The reason why the older generation is getting into XG is because of AAVE some of you are complaining about. Almost all black fans from the US love it. Are you kidding me ? The xypher would not have blown up if they didn't rap the way the did. I laugh when the one calling CA and culture vulture are not even black. XG has shown that they appreciate African American music and they are not appropriating. Oh and about the braids ... you want to be petty? Do we tell people not to get yakuza style sleeve tattoos? Do we tell people not to get tattoos with Japanese characters?.. should we tell blacks girls name Yashika to change their name since it is know that it comes from Yashiko?. How about artist that give their kids japanese names?. Never did the Asian community called out Wu Tang Clan, never did the Asian community said oh the movie the last dragon should get cancel out since the Kung fu fighters are black and not Asian. This CA bull is recent back in the days we had none of that. As long as they are respectful to the culture and the way they are using it, it should not be a problem.
XG has openly stated that some of their biggest influences are TLC, Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and Lauryn Hill.. so that 90s R&B vibe is very prominent in their music and I love it! Its like a perfect blend of mid/late 90s with a modern twist added.
I came to know of XG through their producer Simon. He was in an underrated 2nd gen K-pop group that I was a fan of called DMTN. His father is Korean, his mother is Japanese, and he's from the US, so he has an understanding of the 3 different cultures, languages, and music markets. All of this, along with him growing up in the 90s-00s, has been a huge influence on the group: their Western sound, releasing songs in English, having Japanese (and mixed Japanese) members, training and living in Korea, etc. There are also rumours that Hikaru may join XG after her time in Kep1er.
They're actually they're been trained in Japan for 5 years before going to Korea. They're going back and forth for the training and promotion,. They do not belong to K-Pop genre. They're all Japanese members that they should belong to J-Pop then K-Pop, but people called them a Japanese Global Group. They're under AVEX Japanese Company and partnered with Korean Company only. AVEX is funding most of the productions.
hey! no one forced you to react to them, i explicitly stated you didn't have to if you didn't want to hahahaha. I absolutely adore XG and their very heavy focus on girl power... it just feels very good to scream along to, like in shooting star, singing "making big moves, as i should cause i'm a queen" or scream along to mascara's line "go girl, u know u a stunner. cry over what? who you? sayonara!" ... lol you get my point it's very satisfying to me. they're just a bunch of super talented queens
Yeah they said in an interview their main identity is rnb & hip hop. Skills wise they went viral for their rapping, vocals are amazing live, even the rappers can sing well & their dancing is very advanced, almost dance crew-esq. For 5 years of training they are very well rounded.
The rainbow colorful is a Japanese culture known as Harajuku style which inspired the western culture to create Y2K in the early 2000's just like Gwen Stafani created The Harajuku Girls, XG is different and approach the industry as a global HipHop/R&B/Pop, in their interviews they have mentioned TLC,Aalyiah,LaurenHill as their major influence. XG is quietly making their way up but with good music and good style and young, ages are from 17 to 21 XG deserves more recognition but slowly will take over the world, they're awesome🔥
Took me a while to actually listen to them because thought they were KPop but their sound is a bit different. Now so sold they can take my soul. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 They got really good vocals, choreography, and styling. Go watch their dance practices and live stages! They're fantastic!
One of the things that I think makes these MVs so dope is that they have a very high percentage of real physical sets instead of CG, even on really crazy sets like the snow one in Shooting Star. It just gives all the scenes that extra level of punch. Avex has given this group only the most ultra-premium treatment when it comes to production values and styling.
I think we all have the same reaction to the body roll!! I have literally NEVER seen it done better!! To see Maya go from her hard rap section back to girly is just MAGNIFICENT!!!
LOL I died when you went to A TAB OF ACID when she licked the stamp. The theme of shooting star is apparently they are like a delivery app. I only put that together when they explained it in the Behind the Scenes for the MV. and I LOVE the Mid-late 90s vibes from the sound and video vibe. I'm old and it was so nostalgic and it took me back to watching TRL after school. and a lot of the hip hop tones in Mascara remind me more of British female hiphop artists in tone and delivery. Harvey really contributes to that for me.
Left Right really is the XG gateway drug lol, that's how they got me too. Mascara and Tippy Toes are definitely growers for me as well for the reasons you mentioned. I'm excited to see more from XG. They have the potential to put out an insanely solid discography and the girls seem very talented and passionate. I hope they promote in the US too. They would make a killing for sure
I love how skeptics change their tune at the end lol. Great reaction. Their concept is IMO, is that they are aliens from another galaxy. And you pointed out they look like Kaiju’s running around the city. In Left Right, you see them as giants on top of the ship. And they can also shrink down to normal size. Their mid-century style fit are the aliens and crew. Meanwhile the y2k fits are them as giants. So basically they are the giants taking over the world. That’s my take on it
I too was hesitant to dive in with them but I took a shot with this comeback and dang. I almost missed out on this banger. I can’t get enough of the vocals on the prechorus of shooting star. With left and right, I’m a sucker for RnB. They killed it with both MVs. Left and right MV is just a big throwback and I miss those days of TLC etc.
I wasn't sure on 'Mascara' when it first came out, but I ended up having that song on repeat a few times since lol. 'Left Right' is 100% my jam though. I loved how much you had to say about the MVs! I am for sure keeping my eye on XG.
This was my exact journey with Mascara. It ended up being one of my favorite songs from 2022. The Anthem-ness of it got me. I love Shooting Star and Left Right as well. Tippy-Toes is the one song I've never gotten into.
