The theme of Library of Ruina is "Identity", to put it simply! This song is all about someone forced into a performance, yearning for freedom, and contemplating the nature of what it means to be human as the main character, Angela, is a robot with total sentience.
So welcome to your first Mili song! The singer (Cassie Wei, AKA momocashew) and her band are pretty popular, if you haven't already noticed. Their songs are also _really_ unique. They have some very abstract lyrics heavy on cultural references and symbolism that can be hard to decipher on a first listen, so your confusion is understandable. They also have some other interesting quirks, like how many songs are told as a sort of story in itself, how much momocashew likes to sing about food, and how she likes to straight-up make up words on occasion. But what really makes Mili stand out, in my opinion, is how she tackles a lot of heavy topics with that sugary, breathy voice. If you just listen to the voice alone, you'd think you be hearing about fun times and cute things... except if you pay attention, you'll notice she's singing about things like self-doubt, the senselessness of sacrifice, and existential crises. Existentialism, in particular, is a big theme tackled in Library of Ruina, which is why this is the game's opening theme song (aside from the lyrics pertaining to the main character). This song alone discusses stuff like questioning if we're truly our own persons, how much can we control our own destinies, whether it would it make us happier to go with society's flow instead of forging our own path... yeah, looking back on it, this song foreshadows a bunch of plot points in the game. But it's great. Mili's songs have this tendency to make you think about their lyrics long after you listened to them. The band's done a bunch of songs for this game, so there's plenty more funky existential suffering to come (as one RUclips commenter oh-so memorably described this song as). This game's soundtrack is pretty varied, but there's two primary contributors: 99% of the instrumental themes are from Studio EIM, while the songs are all by Mili. And when there's a song, it's either the opening theme, the ending theme, or a climactic boss theme... so when you hear the vocals in-game, that's when you know to take things dead seriously.
Also, a theocracy is a form of government where a god/gods are the ultimate authority, and whose laws are enforced by religious officials. So String Theocracy basically means a religious government that controls its citizens through puppet strings.
Hearing the Floor Battle tracks get overridden by a Mili song is a strange thing. On one hand, more Mili is always welcome, on the other... It means shit just got REAL.
@@elvinmacospag6989 It helps that the floor background changes, too. Really sells that whole "I'm so powerful I can bend the environment to my will" kind of vibe.
The theme of Library of Ruina is basically suffering, throughout the story you encounter a lot of tragedies and the two main characters try to take revenge for certain things.
Both the opening theme and the ending theme for the game are from the perspective of one of the main characters, Angela. Based on her experiences and viewpoints at the beginning and end of the story. A lot of the lyrics in the opening theme make more sense as you play through the game. It also has a WONDERFUL cinematic animation to go along with it in game, which plays every time you open the game.
Fun fact: Mili also composed the entire Ender Lilies soundtrack (also Bulbel is top tier)! I didn’t connect the dots that it was the same Mili until I was looking up the band’s songs when I got into Library of Ruina (now I have like 15 Mili songs in my daily playlist lol) So technically, I got introduced to Mili twice! Once through ender lilies (a fantastic game, by the way), and once through Library of Ruina.
I love this song so much, it plays whenever you open the game after you've gone through the introduction of the game, so I liked to listen it whenever I played...Mili loves their dark abstract/poetic lyrics combined with a very cute voice and really great instrumentals! Project Moon actually reached out to Mili to commission them, presumable knowing them from other games (I knew Mili first from Deemo and Cytus, they've been a staple artist for Rayark's rhythm games I feel like). The members of Mili ended up liking the world and story that Project Moon presented so much, they made an extra song that's not in the game but they put it on their Library of Ruina album "To Kill A Living Book", and they've continued to make the theme song for the next upcoming game, Limbus Company! Glad you enjoyed your first impression of Mili, looking forward to their other songs from this game, theyre all so amazing :D
Now he absolutely needs to be surprised with 'From a place of love' Just REALLY throw him a curveball. And yeah The game is VERY confusing without knowing or having played it (It DOES actually make sense And i know how hard that is to believe lmao) . I assure you a decently sized percentage of Ruina/Lobotomy Corporation Fans are just sitting here watching these wondering What's the Straw that MIGHT just get you to try it hah. Because you were ABSOLUTELY right back when you said it wasn't a very Well known game (Despite how GOD TIER the story is). But ay Been watchin all of your Ruina Reactions. Lovin it and wonderin which mili song Comes next because WOAH do they tell a story and im Morbidly curious what someone without context pulls out of them.
It’s me, I’m the PM fan that’s just waiting for this guy to try the game. I found him when he reacted to Tiph floor, and I’ve been watching his LoR reactions just hoping he’d give it a shot.
