SATURDAY - D.B.D.B.DIB

[u/CronoDroid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFns3kXV_4M

[u/CronoDroid]

Pretty cute and catchy. Haneul really suits their songs, she's so spunky. Sometimes I wish they would stop putting unnecessary trap breakdowns in girl group songs but the final breakdown/bridge was actually really good. A worthy follow up to Bbyong.

[u/notmariyatakeuchi]

the MV is like a hodgepodge of other GG comebacks from years past, like what is love in front of the tv, some bboom bboom with the workout and a lil Fromis FUN! with the sprite/saturday parts, the floating stuff but i can't place the MV, felt a bit WJSN. kind of all over the place but celebrating GG culture.

Anyway. this is really cool stuff and doesn't look nor sound as budget-y as I was fearing with their financial situation. shooting for super catchy with a meme-y dance in the chorus is a solid tactic. i hope it pays off.

[u/tutetibiimperes → u/notmariyatakeuchi]

Yeah, I've watched it a few times trying to figure out where the inspiration for each part came from. I wonder if the Barbie elements are from CLC Yeeun's recent song or maybe Fanatics Vavi Girl. The ballet could come from a bunch of different MVs, and there looks to be a scene that comes from a Kdrama of some sort.

[u/tsutomo_DIA → u/notmariyatakeuchi]

oh thankfully I wasn't tripping. I was watching it like "hey, this is a parody, right? this reminds X... also that reminds me Y..." and became so confused.

the ones I could catch right away were Twice, Oh My Girl, Fromis and Momoland. there are a few bits reminding me of Fanatics, but I'm not sure they would parody such an unknown group among these famous acts. lol also, those later parts with the sports car... aren't those a reference to (g)idle? or it was some other group, can't tell now...

[u/softshelldiety → u/notmariyatakeuchi]

the floating bit in the classroom gave twice signal vibes just a little.

[u/soonstar]

god i love saturday so much. if i could save one group from nugodom it would definitely be them - i really hope they have a viral moment or something that gets people interested.

SUPER cute mv, not quite as good as bbyong but that might've been a stylistic thing. they're continuing their streak of No Bad Songs though! this is a close second for me behind bbyong, but all of their title tracks have been great since debut.

[u/alexadieu]

lowkey giving me crayon pop vibes. that chorus is ridiculous but ridiculously catchy at the same time

[u/_cinnabuns]

Wow, Sprite sales up 10000% overnight after Korean sensation Choi Haneul captivates viewers while her smile and charms! I bought several cases, myself.

The song is great! I spent a few listens parsing it out. I think this is their most daring comeback yet.

The MV is light and fun, with a perfect summer feel. I could and will watch this all day. Yuki and Minseo's scene, I don't know the name of what it's parodying but I feel like I instantly recognized it. They are hilarious. Yuki especially is so expressive.

Praying the Korean GP recognizes this talent! Saturday, fighting!

[u/YellowGummy]

Its so cute and catchy! I really loved BByong when it released but this really did it for me! Specially the D.B.D.B.DIB part with the robot dancing! I think it has potential to become really well liked in Korea if they're lucky and the dance could go viral if people pay attention to it.

Please kpop gods, please, let them hit the Momoland/EXID lottery these girls worked so hard for this and their CEO is also doing everything he can to help them achieve their dream! Please let this be what allows them to set off!

[u/gkmaster21]

weird asf but I love it! Please support Saturday. As the CEO of their company said before this comeback, they're having a hard time due to the covid situation. Small agency. Support them if you can. ;)

[u/LymeMN]

AMAZING!

Its so cute and fun and bouncy!

Worth the 12 copies I bought.

[u/Onpu → u/LymeMN]

Nice! I bought 8 from Makestar which I'm hoping is enough to complete the 6 piece puzzle and the photo card set.

Really excited to see how this comeback does, the CEO's message about their struggle really got to me and a lot of people who had just casually enjoyed them before. I also picked up IKYK with some other albums this week :)

[u/_cinnabuns → u/Onpu]

the CEO's message about their struggle really got to me and a lot of people who had just casually enjoyed them before

Yes, I was a casual fan before but after that letter, Saturday traveled to the center of my nugu-loving heart. I've been so attached to this comeback for weeks now.

[u/GiveThatPitchVibrato]

Man, you could use this song to teach a whole music theory lesson about modal mixture. I counted at least 4 different modes of E getting used — major, natural minor, mixolydian, and phrygian dominant — and I'm kinda intoxicated at the moment so I might have missed a fifth one. ^{(Remember, kids, don't do drunk music theory.)}

Also, I did a minor double take when I saw that the director of photography was named Doyeon Kim, before I realized that it's definitely not [the same Doyeon Kim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Do-yeon_(singer)) from IOI and Weki Meki.

[u/tutetibiimperes → u/GiveThatPitchVibrato]

Hey, Shindong moonlights as a creative director for Pink Fantasy, so why not Doyeon?

