Vocal Coach analyses BEATBOXER Gene Shinozaki - ‘Metamorphosis’

In this video, I react for the first time to beatboxer Gene Shinozaki performing ‘Metamorphosis’ for the Grand Beatbox Battle (GBB) 2021. In this video, I analyse his amazing performance, explain and (occasionally) demonstrate his vocal techniques and I'll tell you what I think made it so great. Beatbox keeps blowing my mind with the creativity and innovation in sound!
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[@TheFairyVoiceMother]

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[@dropbarracuda]

I can't BEGIN to tell you how excited I am for this! Thank you *SO* much for reacting to this song; Gene is an incredible musician in all regards, and his contributions to the genre and community are beyond measure ❤️

[@jonasgold4745]

I really felt the same!

[@valentinocompostella8827]

Same here

[@leegak6872]

so true, she could react to his showcase at ggb 2019

[@LoLProof]

wtf This might be the cutest comment ever😃

[@MrPete81]

Erm... I would pay for Lolli's own cover of Metamorphosis... WOAH!! Such an amazing reaction video, thank you for sharing with us all! Much love 🫶

[@dripcaraybbx]

Gene has a great tutorial on his chords. Basically he'll vibrate his lips at the speed of the root while voicing a 5th or 3rd or other harmonic. Search "Gene Shinozaki lip oscillation"

[@winterfeld2458]

Up

[@ryansmallwood1178]

I'm so delighted to finally see Gene on the channel, thanks so much for doing such careful analysis of this performance and highlighting so many details. You've done so much for the beatbox community bringing your vocal expertise to looking at these performances!

[@DefiantBBX]

you deserved that shoutout lol you've really engaged with lots of reactors and gotten them to react to so many amazing beatbox videos

[@Phoenix_356]

His gbb21 elimination gave me goosebumps

[@j102h]

That outro note was even more beautiful and powerful somehow

[@salamanteri_]

We are being heard! I think I suggested this a month back, thanks a lot of making a video! This is my favourite beat box track I've heard so far :) ❤

[@phattyphrank595]

And this is the birth of fairy voice mother gbb25 champion......

[@jayc2574]

Yay more beatbox content!

[@stpetie7686]

I've been subscribed to this channel for around 3 years now. And still, after every video I love this lovely human a little bit more.

[@fireblow6842]

I just want you to kow that your vocal explenations/showcases are absolutely gorgeous and much appreciated. you are not only highly knowledgeable about your subject of expertise but highly skilled in it aswell, which makes these a blast to watch every time.

[@rickrusaw915]

Yesssss this is the one I've been waiting for here. See you in 2.5 hours ;)

[@dearydarling]

Can i just say how adorable the beatbox community comments are on these videos? You all deserve to be excited that your art is being recognized for the amazing thing it is and it's so fun watching you watching the world find out what you all have known all along ... that you're incredible! and who better than the precious Loli :)

[@420isplenty5]

The beatbox community shows very rare hate, Even if someone isn't as skilled as others, Know as much or are new to beatbox completely, we teach and learn all the time, That's what i love about our community :)

[@BigGuy3200]

@@420isplenty5I agree with that. We’re one of the few communities left that has very very little hate. We’re all here to appreciate the music no matter the skill level.

[@TheFairyVoiceMother]

Oh you are such an angel 💜

[@iiBaZZa]

you're the best to watch beatbox with. Haven't seen this level of musical and technical insights elsewhere

[@junyan2604]

finally react to this? it's one of the best wildcard ever produced, what makes it more epic was Gene is doing "daily beats" where he makes a beat every single day, and the series ended with this masterpiece ‘Metamorphosis' as #100, and it matched exactly the time where people participating gbb21 wildcard.

[@coffee_bbx]

9:21 here gene is using an inward snare with an inward liproll, meaning all the pitches and techniques are inward. This shows how technical he is and also very wise with his breath control.

[@lairbear4673]

The reverse yodel was pretty impressive, not gonna lie. Love that you’ve introduced me to this genre rabbit hole!

[@GrowingDownUnder]

Is the reverse yodel thing just double voice like what Show-go does? but done continuously ?

