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Ever wondered how an antique bed frame and a shoe collection could spark nostalgic memories and humor? Join us in this episode of Music Elixir as we share some light-hearted banter, starting with Sarah's recent bedroom makeover. We then take a fun detour into Sarah's impressive shoe collection, reminiscing about our shared love for unique footwear, particularly our cherished Fluevogs. It's the perfect way to relax and unwind, whether you're folding laundry or stuck in traffic.
Get ready to experience musical magic as we dissect PSYCHIC FEVER'S Jimmy and Weesa's latest track, a masterpiece that seamlessly blends trap and R&B. Their contrasting styles come together in perfect harmony, creating a soundtrack that’s ideal for a laid-back cruise. We break down the song's smooth transitions, engaging beat, and heartfelt lyrics, all while expressing our admiration for the duo's ability to craft an unforgettable listening experience. This song is sure to resonate with anyone who appreciates the art of musical fusion.
In the latter part of the episode, we shift our focus to the power of female pop resonance and the societal expectations placed on women. From XG's Cocona's bold decision to shave her head, sparking conversations about individuality, to the groundbreaking collaboration between Japanese group BE:FIRST and Korean group ATEEZ, we explore how these artists are breaking boundaries and uniting cultures. The infectious energy of their song "Hush-Hush" and the universal power of music to bring people together is a testament to the evolving landscape of the music industry. Tune in for an episode filled with laughter, music, and thought-provoking discussions.
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Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of Music Elixir. Please pull up your cup of coffee, your beer, your glass of wine, whatever. Kick back, relax with me, Sarah, and Did you panic?
Speaker 2I always say bring out your laundry Before you start folding your laundry.
Speaker 1You're always like do chores while listening and I'm like relax you know this is good for any, I guess any time yeah exactly you know riding on the train work?
Speaker 2yes, especially dan, yeah, you know those long if you have a long commute? Definitely, these are good for long commutes. Folding laundry somebody did say I do actually listen. Folding laundry, because you know it takes time to fold laundry.
Speaker 1Um don't I know it, you know even if it's just your own, still take time, but when you have multiple loads, well, you know it, I don't mind the clothes so much, it's the sheets and bedding and stuff, because I have you know.
Speaker 2Your bed is huge. Yes, your bed is huge for just one person.
Speaker 1Actually, I just recently downgraded. Ah, I got a whole new setup. Okay, so you have a queen size now. Well, it's a full. Oh, it's a full. I went from a king to a full.
Speaker 2Ooh, I thought you would go for at least a queen size. Well, the bed frame.
Speaker 1I got is an old Art Deco period. Okay, that fancy tiger wood with the different angled cuts to it. So it's very sharp, you know, and it's antique, but like not, it's a little old and worn, but I loved it.
Speaker 2So I was like it's funny that you said Art.
Speaker 1Deco For 20 bucks a buy. That's nice. Yeah, youco.
Speaker 2For 20 bucks a buy. That's nice.
Speaker 1Yeah, you know, it's just a frame. Who cares right? You know it doesn't have to be super, because the mattress and the box spring rest on something else, a Harvard frame. You know the old metal.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Which fit perfectly inside this antique frame. So I was like awesome yeah, which fit perfectly inside this antique frame. So I was like awesome, you know, I mean it was in good enough condition, but people don't want it because it's old and fragile. And I'm like, well, if you don't use it, if, right as the actual frame, if it's just decorative, right, no big deal, exactly for 20 bucks. I'll take it because it matches. I have two bureaus, yeah, from the same time period, and it matches them perfectly. Wow.
Speaker 2Yeah, that is awesome.
Speaker 1So it looks like I have a real bedroom set. Nice, it's awesome yeah.
Speaker 2That is awesome. Yeah, that's awesome.
Speaker 1I like that. So where's the king? We moved it to a spare room, actually the one that used to have the two twin beds. Okay, you guys would stay in when you came now. It's just a king, okay but it works.
Speaker 2Not your shoe room anymore. No, I like that room. You get two twin beds and shoes. There's all this plate, all these shoes, and I'm like these. These are Sarah's shoes. I have so many shoes. They need their own room.
Speaker 1Oh my God, I'm trying to you know, cut down on them, you cannot live in.
Speaker 2Japan. You have to be a millionaire so you can have your shoe room, because it's nothing like that. None of those Tokyo apartments would do it oh no, you're gonna be like oh my god, I need to sell some of my precious. I don't know, I just don't live there, oh my god girl it's cool, though, your display of shoes. I'm like these are cool shoes.
Speaker 1They're all sarah's oh well, remember, I went through that whole thing. I I wore a different pair of shoes every day, yeah, and it was like 68 pairs of shoes and I hadn't even done all of them because I got new ones.
Speaker 1You know, I got new ones, but I did in fact that that that whole procedure of wearing a different pair every day made me go. You know what? These are not actually very comfortable, so I'm going to get rid of them. Ok, you know, like a lot of them aren't shoes you'd wear every day, right, like when you saw, you know, the heels on some of them. Those are not shoes you just wear to the grocery store.
