Reacting to GFRIEND 'Flower Bud' album + dance practice + live stages! 

BUDDY!!! I reacted to all 6 IMMORTAL SONG performances! RU-vid copyright isn't going to prevent me from sharing this with you. WATCH HERE: streamable.com/4lf6pl

I’m hoping so bad for all of them to come together for a Killing Voice 😭

The iconic moment of the choreography for Me Gustas Tu comes at the beginning when the eye is drawn to Yerin leapfrogging over Umji’s but so easy to miss is Yuju doing a backwards splits between Umji’s legs. This is why she always wears a knee bandage for this choreography to protect her knee. You never mentioned it so I worry that you might have missed it. But for me it is just yet another iconic Yuju golden moment.

GFRIEND went on Sketchbook during the Rough cb I think, and they showed the Me Gustas Tu backwards slide move from the side. I never truly appreciated how crazy it is until then. Yuju is a beast. Their Sketchbook set was amazing in general.

You can celebrate 9 years of GFriend with a video of the same name by Leadersowon channel, one of the best Buddy channels. It was only uploaded a few hours ago to celebrate their anniversary and is 14 minutes of iconic moments, happy memories and pure chaos.

39:05 That's because GFriend had a very humble beginning. They came from an unknown company and suffered in their early days. They had very low budget (as seen in their early MVs) and performed on the streets and such. The first thing that made them go viral was the me gustas tu fancam where the members fell several time due to the slippery stage. I believe yuju even broke her fingers then. Every time they fell, they always got up and people praised them for their professionalism. They worked their way up and became very successful eventually

The song from Memoria that you liked is from their Labyrinth album (that comes much later) and is called Eclipse. This album just have masterpieces btw

You know, you are sooo right lol 37:01 I remember Umji dropping the microphone because of this exact choreo. She dropped the mic twice or thrice, I forgot but it was funny she was just so done after the last drop

Yes. Sowon stays alot in the back in some choreos because of her height. And Gfriend have alot of performances in the streets and at alot of random events and places, even more in the beginning of their career, because they came from a smaller company and that just started, so they promoted their songs performing everywhere in Korea.

Thank you for the reaction, I cried 2 times during this video because i love them so much, i've been a buddy since debut and seeing people discover Gfriend aways makes me happy because their are so much precious, Some curiosities: Sinb and Yuju (main line) have always been highly praised for being very technical in their functions, After Sinb Sowon is the member who learns the choreo faster

It's so hard to see this without a tear in your eyes. Miss them SO MUCH!

Fun fact: Every member is actually the maknaes in their own respective families. So any member can act cute and exude that aura at times despite not being the maknae in GFriend. Btw, I'm really enjoying your videos. It's very nice to reminisce GFriend moments with you. So much love and support for you! Pls continue doing them even in the long run 💟

Happy 9th anniversary gfriend🎉🎉🎉

Another legendary performance of My Buddy is when they performed this song at a fan meeting in Japan. Yuju hit one of the highest live notes on stage during that as a tribute to Buddy and the reaction from the members was amazement and feeling so proud of their golden member. It is an iconic moment in their career.

ah this was so fun! I really love hearing your input and opinions, I think you’ll start liking their albums more starting from the next album because the songs start tackling different subjects and genres and they start getting more mature. I can’t wait for your next album reaction ! Snowflake is one of my favorite albums of theirs, I think my top 3 are LOL, song of the sirens, and snowflake (honorable mention to sunny summer) . I really can’t wait for you to hear the songs! I think you’re so lucky to not have heard them before xD what is do to hear gfriend’s songs for the first time again ;-; although I love watching your reactions to gfriend because it reminds of what it felt like when I reacted to them the first time and it helps me relive that a little ;-;

Ok, first most important thing Happy 9th anniversary to my girls, my almost everything that i miss so much as a group. Even separated GFRIEND was, is and always will be my number one favorite ultimate k-pop group. So i'm proud to be a Buddy, a Na.V, a Woorin and a Luvu and i love them all so so much. Ok, now about Yuju in the Me gusta tu dance practice she is wearing knee pad to just protect her knee when she pass under Umji while doing the split, so no her knee is not wounded it's just a protection against the friction of her knee on the floor. I will comment again if i need to give more info along the video lol.

