MY HEART!🥰 I appreciate you so much! I listened to a lot of rap when I was in junior high to cope from all the bullying I experienced, and I'm a huge Eminem fan so his lyrics helped me learn a little with what to look for and what to try and catch. Thank you!
BTW. Isn’t it crazy that I’m here in the UK watching an American react to a Japanese group based in Korea singing in English 😂. XG achieved their goal 😊❤️
@@tututuolis wait wait As a chilean person in CHILE who speaks spanish watching a Japanese person comments an UK person who is watching an American react to a Japanese group based in Korea singing in English is hilarious.
@@jlaaXG taking over! Chilean-swedish here living in Sweden answering a Chileans comment under a Brittish persons comment watching our Lovely American reactor reacting to our Japanese XG! 🌏
I don't understand how can XG level up every single MV actually think they don't have any bad songs. The AHWOOWWOO part is my favorite part gave me chills the entire album is also amazing ❤ XG in person was my first concert surprised I survived lol.. when isnt Maya cooking I like Maya but in person she made me like her more. Look up studio ghibli princess mononoke Im not sure but maybe Jurin inspiration for her outfit? So now do you AWHOOOOO instead of bark?
You are right with the Michael Jackson references...Thriller, Moonwalking, Dangerous, the awooo is reminiscent of Earth Song plus there's probably more.
So glad to catch your Howling reaction! I felt the same on the high-note/chorus. Chills!! And the MV....each still frame could be a poster (or, as you said, wallpaper!!). This is art. They keep surprising me!
I can’t wait to get this “AWE” mini album. I absolutely love 💗 their song “Is This Love” … it gives me nostalgia as an older Alphaz. XG just continues to AMAZE and Shake me up. I’m so happy and excited 😜 for XG’s future. Thank you for reacting to their 🎼. Congratulations 🍾🥂❤❤
A lot of the imagery they use in this comes from the 1987 Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. The title character wears the same sort of wolf-barbarian outfit, and there's a scene where a woodland god is walking and plants are springing up around its feet.
now that you've mentioned organic, my theory is that the QR boss represents the big players in the industry and that digital siphoning imagery we've seen may be an analogy on how the big companies use their resources like, say, streaming bots or some other kpop marketing strategy to operate and that's how they stay on top, hence the boss sitting at the throne. XG coming in almost like savages and wildlings is I think Simon's way of showing that XG is not the typical commercial group that would fit right into the usual mold and would cater to the mainstream, and how the XGALX handle XG will also not be the same as how the big companies handle their groups. XG have their own unique identity as a group and XGALX esp Simon are just giving them all the artistic freedom to stay true to it until they eventually conquer the one sitting at the throne. This is just a personal interpretation of mine.
You got it! Plus, there are deep Japanese references - Princess Mononoke obviously, and the singers are the three moon goddess daughters of the sun goddess Amaterasu, including Juria as the Sea goddess who is often accompanied by a dragon
Here is something fun and mind blowing for you, in Howling each one of the Awooo’s is done by a different person, in order from first to last Chisa, Cocona, Juria, Hinata, Jurin and Maya
Yaaay. Been waiting for this since HOWLING dropped. I know OG ALPHAZ Ms. Thina won't miss it for the world! Straight up masterpiece - the music. The choreo. The lore. The concept. Everything is spectacular to say the least. My take for the MV would be, in a world of streaming farms, online trolls & keyboard warriors alike, XG'S growth remains organic, powered by their music & wolf-pack mentality - and with that as weapon, they'll take over the world. *sorry for the long rant. 😊
Yasss girl been waiting for you! PROB THE PERFECT MV EVER FROM THEM! BTW you’re not the only one who tried scanning the QR code. 🤣 Is This Love track is my fave! So bubbly. Very space feels
Hope you can break down their many show performances of this song .. almost as good as a single shot dance practice.. I definitely have been waiting for you to check this out .. love your energy and takes on music and performances.. I was introduced to XG by watching you break down WOKE UP and have been a massive fan since
The concept was about XG as a wolf gangs/aliens came from another planet to slayed the monsters so they can restore the mother earth to the natural state.
