UPDATE! I havent realized how dark the lyrics actually were, so if you will search for them, I will issue trigger warning for suicide. This song was so positive and upbeat, and I focused on her entirely, and her singing. I absolutely did not expect such a heartbreaking background. Now it has a completely different meaning to me and honestly, I feel like I love it even more!
@hangingtree96373 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I really appreciate the warning. I do want to warn you too about the copyright, japanese music are really strict about that. But I think stopping the video once in a while is already a good strategy. I just really want you to keep reacting to Yoasobi and other the first take performance. I think japanese music is really fun, and are super diverse.
@cyberpotato633 жыл бұрын
Listens to clear sweet voice bouncing through those melody lines.😊😊😊😊 Looks up title and meaning of lyrics. 😢😢😢😢 A few reactors have been visibly shocked. The song sounds so upbeat and exhilarating. The lyrics, not so much.
@harye.63213 жыл бұрын
all the Yoasobi song were like that.
@cyberpotato633 жыл бұрын
FYI: Yoasobi is not the singer's name. It is a pairing of the singer Ikura and the writer/musician/arranger Ayase. I think there are three first take videos for Yoasobi. There is also official channel under the same name. Ikura has further songs on her own channel 幾田りら Official. There are more videos of Ikura on the Plusnica ぷらそにか channel.
@_RunFire_3 жыл бұрын
The song is related to a one-shot called "The Tempatation of Thanatos", and the lyrics tell the story. You should check it in your free time, it's short but very good.
@bedivere22173 жыл бұрын
Japanese songs are very different from other pop songs out there. Most of their singers/bands each have their own distinct style in music that are very distinguishable from one another. Not to mention their expressiveness in their music. They can cover even the most sensitive of topics out there and make something colorful and meaningful out of it. Sadly, they're very underrated
@hangingtree96373 жыл бұрын
ikr
@teru_99213 жыл бұрын
agree
@loiusine84023 жыл бұрын
I agree
@crystal1106983 жыл бұрын
The Japanese language is just amazing tbh Just beautiful
@pamanlee9973 жыл бұрын
And there is a lot of artist that i didn't even know, but have a good perform. Thank you First Take 👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁
@alisakunosuke50892 жыл бұрын
6:10 :"super positive energy type of performance" me and the boys knowing the lyrics already :😳😳
@TheRoadOfLoading2 жыл бұрын
hope she didn't read the lyrics and backstory...
@jayvhoncalma34582 жыл бұрын
@@TheRoadOfLoading look at the top pinned comment she already did
@xsainiii56062 жыл бұрын
I was about to comment this 😂💀
@DotAzam3 жыл бұрын
One of the few reasons why japanese songs sounds really interesting to me is that the vocals themselves are an instruments to its intonation (if that makes sense). Sometime in English songs, the vocals and lyrics feels like a vehicle for the meaning of the songs. Japanese vocals and lyrics carries its own percussion and rhythm it feels like. (not a music major so I can't explain it in a more professional sense lol)
@bingobongo16153 жыл бұрын
Cut the "Japanese" though. Japan has lots of variety. They here are going for that style though.
@FDE-fw1hd3 жыл бұрын
Japanese songs is a weird way to put it. J pop vs American pop perhaps? Like what's popular in the country would make more sense.
@exboom122 жыл бұрын
Nah I agree. The Korean and Japanese language in music, where the consonants of lyrics are clear and more pronounced, can sound like added layers of percussion in music sometimes
@koniku3y2 жыл бұрын
I agree, commonly most english songs just add rythm on the start and end of a word or sentences but japanese song carry it through every syllables.
@asrak.63943 жыл бұрын
Her voice: 💖✨🎀🎆 The lyrics: 💀🔪⛓💔
@marwakhodary70082 жыл бұрын
True 😂
@elvira6132 жыл бұрын
Background music 😀😃😀😊😊😇😇👦💪🦵🕺🕺🕺🕺💃💃💃💃
@yayanee-chan30593 жыл бұрын
Katrinka : positive energy Me : *knows what the song is about*.....ye... positive 🙂
@charlottehhh3 жыл бұрын
fr haha
@blindsmile57463 жыл бұрын
Well F
@albedokreideprinz73293 жыл бұрын
Bruh!
