What a surprise to see this reaction video on Gfriend! Let me try to answer a couple of questions you had on Gfriend. 1. Gfriend is known for singing live for their performance. Their vocal ability is well recognized in the industry. 2. Dreamcatcher debuted in 2017 (although Minx started in 2014), Gfriend debuted in 2015. By the time Dreamcatcher rebooted with their new name, Gfriend was a well-established tier-1 girl group within the Kpop realm. 3. Three members of Gfriend, Eunha, SinB and Umji, formed Viviz who is active as a new group and caused the stir with their recent "Maniac" choreogrphy. I Want to express my appreciation for your professional and insider look of Gfriend's Love Whisper as a choreographer. Your expertise is clearly evidenced by your willingness to look through their dance practice, choreo video and the MV before offering your observations, so that your comments can adequately reflect more accurately the technical context and artistic choices taken within the choreography. It's also insightful to comment on the execution of the choreo on different surfaces, a point seldom noted by others I saw. The little pond in the MV was an artificial pool prepared for the comeback. Gfriend members commented how they had to mark spots of rocks to avoid during the shoot. It's also quite informative to hear your comments on the movements of members during the choreo. Your remarks about the priority of dancing and singing in different eras for Kpop groups show your understanding as an industry expert who examines the choreo within the professional settings and the market demand. The creation of the choreography is more than just a technical exercise but a tool with a commercial element. BTW, the emergence of Gfriend was generally attributed to the emphasis on synchronized dancing for girl groups and raised the bar for the girl groups who came afterwards. Thanks for the reaction and hope to see you again.
Thank you so much for answering my questions!! Truly means a lot!! And I cried when I read your positive feedback. It really felt like a little blessing in my day and a huge motivator to continue within the structure I’ve now started operating with my analysis videos! Your words mean more than you know and I can’t wait to continue growing with your perspective as a part of the discussion!
@@jess_holyfield I am delighted that my post resonated with you. Your experience and knowledge came across very evident, and I wish you the best with the format you choose. No doubt you will continue to find new ways express your informed view through this CZcams platform as the industry evolves over time.
Gfriend were basically a proof of concept for the kpop industry in that they showed that girl groups can handle complexity in their choreos. You can pretty much draw a line in the timeline and see a sudden sharp rise in the difficulty of GG choreos once Gfriend came onto the scene. It can be easy to take for granted now that every girl group is going hard in their choreos but at the time they were absolutely groundbreaking.
Love this insight!! Thank you so much for sharing! Completely agree on so many points! So glad we have groups like GFriend that existed so we can appreciate a lot of choreos that exist in today’s time!
@@jess_holyfield I will be there with you if you do. I love this reaction and the way you break everything down is more detailed than anything I have seen before. Thank you for taking the time to look into GFriend. As you mentioned in commentary, this was ground breaking at the time in girl group choreography and on the reality show Produce 48, the trainee idols burst into tears when they drew this song out of the hat which they would have to perform in front of judges. So the producers invited GFriend in to help them to manage it. It was the equivalent of the 4 minute mile back then, seemingly impossible to do but years later it would now seem like a piece of cake to those who come afterwards pushing their own new boundaries. Dreamcatcher debuted more than 2 years after GFriend did and by 2017 GFriend had already won 29 music show trophies in 2016 with just two songs. They had also already won Dance Performance of the Year for Rough and were vying with Twice to be the top girl group in Kpop. Remarkable for a group from an unknown tiny company that was bankrupt from the start, before they eventually made it rich singlehandedly as the only artist at the company. The CEO had to remortgage his house just to pay for their debut and they wore school gym clothes for their TV performances of their debut song. Love Whisper was more than 2 years after this difficult start.
@@peterhugo2078 wow! You made me super teary eyed with your kind message 🥹 truly means the world and I am honored to be a positive influence regarding GFriend! Love that they were able to grow and flourish into the group they became and I am also seeing the beauty of the fan base and their love as well which is always a joy on my end to see!
@@jess_holyfield there are always the odd exception of course but the Buddy fandom is renowned for the kindness of its fans towards others. This reflects the genuine, humble attitude of the GFriend members themselves and everyone who meets them in person backstage away from the limelight says they are a delight to know and work with. Kany is the latest to say that about the VIVIZ members after working with them for the first time for Maniac and Untie. She said that she never met any artists as talented as they are who are also so sweet and humble. She decided to sign a permanent contract with their company as a result so she could see a lot more of them and celebrated by taking them all to a Shinee member’s concert the same day as it was announced, where they got a shout out from the stage. Kany had worked with them before VIVIZ. So expect a lot of passion and enthusiasm from GFriend fans for your reactions to them and you needn’t be afraid of expressing honest opinions about them at times as you will still get respect for your opinion even if it is not popular. So many new reactors to them have subsequently commented on later videos that everyone was so nice that interacted with them and I am proud of that. Long May that continue although reactions are few now which makes yours even more precious.
