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  • Published on Feb 11, 2026
  • Her steps echoed through frostbitten woods and snow-locked palaces, guided only by a fleeting image of home that danced at her fingertips.
    Though she escaped the shadows that once pursued her, the threads of fate still hold fast. Still, she lifts her wings, longing for a place to finally belong.
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  • @Error404_______
    @Error404_______ Month ago +3319

    A silent show really does fit columbina the best, never truly getting to do what she wants and never being heard

    • @Soham-s_vlogs
      @Soham-s_vlogs Month ago +18

      Can u tell me what this trailer implies or means? I'm really dumb so I can't comprehend 😭

    • @Cadence_M606
      @Cadence_M606 Month ago +116

      ​@Soham-s_vlogs The first people with horns following her are the frosting scions/her followers, The ones after that wui salute to her are the fatui, Dottore is on the piano, The scene with the wild hunt might be her whilst fighting or her in the moon gate if rerir is with her, finally the Traveller rescues her and when she lifts them, I think it's her helping them afterwards??
      The dove could represent her chasing her destiny/divinity
      Turning the wild hunt into doves could be purifying them??

    • @Idkyetttt
      @Idkyetttt Month ago +4

      Wow that’s so sad actually :(

    • @taku.8686
      @taku.8686 29 days ago +4

      and then the Traveler appearing to help her open up. Best ship ever

    • @GachaXHumor
      @GachaXHumor 29 days ago

      yeahh 😢

  • @RyanDayton00
    @RyanDayton00 Month ago +20710

    dang, timmy would loved this trailer

    • @miawwth
      @miawwth Month ago +55

      😂

    • @Yenshin-pb3ic
      @Yenshin-pb3ic Month ago +1267

      The pigeons getting the care they deserve instead of getting fried alive daily 😅

    • @yugenotaht-ss9sd
      @yugenotaht-ss9sd Month ago +40

      Is bro dead? Why is this in past tense😂

    • @alias_undercover
      @alias_undercover Month ago +167

      Damn, I was so happy and contempt and then I was saw this comment and just lost it 😂

    • @judesliggoo
      @judesliggoo Month ago +39

      can't believe Timmy is dead, rest in peace little man ❤

  • @MoonbliSakura1480
    @MoonbliSakura1480 Month ago +10188

    The fact she says nothing, not a single word, and you can feel so much emotion is certainly something.

    • @RyanDayton00
      @RyanDayton00 Month ago +314

      she said dee da da dee da

    • @VictorIV0310
      @VictorIV0310 Month ago +102

      Actions speak louder than words

    • @SmilingCube
      @SmilingCube Month ago +8

      Her musical motif is doing most of the work.

    • @playtowin404
      @playtowin404 Month ago +186

      ​@RyanDayton00 ye l'm blue da ba dee da ba d

    • @HottyFix
      @HottyFix Month ago +1

      hahahahahahahahaha can't believe

  • @ermlinko
    @ermlinko 29 days ago +2276

    insane how we evolved from kayea trailer to this

    • @Lauma143fan
      @Lauma143fan 28 days ago +373

      Every patch kaeya trailer getting strays😭😭

    • @Albedo1Fredo
      @Albedo1Fredo 28 days ago +15

      it's mid hell even kaeya's trailer was more interesting

    • @boeman6702
      @boeman6702 28 days ago +173

      ​@Albedo1Fredoweakest ragebait of 2026:

    • @Meloy148
      @Meloy148 27 days ago +28

      ​@Albedo1Fredo I'm a Kaeya main since the day I started genshin and even I am not saying that bro 😅

    • @MetaMemester
      @MetaMemester 24 days ago +7

      @boeman6702 Should look at the average Columbina Sandrone conversation to see what a real ragebait is.

  • @JustCallMeJui
    @JustCallMeJui Month ago +11682

    This is so different compared to their usual character trailer…I’m loving this

    • @NahidaNasrin-d6r
      @NahidaNasrin-d6r Month ago +250

      It's been like this ever since nod krai they've been cooking with the trailers

    • @toegepy
      @toegepy Month ago +456

      NO ONE WAS SPEAKING TOO, JUST PURE TRANQUILITY

    • @kyoxzei_kun
      @kyoxzei_kun Month ago +22

      Watch Citlali's trailer

    • @NahidaNasrin-d6r
      @NahidaNasrin-d6r Month ago +36

      ​@kyoxzei_kun i have and nod krai trailers are still so much better and different

    • @toegepy
      @toegepy Month ago +14

      @kyoxzei_kun forced romantic slop? clearly different from this

  • @AlmightyBread
    @AlmightyBread Month ago +2982

    1:39 I swear I thought that was Rerir Breakdancing out of nowhere
    Really caught me off guard

    • @korikakumei
      @korikakumei Month ago +150

      Lmao now I cannot unsee it 😂

    • @vesperia_blinkz_aep
      @vesperia_blinkz_aep Month ago +53

      Same lmaooo I was so confused 😂

    • @alouetta12
      @alouetta12 Month ago +18

      thats what i thought too

    • @ЕкатеринаДегтерева-ж6н
      @ЕкатеринаДегтерева-ж6н Month ago +24

      I think this is a representation of his rise, when he first appeared in the game

    • @ervinnesodusta1130
      @ervinnesodusta1130 Month ago +87

      isn’t it supposed to be really him? dottore pulling the strings (playing the piano) and awakening rerir and the other red interpretative dancers are rerir’s wild hunt?
      the interpretative dancers look like the chronological events, the frost moon scions worshipping her, doves bringer her to the fatui with the military style dancers blocking her way, then cut to the moon prayer night, and then dottore and rerir, with the gold dancer as the traveler.
      ps: the way she’s telling arlecchino to fly at the end kinda makes me think something’s gonna happen to her

  • @Nilotpala
    @Nilotpala Month ago +2398

    When we first saw her more than two years ago she was this mysterious girl, and now she’s playable how time passes

    • @bobonilson
      @bobonilson Month ago +5

      exactly

    • @realflippy6975
      @realflippy6975 Month ago +62

      I remember saying hi3 players were so old, and now we're at 6.3 and we might be old too

    • @herryhuloveday
      @herryhuloveday Month ago +2

      ​@bobonilsonwhat's proud of it

    • @ChimkenNumnum
      @ChimkenNumnum Month ago +109

      Three years ago, actually which is crazy

    • @Rimurutempest8833
      @Rimurutempest8833 Month ago +52

      I remember seeing her in that harbinger trailer years and years ago and I thought she gonna be evil and unhinged, but she very sweet and not even a little evil

  • @Real_Qunz823
    @Real_Qunz823 29 days ago +575

    "How many times have you watched this?"
    Me: Yes.

