Smile (FULLY MERGED VERSION) - Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Credits Theme
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- The reason why merges need to happen for a full version is because the in-game files are quite silly.
- The in-game version of Smile is 5 minutes long and has a long intro
- There is a cropped version of Smile spanning from ~4:00 of this version to the end
- The credits version omits some parts of the beginning
This version merges first two files seamlessly (as best as I could) to create the genuine, full version of the theme.
![Bygone Serenity [Living Memory] - FFXIV Dawntrail OST (Extended)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iLJ2tGts9cY/mqdefault.jpg)
![Bygone Serenity [Living Memory] - FFXIV Dawntrail OST (Extended)](/img/tr.png)
![Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail: Smile [Credits Theme]](/img/1.gif)
“Alright everyone, let’s start the work on a giant bomb!” *smile starts playing*
Peak HAHA
The theme represents the collaborative effort and the coming together to get us to Yyasulani, everyone's refusal to let the attack get them down, not the bomb itself. Thought that was obvious.
@@vikurtz You're still in denial it looks like. Hopefully you'll come around and see why DT had 50% on MC and 59% on Steam.
@@xalmor6044 you realize you haven't actually made anything resembling a point yet, right?
Also, you conveniently lied about the MC score and went with user reviews only, huh? Nice try, troll. Even then, you're still lying.
@@vikurtz tbh I agree with you, it was about the collaboration of the countless people we got to learn about throughout the journey
Dawntrail had its flaws, but imo it was an amazing expansion regardless.Idk if 2nd or 3rd favourite for me (Endwalker being 1st); but I loved it
Insane that people don’t like this song. Not as emotional as Flow or Tomorrow and Tomorrow or Dragonsong, but it’s very fitting for the expansion.
I'm excited for when they eventually do this live, the choir will go so hard
It’s really good, it grows on you even more and I enjoyed it a lot as a credits song. It just didn’t feel that fitting for me or deserved when it played during msq. If there was a bit of a better emotional or fun buildup maybe? That being said, I still enjoyed it, it’s great.
As many things like the character dialogue and overall writing, it could have been executed a bit better in my opinion.
It’s also so inspiring and uplifting and I feel we all needed that
It's growing on me
Just opinions. That’s all.
i really love this parts
4:39
Just imagine what's around the bend
(Magic or mischief? Gods forfend!)
Endless marvels, mysteries, newfound friends
(Wilder than wildest dreams portend)
6:05
Tender hearts or sorrow's skies to mend (oh oh)
(Fill them with golden tones instead)
Steady forward, there's so much to see (for you and me)
(Together you and me)
A smile better suits a hero indeed.
"you should smile more :)"
This comment hurt so bad it’s criminal 😭😭
This song definitely feels like it's childed from that...
Actually, considering all these classes of songs are from a person's POV (dragonsong is from Hræsvelgr, nidhogg and the rest of the dragon's perspective, tomorrow and tomorrow is likely from Raha's, shadowbringers is from emet and the fallen ancients's, to the edge is from Emet's, flow is from hyedaelin's, etc), you could argue with the WoL being a mentor role character now, this is us singing, passing on that knowledge and above all hope.
That would also explain why even though it appears in times of pressure, it's so upbeat, we as a character are far beyond having fear or doubt,.
@@rexex345to the edge is more like Elidibus, since it's the song of his fight
@@devilmillenium2912It’s also the theme of The Ancients as a whole. ‘Neath Dark Waters shares the motif, and even both Elpis themes have it along with Ktesis. Not to mention the obvious one of a certain fight in Pandae. The lyrics painting a somber picture of defiance for a people who just want to rest… For a people who just want to see another beautiful day. Compared to Tomorrow and Tomorrow which purposely dualities Emet and ‘Raha and letting go of the past to be unburdened unto a new tomorrow, it paints a very different meaning and I love that.
This was a very long-winded and convoluted way of saying I agree with evidence, sorry for the rant XD
Sphene was a poor soul who couldn't live for the present. Despite how much she adored her subjects she was so focused on preserving the Endless that she lost sight of what was important- thanks in no small part to her creators. All she could do was fight *for those she had lost* , incapable of fighting *for those she could yet save*
The (very sad) point is that she wasn't even a soul anymore. Only a recollection of memories of the gentle Queen Sphene.
So she just couldn't do something like "changing her mind". At least in the end we did see her love for her people. But as you said... She fought to preserve her people, not save them.
So a less personal retreat of Emet's character, except she shows up when the expansion is almost over and has no personal connection to us at all. But hey, at least even the most dimwitted fan can now point at her and repeat the things we've already learned in Shadowbringers.
@@Chaoskoch I don't remember asking but whatever
Not soul, A.I.
it's honestly unhinged the lengths the writers went to to try and force sympathy for sphene down our throat. but hell, the writers didn't understand their own story so how are we supposed to, let's just enjoy being emotionally manipulated
Unofficial Lyrics from what I can hear:
Last edit: 07/27/24
At the crossroads, standing here
Not a star in the sky to guide me tonight
If we're lost and lost in fear
Deep in darkness, drown my cries
All this pain inside of me
Don't know where it starts and when it'll end
Try to tame the agony
As I close my eyes and scream to the wind
Look around and find me standing all alone
(Look again, we're standing there!)
