Woah this made me so nostalgic and emotional. Gfriend is my ult kpop group, they were really one of a kind. They have this orchestral-pop signature sound, and the anime-ish vibe as well. Also known as synchronization queens, you might want to check their dance practices and some of the dance challenges in variety shows (they were known as the 2x speed dance queens too). Their knife-like choreos really stepped up the game for other ggs at the time when it wasn't that common for them to have intense moves. Their vocals have also been praised a lot, they sang acapella in their rookie days and sound amazing, and Yuju has been claimed as one of the vocalists of the generation several times. They're very talented and hard-working girls, funny, beagles and sweet as well. They keep saying they will come back together, so the fandom (BUDDY) is still waiting for them. Nowadays Sowon is an actress, Yerin is a soloist and also debuted as actress, Yuju is a soloist and Eunha, SinB and Umji are in Viviz. Yerin's two title tracks are Aria and Bambambam, other nice songs of her are Believer, The dance and Time. For Yuju, I recommend you listen to her REC. album especially, all the songs are good (Bad Blood, Play, The Killa, Cold Winter, Blue Nostalgial). Her second title track is Without U, Peach Blossom is very good too and Dreaming has insane vocals, and Dalala is her last single (besides she's written practically al her songs in her discography). Idk if you're familiarized with Viviz but their title tracks are Bop Bop, Loveade, Pull Up and Maniac. However, they have very good b-sides that I prefer oher their tts (except for Maniac) such as Mirror, Love Love Love, Blue Clue and Untie. Their queendom song, Red Sun!, is also very good, kind of a jazzy and musical theater-ish vibe. Thank you for reacting to them, hope you do a part 2 soon. We miss them a lot, this was a nice throwback! By the way! I believe you will enjoy their japanese discography a lot. Their title tracks are, in order: Memoria, Flower and Fallin' Light (also La Pam Pam is imo a b-side must). They maintain that orchestral-pop sound they're known for, so I wanted to let you know in case you want to check those out too!
Well said Buddy! This almost all lines up with my own view of GFRIEND. They snagged me in their web and have given me nothing but warm and happy memories ever since! 🥰
If I am not mistaken, in GFriend lore, the girls are all innocent friends who each possess a pure glass bead ("Glass Bead" MV). They discover a magical pool of water in a forest ("Love Whisper" MV). They dance and play in the water, which gives each of them a different power. However, tension develops within the group. Some members fall in love with each other ("Love Whisper" MV), resulting in longing ("Sunrise" MV") and heartbreak ("Summer Rain" MV). Jealousy also develops over each others powers, resulting in fighting within the group ("Fingertip" and "Crossroads" MVs), even resulting in the death of one of the girls ("Time for the Moon Night" MV). In order to change the past and prevent this tragedy and restore their friendships, Eunha uses the power of some magical butterflies (called "Navi" in Korean, which is also VIVIZ's fandom name) to go back in time ("Fingertip" MV ending and "Crossroads" MV"). However, each failed attempt seems to have a worse outcome than the last ("Crossovers" MV). In addition, each time travel attempt Eunha does uses up one of her Navi and corrupts her glass bead more and more ("Crossroads" MV), putting a toll on her ("Time for the Moon Night" MV). Eventually, all the girls become fully corrupted, becoming dark witches rather than the pure girls they once were ("Apple" MV). As these witches, they go out to have fun and embrace their vices ("Mago"). As such, they avoided their original tragic fate of jealousy, parting ways and death by staying together and having fun, but are no longer the innocent girls that they once were.
I see gfriend i click. They were the best 🥲 Edit 1: about an hour in.. gosh I miss this gen of kpop. Glad to see you guys are giving them a proper listen. Edit 2: Just finished vid. Nice ending with sunrise. Totally enjoyed your breakdowns and always good to see people get into gfriend even after they disbanded... my fave group and prob the best discography in kpop in my opinion. I do hope you cover their japanese releases although there might be problems with copyright. Anyway subscribed so ill be back on part 2. I wont be able to watch the live since im in a different time zone but ill look forward to seeing the rest later on.
Ahh gfriend.. this group has been inactive for 4 years but they are still in the top 4 female groups with the most music show wins (71 wins). Gfriend comes from a small unknown company but they were able to compete with other girl groups from big companies and also be able to enter the top 5 of the 3rd gen girl groups known as TREBLMAYEO (twice, red velvet, blackpink, mamamoo, yeojachingu/gfriend)
the lore is that the first 3 songs of Gfriend is them being innocent and then it progresses to them turning “dark” and becoming witches/getting powers from a pond that’s in love whisper. The more you go through the Gfriend mv’s it explains the meaning behind the butterfly, especially in crossroad it’s where they actually show us what it means. Also, their albums Song of Siren and Labyrinth included a little book that also includes stuff into the lore. There’s some youtube videos that explains the lore more in depth.