Easily one of my favorite tracks from the game because it's such a roller coaster of emotions. Even better, this song, despite how scattered its lyrics seem, ends up making complete and perfect sense once you have the context from the game. It's actually incredible how much this song tells you about the game in such a manner that you'll only understand it once you've experienced it firsthand in the game. It spoils you without spoiling you, and you never realize it until you get to the point it spoils you on. Truly An Utterly Stellar, well-crafted, and sung, song from Mili.
A Mili song, a Mili song ♥ I will request many from this band to you once I get to them, as they've started doing quite a few game theme songs, it's one of my favorite bands with a big variety of styles, the lyrics are also very special as you've noticed :D It's funny that I didn't like this song _as much_ on its premiere because of its different style but it has grown so much on me since xD Were you thinking of "What Angel Wakes Me" from FF14 when listening to this once? - oh yes, you were xD And you're right, that one was the same for me, I didn't like it at first but then it grew on me, too xD
Mili's lyric work is really unique.. The soundtracks of the game tend to have lyrics that make more sense when reflected upon in hindsight, after playing through parts of the game. I've been waay obsessed with Iron Lotus from the same game too... (Also by Mili)
NOW we're getting into the top tier stuff. Can't wait to see what I personally consider the best 4 of Library of Ruina: From a Place of Love Iron Lotus Children of the City Gone Angels All done by Mili, of course.
LoR has such a great soundtrack and all the Mili songs in the game are fantastic. When you're immersed in the game and these themes come on during a boss fight it's very emotional. Personally my favorite is the Love Town boss theme.
Milli’s work in ruina uses different genres for each song, but still has their own musical core that combines a sort of broadway feel with j-pop. In the end, the lyrics are something that are completely insane until you gain context. And Then Is Heard No More is a beautiful song that wears its context on its sleeve, so you might really want to check that out
Lets goooooo! Alot more people gotta know about Mili, their songs are really unique and such a treat to listen! They've also done the Ender Lilies soundtrack as well, which is something I think is 100% worth checking out.
I really hope for and can't wait to see the rest of Mili's contributions to Ruina, which are used for the story's milestone boss battles. They're all fantastic.
Gotta love the fact that this music can alot of the game story and being a standalone song Also it understandable to be confusing while watching the game play it took me like until sotc (kinda like halfway point) to fully understand all the mechanic (because the game basically force you to)
The little smirk at the start that says "dammit got me again i thought I just said id be ready for any completely different thing but still wasnt expect JAZZ"
Im in the middle of my library of ruina gametrough now. Its the first time i play this game since ive heared alot positive about it, im 90 hours in (which isnt that far in as it sound). I also knew your channel beforehand, i watched alot of your older reactions... now i found out you reacted to ruina.... this is friggin awesome. Cant wait to watch them all. This game is absolutely insanely good.... but also extremly hard. I love it so much... and the fact that , from all people, especially YOU reacting to it songs kinda gives me even more pleasure. Thanks alot for your content sir.
So Mili is fair play, pretty nice. Well this theme is the intro song for the game (go watch the intro) It's a back and forth talk between two main characters (Angela and HER). You only get this if you played the games. Still Mili is very jazzy with heavy grim stuff as lyrics, fun times. Mili also made most of the important bossfight themes in the game.
Since nobody has really said it yet, I figure I should give you the key to understanding String Theocracy. It's a duet, with both singers being the same person at different times of their life. There's a subtle reverb effect applied to the voice (First truly apparent on 'Dance for me') because it's someone else talking through her mouth. Many of the lines are being simultaneously sung by the character's past self to her current self, and her current self to others. Others are their mirrored circumstances. Both of them wanted freedom, while denying it to others. The singer (current self) is a puppet of their (past self) while also inflicting the same thing on others. Both in a literal sense of being a creation, and trapped in their manipulations. String Theocracy is a weird song because there's almost no way to figure out what it's about before progressing through Ruina, but having beaten the game, every single line carries two or more simultaneous readings across multiple character. There's *at least* 4 cases of "If you're going to replace me, at least have the audacity to kill me thoroughly" through the game.
Somehow the accompanying music video is even more confusing. Its also really pretty, you should check it out. Hope to see the other mili songs on ruina covered on this channel in the future! Theyre all so good and just as funky as this one, and as varied as youve come to expect, lol
Bro, I was looking through the Playlist seeing all the library songs and GGST songs, but never saw this, so glad you finally checked it out. I found lobotomy corporation and Library of Ruina through this song. The group behind this song, Mili, are my favorite artists. Please check out "What Do You Fight For" from guilty gear strive, and check out "World.Execute(Me) Key Ingredient" or "Sustain++" from Mili. Also check out the Key Ingredient version of this song.
