@@shooshiMooshi after watching the entire video, I like your interpretation. I think that there is nothing wrong with your interpretation and I love how this song can be taken many different ways as someone who chooses to keep rolling on. Nothing wrong with seeing a sad song as positive and sometimes people forget that! (Also consider listening to the song final message- a tribute to him after he passed. Really gets the tears goin)
@@kalmialow1272 also unknown mother goose brings even more emotion to the plate than this song whicb is basiclly super charged on those very sour emotions (which is both impresive and sad to think bout even more so that his last song was arguably the most emotionaly charged thing ever made)
this song is just purely about a girl fighting bullying and depression and wanting to die, until she can't anymore. the boy is assumed to be a personified verison of her depression, and she stops fighting against him in the end, and just lays there, giving up. it's implied that she was alone and bullied for much of her school life. a very sad story
wowaka said the song is about a dancer, and the lyrics show she's an overworking perfectionist. This PV is fanmade and theories about it shouldn't be taken as what wowaka meant to express with his music.
@@irrelevoice Actually there is no confirmed meaning to the song, it’s entirely up to interpretation so people actually should stop acting like there is one single meaning to the song
I found this song in 5th grade. Please imagine a small 9 year old child jamming to this song. In all seriousness though, this song was what really brought me into vocaloid. Things weren't going well in school, and I blamed myself for all of it. I still think that I am partially to blame. I had already found vocaloid at that point but only knew the more bubblegum pop songs. And then I found Wowaka. That was the first song I've heard that felt so personal to the creator and that I could relate to myself. Vocaloid was no longer about the cute anime characters singing, but everyday people pouring their soul into songs that these softwares would belt out to the world. Wowaka's death was the first time the death of a well-known person hurt. There was a name that I had remembered from turning to his songs over and over again, now as a memorial. It was the first time I had ever seen his face. After discovering his death, I returned to his songs and to vocaloid. Wowaka brought me into this community, and brought me back a few years later. Thank you, Wowaka.
WELCOME BACK! One thing I noticed THAT TOTALLY CHANGES THE VIEW OF THAT ONE "THE BOY IS DEPRESSION" THEORY is that it's actually the girl trying to strangle HERSELF near the end before he pulls her in for a hug, you can tell by the color of her sleeves. The boy then pulls HER hands off her own neck (if you slow down the animation you can see that thats what's happening) and into a hug. The whole time the girl is pushing the boy away, because he keeps asking if she wants to keep going, which she thought the only alternative to "rolling" was death. She was hurting so bad but she wanted to keep living. She could never confide in her troubles with the boy because she viewed him as an enemy (thus her wrapping her hands around his neck and looking intense earlier), and she soon got so tired of going on living and him always asking over and over -- that she wanted to get death over with at her own hands (thus her trying to strangle herself before the hug). But actually, he was asking if she really wants to keep going on "like this", alone and struggling as she was. So when she said "mou ii yo" or "its fine already", he finally felt that he could step in. and A LIL TRANSLATION OOPSY is that what is being translated as "i will stop your breathing now" is "iki wo tomeru yo ima" at one point which is "i will stop your breath now", when at the end (the final line). its "Iki wo yameru yo ima" which in this context is "hold your breath, now" which is indeed the boy talking. It is meant as him telling her to calm down and slow her breathing, for now she wasn't alone and he could help. That last few seconds of the song of her sitting in her restored of color as she holds him helps to show that. To her that colorless life was life, to him it wasn't a life she deserved, because of all the pain, she deserved a good life. She was using "iki wo tomeru yo ima" as "im going to end you" earlier in the song when wrapping her hands around his neck because -as we know now- she thought he wished her dead. He actually wanted to help give her her life back, not take it away. So it's a similar line but means entirely different things in different parts of the song. this is done on purpose to create that juxtaposition! Ive always viewed the use of the word and motif of"rolling" as struggling, suffering and only just surviving through life. When you're rolling, you're at the whim of the hill you're going down. You have no control, you get hurt by getting knocked around (which is why I think she gets more and more injured throughout the song, she keeps rolling therefore getting more hurt), and you can very literally only go "downhill". There's no going up from where she was. She was spiraling, and he didn't want that for her. She thought rolling was fine because that meant she was alive. At the end, she is no longer "rolling", she is now living (thus her world now being filled with color at the end). He didn't want her to have to just "roll" anymore. To me, this speaks about the plights of having depression and anxiety and viewing others including friends as those who cant understand and will only hurt you more, and that as long as your just surviving and suffering, its "no problem" and you're doing "fine". This song illustrates so beautifully that this is not the case, others are there to support you and you deserve more than just "rolling".
@@sedefozengi4760 aa thank you for reading all of it!! its quite a doozy haha. Im so glad you got something from it~~!! ^^ I guess a decade or so of pondering ought to get me somewhere huh jdhfskjdfhaskdjfh
OOPS ONE LIL EDIT! i double checked the kanji and "Iki" is spelled using the kanji for breath here (息 not 生き), its the second part I meant that shows the difference. at first its "Iki wo tomeru yo ima" which means "stopping breath" and then "Iki wo YAMERU yo ima" which in this context has the connotation of holding your breath, not like, straight up stopping it. So it has the vibe of holding on a moment to relax, hold your breath, and just let me handle this when said by the boy! Sorry about that!! I thought something was off haha - gonna fix that in my comment
Thank you for your interpretation as the first reply said, this gives me even more hope when applying what was said/shown to my own life. I really appreciate how in depth you went and the time you put in to type such a thing, thank you again, truly.
@@awesomeziza Aaa thank you so much ;;0;; I resonate with that so much!! When I first listened to it I was truly in the camp that this songs story didn’t have a happy ending, but I as rewatched and learned more, that’s where I’ve gotten! realizing how much I was willing to see different sides and how badly I wanted the girl to have a happy ending helped me learn I should do the same for myself ^^
2 years after this comment and I'm still losing it. To be honest I've been losing that battle since 10th grade which I know I've been diagnosed with depression since 6th grade (maybe even 5th can't remember the exact time in my life) and even then I didn't express near as much as I felt. To me getting help is more troublesome than just ignoring it though, because the more I think about it the worse it makes it so I just drown out my own emotions and it's probably worked better for me than anything else.. Just kinda waiting until I finally implode tbh but until then I'll keep going as I always have.
One of Wowaka's notable songs, he'd be happy when we kept appreciating his songs but sadly, he passed away few years ago I hope we won't forget about his works, as a Vocaloid Producer, and a Vocalist of his band hitorie
@@shooshiMooshi the interpretation from @Maddie The Small makes a lot more sense though in retrospect ( as a former "the boy is depression" believer. ) because MAddie brings up a translation error in the subtitles that sparked the whole "the boy is depression" theory...
The thing with Wowaka was that he practically revolutionized a whole genre of music, fundamentally and style of music (how it’s written and the faster music). He never got a lot of credit however, him getting upset that Miku got all of the credit (which a lot of his last songs were about). It caused him to step away and pursue his band hitorie. He came back and made a final song, unknown mother goose. He then died, with ironically his career finally getting a lot of the credit. A good video I recommend about wowaka is ubnubs video on him. :)
It is very sad that so many artists get recognized only after their deaths and finally given credit to their works. Cause no matter how big their fame and legacy becomes, the artist themselves will never know and get to feel it.