@@peterhugo2078 boy oh boy! Love to be a part in this way!! Thank you for sharing the heart of the group and others! Means a lot! Excited for more interactions!
OMG THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO CHILDHOOD!!! GFriend was one for the groups that got me into dance!!! I'm a waacker now but its always fun to go back to my kpop roots!! Another one of my favourites by them is NAVILLERA, Time for the moon night and APPLE
I can 100% agree this REALLY takes me back just is essence alone!! Loved being able to take a look at this and hopefully I'll be able to take a look at their other work soon!!!
I can say that GFRIEND is the best in history. It was embarrassing and really sad that the activities ended suddenly, but still, the great and beautiful history with fans does not disappear. I used to support you, and I will continue to support you. BUDDY love these beautiful and talented girls!
Funfact:Gfriend Main Dancer SinB was an artist guest in deep and dap Mega Crew Mission😆 *Gfriend is VERY well known for their Live singing,During 3rd Gen,there are 3 girlgroups that are known for their impressive live singing which is Mamamoo,Red Velvet and Gfriend *Gfriend is also known in the kpop industry as Knife like choreo and Queen Of Synchronization(These nicknames literally given by Fans and kpop Idol themselves)
Gfriend has been inactive for 3 years and they are still in the top 4 female groups with the most music show wins (71 wins). Gfriend comes from such a small company but they were able to compete with other girl groups from big companies and also be able to enter the top 5 of the 3rd gen girl groups known as TREBELMAYEO (twice, red velvet, blackpink, mamamoo, yeojachingu/gfriend)
Gfriend was always more popular in South Korea and Dreamcatcher was always more popular internationally I think. Gfriend had a lot of music show wins. Dreamcatcher deserves more. I was watching live when Dreamcatcher got their first music show win. Probably my best moment as a kpop stan. And Dami is friends with Yuju from Gfriend
I was able to look at when DC won and I also got teary eyed as well! It felt like a win for everyone and I am so happy they were able to feel success in that way!
@@jess_holyfieldif you do decide to focus on GFriend for a dance marathon in the future make sure to include their blindfolded challenge for Apple and Mago as well as their regular dance practice. There is also a hilarious video you could watch when we are given a behind the scenes cut of the very first time they try dancing a song blindfolded and the chaos that ensues. It is so funny but also shows how comfortable they are at making fun of themselves to entertain their fans because they know how good they actually are and are confident that the entire industry knows it. Weekly Idol kept calling them GodFriend on the show as they invented x2 dance live on the spot when a fan sent a message live on air wondering if they could do it. They used GFriend as a test case after that to try out new dance challenge concepts for other Kpop groups appearing on the show. If GFriend couldn’t nail it then they would drop the idea as it was clearly impossible. Random Dance and Rollercoaster Dance all became regular features once GFriend succeeded at them and then the hardest of all when the two were combined together in one challenge. Dancing to songs which randomly change at any moment, leaving everyone in the wrong position to carry on with the next one is hard enough without having it speed up to x 2 speed, then reverting to 1/2 speed or normal speed again at the very worst moments such as when you are in mid stride of a dance move. It is very entertaining but very difficult so few attempt it other than GFriend.
@@peterhugo2078 if a marathon happens I will definitely need all the best footage outside of their discography like what you have mentioned to help me see all the fun!!
I mostly follow your channel for SWF / freestyle dancers, but I'd totally watch a GFriend marathon! My favorite group growing up and such a time capsule, once this was considered the peak of girl group choreography. Makes me a bit sad too, their vibe/aesthetic is one that mostly doesn't exist in k-pop anymore
VIVIZ perform singing live at every concert and festival as default which involves all of the members using hand microphones to get better audio quality. This makes the complex hand movements in their choreography particularly difficult to manage sometimes which resulted occasionally in one of them dropping their microphone. But vocals come above everything unlike many big name groups who just wear head microphones for their concerts and performances where the volume is too low to even know if anyone is singing at all. But they sound perfect as a result with no added difficulty for their choreography either. I like to hear vocal imperfections in the singing which indicates they really are singing live or subtle changes to the studio track which shows the same thing. But music shows has virtually everyone either lip syncing or having auto tune used to correct anything pitchy in a live vocal so hand microphones are not useful at all which is why VIVIZ can show the full choreography there by having head microphones as a rare deviation from what they would prefer to use. GFriend choreography was always created with live vocals in mind. The person belting out a high note would hardly move even if everyone else was spinning around them and whoever was singing each line would be at the side on their own or in the centre and with the easiest choreography for that moment. This allowed them to sing live and still dance hard. One iconic performance was when the audio track broke down during the first verse of a song and GFriend just continued on singing live a Capella to the cheers of Buddies, their fandom. It was even better than the album track!
