PRODUCER REACTS | STRAY KIDS- TASTE (Lee Know, Hyunjin, Felix)

[@AmariLeone]

I'm not gonna lie, this is the best I've heard any of them sound. This song is ludicrously fire! 🔥🦁

[@Felicity0801]

I think part of what makes DanceRacha unit tracks sound satisfying is the big extremes of their vocal ranges- most of the time, Lee Know is the extreme high end, sometimes nicknamed “king of falsettos” by STAYs, Hyunjin is the mid-range, he’s an all-rounder who can sing and rap, and Felix is the extreme low end though he can reach high notes surprisingly well. Also at around 16:21 do I detect a “I know, you know, we know, Lee Know” (It’s a lyric from Tortoise and the Hare, one of their weirder but nonetheless still amazing songs.) And for recommendations, Charmer or Give Me Your TMI. Charmer doesn’t have a music video (sadly), the only thing there is for it is color-coded-lyrics videos. Give Me Your TMI has a music video that’s basically a mini action movie lol

[@AmariLeone]

Yeah the differences in their voice gives each of them their own space on the track which is nice. Ad far as “I know, you know, we know, Lee Know" I was simply making a joke, I didn't know that was actually a lyric of there's lol

[@lateshatorres8467]

Yeah I love this and I’m so glad you broke this song down cuz the most my brain could come up with is that it makes me want to goth twerk🤷🏾‍♀️

[@AmariLeone]

Goth twerking >>>>>>>>>

[@Felicity0801]

@@AmariLeone well- I guess now you know. There are a ridiculous amount of inside jokes about Stray Kids, it takes a really long time to even understand only the common ones.

[@natty7639]

Lee know really one of my favourite vocalists now and actually he has the best falsettos in the group as for me

[@catcat1130]

Hyunjin has been writing this song for over a month and shared with Felix and Minho for their suggestions for lyrics and melody. Together with them they worked for 2 hours. Hyunjin recorded the full demo himself and showed it to Chan to help with the arrangement with his friend. As a result, Chan liked the demo version so much that he said that he didn’t have to fix anything much and supplement it. And this demo was sung by Minho and Felix. So Hyunjin was the main composer and sole producer of the song, Chan was involved in the creation of the beat and arrangement, and Felix and Minho did additions to the finished lyrics and music. In staging the choreography, the whole dancerachа also understood the participation. In my opinion this is the best song on the Maxident album. Thank you for your reaction

[@AmariLeone]

It's absolutely amazing song, so glad Hyunjin made this demo & everyone added their bits as well.

[@MissYellowCat]

Stray Kids always does such an amazing job with the use of autotune in their songs, it never feels too much or random, they use it for the effect and not the stereotypical apparent witchcraft some people think autotune is only used for. Oh and stays LOVE taste, literally when it came out everyone went crazy, it's still on a lot of people's top 5 for their listening receipts

[@AmariLeone]

That "witchcraft" that people always talk about doesn't even exist, as autotune does NOT make people who can't sing, great singers. It makes already competent singers more accurate. Those are different things. The former doesn't exist but fans think autotune is just gonna turn you into beyonce & it doesn't work like that lol. Anyways yeah I liked the autotune uses in this song.

[@MissYellowCat]

@@AmariLeone I completely agree

[@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks]

@@AmariLeone Trust us -- this is something a lot of STAYs end up discussing (or arguing about) with other fandoms and antis constantly. Even Chan has literally broken it down for people in a live. _We_ know, but it's something that's constantly weaponized against SKZ, so some of us don't even bother anymore trying to educate the people determined to hate or dismiss SKZ on this basis. 😐

[@temeculahulamom]

Gah, watch their live performances of Taste from Seoul Unveil and the most recent Gayo Daejejeon recording. Hyunjin wanted this to bookend Red Lights. Felix shows off a sensual side and teases that last line falsetto?! What a lead in to DEEP END. He kills me. LEE KNOW?!! LAWD, HE KILLS IT. That descending line?! I'm dead. The falsettos?

