Red Velvet | 'Dumb Dumb' & 'One Of These Nights' MV REACTION | Their range is just incredible!

[@riffgroove]

"Dumb Dumb isn't just Kpop at it's most cognizant and audacious, it's the genre's untouchable masterpiece." - Billboard. And "One of These Nights" is the most beautiful song ever written in Kpop. And I'll fight anyone who says differently. While the lyrics are based on a Korean fairy tale, ( your basic "star crossed lovers" story ) the video is unquestionably a tribute to the victims of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy. Although never confirmed by SM, there are WAY to many references to ignore.

[@sophiebbhl]

One of these nights is a tribute to the victims of Sewol tragedy. You should definitely check out the lyrics, it's so heartbreaking. Thank you for the video!

[@DoubleMonoLR]

The video *may* well be(at least in part/combination), but the song definitely isn't - it's about the folk talk of Chilseok, hence the use of '7/7' in the title and elsewhere, which is the date of the Chilseok festival. The lyrics directly relate to the tale. The video also matches this tale(especially the aspects the song focuses on), which has forced separation/longing, sadness, water, rain, stars, a boat, etc as major themes in the tale. The members themselves didn't seem to associate it at all with the Sewol, as they were joking around & teasing each other while watching the music video.

[@Bruh-cg9yt]

You need to read this❗️ The theory on One of these nights is that the song is a tribute to the Sewol Ferry Incident. Which happened back in 2014. Where group of students were going on a school trip to Jeju Island. Unfortunately the ferry flipped over and over 250 students died due to negligence. While the Captain and several crew members abandoned the ship. Only 172 out of 476 passengers survived. Throughout the whole music video there were several indications it was related to the incident. For instance the crew members of the Ferry told the students to stay put and that they would be rescued. In the music video Seulgi is looking out the keyhole realizing the truth. She tries to escape but she's trapped from the water the indicating the students could have been saved. Irene sitting symbolizes the students who listened and waited to be rescued. Joy climbing the ladder symbolizes the survivors. The scene where Yeri was asleep in the boat while water started to fill it. Indicates the students who were sleeping while the ferry was sinking. The scene where Seulgi opens up the window while Wendy is standing in the rain. And she's seen crying in the window symbolizes it was already too late to save her. Continuing on Seulgi could have escaped since she knew the truth. But unfortunately the hallways of the ferry start to fill up with water. As Seulgi opens up the door where it shows the members all dress in white growns. Symbolizes that she opening the door to heaven where all the other members except Joy are waiting for her. At the end of the music video where cloud appears. ❗️The moon behind cloud signifies the Lunar Calendar. One these nights was released on March 17th, 2016. Which connects to the Lunar date of the Sewol Ferry Incident. Sorry for the whole essay.❗️

[@riffgroove]

Not so fun fact.... JYP's family was directly responsible for the tragedy. Yes, THAT JYP.

[@yanyanys]

@@riffgroove wdym by that? How are they related? //gen

[@riffgroove]

@@yanyanys Look who JYP is married to. Then find out who her uncle is. Then find out the ferry company he owned. After that, find out the dangerous religious cult they all belong to.

[@xheralt]

@@riffgroove cowards come in all religions, even mainstream Christianity, so you can't blame that for the captain and crew. JYP Being married or related to ownership has absolutely no bearing in the actions, in the moment, of captain and crew. Even IF corporate cost cutting led to the sinking the culture of youngers absolute obedience to elders, and the elders giving the worst possible orders...that is what ki

[@riffgroove]

@@xheralt I would say that him being a practicing member of a dangerous religious cult responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people even *before* the Sewol tragedy, not to mention the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars, is most definitely relevant.

[@ZeruDesu]

"(Un)helpful Guide To Red Velvet | EARLY 2021" by Kpopops is the most informative one and it's not super long

[@Frandahab]

Ye this one is probably the most compact yet complete one. There's another one for queendom era I like but it's like an hour long

[@abbyjones3645]

Vote for this comment!! It’s totally a very nice unhelpful guide for Red Velvet

[@nguyencaokhanhngoc2585]

Uppppppp yea that's a really good guide,not to mention it's recent too

[@chrissyalapo-calg9748]

Yes!!! Please do this one, it’s unbiased and shows not only their talent, but their personalities as well

[@aloalogabs]

Red Velvet has one of the best discographies in the kpop industry, I'm glad you're enjoying it

[@hyoominie]

2:59 It's Joy again! I love both of these songs so so much! Dumb Dumb is such a bop, it has strong elements of western female-lead songs (especially the beginning vocals remind me of Jessi's Bang Bang), but it still has that fun edge and I always love when they used their voices as part of the beat! And One Of These Nights is simply beautiful, especially live! The corresponding albums are clear representations of their two sides: The Red is filled with fun upbeat tracks and such a strong outing for a first full-length album. But it's the following mini album The Velvet, which consists entirely of ballads/slow r&b tracks, that put them on the map as artists and not only idols. It's so uncommon for idols groups to put out slow songs or ballads (besides the cliché christmas ballads of cause) and the girls were pretty overwhelmed by the success of OOTN. Seulgi cried so much, when they won the first place on a music show with the song! And yeah, the following title tracks aren't as distinctly opposing anymore. The next three are more red, while Peek-a-Boo is bit of a mix and after Bad Boy all the tracks have the "Red Velvet" stamp - meaning they feature amazing vocals and are catchy af, regardless of their genre or redness/velvetness. For guides I really like the (un)helpful Guide by arystocats_ (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGmnoKmlodKpg5Y) It's from the Psycho era, so not totally up-to-date, but facts are facts and it shows off the members well.

