I love the way light is portrayed here. The pale king was bright but his light was gentle and bugs were allowed to assert their own mind within it. The radiance's light was harsh and overwhelming, there is no room for one's mind only her.
Well, it's still worth looking into. nowhere in the game is it indicated that the bugs were against. And nowhere was it indicated that the beetles had a bad life with radiance .and by the fact that there was a society of moths who worshiped the radiance, they had some share of their personality, it doesn't seem like full control. Rather, it is a connection between beetles and some direction for them on which path, but at the same time, creatures controlled by radiance could decide some things themselves. It doesn't feel like radiance is pure evil. But the pale king is not a villain either. They are just opponents of each other. Perhaps the plague that is raging in hollowest is only the consequences of attempts by radiance to escape from imprisonment, and not deliberate actions. The pale king and radiance are most likely both gods, and the pale king tried to destroy the god who was interfering with him in order to rule these lands himself, but in the end nothing happened (perhaps because of the moths, who continued to believe in radiance) and simply decided to notice his opponent. It is impossible to say for sure, but most likely there are no villains in the game at all, there is only the king and radiance, whose actions and disagreements led to the destruction of the kingdom. And there is a void that took advantage of this in the end of the godseekers our main character (who was most likely created by the void, since the king could not create a perfect vessel from the void, but the void itself could) he himself became the god of the void, similar to the pale king or radiance, but most likely the void is also not a villain, although it's hard to say, it depends on which ending will become the canon, and the future of the game .this is my vision of the plot, so it's just a theory, but as for me, radiance is not a villain, imagine that you were locked up, taken away from you what you ruled for maybe centuries and then tried to destroy. Obviously, you won't be too accommodating.
In addition, the fact that not everything was completely controlled by radiance indicates that the pale king was considered and allied with the state of Mantises and spiders, which means that they were already strong, and therefore developed before and during the reign of radiance. Most likely, radiance was something of a common god for the beetles in this territory, it demanded respect and worship and guided the beetles, but did not control them completely.
For some reason, I got the idea that during the whole song radiance is trying to intimidate the knight and make him her follower like the rest of hollownests bugs ("gaze upon me speaketh my name")and getting more and more angry and irritated. And the knight just keep hiring her with the nail, no throughts head empty (probably even with equivalent of the most dull face a bug could master.) Like a pure vessel should.
I think the implication of the radiance battle is the knight is not pure as a pure vessel would follow the pale king’s will and seal the radiance instead of using the void to destroy the radiance
''You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?'' is a very good line, because it's 100% true. Even if the radiance is defeated, Hallownest is still a dead kingdom
Hornet is its only hope. She is most likely the only one who can lead the kingdom after the infection dies out and the citizens of Hallownest regain their minds.
@@click41 I'm pretty sure Silksong is actually a prequel, because Team Cherry has stated that they don't want any of their future games to decanonize any of Hollow Knight's endings. In the Sealed Siblings ending, Hornet probably isn't ever getting out of the Black Egg Temple.
It's fitting that the "forgotten light" dies screaming her name into the void's abyss. Also, this theme got me thinking that if the Shade Lord could speak and had a lyric video as well, it would be a counter to what the Radiance says. "You're no jailer, You'll fall in a flash" --> "Your light shall die before the (k)night"
fun fact, technically in this ending we never see Radiance die. She is dragged into the void, and probably jailed. This is an old comment, but still. Just thought I would make it clear, he is a jailer here.
@@scaleofperspective6211 i love how this implies that some people who did it once and didn’t get blinded went back for round two, but nobody has dared a round three lmao
In the bible god's goodness isn't compared to light but the darkness of night. There the people can rest, relax, not worry and find peace away from the harshness of the scorching sun. If you couldn't tell the people of that time lived in a desert.
I mean, yeah, it kinda makes sense for something in the light to be evil because when it's bright out, you're awake and aware of all the worries and all the regrets you have but if its dark then you can sleep forget the worries and just rest honestly the whole darkness means evil thing never really made sense to me because if you put someone in a room where its all dark then sure they can't see but that's about it But with light if it's bright enough you could be blinded or even burned doesn't matter how dark it gets you'll still be safe if the world around you is and with ours sure it's a bit dangerous sometimes but if it's completely dark then a threat can't see you either with the light they can see you and even if you see them you're still less safe them if neither of you know where the other one is. I wonder where the trope of dark being evil began because the dark ultimately is better than the light in just a conceptual form, so is it something to do with instinct or something?
@@pixelname4899 because in Europe the dark cold days of winter killed entire village while the bright warm days of spring and summer brought life and food.
@@hankjwimbleton4010 Someone tried to debunk my theory that the shade lord would break havoc, and yes it will its literally "void given mind" even the small room inside of the shade birthplace has a small secret room hinting something greater used to rule it
Love the line "Everything living is under my command." It shows how Radiance is not only narcissistic but also blind. Hornet, The Hunter, The Maskmaker, The Nailmasters and Nailsmith, heck the Mantis are explicitally not under her command.
And the White Lady, Godseeker, Dung Defender, Seer, Bretta, Zote, Elderbug, Sly, Iselda, Cornifer, Cloth, Ze'mer, and Zillow I think is her name. Hell, why not include that one vessel that Hornet (protector) kills. And Myla... until *the incident.* As for the dead ones who existed while radiance also existed: The Pale King The dreamers Literally every single vessel besides broken vessel and THK The other 3 knights (presumably, we know Isma, and Dreyya aren't, but Hegemol might be.) And not even mentioning everybody in Silksong.
Only now I can see the parallels between radiance's and Grimm's theme. There are some similar sounds. So it kinda reminds us that both Radiance and Nightmare heart are the supreme entities of dreams
Well that most likely show us both are Highter Being not Grimm but the Nightmare heart and even the Nighmare King i think i mean they both have a full screen name
From the abyss, bear the curse. Break Cycle, End Misery, Witness Wonders. You are the vessel, you are free of fate. Obtain The Mind. Acquire The Will. No Longer a vessel. No Longer the Hollow Knight.