Did you know , Gfriend has stroyline from glassbead to Mago.. This some Stupid theory from me for Mago MV They're witches already... From the lines " I wanna ride a broom and Fly " as well as " 6960 magic" which refer to NGC6960 , the witch broom nebula. They wear glittering clothes because they ate the apple ( Apple MV describe apple to be glittering ). The music Video is about Sowon's attempt to save the girls , apparently , the rest of the members were burned at stake in apple MV , because apple MV is the start of the Walpurgis Night, a celebration of witches burned at the stake. In the apple MV , the hair burning Ritual shows the apples= Glass bead burning , except Sowon's , Because no one cut her hair at the back. 1. Sowon come to save rest of the girls , she enter the tunnel ( Symbolism that she's leaping through the time ) To save the girls who were burned at the stake in apple MV. 2. They dance in the moon ( Disco Ball ) Night , which is part of the Walpurgis Night festival , Yuju seems to be the Queen of that night , consistent with her being the only one with a CROWN in apple MV. That also explains the overwhelming number of mirrors in the MV , an object related to Yuju's Power. 3. We know that sowon obtained a unique ability from the bookstore owner ( Marchen Book ) , in the same way eunha got her Navilleras/butterflies. She used this ability to travel to the future ( Tunnel ) , where the people celebrate The Wlapurgis Night , where the rest of the burnt Member Re- appear ( This is a holiday ) , This is in the lyrics the girls can dance to the moon night again 2 years ago , on the night of april 30 ( european holiday for Walpurgis Night ) , Gfriend Release Time For the Moon night. 4. They were unsure and afraid of the future in TFTMN , but in MAGO , they are expecting the future , they are no more hesitant ( Hakuna Matata = No worries ) of which crossroad to take , as the lyrics suggest " Joy or Sorrow everything will be me ". 5. In the end , sowon managed to get them back and they went through the same tunnel , going back in time , this tunnel almost similiar to the tunnel in the sunrise. There is also a fish eye lens scene in the last dance Sequence , which is a glass bead shot, which is sowon glass bead ability , she can look the girl wherever they are through her glass bead , as revealed in in the marchen book. As well as sunny summer when eunha saw something through sowon jewelry ( The diamond she nearly swallowed ). This tell us that sowon , after meeting with the bookstore owner , can probably look at the girls in the future... Thats why she was able to locate the time line to go through. If eunha uses the power of the butterfly vis-a-vis, her power to create lucid dreams ( she goes back in time .. to the time she is last a sleep ) . Sowon can use the unique power vis-a-vis, her power to see the girls using the glass bead . The song lyrics also combination of their other song lyrics , esp. Navillera and fingertip. They're going back in time now .. opposite of the old GFRIEND that continuosly goes right by the ever so flowing concept of time. Hence the Railroad , Trains , Seasons , Bridges , And Trees. We get to see the most obvious indication of Twin Eunha and Sinb. They have been giving us hints of their " ONEness " in fingertip ( When Sinb astral projection comes out of Eunha ) , Love Whisper ( Yerin x Sinb which turns out to be Yerin x Eunha in navillera ) , TFTMN ( Couch Scene where sinb shadows Eunha , Choreo as well ) , Sunrise ( Fingertip ending eunha crying while a sleep , Sunrise Ending Sinb Crying While A sleep ) , Apple MV ( They Two Kissing The same apple ). This time , we actually see the two of them in similiar Outfits , Short hair , Same set Of earrings , And pearl Necklace. THEORY 1 My theory also is that not only are Eunha and Sinb Related .. but also Umji.. the scene at the start , where Umji and Sinb appear out of nowhere next to eunha just keeps bugging me. Then it occured to me how GFRIEND like using Greek Myth aa part of their Storyline ( Orion the hunter and artemis in Fingertip ) , ( Artemis and apollo in TFTMN ) , ( Ariadne and theeseus in labyrinth portion of apple ). Eunha , Umji , and Sinb reminded Me of the Greek of goddess of the night ( girls only meet at night / Dreams ). Witchcraft and Magic ( Apple Mv +magic grantedby the love whisper lake ) , and Crossroad ( Overall theme ) = HECATE She has 3 Faces that signify her dominion over the stars , The sea and The underworld , these face are each represented by Twin eunha + Sinb With Umji as the dividing line. Star : Eunha means Galaxy.. she is associated with Navillera ( Blue Butterfly of the Stars ) her butterflies in Apple Returned back to the stars . Underworld : Sinb is the one who tempted Eunha to bite the apple ( Devils temptation ) Sea : Umji paper boat in summer rain .. she is in Summer rain Outfit in the butterfly Effect , the Aquarium Scene in Crossroad When Umji got Rejected by Yuju. In eunha and sinb Kiss in apple MV , She is the apple ( MNET comeback Stage intro Where she has an apple on the Beambalance , as well as in concept Photos ). That divide the Stars ( Eunha ) and the underworld ( Sinb ) , The Sea pretty much divides The underworld and the Stars. She was able To connect Sinb and Eunha , In Sunrise By completing the puzzle , She play piano Reflecting Eunha Who Play a piano and the same Music sheet. Much like How the Sea Reflects the stars at night .. THEORY 2 in the mirror dance scene Yuju has the word " Amour " while Eunha has the word " Angel " by their Belts , this refer to " CUPID " as Amour is His Latin Name , While He is in the form of a Cherub , A higher form of ANGEL. Thanks for Reading :)
Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed this. If it's possible, could you do a concert live deep dive into GFRIEND's B-sides? They've got so many great songs like 'Water Flower', 'Rainbow', 'Bye', 'Vacation', and 'Windy Windy'.
Therese, you should watch VIVIZ's queendom performance TIME FOR THE GLORY (Time for the Moon Night and Rough) they brought a whole orchestra live on stage! 😂😂
We will be doing a part 2 and that will include more GFRIEND and also VIVIZ will be in the next part. Hopefully you'll join us live next Wednesday at 8pm EST!
GFriend was very lucky debuting at that time. They debuted right around when Jessica was kicked out of Girls’ Generation and SinB looked remarkably like her older sister, and the high kick choreography made you think of the group as well. It did spark of fuss with their fandom but it did gave them notice which is a good thing. After that, Me Gustas Tu got people noticing how in sync they are and it made them known worldwide when SinB and Yuju fell constantly during a performance. It gave them a spot in the top girl groups when Rough was released. It ultimately holds them a spot in the tier list. It was pure. It made Koreans love them and the amount of Yuju singing in every final chorus just became more memorable. The electric guitar and the schoolgirl concept was the defining moment that makes people know GFriend. Even the running moment, they were doing it before Loona. If you debuted right now without a diffirentiating factor, you’ll fade in the background. So in a way, they were lucky debuting at that time. Source Music got noticed because of them but the pay back of letting them go like that is a disgrace. It was a business move from a third party (probably) but the company should have fought for the six girls. They work hard for the company.