This is such great insight here! I personally like hearing deviations from the original arrangements to hear the track in a more authentic way! Excited to hopefully look at more of this group in the future!
@@jess_holyfieldThe best way to hear Viviz sing live is the live band concert from the It’s Live channel for their latest song “Maniac”. They basically sound the same as the recorded version with some slight variations. Eunha even took the opportunity to throw in more ad-libs that weren’t in the recorded version.
I don't know if I'll say anything that someone else hasn't already said, but thank you for reacting to Gfriend! They swept a lot of the dance awards during their time and no matter what current kpop stans say, they are pioneers. I hope you can react to more of their stuff, because aside from their amazing choreo and synchronization, their music is genuinely amazing. I would've never listened to their style of music in the past, but they're definitely among my top 3 favorite discographies in kpop. But, I know this was only a patreon request so I won't hold my breath lmao 😂 One of their lives is also in water! It's a fun performance too. Imo Gfriend was known to sing live, but towards the end of their reign it was done a lot less, I attribute that to the times changing within the Korean industry and the company change.
Thank you so much for watching! I also hope to be able to react to more of their work in the future! Their discography feels super nostalgic which is such a vibe!
Haha yeah that pond in the mv was built by the staff, it's real and not cgi. Gfriend also did it on one of their comeback stages of this song, they danced on water.
I love your reactions and I love seeing you reacting to Gfriend, they are well known for their synchronization!. I would love to see your reaction to their main dancer SinB (who has a great and strong foundation in dance) and some works she has been in, like SinB's Artist of the month 'Tap In' and the dance cover of 'Sweet but Psycho' which Mina Myoung coreographed and appears in the video!!!❤
Si bien es cierto, todos los grupos de Kpop tienen buenas coreografías en su mayoría, GFRIEND destacó mucho porque literal interpretan la canción con sus coreografías. Además de ser consideradas las reynas de la sincronización y haber creados en Speed X2 doblando la velocidad de sus coreografías que de por sí ya son bastante retadoras. Para mí el mejor grupo femenino de Kpop de la 3ra generación. 3 de las chicas actualmente continúan sus carreras como VIVIZ que actualmente se volvieron bastante populares con MANIAC. Sueño con el día en el que vuelvan a ser el grandioso grupo que fueron.
When Gfriend debuted in 2015 they were known to have the most difficult girl group choreo at the time. I think they helped make girl groups have more details in their choreo and helped encourage girl groups to be dance oriented in general They sang live a lot in the beginning. It faded out some towards the later half of their career, but they always had at least a couple of noticeably live vocal stages or more per comeback. Viviz doesn’t seem to sing live as much as Gfriend did, but they always have at least one noticeably live vocal stage per comeback.
I really like taking a look at how the choreography matches the overall aesthetic! It's a newer thing I've been trying and I am really becoming a fan of the format!
Im LOVING DIS SO MUCHHHH!!!! even i just start at 1.05 i know ill love diss!!!!!! Plssss look on other their dance practices, believe me, or us, you wont regret it!!!🔥
There was a controversy about this choreo years ago. between taemin (shinee), kai (exo) and yerin (gfriend) yerin said this choreography was "tiring" so mcs "mocked" and said it wasn't hard They asked taemin if it was a hard choreo and he said that there were technical details aspects and footwork. and when Kai was asked he said that he does men choreos and that choreography was not hard for him. gfriends fans got angry at that comment and said he was putting down girls groups choreos and Some others people said taemin sugarcoated his words😁
This is VERY interesting! I can understand the controversy based on what you provided! I feel it truly depends on whether a group sings live, mixed with complexity and bpm. That’s how I measure difficulty a lot of times… if you also factor in what everybody’s starting implicit postures and training, a style that is “simplistic” to one dancer could be more difficult for another… it’s all in how you look at it!