I thought I was getting more blind at how many likes this got but wow yea it's so sad that he died and the thing is he died in his sleep which is so sad bc of heart failure but I really liked and still do like his songs I just cry every time I do
Please please please, listen to other Wowaka songs. Biggest suggestions: - World Ends Dancehall - Two-Faced Lovers - Unknown Mother Goose (This was the last vocaloid song he release, I believe. So please, definitely listen to it). - Unhappy Refrain Please, again, he was such a wonderful artist. Truly, he created such a change in the vocaloid community. (All of them are very heavy on the emotional side.)
It wasn't really his last song, Unknown Mother Goose was Wowaka's last song as a Vocaloid producer, there's his career with his group Hitorie which is also extremely good. I would recommend Ao from Hitorie and the entirety of the Coyote album. I really hope I wasn't obnoxious or anything like that, I just really really love wowaka and his group.
I hate that I freaking love this song so much that I cry profusely while head banging as I listen to it because it’s fire but the meaning also makes me very sad-
As a person who has dealed with depression since the age of Nine, this really killed me. Not literally, mentally. It reminds me of wrapping my hands around my neck, trying to strangle myself, but I let go. Please, to the reader who dealed/deals with this, Don’t end it.. everything will get better. It takes time, and time is long, but time will lead to great things. If your having suicidal thoughts, please. Reach out to someone you truly trust. If your pushing yourself on purpose, don’t. Do it. It won’t help, and it will just make you sadder. If you make a mistake, get up. Get. Up. Don’t take it as a negative thing, you WILL get better at what your making mistakes at. Everyone in life makes mistakes, it’s normal! If people make you sad because of it, they can go kiss ass.
Thank you for doing this song. As someone suffering from depression the pep talks and your content are that break I need. So thank you just like us you're amazing.
No problem at all :). With videos like these, I always do my best to reach the hearts of those struggling. You guys honestly end up having the most to offer in this world and the people around you. It’d be a shame for that beauty to stay trapped within the confines of your head due to depression :(. Stay strong like you have up to this point :’)
I feel like its about someone who was running from depression finally realizing that the only way to gain the happiness they want is by accepting that they are depressed and not running from it and ignoring it
I think this song is about depression. But, while many people think the boy is a personification of the girl’s depression, I think he is a personification of her yearning to get help and push through it. The girl’s depression is trying to stifle that yearning, hence her trying to strangle him. Him pulling her back from a ledge and embracing her at the end of the song, along with the lyrics he’s paired with throughout the song, is what makes me think this. She’s finally accepted her yearning to push through and get help after her depression stifling it for so long. At least, that’s my interpretation of the song.
I feel like this song is about hope. This girl is hoping that rolling on and ignoring the bumps will help her see And whichever way you interpret it, whether it be the 1st or 2nd fan theory, or Shooshi’s theory, the theme still stands She hopes to see the colours She hopes to be happy And I think, that hope.. that’s what drives the song and it’s comforting in a way Someone can help you see colours in ways you didn’t think possible It’s beautiful
i really love how you immediately knew it just sounded tragic. that's one of the things i LOVE about the song.the tune is so upbeat + the vocals don't sound overtly emotional, yet there's still a degree of pain and complete melacholy and "tragicness" like you put it that's so subtle yet so obvious at the same time?? wowaka is truly a musical genius
Hey can you do this next Suggestions: -magical doctor (Dont wear earphones while listening to this) -suck it -disappearance of hatsune miku -the world is mine
I couldn’t listen to this song until about a month ago because i quite literally could not emotionally handle it💀 it’s such a beautiful song but it makes me cry everytime
dont seem shocked. it’s vocaloid. one moment they could be having the time of their life, perverted moments another, then pure depression, despair, and suicide. we’ve gotten used to these different topics. rip wowaka, you’ll be missed❤️
LET'S GOOOO also hoping you react to other wowaka songs because they are undeniably gorgeous to listen to! highly recommend Unknown Mother Goose, though!
This was the very first Wowaka song I ever heard, I was super young back then, and yet I felt identified with this song which looking back on isn't great, considering the thematic of the song... Yet I'm thankful, because it got me through so many hard times. Thank you Wowaka for everything. May you rest in peace and have a great place in the afterlife, with just how many lives you saved with your songs.
ive known this song for a decade and there are hundreds of interpretations so they all work! one oof the best things about the lyrics is that its so vague, it makes it easy to project ones own struggles and thoughts onto it. my favorite interpretation is quite similar to your initial one, personally its about trying hard to acheive a goal and getting nowhere, tthe scars she gets representing the times she's failed. But she keeps trying, she wants to succeed! there are countless success stories where if you keep trying you'll get there but life isnt like that usually. Everytime she fails she beats herself up over it, the song is in a 2nd perspective, someone watching the girl and singing about her struggles and that makes me think its the other person aware of her struggles. At the end she fails again but the friend pulls her into a hug and take a break. English cant properly convey this but throughout the song the stopping her breath part was using a more violent or harder term to stop her breath while the final one uses one less violent so i think its her friend confronting her telling her to finally give herself a break. Maybe she can take a break and find something else to work on since the world is so full of possibilities, and come back to the goal at a later date. or not, but either way no failure is worth beating yourself over and you always have a shoulder to lean on was my takeaway!
There is a lot of truth in how the MV plays out, I think. For the most part, depression is so gradual and non-violent. You're just getting more tired and tired of... everything. It doesn't make you sad necessarily, but you stop enjoying things. You stop taking part in life. And you really feel like that's the right thing to do. It's fine. It's tolerable in a twisted way. After all, you haven't changed, just the world around you has gotten darker. Well... then what if you could just go away? A thought that becomes more familiar and sounds more sensible to you as time goes by. Making you a little happy even. But it doesn't have to be now, right? You still want to do this one thing you have coming up in a week. But you keep the thought around, like a pocket version of an emergency exit. When you close your eyes at night, you make up scenarios of how to end it, how to limit hurting the people you love. Before you know it, this whole thing has grown into a master plan. This is when you're right on the edge of the abyss. And it feels... good, comforting. Eventually you will take the last step in the wrong direction. Sounds familiar? I hope not.
Okay so I’m worried now, that sounds similar to what I’m going through- It’s still in the “emergency exit” stage though, and now I don’g know what to do
the song hits me hard. tumbling through life clumsily, not being able to fit in properly, always thinking "just one more day, mayhaps something nice might happen" and eveyday you look for something to keep you going, while constantly this feeling of wanting to just lay down and end it all
okay over the past few days ive been checking out your content and hearing the crack in your voice during the second impression has sold me. im a long time fan of AkiDearest which you mentioned her in i think it was your "this video has no title" video (fun fact i found her through her vocaloid countdowns so here we are full circle lol) and you remind me so much of her, im loving how much you put into these videos. the first one of yours i watched was "Secrets of Wysteria". it had shown up in my reccomended and i love that song(because it was and is the only one so far to really chill me to my core) so of course i had to check it out. keep up the great work.
