@@Traten65 yeah i genuinely can't tell lol. on one hand, the game barely ever uses live instruments in its music, especially for something like a random alliance raid song. on the other hand, the fiddle sounds very much like a live performance with the intricacies of the sound.
the aglaia main battle theme was all serious and intense since they were pretending to be evil and we believed they were, but after they dropped the act and admitted they just wanted to fight, we get FIDDLE JUMPSCARE
Imo, since Hydaelyn was the one that created them and she has died. She's praying to her, her creator. Asking to see how she is now and hope she hears her.
To think my character's goddess, who I've wanted to meet in-game so long, would get so much focus in the storyline and an amazing battle theme like this is a dream come true! 🥰
Love how positive and upbeat this one is. Feels like a really nice reaffirmation of Endwalker’s core themes considering the lunar motif they both have.
Don't ask me why but I sense a great feeling of pure joy in the violin player like they were having fun able to just do the violin with all the passion they had.
I love the voice acting. The raids. The scenery. The designs (I still laugh at how our customized wol will never look this good without illegal tools). The music. The intensity of each fight. It's back to back in terms of boss fight and it felt amazing for each god was unique and different and those mechanics were *chef kiss* ~ They didn't disappoint this time around. Every moment of this raid was exciting. I also won the minion with a 99 first try. 10/10 masterpiece and the wait was Worth it!
The entire song reeks of more traditional European midsummers, but this one is definitely for the summer ball with flowercrowns, farmers daughters dancing, and slow sunsets.
I've always loved the moon; my favorite goddess is Artemisa. That's why Menphina was my absolute first choice. And after this song and battle, I'm so happy with it :3
"Girls are born to step into the light." Me, a photosensitive night owl who needs sunglasses even on cloudy days: "I'm gonna need you to cite your sources."
I feel like with this song after a long hard fight with the gods, this song is about getting round a bonfire under a full moon dancing and drinking after kicking the fuck outa each other idk xD
You see, there's a violin and a fiddle. They're the same thing, but in this song you're not hearing a violin, that's a FIDDLE And that fiddle makes me want to tap into my non-existant Irish roots and RIVER DANCE and drink GUINNESS and MOCK the DUBLIN SPIRE and DEDICATE myself to MOONLIGHT
Mephina is what happens when Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury do the fusion dance. Love, Moon, Ice, blue hair in pigtails, and a theme that would work as a Sailor Moon episode opener. Lol.
I know i picked Azeima as my Patron deity... But holy fuck Menphina's theme. I have no trouble tanking to absolute bops, but i was boping so much, i do not think my healers apreciated the 7 vuln stacks. Or the fact that i refused to let the other tanks get aggro.
My headcanon so far with these vocal tracks for the gods is that it's actually F'lhaminn that's singing, or who originally wrote them. Nald'thal she would've written because she was literally the Songstress of Ul'dah, it figures she'd write something inspired by their patron god. Menphina because, as many have pointed out, this song's from the perspective of a Moon Miqo'te, and F'lhaminn is one of those, despite the name suggesting otherwise.
IMO considering many many many people have pointed out how In The Balance sounds like an "Anthem" for Ul’Dah This is more of a, cultural sort of song for Keepers, like a lullaby, something passed down from mother to daughter, probably more forgotten in modern day. I like your idea too though!
Why do I get the feeling that when my BRD arse will be running this I'll be at the back Perfroming along with the BGM? Party Leader: MECHANICS! "WAIT! This is the violin solo!" (JAMS ON VIOLIN HARDER)
I still prefer "In the Balance" as a musical piece but Menphina's theme does have this overall superior uplifting quality about it. Can't wait for the final raid tier to put a bow tie on it.
I would like to ask you some questions about your cross bar. like.. how do you acivate or push the ones that are verticarl. or are those jsut for vitual aid... as in for the timers etc?