Some fun facts related to me gustas tu: - it was gfriend's 1st comeback and if the song didn't perform well, they would've been disbanded at that time. - me gustas tu became the first ever idol group song to surpass 100m streams in south korea - the song also become the longest charting idol group song on Melon chart after surpassing BIG BANG's record - the song became a national anthem and was broadcasted by the government across the border between North and South Korea using walls of loudspeakers to reduce the tension between the two countries and extends an invitation to the North to become closer, or to work toward peace together.
Fun fact: Navillera's music show wins are as many as the number of trophies on its MV. 58:53 in this part, Sinb wipes 14 cups, exactly the same number that the song later won at music shows
I'm really enjoying your deep dives into groups because I'm finding more and more songs from these groups that I like because of that I finally decide to subscribe to your channel. I love the songs I already knew from Gfriend but now I fell in love with a few more that I never heard before. Sunrise was he song that caught me off guard, I really like that song a lot. When you get to the Viviz or deep dive 3, I would love for you to do the Queendom performance of Time for the moon night, that version made me fall in love with that song.
@@AudioAddictionmedia it's been a fun time in the live streams. The deep dives you did of NMIXX and Dreamcatcher (My 2 favorite active girl groups) is what got me hooked to your channel. I will try and remember to add it to the wheel if you don't get to it but I just realized it's Time for the Glory that mixed Time for the moon night and Rough.
Thank you for this gfriend deep dive and most especially thanks for the umji vocals praise and love which she definitely didn't get enough of during Gfriend days . as much as I loved yuju and Eunhas vocals umji definitely became my bias wrecker during summer rain era that was when I realized just how phenomenal her vocals were and she's just gotten better through the years
Looking forward to part 2 😍 please react to their japanese tracks, very anime and the orchestal elements are top tier ♥️♥️♥️ also their best b-sides. Thank you for reacting to them 🥰
the japanese tracks get blocked worldwide on our uploads unfortunately so it will just be their korean songs :| we will definitely be listening to the recommended jp tracks on our own time though
@@AudioAddictionmediayou could also add In Gfriend’s original Japanese songs Memoria (possibly the best GFriend song ever), Flower (Latin salsa vibes) and the emotional Fallin Light to create a longer Part 3. Also add in Red Sun which is an unreleased GFriend song performed by VIVIZ and Love Love Love which was the fans favourite song of theirs in a poll before Maniac came out. That should give enough quality material with their solo releases to make a great Part 3. But also add in Yuju’s OST for Alice called Secret which is breathtaking and Eunha’s OST called Don’t come with Bye which is the most emotional song I think she has ever sung.
We will be doing a part 2 and that will include more GFRIEND and also VIVIZ will be in the next part. Hopefully you'll join us live next Wednesday at 8pm EST!
Some background info on what gfriend is all about. So they debuted with Source Music which was at the time bankrupt. They didn't really pop until a viral clip of them performing me gustus tu on stage got popular. In this clip a lot of members slipped and fell due to poor conditions (Yuju broke some fingers). They endured and finished the show which then endeared them to the masses. This was around the time they released Rough which pretty much blew them up. From there they built on their success with 71 music show wins. Source Music then got purchased by Hybe and dropped Gfriend soon after. Details of all this is vague at most, it was pretty much a shit show. The Gfriend Lore/Storyline is mostly theory at best so I'll just explain what I believe it is. School Era is mostly solidifying the girls friendship to each other and them during there 'Happy times' hence the whole everything is perfect aesthetic. They all have powers represented by Glass Beads but their powers make them fall apart as they grow older and their egos clash. Graduating around the Rough/Summer Rain Era. Similar to how when we leave school we disconnect from our friends, we grow up. Eunha obtains a box of butterflies as shown in the books (We are now around Fingertip Era), each butterfly allows her to turn back time. This is where we can see all the fighting between the girls as their friendship falls apart. Eunha witnesses Sinb straight up shoot Yerin on the rooftop in fingertip and Eunha uses a butterfly to turn back time in order to try and save everyones friendship (dramatically falling off the rooftop she wakes up and they are all friends again). Next TFTMN/Sunrise I think is a compilation of scenes where the girls are back together but the cracks start showing again (Yerin crying etc). Eunha knowing the future is mostly sad knowing that inevitably they will break up which is why she's always the observer. Next in Crossroads Era, the beginning shows Eunha using a butterfly in the beginning so basically she failed in trying to keep them together. She's now in a space where she's upset and again we see the members fall out again with all the infighting. I think this is where she decides not to go back and try to fix things anymore. The lyrics (there's subs you can turn them on now) basically saying no matter what happens they will find each other and work through there issues. Apple Era is basically their 'we will do whatever the fuck we want' like eating the forbidden apple, burning trees and walking on the dinner table' time. Kind of accepting that they are witches with powers and that they can co exist. Eunha releases the butterflies signifies her acceptance of fate. Mago represents this with them having fun together now as grown adults embracing each others differences and partying long into the night. Overall a happy ending... thats how I like to see things anyway.