@roycechristanbautista17572 жыл бұрын
F hahaha
@Ben14-u52 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't blame her. I've already had a fair share of these songs so I already knew it wouldn't be but yeah can't blame her xD
@SalamanderMagic3 жыл бұрын
There is good reason that she’s one of the hottest voices in jpop right now! This song was the most popular song of 2020 on Japan’s billboard 100. Nobody else has a voice like this, not to mention the incredible compositions and storylines tied in with the music. I’m so excited as to what YOASOBI will continue creating, seeing as Yoru ni Kakeru, their debut song, only came out in late 2019.
@peerlesscucumber95223 жыл бұрын
aah so excited! i hope you will also react to her "Gunjou" first take performance bcs its so enchanting and full of energy with wonderful lyrics!!
@xanderfm68683 жыл бұрын
yasashi suiseii will also be nice
@amsyarx43 жыл бұрын
I think gunjou is her best first take song
@xanderfm68683 жыл бұрын
@@amsyarx4 I'd prefer Yasashi Suisei, but Gunjou would be fine as well
@xanderfm68683 жыл бұрын
actually I'd prefer her to react to quenbee Homura might be interesting to see her reaction on quenbee
@amsyarx43 жыл бұрын
@@xanderfm6868 yeah that one would be great too
@3r1nlyn993 жыл бұрын
Like the other comments have said, Yoasobi's "Gunjou" is a really performance. "Shout Baby" by Ryokushaka is my personal favorite, it's probably my favorite vocalist too!
@anantapadmanabhmyatagiri Жыл бұрын
I love shout baby of the first take version.
@priciliar.s.simarmata23733 жыл бұрын
I laughed when I heard your first commentary of her. We have the same exact impression. Her voice is very clean and the control is very good, I was mesmerized. I'm usually a fan of lower, stronger female voice, but this girl is one of the exceptions.
@ruicky85723 жыл бұрын
I really recommend Aimer. If I had to chose one song to react it would be April Showers, but my personal favorite is Yakou Ressha.
@adamx13143 жыл бұрын
My personal favourite is Chouchou Musubi 😁
@aridarmaja_4ib0183 жыл бұрын
Koiwazurai
@majieananat85233 жыл бұрын
The upbeat will never make you realize that the lyrics is kinda depressing, one of my favs..
@johnjg283 жыл бұрын
I really love The First Take versions of the songs. Be it a more acoustic version or, such as in this case, a more slowed down version. They give a different kind of vibe but always as amazing as the studio version of the songs
@Reshipu3103 жыл бұрын
LiSA×Uru - 再会 (produced by Ayase) / THE FIRST TAKE King Gnu - "白日(hakujitsu)", "三文小説(sanmonshousetsu)" Ado - "Gira Gira", "Odo" ↑These are also recommended. All voices are awesome!
@にゃんちゅう-f3h3 жыл бұрын
Her producer made this song aiming for a new genre of JPOP. I also recommend the song "Gunjou" that she sings.
@anonymouse36122 жыл бұрын
she introduce herself so softly, but the moment she sing she's like a complete different person. so awesome.
What i like from this performance is not just about the technique but the technique in such a difficult song. There are so many notes, scales, octaves, key changes that sometimes in a phrase every single syllable is a note! i really loved this performance but the original one is even faster and the beat is insane!
@saulia89633 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reacting to this. I love Ikura’s voice so much, and Yoasobi’s songs have been cheering me thru this pandemic
@dspaithal85283 жыл бұрын
It's a fuckin suicide song but still it's really buzzing
@ドリャー-u8i3 жыл бұрын
I think that the attitude of listening to your songs is a professional who loves songs, and I think it's really comfortable as a listener. Please keep doing a good job.
@Katriinka3 жыл бұрын
thank you so so much for your kind words! :)
@kaimm10803 жыл бұрын
I love japanese songs - they are just so clean? Idk how to explain it
@brian07033 жыл бұрын
Ikura sings this so beautifully. Omg, you’re going to love Yoasobi’s Gunjo on The First Take. It’s a beautiful song 🎶.