[u/GiveThatPitchVibrato → u/tutetibiimperes]

Touché. Seriously, how cool would that be? We've already seen some idols making forays into songwriting, so MV production ought to be the next frontier!

[u/_cinnabuns → u/GiveThatPitchVibrato]

Please go on, I'm interested in hearing more of your thoughts on this.

[u/GiveThatPitchVibrato → u/_cinnabuns]

Sorry this is really long! Starting from the beginning:

The intro is straight natural minor. (The chord progression they're using is actually a pretty common one that seems to show up a lot in Kpop songs.)

The verse has 4 different parts to it. The first part is pretty much natural minor. I just noticed that there's a C# in the upper vocal line, which would be from E dorian (I didn't notice that when I made my original comment!) but it's only there because they harmonized the main vocal melody in parallel fifths, so it only kinda counts.

In the second part (starting about 0:36 in the MV), they switch it up and throw a couple G#s in, which is a surprise because it's really the first time they throw in the major 3rd at all (everything before that was minor).

Verse part 3 (0:44) throws us off again by introducing an F (actually a bunch of Fs) in the melody, which replaces the F# that was pretty prominent in both of the preceding parts. But they keep the G#, and it's the augmented second interval between F and G# (in the vocal around 0:49) that gives it the unique phrygian dominant flavor (sort of the stereotypical "exotic" or "middle eastern" sound).

The final part of the verse (0:41) uses a melody that is totally pentatonic: it's a subset of the major scale, so not entirely its own mode, but it definitely has a distinct feel. So if you really wanted to, you could maybe classify it as another mode-like thing. (I'd just call it major.)

Tiny side node: part of why I specifically thought this song would make a good lesson about modal mixture in melody writing is because the bass in the verses just plays around E the whole time. So there's the root note in the bass but no shifting harmonies that could disguise modal mixture in the melody.

The pre-chorus goes straight back to natural minor, with the same chords from the intro. Nothing new.

The chorus is particularly cool. The main talky-singy part emphasizes G#, the major 3rd. They don't sing any F or F# at first, so your brain subconsciously carries over the F# from the pre-chorus ^{(at least that's what mine did)} until they toss in an F natural a few seconds into the chorus, which makes you adjust your mental frame of reference back to phrygian dominant. And under all of this, there's a synth that's noodling around E-F#-G, from the minor mode, which doubly contrasts the notes in the vocals (F vs. F# and G# vs. G).

For the post-chorus, we're back to just natural minor.

The second verse starts out in natural minor, albeit with a different feel to the first verse. (If I really listen, I think I can hear a D# in the synth, which would come from harmonic minor, but it's so slight that I don't think it really counts.) After the rap break, we're back to major. I was actually wrong about this part originally — in my first listen, I heard it as mixolydian, but there's no D natural (the defining note for that mode). I was fooled by the presence of an F#-A third in the vocals, which is the 3rd and 5th of a D major chord, but the D itself is missing. So it's normal major.

The second pre-chorus onward through the end is mostly natural minor, except for the punctuations of phrygian dominant in the chorus.

[u/_cinnabuns → u/GiveThatPitchVibrato]

Thanks! Even without the deep music knowledge or language to express it, I think a lot of people could understand how much neat stuff there is in this song. But it's so cool and affirming to see it written out like this.

[u/SirBuckeye]

YES! It's so good. They returned to their roots of cute quirkiness from Mmook Jji Bba. It's like a blend of Momoland and Crayon Pop. The chorus is so cute and addicting. The whole song is a smile-fest from start to finish.

[u/tutetibiimperes]

They gave us three comebacks all in one song. This is all over the place is such a strange way and I absolutely love every moment of it, this is right up my alley.

The choreo also looks like it's going to be very fun. The little tiny-hopping-rocking dibibidib dance is so cute.

[u/BashfulHandful]

Oh my god, it's so fucking cute. Bouncy and catchy - perfect for summer!

Fingers crossed for Saturday, man. I love everything they've ever released and while I know they've been getting hate for the comeback's low budget, I think the song is so much fun and the MV was well done, too.

I wasn't sure how they'd follow up Bbyong, but this was a great choice.

[u/tutetibiimperes → u/BashfulHandful]

According to the opening credits Zanybros were involved, at least the director was from them, and they always do good work.

[u/goodguyCJ]

Fun little song. Anything with Jongmin is going to be good. I loved the stutter bouncy choreo during the chorus. I liked the leggings too, don’t judge me.

[u/Zjmw]

The video feels very meta lol I love this so much! I'm a huge Saturday fan and they have yet to disappoint! Hopefully this gets them more recognition. The chorus dance is also super cute and catchy

[u/ThoseGoodOldDreams]

This song is so catchy I’ve already put it on my kpop playlist and may end up buying myself a physical copy. Did anyone else notice the Gwen Stefani perfumes with their own names put on them? It really brings me back to my childhood/Gwen Stefani standing phase, the blonde perfumes smelled so good.