[@ScribblyDoodle]

​@@GrowingDownUnderthe double voice is just a reverse yodel, and rather than flipping from head to chest voice, it's from head to mixed voice

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@ScribblyDoodle I would disagree, double voice is ascending pitch, descending pitch, mixing it up however you want. That doesn't make it a reverse yodel. I would recommend watching show-go tutorial on double voice where he explains it better

[@GrowingDownUnder]

@@ScribblyDoodlealso another reason why it's not reverse yodel, because triple voice and quadruple voice exist too where you can do 3-4 sounds instead of just 2

[@ScribblyDoodle]

@@GrowingDownUnder I have watched it, many times haha. It's not reverse because of where it goes in pitch, but because rather than flipping from chest voice to head voice (a regular yodel), it's from head voice to chest/mixed voice. It "reverses" the vocal registers and the way that you have to apply air pressure to make the flip happen. But the pitch itself can go up or down. You can showgo from a higher note to a lower note, or from a lower note to a higher note. Not sure about the triple or quadruple voice... I know I've seen people tap their larynx to get more articulations in. Maybe you can just alternate between regular and reverse yodels?

[@buschcory]

Thanks for being an honest and wholesome force in the world

[@gilles22]

Thanks for reacting to Gene !! I was waiting that for such a long time :D

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

Thanks again for your coverage of this art form. Your excitement is infectious, and your knowledge helps bring legitimacy to their skills outside their circles.

[@chickenmuscle1029]

I love the way you break this stuff down. You are delightful. Great work. Keepitup

[@mykanycemusic7542]

As usual you have blown my mind with your immediate knowledge and passion. You are an inspiration.

[@yendanjin]

YES! I was hoping you would react/analyze this video! Looking very much forward to it

[@martinbenatitinodekartella3074]

React to the Korean beatboxer Wing!!! His musicality is unmatched😍

[@pandamonium7818]

I love this Piece so much and no matter how many time I hear it the emotion this piece provokes is amazing. For sure in my top ten favorite beatbox performances. Gene is so good.

[@peep-pow]

I loved this. Gene's artistic choices are on another level

[@coryabes9394]

AMAZING BREAKDOWN! THE BEST BY FAR!

[@danielelwell2571]

Thank you for all your videos, I've learnt so much and now appreciate all the nuances of all the artists you have covered. As you can gather, I'm a newbie and have been looking at all your history.

[@J7UK]

you are a fucking genius

[@laurencemayshroom5940]

How did I miss this!!!! 😮 your beatbox understanding is mad after not that long of being brought into this world!

[@Kosal_]

been waitng for another beatbox reaction, great reaction and video lolli :)

[@philsmith2606]

Been waiting for this one 😊

[@mauijttewaal]

The name reminds me of O'G3NE, 3 dutch ladies who made a home isolation version of Bohemian Rhapsody that even Queen promoted!

[@vibragod725]

Gene is a genius master of unusual and original sounds the idea behind his beatboxing is to copy instruments, he has been developing that sound which is like a violin for years, this is the essence of his beatboxing he takes his time playing instruments himself or listening to them and developing the similar sound with mouth and he is patient and consistent during the process, this is what I call mastery

[@bboyshotty]

how did i miss this?! you are the absolute best!

[@vishnumurali8686]

The beauty of the "flapping" is that he does it in multiple different ways. The lip flapping itself is both outward and inward as required. He also uses uvular vibrations to create notes apart from the standard false fold vibrations. Most beatboxers can do these techniques standalone. But to use execute them this perfectly one after another while maintaining pitch and tone is insanely difficult.

[@monkleyt]

Thank you for a fascinating, thorough, and enthusiastic analysis of this.

[@HBangerHS]

Watching your beatbox reactions is something else, Lolli. Everytime I see these uploads on my feed I get the happy good brain juices flowing, immediately so. I got really into listening to beatbox from watching your reactions and, yet again and again, you give me a whole new appreciation for the techniques and musicality beatbox artists keep on pushing for. Thank you very much!

[@maudjito]

You're the best at analysis on this!

[@niggasoline2583]

You kept your word! Haha and I kept mine as well and waited for this for months. YOU FINALLY REACTED! Will keep waiting for your new ones!

[@srudine]

Amazing performance. Amazing analysis.

[@snezmil]

Oh, finally! I was waiting for this since you reacted to Show-go!

[@vasotoe]

Amaziiiiing! See you for the premiere! 🤘

[@willi_wam.beatbox]

Thank you for reaction i understand the musicianship and art in this masterpiece.

