KICKBACK is JAZZ?!? KIND OF? | Music Producer Reacts to 米津玄師 Kenshi Yonezu Chainsaw Man OP

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In this video, we're reacting to KICKBACK by 米津玄師 Kenshi Yonezu
LongestSoloEver is a music producer, songwriter, and teacher.

[@lse2]

Should I drop the KICKBACK cover?

[@rennywaseaten]

yup

[@tobey4484]

YES

[@Kojankoa]

HELL YEAH!

[@tropical8266]

Yes, absolutely!!

[@Keeh0ri]

Definitely

[@banananiel3615]

J-music sounding jazzy is pretty standard but what I’d like to point out is how Kick Back has some spanish/latin elements to it (thats why the famous Salsa remix goes so well -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/a57Jda14msp1ias ) and kenshi yonezu actually has a few songs with similar elements (Suna no Wakusei feat. Hatsune miku, Decollete)

[@kyletio6511]

That just blew my mind wtffffff crazy

[@spicyweasel]

Wait a second! Suna no Wakusei was Kenshi's??

[@phunweng962]

Also the maximalist approach here is probably Yonezu way to fit the theme of Chainsaw man: absolute chaos and lawless

[@Cryomancer27]

Kenshi is also the master of maximalism in general!! His newer music has been more streamlined (while still feeling maximal in the sounds he uses) but his older stuff mostly kinda sounded like this I feel like kick back was him sorta bringing back that vibe and leaning into the crazy chaos.

[@tobey4484]

This is by far the best Kickback reaction I have seen so far, I am amazed by your music theory skills and how well you can explain it and its also very impressive how well you can play guitar/bass. I enjoy your analysis videos and would love to see more J-Pop content!

[@xArt_16]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rai6dZyoj7KXptUsi=g6jRuUP7oGuTBsFy this one is my top but these two are very close. I love when musicians actually take to time to recreate what they are trying to explain cause I just don’t get it a lot of the time.

[@artnerdproductions5606]

I may not have a lot of music expertise but watching someone as passionate about their craft as you analyze a song I like is always a treat. Hope you're having a fab summer 🤩😁

[@RAMSIL882]

Actually this song is featured by Daiki Tsuneta from king gnu. He plays base here but he's the guitarist and composer of his own band. He is also a producer of the band called millenium parade.

[@Cryomancer27]

He's also the other guy in the video!!

[@ep6808]

I know NOTHING about music, but I know a lot about Kenshi and I love watching knowledgeable people react to his music. As silly as it sounds, it feels validating?? to have someone appreciate his music in such a technical way. I'd love to know what you think of more of his songs. Especially some of the lesser known ones, like b-sides. He's unbelievably talented imo

[@ivooderso]

I just want to say thank you for actually analysing the music in your videos. Too often I see people calling themselves a Music Producer, Composer or whatever only to react without giving actually interesting input about the music. Great videos dude

[@northaz3922]

THIS is what a react vid should be. I really love when you or other musician break down these music. Even though I myself have really weak background on music theory but hearing these kind of in-depth analysis make me understand what's happening behind these songs and appreciate the songs more than I could ever do on myself alone. Really good vid! Keep up on these contents, and I'll be waiting for your Kickback cover sooner or later!

[@lunarexorcist]

not just two nickles with kenshi yonezu and ayase, the overlap between vocal synth producers going into mainstream music is pretty big! in chainsaw man's endings alone there's also eve , kanaria, and syudou, who all do vocaloid still as well. producer lyricist/utaite combo giga-p and reol have also both done anime, along with deco*27 and surii (off the top of my head) so its kind of more like if you get popular doing vocaloid you have a good chance to break into the industry i guess?

[@内藤新一]

Thank you for great music analysis! It helps enjoying 'Kick Back' much deeper. I think you'll also enjoy the song "Reverse Dream" and "Ichizu" by KingGnu. The composer, Mr. Tsuneda, was asked by Mr. Yonezu to participate in composing for KickBack, and also appeaing in this MV. These songs are not openings, but were used as inserted and ending song in the anime film "Jujutsu Kaisen 0". Although not widely known in America and Europe yet, Mr. Tsuneda is a singer-songwriter of KingGnu with unique talent recognized by Mr. Yonezu. Please be sure to enjoy them.

