Guess the Lyrics: Pop Song Or Opera? 

“Mozart, you cheeky bastard” should be a shirt lol

The reason why it is hard to tell is because opera WAS the pop songs of its time.

Brett “speaking” Italian is the best I’ve seen in my life

I turned on captions and when Brett did the “opera” it said *incohert Italian-sounding gibberish*

Brett looks like he's on summer holiday and Eddy looks like he's preparing for christmas...

"Korean songs sound poetic" Idk Mozart sounds so *pop* ._.

The moment I read "Look at my feet look down" part I knew they gonna pick Opera since RM's lyrics is always like THAT

funny thing is when i first started listening to kpop and started looking at translations of the lyrics i was extremely blown away by how poetic it is, and even in the original language theyre that poetic. korean music in general has a very poetic vibe, like ballads that are super SUPER poetic and well made. In korea lyricists are also pretty well known like publically and they often value lyrcism so that might be why

brett: shortsleeved eddy: thick sweater the actual temperature in the room is......?

when u don't know which season is: bret: short sleeves with summery print eddy: long and thick sweater

Brett and Eddy: *roasts pop music* Editor-Sans humor: I got the marshmallows

LOL Mozart's such a chad, giving pointers on how to score with blondes, brunettes, and platinum blondes.

the season in Aussie rn: is winter Eddie: wears a spring-themed sweatshirt Brett: just goes full summer

I love how Brett just casually pops up a non-sequitur, "Dude, I want Korean for dinner." And Eddy responds without missing a beat, "Then let's get Korean fried chicken." And how happy Brett looks! Their dynamics is really on a different level.

0:18 brett likes pop songs now 0:56 Eddy be like, I'm not doing the Sebelius drop 1:08 Two set Opera drop at 4 mil 1:17 Two set opera confirmed 1:40 Eddy admits defeat 2:03 Two set admits ultimate defeat 2:05 Eddy gets PTSD 2:53 Both gain back their reputation a bit 3:25 Eddy's Russian classes paid off 3:38 Brett is old 4:27 PTSD re-activated 4:35 Eddy Triggered 4:40 Brett Triggered 5:06 Eddy Wins, but soon loses his temper over the Bizet 5:29 That's obviously NO TIME TO DIE 6:04 Brett's Assassin's Creed playing pays off 6:12 *Eddy, a K-Pop degenerate* This must be opera for sure 6:49 Eddy get's emo 7:06 Brett listening to Pop 7:26 Brett's PTSD activated 7:55 Professor Eddy is in the class now 8:01 Viewer's PTSD activated 8:22 Both lose 8:50 Eddy has vowed never to listen to K-pop again 9:28 Even with the wrong count Eddy has his thug life

So here's how I guessed. I'm an English/ling-linguistics student who's done some style analysis. I'm no professional and I rarely listen to both genres, but here are the differences I spotted besides rhymes (listed in order of the songs)! Long comment warning too. 1. If it's not not a full-stop or comma, it's probably opera (translations do be like that I guess). And you rarely see semicolons in modern day lyrics anyway 2. 'Fits so good' is technically grammatically wrong but is used a lot more now -- and only recently. If it were opera/a translation aka from way back, it would've probably been 'fits so well' (grammatically correct) 3. Rose-coloured' kinda gives it away. This is obviously pop since 'rose-(insert word)' is a popular collocate (two-word combination). As in, rose coloured/rose tinted would be a more popular combination now than in the past, where idk rose petals would be more common 4. I really don't have much to say about this one. Only that you rarely blatantly see the words 'I love you' in lyrics nowadays guess, so opera 5. Not much here too; only that religious allusions/referenced ('from heaven') are very rare in modern pop for very obvious reasons 6. Again, semicolons give it away, but also 'their'. It's not used much in modern pop ('I', 'you', 'we' are more common). You also don't hear 'praise' in pop much 7. The syntax/sentence structure makes it clear it's a translation. But I ruled it from being non-English pop because it seems more first person narrative-esque which you don't get much in pop 8. Repetition (anaphora I think of 'was') gives it away. I think this was what Brett and Eddy were referring to as 'it sounds very pop'. You get crazy lot of repetition because that's the only figurative language you can use in pop-I mean... because it makes stuff catchier and more memorable (and that's what pop's about-I MEAN...) 9. This is clearly translated and there are no fancy punctuation, so... opera I guess? (Also 'while I force myself to hide my tears' just sounds very pop. Plus the sentence structure 10. Again, biblical reference so opera. 'Here' is probably heaven Another thing that all these share in common: you can usually tell based on how the stanzas/lines are written. Operas are written more like normal sentences (hence all the semicolons to connect ideas/stanzas). In pop, it's all line breaks. And tbh I barely looked at rhymes when guessing these lol. Didn't get everything right the first time too; got 1-2 mistakes? Now that you've wasted all your time to read this, it's time to go practice now.

