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Love your reactions! If this makes you brave enough to look at the more extreme side of metal, I'd recommend either O Father O Satan O Sun by Behemoth or To the Hellfire by Lorna Shore
From Jinjer: Perennial live at Waken 2019; Teacher, Teacher; Vortex; Home Back; Wallflower; I Speak Astronomy; Sit, Stay, Rollover; Retrospection Live in Kiev; Judgement and Punishment one take vocal performance. Or anything else, in any order, because it’s seriously all good 🖤
Excellent analysis. Not that many people get it. As far as lyrics and vocal ability goes Perennial live at Wacken Open Air and Pit of Consciousness live in Kyiv would be good ones for reactions. Having said that they have so many good songs it's hard to suggest just two. I usually just post the RUclips playlist I listen to pretty regularly. Any of those including the two I just mentioned would be good ones to check out ruclips.net/p/PLhlYsqoR9XLEpHTbaOovrpa1p8L2uZ81G
The tell is he has the lyrics pulled up on a separate screen and he looks over to read them before commenting on them. I just wish he didn't play it off and just say I've got the lyrics pulled up so I can understand what I am hearing.
I feel that the whole ending is about relationships, like fish swimming looking for hooks they grab onto just to see the sun beam (as they are being pulled out of the water) only to then get descaled and slaughtered by handsome butchers - kinda describes searching for a relationship and that first bit of euphoria before shit gets toxic
How many of you chuckled when Knox said "Oh this smooths out", right before the drop? 🤣 Great reaction brother! Seen them 4 times live and they never fail to deliver. Tatiana is by far the best in her field.
I saw the title and said “Knox is not ready” 🤣 I love watching reactions to this song as a first Jinjer reaction. Everybody gives THAT look. Again, you weren’t ready 😁. Jinjer is amazing. Awesome breakdown per usual. 🔥🔥🔥
This man is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated youtubers around when it comes to lyrical breakdown. I hope you continue with Jinjer and I'd suggest doing Perennial live at Wakken. Tati is an amazing lyricist.
Hi Knox, allow me to introduce you to Tatiana Shmayluk. She's from Ukraine, she goes by "Tati", she is one of the most gifted vocalists you'll ever see, and she enjoys long walks on the beach and melting reactors' brains. Yes that's her real voice and she is just as impressive live. If you want to verify that I would recommend their performance of Perennial live at Wacken. Absolutely stunning performance. Also of note with Jinjer - the band is phenomenal. They get overlooked sometimes... I'm sure you can understand why but they are amazing musicians. Everything they play is airtight, they're always perfectly in sync with each other and Tati. One of my favorite bands around even though I'm not usually a big fan of super harsh metal vocals.
Spot on with everything. It always makes me chuckle because this song and video was meant to be a showcase for the new drummer and…well, it became everybody’s first experience with the band lol
Honestly, this is why I enjoy this channel. You actually take the time to ACTUALLY listen to it, and not just nod your head and pretend to like it to appease your fans. Much love
The lyricism is even more impressive when you realize she writes all of her lyrics and symbolism in Russian and then translates it to English. You can tell as you listen to more of their music how this sometimes gets things a little inconsistent, but honestly, their music and lyrics are absolutely incredible.
I'll admit, I wasn't expecting too much from "Rapper Reacts" because I've been let down with other reactions, but your analysis of the lyrics and meaning were so good! You just got a sub. I would highly recommend doing more Jinjer breakdowns. Their lyrics are often incredibly deep (not to mention the music and vocals are insane). It gets even more wild when you find out that Tatiana (the lead vocal) generally writes her lyrics in Ukrainian first and they just happen to translate so well into English. Suggestions would be Teacher, Teacher!, Vortex, Wallflower, etc. but almost any song of theirs will be good! On second thought, Teacher Teacher! would be amazing because the verses are delivered in an almost rap style.
It is seriously astounding how well you heard those lyrics. I'm pretty used to listening to harsh vocals and still deciphering what the lyrics are, but you did that on the first listen, in spades, and did even better than that. You *very* accurately heard what she said, and you fully comprehended the meaning of it, and connected the song together very beautifully (I literally didn't even realize all of the lyrical meanings, and I've listened to and sung the song multiple times). I feel like this is where you are best as an artist, that being understanding and speaking the language that another artist or artists speak (I mean that both literally and figuratively)
@@psilocyble3053 Just because he has lyrics pulled up doesn't mean he already listened to the music and staged the reactions. And I also don't see anything wrong with having lyrics pulled up anyways because if you know you're gonna be listening to a metal song it's probably useful to actually know what's being said.
Tatiana and bassist Eugene are both Pisces, and they worked together on the lyrics to this song. Today is actually Eugene's birthday. Tatiana's is the 15th. She writes the large majority of the lyrics for their songs, and she is an absolutely incredible lyricist, on top of being best female vocalist on the planet! You haven't seen anything yet. This band doesn't have a single bad song to their name. Hope you continue down the rabbit hole. You won't be disappointed! I recommend Teacher Teacher. She even does a little rapping in that one.
69th like, and like a symbol of two fish swimming opposite directions (no Cancer symbol's here!) of my horoscope sign.. Mine was on the third. (Today, 9.3. is my BTS bias's birthday - HBD SUGA!) This was one of my favorite reactions to this song. (Right after one vocal coach spitting out or was it choking on her tea..She lived
Dude, despite not being used to gutturals AND the perceptual flashbang of them coming at you out of nowhere, you still picked out almost all of the lyrics and did the best damn on the fly analysis i've ever heard. Wow, easy sub.
