#(/Monotree)

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[luvstrangers]

Why by ONF - a production analysis

DISCLAIMER: This was written as part of a larger work done for school. It doesn't quite go in depth the way I would like to because I had to keep it short!

I would like to analyse one of my favourite songs of all time and my favourite pop song of all time, 'Why' (2019) performed by my favourite boy group ONF and produced by my favourite producer, Hwang Hyun of music production team Monotree (also known as the Mozart of Kpop). The song is described by the producer as 'Future Trap', which I assume is a combination of Future Bass and Trap.

Something I like about Monotree is that they often make breakdown videos of songs they've produced, going through the logic pro session and explaining the different techniques they use. I often come back to these breakdown videos to pick up methods from them, and also it's just plain fun to see your favourite songs broken down and explained. One such video was made for 'Why'.

'Why' was produced in Logic Pro, another one of the sons of Fairlight CMI. There is an endless amount of advancements and differences between the two programmes, but I will comment on a few. First of all, the waveform visualisation in Logic Pro is incorporated into the arrangement view. While this is something that has come to be expected of music softwares nowadays, I think that being able to see the wavelengths in different tracks is important to understanding the mixing and levels of your piece. Additionally, they look cool. Another thing that looks cool is that you can color code the tracks, and here Hwang Hyun has chosen to make the drum tracks purple. This is another one of the small things we take for granted that greatly increases quality of life. The sections of the song are also color-coded at the top of the window, allowing for enhanced visual representation of the song.

In the intro of the song (0:08), there is foley sound of running used. On first watch of the music video, one may assume it was an extra effect for the video, but the step sounds are part of the actual mix. I am a fan of the use of foley sounds in music.

At 0:27, a riser sample is audible; the end of the riser sample is then delayed and panned left and right in the mix. You have to listen closely to catch it, but I think it's a nice touch.

The rhythm sequencing of the drums can be seen here. 

There is an array of drum samples here, and in the intro specifically there is a trap hi-hat loop on top of a snare. The snare loop has dry delay put on top of it, resulting in a sort of echo-effect that I think adds to the techno-apocalypse atmosphere of the piece. Although not visible in the session view they show, I would also like to point out that the hi hat gets panned to the left, adding dimension as a clap sound comes in on the right later in the intro. 

So, in just the drum tracks, we can see a combination of looping and sampling along with the delay effect originally made from tape recorder techniques emulated digitally.

They also employ a synth bass (of course, because it's future bass). I think that the bass here may be sidechained to the percussion tracks to create that pumping effect. 

Interestingly, Hwang Hyun describes the guitar part as "The Guitar Nobody Knows Is Guitar". There are four layers of tracks here, with each one focusing on a different layer of frequency. Additionally, the tracks are de-essered, which I assume is to prevent the tracks from being too sibilant from all the layers. This results in a plucky sound. 

This layering technique is something Monotree use a lot in their music, and I find that it is done very well in a way that you may process the layers as one cohesive instrument when they are actually a bunch of seperate things. 

This layering is also seen in 'Popping', which Hwang Hyun also produced, wherein what sounds like just a flute is actually layered with a piccolo, flugelhorn, trombone and synth bell to create a fuller sound.

People often say that modern music production is simplistic by nature in comparison to classical music; I agree with this to an extent. While it is much easier and more accessible to produce music, it does not make it more 'simple'. The fact that music production is streamlined and advanced like this lends to creating complex layers of instruments like this.

Looking at the amount of tracks used in 'Why' makes me feel faint. Especially the amount of vocal tracks, which is what I will discuss next.

Much of the vocals in 'Why' are layered with vocoder, a form of processing that breaks down and synthesises speech. Originally used for encrypting communications in wartime, it now serves the much more fun purpose of making a cool robot voice effect. In the rap/talking part, the vocoder adds a layer of melodic/harmonic material through extracting the pitches in the track and processing them. When the vocoder processed track is played by itself, it results in a very daft-punk esque vocal line, but when layered below the dry vocals, it adds a layer fo dimension and creates a dark atmosphere that I feel relates to the concept of the song, which according to the singers and producers, is supposed to be a story about forbidden love between a human and an android. So, I find the robot-like effect of vocoders effectively used here for the narrative as well. 