[@a.christian6003]

12:44 Hyunjin harmonized with himself indeed sounds real good for the song. He done it too in ice.cream prior to TASTE, and a bit in Love Untold. I guess that process continued in TASTE.

[@jill4067]

If I didn't know who sang this song, I'd still really love it. It's so dark - and that's what makes it unique and great!

[@AmariLeone]

That's cause you have *taste* eh eh

[@jill4067]

@@AmariLeone 😂😆

[@earprg]

Now you know...LEE KNOW!!!!!

[@AmariLeone]

If you don't know, now you Lee Know!

[@earprg]

@@AmariLeone I stand CORRECTED!!!

[@yaselleleebit5431]

Listen to leeknow's solo song limbo from skz-replay! He can really belt it out. 🥺

[@AmariLeone]

I'll have to check it out

[@BringSugaTangerineTheDocuments]

LeeKnow is my bias and i..........didnt know he got down like tht either ..im addicted to this song..but i tell u what do not watch the performance of this you do NOT have enough water to make it through it.. 😰 😰

[@sndgdr]

LeeKnow is such a great vocalist is wholesome when we see people react to that or discover him, thanks for your reaction, you should check his solo song Limbo too!

[@hannaijas-hyvarinen4141]

They all are killing it in this 😍😍 Have you heard muddy water or freeze. Felix and Hyunjin are rapping in those👏👏

[@Violet-wj8pc]

I really loved your reaction! I love this song and it was so interesting to hear about the production of it from a producer’s perspective. I would love to see you react to more stray kids songs:)

[@AmariLeone]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@iyanahardiso5232]

The one with the deep voice ( Felix ) sung the high note at the end if you want to hear Felix different vocal changes I suggest you to listen to “Deep End” by Felix.

[@brand7549]

I vote for Deep End, YES!!

[@AmariLeone]

He killed that!

[@MommaJB]

Song is 🔥 DanceRacha vocals are no joke. Love this song

[@Yuuko_Ichihara_0325]

This is my fav song from this album!

[@GenaBabin]

Felix sounds so much like Jackson in this song.

[@Tristana.Keauna]

Def think you should check out "Deep End" by Felix

[@AmariLeone]

I'll add it to my list!

[@MindyRRD6760]

@@AmariLeone man, if you thought Felix got to flex vocals on this one.....

[@AmariLeone]

Excited!

[@morganhouze8419]

DanceRacha also has a song called WOW. Similar-ish to Taste

[@seochangbinsarms]

Also Felix actually does that last falsetto, not hyunjin

[@AmariLeone]

Slay king!

[@Teneal9]

This is such an amazing song and is my favourite from the Maxident album! Top 10 of the SKZ songs for this year. I too love dark, atmospheric songs (probably why Triphop was such a thing for me). Jaeguchi got the last falsetto mixed up as it was actually Felix, not Hyunjin. I found it so interesting to hear about the production aspects in this song that you pointed out! I love knowing more about how songs are put together, so thank you for that 😁 Songs that hit this darker more atmospheric vibe include Felix's solo "Deep End" (brilliant), Lonely St, Levanter, Slump, Wow (another Danceracha song), Scars, TMT, Sorry I Love You, Secret Secret, Red Lights, Streetlight, 19, and Chronosaurus.

[@AmariLeone]

That's because you have *taste* eh eh 😁

[@andriaciel5468]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, Amari, for reacting to this!! I would never have heard this masterpiece otherwise. Its on my playlist now.

[@amyhahn4734]

I could listen to this song every single day for the rest of my life..... And you are SO right, Amari, what a flex that the dance line can step up to the plate and knock it out of the park!

[@AmariLeone]

I agree with you, this is one of my favorite songs I've ever heard from any group, this song is insanely good!

[@dmwilson3606]

My favorite song on the album.