Wow, s-tier lyrics breakdown. Great work! Tati is an introvert, chronically depressed, and shy when she isn't performing but has learned to transform herself into what her art needs her to be. Whatever you do next will be awesome because their lyrics are always amazing. Some that I'd recommend are Perennial at Wacken to see them onstage in the standard followup to Pisces, Pit of Consciousness live in Kyiv for possibly their finest concert video, Judgement and Punishment one take for a bit of reggae and lots of real talk, and Home Back official about their hometown in eastern Ukraine getting caught in the 2014 war that set the stage for the current invasion. Subbed. Cheers!
I’ve listened to this song for more than a year and I learned something from your breakdown. So good! And it was cute watching your facial expressions.
Even her voice in this song is an example of duality. The tender soft melodic tone juxtaposed with the deep scream vocal. So she portrays the central Pisces idea both in the words, and in the way she sings the song.
"Meet me when the winter cries" meaning since she is a fish you can meet her when water is created by the melting of the snow at the ending of winter. So beautiful
I've been a Jinjer Fan for a few years now. I've watched this video 100s of times and probably that many reactions to it. Yours was the best lyrical break down from someone with a different way of looking and connecting things I've seen yet in reactions to this performance. You gave me a different way of connecting her symbolism in her lyrics with Pisces. Loved it man!!
Jinjer is my FAVORITE! Tatiana is a beast, and Vlad, Roman, and Eugene are incredible musicians on their own. Together it’s beautiful. And Tati absolutely writes poetry 🖤 Thank you for this! Please do more!!
Is that really her voice going so deep and dark, or is there a button on the microphone that changes it? She's terrific! I've got someone new for the grandkids... LoL 😂
@@TheSaltyGranny No that’s all her lol I’ve seen them live. They’re incredible. Check out Perennial live at Wacken 2018 or 2019 I can’t remember, but you can see her live. The grandkids will love it 🖤
@@TheSaltyGranny That's 100% her. Well 95% her - there's a backing track but that's just adding a second "layer" of the vocals. If you want to see further proof that she can really do that, they have plenty of live videos available as well - Perennial Live at Wacken is the one most people go to, super popular video and a great song. While not a live concert, there is a studio one take video for Judgement & Punnishment where you can also clearly see there are no tricks or studio magic, those vocals are coming from Tati.
Lots of people who are fans of Jinjer consider this to be one of their weaker songs but it'll probably always be one of my favorites. The duality in all aspects of the composition is just really gorgeous to me. Also recommend the official video for Teacher Teacher.
Personally, the songs of duality that they do are always my favourite. Then again, it's the gravitas that the changes create that make it so much stronger. I'm totally with you.
That's definitely the conventional wisdom and even the band weren't that thrilled by at least the album version of it. Now, maybe Vlad fixed that stuff with his formal education but either way I can see why they'd have problems. It's a fairly standard song structure so getting it to Jinjer standards of uniqueness was probably hard. In particular, doing the same transitions in a way that was unique within the song and individually really interesting was probably hard. But in a way, pulling it off as well as this version manages to makes their skills all the more impressive.
Knox.. my guy. Holy hell man. You absolutely knocked this analysis and reaction out of the park. The shock for you was momentary, but effective. Then you just let the waves sweep you away. This band is something incredibly special. This whole thing, without one of these pieces that exists in the band now? Would fall short. The individual talents are amazing, but the chemistry and how they work together? That's where it really shines. Looking forward to more Metal Monday, and more Jinjer!
Welcome Knox, finally... FINALLY, to the world of Jinjer. Expect the Jinjer army to come out for this one, we never get tired of first reactions to this song. Jinjer is a band that you can really dive deep into and discover something new with every song as they blend a lot of different styles and genres in with their own. I'd recommend checking out the following next. Judgement and Punishment - One Take Vocal Performance Perennial - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019 Teacher Teacher
The way she chose to go back and forth with the heavy and soft vocals also was part of the representation of that duality of Pisces. The whole song was so cleverly put together.
That has to be the best reaction to this song that I've seen. We got to see the classic "wtf" when she started growling. But, that's the best lyrical breakdown as well. Great reaction Knox. If you want to see her rap on a song "teacher teacher" live "perennial", one take vocal with just her "judgement and punishment" There are a ton more. What makes the lyrics even more impressive, English isn't her first language
Pisces in astrology symbolizes the union of life and death: one fish is alive and goes upstream, the other is dead is dragging the live fish to the bottom. It is the duality of human life, our desires and reality that can kill us or bring us to full potential. You had the best reaction on RUclips. I am totally with you. I also appreciate how you took time to point out the meaningful lyrics.
As much as I love seeing new reactors get blown away by the switch in Tatiana's voice it is the musicianship and the lyrical depth that makes this song special to me.
I love how even when you were blown away by Tatiana's voice you were still analyzing the lyrics. You're also one of the few reactors who didn't instantly jump to questioning if it was really her screaming. If I wasn't already subscribed before this video I would've been hitting the subscribe button for that. And I hope you go down the Jinjer rabbithole. I'd recommend Vortex, Teacher Teacher, and Crime an Punishment. Particularly Teacher Teacher from a lyrical standpoint cuz you seem to question authority so I could see you appreciating that one quite a bit. Sidenote, what makes her lyrics even more impressive is that English is her 3rd or 4th language and she writes all the lyrics herself.
There have been a whole lot of reactions to this song. I have never seen someone go into the meaning with so much depth and insights ive never thought of. Best reaction I've seen to this.