  • @krypticosu
    @krypticosu Month ago +2061

    0:15 not columbina doing a 10 pull 😭

    • @nandhakumaar7860
      @nandhakumaar7860 Month ago +62

      and that's a 4star

    • @fansillies
      @fansillies Month ago +11

      IM GIGGLING

    • @NoAngeles
      @NoAngeles Month ago +54

      BRO SHE KNOWS WHAT WE GONNA DO

    • @melse4055
      @melse4055 Month ago +69

      @nandhakumaar7860 but it's gold :D

    • @thebestrakun
      @thebestrakun Month ago +30

      So actually that wishes that we pulled were all fragments from moon, arent they? If it is, we should seriously think about to threat her to win all 50/50s. That's why a pocket that full of a bunch of primos and genesis crystals called "Welkin(Moon)"

  • @papiii420
    @papiii420 Month ago +16414

    Animators : How angelic do you want her to be
    Hoyo : Yes

    • @sicebae4988
      @sicebae4988 Month ago +16

      not if you read about what "angel" actuallly looks like ,but I would love that version of Columbina as well.

    • @amanpuri7079
      @amanpuri7079 Month ago +213

      More like ethereal

    • @Kyryll_Chudimirovich_Flins
      @Kyryll_Chudimirovich_Flins Month ago +133

      i think they blew the budget on her animation

    • @jhundeeguillermo6790
      @jhundeeguillermo6790 Month ago +30

      ​@sicebae4988those are high tier angels. The ones most usually deployed to Earth can look like humans with wings.

    • @KZR15
      @KZR15 Month ago +3

      Immortal Snail solos

  • @for9ott3n_dod0
    @for9ott3n_dod0 Month ago +4731

    I hope everyone her wins their 50/50 and gets her early.

    • @xXBelpbegorXx
      @xXBelpbegorXx Month ago +55

      well, I'm already at guarantee, but good luck to you too

    • @Endershock1678
      @Endershock1678 Month ago +37

      Getting her early won't save me, I'm not stopping at C0.

    • @rikinator
      @rikinator Month ago +11

      I’m like 1 wish away and guaranteed xD. Too bad I have 0 Nod Krai characters, not even the free aino yet

    • @lilaschen-_-740
      @lilaschen-_-740 Month ago +18

      @Endershock1678nah. You should got every von early🐥🐥🐥💕 good luck

    • @MamunAlAman.Aka-Ryuk
      @MamunAlAman.Aka-Ryuk Month ago +2

      I'll win the 50/50 and get her . Goodluck to you all 😊

  • @user-gx3gu9jh9q
    @user-gx3gu9jh9q 29 days ago +179

    0:36 is her statue pose at the frostmoon scions

  • @antivenom68
    @antivenom68 Month ago +18203

    TOMORROW WE TAKE BACK THE MOON

  • @ErickEmanoelsenadiasSena
    @ErickEmanoelsenadiasSena Month ago +7795

    Oh, that's right, for a minute I almost forgot that in her view this was a play, one day she didn't have the right to choose whether she wanted to participate or not.

    • @MarieFom2005
      @MarieFom2005 Month ago +264

      Ooh, so that's why it looks like a ballet

    • @dadian803
      @dadian803 Month ago +5

      Smort

    • @xxcringeycookiezxx3441
      @xxcringeycookiezxx3441 Month ago +4

      Ah I see

    • @dear_totheheart
      @dear_totheheart Month ago +260

      Born without a choice, we are actors upon the stage of the Great Playwright, - it’s the stage of life, play on, play on until the final curtain~

    • @pinacolada8040
      @pinacolada8040 Month ago +8

      You can say that any type of media looks like a play from outside, we've never seen this analogy used with Columbina story until now, what

  • @penpil_
    @penpil_ Month ago +1007

    Before the trailer started, I'd wanted to turn on subtitles but saw that couldn't do it. And only after watching I understand why. Not a single word Columbina said

    • @LaCapybara
      @LaCapybara Month ago +55

      No words needed to be said, I guess. The dancing did the talking.

    • @4ltaria
      @4ltaria Month ago +9

      ayoo yes i like that point

  • @R-DHi_ID
    @R-DHi_ID 22 days ago +30

    0:08 the sound of 2 baloons popped (aria and sonnet's)

  • @ararmer19117
    @ararmer19117 Month ago +2954

    the use of russian ballet here is just so freaking enchanting. PEAK character trailer

    • @christiangauthier727
      @christiangauthier727 29 days ago +143

      Yes! This is definitely THE best Character Trailer I've seen! And the Russian Ballet is not only beautiful and enchanting as you said, but it also perfectly fits the Themes of her being an Ex-Harbinger and of Snezhnaya too _(Region which has been known for a long time is based on Russia)!_
      I love the insane attention to detail here, including the Themes, the Artistic Direction, and generally every single element is directly representative of Columbina, wether directly or indirectly _(the latter being through the subtleties & Themes)!_
      Can't wait to start Pulling her in a few hours tops!!!

    • @PsychoDale211
      @PsychoDale211 29 days ago +25

      Россия тоже ждет балета по ТВ

    • @aikodes
      @aikodes 29 days ago +13

      ​@PsychoDale211 тонко, очень тонко

    • @Johinda
      @Johinda 29 days ago +29

      @christiangauthier727 Slavic countries not terroristic state

    • @pocoyosz5103
      @pocoyosz5103 29 days ago +32

      ​@Johindashut up

  • @checkmate9099
    @checkmate9099 Month ago +5617

    Love how the ballet dancers show who interacts with her throughout her journey:
    The frost moon scions that string her as their moon goddess.
    The fatui who keep her close as their harbinger.
    The wildhunt that move aggressively trying to trip her.
    Dottore on the piano who is controlling the performance.
    And finally the Traveler who joins her seamlessly in their own performance.

