Red Velvet 'Really Bad Boy' Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2018
- WHAT I FORGOT TO SAY DURING MY REACTION is that the WHOLE song we don't have a chord progression except for the bridge. Well, the bass switches between notes at times, but it's so low and sooo back in the mix, it's barely giving us any melodic support at all. We've got no melodic instrumentals except for the sax. Which is why it doesn't feel like there's much variation between sections, because the low tonic drone never changes. Someone asked me why this song is so addicting, and I think it's because the melody and energy is coming from the vocals (we have no other melody going on except for back up vocals and harmonies). Sure, the percussion samples and sax riff propels us forward, but the real power is constantly coming from the vocal line. So that might be why it's so addicting ^^
Watch Really Bad Boy here: • Red Velvet 레드벨벳 'RBB (...
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Upcoming reactions from Kevin or Fiona or Isaac & Umu (will be published in no particular order):
EXO DMUMT first listen, ZionT ZZZ first listen, NCT 127 Chain/Welcome to my playground, MAMAMOO BLUE;S first listen, Red Velvet Really Bad Boy first listen, Yuri TFS first listen, DreamNote Dream Note, Choi Yoonhwa Love is as Deep as the Blue Sky, Jennie Solo, Hyangani Obey Disorder, and Wanna One Spring Breeze. 
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Everyone's saying that this song had to grow on them, but I loved it as soon as I heard it.
same
Same, I loved it first listen
same!
Same
Same
It’s like if Rookie, Dumb Dumb and Peek-a-boo has a baby
They said this about their past 2 comebacks can we kill this meme yet
So it has 3 parents ok
@@jack-yb1wk I like this triploid shit
@@notsilva holy shit I actually learned something
Its bad boy in its teenage age
This song is exactly like Rookie, it's weird and messy the first time you hear it but it grows on you overtime.
Rookie was never weird *sobbing*
Don’t you dare compare this mess to Rookie
I loved Rookie - and thought it was easy to love - so I was surprised at the reception it got
THIS IS THE TRUTH.
Both Rookie and Power Up, grew on me slowly. So now I know I should wait
Rookie was never messy tho?
Tbh I love it. I can understand why people criticize it, but I can’t stop listening to it. The vocals are amazing for me and it’s incredibly catchy. The breakdown/bridge is what made me stan. Irene’s scream was iconic. And I love how everything bounces off of the instrumental.
The rest of the mini album is amazing too. Imo it’s one of their best
You've said exactly what I was thinking. I can see why it has polarized reviews, but I loved it since Red Velvet are always switching things up and being experimental with their sound.
I feel the same way!
i love too..i cant stop listening
I completely agree!!!!
I don't enjoy the scream, quite the opposite. I was hoping it would be just for the video, since when I'm chilling with my headphones on while playing my Red Velvet playlist, I'd really rather not have someone screaming in my ear lol but overall, it's a great song.
To me, this is just a straight up killer vocal performance. Not so much in the lines, but in the rhythmic complexity. Also, classic Red Velvet, the side tracks are so much better than the main single. Butterflies is a jam.
several points were made!
Sassy me too
also so good
Typical for SM. Almost every track except for the title tracks are much better than it.
Except Bad Boy ^^
What I like about RBB is how much they have independent lines. I'm not going to declare a preference for this or Power Up, but Power Up relied more harmonic color (the vacillation between vi and bVI, and, most notably the splitting of the third at the end of the chorus), but generally only had one real line at a time, while others were purely harmony, whereas RBB frequently overlaps melodic lines for brief counterpoint, or builds up multiple melodic ostinati (for non-musicians: ostinati are short loops; they can be melodic or rhythmic). Like in the bridge, the piano, while being used primarily for chords, also has a sense of line to its top notes, and then "You're a bad boy, and you're bad for me" moves from being the main line to being a secondary ostinato, and then Wendy sings a new (not ostinato) melody over that. And the largely linear focus also means the when it suddenly blooms into harmonies in the chorus, that really stands out.