Definitely a homage to Michael Jackson’s Earth Song, but in this case, XG has successfully wiped out all the haters and taken over the world with love in the form of flowers and greenery.
Reportedly, if you manage to get the QR code clearly enough to be valid (and with the red lights in the mask and everything else going on visually, that's a hard ask) it simply leads to the word "pig". These ladies are the baddest "pistil"-packing warriors ever! New definition of flower power!
@ ur welcome. A lot of people have said xg vs industrial but the organic growth hasn’t been brought up anywhere. Fun fact the Michael Jackson nods go so deep that if you listen to sound just before cocona lands it’s the beginning of the way you make me feel. I can’t tell if it’s just a little tweaked to be dog like but it’s super close.
ALPHAZ 🐺 on deck. XG DON'T MISS! XG's Multicultural Concept is one not seen before. Visuals expands the atmosphere of the song and creates an immersive feeling draws the audience into a wild world. The music video depicts XG coming from outer space,🌌 tearing apart a standardized city where everything is controlled in the same way, transforming it into it own nature, and gradually expanding its power. The work strongly expresses the group strong unity, like a pack of wolves, and their will to change the existing order and world in their own way. XG inspired by Michael Jackson. XG included Michael Jackson References. Moonwalk, Thriller, Close to Midnight, and Dangerous in their lyrics. Some of MJ's Visuals. "Earth Song" and Caption EO "We Are Here To Change The World" Visuals. XG can transform themselves into different forms. Juria, a Goddess with Wings. "Howling" Juria, Goddess with Wings. "WOKE UP" Juria, Wolf Goddess with Wings. "IYKYK" Juria, an Avatar with Wings. "GRL GVNG" Juria, with Wings. "MASCARA" Juria, with Wings. 👸🏼
The pre chorus also gives me weeknd vibes but the weeknd has also always given me MJ vibes so I feel that too. Also some people are saying the qr code says pig? But every other reaction I saw no one was able to scan the code so I dont think it's anything 😅
You know if Simon didn’t do XGALX. He could’ve been a great soundscape/sound-composer/music composer for movies or video games, just like Hans Zimmer or Tom Holkenborg of Junkie XL. Just listen to Howl. There’s big business in that.
Space Meeting is an actual event of the girls seeing a UFO in the middle of the night in Korea while training, it was all over Korean news the next day of the multiple sightings in that area. They posted a video or photo of them watching the event and Simon was complaining he needed a better camera to record it and it's so funny they put the recording of their audio in an interlude skit of them freaking out. Maya's English part suggesting it was them or that XG needs to engage with the UFO is a nice touch.
hii tina, i suggest you reaction pause & rewind youtube channel, this guy breakdowns the lyric XG howling, this guy is amazing he catch up the reference the bars and the meaning song
XG is the queen of RnB and I doubt there are any Kpop idols out there who can do it as well as XG, only XG is worthy of carrying the RnB genre at this time and I am very grateful that there is a group like XG who brings the RnB genre because they love RnB to their bones and the most importantly XG always pays homage to the genre, I've also really loved RnB for a long time because I grew up with it, I'm tired of the phony groups out there and Kpop formula that pretends to imitate or mix up the RnB genre but instead it becomes cringe.
Is this love is a composition that Simon has been working on since 2019. What else was he working on back then? Shooting Star! I have to think that there are many compositions/ideas, still waiting for him to finish. I am surprised that Is This Love was so short. With as many lyricists and writers that Simon works with, Is This Love could have used another minute and a half or more so as not to sound so truncated. That would be the only reason I think In The Rain is the better song. You hit the concept perfectly, GRL GVNG, Woke Up, Puppet Show along with their other releases lead up to this tour de force, epic M/V and song!