I lil late cuz I was crying over sad mangas this helped a lot idk if I’m being sarcastic or not but it’s nice to see you again!! Update after wanting the video: Literally Anyone: call me stupid, dumb, a failure, a disappointment etc. Me: Eh whatever I’m a bad B,tch tf do I care what they gotta say You: calls my feelings valid Me: Uncontrollable sobbing
I still watching the video xd, but since I'm early, I just wanted to recommend cheating is a crime and just disappear, from Takayan. They go together and just give a beautiful story but you have to watch cheating is a crime first to get the best experience, I think you would love the songs too, also all of his music is just bomb :) Btw, I really love all of your vídeos :D
This song has a very sacred place in my heart. I really feel like it resonates with who I am, every single lyric describes me perfectly. No one really knows what Wowaka intended when he made this song and everyone created their own variation of the meaning. I personally believe it shows Miku wanting certain things which is why she spends her day dreaming (per the first lyric) but she doesn't know exactly what they are or where the end is. Her rolling is her going out of her comfort zone or doing something dumb to try to find out where the destination is and what it is that she really wants and how it feels like. She regrets the "rolling" and constantly feels like a failure, "mou shippai mou shippai", but she still does it again to try to get a taste of her unreachable dream in real life. She knows she'll eventually regret the rolling but she keeps doing it over and over again because she is hopeless and depressed.
This was my first vocaloid song and I don't think any other song will feel the same. This song makes me feel so many things, so much emotion. Rolling Girl will forever hold a special place in my heart and I am glad that I was able to find a song that expressed everything I was feeling when it came into my life
Rolling Girl was my first introduction into Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid music in general. I love this song and it will always be my favorite out of the countless song's that i also love now. Its been month's and i have dug deeper and deeper into this music and this song as well as Wowaka will always hold a gigantic place in my heart. I have cried listening to this multiple time's and it is nothing i can describe or put my finger on but it hit's me so hard, whatever interpretation is correct there is something here that is so relatable and crushing but also uplifting at the same time. I love Hatsune Miku and Wowaka for introducing me to this beautiful world for broken souls.
Man, I love shooshi's reactions and I'm glad they're back after this break since I missed them very much. I like how in-depth these vids get and look forward to the future of this channel.
I haven't finished yet simply because I got an 11 minute ad? After the 2nd watchthrough with subtitles. It's a dating show ad too. Hope you get the sweet cash money. Anyways Wowaka's tuning of Hatsune Miku feels like it brought a whole new generation of songs to the vocaloid scene. I'm glad his songs will live on forever.
ROLLING GIRL... A song that I relate a lot in my life...but damn,if it wasn't because of my friends,I might be dead. Before any outbreaks,I wanna say that I am fine. THIS SONG was here in YT a long time ago,so yeah now I am grown.I finished highschool and waiting for college. And for anyone out there,if you ever feel in a dark place,please,let it all out..There might be people that will l3ave you,but out there,there are people who will be willingly to help you and be by ur side.Do NOT HEAR ANY VOICES YOU HEAR.They are not real..and PLEASE if anyone hear want to tell their story just let it all out here.I will be willingly to hear it
@@GHOUPSLIP Then I'd like to invite you to my online friend group but it's on Facebook, if you're alright with it I'll add you there in our group. We might swear at times and talk about our problems and terrible things that happened to us but most if the time we just...have fun!
@@GHOUPSLIP Then please know that I am willing to be ur friend.Stay strong,don't do anything irrational.Your life has only one and do what you really love to do,don't waste on it.We all will be here if you have any updates..
Thank you for your comment Butter Girl, truly. To Trish Una, I am also willing to be your friend if you ever need anything. I can't exactly promise that I'll be capable of helping, but if you or anyone here may need someone to hear you, you can reach me on ig if you have it @anxiousziza. Thank you to everyone here, I hope you all take care
God I've missed this song, thank you for bringing me back to it. In my darkest hours, Miku and her artists brought me comfort. Rest in peace Wowaka, and know your music is changing the world for generations to come.
I actually wonder if he would like Clingy Boy Sticking for 15 Years. It isn’t that sad though, but a little bit. Also just fun. 😂 It’s my Manbo-p (and his first song on RUclips, although he remixed it and it’s also his most recent song?, and his vocaloids are a bit unique.
I just love your interpretation. Somehow, you managed to convey my thoughts for this song and put it into words beautifully. It is much more comforting to see this song as the girl just gives herself a break from trying to live normally.
i recently have been reverting back to my vocaloid self, and relistening to rolling girl after years, now being an adult hits even harder. that feeling of looming darkness never leaving? whew. RIP wowaka.
I discovered Vocaloid with this song 9 years ago. I get so emotional listening to it since wowaka passed away... this song is also very important for me on a personal level, so thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for reacting to this song. It’s a really special song that hits close to home for me so I’m so grateful for how respectfully you handled this video. “It’s okay to not be okay”, this is one of my favorite sayings. I think it’s really important for people who are struggling to hear. Another great reaction as always shoosh, welcome back
The way this song describes depression, self-harm, and dissociation is so spot on that it’s heartbreaking. This isn’t being written from an outsider’s perspective. It’s someone who’s been there. The feeling of being alone in a crowd. Telling yourself that if you keep going maybe it will get better but feeling deep inside that it won’t. Going through life but unable to experience it, everything feeing dream-like and unreal. I remember hearing this song as a teenager and relating to it so heavily and sometimes I still do. I see a lot of people say the song is about bullying, but I don’t see references to anyone making her feel this way. The boy is definitely a personification of depression. After awhile, depression becomes comforting in it’s familiarity and stepping out of it becomes more terrifying than anything. Even death starts to seem like a warm lover’s embrace that offers a sense of relief when you choose to accept it.
Rolling girl will always be me favorite song, it doesnt hit all the time, but it hits extra hard when im depressed, like just the song itself sounds and feels like depression, its truly amazing (just wanna say i have bipolar so i know what its like to be depressed, well i havent been diagnosed but i know i have it and im too scared to ask for help + my family is broke and im not allowed to get a summerjob (im 15))
Rest in peace wowaka. You made some absolutely amazing vocaloid songs that will always stay in our hearts. We are sad that you had to go but we all hope that you succeed in your journey to your next life.😔😌
I was bullied during my primary years, I had two bullys. One of them started bullying me in year 3 till year 6. The other one bullyed me for about a full year. Due to this I always hated school. I kept telling myself one more day, one more day. Till it was Friday. I always wanted to have a break and relax. Only on Saturday and Sundays was those days. My bully would never physical hurt me, only mentally. Thinking I can get over this I never told anyone. I thought once I go to high school it would be over. For the first year that my bully would hurt me i would fight back. I told my teachers but since I kept hiding my emotions they brushed this off. I kept trying, again, again and again. Due to this my bully would do more, more and more. There was no one I could go to, my parents doesn't understand english and I wasnt fluent with thier language. If I told my siblings they would never take me seriously. I kept my emotions to myself. When I have gone to high school my past trauma was Igraved in my cuts leaving a scar. When i gone to school, i didn't want enemies. So i tried to advoid school and everything. I kept saying one more day, one more day and one more day. Even though i knew it wouldn't be one more day. I just wanted to believe that. I didn't know what to do...or what to say.. After all I'm just a kid. Can I have a break if school is what I'm avoiding.? I ask myself all day. I truly don't know why my Blullyies bullied me. But I don't blame them. I guess I was a good target..