@@jess_holyfieldthis choreography was produced by the choreographer for BTS who did this as a favour because the CEOs of Big Hit and Source Music were best friends and it would improve the quality of Gfriend’s dancing to be tested to a new level. This was a challenge as he only choreographed boy groups and he added to add some cute elements to what was a highly technical dance for a girl group back then. They practice the choreography so many more times than other girl groups because they need to in order to achieve the level of synchronicity they manage to do and which was by then expected from them. So the heel toe move repetition made their heels really sore and they said it was the hardest choreography they had to do. GFriend even performed this singing live on a music show dancing in a pool of water throughout which I think was groundbreaking back then. Significantly the boy group’s comments downplaying the difficulty may have been related to the fact that BTS was amongst their biggest rivals at the time for top boy group and it was very well known that this choreography was created by the dance teacher for BTS so it could have also been indirect subtle shade directed back at them.
I absolutely LOVED this video. I feel so lucky to be able to listen to your insightful and informed comments about what is one of my favourite choreographies of GFriend. I loved also how a smile slowly grew across your face as you were watching and this became nearly a permanent fixture by the time you were watching the choreography version. My expression was a mirror of yours. Haha 😛. GFriend does that to me and when people enjoy watching them too it doubles the warmth of my happiness. So thank you 🙏. I learnt so much from this video and I felt like you had given me a private lesson by the end! lol 😝. I would really love to see you give a similar treatment to GFriend as for Dreamcatcher as they have so many similarities whilst superficially polar opposites. Such an apparent paradox but best explained by saying that Dreamcatcher is the dark version of GFriend. I think that most people who love one of these groups would automatically like the other too but it is hard to explain why. I cannot wait for the day when I spot another GFriend reaction from you. But have you thought of reacting to the choreography for Maniac and Untie by VIVIZ. They have both gone viral for the dance which was created by Kany who previously choreographed Beyonce. I would love to see your breakdown of those choreographies as well as for other GFriend songs.
GFriend were know for being a vocal group and singing live was the normal thing for them when it was possible. Backing tracks were sometimes turned up too loud on music shows to hear their live vocals though. When GFriend performed on their first ever concert tour with no supporting acts touring with them, the concert lasted for 3.5 hours and they sang live throughout with a live band giving great energy to the performance. This sounded even better than the studio versions of the songs we usually hear. They learnt 48 different choreographies and performed most of them at the concert whilst singing live. I find that mind blowing as there are so many changes of position and essential perfect timing for certain moments I don’t know how that is even possible, especially with all the lyrics to remember as well and who sings what when. Many were B sides never sung live before too. If you do a Deep Dive into them and watch this I am sure you will enjoy it.
Cuando conocí el Kpop, no me llamaba tanto la atención hasta que conocí a GFriend y sus coreografías 💘 como fotógrafa me da mucho placer visual pausar en casi cualquier parte de sus coreografías y obtener una composición distinta ❤🔥
Also check sinb studio choom artist of the month. Speaking of artist of the month it's would be cool if you react and analyse them since studio choom will drop another's artist of the month with Niki from enhypen.
What a surprise to see this reaction video on Gfriend! Let me try to answer a couple of questions you had on Gfriend.
1. Gfriend is known for singing live for their performance. Their vocal ability is well recognized in the industry.
2. Dreamcatcher debuted in 2017 (although Minx started in 2014), Gfriend debuted in 2015. By the time Dreamcatcher rebooted with their new name, Gfriend was a well-established tier-1 girl group within the Kpop realm.
3. Three members of Gfriend, Eunha, SinB and Umji, formed Viviz who is active as a new group and caused the stir with their recent "Maniac" choreogrphy.
I Want to express my appreciation for your professional and insider look of Gfriend's Love Whisper as a choreographer. Your expertise is clearly evidenced by your willingness to look through their dance practice, choreo video and the MV before offering your observations, so that your comments can adequately reflect more accurately the technical context and artistic choices taken within the choreography. It's also insightful to comment on the execution of the choreo on different surfaces, a point seldom noted by others I saw. The little pond in the MV was an artificial pool prepared for the comeback. Gfriend members commented how they had to mark spots of rocks to avoid during the shoot.
It's also quite informative to hear your comments on the movements of members during the choreo. Your remarks about the priority of dancing and singing in different eras for Kpop groups show your understanding as an industry expert who examines the choreo within the professional settings and the market demand. The creation of the choreography is more than just a technical exercise but a tool with a commercial element. BTW, the emergence of Gfriend was generally attributed to the emphasis on synchronized dancing for girl groups and raised the bar for the girl groups who came afterwards.
Thanks for the reaction and hope to see you again.
Thank you so much for answering my questions!! Truly means a lot!! And I cried when I read your positive feedback. It really felt like a little blessing in my day and a huge motivator to continue within the structure I’ve now started operating with my analysis videos! Your words mean more than you know and I can’t wait to continue growing with your perspective as a part of the discussion!