Someone in my raid today called this music "mid". People are entitled to their opinion but I'm entitled to say their opinion is wrong LOL. "Mid" my arse. Imagine calling this "mid". What, just because it's not In The Balance? You can't duplicate that one and that's FINE :P
@@LuigisPikachu you really saw someone say "i disagree that this song is inferior to in the balance" and decided the takeaway was "oh so you discriminate against minorities" ?? touch grass you runt
This is a remix of music of "Songs of Salt and Suffering", but I like it! However, the guardian deity of Alamigo is "Rhalgr", and I don't think "Menphina" has anything to do with it, but why?
I wouldn't say it's 10x better, nor would I say it's any worse. Both songs are absurdly catchy, and both carry their own vibes that fit the scenario they've been put in. I mean, I barely slept last night party because this song was just blasting on repeat in my brain.
While this song is decent, it feels like a missed opportunity, and I liked Nald'thal's theme better, as it sound like it could have come from some sort of festival. I think Halone (The Fury) would have made a better final boss, as her theme could have been a military march with Ishgardian pipe organs mixed in, which could have been epic. Instead, we get a generic anime song. On the other hand, the Euphrosyne mid-boss theme with the fiddle I did really enjoy.
You're allowed to like something without having to put something else down, if you enjoy in the balance more that's fine, but things like these are always subjective and just because you find it "disappointing" doesn't mean that it actually is.
@@LuigisPikachu And are you actually giving critique to the artist instead of cynically whining on the internet about the things you don't like and disguising it as critique? There's no need to be so self-important.
I'll just accept my place in a minority about not being into this one. Sounds like an off brand Christmas song on par with that *one* that's always played in shops.
That Fiddler do be fiddling like they are in a 90s anime opening.
Whoever is playing that violin/fiddle needs a raise, they were playing their heart out
Lindsey sterling?
@@itsyaboiherman I wish!!!!!!!
Curious if this is an actual fiddle or a sample
@@Traten65 yeah i genuinely can't tell lol. on one hand, the game barely ever uses live instruments in its music, especially for something like a random alliance raid song. on the other hand, the fiddle sounds very much like a live performance with the intricacies of the sound.
Seriously the best part is the Fiddle with Violin popping in in synchronization! I hope this was preformed live ❤️❤️❤️
i really like how the vibes of these songs are, it's really like you dont fight gods but play with them
yea we are being tested
@@musicmaster632 they have a dream.. to fight with mortals apparently
the aglaia main battle theme was all serious and intense since they were pretending to be evil and we believed they were, but after they dropped the act and admitted they just wanted to fight, we get FIDDLE JUMPSCARE
I mean you are.
Much better than christian music lol
I just noticed. This song is a prayer. Its not menphina singing. Its a devotee of menphina singing it like one sings at church!
That was the point I believe. Nald has the same thing going with their song being a prayer for a good after life
It's a mooncat song
Imo, since Hydaelyn was the one that created them and she has died. She's praying to her, her creator. Asking to see how she is now and hope she hears her.
Take notes Christians, worship music CAN sound good.
@@MayHugger It usually doesn't sound too bad, its just sung by old church ladies that are half tone deaf.
Also gospel is amazing.
I hope we can get Dalamud as a mount, bonus points if he also has Menphina chilling with him so we can be traveling buddies.
The mogshop baroness will be more than happy to oblige like back when with cruise chaser (jk)
@@Xyrenos I’d pay the same price as cruise chaser for a Dalamud mount ngl, hell I’d pay double
@@Xyrenos I wound glady pay 24 pounds for that mount
I have my dwarf rabbit minion out constantly since that's Menphina's disguise, it's like I have her out on adventures with me now! XD
I want a 1 to 1 scale version of him.
I see Soken is the current holder of the fiddle Johnny used to defeat the Devil in Georgia.
The golden fiddle
I love the 90's magical girl vibes this song gives off
To think my character's goddess, who I've wanted to meet in-game so long, would get so much focus in the storyline and an amazing battle theme like this is a dream come true! 🥰
Me too. I was waiting for 10 years and now finally some Eorzean Lore!