I could tell the commentators weren’t buddies because of how much false information they were giving 😫 i really wanted to just chime in and correct them every time it happened 😭
if you want more deep to bside Gfriend bside has amazing instrumental i give you the list 1. Under the sky 2. Water Flower 3. Compass 4. Gone with the wind 5. Hear the wind sing 6. Contrail 7. Crush 8. Love Bug 9. Flower Garden 10. Love in the air 11. Fall in love 12. Show up 13. Mr. Blue 14. Paradise 15. Eye of Strom 16. Room of Mirror 17. Tarot Card 18. Eclips all of them has good isntrumental, good structureof song, combination sound, combination genre, good vocal and adlibs
im sorry if you didnt like how about GFRIEND outfit in their debut and a little time after they cant even choose branded outfit cause their fund is very limited so they decided to choose same outfit to reduce it and focused to promotion bcause thei agency cant even provide a good building for them they started form basement building when you talking with that, its like comparing them to other GG who started from + GFRIEND started not even from 0 they started from - (minus) 🙏
How to pronounce Romanized korean names (generally) - GF version; S+i is pronounced "Shi-" e.g. SinB = Shin-Bi. Only "Si-" is pronounced this way due to the restriction of the spoken Korean language. There's no "See" sound. U-consonant = "Au-" like August, so Umji = Aum-Ji. This is how a lot of the words are written when romanized. Sometimes they are written differently as well, e.g. Jeong/Jung. E is Ae sound like "when", e.g. Yerin= Ye-rin O can be "O" sound or "Au" sound, in Sowon's case, her name is pronounced So-Won with "O" for So and "AU" for Won. Eunha; her name is composed of 2 syllable Eun-Ha. Eu- is a vowel sound that many western languages do not utilized. So it might take some time to familiarized. Examples of eu- sounds in korean words are: Yep-peun=beatiful , Nap-peun=bad, Yu-reum=Summer Finally, Yuju, it's Yoo-Joo. She is one of the best vocalists. Love her
There's an impressive sentence about K-pop that I happened to see, "For me, April is a fairy tale, Gfriend is a collection of poetry and Lovelyz is a novel. But fuck my bookshelf is all stolen. How can this make sense?" 😂😂 I don't know how the lyrics will be translated to foreigners. but especially in songs from the beginning of debut, the lyrics of gfriend songs are mostly composed of Korean and they are very literary. So they were used as materials in Korean language classes, and Gfriend's songs were also included in music textbooks. Besides the musical elements, I want people to know why Gfriend's songs were so successful in Korea. (For example, their teamwork, synchronization of choreography, etc.) Since I am Korean, I always wondered how it would be conveyed to foreigners, so all the reaction videos of Gfriend are interesting. I enjoyed the video!
Thank you for checking our video out! That's so interesting that their songs (lyrics?) were used in schools, that's definitely not common here but I guess that's how much Korea loved Gfriend :') I'm sure things get lost in translation and through difference in culture but we really appreciate what Gfriend has accomplished! -Alex
![First Time Reacting to GFRIEND [여자친구] on KILLING VOICE DINGO Music #여자친구](/img/n.gif)
12:00 Glass bead
38:56 Me gustas tu
25:05 Rough
56:17 Navillera
1:10:30 Fingertip
1:26:56 Love whisper
1:40:26 Summer rain
1:54:02 Tftmn
2:07:20 Flower Garden
2:18:44 Sunny summer
2:29:33 Sunrise
Thank you! 😊 - Brandon
@@AudioAddictionmedia no problem! Thanks for doing a deep dive to gfriend :)
Part 2 will be done live on twitch next Wednesday at 8pm EST! Hopefully we'll see you there!
@@AudioAddictionmedia will you check their dance practices? you should!!
Thank you for diving into Gfriend's Discography. ❤️
Woah this made me so nostalgic and emotional. Gfriend is my ult kpop group, they were really one of a kind. They have this orchestral-pop signature sound, and the anime-ish vibe as well. Also known as synchronization queens, you might want to check their dance practices and some of the dance challenges in variety shows (they were known as the 2x speed dance queens too). Their knife-like choreos really stepped up the game for other ggs at the time when it wasn't that common for them to have intense moves. Their vocals have also been praised a lot, they sang acapella in their rookie days and sound amazing, and Yuju has been claimed as one of the vocalists of the generation several times.
They're very talented and hard-working girls, funny, beagles and sweet as well. They keep saying they will come back together, so the fandom (BUDDY) is still waiting for them.
Nowadays Sowon is an actress, Yerin is a soloist and also debuted as actress, Yuju is a soloist and Eunha, SinB and Umji are in Viviz.
Yerin's two title tracks are Aria and Bambambam, other nice songs of her are Believer, The dance and Time.
For Yuju, I recommend you listen to her REC. album especially, all the songs are good (Bad Blood, Play, The Killa, Cold Winter, Blue Nostalgial). Her second title track is Without U, Peach Blossom is very good too and Dreaming has insane vocals, and Dalala is her last single (besides she's written practically al her songs in her discography).
Idk if you're familiarized with Viviz but their title tracks are Bop Bop, Loveade, Pull Up and Maniac. However, they have very good b-sides that I prefer oher their tts (except for Maniac) such as Mirror, Love Love Love, Blue Clue and Untie. Their queendom song, Red Sun!, is also very good, kind of a jazzy and musical theater-ish vibe.
Thank you for reacting to them, hope you do a part 2 soon. We miss them a lot, this was a nice throwback!
By the way! I believe you will enjoy their japanese discography a lot. Their title tracks are, in order: Memoria, Flower and Fallin' Light (also La Pam Pam is imo a b-side must). They maintain that orchestral-pop sound they're known for, so I wanted to let you know in case you want to check those out too!
Well said Buddy! This almost all lines up with my own view of GFRIEND. They snagged me in their web and have given me nothing but warm and happy memories ever since! 🥰
If I am not mistaken, in GFriend lore, the girls are all innocent friends who each possess a pure glass bead ("Glass Bead" MV). They discover a magical pool of water in a forest ("Love Whisper" MV). They dance and play in the water, which gives each of them a different power. However, tension develops within the group. Some members fall in love with each other ("Love Whisper" MV), resulting in longing ("Sunrise" MV") and heartbreak ("Summer Rain" MV). Jealousy also develops over each others powers, resulting in fighting within the group ("Fingertip" and "Crossroads" MVs), even resulting in the death of one of the girls ("Time for the Moon Night" MV).