Ima make a sequel to this comment except it talks about the void, ready? Ok “The light might last, yet darkness roams” “Born before the mind, born before the will” “Black anger beyond the sea” “Take the pieces of root and wyrm, come to your birthplace” “Let the void seep into the pieces” “Now, take back what was yours and swallow the light.”
Story context: An angry god of light brought a plague to the kingdom. The king made several vessels from the darkness below the kingdom. The best vessel fought the light god and contained the god and plague within itself. Now the vessel is leaking. You play as one of the discarded spare vessels. In the default ending you seal the plague within yourself and kick the can down the road. In the true ending you enter the vessel's mind and kill the light god.
Several vessels is an understatement. Each vessel that displayed sentience or emotion, he cast into the abyss, where they DIED. There were hundreds of thousands of dead husks there in the abyss.
I'm not gonna bother with a funny joke or anything, I'm just genuinely blown away by Caaaarl's performance as the Radiance. She sounds so entitled, so indignant, so regal and imposing and so... Radiance. It just fits our beloved LÄMP moth to a tee. But also, her performance just makes me wish even more that we got a full version of Daughter of the Dark God from the first Songtober someday.
@@TheRealSuperKirby I actually didn`t know about the dream nail dialogue. I just imagined that entering what is essentially her realm would be viewed as pure insolence by her. Plus the beginning of her song sounds like she is basically shouting "YOU DARE?"
@@aureliodeprimus8018 I believe the song is quite accurate, you can hear her being in a ''calm fury'', I think a raging tone would be unfit for a higher being
man, i love the opera sound to the radiance's singing voice. casting carl was an absolutely PERFECT choice, her STARTINGLY high notes just add an absolutely bone chilling deity-esque quality to the radiance, an absolutely perfect sell on this being an ancient and wrathful god. the addition of the church choir adjacent chorus as well adds to much to the divine light this song just OOZES. all that combined with the gorgeously glowing art accomplishes the one thing a radiance song absolutely SHOULD and just bleeds godly light and wrath. in all, this is a perfectly tied bow on the hollow knight bytes package, absolutely fantastic job everyone! this was by far one of my favourite musical bytes thus far for one of my favourite games, you sure did it justice! props to everyone on the team for this one and the package as a whole!!!
Funny how the radiance is shaming and criticizing the knight while she is dying, cause as she stated even if they kill her she still won the war and destroyed the kingdom.
Hey, she’s impossible to forget now, and the people that abandoned her are long dead and vanquished. The King who opposed her is dead on his throne, regretting the horrid actions he took to prevent the Infection from destroying everything only delayed it slightly. Deepnest is fully infected, every trace of Hallownest at its peak has been gouged out. All that’s left of the Pale Kjng’s legacy is a disintegrating carcass, and a tomb of hollowed out children. She won in the sense that she got revenge. But she didn’t get to enjoy it since the one enemy she always had ended up killing her.
Absolute radiance is probably the hardest boss I've ever fought, more difficult than stuff like Ultra Necrozma, Jevil, and Fatalis. It's truly impressive doing hk's bosses on radiant
What i find most interesting about this is the presence of a chorus. Not saying the song should be without it, I love the voices, but the Radiance has been forgotten for years with no subjects, unless the voices are the Infected bugs or maybe even voices of the past Moths
Oooo what a cool voice for the radiance! Not what I expected, but Caaarl's royal voice for her radiant light feels like it's casting a holy judgement onto the knight. How DARE you try to touch a god!?
One thing I have started to gain an appreciation in lyrical covers in as all different fitting interpretations for the voices, I usually just base what I think character's voices sound like off of the few sound bites like the radiance scream, but this is way better than what that voice would sound like.
With how good you've been referring to the vessels as genderless, I'm gonna act like the Radiance misgendering the Hollow Knight is completely in character for her.
Probably has to do that Radiance is more over seeing them as a by-product of the Pale King, so Radiance call them "brothers" instead of siblings for having correlation not only with him, but also with the void (That is a long way to say, that it flow better in the lyrics xD)
I think instead of your brother, it could have been “the other” that makes it seem like she is treating HK as an object as opposed to a living thing, and lowering its status.
@@radsnake8104 I dont think that would make sense, since the whole thing about HK's purpose is to BE an object, a cage of sorts, for the Radiance, so the fact that she is addressing them as a "brother" to the Knight means that she is treating HK as a living thing, a being with a mind to think, a flawed being, which is one of the reasons why she over powered HK and has spread the infection once again. I think its a better insult to HK's pride calling them a Living thing than an Object in this case.
I was so happy to be able to catch this premiere, and my god is this song beautiful. The vocals are stunning, the art is gorgeous, and it has a really strong beginning with that line, "You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?" LOVE it!! Thank you for doing this package! MOTH
Even though I'm not a fan of the Radiance boss fight, these lyrics do a fantastic job of portraying her. They do a wonderful job of displaying her arrogance as a higher being, while also displaying the subtlety of her desperate struggle to live.
The Radiance sanctimonious, arrogant and cruel. Demanding all the subservience and reverence of a god while offering destruction to all that refuse. The song wonderfully captures the Radiance.