I'm so happy to see you enjoy them as well, I'm so obsessed with them!! Loved your reactions and commentary 💙 The late 90s/2000s rnb hiphop influences just warms my heart
They are different from groups nowadays. They be really singing,singing. The message of their songs usually is about team work and empowerment. The organic growth they got, dasurb. I was in kpop for some time now and confused at first bec usually kpop are the ones be doing groups nowadays. They really are well rounded and flexible as they can do a wide scope of music and now bringing back 90s and early 2000s vibe. Guess they really are with talents since the beginning and are now even better with the right training. What is happening in Japan? They really be claiming the throne to the 90s and y2k shinjuku vibes.
Mascara is such an anthem. & Tippy Toes does grow. Def check out their dance practices. Shooting Star & Left Right are absolute bangers though. Especially Left Right.
Quick breakdown about the opening scene of the members wearing Kitsune wolf masks (referencing ALPHAZ - fandom name) where they're packing receipts as zoomed in at the 'minute and twenty-seven' mark of the MV. The receipt states each members ideals exemplified in the MV by the late 90's Harajuku Culture demonstrated by their individual slogans on the airbrushed shirts. 01 Diversity And No Hatred = Jurin 02 Energy To Move On = Chisa 03 A Piece Of Peace = Hinata 04 Inspirational Mood = Harvey 05 Love, And More Love = Juria 06 Joyful Vibe = Maya 07 Confidence To Do Smth Stupid = Cocona # Of Items Ordered: 7 you can scan the QR code if you like
They're Global GG from Japan company with producer Japanese-Korean that's why their songs in English but they have music project mix in English Japanese and Korean.
Fan fact, yeah I do agree the MV for Left Right might not be as good as Shooting Stars, only because, Left Right was in fact a B-side only for Shooting Stars, but since the hype for it was real, they had to come up with a MV for it in a short notice, call it as a fan service if you will, the song was really good by itself already, in my years of listening to k - pop, this is a first time for me to see a B-side with a real MV from the producers. Nice to see you on the XG Train, Like you I never into the Rap western style either not my cup of tea as you say, but their vocals and the really good chorus gravitates me toward them more, Their dancing is what first my caught attention on them, they are really good dancers, will look forward to your reactions to the dance performance of each of this songs, its a treat as well, more power to your channel sir
The rap verses will take some warning up to. Their vocals and synchronization are incredible for new artists. Hopefully those are highlighted a bit more going forward
@Dan Laurel stray kids have been putting out multiple b-side videos for every comeback. many kpop groups recently have jumping on that wagon, it's almost expected now
What helps this feel even more cohesive is that ostinato you hear at the beginning actually runs through almost the entire track. Introduce the theme by itself so the listeners can familiarise themselves, then have it supplement the progression of the song - that's some good songwriting there. Also, you don't know how validated I felt when you referenced Aaliyah during Left Right. That's exactly where my mind went when I heard the song for the first time 😆
Calling AVEX just a Japanese conglomerate that is jumping in on the kpop money train? wooooo boyyyyyyy. Avex is at this point the Disney of Japan man lol Literally everyone has to go through Avex to promote in Japan and the broader Asian peninsula. SME's TVXQ became the giants they were is because of their partnership with Avex. The American Equivalent of just Avex Music Publishing is the America's Universal Music Group lol
15:06,22:00 ... she's hinata. Sub vocalist, visual and main dancer. She's Korean Japanese. Also my second bias. You can easily spot her as most time she has blonde or light hair colour compared to other members. Like in tippy toes and mascara she's the only full blonde, in shooting star she's pink and in left right she's platinum silver 15:10... that's jurin. Leader, centre, lead rapper and main dancer. She's Japanese. Also my Bias 21:39.... maybe soyeon from idle *React to their live performance. You won't regret* Last points: Hikaru from Kepler trained with them. Do there's a news that she will join xg after Kepler's disbands
The Shooting Star MV is Rigend Film, and yes, they are _always_ high quality and crazy with the edits - like, they made Seventeen's Hot (edits like MAD and again with the pyrotechnics!) but also Seventeen's Fallin' Flower (one of the most BEAUTIFUL kpop MVs ever). It's definitely XG's most expensive video, although Mascara is from VM Project Architecture, another frequent Seventeen collaborator, although it looks like a different person (or they're using a different name). Jinooya Makes did Left Right MV; you would know them from NCT Dream's Go, which is about as different from LR as an MV could be lol (also did Ten's New Heroes, a few Winner and Jay Park MVs). You seem to really enjoy the vocal line so an easy, post-Tippy Toes guide: light hair = Hinata; bangs = Juria; no bangs = Chisa
Commenting mid-video, but if you appreciated the Shooting Star Set so much, you got to watch both the "MV Behind" video as well as "Xtra XG #10" up on their YT. Those two videos covered the Shooting Star music video filming and showed the sets + how they filmed it. There's almost 0 green screen used in this MV. ^^
Nice shout out to Leslie Gore’s sample from 1963! And you’re totally right time is a damn circle, trends of all kinds come back around and I’m loving it with XG hah. Nice reaction bro!
glad you checked them out again XG is too good dance rap and sing all 7 are fierce refreshing an era in music that was fun and the production team is killing it too ⚜⚜🥰🥰
XG trained in Japan for 5 years but 2 years in Korea for preparations since the start of Pandemic. Jurin and Chisa are already with AVEX Japanese Academy for 5 years already before moving to Korea.
