ZICO's lines are not really translating well since his punchlines are mostly based on Korean-specific wordplays. "I'm catholic, so even in the face of death I never lost faith in my art" is a translation of "난 가톨릭 죽을 위기에 처해도 절실히 예술을 믿었었지" and it's a wordplay on the words "예수를 (Jesus)" and "예술을 (Art)" being pronounced the same. Melon in "I swallowed up all of Melon" is a reference to Korean music streaming service called Melon. "내용은 몰라 그저 책잡기만" is translated to "Don't even know what you're saying but you keep talking", which is the general gist, but once again it's a wordplay on the word "책" which could mean book, but also fault. And "Hide your identity because you never had one" is also a wordplay. It's originally "실명은 꺼리겠지 보이는 게 다니까" and if translated literally it means "You would avoid 실명 (which could mean 'real name/identity' and also 'blind eyes'), cause what you see is everything." But aside from those lines, the translations cover almost every punchline! I think they did it on their own so they convey the most little detail as possible.

"Don't want your prayers, don't want your rosses. Ain't no one dyin' today" Its a shot for all CL's haters who think that her career is dying when in fact she's just coming from a deep rest. QUEEN IS COMING. Ps. I hope she made a rap verse here, imagine a lot of bars she can spit about her being one of the legends of kpop but I think she's making the gzbz hungry for her AND YES, WE ARE. Love the Queen.

TABLO- “I paved the way for everyone paving the way” - shhheeeeeiiittttt Lets Go TABLO 🔥🔥🔥💪🏻 love when he flexes ! So Zico is the second rapper and was originally from bb BlockB. Zico stepped out on his own and created his own company that almost didn’t make it. But Last year he came out with a song that scored a PERFECT ALL KILL. 5:33 So when he said he “Swallowed Melon” he was just saying it as it is. A certified all-kill is given to songs that score No. 1 on the daily and realtime charts of Melon, Genie, Bugs, Mnet, Naver, and Soribada; and the realtime charts of Flo and iChart. Watch U-Knows comeback- Thank U!!!

Lowkey music makes me wanna learn more language to really catch their word play, and to see you doing that kinda motivates me

Mithra's "I raised a set of stairs with the stones you threw" is my favorite bar. Using the hate people throw your way to help yourself go somewhere higher, dang that's what we should all be doing.

This format was also used in their song BORN HATER. I realized last night that whenever EPIK HIGH wants to directly diss their haters they use the vertical format to depict cellphone screens. Idk if that was the intent but it sounds plausible o:

Zico is an incredible artist and rapper as well. One of the best in the business. I highly recommend you check out his songs "Any Song" and "Human". He also did an awesome, jazzy collab with IU called "Soulmate". As for Epik High, they really are the ogs. They've been at it since the early 2000s. This is their tenth album. They massively influenced artists like BTS, in particular RM and Suga. Epik High consists of 3 members. Tablo is the first one who raps here. He's the leader of the group and a master lyricist. DJ Tukutz is their producer. He doesn't rap or sing in any of the songs, but he produces the beats along with Tablo and appears in their mvs with the other members. The last member is Mithra. Mithra is the one with the growly rap voice and the beard. The other (much younger) guy who rapped here, starting the second verse is Zico. Hope that it clears it up for you :)

"I paved the way for everyone paving the way" they're speaking facts only legend behavior ✨ thank you for reacting to epik high!! i always enjoy your reaction videos, especially when you react to khiphop, luv ur reaction vids sm !! check more epik high and also zico and cl, they were all amazing artist !!

CL - I am a legend and I'm here to stay.. Yup she's a truly legend and queen of K-Pop... Please react to her single song +HWA+ and CL will release her album soon...

If you liked Zico, I really recommend you to check out his song ANTI (ft. G.Soul), you won't regret it

If you're interested to three of these artists, here's some of my recommendations of their music : EPIK HIGH - Born Hater ft beezino, Verbal Jint, B.I, Mino -LoveDrunk ft.Crush -Love Story ft. IU CL -5 stars -Hello Bitches -Hwa -Lifted Zico -Human -Artist -Any Song

CL the QUEEN of K-POP and LEGEND 💜💛💚💙🧡

The whole album is worth checking out man. Also, the guy on the first verse is Tablo. To me, he's like the korean version of Eminem. The guy with the beard is Mithra Jin. Their producer is DJ Tukutz. Epik High is notorious for their song writing skills. They can go melodic and meaningful, to heavy punchlines and wordplays. You should react to Born Hater, it's a heavy boom-bap rap cypher kinda track responding to their haters. I'm gonna stop typing now, love your reactions btw!