Everything about this track is classy as hell. Even the harsh parts. Out of the few women who do harsh vocals, almost none of them are able to produce growls and screams that sound so much like what men produce. It's a testament to how hard she worked to perfect her sound. Typically women who do harsh vocals have a very distinctly different sounds.
She has too. She can go pretty low on her gutturals but you can still recognize that is not a man doing the growls, and there is nothing bad on it. Nowdays there are A LOT of women who do harsh vocals and there are some that you literally can't tell if is a man or not (like Cerebral Bore, to say a band somewhat "famous"), but imo everyone has a different scream, and it is ok. I spent years trying to become like Philip Labonte from ATR (I love his mids), but I'm better on tunnel growls and gutturals, I can do mids too but they are not as good, I stopped trying to be someone else and now I'm enjoing what I can do best
Never gets old seeing someone break their jinjer virginity. She is amazing. Many get so baffled by her voice they don't realize how bad ass the entire band is instrumentality. Teacher Teacher next song in my opinion
I've seen a lot of reactions to Jinjer, and you by far the fullest, explanatory reacter of all. I've never read the lyrics of Pisces and you caught them all. What a great reaction!
Jinjer Teacher Teacher is my favourite song, so good. And their live performance of Perennial a wacken is dope for stage presence, I prefer it to the studio track for whatever reason too. Just slightly different cadences that appeal to me more than on the track
I love how he's doing his usual bar breakdowns before realizing the entire point of Jinger reactions is just to see people's faces when she goes into her death metal growl.
Welcome to the Jinjer rabbit hole. Bring your own tea and hats, because it's a mad party down here! They are one of the best bands out there. I've been stunned by their versatility. Both Tatiana (the singer) and the rest of the band are incredible. I don't remember if you've reacted to Spiritbox in the past, but the two bands share a lot of qualities. If you haven't heard of them, I highly recommend them as well. Although I suggest that you continue with Jinjer for a while yet. Tatiana is...something else. Watch her one-take live performance of "Judgement (& Punishment)" and you'll see what I mean.
You should definitely check out more Jinjer - Perennial live at Wacken 2019 is a brilliant live performance and the lyrics are just amazing. Tati is a phenomenal lyricist
I really love your deep dive into the lyrics. This band is one of my favorites. All four of the members are so talented. Can't wait for you to explore more of their music. Perennial Live at Wacken will really blow you away, both with her vocals and the lyricism of the song.
Ah yes, Pisces, baby's first step into Jinjer. I'm blessed I was one of the people who first got introduced to Jinjer with their song "Sit Stay Roll Over".
Just saw them live last December. They are incredible Another female lead band I'm about to see is spirit box would definitely recommend live one take of circle with me
Dude, first reactor I've heard to truly grasp and understand the lyrics and read into the amazing poetry and lyricism used in this masterpiece. Mad props to you my dude 👏
Damn, man. Massive props. It's so rare to hear a first time listener nail the lyrics like that, and be able to really understand what Tati's saying. Love your reactions.
Absolutely love the lyrics analysis! People often get lost in her astonishing voice and forget to look at the brilliant lyrics. Bro really got the vibes of the song.
My fav reactor and my fav Prog Metal band. What a blessed Monday! Enjoying you from Fredneck. Epic reaction and amazing job (as usual) deciphering the growl lyrics, my friend! Oh, and the magic of them. They are from Ukraine (the part under attack - See Home Back for the song about the 2014 Russian attacks). She writes all of the lyrics in Russian after the guys write the music. She then translates all of the lyrics to English.
I've never clicked a video so fast in my life! Tati is an amazing and talented artist who deserves all the love and fame she gets, plus more. You should totally react to "Teacher Teacher" next
Easily one of my favorite bands these days. I hate that I missed them after having tickets before covid hit. I would suggest, with the war in Ukraine still waging on, please react to the music video for "Home Back." Not only is it a killer song, it's very relevant despite it being about a previous conflict.
This is why metal vocalists are waaaay more talented than people seem to think. It's not just unintelligible screaming. They have lots of training in order to sing beautiful cleans and also do the harsh vocals healthily and use them to great effect.
Could not have nailed the meaning of the song closer to the head, though I cannot say I'm surprised in the least. Jinjer is a phenomenal band all around, and Tatiana is a monster of a vocalist! This kind of modern metal is always a treat, and I am always happy to see where the journey takes you! Wonderful reaction, as always! Another suggestion you might like is Thornhill, specifically their album The Dark Pool. Anything from that LP is amazing and should definitely be experienced all the way through, but a good reaction would definitely be Nurture, Red Summer, Lily & The Moon, Coven, or Where We Go When We Die. Stay jazzy!
Never have I ever clicked on a video this quickly. It's not a coincidence they keep saying "Pisces reactions are its own youtube genre". I hope you'll give us more Jinjer! Won't be disappointed man!
This is my brothers favorite band. He’s met them several times and was able to do some concept art for them. He left it for the band and the band ended up signing it for him and mailed it back to him
Hey Knox, I love this song and props for being able to pick out the screamed lyrics the first time through. This song is close to Tatianna's heart (The lead vocalist.) Being a Pisces herself, and there was a nod to that as well in the earring she wore during this live session. Love the video's and keep up the hustle! If you want to hear more from this band, I suggest you check out Perennial (Live at Wacken Open Air 2019).
I understand where y’all are coming from with Daddy, (and I agree it would be interesting), but I don’t think you can just throw someone into the deep end like that, so to speak. If that’s going to happen, I think he should build up to it first.