Also, with this album, they (or the people writing for them) are increasingly realizing how they can use other vocal sounds musically, like the whispering in RBB (although that isn't completely new here; Russian Roulette used inhalations between syllables in the intro in much the same way - supplementing the snares in creating bursts of high-register noise) or the vocal fry in Sassy Me. And as classical musicians, we're used to a more open approach to the voice from (perhaps most famously, and for good reason) Caroline Shaw's Partita for 8 Voices, but also from predecessors like Meredith Monk's Dolmen Music. And obviously I don't expect Red Velvet to go full Roomful of Teeth, but it's nice to hear the timbral variety (and used in a musical way, not for mere novelty).
Sean William Calhoun OHMYGOD I SAW ROOMFUL OF TEETH LIVE WHEN THEY CAME TO ESM A COUPLE YEARS AGO (maybe you did too?) AND WAS THE MOST MIND BLOWN I HAVE EVER BEEN DURING A CONCERT EVER and thanks for your in depth musical comment!!! ^^ Do you still attend ESM? I'd love to feature you on my channel, if you're interested!
@@ReacttotheK Yeah, Roomful of Teeth is amazing (and Shaw, as part of them, is extra amazing). I got really lucky and heard them here, and then, during ESM's spring break, I was home, and at Blair (where I did undergrad), their spring break was a different week, and Roomful of Teeth was doing a one-week residency, and so I got to hear Roomful of Teeth live again within the same month (and they did some different rep - still with the Partita, of course, but I was impressed that they didn't just tour the exact same program).
i'm dumb so i dont understand what you're explaining but i feel like its a compliment for rv so i liked.... hehe..
Finally, an intellectual.
Um I just checked out room full of teeth. I am in awe. My entire time spend on this channel is now justified by reading this comment and exploring this music.
I love this Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq . She incorporates Inuit throat singing in her work and I loved hearing something that reminded me of Inuit throat singing in the partita. It was beautiful.
I'd rather stan the group that doesn't have 400 million views, but can slay any genre and doesn't settle on one style. They're worth watching in a concert since they can show you different styles and genres of songs. 4 years, 70 songs.
RV 💕
Truth
Why not stan both
@@aryak7859 bcoz maybe he/she prefers Versatility, which not many groups have in present days just 4 years into their debut...
but they don't slay any genre this is a mess.
The fact that Isaac has become the face of RV in this channel makes me happy for no reason, lol. And I knew that you would like the song haha. In my opinion, RBB is the best main title from RV since Russian Roulette or Dumb Dumb, certainly among their very best to my taste. I love the use of motifs throughtout many layers, the thick arrangement and sound, and the intensity of the performance.
Btw, I don't know if this comparison will make any sense to you guys, but something about RBB's songwriting reminds me of the 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven's 7th Symphony. Very aggressive, bouncy, full of repetition to increase the energy, always crescendo, but sometimes releasing tension just before coming back at it at full force.
Your description perfectly explains why I like this song even tho it kinda seems like a mess LOL. Also the bridge is a masterpiece omg
I really love this Red Velvet album all the songs are great, specially Sassy Me, honestly there hasn't been a time when I felt like meh with them, they always bring something new to the table, doesn't matter if it's Red Or Velvet or both, they always slay. 🌹
Andrea Z they should've saved Sassy Me for a title track IMO. Definitely great material
SynthAir right. sassy me is like my favorite b side track from the mini
Same, i saw a lot of people saying that this álbum is bad but honestly i think rbb is one of their best material with the perfect velvet.
I thought this song is just a meh. I'm looking forward to hear the rest of the album though.
Perfect Velvet and The Perfect Red Velvet (the repackaging album with 3 more songs, I think) are my favorite albums so far. I haven't heard their latest album yet.