When I first saw this video, I knew the lyrics were going to be a treat, but I was scared to hear the voice. You did not disappoint! Perfect choice and stunning vocals as always. Keep it up! 👍
I might be fashionable late due to health problems that arose, but I still want to leave my little behind the scenes comment that I leave on songs I worked on. So this song was originally written when I was going through a lot, I struggled with it, and just couldn't get some of the lines right. But when I got back to finishing this song for MotI and got the help from Alex for the clean up stage, I think this song ended up turning out so beautiful and just an absolutely stellar cap to the Hollow Knight Package. So, since I'm late I'm not going to get into quite a deep dive on the lyrics, but I'll still talk about a few things I find neat. Obviously, one of the main things of this song is the focus around "Light". The Radiance herself is for all intents and purposes the goddess of light. Her original followers, the moths, and all the various enemies in the game have all "seen the light" and become part of a sort of hive mind controlled by The Radiance. All of these voices of followers old and new are what the chorus is meant to be, drones who have no other thoughts than to worship the light. With all that said, the other aspect of the light is the burning force it brings, ultimately worshiping the light is short lived because none can survive it burning and all will lose their minds eventually. One change Alex did that I think made it for the better was the ending of the song. In my original draft the song ended with Radiance realizing she is beaten and attempting to lash out in desperation before ultimately failing to The Knight. The chance to have it simply remain a power ballad for Radiance is the better choice for a package compared to the original idea of a full musical. Another thing i'm going to just briefly touch on, "Like your brother failed" Now, I'm not going to go into a full explanation of theorycrafting and my personal interpretation of what we see and are told in the games. But to keep it short, the use of brother here is not meant to be forcing a gender onto The Hollow Knight. It is used as a neutral term for a sibling that also happens to fit the rhyming scheme better. In addition, for the tldr theorycrafting for how I interpret the events of the game. Part of what made the "empty slate vessels" fail could potentially be that they have an identity of their own and gender can be a part of that. Seeing as The Hollow Knight ended up not being "perfect" as the Pale King wanted, it isn't a big stretch to believe that The Hollow Knight would develop their own identity which leads to use of traditionally male terms. But, that is all just how I personally interpret events of the game. And please remember, I myself and Non-Binary who does not identify as Male or Female, yet I myself still use They/Her. No two people interpret gender their own ways, and accusing people of being phobic because of a way they interpret a game isn't it and not something we should be trying to gatekeep. Anyways, that went on longer than I wanted to, let's get into complements! First and foremost, Carl. This song would not have the power and amazing feel to it without her voice and the training that she has. I will admit, when writing this song I was writing it with an operatic type of voice in mind to make Radiance feel like a God amongst Insects and Carl encapsulates that perfectly. Her training, the texture of her voice, and just the raw energy that she brings to the scene is absolutely beautiful and I don't personally know anyone who could bring quite the same energy, she is absolutely an Angel of Music for sure. Of course, the God wouldn't feel quite the same without her followers. Alex, Emmy, Ian, Shiloh, and Uprising all did such a phenomenal job as the chorus, their blend of divine and bright just elevated the song so much. And to bring both those elements together is the mixing team. Stelyos, Emmy, and Tom like always just bring these songs to a whole other level. I don't know how many ways I can sing their praise. They know how to take Insects and make them sound like Gods and every mix they work on is simply golden music to my ears. Not to mention the art by Linda and Wisp. The art pieces that they made just bring the air of divinity to this song and fight. The dynamic poses, the brilliant lighting, everything about what they did just is a feast for the eyes. And yeah, that's about it. I hope you enjoyed the read if you read it, and if you didn't, I hope you have a good day anyways ^^ Be kind to each other, and always remember PRAISE LÄMP!
This is synonym to PERFECT!! I can't say anything that has already been said, only that I JUST LOVE THIS! Also, I like this is the only song in package that shows how the hollow Knight die, showing that Radiance is willing to do anything to kill it/them.
I'm not gonna make a funny comment because I'm just blown away by Caaaarl's performance, she did such a good at mimicking what Radiance would sound like.
"You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?'' is a such a good line it scares me, because it's 100% true. Hallownest will still be a dead kingdom even if she's defeated. *My favourites lines in this song.* 0:54 "Praise to her light, praise to her might, praise to the gods, one divine right!" This has such a good background music with the lyrics itself being so good. This is just so good. I can't even describe it. 2:22 "Rising higher than the stars in the sky. Praise her domain. Nothing you can do to stop her reign. You're insane" The way they sing this, the tone, the lyrics. When I first heard this, this line specifically was stuck in my head. This is a masterpiece *Lines worth mentioning* 2:42 "Stare into the sun!" 1:14 "The light is god! The light is supreme!" 3:20 "Crumble, like your brother failed. Thus the fate of child of pale. King, the fool who thought he'd dare. To stand before me and compare. Yet he would burn before the glare!" Overall this song is great, vocals and music are also great. Overall, I rate this 9.9/10 because perfection cannot exist. There's always room for improvement.
I really love this theme. It's the best boss theme of the game imo. That part near the very end (I believe it's 1:30 - 1:51 in the original track) is my favourite. So far, no one was able to make a remix or cover better than the original. But this... These lyrics... *AMAZING!* I remember being shocked while I listened to this in the bytes package. These lyrics make my favourite moment even better, while not changing it! That's a totally different league. Just wonderful!
Headcanon against the Radiance: Fight back the light Take down the light It is our fight OUR birth right Our final dream No more the ursurper gleams Neither will the law of god or pale, will surely fail and a goddess will scream The time has come For OUR dream to meet its zenith Now bow, to know the shadows grow and Freedom from thee Now kill the light Let's end this fight A blinding sight Rest now kin of pale Know our duty is now fufilled Lay thy souls in the silent still Dream no more No more .... ....
I've been trained chorally, so my ears are fine tuned to hear little mistakes in pieces like this! It has very few. I love it, thank you for creating it
I love the lead voice, such distiguished singing the canon witht he other voices was brilliant as well, stellar performance and such impressive length too
Doesn't sound the same without the crack of double-damage hits. I'm just kidding, haha, this gives me chills up my spine, I got little goosebumps! What a voice!
I love how gooey and shiny she's drawn here, even though she's really a moth ATTRACTED to light. Personally, I think that this Radiance ATE the original god of light.
Vessel: Pull out nail
Me: What am I going to fight the sun?!
I WAS JOKING
yes
you are going to fight the sun
And there's no turning back now
Get ready
Literally me frfr
Worse, you are fighting light itself
I love the way light is portrayed here. The pale king was bright but his light was gentle and bugs were allowed to assert their own mind within it. The radiance's light was harsh and overwhelming, there is no room for one's mind only her.