The best part of this video is that it’s intention was to showcase an old track with their new drummer. Insert the shock value of her vocal changes, and the reaction world took the views to a new level for them.
Seeing someone’s first reaction to Tatiana and Jinjer never gets old. I love every time I’ve seen peoples jaws drop and eyes go wide along with the confusion of what they just heard.
Knox, your reaction videos are in a league of their own. I enjoy the others that breakdown the singing techniques and technicalities but I have never seen anyone that can wrangle the lyrics the way you can. In my non-expert opinion, you are a true lyricist! Keep up the excellent work good sir!
in the hard part the first part she sings ''scale armored bellies'' alot of sites say blaze but she is singing about fish (pisces) edit: Yes the emeralds are the scales when ppl clean the fish they remove the scales. they scrape them off.
I am truly impressed by your reaction; you've been the only person so far that I've seen reacting to this song that focused into lyrics from the get go and make sense of it. Others usually just listen and say its pretty and lose their minds after hearing her scream. I also wanted to point out that the screaming part really needed to be screamed for the raw emotion to take form in the song. Anyway keep posting reactions!!! Loved it
Ever since I discovered this band, I haven't been disappointed with their music. All of their albums and EPs make for awesome long plays. There are too many awesome songs of theirs to recommend. This track deals with duality. There are similar themes of duality in their more recent song, Home Back, but for different reasons. Worth a listen.
Knox you’re one of the best reactors on RUclips! Tatiana is a true Pisces and performer! Notice the goldfish plugs in her ears! The whole group is phenomenal! Im a huge Jinjer fan since I was introduced to this band several years go with this exact same video! You should react to more of their videos! Great reaction as always! Keep up the good work!
She switches easily back and forth between smooth and scream because of the technique: she is the master of the false-fold scream, which uses the vocal folds that we use for a deep cough, not the speaking or singing vocal folds. In some other tunes she switches back and forth multiple times in one line. To say she's amazing is putting it lightly.
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Love your reactions! If this makes you brave enough to look at the more extreme side of metal, I'd recommend either O Father O Satan O Sun by Behemoth or To the Hellfire by Lorna Shore
From Jinjer: Perennial live at Waken 2019; Teacher, Teacher; Vortex; Home Back; Wallflower; I Speak Astronomy; Sit, Stay, Rollover; Retrospection Live in Kiev; Judgement and Punishment one take vocal performance. Or anything else, in any order, because it’s seriously all good 🖤
Excellent analysis. Not that many people get it. As far as lyrics and vocal ability goes Perennial live at Wacken Open Air and Pit of Consciousness live in Kyiv would be good ones for reactions. Having said that they have so many good songs it's hard to suggest just two. I usually just post the RUclips playlist I listen to pretty regularly. Any of those including the two I just mentioned would be good ones to check out
ruclips.net/p/PLhlYsqoR9XLEpHTbaOovrpa1p8L2uZ81G
Jinjer perennial live at Wacken is a must :)
Jinjer sucks (IMO), please react to War Pigs from Black Sabbath.
I've never heard a first time listener with virtually no scream listening experience hear the lyrics so clearly. Props my guy.
pretty nuts ive listened to this song 50 times and he still knows more lyrics than me
Came here to say this.
The tell is he has the lyrics pulled up on a separate screen and he looks over to read them before commenting on them. I just wish he didn't play it off and just say I've got the lyrics pulled up so I can understand what I am hearing.
I mean tbh it's not like her screams are hard to understand. She pronounces her words clearly since she's practiced so much
@@kylerichmond4806 He's not playing it off tho
Emeralds ripped away is the fish getting descaled. The last few line is Pieces getting caught by a hook and then getting cleaned.
I feel that the whole ending is about relationships, like fish swimming looking for hooks they grab onto just to see the sun beam (as they are being pulled out of the water) only to then get descaled and slaughtered by handsome butchers - kinda describes searching for a relationship and that first bit of euphoria before shit gets toxic
How many of you chuckled when Knox said "Oh this smooths out", right before the drop? 🤣 Great reaction brother! Seen them 4 times live and they never fail to deliver. Tatiana is by far the best in her field.
Knowing whats coming, I definitely laughed
😂😂
We all did. 😅😅😅
My hobby when i need a laugh is looking up Jinjer reactions. Never fails to make me laugh.
All of us. 😂😂😂😂
Tatiana was a literature major in university before joining the band. She writes really great lyrics. Great analysis. (Subbed)
I saw the title and said “Knox is not ready” 🤣
I love watching reactions to this song as a first Jinjer reaction. Everybody gives THAT look. Again, you weren’t ready 😁. Jinjer is amazing. Awesome breakdown per usual. 🔥🔥🔥
Please do spillaways by ghost pleaaassseee.
for this? i'll say he's ready. I will say though he is NOT ready for Lorna Shore's pain remains trilogy
No one is truly ready for this. It's unusual.
@@markbeckens right? I wasn’t even ready first time I heard it. It was mind blowing to me. And I grew up a metal head. 😆
@@jenjensage7242 it's just something you can ever expect the first time. I do enjoy the reactions though. They priceless 🤣
This man is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated youtubers around when it comes to lyrical breakdown. I hope you continue with Jinjer and I'd suggest doing Perennial live at Wakken. Tati is an amazing lyricist.
Just what I try to write , I am impressed too!
Hi Knox, allow me to introduce you to Tatiana Shmayluk. She's from Ukraine, she goes by "Tati", she is one of the most gifted vocalists you'll ever see, and she enjoys long walks on the beach and melting reactors' brains. Yes that's her real voice and she is just as impressive live. If you want to verify that I would recommend their performance of Perennial live at Wacken. Absolutely stunning performance.