Imagine that Epik High released Born Hater's music video back in 2014 in the same vertical format. They're way ahead of their time, yo!

Epik High has been around for a minute. They even played Coachella back in 2016

ZICO lines reminds me of one fandom accusing him for sajaegi because their fave song can`t get the number 1 spot because of ANY SONG it`s exactly 1 year ago this month :D

Zico has so so much to offer and has so much talent. His songs are always amazing imo, in terms of production and lyrics. So many i recommend you to listen to like: Anti, bermuda triangle (ft dean and crush), human, another level, extreme ... etc.

When zico said that they hide their identities bcs they never had one can also mean the anonymous people on the internet hating on everything

Also this song is more about the whole “WOKE and cancelled culture” and of course to their antis/haters. It’s damn true that EPIK HIGH, CL, and ZICO.. has inspired this generation of idols. They literally paved the way and opened these opportunities internationally for the new gen to continue spreading korean music... not just kpop, but khiphop, k-r&b, and k-rock.. even Korean trot or Korean novice songs. Mind you... technology and social media.. social platforms wasn’t so advanced back then. We get access to so many things nowadays.. content, English translations, KZfaq, Twitter, TikTok, and etc wasn’t at the fore front from 2003-2013. But 1st, 2nd, and early 3rd Gen Korean artists truly started everything and set the records.. and literally PAVED THE WAY.. instead of talking BS like these haters or antis.. they should appreciate and respect them.. they all inspired these new groups/artists.. even the most popular and hottest Korean artists looked up to EPIK HIGH, CL (2NE1), and ZICO (BLOCK B).

Please react to Zico - Bermuda Triangle ft. Dean, Crush, Zico - Anti.

Epik High has their own level of artistry that I just love. You should react to BORN HATER by them ft. Mino (WINNER) Bobby and B.I (iKON)

“Melon” that Zico mentioned is a popular Korean music award show btw

I think this song is getting more attention because of CL and Zico, honestly. You're certainly right that some reactors only follow trends or big hits or certain popular groups. I've quit watching a few channels because they never react to anything in interested in or to older groups/non-current or smaller/non-popular groups (although I've never unsubscribed). I do prefer channels that have a mix of old and new Kpop and especially willing to branch out to different Korean music. Sticking to only popular Kpop gives a limited view of a vast array of music.

Seeing how you loved that Zico’s lyric, I hope you react to Zico (ft. G-Soul) - Anti next. G-Soul (now Golden) is also one of my favorite artist so if you want to react to him I’m sure you would like him too 👍

When I think about Tablo and media I always think about his song DEAR TV, I love it so much knowing the hardship he went through because of them

Zico started as an underground rapper with his friends one of them being RM from BTS, he then became the leader of the kpop group BlockB and wrote and produced most if not all their music. He got so much hate especially from the hiphop community for being in a kpop group, he got even more hate when making his own label that everyone thought would fail when he proved them all wrong by killing it in the charts. He has a few songs about what he’s went through with the hate and criticism and he has a unique flow and can switch up different styles. I would highly recommend checking out - Bermuda Triangle feat. Crush and Dean (two of his friends from his hiphop group Fanxy Child also watch the one with eng subs), Veni Vidi Vici, Anti and Okey Dokey (Mino feat Zico) those are my top recommendations, but Tough Cookie, Say Yes Or No and Artist are also good lol. Epik High is a 3 member group - Tablo (first rapper missing his heart), DJ Tukutz (guy with the sunglasses) and Mithra Jin (rapper with the facial hair who looks like a mob boss lol) They had a huge influence on the music industry, but also went through hell when a group of trolls started a rumor that Tablo lied about graduating from Stanford University and it blew up into a huge scandal even though Stanford themselves came out and proved he had graduated with a degree, hundreds of thousands of people still didn’t believe it and it got so bad with death threats that him, his wife and daughter had to leave to go into hiding, but they overcame it and came back stronger eventually, but their lyrics always have so much meaning behind them. I'd also suggest their song Born Hater feat. Beenzino, Verbal Jint, Mino (from Winner), Bobby and B.I (from Ikon). Always love how real and genuine your reactions are and will continue to watch and support you the best I can 😊 Edit: Also CL was the leader of the group 2ne1 who like BigBang their YG big bros where huge and broke all kinds of records and also like Bigbang was one of the first kpop groups to make adding hiphop into the mix popular

Yes, it's "Z-co" About the 16:9 frame, that's their thing for a long time, for example, BORN HATER (2014) featuring numerous Idol Rapper like Mino from Winner, Ikon's Bobby and BI...YOU SHOULD DEF CHECK THAT OUT Speaking facts, EPIK HIGH is one of the older generation hiphop group (18 years totally) , they were former YG ENTERTAINMENT artists, same goes to CL, they really have paved the way to many young K-rappers these days, such as BTS SUGA.. And yeah, BORN HATER is fire, you should check that out Fyi: the first rapper named TABLO is in his 40s :)

Linton i hope you see what tablo posted in his IG account

this song hits different by the way that the bars they are spitting are referenced from all the bullsht they've went through life. Tablo epik high's front man, Zico, CL they each had gone through worse in their careers yet they have overcome it and has nothing but in an even more better place. This song is legendary in every way, no the entire album is. Musicality, lyrics wise and starstudded featuring line up. You should check out more from epik high!!