Speaker 1Right, you know what I mean. So I was like, hmm, for a day sitting at the office it's not so bad, but if you have to do any walking whatsoever, forget it.
Speaker 2So it's a no, yeah, more for, like, cocktail parties you know right something like you just do for that night, and then we're like, okay, off shoes goodbye.
Speaker 1So what I did was I I saved the ones that were most sort of versatile, okay and that, because you know I I like crazy shoes and so there were some of them. I was like, well, these are really like specific occasions, specific outfit. I don't do it often enough to need them. One of the simpler pairs of shoes will work just fine. So that's why I 86'd a bunch of them.
Speaker 2Okay, buy shoes.
Speaker 1I did, love you I did, but it's time to go and they've been documented forever on my Instagram, so you know there you go, there you go, but flu vlogs, please.
Speaker 2Did you get rid of any flu vlogs? No, no, please.
Speaker 1No, no, no. Come on those. Those may only have once in your purpose shift shoes, please come on.
Speaker 2No, I still got mine, which I have not worn since I lived in pennsylvania, you know, oh yeah, the ones that they're over there, the black and whites yep, I have the green ones, exactly like them. That's so funny we don't know each other and we have the same pair like I have. That I forgot completely. I had that at that pair, um, because I hadn't hidden, because I mean they're so nice so I kept them uh, but now they're out so now they're out looking at me like you're never gonna wear me again.
Speaker 2But then I'm like I don't know, maybe one day I just gotta. No, I've not tried them on since then it's many years.
Speaker 2Should definitely try them on I know how they're doing I should anyways, but today's show is not about shoes. No, it is not. I mean, today's show, today's podcast episode, is not about shoes. I'm just putting it out there. Hmm, universe, anyways, I was before we started the episode I was telling sarah some woo-woo things happening to me which I'm not gonna discuss in this episode because some people don't kind of approve some people do not approve the woo-woo.
Speaker 1That's like one day we'll do an episode about the woo-woo well, there's some woo-woo we talk about you know, the uh astrology stuff and the yeah coincidental universal things and we've bordered on some woo-woo with crystals and stones and right meanings of stuff.
Speaker 2You know, yeah, but you're talking some serious woo-woo this is serious woo-woo that people will be like it's such a coincidence. I'm like no, it's the woo-woo anyways. So sarah and I have sat down a week. This is a week.
Speaker 1Yeah, we only did a week we've we've been giving ourselves more time. But we were talking earlier and I was like you know, if we focus too long on them, yeah, it's sort of you know, we lose our genuine reaction to it and we take more time to get technical. And I was like I think people like when we just sort of go off the rails about stuff yeah, because you know I'm thinking back to some of our earlier, earlier talks yeah, and we were like out there, remember my whole vampire shipboard door opening, I mean, you know.
Speaker 2That was for Stones. Omg, you still remember, I remember, remember and I'm like what? You crazy we still don't know what the heck that song is about, but it's a very somber song.
Speaker 1It's very somber yeah, you should definitely check out that episode. We were insane on that. The stones, the very first stones. I think we've only done one full episode on them. I think so. We talked about singles and stuff with them. But I think that we only had the one full.
Speaker 2Yeah, but yeah we definitely.
Speaker 1That one was insane. We were all over the place with that.
Speaker 2Yes, we were. Somebody actually was like you're saying Tanaka's first name wrong and I'm like, listen, I have an accent. I think it's always saying it with a Y instead of a J. Oh yeah, I was saying Yuri instead of Yuri, yuri, yuri, whatever. If you're in Puerto Rico, the Y is like a J, so it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1Anyway, we've talked about this. It depends, you know, culture, whatever, because, like in Portuguese, we do pronounce the J. My grandfather's name is Julio and people are always like oh, your grandfather's a Julio. I was like no, grandfather's a julio. I was like no, he's a julio. See, do not. Say, see, do not. And it's george, not jorge. And right now for someone who's bilingual.
Speaker 2You know at least I'm saying his name tanaka. It's easier, I guess, that part that one's easier to get that one's. Oh my God, the Tanakas are everywhere. Tanaka is a very, very popular, popular name. Yeah, it is All right, but you know, but it's so funny, you say Tanaka and a lot of the members that are actually the groups that we're going to be talking about. They're all from Japan.
Speaker 1Well sort of.
Speaker 2Well, okay, so we're going to be. One's a dual Right, psychic Fever, it's one. We got half fools in here, right, right, yes.
Speaker 1Well, but they're from Japan, Right? The second group is also.
Speaker 2XG yeah.
Speaker 1XG, but the B-first ATs is oh yeah, so we have a Japanese and a Korean.
Speaker 2So let's start with Jimmy and Wisa.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah. Should we just go in order, or did you want to? Yeah, let's go in order. Yeah, I think that's fine.