AH, finally we find this song. Actually surprised that nobody has mentioned to you that the game itself actually uses an edited-down version of this track, with a sort of music-video-like intro cutscene when you start the game up - this is the FULL version of the track, uploaded by the artist Mili along with many of their other tracks for the game (they basically did a whole album's worth of songs for LoR). Personally, I'd have advised you to watch the game intro first, because it is more about establishing its vibe and aesthetic and general moodsetting, and *may* have been a bit easier to analyze without getting distracted by the lyrics being so odd (may have also given you a slight crumb of context within the visuals of it, though they're quite crazy as well if you're going in blind). Then switching over to this version afterwords to be able to read the lyrics and get the verses that were cut as well (despite being cut from the in-game song, those extra lines are still largely relevant and in-character/in-setting!) Still, glad to see you get to this one at last!
yeah project moon and mili teamed up to do some songs all the songs for the major bosses are sang/made by mili including: the main theme the ending theme the theme for the sequel and an unused song called salt pepper and the thought police I think all the ones you've heard before this were made by someone else? the music varies A LOT because they all fit a certain person or substory
While it is the theme song, I'd say that it also works as a character song too. If is most likely from the perspective of Angela, one of the main characters of Library of Ruina
Clock work orange and electric sheep are books And yes, the lyrics sounds random and crazy until you get context, specifically the characters. I can explain some part of the lyrics, but it’s long and my interpretation.
After this, I really hope you react to the other MIli Songs of this game. Specially Iron Lotus and Children of the City [both the bosses of the Late Game that have Mili Music]. Thanks for your work!
yay a mili song, man if you think these lyrics are crazy, just wait till you see some of the boss songs like the one for love town. they make sense with and even without game context
I hope you would listen to Mili's other song feat KIHOW: "In Hell We Live, Lament" for the upcoming Limbus Company, the sequel of Library of Ruina. This song is really fire and different than the usual songs Mili made.
other songs made by Mili for Library of ruina you should definitely look at, some you prob already have: - Iron lotus - children of the city - gone angels - from the place of love - in hell we live in, lament (made for the upcoming sequal)
Mili is fucking amazing, there work on the lor soundtrack is exceptional, honestly would recomend in hell we live lament, the theme to pm's uppcoming game limbus company
One thing to note about the songs with vocals from Library of Ruina's sound track is that all of them are designed to have valid interpretations without ever touching the game, but then gain a separate interpretation with the game in mind. String Theocracy is a bit more difficult to pull meaning from than the rest (which is saying something because Mili lyrics take a few listens to begin with) but if you pay attention, a lot of themes of society and personal identity are present. Lyrics about being a puppet, a corrupt society, the desire to give in to the norms of society versus forging your own path, it's all in there.
The themes are existence and humanity. It's tied to the mc and the people she encountered. Our mc is an android. The people that she sees are human. They are sometimes mercenary(fixer), gangster(syndicate) or powerful entity(distortion and E.G.O user) Both tried to find something in the place called "the City". Can't get into more since the others contain spoilers
You said the theme seems to be like imagination. You are kinda right in a way. Something that goes for both Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina (Major spoilers here), is that there's a magical power/energy that has the capacity of physically manifesting people's mind, essentially showing off their true nature beyond the boundaries of reality. In Lobotomy Corp, this is used to create monsters (called abnormalities) made of the Souls/Minds of the dead, physically manifesting them as creatures that resemble their beliefs. There's a lot of fairy tale-like monsters because of this, like red riding hood and much more (thought a lot creepier). In Library of Ruina, the main character, Angela, is trying to attract people from the city into the Library, where by fighting with them in multiple ordeals, they get turned into books, which by using that same magical energy from the previous game, are capable of revealing someone's history and true nature. The whole library is designed to elevate the guests and receptionist's emotions, to further reveal their core. Here, books are power, and the internal revelations provided by them are reflected in the music, both the instrumental ones and these lyrical songs, as they really resemble their personalities (Gebura of the Floor of Language theme's violence, Angela's emotional breakdown, sadness and fury in the Floor Realization Theme, and so on.) String Theocracy talks about Angela's perspective in the start of the game, as she is An AI/Android made with the emotions and brain of someone very important to the story, and her reflections upon what is to be truly human. Her main objective is to obtain the Perfect Book that will transform her into human and free her from the library.
For some "attempt" at context, the lyrics come from the point of view of an AI that is trying to become human to "escape her prison", and all the things she has learned from humanity are... not the most positive outlook on life.
To explain the song title; String, in the case of Library of Ruina, is referring to Puppet Strings, as a major theme of the game relates to the Library's Director, Angela, and how she wants to "cut" those strings, break free from the play she was forced into, and live her life free. Theocracies are a system of government ran by religion, so for example the Vatican City is a theocracy as it is ran by the Pope, Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina have a lot of religious themes. For example, the entire layout of Lobotomy Corporation and The Library are based on the Kabbalistic Tree of Death and the Tree of Life respectively, with the names of the core characters being based on the sephiroth of the Trees. Hence the name String Theocracy, as strings relate to Angela being trapped in her role, and Theocracy referring the entire construction of the "stage" she's forced onto. It's why the opening of the song is about opening the curtains, turning the lights on, and telling you not to miss a moment of the experiment that the "play" of Lobotomy Corporation was created around.