Please react more to our BADDESS CL Hello bitches Baddass Female 5 star The leaders with Gdragon

Epik High is a OG and one of the GOAT in K-Hip Hop.

You should react to some of CL's music if you haven't!

Hey, congratulations! Tablo noticed you!

Zico’s crazy. If you love good lyrics & talkin shit that’s his forte. He’s the self proclaimed king of the 3rd generation and he PROVES it by topping the charts at the GP level with every release. Man sells out any venue Hes booked at and is the most highly respected idol rapper in the industry (next to Bobby from ikon). Some of my favorites include Predator, Anti, Extreme, Genius (behind the scenes), veni vidi vici. Also check out his crew fanxy child with their songs Y, fanxy child, and paradise

this isnt the first time epik high released an MV in vertical cam. They did it back in 2014 with Born Hater, another iconic song, that's when vertical cams wasn't a thing in kpop, kmusic yet or just in general.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REACTION! If you want more bars you definitely need to react to Epik High's Born Hater! It's about 7 deadly sins (plus for the haters too) :D

been watching a lot of Rosario reaction videos and I think this is the best reaction video so far. :))

zico’s rap went hardddd.

Zico’s “Hide your identity because you never had one” is also a poetic clap back to haters online (hiding behind a username) who said “he was dead and over” and then he killed it with “Any Song” which is the Melon chart reference. Living in Korea and watching the drama from haters makes this song like a diss to them in a way. Allllssooo, the vertical format is in a way the diss format, i.e Born Hater

Epik high is a 18 year old group consisting of two rapper, tablo mithra and a dj, tukutz. Their tracks are composed produced by the members. They make their own beats and produce everything from scratch. Epik high might not be the most popular group now but there was a time when they were very popular they even went to coachella. They also had a lot of hit songs. A lot of rappers and idols like bts rm and suga are huge fans of epik high and suga and rm said that they are very much inspired by them. epik high also has song with suga. (I m an army so i m just mentioning what i know)

He is Zico, but his signature before rapping, he will say Ziaco. And Epik High already done this vertical MV before with Born Hater in 2014, yes that was 6 years ago. Hence why some called this Born Hater 2.0. Do check this out! (Epik High - Born Hater ft. Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I., Mino & Bobby kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adlhncR3qdjUZYE.html )

Yass yass n yass.Epik High music is 💜Dope lyrics,Dope voices n Dope music💜I hope u will check ZICO😍 and CL too.Talented ash.You won't regret dude.Thanks for ur reaction

Yeees I was so excited to hear your thoughts about the deep lyrics of Rosario when I first saw them -- can't wait for you to hear more Epik High, the lyricism is on a different level in pretty much every track

Epik High hae another MV thats exactly like this, like in a iPhone screen. Its called "Born Hater" and I think it came out like 2014/2015, (it has many features such as B.I and Bobby from iKon) You should do a reaction?🤔🤭💜❤

CL is a legend because she was one of the 4 QUEENS from the girl group 2NE1. They disbanded several years ago. But that's where she's from.

Bar-by-bar analysis is so on point

Since you are not that familiar with Zico, Kindly check out and react to his songs too. His known for one of the idols that really make a name for himself at khiphop scenes. You can both look for his solo songs and Block B's (his ex-group). His songs are highly recommended!