Yo fellow introvert too and man, 30 people is huge to me lol. I dont even think I know 30 people! 😅 Anyways, thought I'd pop in and say congratulations! NOW, I'll continue with your reaction! 😆
A few cool things from my point of view: -the standup bass from the intro becomes the distorted bassline through the whole thing. The verses are so incredibly sparse in terms of tracks. -I think Maya’s aesthetic is supposed to be ramen noodles! She talks about cooking in her verse. I may be wrong but that’s what it looks like. -Mononoke and lunar queen references everywhere! -Aespa and XG have very similar video production teams: the plants growing from Amy’s feet parallels the plants in “Better Things” (and the movie “Annihilation”), the turbulent ground fog in the chorus mirrors the effects in the chorus of “Armageddon”. And those videos could not be more different than “Howling”. I’m not implying any sort of copying…I’m saying they are both on the crest of a trend. - there’s something so satisfying about Chisa in the choruses. Especially the second time when everyone else is kneeling. Her head isolation for that one second makes a wild image.
You are coolest woman reactor that I watched. You always catch every bars in their rap
@@weasturn470 She is the best 😊. Class reaction as always ❤️
MY HEART!🥰 I appreciate you so much! I listened to a lot of rap when I was in junior high to cope from all the bullying I experienced, and I'm a huge Eminem fan so his lyrics helped me learn a little with what to look for and what to try and catch. Thank you!
You're the best as well because ALPHAZ are the best!🐺
oh yeah, she's always been a goated reactor. we love her
❤️
BTW. Isn’t it crazy that I’m here in the UK watching an American react to a Japanese group based in Korea singing in English 😂. XG achieved their goal 😊❤️
As a Japanese person in the UK watching an American react to a Japanese group based in Korea singing in English😂
@@tututuolis wait wait As a chilean person in CHILE who speaks spanish watching a Japanese person comments an UK person who is watching an American react to a Japanese group based in Korea singing in English is hilarious.
This is getting a bit crazy now 🤣🤣
@@jlaaXG taking over! Chilean-swedish here living in Sweden answering a Chileans comment under a Brittish persons comment watching our Lovely American reactor reacting to our Japanese XG! 🌏
Global domination 😊😊
XG is the real deal. I love them so much!
I don't understand how can XG level up every single MV actually think they don't have any bad songs. The AHWOOWWOO part is my favorite part gave me chills the entire album is also amazing ❤ XG in person was my first concert surprised I survived lol.. when isnt Maya cooking I like Maya but in person she made me like her more. Look up studio ghibli princess mononoke Im not sure but maybe Jurin inspiration for her outfit? So now do you AWHOOOOO instead of bark?
You are right with the Michael Jackson references...Thriller, Moonwalking, Dangerous, the awooo is reminiscent of Earth Song plus there's probably more.
YESSS! I swear no one has caught on to AWOO being a reference from earth song
Oh here we go. I've been waiting for this. I'm gonna go ahead and say it's 41 min wells spent before I even start
The group that we been waiting for,for the last 15+ years..Awoooooooooo-woooo👽🐺
I've been waiting for so long for your reaction for this xg MV......
XG is so talented they're way above us
So glad to catch your Howling reaction! I felt the same on the high-note/chorus. Chills!! And the MV....each still frame could be a poster (or, as you said, wallpaper!!). This is art. They keep surprising me!
I can’t wait to get this “AWE” mini album. I absolutely love 💗 their song “Is This Love” … it gives me nostalgia as an older Alphaz. XG just continues to AMAZE and Shake me up. I’m so happy and excited 😜 for XG’s future. Thank you for reacting to their 🎼. Congratulations 🍾🥂❤❤
I saw them live in London a few days ago and they performed this! It was such a great evening :D
The Rappers are Wariors and the Singers are Godesses
Alphaz on Deck!!!❤❤❤
XG Owns The World And Music industry with their music and styling as Vocalists and Performers who enjoy music and just having fun doing what they love
I love that effect 😂!not just XG better and better so and u !🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🩵🩵🩵🐺🐺🐺🔥🔥🔥
Yay 🥳. I’ve been waiting too 😊. Let’s go Thina 😁
Howling=SOTY🔥
A lot of the imagery they use in this comes from the 1987 Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. The title character wears the same sort of wolf-barbarian outfit, and there's a scene where a woodland god is walking and plants are springing up around its feet.