    • @Flowersofsakura_second
      @Flowersofsakura_second Month ago +167

      The fact that the white dancer resembles Aether's new skin 🥺

    • @goodman_22
      @goodman_22 Month ago +258

      you better read the love story about the first Angel and the traveler from the stars. that way, the trailer exactly parallels with them

    • @elleon858
      @elleon858 Month ago +53

      @Flowersofsakura_second yes, his primogem earring is in his new skin and also here

    • @itoobiased
      @itoobiased Month ago +15

      I don't want to nit pick but the frost moon scions only worshiped and followed her 0:48 and the ones that "string" her away were the Fatui 0:54.

    • @Ruru24p
      @Ruru24p Month ago +19

      ​@Flowersofsakura_secondthat wasn't his new skin it's still the old one actually

  • @miwakodreamz
    @miwakodreamz Month ago +1055

    as a fan of ballet her hand movements at the end of the trailer is similar to that of Odette's from the Swan Lake ballet, so I don't know if that ties in to her backstory/lore but everything about this trailer gave me goosebumps (the music at one point even sounded like something straight out of FFXV's repertoire as well - sobbing because FFXV is also one of my favorite games to date) 😭😭❤❤❤❤ may every Columbina wanter become a Columbina haver tomorrow!! good luck everyone!!

    • @breaddancing9007
      @breaddancing9007 Month ago +12

      Lowkey sounds like the theme that plays when you fight the leviathan

    • @Syokool
      @Syokool Month ago +10

      @breaddancing9007 Must be, because the Swan Lake ballet has some themes like impersonation, sadness after pure joy, revenge, etc.

    • @Paimordial
      @Paimordial Month ago +4

      Hi! Pro ballerina here and i LOVEDD the references

    • @ильягаер-е3к
      @ильягаер-е3к Month ago +4

      В этом видео я почему то тоже заплакал , это было восхитительно !!

    • @lesunshine365
      @lesunshine365 Month ago +5

      I believe you're referring to APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS!

  • @matteenhz618
    @matteenhz618 20 days ago +278

    after 14 days of not having internet ( cuz of iran's blackout ) just rushed here to say absolute goat of a video

  • @NaufalAA
    @NaufalAA Month ago +577

    Character Trailer with a lot of Wallpaper materials 🔥

  • @ltmuffler3482
    @ltmuffler3482 Month ago +1736

    What a cool way to explain her background. The first set of mannequins represent the people who revered her as the moon goddess with no regard for her own thoughts or feelings, then the second group represents her time with the Fatui and how she was there for what she could provide to them. Then Dottore, on the piano, takes control of the story and pacing by instigating Rarir and exacerbating the wild hunt, only for the Traveller to arrive - and for the first time, someone is dancing WITH her, not around or against her, and she's no longer chasing after the feather. But they're still dancing to Dottore's tune, and so she finds herself firmly caught by the threads of fate.

    • @HolleySabrinaSally
      @HolleySabrinaSally Month ago +32

      NOW THIS IS THE EXACT INTERPRETATION ❤ How I hope the traveler will dance with her in-game😢

    • @jurules
      @jurules Month ago +9

      LOVE THIS! you are so right!!

    • @SmackTheBox
      @SmackTheBox Month ago +4

      This comment should be on top

    • @Hydrosleep500
      @Hydrosleep500 Month ago +68

      Add in the elegance of ballet which is the form of dancing that creates the illusion of gravity through dancers pushing themselves from the floor seemlessly into the air. The way that this trailer contrasts death and rebirth is also fantastic with the contrast of tune and visual symbols.

    • @derplord_irl
      @derplord_irl Month ago +37

      THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE TRAVELERS DEVELOPMENT IN HER CHARACTER ARC AND NOT GOING “Well they only knew each other for like a month” 😔💔

  • @lucustwyatt1960
    @lucustwyatt1960 Month ago +1313

    So much details inside this musical trailer to decipher, her birth, veil, Frostmoon Scions, Fatui, Dottore, Rerir, Traveller, bound by Golden threads of fate, the little doves and reopening of her eyes and wings and finally death and rebirth.

  • @v1n5aja
    @v1n5aja 23 days ago +98

    The way 2:18 is a foreshadowing to her Archon Quest where she had a talk with Rerir personally

    • @ew-.-ew-w5e
      @ew-.-ew-w5e 22 days ago +12

      I also think the end where it shows her no longer being tied to the strings is a foreshadowing of Dottore no longer being able to control her , that now since she has the Tri Lunar authoritiy she's much more powerful then he ever could be

  • @Tuonto
    @Tuonto Month ago +6196

    the music is ethereal

  • @meow-bf4ym
    @meow-bf4ym Month ago +941

    "And remember, come night or day, the moonlight shall always connect us."

    • @KellLucia
      @KellLucia Month ago +16

      Every time I here that I just start tearing up 😭
      That’s why I love this game!!

    • @rokuonjisakurauchi
      @rokuonjisakurauchi Month ago +1

      I will say this on Wishing for Columbina but where is the perfect place to do it?

    • @gauravshahi6334
      @gauravshahi6334 Month ago +5

      ​@rokuonjisakurauchiSilvermoon Hall

    • @SmackTheBox
      @SmackTheBox Month ago +2

      ​@rokuonjisakurauchion her statue hand in Frostmoon Enclave

    • @KellLucia
      @KellLucia Month ago

      @SmackTheBox really? Why?

  • @annisun7851
    @annisun7851 Month ago +2409

    I just love how everything is so symbolic here, from the ballon’s symbolizing the moons, the doves symbolizing her freedom, the different mannequins (that represents the frost moon scions, fatui harbingers, Dottore, Rerir and the Traveler) to the golden threads at the end symbolizing fate… definitely one of the if not THE best trailer so far

    • @Yammerzaki123fr
      @Yammerzaki123fr Month ago +62

      But you have to wonder.. why balloons? Is it simply bc of moon prayer night? Or is it like paimon’s tied like a balloon beyond the sky from that one melusine..