first time i've seen brett wearing something other than black or white edit: since ya'll are pointing it out: AND SOMETIMES PINK xD

5:56 I like that he’s so out of touch with pop that his default pop song melody sounds like Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” from like 1998

Korean and French songs are so poetic in both the original language and the translated they always surprise me

we would’ve seen “look at my feet look down” in concert by now sigh

We have subtitler-san, editor-san, violin-Chan and quiz-sama What’s next, camera-kun?

When Brett tried to speak Italian he technically said (from what I heard): Me now I would stay bro, today it’s MARIO! Uuh they have (done something) to him! Oh brunettes there! [Original]: Mi ora starei fra, oggi è MARIO! Uuh gli ha! Oh more ci! Don’t ask me why I actually translated gibberish, it’s not even that accurate but I’m just really bored.

I'm surprised Eddy is pretty well-informed on Russian pronunciations, that's impressive

bts lyrics are actually very poetic, they just aren't taken seriously because they are in korean and they're a boy band. That translation is very accurate too

"Is this a competition?" "It should be" me whenever im with my siblings

You can tell Brett is an intellectual because he doesn't know JB's Sorry, but he knows Super Junior's Sorry Sorry 😎👍

Imagine if they do Folklore album or Opera.. that’d be harddd

Mom: did you do your homework? Me: 6:55

Eddy saying Oi Oi Oi is the most Australian thing ever

Brett's t-shirt looks make me think he's just came back from a tropical country 🤣

The moment when Eddy realizes he's a fake army 0.0 8:51

When Brett was speaking "Italian", he sounded nothing like his normal voice, lmao.

Brett: I'm getting older Everybody else after Brett change something on his look: Omg, he looks like he's getting younger.

when eddy said "lets get korean fried chicken" at the end it was like eddy was brett's mom and brett was the excited child XD their relationship is so adorable

As a Korean who uses Korean every day I feel like we take our language too much for granted, when in reality it is one of the most elegant and poetic languages. Thanks TwoSet!

Whoa, 4:28 is Richard Cowan singing. I didn't expect to see that blast from the past. He was my vocal coach in college and he died a couple years ago.

twoset has created a new genre of music POPERA.

8:00 Eddie: How does "Sorry" go again? Brett: (i'm literally not the right person to be asked that question) Also Brett: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY 😂😂

Нободи: Eddy: ти Одна вь мОиХ меКчаньяХ Brett: КС

8:08 🎶 all the dam time, cause I like you 🎶 swiftie struggles can’t stop won’t stop completing those lyrics. Love you TwoSet !

Lol I immediately heard RM’s verse in my head when I read “look at my feet, look down”

Now we know Brett isn't truly dead inside because of his shirt

5:16 Eddy's Opera debut

As someone who has experience with both K-Pop and J-Pop, I can assure you that the lyrics are indeed very poetic if put into English. Even in the case of heavy metal song the lyrics are still gonna sound very poetic. It's just a habit, methinks.

What are u doing here ??? GO AND SAVE VIOLIN CHAN !!

Please restock the shirt that Brett's wearing, I'm not even a violinist but I still need it in my life 😅

8:41 when you simultaneously start *jamming RMs part*

4:43 "Old school version of a playboy" Ermmm, that is exactly what Don Giovanni is about ...

they should do metal vs opera, itll be a difficult one :P

Literally anything happens: Bretts LoFi: RiSe N sHinEeee

6:10 the first k-pop song I liked/loved. It's been years since I heard it, but I felt proud that I could recognise ❤️

1:57 Eddy, you sweet innocent child.

Brett patting his tummy at the end was the cutest thing ever.

twoset: gets it wrong editor san: *brett's lofi intensifies* edit: OMG I DIDNT EXPECT TO GET A LOT OF LIKES THANK YOUU SO MUCH!!!

2:10 I am still confused to this day how Brett managed to spawn all that hair out of no where.

The last one was SO easy (at least for ARMYs)! Also the first phrase 'Look at my feet, look down' was sung in English in the song (On). I actually did pretty good on this one. I've been working on interpretation for my vocal rep so I kind of get the idea of phrases and words of the songs (poetic themes).