In order to change the past and prevent this tragedy and restore their friendships, Eunha uses the power of some magical butterflies (called "Navi" in Korean, which is also VIVIZ's fandom name) to go back in time ("Fingertip" MV ending and "Crossroads" MV"). However, each failed attempt seems to have a worse outcome than the last ("Crossovers" MV). In addition, each time travel attempt Eunha does uses up one of her Navi and corrupts her glass bead more and more ("Crossroads" MV), putting a toll on her ("Time for the Moon Night" MV).
Eventually, all the girls become fully corrupted, becoming dark witches rather than the pure girls they once were ("Apple" MV). As these witches, they go out to have fun and embrace their vices ("Mago"). As such, they avoided their original tragic fate of jealousy, parting ways and death by staying together and having fun, but are no longer the innocent girls that they once were.
I've been a fan of GFriend and never understood their MV concept and how they are connected. Your comment made it all sense.
How to debut a perfect kpop group?
Gfriend:yes!
Gfriend's best japanese song, La Pam Pam, is very much like Sunrise's rival when it comes to their instrumentation and vocal❤
'Flower Garden' is my fav b-side on the Tftmn album, glad you checked that out :)
1:57:40 no one addressed it in the chat but it's Sowon that went the actress route.. Yerin redebuted as a soloist
We appreciate the clarification! - Brandon
Sunrise is masterpiece!
SUNRISE QUADRUPLE HIGH-NOTES STILL ONE OF THE ICONIC VOCALS EVER EXISTED AND GFRIEND STILL SLAY IT.. THEY ARE SO OUTSTANDING GROUP. 🫶❤️
GFRIEND the best kpop girl group ever ! I miss them.
thank you, this reminds me again that i stan the right group 🥹✨
I see gfriend i click. They were the best 🥲
Edit 1: about an hour in.. gosh I miss this gen of kpop. Glad to see you guys are giving them a proper listen.
Edit 2: Just finished vid. Nice ending with sunrise. Totally enjoyed your breakdowns and always good to see people get into gfriend even after they disbanded... my fave group and prob the best discography in kpop in my opinion. I do hope you cover their japanese releases although there might be problems with copyright. Anyway subscribed so ill be back on part 2. I wont be able to watch the live since im in a different time zone but ill look forward to seeing the rest later on.
Eyooo we still have another part we are doing live on Wednesday at 8pm EST come hang out! - Brandon
Ahh gfriend.. this group has been inactive for 4 years but they are still in the top 4 female groups with the most music show wins (71 wins). Gfriend comes from a small unknown company but they were able to compete with other girl groups from big companies and also be able to enter the top 5 of the 3rd gen girl groups known as TREBLMAYEO (twice, red velvet, blackpink, mamamoo, yeojachingu/gfriend)
I didn't expect Flower Garden, my fav bside. It would be nice to include You're Not Alone too.
Def check out Yuju’s solo stuff. It’s incredible. Play, Without U, Dalala, Evening, The Killa
We might have to! We shall see! - Brandon
@@AudioAddictionmediashe's compose and wrote even produce all her song from mv to bside song
YES
the lore is that the first 3 songs of Gfriend is them being innocent and then it progresses to them turning “dark” and becoming witches/getting powers from a pond that’s in love whisper. The more you go through the Gfriend mv’s it explains the meaning behind the butterfly, especially in crossroad it’s where they actually show us what it means. Also, their albums Song of Siren and Labyrinth included a little book that also includes stuff into the lore.
There’s some youtube videos that explains the lore more in depth.
Yeeeeeees! One more channel with people getting to know GFRIEND
thanks for checking it out! we're excited to get to know them more. looking forward to those edits! :p
Did you know , Gfriend has stroyline from glassbead to Mago..
This some Stupid theory from me for Mago MV
They're witches already...
From the lines " I wanna ride a broom and Fly " as well as " 6960 magic" which refer to NGC6960 , the witch broom nebula.
They wear glittering clothes because they ate the apple ( Apple MV describe apple to be glittering ).
The music Video is about Sowon's attempt to save the girls , apparently , the rest of the members were burned at stake in apple MV , because apple MV is the start of the Walpurgis Night, a celebration of witches burned at the stake.
In the apple MV , the hair burning Ritual shows the apples= Glass bead burning , except Sowon's , Because no one cut her hair at the back.
1. Sowon come to save rest of the girls , she enter the tunnel ( Symbolism that she's leaping through the time ) To save the girls who were burned at the stake in apple MV.
2. They dance in the moon ( Disco Ball ) Night , which is part of the Walpurgis Night festival , Yuju seems to be the Queen of that night , consistent with her being the only one with a CROWN in apple MV. That also explains the overwhelming number of mirrors in the MV , an object related to Yuju's Power.
3. We know that sowon obtained a unique ability from the bookstore owner ( Marchen Book ) , in the same way eunha got her Navilleras/butterflies. She used this ability to travel to the future ( Tunnel ) , where the people celebrate The Wlapurgis Night , where the rest of the burnt Member Re- appear ( This is a holiday ) , This is in the lyrics the girls can dance to the moon night again 2 years ago , on the night of april 30 ( european holiday for Walpurgis Night ) , Gfriend Release Time For the Moon night.
4. They were unsure and afraid of the future in TFTMN , but in MAGO , they are expecting the future , they are no more hesitant ( Hakuna Matata = No worries ) of which crossroad to take , as the lyrics suggest " Joy or Sorrow everything will be me ".
5. In the end , sowon managed to get them back and they went through the same tunnel , going back in time , this tunnel almost similiar to the tunnel in the sunrise. There is also a fish eye lens scene in the last dance Sequence , which is a glass bead shot, which is sowon glass bead ability , she can look the girl wherever they are through her glass bead , as revealed in in the marchen book. As well as sunny summer when eunha saw something through sowon jewelry ( The diamond she nearly swallowed ). This tell us that sowon , after meeting with the bookstore owner , can probably look at the girls in the future... Thats why she was able to locate the time line to go through. If eunha uses the power of the butterfly vis-a-vis, her power to create lucid dreams ( she goes back in time .. to the time she is last a sleep ) . Sowon can use the unique power vis-a-vis, her power to see the girls using the glass bead . The song lyrics also combination of their other song lyrics , esp. Navillera and fingertip.
