I don't get people saying it's corny, but I also don't get "this is corny" in general.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
Nick Sylvester has become a pretty serious producer, huh (Shamir, this)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
the nick sylvester revelation makes me better understand this
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
'guap' sounds like galcher lustwerk and 'after that' sounds like luomo
'drink i'm sippin on' sounds like cassie fanclub x hip hop reference
this is probably not for me but its well- ... well-something
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
i thought yaej produced her own stuff
― flopson, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
is he A&R-ing or managing or something
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
whats the deal with the line 'i don't fuck with family planning' in raingurl?
― flopson, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
I understand it as she isn't there to find a man
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
the line that precedes it is 'when the sweaty walls are bangin'
― flopson, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
Sure, atmosphere of a basement rave, does not need to be a sexual thing. I may be completely wrong of course.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I interpret it is as she won't be making plans the next day with family as it's gonna be a crazy night
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
xp- ah ya true that's probably it
― flopson, Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
Good lyric!
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
A lot of her lyrics have this thing where she seems to know the words she wants to use but doesn't know that they usually collocate to different things, it makes them a bit confusing but also makes for sometimes very original language. I don't know if this is deliberate or juat a play on her code switching with Korean.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
Who knows what you’re talking about
― calstars, Thursday, 28 December 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:35 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:44 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
No, from interviews it sounds like she sent him demos and then they would produce/record the real versions together, using his gear etc. To me it definitely shares some sonic DNA with the Shamir record he did.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 December 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link
Here you go: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3121"The first thing I heard were these tossed-off demos on SoundCloud," Sylvester tells me over the phone from the Godmode studio in Los Angeles. The thing that got him was her voice—raw and untreated, even off-key at times, totally unlike the overproduced vocals you hear on a lot dance music. "There's something almost voyeuristic about it," he says. "And I love her cadences, the way she uses English and Korean lyrics to hide meaning, or obscure it, or create a different meaning. I mean, it was just immediate."
They began collaborating. Sylvester, who's a professional studio musician and engineer, offered his technical know-how to juice up some of the ideas Lee had started in Ableton. When it comes to dance music, the role of an A&R person tends to be limited: they'll tell you which tracks they like, then assemble the individual releases and send them out for mixing and mastering. Sylvester, however, takes a hands-on approach that more closely resembles something you'd see on a big-budget pop record.
"What that means," he says, "is that Kathy often starts with the idea. She'll record something in her room, then shoot the stems over to me. Maybe I'll replace certain parts or rearrange them, or I'll send it back to her and be like, 'I think this could be better.'"
They recorded both of her EPs—Yaeji and EP2—this way. Lee jots down her production ideas along with her lyrics. Then they head to the studio together to reinterpret the whole thing using top-shelf equipment. "Drink I'm Sippin On," the big single from EP2, is actually a beat that Sylvester worked on during a trip to Atlanta, which accounts for its low-slung Southern rap sound. He wrote parts of "Feel It Out" for a song he originally pitched to Beyoncé. When her creative team passed on the instrumental, Lee wrote a whole new arrangement and made it the most memorable track on her first record.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 28 December 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
That Boiler Room set is all kinds of incredible. So many different beats and moods but such great flow.
― Roz, Monday, 8 January 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
lol I saw her last night and she just stood in the dj booth and quietly rapped (or lip synced) over her tracks, it was still kinda great tho
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 5 April 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
She just put out this Charli XCX remix, very low-key and didn't impress at first but is really growing on me after a couple of listens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ap0UDrfMg
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
whats the deal with the line 'i don't fuck with family planning' in raingurl?― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:48 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkwhats the deal with the line 'i don't fuck with family planning' in raingurl?― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:48 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:48 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
come on and they said i was a naif
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 5 November 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
the line that precedes it is 'when the sweaty walls are bangin'― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:54 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flopson, Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:54 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 5 November 2018 03:13 (five years ago) link
i'm loving this artist by the way.
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 5 November 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
One More for the year..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyPOhGIc1RI
― sbahnhof, Sunday, 30 December 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
No proper yaeji thread?New song (from imminent mixtape) and tour news today.― Jeff W, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:10 AM
― Jeff W, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:10 AM
There's a thread, you're in it now
Yaeji - WAKING UP DOWNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNNf4I1dc_U
― sbahnhof, Thursday, 12 March 2020 07:46 (four years ago) link
*arrives through wormhole*
Thank you!
― Jeff W, Thursday, 12 March 2020 10:29 (four years ago) link
new one easily her best. it’s like a 2019 LES version of pop 2
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
I really didn't get this new one and gave up listening before the end - I was reminded of Pop 2 in its approach but it just made me want to listen to Charli XCX be properly weird instead of these watery static productions. There's a digital sheen about this, but where something like Pop 2 is futuristic and exciting, this felt plainly robotic. Really disappointing after loving other stuff she's done, "Raingurl" especially.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 9 April 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
same
― flopson, Friday, 10 April 2020 06:26 (four years ago) link
damn! idk maybe i need bland in my life to contrast with all the ambient sirens in nyc but i really liked it, and i actually was expecting not to, having soured a bit on her vibe over the past two years.
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 10 April 2020 20:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idllz1EuO10
???
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
like as far as commercial tie-ins go this is deeply deeply confusing
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 May 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yx-m76faTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrfDknXJivw
these singles she did with ohhyuk recently are excellent, especially "year to year", that's probably the best thing she's done yet
― ufo, Sunday, 5 December 2021 09:12 (two years ago) link
new song "For Granted", album coming in April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfOURyD7ljc
― Roz, Thursday, 19 January 2023 04:47 (one year ago) link
anyone listen? i found it kind of hard to get into
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:21 (one year ago) link
only listened once yesterday kinda passively but i really liked it
― flopson, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
there were parts i liked a lot (title track, "passed me by"), i think i just need to adjust my expectations (i was thinking it would be clubbier and was likely in the mood for that sort of thing when i put it on)
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link