    • @Nmerejilla
      @Nmerejilla Month ago +7

      And why is Dottore just playing the piano

    • @x3m9x
      @x3m9x Month ago +39

      @Yammerzaki123fr you can also hear 2 balloons popped when it black screen. (obv didnt answer your question but yeah)

    • @0Annou0
      @0Annou0 Month ago +56

      @Nmerejilla we see the golden threads coming from the piano that his plays, binding columbina. He is controlling the performance.

    • @annisun7851
      @annisun7851 Month ago +2

      @0Annou0yep, THIS!

  • @ThatLadyWhoDraws
    @ThatLadyWhoDraws 21 day ago +25

    Oh gods I don't even play Genshin, my brother sent this to me and I'm already in love with it

  • @Nekooowoo
    @Nekooowoo Month ago +427

    I CAN IMAGINE A LIVE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR NEXT GENSHIN CONCERT

    • @Jashan-f4e8q
      @Jashan-f4e8q Month ago +9

      We already got that I guess in moon song during the release of 6.0 i guess a song performance properly

    • @RyanDayton00
      @RyanDayton00 Month ago +3

      special appereance by timmy 🐤

    • @Nekooowoo
      @Nekooowoo Month ago +4

      ​@Jashan-f4e8q no like the one that Genshin did with the character themes, just like the one in 2023

    • @Nekooowoo
      @Nekooowoo Month ago +3

      but with very pretty ballet performances and the main dancer getting lifted up with a lot of doves flying, very beautiful

    • @helencorderosa
      @helencorderosa 29 days ago +1

      GENSHIN BALLET WHEN

  • @Charlotte1502-CG
    @Charlotte1502-CG Month ago +1195

    The presentation of Dottore, Rerir and the Traveler with the clones, along with the choreography with Columbine, was beautiful.💙

    • @muin2038
      @muin2038 Month ago +8

      Wait is she dancing with dottore!?

    • @Rock-vm2fx
      @Rock-vm2fx Month ago +33

      ​@muin2038 No it was Traveler

    • @Ghavarus
      @Ghavarus Month ago +69

      ​@muin2038 Dottore was the mannequin that plays the piano

    • @miyxki6676
      @miyxki6676 Month ago +21

      ​@muin2038Dottore is the one playing the piano

    • @ashishthakur5534
      @ashishthakur5534 Month ago +4

      ​@muin2038why would she dance with dottore?? Lmao .. he's the abuser

  • @kenzblazedrawforever215
    @kenzblazedrawforever215 Month ago +3575

    "A pigeon always knows it's way home"

    • @愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatui
      @愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatui Month ago +91

      For the last time she’s Dove!🕊️

    • @Wildsaiyan4854
      @Wildsaiyan4854 Month ago +68

      @愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatuus I think they're quoting Wanderer from the last AQ

    • @thelemurgods9233
      @thelemurgods9233 Month ago +28

      @愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatuus can you look up what birds are in the columbidae family for me

    • @kenzblazedrawforever215
      @kenzblazedrawforever215 Month ago +24

      @愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatuus It's actually a quote. When the traveler asks to talk to Wanderer about Columbina he says "A pigeon always knows it's way home" I agree that he should have said dove, I don't know why he said pigeon but oh well i like the quote

    • @dajcsm3389
      @dajcsm3389 Month ago +25

      ​@愚人眾火铳兵PyroFatuus Well, doves and pigeons are essentially the same, they're are Columbidae. Doves apparently are just smaller pigeons (and white) and pigeons are just larger doves I guess.

  • @pavan4692
    @pavan4692 28 days ago +47

    Not a single world and we understand full story! it's really peak

  • @Lizko_56
    @Lizko_56 Month ago +294

    Her Wings are soooo beautiful, I wish we had more of them in game😭😭

  • @Lady_ETHNE
    @Lady_ETHNE Month ago +514

    I love how it's choreographed like a ballet.
    Also this is easily my new favorite demo

    • @Mrs.Jekyll
      @Mrs.Jekyll Month ago +7

      Same! Also! Some of the dancing with her wings looks like the areal fabric dancing

    • @FlowersareEverywhere
      @FlowersareEverywhere Month ago +6

      This is what I was thinking!! I was so surprised to see they went this style of dancing/choreography for this vid 🥹

    • @Auggie-
      @Auggie- Month ago +9

      A silent ballet.... she dosnt speak in the trailer just sings its so so beautiful

    • @FlowersareEverywhere
      @FlowersareEverywhere Month ago +7

      @Auggie-literally I’m so obsessed. I’m a dancer and I was literally so surprised 😩(this makes me want to pull for her more)

  • @rin1415
    @rin1415 Month ago +1762

    Ok man, cinematography speaking this is by far THE BEST character trailer we've had, telling her whole story with literally no words, absolute cinema guys

    • @praditaamandafirsan148
      @praditaamandafirsan148 Month ago +26

      I agree🎉

    • @christmasitto1884
      @christmasitto1884 Month ago +28

      I could not agree more omg

    • @rosariasversion
      @rosariasversion Month ago +2

      I doubt that this is a fact "cinematography speaking" since most takes on this kind are just opinions anyway.

    • @PixelZnimation
      @PixelZnimation Month ago +25

      Not a single word needed, this is truly the peakest of peak.

    • @rin1415
      @rin1415 Month ago +5

      (tho i'd say it's still disappointing she didn't get an animated short, maybe she isn't treated as a push character (?), otherwise i don't know why)

  • @Akaiyro
    @Akaiyro 23 days ago +43

    Such an amazing trailer! 2:30 gives me chills everytime!