Speaker 2Well, the order we picked them in In our order In the musical we picked in our order indie music, elixir order, just just for those, well, the our imaginary sense of order.
Speaker 1Now, this is just how we had them on our our playlist to to check out. So, yes, so we're gonna start with perfect from well, it's jimmy and wisa. From psychic fever, from exile tribe, it's like the longest group title ever, you know it's just the exile.
Speaker 2You know, they gotta make sure. Where are you coming from?
Speaker 1Well, you know, because, yeah, exile tribe has dozens of subunits, anyways. And then Jimmy and Wee are subunit within Psychic Fever, yeah, and what I love is it's the two who share a birthday.
Speaker 2Yeah, the little, although you know not the same year, but the same day, february 8th. Right yeah, but no, that's why they were Pisces, are they Pisces? Oh geez, we talked about psychic fever lately.
Speaker 1We completely forgot about that. You know how many people's birthdays are here, I know In my head Lately.
Speaker 2I'm just like I forget. You know, I am not doing the birthday things anymore because there's like too many groups that I'm following, too many members out there and then I'll forget one and people will get pissed off. You know, like you forgot, blah, blah, blah, blah, and I'm like you know what. Ok, done with the birthday.
Speaker 1Well, that's why, now too, we were talking about stuff and I was like why is that date in my head? Is it something I have to do, or is it somebody's birthday, right?
Speaker 2Just head. Is it something I have to do or is it somebody's birthday right? Just like the last episode that I kept saying eight and I'm like what, what? Why am I thinking eight is something happening on july 8th, which is a monday?
Speaker 1hmm now maybe august 8th, because that's when we're seeing one of our many shows coming up. Oh no, february 26th. They're pisces. Okay, that's what I thought they were pisces.
Speaker 2Well, you know what?
Speaker 1because then I was like is it the 28th? My brain is so. Who's february 8th? Great, now I've got somebody else.
Speaker 2Oh no see, now you're thinking on number eight, thinking on number eight. What's going on? Number of number eight, thinking of number eight, what's going on? Number eight, number eight, number eight. Huh, interesting.
Speaker 1All right, there's Jimmy, february 26th, and I am right, they do share a birthday, don't they? Oh God, yeah, february 26th.
Speaker 2Okay, okay, yes.
Speaker 1Well, you want to know what? Because I think when we first covered them, they mistakenly had Jimmy as an Aquarius. So that might be why I was thinking. I was like, oh wait, are they Aquarius?
Speaker 2Which would make the 8th of February make more sense, but no, it could be.
Speaker 1Well, we just went off on a whole.
Speaker 2We're still talking about the group.
Perfect Harmony in Song Creation
Speaker 1That's all right, random tangent. So anyways, we finally figured it out. February 26th, our Pisces boys, jimmy Wisa, wrote this song, or at least wrote a portion of it a good part of it. It's their baby.
Speaker 2Yes, it is. It's nice, though it's very nice, it is yes.
Speaker 1Do you want to start or do you want me to?
Speaker 2start. Oh, it doesn't matter, okay, like you said yes, introduced it's their it's their baby.
Speaker 2It's, it is their baby, you know, in collaboration with other people which we're not going to mention, but because we want to give them the shine here, because this was perfect, just like the song. It was perfect. It was trap, slash, r&b. I mean, we have Jimmy with the conversational rap delivery and Wisa's suave, melodic voice. Oh my God, it was so good. I like this contrast. It works very well with the composition too. You know the bass is sexy. You know we love our bass, but this bass was sexy, but I also like it when it's not there to showcase their voices, because, even though it has that, you know that it can go fast if you want, if it wanted to, to make it more dancey. But this was, um, okay, are you okay?
Speaker 1choking on the water choking on water?
Speaker 2oh no, but um, going on how long? It's a very suave song. Yes, it's sexy, you know, you have jimmy that, jimmy, you love his voice, I love his voice. It's the low voice, you know, and it's like I was like oh god, but he's not there with an attitude, you know, he's there conversationally, kind of giving you the labia, you know, like hey, baby, how you doing, you know. And then of course we saw just like so sweet, but so like, oh, my god, I'm melting. Isn't he the baby too?
Speaker 1yeah, he is oh my god, so grown up here, oh yeah like it's so wrong.
Speaker 2Yeah well, they're both babies for me, but but he's. He's the baby of the group yes, he is the baby of the group and, omg, he ain't no baby here, he's a complete man, very nice, lovely one to groove on nice, to drive to. Yes, it is. You know, I like the, you know the, the feeling of, uh, definitely a summer song Top down, just cruising down. It doesn't even have to be down the coast If you've got a top.
Speaker 1Well, sunroof.
Speaker 2I have a sunroof, so you know sunroof out, you know off open, that's it. That's all I need. I don't need a whole no top off, but just lovely, Just very lovely.
Speaker 1Yeah, nice to drive with your hair free flowing. Yes, I was going to say yeah, I thought this had. The start to it was very like pop, but then it turns into a total club mix with that deep bass drum like oh yeah.
