The absolute “innocence” of the wording of the (English translation of the) chorus is spectacular. Like, simply observing “It’s missing, there’s just nothing at all, yes indeed. Even though we only did what we were told, even though we were good kids. Why? It’s terrifying.” Like… it’s not tinged with anger or ego or anything it’s just pure trusting wide-eyed “what happened? where did it go? what did I do wrong?” and it just hits, like “the feelings of your wounded inner child” so perrrrrfectly.
Ah... From the first sentences, I think I understand what this song is about! It is what the first chapters of psychoanalysis say. "What is missing?", we're carrying this question throught our whole life, being brought to this life by a mother that wasn't ready to give us enough love / who didn't want us, she gave birth because she was told to, "we're told to". And I personally know many people who feel rejected and unworthy of life just by the fact of their existence. "Something's missing", and this "something" is for sure love, a base love that we have to recieve at the age of at least 0-3. Or else we're going to wander through life feeling like we don't deserve anything good in love, that we're not good enough or that we shouldn't even exist and so why was it all even for? "Those are cute like us have big ears, big eyes" of course it's all about children, babies, and at this point of life I'm certain that we should pay much more attention to children than we do now. Children are us and they never die inside us. If healthy, a person can always be childlike and happy and lively. If not, this inner child just gets suppressed, suffocating and struggling, angry at the older self, there is where depression comes from. And it is (and actually always was) happening scarily often. So please, take care of children, at least of that one who is inside you, crying for comfort. Be kind to them. Only you can be (the best one) parent to them.
There are also a lot of symbolic images of birth and reproductive mechanisms/organs which is not vulgar at all in this context! Just the nature of creating a new life, isn't it beautiful?
I may be missing the mark here, but I think this song is about growing up and struggling with adulthood. "We came, just as we were told, but there's nothing here" seems to me like it could refer to being a kid, and being told that when you grow up, everything will be better. You can be whatever you want, do whatever you want, all because you're an adult. As a kid you romanticize adulthood, and you can't wait to graduate and grow up. But then when you get there, it's nothing like you dreamed. You wait your whole childhood to grow up, only to find that it's often boring and lifeless. For a lot of people, adulthood means to wake up, work, sleep, repeat, and all for just barely enough money to get by. "tick tick, the clock jumps. tick-tock broken into pieces." could refer to time going by, but life only getting more difficult as more is expected from you. "Why is our journey leading nowhere at all?" could be specifically talking about the lack of fulfillment, and the fear of the future. Feeling like you don't know what to do with your life. Lastly, the line "We've lost it, inside somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, inside the toy that was taken away" Could refer to losing the child-like innocence and hope that comes with being a kid ambitious about their future, now that they've grown up and faced the world. Again, maybe I'm missing the mark, but it was fun to try and piece together an interpretation :)
That line resonated with me too. This song reminded me of how kids are pressured to go into college, but once they get there many students find that there isn't a career path for them, and they may drop out to find the work they want to do (like creatives that choose to pursue music/art instead)
Not being able to find love as an adult and or not getting enough love as an child could also fit into this. Romanticising love and getting married only to find out you might not be able to get said thing could be crushing to people who are fixated on it.
I am very excited about the constant release of new songs, I love this new phase of Kikuo, I hope it continues like this, also the use of Qi Xuan in his songs is very nice and I really love the aura that he has managed to capture with her. Here a few curious facts about Qi Xuan's voice Despite what is in the video description, and contrary to what many may think, (Qi Xuan/绮萱) is not a "VOCALOID". She is part of another voice synthesiser, with the same functionality for singing, but which uses a very different technology to synthesise the voice. The Japanese community usually calls any other voice synthesiser by the term "VOCALOID", as they are already familiar with it. Her name in Chinese Qi Xuan/绮萱, is a jovial and fresh voice, coming from a new brand vocal synthesizer called, "ACE Studio", the same as surprising as it may seem is native Chinese, but thanks to a technology called "Cross Lingual Synthesis", she is able to sing in Japanese and Chinese, simultaneously, and can now sing in English natively. Right now ACE Studio is at an early stage of development, but they are doing their best to incorporate better parameters and technology, the program have a chinese and english interface. The program counts among its repertoire, recognized UTAU voices such as Namine Ritsu (波音リツ) and Kuro Bousuku (黒昴宿). Three native English voices, although actually all voices independently of their origin can sing in English like Qi Xuan for example. In the same way now they have 33 voices available, among those that stand out are the group of Vsinger, that right now this working in the voice of Yuezheng Longya (乐正龙牙) a Chinese male VOCALOID, and that can be solicited instead of a request as part of his closed beta. And for those Vocal Synths fans, you can try the voice of Qi Xuan, and 33 other ACE Studio voices for free too! YANHE, Yuezheng Ling (乐正绫) and Luo Tianyi are free and can sing Japanese and English too. Without further ado, thanks for reading! Amen.
@@Ishl Despite what the video description says, (Qi Xuan/绮萱) is not a "VOCALOID" as it is not part of the VOCALOID program. It is part of another voice synthesiser, with the same functionality for singing, but which uses a very different technology to synthesise the voice, called ACE Studio. Inside the voice synthesiser and VOCALOID community, the term VOCALOID is not used to refer to it. Only the Japanese community and people who are not very familiar with voice synthesiser software do so. This is because it is an easily recognisable concept, and familiar to people in general. There is nothing wrong with that, although there is the term Vocal Synths, which encompasses any other synthesiser for synthesising voices, such as the VOCALOID program. The general term is Vocal Synths, as VOCALOID is just one brand among other Vocal Synths, while the word Vocal Synths applies to any kind of synthesiser that attempts to reproduce the human voice. You can use whatever term you like, simply Qi Xuan is not a VOCALOID because it is part of another program called ACE Studio, which is not compatible, nor has the same functionalities as VOCALOID, only the same purpose, to create synthesized voices.