I was on the fence with shooting star since I loooved tippy toes & mascara vibe, but then left and right sold me! If you do tippy toes you should package that in with the 4 rapper’s cipher that was going viral. Was super impressive and im not huge into rap❤
Also just in case it wasn’t mentioned already the girl with the blonde hair that you notice a lot is the main dancer which is why she was “fucking it up in center” lol
Also only their latest videos have this budget as they're getting more popular its nice to see their company investing in them. Tippy Toes was literally just a car park and basement, Mascara was an upgrade but Shooting Star is BUDGET
Love your reaction. This is my favorite reaction of yours! Their producer Simon, grew up in the USA and loves RnB / Hip Hop. The members love RnB / Hip Hop as well.
I could definitely open a circle pit to Mascara lol. I like some of the rapping, but yeah…some of the vocal tones used for the raps are really not my thing either (that tone is the exact reason I dont really vibe with blackpink actually). However, every other aspect of the music is SO fucking good Im more than happy to look past it haha.
The Shooting Star MV is directed by Rigend Film - and they are some mad mv directors in Korea who've also done Seventeen HOT, Twice Talk that Talk, Scientist and Nayeon's POP and Itzy Loco so they have great ones under their belt. And XG often work with Korean companies
I love there music doesn't matter if it's hip hop music 🎵 is music 🎵 it's better than the rap music in America that's garbage 🗑️. But XG rap is clean and good 👍
I couldn’t get into their first two song but I loved their new releases in shooting star and left & right especially left & right, it’s just an easy listen pure rnb song. It makes sense considering the writer for left & right is an rnb singer herself That said I wish they make the rapper cocona parts and all rap parts don’t use the “blaccent”, one or two of the people who produce or manage the group grew up in America so they should know better maybe when it comes to these things like some of the hairstyles they gave to cocona in love stages made me uncomfortable That all said their live were good and they are super charismatic not to mention their company is backing them up heavily like ever since they debuted and I keep seeing their ads everywhere on UA-cam and they have promoted hashtags. I kinda understand how they are promoting as someone who followed jpop before kpop I can understand why promoting in Japan isn’t ideal for a group that want to be global but at the same time they are promoting heavily in Korea while they members are all Japanese and their company ceo is a shady person too so it’s like their company want them to face hate there idk I’m just confused; if anything is good out of promoting in Korea they did gain a lot of attention and their pretty mvs helped a lot as well so that’s good for them at least
funny that you assume it was all about kpop making a lot of money is the reason why they started. these people has a dreams and to be different in the industry. they are all talented. not like you guys who react for what? clout?
@@KpopPrince lol. you think i don’t know investors are there for the money? your intro is invalidating these girls talent by assuming everything is a all about the money at first. kpop prince? more like assuming things and talking nonsense. you’re the one who’s here for the money using other culture for clout. clown
@@KpopPrince if you haven’t heard them before i will recommend you some of thier songs Start with BLACK MAMBA then next level After Savage And then Illlusion Then Girls They have 2 mini albums Savage mini album and girls mini album
XG global where kpop only stay in Korea FYI nobody wants to by South Korean music if they don't understand XG gonna blow kpop out do to there music are in English
I loved shooting star chours and left & right entirely because it’s rnb and it’s my favorite genre, but I didn’t like the rest of their music. I have been having issues with rappers and how they rap along with the rap parts lyrics like a lot of it is aave and they have “blackaccent” not to mention in a lot of stages some of the rappers especially the main rapper full on doing ca I’m familiar with Japanese entertainment industry and I know for long even before kpop was like it is do it and the ca is extra heavy there, ppl just don’t talk about it much because the media content from songs and all usually aren’t accessible much by international audience so things like that rarely get called out, but still this group is aimed as global group and the mv production and marketing value is super big so you would expect their company knows better but I guess not 😬 ( before anyone jumping me I’m black so this accent and ca of hairstyles and all makes me uncomfortable and I’m tired of it , like just because someone rap it doesn’t mean they should act like a black person ) Lowkey despite like I mentioned liking shooting star and loving left & right, I’m so confused because they all Japanese girls and the songs are in English and their company say they are a global group so why are they promoting in korea as a kpop group and I see a lot of people treating the group as kpop group and some reactors even compared them to rookie kpop groups and idk it shouldn’t be like that The vocalists are talented tho I like them a lot
I actually bring this up a bit in my live stage reaction and mentioned it on Discord. Not necessarily the person to bring up such discussions, but I wondered what others thought
As a former KPOP idol their executive producer should know how to sell in KPOP industry so that’s what he’s been doing, I guess. Selling in western countries is a whole different story - they’ve been doing small interviews in English but I dunno what else they can do for it. As for CA issue, they heavily listen to 90’s RnB and hiphop and intend to bring it back as a group so that’s how they picked up the accent maybe? If respect is key they have that. If it’s an automatic taboo I don’t think we’re living in a cross cultural world.
@@damobno1 Yes. 10000000%. Vikings had braids and cornrows 1000+ years ago. With all the insanely horrible issues on this planet and in society (40,000+ dead earthquake, famine, mass shootings, homelessness, natural disasters, genocide, war, etc etc etc its absolutely ridiculous to spend time and energy being offended by such pointless stupid bs. When you are on your death bed when your time comes trust me you aint gonna a give f about braids and accents.
