THE FINE PRINT | The Outer Worlds Song
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2019
- The Outer Worlds by Obsidian and Private Division rips you out of hypersleep and drops you in the middle of a conspiracy at the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Will you fight to liberate Halcyon? Or serve its corporate masters? The fate of Halcyon is in your hands!
How could I not cover this game? If there's one weirdly specific niche I have carved for myself it's 'angry business man at desk' songs. But I've done a lot of those now... So I thought I'd mix it up and ditch the desk!
I've loved every second I've spent in the world of Halcyon. Weird alternate history/sci-fi dystopias are basically my favourite thing in games and this ticks all of those boxes and does it with style!
I hope you enjoy this little musical jaunt through the Outer Worlds as much as I enjoyed making it!
You can also support my work over on Patreon, if you'd like!
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Lyrics, Vocals and Video by The Stupendium
Featuring cameos by Rustage: / @rustage
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Track mixed by Oxygen Beats: / oxygenbeats
Beat produced by The ARTISANS; Ramil Rama p/k/a CrueLTooL (Collaborator)
Filmed by Freshnut Media
Filmed at One Zero One The Studio: www.onezeroonethestudio.co.uk/
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The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person. 
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LYRICS:
Welcome to space.
What were you expecting?
It’s a dangerous place.
Thank you for investing.
Go there for your rota, there for your orders
Fill up these quotas, we'll bill you for quarters
Report to your foreman but watch for marauders
‘Cus If you get eaten there’s fees for your mourners
Prosperity’s there in the care of magnates
In Halcyon heaven awaits!
Did you think this was supposed to look like the posters
Well it mostly does, oh if you only read closer
Just ten short years to a new frontier
Snooze as you cruise and you’ll wake up here!
You’ve been trapped in that ship for an awful long time
So perhaps you have simply forgot what you signed
Honestly? Did you not read the colony policy?
That defines you as company property?
That waivers your say in autonomy?
The conglomerate’s got you in lock and key
We put the dollar back into idolatry
If you’re upset you can rent an apology
We are a family forged in bureaucracy
No I in ‘team’ but there’s con in ‘economy’
Were you expecting adventure?
Were you hoping for fun?
My friend you’re indentured
And pleasure’s exempt from your tenure
So venture back down to your slum
That's provided at generous prices
Your worth is determined by your sacrifices
A small term of service when down on the surface
Internment’s a freebie that comes with the purchase
We work. To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to give
Ourselves the rights to buy
Ourselves the right to live
To earn the right to die.
Welcome to our little town! Why don’t you settle down?
Here, just fill out the paperwork and you can look around
We’re happy as can be inside the valley cannery
We live to pack the cans of meat and not to question where it’s found
Until we end up in the ground around the corner in the yard
You know we thought we liked the sound of finding glory in the stars
The board has taught us to be proud of never reaching very far
So we earn what we’re allowed and give it right back at the bar
The Ale to cure what ails ya’!
Zero-Gee Brew! Your favourite flavour!
So work til’ you bleed - ennobled by labour
Then purchase relief from your local retailer
If you’d rather drop dead that’s fine
But you know that dropping down dead bears a fine
So you do your job, I’ll do mine
I gotta meet a six foot deep bottom line
We make a fortune for the board by selling boredom door to door
Because it’s all that we deserve and it is all we can afford
The secrets of the universe and all the worlds to be explored
But our dreams are back on earth and now the work is our reward
And you’ll be grateful for seats at the table
Though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable
You may waste your days but at least you were able
To pay off your grave since we leased you your cradle
Be faithful and pray we’ll repay what you invest
Behave as you slave for humanity’s interest
On account that you’re all on account
and we’re quickly amounting humanity’s interest
You’d think that we’d sink to the brink of rebellion
With markets dependant on peddling weapons
The architect tells them the secret to heaven
Is simply consuming whatever we sell them
We work. To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to work.