@takemetoyonk3 жыл бұрын
8:45 that belt made me tear up because the control and tension was AUDIBLE
@siapasaja68803 жыл бұрын
i was about to tell you that the song isn't exactly the most positive one out there- but you already knew by now, so it ain't necessary. BUT, i really would like you to give yoasobi's "gunjou" a chance because that, is one inspiring song and the first take version kind of really brings out the best from it. will be looking forward to more yoasobi reactions from you. < 3
@kipperthebest67693 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your professional analysis. It realky sinked in to me a lot. I feel like i figured out why I felt so comfortable when I listened to Ikura singing her songs. Great analysis. thanks.
@hiromu-t6v3 жыл бұрын
Actually the tempo in this video is different from the original one. You can admit how she's talented in terms of adjusting to tempo.
@taca2118 Жыл бұрын
Actually I like this tempo a bit more
@gokbay30573 жыл бұрын
A lot of Japanese songs have this sort of "disconnect" between the melody and the lyrics. I know several which have generally upbeat melodies but really dark lyrics.
@GriseWeisshark3 жыл бұрын
Yorushika's "Say It" is another example of that. The music is upbeat but the lyrics are sad.
@bingobongo16153 жыл бұрын
The story is not a sad one though… it’s a bitter sweet song about a couple who in the end decides to die together and feel extreme happiness about ending their life together. The girl was always disappointed that her BF tried to save her from suicide. Here he comes to the conclusion that she wants him to die with him and this makes both happy
@GoldenArmorYeah2 жыл бұрын
@@bingobongo1615 I don’t think you’ve read the story that’s inspired the song (Temptation of Thanatos). It may not change your view much but it’s still somewhat sad, or has a sad connotation.
@SasukeDG3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I love your accent and the way you pronouncing the words. I'm not a native speaker just barely listen to English but the way you say I can understand all sentences. THANKS
@Nibelhein2 жыл бұрын
The only word I can use to describe her voice is “clean”, not looking at the lyrics the music is very soothing and fills the heart with positivity XD
@Nicopear3 жыл бұрын
Since nobody has mentioned Yorushika, I'll suggest a song from them. "Spring Thief" is a great gateway into their music.
@natsuki31393 жыл бұрын
You have such a gorgeous voice even in talking!✨ I’m amazed😳
@choicemortality8004 Жыл бұрын
This why i love japan pop songs
@DYK-k6h3 жыл бұрын
wow. I love this song. I'll googling now about yoasobi.
@PachirisuDaDawn3 жыл бұрын
Ikuta really is marvelous. As a fellow vocal coach, all I can do is agree to all you said. She's a cute little monster.
@warden3_83 жыл бұрын
Ah! Yes! Another premiere with our favorite Kat! I'm really curious about this one. Again, I don't know her but it seems we are in the same kind of human being than LiSA in the previous premiere. I would love to be able to give recommendations for the next reactions but I don't know anything about this side of the music world. So I discover following your trails and thank you again for that!
@sariangela10222 жыл бұрын
The more i watch ur reaction vids..the more i love the way u react to them. Ur voice also very beautiful 😍 and you react to Yoasobi who is one of my favorite Japanese singers too :)
@anonymous-in5fp3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing coz it was done in only one take and LIVE Edits:Also amazing
@harsaalim19542 жыл бұрын
listen to her original version and you will realize how beast that song is
@brian07033 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. After reading the novel, I think it was the sad story of a solo suicide. The girl was actually the reaper in the form of his ideal partner. Patiently waiting for him to “run into the night” (commit suicide). It’s a dark story, but still beautifully sung 🎶.
@wnwang14282 жыл бұрын
Oh I also highly recommend the other sun that “YOASOBI group” play on the first take. The 群青, which made me get goose bump from the beginning to the end.
@emeraldheart05133 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it and the way Rira Ikuta (幾田りら) sing the song is just so amazing 🤩💯😍
@antogus20273 жыл бұрын
Two vocal coach have same reaction the vocal it so clean and she makes it easy
@kanon23983 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reacting to Yoasobi's Ikura! She did another The First Take of the song Yasashii Suisei (tl: Gentle Comet) and just like what you want, it's a tiny bit slower that this one! I hope you'd get to see and react to her more!