The devs of Library of Ruina did an excellent job of finding a 3rd party company to make their music for them. Mili Studios has an excellent taste in music too.
Mili lyrics without thinking deep contexts is dangerously ambiguous 😂... Mili tends to make their song lyrics with multiple meaning and telling a story... That why i like most of their song. You should check other song they have made...
It is a song about a character, the whole song is dialogue between human and ai that inherited it's memories in attempt by it's creator yo replace original with her
There is a lot of references that relies on knowledge of external sources to make sense, like the line about "eletric sheep", who furthere ties in the game plot, so yeah, it sounds like a lot of nonsense without this context.
Oh I totally missed this reaction Mili is hit or miss for me but her work on the Ruina soundtrack (and more songs than that, honestly) are 10/10 to me. Her lyric work can sound a bit like a philosophy speech given via an ESL speaker; but if you can stomach the floweriness and work with what's there there's almost always really cool and deep themes. She works really well whenever she's "storytelling" with her music which makes her a fantastic accompaniment to established IPs or her own personal narratives. I've had a hard time selling her to friends and the like, but overall I really love how much her music contributes to PM's visions and her own. So yeah, don't feel bad about being a bit intimidated by how "all over" the lyrics can be. It's kind of how she writes, and you can kind of acclimate to it with more experience with her music I've found. edit: Looking at this months later, I'm not a fan of myself saying "ESL Speaker" as an example of a poor orator. That's honestly kind of insulting. I'm keeping it up to keep me accountable for it but a better comparison would've been "like a philosophy speech fed through a machine translator" or something.
The theme of Library of Ruina is "Identity", to put it simply! This song is all about someone forced into a performance, yearning for freedom, and contemplating the nature of what it means to be human as the main character, Angela, is a robot with total sentience.
Android actually, as she was made to pass for human.
Total sentience but also absolute obedience. Basically robocop plot
@@hdh7934 Up until a point, after that, she was under no obligation to follow the script.
So welcome to your first Mili song! The singer (Cassie Wei, AKA momocashew) and her band are pretty popular, if you haven't already noticed. Their songs are also _really_ unique. They have some very abstract lyrics heavy on cultural references and symbolism that can be hard to decipher on a first listen, so your confusion is understandable. They also have some other interesting quirks, like how many songs are told as a sort of story in itself, how much momocashew likes to sing about food, and how she likes to straight-up make up words on occasion.
But what really makes Mili stand out, in my opinion, is how she tackles a lot of heavy topics with that sugary, breathy voice. If you just listen to the voice alone, you'd think you be hearing about fun times and cute things... except if you pay attention, you'll notice she's singing about things like self-doubt, the senselessness of sacrifice, and existential crises. Existentialism, in particular, is a big theme tackled in Library of Ruina, which is why this is the game's opening theme song (aside from the lyrics pertaining to the main character). This song alone discusses stuff like questioning if we're truly our own persons, how much can we control our own destinies, whether it would it make us happier to go with society's flow instead of forging our own path... yeah, looking back on it, this song foreshadows a bunch of plot points in the game. But it's great. Mili's songs have this tendency to make you think about their lyrics long after you listened to them.
The band's done a bunch of songs for this game, so there's plenty more funky existential suffering to come (as one RUclips commenter oh-so memorably described this song as). This game's soundtrack is pretty varied, but there's two primary contributors: 99% of the instrumental themes are from Studio EIM, while the songs are all by Mili. And when there's a song, it's either the opening theme, the ending theme, or a climactic boss theme... so when you hear the vocals in-game, that's when you know to take things dead seriously.
Also, a theocracy is a form of government where a god/gods are the ultimate authority, and whose laws are enforced by religious officials. So String Theocracy basically means a religious government that controls its citizens through puppet strings.
Hearing the Floor Battle tracks get overridden by a Mili song is a strange thing.
On one hand, more Mili is always welcome, on the other...
It means shit just got REAL.
@@elvinmacospag6989 It helps that the floor background changes, too. Really sells that whole "I'm so powerful I can bend the environment to my will" kind of vibe.
@@kevinnguyen4711 i mean it literally is the library changing to respond to their emotional state
@@Glasyara Yeah, I know, I'm just saying that it really adds to how powerful they feel as a boss.
The theme of Library of Ruina is basically suffering, throughout the story you encounter a lot of tragedies and the two main characters try to take revenge for certain things.
One just wants a book
And the other just wants a sandwich
@@cgaminganims7046 Correction, one wanted to become human using books, the other one wanted a sandwich with a side of vengence
@@daimpthing said side of vengance is served with a glass of trauma
Wooo Mili is so top tier with their uniqueness, can't wait till more of her songs to pop up here
“Whatever project moon is on”
Some high-grade stuff.