[@emilflarsen2]

Gene has a cover of Amazing Grace where he's only using his lip bass. The video is like 8 years old but it still shows how crazy his control is.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

Jairo - fuego .... look this up it's a beatbox duo they sing which is right up your alley. You can go deep with vocal analysis on that one too

[@YnEoS10]

thanks for analyzing Gene!

[@e.g930]

I'm so glad you finally did this one. The one I really wish you would do after this one is Stich from the same wildcard, the craziest poly voice prafomance I have ever seen

[@flstep835]

8:50 he also uses liprolls! Technique that took beatboxing by a storm a few years ago, but in this case he uses them with his voice. He alternates between outward lip oscillations where he squeezes his lips together to get a certain note, and he is so skilled with that, that he can create crystal clear intervals with his lips and voice, not just oscillating whole numbers of octaves apart! And the same case with liprolls, which are performed by breathing in through the corner of your lips to create much lower frequency clean sub-bass tones. Here Gene also uses his voice, in this case inward singing, creating intervals with his sub-bass liprolls, and this is so crystal clear, he's incredibly skilled with that! Usually if the mic is slightly on one side and there's subbass, then it's an inward liproll, otherwise it's an outward lip oscillation, well, the tones of these two sounds are drastically different. Also a cool thing to note: he likes to create the effect of an overblown speaker with these same outward lip oscillations by squeezing his mouth really hard I think

[@lholhofox]

Thank yoooooouuu!! 😍😍😍😍

[@user-fh3ed4je7u]

More beatboxes ‼︎

[@PW_Thorn]

It's insane how good you are at explaining and exemplifying whatever involves voice stuff. That would be so good for me to have it with Zora's (from Blackbriar) vocals. It's enough that she opens her mouth and I disintegrate... I collapse into a blackhole of love... In my craziest dreams you would react to 'Blackbriar - Cicada (Official Music Video)' and you would mix it with 'Cicada (Isolated Vocals)' for in-depth analysis "in premium mode" 😉! (isn't it a golden opportunity that they have dropped the isolated vocals of the song ? ♥️). I'm pretty sure you won't regret ☺️

[@brigzy09]

always so good at explaining whats going on

[@Ericboy114558]

It's crazy how fast you actually got those lip sounds right! Took me a long time to get even close to good at them. Bravo!

[@j102h]

This is the best day ever

[@Nayz13]

Insanely good!

[@legoosetheythem2760]

I’m one of Gene’s mods, thank you for acknowledging him.

[@mikaelbengtsson2803]

As a fairy once said "-some people do terrible sh*t, terrible, terrible sh^t, and some people do this!" Thank you very much for your reactions.

[@barefootalien]

Mmm, _lovely_ reaction. This piece absolutely blew my mind the first time I heard it. It took my appreciation for beatboxing from a sort of "Oh that's cool" place to "Oh shit, if you get good enough at that, you can do _incredible_ things!" I got into his music in general, and he's very good, but there's still something really magical about Metamorphosis.

[@johnahehsi2671]

you have to watch gene's 2021 gbb elimination! it's the full version of this wildcard!!!

[@liamwells2132]

Another great reaction, I love the insights you give! If you would like another beatboxer that is musically gifted and puts out so many amazing videos, songs and downright experiences, then I highly suggest you react to Tom Thum. He is an Australian beatboxer that loves to use the loopstation for his music, he is one of the OG's of modern beatbox, being around the scene for nearly two decades at this point, he has even done a few videos with Gene!

[@RevenTon73]

you are an amazing human !

[@SkyLi_2114]

Those voice gurus are perfectly harmonizing with beatboxing community 😂❤

[@lgjm5562]

On of your bb guests said they need more jazz singers . Well there he is

[@nalanan]

Great analysis as usual, always so informative! I would recommend Lawrence "Don't lose sight" or Laufey "bewitched".

[@Bobbzorzen]

Quote of the day "It just seems cruel.. and unjust! That so many of us are kept in the dark about this ability to.... multiflap" Just recently found you channel but i love the content!

[@StayFr0sty]

love it. you need to do so much more gene! Jigsaw/Home are great or his Redbone cover!

[@stuartroweofficial]

Great reaction, but can we all just appreciate you’re absolutely lovely voice also

[@adlanaufar9817]

I like it when an expert rambles about their world of expertise

[@Gooldy87]

All the best

[@anthonyfortier8765]

Fairy Voice Mother in gbb 2025 for sure. Putting this much time and practice in, she's going to be top tier REAL quick

[@mauijttewaal]

Incredible!