@phiasombilona23012 жыл бұрын
OMG! This is fking unexpected. You caught me off guard!
@cyberpotato633 жыл бұрын
A re-listen comment. You mention quite a few times about how effortlessly she switches registers and how sometimes there are some irregularities. I think if you listen closely, many or those irregularities are ornamentation. She has this fast vibrato she plays around with quite a bit. Sometimes when she changes registers she'll ping it with a little vibrato. She also does a lot of things with nasal tones, which is characteristic of the Japanese language, but she seems to have a lot of fine control over it. Another thing she likes to do is quickly quickly glide through a series of notes and switch registers multiple times, sometimes within a single phrase.
@nojukuramu2 жыл бұрын
His duo, AYASE, dont need vocaloid to never miss a note. she can always on the note
@ボビー-w8n5 ай бұрын
The criticism of the teacher was the best in the reaction video of a lot of this song 👏 ̖́-
@MrMixcz-gh4ov3 жыл бұрын
YES! pls more of yoasobi
@booperdooper97623 жыл бұрын
I loved the video and reaction so much. Such a great discussion.
@hershe-c9u3 жыл бұрын
Not only melody and voice but also the lyric is superb. Music was inspired by the story of Thanatos, symbol of death. The main character ( young male) was asked double suicide by girl friend and finally done.
@pjm10053 жыл бұрын
i think you would love the first take yoasobi - gunjo, it's really amazing
@philipp5293 жыл бұрын
Please react to "Useewa" (piano ver.) by Ado. She's another Japanese singer (only 18 years old), and is genuinely one of the best I've heard. Make sure to listen to the piano version, since the focus is more on the vocals, and they are even more amazing then in the original version. I'd really love to hear what a professional singer thinks about her!
@moonchildrina69233 жыл бұрын
ado is really good!!
@maserunit3 жыл бұрын
Finally someone else wants Ado !!!
@GiblesWantToHug26513 жыл бұрын
I agreed Ado so amazing I hope she's react to her too! 👍
@gokbay30573 жыл бұрын
Ado is an amazing singer
@luwuci72673 жыл бұрын
Yess ados vocals are heavenly
@hsl29293 жыл бұрын
Yasashii Suisei by Yoasobi is a slower pace that you’re looking for and I actually love this song! They have a first take version, too!
@lordvein463 жыл бұрын
You can hear ryokuoushoku shakai - sabotage this is so good trust me
@shinjik47973 жыл бұрын
I like this song. Her Japanese sounds really clean.
@angstybulbasaur17123 жыл бұрын
maybe because she's japanese
@taylorgang22372 жыл бұрын
@@angstybulbasaur1712 doesn’t mean she would be able to sing it clean. A lot of English speaking people don’t have well spoken enunciated lyrics. Her Japanese is very clear.
@燻2 жыл бұрын
I'm Japanese but she is just different from other singers her voice is just sooooooo clean
@SkyW033 жыл бұрын
I saw this review on my KZbin recommended videos, You just earned a subscriber ❤️
@abhichand263 жыл бұрын
Another great reaction by you. Loved it. Since you mentioned happiness in this reaction I would like to suggest CHiCO with HoneyWorks - Shiawase from First Take. Its the most happy song I have ever heard with amazing subtitles.
@DrthRevan2 жыл бұрын
Super positive energy type performances ha just wait till she finds out the meaning of the lyrics
@ejsolis69493 жыл бұрын
This song is so addicting
@diablo62343 жыл бұрын
This is one of my fav song
@サンタロー-g1z2 ай бұрын
貴方はとても音楽性が高いお姫様です You are a most highly musical princess. This is the first time I've heard someone describe IKURA's singing so accurately and lovingly.
@briannguyen62482 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how the recorded version has a faster beat. Here she slows it down!
@PG-wg4xk3 жыл бұрын
字幕ONにすると、you are so be になってて面白いw
@negatorri95853 жыл бұрын
Hi! Since you're reacting to Japanese songs, please react to Hated by Life Itself/Life Hates us Now by Mafumafu as well!
@reper79573 жыл бұрын
I love her too she is so adorable
@katsuhiko19003 жыл бұрын
this is a happy wedding of good song and good singer with saddest lyrics. but this is the art! just like Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre.