I’ve been fighting with my bpd for so long and even though this song isn’t related to it, for so many years it has been my comfort song. It’s so sad that wowaka isn’t with us any more rip. Thanks for reacting to rolling girl
Okay this makes no sense it's been nine minutes and u already have like 268 views 😂👍 ur amazing shooshi💯💯💯✨✨also is that a silent voice poster I see behind you 10/10
The way wowaka made music was amazing he had talent like no other human being. When he died he left a hole in the heart of the Vocaloid community he was a legend and he changed Vocaloid forever
Great video!! I was searching for a video of someone reacting to Rolling Girl and realizing how deep the lyrics are. I love this song, definitely one of the best songs by Wowaka with Hatsune Miku's voice.
To me, this song is one of the most relatable songs I've listened to. Not because of depression but more my anxiety. Personally the song was symbolic of the neverending cycle of anxiety, snowballing due to the constant rotation only getting bigger and bigger as I roll. I often crashed on the way which smashed the ball but I always ended up tripping again. I've had anxiety ever since I can remember, which is like, 3 years old. The chaos of the fast paced melody always resonated with me. The end of the song gave me a relief as if everything was over. The weirdest thing is that I had my own friend, and still have him today. He gives me hours of happiness and stress relief just from a simple hug. To me that's kinda what the song means, a personal thing.
I knew it was depressing, but seeing your reaction since you didn't grow up with it made me realize even more how incredible Wowaka's work truly was. Thank you
I gotta say man- I honestly absolutely adore u and this community to the point that I dont even understand it. I really, really, really needed to hear that last segment. And I'm going to look for that last comment in particular after. It's just that it perfectly describes the way I've felt for so long. A large portion of the time I'm just really distraught about that lurking feeling of drowning, or those often days when it does feel like I'm drowning. But I can be having the shittiest week possible and the moment when that feeling takes root, that's suddenly the most comforting part of my week. The first interpretation honestly scared some part of me, but more of a sad scared bc I thought that was exactly what I was doing to myself. Just digging my own grave. Though the best way to put it is, without these depressing times I'd be driving myself way into the ground for other mental health reasons since depression isnt the only one out there. I really hope the best for u and everyone here in the community, and I'll always be rooting for y'all
I am so happy that you uploaded a little before I decided I wanted to watch your videos. I like to watch them when I'm not feeling motivated for anything and just want to relax. So thank you
You posted this on my birthday lol. But I'm glad you reacted to this song. I remember i used to listen to it when I was younger in order to force myself to cry, since I physically can't normally cry unless things have been piling for a while, or a sensory overload gets triggered, causing a meltdown. I haven't listened to this song in a while, and I don't completely remember what I thought of it as. It was mostly a way for me to finally let out some tears, and to be able to think about everything I've been through, without it destroying me psychologically. From what I can remember, I saw the man as depression personified. Rolling represented chaotically getting through life, having basically no control over how my life turns out, due to authority figures deciding where my life ends up, and teachers ignoring whenever I'd get bullied unless mom talked to them about it. I don't think I saw a happy ending to it. I had the usual belief that the depression eventually ended everything through sxicide, due to how lifeless she looked to me at the end of the mv. Thats in no way meant to be something I believe was actually being portrayed, due to the fact I haven't really thought about it. It's just how I remember I used to project my own problems
Its good that songs like these are around, and the meaning behind this kind of video gives an understanding to those who suffer from depression or those who have it. I have friends who do and try my best to be there, as both a friend and support.
Great analysis of what is perhaps my favorite song. The piano the lyrics and the composition are amazing. There are some tracker songs and metal songs and some Laura Les song that are on my top 10 list as well, but I think this is still number one for me.
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@@shooshiMooshi after watching the entire video, I like your interpretation. I think that there is nothing wrong with your interpretation and I love how this song can be taken many different ways as someone who chooses to keep rolling on. Nothing wrong with seeing a sad song as positive and sometimes people forget that! (Also consider listening to the song final message- a tribute to him after he passed. Really gets the tears goin)
@@kalmialow1272 also unknown mother goose brings even more emotion to the plate than this song whicb is basiclly super charged on those very sour emotions (which is both impresive and sad to think bout even more so that his last song was arguably the most emotionaly charged thing ever made)
Wait who is wowaka?
@@norman2070 the guy who wrote the song
Those piano chords are forever carbon pressed into music history.
Put it on the archive.
this song is just purely about a girl fighting bullying and depression and wanting to die, until she can't anymore. the boy is assumed to be a personified verison of her depression, and she stops fighting against him in the end, and just lays there, giving up. it's implied that she was alone and bullied for much of her school life. a very sad story
wowaka said the song is about a dancer, and the lyrics show she's an overworking perfectionist. This PV is fanmade and theories about it shouldn't be taken as what wowaka meant to express with his music.
No that’s what the video is about,it doesn’t mean the song is about bullies.
@@irrelevoice Actually there is no confirmed meaning to the song, it’s entirely up to interpretation so people actually should stop acting like there is one single meaning to the song
@@irrelevoice could you provide where you found this? i wanna learn about it more :0
@@irrelevoice source?
I found this song in 5th grade. Please imagine a small 9 year old child jamming to this song.
In all seriousness though, this song was what really brought me into vocaloid. Things weren't going well in school, and I blamed myself for all of it. I still think that I am partially to blame. I had already found vocaloid at that point but only knew the more bubblegum pop songs. And then I found Wowaka. That was the first song I've heard that felt so personal to the creator and that I could relate to myself. Vocaloid was no longer about the cute anime characters singing, but everyday people pouring their soul into songs that these softwares would belt out to the world.
Wowaka's death was the first time the death of a well-known person hurt. There was a name that I had remembered from turning to his songs over and over again, now as a memorial. It was the first time I had ever seen his face. After discovering his death, I returned to his songs and to vocaloid.
Wowaka brought me into this community, and brought me back a few years later. Thank you, Wowaka.
Bruh i heard this song when i was 7 y/o, i can feel what you feel, and yes this is also the song that dragged ne to Vocaloid community.
A case of N parents (me)
Wait... IN 5TH GRADE YOU WERE NINE?! I WAS 11 IN 5TH GRADE AND STARTED SCHOOL AT 6 YEARS OLD(and I had an extra year of school before 1st grade)
Heard this song when it was first released, was probably about 10 years old by then
i heared this song at 6 or 7?
WELCOME BACK!