They're going back in time now .. opposite of the old GFRIEND that continuosly goes right by the ever so flowing concept of time. Hence the Railroad , Trains , Seasons , Bridges , And Trees.
We get to see the most obvious indication of Twin Eunha and Sinb.
They have been giving us hints of their " ONEness " in fingertip ( When Sinb astral projection comes out of Eunha ) , Love Whisper ( Yerin x Sinb which turns out to be Yerin x Eunha in navillera ) , TFTMN ( Couch Scene where sinb shadows Eunha , Choreo as well ) , Sunrise ( Fingertip ending eunha crying while a sleep , Sunrise Ending Sinb Crying While A sleep ) , Apple MV ( They Two Kissing The same apple ). This time , we actually see the two of them in similiar Outfits , Short hair , Same set Of earrings , And pearl Necklace.
THEORY 1
My theory also is that not only are Eunha and Sinb Related .. but also Umji.. the scene at the start , where Umji and Sinb appear out of nowhere next to eunha just keeps bugging me.
Then it occured to me how GFRIEND like using Greek Myth aa part of their Storyline ( Orion the hunter and artemis in Fingertip ) , ( Artemis and apollo in TFTMN ) , ( Ariadne and theeseus in labyrinth portion of apple ).
Eunha , Umji , and Sinb reminded Me of the Greek of goddess of the night ( girls only meet at night / Dreams ).
Witchcraft and Magic ( Apple Mv +magic grantedby the love whisper lake ) , and Crossroad ( Overall theme ) = HECATE
She has 3 Faces that signify her dominion over the stars , The sea and The underworld , these face are each represented by Twin eunha + Sinb With Umji as the dividing line.
Star : Eunha means Galaxy.. she is associated with Navillera ( Blue Butterfly of the Stars ) her butterflies in Apple Returned back to the stars .
Underworld : Sinb is the one who tempted Eunha to bite the apple ( Devils temptation )
Sea : Umji paper boat in summer rain .. she is in Summer rain Outfit in the butterfly Effect , the Aquarium Scene in Crossroad When Umji got Rejected by Yuju.
In eunha and sinb Kiss in apple MV , She is the apple ( MNET comeback Stage intro Where she has an apple on the Beambalance , as well as in concept Photos ). That divide the Stars ( Eunha ) and the underworld ( Sinb ) , The Sea pretty much divides The underworld and the Stars.
She was able To connect Sinb and Eunha , In Sunrise By completing the puzzle , She play piano Reflecting Eunha Who Play a piano and the same Music sheet.
Much like How the Sea Reflects the stars at night ..
THEORY 2
in the mirror dance scene Yuju has the word " Amour " while Eunha has the word " Angel " by their Belts , this refer to " CUPID " as Amour is His Latin Name , While He is in the form of a Cherub , A higher form of ANGEL.
Thanks for Reading :)
Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed this. If it's possible, could you do a concert live deep dive into GFRIEND's B-sides? They've got so many great songs like 'Water Flower', 'Rainbow', 'Bye', 'Vacation', and 'Windy Windy'.
Therese, you should watch VIVIZ's queendom performance TIME FOR THE GLORY (Time for the Moon Night and Rough) they brought a whole orchestra live on stage! 😂😂
'Time for the moon night' is such a good song. It won best instrumental award in 2018
So enjoyed your banters and commentary, yet of course what a joy to take the Gfriend journey again.
Well thank you! We love to have fun haha 😂 hopefully we'll see you next Wednesday for part 2 on Twitch at 8pm EST! - Brandon
yeyyy i love gfriend deep dive videos
Thank you for watching! - Brandon
'Rough' is definitely gfriend's most successful song. It's the first song by 3rd gen group to get PAK / Perfect All Kill (66 weeks)
I miss GFriend 😥 they're forever be irreplaceable
I hope you also include red sun to your viviz playlist for the next stream
Need part 2, pleeeaaaseee... 😭
We will be doing a part 2 and that will include more GFRIEND and also VIVIZ will be in the next part. Hopefully you'll join us live next Wednesday at 8pm EST!
@@AudioAddictionmedia thank youuu 😘
No problem! Glad you're enjoying our comments! - Brandon
GFriend was very lucky debuting at that time. They debuted right around when Jessica was kicked out of Girls’ Generation and SinB looked remarkably like her older sister, and the high kick choreography made you think of the group as well. It did spark of fuss with their fandom but it did gave them notice which is a good thing.
After that, Me Gustas Tu got people noticing how in sync they are and it made them known worldwide when SinB and Yuju fell constantly during a performance.
It gave them a spot in the top girl groups when Rough was released. It ultimately holds them a spot in the tier list. It was pure. It made Koreans love them and the amount of Yuju singing in every final chorus just became more memorable. The electric guitar and the schoolgirl concept was the defining moment that makes people know GFriend. Even the running moment, they were doing it before Loona. If you debuted right now without a diffirentiating factor, you’ll fade in the background.
So in a way, they were lucky debuting at that time. Source Music got noticed because of them but the pay back of letting them go like that is a disgrace. It was a business move from a third party (probably) but the company should have fought for the six girls. They work hard for the company.
Some fun facts related to me gustas tu:
- it was gfriend's 1st comeback and if the song didn't perform well, they would've been disbanded at that time.
- me gustas tu became the first ever idol group song to surpass 100m streams in south korea
- the song also become the longest charting idol group song on Melon chart after surpassing BIG BANG's record
- the song became a national anthem and was broadcasted by the government across the border between North and South Korea using walls of loudspeakers to reduce the tension between the two countries and extends an invitation to the North to become closer, or to work toward peace together.
