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ROAD TO KINGDOM [로드 투 킹덤] "YOUR SONG" CHALLENGE ANALYSIS
Added 2024-03-13 01:00:02 +0000 UTCINTRO - 0:00
ONEUS - 0:43
INFINITE VERSION - 5:13
ONEUS ANALYSIS - 8:52
TOO - 31:36
GOT 7 VERSION - 35:45
TOO ANALYSIS - 39:20
ONF - 56:53
RAIN VERSION - 1:01:16
ONF ANALYSIS - 1:06:13
PENTAGON - 1:17:07
MONSTA X VERSION - 1:22:09
EGYPTIAN INSTRUMENT COMPARISON - 1:26:33
PENTAGON ANALYSIS - 1:29:02
VERIVERY - 1:42:38
MAMAMOO VERSION - 1:46:54
VERIVERY ANALYSIS - 1:50:25
THE BOYZ - 2:04:36
VIXX VRSION - 2:09:21
THE BOYZ ANALYSIS - 2:12:51
PERSONAL RANKING - 2:31:16
OUTRO - 2:35:02
Comments
You opened up a completely new door for me to regarding what to dive into and I can’t thank you enough for that 😭😭 cultural instruments and what is “universally heard” is something I feel I was aware of but not consciously and you explained everything so well!! I swear to you I feel that I learn more from y'all than what I feel I bring to the table 😂
Jessica Holyfield
2024-05-12 15:52:58 +0000 UTCPentagon and The Boyz stole this round for me, hands down. With Pentagon and its influences, I can get into so many tangents but overall I loved it. Ancient Egyptian history is one of my favourite topics and has been since I was like 8 years old so whenever something gets inspiration from it I can get super critical but I think Pentagon REALLY killed it. They were so raw with it in their vocal deliveries, they expertly used tutting and the arrangement was just chef's kiss all around. The Boyz also pulled a great feat of taking an already beautiful song and concept, adding a whole new inspiration on top of it that meshed so completely with it, and just basically created a performance that really sold it. I was genuinely at the edge of my seat while watching it because I was so curious about where it would lead and it landed so well at the end. Like, my tension while watching to see how it would go and what it all meant was not CONFUSION but FASCINATION which is a hard thing to pull off! (Also made me think JUSTICE FOR GOLDEN CHILD'S T.O.P. ngl I can't get over how robbed that performance was but seeing The Boyz execute a completely different rearrangement and performance that was in a similar vein - you know, Western classical instead of ballet - was so satisfying.) The "Egyptian" instrument topic is actually very complicated in a great way. I don't know about the specific trumpet-y instrument used in the Monsta X track but there is another instrument sound associated with Egyptian/Middle East/Desertscape motifs (and funnily enough... Gladiator?) in Western music is generally either done with duduk (an Armenian instrument) or balaban (an Azerbaijani instrument) - both very similar double-reed instruments from the Caucasus/Middle East. While these two instruments I mentioned are strictly tied to the cultures I added in parentheses, there are so many other double-reed instruments that have very similar sounds from regions closer to Egypt as well (also, piri for Korea and mey for Turkish which is my culture btw!). It's just a testament to how so many peoples and cultures have interacted with each other over centuries and centuries - to have distinct and diverse instruments working on such similar principles and sounds. (FWIW: I don't believe many Western composers using those sounds for the ~oriental desert vibes came from a culturally educated place but at this point, these sounds are just embedded in the musical language of anyone who grew up with Western movie influences so it's not surprising to see the influence persist in global music production. Actual authentic historical music and what audiences believe is historical music are just purely different and completely reliant on modern music's mainstream influences. Ethnomusicology is a fascinating area of research that showcases this time and time again. I really recommend checking out Farya Faraji's YouTube for both great music and great ethnomusicological essays!)
Eafiu
2024-05-11 14:10:45 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing this! You can 100% see the intention behind how they went about their concept in comparison to some of the other groups who also tackled a cultural concept. LOVED their usage of tutting and regardless of the results they got they should be SO FREAKING PROUD of how they tackled this!!
Jessica Holyfield
2024-03-17 07:35:19 +0000 UTCProps are risky! But luckily despite that, I could 100% see the intention which shows that the context and functionality of the props used worked in their favor!
Jessica Holyfield
2024-03-17 07:34:02 +0000 UTCabout ptg: on a live, kino said himself that they spent a lot of time doing research after they chose their route for this track because they didn't want to be reckless with someone else's history. just like you said, the goal was not to use egyptian culture as a concept but centering their performance around "pharoah" as the motif, and they rlly pulled it off. i honestly love love loved this performance because it really showed how much thought and sincerity they put into everything they do, i wish there was an audience that could see this live 😭
hayun lee
2024-03-14 03:04:06 +0000 UTCPoor Juyeon flower broke 🥲 he was so sad about it
Vanished
2024-03-13 11:25:37 +0000 UTC
