Ahhh I’m sorry Universe, I meant to put Hui’s picture in but finished editing this video at 4am and saw an IG post with the caption ‘Hui’s Memory’ so I thought it was him 😭😭😭 ➡️ C&JMR Reaction Release Schedule: docs.google.com/document/d/1uvf-u1EJVB-hmB3IU0P6M-obdMNu11fo_aUIf6dur70/edit?usp=sharing ➡️ Songs that are currently being voted on or waiting to be voted on by our musician voting panel for C&JMR: ru-vid.com/group/PLFw_XZtkCVMMt3F3O3jvbeYlUyGo8v2nX ➡️ Will not react to list for the CJ&MR series & why songs may not be reacted to: docs.google.com/document/d/1b5aQLWbYgUCm30Pj5-AalSjwMaq8gm5jOyrcbAlMu6c/edit?usp=sharing
Hui said that when Jinho's back they'll harmonize the high notes in the end and I think we need to prepare for that lol Thanks for the great reaction!!!
YASSSS FINALLY NO MORE WAITING. Honestly this song is a complete anthem. For everyone. It sums up Pentagon's story but I also have seen some other artists commenting how this song inspires them, cause when you create art not everything will appeal to broad public and that can be frustrating when you try to live off as an artist. There's also people not taking you seriously. But Pentagon says "you know what, screw this, we will create things how we want it and make our own "crowns" in the industry".
Literally every time I hear Hui’s voice I go “I hate you” because he’s so damn good,,,his technique,,his falsetto,,,I wish I could sing half as good as him, and I’m technically a soprano.
I thought the discussion about the music video being too distracting to understand the music for some, vs being helpful to understand the music to others, was really interesting. It just goes to show how people process multiple senses at once differently. I personally really liked having the mv/choreo with the music because I thought it helped me understand the angst and seriousness of the song. I listened to it for the first time without the visuals, and to me it sounded a little stereotypical superhero, "we're gonna take over the world" way. I'd be interested to know how others saw it! (Also to answer Owen who said that Hui's expressions were really good in that one section before the climax, Hui is a musical theater actor so it makes sense!)
[random trivia] hui's high note was originally 5 level (!?) but during the live competition he did 6 and what's more amazing is that he did it while HE WAS SICK. king behaviour 🙇
Hui is honestly an ace. Its crazy how he literally excel at everything. And not just that, he experiment further just to reach a new high. Something that only a TRUE artist do.
pentagon seriously deserves all the praise 😭 they are so talented and their voices are all so unique while fitting perfectly together! basquiat is unrivaled i swear it is so artistic
Kpop industry is missing something. Stop sleeping on Pentagon's talent. The fact that they are self-produced group made me so proud if them. They are multilingual and multitalented group. There's an actors, musical actors, producers, and lyricist. Yeah! Plus their musics are so inique and meaningful❤
imagine the vocal feast we would have gotten if jinho was able to perform this with them 🤯 though i was not a fan of the song initially on rtk, this video really put a lot of things into perspective
if you guys loved hui's singing here, you should really check out his duo song 'WTH' that he did with shinwon !! his vocals are insane and it's also another rock style song^^
There's a certain happiness that I feel seeing people be shocked at Hui's high note. Just sooo good. I'd like to image him and Jinho hitting it together when they get back.
this was such a *MASTERPIECE* from PENTAGON. I even thought they would win on the finale episode with this song, they even got a STANDING OVATION from the other boygroups in the competition. everyone in the studio was so amazed by the song and performance and you can obviously see the hosts reaction that they loved it too. sadly, the audience decides who wins in that show though they actually ranked 3rd place. correct me if i'm wrong. still their best song for me!
Everytime you guys react and talk about Pentagons music it just frustrates me even more how underappreciated they are for the amount of talent, passion and dedication they put in their music.
Im an exol, fan of the vocal kings but i admit pentagon's vocals is on a very high level too! I discovered them through my sister and then now i am slowly starting to stan them next to exo😊
Backtracking on all Hui and Pentagon stuff I can find on the internet because of freaking Boys Planet and all I can say is I am so sorry for not stanning these guys soon enough. The K-Pop industry sleeping on this fire group is a crime (looking at you Cube and Mnet). I've always been a casual listener, the earliest I could track was their debut song Gorilla, but Basquiat really told me it's never too late to be a Universe.
Thank you for this wonderful review and for appreciating Hui and Pentagon’s work in a way that is truly meaningful. I wish Nathan, Hui and Wooseok would get to see this and watch you guys. They need to realize that somewhere out there, yes, their messaged was delivered. Lastly, I just have to say, BASQUIAT is a MASTERPIECE that did not receive the attention that it deserved. Thank you again.
I stan a lot of kpop groups and I pride myself to be a good judge of groups with great vocals and production so best believe I stan the best groups. But EVERYTIME, EVERYTIME Pentagon gets to be reacted here, I am one of the extremely proud fan because I am so excited for you to enjoy their masterpieces and comment from a professional standpoint. They deserve more recognition. Their songs are ART
"Pentagon song always Spot on"..yess i agree with you they really music genius specially Hui. Pentagon is versatile, original, uniq, talented musician, Pentagon is genre it self thats why i stan them. But we all know many people still sleep on ptg. I wonder i have a Power for make they get they deserve..so frustating.
I am not a musician, but I am an Universe. So I gotta say I never understood why this song did not get the love it deserved because it seemed such a well written/performed song
Pentagon is such a underestimated group and I really don't know why because they are awsome, they write and produce their own stuff, and theyre also the funiest guys ever. There is nothing to deslike about them.