@@damobno1 I totally agree. Some real idiots on Earth still do not even want to acknowledge that KINKY CURLY hair can also happen to THE WHITEST OF WHITE people (mainly originating from Scotland/ Ireland. It's just as 'ethnic' there as it is on the continent of Africa). That means it CAN and DOES happen to those of European descent, no matter where they were born! Besides all that, XG is SUPPOSED to be a GLOBE-WIDE group for EVERYBODY to enjoy. CA is SO out-of style to bitch about (except for the goddamned Karens of the world, apparently). I have run into some of those 'people' (trolls) over the internet and I leave them with this: 'If HAIRSTYLE is your stupid 'Cultural Appropriation', then you have to give up ALL of your electronics and power in your house if you live outside of the United States. Electricity is AMERICAN in origin. You can have Steam-Powered vehicles but you are NOT allowed Electricity! You cannot have it BOTH ways; either you are OKAY with 'Cultural Appropriation' OR you are NOT OKAY with it. Go make up your mind, you goddamned hypocrite.'' See how fast they recoil from THAT idea. lol That's as fucking dumb as some White dickheads yelling at Spanish speakers in America to 'LEARN ENGLISH OR GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!' First, there is no one single 'Main Language' in the United States, by law. We accepted all kinds of people in the formation of the country. What's the problem now? They need that one Navajo guy to show up and scream in their faces 'LEARN NAVAJO, ONE OF THE ACTUAL NATIVE LANGUAGES ON THIS CONTINENT, OR GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!'. lol That dude is my hero. :D
So I didn’t like any of their previous releases they were all over the place I know people love them because the girls are pretty and wow “girlcrush concept are the best for gg” that didn’t work for me, then they switched it up and did shooting star and I like the chours, hated the rap verses and the rest was meh, it did have great mv, then I fell in love with love left & right, it’s a good rnb song and I have been wanting groups to go back to doing r&b because it’s easily the best music genre, but I have issues with the groups: only few of these girls get to show their talents, way too much rappers and rap verses and a lot of usage of aave it’s super turn off like some of what they say is misused sentences that doesn’t make sense lol They are talented don’t get me wrong and I love left & right it’s one of my favorite songs released this year. I’m still confused what to label this group as like even if they are all Japanese they are not a jpop group and they aren’t promoting in Japan, the songs are fully in English and they aren’t promoting elsewhere and nothing about the group is related to kpop but they are promoting in Korea, it’s so confusing 😅
I hated tippytoes and mascara shooting star mv is insanely beautiful, how y2k concept should be shown in mvs they got the aesthetic down, the prechours and the chours for shooting star are great and catchy, but I hated the rap parts and even tho they are talented I have same issue with the group rappers just like I have with Lisa and other rappers, I don’t want to say it but the accent they are trying to have during the rap parts isn’t it and some words used is a misplaced and misused. I really wish non black rappers to stop doing that For left & right, this song is pure love and on repeat, they got the rnb formula correctly for this, it feels like a TLC song tbh which is amazing
When black sounds like white,for you it's normal. Wnen white sounds like black, you start scream about AAVE,CA and other strange thing. When black actors played in movies and shows white HISTORICAL character, for you it's normal. When someone did hairstyles with braid, you scream about,"how dare you,its our historical legacy" for 300 years max.And Scandinavian people do braids 1000 years ago. I have a question,in what time black people start be untouchable?
![DANCER REACTS TO XG - SHOOTING STAR & LEFT RIGHT MVs & Dance Practices [WITH JP/KOR SUBTITLES]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tSfRphxzfB8/mqdefault.jpg)
The reason why the older generation is getting into XG is because of AAVE some of you are complaining about. Almost all black fans from the US love it. Are you kidding me ? The xypher would not have blown up if they didn't rap the way the did. I laugh when the one calling CA and culture vulture are not even black. XG has shown that they appreciate African American music and they are not appropriating. Oh and about the braids ... you want to be petty? Do we tell people not to get yakuza style sleeve tattoos? Do we tell people not to get tattoos with Japanese characters?.. should we tell blacks girls name Yashika to change their name since it is know that it comes from Yashiko?. How about artist that give their kids japanese names?. Never did the Asian community called out Wu Tang Clan, never did the Asian community said oh the movie the last dragon should get cancel out since the Kung fu fighters are black and not Asian. This CA bull is recent back in the days we had none of that. As long as they are respectful to the culture and the way they are using it, it should not be a problem.
XG has openly stated that some of their biggest influences are TLC, Aaliyah, Destiny's Child and Lauryn Hill.. so that 90s R&B vibe is very prominent in their music and I love it! Its like a perfect blend of mid/late 90s with a modern twist added.
I came to know of XG through their producer Simon. He was in an underrated 2nd gen K-pop group that I was a fan of called DMTN. His father is Korean, his mother is Japanese, and he's from the US, so he has an understanding of the 3 different cultures, languages, and music markets. All of this, along with him growing up in the 90s-00s, has been a huge influence on the group: their Western sound, releasing songs in English, having Japanese (and mixed Japanese) members, training and living in Korea, etc. There are also rumours that Hikaru may join XG after her time in Kep1er.
The group trains in japan
They're actually they're been trained in Japan for 5 years before going to Korea. They're going back and forth for the training and promotion,. They do not belong to K-Pop genre. They're all Japanese members that they should belong to J-Pop then K-Pop, but people called them a Japanese Global Group. They're under AVEX Japanese Company and partnered with Korean Company only. AVEX is funding most of the productions.
@@XINHUILIU-k4b Yes, AVEX CEO is the founder of XG and not SImon.
hey! no one forced you to react to them, i explicitly stated you didn't have to if you didn't want to hahahaha. I absolutely adore XG and their very heavy focus on girl power... it just feels very good to scream along to, like in shooting star, singing "making big moves, as i should cause i'm a queen" or scream along to mascara's line "go girl, u know u a stunner. cry over what? who you? sayonara!" ... lol you get my point it's very satisfying to me. they're just a bunch of super talented queens
I had been meaning to for ages! Sorry for having these discussions in my head during your requests 😭.