Also of note with Jinjer - the band is phenomenal. They get overlooked sometimes... I'm sure you can understand why but they are amazing musicians. Everything they play is airtight, they're always perfectly in sync with each other and Tati. One of my favorite bands around even though I'm not usually a big fan of super harsh metal vocals.
I actually got to see her live awhile ago when they were in Austin, Texas.
Let’s go Buffalo!
Spot on with everything. It always makes me chuckle because this song and video was meant to be a showcase for the new drummer and…well, it became everybody’s first experience with the band lol
I finally got to see them on their last US tour this last fall! Absolutely crushed it, one of my favorite live shows I've been to.
Saw them n December last year. I can to attest they are epic live
Honestly, this is why I enjoy this channel. You actually take the time to ACTUALLY listen to it, and not just nod your head and pretend to like it to appease your fans. Much love
The lyricism is even more impressive when you realize she writes all of her lyrics and symbolism in Russian and then translates it to English. You can tell as you listen to more of their music how this sometimes gets things a little inconsistent, but honestly, their music and lyrics are absolutely incredible.
She is not Russian. Jesus...
@odiprofanumvulgus1386 she's Ukrainian but from a Russian speaking region.
@@odiprofanumvulgus1386 Just watched an interview of her where she said that she writes things first in Russian lol
@@odiprofanumvulgus1386she is a Russian from the Donbas. The disputed region of so called Ukraine
@@michelleturner6865Keep your propaganda to yourself. Tati and the rest of the band are very clear on them and their home city being Ukrainian 🇺🇦
I'll admit, I wasn't expecting too much from "Rapper Reacts" because I've been let down with other reactions, but your analysis of the lyrics and meaning were so good! You just got a sub.
I would highly recommend doing more Jinjer breakdowns. Their lyrics are often incredibly deep (not to mention the music and vocals are insane). It gets even more wild when you find out that Tatiana (the lead vocal) generally writes her lyrics in Ukrainian first and they just happen to translate so well into English.
Suggestions would be Teacher, Teacher!, Vortex, Wallflower, etc. but almost any song of theirs will be good! On second thought, Teacher Teacher! would be amazing because the verses are delivered in an almost rap style.
It is seriously astounding how well you heard those lyrics. I'm pretty used to listening to harsh vocals and still deciphering what the lyrics are, but you did that on the first listen, in spades, and did even better than that. You *very* accurately heard what she said, and you fully comprehended the meaning of it, and connected the song together very beautifully (I literally didn't even realize all of the lyrical meanings, and I've listened to and sung the song multiple times). I feel like this is where you are best as an artist, that being understanding and speaking the language that another artist or artists speak (I mean that both literally and figuratively)
Yeah, having the lyrics up in front of him helps.
You can see him glance to his left whenever she sings, he's reading the lyrics.
@@seandan7873 His reactions are well rehearsed that's for sure.
@@psilocyble3053 Just because he has lyrics pulled up doesn't mean he already listened to the music and staged the reactions. And I also don't see anything wrong with having lyrics pulled up anyways because if you know you're gonna be listening to a metal song it's probably useful to actually know what's being said.
This was an incredible reaction! I was hoping you had more of Jinjer.😁
Tatiana and bassist Eugene are both Pisces, and they worked together on the lyrics to this song. Today is actually Eugene's birthday. Tatiana's is the 15th. She writes the large majority of the lyrics for their songs, and she is an absolutely incredible lyricist, on top of being best female vocalist on the planet! You haven't seen anything yet. This band doesn't have a single bad song to their name. Hope you continue down the rabbit hole. You won't be disappointed! I recommend Teacher Teacher. She even does a little rapping in that one.
"Tatiana and bassist Eugene are both Pisces."
What a meaningless statement.
just like your comment.
69th like, and like a symbol of two fish swimming opposite directions (no Cancer symbol's here!) of my horoscope sign.. Mine was on the third. (Today, 9.3. is my BTS bias's birthday - HBD SUGA!) This was one of my favorite reactions to this song. (Right after one vocal coach spitting out or was it choking on her tea..She lived
@@grabble7605 it's the name of the song and it has some meaning to Tatiana and Eugene. If it has no meaning to you, just respect to whom it has.
Struggled to grasp why them being pisces was relevant lmao
Dude, despite not being used to gutturals AND the perceptual flashbang of them coming at you out of nowhere, you still picked out almost all of the lyrics and did the best damn on the fly analysis i've ever heard. Wow, easy sub.
Wow, s-tier lyrics breakdown. Great work! Tati is an introvert, chronically depressed, and shy when she isn't performing but has learned to transform herself into what her art needs her to be. Whatever you do next will be awesome because their lyrics are always amazing. Some that I'd recommend are Perennial at Wacken to see them onstage in the standard followup to Pisces, Pit of Consciousness live in Kyiv for possibly their finest concert video, Judgement and Punishment one take for a bit of reggae and lots of real talk, and Home Back official about their hometown in eastern Ukraine getting caught in the 2014 war that set the stage for the current invasion. Subbed. Cheers!
I’ve listened to this song for more than a year and I learned something from your breakdown. So good! And it was cute watching your facial expressions.
Even her voice in this song is an example of duality. The tender soft melodic tone juxtaposed with the deep scream vocal. So she portrays the central Pisces idea both in the words, and in the way she sings the song.
