Dreamcatcher 'Dystopia: Lose Myself' Album First Listen 

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"Repetitive" and "Predictable" is not a bad thing, most of us grow up with these kinds of music, less is more, and that's how Break The Wall & CGYOOMM hits. It's understandable that you guys expect something more as a misician, maybe your standards are a bit higher, it's nice to have your opinions on a more professional sight. I do agree that Break The Wall needs Siyeon's high note in the last chorus haha

Most of us grew up listening to evanescence,paramore, linkin park, rock/metal in general. So that's why "break the wall" become the favourite of almost everyone in the fandom

Break the wall is very nostalgic for me because it remind me of old school rock song vibe.

Wow, until now, I never realized that "tired" feeling on Break the Wall chorus, it makes sense. But I still like it in this way because of the lyrics. Since it's about a world full of hate that they want to save and ask us to join them, this tired feeling sounds like them fighting against all those difficults and finding strength to get up and go break the wall. Like in those action/war movies, when they fought a lot, are super tired, but go forward to win their enemies (in slow motion) XD

Even though Break the wall and Can't get you out of my mind didn't have tons of complexity, I really enjoyed them because they were sounds that I experienced when I was younger, flaws and all. So all of it was a nostalgia trip for me.

This album is a masterpiece

"Can't get you out of my mind" is a song for the fans abroad. That song makes me emotional and also "Dear" written and composed by JiU to InSomnias🥺

Kevin's reaction proves the power of Dreamcatcher's Intros. One of the things I love most about Dreamcatcher is listening to their albums all the way through. Often with kpop(with the exception of a few Red Velvet albums), I tend to select a few songs from the album to listen to(especially since I transitioned over to digital streaming), and almost never listen to them as a whole after the first few weeks. Dreamcatcher however, I always do two things. First, immediately upon receiving my physical album, I make a trip to my dad's house and put it into his positively glorious stereo system. I just have to hear all the little synths/background vocals, and I almost always discover something I didn't notice before. Second, the entire album from Intro straight through to the ballad at the end, gets put into my master Dreamcatcher playlist, which contains their entire discography in order of release. Every so often I listen to this all the way through, and I'm impressed every time. Each album is it's own little world, all of it Dreamcatcher, and yet all of it different at the same time. "Lose Myself" as an album is one of my favorites, though none of it's songs on their own are among my favorite tracks... well, with the exception of one. "Dear" is positively my favorite kpop ballad ever, and might be the song which cements the feel of this album for me. Which is only a little odd, since as a longtime metalhead, I've only ever had a begrudging respect for ballads.

Did Umu realized Can't get you out of my mind was a full eng song xD?Asking cuz she didn't look surpirsed at all xD

Break the Wall was the song for me on this EP. Being a Rock fan, it made me feel like home. There’s a theory that the songs all have something missing in them, being the theme of Losing Myself.

I think the lyrics for Break The Wall really elevate it. The song sounded more epic and even gave me goosebumps when I read the lyrics for it.

My favorite song is actually Break The Wall. The lyrics of the song fit the vibe of having to fight sth even if you feel helpless. The near desperation of keeping to fight a fight that seems useless, because you know it has to be done. So instead of the epicness that the title would suggest it feels like going on and on and pushing and pushing

Y'all broke Break the Wall for me, now I can't unhear how much a high note would have SLAPPED in the middle chorus. It would have ascended the song into insane heights... Glad Kevin likes Boca now more. Anyway super indepth review, thank you!

Im so thankful that Im dumb when it comes to technical aspect in music because I enjoy alot even in a simpliest chords/melody. I just love how music magically connects me. Music is art of mystery for me and I make music without rules or formula 😄

24:32 If Jiu watch this she may tear up😂

6:56 musical breakdown of Dami's amazing rap part This part strikes the listener because all the instruments (electric guitar, drums, Dami's voice) except bass guitar (playing straight sixteenth notes) emphasize certain beats in the 4 4 measure. So if you count straight sixteenth notes 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a (one ee and uh two ee and uh three ee and uh four ee and uh), the emphasized beats would be 1 a + e 4 +. The emphasized notes on 1 a + e would each be held for three sixteenth notes (syncopated) and the emphasized notes on 4 + would each be held for an eight note aka two sixteenth notes (not syncopated). This can be grouped as 1e+ a2e +a3 e+a 4e +a (each first symbol of the group is an emphasized beat). The hard-hitting syncopated rhythm makes the listener feel as if they are being driven forward, making the build that much more effective. Also this rap part creates a nice contrast to the mellow (piano, vocals) section right after where the piano mostly plays half notes. in conclusion, dreamcatcher has fantastic music

As a rock musician and rock listener before anything, Break the Wall is definitely one of my favorite songs from them. Although Dear is also one of my favorite ballads from them, but that might just be because Jiu wrote it.