Vocoders aside, there is also just. An impressive and almost absurd amount of harmonies in 'Why' where simpler pop songs may just use vocal doubling and call it a day.

Overall, I feel that 'Why' is a good example of the methods employed in pop music production, with an array of techniques used that I take as inspiration often.

[lunareiitic]

Ohhhhh we in it now friends. Air Force One was everything I wanted it to be. Time to change shoes and play this on repeat until the full album drops.

[witchblade]

listened to the rv medley doing the dark souls hollow screaming grabbing head hitting the ground gif

[deutoplasmic]

LMAOOOO they really are just a bunch of silly yokai vying for your attention,,, like “your laundromat is neutral ground BUT YOU LIKE US BETTER THAN THEM RIGHT. RIGHT”

UHH it depends on if you consider mandarin and hokkien separate languages bc if you then that makes 4 languages yea DJDNDJ i wanna learn more languages in the future too but i wanna fix up my mandarin first lmao

REAL THOUGH LIKE theres 3 japanese people in into1 AND THATS NOT COUNTING THE OTHER 2 THAT GOT RIGGED OUT,,, cfans dont seem to hold the ww2 atrocities against individual japanese people, more of the government and certain places (ie that shrine in japan that commemorates their ww2 soldiers. a chinese actor took a selfie there once and instantly got blacklisted)

I MEAN 😭 everything is cheap here because our economy is in shambles so 😭😭 but i do agree that our food cant be beat just *chefs kiss*

LMAOKDJDKD groveling rihi is just so entertaining to me like yea big tough guy!! but also absolutely folds if you dont give him attention every 5 minutes

but yea xikers is fun!! theyre all younger than me so i baby them a lot. and they recently released this absolutely TERRIFYING horror content and i felt terrible bc one of them got so scared he started CRYING i must protect

plsss companies suck ;; trcng is already kinda free from TS but ghost9 is still in maroo’s basement,, ALSO YES HES IN MONOTREE

AND YOURE SO RIGHT y/n CAN DO THAT SO TRUE,,, princess peach yudai,,, now thats an art prompt

LMAODKDJDKDJDN OMG OK SO LOWKEY,,, A PROFESSOR OF MINE HAS RAGGED ON DJS TOO MUCH LMAO,,, im from an art school and so we tend to have very. unique people. and my professor was like “i can excuse furries but i draw the line at djs” AND NOW EVERY TIME I SEE NISHI DJ I REMEMBER THAT LINEJDNDJD but im sure y/n is very happy LMAOKDJD

YES you keep giving them cop out answers like "yeah idk" or even worse the "you guys both suck" but they're going to get an answer out of you some day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and also i just realised what this au entails when you put 97-99s as kitsunes bc kitsune ren is so right in my head it's just so. it makes so much sense. it's so real. oh my god. it's so factual. every time he walks in he deviously pilfers something from under your nose and when he leaves he WILL put it in the tip jar size be damned

if you try telling me anything in hokkien i won't understand anything so i'll quantify it as a separate language :rofl: languages are so cool though!!!!!!!!!! my friend's viet and she keeps teaching me random phrases like "hey girl", "i love you", and "oh my god" LOL. you can do it!!!!!!! mandarin i think is the easiest to learn from the chinese branches like. for what reason does cantonese have like 6 tones my days

you know what fair. my japanese teacher once said that the history books in japan, fully regulated by the government, are pretty heavily tilted on a bias towards themselves so kids don't get taught things like the nanjing massacre or unit 731. also THERE WAS RIGGING ofc there was rigging act shocked! and yeah my dad was telling me about the shrine when the actor got banned lmfao.... he was not impressed

SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE i'm pretty sure all of the currencies are weaker than the main western powers like the british pound and american dollar so sea keeps getting a bunch of weird tourists who think they can exploit the people there. but i think theyre fighting back by putting a tourist tax of double price LOL. kind of unrelated but i keep getting malay singapore beef on my insta fyp. it's so funny and i'm not even a citizen of either country. sometimes you just need to bring up the ringgit to inflict ultimate damage

damn it you have to feed your big clingy cat guy!!!!!!!!!!! he desires attention!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also i think you get unintentional scary dog (cat) privilege like no way am i going to do smth devious with him hanging off your shoulder