That's why Pale King never saw a revolution, but Radiance died because of it
Radiances light is an embrace its confortable and warm however you cant move.
Well, it's still worth looking into. nowhere in the game is it indicated that the bugs were against. And nowhere was it indicated that the beetles had a bad life with radiance .and by the fact that there was a society of moths who worshiped the radiance, they had some share of their personality, it doesn't seem like full control. Rather, it is a connection between beetles and some direction for them on which path, but at the same time, creatures controlled by radiance could decide some things themselves. It doesn't feel like radiance is pure evil. But the pale king is not a villain either. They are just opponents of each other. Perhaps the plague that is raging in hollowest is only the consequences of attempts by radiance to escape from imprisonment, and not deliberate actions. The pale king and radiance are most likely both gods, and the pale king tried to destroy the god who was interfering with him in order to rule these lands himself, but in the end nothing happened (perhaps because of the moths, who continued to believe in radiance) and simply decided to notice his opponent. It is impossible to say for sure, but most likely there are no villains in the game at all, there is only the king and radiance, whose actions and disagreements led to the destruction of the kingdom. And there is a void that took advantage of this in the end of the godseekers our main character (who was most likely created by the void, since the king could not create a perfect vessel from the void, but the void itself could) he himself became the god of the void, similar to the pale king or radiance, but most likely the void is also not a villain, although it's hard to say, it depends on which ending will become the canon, and the future of the game .this is my vision of the plot, so it's just a theory, but as for me, radiance is not a villain, imagine that you were locked up, taken away from you what you ruled for maybe centuries and then tried to destroy. Obviously, you won't be too accommodating.
In addition, the fact that not everything was completely controlled by radiance indicates that the pale king was considered and allied with the state of Mantises and spiders, which means that they were already strong, and therefore developed before and during the reign of radiance. Most likely, radiance was something of a common god for the beetles in this territory, it demanded respect and worship and guided the beetles, but did not control them completely.
I love Hollow's fandom for it, creating a place for showing the thoughtful ideas. Calm. Rational. Fullfledge. @@mason6381
For some reason, I got the idea that during the whole song radiance is trying to intimidate the knight and make him her follower like the rest of hollownests bugs ("gaze upon me speaketh my name")and getting more and more angry and irritated. And the knight just keep hiring her with the nail, no throughts head empty (probably even with equivalent of the most dull face a bug could master.) Like a pure vessel should.
Tf you mean hiring with their nail
I think they meant "hitting" instead of "hiring". Autocorrect sucks sometimes lol
I think the implication of the radiance battle is the knight is not pure as a pure vessel would follow the pale king’s will and seal the radiance instead of using the void to destroy the radiance
chorus: "you're insane"
ghost: 'no mind to think', b**ches"
''You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?'' is a very good line, because it's 100% true. Even if the radiance is defeated, Hallownest is still a dead kingdom
Hornet is its only hope. She is most likely the only one who can lead the kingdom after the infection dies out and the citizens of Hallownest regain their minds.
the real hallownest is the friends we made along the way
@@higztv1166 and how many of them still alive?
@@HumanoidDerpling well, she now in Farloom(or Pharloom?).
@@click41 I'm pretty sure Silksong is actually a prequel, because Team Cherry has stated that they don't want any of their future games to decanonize any of Hollow Knight's endings. In the Sealed Siblings ending, Hornet probably isn't ever getting out of the Black Egg Temple.
It's fitting that the "forgotten light" dies screaming her name into the void's abyss.
Also, this theme got me thinking that if the Shade Lord could speak and had a lyric video as well, it would be a counter to what the Radiance says.
"You're no jailer, You'll fall in a flash" --> "Your light shall die before the (k)night"
Instead of “Gain your answer, stare into the sun!” It would be “Ask your question, stare into the void!”
Silksong secret final boss??? 🤔 (probably not-)
Finally, at long last, the Vessel is powerful enough to oppose...
*DISCORD LIGHT MODE.*
NO WAYYYYY
WHEEEEZE
Bruh 😂
Still one of my favorite comments :'3 I'm glad y'all enjoyed this song! ❤
Me who uses light mode:
06:07 Radiance: "You're a hollow shame"
Ghost: Sorry I didn't hear that over the sound of my sibling spliting your head open
*proceeds to bitchslap*
Ghost: "The only things more hollow then me are your threats"
Fitting how a Goddess angry over being forgotten repeats her name as she crumbles
@@lemone630 Radiance, while she dies: "Don't you dare forget me, you little-"
@@theguywhoseinsideyourwalls9153 WHY DOES THAT GO SO FRICKING HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Radiance:"Your no jailer!"
The knight:" Yeah? I'm the executioner."
*I am the guillotine, and you are Marie.*
Radiance: “Foooooollliiiiiisshh Morrrttaaal!”
the knight: ...
(they canonically dont speak in the entire game)
fun fact, technically in this ending we never see Radiance die. She is dragged into the void, and probably jailed. This is an old comment, but still. Just thought I would make it clear, he is a jailer here.
@@Shhhhhhhhh-fd7rn Embrace the Void:
For the best Radiance experience, stare directly into the sun through a telescope.
Can't be lured away by a false pale light when you were blinded and can't see
And the best thing, the experience is so unique, that no human has ever done it more than twice
@@scaleofperspective6211 i love how this implies that some people who did it once and didn’t get blinded went back for round two, but nobody has dared a round three lmao
@@Skelly1485 I actually meant that humans have two eyes, and usually a telescope only has room for one
oh lmao
chat during Sealed Vessel: This is the most tragic moment of the game.
Chat during Radiance: MOTH!
Dont forget DOMA DOMA on dung Defender, SHAW on hornet and TERRIFIYNG BEAUTYFUL POWERFUL on Zote
How about BURN THE FATHER FEED THE CHILD?