[@robertmilton539]

Thankyou F. V. M for your reply I loved hearing from you is there any Videos of you singing I would love to hear you you have an amazing voice♥️💕💕💕

[@tracywallis1400]

Go to her other channel lolli wren for her vocals

[@trevor807]

Love the @Daniel Thrasher clip thrown in perfectly

[@IrisJonas-by6hd]

YES FINELY

[@timotheedelmotte6279]

In the first notes of that piano scale I heard Link opening a chest in Zelda 😂 Anyway, thank you for reviewing this! There is a video that includes this one, which features all the other wildcard winners of that year (Show go, Alexhino, Alem, Stitch etc) that is definitely a must watch! Keep it up, we want more BeatBox reviews 🔥

[@BenMagargee]

So happy to see more beatboxing on the channel! Gene is a treasure 😊 Don't think it would make for good reaction content, but you should check out the beatboxing couple Trung Bao and Chiwawa and just scroll through their shorts.

[@nieldanix13]

Yeees finallllyyyy ❤

[@anwarini]

PLEASE, post a reaction to the GBB23 Wildcard by Wing - its another impossible masterpiece of beatboxing and hearing your breakdown of it would be so cool for the beatbox community and probably bring more attention to his amazing performance from the uninitiated! ❤

[@jonathonthomas1255]

The oracle card really hit hard today… I needed that a lot

[@Foxxy_420]

Yayyy!!! 💜🥰💜

[@giuseppevespucci9955]

I love your interest in beat-boxing. Thank you for introducing the uninitiated to it. Your reactions are priceless and so novel. Please react to a new favorite group of mine - a folksy, modern kinda song - by a Swedish duo, Johanna and Klara Soderberg and their group, First Aid Kit - it’s called My Silver Lining. I think you’d love it - unique and indie and beautifully written!

[@cozy_.]

hi the fairy Voice mother I'm glad to see you back with those beatbox reactions. I'd really love to see you react to some battels. Because there are some battels that contains vocal performance like (BizKit vs Robin LOOPSTATION GBB 202) this battel is so interesting and i really love to see you react to it. Thank you for reading my comment i love you and i love your content and we are supporting you as long as you go.

[@renz1000]

Gene is actually using another kind of bass technique that we call it "vibration bass".It has a much lower frequency and a unreal "vibration" texture,and normally much harder for human to learn this.Many beatboxers have tutorials about this.

[@markfell6081]

You had me at multiflap.❤

[@SnapNRoll1989]

Show go- Jasmine would be an interesting follow up to this as well. Super impressive

[@Memmax13]

Im in live with her, i was wstching hers face all the time and smilling

[@nikolasimeonov]

I love your analyses. I think it'd be amazing for both you and us if you could react to Beardyman's performance at Royal Albert Hall :)

[@ayman8199]

god rest ye merry gentlemen beatvox❤❤

[@RedCnMn]

"two flappy pieces of .... TISSUE!" 😂 Keeping it kid-friendly 🫶🏼

[@sliper0586]

Vocodah - inward bass god, headbangers🙏

[@tommayo3212]

Wow, that’s a really talented young dude.

[@johang3349]

You are just so delightful. An instant cheer-up always! Please, please. Emma Kok, "Voila". She will occupy all your heart chambers. Seriously

[@ayman8199]

god rest ye merry gentlemen beatbox❤❤

[@ExpectedxIrony]

This is the track I use to intro bbx to people bc it's just plain gorgeous

[@Erra88]

damn girl you can sing. when you show off at your explanations i am blown away

[@tracywallis1400]

Make sure you check out her other channel lolli wren for her vocals

[@martinbenatitinodekartella3074]

Hello!!!! So glad you finally got to react to this masterpiece 🥰 4:13 I don't think it's a whole tone scale : I believe he is singing a Bb seven chord with a flat nine, because he is singing the notes Bb D F Ab Cb D F

[@thedebibar133]

Grateful - Hiss

[@soberTrezviy]

14:33 omg that KCH snare was dope!

[@eltiomabugoy3674]

I would recommend that you analyze their gbb 2021 eliminatory, its live version is really very stimulating. greetings from argentina

[@eltiomabugoy3674]

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