[@LyNSANEmusic]

i love that your explanations sound like how my brain thinks....i find you so relatable :) love your skz reactions, subscribed and checking out your other reactions! :)

[@AmariLeone]

Wow thank you I appreciate that, so sorry to hear you're also crazy like me though lmao

[@imarijade1469]

This is definitely a bop.

[@uwuforkuroo530]

Every few second “OKAY! ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT” 😂

[@AmariLeone]

It was too much!!!! lol

[@patriciaaskim6279]

One of my favorites

[@jeanettechristoffersen1916]

DanceRACHA did a wonderful job with this song, which I believe was written by Hyunjin. I’ve loved it since the first time I heard it and love that we get to hear all their voices clearly. Have you watched them perform Taste on stage and have you listened to Felix’ Deep End yet?

[@AmariLeone]

I plan to react to 2 performances of Taste on Patreon (that's what I usually do for the things I react to on my channel).

[@nooraidahmustaffa414]

Hyunjin, chan, felix, leeknow all involve in this song. Not only hyunjin.

[@uzio001]

@@nooraidahmustaffa414 Hyunjin mainly

[@paraisoperdido4687]

@@nooraidahmustaffa414 Hyunjin made it , he writes this song

[@tapioooca5182]

Chan made the track and the others wrote the song (mainly Hyunjin)

[@cindydesjardins2454]

Seoul Unveil has the whole song performance and is hot. Any other performances are only part of the song. Please react to it, you will never hear the song again without the performance playing in your head.

[@hahehiviman]

You HAVE to check out Deep End by Felix. His voice is so cool

[@satsukisan8128]

So the Danceracha have also another song called Wow . Because there the other Wow is by the 3Racha.

[@Nobodys_Nothing]

Tortoise and the Hare ❤

[@splam_antha]

I think you should listen to DLMLU! it’s one of my FAVORITE songs SKZ has

[@narutha2468]

if u don't know it is a lee know

[@foryourgoal6955]

💙

[@AmariLeone]

🖤

[@susannac3894]

If you like Taste, have you ever listened to "Red Light"? That is the Pre-Taste song where Hyunjin said he based on when he is making Taste. Red Light is a unit b side song with Bang Chan and Hyunjin.

[@JSKZG]

Have u seen the stage performance? This is a baby making song lol.....DanceRacha topped themselves.

[@MicheleDoenges]

Check out Dirty Water. Felix and hyunjin actually rap quite a lot, but Dirty Water is the song that, in my opinion, highlights Felix's abilities best.

[@soradynysty2085]

Plisss reaction lee know limbo

[@kalyn7508]

Love the reaction can you react to Wow by danceRacha too and I got it by Han and Zone by 3racha and Deep end by Felix

[@AmariLeone]

Thank you & I'll add it to the list!

[@churailmukhi]

"The lyrics are sweet so far" Me: *sniggers* Also yes, Felix's 'Deep End' made reactors cry.

[@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks]

Unfortunately, there are mistakes in this video. Which is not uncommon for lyrics vids, of course, but sometimes they're particularly frustrating. It correctly credits Lee Know for his falsettos and even correctly credits Hyunjin for his falsetto at the end, but that very last falsetto is Felix (different videos have credited either Lee Know or Hyunjin for it, but never Felix).

[@tracymcgill66]

I've seen one correctly credit him.

[@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks]

@@tracymcgill66 Good to know! I'm guessing it probably came out after the distribution was clarified. Do you happen to recall which channel it's from? I'd love to add it to my list of references in case any new folk ever ask.

[@tracymcgill66]

@@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks I can't be sure that the translation is 100% but the colour coding is mostly accurate. (it misses out one of the woos from Lee know, Lee know and Hyunjin singing one part together and Hyunjin's kiss me lyrics but seems to be the closest otherwise.)

[@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks]

@@tracymcgill66 Sounds pretty good to me!