"Meet me when the winter cries" meaning since she is a fish you can meet her when water is created by the melting of the snow at the ending of winter. So beautiful
I've been a Jinjer Fan for a few years now. I've watched this video 100s of times and probably that many reactions to it. Yours was the best lyrical break down from someone with a different way of looking and connecting things I've seen yet in reactions to this performance. You gave me a different way of connecting her symbolism in her lyrics with Pisces. Loved it man!!
Jinjer is my FAVORITE! Tatiana is a beast, and Vlad, Roman, and Eugene are incredible musicians on their own. Together it’s beautiful. And Tati absolutely writes poetry 🖤 Thank you for this! Please do more!!
Vlad is the drummer, he’s a classically trained pianist.
Roman is the guitar player.
Eugene is the bassist.
🖤
Is that really her voice going so deep and dark, or is there a button on the microphone that changes it?
She's terrific! I've got someone new for the grandkids... LoL 😂
@@TheSaltyGranny No that’s all her lol I’ve seen them live. They’re incredible. Check out Perennial live at Wacken 2018 or 2019 I can’t remember, but you can see her live. The grandkids will love it 🖤
@@TheSaltyGranny She does use a small hall-effect, but its very subtil. So it´s mainly just her amazing skill.
@@TheSaltyGranny That's 100% her. Well 95% her - there's a backing track but that's just adding a second "layer" of the vocals. If you want to see further proof that she can really do that, they have plenty of live videos available as well - Perennial Live at Wacken is the one most people go to, super popular video and a great song. While not a live concert, there is a studio one take video for Judgement & Punnishment where you can also clearly see there are no tricks or studio magic, those vocals are coming from Tati.
Bro, the fact that you pieced all that together by just listening to the song and having no screaming vocal experience....huge props man.
Lots of people who are fans of Jinjer consider this to be one of their weaker songs but it'll probably always be one of my favorites. The duality in all aspects of the composition is just really gorgeous to me. Also recommend the official video for Teacher Teacher.
Personally, the songs of duality that they do are always my favourite. Then again, it's the gravitas that the changes create that make it so much stronger. I'm totally with you.
That's definitely the conventional wisdom and even the band weren't that thrilled by at least the album version of it. Now, maybe Vlad fixed that stuff with his formal education but either way I can see why they'd have problems. It's a fairly standard song structure so getting it to Jinjer standards of uniqueness was probably hard. In particular, doing the same transitions in a way that was unique within the song and individually really interesting was probably hard. But in a way, pulling it off as well as this version manages to makes their skills all the more impressive.
@@j.f.fisher5318 I mean Vlad definitely killed it in this version and I do think it is the better one, for sure.
Lol nope 😂
Pisces is a solid 11/10
Wait really? I always thought this was one of their popular songs. It's the one that got me into them as well
The vocals are astonishing for sure but can we also acknowledge how tight and talented that band is?? Amazing musicians!
Knox.. my guy. Holy hell man. You absolutely knocked this analysis and reaction out of the park. The shock for you was momentary, but effective. Then you just let the waves sweep you away. This band is something incredibly special. This whole thing, without one of these pieces that exists in the band now? Would fall short. The individual talents are amazing, but the chemistry and how they work together? That's where it really shines.
Looking forward to more Metal Monday, and more Jinjer!
Jinjer: No hoard of value, Just Another, Vortex, Teacher,Teacher, Until the End are all great videos for you to react to.
Welcome Knox, finally... FINALLY, to the world of Jinjer. Expect the Jinjer army to come out for this one, we never get tired of first reactions to this song. Jinjer is a band that you can really dive deep into and discover something new with every song as they blend a lot of different styles and genres in with their own.
I'd recommend checking out the following next.
Judgement and Punishment - One Take Vocal Performance
Perennial - Live at Wacken Open Air 2019
Teacher Teacher
The way she chose to go back and forth with the heavy and soft vocals also was part of the representation of that duality of Pisces. The whole song was so cleverly put together.
That has to be the best reaction to this song that I've seen. We got to see the classic "wtf" when she started growling. But, that's the best lyrical breakdown as well. Great reaction Knox. If you want to see her rap on a song "teacher teacher" live "perennial", one take vocal with just her "judgement and punishment"
There are a ton more.
What makes the lyrics even more impressive, English isn't her first language
Pisces in astrology symbolizes the union of life and death: one fish is alive and goes upstream, the other is dead is dragging the live fish to the bottom. It is the duality of human life, our desires and reality that can kill us or bring us to full potential. You had the best reaction on RUclips. I am totally with you. I also appreciate how you took time to point out the meaningful lyrics.
As much as I love seeing new reactors get blown away by the switch in Tatiana's voice it is the musicianship and the lyrical depth that makes this song special to me.
As a whole, no genre of music can write music as good as metal bands and musicians. Change my mind
I love how even when you were blown away by Tatiana's voice you were still analyzing the lyrics. You're also one of the few reactors who didn't instantly jump to questioning if it was really her screaming. If I wasn't already subscribed before this video I would've been hitting the subscribe button for that. And I hope you go down the Jinjer rabbithole. I'd recommend Vortex, Teacher Teacher, and Crime an Punishment. Particularly Teacher Teacher from a lyrical standpoint cuz you seem to question authority so I could see you appreciating that one quite a bit. Sidenote, what makes her lyrics even more impressive is that English is her 3rd or 4th language and she writes all the lyrics herself.
Teacher Teacher Official Live video is defiantly the next stop on the Jinjer train
There have been a whole lot of reactions to this song. I have never seen someone go into the meaning with so much depth and insights ive never thought of. Best reaction I've seen to this.