Cuz the storm has taken everything I'd known
(Needn't loss you needn't bear!)
Dunno why I'd thought I'd make it by myself
(After all we've been through)
Out of time, I'm running blind, can somebody help!
(We'll always stand for you!)
Learned so much in life I couldn't understand
(Understand we're by your side!)
Stand, we'll come face tomorrow hand in hand
(When in yours, and yours in mine)
Weaving memory through the warmth of every land
(This is our tale, our tapestry!)
Never losing sight of everywhere I've been!
(Let it be a part of me!)
In lightning's wake, did naught but ash remain
Yet in the rain, does life's song ring again
Our ancient forest sound beyond the place
It carries on, we will carry on!
So smile and let the rainbows sing!
(Let them hymn in you and me!)
Alive with everything it brings!
(Unto peace and harmony)
We walk a never-ending trail
(In our hearts, we carry this)
We'll know that we shall never pale
(This is our inheritance)
I turn around and walk to the sea
(Just imagine what's around the bend?)
Along they guide to the way to the key
(Magic or mischief? Gods Forfend!)
A sleight of hand, a birth of light
(Endless marvels, mysteries, newfound friends)
To see a spark wherever it goes
(Wilder than wildest dreams portend)
Tight,
Seize the day and hold on tight
The sun is rising
Life, take it slow and take a bite
So high (unwind your heart and find your worries'll disappear) on the dawn we set our sights
A new horizon
Fly, (now turn the page to tales untold) ever forwards, starry-eyed
Hold tight, this land we call our home
(Build upon our common dream)
We fight to never let it go
(All in all, just you and me)
Oh fun, we had not seen the last
(The Sun one day, she'll rise)
We'll rise again once it has past
(On and on, we march and stride)
In the end, a figurehead in the sky
(Tender hearts or sorrow's skies to mend)
We'll spread our wings and take to the sky!
(Fill them with golden tones instead)
We'll walk along with tears in our eyes!
(Steady forward, there's so much to see)
Together, for the rest of our lives!
(Altogether, you and me)
Not the end you seek (Not the end you seek)
And from the Heavens (from the heavens)
And go beneath (and we go beneath)
And soon on water, journey on
Never gonna stop x2
When we're together, it's nothing friend
Forever, for we won't end!
Link to vocals only: ruclips.net/video/lmCiktMFZj4/видео.html&ab_channel=MistahChai
yeah bro dont care, the song just makes me hate Wuk more
OFFICIAL LYRICS:
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (asana)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
From the day we arrive on the planet
And, blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (se-to-kwa!)
It's the circle of life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
The circle of life
@@kiretan8599 As a 90s Disney Renaissance enjoyer I guess that explains why I like this song so much 😂
OH LAWD, YOU KNOW WE LOVE THEM RAAAAAAAAAAAAANGS
I wish i could've play Dawntrail with my Hueband...
Sadly he ended his life at the start of this year...
Dawntrail was surely representing my life in many ways...
I surely enjoyee it a lot!
R i.P. my beloved Husband, may our chorus carry on!
Fuck, I'm so sorry :( I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of Dawntrail. I'm sorry you had to go through that. May your husband rest in peace.
Smile instantly reminded me of Auskas, a member of our FC.
We lost him a couple of years to suicide. During endwalker he always used to say "smile" whenever I asked what was going to happen next and how I couldn't take any more heartbreak through the story. His "smile" has become a motto somehow.
And then this song.
I gotta say, I keep coming back to listen, and I always get emotional near the end lowkey. The part starting from about 6:25 to the end has got to be my favorite part. The melody, the strings, the layering of the choir’s different parts. Gets me so hyped. Wish I knew for certain what the lyrics are. Sounds beautiful.
Definitely a song that grows on you the more you listen to it.
Its giving church vibes as if we giving praise to our favourite mother hydaelyn
This song is a celebration of our deeds, our companions, and the unity of the star. That's why it's uplifting like this, and I'm all for it!
but nothing that happened in the MSQ deserved this payoff. Wuk Lamat is the ultimate Mary Sue that spend the entire expansion just repeating "i love my peepo" and everyone just hands everything to her.
@@Sneedmeister Nah, she did stumbled and sucked at the early. Have you play the MSQ when they introduced the candidates? She couldn't even match with Bakool Ja Ja at first, but we guided her through the dungeons and trials. We, the person who defeated gods and the avatar of death and hopelessness, is a mentor to this girl who tries to prove herself to her family, her people, even some of her enemies. She's definitely not a Mary Sue, just has us, a really really strong and op person guide her through thick and thin :)
@@Sneedmeister You have no idea what a Mary Sue is. Also, the context this track is used in IS related to unity and teamwork. People gloss over that because a "bomb" was involved, but they forget WHY it was being used: To mount a rescue mission, and bringing in the lot to get it done.
But by all means, pretend you played the MSQ.
Absolute disgraceful msq.
Unacceptable.
@@Sneedmeisteri agree, anon.
I refuse them letting the writer of past expansions go and letting in some transformer optimus prime come and write this sh11t.
