MUSIC Producer DISCOVERS & Analyses AESPA - Next Level & Savage Reactions | MIND Blown!!!
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It’s quite funny that he mentioned next level being good for a car advert, because BMW actually tried to buy the song for an advert but it ended up being sold to SM instead
This guy’s commentary is really informative and interesting to watch. I don’t know anything about producing but I’m still entertained. :)
Glad you enjoyed!!
Next level got one composer explain the song. You can find him on TH-cam "music industry contact", listen more about producing, it's fun.
Aespa got a lot of composers explain their song in many ways, SM always make everybody confused even the professioner.
for the melodies and lyrics in savage you have to thank the SM supreme legend Yoo Young Jin! he's been working with aespa since their debut (he's actually Winter vocal coach, or at least he was until recently) and he's been writing for SM artists for two decades at least! most of the legendary bangers under SM have his name written in the credits ;)
Winter's Abojie 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i love when producers react to things, i like actual musical commentary, a lot of reactors don't react to important changes in the instrumental. i love your commentary!
Agreed!!
that one part in Savage will always be iconic
As with all the groups under SM Entertainment, their storylines and concepts are all part of SM's Universe, including aespa's storyline. And even the structure of the song and lyrics are strategically designed to tell that story. aespa's story, so far, primarily connects to EXO's and SuperM's storylines. I think SM has set it up so that at least all of their third generation groups -- and now even fourth gen. groups, with the introduction of aespa -- have storylines that connect, link together and intertwine. Each group has their own individual storyline and concept, but when you put them all together there are threads of connections between the groups.
To learn more about SM's Universe and aespa's concept and storyline, please see the rest of my comment attached in the replay.
Part 2 of 3: To help you start to understand aespa better as a group and to explain a little more about what is happening in their MVs, if you haven't already, you should watch aespa's "aespa 'ep1. Black Mamba' - SM Culture Universe" video that was released about 6 months ago right before their MV for "Next Level" was released. It's the first episode of aespa's drama and it explains in more detail about aespa's storyline.
As with everything that SM does, aespa is much more than just a singing group. They have a whole story that is more like a movie or an epic novel and all their MVs and everything they do is connected.
aespa is a four member girl group whose concept revolves around the fact that their name means "avatar experience" and each of the girls has an avatar character -- as you see with their animated characters and scenes -- so they also are superhero-like beings, just like EXO and the members of SuperM.
Their avatars aren't exactly "virtual members," but they are virtual characters that represent each of the members in the digital realm. As part of aespa's concept, it is thought that anyone who does anything online has a virtual character that lives online that represents them -- everytime we do anything online we leave a piece of digital DNA which is what is used to create our digital selves or avatar. If you watch the video I suggested above, this will all become more clear and aespa's concept should make more sense.
And just like EXO, the members of aespa all have their own powers and symbols that represent them:
💓Karina (Yoo JiMin) is the leader of the group, she is a main dancer and lead rapper: her symbol is a heart and her spirit animal is a whale. She is Korean.
🌕Giselle (Uchinaga Aeri) is the main rapper and a vocalist: her symbol is the moon and her spirit animal is a unicorn. She is Japanese.
⭐Winter (Kim MinJeong) is a lead dancer, lead vocalist and the visual of the group: her symbol is a star and her spirit animal is a Siberian Husky dog. She is Korean
🦋NingNing (Níng Yìzhuo) is the maknae and the main vocalist: her symbol is a butterfly and her spirit animal is a tiger. She is Chinese.
In order to understand aespa's storyline, you really have to pay attention to the lyrics of their songs, because the lyrics help to explain aespa's concept and what is happening in their MVs.
The way I see it is, there are two dimensions: aespa in the real world and their avatars (Kwangya) world. Aespa are connected to their avatars and everything the aespa members do in real life gives power to their avatars. However, because of the Black Mamba's temptation, aespa and their avatars cannot connect through the SYNK app anymore, so their avatars become lost. Therefore, I think in "Next Level" aespa is on a mission to try and stop the Black Mamba hacker and find their avatars in order to re-establish a connection.
Fun fact: The song intentionally switches up in "Next Level" at that specific moment because, if you pay attention to the lyrics, it says "Naevis calling" which is referring to the fact that their avatars are summoning them to their Kwangya realm, so they teleport to the virtual realm (where everything is different) and then when the beat switches back to "Next Level" they are shown going back to the real world. Everything SM does, even the most minute detail, such as the structure of the song is done for a very specific reason.
However, this is far from the first time SM has ever done mashups and had songs where it switches up the beat to a completely different song in the middle of the song. It started with songs like Girls Generations "I Got A Boy," and they have done it with SHINee's "Sherlock (Clue & Note), F(X) and Red Velvet, and even SuperM's song "One (Monster & Infinity)." It's a very signature SM style.
