Tumid REACTION ft. MENDY J

Uzi [music] O reacts, he doesn't detract when he hears a brand new song. Oy oy oy. Uzi O reacts and makes an impact when he hears a brand new song. >> Here we are today with the legendary Mendy J aka Mendy Jacobson. I got that right, right? >> Yeah, you got that right. >> And now we are here fresh off the press with his new song Tumid. Here we are here today. Mendy J, how are you doing today? >> Baruch Hashem, Uzi O. Thank you for having me on the show. It's an honor and a pleasure and, you know, I think everyone wants to know, you know, how did this project come about and how did it, you know, take place? I'm sure you all know the multi-talented Yigal Giniger, Chaim Green. People ask me, how did this How did this team come about? So, I mean, honestly, Yigal Giniger approached me about a song he has and he's thinking of releasing it, me and him. Or the other way around, he'll sell it to me and I'll just put it out myself. So, uh you know, we're going through, you know, what what the cost is and everything. I said to myself, what's the song about? Tumid, right? It's talking about all the all the different types of people that come together to thank the Aibishter. What better way to come together with a a heimisha, a litvish, and a Lubavitcher. >> Exactly. >> Exactly. So, so we That's what we did and he loved the idea and and uh we went into the studio and we recorded. The other thing that I wanted to say is why did I put out this song besides the idea of it, you know, I had a big miracle with my son. My son was born unresponsive for 5 minutes, 7 minutes, yeah. And I made a I made a promise to myself, you know, once that miracle happened, I said I mean I told Hashem during that time, I turned around to Hashem, I said Hashem, whatever I have to do, whatever I have to do, I'll do, but please give my child give him his breath, give him his life. >> [snorts] >> And you know what? I said I have to make a fast on this miracle of thanking Hashem for giving my child his breath back. And that's what the song's all about, modim, you know, giving hoda'ah, giving thanks to Hashem. >> Yeah, it's it's interesting you say that because um I sat down with Benny Friedman a while back and we were talking about his son his one one of his new songs in his recent most recent album uh the song Bar Papa that he did with Baruch Levine. And he was talking and I would I didn't listen to the song yet and his introduction about it was his hardship of being a father and a singer and together and it when it came to the idea of doing a song about Baruch Papa and his sons and and the learning and all that, it really touched his heart. But then all of a sudden when I started playing the song, it went to a really fast like Baruch Levine Bar Papa. I was like, "Whoa, how could someone go so deep with a message, so emotional? But but his relationship to the song is a one that's freilach and fast. And I'm getting the same thing with what you're saying right now with Tamid. So, why do you think that is that that singers could find so much deep meaning and so emotional meanings in every genre and every song? >> So, I'll tell you, you know, when you're putting out a song, even though it's a message that's deep, you want it to be in a style that it could also be fun, but at the same time, it's giving the you know, the hope, even though we were in the situation. And it's not the greatest times that we're in, but you know, we have to give thanks to David so no matter what happens in this world, we have to give thanks. You know, when there's a composer that reaches out to me and says, "Here's a sad Here's a slow song, but it's like a very sad, deep I feel like the tragedies that we've gone through in Israel, I think people don't want a sad message with that sad, slow tune. It's also good to have a nice, happy beat, you know, with the sad message, but with the you know, with the combination of a happy beat that brings a very good recipe together. So it it's it's more of a hopeful feeling versus a sad feeling, you know what I mean? >> Right. That's pretty what it is. 100%. Can you tell me a little bit about the production side, the composer, producer, arranger, all that? >> So I mean, the composer was Yitzy Feigelson. He composed the song. I got to say, he's a very talented young man. And you have Laser Landau, he arranged the music, he arranged how the structure of the song should be. So, when you have Laser Landau, and you have Danny Flam, and you have all the great >> Danny Flam was in it? Oh, now I'm even more excited. >> When you have all the great people in Jewish music that were involved in this, it's going to be the greatest hit ever, and I got to say, it's it it kind of hard in the day three or day four, it has over 35,000 streams. >> Yeah, I mean, and everyone is singing it. Everyone I see I see in the statuses and and people's symchas Torah, everyone is singing it. It's crazy. >> It's crazy, and and there's more videos to come. It's it's You know what I say? It's slowly this. It's slowly it's slowly being, you know, sung at weddings, bar mitzvahs. Yitzy Becker sang it last night for the second time. It's it's it's a uh it's it's a nice second dance song, you know, that you can dance to. It's >> So, Baruch Hashem, I'm very happy to see that the fruits that we we worked hard for are actually, you know, it's it's it's floating in the water, as they say. It's It's getting out there and you know, I'm happy. I'm happy to see that it's it's making waves, as they say. >> Yes. And in that note, I'm very excited. For me, the first time reacting to it, sitting with you, and we're going to watch and listen to Tomid with Mendy J, Yechiel Nagar, and Chaim Green. >> [music] [music] >> Ooh, nice. This is my first time ever listening to these singers, so I'm >> Really? >> really It's really impressive. >> Yeah. >> [music] >> Hey, where's your avatar? >> Me? >> Oh, there you go. >> [music] >> Oh, I like that. Oh, man. I like that. Nice. >> [music] >> He's Bora V'estroy Mom. >> [music] >> He's Bora V'estroy Mom. >> [music] >> Nice. OH, [screaming] NICE. >> [music] [music] >> They had his mayor choir over there. >> Oh, nice. >> [music] >> The Yea Yea Mom and >> [music] >> But after this Raymond It's great. I like Um I I love the fact that of the nuance is with the Oh, it's ending up. Okay. >> [music] >> Nice. >> it says the the location of the miracle. >> Life is full of moments that remind us how precious existence is. The day Mendy J's son entered the world, he was born unresponsive. In that terrifying silent space between fear and hope, every second stretched like an eternity while turning entirely into prayer. Then against all odds, a miracle happened. Life was given back to him and breath returned to his lungs. What could have been a tragedy transformed into a profound awakening. Never taking a single day of breath for granted. His journey is a reminder to live life to the fullest, hold on to his faith, and treasure every single moment. Amen to that. Amen to that. >> Amen. Amen. >> It's so beautiful. And uh can I ask how old he is now? >> He's one. >> Wow. Wow. >> you know his name is Jacob Chaim. >> That's insane. That is insane. So to on the song itself, what I loved about it is that especially in the tamid, there's like a nuance to each part. So the first tamid is like tamid tamid, right? You're profoundly like tamid tamid. And then you kind of went into the notes of what the meaning of tamid like tamid, like you you like you paused for a second, like you were energetic, but then you took your voice to the point where like like you're almost stretching it out for eternity. Like tamid. I really like that that nuance. I really like that. And just to say also, first of all, I haven't heard these singers before, Yechiel and and Chaim. >> Yeah. >> Yechiel is so good in this song. He's His range is unbelievable. >> He goes crazy high. Those keys. >> And the harmonies the harmonies so good so good. >> And Chaim Green Chaim Green is actually Green's brother. >> Oh, really? Oh, wow. >> Yeah, yeah. So >> Nice. >> He also goes very high. >> different very very different distinct voices. Very different. >> 100%. He He actually goes very high. He could He I would say his voice is a tenor. Sure. >> That is insane. That is insane. 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