WHAT he started crying............. was he ok................... free my bro.................... also i swear having idols debut younger than you is such a reality check to how old you're getting LMAO there was this 14 (!!!!) year old aussie olympian who won gold in skateboarding........ like i was NOT winning the olympics at 14.

ts ent was so horrendous i can't believe they did all of their groups that badly.... bap copped it so bad. thank god theyre a thing of the past...... hopefully ghost9 can escape the dungeon omfg. AND AHHHH MONOTREE hwang hyun is doing so much justice for onf its crazy!!!!!! and it's always a bit of a relief when you see them on the track list of some mini album lmao

love yn theyre so cool to me. and also IT IS. hes so pretty he would pull it off so well. truly smth to consider

YOURE FROM AN ART SCHOOL damn ok i see who im talking to. dont mind me and my piddly attempts at drawing please /j but FR thats HILARIOUS literally just people who dress up as anthropomorphic animals are ok i GUESS but god i cant STAND the bluster and swagger of those noisy musical "artists"

[neoclub]

at least we have monotree

[krlyrics]

Lyric ARTMS - The Carol 3.0 (English Ver.)

Album: The Carol 3.0Released date: 2023.12.1Composed by G-high (MonoTree), Park Asel, Choi YoungkyungLyrics by G-high (MonoTree), Choi Youngkyung, Sungwoo KimArranged by Chu Daekwan (MonoTree) Is It You, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Baby?Precious Dream Of My Little WishBaby If I Have You Next To MeThe Way The Song GoesHere Comes The Ringing Of Bells, OhEven The Promise Of SnowMm, MmFairytale, White…

[saturngalore]

FORTUNA 🍀 TRACKLIST

full written list below!

round and around (originally by jo yuri)

lyrics by: 은채 (EUNCHAE), Yejune Synn, deeno, HERO

composed by: 은채 (EUNCHAE), Jejune Synn, deeno

arranged by: Yejune Synn, deeno

pantomime (originally by wjsn)

lyrics by: 연지 (YEONJI), 김진환

composed by: 김진환

arranged by: 김진환

you and i (originally by elris/alice)

lyrics by: 은채 (EUNCHAE), 황현(MonoTree)

composed by: 황현(MonoTree)

arranged by: 황현(MonoTree)

$un palace (stroop effect) (originally by billlie)

lyrics by: 연지 (YEONJI), 리먼 (Le’mon)

composed by: 연지 (YEONJI), 밍지션, 김연서

arranged by: 연지 (YEONJI), 밍지션

party after party (originally by good day)

lyrics by: 연지 (YEONJI), 은채 (EUNCHAE), Le’mon

composed by: 트리피 (TRIPPY), Le’mon

arranged by: 은채 (EUNCHAE), 트리피 (TRIPPY)

night aviation (the interpretation of dreams) (originally by gwsn)

lyrics by: 연지 (YEONJI), 빨간머리앤

composed by: Justin Reinstein, Sophia Pae, 빨간머리앤

arranged by: 연지 (YEONJI), Justin Reinstein

our garden (originally by wjsn)

lyrics by: 정화 (JUNGHWA), 은채 (EUNCHAE), 진리 (Full8loom)

composed by: 영광의얼굴들 (Full8loom), 진리 (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom)

arranged by: 영광의얼굴들 (Full8loom), HARRY (Full8loom)

hello, sunset (originally by red velvet)

lyrics by: 정화 (JUNGHWA), 연지 (YEONJI), 은채 (EUNCHAE), 최보라 (153/Joombas)

composed by: Sam Klempner, Noemie Legrand, Dewain Whitmore Jr.