Same! :D
Love how positive and upbeat this one is. Feels like a really nice reaffirmation of Endwalker’s core themes considering the lunar motif they both have.
Our song of hope
@@Brett276 She dances on the wind...
@@7CelestronHigher, oh higher...
I tip my lack of a hat towards the SAM who jumped into and out of a cleave zone just to get one directional
about a year late, but timestamp? I can't find it xD
@@coffeeafters3x 1:33
I know we're in Heaven of Ice, but that fiddle is FIRE
it isn't Hatsune Miku, she doesn't have her trademark assault rifle
This makes me want someone to make a Hatsune Miku cover
Man, Love is A WAR.
I can’t see the end of the horizon hatsune miku?!?!??!?
She was going easy on us
BRUH
aw yeah we 90s shoujo anime now
"Go on, play!!"
*Dala... the damn mutt... proceeds to try and freeze the team solid.*
...stupid rough housing dog.
I ran this raid three times a day just for my daily dose of this song
And no I’m not getting better at dodging things 😂
Same. I had already been awake for 24 hours by my third run, so everything was... hazy. I was healing too lol. Don't know how I didn't let people die.
@@artuno1207 Sleep deprived is the best way to experience this music I'm not gonna lie
They've knocked it out of the park with the music this expansion
This song is an absolute bop! They just keep getting better and better!
The violin going crazy is the best part~
Don't ask me why but I sense a great feeling of pure joy in the violin player like they were having fun able to just do the violin with all the passion they had.
I love how much it reminds me of 80s and 90s anime music.
I love the voice acting. The raids. The scenery. The designs (I still laugh at how our customized wol will never look this good without illegal tools). The music. The intensity of each fight. It's back to back in terms of boss fight and it felt amazing for each god was unique and different and those mechanics were *chef kiss* ~ They didn't disappoint this time around. Every moment of this raid was exciting. I also won the minion with a 99 first try. 10/10 masterpiece and the wait was Worth it!
There's the ones that like this boss theme, there's the ones that like Nadl'thal's theme more, and then there's me, that likes both of them.
Imagine going back in time to 2010 and telling people that this was a RAID BOSS theme song. The FF14 sound team are absolute geniuses.
I didn’t care for this that much the first run but now it’s stuck in my head😂
HATSUNE MIKU, IS THAT YOU? HAVE YOU COME TO PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY?
Nope, it's Hatsune Mikeu, sit down, he is about to talk to you about male emissive.
Goated Snapcube reference
Magical girl girlboss
The way this radiates big 90's shoujo anime vibes
I just heard this playing in my FC's estate and has been haunting me ever since. This song is just a banger. T^T
"Why can't I talk? I can't see beyond the raid arena-- HATSUNE MIKU!?"
The entire song reeks of more traditional European midsummers, but this one is definitely for the summer ball with flowercrowns, farmers daughters dancing, and slow sunsets.
I've always loved the moon; my favorite goddess is Artemisa. That's why Menphina was my absolute first choice. And after this song and battle, I'm so happy with it :3
"Girls are born to step into the light."
Me, a photosensitive night owl who needs sunglasses even on cloudy days: "I'm gonna need you to cite your sources."
This track is so happy, I love it, especially the hook
the violin is fire as fuck
Very playful, fits her personality.
She rips off Meteion
@@geckomoriahreborn8447 she doesn’t have shit to do with meteion
@@venuzmodeling yes she does, she looks and acts very similar
"Oh ring of ice, have mercy on them" ma'am I'll have you know that that is not mercy and I hurts alot
I feel like with this song after a long hard fight with the gods, this song is about getting round a bonfire under a full moon dancing and drinking after kicking the fuck outa each other idk xD
You see, there's a violin and a fiddle. They're the same thing, but in this song you're not hearing a violin, that's a FIDDLE
And that fiddle makes me want to tap into my non-existant Irish roots and RIVER DANCE and drink GUINNESS and MOCK the DUBLIN SPIRE and DEDICATE myself to MOONLIGHT
sound quality here seems to be much better than hungrychad's video. thank god
it's wild to think that these gods are people from the world unsundered changed throughout the ages by dynamis...