To earn the right to give
Ourselves the rights to buy
Ourselves the right to live
To earn the right to die.
You should have read the fine print, my friend.
Should have read the fine print
You should have read the fine print, my friend.
Should have read the fine print
(Welcome to our little town! Why don’t you settle down?
Here, just fill out the paperwork and you can look around
We work and then we work and then we work and then we work
And then we work and then we work and then we end up in the ground)
(WORK WORK HURRY HURRY
WORK WORK WORRY WORRY
WORK WORK HURRY HURRY
WORRY HURYY WORK WORK)
You should have read the fine print, my friend.
Should have read the fine print
You should have read the fine print, my friend.
Should have read the fine print
Oh
A minute ago
Hot damn, Stu!
One of your best; both the song and animation.
Simply amazing, this song is a masterpiece! Just like the game :) Glad to see so much love given to it.
4:09
School.
Edit: actually, life itself
This is an amazing song. Gives exactly the inescapable burdening feeling of living on Halcyon colonies.
If y’all catch me walking around muttering something about “the conglomerate’s got you in lock and key” then mind your business.
I'll reply "we put the dollar back into idolatry"
"We are a family forged in bureaucracy"
"no 'i' in team but theres 'con' in economy"
Were you expecting adventure? Were you hoping for fun?
ooh how edgy
“Fandom songs are cringey”
Stupendium: *Hold my lyrical perfection*
Fandom songs are amazing. Whoever said otherwise is a truly foolish individual.
if someone said that to me id tell them that many of their favorite songs are probably fandom songs
unless they have the personality of wet flour and listen to like 4 rappers and nothing else
@@npc-333 What if they don't like Fandom songs and like Queen, Beatles and other great old bands.
@@sonicman9910 honestly thats good for them those bands are great they have a free pass
@@npc-333 I personally really like fandom songs. I think part of the reason people don't like it is because they only know the bad ones.
The eviction notice on the gravestone is crazy💀💀
makes sense economically. the dead person's not going to need it anymore, and digging a new grave and building a new tombstone is such an expensive pain. you want to stay buried? pay rent
necromancy
I'm mad at myself for thinking of the "we live to pack the cans of meat and not to question where it's found"
@@user-nu4sr4wz4fNecrocity (Necromancy × Bureaucracy)
isn't it the same as real life? No cemetery is gonna leave you there forever unless it gets abandoned lol
This man didn't only cook, but he burned down the whole ass kitchen. This goes hard
Stupendium goes by they/them, just thought to let you know
@@Beltboy Ah shit my bad
@@IamArock22 Chin up, still got hearted.
The kitchen? Bro grilled the neighborhood!
b u r n e d
Can this man make a musical already because I'm a depressed theater kid who needs a will to live
No you fool his power would be to great for any one man to possess
Getting tired of watching the Hamilton film on loop already ?
(It's okay I'm a depressed theatre kid too)
Get this guy to collab with Random encounters.
@@kingofsoy2413 wait they already did on the little misfortune song
If you need the will to live then just buy it
can we talk about how they’re a lyrical genius
its true tho, the dudes lyrics go smoother than butter
He can pull of so many voices
At this point right, people are questioning the fact that Bonaparte sounded like Blownapart, so they questioned whether it was referencing Napoleon Bonaparte in that verse. He is wayy too good at this
Start Talking😃
I was going to say thatt
My vocabulary has grown exponentially from watching Stupendium. It's insane how deep his lexicon goes
*their
@@heinzsoup20 you are a fool
@@heinzsoup20 why
@@Liam_The_GreatPronouns, I have zero damn idea if I’m remembering the right ones, but I believe Stupes goes by they/them pronouns.
@@anwd8646| This is correct! Though they discarded their gender relatively recently, so mistakes are to be expected.
...I DO hope they keep the facial hair, though. It's an iconic aspect of the brand at this point...