This is the first point a piece of media has made me cry in a long long time. I’m sixteen at the moment, I go to a good school, I’m in therapy, my parents are fine, but in-spite of all this I can’t help but feel like it’s cruel that I’m born and raised just to suddenly feel like I’m on the verge of growing up and everything is going faster and faster and I’m scared. I remember idolizing all of the older kids and now that I’m finally on the older end I just feel like nothing happened but anxiety and self hatred being brought on by ocd, and I just barely ever got to have the kind of experience I’d wanted so badly. It’s unfair. Great job kikuo! you’ve perfectly illustrated what it’s like to have baby’s first midlife crisis. I love your music so much and this song is so real, my emotional state just got completely destroyed. 10/10 lyrics, keep doing what you do!
This is just my interpretation, but I feel like this song could be viewed as someone who died expecting to go to some kind of heaven, only to find that there's nothing there for them on the other side. In the video, the singer's journey starts with their birth, which is shown by the character being pieced together to form a person. We also see their heart being watered like a plant and growing a sprout, representing how they were nurtured and gained life experience during their time in this world. The "small light" (and the shot of the lighthouse) represents the hope that guides them and encourages them to persevere through all of life's challenges--the promise of another, better place in the distance (Heaven/the afterlife) which is represented by the moon. The lighthouse's surroundings and the moon briefly turn into chunks of computer code, leaving only the lighthouse, before fading into light. This shows that the "destination" may not actually be real, even though the hope of reaching it remains. The next scene shows the character looking in the mirror as the singer evaluates themselves. Cuteness is often associated with innocence and purity, which is why they say they're cute with "big ears, round eyes, a small mouth, a tiny body," etc. They believe that if they're a good person during their time here, then surely they'll be rewarded when it's all over, right? The version of them behind the other side of mirror is how they imagine themselves to be once they've "crossed over to the other side" after death. However, the they can't actually see what's behind the mirror, or if there's anything behind it at all. They can only see their own reflection; their worldly self. We see the character "sailing" through life until they reach the end of their journey, about to cross the threshold between life and death. The giant crowned figure guarded by two swords is their god who's about to judge them, and the row of hands opening up in the next shot are the gates of heaven opening. The person's heart stops beating and fades into more computer code. We see the character in front of the mirror again, but this time, there's only one of them, showing how their idealized image of the other side was a lie--there's nothing on the other side. But again, they can't see this because they can only see their reflection in the mirror. They won't know what's *really* on the other side until they actually cross over. The character is lifted by their creator into the afterlife. But there's something sinister about how the music builds and the scene goes dark like a horror movie as they're face-to-face with their supposedly "benevolent" creator. We see the character traveling towards the moon (Heaven), but they're not actually getting any closer to it. They realize that they can never reach it because it doesn't exist. They're stuck in the nothingness forever. Why? What did they do wrong? They were a good person their entire life; they did exactly as they were told ("Even though we only came here like told to, even though we were good kids"). Terrified, they look back on their life with dread because they know it was all for nothing. They frantically search for some kind of meaning, but all they can find is the sad remains of a meaningless life that's been thrown away. The shot of the heart now shows the sprout as dead and wilted now that their existence on Earth has vanished. All that's left is nothing.
There's also the imagery of the apple, a notorious Christian symbol to refer to the cause of humanitys fall from eden, a direct symbol of the afterlife, so the image of the apple in the mouth could be seen as a metaphor for not being allowed into heaven but having not committed any heinous sins, you'd be destined for the nothingness of limbo to repent
And THAT is why many are under the stress of trying to balance between "living their life to the fullest" and "fulfilling their duties" in order to reach heaven in the afterlife. It requires a certain level of belief for someone to decide whether they want to spend their lives doing what they're purely "supposed" to do when there could be a possibility that they may never get the chance ever again.
This songs just depict horrid of abortion tho, from how baby is making in love & then they just lost their life bc their parents didn't want baby anymore & discard them like broken toy
1:57 The character doing "See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil" is a interesting detail to put honestly. Saying "It's missing, missing, missing" while doing so.
This is crazy good. The visuals remind me a lot of Madoka Magica, specifically the witch labyrinths. It's just super chaotic, random, and unnatural, but it all follows a sort of theme and pattern.
Every song of Kikuo is so imaginative and unique, not to mention the consistently high production value. I never get tired of going through his discography every so often ❤ ❤
Absolutely wonderful and catchy song, Kikuo never disappoints ! Some of the lyrics really do hit a whole lot, especially the "Why does our journey lead us nowhere ?" and "There's nothing at all. Why is there nothing at all ?". With how it seems the character is representing a kid, with all the metaphors and suggestions it's someone young and small, and how they especially at first look at themselves in the mirror and put their hands on their cheeks, like a young child would realizing this is "them"... Is this song about the loss of innocence and childlike wonder about the world ? Exploring first this world, being told what is and what isn't and searching for a meaning. Then slowly realizing that there isn't actually any reason for us to be here, just that we simply exist. That there is no definite answer to the "Why am I here ?" and that the thought can be scary and daunting to overcome. It makes me feel that way at least-
Please check Japanese translation because it is pinky and cute. I didn’t focus on this song before this mv released, but thanks to this wonderful mv, I could realize how good this song is. I especially like the hands’ opening’ even though the sound is ‘ clapping’. I love you all Kikuo san and Inoie san! ❤I will make effort to understand what these lyrics mean. I am just studying English so please forgive my mistakes 😅
@@French_Itto Oh? Really? I tried checking the French subtitles and it doesn't show in the video for some reason even when i made sure i had it on... I'm on mobile and sometimes, there are some styles of subtitles that only work well on PC so it could be just that (Note: I'm sorry if i accidently made some sort of grammer or spelling mistake while writing this, English isn't my native language despite how much i used it especially on the internet)
Kikuo is a legendary composer/ producer/ musician. This music video reminds me when Tame Impala was growing fast & collaborating with different artists with MV's. I am so excited for what comes next for Kikuo. Loving the whole album from this year & always enjoying the old ones!
Kikuo is one of those artists that just seems to get better and better as time goes on. I love his older stuff, but he really has come into his own over the years. Wonderful song as always!
Contrary to what other people think this song is about, I feel like this song is about self-exploration. It's about this one person, who believes that they are missing a part of themselves. Maybe it's looks, because the song states "Those who are cute like us have big ears and big, round eyes, right?" Even the person themselves think that they are missing something. Then when they do their own self-exploration, they find out that they are indeed missing something, but they can't find it even when they set out on their self-exploration journey. There is no way of getting it back.