Both the opening theme and the ending theme for the game are from the perspective of one of the main characters, Angela. Based on her experiences and viewpoints at the beginning and end of the story. A lot of the lyrics in the opening theme make more sense as you play through the game. It also has a WONDERFUL cinematic animation to go along with it in game, which plays every time you open the game.
Fun fact: Mili also composed the entire Ender Lilies soundtrack (also Bulbel is top tier)!
I didn’t connect the dots that it was the same Mili until I was looking up the band’s songs when I got into Library of Ruina (now I have like 15 Mili songs in my daily playlist lol)
So technically, I got introduced to Mili twice! Once through ender lilies (a fantastic game, by the way), and once through Library of Ruina.
Someone should pay him for the Children Of the City, I swear to god
yah but not like if he will undrstand what the song is talking about
I love this song so much, it plays whenever you open the game after you've gone through the introduction of the game, so I liked to listen it whenever I played...Mili loves their dark abstract/poetic lyrics combined with a very cute voice and really great instrumentals! Project Moon actually reached out to Mili to commission them, presumable knowing them from other games (I knew Mili first from Deemo and Cytus, they've been a staple artist for Rayark's rhythm games I feel like).
The members of Mili ended up liking the world and story that Project Moon presented so much, they made an extra song that's not in the game but they put it on their Library of Ruina album "To Kill A Living Book", and they've continued to make the theme song for the next upcoming game, Limbus Company! Glad you enjoyed your first impression of Mili, looking forward to their other songs from this game, theyre all so amazing :D
I hope there'll be more Mili songs in Limbus
Well, the game is a somewhat funky existential crisis by itself. So song perfectly reflects it.
"Keep your eyes buttered 'til the end..."
Me, first hearing this: Buttered?
Me, after getting to the true final boss: Oh. OOHHHHH.
I played the game to it's end. What is the buttered eyes a reference to?
@@ethernian2461 Keter Realisation.
@elvinmacospag6989 yeah I still don't get it, us there something I'm forgetting? The only thing I'm thinking is human popcorn machine
@@wanabenecro5390 Look at the eye colour of the boss of Keter Realisation.
Now he absolutely needs to be surprised with 'From a place of love' Just REALLY throw him a curveball.
And yeah The game is VERY confusing without knowing or having played it (It DOES actually make sense And i know how hard that is to believe lmao) . I assure you a decently sized percentage of Ruina/Lobotomy Corporation Fans are just sitting here watching these wondering What's the Straw that MIGHT just get you to try it hah. Because you were ABSOLUTELY right back when you said it wasn't a very Well known game (Despite how GOD TIER the story is).
But ay Been watchin all of your Ruina Reactions. Lovin it and wonderin which mili song Comes next because WOAH do they tell a story and im Morbidly curious what someone without context pulls out of them.
It’s me, I’m the PM fan that’s just waiting for this guy to try the game. I found him when he reacted to Tiph floor, and I’ve been watching his LoR reactions just hoping he’d give it a shot.
Easily one of my favorite tracks from the game because it's such a roller coaster of emotions. Even better, this song, despite how scattered its lyrics seem, ends up making complete and perfect sense once you have the context from the game. It's actually incredible how much this song tells you about the game in such a manner that you'll only understand it once you've experienced it firsthand in the game. It spoils you without spoiling you, and you never realize it until you get to the point it spoils you on. Truly An Utterly Stellar, well-crafted, and sung, song from Mili.
A Mili song, a Mili song ♥ I will request many from this band to you once I get to them, as they've started doing quite a few game theme songs, it's one of my favorite bands with a big variety of styles, the lyrics are also very special as you've noticed :D It's funny that I didn't like this song _as much_ on its premiere because of its different style but it has grown so much on me since xD
Were you thinking of "What Angel Wakes Me" from FF14 when listening to this once? - oh yes, you were xD And you're right, that one was the same for me, I didn't like it at first but then it grew on me, too xD
Mili's lyric work is really unique.. The soundtracks of the game tend to have lyrics that make more sense when reflected upon in hindsight, after playing through parts of the game. I've been waay obsessed with Iron Lotus from the same game too... (Also by Mili)
NOW we're getting into the top tier stuff. Can't wait to see what I personally consider the best 4 of Library of Ruina:
From a Place of Love
Iron Lotus
Children of the City
Gone Angels
All done by Mili, of course.
DAMN ‘Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police’ got excluded
The day he reacts to Gone Angels or From a Place of Love is the day my head explodes lol.
@@FennelRPG I could've sworn that was the credits song, unless it was a different one and im just misremembering
You missed Poems of a Machine
@@ariaangela3455 RIGHT that was the one ok i misremembered lmao bad memory moment fr
the lyrics somehow sum up a lot of the game's world and the story
You could listen to any song by Mili in this game and they all have wildly different feels and vibes. Iron Lotus is a personal favorite of mine.