[@akinetsu893]

yeah so basically, Vocaloids producers are the crazy guys of music. There's so much happening at the same time, so many differents instruments and lines. The arrangement is crazy

[@nairuLoki]

Wanna give abit of history on the love of jazzy stuff in Japan. People can just cmiiw. Basically, Americans imported alot of things in Japan after the war. This includes jazz cause it was the most popular music at that time. Then jp people tried to mix and match jazz with their traditional music. It continued for some time until the Beatles concert in the 60s changed alot of things within the music creatives in Japan. The already existing music they have (jazzy progression with the traditional music) combined with the rock music of the beatles gave the standard structure for what an anime rock song now sounds like. If people also followed the history of the other music genres in japan, you'll find alot of their history traces back to the late 60s early 70s. Its like the concert became a turning point for the music people to do their own thing. From city pop, jmetal, standard anisongs, even idol songs. Btw please feel free to correct me as this was just off the top of my head and i need to put it out.

[@thepoweroffreesh6820]

god I love music, it’s such a wonderful blend of cultures, there’s a reason why it’s referred to as a universal language sometimes

[@felixthecat403]

I will never recommend enough "How to eat life" by Eve, if you have not listen to it yet. There are no crazy key changes but the writing is just really good

[@BlursedSV]

this is genuinely one of my favorite anime openings, its just so GROOVY

[@lrx001]

anime songs just love changing keys all over the place for seemingly no reason lol. my mom is a music teacher/vocalist and she is always blown away when I show her these crazy intros or endings because she's like "HOW TF DO THEY KEEP SWITCHING KEYS AND MAKING IT WORK?!" so your comments were similar, I totally get it. It's jarring at first for sure.

[@TestTubeBaba]

I hope you've shared Lost Paradise from Jujutsu Kaisen with your mom 😅 wanna know what she said.

[@bitnariiii]

I love what you do with your reactions, whipping out instruments out of nowhere and absolutely going crazy while giving in-depth analysis of the musical vocabulary happening. It's amazing to not only see your music theory skills live (and amazing aural skills), but also see how much fun you have with unearthing the narrative behind the production. I really enjoy watching your reactions, thank you so much!

[@Victini7472]

1:44 dean casually playing the best bassline youve ever heard

[@trainwreckintime9348]

first time watching and jeez dudes voice is crazy good

[@cheewinkaewthai8781]

This is super easy to understand. You are 1 of the better music reacter out there, so hope your channel blows up man!!

[@user-cn7es3hz8d]

BRO I LOVE THIS OP ITS SO ADDICTING. 😍

[@MarbleInsanity]

Thoroughly enjoyed your analysis. Awesome work Dean.

[@Zekrominer]

I ADORE the way you explain music. I may not be the best with chords but completely get and comprehend the ideas you present to me. Its really useful to both new and progressed musicians. Edit: that scream at the bridge was way too accurate lmao

[@fabulousfloof3546]

Bro I loved this analysis, and I have a wholeass playlist of jpop/jrock music that I love. I'd really recommend either Mephisto or Mysterious by Queen Bee, and also Dogland by People 1 was my favourite Chainsaw Man ending, the time/key/genre shifts in it are insane and just so jubilant. Would also recommend Daten by Creepy Nuts if you want something unashamedly jazzy and fun

[@ScareFire]

Your way of explaining music theory is very playful and fun to follow. I wish we could make a videogame that would link to a music instrument to learn about music theory while having fun. Like some kind of FNF (yes, you can't ever hope to escape it) but that would be played with instruments with lesson around it ?

[@rothchristina347]

More Kenshi Yonezu music analysis plsssss❤❤❤❤ subscribed!!!

[@jasonfanclub4267]

Kenshi Yonezu is the best

[@Ameagari11.]

the way u explain everything i love it , pls do more

[@BlueDog15391]

I am not yet good enough to recognise keys by ear, but thanks to your commentary I was able to perceive many interesting elements that I didn't notice before!

[@BigDaddyAiden]

Pleaseee finish it, I love love LOVE kick back please bro I’m beggin’

[@GaaraDaKazekage]

WOAH I'd love to see a cover of this song by you!!! Especially maybe tutorials or tabs on the way you played it cuz it sounded amazing!!!!!

