their different flows riding the beat and how each one has different cadence is the switch up that makes the song sound different, is intended to make up for the consistent instrumental
So, the only reason kpop fans hating on this song is bec it’s monotonous and not a lot is going on with the beat unlike a regular pop song BUT it’s not a pop song it’s a straigh up rap song and real artists/rappers are supposed to RIDE ON THE BEAT and deliver the lyrics with the flow and cadences and not the other way around. It’s not about the “dynamic change” in the instrumental it’s the dynamic changes in the cadences and flows which are a lot more harder to do than a regular kpop song which do not put emphasis on lyrics and flows anyways bec in pop, usually the beat does all the work for the artist while the pop singers just sing in and follow the tone of the instrumental. But no one is doing it like XG nowadays - they can sing, rap, dance and slay with stage presence and they’ve proven that before so they dont need to prove anything with regards to singing - this just revealed that they can also tap into the rap scene and slay and not a lot of artists/idols can do that and break boundaries in genres and all
I watched K-pop producers say they were impressed with the use of 808s and said nobody in K-pop is doing it like them. Exactly XG ain't K-pop, it's R&B and Hip'hop!
Hi mate, glad you reacted to our girls :) Some people in your chat obviously have no idea what rap is or they may simply be haters. Not sure but it is kinda funny lol. She actually thinks they "sing" with grills on. Damn those IQ levels 🤣 Let me provide some info for you and for your followers. This is a 7-member(ages 18-22) Japanese global girl group ( 4 rappers and 3 vocalists but they all can do it all ). They operate in both Korea and Japan but they are not a K-pop group, they almost always sing in English. They can speak Japanese, Korean and English and English is their 3rd language. They mostly do Rap and R&B stuff but they are really versatile, you will see all kinds of songs from them. These girls have bars actually. COWBOY REACTS has a 35-minute breakdown video on this song and has another 1-hour video of him breaking down GALZ XYPHER which is the rap song XG blew up :D Other reactors have breakdowns of their other rap songs, especially the TAPE's, in which they use the beats of "known" songs and sing their own lyrics. They pay homage to OG's and show respect all the time. They have tons of references etc. They are basically a shape-shifting alien wolf pack from another galaxy and they have a lore. The eye thing was always prominent in XG music videos. You can see them keep changing and evolving etc. You'll see the throughline if you watch all their music videos. "Shooting Star" tells the story of them wanting to shoot off into the Stars to achieve their dreams "Left Right" shows them travelling across the galaxies. "HESONOO&X-GENE" is them awakening from hibernation before reaching Earth. "GRL GVNG" is XG's arrival on Earth. "TGIF" is their evolution commencing on the planet. "New Dance" is them exploring their new environments ETC. ETC. WOKE UP is kinda like them taking over or getting ready to take over. Their different songs/MV's represent different ERA's of their arrival to Earth ( not Earth per se but planets in general I assume ) and taking over. You can check the zoomed-in eye shots in these MV's and see the differences. They used those eye thingies in other songs like Shooting Star as well. I am not 100% sure what eye represents but my interpretation is that it shows their evolution or it basically shows they are aliens in a cool and visually pleasing way. I am sure they have a more detailed lore but we as the fans don't know much details yet. They also have tons of references and easter eggs in the videos. For example, in the first Maya verse, it is like a court scene and Maya says "I'm the judge and jury" and she is addressing the "haters". There are people around in wolf-heads who are the witnesses ( which are the fans - their fandom name is Alphaz, WE are the witnesses ) and a guy is being judged with the upper half of his head missing. He represents the haters so they are no-brain, only talk. Also, you can see there is a building at the start and at the end and, a guy approaches it. He is the CEO of XG's label. Basically, he is XG's boss, but in the video, he is their commander. So while Maya taking the haters to the court, the other girls are coming in from the multiverse to attack the haters' """"head-quarters"""". You can see in the end it is in the shape of a head. It also blows up, so it means they take down the haters but it can also mean, after you finish watching the video, your minds are blown. EXTRA : Cocona shaving her head can be interpreted in multiple ways. Saying F U to the beauty standards of the industry? Also, XG got some shade because of their outfits, hair styles, lyrics etc. ( Coco had braids for a lil while, so basically saying here, I cut all off, what now ? ) saying that they appropriate black culture ( they actually don't, they love the culture and they pay homage all the time. They don't pretend, they grew up with those songs, and their inspirations are the biggest old-school R&B, hip-hop, and rap artists mostly from the USA, they sing their songs, they use their beats, they shoutout and everything ) also, it appears she already did that when she was younger and wanted to do it again. The label didn't want her to until now since it fits the concept and MV so she did it in this MV. That can mean a lot of things but it's a bold move either way and it is fun, it is swaggy and it suits her personality. She is one of the swaggiest , coolest people I have ever seen. She is so badass. Example of Cocona and Maya rap at the age of 13 from their documentaries; ua-cam.com/users/shorts177boFdwO6c
The more haters hate on XG the more they get famous . haters are losers who don't have a life . just criticizing . And people talking about XG don't have a job or can't rap.