Ughhhh this MV captured the feeling of this song so well!!! The lollipops surrounding the heart and the heart braces visuals were just gorgeous, wow. This is one of my favorites from the album along with みずみずユッユ so I am so so happy it got an MV ^-^ ありがとうきくおさん!
My body kept tingling every time i repeated the song to try and understand what it means, creating so many stories about the same song, i seriously love kikuo oh my god, with only 1 song i can dream and imagine so many things
@@saidd1si think the song is about being brought to life by someone because that someone was told to (by society), and now we're living because we were told to, seaeching for something to complete us but finding nothing at the end
@@saidd1sThe MV at first is literally the creation of a person (a baby, babies have big eyes, big ears, are cute) which its first sound that it hears is a heartbeat (of a mother), then the protagonist continues living on, searching for something that can't actually be found, and eventually creating other person (that's what i think the hands opening up mean, they look like utherus imo, and seconds before you can see how a mouth is chewing an apple, in reference to Adam and Eva's story), in summary, the song's about the life cycle and how we're living in that cycle without asking why but at the same time searching for that "something" that'll make us feel less empty
this really gives a big vibe like chiri chiri juso or kaleidoscope. this is so amazing man. I love how kikuo can show the feel of horror, emptiness and space. thats amazing man
I love this song so much. And well, adding to the theory of the psychoanalytic analysis, I think it’s talking about some stuff: - the looking-glass-phase. (As shown in the video when the little human was looking at the mirror) According to psychoanalysis, in this phase the person can finally recognize themselves in the mirror and occurs at young age. At first, the child is joyful to see themselves “complete”. Nontheless, this happiness only lasts for moments, since what was recognized in the mirror was only an image of themselves, not the true selves. -Another concept that is vastly talked in the video is the “missing missing” and I’m pretty much sure it’s talking about the “lack”. This is a psychoanalytical concept that means that we as humans do not know what we want. What we are made for. We are always searching for things to satisfy our emptiness but it will always remain since it’s part of our essence. -I think it also makes reference of the “Big Other” (that big thing with an eye)according to psychoanalysis it’s the symbolic order, the language “is a hypothetical observer watching our every action and conversation, whose demands we obey and for whom we perform” the culture, society. -Lastly, I think it makes reference to “object a” something we lost the moment we enter into language. I think it references at the end this object with the “toy taken away” because this object is sometimes referred as this mark that is left on us that keeps us longing, desiring for stuff. Sorry if this was long and it may not explain things well, but I learnt psychoanalysis in Spanish and it’s difficult to translate it to English. Nontheless, I just love this song because I think it references a lot of psychoanalytical stuff.
I love that this song has so many interpretations! To me, this song is more about losing passion for something you used to love. It talks about seeing a light that makes your heartbeat pound. For me, my passion used to make my heart pound with the possibilities, and it was kind of like a "light", like in the song. But for the missing part, I feel like pursuing that passion and obsessing over it makes you lose interest, making you lose it along the way, like it says somewhere in the end. Or it could mean you just gradually lost interest for something you loved over time. Or it could mean achieving something, "we came here like told to", but then realizing that it wasn't all that you thought it was. Another thing that I think this song could be about is falling out of love, something that used to make your heartbeat pound now is just missing. anyways, even if there isn't any deep meaning, this song is amazing!
i think this song is about growing into an adult and realizing it isnt the same as you pictured it as a kid. one of my fav kikuo songs because the lyrics and sounds are so bittersweet.
the world is unfair. even if someone is always kind, terrible things may happen to them for no reason. even if someone works overtime and pushes themselves into exhaustion, there's no guarantee that they'll be rewarded or even recognized for their effort. even if we spend our whole lives being devout in faith, loved ones still pass away and tragedies still happen, and we wonder "why would someone i worship let this happen?" or "i did exactly as i was told, so why aren't i happy?" a lot of young people today feel like they don't deserve to live in this world because they haven't accomplished enough when they should be able to enjoy life day by day. it is truly terrifying, even to an adult, that we have to live in a world like this, and i think that's why this song in particular is so fantastic- kikuo takes these harsh topics and shows us the strange beauty that comes with them. it's always great to see people connecting and being honest with their pain in the comments (even being able to connect through different languages) and allowing us to accept that yes, the world can be awful, but if we share that pain with others who understand how we feel, we can make beautiful music and art like this. it's okay to feel like you need to give up. it's okay to feel hopeless, and it's okay to not know where you're going, just as i think it's okay to be tempted by that "shiny ideal life" we dream of, but i think remembering that the true joy is nurturing the things that used to make you happy when you were a child is very important in times like that. even if the toy was taken away from you when you decided you couldn't be a child anymore doesn't mean that you can't buy a new one
RUclipsの日本語字幕つけた人に賞送りたいくらい凝ってる
気付かせてくれてありがとう
ホントだ…すごい
色つけれるんだ…初めて見たわ
I don’t use the Japanese subtitles normally, so I didn’t even notice! that is really cool!!! thank you for pointing it out :)
映像に合わせて動いたり震えるの凄い
何気なく最後聴いてたら「中」が「馬鹿」って連続で聞こえてよく親に「馬鹿」と言われ、「だっこ だっこ」って聞こえたのは本当は心の中で親に対して思ってることで「見つかんない」のは本当の自分、意志を持った自分なのかなと思いました。
個人的に親に甘えられなくて自分を見失った子供(AC)の歌なのかなと思って毒親育ちの私はこの曲よく聴いてますきくおさんらぶ
「耳がよくなる」という歌詞で、暴言をたくさん浴びた子供は脳の聴覚部位が発達するのを思い出しました。
@@吉田つかさ-y2r さんのコメントでなるほど、と思いました。
あとは私が「耳がよくなる」という歌詞で感じたのはお腹の中にこの主人公がいた時に親から酷い言葉を言われてたのかなとも思っています。確か子供はお腹の中にいる時に母親や父親、周りの人の声が聞こえていて無意識のうちに覚えてるって事も有り得そうなのかな？と。
これだけ考察が沢山浮かぶほどの曲を作れるきくおさんは本当に凄いと感じます。
長文すみません
kikuo never fails to nail the surreal feel with his music
Sooo true
yeah
so true
Ikr
I thought he was dead .-. i read some people talking about him and that he died and it was probably suicide????