[@reykuch]

Ouff One of these nights breaks me each time...R.I.P to all the Sewol ferry victims cant believe its been this long already..

[@Bruh-cg9yt]

The symbolism in this MV is crazy💔💔 Red Velvet the best girl group in 3th generation - Wendy in the corridor with Seulgi looking through the keyhole representing the lives that were trapped in the ferry - Seulgi walking out of the corridor and being parralel with the water because the ferry tipped before sinking - the ladder joy is on with the water below her - the tea because students said they were eating soup and noticed the soup was tilted - the unknowing of which way is up vs down - the way the girls are sitting around a table with one another because the survivors said the last thing they did before the panic was eating lunch with their friends - the lights turning off as seulgi walks back into the corridor and the most poignant symbolism is regarding yeri 1. the cover of the velvet album has yeri's face blurred because she was the same age as the students in the sewol ferry disaster ... 2. yeri being in a boat lying down 3. the boat being filled with water as yeri seems to be asleep most of the people on the ferry were school aged kids the same age as yeri and i think the use of yeri to display the disaster makes it even more emotional repost of a comment in the actual video which I think is very interesting it

[@bonzina]

Dumb Dumb is such a fun song, and a trippy mv. That was Joy... again, I think we might have a bias here it's been too many times now! OOTN is stunningly beautiful and criminally underrated. RV still stretch their wings in terms of range of styles now, but it's less of a dichotomy of strictly red/velvet like it was in their early years. I can't remember if you've said you know them but another girl group that you might enjoy someday is Mamamoo, also a very vocally strong group (some might say the strongest but that might be blasphemous to say on a RV reaction haha)

[@筱晴-b6c]

"(Un)helpful Guide To Red Velvet | EARLY 2021" is the best guide !

[@DarkFoncho]

Their versatility and their range it's why I felt in love with them since their debut.

[@evicas]

red x velvet songs are always super cool to see because their duality is one of the best things about them. their discography is rlly diverse so you’ll never get bored with them

[@maferbianchi2558]

Red Velvet one of the best Kpop groups ♥

[@ZeruDesu]

If you're looking for a Red Velvet guide, This is probably the best one out there! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5fcgGmkfLqZpqM

[@angelarv26]

yesss

[@CutleryWonder]

👍👍Just watched this and yes, this is a good guide. It has quite a few little song spoilers but you'll get that in any decent guide really.

[@nguyencaokhanhngoc2585]

Upp

[@meinbow]

Up

[@riffgroove]

Up.

[@yanyanys]

Most k-hip-hop artist said that they don't really like idol's music except for red velvet. A lot of k-hip-hop artist are a fan of rv 😂

[@iamalessiaa]

One of these nights are the reason why I stanned red velvet. Their voices😍 Sadly, it become underrated title tracks among other red velvet song🥺

[@jasminenoel8472]

One Of These Nights is a verrrrryyyyy beautiful song and it holds a special place in my heart 💛

[@333houseoflight]

I’m blown away by the song One of These Nights. First heard it in a clothing store in Taipei and I was like what is this, who is this… I almost wanted to cry. I thought it was a song about love…then I finally found the mv on KZbin, and came to know the tragedy that happened years ago. The creativity in this song and video……it’s like my favorite song now even though it’s heartbreaking 😢

[@yanyanys]

Can't wait for you to start reacting to their bsides! Their bsides are EVERYTHING 😩❤️

[@Raidanzoup]

Kinda refreshing to see a reactor who can instantly recognize that just because a video lets you turn on captions it doesn't mean that the video is actually captioned. For those in the know that means we'll avoid another Red Flavor incident lmao

[@thezircadia]

I feel like Dumb Dumb is one of the most perfect iconic examples of a Red Velvet song that is red (bright, poppy, upbeat) but clearly shows their R&B influences still with the vocals and the bass and the vibe. I think it's still considered a red song due to it not having the mature and soulful elements, but I love that you can usually hear the R&B elements in almost any Red Velvet song. The horns also just kill me in that song. "Unexpected bridge" - Red Velvet tagline haha :D One of These Nights... I cry or come near to it every time. It's so stunning and the meaning just kills me.

[@suikalabsICHII]

really enjoyed seeing you enjoy more of their music! highly recommend watching the live performances for both songs (preferably the sketchbook ones), you don't necessarily have to react to them you can just watch them on your free time but they're just on another level. tbf, sm artists's live performances are always better than the studio versions hahaha

[@christopherh2694]

Dumb Dumb turned me into a huge RV stan

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Dumb Dumb and OOTN are Literally the extreme ends of duality of RV discography ! I love both of these for different styles, moods and music 😍 ... I just love RV's discography too much I guess :)

[@jaewooasalways2375]

You must see mv red velvet - would u and mv red velvet - would u live

[@shaynanigans_]

I really love your reactions to RV, hope you continue to love them. These girls are amazing and sooooo talented 💗💛💙💚💜

[@Natasha-26]

GET READY FOR RED VELVET DOMINATION!!!!