LoR has such a great soundtrack and all the Mili songs in the game are fantastic. When you're immersed in the game and these themes come on during a boss fight it's very emotional. Personally my favorite is the Love Town boss theme.
lets gooooooooo did not expect this Mili is my favorite band
Milli’s work in ruina uses different genres for each song, but still has their own musical core that combines a sort of broadway feel with j-pop. In the end, the lyrics are something that are completely insane until you gain context. And Then Is Heard No More is a beautiful song that wears its context on its sleeve, so you might really want to check that out
Lets goooooo! Alot more people gotta know about Mili, their songs are really unique and such a treat to listen! They've also done the Ender Lilies soundtrack as well, which is something I think is 100% worth checking out.
MILI SONG MILI SONG
I really hope for and can't wait to see the rest of Mili's contributions to Ruina, which are used for the story's milestone boss battles. They're all fantastic.
OMG I LOVE MILI!!! i really reccomend listening more from them! they have a uniqueness i have not seen anywhere else
I feel like to continue this streak with Ruina. "From a Place of Love" would be a great next pick from that game
Oh boy here we go, can't wait for more Mili songs being on this channel. Eagerly waiting for the next one.
Gotta love the fact that this music can alot of the game story and being a standalone song
Also it understandable to be confusing while watching the game play it took me like until sotc (kinda like halfway point) to fully understand all the mechanic (because the game basically force you to)
The little smirk at the start that says "dammit got me again i thought I just said id be ready for any completely different thing but still wasnt expect JAZZ"
Hopefully, people request Dark Fantasy Studio and Tilarids aswell. They deserve it.
I can't wait for it to come to "Iron Lotus", it's just uff
Might not be the case since that theme is copyrighted iirc
@@nublord5648
Mili doesn't strike people for using their songs, RUclips might detect them but you can just counter it
After watching the reactions to other songs from the game, I was absolutely not prepared for this...
Im in the middle of my library of ruina gametrough now. Its the first time i play this game since ive heared alot positive about it, im 90 hours in (which isnt that far in as it sound). I also knew your channel beforehand, i watched alot of your older reactions... now i found out you reacted to ruina.... this is friggin awesome. Cant wait to watch them all. This game is absolutely insanely good.... but also extremly hard. I love it so much... and the fact that , from all people, especially YOU reacting to it songs kinda gives me even more pleasure. Thanks alot for your content sir.
So Mili is fair play, pretty nice. Well this theme is the intro song for the game (go watch the intro) It's a back and forth talk between two main characters (Angela and HER). You only get this if you played the games. Still Mili is very jazzy with heavy grim stuff as lyrics, fun times.
Mili also made most of the important bossfight themes in the game.
Don't feel bad about not knowing what was going on. The infamous review: "I finished the game and still don't understand how the combat system works"
Now that you've gotten your first taste of Mili bangers, I expect many more to come.
Since nobody has really said it yet, I figure I should give you the key to understanding String Theocracy.
It's a duet, with both singers being the same person at different times of their life. There's a subtle reverb effect applied to the voice (First truly apparent on 'Dance for me') because it's someone else talking through her mouth. Many of the lines are being simultaneously sung by the character's past self to her current self, and her current self to others. Others are their mirrored circumstances. Both of them wanted freedom, while denying it to others.
The singer (current self) is a puppet of their (past self) while also inflicting the same thing on others. Both in a literal sense of being a creation, and trapped in their manipulations.
String Theocracy is a weird song because there's almost no way to figure out what it's about before progressing through Ruina, but having beaten the game, every single line carries two or more simultaneous readings across multiple character. There's *at least* 4 cases of "If you're going to replace me, at least have the audacity to kill me thoroughly" through the game.
All of them just want to die really
Feels more Carmen and Angela if anything
Somehow the accompanying music video is even more confusing. Its also really pretty, you should check it out. Hope to see the other mili songs on ruina covered on this channel in the future! Theyre all so good and just as funky as this one, and as varied as youve come to expect, lol
Vocal tracks are sooo good , my favourite is "gone angels"
You should listen to "In Hell We Live, Lament" That's the main theme of Limbus Company, that's coming in February 2023.
Need more Mili songs from library of ruina on this channel
Bro, I was looking through the Playlist seeing all the library songs and GGST songs, but never saw this, so glad you finally checked it out. I found lobotomy corporation and Library of Ruina through this song. The group behind this song, Mili, are my favorite artists. Please check out "What Do You Fight For" from guilty gear strive, and check out "World.Execute(Me) Key Ingredient" or "Sustain++" from Mili. Also check out the Key Ingredient version of this song.
It makes sense whe you play the game. It can be interpreted as a back and forth between Roland and Angela.