I’m happy that Sua now appears to be a permanent member of the vocal line as opposed to wobbling between vocal and rap.

In my opinion, from my ear musically, I believe that this album is such a vibe. Like I don't think this album was just about only the messages of each song but also more about the technique and extent they can go to in terms of imagination of the progressions like Dami's verse in Can't get you out of my mind and the pace in her verse in Break The Wall or even Gahyeon's rap verse in Boca... It's all just original in their own way 🤷‍♂️I love it This for me is probably of their greatest.

A lot of their songs are also very lyrically valuable, so break the wall may seem “tired” but with the context of the lyrics it seems rightfully so.

Break the wall should be a AOT op

Break the wall for me like Linkin park , breaking benjamin ...nu metal ..

Well, after I disagreed with 75% of what Kevin said in his BOCA reaction, I do agree with 85% of what he says here. Funny how things can pan out. :) 'Dear' was my favorite b-side as well, especially since Dreamcatcher is not a group I usually connect with 'nice chords and harmonic progression'. I hope they do more in that direction. Overall, BOCA is probably still my favorite, but really, it is just so weird to compare those two very different songs. Which, in my opinion, shows how they have expanded musically.

I really like the megaphone voice in "Break the wall"! That voice really feels like they're singing behind the wall. When the chorus starts without the megaphone, it's like the wall have been broken!

I know nothing about the technicalities of music, but the sound of 'Cant Get You Out of My Head' and 'Break the Wall' is very familiar from a western music perspective however they really stand out to me amongst what I usually hear in K-Pop

For me Can't get out of my mind is my favorite song of the album because as an EDM fan and I like a lot EDM songs by Dreamcatcher like Silent Night in the frozen sleepwalking... It just brings me nostalgia and I was so happy that they made a 2013 house EDM song that reminds me of Zedd Swedish House Mafia and Avicii and I must say that I admire that house even though as you pointed that It isn't so experimental...

When I read the lyrics to Break the Wall I cried, it’s very rebellious and so inspiring. I’m a sucker for that kind of “break the rules/save the world” kinda thing. 💜💜💜

4:00 so did Kevin change his mind about Boca 😂 ? Edit : I agree so such with what Kevin pointed out about listening to the title after the intro ! I experienced that with Goldenchild's One ... both the song and the intro(take off) hit SO hard but I was listening to them once and one was accidentally played after the intro and I was so shook about how well they connect with eachother ! LIKE REALLY WELL !

I absolutely love Can’t get you out of my mind I don’t know why it gives me such a nostalgic feel.

I actually loved the whole album, my favorite is either BOCA or Break the Wall, but I love the 5 songs, how they flow together make them somehow greater, like "better than the sum of its parts" but yeah, I like weird stuff, but I'm kinda basic musically, I don't mind repetitive or common songs, I mean, the album feels "cool" but "easy" to listen to, its catchy, it's good, it's Dreamcatcher, c'mon, absolutely great, and Dear is one of the best ballads I've heard, I usually skip them cause I'm in a "faster" mood, but I just feel Dear so much, it is special, it feels from JiU to Insomnia, I teared up the first time I listened to it after reading the lyrics. Overall I love this album but again I love anything Dreamcatcher does. Kudos to Leez, Ollounder and JiU

There's something nostalgic about can't get you out my mind..

The album overall for me is a grower..the mpre u spend time with it the more matures like fine wine~ i was so excoted seeing Kevin made the connection of the intro to boca~ cause i kinda had the same experience too xD still not my fav intro from them but it works so well for the album~! My fav on the album is still Boca tho xD As for break the wall~on first listen i lowkey didnt really enjoy it until i saw the live which somehow made me appreciate the muffled sound more as they were emulating breaking the wall through the muffled vocals and clear vocals on the chorus....i agree on the progression though.....more variety n different play on the chorus wouldve made it likeable on a first listen but upon seeing some metal reactors explain stuffs n reading comments it grew more to me but still what umu said if done on the live is gonna be sickk. Cant get you out of my mind kinda have a nostalgia trip for me so despite it non changing much musically i enjoyed the heck out of their vocals nuances in the song amd that made it my 2nd fav of the album....i'm curious on the vibe kevin wanted it to go into though.....the way he explains it sounda kinda cool too but singing dami in this track won me on it xD As for Dear, i was surprised kevin liked it that much lol as for me an average listener~i was putting this one wayyyy lower on my dc discography tier list but man have that thought changed the more i spend time with it, taking the lyrics into account also made it a good finisher to the album and such a sweet gift to us InSomnias

Seems to me the intention was to make a punch-less album. All the songs, except for boca maybe, are very smooth and easy-to-listen-to kinda? The bsides dont have many surprising progressions or changes but i think thats what they were going for. With boca in the album, they would have already enough of surprising chorus and outcomes lol

If I had to guess, I'd say that the majority of people's favorite track would vary by when they grew up. I'm on the younger side of fans I think so cant get you out of my mind was definitely my favorite since it reminded me so much of the best of the pop I listened to when i was younger. I'm sure the same can be about slightly older fans, break the wall, and rock.