Speaker 1So that just sort of drives the beat along and then the way the it loops, so it's sort of the same thing over and over, but it carries along Like you don't just go oh, this is the same thing over and over. But I noticed after listening a few times I was like, oh, it's like repetitive, just to keep you steadily following along with it. It's not a negative in any way, right. It's positive because it's not. It's not a negative in any way, right, it's positive because it's awesome. But during the breaks in, that is when you get those great raps from jimmy and that like soulful r&b but still like a little edgier from wisa, just perfect pairing the. The contrast between them is a contrast, but also complementary, like they go so well together yeah and I just I love that.
The Power of Female Pop Resonance
Speaker 1This song is like they're actually. They're sort of reflecting back on how perfect you are. You're perfect. I sort of screwed up. I'm not perfect, so let me just tell you how great you were. I love jimmy spelling. I love you so bad girl. I mean, you know, because a lot of what they're saying is like past tense stuff. You were this, you did this great, you were wonderful, you're perfect. I think especially jimmy's the one who's like saying and I'm not perfect they messed other words, they messed up somewhere here Exactly.
Speaker 1And they're trying to sort of win you back by saying but you see how wonderful you are? Yeah, and these are my faults and I recognize them, but you're perfect, so you'll forgive me right.
Speaker 2Maybe you know like, let's get back together, love.
Speaker 1I'm sorry, but that's what makes it such a great like summer song? Because it's a feel good. It's not like a heartbroken everything's miserable, right. It's like, uh, I'm gonna do my best to win you back and show you how great everything can be. Yeah, it can be perfect, right, it can be perfect. So, yeah, this is just high energy, like feel good song, but not like through the roof, just enough to to keep you going, keep you moving, keep you happy. Because I, I did. I smiled every time I heard this one, just because it's's like Especially when Jimmy's telling you you're perfect.
Speaker 2I'm like, oh God, you're perfect, I'm not perfect. So sweet, jimmy, jimmy, so good, so so good. But yeah, that weird little.
Speaker 1Yeah, that music in the background that's like that was that looping I'm talking about. I'm like it's through the whole thing, except for those where they stop for a minute for jimmy to do a a quick little rap session and then and then it comes back in the background while we used to say it it's, you're fabulous, it is and that, yeah, like the bass break, when each you can just hear their voice.
Speaker 2It's like really you're zoning in into their voice, it's like you're dead yep you're dead, because the way that they just sing out, or you know rap, all the lyrics, it's like huh, because you know the, the bass, can you know, break off that moment of like? I don't know you're hypnotized, you know. So it's like oh, I like this. It's like get you know yeah, lovely, very lovely yes, thank you guys. That was nice that was very very nice, so moving on to the next song yeah oh, my goodness, my girls, my extraordinary girls.
Speaker 2Yeah, if you know that name is because I'm saying xg. I have been jamming to this song since a drop back on may 21st. I'm like this is a bop. This is not even bob, this is a fire. This is oh jeez. I am so proud of the girls. I am so, so proud of the girls. Like, we have heard some of their songs and whatever, but for some reason I don't know what happened with this song they have completely like blown up.
Speaker 1Well, they turned it up to 11 blown up they were on 10, but they bumped it to 11. I'm telling you that extra this trap, hip-hop.
Speaker 2All the ladies are in there like, yeah, we are owning this, we're're owning this, this is us. Oh my God, they have just dominated not just only the K-pop but the J-pop, because they are all Japanese, everybody else. They're like oh yeah, k-pop group, and I'm like this is not a K-pop group. This is not a K-pop group. I am very proud and happy that there is actually a Japanese group. That is not the alphabet number BS I'm sorry, those chickies are. I have not found any song that I'm like oh, I really like this song from, but this I'm like yes, we need more group like these coming out from japan. Well, there's a few, but you know I yeah like banana lemon is one of them.
Speaker 2That I you know I'm like jeez. They need to get more recognition. You know the pop.
Speaker 1I wouldn't quite these. Put xg in pop either.
Speaker 2This is pop this is pop for right now. This is pop. Yes, this song is very hot, like heavy on the trap and the hip-hop, but they're gonna be considered j-pop, they're not gonna. This song is not being the girls are not being considered. You know, you know a hip-hop group, blah, blah, blah. No, they still. Because of the whole unit, uniformity of the dance, uniformity of how they dress yeah that's still into the pop now.
Speaker 2That being said, they have dominated that for both markets. In my opinion they have. I mean, just the music resonates with all of us, especially the song. You know the attitude. This is not just girl power, this is female power. You know, these are not just no, there ain't no girls there, just like the ladies. They're out there. Females power, the bass, punchy fat. That just conveys that attitude with the girls. Oh, just love, please. Every time, okay, when I hear that woke up, I'm like woke up, looking like this, don't get under my skin. I'm like, yeah, you know everything. Yes, the lyrics are all in English. That could be another thing. Why this pop so heavily. Everybody can sing this song, you know, especially out in the us market.