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I don't care what people say. Dawntrail is a good expansion, to this day it's still the only MMORPG that managed to keep my full attention for 13 years, i loved every second of it and i hope that Square Enix won't stop it juste because many people cried that they wanted another Endwalker level story directly after. Ideas like this are the exact reason why World of Warcraft became the dumpster of MMO's while it was the biggest of them all at the start.
You must have played WoW a lot. Why exactly was ARR done? Oh yeah, because players were unhappy. How can someone playing for 13 years not know that if enough people unsub then they will maybe put some more thought into their stories. DT is a Blizzard-qualty MSQ. It checks all the Blizzard boxes.
Indeed, Dawntrail was beautiful, I hope Yoshi-P knows what a phenomenal job he did, especially on that final area! There are flaws, but I hope they'll learn and keep making amazing stories!
there's more to an expansion than its story, the story is only temporary, the content is forever, and the content in Dawntrail has been excellent.
@@melissas4874well tell me an exemple of where FF14 got as Shitty as WoW ? Also please remind me where FF rebooted his lore multiple time only to keep coming with expansions that had no interest at all ?
To say more about what i said for Dawntrail, you can't expect the beginning of a new narrative to be like the climax of the one before. Endwalker wouldn't have been that great without ARR, Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringers before.
Also saying that Dawntrail is story-wise "a new ARR" it's not my words but Yoshi-P's.
Except Dawntrail actually tried to make an Endwalker level story. Ironic.
the autocaptions are on some of that new electrope
"Why is it not another somber sad melody like previous expansions!?"
Imagine missing the point of the expansion this badly. But hey, if it's not your type of music, thats fine. Just don't go immediatly calling "shit" just cause it's a genre you disagree.
I personally love it. Feels like something right at the end of a broadway musical. Such a bold way to open a brand new saga rather than the same old. Dawntrail has its flaws for sure, but the fact people keep comparing it to ShB EW who had tons of previous buildup while this is starting fresh so it doesn't have that luxury.
If this is what a "ARR 2.0" is, I can't wit for later expansions when stuff can be build even further.
bro this entire expansion sucks balls and you are coping right now
@@Sneedmeister Cry harder.
(SPOILER WARNING)
As someone who loved Dawntrail with all my heart, I don't mind the song (I neither like it nor hate it), and I actually thought it fits *very* well as they showed everyone in Tuliyollal celebrating at the end. But I do think it sounds misplaced at times. Especially at the very and as we watch the sunrise in Living Memory; the vocals felt way too cheery. I was at the verge of crying there, and the song kind of took me away from it. Even if the sun was meant to be a glimpse of hope, the map itself and the situation around it deserved something more melancholic and calm imo, perhaps some instrumentals, much like FFXV did. After all, it was pretty bittersweet still.
@@juliappoki exactly I felt you kind of just committed genocide and now you get a upbeat song like tone deaf much (they could have made a more somber rendition or instrumental), don't get me wrong enjoy the song in the choosing ceremony and like when you fix the train with that montage but not at the end where it is.
This slaps. Motivational AF. Perfect song for this expansion.
I like how this also directly references the opening theme of Dawntrail its actually my favorite part I'm looking forward to fan covers of this
There are some big community done things of close the distance where a ton of people are all singing together and IMHO this song is PERFECT for that type of thing
@briandavion yeah it is now that you mention it Husky by the Geek probably should do that with this song
And also the last part with we won't end from Shadowbringers theme!
I’m hoping they release the official lyrics soon. This song is in the musical theater style, so knowing the words helps a lot with understanding the emotion you’re meant to feel when it’s performed.
@@crowolf3862 makes me wish they released the soundtrack and the official lyrics to coincide with the release of the new content instead of months after
As much as I laughed whenever this popped off during the MSQ, it's still a great song
For real. It was super cheesy when used ingame, but honestly is pretty good. I wasn't expecting a gospel/american musical style number for the finale song this expansion.
I do think it would have fit a lot better if it was used solely in the credits. And we had just instrumental versions during the MSQ moments. (Though admittedly I kinda liked it when they started building the bomb train).
SAME. It was waaaaay too cheesy for me when they were building the train bomb and I kinda cringed when it played there but then listening to the full song during credits it's actually pretty nice :-D
When this popped during the train building scene it was such a whiplash
Its a lion king esque song and it felt ill fitting during that scene lmao
@@writershard5065Cannot agree more. I literally burst out laughing when it was used for that Enis Lobby moment, yet as the scene went on I started genuinely loving it a bit more. And it really fits the credits so freaking well!
Yeah okay I hated this song and thought it sounded so corny during the game.
But turns out it's actually really really good once I heard it in the credits in its entirety.
it was way too lively and over-the-top for the scenes it was used it. But holy shit when you read the lyrics and just let yourself listen to it for what it is, it suddenly becomes one of the best themes in FFXIV history I think.
I especially like that Tomorrow and Tomorrow reference at the very end
They dropped a Shadowbringers theme reference right at the end lol
I thought I was the only person who noticed the Tomorrow and Tomorrow motif at the end!!