The absolute “innocence” of the wording of the (English translation of the) chorus is spectacular. Like, simply observing “It’s missing, there’s just nothing at all, yes indeed. Even though we only did what we were told, even though we were good kids. Why? It’s terrifying.”
Like… it’s not tinged with anger or ego or anything it’s just pure trusting wide-eyed “what happened? where did it go? what did I do wrong?” and it just hits, like “the feelings of your wounded inner child” so perrrrrfectly.
Ah... From the first sentences, I think I understand what this song is about!
It is what the first chapters of psychoanalysis say. "What is missing?", we're carrying this question throught our whole life, being brought to this life by a mother that wasn't ready to give us enough love / who didn't want us, she gave birth because she was told to, "we're told to". And I personally know many people who feel rejected and unworthy of life just by the fact of their existence.
"Something's missing", and this "something" is for sure love, a base love that we have to recieve at the age of at least 0-3. Or else we're going to wander through life feeling like we don't deserve anything good in love, that we're not good enough or that we shouldn't even exist and so why was it all even for?
"Those are cute like us have big ears, big eyes" of course it's all about children, babies, and at this point of life I'm certain that we should pay much more attention to children than we do now. Children are us and they never die inside us. If healthy, a person can always be childlike and happy and lively. If not, this inner child just gets suppressed, suffocating and struggling, angry at the older self, there is where depression comes from. And it is (and actually always was) happening scarily often.
So please, take care of children, at least of that one who is inside you, crying for comfort. Be kind to them. Only you can be (the best one) parent to them.
Thank you very much for this analysis. It clears things up !
There are also a lot of symbolic images of birth and reproductive mechanisms/organs which is not vulgar at all in this context! Just the nature of creating a new life, isn't it beautiful?
A FEW DAYS AND THERES ALREADY A THEORY???
Thanks for the theory!
Thank you
0:55 I like how there are handclaps in the background but the hands are falling apart instead of coming together to clap
Yesss
THIS IS GONNA BE AMAZING, THE THUMBNAIL LOOKS SO COOL!!!!
AFTER LISTENING, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IS WAS AMAZING
U WERE SUPER RIGHT AKDBKSBXJDJC
@@ouchies5922
Very correct
My dumbass legit thought it was Mario 😭😭
@@Regothelego LMAO
REAL
何も考えてなさそうなくらい無垢なキャラともうどうやっても救えないような無常を感じる世界が好き…
ふとした時に頭のなかで流れているぐらい好きな曲だ〜
こっちも一緒
Been in my head all day and morning .
こっちも一緒
Same here.
失くしものするとマジで気付かぬ内に脳内再生してる
The MV seems weirdly nostalgic, it has the art style of a cartoon I would've watched as a small child
I love it
Mario cart...
It kinda feels like something Tally Hall back then would make in their music clips, like ruler of everything. And i gotta say, it feels awesome.
@@ArtShadow21heyo that’s totally it! It felt so familiar, it reminds me of tally hall and jack stauber a bit
@@somkeve Mario cart...
it reminds me so much of that one scene in TAWOG where gum ball is trying to tell a story to penny’s family
1:58 あたりからの字幕、「Mitsukannai」の「i(わたし)」だけ消えずについたままなの芸が細かくて好きすぎ
幼さの果てのような、まだ自分として何も感じたり手に入れる前に、なすすべもなく命が終わっていくような寂しさを感じているし、なぜ終わってしまうのか、と泣き出す一歩手前の感情が続いて心が雪がれる気がする
こっちも一緒....
凄く良い表現だ…
Sane but it's happening irl
きくおさんの曲を聞いていると、幼い頃1度だけ読んたけど、怖くて思わず閉じてしまった絵本をおとなになってまた読んだ時みたいな気持ちになる
聴いたあとの心のもやもやの正体それです…語彙力神…😇
I may be missing the mark here, but I think this song is about growing up and struggling with adulthood. "We came, just as we were told, but there's nothing here" seems to me like it could refer to being a kid, and being told that when you grow up, everything will be better. You can be whatever you want, do whatever you want, all because you're an adult. As a kid you romanticize adulthood, and you can't wait to graduate and grow up. But then when you get there, it's nothing like you dreamed. You wait your whole childhood to grow up, only to find that it's often boring and lifeless. For a lot of people, adulthood means to wake up, work, sleep, repeat, and all for just barely enough money to get by. "tick tick, the clock jumps. tick-tock broken into pieces." could refer to time going by, but life only getting more difficult as more is expected from you. "Why is our journey leading nowhere at all?" could be specifically talking about the lack of fulfillment, and the fear of the future. Feeling like you don't know what to do with your life.
Lastly, the line "We've lost it, inside somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, inside the toy that was taken away" Could refer to losing the child-like innocence and hope that comes with being a kid ambitious about their future, now that they've grown up and faced the world.
Again, maybe I'm missing the mark, but it was fun to try and piece together an interpretation :)
thats actually great, i love that idea
That line resonated with me too. This song reminded me of how kids are pressured to go into college, but once they get there many students find that there isn't a career path for them, and they may drop out to find the work they want to do (like creatives that choose to pursue music/art instead)
I thought the same too. Especially when you realise nothing's happening like they promised if you'd give up playing around and study instead
なんて素晴らしい考察なんだろう👍やはりきくおは素晴らしい
Not being able to find love as an adult and or not getting enough love as an child could also fit into this. Romanticising love and getting married only to find out you might not be able to get said thing could be crushing to people who are fixated on it.
NO ACTUAL WAY THIS SONG IS MY FAVOURITE FROM THE ALBUM AND NOW ITS GETTING A MV IM SO HAPPYYYY!
AAA SAME!! (Right next to 'Hate you, hate you, but')
飽和したボカロ界隈の中で、かわりがきかないというかその人だけの個性持ってる人ってほんますごいと思うし貴重
曲とmvの雰囲気合いすぎて、このmv作った人もめっちゃ気になる
Ribbon?
DECO*27さんの「人質交換」という曲のMVの制作に関わったのはこのMVを作られたイノウエマナさんでMVの雰囲気が似ているのでそちらもオススメです…！
the mv is made by inoue mana
字幕つけたら演出凝っててめちゃ好き...