Facts. A lot of hating by people that haven't accomplished anything in life. They have nothing to compare to gauge how much talent & work it is to put something out like this.
the stream comments had me 🤣..."music is flat", "no dynamic change"....coz they are focusing on rapping...listen to the lyrics, the word play, the references... where's the art if you just listen to the beat? geez
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their different flows riding the beat and how each one has different cadence is the switch up that makes the song sound different, is intended to make up for the consistent instrumental
Fire song - thanks for reacting and supporting the XG Girls/Team
Thanks for supporting XG on your UA-cam channel
So, the only reason kpop fans hating on this song is bec it’s monotonous and not a lot is going on with the beat unlike a regular pop song BUT it’s not a pop song it’s a straigh up rap song and real artists/rappers are supposed to RIDE ON THE BEAT and deliver the lyrics with the flow and cadences and not the other way around. It’s not about the “dynamic change” in the instrumental it’s the dynamic changes in the cadences and flows which are a lot more harder to do than a regular kpop song which do not put emphasis on lyrics and flows anyways bec in pop, usually the beat does all the work for the artist while the pop singers just sing in and follow the tone of the instrumental.
But no one is doing it like XG nowadays - they can sing, rap, dance and slay with stage presence and they’ve proven that before so they dont need to prove anything with regards to singing - this just revealed that they can also tap into the rap scene and slay and not a lot of artists/idols can do that and break boundaries in genres and all
I watched K-pop producers say they were impressed with the use of 808s and said nobody in K-pop is doing it like them.
Exactly XG ain't K-pop, it's R&B and Hip'hop!
Chat be trippin'!
XG is X-LeveL!👊🐺✌️
Hi mate, glad you reacted to our girls :) Some people in your chat obviously have no idea what rap is or they may simply be haters. Not sure but it is kinda funny lol. She actually thinks they "sing" with grills on. Damn those IQ levels 🤣
Let me provide some info for you and for your followers.
This is a 7-member(ages 18-22) Japanese global girl group ( 4 rappers and 3 vocalists but they all can do it all ). They operate in both Korea and Japan but they are not a K-pop group, they almost always sing in English. They can speak Japanese, Korean and English and English is their 3rd language. They mostly do Rap and R&B stuff but they are really versatile, you will see all kinds of songs from them.
These girls have bars actually. COWBOY REACTS has a 35-minute breakdown video on this song and has another 1-hour video of him breaking down GALZ XYPHER which is the rap song XG blew up :D Other reactors have breakdowns of their other rap songs, especially the TAPE's, in which they use the beats of "known" songs and sing their own lyrics. They pay homage to OG's and show respect all the time. They have tons of references etc. They are basically a shape-shifting alien wolf pack from another galaxy and they have a lore. The eye thing was always prominent in XG music videos. You can see them keep changing and evolving etc. You'll see the throughline if you watch all their music videos.
"Shooting Star" tells the story of them wanting to shoot off into the Stars to achieve their dreams
"Left Right" shows them travelling across the galaxies.
"HESONOO&X-GENE" is them awakening from hibernation before reaching Earth.
"GRL GVNG" is XG's arrival on Earth.
"TGIF" is their evolution commencing on the planet.
"New Dance" is them exploring their new environments
ETC. ETC. WOKE UP is kinda like them taking over or getting ready to take over. Their different songs/MV's represent different ERA's of their arrival to Earth ( not Earth per se but planets in general I assume ) and taking over. You can check the zoomed-in eye shots in these MV's and see the differences. They used those eye thingies in other songs like Shooting Star as well. I am not 100% sure what eye represents but my interpretation is that it shows their evolution or it basically shows they are aliens in a cool and visually pleasing way. I am sure they have a more detailed lore but we as the fans don't know much details yet.
They also have tons of references and easter eggs in the videos. For example, in the first Maya verse, it is like a court scene and Maya says "I'm the judge and jury" and she is addressing the "haters". There are people around in wolf-heads who are the witnesses ( which are the fans - their fandom name is Alphaz, WE are the witnesses ) and a guy is being judged with the upper half of his head missing. He represents the haters so they are no-brain, only talk. Also, you can see there is a building at the start and at the end and, a guy approaches it. He is the CEO of XG's label. Basically, he is XG's boss, but in the video, he is their commander. So while Maya taking the haters to the court, the other girls are coming in from the multiverse to attack the haters' """"head-quarters"""". You can see in the end it is in the shape of a head. It also blows up, so it means they take down the haters but it can also mean, after you finish watching the video, your minds are blown.
EXTRA : Cocona shaving her head can be interpreted in multiple ways. Saying F U to the beauty standards of the industry? Also, XG got some shade because of their outfits, hair styles, lyrics etc. ( Coco had braids for a lil while, so basically saying here, I cut all off, what now ? ) saying that they appropriate black culture ( they actually don't, they love the culture and they pay homage all the time. They don't pretend, they grew up with those songs, and their inspirations are the biggest old-school R&B, hip-hop, and rap artists mostly from the USA, they sing their songs, they use their beats, they shoutout and everything ) also, it appears she already did that when she was younger and wanted to do it again. The label didn't want her to until now since it fits the concept and MV so she did it in this MV. That can mean a lot of things but it's a bold move either way and it is fun, it is swaggy and it suits her personality. She is one of the swaggiest , coolest people I have ever seen. She is so badass.
Example of Cocona and Maya rap at the age of 13 from their documentaries;
ua-cam.com/users/shorts177boFdwO6c
The more haters hate on XG the more they get famous . haters are losers who don't have a life . just criticizing . And people talking about XG don't have a job or can't rap.
Facts. A lot of hating by people that haven't accomplished anything in life. They have nothing to compare to gauge how much talent & work it is to put something out like this.
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the stream comments had me 🤣..."music is flat", "no dynamic change"....coz they are focusing on rapping...listen to the lyrics, the word play, the references... where's the art if you just listen to the beat? geez
they are just crawling out of their caves and hearing music for the first time.
They are KPop stans, what do you expect?
yeah, they dont know how much harder it is to do rap than pop. XG’s the only GG who can do straight up rap so far
Check out live woke up xg perform at kwave 2024 concert. Cocona so cool!