@@KpopPrince hahaha it's all good
Yeah they said in an interview their main identity is rnb & hip hop.
Skills wise they went viral for their rapping, vocals are amazing live, even the rappers can sing well & their dancing is very advanced, almost dance crew-esq.
For 5 years of training they are very well rounded.
The rainbow colorful is a Japanese culture known as Harajuku style which inspired the western culture to create Y2K in the early 2000's just like Gwen Stafani created The Harajuku Girls, XG is different and approach the industry as a global HipHop/R&B/Pop, in their interviews they have mentioned TLC,Aalyiah,LaurenHill as their major influence. XG is quietly making their way up but with good music and good style and young, ages are from 17 to 21
XG deserves more recognition but slowly will take over the world, they're awesome🔥
👏👏👏👏👏
As stated in the lyrics to Tippy-Toes. :)
Took me a while to actually listen to them because thought they were KPop but their sound is a bit different. Now so sold they can take my soul. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They got really good vocals, choreography, and styling.
Go watch their dance practices and live stages! They're fantastic!
Juria and Chisa vocal absolutely insane
One of the things that I think makes these MVs so dope is that they have a very high percentage of real physical sets instead of CG, even on really crazy sets like the snow one in Shooting Star. It just gives all the scenes that extra level of punch. Avex has given this group only the most ultra-premium treatment when it comes to production values and styling.
Physical sets > CG every single time
XG is different another level they are awesome and talented young ladies love them. Check XG tape 2 their rap ...fire
I think we all have the same reaction to the body roll!! I have literally NEVER seen it done better!! To see Maya go from her hard rap section back to girly is just MAGNIFICENT!!!
Left Right has been the ice melter for people who can't get into XG up till now, glad you opened up this fast xD
XG❤REACTIONありがとうございます😊
LOL I died when you went to A TAB OF ACID when she licked the stamp. The theme of shooting star is apparently they are like a delivery app. I only put that together when they explained it in the Behind the Scenes for the MV.
and I LOVE the Mid-late 90s vibes from the sound and video vibe. I'm old and it was so nostalgic and it took me back to watching TRL after school.
and a lot of the hip hop tones in Mascara remind me more of British female hiphop artists in tone and delivery. Harvey really contributes to that for me.
Left Right really is the XG gateway drug lol, that's how they got me too. Mascara and Tippy Toes are definitely growers for me as well for the reasons you mentioned. I'm excited to see more from XG. They have the potential to put out an insanely solid discography and the girls seem very talented and passionate. I hope they promote in the US too. They would make a killing for sure
I love how skeptics change their tune at the end lol. Great reaction.
Their concept is IMO, is that they are aliens from another galaxy. And you pointed out they look like Kaiju’s running around the city. In Left Right, you see them as giants on top of the ship. And they can also shrink down to normal size. Their mid-century style fit are the aliens and crew. Meanwhile the y2k fits are them as giants. So basically they are the giants taking over the world. That’s my take on it
The best thing about XG's evolution is the amount of lines Hinata gets increasing
I too was hesitant to dive in with them but I took a shot with this comeback and dang. I almost missed out on this banger. I can’t get enough of the vocals on the prechorus of shooting star. With left and right, I’m a sucker for RnB. They killed it with both MVs. Left and right MV is just a big throwback and I miss those days of TLC etc.
21:31 if you’re taking about Jurin her looks reminds me of Nicole Scherzinger, from the Pussycat Dolls. Yea Gorgeous, absolutely love her. 💙
I wasn't sure on 'Mascara' when it first came out, but I ended up having that song on repeat a few times since lol.
'Left Right' is 100% my jam though. I loved how much you had to say about the MVs!
I am for sure keeping my eye on XG.
This was my exact journey with Mascara. It ended up being one of my favorite songs from 2022. The Anthem-ness of it got me.
I love Shooting Star and Left Right as well. Tippy-Toes is the one song I've never gotten into.
@@earthcitty Hey same lol. Tippy Toes is not one I listen to.
XG FOREVER!~❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍
Thanks for your reaction to XG, they deserve so much recognition ❤️
This music video gets professional dancers, vocalists and editors excited!
I'm so happy to see you enjoy them as well, I'm so obsessed with them!! Loved your reactions and commentary 💙 The late 90s/2000s rnb hiphop influences just warms my heart
AYYY, Johan! :)
They are different from groups nowadays.
They be really singing,singing.
The message of their songs usually is about team work and empowerment.
The organic growth they got, dasurb.
I was in kpop for some time now and confused at first bec usually kpop are the ones be doing groups nowadays.
They really are well rounded and flexible as they can do a wide scope of music and now bringing back 90s and early 2000s vibe.
Guess they really are with talents since the beginning and are now even better with the right training.
What is happening in Japan? They really be claiming the throne to the 90s and y2k shinjuku vibes.
Mascara is such an anthem. & Tippy Toes does grow. Def check out their dance practices. Shooting Star & Left Right are absolute bangers though. Especially Left Right.
Quick breakdown about the opening scene of the members wearing Kitsune wolf masks (referencing ALPHAZ - fandom name) where they're packing receipts as zoomed in at the 'minute and twenty-seven' mark of the MV. The receipt states each members ideals exemplified in the MV by the late 90's Harajuku Culture demonstrated by their individual slogans on the airbrushed shirts.