Everything about this track is classy as hell. Even the harsh parts. Out of the few women who do harsh vocals, almost none of them are able to produce growls and screams that sound so much like what men produce. It's a testament to how hard she worked to perfect her sound. Typically women who do harsh vocals have a very distinctly different sounds.
She has too. She can go pretty low on her gutturals but you can still recognize that is not a man doing the growls, and there is nothing bad on it. Nowdays there are A LOT of women who do harsh vocals and there are some that you literally can't tell if is a man or not (like Cerebral Bore, to say a band somewhat "famous"), but imo everyone has a different scream, and it is ok. I spent years trying to become like Philip Labonte from ATR (I love his mids), but I'm better on tunnel growls and gutturals, I can do mids too but they are not as good, I stopped trying to be someone else and now I'm enjoing what I can do best
“I’m going to murder a teddy bear tonight!”
Well, that brought me a laugh. I’ll sub for that. Please keep doing Metal Monday’s.
Finally. While Pisces is the obligatory intro to them, their catalog is so great, and deeply poetic
"i'm possessed and I love it" yeah same
First reaction to go this deep into the lyrics instead of just showing a shocked face for 5 minutes. Great job as always! Greetings from germany! :D
Watching people react to this song is literally my favorite hobby.
Now we're getting into some modern metalcore and I'm so here for it!
YOU NAILED IT!!! That description exactly my guy!!!!
Never gets old seeing someone break their jinjer virginity. She is amazing. Many get so baffled by her voice they don't realize how bad ass the entire band is instrumentality. Teacher Teacher next song in my opinion
I love your breakdown. Jinjer completely blew me away!
She's got a wonderful metal voice.
And I mean like the way she uses it make me shiver it's so unique, rare, and just freaking awesome.
No matter how many times I see it, I still love the pure shock at her switch. Angelic and then drag you to hell. Cracks me up every time
I've seen a lot of reactions to Jinjer, and you by far the fullest, explanatory reacter of all. I've never read the lyrics of Pisces and you caught them all. What a great reaction!
This is why I love watching virgin Jinjer listeners with Pisces, that transition always catches people. Dude, your breakdown of this is spot on.
You do such a great job at explaining all of this, so thank you.
I loved your reaction here, also I think you nailed it on the lyrical breakdowns!
Jinjer Teacher Teacher is my favourite song, so good. And their live performance of Perennial a wacken is dope for stage presence, I prefer it to the studio track for whatever reason too. Just slightly different cadences that appeal to me more than on the track
I love how he's doing his usual bar breakdowns before realizing the entire point of Jinger reactions is just to see people's faces when she goes into her death metal growl.
Welcome to the Jinjer rabbit hole. Bring your own tea and hats, because it's a mad party down here!
They are one of the best bands out there. I've been stunned by their versatility. Both Tatiana (the singer) and the rest of the band are incredible.
I don't remember if you've reacted to Spiritbox in the past, but the two bands share a lot of qualities. If you haven't heard of them, I highly recommend them as well. Although I suggest that you continue with Jinjer for a while yet. Tatiana is...something else. Watch her one-take live performance of "Judgement (& Punishment)" and you'll see what I mean.
You should definitely check out more Jinjer - Perennial live at Wacken 2019 is a brilliant live performance and the lyrics are just amazing. Tati is a phenomenal lyricist
I really love your deep dive into the lyrics. This band is one of my favorites. All four of the members are so talented. Can't wait for you to explore more of their music. Perennial Live at Wacken will really blow you away, both with her vocals and the lyricism of the song.
I appreciate the fact that you not only reacted to the music and vocals ... but you gave your take on the lyrics ! #respect
Ah yes, Pisces, baby's first step into Jinjer. I'm blessed I was one of the people who first got introduced to Jinjer with their song "Sit Stay Roll Over".
I had seen _Just Another_ first and then I think this song was my 2nd or 3rd song by this band. Then I was hooked.
I never get sick of watching rappers breakdown metal lyrics. It makes my day
The fish set a hook in another angler.
Only the truly metal understand how playing a session like this is the most calming experience you can have.
Jinjer - Teacher, Teacher
Welcome to the Jinjer train. I recommend "home back".
I didn't expect knox to react to this one but I'm all for it. Great breakdown and I'm impressed he picked up the lyrics of the screaming part so fast
“Emeralds are ripped away” signifying the descaling of the fish “under the knife of handsome butchers”. Dope reaction!!!!!
Just saw them live last December. They are incredible
Another female lead band I'm about to see is spirit box would definitely recommend live one take of circle with me
Dude, first reactor I've heard to truly grasp and understand the lyrics and read into the amazing poetry and lyricism used in this masterpiece. Mad props to you my dude 👏
Love that you reacted to it, this has been one of my favorite songs for quite a while!
Damn, man. Massive props. It's so rare to hear a first time listener nail the lyrics like that, and be able to really understand what Tati's saying. Love your reactions.
Now that you've been introduced, you should check out their performance of "Perennial" Live at Waken. It's even more mind blowing.
Absolutely love the lyrics analysis! People often get lost in her astonishing voice and forget to look at the brilliant lyrics. Bro really got the vibes of the song.
My fav reactor and my fav Prog Metal band. What a blessed Monday! Enjoying you from Fredneck. Epic reaction and amazing job (as usual) deciphering the growl lyrics, my friend!
Oh, and the magic of them. They are from Ukraine (the part under attack - See Home Back for the song about the 2014 Russian attacks). She writes all of the lyrics in Russian after the guys write the music. She then translates all of the lyrics to English.