  • @maystaredits4404
    @maystaredits4404 Month ago +144

    .................in other news, Columbina's trailer is easily one of the most cinematically breathtaking and lovely creations Hoyo has ever animated

  • @LaVerita0909
    @LaVerita0909 Month ago +157

    the three balloons she's holding aaahhh my heart, its her moon sisters

    • @nunucheong
      @nunucheong Month ago +17

      And there were 2 popping sounds that followed…

    • @giovanniongaro2406
      @giovanniongaro2406 26 days ago

      @nunucheong Dear God, I didn’t even notice 😮

  • @Sesilia678
    @Sesilia678 Month ago +188

    0:19 this is our hope :))

  • @Takarazukura_sec
    @Takarazukura_sec 26 days ago +96

    Hoyo never fails music

    • @hhhgc-i5q7g
      @hhhgc-i5q7g 23 days ago +3

      yes

    • @OscarAndRomeo3
      @OscarAndRomeo3 16 days ago +1

      I have a confession. I have hoyo-mix songs everywhere in my main spotify playlist

    • @Son_Milton
      @Son_Milton 13 days ago +1

      @OscarAndRomeo3sheesh…..so do I

    • @deruihe8794
      @deruihe8794 7 days ago +1

      @OscarAndRomeo3OMG same I made countless playlists of Genshin music

  • @MoonbliSakura1480
    @MoonbliSakura1480 Month ago +541

    2:48 this particular frame mesmerizes me

    • @samurr7178
      @samurr7178 Month ago +45

      Live wallpaper material

    • @Auggie-
      @Auggie- Month ago +16

      SAME, its definitely the gold its so so beautiful and shiney and AHHHHH

    • @NahidaNasrin-d6r
      @NahidaNasrin-d6r Month ago +12

      (if we being real the whole trailer is mesmerising) IKR it's so cool how dottore is manipulating her like a puppet

    • @Cobalt-Opera
      @Cobalt-Opera Month ago +2

      ​@NahidaNasrin-d6r Columbina never unleashed anything 😂

    • @NahidaNasrin-d6r
      @NahidaNasrin-d6r Month ago +7

      ​@Cobalt-Opera umm what does that supposed to mean

  • @Phawks-Phire
    @Phawks-Phire Month ago +899

    1:36 I'm impressed with the fact he was playing the actual notes!

    • @althea7181
      @althea7181 Month ago +36

      OMG

    • @Sori-w6d
      @Sori-w6d Month ago +30

      WAIT REALLY?!?! HOYO COOKIN'

    • @nyankosoldier5156
      @nyankosoldier5156 Month ago +55

      They showcased the tech about half a year ago. Apprantly it was a tech breakthrough in either motion capture or in AI mapping, or both, more likely both.

    • @LordHyperion69
      @LordHyperion69 Month ago +21

      Just like Sunday's trailer!

    • @popcorn520
      @popcorn520 Month ago +31

      ​@Sori-w6dalways has been

  • @exentine7693
    @exentine7693 Month ago +121

    0:43 I was not expecting this like interpretive dance sequence, she's so pretty 🥺🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️

    • @Seraphine990
      @Seraphine990 Month ago +13

      Ikr ? Them representing frost moon scions , and then wild hunt was incredible ❤

    • @carinein97
      @carinein97 Month ago +7

      ​​@Seraphine990 and the Fatui and the three balloons at the start representing the Moon Sisters with the white knight representing us

  • @CorruptCupid-d2f
    @CorruptCupid-d2f 22 days ago +16

    Wait did anyone notice the dove glitching where she was using her hands to imitatate wings???

  • @gart005
    @gart005 Month ago +929

    3:30 are we finally getting animated shots when we get the characters instead of a picture? **since people don't understand and can't read between the lines, I mean splash art**

    • @yuki6659
      @yuki6659 Month ago +11

      I hope so

    • @MkMagpie
      @MkMagpie Month ago +19

      There's been a bunch of animated shorts what are you talking about

    • @mambo_human
      @mambo_human Month ago +48

      ​@MkMagpie he meant SHOTS in game not shorts if that wasn't clear

    • @MkMagpie
      @MkMagpie Month ago +6

      ​@mambo_humanI misread okay just relax

    • @mambo_human
      @mambo_human Month ago +17

      ​@MkMagpie oh sorry i didn't mean to sound rude

  • @Hydrosleep500
    @Hydrosleep500 Month ago +286

    As a fan of ballet dancing, love the way that this interpretive dance conveys her journey and internal struggles through freedom of movement instead of words. The way the dance is choreographed reminded me of the film "Black Swan," in terms of inner conflict and struggles with characters of the traveller, dottore and rerir portrayed through the puppets. Ballet is already the dance that plays around with gravity so love how this is the way that Columbina's elegance is portrayed. This trailer is just simply beautiful and I could not think of a better way to showcase her character and story as the "little dove," of Commedia dell'arte.