@SalamanderMagic3 жыл бұрын
that is a beautifully fitting reference
@medasam3 жыл бұрын
One of my fav
@neshyhale17923 жыл бұрын
if u come across Queen Bee - Fire/THE F1RST TAKE would love to see your reaction on it. its soooooo goooood
@floverfromis_95893 жыл бұрын
Yasss
@morellosnerfbat80833 жыл бұрын
YES PLEASE. easily my favorite First Take performance!
@diegomejia14083 жыл бұрын
YAAASSSS
@jame92003 жыл бұрын
queen bee? HOLd up
@floverfromis_95893 жыл бұрын
@@jame9200 yes queenbee fire/homura
@galeeuh3 жыл бұрын
AH I LOVE THIS SONG
@cobalt98603 жыл бұрын
やっぱ転調のとこ鳥肌やばいわ
@nocturne12013 жыл бұрын
It might be also dark but I would like you to listen Mafumafu's "Inochi ni Kirawareteiru."
gunjo is a slow song from yoasobi. there’s a first take version as well
@l.k.43713 жыл бұрын
Yes! please more yoasobi reactions.
@justarandomguy15412 жыл бұрын
I almost died when you said positive type of song lol
@xanderfm68683 жыл бұрын
yasss yoasobi..and nice haircut you have !!
@SammyRebbo3 жыл бұрын
Just putting my +1 in you listening to more songs from the First Take channel! My favorite is Yui's performance, but I also like the LiSA ones you already did and the two millet songs that are on there.
@dorkyaznguy3 жыл бұрын
Yasosbi-san is soooooooooo good!
@w15hful2 жыл бұрын
love your reaction
@hariesch_80153 жыл бұрын
I heard you might love to hear one of their slow paced song. There's one called "Yasashii Suisei (Gentle Comet)" which has First Take version too.
@toonlim55742 жыл бұрын
Hope you react to "Gunjou" soon! Her First Take performance was flawless and we'd be so happy to see you react to it!
@nasyitha_3 жыл бұрын
This is out of topic but I really love your accent! Also please check out the other performances from the first take including YOASOBI and Ryokuoushoku Shakai, their performances are amazing!
@韓流ちゃんねる-r2w3 жыл бұрын
milet - inside you / THE HOME TAKE I want you to listen
@rendybroden8803 жыл бұрын
next yoasobi-yasashii suisei (the first take)
@LucasKunn3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous
@ivandionisio39553 жыл бұрын
Please react to Yuuri "Dry flower" /FIRST TAKE, his voice and the song are amazing! Also react more of YOASOBI's songs "Gunjo" react to it please ASAP!!!!
@s2-railgun7183 жыл бұрын
She had another song which is slower on the first take. The title is yasashii Suisei
@gustavoangelcristinohernan22783 жыл бұрын
Gracias por el video, esperare más, y ojala le des una oportunidad a openings de anime
@nicolasrojas35043 жыл бұрын
I would recommend "Shout baby", "Sabotage", "Mela!" and "Ladybug" First Takes by 緑黄色社会 on the same channel, as well as Melissa Kinrenka's cover of "ボッカデラベリタ"
@monkeyface1012 жыл бұрын
Please do her other first takes! I wanna see you do the one for Yoasobi Gunjo- first take
@sepatuboots23463 жыл бұрын
11:35 "She was so freaking sweet and cute and I haven't expected this at all" Trust me it's also what I (and probably everyone) said when I first discovered her 😂
@joselejos3 жыл бұрын
I recommend Eve (E ve). Along with YOASOBI , he is one of my favourites japanese singers
@25Santa33 жыл бұрын
Please please react to MISIA. She is the queen of r&b in Japan. She recently joined a Chinese singing battle show called Singer 2020!
@Fimbulvetr2 жыл бұрын
Video actually starts at 1:28
@kayetoonsnetwork3 жыл бұрын
Hope you can also react to Majiko's "kokoronashi" live. I love the song. I bet you'll gonna love it too.😊
@helpghh3 жыл бұрын
React to Sou one
@helpghh3 жыл бұрын
But it's not majiko song only the cover the original is gumi I'm just telling you if you don't know