Speaker 2Very true but, oh my god, are they good. And the video for this I didn't.
Speaker 1I didn't want to watch the video because I didn't want to, although I do know it's unavoidable. It's like so, oh, one of them shave her head, yeah, coconut.
Speaker 2She just went for it she just went for it and one of the girls was like oh my God, hinata, she's like what you did it and she's just like I did, but nobody gave her BS. This is why I'm like, yes, yes and yes, more of this, please. That's why I'm so proud and so happy that a Japanese female group has actually has just said, cut the ties of the whole. That's a cute thing, poppy, poppy. I'm like, oh my God, yes, you know, I've been looking, searching for a group like that from Japan and finally it has been delivered. I have been following them and this song just actually delivered what I always wanted from a japanese girl group to come out.
Speaker 2Unfortunately, they had to leave japan to do this because they were training in south korea, for you know, but the company they came out from is in Japan, it's just up. But I'm like, I don't care, they have to do that Because, yeah, I'm just thinking if they had to go to Korea just to train and be like this, because, of course, in Japan it's like stuck on something, and then, just because they like it, they just for some reason, being out of the norm, still just so frowned upon, oh, yes, anyways, that's just. I can go on and rant on that, but I am very happy, I love this song. I want more of this. It's like my favorite group right now love, love, love. Okay, there you go. I'm done with my rant all right.
Speaker 1Well, I was gonna say what I like is the, the texture and layer of sounds with this. They've got that really cool like traditional asian flute sound at the beginning, and then like stark drum clapping coming in like, and then that contrast with that deep bass that they've got going on, which gives you sort of that like combination of hip-hop trap beats, like you were saying, and then of course they're rapping, you know, so that's like multi-layered action going on. What I love too, though, is like the bass is kind of laid back and subdued, whereas everything else, musically, is kind of like frantic, almost agitated, which showcases the attitude of the song being like hey, woke up, looking like this. You know what I mean. It's like, yeah, they're fierce, they're like don't be hating on us. And what I love is there's in there. I can't remember the exact phrasing, but they're talking about the sort of like the wolf pack, the den, the don't be dissing on my family. Like we are, we are a pack and that's.
Speaker 1That was one thing I think seeing like snippets I didn't watch the video, but like clips of what they were doing I was like are they wearing animal skins? So like, so they are. They're like we're fierce and we're proud, and you know, everyone always talks about the alpha male being. It's the females in the pack that keep shit together. Okay, there may be one dude leading everything and like making you know, right, we're gonna walk this way, but it's the females that hold everything together and maintain the family and keep everything out, and that's what they're singing about.
Speaker 1They're like, hey, we're in charge of this, we're in control and so, yeah, this is just so empowering feeling this song you're like yeah, everybody's delivery, and a couple of them even saying like you know, like I'm harvey and I'm you know, like sort of saying exactly, this is my take on what's going on. So here you go, this is my opinion, this is my way of feeling. So it's yeah, it's just a very empowering song and it's in your face, in your face yeah, they're not definite.
Speaker 2Well, like coconut, she shaved her head again, woke up looking like this exactly I don't have the long hair like all y'all expect from females. I'm not. You know, I did shave my head, so what? I woke up like this, so don't get under my skin.
Speaker 1Well, you know, keep moving basically yeah, you know I am who I am. You can love it or leave it that's on you.
Breaking Traditions
Speaker 2You know what I mean, I know everybody. Just big statement again, coming from a very traditional country, that females are still gotta, you know the long hair and they gotta look nice and the skirts and the heels and the makeup, you know they still gotta feminine. You cannot be out of place. You got to be poised, you got to be. You get talked to when you get. You know you talk when you get talked to you know, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2Type of thing. So, when this coming out, that's why I'm so proud of this group All Japanese and then Kokona doing that, which is like screw tradition. You know, this is my own person. You know, know, this group, they're all their own person. You know, yeah, some of them they want to be the girly type, some of them want to be more like the casual type. Then you got coconuts. Like I shave my head. I'll do it. I'll do it for my group, I'll do it for everybody. I'll do it for everybody who can't, you know, gets just put to the side for just a female having a shaved head.
Speaker 1Make a statement, make an impact, exactly like break the traditions, break the cycle, exactly evolving, everybody's evolving.
Speaker 2You know what's so funny. So on another thing, um, there was a I forgot who came to, forgot the name, but I, but I, just I did saw. So Smith College had their. They usually bring somebody famous to do the talk. You know the commencement. I forgot who it was, but she was saying about the word bike face, word bike face. Back when the bike started, when the bike was invented, males were talking about ladies should not be riding bikes because they get a bike face. What is a bike face? Let's say more bicycle face, because that was the name though a bicycle face, a bicycle face.
Speaker 2Back in that I'm talking about the 1800s yeah uh, is a flustered face, sweaty, disheveled hair. Um, because of the pedaling, exerting yourself, exactly exercising. So I'm gonna go political here, because so when the invention of the bicycle, females were able to just without a carriage or a man picking her up to take her places, you were independent, you got on the bike and you did what you needed to do and you came back and think that was very fun upon because ladies back in the day needed to do something with a chaperone.