ほんとだ…すごい…( ･o˙ )
え ホンマや やばい
歌詞が見つかんない見つかんないだったから助かった
巨頭
1:58 の見つかんないのとこ 見ざる聞かざる言わざるなの可愛い
I am very excited about the constant release of new songs, I love this new phase of Kikuo, I hope it continues like this, also the use of Qi Xuan in his songs is very nice and I really love the aura that he has managed to capture with her.
Here a few curious facts about Qi Xuan's voice
Despite what is in the video description, and contrary to what many may think, (Qi Xuan/绮萱) is not a "VOCALOID".
She is part of another voice synthesiser, with the same functionality for singing, but which uses a very different technology to synthesise the voice.
The Japanese community usually calls any other voice synthesiser by the term "VOCALOID", as they are already familiar with it.
Her name in Chinese Qi Xuan/绮萱, is a jovial and fresh voice, coming from a new brand vocal synthesizer called, "ACE Studio", the same as surprising as it may seem is native Chinese, but thanks to a technology called "Cross Lingual Synthesis", she is able to sing in Japanese and Chinese, simultaneously, and can now sing in English natively.
Right now ACE Studio is at an early stage of development, but they are doing their best to incorporate better parameters and technology, the program have a chinese and english interface.
The program counts among its repertoire, recognized UTAU voices such as Namine Ritsu (波音リツ) and Kuro Bousuku (黒昴宿).
Three native English voices, although actually all voices independently of their origin can sing in English like Qi Xuan for example.
In the same way now they have 33 voices available, among those that stand out are the group of Vsinger, that right now this working in the voice of Yuezheng Longya (乐正龙牙) a Chinese male VOCALOID, and that can be solicited instead of a request as part of his closed beta.
And for those Vocal Synths fans, you can try the voice of Qi Xuan, and 33 other ACE Studio voices for free too!
YANHE, Yuezheng Ling (乐正绫) and Luo Tianyi are free and can sing Japanese and English too.
Without further ado, thanks for reading!
Amen.
thank you maiden relish
@@selliterallydies np!
So it’s not a vocaloid, but it’s called a vocaloid. Seems a little confusing.
@@Ishl Despite what the video description says, (Qi Xuan/绮萱) is not a "VOCALOID" as it is not part of the VOCALOID program.
It is part of another voice synthesiser, with the same functionality for singing, but which uses a very different technology to synthesise the voice, called ACE Studio.
Inside the voice synthesiser and VOCALOID community, the term VOCALOID is not used to refer to it. Only the Japanese community and people who are not very familiar with voice synthesiser software do so.
This is because it is an easily recognisable concept, and familiar to people in general.
There is nothing wrong with that, although there is the term Vocal Synths, which encompasses any other synthesiser for synthesising voices, such as the VOCALOID program.
The general term is Vocal Synths, as VOCALOID is just one brand among other Vocal Synths, while the word Vocal Synths applies to any kind of synthesiser that attempts to reproduce the human voice.
You can use whatever term you like, simply Qi Xuan is not a VOCALOID because it is part of another program called ACE Studio, which is not compatible, nor has the same functionalities as VOCALOID, only the same purpose, to create synthesized voices.
@@maidenrelish5906 Oh, ok. I get it now 🤌
この、何と表現していいか分からない妙な懐かしさとその中にある小さな針でプスプス刺してくるような歌詞が本当に好き。
This is the first point a piece of media has made me cry in a long long time. I’m sixteen at the moment, I go to a good school, I’m in therapy, my parents are fine, but in-spite of all this I can’t help but feel like it’s cruel that I’m born and raised just to suddenly feel like I’m on the verge of growing up and everything is going faster and faster and I’m scared.
I remember idolizing all of the older kids and now that I’m finally on the older end I just feel like nothing happened but anxiety and self hatred being brought on by ocd, and I just barely ever got to have the kind of experience I’d wanted so badly. It’s unfair.
Great job kikuo! you’ve perfectly illustrated what it’s like to have baby’s first midlife crisis. I love your music so much and this song is so real, my emotional state just got completely destroyed. 10/10 lyrics, keep doing what you do!
Same, just turned 17
皆わかってるかもしれないけど、この曲の理解を深めたいので
個人的にわかる範囲で、MV内に出てくるメタファー？についてまとめます。
・ハートを刺す剣…子供の心を壊す、親の独り善がりな「躾」行為？ よく見ると親が持っているだろう剣の根元にももうひとつのハート（心臓）。そこから一筋の血が流れている。親も自分の親に同じことをされてきた？
・薔薇…蜘蛛の巣や、鏡を覗く子供の周りに出てくる。親の愛情、教育と言う名の干渉？
・水を与えられる石…心臓に似た形をしている。自我が産まれる前、もしくは胎盤で育つ段階の子供？
・目がついた蝶…親は蜘蛛。親の目を気にする子供？本来安心するはずの家が子供の体を絡めとっていて、最終的に蝶は巣から逃げ出している。蝶の目は親の一つ目と形が似ている。
・赤い手がついた赤い玉…赤ん坊、もしくは子宮？
赤ん坊が親の愛を欲して手を開いているのか、それとも子供を望んで妊活中の母親か。ラストで誰かに丸められたゴミのようなものを受け取るそれは、前者の場合自我の欠片を見つけていることになる？
後者の場合、自分の体に授かった命を「今度は自分が子供を操る番」と思っている？
・脳みそのような林檎…善悪を知る知恵の実とかけてる？ それを食べれば子供は物事を自分で判断できるようになるが、結局矯正された歯で噛み砕くことになっている。
・矯正された歯…他の方のコメントで見かけた考察ですが、親の教育で自我すら矯正された子供の心身を表している？
喋る口のない、親の目を気にする目と耳だけが発達したらしいMVの主人公。
まるで神のように主人公の前に待ち、彼を見定めようとする一つ目の親。けれど親にも口はなく、主人公と根本的に同じように育てられているようにも見える。
一番では主人公の姿を映していた鏡は二番で何も映さなくなり、
主人公はずっとどこかを目指して乗り物に乗っている。向かう先は月？
細い一本道と、その先に開く一つの穴は産道のようにも見える。一人の人間のはずなのに、行動している最中も結局は母親の体内での出来事、つまり親の支配から逃れられていないことを示している？
妄想を色々と並べ立ててしまいましたが、「捨てられたおもちゃ箱の中」を知る主人公のターンで曲は希望を取り戻したようにきらきらした音がしているので、
何かのきっかけで親の過干渉を脱するチャンスがあったのかな、と勝手に思うことにしてます。
皆さんの意見や他の発見も是非教えて下さると嬉しいです！
0:33 あたりの人形の感じのキャラが出てくるホラーゲームがあったような気がするんだけどそれがどうにも思い出せなくてそれが記憶に引っかかって怖さを増してきてる。片目がとれたりするやつなんだけど…
字幕がmvに含まれてるってレベルで完成度高くて好き
こっちも一緒
これやっぱり毒親の言うこと聞いたり周りに言われた通り生きたら自分の世界を見失った子供の歌だよね……
ラスサビのでっけー口のところ、歯が矯正されてるように見えるのは 子供の思考とか利き手を片っ端から矯正してる感じ 取り上げられたおもちゃとかいう歌詞もそれっぽい
確かに…
そう考えるとこれ君はできない子に出てくる君の立場からの曲なんですかね…