[@conradsmith9441]

Best anime song/intro in anime. I love the song. I love the rock/jazz fusion. I also like Lost In Paradise in the outro of the first season of Jujutsu Kaisen. Its a hiphop/disco/jazz song.

[@YUU-lo7es]

It was so interesting for your expertic opinion to me. As it was already other comments, japanese popular music sometimes include a little jazz code quite a while ago. Possibly we japanese use to those unique code too much, and it may be difficult for us to find that ourself listeing song preferably has jazz elements. Among the resent anime hit tunes, I consider that "MIXED NUTS" composed by "Official HIGE DANdism" is cosisted arranged jazz mood. And, regardless of doing musics analysised or nothing, for having many interested features, this song is simply so fun to listhen. I'd love to suggest your listning it, if you mind it!

[@flitzerps9522]

Omfg please do hacking to the gate!!! It's so odd but PERFECT. literally your material.

[@phunweng962]

this is so detailed！ very high effort

[@PolkaGnome]

Yo, the Gunstar Heroes shoutout! Love that game (and its music)! Really enjoying how you break down these songs.

[@WWEdeadman]

This is a really cool breakdown of the song.

[@turtleme4811]

You should most definitely review Kyoumen no Nami the opening them for Land of the Lustrous. There’s just so much happening in the song. And check out Ado a really awesome JPop singer.

[@xArt_16]

Yes! Please do, it’s one of the best Anime songs (imo) that just kinda never got the treatment it deserves.

[@oka_9686]

hi Seems like Daiki (the guy in the red car) used a Fender bass with hambacking pick-up. He also plays guitar here. He is a genius, really.

[@Cruznick06]

"Exterminate" sung by Nana Mizuki. It is the opening theme of of Senki Zessho Symphogear GX (season 3 of the series). The entire anime is CHOCK FULL of phenomenal music. Each character has their own genre for their battle music. Celtic, J-Rock, hard rock, orchestral rock, techno rock, symphonic rock, and techno/darkwave. There's also J-pop insert songs, and honestly amazing opening and ending songs. Iirc the entire second season happened because the CD sales of these character songs made so much money. Which led to a total of five seasons, each with a bigger budget and crazier stakes.

[@awilddeformedpikachuappear1068]

You gotta do ado's song "odo","new genesis" and some other ones. Eve is also a good jpop artist who also does anime openings

[@Vunyl]

I think an amazing anime soundtrack you should review is for Bocchi the Rock. Whether you know about it or not, I always love seeing what you say about music.

[@funkydaddy007]

The way u explain and understand the music makes me soooooo jealous u wil never know, thank u sooo much😊😊😊😊😊

[@mikeymikey4186]

I'd love if you reacted to the Oshi No Ko outro song, Mephisto by QUEEN BEE I want to know exactly why the piano in the chorus scratches my brain just right

[@radicalpaprika1720]

Love how this bonuses as a bass tutorial

[@cabbage_cat]

His nickname is "tensai yonezu", tensai means genius

[@kaede9950]

This video is so interesting and fun! Thank you so much! I really hope that if you can react to "cry baby" by Official Hige Dandism, which is also an Anime opening and huge hit in Japan. I love that music so much but can not understant why the song is so unique musically, so I would appreciate it if you could explain what's going on.

[@GeoffreyKutsukawa]

imagine if he looks into the 3rd ending song in this anime and the band behind the song!

[@Baconbot-jr4vh]

I feel like Solo would have a field day listening to Drift from Guilty Gear Strive, it's genre after genre change. Actually most of the Guilty Gear series does some crazy stuff in it's ost.

[@riohenderson7920]

I would love to see what your thoughts are on aLIEz by Sawano Hiroyuki, super underrated in my opinion. Nothing as wild as what's going on in Kickback but I think its a great example of doing a lot of simple things really well

[@annisaautami]

Could you please react to King Gnu - Hakujitsu? The guitarist from King Gnu is Daiki Tsuneta who is also co-producering Kick Back and also in charge with Guitar and Bass in that song! He's the main composer and lyricist in King Gnu, i think you might like them :)

[@Die-Coughman]

Nice to see another based hd600 enjoyer. In terms of jrock id love to see deep dives into Asian Kung-fu Generation. Waltz in Codebook, Blue-train, eternal glider, and A town in blue are incredible.