01 Diversity And No Hatred = Jurin
02 Energy To Move On = Chisa
03 A Piece Of Peace = Hinata
04 Inspirational Mood = Harvey
05 Love, And More Love = Juria
06 Joyful Vibe = Maya
07 Confidence To Do Smth Stupid = Cocona
# Of Items Ordered: 7
you can scan the QR code if you like
The world needs a piece of peace right now.
@@iamayanakuzunoha430 That's J-Hope's message from BTS, he has a song called piece of peace. I love both groups, BTS and XG.
They're Global GG from Japan company with producer Japanese-Korean that's why their songs
in English but they have music project mix in English Japanese and Korean.
Fan fact, yeah I do agree the MV for Left Right might not be as good as Shooting Stars, only because, Left Right was in fact a B-side only for Shooting Stars, but since the hype for it was real, they had to come up with a MV for it in a short notice, call it as a fan service if you will, the song was really good by itself already, in my years of listening to k - pop, this is a first time for me to see a B-side with a real MV from the producers. Nice to see you on the XG Train, Like you I never into the Rap western style either not my cup of tea as you say, but their vocals and the really good chorus gravitates me toward them more, Their dancing is what first my caught attention on them, they are really good dancers, will look forward to your reactions to the dance performance of each of this songs, its a treat as well, more power to your channel sir
The rap verses will take some warning up to. Their vocals and synchronization are incredible for new artists. Hopefully those are highlighted a bit more going forward
I’m pretty sure they both shot those MVs way before the launch. Creating things like these takes lots of time
@Dan Laurel stray kids have been putting out multiple b-side videos for every comeback. many kpop groups recently have jumping on that wagon, it's almost expected now
@@KpopPrince you should watch XG Juria & Chisa cover of Peaches by Justin Beiber! Their vocals 😍
What helps this feel even more cohesive is that ostinato you hear at the beginning actually runs through almost the entire track. Introduce the theme by itself so the listeners can familiarise themselves, then have it supplement the progression of the song - that's some good songwriting there.
Also, you don't know how validated I felt when you referenced Aaliyah during Left Right. That's exactly where my mind went when I heard the song for the first time 😆
I am sure a LOT of people thought of Aaliyah. I have heard that from three or four reactors so far. Aaliyah was one of the GREATS. :)
Calling AVEX just a Japanese conglomerate that is jumping in on the kpop money train? wooooo boyyyyyyy. Avex is at this point the Disney of Japan man lol Literally everyone has to go through Avex to promote in Japan and the broader Asian peninsula. SME's TVXQ became the giants they were is because of their partnership with Avex. The American Equivalent of just Avex Music Publishing is the America's Universal Music Group lol
15:06,22:00 ... she's hinata. Sub vocalist, visual and main dancer. She's Korean Japanese. Also my second bias. You can easily spot her as most time she has blonde or light hair colour compared to other members. Like in tippy toes and mascara she's the only full blonde, in shooting star she's pink and in left right she's platinum silver
15:10... that's jurin. Leader, centre, lead rapper and main dancer. She's Japanese. Also my Bias
21:39.... maybe soyeon from idle
*React to their live performance. You won't regret*
Last points: Hikaru from Kepler trained with them. Do there's a news that she will join xg after Kepler's disbands
The Shooting Star MV is Rigend Film, and yes, they are _always_ high quality and crazy with the edits - like, they made Seventeen's Hot (edits like MAD and again with the pyrotechnics!) but also Seventeen's Fallin' Flower (one of the most BEAUTIFUL kpop MVs ever). It's definitely XG's most expensive video, although Mascara is from VM Project Architecture, another frequent Seventeen collaborator, although it looks like a different person (or they're using a different name). Jinooya Makes did Left Right MV; you would know them from NCT Dream's Go, which is about as different from LR as an MV could be lol (also did Ten's New Heroes, a few Winner and Jay Park MVs).
You seem to really enjoy the vocal line so an easy, post-Tippy Toes guide: light hair = Hinata; bangs = Juria; no bangs = Chisa
Platinum hair's HINATA. I loovvveeeee her too!!
Totally not suprised that first time reactors will get wrecked in just a few MVs, dive in more to unveil more surprises. Thanks for supporting XG!!!
there v\videographer is phenomenal
Commenting mid-video, but if you appreciated the Shooting Star Set so much, you got to watch both the "MV Behind" video as well as "Xtra XG #10" up on their YT. Those two videos covered the Shooting Star music video filming and showed the sets + how they filmed it. There's almost 0 green screen used in this MV. ^^
Nice shout out to Leslie Gore’s sample from 1963! And you’re totally right time is a damn circle, trends of all kinds come back around and I’m loving it with XG hah. Nice reaction bro!
Thanks for supporting XG on your UA-cam channel
what about a choreo battle:
NJ vs XG?
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glad you checked them out again XG is too good dance rap and sing all 7 are fierce refreshing an era in music that was fun and the production team is killing it too ⚜⚜🥰🥰
You need to watch behind scenes from Shooting Star, is pretty dope.
They're probably going to do songs in korean or japanese in the future but for now they're doing excellent. Gotta stan XG
Doesn't even matter what they do from here on out as long as their quality stays at this level or gets even higher. They are already MONSTERS! :)
5:33 I love this whole scene too, and the different angle of that shot is 👌
22k views. says a lot about XG! Great reviews!!!
CHILL BILL TAP #1 & XGALX CYPHER TAPE #2 IS A MUST!!!!