Speaker 1Yeah and always had to be a male, a man around you, yeah exactly a lady on a bicycle.
Speaker 2Oh my god, you got bicycle face. Oh my god, that's just just that's just bad. You cannot. You know that's a condition. I'm like what do you mean? A condition that you're exercising? Yeah, you're sweating.
Speaker 1Ladies cannot sweat, cannot smell, you know, they cannot look supposed to be Pretty and perfect and poised, and so rely on the man for everything that also so since that became like independence for a lot of ladies to get on a bike and do their thing.
Speaker 2That's when they did the whole rally about women's vote. They were using this also. Just like females should be voting, they were rallying up, they got on their bikes, they riled up to each town and be like women's garb. So you know, to me I'm bringing that. Why am I saying that? Because the whole thing with coconut shaving her head on camera for the asian community, especially in japan, or just any asian community, because it's still in all communities you shave your head. A female shave head oh no, that's just like still.
Speaker 1Well, even here. Well, yeah, I know, I mean, I know lots of women do, but like to take that drastic an action, especially like in front of everybody. Yeah, people are like are you crazy?
Speaker 2I know what's wrong with you, for us, we're like, we're like cool, but knowing the background and traditions, for these countries it's like wow, yeah, yes yes, girl, yes, more power to you.
Speaker 2definitely so happy some of the guys actually in, because I was looking at the behind the scenes. The One of the directors was like oh my God, she did it. Everyone's just like oh my God, like it's such a shocking thing. Well, it is. I'm like wow. I'm like hey, for me it's normal. I mean, well, you know, I had that mohawk for so long, so you know, for us it's just like oh, cool, cool, nice hair, you know, whatever it but for them.
Speaker 1But think about you, think about how men react when we've done stuff like that. Oh to our hair. Men are like what's wrong with her, what is she doing?
Speaker 2so you know, I mean I know family are just like well one, but just like oh, okay, cool. The other one was like omg why? I'm like listen, it's summer, this feels cool, I feel nice right now, that is my hair. I feel like going back to the haircut because I'm like oh god, this humility is driving me nuts.
Speaker 1I want to shave my head I know I'm trying to grow mine out again though, because like, but my problem is this short hair is so much work. Really, it's effort, it's effort. Well, see, you got curly hair I get curl.
Speaker 1See that I don't so when your hair is straight and it's short, you can't wake up and like you have to wash it and style it because it's just a horrible mess, flat and mushed, and you can't fluff it up with. You know the curls happen. No, okay, it's bad, it's a lot of work. When it's straight Like all of those hairstyles I was doing was work. If I didn't do that, I had to just stick a couple barrettes, plaster it to my head, because I was like oh no, I can't just wake up and go, it needs styling, try it one day. Well, it's longer now, so it's not as okay, it's bad. When I had it shorter right, and especially like when I used to, I also used to shave the sides of my head right. It took so much work to keep because otherwise the top had just laid there. You know what I mean. Right, you have to work at it. Short hair is work, so at least with long hair you can like, you know.
Speaker 1So anyways, now we have gone from this song to going to the hairstyles.
Speaker 2But anyways, yeah, no, it's just love this song you.
Speaker 1no, it's just love this song you know, it's just, it's fierce, and it's it is. It is it's about being like here. We are Like it or not. Deal with it. It's who we are. It's how we are.
Speaker 2Dominating. We're dominating the charts. Yes, they have sold out a few shows here in the United States. I haven't checked out the New York if they have sold out, but then of course, this is one that people got tickets and they're reselling and yeah, I'm not going on that anymore. There's plenty of episodes of us ranting about Ticketmaster. Please, you can check on the roster that we have on Music Elixir podcast website. There's plenty of that.
Speaker 1Plenty, plenty, plenty. Yes, there is.
Global Music Collaboration Dominance
Speaker 2All right. So, last but not least, we are going to chat about a really big collaboration that is just dropped on July 1st. Wow, this was a huge surprise and just just big. This is b first and ats, hush, hush, the way you're like, it's big, it is just big, it is. You have the biggest japanese so far, uh group b first, and then the biggest korean group ats that they just were worldwide. I mean, come on, you know new york is also the out and you know they're selling out everywhere. Yeah, they are. This ats is dominating the world right now they definitely are ats.
Speaker 1Well, and this, the sky high, obviously has his little fingers in this.
Speaker 2He was planning this. He's been this.
Speaker 1He has been that well, and he's been really, really big on collabs between groups that you wouldn't expect between countries. You know korean artists, japanese artists. He just wants everybody working together and he's like insane he has the same visuals that I have. I love him, but he's insane right he is. He thinks big, and that's that's what's so great.