People don't react to them because they don't bring the views, simple as that. Thankfully for the rest of us, they bring the talent and the experience.

he mentioned his name in his rap part tho it pronounces "ZIACO"

My most fave reaction!! Love how you explained on how you understand the lyrics of the song, your own perspectives, not just jumpin & dancin throughout the whole mv lol. How fun it is to have conversations with people like this. Hnnng~

anyone watching and listening to epik high has my uttermost respect tablo's master in creative writing appreciates you digging his lyrics

"I paved the way for everyone paving the way. Moment of silence" 😌

since you enjoy YG artist, here is some of them (former and current) : EPIK HIGH (former) - OG hip-hop trio that influenced most groups. genius lyricist, beatmaker everything good, just do yourself a favor and check them out BIG BANG (current, lost a member) - Kings of Kpop (writes, composes, and kills all the live performance of their songs) each one is also very successful in their own solo careers 2en1 (disbanded) - Queens of Kpop (writes, composes, and kills all the live performance of their songs) They kill their own field, whether it be vocal (Bom), visual (Dara), Dance (Minzy), Rap (Cl) LEEHI (former, shes now in AOMG-Jay Parks's company) - YG princess (Soul voice/swag princess) the best singer who can cover all genres and hit you in your soul AKMU (current) - brother and sister duo that has a very unique style that touches your every emotion (the brother, Chanhyuk, writes and composes all their songs. Suyhun, the sister, has an amazing voice) WINNER (current, lost a member) - genre kings, they can do it all and nail it (writes, composes, and kills all the live performance of their songs) iKON (current, lost a member) - VIBE, their own vibe with lyrics that comes from an imaginative/special brain (writes 99% of their songs, composes, and kills all the live performance of their songs) BLACKPINK (current) - well, blackpink, we all know them, who doesn't? TREASURE (current) - ROOKINGS, the newest group in YG, they have a lot of writers, composers, and amazing voices in this group In short YG artist are lit

Please react to cl killing verse you will enjoy it so much you have new sub here

I strongly recommend you to react to the Kim Ximya's songs. I guarantee that you will know the the best masterpieces in korean hip hop scene after listening to his shits. Most of his songs are half korean half english. Some songs are 100%english. Ambush, 간주곡, polytheism, twist the plot, forgotten, looooose controllaa, Bougie are the best songs i recommend

Ooooooh I've never been this early but yes Epik High is insanely good!

I'm so excited that you're reacting to Epik High! Thank you for getting in to them.

This is my first time finding this channel and am already a subscriber. The way he read the lyrics and try to understand the meaning of each bar and try to explain the deep meaning is something that I don't find often in reactors anymore. Thank you for appreciating Korean music and not only the visuals!

Great reaction, dude!! Love your insights and interpretations. Also you vibin’ off the song is just infectious. I’m sure someone else has already commented something similar but I didn’t see it so I just thought I’d share: Epik High is a K hip hop trio that started up back in the early 2000’s. The trip consists of Tablo (first verse in the room with the dog), Mithra Jin (mob boss looking dude in the 3rd verse) and DJ Tukutz who is their producer and DJ and he’s homie in the glasses in the beginning and also gets shot by Tablo while laying in bed. They are great, would love to see you react to more of their stuff!

Highly recommend listening to the album its great

Really enjoyed your reaction. Your insight on the verses and video is knowledge.

Dang, I really appreciate this reaction so much YOU DONT EVEN KNOWWWWWW. The way you went in-depth with the lyrics, and the video puts a lot more meaning to the whole song in general. I don't even like watching Kpop reactions that much because when other people do it... you can tell they are not really that appreciative and lowkey just want to gain clout from the fanbases. But I LOVE YOUR CONTENT ONGGGGG

By the way, Epik High used the vertical video format for Born Hater 6 years ago; it's not new to them nor catering to the trends in my opinion

I was waiting for your reaction to this song and video! thanks for voicing many interesting thoughts High is really Epik! ❤️

Subscribing because I love how you analyze and explain the philosophy and meaning behind each lyric.

Epik High is a trio composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin, and DJ Tukutz. And Zico is pronounce as z-e-co

You have to react to EPIK HIGH “Born Hater” same vertical style of MV and diss track to all the antis/haters in 2014. “Born Hater” also featured amazing rappers like BEENZINO, VERBAL JINT, WINNER’s MINO, and IKON’s BOBBY and BI! You should check it out! Also, Zico’s real name is WOO JIHO.. and ZICO is usually pronounced ZEE-CO.. but Zico plays around with his name a lot when he introduces himself in songs.. so you hear him say Z-I-CO.. it sounds like he’s saying Z-A-ICO. It’s kind of like how MINO is called MINO or MINHO.. but he sometimes said MAI-NO when he introduces himself in songs. Either way it’s fine.. ZICO.. Z-I-CO.. Z-A-ICO. 👍👍

Yoo tablo from epik high gave you a shoutout on his instagram!!!

I love the way you explain tablo part, specially making peace with your self and being alone. Love your words kinda motivational. 💙

Ohhh, I will be coming more to this channel in the future. Love it when you pay attention to the lyric and insert your 2 cents instead of just focusing on the visual only.