This song just portrayed the entire corporate aspect of the actual game better than the game itself. Immaculate job.
I’m not knocking this song because it does a great job at portraying that aspect in 4 minutes but the game does it far better, it’s just more subtle. They’re not just shoving it in your face like in the song. The song is still great but I disagree.
The 'If you're upset, you can rent an apology' isn't talked about enough. Brilliant.
Ikr
@Markie W makes me feel like im talking to a rich karen
Damn every lyric could be a bumper sticker.
Watch me rolling up with "If you get eaten there's fees for your mourners" on my dash
@@sleepysmartboy6287 xD
I’m finna pull up to the potluck with “We are a family forged in bureaucracy” on my bumper
The “I’ve got to meet a six foot deep bottom line” hits different
@@sleepysmartboy6287 this has to be a thing
‘’You may waste days, but at least you were able to pay off your grave since we leased you your cradle’’ This line is truly underrated
Can you explain the meaning behind it?
@@zeynep7683 I'm no expert but my take is that from the moment you were born you've been incurring debt: everything you receive 'free' from the state, perhaps education or healthcare depending on your country of origin, is contingent upon the expectation that you will grow up and become capable of paying taxes and contributing to the economy. If you're a typical human being, your life can be conceived of as an infinitesimally tiny number which your government hopes is a positive rather than a negative integer.
I’ve been scrolling the comments for hours and I haven’t seen a single one about “ my friend your indentured and pleasure’s exempt from your tenure so venture back down to your slum” my god that line hits hard especially with how many people justify these kinds of situations by saying “ it’s work it’s not supposed to be fun”
That line accompanied by “that’s provided at generous prices your work is determined by your sacrifices” is the best part hands down
"No 'I' in 'team', but there's 'con' in 'economy'."
Badass wordplay!
That was my favorite freaking part. I swear that line is slept on
And so damn accurate too. This song does an amazing job of describing the problem we are facing thanks to capitalism.
That might be the best line on this channel, and that's saying something.
Yes I heard it and fucking loved that line
If the workers won't be united there can't be revolution without evolution unless they are.
my adhd: hmmmmm yes, we now derive all joy from the space song
CAN Y'ALL STOP BEIN THIS RELATABLE BEFORE I BOOK A FUCKIN THERAPY APPOINTMENT
Sigh... yeah
OMG SAMEE 😭😭😭
@@yeethittter1285 honestly mate it's worth figuring out if you have it or not if you can afford. Did wonders for my self esteem.
@@V3RITAZ_42 I already have Autism so I've had a suspicion for a while now
4 years later and this song, despite being made based on a video game, still singlehandedly speaks volumes about irl capitalism/corporate greed in a very clever way with well thought out wordplay.
One of my favorite lines is "And you'll be grateful for seats at the table though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable" because its basically saying that yeah you may be a part of the group/company but you are clearly not thought of as equal to those in charge/control and they want to make sure you understand that you are lower than them and dont matter in their eyes.
Some other lines I love are "So we earn what were allowed and give it right back to the bar" and "The ale that cures what ails you, Zero Gee Brew your favorite flavor, so work til you bleed ennobled by labor then purchase relief from your local retailer" because it explains how the company/those in control know that the people below them only have so much they can get/afford to make the work worth it and they know the people are going to pay whatever they have to in order to get it even if it means spending the last bit they have.
This song is just so masterfully crafted and thought out, i love it so much.
The chorus "We work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work to earn the right to work to earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy to earn the right to live to earn the right to die" fits irl capitalism pretty well as well
...spoken like people who have no clue of the realities of what happened with communism. Lil' hint: whenever your reliance is contingent on a learned moral principle, then go out of your way to eradicate the easiest way to spread it, you'll find it quite difficult to get anywhere. It's why capitalism pulled ahead, despite its exploitative nature. It tapped into human greed in order to progress. It's really no contest when the two compete.
ah yes. Guys with anime profile pics discussing an economic policy they obviously do not understand
@@andrefasching1332ah yes, idiots talking about things they don’t understand.