I feel like I can also hear the melody of Close in the Distance at the start of the song!
cause it is. Tulliyolals ost has the same leitmotif from Close the Distance
Tomorrow and Tomorrow can also be heard in Blade's Exaltation, though it's significantly shifted and the pitch of certain notes changed
yes because they're trying to reference something from the past that you enjoyed in order to give weight to this obvious dogshit story they slopped out.
"ohhh heyyyy if we reference shadowbringers then they'll forget this MSQ sucks balls!"
I absolutely love this song! I can't wait until we get the official lyrics lol
sounds like sht tbh famalam
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Literally no one asked 🤡
@@jamesrusselleriii8284it sounds amazing fam
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Hey, chat, we found the shitter !
It's an awesome theme indeed, with easily Two layers of lecture, maybe a third one from a certain someone perspective.
@@MrKanooe found Mr. Toxic Positivity over here, yum yum why don't you swallow more Kate-slop?
Ayyy, thanks for this! I've been looking for the full version since I first heard it in the cutscene :D
Such a hopeful and wholesome song, they did an amazing job imo.
Thank you, it was annoying how other uploads cut off when there's clearly another buildup at the end
Of course it's different from everything that's come before. We've seen ourselves through the night. The dark, somber tones have passed. As a great Scion once said: From tragedy and sacrifice we rise to greet a new dawn.
Wuk Lamat doesn't deserve any of the praise anyone has given her in the story. She has literally done nothing but "hey man....good vibes and stuff" and thats it.
@@SneedmeisterNonsense
@@Sneedmeister "Let me find the most positive comment on the happy cheesy good ending song so I can be miserable"
@@Sneedmeister ok edgelord
@@zeelyweely1590 "nooooooo you're like...MISERABLE and stuff if you dont like waht I like"
lmao okay sis
Me checking comments to see what all people think of the song: *insert random vitriol about dawntrail msq story* there it is qwq
And So.. Dawn breaks on this winding trail.. To All those on this Journey we've met, All the friends we keep in our Heart.. We wish you Good Morning..
This song slaps. Stop being miserable
This song sucks. Stop being a gaslighter.
"nooooo if you dont like what i like, you're just miserable!!!!" what a pathetic shill-tier cope
@@Sneedmeister Bro ngl, that sentence alone, I know you’re a 18-19 old virgin.
@@Sneedmeister No, you're just sad. It's a song that's remotely happy, and you're bitching. What else is there to call you?
@@Sneedmeister "NOOOOO MY POWER FANTASY!!!!!"
SO SMILEEEEEEE AND LET THE RAINBOW SING
This song continues to give me happy chills
As much as I like this version, I'm still really sad we don't have an Amanda Achen version of it. The little preview we got in the main theme had me hyped for it
That will play sometimes during the patches for sure.
Man this song is so wholesome, and got such Disney vibes, and it reminded me a little of Lion King :D idk how to explain it but damn this song is wonderful!
Funny how the exact time it played first was when we managed to put a lion-like girl on the Dawnservant throne lol.
Congratulations on your handicapped parking sticker!
@@jamesrusselleriii8284cmon dawg
@@jamesrusselleriii8284 Curb your ableism
Well I hope they like their new audience. I can't stand Disney.
There's something a bit akward about the vocals for me, the lyrics seem a little complicated for the time allowed to say them (too many syllables) and it ends up feeling like everyone is in a bit of a hurry and is cramming them in there to fit the melody, ending abrubtly too. Like some fanmade translated covers of japanese songs do. Not trying to be a hater or anything, just my feelings on it.
You're not being a hater in fact you gave a proper critique on this and that's way better than other people here spewing hate and not giving a well laid opinion open for discussion
It's most likely a "translated cover of a Japanese song", yep. From what I know, the lyrics for theme songs are first written in Japanese and then translated to English.
@@aimee9478 Yeah but it's usually done more elegantly than that.
When this song first came on I was like “who tf is playing lion king?” 😂 that said it did start to grow on me and now I like it
Once the surprise wore off I definitely learned to appreciate it!
Havent watched the lion king in 20 years so i enjoyed it since im not biased
This sounds very Shiro Sagisu, especially his songs that he creates himself in his SongBook, I also like the harmonic dissonance that sounds throughout the song, it's like it's a really happy "Komm Susser Tod" lol.
I don't understand why people hate it.
From what I've seen, people think the vocals are out of tune? I'd get it if they've never heard harmonic dissonance before, but this isn't the first time they've used it in the game so maybe they're just making stuff up to criticise 🤨
I think this perfectly encapsulates dawntrails theme of dont linger on those who are hone and instead appreciate those who are still there
People who call this song cringe don't know how to let go and enjoy life in the moment.
bro this is straight up cope. this is a cringe "black church" gospel song. I can imagine Reverend Jessy Jackson singing this while demanding you donate to his latest scam fundraiser.
or maybe I can imagine this song playing for a Coca Cola commercial
@@Sneedmeister Damn bro coming in here swinging hard with the hate, eh?
@@Sneedmeister No, not really. It's just a good song....and you're just bitching. That's it.
@@optimaltt6070 oh no no no little baby just found out that subjectivity exists!
you might like it, i think its dog shit.
This song could've been perfect. But something is not right. It's like a car. But there's something loose, some screws, I don't know. I feel like a little fixing and it would be one of ffxiv greatest song.