Let’s add on the BROKEN BROKEN CAST ASIDEs and the SHELL WITHIN THE VOIDs
Don't forget SHAW and HIGALE during hornet (also when hornet appears in sealed vessel)
It was awesome
I love how the Radiance is so fluffy that she doesn't damage the player on contact.
Now the only thing would be, if it would stop the player from moving through her and push them back a bit.
Hello rust monster. Have a metal :3
@@taiusrooney603 is it ferrous?
I thought she was in the background
Fluffy mummy 🤤😫
Between this and Necrozma, I'm starting to love these depictions of beings of light that can be just as terrifying as beings of darkness.
And Galeem
In the bible god's goodness isn't compared to light but the darkness of night. There the people can rest, relax, not worry and find peace away from the harshness of the scorching sun. If you couldn't tell the people of that time lived in a desert.
I mean, yeah, it kinda makes sense for something in the light to be evil because when it's bright out, you're awake and aware of all the worries and all the regrets you have but if its dark then you can sleep forget the worries and just rest honestly the whole darkness means evil thing never really made sense to me because if you put someone in a room where its all dark then sure they can't see but that's about it But with light if it's bright enough you could be blinded or even burned doesn't matter how dark it gets you'll still be safe if the world around you is and with ours sure it's a bit dangerous sometimes but if it's completely dark then a threat can't see you either with the light they can see you and even if you see them you're still less safe them if neither of you know where the other one is. I wonder where the trope of dark being evil began because the dark ultimately is better than the light in just a conceptual form, so is it something to do with instinct or something?
@@pixelname4899 because in Europe the dar cold of
@@pixelname4899 because in Europe the dark cold days of winter killed entire village while the bright warm days of spring and summer brought life and food.
The knight: *kills radiance in p5*
Hornet: “why I hear boss music?”
The hollow knight/Pure Vessel: "HI SISTER!"
The Shade Lord: **man, I’m hungry** *eats Hallownest*
@@hankjwimbleton4010 Someone tried to debunk my theory that the shade lord would break havoc, and yes it will its literally "void given mind" even the small room inside of the shade birthplace has a small secret room hinting something greater used to rule it
You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?'
"Yes, you've won... but you won't be there to savor it."
Love the line "Everything living is under my command." It shows how Radiance is not only narcissistic but also blind. Hornet, The Hunter, The Maskmaker, The Nailmasters and Nailsmith, heck the Mantis are explicitally not under her command.
Don’t forget the Grimm Troupe… though they’re under the “leadership” of another god.
And the White Lady, Godseeker, Dung Defender, Seer, Bretta, Zote, Elderbug, Sly, Iselda, Cornifer, Cloth, Ze'mer, and Zillow I think is her name.
Hell, why not include that one vessel that Hornet (protector) kills.
And Myla... until *the incident.*
As for the dead ones who existed while radiance also existed:
The Pale King
The dreamers
Literally every single vessel besides broken vessel and THK
The other 3 knights (presumably, we know Isma, and Dreyya aren't, but Hegemol might be.)
And not even mentioning everybody in Silksong.
@@iamsileyby Zillow you meant Willoh, the Bug in the Queen's Station?
@@ManioqV yeah I forgot her name but I thought I heard somebody say Zillow when talking about her so idk
@@iamsiley there is Nosk too
Only now I can see the parallels between radiance's and Grimm's theme. There are some similar sounds. So it kinda reminds us that both Radiance and Nightmare heart are the supreme entities of dreams
Well that most likely show us both are Highter Being not Grimm but the Nightmare heart and even the Nighmare King i think i mean they both have a full screen name
From the abyss, bear the curse.
Break Cycle, End Misery, Witness Wonders.
You are the vessel, you are free of fate.
Obtain The Mind.
Acquire The Will.
No Longer a vessel.
No Longer the Hollow Knight.
Where is that from? I saw it in an animation, but I never saw it in game or searching for it online
@@SirLuckySlime "Ode of Hallownest"
@@cheese3996 Thanks
it takes a hollow knight player to be good at poetry
Ima make a sequel to this comment except it talks about the void, ready? Ok
“The light might last, yet darkness roams”
“Born before the mind, born before the will”
“Black anger beyond the sea”
“Take the pieces of root and wyrm, come to your birthplace”
“Let the void seep into the pieces”
“Now, take back what was yours and swallow the light.”
"Foolish mortal"
*Shade Lord wants to know your location*
"you're a moth to the flame"
-the radiance, a moth
Goddess of moths
Yes, but a really big one.
Maybe she's talking to Markoth, who knows
Also a flame
Radiance: You're a Hollow Shame!
The Knight: And You're a Godly Disgrace!
Radiance: “HoW dArE yOu MoRtAL.”
Knight: “gEt gUd!”
@@EduardoHernandez-el6it "It's a skill issue."
GET ROASTED
@@peterpocsai1627 OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Story context: An angry god of light brought a plague to the kingdom. The king made several vessels from the darkness below the kingdom. The best vessel fought the light god and contained the god and plague within itself. Now the vessel is leaking.
You play as one of the discarded spare vessels. In the default ending you seal the plague within yourself and kick the can down the road. In the true ending you enter the vessel's mind and kill the light god.
Thanks for explaining
Thank you.
Was this the final boss?
@@brandoncastellano1858 Yes.
@@brandoncastellano1858 It is, if you get a certain ending.
Several vessels is an understatement. Each vessel that displayed sentience or emotion, he cast into the abyss, where they DIED.
There were hundreds of thousands of dead husks there in the abyss.
I'm not gonna bother with a funny joke or anything, I'm just genuinely blown away by Caaaarl's performance as the Radiance. She sounds so entitled, so indignant, so regal and imposing and so... Radiance. It just fits our beloved LÄMP moth to a tee.
But also, her performance just makes me wish even more that we got a full version of Daughter of the Dark God from the first Songtober someday.