    • @Hydrosleep500
      @Hydrosleep500 Month ago +31

      For anyone interested, here is my full analysis:
      Out of all the genshin trailers and demo's i've seen, this one is the one I have had a the most fun analysing when it comes to depicting Columbina's journey. Love the contrast between this trailer and Furina's demo where both trailers are "a stage performance," yet Columbina and Furina differ in role and purpose. In Furina's, she is the performer and the one who orchestres everything whilst Columbina is the reverse.
      From the start of the trailer, she is holding onto the balloons that depict the 3 moon goddesses and then she is born into the world, adorned with the veil. The dance is fantastic since it's depicted as ballet yet it differs from traditional ballet and incorporates conventions of interpretive dance. Similar to ballet, the dance and play is separated into "acts," where Act 1 is her birth.
      Act 2 is when she is revered as the moon goddess by the frostmoon scions and no matter where she dances to, she is revered and sought.
      Act 3 with the doves threading onto her symbolised control that brought her to the Tsaritsa and the Fatui and how she became a harbinger. The way that the soldiers are saluting her, yet always staying in the shadows depicts her loneliness in the fatui perfectly. She "thought," she found a home but no matter how hard she chases the feather, someone is always blocking her way, restricting her freedom.
      Act 4 She escaped the Fatui and made it back to Nod Krai. Notice how the "water," washes over her that commonly symbolises cleansing and purification but the moment it happened, the music shifts and Dottore's puppet is now playing the piano. This conflict between Columbina's music and Dottore's piano control is contrasted perfectly as it now transitions to the act with the wild hunt.
      Act 5: The Wild Hunt and the Traveller. The way that Dottore is now playing the piano with Columbina and Rerir now "dancing to his tune," is done so well here which showcases the control he has and how carefully he orchestrated the events of Lunar 1 and 2. The feather then appears again as it now makes its way to the Traveller who saves her from Rerir and "breaks," the music of Dottore's tune and brings back the angelic tune of Columbina's theme.
      Act 6: The Traveller and Columbina's pas de deux. As a lover of ballet, this is one of my favourite moments as Traveller and Columbina perform a pas de deux (a step of two) which is a common duet between a female and a male (like the dance from Swan Lake) and overcome the threat of rerir and Dottore's tune momentarily. The way that her eyes open and wings spread out now brings the dance to the Coda with so many leaps and twists that now "purifies," the Rerir clones and the Wild Hunt Threat.
      Act 7: The Entrapment. During Act 6, Dottore's piano is still briefly heard in contrast with the angelic music showing his continued control over the events of Nod Krai and the shot of her being held by the golden threads of fate is dazzling since it depicts the momentary escape of fate yet ultimately, succumbs to fate once again. Her hands are moving with the gestures of freedom yet her body and wings are held tightly in place.
      Act 8: Death and Rebirth (Epilogue) I Love how they did this act AFTER the title screen to foreshadow the events of Lunar 4. (I won't state too much here until finishing the AQ).
      As a lover of ballet, this trailer was breathtaking. I love how they used interpretation dance with ballet techniques to symbolise the escape from tradition. Traditional ballet is riddled with rigid rules and techniques with structures of story already set in stone as fate yet to portray it as interpretive, depicts the freedom to break through the hand with which fate deals. I cannot stress how amazing this trailer is in its contrast of music score and expression of dance without a single word uttered. Sorry for the long wall of text xD

    • @malaakangel6480
      @malaakangel6480 Month ago +1

      @Hydrosleep500what does the feather symbolize if you don’t mind explaining? Beautiful explanation btw!

    • @Hydrosleep500
      @Hydrosleep500 Month ago +17

      @malaakangel6480 In classic literature, feathers commonly symbolise freedom and spirituality yet it can also represent transformation or guidance of the divine. In terms of white feathers, it commonly symbolises beauty and innocence. In the beginning, she was holding onto the feather after the birds left, you can interpret this as "lost a sense of belonging" and that the feather represents her "home," or "freedom." In the quest, Columbina is frequently looking for a "home," or a place to "belong," like how a feather belongs on a bird." Columbina herself is the "dove," that lost her home and thats why through the whole trailer, she is chasing after it whilst being revered by the frostmoon scions and then confined by the fatui. When Dottore and Rerir enter the composition, she is no longer chasing the feather and is instead, dueting with the traveller against the duo. You can infer this as she has "found her belonging and roots," and the feather then evolves into the full bird just as how Columbina gains her wings and opens her eyes. In the story of Nod Krai, this parallels with how Columbina manifests physically once again with the name Hyposelenia. I am definitely lacking some additional details for sure but thats what the feather seems like to me from a symbolic perspective. Hope it helps haha.

    • @malaakangel6480
      @malaakangel6480 Month ago

      @Hydrosleep500tysm!!!!!

  • @MoonbliSakura1480
    @MoonbliSakura1480 Month ago +190

    1:00 This humming is angelic.

    • @louisDaBoi
      @louisDaBoi Month ago +16

      Ye it's peak🥹🙏 telling story just using amazing dance, step of the moon along with the starlight. In the symphony of fate.
      It's so wonderful 🥹🙏💕🕊️💘💓💕

  • @Divine_Waters
    @Divine_Waters 15 days ago +11

    "Dee, dee dee, da dee da" Bars 🗣🔥

  • @suryosaeba7093
    @suryosaeba7093 Month ago +2430

    *Furina aggressively clapping after watching this
    *BEAUTIFUL!!! SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!*

    • @ltmuffler3482
      @ltmuffler3482 Month ago +203

      Furina is 100% down for drama gossip and soap operas, and she would definitely love a dramatic ballet piece XD

    • @HolleySabrinaSally
      @HolleySabrinaSally Month ago +75

      HOHOHO they will be besties if Hoyo gives them a chance to meet❤❤❤both theatrical girls🩵AND HYDRO TOO🥺🫶🌊🩵

    • @DemonLord99204
      @DemonLord99204 Month ago +20

      @HolleySabrinaSallyBut the question, will Columbina decide to stay in Teyvat, or will she return the moon with the lowest chance of returning, ever?

    • @mastermcco
      @mastermcco Month ago +4

      ​@DemonLord99204would she be playable from the moon?

    • @hun7076
      @hun7076 Month ago +14

      Frr its giving fontaine

  • @nermkun
    @nermkun Month ago +139

    The poetic way in which Columbina story is portrayed here is beautiful. Frostmoon Scions,Fatui, Dottore, Rerir, the Traveler! Everything is precious. Thank you

  • @navalhabr
    @navalhabr Month ago +105

    Absolute Columbinema.

  • @Crystal_Hydra_Iridia
    @Crystal_Hydra_Iridia 18 days ago +12

    Absolute Cinema

  • @xelozic882
    @xelozic882 Month ago +260

    I was trying to turn on captions and saw that there weren't, but Columbina's peak singing made up for all of it

    • @RainyDay749
      @RainyDay749 Month ago +8

      To me at least, she has the best voice in the whole of Teyvat. I love listening to her sing

  • @kureeisei8894
    @kureeisei8894 Month ago +244

    One of the professors at my film school once said "Cinema does not merely record movements. Cinema is born from movements." I've never truly understood those words until now.
    This is beyond any piece of animation Hoyo has ever done, speaking as a film school graduate.

    • @heyiamme7196
      @heyiamme7196 Month ago +6

      The animation and flow are peak,its beautiful like a llulaby

    • @jellyace8119
      @jellyace8119 Month ago +29

      Thats the most professional way to say “Absolute Cinema” I’ve heard
      ✋😆✋

  • @sofastudio-ouo
    @sofastudio-ouo Month ago +98

    I absolutely love how it has a threatical feel in it, as well as an- How do I say it... Magical feeling, ethereal?