I've never clicked a video so fast in my life! Tati is an amazing and talented artist who deserves all the love and fame she gets, plus more. You should totally react to "Teacher Teacher" next
Your affinity for hearing lyrics no matter how they are delivered never ceases to amaze me Knox ❤️
She isn't "evil" she is really humble in person, a total sweetheart.
Easily one of my favorite bands these days. I hate that I missed them after having tickets before covid hit.
I would suggest, with the war in Ukraine still waging on, please react to the music video for "Home Back." Not only is it a killer song, it's very relevant despite it being about a previous conflict.
It's the same conflict. The West faked the Minsk accords and armed up Nazis to prolong it to this day.
This is why metal vocalists are waaaay more talented than people seem to think. It's not just unintelligible screaming. They have lots of training in order to sing beautiful cleans and also do the harsh vocals healthily and use them to great effect.
Could not have nailed the meaning of the song closer to the head, though I cannot say I'm surprised in the least. Jinjer is a phenomenal band all around, and Tatiana is a monster of a vocalist! This kind of modern metal is always a treat, and I am always happy to see where the journey takes you! Wonderful reaction, as always! Another suggestion you might like is Thornhill, specifically their album The Dark Pool. Anything from that LP is amazing and should definitely be experienced all the way through, but a good reaction would definitely be Nurture, Red Summer, Lily & The Moon, Coven, or Where We Go When We Die.
Stay jazzy!
Never have I ever clicked on a video this quickly. It's not a coincidence they keep saying "Pisces reactions are its own youtube genre". I hope you'll give us more Jinjer! Won't be disappointed man!
Yessss I’m so glad you went with this song. I’d love for you to check out Rule of Nines by Spiritbox, especially if you liked this
This is my brothers favorite band. He’s met them several times and was able to do some concept art for them. He left it for the band and the band ended up signing it for him and mailed it back to him
Hey Knox, I love this song and props for being able to pick out the screamed lyrics the first time through. This song is close to Tatianna's heart (The lead vocalist.) Being a Pisces herself, and there was a nod to that as well in the earring she wore during this live session. Love the video's and keep up the hustle! If you want to hear more from this band, I suggest you check out Perennial (Live at Wacken Open Air 2019).
One of the fastest and greatest vocal analytics I ever saw for that song.
First time hearing Jinjer, awesome stuff. You should consider reacting to Disturbed down with the sickness or Korn coming undone.
Regarding Korn. I wonder how Knox would deal with Daddy?
@@simonadams8770 ... Only one way to find out.
I understand where y’all are coming from with Daddy, (and I agree it would be interesting), but I don’t think you can just throw someone into the deep end like that, so to speak. If that’s going to happen, I think he should build up to it first.
The best part of this video is that it’s intention was to showcase an old track with their new drummer. Insert the shock value of her vocal changes, and the reaction world took the views to a new level for them.
😂 ... Love your reaction. Tatiana is incredible. Self taught. The band is tight and they are insanely killer in concert.
I think we all had the same reaction when listening to this song for the first time. I love JinJer
I fucking way! My favorite reaction anyone can do
Seeing someone’s first reaction to Tatiana and Jinjer never gets old. I love every time I’ve seen peoples jaws drop and eyes go wide along with the confusion of what they just heard.
Knox, your reaction videos are in a league of their own. I enjoy the others that breakdown the singing techniques and technicalities but I have never seen anyone that can wrangle the lyrics the way you can. In my non-expert opinion, you are a true lyricist! Keep up the excellent work good sir!
Youre the first person (reaction videos) ive come across that actually gets the lyrics. Youre clearly a poet yourself and im here for it.
Long live Ukraine
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The surprise never gets old. But this is the first time someone has really dived into serious analysis of the lyrics. Kudos.
in the hard part the first part she sings ''scale armored bellies'' alot of sites say blaze but she is singing about fish (pisces) edit: Yes the emeralds are the scales when ppl clean the fish they remove the scales. they scrape them off.
Got it! Scale armor belies virgin innocence. She has her armor. At the end “emeralds” her scale armor is ripped away.
Great reaction!!!
Man I have been waiting for this breakdown to happen every since you started doing metal Mondays. You did not disappoint. Loved this breakdown bro.
Dude. Keep following the jinjer rabbit hole. Lyrical, musical, technical genius.
I am truly impressed by your reaction; you've been the only person so far that I've seen reacting to this song that focused into lyrics from the get go and make sense of it. Others usually just listen and say its pretty and lose their minds after hearing her scream.
I also wanted to point out that the screaming part really needed to be screamed for the raw emotion to take form in the song.
Anyway keep posting reactions!!! Loved it
Ever since I discovered this band, I haven't been disappointed with their music. All of their albums and EPs make for awesome long plays. There are too many awesome songs of theirs to recommend. This track deals with duality. There are similar themes of duality in their more recent song, Home Back, but for different reasons. Worth a listen.
She's got an angelic voice and a demonic one too. Pure class.
Knox you’re one of the best reactors on RUclips! Tatiana is a true Pisces and performer! Notice the goldfish plugs in her ears! The whole group is phenomenal! Im a huge Jinjer fan since I was introduced to this band several years go with this exact same video! You should react to more of their videos! Great reaction as always! Keep up the good work!
So freaking happy you decided to do this song and PLEASE keep going down this rabbit hole!!! Amazing band!!
She switches easily back and forth between smooth and scream because of the technique: she is the master of the false-fold scream, which uses the vocal folds that we use for a deep cough, not the speaking or singing vocal folds. In some other tunes she switches back and forth multiple times in one line. To say she's amazing is putting it lightly.