I'm a simple Italian: I see Pavarotti in the thumbnail, I click

I saw Brett's shirt and was like "Wow, Brett wearing a non-merch outfit?!?!" But then saw the violins on it 😂

bts actually references a lot of poetry and classical art in their lyrics, that's probably why sdljflkj

Эдди так хорошо читает по-русски... Can't believe I heard Russian poetry here.

this is a NOT-SO-LOW-KEY confession to editor-san omg the edits are so cuteeeee hahahahaha

For the Korean, I personally find Koreans are a lot more ‘poetic’ even in everyday life. Idk about other Koreans but in my family and even the other Koreans in our area, we use a lot of phrases that would sound really lyrical and out of place if they were to be translated to English, but bc we use them so often it’s normal to us. like the example subtitler-san provided, it’s not really poetic to Koreans but compared to American pop songs I feel like it is.

9:13 : Yes. Me as a Korean watching this video: My English Level even though I came to Australia:

Brett: is prepared for the summer weather Eddy: hunkering down for the coldest winter

Lyrics: Justin bieber sorry Eddy: wait how does it go again Brett:*proceeds to sing super junior sorry sorry*

I'm so glad their minds haven't been tainted by Justin Bieber music

Yes! Thank you for bringing opera down off its fancy pedestal! I'm a classically trained soprano and let me tell you that everything that is expressed in pop music can also be found in opera or classical songs (plus a whole lot of MUCH wilder and weirder stuff)

4:51 LMAO Brett's face

Am I the only one who thinks Brett looks cute in that shirt? He looks less dead XD

Just died when Eddy read the Russian lyrics cuz I'm Russian 😂😂😂

0:57 u can really feel the intense emotion in eddy’s voice

Those translations of K-POP lyrics are so poetic, and as Korean I don't feel so much with the original lyrics

Looks like there's a new member of TwoSet: Quiz-sama!

"You know what you're gonna do after this? Practice!" "But it's 1A--" "P R A C T I C E"

Love this! Would love for you to do Guess the Lyrics: Musicals or Opera. Some people think they're one and the same (maybe because of The Phantom of The Opera)

3:23 Eddy can read Russian?!

Me, a classically trained vocalist: Pop vs. Opera lyrics? EASY. Also me: Gets most answers wrong.

when Brett said 'welcome to another episode' but didn't finish it with 'of Twoset Violin', it made me uncomfortable

I would looooove a part 2 of this!!!!

i've seen the words "what should i do? i can't stand myself being so weak" so many damn times....

guys, you should do "Opera or a Hozier song" lyrics game

Hint: if it's opera when it gets translated it's not going to rhyme so if it rhymes it's probably pop (damn I cracked this game)

Bro the first girl is a mood. Who would of thought I was internally a angry Italian lady with a wine problem

More of this video pleaseeee! 👍

Brett: I can see why people like opera now. I’m getting old. Me: **at 17 years old** 👁👄👁

Plot Twist: The voice actor of SpongeBob and the voice actor of Karen, Plankton’s computer wife, have been married since 1995.

Omg Brett, you got me with your "sorry" 🤣 haven't heard they in a long time!!

love your creative content

BRETT LOOKING SO ADORABLE DAMN

The key is in the grammar. If it looks like Yoda said it, then it's opera. If it's normal speech, then it's pop. The content of the lyrics is just to trick us. (I used this method and got all of them correct, except the first two because I made the same mistake as Brett and Eddy)

Great episode!

9:04 "정말" means "really" in question and ㅋㅋㅋ (keu-keu-keu) is cutesy laughter. Also, I agree with the translation thing because that would change the syllable count and flow of words; whereas most of the other pop songs you guessed were already in english and had their raw... Pop feeling. This didn't get lost in translation. I can't speak for Korean pop specifically though, because I don't listen to it. I drown myself instead in anime songs and Korean historical drama music. :)

I like how they're putting Brett's Lofi to good use.

so roomie wears an InTeReStInG shirt in his vids while brett wears a cute tropical shirts...what's with ytbers nowadays lol

love the opera related content btw

The thing that threw me off was that Kai meme and EVER since that one article that a netizen posted saying he looks like Cameron from BRATZ i- 😭💀💀

"Recognizing opera and pop-song lyrics can be quite easy" K-POP boiz: ArE wE pOeTiC eNoUgH?

Early, and has anyone noticed how fresh Brett's shirt is? And at 6:04, we get glimpses of Brett's secretly wild self

I love you EDITOR!!!!! the best one

plsss the editing had me rollling