This sounds so much like a 90's anime opening
A magical girl powered by Love and the Moon?
@@cnkclark Sailor Moon if you will
Some of the music in this game is amazing.
The music in this alliance raid so far has been banger after banger!
Mephina is what happens when Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury do the fusion dance. Love, Moon, Ice, blue hair in pigtails, and a theme that would work as a Sailor Moon episode opener. Lol.
Japanese 90s pop
Hype for the last raid "Thalia" if there still banger song
A song to fall in love with. Menphina 💓
I know i picked Azeima as my Patron deity...
But holy fuck Menphina's theme.
I have no trouble tanking to absolute bops, but i was boping so much, i do not think my healers apreciated the 7 vuln stacks. Or the fact that i refused to let the other tanks get aggro.
I love both raid songs; looking forward to the last one!
My headcanon so far with these vocal tracks for the gods is that it's actually F'lhaminn that's singing, or who originally wrote them.
Nald'thal she would've written because she was literally the Songstress of Ul'dah, it figures she'd write something inspired by their patron god.
Menphina because, as many have pointed out, this song's from the perspective of a Moon Miqo'te, and F'lhaminn is one of those, despite the name suggesting otherwise.
IMO considering many many many people have pointed out how In The Balance sounds like an "Anthem" for Ul’Dah
This is more of a, cultural sort of song for Keepers, like a lullaby, something passed down from mother to daughter, probably more forgotten in modern day.
I like your idea too though!
official lyrics , i need you
The violin… omg
Violinist went CRAAAZY
This song reminds me of Sailor Moon and The Slayers
Both moon related bosses have banging osts!!! Sad bunny 🐰 and doggo maiden 🐶 have captivated my heart beyond words ❤️🔥
I get Utena from this and I love that.
The lyrics are way too comprehensible to be Utena
How do you play melee and have spell effects on for all others in the party? How do you see anything?
I don't see anything, and that's the proper way to play this game
@@uvi- I respect, fear, and feel endless pity for you all in one breath.
@@uvi- Based
That's the neat part, you don't. You just operate on vibes
@@uvi- as long as we hit something, its all good. doesnt matter if we're hitting the enemy or our teammate or ourselves, we're hitting stuff
Why do I get the feeling that when my BRD arse will be running this I'll be at the back Perfroming along with the BGM?
Party Leader: MECHANICS!
"WAIT! This is the violin solo!"
(JAMS ON VIOLIN HARDER)
Esta sera mi canción favorita ❤❤
the violin in the beginning of the song reminds me of Dot Hack, so many memories.
So far, which of the twelve would you like to see featured as a high-quality statue?
with or without removable skirt
Byregot
That violin is just... **Chef Kiss** 👌
Also the choir at the beginning reminds me of Persona 4's afterschool theme
Ah, my patron goddess. I'm glad she has a theme that slaps.
POV: You are fighting a Magical Girl.
Now we know what it feels like to be an anime villain.
If someone told me the violinist was Lindsey Stirling I would believe them! Serious Lindsey Stirling vibes
fiddle goes hard
Thank you Menphina for reaffirming that Keepers > Seekers
i was gonna rag on ur hotbars but then i saw u know what to actually do with aoes :D
1:59 violin part from classical music. What that classical song?
Do your souls not feel heavy ?
I still prefer "In the Balance" as a musical piece but Menphina's theme does have this overall superior uplifting quality about it. Can't wait for the final raid tier to put a bow tie on it.
I would like to ask you some questions about your cross bar. like.. how do you acivate or push the ones that are verticarl. or are those jsut for vitual aid... as in for the timers etc?