now that you've mentioned organic, my theory is that the QR boss represents the big players in the industry and that digital siphoning imagery we've seen may be an analogy on how the big companies use their resources like, say, streaming bots or some other kpop marketing strategy to operate and that's how they stay on top, hence the boss sitting at the throne. XG coming in almost like savages and wildlings is I think Simon's way of showing that XG is not the typical commercial group that would fit right into the usual mold and would cater to the mainstream, and how the XGALX handle XG will also not be the same as how the big companies handle their groups. XG have their own unique identity as a group and XGALX esp Simon are just giving them all the artistic freedom to stay true to it until they eventually conquer the one sitting at the throne. This is just a personal interpretation of mine.
You got it! Plus, there are deep Japanese references - Princess Mononoke obviously, and the singers are the three moon goddess daughters of the sun goddess Amaterasu, including Juria as the Sea goddess who is often accompanied by a dragon
XG💗
We are just howling right here... AhWooooooo. XG.. 🔥 🐺👽🦊
Here is something fun and mind blowing for you, in Howling each one of the Awooo’s is done by a different person, in order from first to last Chisa, Cocona, Juria, Hinata, Jurin and Maya
Wait there is no awooo for Harvey?😢
@@Slowly_chan Amy pronounces the album title 'Awoo' instead of AWE so she still took a part in it
That's a BTS fact I did not know! Thanks!
Ooh, bonus info. I didn't know that!
Love your XG reaction as always. And girl you look good😊
this song is straight FIRE
Been waitin’ for your reaction on the whole thing! 💎
Yaaay. Been waiting for this since HOWLING dropped. I know OG ALPHAZ Ms. Thina won't miss it for the world!
Straight up masterpiece - the music. The choreo. The lore. The concept. Everything is spectacular to say the least.
My take for the MV would be, in a world of streaming farms, online trolls & keyboard warriors alike, XG'S growth remains organic, powered by their music & wolf-pack mentality - and with that as weapon, they'll take over the world.
*sorry for the long rant. 😊
Was waiting on you girl xg went insane on this one they are so amazing love you sis
best group out there...period
XG, savage underneath.
Yasss girl been waiting for you! PROB THE PERFECT MV EVER FROM THEM! BTW you’re not the only one who tried scanning the QR code. 🤣 Is This Love track is my fave! So bubbly. Very space feels
Thank you so much for the reaction!!
リアクション待ってました❤❤❤
9:25 WAIT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO JUST FORGOT THEY PERFORMED WOKE UP LOOOL. Thina, that is so real LOL I totally blanked out too
this was the reaction I was waiting on. You're one of my fav XG reactors
Hope you can break down their many show performances of this song .. almost as good as a single shot dance practice.. I definitely have been waiting for you to check this out .. love your energy and takes on music and performances.. I was introduced to XG by watching you break down WOKE UP and have been a massive fan since
The concept was about XG as a wolf gangs/aliens came from another planet to slayed the monsters so they can restore the mother earth to the natural state.
I love all their songs but In the Rain I am obsessed with! ❤
Yeah. This is my favorite song from them. Probably the best MV ever made. ALPHAZ HOWLING 🔥🐺🔥
XG bringing us nothing but perfection
Jurin is Mononoke Hime
Definitely a homage to Michael Jackson’s Earth Song, but in this case, XG has successfully wiped out all the haters and taken over the world with love in the form of flowers and greenery.
Been waiting for this 🥰
Reportedly, if you manage to get the QR code clearly enough to be valid (and with the red lights in the mask and everything else going on visually, that's a hard ask) it simply leads to the word "pig". These ladies are the baddest "pistil"-packing warriors ever! New definition of flower power!
the QR code is “Pig” 😭
For sacrifice and slaughter?