少年のような、少女のような幼くて脆そうな声に惚れる
ここ考察が鋭い人が多すぎて凄い。色んな人の考察見るの楽しいし曲も奥深くて好きだなぁ。
無力感の漂う歌詞や無垢なメロディーに殺処分されてしまう生き物の姿を思い浮かべました
とても好きな曲です
This is just my interpretation, but I feel like this song could be viewed as someone who died expecting to go to some kind of heaven, only to find that there's nothing there for them on the other side. In the video, the singer's journey starts with their birth, which is shown by the character being pieced together to form a person. We also see their heart being watered like a plant and growing a sprout, representing how they were nurtured and gained life experience during their time in this world.
The "small light" (and the shot of the lighthouse) represents the hope that guides them and encourages them to persevere through all of life's challenges--the promise of another, better place in the distance (Heaven/the afterlife) which is represented by the moon. The lighthouse's surroundings and the moon briefly turn into chunks of computer code, leaving only the lighthouse, before fading into light. This shows that the "destination" may not actually be real, even though the hope of reaching it remains.
The next scene shows the character looking in the mirror as the singer evaluates themselves. Cuteness is often associated with innocence and purity, which is why they say they're cute with "big ears, round eyes, a small mouth, a tiny body," etc. They believe that if they're a good person during their time here, then surely they'll be rewarded when it's all over, right? The version of them behind the other side of mirror is how they imagine themselves to be once they've "crossed over to the other side" after death. However, the they can't actually see what's behind the mirror, or if there's anything behind it at all. They can only see their own reflection; their worldly self.
We see the character "sailing" through life until they reach the end of their journey, about to cross the threshold between life and death. The giant crowned figure guarded by two swords is their god who's about to judge them, and the row of hands opening up in the next shot are the gates of heaven opening. The person's heart stops beating and fades into more computer code. We see the character in front of the mirror again, but this time, there's only one of them, showing how their idealized image of the other side was a lie--there's nothing on the other side. But again, they can't see this because they can only see their reflection in the mirror. They won't know what's *really* on the other side until they actually cross over.
The character is lifted by their creator into the afterlife. But there's something sinister about how the music builds and the scene goes dark like a horror movie as they're face-to-face with their supposedly "benevolent" creator. We see the character traveling towards the moon (Heaven), but they're not actually getting any closer to it. They realize that they can never reach it because it doesn't exist. They're stuck in the nothingness forever.
Why? What did they do wrong? They were a good person their entire life; they did exactly as they were told ("Even though we only came here like told to, even though we were good kids"). Terrified, they look back on their life with dread because they know it was all for nothing. They frantically search for some kind of meaning, but all they can find is the sad remains of a meaningless life that's been thrown away. The shot of the heart now shows the sprout as dead and wilted now that their existence on Earth has vanished. All that's left is nothing.
Niceeeee (there's so many theories on this vid lmao)
There's also the imagery of the apple, a notorious Christian symbol to refer to the cause of humanitys fall from eden, a direct symbol of the afterlife, so the image of the apple in the mouth could be seen as a metaphor for not being allowed into heaven but having not committed any heinous sins, you'd be destined for the nothingness of limbo to repent
And THAT is why many are under the stress of trying to balance between "living their life to the fullest" and "fulfilling their duties" in order to reach heaven in the afterlife. It requires a certain level of belief for someone to decide whether they want to spend their lives doing what they're purely "supposed" to do when there could be a possibility that they may never get the chance ever again.
Also (imo) the part on 0:56 where the hands are spreading are probably related to the gesture you make when praying at church.
This songs just depict horrid of abortion tho, from how baby is making in love & then they just lost their life bc their parents didn't want baby anymore & discard them like broken toy
the art is so gorgeous, I like how Kikuo's MVs are stylistically unique and fit the beautiful experimental qualities of His music
THIS SONG IS SUCH A BANGER. IT NEEDS TO BE NOTICED MORE. I HAVE BEEN OBSESSED OVER THIS FOR A YEAR
「取り上げられたおもちゃのなか」っていう短いワードだけで
ちょっとやそっとじゃ手が届かないところに奪われてしまったんだなって思える
YESHHHHH!!!! I think this is my favourite track from the new album, so I'm SUPER HYPED for this MV ω
FR!!
もっと動画をアップロードしてください kikuo 💖
57秒らへんのとこで手を開くのに手を叩く音が聞こえるのまじであきらかに普通じゃない感じがして好き
Kikuo's music is unparallel! He's seriously one of the greatest modern musicians, I think.
Yes! I am really inspired by him
Couldn’t agree with you more. Watching his progression has been truly amazing in my eyes.
切ないけれどきれいな曲だと思って流れるままに聴いてたら 涙が止まんない止まんない止まんない なんでだろな うーん
qi xuan works so perfectly with kikuos music, i love when he uses her
マジできくおさんの曲メロディはもちろん好きだけど世界観もすき
わかるーー！！！
Whenever a Kikuo song has a word repeating in the title, you know its gonna be good
他人の言うままに行動する自分のなさからくる心地よい浮遊感があって、つい聞きたくなる
kikuo dropping an MV for another banger from KM7 LETS GOOO!!!!!