@@jess_holyfield I am delighted that my post resonated with you. Your experience and knowledge came across very evident, and I wish you the best with the format you choose. No doubt you will continue to find new ways express your informed view through this CZcams platform as the industry evolves over time.
Great post! Basically said everything that I was going to bring up! With greater analysis.
Gfriend were basically a proof of concept for the kpop industry in that they showed that girl groups can handle complexity in their choreos.
You can pretty much draw a line in the timeline and see a sudden sharp rise in the difficulty of GG choreos once Gfriend came onto the scene.
It can be easy to take for granted now that every girl group is going hard in their choreos but at the time they were absolutely groundbreaking.
Love this insight!! Thank you so much for sharing! Completely agree on so many points! So glad we have groups like GFriend that existed so we can appreciate a lot of choreos that exist in today’s time!
@@jess_holyfield I will be there with you if you do. I love this reaction and the way you break everything down is more detailed than anything I have seen before. Thank you for taking the time to look into GFriend. As you mentioned in commentary, this was ground breaking at the time in girl group choreography and on the reality show Produce 48, the trainee idols burst into tears when they drew this song out of the hat which they would have to perform in front of judges. So the producers invited GFriend in to help them to manage it. It was the equivalent of the 4 minute mile back then, seemingly impossible to do but years later it would now seem like a piece of cake to those who come afterwards pushing their own new boundaries. Dreamcatcher debuted more than 2 years after GFriend did and by 2017 GFriend had already won 29 music show trophies in 2016 with just two songs. They had also already won Dance Performance of the Year for Rough and were vying with Twice to be the top girl group in Kpop. Remarkable for a group from an unknown tiny company that was bankrupt from the start, before they eventually made it rich singlehandedly as the only artist at the company. The CEO had to remortgage his house just to pay for their debut and they wore school gym clothes for their TV performances of their debut song. Love Whisper was more than 2 years after this difficult start.
@@peterhugo2078 wow! You made me super teary eyed with your kind message 🥹 truly means the world and I am honored to be a positive influence regarding GFriend! Love that they were able to grow and flourish into the group they became and I am also seeing the beauty of the fan base and their love as well which is always a joy on my end to see!
@@jess_holyfield there are always the odd exception of course but the Buddy fandom is renowned for the kindness of its fans towards others. This reflects the genuine, humble attitude of the GFriend members themselves and everyone who meets them in person backstage away from the limelight says they are a delight to know and work with. Kany is the latest to say that about the VIVIZ members after working with them for the first time for Maniac and Untie. She said that she never met any artists as talented as they are who are also so sweet and humble. She decided to sign a permanent contract with their company as a result so she could see a lot more of them and celebrated by taking them all to a Shinee member’s concert the same day as it was announced, where they got a shout out from the stage. Kany had worked with them before VIVIZ. So expect a lot of passion and enthusiasm from GFriend fans for your reactions to them and you needn’t be afraid of expressing honest opinions about them at times as you will still get respect for your opinion even if it is not popular. So many new reactors to them have subsequently commented on later videos that everyone was so nice that interacted with them and I am proud of that. Long May that continue although reactions are few now which makes yours even more precious.
@@peterhugo2078 boy oh boy! Love to be a part in this way!! Thank you for sharing the heart of the group and others! Means a lot! Excited for more interactions!
OMG THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO CHILDHOOD!!! GFriend was one for the groups that got me into dance!!! I'm a waacker now but its always fun to go back to my kpop roots!! Another one of my favourites by them is NAVILLERA, Time for the moon night and APPLE
I can 100% agree this REALLY takes me back just is essence alone!! Loved being able to take a look at this and hopefully I'll be able to take a look at their other work soon!!!
i didn’t expect gfriend at all to be reacted to and i am pleasantly surprised 🥳
Yay for Patreon requests am I right?! I was so happy to see their dancing FINALLY!
I can say that GFRIEND is the best in history.
It was embarrassing and really sad that the activities ended suddenly, but still, the great and beautiful history with fans does not disappear.
I used to support you, and I will continue to support you. BUDDY love these beautiful and talented girls!
They were such a fun group to watch! Hopefully I'll be able to watch many more in the future!
I recommend their choreo for their song Rough. It won best dance performance for MAMA in 2016!
I really hope to be able to do a marathon of this group in the future!!!!
Funfact:Gfriend Main Dancer SinB was an artist guest in deep and dap Mega Crew Mission😆
*Gfriend is VERY well known for their Live singing,During 3rd Gen,there are 3 girlgroups that are known for their impressive live singing which is Mamamoo,Red Velvet and Gfriend
*Gfriend is also known in the kpop industry as Knife like choreo and Queen Of Synchronization(These nicknames literally given by Fans and kpop Idol themselves)
AH! The doors are connecting!! Thank you so so much!!