“I’m so much smarter than these ANIME profiles 🤓👆, god they know Nothing !!”
I’m talking about you. This song is about Worker’s struggle, and they are ANALYZING IT. It is riddled with opinions and they do not state it as fact because it is an analysis. Not a statement on economics. How thick does someone have to be to understand?
Capitalism to the Worker is all full of Woes. There have been world revolutions across the globe because of it- Unions exist because capitalism is full of exploitation. It’s not a new opinion and has been shared by intellectuals. Communist and Socialist thought is spearheaded by these individuals (who do have extensive experience in economics by the way), that have sympathy for the lower class. The inequality that they preach is not even Economics, it’s this working, pan-historical viewpoint. What is obviously stupid about people discussing this *Viewpoint* that they have seen throughout their lives?
Ironically, it’s obviously opinion and you can’t even see that. Ironically, it’s obvious that you are oblivious to how actual economies work. Ironically enough, unhappy and unmotivated workers obviously don’t work as well. Ironically enough, monopolies and companies that do these sorts of things are bad for the economy. There is no money moving in the economy, no competition, nothing. If workers only work to spend it at their own company, then the workers cannot exactly help move the economy along by spending their wealth elsewhere.
Ridiculous stuff.
@@andrefasching1332 these people completely miss the fact that the board is practically a goverment
i haven’t seen anyone point out that when being welcomed to the town, the listener is offered the paperwork *before* they can look around and see what the living conditions are actually like. theyre not even allowed to *observe* what the town looks like before they sign away their rights to live there.
My teacher explaining Why forming a business plan is important: Just like how there's no I in team!
My brain: *Its time*
Me: * But theres "Con" In "Economy" *
YESSSS
There’s also chair in chairity
There's a meow in homeowner
there's wat in water
What do they mean by "con"?
Every other Outer Worlds song is like “Space Western WOOOO!” but then this one is like *”Work. Work. Die. Sorry not Sorry.”*
And the great wall o' china
Always struck me more as "Company Towns in Spaaaaaaaace!"
I mean, it seems like the other songs were written by a propaganda team, and this one is written by the actual citizens.
Payday by miracle of sound is pretty good
@@owenjames8575 Ah, you mean this certain song. You know, the one with the music written by unknown person, lyrics passed from man to man, which never gets on wikipedia, because nobody can provide the source on anything about it and "everyone in x knows this one" doesn't count according to Wikipedia™® Policies and guidelines?
The one that can be used to spawn black SUVs with people in suits if you play it too loud.
I don’t know if anyone noticed this but the way the lyrics shift and dip during the line about the table is absolutely incredible. It’s the little details like that which really bring these songs to an entirely different level. I doubt Stupendium will ever see this, but if they do, your work is amazing, keep it up.
Literally seen this today i was absolutely flabbergasted, i've been looking for a comment mentioning this for like the last hour or so
stupendium did indeed see this comment
@@juger137 I know and it makes me so happy that they know how much I love their work
considering Lethal Company and Nijisanji, this song has aged like a fine wine
What did ninja kiwi do
@@igga_hdtreated their vtubers like shit and they barely got paid + other circumstances. Penguin0/moist critikal has a really good overview video of it
@igga_hd in case this isn't a joke: nijisanji is a vtuber company that recently had a scandal regarding prioritizing profit over people's health.
Not child labor? The massive slums across the world? The mining towns where people are contracted to live in exploitation- their money spent at company stores so they recycle wealth? First world problems. Your Vtuber is overworked, and that’s shown you that the world is plagued? Wow. Not people working themselves to death, not companies sending people into hazardous conditions with no feeling for their opinions?
Aged like fine wine my ass. It has always been a critic of capitalism.