XG trained in Japan for 5 years but 2 years in Korea for preparations since the start of Pandemic. Jurin and Chisa are already with AVEX Japanese Academy for 5 years already before moving to Korea.
And they're not K-Pop.. It is more J-Pop, but they're just called 'Japanese Girls Group"
I was on the fence with shooting star since I loooved tippy toes & mascara vibe, but then left and right sold me! If you do tippy toes you should package that in with the 4 rapper’s cipher that was going viral. Was super impressive and im not huge into rap❤
22:02 She is Hinata. You will love her and you will like it.
Aggressive 😳
@@KpopPrince lol, thanks for noticing her! not much reactors do… 🥺😭
The time has come.
Well, according to XG's interview, their favs are: *TLC, Aaliyah, Laurin Hill, Beyonce, etc. They're 90's RnB-HipHop-Rap babies!*
Also just in case it wasn’t mentioned already the girl with the blonde hair that you notice a lot is the main dancer which is why she was “fucking it up in center” lol
I’m so glad you noticed Hinata!
I love how he comments about Hinata’s iconic look.💜
Also only their latest videos have this budget as they're getting more popular its nice to see their company investing in them. Tippy Toes was literally just a car park and basement, Mascara was an upgrade but Shooting Star is BUDGET
Love your reaction. This is my favorite reaction of yours! Their producer Simon, grew up in the USA and loves RnB / Hip Hop. The members love RnB / Hip Hop as well.
I could definitely open a circle pit to Mascara lol.
I like some of the rapping, but yeah…some of the vocal tones used for the raps are really not my thing either (that tone is the exact reason I dont really vibe with blackpink actually). However, every other aspect of the music is SO fucking good Im more than happy to look past it haha.
WHEN HE SAID HE WANTED TO ELBOW SOMEBODY… I SCREAMED I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE
Jurin, the one in the middle that you pointed out during Mascara, she kinda reminds me of LOONA's Yves.
I think she was reminding me of Yeeun from CLC
I took a quick look when he said that in the video and my mind went straight to Girls Generation's Hyoyeon.
The Shooting Star MV is directed by Rigend Film - and they are some mad mv directors in Korea who've also done Seventeen HOT, Twice Talk that Talk, Scientist and Nayeon's POP and Itzy Loco so they have great ones under their belt. And XG often work with Korean companies
ナイス👍👍👍👍👍
日本人はどこも。
Prolly ol girl from pussycat dolls cuz that’s who she reminded me of at first lol
I love there music doesn't matter if it's hip hop music 🎵 is music 🎵 it's better than the rap music in America that's garbage 🗑️. But XG rap is clean and good 👍
can you please please please react to their cypher!!
I couldn’t get into their first two song but I loved their new releases in shooting star and left & right especially left & right, it’s just an easy listen pure rnb song. It makes sense considering the writer for left & right is an rnb singer herself
That said I wish they make the rapper cocona parts and all rap parts don’t use the “blaccent”, one or two of the people who produce or manage the group grew up in America so they should know better maybe when it comes to these things like some of the hairstyles they gave to cocona in love stages made me uncomfortable
That all said their live were good and they are super charismatic not to mention their company is backing them up heavily like ever since they debuted and I keep seeing their ads everywhere on UA-cam and they have promoted hashtags.
I kinda understand how they are promoting as someone who followed jpop before kpop I can understand why promoting in Japan isn’t ideal for a group that want to be global but at the same time they are promoting heavily in Korea while they members are all Japanese and their company ceo is a shady person too so it’s like their company want them to face hate there idk I’m just confused; if anything is good out of promoting in Korea they did gain a lot of attention and their pretty mvs helped a lot as well so that’s good for them at least
African american alphaz don't care because they know XG is appreciating and they love and live hip hop.
They're heavily influenced by TLC, Lauryn Hill & Aaliyah. Hence the 90s R&B style.
u listened to their GALZ XYPHER (COCONA, MAYA, HARVEY, JURIN)?
Nope, I haven't!
@@KpopPrince a must
they say that, YG Ent., has nothing to do with this. but they also the one responsible, why XG has been created.
(G)I-DLE - 'NXDE' RECORDING BEHIND
(G)I-DLE - 'NXDE' RECORDING BEHIND
(G)I-DLE - 'NXDE' RECORDING BEHIND
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funny that you assume it was all about kpop making a lot of money is the reason why they started. these people has a dreams and to be different in the industry. they are all talented. not like you guys who react for what? clout?
Yes I looooove clout. If you don't think companies exist to make as much profit as possible, you're naive.
@@KpopPrince lol. you think i don’t know investors are there for the money? your intro is invalidating these girls talent by assuming everything is a all about the money at first. kpop prince? more like assuming things and talking nonsense. you’re the one who’s here for the money using other culture for clout. clown
React to aespa
What from aespa?
