HUNTR/X - Producing A Track for TAKEDOWN Without Hearing It
Who did it better? HUNTR/X, TWICE, or me?
It’s time, I’m finally seeing what this whole K-Pop Demon Hunters thing is all about and it feels very timely that it’s we’re heading into October with this one. This week I’m making a track for one of the HUNTR/X songs - Takedown. What was I in for from this animated girl group that’s taking the world by storm at the moment? I haven’t watched the show and really had no context for what it was all about other than that everyone’s been saying the music is great.
Starting out with just the vocals alone, this track was immediately giving badass, warrior vibes, which makes sense given the title of the show, so no disappointments there. I’m immediately thinking K-Pop Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Hannah Montana.
Here’s the acapella if you want hear what I heard first:
It felt like this song had a bunch of different sections, so it was fun trying to come up with how to make them all unique but still cohesive. When I finally listened to the original, I felt like my track wasn’t actually that far off in terms of how the arrangement flowed between each part. Their’s was definitely a bit more laid back in that it mostly went with the half time beat and it had some extra cinematic depth, but I think I was able to catch on to the ebbs and flows of the energy levels just from the vocal alone. Mine definitely leant more electronic whereas their’s seemed to take on more pop-r&b tendencies.
Haven’t heard the original yet? Check it out here:
Listen to the soundtrack with me:
Once I finished working on my track, I knew I had to hear what else was on this soundtrack. I had seen Golden and Strategy sitting at the tops of a bunch of charts and playlists the last few months, so I knew those had to be good. It was fun to also get to hear some of the tracks from the boy group of the show (or at least that’s who I’m assuming they are). I really loved their track Your Idol, all the choir backgrounds and chants were just so cool. As per usual I went through and ranked each song on the album from my favorite to least favorite, so come listen with me and let me know if you’d rank them the same.
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If you enjoyed last week’s JADE content, here’s a bonus remix for you 💗