I waited a year for this!!! Yas!!! Thank you so much for giving the composers the praise that they deserve for this song. It's very underrated, and I wish Pentagon did promote this. It's one of a kind!
i was so surprised to hear anyone lost focus of the song, after the rtk finale it was the only song i remembered clearly and stayed stuck in my head :o the performance really was seamless with it but i guess i'm used to approaching either from emotion mostly so i forget the separate intellectual brain requires extra focus ''xD i know i was trying to use that perspective while onf was on and all i got was ''hmm that was weird but good weird'' which baffles me considering to me that song makes way more intuitive sense than the oneus song and yet i forgot that one in seconds since the visuals were similarly absorbing i guess 0_0 it doesnt need to be said but it deserves to be affirmed at every given opportunity: hui is a genius.
Good to know I am not the only one who didnt remember other stages. Well, do you know that Mnet deleted the video of Basqiat with a lot of views, I think that is when the views stopped coming.
I had butterflies in my stomachπ.π Thankyou for complimenting our Boys!! I know they deserve more recognition, All of their songs are such a BOP just 'some' people are sleeping on them *MUSIC HAS NO LANGUAGE!*
I was kinda hope they also gonna watch the live version tho bc it has english subtitle, I think it will help to convey the message esp on the bridge part where hui said it's the message he want to deliver the most ☺️ And about the choreo that can overpower their music, well I understand! Since people have different preferences, but personally, after only listening to the audio, watching the live version with choreo helped me to understand the intensity and the rage, frustrations, and seriousness that pentagon want to convey And lastly, thank you rttk for appreciating this masterpiece!!
Pentagon has strong vocal line, strong rapper, they r song writers, composers, producers, actors. They r HILARIOUS n visuals too. I mean, they r full package that artists should have. But people r blind
This song exploded my head when I first heard it (almost a year ago + my first time hearing Pentagon), and I'm still not over it. These men are in a league of their own (esp Hui) and I just don't understand how more people don't see (HEAR) it.
Thank you for reacting and giving us more analytical scientific words to describe how amazing this song is! Hui is literally our core of everything,our treasure,thank you for recognized his effort 😢. Pentagon after all are beyond great performer. They mold the emotion of the song to their voice,to their moves and their facial expressions too. Please support them,i know that this world is unfair but no matter how deep diamond is buried once they found it you can resist their shining aura. They're originally talented
The video reminded me again of how amazing the song is. Hui is so amazing tbh. He make that music. Dances so damn well and sing madly amazing. They are all so freaking amazing!!!!! They are criminally underrated.
Why…im…physically incapable of understanding why they’re so underrated . Its honestly mind boggling…and like why is Hui not considered like one of the best vocalist in the kpop industry at least.
I felt so emotional watching this. I’ve been stanning pentagon for a while now and have felt so sad cause they have been so underrated for their music and creativity. Hearing and watching the expressions and thoughts of these individuals appreciating their hard work really makes me feel thankful. Thank you. As a Universe, I’m very happy to see them be more recognized. They are diamonds that are constantly being looked over upon.
"I don't know if it's the synth or the voice." Yes it's Hui, and if you'll listen to WTH song by Shinwon and Hui, you'll think about this too. 😅 This song is a masterpiece, it's pure art. It is Pentagon's anthem.
I clicked on the video so fast lol So glad everyone found something they liked about this song. Pentagon has a really great team and they always make such good music. I agree with so many comments here when they say that pentagon is still getting slept on for absolutely no reason.
I don't know if many people watch videos that are not about their favs and if there are non unis out there but honestly I hope everyone will watch it and realise how talented they are and what a genius hui is
Oh nO I’M SO DUMB the IG description said “Hui’s Memory” so I thought it may be him but then the text under that that I didnt see was “Photo BY Hui” 😭😭😭
"Euphany of beautiful tension" is such a good way of putting it. I felt mysel beating my chest during the rap, holding my breath during the softer parts, feeling weirdly optimistic during the parts when it turns to major(?), then wanting to scream my heart out with Hui in the bridge and last chorus. UGHHH so good. Also wanted to give major props to Wooseok for the rap parts cos to me his rap verse after the chorus really kept the energy of the huge chorus while changing direction which felt so amazing to hear!
This songs message, song and mv production, vocals, lyrics and the idea behind it are just fantastic, the performance is spectacular, is always great to see ur reactions and point of views about the songs, makes me understand the musicality and meaning of the music and it's production better
Clearly Pentagon's members are the real winners of Road to Kingdom 😍🔥 that's clearly incredible. They are just wow ! I don't have any word to describe them
how can people sleep on Pentagon?! LOOK! even classical and jazz musicians liked this masterpiece!!! I can't believe so many people are not listening to Pentagon!!! PENTAGON is like one of the MOST TALENTED BOYS OUT THERE! anyways, thank you for reacting to 'Basquiat', ReacttotheK!!!
this is one of my all-time favourite songs ever. not just in kpop, not just by pentagon, but in the world. basquiat is a masterpiece and people seriously need to open their eyes and ears and listen to penatgon and appreciate hui's work. yes, the other members worked their asses off but hui absolutely carried this performance and song. and i'm literally yuto/kino biased. thank you reacttothek for this awesome reaction, I got emotional listening to you guys gush over hui's voice ngl
Omg thank you so much for this, Im really happy that you guys apreciatte the music of pentagon, its make me so proud of them, they are an amazing artists. I really hope that you guys will checking more music by them in the future, I love the reaction. Thank you so much
i still think it was the best finale song in RtK and Kingdom. Completely didnt expect anything that happens in the song. im glad u all liked Basquiat so much! :)
Seriously, Pentagon's performance of this song is the most emotionally vulnerable and raw I've ever seen and experienced by any musical artist. Pentagon are just so skilled when it comes to delivering their emotions and feelings to their audience. If you have a heart, you WILL feel what they're trying to convey like a ton of bricks.