Gfriend has been inactive for 3 years and they are still in the top 4 female groups with the most music show wins (71 wins). Gfriend comes from such a small company but they were able to compete with other girl groups from big companies and also be able to enter the top 5 of the 3rd gen girl groups known as TREBELMAYEO (twice, red velvet, blackpink, mamamoo, yeojachingu/gfriend)
That is crazy! Incredible run through as victors! Love that they received such great recognition!
when i see gfriend. i click it
Love that I was clicked on!
Gfriend was always more popular in South Korea and Dreamcatcher was always more popular internationally I think. Gfriend had a lot of music show wins. Dreamcatcher deserves more. I was watching live when Dreamcatcher got their first music show win. Probably my best moment as a kpop stan. And Dami is friends with Yuju from Gfriend
I was able to look at when DC won and I also got teary eyed as well! It felt like a win for everyone and I am so happy they were able to feel success in that way!
BUDDY is here
I would love to know what this means 😂
Fandom name 😊
@@jennifersamuels32 AHH!! Thank you 😂 now I can be cool and hang out with all the buddies 😂
Hi Buddies🎉
you should react to more of their dance practices like apple and mago !!!! love thissss video
Thank you so much! Hopefully we can get GFriend as a marathon in the future!
@@jess_holyfieldif you do decide to focus on GFriend for a dance marathon in the future make sure to include their blindfolded challenge for Apple and Mago as well as their regular dance practice. There is also a hilarious video you could watch when we are given a behind the scenes cut of the very first time they try dancing a song blindfolded and the chaos that ensues. It is so funny but also shows how comfortable they are at making fun of themselves to entertain their fans because they know how good they actually are and are confident that the entire industry knows it. Weekly Idol kept calling them GodFriend on the show as they invented x2 dance live on the spot when a fan sent a message live on air wondering if they could do it. They used GFriend as a test case after that to try out new dance challenge concepts for other Kpop groups appearing on the show. If GFriend couldn’t nail it then they would drop the idea as it was clearly impossible. Random Dance and Rollercoaster Dance all became regular features once GFriend succeeded at them and then the hardest of all when the two were combined together in one challenge. Dancing to songs which randomly change at any moment, leaving everyone in the wrong position to carry on with the next one is hard enough without having it speed up to x 2 speed, then reverting to 1/2 speed or normal speed again at the very worst moments such as when you are in mid stride of a dance move. It is very entertaining but very difficult so few attempt it other than GFriend.
@@peterhugo2078 if a marathon happens I will definitely need all the best footage outside of their discography like what you have mentioned to help me see all the fun!!
I mostly follow your channel for SWF / freestyle dancers, but I'd totally watch a GFriend marathon! My favorite group growing up and such a time capsule, once this was considered the peak of girl group choreography. Makes me a bit sad too, their vibe/aesthetic is one that mostly doesn't exist in k-pop anymore
Thank you so much ♥️ I hope to be able to do a GFriend marathon in the future!!!! I feel it in my bones haha
VIVIZ perform singing live at every concert and festival as default which involves all of the members using hand microphones to get better audio quality. This makes the complex hand movements in their choreography particularly difficult to manage sometimes which resulted occasionally in one of them dropping their microphone. But vocals come above everything unlike many big name groups who just wear head microphones for their concerts and performances where the volume is too low to even know if anyone is singing at all. But they sound perfect as a result with no added difficulty for their choreography either. I like to hear vocal imperfections in the singing which indicates they really are singing live or subtle changes to the studio track which shows the same thing. But music shows has virtually everyone either lip syncing or having auto tune used to correct anything pitchy in a live vocal so hand microphones are not useful at all which is why VIVIZ can show the full choreography there by having head microphones as a rare deviation from what they would prefer to use.
GFriend choreography was always created with live vocals in mind. The person belting out a high note would hardly move even if everyone else was spinning around them and whoever was singing each line would be at the side on their own or in the centre and with the easiest choreography for that moment. This allowed them to sing live and still dance hard. One iconic performance was when the audio track broke down during the first verse of a song and GFriend just continued on singing live a Capella to the cheers of Buddies, their fandom. It was even better than the album track!
This is such great insight here! I personally like hearing deviations from the original arrangements to hear the track in a more authentic way! Excited to hopefully look at more of this group in the future!
@@jess_holyfieldThe best way to hear Viviz sing live is the live band concert from the It’s Live channel for their latest song “Maniac”.
They basically sound the same as the recorded version with some slight variations.