    • @Seraphine990
      @Seraphine990 Month ago +8

      Rather fitting for a character of commedia dell'arte , no?❤

  • @Alex_Kitten
    @Alex_Kitten 28 days ago +28

    Damn! Now I understand why she has wings. Not because she is an angel or anything like that. It's representation of a white bird. When she is with a traveler, she showed her wings as she finally got her freedom. She can finally fly freely and sing. In my country, white bird represents a freedom!

  • @Charlcoal-m5q
    @Charlcoal-m5q Month ago +436

    This is probably what Timmy thinks about what pigeons are and how they're made lol.

  • @hanjoudei
    @hanjoudei Month ago +92

    2:25 I though it was opening game song this is so angelic

    • @RaspberryMint_1
      @RaspberryMint_1 21 day ago +5

      It probably was, since people have always said that Aria is the one singing the start screen music

  • @rahz75
    @rahz75 Month ago +1314

    The one playing piano is Dottore, purple is Rerir and yellow the one she's dancing with is Traveler

    • @xin0206
      @xin0206 Month ago +38

      it's yellow and blue!!!

    • @ExamaElynnesha
      @ExamaElynnesha Month ago +9

      Or ? The lover of the moons?

    • @chris_o41
      @chris_o41 Month ago +121

      adding to this, the first group following her are the Frostmoon scions, the ones blocking her from the feather are the fatui

    • @aamiraaftab4652
      @aamiraaftab4652 Month ago +7

      ​@ExamaElynnesha I hope so. Maybe Columbina loves/likes/is close to Aether because he reminds her of their lover?

    • @esper2464
      @esper2464 Month ago +2

      ​@ExamaElynnesha there wasn't a lover of the moons, it was a misunderstood

  • @tidalblue2739
    @tidalblue2739 27 days ago +10

    Yep, I'm just going to keep coming back here. Let this be a feast for my eyes and ears, and discover new details with this character trailer.

  • @cuteflowercrowns
    @cuteflowercrowns Month ago +45

    this is honestly probably the best character trailer ever

  • @_Choco_
    @_Choco_ Month ago +195

    What I understood from this trailer:
    0:01 The three balloons represent the three moons
    0:16 Columbina's birth is represented here
    0:44 From what it looks like this represents her time with the Frostmoon Scions, especially since we see her cast up on strings while being treated like a god
    1:00 Seems to represent her time with the Fatui, the hands reaching for her likely show the way the Fatui was trying to use her power
    1:32 This is of course representing Dottore, and him playing the piano as it ramps up into the next scene symbolize the way he has been orchestrating all the recent events
    1:40 Represents the wild hunt and Rerir attacking Columbina while she tries to escape
    1:58 The traveler/all of Columbina's friends seem to be represented as this golden character, and they work alongside her to dispel the wild hunt
    3:00 Here it seems like Columbina is dissolving, perhaps representing the events of the Archon quest
    3:11 However it's also worth noting that in the end she managed to escape the strings that were present ever since she was in the Frostmoon Scions... 🤔

    • @hekkura
      @hekkura Month ago +14

      0:09 2 ballons pop representing 2 moons being shattered

  • @serrapvm
    @serrapvm Month ago +66

    Omg this is genuinely the prettiest trailer I've ever seen

  • @itslovelyleflarcane
    @itslovelyleflarcane 17 days ago +5

    This home is for Columbina. Best Archon Quest so far...

  • @siIentprincess
    @siIentprincess Month ago +225

    I love the dancing feel to the theme omgg

  • @shironasama0445
    @shironasama0445 Month ago +175

    The moon sure is beautiful tonight

  • @MONSTR_UwU
    @MONSTR_UwU Month ago +105

    2:03 The Three-Moon Syzygy. Alice wasn't wrong.

  • @Rorobo
    @Rorobo 28 days ago +11

    Hoyo Nailed Columbina and her archon quest NGL. Well done.

  • @RhetoricalSurge7
    @RhetoricalSurge7 Month ago +128

    1:35 Yooo Dottore?? On the Piano with Rerir performing the recent situation with Traveler too!

    • @starlight14673
      @starlight14673 Month ago +13

      Its prbly dottore he isnt beating musician allegation word is he produced his own boss theme lol

    • @theresnosoar
      @theresnosoar Month ago +2

      Does this mean that Dottore is a wingman all this time /j

  • @daniel99610
    @daniel99610 Month ago +107

    I M M A C U L A T E

    • @Akwatikat
      @Akwatikat Month ago +4

      A B S O L O U T E C I N E M A

  • @tracy.026
    @tracy.026 Month ago +103

    “Welcome home, moon goddess.”

  • @PVC_4ever
    @PVC_4ever 22 days ago +7

    Thank you to
    Columbina for the beautiful amazing singing❤
    Aether and Columbina for the amazing dance performance
    Arlecchino for the violin
    Dottore for the piano
    Sandrone & Aino for the mannequins

  • @stuckfx5696
    @stuckfx5696 Month ago +43

    The presentation was excellent. Whether it's Columbina, Dottore, the Traveler, or Rerir, I have to admit that this style of presentation makes each character charming, not just Columbina.

  • @UchihaShui
    @UchihaShui Month ago +32

    I've never been such fall in love like this on character development on genshin, Columbina first one. ❤

  • @kade_the_cin
    @kade_the_cin Month ago +56

    I loved how they showed the splash art at the end

    • @nurusds3
      @nurusds3 Month ago +5

      Someone needs to make that a live wallpaper, both for phone and PC. Seriously.

  • @から-u6o
    @から-u6o 13 days ago +3

    So far bestest character trailer LIKE OMFGG

  • @angelvang8460
    @angelvang8460 Month ago +33

    I could listen to this on loop everyday

  • @TheTailedMadman
    @TheTailedMadman Month ago +339

    This... remains a gorgeous trailer, the interplay of music and dance, how it flows from a obvious intro to the more rigid waltz of the Frostmoon Scions, then a march with the Fatui, and that momentary interlude in Nasha Town.. Before Ill Dottore takes over the tune.
    And I can't help but notice that he starts with a false note progression. He plays with a deliberately sharp, false notes as he takes charge, and the tune is noticibly harsher and more dangerous up to the point where the Traveler catches Columbina and hushes the music, but for a moment. And then it's a dance again, sure, with Dottore still playing in the back, but it's muted, but for a moment, as he plays a new fate, wrapping strings around this moment of freedom.
    It's gorgeous, tragic and frak me I can't wait till I get off work tomorrow and finally get this patch in my hands.
    May Columbina wanters be Columbina havers, and may we turn Dottore in the pavement lotion he deserves to be. Thank you.