The vocals in the opening aren’t pitched right. The chorus is great but the verses aren’t good
This my favorite ending credit song easily. It fully represents this entire expansion
I want people to understand. This is ESSENTIALLY, ARR. the story ended after endwalker and now were onto another 10 year arc. And this is the beginning of it. There has to he setup and new character intorductions for the future. The first half was boring sure, but the 2nd half was great!
I personally didn't mind it now that I'm all the way through, but there were some ups and downs along the way. The thing with saying this is a restart like ARR is that sometimes it feels like they haven't learned anything even though ARR came out 10 years ago. We'll see where they go from here though before we can say for sure.
Between ARR and DT it’s like night and day, they really learned a lot in the “engaging world building” department imo. Even as a huge Doma weeb, Stormblood kinda pales in comparison, I love all the different areas we got to go to and the people we got to meet.
It kinda crashed again when you had to do another cultural tour through the final area of the expansion, after all the build-up beforehand. Like I get it, its one of the major themes of the game, but damn I really wanted to punch the final boss in the face.
Weird, I feel the opposite. I enjoyed the first half more 😅
@@AresLodin Another thing regarding this being the new ARR (spoilers):
At the end of DT we’re left in pretty much the exact same place we were at the end of the void arc, which is the same place we were at the end of EW proper. All the current world-ending threats have been resolved and we’re just generically looking forward to our next new adventure that totally won’t involve us saving the world this time, probably.
Sure a lot of their continuations in previous expansions boiled to “what are the ascians/garlemald planning” and we’ve resolved those issues, but how long are we going to be getting these episodic ‘bad-guy-of-the-expac’ stories?
I feel the unity of the people of Tural.
The vocals sound crazy to me, I don't want to be shady but I'm not gonna lie, I like the big gospel chorus toward the end, that part sounds great but the verses sound so weird.
Yeah, it sounds like she's rushing out the lyrics. Maybe it would've been better with less? Or slow the song down so the notes have time to "breathe".
@@ChurroizationThe delivery is weird and it's kind of pitchy, it doesn't sound right.
@@mismismismsuper pitchy! It's when she moves between notes, the glides are all over the shop!
@@adampitt9311 It's very wild to me that it was put in like that since FF14 usually has the music on point, and most of the other songs sound great. So for the main song, and the last one you hear for the credits to be like this. I don't understand, pitchy and the mixing isn't right. The more you hear it, the crazier it sounds.
If the lower gospel part towards the end is the same singer, maybe the verses and chorus are just way too high for her because that part suddenly sounds a lot better but most of it is rough AF.
I've been looking for this ever since i first heard it a week ago, finally found it
Definitely after the third listen did i start to warm up to this song luckily it plays 3 times through the MSQ
Rule of 3! Towards the end of the second time did it hit me a bit, when it winded down some during the night seeing Alisaie sleeping and all. Definitely was bursting out laughing when it played that time, and I do think it shoulda only been used during the credits, but deeeeefinitely not a bad song in the slightest. I’d say I like this better than Revolutions any day.
This song sucks until 3:55 then is a literal bop for the next minute, falls off again until 5:45 where it finishes REALLY strong.
Love it 💜💜💜
I just noticed something, if you listen carefully to the song, it has the same kind melody as the lvl 99 trial.
This is very much a recurring thing in XIV, Soken deals alot in leitmotifs, The main theme of each expac is part of almost all the tracks one way or another
@@ArahdunGaming
Oh I know, but I didn't hear the beginning of Smile in any other song in Dawntrail (the part where she begins to sing) in another song of Dawntrail.
If you mean around 1:00 , that's actually in Tuliyollal and S9 as well as some cutscene bgm
That's pretty much a given. FFXIV is so full of Leitmotive that it makes me wish there was more completely original compositions
Seeking Purpose is a mish-mash of its own stuff and Smile, by extension Tuliyollal and Solution Nine's day themes
i love leitmotifs
Lyrics:
At the crossroads standing here
Not a star in the sky to guide me tonight
Ever lost in loss and fear
Deep in darkness drown my cries
All this pain inside of me
Don't know where it starts or when it'll end
Try to tend the agony
As I close my eyes and scream to the wind
Look around and find you're standing all alone
(Look again we're standing there)
Cause this storm has taken everything I know
(Ev'ry loss, you needn't bear)
Don't know why you thought I'd make it by myself
(After all that we've been through)
Out of time I'm running back inside my head
(We were always there for you)
There's so much in life I couldn't understand
(Understand we're by your side)
Standing tall we'll face tomorrow hand in hand
(Putting yours in yours and mine)
If we make it through the war through every land
(This is our tale, our tapestry)
Never losing sight of everywhere I've been
(???) -Backing Vocals
In lightning's wake did naught but ash remain
Yet with the rain does life's song ring again
Our ancient war has gone beyond the plains (unsure about this one)
It carries on, we will carry on
Peak, ngl it has strong Disney/American Broadway vibes. I cannot wait to hear many renditions of this
>ngl
>lies
@@OilFreeFeathers
>Troll thinks it's making a point
>Doesn't make a point.