@@Hoothouse D:
as a lyricist I've decided to give up. I will never top this.
frrrr it’s done so perfectly
for real these lyrics dominate every other lyics
He has like 5 rhyming dictionaries don't give up just buy more dictionaries
Courtesy of The Halcyon Holding Corporation
@@X-SPONGED that is the best meme i have heard all day
"Don't give up, take inspiration"
-Me, just now, and possibly some other people or something people have done all kinds of things
Everyone gangsta until the satirical concept is actually relatable.
Haha then no ones been gangster for a good thousand years XD
Not with Elon Musk. He'll probably turn the colonies into resorts as soon as he can.
Its not really a concept though. It only works as a satire if it's making fun of things that are true to life in some way or another. Satire is supposed to be relatable. That's what makes it funny.
It's not satire
@@unprankable666 don't forget about his cobalt mine slave
The fact that company towns may be making a comeback soon just makes this song ever more relevant.
The fact that it's become so apparent how much of the economy is based upon creating wars and committing atrocities and under paying their workers makes it all the harder to swallow
i only JUST NOTICED the "overdue eviction notice" on the gravestone. even years later i still find new shit to be amazed by from you guys.
"We work to earn the right to work, to earn the right to work..." You repeated that line the perfect number of times to make it carry on and on and convey the point, but not enough to actually become irritating. That's surprisingly hard to do
He says that verse a total of 4 times in a row. I find this weird rule within music that phrases working in even repetitions (I.e. 2, 4, 6, and 8) are perfect. It’s kind of like on the odd measures, you’re forced to repeat on the next measure to make the phrase actually satisfying. This is most likely why he is able to repeat that phrase multiple times: because it ends on an even measure in relation to when the verse starts. 4 is a balanced number of times to repeat a phrase. 2 may be too short, 6 may be too long, but generally 4 is just right.
Edit: by measures I mostly mean repetitions of a phrase
Also, that line hits hard when you are unemployed and trying to get a job by searching, filling out applications, and writing cover letters. I'm working to earn the right to work
And enough that if you don't pay attention you won't notice the change from work to "give, live and die"
@@coalkingryan881 𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚌𝚙. 𝚙, 𝙿𝙲.
@@coalkingryan881 Awww, a fellow fan musical theory? I, too, am a man of cuture...
The dislikes are from the people who didn’t read the fine print
Epic
If they don’t like the vid then they can rent an apology
Yep
666 likes
classic comment
okay ive been obsessed with this song for THREE YEARS now and i /just noticed/ that the part with the little bouncing moon over the lyrics, like there would be in a singalong video (from 2:09 to 2:29) is the part of the song that's blatant halcyon propaganda, like the video itself is trying to get the audience to sing along and buy into what the company's selling.
stupes, youre a goddamn genius.
this song fits lethal company just as well
Oh Boy then listen to "what a plunderfull factory" next
"The architect tells them the secret to heaven is to simply consume whatever we sell them" as an Amazon fulfillment employee I think about that line every time I enter that warehouse.
Htf fan I see 😏
@@degenerat9329 haha yeah.
@@blkhat117 nice. My favourite is Lumpy
@@degenerat9329 nice.
There is something SO insidious about "you should have read the fine print, my friend." It's essentially saying, "Oh, you fell for our propaganda and believed that you were going to be taking on a well-paying and fulfilling career? And now you're miserable because we're exploiting you for your labor and you have to live in a slum and try to survive off scraps? Well. That's not our fault. You should have read the fine print, my friend. You have no one to blame for your suffering but yourself."
Especially when companies currently design contracts to be as hard to read as possible.
- Every company ever
I mean. Maybe I'm in the minority, but yes? It's good form to read the entirety of your contract before signing anything. Who's fault is it really?
@@misbegotten3508 But there is a type of corporate speak where they can hide some of the stuff in plain sight. Like you can read it, but still not fully understand it due to the wirters making sure that most people can't understand it.
You don't consent to shit you can't read, it's common sense.
"FOR THE COMPANY!"