The 5th animated character you see in "Savage" is Naevis who is the creator and designer of the Kwangya world, so that is why you see aespa say, "My naevis we love you" several times in the "Savage" lyrics, because they are thanking naevis for looking out for them, protecting them and doing all they can to prevent and eliminate the Black Mamba hacker.
Therefore, I think in "Savage" aespa is under the Black Mamba hacker's control and they are gearing up to fight the Black Mamba in order to gain back control and to connect with their avatars once again.
Often, when characters within SM MVs have blue eyes or different eye colors this usually is an indication that that person isn't themselves, i.e. they aren't who we think they are. It is thought to be used to show that they are a clone or alter ego, etc., under the control of an evil force.
Part 3: To understand how all of SM's groups are connected, you first need to be aware that it all began with EXO's debut in 2012. EXO's concept is that they are aliens from Planet Exo who have been sent to Earth on a mission to find and protect the Tree of Life from the Red Force, while also trying to fix all the things that are going wrong in the world, which are believed to be caused by the Red Force. The Red Force is thought to be here on Earth inflicting their evil agenda -- corrupting humanity and causing all the bad things that are happening in the world, such as war, hate and destruction of the environment, etc. And because EXO is trying to undo and prevent the Red Force from accomplishing their goals, the Red Force is also trying to take down EXO by capturing them, corrupting them and standing in their way, etc.
Some theories even believe that Red Velvet is connected to EXO's storyline. Some think that Red Velvet, EXO's sister group, could be the Red Force.
SuperM is the Kpop industry's very first supergroup which debuted in October 2019 and their concept and storyline is centered around the fact that they are Avengers-like superheros, so SuperM is the group that pretty much connects everything together. As part of EXO's story, Baekhyun and Kai -- who are members of EXO -- have recruited members from SM Entertainment's other male Kpop groups -- Taemin from SHINee, Taeyong and Mark from NCT and Ten and Lucas from WayV -- and formed SuperM, to help them battle the Red Force.
It is said that the concept for SuperM is supposed to be like the Avengers, so, I see it as each of the members are a different kind of superhero that make up the larger "Avengers" group, just like how the Marvel Avenger members come together from all walks of life with all different abilities and powers, etc. to make up one big supergroup.
Also, just like how the Marvel Avengers come together to combine their strengths and powers to help fight Thanos, I see parallels with what SM is doing with SuperM's storyline. SuperM is taking members from each group and joining forces to take down the Red Force. And just like how the movies "Avengers Identity War" and "Avengers Endgame" eventually had each of the Marvel Avengers members recruiting their whole crew to help in the fight, I think SM is setting it up so that all of its groups' members will eventually be brought into the fight.
Theories have also speculated that NCT's/WayV's dream concept and storyline also connects to EXO's storyline. As with everything NCT does, it all has to do with dreams, dreaming or something to do with being in a dream state, which could very easily connect to EXO's other world and other dimension theories.
Now, to explain how aespa is connected to the story. aespa debuted in November 2020, and so far they have 3 MVs that are connected to their storyline. So, in order to understand the story, you also have to watch "Black Mamba." The MV for "Next Level" tells aespa's backstory and explains a lot of what you will see happening in their debut "Black Mamba" MV.
I am also starting to wonder if maybe aespa has something to do with the Tree of Life from EXO's storyline, because, in "Next Level," you see aespa and their avatars with what looks like the mother tree from the Hollywood movie "Avatar," so I wonder if maybe aespa were made the guardians of the Tree of Life, tasked with hiding the two halves of the tree. So, maybe the Tree of Life is what the Black Mamba is after.
I think the Black Mamba maybe working with the Red Force, or it could be a separate evil being who also wants to find the Tree of Life and prevent peace from being restored in the Universe.
As we are told in the intro of EXO's debut "Mama" MV, the Tree of Life was split in half in order to prevent the Red Force from gaining control of the heart of the Tree of Life. However, things on Earth have gotten out of hand, so now EXO needs to reunite the two halves of the tree in order to restore peace. So, I think part of EXO's mission is they are on a quest to find aespa in order to reveal where the tree was hidden.
aespa was first introduced to the world in a teaser at the end of SuperM's "One (Monster & Infinity)" MV last year -- about a week or so before aespa's debut. In the last scene of the "One (Monster & Infinity)" MV, we see Taemin with an LG phone and on the phone screen there is a symbol that appears. At the time, when that MV was released, we had no idea what that meant. However, soon after that, we discovered that the symbol you see on Taemin's phone -- ae -- is the logo/symbol for aespa. So, on top of being a teaser for aespa's debut, I think by making aespa a part of SuperM's MV, this was SM's way of establishing aespa's connection to SuperM's/EXO's storyline.