I always read MK7 and get confused but LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!
初めて聞いた時こんな透き通った声の動画見たことないんだけど？！ってなった、
あとサビの盛り上がりが最高すぎる😭
やっぱりきくおさんにかなうものはいない
この曲はこの世界に似合いすぎます.......
1:57 The character doing "See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil" is a interesting detail to put honestly.
Saying "It's missing, missing, missing" while doing so.
不気味なこの世界観のMVとこの神曲がマッチしまくってる...
最高
いつもだけどきくおさんの世界観とMVがあまりにも一致し過ぎている。こんなに個性的なのによく混ざり合うなと思う。
the gesture of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
and all the apples floating to her left and right
i think they mean something!
聞いてると泣きたくなってくるね
This is crazy good. The visuals remind me a lot of Madoka Magica, specifically the witch labyrinths. It's just super chaotic, random, and unnatural, but it all follows a sort of theme and pattern.
that’s what I thought!
this!!
Every song of Kikuo is so imaginative and unique, not to mention the consistently high production value. I never get tired of going through his discography every so often ❤ ❤
マジで好きな曲
思い出したら実際に聴きたくなって無限ループしてる
これ字幕有りきで観ると感動する。
完成されてるなあ本当......
kikuo your music saved me and I'm forever grateful for it, it makes me feel alive
Absolutely wonderful and catchy song, Kikuo never disappoints !
Some of the lyrics really do hit a whole lot, especially the "Why does our journey lead us nowhere ?" and "There's nothing at all. Why is there nothing at all ?". With how it seems the character is representing a kid, with all the metaphors and suggestions it's someone young and small, and how they especially at first look at themselves in the mirror and put their hands on their cheeks, like a young child would realizing this is "them"... Is this song about the loss of innocence and childlike wonder about the world ?
Exploring first this world, being told what is and what isn't and searching for a meaning. Then slowly realizing that there isn't actually any reason for us to be here, just that we simply exist. That there is no definite answer to the "Why am I here ?" and that the thought can be scary and daunting to overcome.
It makes me feel that way at least-
I LOVE THIS SM !!! Just fan of the way kikuo's songs always have that "childish" vibe, also the intrumental and voice are fire
Please check Japanese translation because it is pinky and cute. I didn’t focus on this song before this mv released, but thanks to this wonderful mv, I could realize how good this song is. I especially like the hands’ opening’ even though the sound is ‘ clapping’.
I love you all Kikuo san and Inoie san! ❤I will make effort to understand what these lyrics mean. I am just studying English so please forgive my mistakes 😅
You don’t have any mistakes in your comment! Very good and expressive !!
I decided to see how the Japanese subtitles were and OMG! I LOVE IT!!!
@@Kokomi_Ocean_Paradise Kinda late but there's also the french subtitle for some reason?
@@French_Itto Oh? Really? I tried checking the French subtitles and it doesn't show in the video for some reason even when i made sure i had it on...
I'm on mobile and sometimes, there are some styles of subtitles that only work well on PC so it could be just that
(Note: I'm sorry if i accidently made some sort of grammer or spelling mistake while writing this, English isn't my native language despite how much i used it especially on the internet)
@@Kokomi_Ocean_Paradise I think it might just be on PC and youtube on TV ;-;
(Note: Don't worry, English isn't my native language either :) )
Kikuo is a legendary composer/ producer/ musician. This music video reminds me when Tame Impala was growing fast & collaborating with different artists with MV's. I am so excited for what comes next for Kikuo. Loving the whole album from this year & always enjoying the old ones!
KIKUO HAS GROWN IN THESE VISUALS FR ITS LIKE A WHOLE NEW ERA
Kikuo is one of those artists that just seems to get better and better as time goes on. I love his older stuff, but he really has come into his own over the years. Wonderful song as always!
Contrary to what other people think this song is about, I feel like this song is about self-exploration.
It's about this one person, who believes that they are missing a part of themselves. Maybe it's looks, because the song states "Those who are cute like us have big ears and big, round eyes, right?" Even the person themselves think that they are missing something. Then when they do their own self-exploration, they find out that they are indeed missing something, but they can't find it even when they set out on their self-exploration journey. There is no way of getting it back.
For a second I didn't notice it was kikuo until I saw the channel
It's interesting seeing more of a different style from the older videos from kikuo
Ughhhh this MV captured the feeling of this song so well!!! The lollipops surrounding the heart and the heart braces visuals were just gorgeous, wow. This is one of my favorites from the album along with みずみずユッユ so I am so so happy it got an MV ^-^
ありがとうきくおさん!
I love "water, water, yu, yu"
@@wkei my guy, that's the name of the song, I don't know what you want from me
@@cadeallison1102 what did I do?
@@wkei the quotation marks around the song title felt sarcastic, I'm sorry if I interpreted it the wrong way
@@cadeallison1102 I think they meant to separate the song name from what I understand
My body kept tingling every time i repeated the song to try and understand what it means, creating so many stories about the same song, i seriously love kikuo oh my god, with only 1 song i can dream and imagine so many things
What do you think it means? I still dont really get it so far myself
@@saidd1si think the song is about being brought to life by someone because that someone was told to (by society), and now we're living because we were told to, seaeching for something to complete us but finding nothing at the end
@@saidd1sThe MV at first is literally the creation of a person (a baby, babies have big eyes, big ears, are cute) which its first sound that it hears is a heartbeat (of a mother), then the protagonist continues living on, searching for something that can't actually be found, and eventually creating other person (that's what i think the hands opening up mean, they look like utherus imo, and seconds before you can see how a mouth is chewing an apple, in reference to Adam and Eva's story), in summary, the song's about the life cycle and how we're living in that cycle without asking why but at the same time searching for that "something" that'll make us feel less empty
@@saidd1sTHAT! Or the song is actually about abortion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
i used to think it was impossible to top kikuo's old music, yet here we are. bravo, kikuo!