@@KpopPrince if you haven’t heard them before i will recommend you some of thier songs
Start with
BLACK MAMBA
then next level
After Savage
And then Illlusion
Then Girls
They have 2 mini albums
Savage mini album and girls mini album
@@KpopPrince if you can
React to thier b-sides from thier two mini albums
I've done almost all of these! Check my playlists
XG global where kpop only stay in Korea FYI nobody wants to by South Korean music if they don't understand XG gonna blow kpop out do to there music are in English
I loved shooting star chours and left & right entirely because it’s rnb and it’s my favorite genre, but I didn’t like the rest of their music. I have been having issues with rappers and how they rap along with the rap parts lyrics like a lot of it is aave and they have “blackaccent” not to mention in a lot of stages some of the rappers especially the main rapper full on doing ca
I’m familiar with Japanese entertainment industry and I know for long even before kpop was like it is do it and the ca is extra heavy there, ppl just don’t talk about it much because the media content from songs and all usually aren’t accessible much by international audience so things like that rarely get called out, but still this group is aimed as global group and the mv production and marketing value is super big so you would expect their company knows better but I guess not 😬 ( before anyone jumping me I’m black so this accent and ca of hairstyles and all makes me uncomfortable and I’m tired of it , like just because someone rap it doesn’t mean they should act like a black person )
Lowkey despite like I mentioned liking shooting star and loving left & right, I’m so confused because they all Japanese girls and the songs are in English and their company say they are a global group so why are they promoting in korea as a kpop group and I see a lot of people treating the group as kpop group and some reactors even compared them to rookie kpop groups and idk it shouldn’t be like that
The vocalists are talented tho I like them a lot
I actually bring this up a bit in my live stage reaction and mentioned it on Discord. Not necessarily the person to bring up such discussions, but I wondered what others thought
Cultural appropriation of hairstyles is one of the most asinine debates there is.
As a former KPOP idol their executive producer should know how to sell in KPOP industry so that’s what he’s been doing, I guess. Selling in western countries is a whole different story - they’ve been doing small interviews in English but I dunno what else they can do for it.
As for CA issue, they heavily listen to 90’s RnB and hiphop and intend to bring it back as a group so that’s how they picked up the accent maybe? If respect is key they have that. If it’s an automatic taboo I don’t think we’re living in a cross cultural world.
@@damobno1 Yes. 10000000%. Vikings had braids and cornrows 1000+ years ago. With all the insanely horrible issues on this planet and in society (40,000+ dead earthquake, famine, mass shootings, homelessness, natural disasters, genocide, war, etc etc etc its absolutely ridiculous to spend time and energy being offended by such pointless stupid bs. When you are on your death bed when your time comes trust me you aint gonna a give f about braids and accents.
@@damobno1 I totally agree. Some real idiots on Earth still do not even want to acknowledge that KINKY CURLY hair can also happen to THE WHITEST OF WHITE people (mainly originating from Scotland/ Ireland. It's just as 'ethnic' there as it is on the continent of Africa). That means it CAN and DOES happen to those of European descent, no matter where they were born!
Besides all that, XG is SUPPOSED to be a GLOBE-WIDE group for EVERYBODY to enjoy.
CA is SO out-of style to bitch about (except for the goddamned Karens of the world, apparently). I have run into some of those 'people' (trolls) over the internet and I leave them with this:
'If HAIRSTYLE is your stupid 'Cultural Appropriation', then you have to give up ALL of your electronics and power in your house if you live outside of the United States. Electricity is AMERICAN in origin. You can have Steam-Powered vehicles but you are NOT allowed Electricity! You cannot have it BOTH ways; either you are OKAY with 'Cultural Appropriation' OR you are NOT OKAY with it. Go make up your mind, you goddamned hypocrite.'' See how fast they recoil from THAT idea. lol
That's as fucking dumb as some White dickheads yelling at Spanish speakers in America to 'LEARN ENGLISH OR GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!' First, there is no one single 'Main Language' in the United States, by law. We accepted all kinds of people in the formation of the country. What's the problem now?
They need that one Navajo guy to show up and scream in their faces 'LEARN NAVAJO, ONE OF THE ACTUAL NATIVE LANGUAGES ON THIS CONTINENT, OR GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM!'. lol That dude is my hero. :D
So I didn’t like any of their previous releases they were all over the place I know people love them because the girls are pretty and wow “girlcrush concept are the best for gg” that didn’t work for me, then they switched it up and did shooting star and I like the chours, hated the rap verses and the rest was meh, it did have great mv, then I fell in love with love left & right, it’s a good rnb song and I have been wanting groups to go back to doing r&b because it’s easily the best music genre, but I have issues with the groups: only few of these girls get to show their talents, way too much rappers and rap verses and a lot of usage of aave it’s super turn off like some of what they say is misused sentences that doesn’t make sense lol
They are talented don’t get me wrong and I love left & right it’s one of my favorite songs released this year. I’m still confused what to label this group as like even if they are all Japanese they are not a jpop group and they aren’t promoting in Japan, the songs are fully in English and they aren’t promoting elsewhere and nothing about the group is related to kpop but they are promoting in Korea, it’s so confusing 😅
it's kinda anoying when you talk while the song is playing, and miss some details and parts of the song
None of them are Korean lmao
I hated tippytoes and mascara
shooting star mv is insanely beautiful, how y2k concept should be shown in mvs they got the aesthetic down, the prechours and the chours for shooting star are great and catchy, but I hated the rap parts and even tho they are talented I have same issue with the group rappers just like I have with Lisa and other rappers, I don’t want to say it but the accent they are trying to have during the rap parts isn’t it and some words used is a misplaced and misused. I really wish non black rappers to stop doing that
For left & right, this song is pure love and on repeat, they got the rnb formula correctly for this, it feels like a TLC song tbh which is amazing
When black sounds like white,for you it's normal. Wnen white sounds like black, you start scream about AAVE,CA and other strange thing. When black actors played in movies and shows white HISTORICAL character, for you it's normal. When someone did hairstyles with braid, you scream about,"how dare you,its our historical legacy" for 300 years max.And Scandinavian people do braids 1000 years ago.
I have a question,in what time black people start be untouchable?