Will aespa eventually join forces with EXO to defeat evil or will the Black Mamba gain control and cause aespa to team up with (Red Velvet?) and become members of the Red Force? We will just have to wait to see how SM connects the dots and draws the storylines together. But I have a feeling that, eventually, aespa's story will connect to SuperM's story, and, along the way, also EXO, NCT and Red Velvet's storyline, and maybe Taemin's solo work, and possibly even SHINee. (Even though SHINee is part of the second generation in Kpop, the members are the same age as third generation group members, so they sort of bridge that gap between second and third generation.)
aespa's story is just another one of SM's epic concepts and mysteries that we will have to wait and see where it takes us.
I swear zu zu zu zu is the catchiest thing I've ever heard?
the official structure/form of the song "Next Level" is (from the original composer himself):
intro → verse 1 → pre-chorus → chorus → *reintro/transition (lalala) → verse 2 → *bridge pt.1 → *bridge pt.2 → *bridge rap pt.1 → *bridge rap pt.2 → pre-chorus → chorus → *chorus/outro
* the added parts that were not in the original sample by A$ton Wild
source: th-cam.com/video/u-GQ44SvKZ0/w-d-xo.html
I saw the NCT reaction with this gentleman and was HOPING to see AESPA because SM production is always really unique and weird to me in a way that rides the line between iconic and weird af to me lol.
Pls 😭🤞🏽been waiting
Thanks for reacting to Aespa. SMent just so amazing in producing music.
Also, since you've a music producer, I'm sure that EXO Lay - Lit mv (he spent USD$1.4M for the mv) and Flying Apsaras will amazed you. You could also check the dance practices coz that's really good.
Love how the guy behind the camera is just stanning TF out lol. Stan Aespa🙌🏾
thank you for this I really enjoyed his insights 🙏💖
Beautiful informative reaction, as always!❤️🤗
Thanks for reacting to aespa
Subscribed, loved it!
It's reminds me of Chinese Opera, specially Ningning riffs part 👏🔥
my reaction was exactly like this when i first heard 😂 4:09
SM is about content and entertaining us plus giving vocals.
The changes is for entertainment.
man . youre in next level🤣
Did I understand anything that they said??? No but I am enjoying myself. It’s really nice to hear these comments from someone with a different perspective and of course I always welcome new people 😌
new fav youtube video tbh
Wow, thank you!
Would love to hear Drew react to NMIXX's O.O - I feel like JYP was going for this same vibe but it seems like a lot of us feel like he missed the mark. Would be fascinating to hear Drew's take on that song!
He should react to Girls generation- I got A boy it almost does the same I would like to see his reaction.
i feel like aespa's concept/storyline should've been explained a bit more ? i feel like he would not have said 'say something deeper' if their storyline had been explained before watching the videos. aespa (and the rest of sm artists) have deep lore behind nearly everything they release. aespa's lyrics and songs are literally about their lore. it's going to seem like they're talking about nothing if it isn't explained
Have him do Black Mamba & Dreams come true next 👍
He need to react to stray kids!!!
God menu and back door and the new one…
Wait, what is the song in the intro??? It sounds so good
Stayc - Complex!
Aespa 1st mini album likes All-star composers. 3-5 people producing one song. SME really do care this newbie group, I feel like millions dollars are burning in this album and MV.
react to red velvet
I think it would help more if you let them speak first and share their insights and also listen to the song without interfering w your little commentary, so that they'll be able to formulate their words properly.
The words “your little commentary” are sending me hdhdhdhhshdhs.
I’m rewatching this and most of what I was doing was “hmmm, yeah, ahh, true” which seemed to help formulate his words and share his insights because that back and forth formula makes reactors more comfortable on camera.
@@Koko3op hahahaha sorry the way i worded it sounded a bit vain it's hilarious. i hope u don't mind if i explain more T_T maybe it's because i find your voice more prominent and conspicuous since you're probably closer to the mic or camera but yeah for this particular video i felt like both of you overlaps with brief comments "hmm, yeah, ahh, true" agreeing w each other, overlapping thoughts, haha and some of it resulted to unfinished sentences. but nevertheless, i really enjoyed his reaction. It wasn't my intention to offend but I understand if you ever felt that way. I hope I made it clear now >< Sorry!
I can’t understand anything this guy is saying
Another great video Micah ! It was super interesting🥰 I believe maybe they’d find Girl’s Generation « I got a boy » interesting too since it also has changes in the music and everything~ lots of love!
Thank you!!! ♥️