React to minx, dreamcatchers ironic dark past

Break the wall and cgyoomm are comfort songs more than anything, I think. They both have this throwback sound that is familiar. Also, I think Break The Wall is like the....day before the revolution song instead of the mid-revolution song. It's the song to get people to come to the rally instead of in the middle of the rally.....if that....makes sense

the transition between dami's rap and jiu's part on break the wall just so smooth..

Me: Can't get you out of my mind best B-side ever Also me: Didn't know it's full English for aorund 20 listens

Do y'all ever notice how every intro has some tiny piece of the title song buried somewhere in it? For example this intro has the 4-note melody from the chorus of Boca played quietly at the beginning (or at least the same intervals).

This was one of their weaker albums.I feel like in the bsides they went for a more nostalgic western sound. Which led for the songs being more simplistic. But break the wall is one of my favorite rock bsides of theirs. I can't complain much tho since they literally released my favorite kpop album earlier this year lol My ranking of their Korean albums 6. Escape the era(all the songs were good but there were no memorable songs) 5. Raid of Dreams (silent night is one of their best songs but I didn't vibe as much with the other songs) 4. Lose yourself (I generally loved all the songs) 3. The end of a nightmare (amazing) 2. Alone in the city (UNDERATTED) 1. The tree of language (perfection)

드림캐쳐 콘텐츠는 언제나 옳다!!!! 항상 좋은 영상 감시합니다😚😚

Dreamcatcher - cant get you out my mind is good, love music

Wish Handong was in the album.

When judging/analysing Boca you need to consider the lyrics, the message is so important and needed, it highlights the fact that it isn't a "summer" song at all.

Dreamcatcher presented us with two of the best albums of the year so far ! Thanks. From N.Y.

I agree with Kevin the intro into BOCA definitely enhanced the experience that's the first way I listened to it and then the second time I just watched the music video and it was less impactful to me.

Umu!! Your hair color is amazing!! 메가폰쓰니까 살짝 답답한 느낌이 드는데 벌스부분에만 쓰고 후렴부분에 안쓴거보면 벽을 깨부수는 느낌이 느껴지게한것 같아요

I feel like I'm the only one who likes Can't get you out of my mind WAY more than Break the Wall. While I do appreciate a slow but powerful rock ballad, I agree that by the third chorus it feels stale. Can't get you out of my mind just feels really fun and high energy. To me, it's an even better summer song than Boca or any other song Dreamcatcher has made.

break the wall reminds me of all the 00s rock music I still listen to, it's a bop and a half

I love this album so much all songs are so good. Break The Wall became my most favorite Dreamcatcher song. I really love this as soon as I first heard it because I haven't heard something like this in K-pop and it reminds me a lot of Miku's Love is War not because it sounds the same but it just reminded me of it. Then when I watched the showcase I just figured out they used megaphones and then later on I read the lyrics. I feel that how they sing and the instrumental just goes well with the lyrics (I'm not a musician so I'm not pro with details), it doesn't have to be so grand but I feel the crying out to break the wall feels when listening to this.

BOCA has made me appreciate me all their other title songs

29:50 i knew you would say that 😂😂 31:10 now that you've metioned it, i actually wanna hear siyeon do it 😳😳

Ah, and so it begins.

THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING!!!! Dreamcatcher deserve more

"Can't get you out of my mind" is my favorite b-side track from a whole album You know, Full English Lyrics And from the 1st verse, i know it's gonna be an edm song but i expected to be a future house like mike williams style I Kinda shock when hear the drop is Progressive House that kind of Alesso vibes..

Can't get you out of my mind reminds me of avicii's type of song

Hi Umu, I was really interested in especially your take on this newest mini album from DC. I admit to being a DC superfan & think they've been on a roll all year starting with the best K-Pop album in years with ToL, but I also love LM ! "BOCA" is my favorite, but love all tracks. CGYOOMM is special, & "Break the Wall" sounds like it could be an Evanescence song(in a good way)! Strong finish with "Dear" by JiU!