Correct, the vertical hotbars are just there so I can see important cooldowns
@@uvi- TY... I am a controller user ass well and i find it very useful!
are you going to put the ost : Unforseen Bargain Instance ?
I have it recorded, but I wasn't sure if there would be much interest in it. I'll get around to uploading it when I have some time
@@uvi- don't worry there will be at least one person who will like this ost
Someone in my raid today called this music "mid". People are entitled to their opinion but I'm entitled to say their opinion is wrong LOL. "Mid" my arse. Imagine calling this "mid". What, just because it's not In The Balance? You can't duplicate that one and that's FINE :P
Also this feels incredibly Sailor Moon to me and idc, I'm a Xennial and it gives me nostalgia.
Nah chief, this is mid, your just self-entitling yourself to discriminating people based on their taste.
Or mayhaps you like picking on the minority?
@@LuigisPikachu you really saw someone say "i disagree that this song is inferior to in the balance" and decided the takeaway was "oh so you discriminate against minorities" ?? touch grass you runt
Hatsune Miku boss theme
1:47 "oh damn there's a safe spot"
Ye, official lyrics
Dear god, Menphina is a furry!
Best raid i done so far
Unrelated, but great username and profile pic
@@kirbgold thanks beat game 40 times
Seeing the summoners large pets...Here
ruclips.net/video/2bNmxyyomkU/видео.html
Hello, are Official Lyrics Available yet ?
Yep, they're in this video's subtitles (the "CC" button on the bottom-right of the video player)
Love this energy ❤ thanks cute guy 😊
shamelessly copied from where I previously said it:
All this fiddlin' will put Valens out of a job.
This is a remix of music of "Songs of Salt and Suffering", but I like it!
However, the guardian deity of Alamigo is "Rhalgr", and I don't think "Menphina" has anything to do with it, but why?
Wait, shit, you're right, how have I never heard this before?
It's no "In the Balance", but... it's alright I guess
1:48 discord beep
Nope.
When Disney leads FFXIV creative music direction😂
Unpopular opinion but this is 10x better than "In the balance" imo, glad they changed it up.
I wouldn't say it's 10x better, nor would I say it's any worse. Both songs are absurdly catchy, and both carry their own vibes that fit the scenario they've been put in. I mean, I barely slept last night party because this song was just blasting on repeat in my brain.
Great song much better than in the Balance! Thank you Yoshi P and dev team 🎉❤❤❤❤❤
she looks like k/da seraphine, not miku lmao
Overall the song is mid (for FF14 standards that is, which means it’s god tier), but then the violin kicks in XD
While this song is decent, it feels like a missed opportunity, and I liked Nald'thal's theme better, as it sound like it could have come from some sort of festival. I think Halone (The Fury) would have made a better final boss, as her theme could have been a military march with Ishgardian pipe organs mixed in, which could have been epic. Instead, we get a generic anime song. On the other hand, the Euphrosyne mid-boss theme with the fiddle I did really enjoy.
This music is a disappointment compared to In The Balance.
You're allowed to like something without having to put something else down, if you enjoy in the balance more that's fine, but things like these are always subjective and just because you find it "disappointing" doesn't mean that it actually is.
@@adrianrandom3448 amazing, we're not allowed to criticize what *you* like? Nice one there fella
@@LuigisPikachu And are you actually giving critique to the artist instead of cynically whining on the internet about the things you don't like and disguising it as critique? There's no need to be so self-important.
Why is there a need to choose? I'll take ALL the bangers!
@@LuigisPikachu There's a difference between criticizing and just saying something is bad, you know?
I'll just accept my place in a minority about not being into this one. Sounds like an off brand Christmas song on par with that *one* that's always played in shops.
I really need to get my ass shopping at the Christmas stores near you then fr
it does sound like the kind of music you hear while walking around a mall
@@Speedshot55 enjoy being in shankville then
Touch grass
Once again, another banger :D