Eunha even took the opportunity to throw in more ad-libs that weren’t in the recorded version.
I don't know if I'll say anything that someone else hasn't already said, but thank you for reacting to Gfriend! They swept a lot of the dance awards during their time and no matter what current kpop stans say, they are pioneers.
I hope you can react to more of their stuff, because aside from their amazing choreo and synchronization, their music is genuinely amazing. I would've never listened to their style of music in the past, but they're definitely among my top 3 favorite discographies in kpop. But, I know this was only a patreon request so I won't hold my breath lmao 😂
One of their lives is also in water! It's a fun performance too. Imo Gfriend was known to sing live, but towards the end of their reign it was done a lot less, I attribute that to the times changing within the Korean industry and the company change.
Thank you so much for watching! I also hope to be able to react to more of their work in the future! Their discography feels super nostalgic which is such a vibe!
omg idk who Chris is but i love this person for asking this magnific song❤
Chris is the bomb.com... So glad he recommended this as well!
Haha yeah that pond in the mv was built by the staff, it's real and not cgi. Gfriend also did it on one of their comeback stages of this song, they danced on water.
Showchampion ep. 239
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So fun! I really enjoyed that element and I bet it was so fun to see this live as well!
Gfriend ❤ thanks to the person who requested them.
They have great taste don't they haha! Loved watching them here!
omooo gfriendd so much memories from my middle school-highschool era, and soon i am graduating from college
Oh my goodness the NOSTALGIA! So glad I was able to take a look at them!
It's always fun to watch gfriends dance practice. Thanks for the reaction! I hope you can react more of them and watch their other dance practices :)
Thank you for taking the time to watch! Excited to hopefully watch more of them!
I love your reactions and I love seeing you reacting to Gfriend, they are well known for their synchronization!. I would love to see your reaction to their main dancer SinB (who has a great and strong foundation in dance) and some works she has been in, like SinB's Artist of the month 'Tap In' and the dance cover of 'Sweet but Psycho' which Mina Myoung coreographed and appears in the video!!!❤
Goodness she sounds awesome! It was so nice to take a look at this group and I REALLY hope to be able to look at them in the future!!!!!!
you need to react to more Gfriend choreos they are ELITE
I hope to be able to do a marathon of them in the future!!
A gfriend marathon would be great!
omggg, i watched u bcs off swf things n now u reacted to GF. thank youuuu😢
Thank you so much for being with me through so many journeys! Can't wait to watch more!
Si bien es cierto, todos los grupos de Kpop tienen buenas coreografías en su mayoría, GFRIEND destacó mucho porque literal interpretan la canción con sus coreografías. Además de ser consideradas las reynas de la sincronización y haber creados en Speed X2 doblando la velocidad de sus coreografías que de por sí ya son bastante retadoras. Para mí el mejor grupo femenino de Kpop de la 3ra generación. 3 de las chicas actualmente continúan sus carreras como VIVIZ que actualmente se volvieron bastante populares con MANIAC. Sueño con el día en el que vuelvan a ser el grandioso grupo que fueron.
Thank you so much for sharing! They are great and I'm excited that I had the pleasure of taking a look at them!
When Gfriend debuted in 2015 they were known to have the most difficult girl group choreo at the time. I think they helped make girl groups have more details in their choreo and helped encourage girl groups to be dance oriented in general
They sang live a lot in the beginning. It faded out some towards the later half of their career, but they always had at least a couple of noticeably live vocal stages or more per comeback. Viviz doesn’t seem to sing live as much as Gfriend did, but they always have at least one noticeably live vocal stage per comeback.
That’s great information to know! Thank you so much!! Makes sense and I’m glad they had some great stages we can all appreciate!
I will never be bored with Gfriend dance practice 🥰 I still seek people reacting to them. Thank you for appreciating them.
I’m so glad I was able to take a look at them! Very fun seeing them in this way!
GFRIEND!!!!!
I know right?!
sync queen GFRIEND ❤best ever 👌
They were so fun to watch!
Wow the way you just watched it 3 times and can tell all details of the dance 😮
I really like taking a look at how the choreography matches the overall aesthetic! It's a newer thing I've been trying and I am really becoming a fan of the format!
Im LOVING DIS SO MUCHHHH!!!! even i just start at 1.05 i know ill love diss!!!!!! Plssss look on other their dance practices, believe me, or us, you wont regret it!!!🔥
I'm so excited and glad that you are enjoying it!
Please react to gfriend rough
I hope to be able to look at more of their work in the future!
omg i miss them so much
They did great here!