I always dislike it when the percussion /drums come in in ballads , but when there is none , it feels so boring and empty to me lol . I kind of don't know what kind of percussion sound I want to hear in a ballad song ...

While I'd say BOCA is easily a top 5 title track for them, this was definitely their weakest album in recent years, compared to the steady increase and variation they've been doing every album for quite some time. Especially after Scream's full album is was a downgrade but their lesser work is still very good. I'm excited for the finishing of this trilogy and what it'll bring musically.

I love Evanescence and Zedd so this album is great for me.

Yay, I was waiting for this reaction!

I love this channel! 💕💕

I really enjoy this mini album. It was solid on first listen but has grown on me the more I listened to it. None of the songs is my favorite but I enjoy them all and Break the Wall is definitely my guilty favorite.

Ok so I feel like the megaphone parts make u feel like they are actually singing behind a wall right next to u So that quieter ballad song sounds like it literally came straight from a kdrama ost.

Break the Wall just screams anime movie with somber/sad ending to me. Love it.

I can't get over Can't get you out of my mind

CGYOOMM is my fave. it has maybe become my second fave dc track of all time it’s the perfect companion to when youre driving + the song reminds me of my childhood i love it

Man ya'll are on crack, Break the Wall is one of their best this album, very Evanescence / Linkin Park like. They need to do more music like that, they are so good at it. This song is unique, we don't hear enough of it anymore, and for Dreamcatcher to do it is very unique, welcomed, and we want more.

I’ve been waiting for the reaction to the intro for forever because I was wanting to know why it was so disarming( idk if that’s the right word) but the bass being on the off beat might explain that!

except for Boca, Dear definitely my favorite of the album! that JiU's ending part was so precious to me TT but every other songs still slaps

Jiu is so talented

Dear is also my fav B-side from this album, glad to know that I'm not the only one :)

AMAZING! Break the wall showcase video version! So glad

For me, what matter is the message that the songs were conveying.

Break the wall is a killer sing-along song. The predictability of the chorus helps in a live setting to get the audience engaged.

Definitely agree with a lot of the things being said here. Both the praises and some of the criticisms. Thanks for taking the time to do like a 40 minute analysis of this mini album lol.

드림캐쳐 리액션 늘 챙겨봅니다, 한글 자막까지 너무 감사합니다🥰😍

Great review! As always!

I always find myself watching Umu's DC reactions again and again and again, especially when DC is on hiatus. 💖

와 9분전이네😆😆😆 봐야징

Omg finally 🙏 thank you

Not sure if you both noticed but Can't get you out of my mind is the first full english song of Dreamcatcher. Oh, and for their last song Dear it has been Written and compose by Jiu and it's also a special song for the fans.

Can't get you of of my mind is like the perfect pop song for me; absolutely love it 👌

Im really wating for your reaction!!! Very thanks

7:09 It seems to be an A# bending into B on the guitar over an F# and E in the piano. Key's E minor at that part, and the A# is a tritone so it sounds super unsettling despite it bending up into B rather quickly. Almost gives me Hungarian minor vibes. You could see it as using the II from Hungarian minor (F# chord as you said) and then going into i maybe? Super weird part either way.

Break the wall gives me NANA's vibes The anime

Dreamcatcher song is always better hearing it with a headphone I'm telling you

15:36 If this was Umu's reaction to Dami singing just two lines, I wonder what she was like when the video of Dami singing Someone Like You surfaced...

React to Nature last song please 🥺, that song Is so great and so unique of the other concepts ✨ PD.: love dreamcatcher ❣️

yesssss I've been waiting for this!!💓

BOCA is a top 5 DC song but as a whole I thought this was their weakest album musically. Break the Wall's songwriting just felt... lazy... compared to previous masterpieces like Full Moon and Mayday. Regardless, Leez and Ollounder are still the GOATS and any Dreamcatcher is better than none.

But even their " weakest " album is really strong ...I think it's their " weakest" album because the previous dystopia album was just astronomical

Yesss By the way will you react to gfriend's song of the sirens album because I think there are some interesting songs

they didn't clock that one guitar harmonizing to Siyeon's run in the last part in break the wall and CGYOOMM is in FULL ENGLISH TOO

how do you guys hear all these elements on the first listen, I just listen and think "ye singer sound good, high notes wow" XD

Can't get you out of my mind ,I need you now Dreamcatcher x inSomnia

I'm rewatching this first listen and reading the comments.... I'm the only one that got the reference to Pendulum's Blood Sugar at 2:19?

break the wall gives me paramore vibes and i love it

I'm totally agree that Break The Wall need more oomph, pretty sure it won't have as much impact as Boca to general population if it were the title track, like so many people suggested.