[@accioravenclaw2052]

someone may have commented this but Daiki Tsuneta (who was in the production, also leader of band King Gnu) has a short video of him covering this with the bass

[@Ravioli638]

OH KICKBACK As in with a chainsaw - I only just realised

[@Tokio_opp]

When it comes to how it plays wrong notes sometimes ( 8:00 ) I feel like that’s works so well with like the offputting world in chainsaw man. Things are wrong but you are distracted by what you have now

[@rezeuh]

you should take a look at the chainsaw man end of episode music because every episode has a different song

[@ylmyy]

Hi, I’m Japanese. Enjoyed your video!! I highly recommend Japanese composer “tsunku （つんく）”. (Bridge part of KICK BACK was from his song “そうだ！ We’re ALIVE”, as you may know.) If you like key changes like YOASOBI, you will love his song “happy summer wedding (ハッピーサマーウェディング）”. It’s kind of old song and not that complicated as YOASOBI, but still mind blowing and you can feel J-POP vibe, which is mix everything but it goes well.

[@FurcornstatesVids]

I've been watching your videos recently and they're such a nice watch, especially since I've recently started learning the bass. If you haven't already I think you should react to some JoJo openings such as Bloody Stream or Fighting Gold, both by Coda. JoJo openings are regarded as some of the best anime openings to some people and there's even memes that tell you to never skip the openings.

[@SOMETVDUDE]

I know I’m two months late to this lmao, but I usually don’t like watching people teaching some…mechanics? I guess you could say? Of guitars or anything really, but seeing you stop the song and then show what’s (most likely) happening is really fun to me! ^v^

[@cecilia_mackie]

That’s truly amazing! Let’s stay in touch!

[@Kokochocomouchoco]

Im gonna put this in the back pocket when double thumping like pinyo does in her cover doesnt work for me 😅.

[@AlKohaiMusic]

Since you like some anime music I’d live your thoughts on Fuyu No Hanashi from the anime Given. It’s actually an anime bout musicians, and the song is performed in story ( that said the opening rips as well)

[@Kerfuffledj]

You covered rumbling, but have you ventured into SiM's discography? They are so cool. I specifically started diving when I heard "EXiSTENCE" as the theme from Shingeki No Bahamut. Also, electronic artists like Camellia, USAO, t+pazolite, etc. absolutely obliterate genre boundaries... Like Camellia's 'Full Flavour' style.

[@hunterxarts]

I think a great song to react to is one of the Black clover OPs, either Haruka Mirai or Black Catcher

[@Adonys]

Thank you for this amazing analysis of the song, as always! (this helped me check if the chords I transcribed from the chorus of this were correct ) You're probably already familiar with it, but you should check out Bocchi the Rock's OP. Such a (kind of generic) but amazing J-Rock song :)

[@lse2]

i've been bingeing Bocchi all week, would LOVE to dive into this OP

[@うな-d6h]

Hi！As you may already know, the bass for this song is played and arranged by Mr. Tsuneta of "King Gnu". (This is the group that worked on Jujutsu Kaisen's "SPECIALS".) A short video of him playing the bass part of Kickback was released, so I would like to share it with you. kzbin.infoOA_l7r8Oktc

[@hiroakiooka6234]

' iyowa / kyukurarin ' please❤

[@CitrineSilly]

I think a really great song for you to react and breakdown would be still here (harsh sun ver) from dm dokuro. It's pretty long though

[@Pirta]

I'd love a reaction to ALI (feat. Mummy D) - NEVER SAY GOODBYE - it's the OP for Golden Kamuy season 4 and such a fun mashup!

[@Victini7472]

oooo i kinda wanna see that cover finished, cause what ive heard of it goes so hard, if you want to ofc also you should totally react to 99 by mob choir (the mob psycho 100 opening), its a banger theme for a banger show

[@DONUT444-q6e]

YEEEEESSSS

[@maru5259]

Bach would have a stroke if he listened to this for 10 seconds

[@IsaV88]

I noticed the 'bars' on your bass (I don't know what they are called but the bar that separates notes) are slanted. How does that differ from straight ones?