In Princess Mononoke, they were fighting against the Boar demon/Boar clan.
XG be taking ppl out 😂I’ve been seen a lot of ppl choking while reacting to this video 🤣🤣
I’m going to say ur analysis of what it’s about is one of the more original offered and I love that idea.
Awww thank you!!!
@ ur welcome. A lot of people have said xg vs industrial but the organic growth hasn’t been brought up anywhere. Fun fact the Michael Jackson nods go so deep that if you listen to sound just before cocona lands it’s the beginning of the way you make me feel. I can’t tell if it’s just a little tweaked to be dog like but it’s super close.
You are the only reactor that thought the same as me about howling being a beatiful mix of woke up, xgene and girl gang, looove your reactions ❤
ALPHAZ 🐺 on deck.
XG DON'T MISS!
XG's Multicultural Concept is one not seen before.
Visuals expands the atmosphere of the song and creates an immersive feeling draws the audience into a wild world. The music video depicts XG coming from outer space,🌌 tearing apart a standardized city where everything is controlled in the same way, transforming it into it own nature, and gradually expanding its power. The work strongly expresses the group strong unity, like a pack of wolves, and their will to change the existing order and world in their own way. XG inspired by Michael Jackson. XG included Michael Jackson References. Moonwalk, Thriller, Close to Midnight, and Dangerous in their lyrics. Some of MJ's Visuals. "Earth Song" and Caption EO "We Are Here To Change The World" Visuals.
XG can transform themselves into different forms.
Juria, a Goddess with Wings.
"Howling"
Juria, Goddess with Wings.
"WOKE UP"
Juria, Wolf Goddess with Wings.
"IYKYK"
Juria, an Avatar with Wings.
"GRL GVNG"
Juria, with Wings.
"MASCARA"
Juria, with Wings.
👸🏼
YESSSSS Finally! Nice hair, by the way!
XG is DIFFERENT 🔥🐺
The pre chorus also gives me weeknd vibes but the weeknd has also always given me MJ vibes so I feel that too. Also some people are saying the qr code says pig? But every other reaction I saw no one was able to scan the code so I dont think it's anything 😅
I think people were able to scan it in the preview content, not in the MV.
Someone on Reddit reproduced the QR so he could scan it and pig came up.
You can only read it on the part where the HINATA appears from the QR code.
Yaaaas!! Was waiting for this reaction!!🎉
Been waiting for your reaction!!!! Awooooo! :)
On Is this Love that Harvey Hinata combo with, "if you feel the same, wont you swing my way" is so 🔥.
This has ↓ as a behind-the-scenes setting.
Rain = release song, drop = release, “you” = anti
Cocona and Jurin slayed soo Hard!!❤️🔥🖤
after new jeans, xg is the group im stanning! they are on the next level!
I think that trying to scan the QR code was a canon event for everyone xD
A lot of the imagery of this MV make me think of Princess Mononoke
You know if Simon didn’t do XGALX. He could’ve been a great soundscape/sound-composer/music composer for movies or video games, just like Hans Zimmer or Tom Holkenborg of Junkie XL. Just listen to Howl. There’s big business in that.
🐺🐺🐺🐺🔥🔥🔥🔥!
connecting XG with DKC Aquatic Ambiance, now that's OG!
(but built like a youngblood)
GRATS AND BEST WISHES KAREN!! ALPHAZ!!!
Space Meeting is an actual event of the girls seeing a UFO in the middle of the night in Korea while training, it was all over Korean news the next day of the multiple sightings in that area. They posted a video or photo of them watching the event and Simon was complaining he needed a better camera to record it and it's so funny they put the recording of their audio in an interlude skit of them freaking out. Maya's English part suggesting it was them or that XG needs to engage with the UFO is a nice touch.