"And if you love me, can you love your everything too, for me?"
AH, finally we find this song.
Actually surprised that nobody has mentioned to you that the game itself actually uses an edited-down version of this track, with a sort of music-video-like intro cutscene when you start the game up - this is the FULL version of the track, uploaded by the artist Mili along with many of their other tracks for the game (they basically did a whole album's worth of songs for LoR).
Personally, I'd have advised you to watch the game intro first, because it is more about establishing its vibe and aesthetic and general moodsetting, and *may* have been a bit easier to analyze without getting distracted by the lyrics being so odd (may have also given you a slight crumb of context within the visuals of it, though they're quite crazy as well if you're going in blind). Then switching over to this version afterwords to be able to read the lyrics and get the verses that were cut as well (despite being cut from the in-game song, those extra lines are still largely relevant and in-character/in-setting!)
Still, glad to see you get to this one at last!
yeah project moon and mili teamed up to do some songs
all the songs for the major bosses are sang/made by mili including:
the main theme
the ending theme
the theme for the sequel
and an unused song called salt pepper and the thought police
I think all the ones you've heard before this were made by someone else?
the music varies A LOT because they all fit a certain person or substory
Salt, peppers, birds and the tought police Is not unused, its simply a bonus for the album "To Kill a Living Book"
Ohhhh just you wait
The latest game in the series just released, that game being Limbus Company, so I'm sure you're going to get more songs related to this game!
God I really hope you'll do Children of the City or Iron Lotus, they are wild ones too !
While it is the theme song, I'd say that it also works as a character song too. If is most likely from the perspective of Angela, one of the main characters of Library of Ruina
Clock work orange and electric sheep are books
And yes, the lyrics sounds random and crazy until you get context, specifically the characters.
I can explain some part of the lyrics, but it’s long and my interpretation.
The FFXIV song you're thinking of is "What Angel Wakes Me"
After this, I really hope you react to the other MIli Songs of this game. Specially Iron Lotus and Children of the City [both the bosses of the Late Game that have Mili Music].
Thanks for your work!
Iron is already filmed, will be up later this week ha
Theocracy means a government ran by a religion or by a church or other religious organization
The ffxiv song you were thinking is probably what angel wakes me (titania's theme)
We have been summoned.
A really great anime game song has gotta be Burn from tales of berseria it’s such a banger
yay a mili song, man if you think these lyrics are crazy, just wait till you see some of the boss songs like the one for love town. they make sense with and even without game context
I hope you would listen to Mili's other song feat KIHOW: "In Hell We Live, Lament" for the upcoming Limbus Company, the sequel of Library of Ruina. This song is really fire and different than the usual songs Mili made.
other songs made by Mili for Library of ruina you should definitely look at, some you prob already have:
- Iron lotus
- children of the city
- gone angels
- from the place of love
- in hell we live in, lament (made for the upcoming sequal)
I really hope you listen to Iron Lotus. It is another Mili song and is amazing.
Mili is fucking amazing, there work on the lor soundtrack is exceptional, honestly would recomend in hell we live lament, the theme to pm's uppcoming game limbus company
The ffxiv song is what angels wake me, aka titanias theme
One thing to note about the songs with vocals from Library of Ruina's sound track is that all of them are designed to have valid interpretations without ever touching the game, but then gain a separate interpretation with the game in mind. String Theocracy is a bit more difficult to pull meaning from than the rest (which is saying something because Mili lyrics take a few listens to begin with) but if you pay attention, a lot of themes of society and personal identity are present. Lyrics about being a puppet, a corrupt society, the desire to give in to the norms of society versus forging your own path, it's all in there.
OH SHITTT!!
The themes are existence and humanity. It's tied to the mc and the people she encountered.
Our mc is an android. The people that she sees are human. They are sometimes mercenary(fixer), gangster(syndicate) or powerful entity(distortion and E.G.O user)
Both tried to find something in the place called "the City". Can't get into more since the others contain spoilers
You said the theme seems to be like imagination. You are kinda right in a way.
Something that goes for both Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina (Major spoilers here), is that there's a magical power/energy that has the capacity of physically manifesting people's mind, essentially showing off their true nature beyond the boundaries of reality. In Lobotomy Corp, this is used to create monsters (called abnormalities) made of the Souls/Minds of the dead, physically manifesting them as creatures that resemble their beliefs. There's a lot of fairy tale-like monsters because of this, like red riding hood and much more (thought a lot creepier).
In Library of Ruina, the main character, Angela, is trying to attract people from the city into the Library, where by fighting with them in multiple ordeals, they get turned into books, which by using that same magical energy from the previous game, are capable of revealing someone's history and true nature. The whole library is designed to elevate the guests and receptionist's emotions, to further reveal their core. Here, books are power, and the internal revelations provided by them are reflected in the music, both the instrumental ones and these lyrical songs, as they really resemble their personalities (Gebura of the Floor of Language theme's violence, Angela's emotional breakdown, sadness and fury in the Floor Realization Theme, and so on.)