Yassss love Epik High, as you listen to more of their stuff you will fall in love with them more! And Zico is prounounced like you said it the first time zeeee-co! Also, people checking out more Epik High I personally think it had to do with the features CL (former 2NE1 leader ) and Zico (former Block B leader) they are highly known idols! We haven’t gotten much content from CL in a while so people be thirsty for some good stuff and well, Zico never fails to put out good tracks plus he’s in the military right now so people wanting to know what’s up

PLEASE check out more epik high! their earlier works . its genius. Lesson is still on of his best work to date..

My guy missed the most important bar from Tablo and Epik High in general: "I paved the way, for everyones that's paving the way" - they are the OG's of K-HipHopand are being called as Legends and God Fathers of K-HipHop- Amen to this. You should react to their Born Hater MV and listen to their Shoebox and Epik High Is Here (new) Albums. You'll gonna love it.

such a nice reaction man) the beat goes stupid on this one

The 16 x 9 reso has been used by Epik High in Born Hater that was 2014

Gurlll!!! tablo posted your video in twitter!!! I think he shouted u outtt!!!

most of the time, zico is pronounced zee-ko, but he tends to introduce himself before he starts his rap (like in this song) as zee-ah-ko. another rapper who does this is his bestie mino from winner. mee-no. my-no. but his real name is minho. while zico is jiho. it's just similiar.

Epic High is legend. Rosario is my favorite song.

The part when the rap goes "hide your identity because you never had one" i think is for his haters. Cuz you know people be keyboard warriors and spread unnecessary hate on the artists. Also, the lyrics before that said "zico has fallen on his high horse, but a year later, i swallowed melon" tells a lot about how he come back from failure and hatred to who he is now. He makes great songs. And epik high, oof no words. Just poetry, word play and mindfucking plots. To interpret their lyrics, is more than just love. They make songs about their families, their friends, their journey as musicians. They survived through a lot i gotta tell you. So, keep listening!

This is a whole vibe. Epik high are professionals for sure. CL was the cherry on top. Thank you for the reaction!

Reaction to more Epik High and BigBang please🙏🙏🙏

About the remote, what I think/thought is he is turning the "TV" off: so shutting up everyone/killing the haters/media/whoever talks sh*t, you can cancel them out and ignore them, like you don't like something you are watching on the tv and change the channel/turn it off. Also not much work to do so (like the dusting you off part). I love this song, I looooove Epik High, and I loooove CL (I was introduced 20 years ago to k music by Rain, and some years later the first band I really got into it was 2ne1).

I love this reaction - that you're "really" taking time to decipher and understand the lyrics

The one you mistaken thinking it was the guy before(Tablo) at 06:00 was Zico(he said it in his rap). Years back Zico has scandal, and knetz was attacking him(thats why he mention identity, that wasnt there in the first place), Zico career when downfall. Later in 2020 Zico new song (Zico - Any song, that tiktok song) trended in Melon, thats why he mention it also in his rap. Im sorry for my bad grammar and structure. Still learning english.

They did the vertical video way before Tiktok even existed lol. You should react to Epik High's Born Hater

OMGGG I KNEW IT! THANK YOU!!!

Actually Epik High might be the starters of the whole vertical trend. Try watching their Born Hater. Same frame!

I love your reaction and explanation too. Subbed

Since you've reacted to iKON before and know of Hanbin's situation, I kinda wanna see you react to Epik High (ft. B.I.) - Acceptance Speech, it's a track from this same album. It's kinda an "official" comeback from Hanbin too even tho he has been uploading songs to his Soundcloud while he's been away :)

1st time watching your reaction channel and what interest me the best beside this amazing MV by Epik High....is your voice. Really love the tone of your voice💖

You should listen to EPIK HIGH COLD. beautiful song

I freaking love epik high!!! They're epic alright. You want poetic bops, epik high is your guy.

Epik High isn't your typical Kpop group, they are somewhat like poets of the modern world, i guess because their songs always have this deeper meaning and usually their song topic are not something that everyone gets to talk about.

Zico-Anti

Epik High is just on another level

Great reaction and breakdown. Since the song is about how the "haters" just makes them more powerful and popular. The end scene with the remote , to me means ... To stop them (kill) just change the channel or turn them off.

They did it last time with BORN HATER that song was OOF cause of the lineup as well forreallllll

I hope you can react to their song No Thanxx ft. Simon Dominic, The Quiett and Mino. There's no MV but there's a lyric video (if that's what you call it) made by fans. Also to Code Kunst - Fire Water (ft. Tablo and GSoul)

this is my first time in this channel and i really like ur reactions. looking forward to more reactions!

The first time I listened to this I literally paused in every line cause Epik High are like poets and you really have to chew on their lyrics to experience their music to the fullest.