Fun fact: Navillera's music show wins are as many as the number of trophies on its MV.
58:53 in this part, Sinb wipes 14 cups, exactly the same number that the song later won at music shows
I wish they could still be together and still performing together. 😢😢😢
They are the Queens of Excellent Synchronization ❤
I'm really enjoying your deep dives into groups because I'm finding more and more songs from these groups that I like because of that I finally decide to subscribe to your channel. I love the songs I already knew from Gfriend but now I fell in love with a few more that I never heard before. Sunrise was he song that caught me off guard, I really like that song a lot. When you get to the Viviz or deep dive 3, I would love for you to do the Queendom performance of Time for the moon night, that version made me fall in love with that song.
Gunkey! We've been seeing you in chat so thanks for rocking with us! We will try to do this next time! If not add it to our wheel picks 😉- Brandon
@@AudioAddictionmedia it's been a fun time in the live streams. The deep dives you did of NMIXX and Dreamcatcher (My 2 favorite active girl groups) is what got me hooked to your channel. I will try and remember to add it to the wheel if you don't get to it but I just realized it's Time for the Glory that mixed Time for the moon night and Rough.
Aww hell yeah! Two of my favs as well! Let us know who else you'd like us to cover! - Brandon
I would recommend Ateez (For a lot of their music they've used the same producers as Dreamcatcher) and Xdinary Heroes
We've done a deep dive of ATEEZ! One of my favorite boy groups!
Thank you for this gfriend deep dive and most especially thanks for the umji vocals praise and love which she definitely didn't get enough of during Gfriend days . as much as I loved yuju and Eunhas vocals umji definitely became my bias wrecker during summer rain era that was when I realized just how phenomenal her vocals were and she's just gotten better through the years
Thank you so much ❤
Really really thank you !
Looking forward to part 2 😍 please react to their japanese tracks, very anime and the orchestal elements are top tier ♥️♥️♥️ also their best b-sides. Thank you for reacting to them 🥰
the japanese tracks get blocked worldwide on our uploads unfortunately so it will just be their korean songs :|
we will definitely be listening to the recommended jp tracks on our own time though
Another fun fact: the demo version of 'Fingertip' was sung by Wheein when she was still a trainee (18 yo)
44:41at that time theyre didnt have much money, theyre struggle really hard. from underground into a proper building
Aww :( that's so rough! 😔 - Brandon
Hope you can have part 3 with the soloist member Yuju and Yerin. It would be perfect I think. Thank you
That is a possibility! We will have to see! - Brandon
@@AudioAddictionmediayou could also add In Gfriend’s original Japanese songs Memoria (possibly the best GFriend song ever), Flower (Latin salsa vibes) and the emotional Fallin Light to create a longer Part 3. Also add in Red Sun which is an unreleased GFriend song performed by VIVIZ and Love Love Love which was the fans favourite song of theirs in a poll before Maniac came out. That should give enough quality material with their solo releases to make a great Part 3. But also add in Yuju’s OST for Alice called Secret which is breathtaking and Eunha’s OST called Don’t come with Bye which is the most emotional song I think she has ever sung.
Rough makes me fall in love with Yuju.
Summer rain makes me fall in love with Eunha.
Eunha is my ultimate bias, Yuju is my wrecker.
My Vocal Queens ❤
Gfriend my girls I miss them so much. Thank you so much for this video ! I will enjoy it !
I love this sooo much.
Thank you for watching! Hope to see you for part 2!! - Brandon
If you like Gfriend there's a good chance you'll like Fromis_9 as well
also Navillera is my all time fav gg song!
Oooo ok we might have to add Fromis_9 to the list then! Thank you for the recommendation! - Brandon
Yuju has sang some of the best osts that I think you guys would love! Please check out secret, I’m in the mood, spring, falling, first love
For that guess how many members in a group game, the curveball is Crayon Pop with identical twins in the group. 😂
Oh god 😵💫 I would be so messed up haha - Brandon
yayyyyyyyyy gfriend thanks
More to come on next Wednesday at 8pm EST over on our Twitch! We'll be doing more GFRIEND and VIVIZ too! - Brandon
GFRIEND hear you. They will comback on January '25 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
omg we spoke it into existence! :O can't wait!!
-Alex
More..part 2 ✌️
We will be doing a part 2 and that will include more GFRIEND and also VIVIZ will be in the next part. Hopefully you'll join us live next Wednesday at 8pm EST!
I really love this reaction concept, I´m gonna see more of your reactions. I lost the part2 livestream today :( Waiting for the video 🙏
Some background info on what gfriend is all about. So they debuted with Source Music which was at the time bankrupt. They didn't really pop until a viral clip of them performing me gustus tu on stage got popular. In this clip a lot of members slipped and fell due to poor conditions (Yuju broke some fingers). They endured and finished the show which then endeared them to the masses.
This was around the time they released Rough which pretty much blew them up. From there they built on their success with 71 music show wins. Source Music then got purchased by Hybe and dropped Gfriend soon after. Details of all this is vague at most, it was pretty much a shit show.
The Gfriend Lore/Storyline is mostly theory at best so I'll just explain what I believe it is.
School Era is mostly solidifying the girls friendship to each other and them during there 'Happy times' hence the whole everything is perfect aesthetic. They all have powers represented by Glass Beads but their powers make them fall apart as they grow older and their egos clash. Graduating around the Rough/Summer Rain Era. Similar to how when we leave school we disconnect from our friends, we grow up.
Eunha obtains a box of butterflies as shown in the books (We are now around Fingertip Era), each butterfly allows her to turn back time. This is where we can see all the fighting between the girls as their friendship falls apart. Eunha witnesses Sinb straight up shoot Yerin on the rooftop in fingertip and Eunha uses a butterfly to turn back time in order to try and save everyones friendship (dramatically falling off the rooftop she wakes up and they are all friends again).