Use more words that make sense next time.
Loved this ending song :D Ended perfectly like an upbeat 90s feel-good movie.
cringe, i bet you enjoyed the Wuk slop when she dragged you out of your cabin room too.
You werent even born, woke tumblr zoomer.
MOM!!!!! I'M A PRETTY PRINCESS NOW!!!!!!
This is the least FF sounding song I think I've heard so far and I'm not a fan. It's very Disney and I have PTSD from hearing it appear out of nowhere in the MSQ and give me whiplash.
lmao when Wuk jumped off the balcony and this Slop started I actually just closed the game. I dont think XIV is for me anymore if we're going 100% slop mode
you apparently forget that the ff13 ending is done by a pop singer - Leona Lewis good song but not final fantasy, and lets not even talk about ff15's ending song
@@TeaTimeTable I didnt play FF13 or 15 bc no PlayStation. I think the difference might be that the songs for 13 and 15 are actually good and fit the moment's where they are used (just looked them up). The places they threw this song in really come out of nowhere.
@@obscuratea Um no the ending for 13 could have easily been a japanese song i like leona lewis and all but it seems out of place for a JRPG to have that as the ending song, and FF15 was even more cringe with that song
@@Sneedmeister TBH really tho if this song wasn't going from happy to sad constantly and ended on one of the more sad parts it would have been better
Overhated song. It just has great vibes.
Song: *is remotely happy*
"HRRR DISNEY"
Some people haven't watched a single Disney movie, and it shows.
Ok zoomer
You could edit this song on the opening of The Lion King and it would work wonderfully
@@thomashercouet9608 Except the Lion King doesn't even remotely start like that, but OK.
Even if it did(it doesn't), congrats, you have...ONE example? Because Disney has ONE style and no other, and it's explicitly the Lion King's? Pfft, OK.
@@LuluTeala Sorry, I don't understand your comment. I don't speak "Braindead hater".
@@optimaltt6070 To be fair, it sounds more like a Disneyland parade song I'd say (I may contradict myself tomorrow because who knows what the future holds)
I know this song kind of has people split on if they like it or not (and the expansion has done that too) but for some reason it feels so nostalgic and happy to me.
its a little Disney Channel sure, but idk why thats a bad thing? Last i checked Disney been making bangers since i was i kid. I like a good cheesy montage of friends working together set to upbeat fun music, sue me. Certified banger.
If your taste is still the same as when you were a child, then that's on you.
@@melissas4874 ok bud
Can't speak for others, but it was just too jarring for the expansion's finale for me. If they swapped the credits' first song with this, zero complaints. It's not remotely a bad song at all, just don't like it for the final cutscene.
I feel like this fits the first half, but not the 2nd half after the literal genocide and especially not the train scene
Yeah, nothing like a cheery Disney song after you see some kid crying over the smouldering remains of his mother.
ngl, wasn't expecting this song during the MSQ, but it did make me smile
4:17 **hisses violently like a vampire being exposed to sunlight**
Why is there so many dislikes on all the videos of this song?
Perpetually online people are mad people like a video game they don't like.
They probably Zoraal Ja' s minions
There are songs that I love in FFXIV and there are songs I don't really care about. Meanwhile, this is the only song in the whole game that I find genuinely, truly horrible to listen to, and that made the MSQ scenes it played in SIGNIFICANTLY worse. Everyone I know who has heard it feels the same way. I don't know why it has this many likes, I don't know where these people come from.
@@MasanianI think most people are capable of enjoying music in things they think are otherwise bad and disliking music in things they think are otherwise good
because most people hate it outside of the toxic positivity echo-chambers.
This is such a disney princess song also Dawntrail is just Lion King
Excuse me, it's Lion Queen. LOL
Im sure if disney was bringing it back it would be lion queen just they way they are now but i grew up on lion king so it will forever be lion king lol
@@m3lod552 No need for them to bring it back, just remember that TLK has a canon sequel where the main female character is the crown princess. I hope that doesn't disappoint. xD
@aimee9478 Not dissapointed at all about it lol but its a sequel dawntrail is the beginning therefore the beginning was Lion King lol if the next expansion also centers on Wuk Lamat then it will be lion king 2 lol
much like the expansion itself, this is something different. i really loved hearing that choir kick in during the msq and looking forward to having enough of my fc through msq that i can pop this music roll in the house.
What a great expansion. People not liking is understandable because it is different from the other expansions. But the story being bad is ABSOLUTELY DEAD WRONG!!! First half was cozy and Wuk Lamat was forced to be padded out over time. But that second half was done so much better for every single character. Love this song too! Threw me off for a second when i heard it the first time but I still very much like it! I hope future expansions learn from dawntrail's mistakes and improves even more! Cheers to a fun expansion :D
i think the main problem is sphene and emett have too much in common, so it feel reused stuff
@@jpl523 Personally, I think it was MEANT to be like that.
At the end of Dawntrail, Sphene says basically to Wuk Lamat what Emet-Selch said to the WoL. It made me go "Oh, they're a reflection of the WoL and Emet." Sphene says something VERY close to Emet's "Remember that we once lived" when giving farewells to Wuk Lamat. Although, in a more upbeat context I suppose. It's like a love letter to the WoL's story, shown through a different lens.