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I like all the songs in Really Bad Boy. It suits my taste which is weird cus i’ve never really liked almost all songs in their albums before. So Good and Sassy Me are my fave with Taste and Butterflies tying in the end. It’s a very solid album with different flavors.
This song really grows on you after listening to it
any song included advertisement song will grow on everyone if listen to it alot 🤷🏻♀️
@@exo_velvettt Well, i meant after listening to it a couple of times, like two, not a lot. Who would listen to a song a lot of times if they didn't already like it much? So i disagree, not every song grows on you, people would like all songs then.
The 5th mini album RBB is really high quality. Any songs in the album so clean and really different. So interesting ❤️ Red Velvet so amazing 😉
I wasn't sure about this song at first but its grown on me!
As messy as we heard it, the song is actually instrumentally simple. But it has like one of the best layering of vocals and adlibs ever in kpop.
See! Finally! People who understand my feelings! It’s repetitive on the surface but the layers differ so much in the background that only people who love music will appreciate!! Thanks for this! I love RBB and all its complexities as a track! It has catchy and repetitive lyrics but it has so much variation in the layers that it ends up so addictive!
rainbowcoloredmind - IMO, the layers are complex, yes. But the vocals are being too crowded in some parts that it's hard to tell what's going on, they buried the complex layers I ought to appreciate in the first place. Too much to digest. If people enjoy them (or don't ) on the first listen, fair enough. Everyone's taste is different.
"only people who love music"... what does that even mean? Maybe some people just have different taste in music.
Exactly. It's not a song that your regular kpop fan will appreciate. Much less like. Kpop fans want their little melody, and their little beat, and their little verses, and their little chorus, and their little break, and their little bridge, and then their little chorus again, all nice and neat. Anything that strays too much from that is just "a mess".
Hey Umu, this isn't an angry demand or anything like that but... don't EVER be discouraged to upload a reaction video of a song that you didn't like or found boring. I like that you point out interesting things even if you don't like them. It's intriguing to see you analyze and make comments about songs, and why you don't like them. You also always find something that you like about the song. You're one of my most respected reactors, and I'm sure many feel the same! Of course, the decision is up to you though.
Hi I'm Catbug yessssss we need honest reaction/review instead of sugarcoating to get more subcribers
This was how I felt when I saw the whole Square Up album in her "I won't listen to this" playlist because as much as I understand how the songs weren't as musically interesting as their previous songs, I felt bad that a much anticipated comeback didn't get much attention from her. Just my cup of tea tho.
2:55 the difference of the reactions😂😂
I had the same reaction as isaac😂
It's my favorite part of the song, so _nice_
I feel like people who think it's a "mess" don't really get or understand what's going on.
@ᅳvαleriα, lol
I find it difficult to understand how it could be a "mess". Maybe if a person is only used to the most basic pop arrangement and that's it - they need to expose themselves to more music then!
@ᅳvαleriα, It has a somewhat unusual but I feel that it's in no way a messy arrangement, although I realize this is pretty subjective. Could you elaborate on why you think it's a mess? I'm just curious :)
@@SynthAir exactly
@ᅳvαleriα, it's a mess as in 'the composer knows where everything is and where it should be but because they're not following the usual standards people will get lost & will need a couple listens to familiarize themselves with sound' is how I see it.
This is the Red Velvet I fell in love with. I love song like Automatic, One of These Night, and Bad Boy but these repetitive in your face loud just different catchy songs like dumb dumb, rookie, and ice cream cake made me stan. LOVE LOVE this song and the album. I highly suggest you listen to the song a few times and if you don’t like it whatever you’ll find something on the album you’ll like I’m sure.
Same !!
Red velvet always experiment with music thats why i love them and they r so diffrent
Was waiting for this, I love how the song and music video both have a campy Halloween feel. Plus it feels like all the members had good line distribution and vocally it’s my favourite title track.