[@taengoonim]

Can't wait for you to check their bsides 😊 they take you on a journey for sure

[@bdzmru8489]

After you listen to "rookie" which is a red side song, you can check out a red velvet guide by "Joyristic" and the tile is: GET TO KNOW: RED VELVET (Members, positions, voices, looks) ROOKIE Here is the link that is not super long but it helps you distinguish the girls: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWKuipibm6ilhJo

[@zapunaru]

"A girl group's comeback with the ballad song and won in music shows" Only Red Velvet can do a ballad as a title track I remember the girls were so worried about this comeback because it is a ballad, they cried a lot when they got wins in music shows with this song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJm8m4OjnqeKsNk You can really see that they weren't expecting to win at all! It's clearly written on their faces. You should definitely react to 'a guide to red velvet ( 2020 updated )' kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJSwZ4OVoJt6o6s

[@-ChristinaMelani]

Love both songs so much

[@seulgibaeby1711]

Just new to your channel. Hope to see you reacting to their b-side tracks and a mess series by bubbleflexe. I am definitely subscribing because of your Red Velvet journey. Love from the Philippines!

[@kaylanigomez5725]

Yeeeess red velvet b-sides are to die for 🥰

[@mariama716]

love how it ends up being one Red and one Velvet track in each of these videos! nice to get a taste of both haha

[@potato7320]

I think Be Natural - their second MV with the old vibe would suit you the best. Please check out that song if possible.

[@mirariferrer111]

He already reacted to that song and he really love that song, also he's reacting red velvet mv's chronologically

[@casualsuede]

Dumb Dumb is a secret tour of the SM hit factory where their kpop idols are manufactured.

[@gandashaa3564]

Dumb dumb is a song where i think they become dumb whenever the certain boy they like comes or they become dumb whenever they think of him.

[@parkjoytea6362]

2:49 ... you said "Who is she?" that's joy btw... lol i guess your bias is joy ... it's many times already

[@williamhumes3005]

sometimes yes but often no. KPOP videos don't have to be videos of the song. Some groups they never are. My favorite example of this is from a subunit called Orange Caramel. The video features a little girl camplin in the living room. She falls asleeep while reading a fairy tale book and dreams she is touring the fairy tales following the group. She just catches up with them and starts sing and dancing with them and she wakes up. The lyrics are about the horror of falling in love and being stuck with just one guy.The lyrics warn that love clouds your mind and makes it hard to breathe. Love is a disease like asthma. Some groups the video makes perfect sense if you know the lyrics but without the lyrics, not so much.Sometimes the video really is the song in picture form but often it isn't When you get to it. know that Really Bad Boy and Bad Boy aren't really connected at all and you should not skip RBB.

[@jennielyn7685]

Pls react to joy’s hello and irene & seulgi monsters. Also, wendy debut songs 😍😍😍 You will totally love all of it. 😍🤗💯💯💯

[@mariama716]

cant wait for Umpah Umpah

[@amirulfarhan5644]

their b-side is top tier

[@jocci21]

I think Joy is your bias

[@kotaac.]

This guide is new and covers everything they did since Queendom their most recent release: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6eQhWysqLKGjJI

[@applemusic751]

This one is good

[@luffy-yq4pf]

Yassss this one

[@shonlomons]

Watch Unhelpful guide for Red Velvet 😊

[@jasminenoel8472]

For a guide I recommend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5fcgGmkfLqZpqM It’s a newer one but doesn’t have to many spoilers of songs and if there’s any you haven’t heard they go by real quick. It also does a good job at showing their skills and personalities🥰🥰

[@CutleryWonder]

Red Velvet (like Dreamcatcher) can do it all. Their discography is full of all sorts of songs. Not all of them are to my tastes but that's partly why I love them so much. They're unafraid to try different things. I haven't got any guide suggestions but I'll take a look at what others suggest and chime in.

[@rohanpatel767]

Here link to guide video for rv kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIeaopKAptOEbbs

[@Bruh-cg9yt]

I’m first, I’m FIRST!!!!

[@deejohnson4793]

Didn't know that R.V. had done a tribute to Sewol victims. BTS has, perhaps other groups. U can see actual footage shot by students on the ship on KZbin. Much negligence. Peace to those victims and their families. Thanks for your reaction. More Red Velvet, please and (G)-Idle, Lion, Oh My God, Uh Oh and others.

[@riffgroove]

"Red Light" by F(x) is also about the Sewol ferry tragedy.

[@deejohnson4793]

@@riffgroove Thanks 🙏

[@jonathanwarman3918]

To my mind "Dumb Dumb" was a response to claims that "K-Pop is dumb mass produced Michael Jackson derivative stuff" to the effect "Yeah, and?" And the joke is that musically it is anything but dumb