One thing I noticed THAT TOTALLY CHANGES THE VIEW OF THAT ONE "THE BOY IS DEPRESSION" THEORY is that it's actually the girl trying to strangle HERSELF near the end before he pulls her in for a hug, you can tell by the color of her sleeves. The boy then pulls HER hands off her own neck (if you slow down the animation you can see that thats what's happening) and into a hug. The whole time the girl is pushing the boy away, because he keeps asking if she wants to keep going, which she thought the only alternative to "rolling" was death. She was hurting so bad but she wanted to keep living. She could never confide in her troubles with the boy because she viewed him as an enemy (thus her wrapping her hands around his neck and looking intense earlier), and she soon got so tired of going on living and him always asking over and over -- that she wanted to get death over with at her own hands (thus her trying to strangle herself before the hug). But actually, he was asking if she really wants to keep going on "like this", alone and struggling as she was. So when she said "mou ii yo" or "its fine already", he finally felt that he could step in. and A LIL TRANSLATION OOPSY is that what is being translated as "i will stop your breathing now" is "iki wo tomeru yo ima" at one point which is "i will stop your breath now", when at the end (the final line). its "Iki wo yameru yo ima" which in this context is "hold your breath, now" which is indeed the boy talking. It is meant as him telling her to calm down and slow her breathing, for now she wasn't alone and he could help. That last few seconds of the song of her sitting in her restored of color as she holds him helps to show that. To her that colorless life was life, to him it wasn't a life she deserved, because of all the pain, she deserved a good life. She was using "iki wo tomeru yo ima" as "im going to end you" earlier in the song when wrapping her hands around his neck because -as we know now- she thought he wished her dead. He actually wanted to help give her her life back, not take it away. So it's a similar line but means entirely different things in different parts of the song. this is done on purpose to create that juxtaposition!
Ive always viewed the use of the word and motif of"rolling" as struggling, suffering and only just surviving through life. When you're rolling, you're at the whim of the hill you're going down. You have no control, you get hurt by getting knocked around (which is why I think she gets more and more injured throughout the song, she keeps rolling therefore getting more hurt), and you can very literally only go "downhill". There's no going up from where she was. She was spiraling, and he didn't want that for her. She thought rolling was fine because that meant she was alive. At the end, she is no longer "rolling", she is now living (thus her world now being filled with color at the end). He didn't want her to have to just "roll" anymore. To me, this speaks about the plights of having depression and anxiety and viewing others including friends as those who cant understand and will only hurt you more, and that as long as your just surviving and suffering, its "no problem" and you're doing "fine". This song illustrates so beautifully that this is not the case, others are there to support you and you deserve more than just "rolling".
That's a great interpretation! I wouldn't be able to see it that way if you didn't write this comment. So thank you!
@@sedefozengi4760 aa thank you for reading all of it!! its quite a doozy haha. Im so glad you got something from it~~!! ^^ I guess a decade or so of pondering ought to get me somewhere huh jdhfskjdfhaskdjfh
OOPS ONE LIL EDIT! i double checked the kanji and "Iki" is spelled using the kanji for breath here (息 not 生き), its the second part I meant that shows the difference. at first its "Iki wo tomeru yo ima" which means "stopping breath" and then "Iki wo YAMERU yo ima" which in this context has the connotation of holding your breath, not like, straight up stopping it. So it has the vibe of holding on a moment to relax, hold your breath, and just let me handle this when said by the boy! Sorry about that!! I thought something was off haha - gonna fix that in my comment
Thank you for your interpretation as the first reply said, this gives me even more hope when applying what was said/shown to my own life. I really appreciate how in depth you went and the time you put in to type such a thing, thank you again, truly.
@@awesomeziza Aaa thank you so much ;;0;; I resonate with that so much!! When I first listened to it I was truly in the camp that this songs story didn’t have a happy ending, but I as rewatched and learned more, that’s where I’ve gotten! realizing how much I was willing to see different sides and how badly I wanted the girl to have a happy ending helped me learn I should do the same for myself ^^
"Acting like nothing's wrong...like 'I'm okay'- that's when you start losing the battle." -ShooshiMooshi, 2021
Damn... Those are some true words
2 years after this comment and I'm still losing it. To be honest I've been losing that battle since 10th grade which I know I've been diagnosed with depression since 6th grade (maybe even 5th can't remember the exact time in my life) and even then I didn't express near as much as I felt.
To me getting help is more troublesome than just ignoring it though, because the more I think about it the worse it makes it so I just drown out my own emotions and it's probably worked better for me than anything else.. Just kinda waiting until I finally implode tbh but until then I'll keep going as I always have.
I can already tell the flashbacks are going to happen
One of Wowaka's notable songs, he'd be happy when we kept appreciating his songs but sadly, he passed away few years ago
I hope we won't forget about his works, as a Vocaloid Producer, and a Vocalist of his band hitorie
13:20 that interpretation is literally chilling
Ikr?!
@@shooshiMooshi the interpretation from @Maddie The Small makes a lot more sense though in retrospect ( as a former "the boy is depression" believer. ) because MAddie brings up a translation error in the subtitles that sparked the whole "the boy is depression" theory...
The thing with Wowaka was that he practically revolutionized a whole genre of music, fundamentally and style of music (how it’s written and the faster music). He never got a lot of credit however, him getting upset that Miku got all of the credit (which a lot of his last songs were about). It caused him to step away and pursue his band hitorie. He came back and made a final song, unknown mother goose. He then died, with ironically his career finally getting a lot of the credit. A good video I recommend about wowaka is ubnubs video on him. :)
It is very sad that so many artists get recognized only after their deaths and finally given credit to their works. Cause no matter how big their fame and legacy becomes, the artist themselves will never know and get to feel it.
Oki u can not tell me with a straight face that you dislike this song like you cannot p.s. R.I.P wowaka u will always be missed fly high 🛐🕊️
You gotta be on some crazy drugs to not like this. Rest In Peace Wowaka
Yeah.
I thought I was getting more blind at how many likes this got but wow yea it's so sad that he died and the thing is he died in his sleep which is so sad bc of heart failure but I really liked and still do like his songs I just cry every time I do
@@-khiyauwu-6792 bout the only songs of his that get me really crying r this one and unknown mother goose
@@shooshiMooshi yep
Please please please, listen to other Wowaka songs.
Biggest suggestions:
- World Ends Dancehall
- Two-Faced Lovers
- Unknown Mother Goose (This was the last vocaloid song he release, I believe. So please, definitely listen to it).
- Unhappy Refrain
Please, again, he was such a wonderful artist. Truly, he created such a change in the vocaloid community.
(All of them are very heavy on the emotional side.)
two faced lovers is one of my favorites, its so good and so real :(
It wasn't really his last song, Unknown Mother Goose was Wowaka's last song as a Vocaloid producer, there's his career with his group Hitorie which is also extremely good.
I would recommend Ao from Hitorie and the entirety of the Coyote album.
I really hope I wasn't obnoxious or anything like that, I just really really love wowaka and his group.
@@Phantom-vm9kc Oh gosh, no-no. Many thanks! I don't listen to Hitorie as much so thank you for correcting me, I really appreciate it.
I would add Toosenbo, mostly because it's kind of a hidden gem and really hits me in the gut with feelings.
+Boku no sainou
wowaka was the gateway to seeing the producers behind the music rather than the vocaloid for a lot of people, he really shaped the whole community imo
One of the most iconic vocaloid song written by the legendary wowaka and sang by the queen herself...
I hate that I freaking love this song so much that I cry profusely while head banging as I listen to it because it’s fire but the meaning also makes me very sad-
*SAD TWERKING*
an iconic one just exactly before april ends
rip wowaka
Yes
Yes. Wowaka's songs saved me. Now he's gone...
*Rest in peace Wowaka. Thank you for making us happy, Hatsune miku may comfort your soul ♡*
Yeah.
I didn’t expect to see you here :0.
Rip wowaka, may he rest in peace
@@Lampfinder1619 he really was a legend, his songs are my coping mechanism
even though i've heard this song a thousand times i STILL got goosebumps hearing it again. wowaka left a legacy behind for sure.
