to know what you think of those theory from peek a boo and power up because those theory's are so dark!
Yeah and also, please do react to the legendary fanmade cintent Red Velvet: A Mess series by bubbleflexe.the editor had made a playljst to it. Please dont forget to watch those that are in google drives due to copyright because they are like the best ones! In the first part of the series its like super short and hard to follow, since they have no reference to follow if you are a new born reveluv , but trust me,as you progree through the episode, it will get funnier and funnier. If you want yo react to it (please do 🥺) i guess do ep 1,2,3,4,5 in one video because they are short. So yeah! Sorry for taking up space in your wall again. Thank you for reacting to Red Velvet
I love Zim from the bridge onwards
Zimzalabim is experiment song,at first i dont like,but after many time i listen by earphone without watching,then im like it alot,yeahh its dancing song
I was accustomed to SM's extremely experimental songs (thanks to SNSD - I got a boy and f(x) title tracks in general and also some SHINee) by the time Zimzalabim was released :) ... So, it was instant connection for me and I was one of the few who vibed with it since the 1st listen :D
I thought you got the Umpah umpah thing just by listening to it once. Well what I heard is that since it's a phrase to teach children how to swim, the girls sing lyrics about a guy wishing to be with them and fall in love. "Suffocating" "so hot hot" "let the beat drop" so they don't always sing Umpah Umpah and instead sing "Umpah pah" sometimes. They are supossedly teaching the guy how to breathe, but since they are singing it wrong, they are teaching him how to drown. So that's the creepy thing about it since you know Red Velvet has this kind of stuff going on. It's part of their concept. 😊
it took me a whole month after zimzalabim came out for me to like it so I feel you 💀
One way to look at Zimzalabim, Umpah Umpah and Psycho are a trilogy because they are all part of the Reve Festival. There is a story line in the Reve Festival of Irene controlling the band. Each song has it own story.
I hate the ZZB mv which at first impacted my enjoyment of the song, but after seeing the version of it in a gymnasium with hundreds of fans(?), it really changed my opinion. Try watching the gym version (I think it's on either the SMTown or RV official yt channel) and enjoy the song for what it is -- a funky demonic club banger.
the first few times i heard zimzalabim i thought it was the worst song i'd ever heard lmaooo (apart from the bridge which made me wanna listen again) but then i became obsesseddddddddd with the whole song
Just a creepy theory about Umpah Umpah
Its actually about drowning people
Yes..
Poor Umpah Umpah the middle child. Lowkey my all time favorite red vevlet song. Also it's a little dark since yeri say um pah pah which is not the right way swim.
i hate zimzalabim but i love it kind of ironically? idk it makes me happy because of how ridiculous it is so i end up loving how weird it is even though its a mess lmao
if you want more songs like the bridge, im sure uve heard this a million times, but check out their albums! start from the start including mini albums please :)
Zimzalabim hit
it's understandable if you didn't get the song at first, because I feel the same. But, if you listen to zimzalabim multiple times it will grow on you
Nah Zimzalabim is so weird but like when it comes on U BEST BELIEVE I’M NANANANANAing AS LOUD AS I CAN😂 Idk you kinda have to see it as a joke song if anything. Like something Kesha would have put out a long time ago. You shouldn’t take it seriously as a song and just see it as dance music if that makes sense 😂
NO SHADE TO MY GIRL KESHA GUYS. I LOVE HER SONG DINOSAUR AND THATS WHAT I MEAN BY A JOKE SONG. ITS FUN BUT DEFINITELY SHOULDN’T BE EVEN CONSIDERED HER BEST SONG😂
PLEASE U WILL LIKE IT
my least fav song is Zimzalabim' but i luv watching them sing this live in the encore. Hearing the Bridge is so epic
Umpha has the most of Joy's vocals imo
I'm here but ngl I'm still not the biggest fan of Zimzalabim 😭
I like parts of Zimzalabim... but not all of them together. 😄
Zimzalabim is, well, … an experience 😂 i love some parts of the song but overall I’m not the biggest fan of it
As confusing as it is, zimzalabim has created a cult amongst kpop fandoms.
You either love it or hate it 😂💗
You have not to understand the song, Just feeling! It's so werid and bizarre that it hasn't logical hehehe
Umpah Umpah is one of my favorite Red Side Songs. It gives me energy
please react to exo sweet lie
this is the breakdown of zimzalabim ruclips.net/video/is7ieJDdJqg/видео.html
this could help you understand why you were confused
I HATE Zimzalabim with my whole chest. I don’t get it AT ALL! Umpah Umpah was more of a “let me listen to this one more time” and now I like it. Listened to Zimzalabim so many times and even the video was not it. The fashion in it was…..interesting… 😂
Sorry... the "most ridiculous outfits ever worn in a Kpop video" award still goes to BTS for "Idol."
What the actual fuck WAS that?
@@thatkidjerm A classical musician did a 20 minute breakdown of the song structure.
The "hook" of the song is actually the pre-chorus. The entire song is a build towards the final 4 bars.
I love red velvet so much... but zimzalabim... I hate it. I hate it. I hate it so much.
Zimzalabim is a very weird song for me. It is so close to me really liking it if just a few things were different. The main problem I personally have with it is a don't like what they did with the final chorus. I really dig the first two chorus sounds and the dance break and final chorus kind of ruin it for me.