arranged by: Sam Klempner

rendezvous 18.6y (originally by loona yyxy)

lyrics by: 정화 (JUNGHWA), 연지 (YEONJI), 은채 (EUNCHAE), G-High(MonoTree), 손고은(MonoTree)

composed by: 은채 (EUNCHAE), G-High(MonoTree), 손고은(MonoTree)

arranged by: G-High(MonoTree), 손고은(MonoTree)

mood lamp (originally by girls generation)

lyrics by: 정화 (JUNGHWA), 조윤경

composed by: 정화 (JUNGHWA), Jamie Jones, Jack Kugell, Lamont Neuble, Tim Stewart, Treasure Davis

arranged by: Jamie Jones, Jack Kugell, Lamont Neuble, Tim Stewart

[slytherinshua]

I swear this song will change you if you have never listened to it. written by the one and only woodz + monotree sung by the one and only onf

[lilidawnonthemoon]

💫🌃✨

[fcble]

화룡점정 (畵龍點睛) (PAINT THE DRAGON, DOT THE EYES) is the third full album of fictional boy group FABLE. The album was released digitally and physically on MARCH 25, 2024. Title track PLATONIC LOVE was promoted for two weeks and received two music show wins. For the first week of performances, they also performed pre-release single CHASING THAT FEELING.

Like their last full-length album, the majority of the tracks were written and composed by ANDREW with contributions by INTAK, MINGEUN, and HAKSU. Following the album’s promotions, the group embarked immediately on their second world tour, MYTHOS, starting in Seoul on April 10.

TRACK LIST

Arrival / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak, Kang Haksu ; produced by Andrew Han

Chasing That Feeling / written by Andrew Han, Kang Haksu ; produced by Andrew Han

Platonic Love / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak, Yoon Mingeun ; produced by Andrew Han

Feel Me / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak, Yoon Mingeun ; produced by Andrew Han

Late Night Calls / written by Park Intak, Yoon Mingeun; produced by Park Intak

It’s Raining / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak, Yoon Mingeun ; produced by Andrew Han

Light / written by Andrew Han ; produced by Andrew Han

My Name is Shadow / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak; produced by Andrew Han, Park Intak

Keep On / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak, Yoon Mingeun; produced by Andrew Han

Lovers or Enemies / written by Andrew Han, Park Intak; produced by Andrew Han

Blockbuster / written by Park Intak, Andrew Han, Yoon Mingeun ; produced by Park Intak

ERA NOTES

Andrew’s Sweetune era. Maybe he’ll be in Monotree in five years. You never know. 

Also their singers who sing era. They were extremely serious about it. Andrew made an appearance on Lee Mujin Service, where he covered Bibi’s “Bam Yang Gang,” Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” and Song So Hee’s “Moon Halo.” They also parodied Dingo's Killing Voice, performing the closest songs they have to hits and a few popular b-sides.

Both of their encore stages were part switches. The first one was fan-voted through Twitter polls. Intak asked fans three times on Weverse to please not make him sing Haksu's part. Fans obliged and gave him Andrew's part instead.

The second encore stage went viral after they randomly pulled names while Andrew was still finishing up his acceptance speech. Haksu did mangle Intak’s part while Intak looked like he wanted to die and Byeonghwi forgot Andrew’s lines twice but it was more endearing than anything.

Despite the album’s commercial success, they continued to face criticism from netizens and self-proclaimed former fans upset about their concept switch-up. The video essay “the problem with fable” saw its second moment in the sun. There were no responses from Fable this time around.

Their fandom is slowly beginning to fracture into OT7/8 fans and OT5/6 fans, the latter of whom would rather not have Mingeun (known liar) and Andrew (ruining the sanctity of the k in kpop) in the group. At the end of the day, they’re all buying albums and streaming songs and attending concerts. For the most part, the group is fine with pretending this isn’t happening.

As per usual with any negative attention, Mingeun's scandal was dragged up for the nth time. OT7/8 fans came to his defense with Demi Lovato Instagram-style Tweets.