DUDE HOW ARE YOU NOT A MODEL YET 😭😩
Yes! He really could be! But if he is happy with RUclips, he should do what makes him happiest!
I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME
@@carchar5502 based
IKR
As a person who has dealed with depression since the age of Nine, this really killed me. Not literally, mentally. It reminds me of wrapping my hands around my neck, trying to strangle myself, but I let go. Please, to the reader who dealed/deals with this, Don’t end it.. everything will get better. It takes time, and time is long, but time will lead to great things. If your having suicidal thoughts, please. Reach out to someone you truly trust. If your pushing yourself on purpose, don’t. Do it. It won’t help, and it will just make you sadder. If you make a mistake, get up. Get. Up. Don’t take it as a negative thing, you WILL get better at what your making mistakes at. Everyone in life makes mistakes, it’s normal! If people make you sad because of it, they can go kiss ass.
Thank you for doing this song. As someone suffering from depression the pep talks and your content are that break I need. So thank you just like us you're amazing.
No problem at all :). With videos like these, I always do my best to reach the hearts of those struggling. You guys honestly end up having the most to offer in this world and the people around you. It’d be a shame for that beauty to stay trapped within the confines of your head due to depression :(. Stay strong like you have up to this point :’)
@@shooshiMooshi Thank you so much.
You will get through this and you are not alone. Thank you for being here.
When I first listened to the song I felt like that boy was hugging me too just that it was bigger...Lol I'm crying rn😅
The song is sooo good
Wowaka is such a great artist!
Wish he was still here 🥲 RIP
I feel like its about someone who was running from depression finally realizing that the only way to gain the happiness they want is by accepting that they are depressed and not running from it and ignoring it
I think this song is about depression. But, while many people think the boy is a personification of the girl’s depression, I think he is a personification of her yearning to get help and push through it. The girl’s depression is trying to stifle that yearning, hence her trying to strangle him. Him pulling her back from a ledge and embracing her at the end of the song, along with the lyrics he’s paired with throughout the song, is what makes me think this. She’s finally accepted her yearning to push through and get help after her depression stifling it for so long. At least, that’s my interpretation of the song.
I feel like this song is about hope.
This girl is hoping that rolling on and ignoring the bumps will help her see
And whichever way you interpret it, whether it be the 1st or 2nd fan theory, or Shooshi’s theory, the theme still stands
She hopes to see the colours
She hopes to be happy
And I think, that hope.. that’s what drives the song and it’s comforting in a way
Someone can help you see colours in ways you didn’t think possible
It’s beautiful
This song has always been very special to me for as long as I can remember. I'm glad you finally got to give it a listen!
bruh I remember as a kid I always listened to The lost one's weeping, Rolling girl, etc.. Bitch didn't even know what it was about 💀
*mood*
i really love how you immediately knew it just sounded tragic. that's one of the things i LOVE about the song.the tune is so upbeat + the vocals don't sound overtly emotional, yet there's still a degree of pain and complete melacholy and "tragicness" like you put it that's so subtle yet so obvious at the same time?? wowaka is truly a musical genius
You should do magical doctor by maretu. It’s a bop but also very dark-
I fricken love that song
Yes
I’d love to see him react to any MARETU song!
*Ah yes,a cultured person*
He should also listen to Mind Brand By Maretu
Oooh! A “A silent Voice” poster! I love that movie!
Hey can you do this next
Suggestions:
-magical doctor (Dont wear earphones while listening to this)
-suck it
-disappearance of hatsune miku
-the world is mine
Now I really want to recommend Unknown Mother Goose, especially Miyashita Yuu's cover. It contains really good tribute to Wowaka.
YESS MIYASHITA YUU'S COVER IS MY FAVORITEEE
I couldn’t listen to this song until about a month ago because i quite literally could not emotionally handle it💀 it’s such a beautiful song but it makes me cry everytime
dont seem shocked. it’s vocaloid. one moment they could be having the time of their life, perverted moments another, then pure depression, despair, and suicide. we’ve gotten used to these different topics. rip wowaka, you’ll be missed❤️
LET'S GOOOO
also hoping you react to other wowaka songs because they are undeniably gorgeous to listen to! highly recommend Unknown Mother Goose, though!
Rest in peace wowaka, I shall light one of my candles in your honour and brilliance, you shall be forever missed.
This was the very first Wowaka song I ever heard, I was super young back then, and yet I felt identified with this song which looking back on isn't great, considering the thematic of the song... Yet I'm thankful, because it got me through so many hard times.
Thank you Wowaka for everything. May you rest in peace and have a great place in the afterlife, with just how many lives you saved with your songs.
I love how this channel just revives the hype, I missed it 😭✨
He should hear utsu-p's vocaloid songs as well 🥺🥺
Death of the Law is a bop.
An utsu-p fan wow. I agree he should definitely listen to his music like hyper reality or corpse attack
LITERALLY YES
@@yesimcringy_ or an alien's i love you!
@@deersiren YESSSSSS
I was already tearing up but when he said “You can do it.” I literally almost started sobbing. Those words mean so much. Thank you :’)
this song got me through middle school, high school, you name it. This song means the world to me and I’m glad you were able to see how amazing it is
ive known this song for a decade and there are hundreds of interpretations so they all work! one oof the best things about the lyrics is that its so vague, it makes it easy to project ones own struggles and thoughts onto it. my favorite interpretation is quite similar to your initial one,
personally its about trying hard to acheive a goal and getting nowhere, tthe scars she gets representing the times she's failed. But she keeps trying, she wants to succeed! there are countless success stories where if you keep trying you'll get there but life isnt like that usually. Everytime she fails she beats herself up over it, the song is in a 2nd perspective, someone watching the girl and singing about her struggles and that makes me think its the other person aware of her struggles. At the end she fails again but the friend pulls her into a hug and take a break. English cant properly convey this but throughout the song the stopping her breath part was using a more violent or harder term to stop her breath while the final one uses one less violent so i think its her friend confronting her telling her to finally give herself a break. Maybe she can take a break and find something else to work on since the world is so full of possibilities, and come back to the goal at a later date. or not, but either way no failure is worth beating yourself over and you always have a shoulder to lean on was my takeaway!
Nah Wowaka didn’t bring anything to the table HE BROUGHT THE TABLE
Rest in Peace
I’ve been away from most of my media for a couple of days as well and coincidentally ended up coming back just in time for this!
There is a lot of truth in how the MV plays out, I think.
For the most part, depression is so gradual and non-violent. You're just getting more tired and tired of... everything.
It doesn't make you sad necessarily, but you stop enjoying things. You stop taking part in life.
And you really feel like that's the right thing to do.
It's fine. It's tolerable in a twisted way. After all, you haven't changed, just the world around you has gotten darker.
Well... then what if you could just go away? A thought that becomes more familiar and sounds more sensible to you as time goes by.
Making you a little happy even.
But it doesn't have to be now, right? You still want to do this one thing you have coming up in a week.
But you keep the thought around, like a pocket version of an emergency exit.
When you close your eyes at night, you make up scenarios of how to end it, how to limit hurting the people you love.
Before you know it, this whole thing has grown into a master plan.
This is when you're right on the edge of the abyss.
And it feels... good, comforting.
Eventually you will take the last step in the wrong direction.