Speaker 2I love him for it. You know he has the same visions that I have, like what I have with okay asia. I'm just not only doing k-pop. Let me tell you, when I started, when I brought, when I brought the idea to valley free radio about okay asia, the first thing that they came came into their minds oh, a k-pop show. I'm like, um, it's gonna be more than k-pop. I'm also gonna think of playing some music from india, and also thailand and japan as well, and pretty much asia, you know, china, I mean.
Speaker 1If I wanted it to just only be k-pop.
Speaker 2It will be just straight out one. You know like generic name the k-pop show. You know something like that. Yeah, yeah, but no, I wanted to bring more, just than just k-pop. You know there is so much out in asia that is not being showcased. That's where it came. But you know that was like the first thing, because seven, it's gonna be seven years. Oh, my god, in august seven years ago, you know k-pop was getting that momentum, you know very heavily and whatever. And so they just thought, oh, k-pop show. I'm like there's gonna be k-pop, yes, but there's more than that. It's gonna be a well-rounded show. You know a little bit of everything, exactly. And yes, mr sky high is wants to do the same thing for his company. You know this is actually under a bsmg, you know. So it's like ats is like the guest being borrowed.
Speaker 2Yes, you know the guest for this collaboration, which is awesome. Because talk about collaboration? Because also members from B-First and members from ATEEZ wrote lyrics on this one.
Speaker 1Along with Sky High he helped.
Speaker 2He's on everything, Anything that has BSMG. He's there Writing and producing Sky High.
Speaker 1That's what, what I mean? He's got his fingers and everything sky high. It's like I will touch this and it will become gold. His name says it all. Sky's the limit for him absolutely all right what can we say about this? That it's amazing exactly the that opening the drums, that cadence, that sort of just they're marching towards domination. I mean it really is.
Speaker 2That like be prepared. Yeah, who's coming out? Who's this he first? Who's this AT's? Who are you? Yeah Right, I'm like dig a panic. Of course you got to play with a song like that, because I mean they're introducing themselves and I'm like dig a panic.
Universal Music Collaboration Power
Speaker 1Well, like I said it's because they're marching their way towards world domination. And it's just the, the intense energy, the, the heavy bass and the way it's like breaks down into sort of this rap versus vocals, going on back and forth around a minute the music sort of starts to build up, it intensifies. One minute, 12 seconds. They drop it. Man, you're like your body just gets down and dirty. You're like, oh yeah, I, I felt this song, oh yeah. I was like, oh my god. And I think what I love about it is it's like the hush hush is for the fans and for the haters and for the media.
Speaker 1They like everything, like for the fans. They're like hush hush, just listen to us. Yes To the paparazzi and the stuff. They're like hush hush, leave us alone, because I love that. You can't capture us and you hear the shutter, the camera clicking, so they're like. That's when. They're like hush hush, you can't touch us, stay away. Media shut up, you don't know anything about us. And so again, and then for the fans, though they've got the. You know who's this Be first, who's this Ateez?
Speaker 2Right.
Speaker 1Oh my God, I just I love this. Be first. Who's this 80s right? Oh my god, I just I love this song. I'm glad we're talking about it last, because everything about it, just the music comes in and just takes over your body. You can't help it. Wherever you are, you're in the car, you're moving I was. I was driving over here listening. I had my shoulders going. I think people next to me were like what is going on in that car? Because I'm like it's, it's got this great attitude, but it's a different attitude than our previous song.
Speaker 1you know from the ladies. This is sort of just a general like we're out here to do what we want to do. We're having a good time. Nobody can bring us down, just sit back and enjoy the ride, right, you know what I mean? Like I think it's really the whole idea of the hush-hush is just very interesting because it's like like I said for the fans just relax and listen and take it in and enjoy. Everybody else shut up Hush-h. Everybody else shut up.
Speaker 1yeah, shut up you know what I mean like, I like, that like, and that's what sky highs, you know, and all of his projects are all about is like don't judge, don't get down on us where everybody should be able to enjoy the music, everybody should be able to have a good time.
Speaker 1Yep, it's a universal thing and we've said this, I mean people have been saying it for years. Yep, like music, everybody can feel music, and if you can't, I'm sorry for you, that's a very unfortunate thing. But like music just should bring everybody together. It's always something there to appeal to everybody. It's just, I can't think of a song, you know. I mean obviously not every song is to your taste, right, but you can always. You always feel something from it, even if it pisses you off.
Speaker 2You felt something you know what I mean like it does bring emotion right.
Speaker 1It's it. It touches you in some way. So, even if you don't like it, it's touched you exactly. You know. You know why you don't like it, or you know why you love it, and so, yeah, this is just such an amazing song, yes, such an. I could listen to it like 20 times in a row and just enjoy it more every time I hear it.
Speaker 2I do have a favorite from 80s, Besides the boy with the low voice, but Choi with the high notes and the long notes, he's like the major vocalist for 80s.
Speaker 1Oh my.