[alliveirrr]

im edging to the nct wish poppop countdown timer right now /JOKE 😂😂😂😂😂 or is it? /JOKE pop pop pop pop

silly dance might be my favorite track of the album why is nobody giving their flowers to silly dance nobody gets silly dance like i do oh baby dance dance silly dance ITS PRODUCED BY MONOTREE TOO and yet none of the members chose silly dance as their favorite it hurts man i've been watching the same snippet on repeat for 1000 hours a day what beef do they have with silly dabnce 🥀

[meetusafterschool]

O primeiro amor é sempre flop? Do lixo ao luxo ao lixo, conheça o CSR

Com o marco de ser o primeiro grupo a debutar no Depois da Escola, o Cheot Sarang - ou CSR para os mais íntimos - possui tudo o que nós, futuras desempregadas, não temos: talento!

Anteriormente conhecido como 05Class ao qual o nome auto explicativo, mas como tem sempre alguém que não entende, todas nasceram em 2005 (e esse é outro marco conquistado por elas, visto que são o primeiro (talvez o segundo, mas ninguém liga) grupo sul-coreano a ter todas as integrantes com a mesma idade), o CSR é um girlgroup de 7 integrantes formado pela acumuladora de flops (nem tanto, a Ailee é uma diva) A2Z Entertainment.

Começar a explicar a história das divas é um tanto doloroso, viu, mas nem tão surpreendente assim, já que a Coréia AMA um mau gerenciamento!

Atualmente conhecida como Isam Media Entertainment, a agência formada em 2007 sob o nome JJ Holic Media, e mais tarde J Planet Entertainment, é conhecida por nós pela falta de interesse em todos os grupos aos quais debutam sob esse gerenciamento tosco, tendo em mente que NENHUM grupo tá ativo, só uma solista flopada conhecida por ter sido integrante do UNI.T.

Enfim, bolinha vai bolinha vem, a empresa do finado LUNARSOLAR (descansem em paz) decidiu, em 2018, que era hora de promover um pouco as vítimas trainees antes que debutassem em seus respectivos grupos, ou como solistas/duos. Em 2021, decidiram mudar um grupo de trainees, denonimado 05Class, para a A2Z Entertainment e no dia 27 de julho de 2022 as gatinhas debutaram causando inveja a uns aí pelo tempo de treinamento.

Para os viúvos do GFriend, o CSR foi luz.

Debutando em 34° lugar no Bugs Charts (em tempo real tá bbs), First Love (Pop? Pop!) foi muito bem recebida aqui em casa! Contando com míseros 3 mil (quase 4 mil) de vendas, eu me abstenho de falar sobre a venda do álbum, mas dá pra entender, ok? As bichinha são de uma empresa bem flopada, a única coisa que mantinha elas de pé era o amor incondicional pelo GFriend. Apesar de tudo, elas mantiveram um lugar alto no Music Bank, tá, 4° lugar não é para muitos e sabemos muito bem disso! As divas seguraram durante 2 semanas e depois desceram pra 10° lugar, o que sabemos que também não é para muitos!

A fama orgânica resultou em 17 mil cópias vendidas do Sequence: 7272 e, felizmente, deixou que elas vissem a luz do sol novamente, voltando em novembro com Sequence: 17& e o hit ♡Ticon lançado no dia 17, que debutou em 917 no Melon Daily Chart (achou ruim? quero ver fazer melhor).

Apesar das vendas tenebrosas contarem com, apenas, 2 mil cópias vendidas no primeiro dia e 13 mil no total, o hit do verão nos rendeu a primeira win do grupo no Music Bank depois de 128 dias de debut.

Stage do dia do win.

Encore

Mais tarde, as queens fizeram um vídeo especial pra Copa do Mundo de 2022 e 1 semana depois de lançado pegou 1 milhão de views como um tapa na cara de uns fandoms ai que spamam stream, o que não se aplica ao CSR, visto que elas são tão flops que quase não tem fanbase (se tem, tá inativa) e as únicas fãs delas em solo brasileiro (aka nós) estavam estudando para as provas finais.

Depois de garantir a marmita delas e a derrota da Coréia, o comeback foi anunciado e lançado no dia 29 de março de 2023 sob o título de Delight.

Ainda que as vendas tenham sido horríveis no primeiro dia, também, contando com 3 mil cópias vendidas, a fama conquistada não as deixou na mão e fez com que a soma total das vendas resultasse em, pasmem, 26 mil cópias.