Sounds familiar? I hope not.
Okay so I’m worried now, that sounds similar to what I’m going through-
It’s still in the “emergency exit” stage though, and now I don’g know what to do
This song gives so much goosebumps. its just relatable for so many people
the song hits me hard. tumbling through life clumsily, not being able to fit in properly, always thinking "just one more day, mayhaps something nice might happen" and eveyday you look for something to keep you going, while constantly this feeling of wanting to just lay down and end it all
Him: talking about rolling girl
me: enjoying the background music
okay over the past few days ive been checking out your content and hearing the crack in your voice during the second impression has sold me. im a long time fan of AkiDearest which you mentioned her in i think it was your "this video has no title" video (fun fact i found her through her vocaloid countdowns so here we are full circle lol) and you remind me so much of her, im loving how much you put into these videos. the first one of yours i watched was "Secrets of Wysteria". it had shown up in my reccomended and i love that song(because it was and is the only one so far to really chill me to my core) so of course i had to check it out. keep up the great work.
I Only found this channel a few minutes ago but this guy is making me so comfortable...just thank you :)
2 years later and by now i just LOVE shooshi and his channel 😭😭 literally my comfort youtuber
I lil late cuz I was crying over sad mangas this helped a lot idk if I’m being sarcastic or not but it’s nice to see you again!!
Update after wanting the video:
Literally Anyone: call me stupid, dumb, a failure, a disappointment etc.
Me: Eh whatever I’m a bad B,tch tf do I care what they gotta say
You: calls my feelings valid
Me: Uncontrollable sobbing
If you haven’t already, you should react to World Domination How-To it’s a pretty nice song
I still watching the video xd, but since I'm early, I just wanted to recommend cheating is a crime and just disappear, from Takayan. They go together and just give a beautiful story but you have to watch cheating is a crime first to get the best experience, I think you would love the songs too, also all of his music is just bomb :)
Btw, I really love all of your vídeos :D
agreed 100 percent dude
This song has a very sacred place in my heart. I really feel like it resonates with who I am, every single lyric describes me perfectly. No one really knows what Wowaka intended when he made this song and everyone created their own variation of the meaning. I personally believe it shows Miku wanting certain things which is why she spends her day dreaming (per the first lyric) but she doesn't know exactly what they are or where the end is. Her rolling is her going out of her comfort zone or doing something dumb to try to find out where the destination is and what it is that she really wants and how it feels like. She regrets the "rolling" and constantly feels like a failure, "mou shippai mou shippai", but she still does it again to try to get a taste of her unreachable dream in real life. She knows she'll eventually regret the rolling but she keeps doing it over and over again because she is hopeless and depressed.
This was my first vocaloid song and I don't think any other song will feel the same. This song makes me feel so many things, so much emotion. Rolling Girl will forever hold a special place in my heart and I am glad that I was able to find a song that expressed everything I was feeling when it came into my life
I remember listening to this in my middle school's rest rooms crying my eyes out in one of the stalls silently because of everything that has happen
This is my favourite song of all time. Nothing beats it.
R.I.P. Wowaka.
You were a fucking legend.
Rolling Girl was my first introduction into Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid music in general. I love this song and it will always be my favorite out of the countless song's that i also love now. Its been month's and i have dug deeper and deeper into this music and this song as well as Wowaka will always hold a gigantic place in my heart. I have cried listening to this multiple time's and it is nothing i can describe or put my finger on but it hit's me so hard, whatever interpretation is correct there is something here that is so relatable and crushing but also uplifting at the same time. I love Hatsune Miku and Wowaka for introducing me to this beautiful world for broken souls.
Rest in peace Wowaka. Your music was amazing and was inspirational and relatable. You truly will be missed.
the first song that made me fall in love with vocaloid back to 2010
The legend of vocaloid wowaka. R. I. P.
i relate to this song in so many ways, tysm for reacting to it. fly high wowaka
Man, I love shooshi's reactions and I'm glad they're back after this break since I missed them very much. I like how in-depth these vids get and look forward to the future of this channel.
I haven't finished yet simply because I got an 11 minute ad? After the 2nd watchthrough with subtitles. It's a dating show ad too. Hope you get the sweet cash money.
Anyways Wowaka's tuning of Hatsune Miku feels like it brought a whole new generation of songs to the vocaloid scene. I'm glad his songs will live on forever.
ROLLING GIRL...
A song that I relate a lot in my life...but damn,if it wasn't because of my friends,I might be dead.
Before any outbreaks,I wanna say that I am fine. THIS SONG was here in YT a long time ago,so yeah now I am grown.I finished highschool and waiting for college.
And for anyone out there,if you ever feel in a dark place,please,let it all out..There might be people that will l3ave you,but out there,there are people who will be willingly to help you and be by ur side.Do NOT HEAR ANY VOICES YOU HEAR.They are not real..and PLEASE if anyone hear want to tell their story just let it all out here.I will be willingly to hear it
I don’t really have friends, I’m always alone and I only have my brother, my mom, and my stepdad but I got used to it
@@GHOUPSLIP Then I'd like to invite you to my online friend group but it's on Facebook, if you're alright with it I'll add you there in our group. We might swear at times and talk about our problems and terrible things that happened to us but most if the time we just...have fun!
@@GHOUPSLIP Then please know that I am willing to be ur friend.Stay strong,don't do anything irrational.Your life has only one and do what you really love to do,don't waste on it.We all will be here if you have any updates..
@Ohio is offline and it's normal.You are normal. Humans have their up and downs.stay strong
Thank you for your comment Butter Girl, truly. To Trish Una, I am also willing to be your friend if you ever need anything. I can't exactly promise that I'll be capable of helping, but if you or anyone here may need someone to hear you, you can reach me on ig if you have it @anxiousziza. Thank you to everyone here, I hope you all take care
God I've missed this song, thank you for bringing me back to it. In my darkest hours, Miku and her artists brought me comfort. Rest in peace Wowaka, and know your music is changing the world for generations to come.
Attempt no. 2 at asking Shooshi to watch Takayan‘s „rotten life“, pretty please
also rest in peace wowaka, I really love his music
I actually wonder if he would like Clingy Boy Sticking for 15 Years.
It isn’t that sad though, but a little bit. Also just fun. 😂 It’s my Manbo-p (and his first song on RUclips, although he remixed it and it’s also his most recent song?, and his vocaloids are a bit unique.
OMG yesss i love that song! its so good
I just love your interpretation. Somehow, you managed to convey my thoughts for this song and put it into words beautifully. It is much more comforting to see this song as the girl just gives herself a break from trying to live normally.
Finally, Im early and I really recommend you to react to 'This is Happiness and Peace of mind Committee' cuz Its a bop :)))
i recently have been reverting back to my vocaloid self, and relistening to rolling girl after years, now being an adult hits even harder. that feeling of looming darkness never leaving? whew. RIP wowaka.
I discovered Vocaloid with this song 9 years ago. I get so emotional listening to it since wowaka passed away... this song is also very important for me on a personal level, so thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for reacting to this song. It’s a really special song that hits close to home for me so I’m so grateful for how respectfully you handled this video. “It’s okay to not be okay”, this is one of my favorite sayings. I think it’s really important for people who are struggling to hear.