“Donkey Kong……”
Didn’t expect that. 😂😂😂😂
Is This Love has that90s So So Def vibe. That song should hit hard here in the dirty south. Dope reaction as always.
I caught 3 references to MJ, thriller, moonwalk, and 'it's close to midnight' is a line in the thriller song. I'm not sure if I missed any more...
I got The Weeknd vibes on the Chorus too. Your the first person I heard mention this.
I'm glad I wasn't alone in this thought!
hii tina, i suggest you reaction pause & rewind youtube channel, this guy breakdowns the lyric XG howling, this guy is amazing he catch up the reference the bars and the meaning song
yea, love that channel
The director has directed a few vids for The Weeknd.
Early Gang
AHWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Congrats on ur Wedding:)
The Qr code says it's PIG!
Meant to be sacrificed for slaughter?
ALPHAZ ON DECK🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
THE BUDGET THO OMG
XG is the queen of RnB and I doubt there are any Kpop idols out there who can do it as well as XG, only XG is worthy of carrying the RnB genre at this time and I am very grateful that there is a group like XG who brings the RnB genre because they love RnB to their bones and the most importantly XG always pays homage to the genre, I've also really loved RnB for a long time because I grew up with it, I'm tired of the phony groups out there and Kpop formula that pretends to imitate or mix up the RnB genre but instead it becomes cringe.
The way you casually unlocked a memory with a Day26 shoutout
🙌🏾
5:51 we all had the same reaction! 🔥🤣
How they win no awards? At any award shows
Is this love is a composition that Simon has been working on since 2019. What else was he working on back then? Shooting Star! I have to think that there are many compositions/ideas, still waiting for him to finish. I am surprised that Is This Love was so short. With as many lyricists and writers that Simon works with, Is This Love could have used another minute and a half or more so as not to sound so truncated. That would be the only reason I think In The Rain is the better song. You hit the concept perfectly, GRL GVNG, Woke Up, Puppet Show along with their other releases lead up to this tour de force, epic M/V and song!
IMO In the rain is clearly a homage to Boyz II Men
The last QR code with hinata works, it says pig
😆 you were tired in the beginning of the video but XG injected you 💉with 🔥 it happened to me! Now I can’t stop watching this video! 👀 🐺🫶
Awooooooooooo
Congratulations on your marriage
🔥👑🛐
Yo fellow introvert too and man, 30 people is huge to me lol. I dont even think I know 30 people! 😅
Anyways, thought I'd pop in and say congratulations!
NOW, I'll continue with your reaction! 😆
OMG YOU SCARED ME IN 4:59, girl! HAHAHAHAH
They played Thriller before their show
funny you mentioned 'the weekend' cuz I thought the exact same thing. he wouldn't sound bad on this track if they had a remix.
Princess mono
👍🔥🔥🔥🐺🐺🐺🤣
I think you should be able to say your opinion without people getting uptight and upset. In the rain is so 90s RnB in the best possible way.
Is this love was written in 2019
I so wish you would react to Katseye
A few cool things from my point of view:
-the standup bass from the intro becomes the distorted bassline through the whole thing. The verses are so incredibly sparse in terms of tracks.
-I think Maya’s aesthetic is supposed to be ramen noodles! She talks about cooking in her verse. I may be wrong but that’s what it looks like.
-Mononoke and lunar queen references everywhere!
-Aespa and XG have very similar video production teams: the plants growing from Amy’s feet parallels the plants in “Better Things” (and the movie “Annihilation”), the turbulent ground fog in the chorus mirrors the effects in the chorus of “Armageddon”. And those videos could not be more different than “Howling”. I’m not implying any sort of copying…I’m saying they are both on the crest of a trend.
- there’s something so satisfying about Chisa in the choruses. Especially the second time when everyone else is kneeling. Her head isolation for that one second makes a wild image.
XG be taking ppl out 😂I’ve been seen a lot of ppl choking while reacting to this video 🤣🤣
We're howling too hard🤣
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯💯‼️👊🏽🫡💪🏽