Yuju is wearing a knee pad yes! it's for when she does the split in me gustas tu at the beginning! (maybe you were not looking at her and you missed it!) and it's not a lie that everyone called Gfriend "The queens of synchronization" :D in early bside videos people tended to confuse their voices a lot so be careful because a lot of videos have a lot of mistakes (like the one you pointed of eunha/yerin)

Thanks for uploading this. Today is GFRIEND's 9th anniversary and I missed them more huhu

Since gfriend used to be a nugu grp. The came from small company, no budget and no seniors that is why source music sent them to random events. They used to perform everywhere, mallshows, schools, sport games etc.

Two special performances of Rough were the ballad version they did in their concert and when they got their first ever win when Yerin was MC. You don’t often see the MC joining in with the encore performance but they were all a mess with even SinB crying for the first time ever on camera. Usually she is laughing at others who are crying, which she still does today whenever Eunha turns into yet another Burst Cream Bread. This win and their encore became a very special moment for Buddies when GFriend achieved the seemingly impossible, winning a trophy as the only group in an unknown and bankrupt company against the multi million promotions of other groups from the Big 3 with huge existing fan bases and hordes of company stans. You really see how much this meant to them after thinking that Me Gustas Tu would be the end of their careers.

You should watch how smooth they are in mic passing... that's impressing one. There's a compilation out there in terms of mic passing and mic transition... but there's a video too where Umji drops mics as well. Haha

The knee pad on Yuju is so she can slide backward through the legs of two members while doing the splits at the beginning of Me Gustas Tu. You have missed it everytime by looking at Sowon! LOL

Thank you for this, I enjoyed it so much. Happy 9th Anniversary to GFriend 🤍

there's a fancam of Yuju hitting that high note in My Buddy and extending it and it's the best thing you'll ever hear I promise. It's the one where they're wearing pink sweaters

i really want you to react to their concert(the one you react for my buddy song) the live is so good

Yuju uses the knee brace to protect her knee when she does the splits in the leap frog. Also Yerin and Yuju have a love-hate relationship. They are always making fun of each other.

Happy 9th anniversary, our beloved gfriend! As usual, all members still consistently gather together and post new OT6 photos on their debut date ❤ Thanks for the reaction! Love that you also included the live performance of the b-sides.

What wonderful about very early GFRIEND songs is that Eunha voice is more full, more powerful and a little lower because it was before they ask her to sing more cutely and higher like she is more known now. Sadly, lot of new fans only know the cute Eunha with her cute and sweet singing voice when we Buddy and earlier fans know that she can sing beautifully lower and that she can belt high powerful note too and that in many many recent groups she would be the main vocalist.

im so thankful thank youre continuing your gfriend journey with us!! watching made me cry ngl i just miss them so much... cant wait for you to hear their later albums they just develop their sound so well its going to blow you away !!! (edit) also thank you for recognizing that yuju has one of the best techniques. love your commentary on her because she definitely gives broadway but still poppy!

Sinb flow in rapping is good. More like Sowon, Umji, Sinb/Yerin, Yuju and Eunha in rapping department if they did one. Umji has a baby voice during early days but she really did improved a lot of course she have vocal training. All of them. But for a small company, its mostly thy focus on Yuju and Eunha in that part you can see how well train they are especially Yuju

Yerin was just making fun of Yujus notes. You gonna notice in alot of Gfriends lives Yerin is always acting funny and acting like she is singing the lyrics of other members. Specially Yujus notes, they love to imitate her high notes or acting while she is belting her high notes

The next album contains an intro and 4 b-sides (Say my name, Luv star, Someday and Trust). You can find performance videos for all these b-sides except for 'Someday', it's the only song on the album that they never performed. For 'Trust' live performance, i suggest to pick one from the radio live

yay can’t wait to watch! I think their next album, snowflake is one of their best and where the songs start getting more diverse

I think you'll enjoy Gfriend's immortal songs live performances too ❤

Hi austin! So glad you’re reacting to more Gfriend!! 💕 You should watch Gfriend in Europe it’s one of the best shows from them, it’s really great! Happy 9th Gfriend anniversary!! 💖🥳

My sweetie loverrrrrr is youuuuuuu 🎶🎤 That’s gonna be stuck in my head all week! 😂

Yeah!!! What a way to celebrate their 9th year 😊... this is gonna be a blast for sure...