I imagined her being more furious in my head, but aside from that i agree.
@aureliodeprimus8018 probably because all her dreamnail dialogue is in all caps and always ends with a period
@@TheRealSuperKirby I actually didn`t know about the dream nail dialogue. I just imagined that entering what is essentially her realm would be viewed as pure insolence by her. Plus the beginning of her song sounds like she is basically shouting "YOU DARE?"
LÄMP
@@aureliodeprimus8018 I believe the song is quite accurate, you can hear her being in a ''calm fury'', I think a raging tone would be unfit for a higher being
These musical bytes will stick with us until silk song comes out
*Or should I say forever?*
May I remind you that when TB&H with lyrics came out, that was the very day that the first Silksong trailer in years arrived. There’s still hope.
Silk song will come out...
eventually...
right?...
SILKSONG IS A MYTH!
@@Bombyx_Silkmoth I refuse to believe such awful things!
Emphasis on forever
I *just* got the joke of an embodiment of light being a moth.
A light that shines too brightly can blind just as easily as the deepest darkness.
Radiance is basically that kid who use sunlight to burn ants for fun.
From 2:14 to 2:48 just gives me a lot of chills. A huge applause to the choir because they really nailed it.
I literally got chills from listening to this...
The singer does such a good job portraying the Radiance, even the lyrics really fit her...
Zotes girlfriend and the God of Light have the same voice...
This is going to boost Zotes ego
Please no
Sorry just needed to vent, i hate gpz
The radiance is so pretty to listen too and carries the energy that the fight had, a final battle against a divine and godly being
This entire bytes package just blew everything out of the water the vocals, the chorus, the artwork all just beautifully done
“What are we gonna do, fight the sun?”
Yes. Yes we will.
@@jaxonanderson7220 and we will slap her in the face.
@@the_chill_man I WAS JOKING!
@@Mrvoidmaw-tl9nmtoo bad!You’re fighting the Sun!
Carl's voice in this song enchants me, she has SO much power.
🥺❤
You're almost like a moth approaching a light
Resist the call of the infection
man, i love the opera sound to the radiance's singing voice. casting carl was an absolutely PERFECT choice, her STARTINGLY high notes just add an absolutely bone chilling deity-esque quality to the radiance, an absolutely perfect sell on this being an ancient and wrathful god. the addition of the church choir adjacent chorus as well adds to much to the divine light this song just OOZES. all that combined with the gorgeously glowing art accomplishes the one thing a radiance song absolutely SHOULD and just bleeds godly light and wrath.
in all, this is a perfectly tied bow on the hollow knight bytes package, absolutely fantastic job everyone! this was by far one of my favourite musical bytes thus far for one of my favourite games, you sure did it justice! props to everyone on the team for this one and the package as a whole!!!
12 hours ago?
@@enwyz that's what im sayin
Patreons get early access to songs. Thanks for watching!
@@Tenebrismo Naw it's definitely a time traveler. Don't let them fool you
*drops to his knees with mouth wide open, eyes sparkling in awe, voiceless for the beautiful music, artwork and angelic singing*
Wait…
Your eyes wouldn’t happen to be sparkling… in orange, would they?
Oh no. NOT THE ORANGE SODA.
Oh fuck, infected. Oh well! Time to slash!
Oh well looks like they're infected. You know what that means!
*Pulls out Quickslash and Unbreakable Strength*
Living being down, slash them guys
With a voice like this no wonder people fell under her influence
Conclusion: The infection isn’t actually real, the Radiance just has a rabid fanbase and she started selling orange juice
@@captainblue5096 I am literally crying from laughing so hard, thank you for this mental image xD
Gamer God orange juice
@@Skogolor NO
@@captainblue5096 where did she find those oranges??
Funny how the radiance is shaming and criticizing the knight while she is dying, cause as she stated even if they kill her she still won the war and destroyed the kingdom.
who cares, you might have saved myla, it’s definitely worth it
Hey, she’s impossible to forget now, and the people that abandoned her are long dead and vanquished. The King who opposed her is dead on his throne, regretting the horrid actions he took to prevent the Infection from destroying everything only delayed it slightly. Deepnest is fully infected, every trace of Hallownest at its peak has been gouged out. All that’s left of the Pale Kjng’s legacy is a disintegrating carcass, and a tomb of hollowed out children. She won in the sense that she got revenge. But she didn’t get to enjoy it since the one enemy she always had ended up killing her.
@@JacksonVoet If there’s any hope, Dirtmouth might start to thrive now, and the Mantis tribe is still a fully functioning society, so they are good
Absolute radiance is probably the hardest boss I've ever fought, more difficult than stuff like Ultra Necrozma, Jevil, and Fatalis. It's truly impressive doing hk's bosses on radiant
A friend who's obssesed with this game sent this to me, I have no idea what's going on, but I like the chorus
Basically a goddess of light is angy and is yelling insults at us as we kill her
“You’re insane! Stare into the sun!”
-Radiance 2023
WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE SILKSONG WAITING ROOM WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
LIGHT! 🗣🔥🔥🔥
Such a perfect villain song. I can't stop listening. 1:55 scratches my brain especially well
"You're a Moth to the flame"
Says the Moth
What i find most interesting about this is the presence of a chorus. Not saying the song should be without it, I love the voices, but the Radiance has been forgotten for years with no subjects, unless the voices are the Infected bugs or maybe even voices of the past Moths
There’s a comment somewhere from someone who wrote the lyrics confirming this was from the infected bugs. (Just trust me bro.)
Oooo what a cool voice for the radiance! Not what I expected, but Caaarl's royal voice for her radiant light feels like it's casting a holy judgement onto the knight. How DARE you try to touch a god!?
Literally singing this in my head whenever I’m stressed to clear my mind. Works great 👍
This is more beautiful than I could have ever hoped for
Also "give into splendor" is ironic since Splendore is how the Radiance is called in Italian
my favorite part is "gaze upon me! speaketh my name! Radiance!"