Indeed my friend, for the company.
"You may waste your days but at least you were able
To pay off your grave since we leased you your cradle "
gives me shivers
"That just sounds like slavery with extra steps"
In other words yeah basically it is. Just like everyones favorite book, the bibble
@Suhani Kumar you question the word of the mighty jimmy???
@@Wilsoul this says the Beble.
Peble
Capitalism baby‼️‼️
"And you'll be grateful for seats at the table, though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable"
Absolute bars.
Yeah snuck those gems in there real quick & they hit hard
loved that line as well
I honestly don't get it.
Do they mean you have a place in the company aka the town but everything on the table you could have which is pay and assets falls automatically into the corporation's hands and your position is expendable and thus not assured or safe?
@@magnusm4 that could be it. I interpret it as meaning that they will give u a seat at the table but injustices/disadvantages will still exist; u would feel like you are making a difference and actually accomplishing something when rly they are just giving u busy work while they are still the ones making the real decisions. Essentially that u don’t have much more of an impact than u did before.
@@magnusm4 I kind of imagine it like "you get what you get" and "be happy you at least have something", even if it's messed up and broken - if that makes sense lol
This taught me to always read the terms and agreement on things I download onto my computer.
I had only ever heard a snippet of this song on edits on Tiktok until now, my jaw is on the floor. Pure art. A dystopian novel and a story of current events.
It’s based on Outer Worlds, I recommend you play it with the expansion pass included, DON’T BUY SPACERS CHOICE THOUGH.
This guy single-handedly advertised this game more than the actual devs
IKR. I'm actually planning to buy the game when I get my next check. After I work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right...
@@TonberryQueen its on gamepass so uh only 1 dollar for a month a single month btw
@@TonberryQueento work. To earn the right to work. To earn the right to give. Ourselves the right to buy. Ourselves the right to live. To earn the right to die
Games looks good I'll buy
I played it on day 1 and killed every single Spacer's Choice guy
As an "essential" worker I feel this in my soul
Hey, thank you for being a essential work.
ahh Union life
@paytoncntrll7 haha that's what most of them are
Person: thanks for your service and sacrifices
Local Burger King worker: oh thanks!
@paytoncntrll7 stop COUGHING!
Agreed
I found this song from regular memes then a TF2 engineer meme and eventually I look up the original and holy crap it goes so hard, the rhymes and beat, Great job!
I found this through the meme of little chinese children making dildos with the We work, to earn the right to work, ... line on repeat.
"Pleasure's exempt from your tenure so venture back down to your slum" is one of the best lines I've ever heard. Such capitalism, much goated
“We live to pack the cans of meat and not to question where it’s found”
...why is this oddly relatable?
...Do you work in a meat cannery?
@@TheStupendium I think miss mystery is saying that she eats canned foods
@@TheStupendium regardless this song is fire
dodl Makes music yeah pretty much
lmao school lunch meat
The fact he's still hearting comments a year later is great
That was fast lol
18 minutes
yea
sorry i was a month late
Ya that’s pretty cool of him
I just found this song. The hardest line ever "gotta meet a six foot deep bottom line" like wow. Badass!
I've seen the edit of "We work to earn the right to work" for Palworld and it brought me here. Fits surprisingly well.
Also, great song!
This sounds like something from a musical.
Now I want an Outer Worlds Musical.
Ronin_735 i heard a snippet of it on tiktok with no context and i honestly thought it was from a musical
Same, that was the first place where I heard it
I was also surprised it wasn't from a musical but damn it would make a great one if it had tracks like this in it.
For real I thought it was kind of like Hadestown type musical but if it’s a video game I’m definitely down lol
@@Definitely-Not-Suspicious a ton of dan bulls songs are like that!!! my favorites are the skyrim rap and the borderlands ones (:
“the architect tells them the secret to heaven is simply consuming whatever we sell them” woah. best line of the song.