Honestly, I thought the rest of the album was better than the title track. So Good, Butterflies, Sassy Me and Taste are all really good songs if you love yourself some R&B.
That being said though, I did like this song a lot.
This always happen to RV's albums. Most of the time their b-sides are better that their tittle track.
Aaron Huang I think they were all great bsides, but RBB was perfect title track material. But ngl, I would’ve been happy with Sassy me was a title track too
this song is an art
After going through Rookie, this song doesn't feel that weird to me haha :D
FINALLY I've been waiting for your reaction. Thank you and Good luck on finals
Omggggg finally, I've been waiting for this since the mv released 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
I knew you guys would be surprised with it lol! Thank you for the reaction.
being a musician myself it really needed more funk to it and it was lacking so much but also the vocals were awsome but threw the balance of so much in the song like every verse was different and the repetition was really too much it could've been more but over all it isnt a bad song(not really in my fav rv songs)
nah bro that’s a bari saxophone for sure. i play the saxophone and i know a baritone when i hear one, it can’t be a tenor. also great discussion of the song! sometimes i don’t really watch them or i skim over them but this time i watched it.. maybe i should do it more often because they’re really good!! :)
Is it a real bari sax though? Sounds like a midi to me
Kevin Tang to me it just sounds so deep. i’ve played the baritone before and it could be a tenor but i think it resembles a baritone really well. not 100% sure though!
I've spoken with a lot of people, this is a song that grows on you in time, as long as you enjoy it in some capacity. I felt like 7.5/10 about it on first listen, and it has steadily climbed since then.
I agree with your description about the melody being mostly based on vocals which I'm totally fine with 😁 I love how the singing almost..never stops once they start! RV💕
IKR! That's what I love about this too... The vocals sometimes overpowered Instrumental only made me realize how hard they can go with their voices!
Oh my god i was waiting for your reaction. Thank u for reacting to it my fellow reveluvs
OMG I have waited for this! And actually I want all of your team react to this! Please >
Oh my god, thank you Umu and Isaac!! This is a very much needed reaction!
I need someone to back me up like, I love this song at first listen tho I was a bit confused during the bridge but it's so addictive. More people really need to give this song a few more chances rather than playing the 'I dislike it at first listen cuz preferences' card.
Anyway, the girls seemed to love this song so much too so, follow 'em intellectuals hahah.
Finally! I've bee waiting your reaction. Thank you for reacting Red Velvet's Really Bad Boy MV! Next i'll wait your Red Velvet's new album reaction 😍🙏💚
I have been waiting for this reaction
this song isn't messy its just following its stylistic influences, which to me personally sounds most like a mixture of triphop mixed with drum and bass, both genres populated from the 90s, the influences are so heavily in there. Despite it sounding somewhat repetitive it represents 90s club music pretty well, but also showcases the diversity and variation that the girls can execute!
I've listened to it like 10x and I keep discovering different layers. Love the "Jessica Jung dolphin scream" applied musically to a pop song. This is an amazing song. I too LOVE Dark Red Velvet!
I don't think it's a mess, I can see why some people like it, but for me this one honestly comes down to personal preference once you put the technical stuff out of the way. For me personally, the pitch of the voices was too *constantly* high to be enjoyable (pure preference, I'm not saying they're bad singers at all, it's just that I don't personally enjoy that constant high pitch especially Seulgi's "ah-ah aaa-ah a-ah ah" part -and the scream that keeps repeating).
I'm also a former English major, so good lyrics are important to me and that I think is the one thing this song objectively lacks.
So my personal likes and dislikes just didn't line up with this song. Maybe other people had the same experience.
But props to everyone who loves it! Red Velvet is a very talented group 😊
Hot Sauce Queen: I'm "sensitive" to the higher frequencies that the vocals in this song seem trapped in. Also I can appreciate a good vocal "run" but not this often and with multiples! There are also many other constructions of the song that are lacking for me including the rhythm section. So my experience is similar to yours.