Looking back, I love the irony that radiance is a moth who glows with the power of the SUN.
I love terrifying beings of light, which is why I love Necrozma and the Radiance!!!!
✨💫⭐️🌟
One thing I have started to gain an appreciation in lyrical covers in as all different fitting interpretations for the voices, I usually just base what I think character's voices sound like off of the few sound bites like the radiance scream, but this is way better than what that voice would sound like.
With how good you've been referring to the vessels as genderless, I'm gonna act like the Radiance misgendering the Hollow Knight is completely in character for her.
Probably has to do that Radiance is more over seeing them as a by-product of the Pale King, so Radiance call them "brothers" instead of siblings for having correlation not only with him, but also with the void
(That is a long way to say, that it flow better in the lyrics xD)
(I got hearted let's gooo)
I think instead of your brother, it could have been “the other” that makes it seem like she is treating HK as an object as opposed to a living thing, and lowering its status.
@@radsnake8104 I dont think that would make sense, since the whole thing about HK's purpose is to BE an object, a cage of sorts, for the Radiance, so the fact that she is addressing them as a "brother" to the Knight means that she is treating HK as a living thing, a being with a mind to think, a flawed being, which is one of the reasons why she over powered HK and has spread the infection once again. I think its a better insult to HK's pride calling them a Living thing than an Object in this case.
the radiance is transphobic D:
I was so happy to be able to catch this premiere, and my god is this song beautiful. The vocals are stunning, the art is gorgeous, and it has a really strong beginning with that line, "You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?" LOVE it!! Thank you for doing this package!
MOTH
"You're a hollow shame"
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
Ah.. The ultimate enemy. A tale as old as time. Light and void clashing. The lyrics fit her well! She is a tough opponent after all!
Imagine the knights just like "yeah i don't really care i just kinda need you dead"
" sorry about all your epic singing, but I need to slap the light out of you "
Even though I'm not a fan of the Radiance boss fight, these lyrics do a fantastic job of portraying her. They do a wonderful job of displaying her arrogance as a higher being, while also displaying the subtlety of her desperate struggle to live.
Man I was right there was gonna be a Radiance theme with lyrics
Anyway this is amazing! Keep it up :D!
It was in the Musical Bytes last night
@@Jessica_Schweser wait it was? I wasn’t able to finish it unfortunately
@@reimeiasterarcadiaclipper4110 Yeah it was, sorry you missed it man.
This was so good in the package. Loved it. Absolutely worth not sleeping for!
I thought it would say "she's bright" after "her light" and I was just dying at the possibility 😭😭
This is the song that plays during every Any Radiance 3.0 attempt
me listening to my RUclips playlist this southernly i get jumpered by LIGHT
I said this on the full package video, but I hope we can get a mix of Sealed Vessel that’s interrupted by Hornet and transitions to Radiance
I want pure vessel and soul sanctum
The Radiance sanctimonious, arrogant and cruel. Demanding all the subservience and reverence of a god while offering destruction to all that refuse. The song wonderfully captures the Radiance.
When I first saw this video, I knew the lyrics were going to be a treat, but I was scared to hear the voice. You did not disappoint! Perfect choice and stunning vocals as always. Keep it up! 👍
I might be fashionable late due to health problems that arose, but I still want to leave my little behind the scenes comment that I leave on songs I worked on.
So this song was originally written when I was going through a lot, I struggled with it, and just couldn't get some of the lines right. But when I got back to finishing this song for MotI and got the help from Alex for the clean up stage, I think this song ended up turning out so beautiful and just an absolutely stellar cap to the Hollow Knight Package.
So, since I'm late I'm not going to get into quite a deep dive on the lyrics, but I'll still talk about a few things I find neat.
Obviously, one of the main things of this song is the focus around "Light". The Radiance herself is for all intents and purposes the goddess of light. Her original followers, the moths, and all the various enemies in the game have all "seen the light" and become part of a sort of hive mind controlled by The Radiance. All of these voices of followers old and new are what the chorus is meant to be, drones who have no other thoughts than to worship the light. With all that said, the other aspect of the light is the burning force it brings, ultimately worshiping the light is short lived because none can survive it burning and all will lose their minds eventually.
One change Alex did that I think made it for the better was the ending of the song. In my original draft the song ended with Radiance realizing she is beaten and attempting to lash out in desperation before ultimately failing to The Knight. The chance to have it simply remain a power ballad for Radiance is the better choice for a package compared to the original idea of a full musical.
Another thing i'm going to just briefly touch on, "Like your brother failed"
Now, I'm not going to go into a full explanation of theorycrafting and my personal interpretation of what we see and are told in the games. But to keep it short, the use of brother here is not meant to be forcing a gender onto The Hollow Knight. It is used as a neutral term for a sibling that also happens to fit the rhyming scheme better. In addition, for the tldr theorycrafting for how I interpret the events of the game. Part of what made the "empty slate vessels" fail could potentially be that they have an identity of their own and gender can be a part of that. Seeing as The Hollow Knight ended up not being "perfect" as the Pale King wanted, it isn't a big stretch to believe that The Hollow Knight would develop their own identity which leads to use of traditionally male terms. But, that is all just how I personally interpret events of the game. And please remember, I myself and Non-Binary who does not identify as Male or Female, yet I myself still use They/Her. No two people interpret gender their own ways, and accusing people of being phobic because of a way they interpret a game isn't it and not something we should be trying to gatekeep.
Anyways, that went on longer than I wanted to, let's get into complements!
First and foremost, Carl. This song would not have the power and amazing feel to it without her voice and the training that she has. I will admit, when writing this song I was writing it with an operatic type of voice in mind to make Radiance feel like a God amongst Insects and Carl encapsulates that perfectly. Her training, the texture of her voice, and just the raw energy that she brings to the scene is absolutely beautiful and I don't personally know anyone who could bring quite the same energy, she is absolutely an Angel of Music for sure.