Have you played the game??? Its so satirically insightful in a painful way
jade renee what’s the game called
@@jenellakirk7079 The Outer Worlds
yeah in the actual game the corporations skew the meaning of the OSI's religion for control. Though I'm p-sure OSI was made by the corporations...
DeathknightDN oh that sounds really interesting i’ll just have to play it now
While lot of it is relatable, people losing their heads over the eviction notice on a gravestone as something wild when these days you literally have to pay rent for a grave already is wild to me
They dig you back out come sunup the next day anyways. But letting your body naturally decompose in a forest or the ocean is too far. And God forbid you host a private funeral without paying a funeral home
I got here in the funniest way. I heard this song in a dash cam compilation where a lady was yelling at someone for pulling out in front of her lol Bionic Pig was reacting to it and I had to come hear the whole thing and I was not expecting this incredible video!!! The amount of work that must have gone into this is insane! Between the lyrics and the video you've definitely got a new fan!
Thank you! Welcome to the channel! :D
"and you'll be grateful for seats at the table, though it dips at one end & the bench is unstable." *you literally could NOT have put it better*
I don’t get it, could someone explain that please?
Adam long story short, the table is not tilted in your favor, if you even get a seat at it. It eludes to classism, and no matter how hard you work, it simply doesn’t mean you’ll earn more. Just more work, since you have proved you can do more. At least that is my take on it.
@@BondrewdAiriDarke the wat I saw, the lyrics are referring to the lower class dinner table: a rickety plank of wood with a uneven bench. Since the lower class has no say in receiving a better dinner table (read: better treatment), they are forced to hold their tongues and "be grateful" for at least having the crumbs that the upper class left over.
And also, the whole system is unstable and when the economy crashes you'll go hungry.
@@kjj26k WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE.
I love the “oh honestly” verse as much as everyone else but can we talk about “And you’ll be grateful for seats at the table, Though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable, You may waste your days but at least you were able to pay off your grave since we leased you your cradle” like BROOOOOOOOO BARS
Fr that was amazing
I loved moments like "Oh if you'd only read closer..."
1:01 I really like this part
FACTS
but theres con in economy
Imma be brutally honest, this songs has been in my top songs on Spotify the past two years, I learned the lyrics super fast and was able to rap along and it’s so fun, but now was the first time I was curious about your RUclips channel and found this video lmao. I never knew so many people enjoyed this song as well, but these comments are exactly what I feel like about this song. Added some of your other songs to my playlists recently as well and I’m now busy learning the lyrics of them lol.
Four years later and this is still a banger.
U.S. Citizen: "Hey can I get a-"
The United States Government for some reason:
"Some reason" being, of course, *money*
"We put the dollar back into idolatry"
LMFAO
Shoulda read the fine print
@@Queerfin he sang that line right when I read your comment
“No I in team, but there’s con in economy.” That’s such a good bar, it hits so damn hard.
1:24 to 1:27
FACTS!
Does anyone know where the initial beat came from? Iv heard it somewhere else but idk where
Edit its in the credits
Favorite Line it is.
In french con means "dumb" but in very aggresive way with that viewpoint it hits even more xD
@@guiamonakaze7023 eDUMB!omy
Teacher:Ok class you have to make a mars colony, for your school project but remember IT MUST BE FREE AND FAIR.
My school project:
KSP 2 colonies gonna be lit
Obsidian really should collab with you for Outer Worlds 2 in some capacity like advertising/marketing or even an in game song. You are too talented and captures their game in a song perfectly!
Everyone always uses the "you're company property part", but people need to start using the "to earn the right to work" part, that hits hard
“we work, to earn the right to work” really hit different
Yeah cuz if you think about it we work k- 8th grade to work to make it into a good high school to work 9 - 12 th grade to work and pay money to go to college so that you can have enough credentials to work to get a job to work to pay of the debt that you made and then after that you work so that you can save up enough to retire before you are at the point where you can’t even get out of bed any more and at that point you just retire and Die. It’s kinda sad if you think about it.