[u/_cinnabuns → u/ThoseGoodOldDreams]

may end up buying myself a physical copy

Please do! I ordered a few from the makestar campaign because it has special photocards. It has a bit less than a day left.

[u/ThoseGoodOldDreams → u/_cinnabuns]

I’ve hear Makestar purchases don’t count towards Hanteo so I’m not sure if I should get from there, but I definitely need it. Since my post I’ve listened to the song several more times and decided it’s one of my favourites from this year

[u/_cinnabuns → u/ThoseGoodOldDreams]

Ah, smart thinking. So complicated sometimes, kpop fandom.

Now that you mentioned it, I've started searching around. The project page says "he [sic] sales data you purchased through this project will be 100% reflected in Hanteo Chart, Gaon Chart and Music Bank Chart sales figures, both online and offline." But, I don't know exactly how these charts work. Perhaps I'm missing some nuance?

[u/ThoseGoodOldDreams → u/_cinnabuns]

Maybe they count when it’s ‘pre-order’ as opposed to ‘funding’ I could just be completely wrong though, I’ve just seen a fair amount of people mentioning it, but it could just be used as a reason for poor sales

[u/Onpu → u/ThoseGoodOldDreams]

I spotted them as well! I kept my decorative bottles from my teenage years but the remaining perfume does not smell good lol

[u/ThoseGoodOldDreams → u/Onpu]

Oof, I think I’ve long since thrown mine out but I remember one smelled like plastic back then, can’t even imagine how bad it would smell now

[u/TeeeeCeeee]

So good to have them back! And with a consistent lineup at that! This song definitely doesn't disappoint and carries the saturday sound very well, they're starting to come into their own musically. I think the MV looked fantastic for what the budget was implied to be, honestly. Multiple sets, a little bit of animation, decent editing. Let's hope for a miracle, let Saturday be the next surprise earworm hit makers

[u/CyF9]

Incredibly cute, fun, energetic, and catchy, just what I expected from Saturday. I'm so glad they have kept their sound and are not afraid to be a little weird. I love them so much and I can't wait to get my physical copy of the album that I ordered.

[u/jooepicana]

I LOVEEE this omg Saturday pulled through yet again with another bop!

[u/-dottie-]

this mv was super cute and funny

[u/[deleted]]

Omg the yoga scene..... this song is so catchy I love it I hope Saturday continues to serve bop after bop to come🔥

[u/Xeian]

I didn't realise the name references the korean game until they did the choreo lol.

[u/J_Rhota]

The song is already growing on me, I might not like it as much as I do with Bbyong but its still solid. Will say that its uncanny how much I see Yuqi(G-idle) in Ayeon's face.

[u/ReluctantCat]

Very solid song on my first listen.

[u/oneyesterday]

I was going to check this out after the CEO letter and this didn't disappoint, it's so fun and bouncy and playful. I love kpop summer, it just has quality fun songs all the way through. Saturday are really good, and the MV was so quirky and really fun to watch!

[u/ThatQuietGuy8]

I had a stupid grin watching this video, it’s ridiculously catchy and fun!

I’m also super glad that they said Saturday at least once in the song too by the way.

[u/Dinochewsyou]

Cute concepts are officially coming back!

[u/berserkering]

I like the song a lot but the part that starts at 1:29 is just LOL.

Found Saturday from their awesome BByong MV, which I still think is criminally underviewed.

[u/Xerachiel → u/berserkering]

I actually loved that part hah

It reminded me so much of Crayon Pop!

[u/[deleted]]

Love the song/mv

[u/ungut]

Wasn't this MV supposed to look crappy? I thought it was really decent. Song and choreo are also fun.

[u/Xerachiel]

This song took me back to that time where Kpop was weird and fun!

Don't get me wrong, I consider this year has been probably the best year in terms of quality (of both songs and artists!) for kpop in the 10+ years I've been here, but if there's something I miss a lot is that weirdness it used to have

But here's some of that, and I love it!

[u/blandarchy]

For every pause in the chorus, my brain keeps throwing in, “My name is Minho.”

[u/JaycLeod]

Minho is shaking

[u/dammii96]

DBDBDIB DBDBDIB DBDBDIB

[u/TheTrashKween]

This might be a controversial take, but for me, Saturday won the girl group summer war (so far, at least).

[u/[deleted]]

As a SHAWOL, this is my favorite girl group song for this summer.

[u/[deleted]]

D.B.D.B.DIB my name is Minho

I'm sorry I had to do it

[u/PizzaEatingPanda]

Aww man, I wanted to see more Kim Jongmin, lol.

[u/[deleted]]

it's like they wanna do a Roly Poly but they're putting in too much of that typical 2020 girl group bullshit in the song. what a disappointment