これはかなり新しくないか？！
どんな感じか全く予想つかなくて楽しみすぎる！！！
this really gives a big vibe like chiri chiri juso or kaleidoscope. this is so amazing man. I love how kikuo can show the feel of horror, emptiness and space. thats amazing man
i love the sudden use of qixuan KEEP IT UP
all thats left is to hope he uses ia again EEE
高級版某音ゲー天国みたいなPVだいすき……
This is my favorite Kikuo song, so excited it’s getting a MV!!
曲も言わずもがなきくお節が効いてて最高なんだけどPVのこのCGの感じ…小さい頃にみた幼児向けのをアニメを思い出す……なんだか懐かしくて切ない気持ちになる……
キクオの新しい曲がまた待ちきれません、素晴らしいものになるでしょう
whatever that thing is at 0:46 gives me strong vibes of something that would be a boss in Kirby Super Star for the SNES.
EU AMEIIIII, ESSE PROVAVELMENTE VAI SE TORNAR O MEU NOVO FAV DO KIKUO, AMEI PARTICIPAR DA ESTREIA🎉🎉🎉🎉
NEE TBM
1:44 absolute chills down my spine, keep up the wonderful work
Hyped to hear yet another kikuo banger
this song is out already
曲からボーカルからMVからすべてが好きすぎる
kikuo truly never misses!!
definitely my favorite vocal synth producer
サビのきくお節大好き
裏のベースの荒ぶり方とかまじ沼
I love this song so much. And well, adding to the theory of the psychoanalytic analysis, I think it’s talking about some stuff:
- the looking-glass-phase. (As shown in the video when the little human was looking at the mirror)
According to psychoanalysis, in this phase the person can finally recognize themselves in the mirror and occurs at young age. At first, the child is joyful to see themselves “complete”. Nontheless, this happiness only lasts for moments, since what was recognized in the mirror was only an image of themselves, not the true selves.
-Another concept that is vastly talked in the video is the “missing missing” and I’m pretty much sure it’s talking about the “lack”. This is a psychoanalytical concept that means that we as humans do not know what we want. What we are made for. We are always searching for things to satisfy our emptiness but it will always remain since it’s part of our essence.
-I think it also makes reference of the “Big Other” (that big thing with an eye)according to psychoanalysis it’s the symbolic order, the language “is a hypothetical observer watching our every action and conversation, whose demands we obey and for whom we perform” the culture, society.
-Lastly, I think it makes reference to “object a” something we lost the moment we enter into language. I think it references at the end this object with the “toy taken away” because this object is sometimes referred as this mark that is left on us that keeps us longing, desiring for stuff.
Sorry if this was long and it may not explain things well, but I learnt psychoanalysis in Spanish and it’s difficult to translate it to English. Nontheless, I just love this song because I think it references a lot of psychoanalytical stuff.
すごい好き…
なんだろう、、きくおさんの曲は上下左右、空間をすごく感じられて絶対にイヤホンでじっくり聴きたくなる
The timing of this masterpiece is perfectly in alignment with my mental state right now.
Kikuo I love you, always providing the goods 🫶
字幕入れて見た時、もうなんか、凄い（語彙力低下）
I love that this song has so many interpretations!
To me, this song is more about losing passion for something you used to love. It talks about seeing a light that makes your heartbeat pound.
For me, my passion used to make my heart pound with the possibilities, and it was kind of like a "light", like in the song.
But for the missing part, I feel like pursuing that passion and obsessing over it makes you lose interest, making you lose it along the way, like it says somewhere in the end. Or it could mean you just gradually lost interest for something you loved over time.
Or it could mean achieving something, "we came here like told to", but then realizing that it wasn't all that you thought it was.
Another thing that I think this song could be about is falling out of love, something that used to make your heartbeat pound now is just missing.
anyways, even if there isn't any deep meaning, this song is amazing!
i think this song is about growing into an adult and realizing it isnt the same as you pictured it as a kid. one of my fav kikuo songs because the lyrics and sounds are so bittersweet.
きくおさんの曲は本当にきくお！！！！って雰囲気出しててすき
I CAN'T GET ENOUGH 😭😍I'm literally so hooked on this albummm
SO REAL
精神的にきてる時にきくおさんの曲聴くとめちゃくちゃ落ち着く。ありがとうきくおさん
字幕まで手を込んでいるの最高です…
そのスタイルは本当素敵と魔法の。いつもと違うけど美しい💗💗💗
素敵の
わかんないまんまの
雰囲気❤
I'm so glad I'm listening to listen to other kikuo songs then the ones I already know
100万回おめでとうございます✨♡♡♡♡♡
NHKの教育番組にありそうな雰囲気で大好き
the world is unfair. even if someone is always kind, terrible things may happen to them for no reason. even if someone works overtime and pushes themselves into exhaustion, there's no guarantee that they'll be rewarded or even recognized for their effort. even if we spend our whole lives being devout in faith, loved ones still pass away and tragedies still happen, and we wonder "why would someone i worship let this happen?" or "i did exactly as i was told, so why aren't i happy?"
a lot of young people today feel like they don't deserve to live in this world because they haven't accomplished enough when they should be able to enjoy life day by day. it is truly terrifying, even to an adult, that we have to live in a world like this, and i think that's why this song in particular is so fantastic- kikuo takes these harsh topics and shows us the strange beauty that comes with them. it's always great to see people connecting and being honest with their pain in the comments (even being able to connect through different languages) and allowing us to accept that yes, the world can be awful, but if we share that pain with others who understand how we feel, we can make beautiful music and art like this.
it's okay to feel like you need to give up. it's okay to feel hopeless, and it's okay to not know where you're going, just as i think it's okay to be tempted by that "shiny ideal life" we dream of, but i think remembering that the true joy is nurturing the things that used to make you happy when you were a child is very important in times like that. even if the toy was taken away from you when you decided you couldn't be a child anymore doesn't mean that you can't buy a new one
きくおミク7の中で一番鬼リピしてる曲です……ありがとうございます
I literally have never seen a kikuo music video like this! This is amazing!! Kikuo is amazing!!
字幕の動かし方と色が神すぎる、、、
1:30 the other guy is gone!!!
今回のアルバムの中で一番好き
qi xuan's voice in kikuo's style makes me very happy
好きな曲なのでMVついたの嬉しいです！
RUclipsの字幕ってこんなこともできるんだ......！