Delight conta com a participação do Monotree (Oi, Loona!) em duas das músicas presentes no mini-albúm e a title, Shining Bright, garantiu o terceiro lugar no The Show.

Stage de Shining Bright.

Elas também decidiram lançar mil versões de um single lançado no dia 27 de novembro, HBD to You, que hitou no TikTok, então tiveram sua fama prolongada.

Depois disso, foi só ladeira abaixo para nossas amadas.

Como se já não bastasse a divulgação podre, a A2Z achou de bom tom fazer o que qualquer empresa faria no lugar dela: enviar 4 das 7 integrantes, sendo elas Geumhee, Seoyeon, Duna e Yeham, para um reality show na China!

Com as nossas coreanas favoritas fora da Coréia do Sul, claro que as filhas do GFriend iam ficar com Deus. Tendo apenas 3 integrantes em solo coreano, Sihyeon, Yuna e Sua, as promoções do grupo foram dormir e as bichinhas sofriam comendo pão que a antiga Pop Music amassou.

Graças a Deus nenhuma delas foi pra lineup final. No dia 3 de março de 2024 (a diferença de datas, socorro), Geumhee, Seoyeon e Yeham voltaram para casa após serem eliminadas na primeira divulgação de ranking do programa. Nossa it girl Duna foi a única que sobreviveu até a final e foi eliminada em 14° lugar. Depois de todo mundo estar juntinho de novo, a empresa podre decidiu que era hora delas viajarem e criou um reality show que elas viajavam juntas e, finalmente, em junho de 2024, decidiram lançar o comeback, que é um prólogo pro debut japonês, simplesmente após 1 ano e 3 meses depois do último ❤️

As queridas performando Pop? Pop!.

Essa volta delas foi o próprio inferno, viver isso foi um sofrimento absurdo sem comparação.

O MV que ia sair às 6h da matina no mesmo dia tal qual quase todos os music videos de k-pop, saiu só no dia seguinte às 13h da tarde (para nós em horário brasileiro) e consolidou a podridão desse comeback com apenas 23 cópias vendidas no primeiro dia. Não foram 23 mil, foram 23, 3 unidades e 2 dezenas. Além disso, as bichinhas só apareceram em 3 stages durante a promoção do álbum, sendo 1 na primeira semana e 2 na semana seguinte. No mês seguinte, dia 3, o L'heure Blue "oficial" foi lançado e as bichinhas foram fazer tour no Japão.

MV da title do L'heure Blue. Stream, por favor, rumo à 1 milhão....

Desde então, não se tem notícias delas além das fotos que as meninas postam e os vídeos no canal oficial. Os fãs, carinhosamente chamados de Maeum, criaram um site (também disponível em forma de app), que leva o mesmo nome do fandom, ao qual reúne informações e atualizações oficiais das queridas, fazendo mais do que a empresa fez em 2 anos! Atualmente, visando o infortúnio das donas do site, não se sabe nada sobre comeback e, com o Twitter fora do ar, não existe mais fã brasileiro (não que existisse antes) e talvez nem coreano.

Dito isso, os hits estão todos disponíveis no Spotify e valem a pena o scrobble sem modo anônimo!

[starrysebin]

monotree you never disappoint 🙂‍↕️

[mobiused]

idk why ppl are mad about artms recreating loona’s sound when i thought we all loved loona’s sound? like what happened to wanting loona-esque music back. and why are we all mad about artms taking bits of loona lore…??? when looble’s first mv was literally nothing but references to ot12 loona lore???? and girl’s night was a continuation of loona lore??????????? is it double standards

First off loobles lore isn't a continuation at all its like a completely original storyline 😭 I don't think anybody is mad about recreating a loona sound in fact I liked air force one and it's ep for that reason but the issue is not the loona sound its the lazy recycling of the preexisting songs that feel like it's out of cheapness rather than a sincere artistic endeavor at least to me. Songs produced by monotree will inevitably carry the loona sound but that doesn't by default make them good lol.

[loonavrsl]

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