Next TFTMN/Sunrise I think is a compilation of scenes where the girls are back together but the cracks start showing again (Yerin crying etc). Eunha knowing the future is mostly sad knowing that inevitably they will break up which is why she's always the observer.
Next in Crossroads Era, the beginning shows Eunha using a butterfly in the beginning so basically she failed in trying to keep them together. She's now in a space where she's upset and again we see the members fall out again with all the infighting. I think this is where she decides not to go back and try to fix things anymore. The lyrics (there's subs you can turn them on now) basically saying no matter what happens they will find each other and work through there issues.
Apple Era is basically their 'we will do whatever the fuck we want' like eating the forbidden apple, burning trees and walking on the dinner table' time. Kind of accepting that they are witches with powers and that they can co exist. Eunha releases the butterflies signifies her acceptance of fate. Mago represents this with them having fun together now as grown adults embracing each others differences and partying long into the night. Overall a happy ending... thats how I like to see things anyway.
I could tell the commentators weren’t buddies because of how much false information they were giving 😫 i really wanted to just chime in and correct them every time it happened 😭
That's fair but this gives us an opportunity for us all to learn about new groups! - Brandon
Thanx 💕 from a Buddy
Thank you for watching! ☺️ Hope to see you next Wednesday!
Please check out their dance practices, they are known as the dance queen and queen of Synchronization
if you want more deep to bside
Gfriend bside has amazing instrumental
i give you the list
1. Under the sky
2. Water Flower
3. Compass
4. Gone with the wind
5. Hear the wind sing
6. Contrail
7. Crush
8. Love Bug
9. Flower Garden
10. Love in the air
11. Fall in love
12. Show up
13. Mr. Blue
14. Paradise
15. Eye of Strom
16. Room of Mirror
17. Tarot Card
18. Eclips
all of them has good isntrumental, good structureof song, combination sound, combination genre, good vocal and adlibs
Hint, you can watch most GFriend dance practices Mirrored and get full audio.
each gfriend mv usually has linked to each other from school trilogy until crossroad, all of them linked
Thanks for making dis❤
im sorry
if you didnt like how about GFRIEND outfit in their debut and a little time after
they cant even choose branded outfit cause their fund is very limited
so they decided to choose same outfit to reduce it and focused to promotion
bcause thei agency cant even provide a good building for them
they started form basement building
when you talking with that, its like comparing them to other GG who started from +
GFRIEND started not even from 0
they started from - (minus) 🙏
u should hear gfriend b-side like WHITE.. this so nostalgic songggg🥰🥰
I cant wait for 2nd part
How to pronounce Romanized korean names (generally) - GF version;
S+i is pronounced "Shi-" e.g. SinB = Shin-Bi. Only "Si-" is pronounced this way due to the restriction of the spoken Korean language. There's no "See" sound.
U-consonant = "Au-" like August, so Umji = Aum-Ji. This is how a lot of the words are written when romanized. Sometimes they are written differently as well, e.g. Jeong/Jung.
E is Ae sound like "when", e.g. Yerin= Ye-rin
O can be "O" sound or "Au" sound, in Sowon's case, her name is pronounced So-Won with "O" for So and "AU" for Won.
Eunha; her name is composed of 2 syllable Eun-Ha. Eu- is a vowel sound that many western languages do not utilized. So it might take some time to familiarized. Examples of eu- sounds in korean words are: Yep-peun=beatiful , Nap-peun=bad, Yu-reum=Summer
Finally, Yuju, it's Yoo-Joo. She is one of the best vocalists. Love her
There's an impressive sentence about K-pop that I happened to see, "For me, April is a fairy tale, Gfriend is a collection of poetry and Lovelyz is a novel. But fuck my bookshelf is all stolen. How can this make sense?"
😂😂
I don't know how the lyrics will be translated to foreigners. but especially in songs from the beginning of debut, the lyrics of gfriend songs are mostly composed of Korean and they are very literary. So they were used as materials in Korean language classes, and Gfriend's songs were also included in music textbooks. Besides the musical elements, I want people to know why Gfriend's songs were so successful in Korea. (For example, their teamwork, synchronization of choreography, etc.) Since I am Korean, I always wondered how it would be conveyed to foreigners, so all the reaction videos of Gfriend are interesting. I enjoyed the video!
Thank you for checking our video out! That's so interesting that their songs (lyrics?) were used in schools, that's definitely not common here but I guess that's how much Korea loved Gfriend :')
I'm sure things get lost in translation and through difference in culture but we really appreciate what Gfriend has accomplished!
-Alex
Gfriend 🤟🤟
Again for part 2 plissss
if gfriend could have stayed together they would have made it alot more far but it was not meant to be. good that there is viviz.
Fact: if you search for "Ear purifying encore stage" on yt, then gfriend's encore stage of them sing 'Sunrise' will appear as the top result 👀
1:47:27 we wishhhh😢
Hopefully they'll do something! - Brandon
1:42:07 i think it's more like a cello
hope you guys will watch their Japanese songs too!
I wish we could without the videos getting blocked :(
@@AudioAddictionmedia Hahaha so true
Eunha is always alone because she is the only one who’s alive.
ou i saw someone mentioning Lovelyz!"!"#"!$ETGRH and now i need a full video on Lovelyz discography... Bc it's flawless
Maybe you'll be seeing that soon then! - Brandon
Please check Gfriend's Japanese release
Do nct 2 plz
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i miss this kpop girl group concept kind... too much girl crush GG concept now
Where is part 1
? This is part 1? - Brandon
Part 2 will be recorded live on Wednesday over on Twitch!
Blackpink please
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Pls react to Twice
Kpop songs dont need rap part
Gfriend eternas patronas de dreamcatcher sorry
th-cam.com/video/Nz0ipSlRiwI/w-d-xo.html 이걸봐야 지프랜드를 알수 있음..
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