There was a controversy about this choreo years ago.
between taemin (shinee), kai (exo) and yerin (gfriend) yerin said this choreography was "tiring"
so mcs "mocked" and said it wasn't hard
They asked taemin if it was a hard choreo and he said that there were technical details aspects and footwork.
and when Kai was asked he said that he does men choreos and that choreography was not hard for him.
gfriends fans got angry at that comment and said he was putting down girls groups choreos
and Some others people said taemin sugarcoated his words😁
This is VERY interesting! I can understand the controversy based on what you provided! I feel it truly depends on whether a group sings live, mixed with complexity and bpm. That’s how I measure difficulty a lot of times… if you also factor in what everybody’s starting implicit postures and training, a style that is “simplistic” to one dancer could be more difficult for another… it’s all in how you look at it!
@@jess_holyfieldthis choreography was produced by the choreographer for BTS who did this as a favour because the CEOs of Big Hit and Source Music were best friends and it would improve the quality of Gfriend’s dancing to be tested to a new level. This was a challenge as he only choreographed boy groups and he added to add some cute elements to what was a highly technical dance for a girl group back then. They practice the choreography so many more times than other girl groups because they need to in order to achieve the level of synchronicity they manage to do and which was by then expected from them. So the heel toe move repetition made their heels really sore and they said it was the hardest choreography they had to do. GFriend even performed this singing live on a music show dancing in a pool of water throughout which I think was groundbreaking back then.
Significantly the boy group’s comments downplaying the difficulty may have been related to the fact that BTS was amongst their biggest rivals at the time for top boy group and it was very well known that this choreography was created by the dance teacher for BTS so it could have also been indirect subtle shade directed back at them.
I absolutely LOVED this video. I feel so lucky to be able to listen to your insightful and informed comments about what is one of my favourite choreographies of GFriend. I loved also how a smile slowly grew across your face as you were watching and this became nearly a permanent fixture by the time you were watching the choreography version. My expression was a mirror of yours. Haha 😛. GFriend does that to me and when people enjoy watching them too it doubles the warmth of my happiness. So thank you 🙏.
I learnt so much from this video and I felt like you had given me a private lesson by the end! lol 😝. I would really love to see you give a similar treatment to GFriend as for Dreamcatcher as they have so many similarities whilst superficially polar opposites. Such an apparent paradox but best explained by saying that Dreamcatcher is the dark version of GFriend. I think that most people who love one of these groups would automatically like the other too but it is hard to explain why.
I cannot wait for the day when I spot another GFriend reaction from you. But have you thought of reacting to the choreography for Maniac and Untie by VIVIZ. They have both gone viral for the dance which was created by Kany who previously choreographed Beyonce. I would love to see your breakdown of those choreographies as well as for other GFriend songs.
GFriend were know for being a vocal group and singing live was the normal thing for them when it was possible. Backing tracks were sometimes turned up too loud on music shows to hear their live vocals though. When GFriend performed on their first ever concert tour with no supporting acts touring with them, the concert lasted for 3.5 hours and they sang live throughout with a live band giving great energy to the performance. This sounded even better than the studio versions of the songs we usually hear. They learnt 48 different choreographies and performed most of them at the concert whilst singing live. I find that mind blowing as there are so many changes of position and essential perfect timing for certain moments I don’t know how that is even possible, especially with all the lyrics to remember as well and who sings what when. Many were B sides never sung live before too. If you do a Deep Dive into them and watch this I am sure you will enjoy it.
@@peterhugo2078 VERY INTERESTING! Talk about a pot stir!
we need more gfriend react))
Hopefully I'll be able to look at them more in the near future!
@@jess_holyfield 😍
Cuando conocí el Kpop, no me llamaba tanto la atención hasta que conocí a GFriend y sus coreografías 💘 como fotógrafa me da mucho placer visual pausar en casi cualquier parte de sus coreografías y obtener una composición distinta ❤🔥
I really enjoyed this specific piece from them for similar reasons that you also stated! I'm excited to potentially see more in the future!
12:31 yes, that was a teaser for the next title track, Summer Rain
What a fun little Easter egg!!
i remember in produce 48 avoid this song hhuhu
I heard about that haha! I can see why!
Me gustas tu next i guess
Thank you for the recommendation! Hopefully someone on the "in the pocket" tier on Patreon will recommend that in the near future!
Yeeesssss
Love having GFriend !
@@jess_holyfield I hope you will do more gfriend 💕💕
Also check sinb studio choom artist of the month. Speaking of artist of the month it's would be cool if you react and analyse them since studio choom will drop another's artist of the month with Niki from enhypen.
I have checked out a couple of those and they are really fun! I may need to in the future!
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Thank you so much! Loved taking a look at this group!