@@jpl523 very fair. After this expansion, I no longer trust young girls or old foreign nation leaders XD
@@Raine-SSR Except Sphene and Wuk Lamat talked to each other for about 10 minutes and there was no personal connection at all.
@@jpl523 I think Sphene is more like re-hashed Meteion, similarly obsessed and similarly pre-programmed to pursue a seemingly noble objective which is legitimately insane to any outside observer. Both strive for an artificial and unnatural stasis, but Meteion's stasis was one of despair and misery, while Sphene's one is of bliss and happiness.
I'm glad I actually listened to this song out of game, because I'm enjoying it a lot more now
Been trying to note down the lyrics. I also tried to compare my notes to lyric videos for Dawntrail and Open Sky, plus Pealeaf's cover.
Starting at 2:27, I got this:
At the crossroads standing here,
not a star in the sky to guide me tonight.
If we're lost and lost in fear,
deep in darkness drown my cries.
All this pain inside of me,
don't know where it starts or when it'll end.
Try to tame the agony,
as I close my eyes and scream to the wind.
Look around and find you're standing all alone,
(look again we're standing there),
'cause the storm is taking everything you know,
(feel a loss you needn't bear).
Don't know why I thought I'd make it by myself,
(after all that we've been through).
Out of time, I'm running blank inside my hell,
(know we're always there for you).
There's so much in life I couldn't understand,
(understand we're by your side),
standing tall we'll face tomorrow hand in hand,
(one in yours and yours in mine),
weaving memories through the war through every land,
(as we tell our tapestry),
never loosing sight of everywhere that I've been,
(in a new economy).
In lightning's wake did naught but ash remain {edited},
yet in the rain does our song ring again,
our ancient chorus up beyond the graves,
it carries on, we will carry on.
So fly and let the rainbow sing,
(we were never __),
alive with everything it brings,
(after peace and harmony),
we walk a neverending trail,
(in our arms we carry this),
we'll know that we shall never pay,
(this our inheritance).
Just imagine what's around the bend,
(this is one more ending),
magic or mischief, gods forfend,
(we can sing, remember me/in memory).
Endless marvels, mysteries, newfound friends,
(_ all for one),
wilder than wildest dreams portend,
('til tomorrow comes again).
Tight, seize the day and hold on tight, the sun is rising.
Life, take it slow and take a bite.
So high, on the dawn we set our sights, a new horizon,
(so wide your heart and find your worries'll disappear).
Fly, ever forward starry-eyed,
(now turn the page to tales untold),
Ooooh ooooh yeah.
Hold tight, this land we call our home,
(with a running commentary).
We fight to never let it go,
(holding on, we still believe),
_ we have not seen the rest,
(in a song - our ancient rights/rites).
We'll rise again once it has passed,
(heading home we march and stride).
In unison grin and smile,
[tender hearts or sorrow's skies to mend],
(in our arms we'll carry you),
we'll spread our wings and take to the sky ohhh,
[fill them with golden tones instead],
(_ we can see).
Don't walk alone with tears in your eyes,
[steady forward there's so much to see],
('til tomorrow comes again).
together for the rest of life,
[hold on, together you and me]
('til tomorrow comes again).
At the head of seas,
(at the head of seas),
oh from the heavens (oh from the heavens) the dawn will crown what we leave,
(_ crown what we leave),
sailing along (sail, we carry on), we carry on oh,
never gonna stop,
(never gonna stop),
never gonna stop,
(ohhh yeaaaaaaaah).
We came to gather/together - this many friends,
(ooooohh yeeeeeaaah)
now and forever - for we won't end!
It's definitely not economy lol
@@jordanlopez942 It was the only thing I could think of xD
Just like Dawntrail itself, this song grows on me more and more each time I revisit.
Has a theatre/concert chorus vibe.
Love it for this
Someone’s gonna make a version of this with the xiv community singing the chorus and I’m gonna absolutely bawl.
You guys just wait the following patches are going to introduce the real threat this is just the beginning of the story
They decided to hit us with the happy Nier Automata ending
My favorite part was the end of it
soul
The person who merged this must be so smart and cool and attractive
ngl, this is probably my favourit ending song after flow
While it does fit the expansion and i do kinda enjoy it- it just is so off-putting lol. Its so fucking cheesy and im saying that as a dawntrail/wuk lamat lover
I am one of few who did not like this song. Or this particular version. The female vocals feel all over the place in tone and pitch and I over all just had a hard time enjoying it. I think a lot had to do with a lot of the words being held out in some spots to be longer than they usually would be and the pitch and volume changing mid word-- it felt odd with the background music still going onward without the lyrics. The song is very much still good and I really like the lyrics and the choir parts were great, but not my favourite version of this overall theme.
Not gonna sugarcoat it, they didn’t cook with this one.
They didnt cook with your dumbass hate.
Not their best song, but still enjoyable :)
The vocals here are…weird. Reminds me of Eric Cartman when he sings
Lol that's who it reminded me of, I couldn't put my finger on it. It kinda gives Peter Griffin too, the vocals sound insane to me, I don't understand what happened there.