Of course, the God wouldn't feel quite the same without her followers. Alex, Emmy, Ian, Shiloh, and Uprising all did such a phenomenal job as the chorus, their blend of divine and bright just elevated the song so much.
And to bring both those elements together is the mixing team. Stelyos, Emmy, and Tom like always just bring these songs to a whole other level. I don't know how many ways I can sing their praise. They know how to take Insects and make them sound like Gods and every mix they work on is simply golden music to my ears.
Not to mention the art by Linda and Wisp. The art pieces that they made just bring the air of divinity to this song and fight. The dynamic poses, the brilliant lighting, everything about what they did just is a feast for the eyes.
And yeah, that's about it. I hope you enjoyed the read if you read it, and if you didn't, I hope you have a good day anyways ^^
Be kind to each other, and always remember PRAISE LÄMP!
This is synonym to PERFECT!! I can't say anything that has already been said, only that I JUST LOVE THIS! Also, I like this is the only song in package that shows how the hollow Knight die, showing that Radiance is willing to do anything to kill it/them.
I'm not gonna make a funny comment because I'm just blown away by Caaaarl's performance, she did such a good at mimicking what Radiance would sound like.
"You'd fight the war even knowing I've won?'' is a such a good line it scares me, because it's 100% true. Hallownest will still be a dead kingdom even if she's defeated.
*My favourites lines in this song.*
0:54
"Praise to her light, praise to her might, praise to the gods, one divine right!"
This has such a good background music with the lyrics itself being so good. This is just so good. I can't even describe it.
2:22
"Rising higher than the stars in the sky. Praise her domain. Nothing you can do to stop her reign. You're insane"
The way they sing this, the tone, the lyrics. When I first heard this, this line specifically was stuck in my head. This is a masterpiece
*Lines worth mentioning*
2:42
"Stare into the sun!"
1:14
"The light is god! The light is supreme!"
3:20
"Crumble, like your brother failed. Thus the fate of child of pale. King, the fool who thought he'd dare. To stand before me and compare. Yet he would burn before the glare!"
Overall this song is great, vocals and music are also great. Overall, I rate this 9.9/10 because perfection cannot exist. There's always room for improvement.
No. This is perfection.
@@ChargedBonsai98 Then that's it. There's nothing more.
I really love this theme. It's the best boss theme of the game imo.
That part near the very end (I believe it's 1:30 - 1:51 in the original track) is my favourite. So far, no one was able to make a remix or cover better than the original.
But this... These lyrics...
*AMAZING!* I remember being shocked while I listened to this in the bytes package.
These lyrics make my favourite moment even better, while not changing it! That's a totally different league. Just wonderful!
Headcanon against the Radiance:
Fight back the light
Take down the light
It is our fight
OUR birth right
Our final dream
No more the ursurper gleams
Neither will the law of god or pale, will surely fail and a goddess will scream
The time has come
For OUR dream to meet its zenith
Now bow, to know the shadows grow and
Freedom from thee
Now kill the light
Let's end this fight
A blinding sight
Rest now kin of pale
Know our duty is now fufilled
Lay thy souls in the silent still
Dream no more
No more
....
....
this should be added as an option for hallownest vocalized
When I saw hornet attack The Hollow Knight in the package, I screamed "radiance"
Absolutely magnificent. You've done so much justice for the character ❤
1:58 That voice is majestic, no wonder why people became infected💀
Amazing work, just gotta say amazing work here, the work fits Radiance perfect.
I've been trained chorally, so my ears are fine tuned to hear little mistakes in pieces like this! It has very few. I love it, thank you for creating it
I love that the ent that was lit on fire put himself out when the watter came in
All I can say is WOW! The lyrics you created plus the singer's amazing voice made this final boss even more epic!
I love the lead voice, such distiguished singing
the canon witht he other voices was brilliant as well, stellar performance and such impressive length too
I was literally listening to this from the full package, just as this came out
"I'm the light at the end of your tunnel"
0:33 the last time i did that i had to see an eye doctor
Im really late for this video but This voice fits Radiance perfectly, a regal and powerful voice but with a smuck and narcisistic undertone.
Healing at the beginning is very strange, since I'm pretty sure that when entering the Radiance fight you get healed back to full
Its opera, of course its opera, what else did you expect?
I wonder how the song of the empress of light would come out as, she and radiance share the same vibes tbh
This was hypnotizing
I was really hoping for this one!
I love how no matter what kind it is, if the fight is against a god, the lyric video will make sure you know that
I remember when Radiance was my problem. Now I try to do Abs Rad radiant. That's always fun
Doesn't sound the same without the crack of double-damage hits.
I'm just kidding, haha, this gives me chills up my spine, I got little goosebumps! What a voice!
Incredible! Very well done!!
I love how gooey and shiny she's drawn here, even though she's really a moth ATTRACTED to light. Personally, I think that this Radiance ATE the original god of light.
Did you like play the game or you're just making assumption
@@luulcas_6267 I have 102% completion
@@cetadel6597 then what made you think that she ate the god of light, she's a moth just because the people that worship her are moths
@@luulcas_6267 I think its because moths are attracted to light and either way headcanon
@@cetadel6597 That's total BS, but it's funny enough for me to not interfere.
6:05 "you're hollow shame" the ghost beating her to death in backround
Good Radiance- this is awesome! I was dying for thinking that there was a Radiance cover and I didn’t notice
Your name has been written in the graveyard of Godhome two years ago, you silly light moth, engraved with pure embraced Void.
"What are we gonna fight the sun?"
We have two of the three light gods now, all that's left is calamity mod's providence
Galeem, Ultra Necrozma and The Radiance, I think that makes 3
"No there is another" (The Sun Rises aka the definition of "Player Music" Starts playing)
MOTI making Sun God Ra theme confirmed 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Radiance: SAY MY NAME The knight who can’t speak: XD
Omg! That's so magnifecent and regal.