El canal de LeaderSowon subió un video por el 9 aniversario de Gfriend, ojalá puedas reaccionar al video, siempre amo tus reacciones a Gfriend ❤

I don't know why My Buddy is a cheerful song but I always get teary eyed when I listen to it 🥺

One little thing i like about Gfriend is that even if they are not together in this moment, they still wants the anniversary as a happy and lovely moment so each year they will release songs and get together so, honestly the anniversary is a day to wait for buddy in the best way possible

Aw. Sir Austin, if you want to be totally blown away with Yuju's voice you should see their Glass Bead live performance., it's also in Picnic Live. 😊😊

27:17 fact! If u wanna hear more of yuju's amazing vocal techniques, i strongly suggest you to watch her pre-debut cover of 'Mermaid' and 'Stand up for love'. These amazing covers are on gfriends official channel.

Thank You always Sir Austin! Glad to watch your reactions to GFriend❤

29:17 yes 'picnic live' is the name of the show. Fyi, Yuju also appeared on this show about 7 months ago during the comeback of her 2nd mini album 'O'.

The song 'My Buddy' already existed before Gfriend had a fandom name. A year later, during the 'Rough' comeback, Gfriend announced their official fandom name 'Buddy'.

Yuju wore the knee pad because of the back split she did at the beginning of the choreo. It's easy to miss because of the angle of the camera. As for the synchronization, it probably has more to do with the amount of effort the girls invested in their practices than natural talent. While every member becomes a good dancer over time, their skill level did vary at the start but they labored long and hard to overcome their shortcomings. Frankly the members' character is even more moving than their talent. It was fascinating to me when I learned that Gfriend members watched their dance practice videos frame by frame to correct their inconsistencies. "Under the Sky" represents Gfriend's message so fittingly. It's energetic, fun yet naturally positive with a hopeful outlook towards the future. This is what I sense when I see Gfriend. Like you stated, their expression is encouraging without being preaching or cringey. Our girls just have the beautiful, untainted vision for days ahead. I love this. And the guitar solo outtro. Yes. Gfriend's music is IT. Funny how you commented on Gfriend's handling of the mic during the "One" stage. There is actually video showing how Gfriend did with their mic, particularly when they had to pass the mic from one member to another during a performance. Gfriend always truly enjoy the time in the company of Buddy. There is a strong bond between the girls and the Buddies - nine years and counting....

thanks for reacting, this means a lot for me *cry

Yeah, the first years of GFRIEND since they were from a small company (when i say small company i means like being the only k-pop group in the company with maybe 1 or 2 actors or models as other artists) and when they were not well known yet they have to perform 1 or 2 songs in small random festivals or conventions sometime in bad to horrible condition in the rain or worse on a dangerous slippery stage like their sad infamous viral 'Me gusta tu' performance video that i don't recommend watching if you like the girls and don't want to cry. About the song 'My Buddy', you will be surprised to learn that it was before the fandom got his name, in fact the fandom got his name from that song name, so no at first it was not a fan song but since the named us after that song name it became a fan song later though.

18:17 it's Eunha wrong highlited name And this 29:51 all wrong before eunha's line before the chorus, can mislead you😅 47:28 Yerin did the note, she's also the one who did the hight note on time for the moon night when Yuju was sick I'M WAITING PATIENTLY, BLIND FOLD DANCE AND 2X SPEED REACTION I miss them performing as GFRIEND

The song from memoria is eclipse, it’s from their labyrinth album

sir austin when he say the most true fact about kpop he said afterwards "no shade" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but i agree with you