You have a point with the high vocals, I didn't even realize it really is straining for me as well. The constant repetition of "He's a really bad boy" makes me genuinely mad tbh
I love this song
I'VE BEEN WAITING!!!!!!!!!!
tbh i fell in love with this song at first listen.. the vocals is just.. UGHH LOVE IT
Ahh was waiting for this
i don’t know why but i love the high pitch scream it just stand out and kinda fresh in a sense since the whole song is really layer and messy. also really like the video as usual!
I love this song they snapped
So Good and Sassy Me snatched my wig tbh. Their whole discography has gained 5 more superb song in their already unbeatable roster.
SM has definitely been exploring acapella in their recent tracks and I am here for it
I honestly wasn't feeling it initially but like rookie it grew on me and I honestly couldn't stop listening to it
It grew on me the harmonies just started invading my personal space and looove it
i wasnt feeling this song when i first heard it, but its literally been stuck in my head ever since and now i love it - same thing happened with power up and rookie tbh!
omg im glad isaac liked it!!! it's such a messy song in a very good way!! thanks for reacting!
I’m a tenor saxophone player and I am pretty sure this is a baritone sax
I lovvvve this song so much 😍😍😍😭😭😭👌👌👌👌👌 it kept repeating in my head hahaha
😍😍 love this reaction
i feel like this is one of those songs that sometimes you like and other times you hate or maybe thats just me but the vocals are amazing
First of all, Yeah Wendy.... Yeah...
Second, I feel a bit weird when I first hear it, but (like everyone said) I think it grows on me too. Slowly, but still it grows on me. The best part is the bridge, I really really dig it. I still like Butterfly more, it had that City Pop-ish vibe that I like. Can't wait for the reaction to this song and the rest of the album.
Btw, would you guys be willing to react to Jonah Nilsson feat Lucas - Coffee Break? I get the feeling that Stephen and Emil would be thrilled and it'll be interesting to see their reaction.
Best of luck for Umu, the reactors and this channel.
Yudis Natha City Pop. Yeah, the genre that makes you reminisce on something you even never experienced 😂 A real mood-boster
I had the same reaction when i heard the bridge. Oh my god indeed..
This song reminds me of Signal by Twice. Technically, all of the parts of it are radio-friendly and not very experimental, but the structure of the song is really weird so it’s a bit disorienting on the first listen bc it never goes where you want it to. Ofc, as someone who’s also a classical musician, I LOVE both songs for their experimentation with song structure lmao.
...and as a Yeri stan, I VASTLY prefer RBB to Power Up, because Yeri only sang for 7s in Power Up but she has a full 30s here.
my first thought when i heard irene’s whistle-tone-scream-note-kinda-thing was ‘i can’t even bloody scream that high, wtf’, bc boy, did i FEEL that note.
Isaac is such a RBB stan, I feel you
It's 5am and i havent sleep yet, and here i am choose to watch this than sleeping 😅
When I saw this notification,
- I clicked so fast
- I stopped all of my activity at sat down
- I was screaming like RV did
One of the most Interesting songs of RV and not for Casual music listeners who couldn't spend time to re-listen to such beauty and rate it as Mess bcoz their brains couldn't comprehend it :)
i love this song! its inetresting and def not what i expected. i hope you react to spring breeze by wanna one next!!
The album is great! You'll love it ☺
I can't bring myself to like this song no matter how many times I listen to it..... This is the first song I've disliked from them....
Although I loved the rest of the album....
Butterflies and Sassy Me has me jamming!!
I'm excited for my RBB album
one of my fav releases
I hated this song the first time I heard it, it just didn't seem to flow or it seemed to be arranged odly, but now I love it. I just wish they used the scream more and placed them differently so they accented the song better
This song punches you in the face, makes you mad for being punched, and then subsequently makes you ask them to punch you more
u're not alone. 1st time feels like a messy song but but but~ 2nd time and 3rd time and so on what makes me more in love with RBB!!!
