Classical Musicians React: NewJeans 'OMG' vs 'Ditto'

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"deeply nostalgic" is the EXACT feeling of almost every song they've put out so far

i always love hearing jason’s interpretation of things he has such a eloquent way of thinking and analyzing art :)

This group's sound feels so heavily influenced by all the weird stuff I've always listened to. OMG is a banger, Ditto had serious jungle undertones, Attention had a massive Brainfeeder vibe, there's UK garage here and there, etc., and not only did they come out of nowhere, but they gained a ton of popular traction too. THEY'RE SO GOOD

I cried the first time I saw the Ditto MV...

i'm really impressed that newjeans surpassed themselves on their first comeback, i thought attention and hype boy were unbeatable but now i'm streaming omg since day 1 🙈

ditto is so insanely nostalgic and has such clear winter lonely and even hopeless (?) vibes for me, it's my favourite song in a while. doesn't help that i'm a sucker for anything remotely garage. it's interesting because usually when i hear sequences in melodies i get tired of them pretty quick, but i still have not got tired of this song and don't think i will. thanks for explaining why it works!

Oh my god I love Jason's reactions so much 😭😭

"Let the music, celebrities, and social media be the supplement to life but don't let it be life." 22:49 was very well put. You are your own person with your own personal life. I feel like that's a healthier way to show love to the artists.

Interesting how Jason was so spot on with his interpretation of the MV's message even though he didn't watch side B. Shows that he really understood the point, but also that it was nailed on the production side too. Also, love how the musicians connect feelings with music, they found perfect words to describe what I felt but couldn't explain

Thanks to Liam for identifying accompanying musical instruments that are not really known to others outside the classical scene.

My favorite thing I noticed about Ditto is that, while the ra-ta-ta line is specifically used as onomatopoeia for a heartbeat it ALSO links the image of a fast heartbeat when you fall in love with someone or something to a snare drum roll. Most often in music you see a bass drum often symbolizing a heart beat with the ba-dum sound. But a snare drum makes more of a ra-ta-ta sound and requires a quicker, fast paced roll, which matches the quick paced, somewhat disconnected, drum line used throughout Ditto, i.e. a faster heart rate!!

Am I the only one impressed that someone is able to reproduce the exact instruments and the exact notes on a piano of a song you just heard once?

The MV of OMG is very interesting. The girls simulate to be in a psychiatric hospital and have their own delirium/hallucinations that New Jeans themselves made up based on their own fears and personalities. For example, Hanni has a identity crisis where she thinks she is an Iphone (related to the fear of becoming an idol: "I would only exist for you, only sing for you"). Hyein believes she is the protagonist of every film and fairytale (also related to idol's obligation to always look beautiful and impeccable). Haerin is convinced that she is a cat (irl she is said by fans to have feline features). Danielle thinks she lives in a kind of "The truman show" and is always appearing/controlled on tv (she is the only one who realizes that they are a kpop group and that all that weird scenario is actually them recording a mv). And lastly Minji pretends to be a doctor of the hospital, when in reality she is another patient (she is the oldest of the group, this can represent her role as leader/careteaker). The mv could be interpreted as a representation of NJ's fears now that they have become an idol, basically of becoming crazy/losing their essence through exposure and misinterpretations of the public. It also could be a reminder for all the netizens that are pointing out NJ's members for not acting "neatly" and having a wild behaviour, that afterall these girls are still teenagers. They are happy being that way, they do not want to lose their silly authentic self for being accepted/refined/decorous. That is why at the end of the mv the doctor is disturbed sitting on the floor, because he is realizing he lost his "child playful side". And also that is why in the last scene Minji is inviting a netizen who criticizes their playfulness to not being an embittered and becoming crazy and happy with them basically. Also, I must say this last scene has been very controversial in Korea. Since it ended as one of the girls inviting them to the hospital, some people interpreted that New Jeans was calling "crazy" or "sick" to those who criticize their music.

20:36 i need the full version of this because this got me crying

ditto made me CRY, when i realized what was happening at the end of A and watched B, i lost it, it was like they made me feel something i never felt before or i think they highlighted a feeling i never really cared for, i think it hits home more bc i've been listening to kpop since first grade (2006) 😭🤚

The fact that Koreans LOVED DItto would be an understatement seeing how it killed so many charting records ! I think lot of people connected with the Nostalgia factor so well and it's also an easy going song so it's well played in calm settings like Cafe, Hot spots and other hip areas :)

뉴진스의 노래를 듣고, MV를 본 사람들 모두가 똑같이 '향수를 불러일으킨다' 라는 같은 감상 포인트를 가지고 있음. 국가, 인종, 언어에서 장벽이 없다는건데, 이게 너무나 신기함..

Jason was spot on! In side B, she did eventually accepted reality that she can't forever be stuck in that idol delusion and finally befriended the guy she was eyeing the whole time (there's a scene where they walked together in the MV)

I’ve been listening to New Jeans’s discography nonstop! It’s so addictive and I’m not tired of any of their songs despite playing them multiple times each day. Super excited for their popularity and for this reaction!