I see a few comments saying its gospel/Christian music. Just because its choir doesnt automatically make it gospel i promise you. It reminds me more of a play/performance or a song that celebrates all cultures.[mind you i dont know what all the lyrics are saying] it gives me a "around the world" vibe. I do agree in some moments it felt a bit overwhelming/out of place but its a beautiful song. And it's the start of a new era/ark so ofc some things are gonna be a little wonky/feel a bit weak.
Yeah. It's positive so it's "Disney", it has a chorus so it's "Christian". The oversimplification gets tiring.
This song is basically the reverse of Komm sußer Tod and it's ight
I really love the composition of this song, I think it is fitting, I just think the choice of vocalist and the way vocals of the choir are mixed to be very very questionable.
Gives me ps2 jrpg credits theme vibes in the best kind of way
SE tried too hard to spin an extremely positive song from a singer who is known for traditional anime works, not to mention Scream. This would have been better with a singer that had a little bit of a lower tone. Her higher pitch is grating and detracts from how the song is set up to sound.
And in the end I have to ask just based on how this song sounds...When is the Tural Tour Ride coming to Walt Disney World? Lol
Not my favorite but I appreciate that they did something different and fresh
different doesn't mean good or interesting
@@Sneedmeister nor does it make it bad. Convenient that you ignore that.
why am i crying when this song is named smile
So real
I don't believe you
@@SPyoutube42069 ok lol
@@SPyoutube42069 and I don't recall anyone asking you, troll.
I just can't bring myself to like this song sadly. I've come around to every part of it, but the lead singer's voice sounds so whiny it just makes me want to turn it off every time. I really loved when she did Scream, so it's a surprise they went this direction with her voice. Sadly this is probably my least favourite ffxiv track so far cause of that, the only miss in the entire score in my eyes.
Oh wow, that's the same singer? I never would have guessed! Yeah, I love pretty much every part of this song BUT her voice, and for the exact reasons you gave.
listen i love corny jrpg shit far more than most people but this is hilarious
Thanks for the upload! Imo not being a hater but this is my least favourite FFXIV track to date. The singer sounds out of tune half the time like she can't keep up with the pitch of the song.
Again most of the soundtrack in FFXIV is great including in this expansion, but this track is a miss for me.
Luckily you're no musician. This is Akino, she's been active since 2003.
The singer is not out of tune in this song, moreover most studio productions will use Melodyne to correct pitch anyway
@@Neveryn he said the singer's voice doesn't fit the song, what's the length of her career have to do with that?
@@giannabrown867 No he didn't. He said it was out of pitch, which it definitely isn't. That is relevant to the length of her career.
hmm well she sounds either out of pitch or straining her voice, whichever amateurs might use to say "something sounds wrong". Her part is so far the most grating bit. Shame because I love her voice in Scream.
edit: might be not her fault, maybe direction problem. Idk.
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, with what lyrics i can parse, I think it's a sweet idea if its from the people of Living Memory. As they "physically", aetherically leave the world I think its sweet if its from them as they fade away, or even as "live on" in our hearts, like the game was saying. The main singer reminds me of Cahciua which is what made me think of it
To me I think it's Sphene singing with the people of lost memory like you said
Really wanted to like this, but I just cant. Easily the worst song from all of ff14. Nothing against those that like it, but it's such a step down in quality from everything that came before.
I wish I could downvote this multiple times.
This is the worst song in all of FFXIV, and it's genuinely insane to me that the development team listened to this and went "Yes, this is perfect" Wild. It sounds like a bunch of children doing a Lion King production for Vacation Bible School.
This song is so close to being up there with the greats. The recording or sound distortion for the backup choir just feels… off.
This song was never great. Not once in my entire time playing FFXIV did i once think "wow we need more sassy black choir music"
@@Sneedmeister Jesus, your hate boner is ridiculous. Let people enjoy things, troll.
This song definitely grew on me as it went through those ending scenes
This song grows on me, 'am jamming now.
Honestly I didn't mind this when it played at the end of the first half, but I did cringe when it played as they were remodeling the train...
This song for sure grows on you
I love this theme! I'm a guy who also loved Hugh Jackman's The Greatest Showman. Smile is perfect :)
A lot of people don't really like this song but I really like it. Really reminds me of Hikaru Utada's songs. I much prefer it to Shadowbringers and Endwalker's credits theme.
this song is sooooo bad
Really sounded out of place when I first heard this in the msq. I just burst out laughing at how absurd it was that this was the choice they went with.
High school musical vibe, seems so wrong in FFXIV to be honest
Have you listened to music before. How is your goto a Disney channel original
@@jordanlopez942 why do you shills keep pulling this line? "ooooyyy veyyyy if you dont love this song you must HATE MUSIC" just fuck off bro
We need this version without vocals.
Great song but it didn't go well with the tone of the end scenes. Erenville was narrating sad moments and this happy music is going on.
THIS IS REAL? THE SINGING IS REAL? THEY REALLY RELEASED THIS? I had to check other videos...oh my god...
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@@bingbongdingdong867 ??? What...it sounds like some random kid singing...it's completely off rhythm and the worst voice I've ever heard in supposedly professional music! Barfff!!