That's the reason why Yuju is THE 3rd GEN MAIN VOCAL 💯

Sadly for Sowon and Umji’s stans they were often marginalised for much of their time in GFriend. Their company saw them as the least talented members, so they rarely got more than a few lines on their comebacks and even on most B sides. This also meant that they sometimes were hidden at the back of the members but mostly were away from the centre, spending much of their life as book ends. Sowon even complained about this once on a TV show saying why am I always at the side. When line distribution was being decided the company chose to hide their vocals by having them both sing back to back on many songs somewhere in the middle, away from the key points of the song almost as if trying to get their token lines out of the way. This led to both girls getting serious inferiority complexes about their own talents. That is why Sowon no longer sings or dances. Umji had a really bad time when haters called her ugly on top of this making her feel worthless and useless. Only the love of her members and Buddy kept her going. But later in her career as she grew up, she drew compliments for her beauty and her confidence slowly improved. Once she left GFriend and joined VIVIZ the shackles were released and everyone treated her as an equal to SinB at dancing and Eunha at singing. She is now truly blooming and a star of Kpop and yet still under appreciated by many.

I don't know if you know this but back during their Me Gustas Tu promotion, a video went SUPER VIRAL of the girls performing Me Gustas Tu in a very wet, rainy (and bug infested tbh) stage. The girls fell (with Yuju falling like 5 to 8 different times or something crazy like that). The video was EVERYWHERE and the girls got recognition for still performing after so many falls. Its hard to watch to be honest but it showed that they can overcome anything and honestly that's how I first found out about kpop/gfriend in general when I saw that video/that happened. I have loved them ever since

Yesterday was Gfriend's 9th anniv and tomorrow (1.18) is gonna be Yuju's 2nd solo debut anniversary ❤

This ablum so iconic . Also today is Gfriend 9th Anniversary n I'm happy that u upload the reaction videos for them. I believe that they still have so much things will surprise u so I'm looking forward to ur reaction about Gfriend/VIVIZ in the future.💟 #Happy9thanniversary since 16.01.2015

yes happy 9th anniversary gfriend! thank you!

Happy 9th anniversary🤍💜💙

The lyrics at under the sky wasnt completely right. Like at 17:19, this note was Eunhas vocals and not Yerins. Actually you were right and the person that made the video was wrong, that was Eunha! Also all the adlibs behind was Eunha

Yess another gfriend's album reaction

I rlly love this album, especially under the sky. I love when it comes up on my playlist because it always takes me by surprise and gives such a rush of energy/happiness... is great!! Also, yeah, the line distribution is not rlly accurate in those videos ://

18:10 yes you're right, it supposed to be eunha's voice, while at 18:40 it was yerin, and at 18:43 it was sowon

Happy 9th anniversary gfriend 🤍💜💙 Thank you sir austin for reaction video gift ❤❤

18:10 it IS Eunha, idk why they marked it as Yerin...

your reaction is me when this song came out and even today. always love gfriend

Man the biggest wave of nostalgia just washed over me watching this. I felt like an old man but I’m only in my mid 20s 😂

18:13 is definitely eunha! There were a lot of inaccuracies in the line distribution of the lyric videos unfortunately 😅

Waiting for the next album reaction ❤. They have great albums. I miss them so much 😢

Loved watching the video! Please, do a video to each one of their albums there are so many hidden gems through the bsides

unfortunetely the videos made by this KpopLyrics are full of mistakes and errors (some parts are sang by others members instead of the ones they show in color)

Season of glass ✓ Flower Bud ✓ Next one is the 3rd EP 'Snowflake'.

Thank you very much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks for the reaction! Never a bad way to celebrate their 9th year if it's with them.

Happy 9 years

Thank u so muchhh

4:15 the knee pad was for that move in the beginning where she does the splits 3:09

12:04 "gfriend members are all-rounded" is just a fact. 12:22 "they need to comeback", well, the girls are also planning to do so, so yeah we can just be patient and wait for that to happen :)

Yassss queen . Album reaction❤❤

if you react "vacation" in the album.. i recomend to you when theyre in the shopee event... so good so bright and so much fun... im always watching the video, so nostalgic🥲🥲

33:35 well, Flower Bud (Me gustas tu) is a summer comeback :D

44:52 Eclipse my fav bside song

17:56 no you are just right it was Eunha and not Yerin these older lyrics videos are often wrong unfortunately

6:18 with that being said, you should definitely react to MAGO blindfolded dance practice 😮 or apple eye mask version (umji & eunha)

Another gfreind reaction again yasssss❤❤❤❤❤

4:27 The bandage on Yuju's knee is from the passage of the intro when he passes under Umji

4:20 it’s a knee pad. It’s to prevent her from hurting her knee when she does that split on the ground under Umji at 3:25

Leadersowon made a 9years with gfriend video yesterday and it's very sweet and short. I think you'd like it hhh

U already being a buddy when u know thats eunha’s voice not yerin’s voice

the outro from memoria is "Eclipse" from Labyrinth album.

