music roundup (may21)

today's tour guide is huang renjun. you don't really know anything about him. he has a tin of colored pencils for some reason and you asked why and he said someone gave it to him and you asked who and he said "no one important" in the way that someone would say it if it was in fact someone very important. you figured it was none of your business though

really old roundup that at this point i don't even recall what i wanted to elaborate on because in my head this is rly the extent of the thoughts so ummmm okay surprise drop!!

itzy

mafia in the morning

• lydian // indian influence
  • tritone
• nursery rhyme // childish mystery tune
• the church/orchestral-like bridge? then mixed with the sighing harmonies and lydian tritone?

sorry not sorry

• chromaticism bridge (and mandolin-esque sounds?)
• phrygian 3rd chorus(?)

kidding me

• chromaticism drop?

wild wild west

• chromaticism in chorus?

shoot!

• autotune?
• latin influence?
• claimed to be plagiarized

tennis (0:0)

• [edit: i did not write anything here]

nct dream

hot sauce

• cultural influences (african/sound/beat, latin/sample/sound/visually, indian/bollywood/visually)

dive into you

• chromaticism throughout, interesting bass note

diggity

• chromaticism? interesting chorus note choices(?)

p1harmony scared

• https://twitter.com/dieunomia/status/1394736197327417345
  • "its a very sm song to me tbh... very nct 2017 and the vocal segments in it....... i like it so much lmao"
• https://twitter.com/penicilliuhms/status/1394784404917084164
  • "(sorry i got distracted and was transcribing a twt space sjdlkfsd) soon as i heard it....immediately noticed the chromaticism in the clanging sounds! extremely similar to the "clown music" theme....& sm actually alrdy did that w rv lucky girl....so it's like. canonically sm sound"

aespa next level

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIkWOxOfjU
  • structure:
    • intro
    • chorus
    • ooeeoo
    • chorus
    • transition
    • verse
    • transition
    • sm-added section(s)
      • bridge
      • swing/swung section
    • ooeeoo
    • chorus
• chromaticism lalalas
• boa better
  • https://twitter.com/gumspeaklullaby/status/1394730826345156611
    • "better by boa never shouldve happened I cant believe its okay for an artist to just fucking cover and rerelease an extremely recent song and make money off of it like what"
    • "like imagine if nct released like idk Scared by P1Harmony as a single and performed it onstage and everything about it was exactly the same except that it was nct singing it and it was Scared by NCT. THAT WOULD BE FUCKED RIGHT"
  • https://twitter.com/gumspeaklullaby/status/1394734275275247619
    • "AWA.. but also aespa just did the exact same thing with a different song. This lady got paid and everything but it still gives me terrible vibes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIa-MolAUQ"
  • added new section to bought song, and that song introduced new key change/chord progression/tempo change/etc etc

bts butter

• https://twitter.com/penicilliuhms/status/1395824679256997889?s=20
  • "OKAY. i think bts butter is in A flat mixolydian (funk/blues sound), then switches to C natural minor for the chorus (descending down the scale for ~simplistic nostalgia sound~)"
• https://twitter.com/penicilliuhms/status/1395829050422308872?s=20 (https://twitter.com/harbor_jjk/status/1395820050200895489)
  • "okay i said A flat mixolydian because it shares C with C natural minor....so it'd look prettier on sheet music....but technically G sharp mixolydian has the same notes just labeled differently so....yea"

it ended here but i definitely listened to more music than just this and i have spotify playlists for each month so i guess i can figure smth out with those sometime