Another great reaction as always shoosh, welcome back
When he hugged her I got chills everytime!
The way this song describes depression, self-harm, and dissociation is so spot on that it’s heartbreaking. This isn’t being written from an outsider’s perspective. It’s someone who’s been there. The feeling of being alone in a crowd. Telling yourself that if you keep going maybe it will get better but feeling deep inside that it won’t. Going through life but unable to experience it, everything feeing dream-like and unreal. I remember hearing this song as a teenager and relating to it so heavily and sometimes I still do. I see a lot of people say the song is about bullying, but I don’t see references to anyone making her feel this way. The boy is definitely a personification of depression. After awhile, depression becomes comforting in it’s familiarity and stepping out of it becomes more terrifying than anything. Even death starts to seem like a warm lover’s embrace that offers a sense of relief when you choose to accept it.
i was in the vocaloid fandom when wowaka died, and after all these years i still instantly cry hearing this song. he changed my life
Absolute banger
this song will always and forever be my #1 favorite vocaloid song. rest in peace wowaka.
Rolling girl will always be me favorite song, it doesnt hit all the time, but it hits extra hard when im depressed, like just the song itself sounds and feels like depression, its truly amazing (just wanna say i have bipolar so i know what its like to be depressed, well i havent been diagnosed but i know i have it and im too scared to ask for help + my family is broke and im not allowed to get a summerjob (im 15))
Rest in peace wowaka. You made some absolutely amazing vocaloid songs that will always stay in our hearts. We are sad that you had to go but we all hope that you succeed in your journey to your next life.😔😌
I was bullied during my primary years, I had two bullys. One of them started bullying me in year 3 till year 6. The other one bullyed me for about a full year. Due to this I always hated school. I kept telling myself one more day, one more day. Till it was Friday. I always wanted to have a break and relax. Only on Saturday and Sundays was those days. My bully would never physical hurt me, only mentally. Thinking I can get over this I never told anyone. I thought once I go to high school it would be over. For the first year that my bully would hurt me i would fight back. I told my teachers but since I kept hiding my emotions they brushed this off. I kept trying, again, again and again. Due to this my bully would do more, more and more. There was no one I could go to, my parents doesn't understand english and I wasnt fluent with thier language. If I told my siblings they would never take me seriously. I kept my emotions to myself. When I have gone to high school my past trauma was Igraved in my cuts leaving a scar. When i gone to school, i didn't want enemies. So i tried to advoid school and everything. I kept saying one more day, one more day and one more day. Even though i knew it wouldn't be one more day. I just wanted to believe that. I didn't know what to do...or what to say.. After all I'm just a kid. Can I have a break if school is what I'm avoiding.? I ask myself all day. I truly don't know why my Blullyies bullied me. But I don't blame them. I guess I was a good target..
I’ve been fighting with my bpd for so long and even though this song isn’t related to it, for so many years it has been my comfort song. It’s so sad that wowaka isn’t with us any more rip. Thanks for reacting to rolling girl
Okay this makes no sense it's been nine minutes and u already have like 268 views 😂👍 ur amazing shooshi💯💯💯✨✨also is that a silent voice poster I see behind you 10/10
Yup! Love that movie. Probably my favorite 😭
@@shooshiMooshi ikr it's so good 😭 have u watched "I want to eat your pancreas" yet? 😭😭😭
Of course!!
@@shooshiMooshi I cried so hard to that movie I even ended up buying the manga
The way wowaka made music was amazing he had talent like no other human being. When he died he left a hole in the heart of the Vocaloid community he was a legend and he changed Vocaloid forever
Great video!! I was searching for a video of someone reacting to Rolling Girl and realizing how deep the lyrics are. I love this song, definitely one of the best songs by Wowaka with Hatsune Miku's voice.
Been waiting for this one! Rolling girl is such a good song.
To me, this song is one of the most relatable songs I've listened to. Not because of depression but more my anxiety. Personally the song was symbolic of the neverending cycle of anxiety, snowballing due to the constant rotation only getting bigger and bigger as I roll. I often crashed on the way which smashed the ball but I always ended up tripping again. I've had anxiety ever since I can remember, which is like, 3 years old. The chaos of the fast paced melody always resonated with me. The end of the song gave me a relief as if everything was over. The weirdest thing is that I had my own friend, and still have him today. He gives me hours of happiness and stress relief just from a simple hug. To me that's kinda what the song means, a personal thing.
Literally a life changing moment when you hear this song for the first time
I knew it was depressing, but seeing your reaction since you didn't grow up with it made me realize even more how incredible Wowaka's work truly was. Thank you
another great reaction
got very emotional watching this
the part where the video gets colorful always gives me chills
I gotta say man-
I honestly absolutely adore u and this community to the point that I dont even understand it.
I really, really, really needed to hear that last segment. And I'm going to look for that last comment in particular after.
It's just that it perfectly describes the way I've felt for so long.
A large portion of the time I'm just really distraught about that lurking feeling of drowning, or those often days when it does feel like I'm drowning.
But I can be having the shittiest week possible and the moment when that feeling takes root, that's suddenly the most comforting part of my week.
The first interpretation honestly scared some part of me, but more of a sad scared bc I thought that was exactly what I was doing to myself. Just digging my own grave.
Though the best way to put it is, without these depressing times I'd be driving myself way into the ground for other mental health reasons since depression isnt the only one out there.
I really hope the best for u and everyone here in the community, and I'll always be rooting for y'all
I am so happy that you uploaded a little before I decided I wanted to watch your videos. I like to watch them when I'm not feeling motivated for anything and just want to relax. So thank you
You posted this on my birthday lol.
But I'm glad you reacted to this song. I remember i used to listen to it when I was younger in order to force myself to cry, since I physically can't normally cry unless things have been piling for a while, or a sensory overload gets triggered, causing a meltdown. I haven't listened to this song in a while, and I don't completely remember what I thought of it as. It was mostly a way for me to finally let out some tears, and to be able to think about everything I've been through, without it destroying me psychologically.
From what I can remember, I saw the man as depression personified. Rolling represented chaotically getting through life, having basically no control over how my life turns out, due to authority figures deciding where my life ends up, and teachers ignoring whenever I'd get bullied unless mom talked to them about it. I don't think I saw a happy ending to it. I had the usual belief that the depression eventually ended everything through sxicide, due to how lifeless she looked to me at the end of the mv.
Thats in no way meant to be something I believe was actually being portrayed, due to the fact I haven't really thought about it. It's just how I remember I used to project my own problems
May Wowaka rest in peace he had such talent. It may have been a long time but we will never forget his name and his impact.
The song that carried me through school.
Its good that songs like these are around, and the meaning behind this kind of video gives an understanding to those who suffer from depression or those who have it. I have friends who do and try my best to be there, as both a friend and support.
Rolling girl is such an amazing yet super sad song. it has got to be one of my favorite songs in all of vocaloid! thanks shooshi for listening to this
Great analysis of what is perhaps my favorite song. The piano the lyrics and the composition are amazing. There are some tracker songs and metal songs and some Laura Les song that are on my top 10 list as well, but I think this is still number one for me.
That song got me to start searching for more vocaloid songs
And then thats when i realized
Sum songs i knew was already vocaloid lmao
Listening to it again made me cry 🥲👍🏾