Speaker 2God, I love that boy, love it. One just hits that and you're like you just hits that. You're like you know it's there, I know it's there. It's like oh, there he is. Oh, my goodness, I mean, his vocal range is amazing. Oh, he's the one that. Yes, okay, yes, and sometimes he can hold a note that you're like breathe.
Speaker 2When are you gonna breathe? Omg, but it's one of the amazing vocalists that ats have, but ats just well-rounded as well. You have all vocal ranges. That is just beautiful. Superb as well as be first half as well. Their vocal is the same thing. High notes to the low notes, just well-rounded group Love. So just having two well-rounded groups, I know right. Wow, what a power song. Definitely attitude power, like you were saying. Completely agree with you. You know, hush, hush to the haters, the haters, yes.
Speaker 2Yeah, eat it, you aiders and, of course, for the fans like hush hush, listen to our message. Yeah, just feel the music. Love, love the power, just love the power of this song. Thank you, sky high.
Speaker 1Well, you know, what was funny too is when I was like we had talked about um at's touring and how it was impossible to get tickets, I almost completely forgot we did see them years ago. We did. I was like, wait, we saw them, I have a pin, I bought their pin, their badge. We did, I can't call.
Speaker 2I was like, oh my god, yeah, so I was. But I mean, that was like pre, you know, like debuted, you know, freshly debuted it, you know.
Speaker 1So they were still kind of debuted, but in the year before 2018, I think I want to say yes but you know they were still fairly new, just starting.
Speaker 1They were babies, you know here I was like you know, being like I'm so bummed out. We, I have seen them. Yeah, I'd love to see them again. I'd love to see this collaboration happening live, wow, yes, yes, yes, yes, that that would be awesome because sky high and his like he had be first in what travis japan? I think. Yes, on his little, uh, three-day festival thing going on.
Speaker 2Yeah, which is cool.
Speaker 1That was cool he loves to collaborate groups, which is awesome. He loves to collaborate himself. I mean, he's worked with nissi and chamina. Oh yeah, we love oh, chalmina and him. So you know More of that please.
Speaker 2Sky High please. Another one with Chalmina please.
Speaker 1So it's like he really knows who would sound good together, how people work together, this music. I'm glad that they all, like everybody, had a little bit to do with the writing of the song, really cementing the whole idea of working together. Yes and so, yeah, it's like an ultimate collab, definitely, and again with that message coming from both sides, you know what I mean. That's just like, seriously, everyone's always sort of pitting J-pop and K-pop against each other.
Speaker 1And they're always pitting K-pop groups and J-pop groups against each other, but more so with K-pop. So ATEEZ really has an idea of this and you know being like we're always getting compared to whatever you know Seventeen and BTS and TXT.
Speaker 2You know what I mean, yeah, which is so ridiculous, right? You know what I mean, yeah, which is so ridiculous, right.
Speaker 1So when a lot of them sort of like the J-pop groups, especially the big company ones, a lot of these guys have worked together for years prior. So just because they're in different bands they're not so much competing in that sense, because they're friends. They went through the system together, so sure they're trying, know, get their music out there.
Speaker 2they have probably auditioned together, you know.
Speaker 1So there's a little bit of competition, but underneath it all, they have gone through all the same struggles together. Yeah, so I think that that the whole k-pop, j-pop, you know, wars between groups and bands and everybody trying to one-up each other is more the media and the fandoms than it is the actual group. Yes, you know what I mean. So, yeah. So I think, like I said this, this is perfect for them to be like hey, we're not in competition here, we're gonna collaborate. Yep, and actually I saw on a little snippet, a collaboration earlier from two people. That's interesting. I don't know if I should save it for a rants and ramblings, but let's leave it for a rants and rambling.
Speaker 1Do you know who I'm talking about? No, so leave it for rants and rambling all right, cool, but it's another Japanese-Korean crossover collaboration thing. That's very cool.
Speaker 2Nice. Yeah, you gotta tell me about that, yeah.
Speaker 1Okay, so yeah, these are three great songs I'd say. Woke Up and Hush Hush are very much like when your feelings are attitudinal, right and you want to be sassy. Perfect is like the I'm just having a great day and I'm gonna cruise around being happy. More of a chill out thing yeah, it's a chill out song. When you drive to the other two, you're a little more aggressive yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 2Yeah, driving to wake, to woke up and hush, hush, especially woke up for me.
Speaker 1Yeah, woke up. You know that one's definitely more, uh, aggressive it.
Speaker 2You know, I have an suv, I don't have a zoom, zoom one of the zoomy cars. But if I have a zoie car and play woke up. I'd be whoo, the police will be behind me and I'll be like what you know? Can you see? I'm just jamming to this. I'll be like ma'am, you went over the speed limit, I'm like, so what?
Speaker 1yeah, we'll be. I woke up exactly, exactly yeah no, but that's okay.
Speaker 2Huh, anyways, that's it. I think we're good, all right, awesome. Well, thank you everybody for listening.
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Speaker 2Exactly how is that possible? I mean, we appreciate you, but wow, I keep. I'm like maybe I should go back and listen to it.
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