Happy GFriend day!

I think My Buddy was used when they previewed the next episode once in Memoria, thats probably why it was mentioned once

Ahhh Me Gusta Tu. You should react to Me Gusta Tu Blind Folded Dance Version on ur next videdo... pleaseee.. You will be amazed. And Believed m when I say after how many years, they're still in sync. Try to watch some of their challenges from each solo or viviz content. It's in their DNA. Sowon is in dance line though and one of members who can easily learn dance well. Yuju is just using knee cap, its because she do the split on the first part of the song and yeah, I think MGT is Yerin's era...

Hi Austin! Idk if you'll see my comment, but I'm here to give you a few suggestions to shed a little more light on some of girls' talents: Yuju - Mermaid (cover) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8DTgFW97mnc.htmlsi=deUWzNGFVx2N-Sop Yuju - Secret ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ao5OJFzpjqg.htmlsi=MHY5gAmgFPc9e8W9 Yuju - Falling ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mkXQ7N5MrfQ.htmlsi=sNEFUqdhGGzK7gap You said Yuju's voice intrigues you on a technical level. I'm sure you'd like to know more about her. Mermaid cover is from pre-debut time. Secret and Falling are from the near time (2020-2021) She kinda lost her resonance bc of too much belting and fatigue starting from 2019 but she's been improving herself more since her solo debut and her development is amazing imo Eunha - Don't Come To Farewell ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4VhzpVLeZ_M.htmlsi=MBLHXTNa9cHTdF7Q Eunha - I Have To Forget You (cover) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eLba9RGGg3k.htmlsi=oGaqfS5MMWv-thqe Eunha - Idol (cover) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pNhoOy3Q5Xs.htmlsi=YiuBI765lsTdYs_A People underestimate Eunha so much, I hope you can appreciate her. She's constantly hated bc of her vocal technique isn't as great as Yuju's. Yerin - Dance Team II Performance ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x2O-TBn-n1E.htmlsi=VW_dPTPj8vBOmLx9 Yerin - I Wish (cover) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aLQ7g0_5VF8.htmlsi=DoyXPl-BemXGzloG People always doubt Yerin. She's the lead dancer of the group but they doubt her dancing ability (especially after her appendix surgery) She's technically the 2nd best vocalist in the group but they doubt her vocal ability. That's why I wanted to suggest these. People should know more about her. Umji - Rap Audition ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JuTqMg7ZymQ.htmlsi=ys-Qm96MM0hUDvmE Umji - Lemon (cover) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XGIAMH69y4M.htmlsi=xzv54gpqIyseC8gz Umji's skills are underappreciated too! She has some mad rap skills but people always think SinB is a better rapper. There's a reason why Sowon and Umji passed their company audition with rap y'all. And her singing is great. She's a singer who knows how to use her voice emotionally. Yep, that's all for now. It probably won't all fit in one video lol but it can be done in 2 parts. I hope you see this comment because a lot of the things I suggest will help you get to know girls skill-wise.

yes its yerin

I can’t wait to u reacting to windy windy, ave maria and gone with the wind

happy anniv GF 9th buddy🎉🎉❤

those lyric videos used to get all the members lines wrong xD

Hello Sir Austin.. i really enjoy watching all your SNSD’s and GFRIEND’s contents more. If by chance you read this comment… can i request to react on Gfriend’s MMA 2016 Performance and Immortal Songs? Also EXO Chanyeol and Yuju’s collab stage.

Maybe in the next album reaction, you mighy want to react to sinb and yuju solo performance in their concert. Sinb performed No.1 by Boa and yuju performed Heaven by Ailee. That's a top tier performance especially yuju

I hope you can upload every gfriend reactions here in your YT channel coz in our country, Patreon doesn't support other payment options and that i cannot subscribe 😭