    • @annieleonhart365
      @annieleonhart365 Month ago +14

      I'm going to pulverize Dottore with my main DPS C6 Collei, as I swore I would when he first arrived in Sumeru...with help from Nahida and Columbina.

    • @XYC-t9d
      @XYC-t9d Month ago +4

      This needs to be the top comment. Brilliant😄

    • @yairklein-mp8vo
      @yairklein-mp8vo 29 days ago

      dottore is not here. the clip ends with the victory over rerir.

    • @animichi4030
      @animichi4030 29 days ago

      holy glazing off the charts.

  • @minakshikochhar543
    @minakshikochhar543 Month ago +60

    Her trailer is definitely how she sees the world when her eyes are closed because eyes only see what they want to see. So I guess besides that one kid in the beginning everyone else is in their purest form where physical appearance doesn't matter to her.

  • @acceldown
    @acceldown 21 day ago +6

    Peak this is literally a music video, the music company finally stopped trying to hide it ✋😭🤚

  • @fout_exe
    @fout_exe Month ago +131

    2:32 sounds like a vine boom every time one of the dancers explodes into birds lmao

  • @MoonbliSakura1480
    @MoonbliSakura1480 Month ago +152

    2:52 does anyone notice the pigeon glitching??

    • @istoletxtsbraincells2164
      @istoletxtsbraincells2164 Month ago +10

      Yeah...

    • @mrimdumb4537
      @mrimdumb4537 Month ago +1

      Which one?

    • @bakatto
      @bakatto Month ago +10

      @mrimdumb4537 The one in front of her has a glitch warp effect at 2:48 and 2:50

    • @SmackTheBox
      @SmackTheBox Month ago +18

      I think it represents her not being accepted by Teyvat

    • @Tombel27
      @Tombel27 Month ago +1

      It's not a glitch, it was probably done intentionally ig

  • @Coal._.c6
    @Coal._.c6 Month ago +27

    ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I SAW

  • @Избранныевидеосразрешенияавтор

    Шедевр, не надоедает пересматривать

  • @Sylvara_Star
    @Sylvara_Star Month ago +266

    May we all win our 50/50s!!!

  • @sc_animates
    @sc_animates Month ago +26

    THIS TRAILER IS GENUINELY SO AMAZING WHAT LIKE IT’S SO CINEMATIC

  • @Muchificent
    @Muchificent Month ago +40

    Columbina's teaser shows where she came from, and now her trailer shows where she's going. She's not only finding her home but finding herself through all the chaos and confusion.

  • @Боря-ж4ы
    @Боря-ж4ы Month ago +12

    This made me goosebumps EVERYWHERE, columbina is so majestic here i literally cried

  • @rinz5027
    @rinz5027 Month ago +16

    Absolute Cinema. No words. Just, Gorgeous.

  • @feyriecyreneswife
    @feyriecyreneswife Month ago +67

    See you tomorrow, Columbina.

  • @Khronify
    @Khronify 24 days ago +4

    Easily the best character trailer yet. So many emotions told without a single word being said... just beautiful.

  • @real-raiden-ei
    @real-raiden-ei Month ago +17

    Absolutely beautiful. Welcome home moon goddess

  • @gravityhurts2910
    @gravityhurts2910 Month ago +29

    May the moon bless everyone that wants to take Bina home tomorrow. Good luck everyone

  • @nikksauro7103
    @nikksauro7103 Month ago +185

    3:09 reminds me of the ending of Because of You! (The elysia animated short of Hi3rd)

    • @seraveegundam2032
      @seraveegundam2032 Month ago +11

      Shes definitely the elysia expy and nod krai is the ER story for genshin.

    • @nikksauro7103
      @nikksauro7103 Month ago +2

      I was thinking too!

    • @spartakaiserd
      @spartakaiserd Month ago +28

      ​@seraveegundam2032huh? Columbina is who she is and no one else

    • @seraveegundam2032
      @seraveegundam2032 Month ago +1

      ​​@spartakaiserd she's definitely Columbia, her own character but also inspired story wise by Elysia. So she as much as elysia as raiden ei is raiden mei. They are different characters but also come from the same thread because of the hoyoverse. Also most of the characters from honkai 3rd and genshin/ star rail are expys of honkai gakuen characters. If you don't like it the hoyoverse can't hurt you if you ignore it. I play all the hoyo games so i live for it. 😂

    • @tetrachloraeee1
      @tetrachloraeee1 Month ago +9

      ​@seraveegundam2032yeah, but not everything has to be elysia, she's an entirely different character.

  • @lotus2284
    @lotus2284 10 days ago +4

    the music in genshin is so good its crazy, idk any game in the gacha space atleast that releases bangers like this ngl.

  • @ioannishussein8038
    @ioannishussein8038 Month ago +42

    This is more like a dancing moment for Columbina.
    The vocals, the tunes, and the instruments in the chorus, they are all truly tremendous!

  • @lovelyrosie1499
    @lovelyrosie1499 Month ago +40

    lyric, 0:55 if anyone wanna sing the melody :
    da di da, di di da
    da~ da di da, da di da
    di di da^ da ka - di da
    da di da di di da
    da kin mi da,
    da da kam, mi ni kleam da i da

  • @Rockstarmoon
    @Rockstarmoon Month ago +22

    Love the soap opera style for Columbina's Trailer

  • @idkatthispoint-s9s
    @idkatthispoint-s9s 19 days ago +3

    Man, this just takes the cake from the Mavuika trailer. The archon trailers never stop impressing

  • @meow-bf4ym
    @meow-bf4ym Month ago +27

    By the blessing of the Welkin Moon, may we all win our 50/50s