RV song feels so weird mostly yet so captivating by everytime u listen it !!! I love thier vocal and ad-libs vocal ..
@@chemicalist i love your description 😂👌
I love it ❤ RBB is so good.
RV are totally Queens
I love how joy's part really came for their wigs
As soon I heard it I was like, my God those whistle tones.
Isac is soo distracted by the beauty on the display screen :D
Seeing my Fellow ReVeluv reactors reacting always makes my heart healthy ....
Great reaction!! I always love to hear your opinions about new stuff
HI .. i really love this channel and your critiques of the music + film production of these songs you guys react to! I wanted to recommend POP/STARS -K/DA as it’s a mix of korean artists and american ones and its just a blast to enjoy!!
Was there a performance where they sing live and did the whistle tone screams?
Totally off the topic from the song or music in general, but Umu's hair looks so good in this (love the violet undertones)
The only react that matters 💯💯
ugh stan queens stan red velvet 🤧
Yay a new reaction from Issac and Umu! Was excited for the GFriend Sunny Summer album review but it's disappeared from the upcoming reactions list?
When I first heard the sax I know I love this😂
the first time I heard this song it was weird but when I heard this song 2-3 times I like it
They sang this in a stage somewhere with no instrumental background, no anything, just pure raw acapella vocals.
Waiting for the RBB Album reaction. Its so good :)
Ok but you know how in the beginning it start’s with irene. Well ok that part with irene saying holicindae (홀릭인데). I love her pronunciation when she said it like kh-holicindae.
Thanks to reacting to RBB😊....i like this song since the first listen so i actually surprised by people saying it's the worst song ever...
OMGGGG OHH YESS.... I CLICKED AS FAST AS I CAN OMGG
SO BASICALLY THE ONLY REACTION THAT MATTERS
Isaac looks so smart in that pink shirt, jacket, and belt! His voice is so deep... 🤤🤤🤤
I love their BUTTERFLIES song. It's in the same album also.
Red Velvet can rock any concepts! btw is this on their to react list?
everyone's comparing it to rookie in the way that it grows on you, and i guess i see that with the chorus. i wasn't a fan of either rookie or rbb's chorus. it sounded so repetitive and i'm personally a sucker for lyrical choruses (like bad boy or power up). i was disappointed in the title track solely for the chorus and the bridge, but the rest of the album is phenomenal and i'm still looking forward to the redmare us tour. overall, i've come to appreciate the song for being unique and rv themselves for having such versatility with concepts.
I really miss other reactors. The feeling of excitement everytime you see their different reactions.
I hope you check out the rest of the album. I personally really like Butterflies and So Good
I'm not even a fan of Red Velvet, but I really like RBB. Power vocals and a quirky song. It's got all the reasons for me to like it.
Thanks for mentioning jazz, there were definitely jazz-y elements here. Not too much so as to alienate mainstream listeners, but enough to make it sound completely fresh.
hope that CMR season 3 would react to this the same time as Power Up so they can compare the two.
people here are talking about how they didn't like this song at first but it grew on them
but i loved this song from first listen? ♡
I'm feeling pretty busy with music right now, so I haven't been working on the album yet. Well, somehow I knew that you would react to this (and not to Bad Boy (BB)). I remember what you wrote back then and I listened carefully to RBB. The song isn't the big one compared to their last comebacks (including BB) but musically RBB is much more interesting than BB. BB with RBB instruments would be really good, but SM decided differently. Too bad that RBB wasn't released on Halloween. That would have been better.
btw here's a little tip for you: Search on Spotify for 田村芽実. She offers everything from pop, jazz, musical like (she is a trained musical singer). Since she is Japanese, I don't expect any reaction (for copyright reasons) but just listen in. That's all I want ;)
I really want all other musicians react to this song as well hahaha 🦄