[@teadrop_]

For more Japanese music recs, one music group I'd like to recommend is FAKE TYPE! I like their style and whenever you hear the intro, even if it's a different song, somehow, it's very signature of them making it fun to recognize (if that makes sense lol) FAKE LAND is the song I rec kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5KrpGyFnN-ioNEsi=GxAwBTdY2oaVJoo4

[@superzgredzio]

yo. Could you look into "My war" from attack on titan. I do have a playlist of all the anime openings and closings. Of songs that I either like or somehow impacted me. "My war" never went on that list becuase it gives me legit chills. But I can honestly say that it's in my top ten best anime openings.

[@lse2]

I actually covered it on my main channel lol

[@superzgredzio]

@@lse2 dang. Good one. I only checked this channel 😁 cheers

[@KFV001]

Can you do Yofukasi no Uta(Call of the Night) Opening or the Ending?

[@KoKoDWitch]

I would love some Bocchi the Rock analysis 🥺 (It’s a comedy anime about highs school girls staring a band and the music is heavily inspired by jrock legend Asia Kung Fu Generation which the original author of the series loves)

[@quik06]

i really want dean to listen to "the details in the devil" by jt music. it is such an incredible electro swing track about batdr and i cannot stop listening to it

[@KimpachiRanjeni]

You should react to usseewa by Ado

[@naygoats955]

0:37 it’s beastars right… right

[@SinfullSquad]

I know you probably already listened to them but please do a black sabbath reaction, into the void or war pigs would be great choices

[@akiyoshie1128]

otonablue by atarashii gakko would be awesome!!

[@sansop9444]

9:19 Kinda sounds like spooky scary skeletons

[@skyFateGx]

Please React to ( Minami - Crying for rain ), that's some sick music too

[@bubblegumboots7551]

If you want some good bass in J-rock, check out Gacharic Spin--Mindset is a good place to start. If you want pure chaos of genre-blending metal, rock, punk, funk, J-pop etc., check out Maximum the Hormone. The did the end song for Chainsaw man episode 3. My favorite J-rock band is Band Maid. Also feature excellent bass and drums, and overall deceptively technical playing. They are an awesome live band, so look for some of their live videos. A final recommendation is Sokoninaru. Check out their video Tenohira De Odoru.

[@rebelrazz59]

I would recommend listening to anything by ado or eve. But narrowing it down id say how to eat life by eve and kagakushu for ado

[@16nguyennhutanhkhoi90]

Davie504 had a cover of kick back you should watch it

[@cecilia_mackie]

That’s sweet! Feel free to reach out.

[@jthedarkwolfxtreem]

Is that more like fusion bebop or something like that?

[@hew5716]

this is like daniel naroditsky but music version

[@flitzerps9522]

You are awesome. Please do more j pop 🙏❤

[@milk-dq7fu]

PLEASE check our vaundy and specificaly their work on the second opening of ranking of kingns

[@jimiyu.]

music that might be fun to listen to would be TUYU (i reccomend bus to the other world), their guitar riffs are lots of fun

[@ahmadalbab8081]

Now Aot Suite i guess?

[@venomgaming5280]

Maybe do Tokyo Ghoul

[@cecilia_mackie]

Love 4 u! xo. Feel free to reach out.

[@razor643]

you should do the english vertion of idol. it has slight differences. this video is amazing aswell :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJzNhJmQaJV6g5Y

[@__lawevadingrocku_]

If you want maximalist music of the vocaloid variety I recommend listening to tsumiki. I really want someone with a professional understanding of music to react to his songs. Please react to Ungray Days 🙇

[@conradsmith9441]

I LOVE asian music. Jpop, anime music, Kpop. For a musician it is fresh. I am not used to hearing music like this. American pop does not do that for you.

[@kei07210]

Why do you think so many rock bands are still active in Japan? Jazz music is also very popular. I believe it is because the Japanese people are a people who cherish and love good things, both old and new! And we Japanese trust and like America and Americans the most, so maybe we like music too 🎵 I really enjoy your commentary while playing your instrument, thank you🌱🌱