String Theocracy talks about Angela's perspective in the start of the game, as she is An AI/Android made with the emotions and brain of someone very important to the story, and her reflections upon what is to be truly human. Her main objective is to obtain the Perfect Book that will transform her into human and free her from the library.
You should consider watching the opening animation that normally goes with this song.
all im gonna say is gone angels makes cry everytime i hear it, mostly due to the boss fight it's from. All i'll say is.
Roland ;-;
For some "attempt" at context, the lyrics come from the point of view of an AI that is trying to become human to "escape her prison", and all the things she has learned from humanity are... not the most positive outlook on life.
Oh boy the world of mili has been opened to him. What song will be next?
I enjoy “And so was heard no more”, Iron lotus, and gone angels personally.
To explain the song title;
String, in the case of Library of Ruina, is referring to Puppet Strings, as a major theme of the game relates to the Library's Director, Angela, and how she wants to "cut" those strings, break free from the play she was forced into, and live her life free.
Theocracies are a system of government ran by religion, so for example the Vatican City is a theocracy as it is ran by the Pope, Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina have a lot of religious themes. For example, the entire layout of Lobotomy Corporation and The Library are based on the Kabbalistic Tree of Death and the Tree of Life respectively, with the names of the core characters being based on the sephiroth of the Trees.
Hence the name String Theocracy, as strings relate to Angela being trapped in her role, and Theocracy referring the entire construction of the "stage" she's forced onto. It's why the opening of the song is about opening the curtains, turning the lights on, and telling you not to miss a moment of the experiment that the "play" of Lobotomy Corporation was created around.
He actually listened to a Mili song
Jesse you can listen to the previous library of ruina theme without the snap sound effect in Studio Eim youtube channel
Now do From a Place Of Love.
I think the FFXIV song you're thinking of is "What Angel Wakes Me"
For reference the name is a play on "string theory" from particle physics and a theocracy is a government controlled by religion.
Mili and their happy catchy song that become disturbing if you read the lyrics and even more if you know the context (if there is one)
"or a gospel song"
*laughs in white nights theme*
String theory
Strings (of) theocracy
Instrument/a string of theocracy
listen to iron lotus and i eat a rock and die (happily)
You should've tried one with the animation Xd
Yo Jesse nice video!! Pls react to "Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Team Star Grunt Battle Music" would be awesome!
Skull girls? Good taste, give me the other 4 from your top 5
no one:
indie game music:
Why does it look like you’re in the same building as the girl on the art for String Theocracy lol
Mili back at it again making us cry
mili when they compose for LoR goes a little something like this:
music = 💃💃👯♂🌟✨✨
lyrics = 🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓
Yeah, listening to the song without playing at least the previous game is extremely confusing.
The devs of Library of Ruina did an excellent job of finding a 3rd party company to make their music for them. Mili Studios has an excellent taste in music too.
Mili lyrics without thinking deep contexts is dangerously ambiguous 😂... Mili tends to make their song lyrics with multiple meaning and telling a story... That why i like most of their song. You should check other song they have made...
Fun fact: the part "spread me open for pink snow white artificial beauty" was cut out of the game opening
It is a song about a character, the whole song is dialogue between human and ai that inherited it's memories in attempt by it's creator yo replace original with her
We need more LOR song reaction!!! Hoping for LOR 2nd warning one day.
you will get it if you play the game
Thet is intro song
There is a lot of references that relies on knowledge of external sources to make sense, like the line about "eletric sheep", who furthere ties in the game plot, so yeah, it sounds like a lot of nonsense without this context.
Oh I totally missed this reaction
Mili is hit or miss for me but her work on the Ruina soundtrack (and more songs than that, honestly) are 10/10 to me. Her lyric work can sound a bit like a philosophy speech given via an ESL speaker; but if you can stomach the floweriness and work with what's there there's almost always really cool and deep themes. She works really well whenever she's "storytelling" with her music which makes her a fantastic accompaniment to established IPs or her own personal narratives. I've had a hard time selling her to friends and the like, but overall I really love how much her music contributes to PM's visions and her own.
So yeah, don't feel bad about being a bit intimidated by how "all over" the lyrics can be. It's kind of how she writes, and you can kind of acclimate to it with more experience with her music I've found.
edit: Looking at this months later, I'm not a fan of myself saying "ESL Speaker" as an example of a poor orator. That's honestly kind of insulting. I'm keeping it up to keep me accountable for it but a better comparison would've been "like a philosophy speech fed through a machine translator" or something.
Okay it's not my genre, but that's definitely an interesting vocal rhythm pattern.
And it ended really pretty too so thats a plus +++++
@@PiuGraveMusic
A Sustain++ you might say
YEAH BOY MILI