Inshera Kankam-Boadu welcome to capitalism!
there are SO many golden lines in this song, i doubt that one part is the last we see of it. what an on point gem.
FINALLY thank you im glad someone agrees
This sounds like it would be in the lorax
fr it gave me “how bad can i be” vibes
For some reason it gives me government brain washing vibes
Exactly 😭
or k a k e g u r u i
JaxMasterFlash IKR 😂
Love the "We make a fortune for the board by selling boredom door to door " verse so much-- it just goes hard.
Now we need a Lethal Company song bc this is what I would imagine it would be like
"Gravity" refers to the amount of fermentable sugars in the malt that can be turned into alcohol. "Zero-Gravity Brew" effectively means there's no actual beer in the bottle.
The more you know! Seriously, over 2 years later and I've never heard that before?
So technically it's non alcoholic beer
Awesome, I didn't know that.
@@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180 Because your obsession with craft brews has yet to reach "obnoxious hipster" levels. Technically a beer will have zero gravity if all the sugars are converted to alcohol, but brewers tend to advertise the gravity at the start, not end. The "beer" does give you a bad hangover from consuming just one, and given that the game runs on black comedy, you could probably make a safer cocktail from the ingredients under your sink.
@@corrupt1user I believe the cheaper alcohol in the game is implied or outright demonstrated to be dangerous, which would make that even more likely.
2 things I took away from this video.
° Stupendium is CRIMINALLY underrated
° I like the way he says quotas
I have no argument with this comment. I've also noticed that he tends to sell his soul for cupcakes often.
@@pizzamcravioli5640 hmm...
*Well where do I sign?*
@@mranxiety9995 I am sorry to inform you that the contract that states the equivalent exchange between cupcakes and the soul has already been signed by me.
@@pizzamcravioli5640 damm
@@mranxiety9995 don't worry I'll find another one.
Can't even count how often I've listened to this and I still love how he specifically says you can "rent an apology". The subtle detail that you don't even get to keep something as meagre as the significance behind a few insincere spoken words unless you keep paying. But I guess you should'a read the fine print, my friend...
Damn this is what really happened to Selen Tatsuki.
She worked and she worked and she worked and she worked and she almost end up in the ground.
"your worth is determined by your sacrifices"
this line hit hard..
I’ve heard this so many times and it’s still like a slap in the face every time like... damn
And for most companies these days, you're still a worthless pawn to be used and then thrown away at their own discretion, based on whatever excuse they want to give you, regardless if you slaved away defended and so on and so forth for said company.
@@shawnwesson5667 And this is all thanks to what? Capitalism!
Normally companys define workers worth by how hard is to replace you
@@eightypie9528 and after all this facts medium class believe in liberalism
This hits different when you’re pulling an all nighter doing homework so that you can pass highschool with good grades so you can get into a good college so that you get a better chance at a good job that pays for a shitty apartment
“We work to earn the right to work” could not be more accurate
Girl you ain’t working hard enough spelling college as collage
That's why after college I'm going to a flyover state. Cheaper living, you know.
@@beaniecakes124 Your Grammer n*zi is showing
It’s 2am and I’m not done with homework yet
if you work to earn the right to work you’ve already got the right to work because you’re working
they're trying to earn the right to earn the right to live.
they can "work" but they won't be compensated for it, thus haven't earned the right to work to live.
@@owenbelezos8369 clever
you dropped this song 4 years ago, but I still listen to it, minimum once a week. This song still slaps.
This song Slaps, but lets take a moment to appreciate the Masterpiece that is the accompanying video
The animations of the refrain is crazy good
It’s insane!
WHEN THE GUY TURNS INTO THE MOON ITS LIKE SUPER COOL
@@yaoimafia he's like the sides of marketing. The moon representing positive intention, but the guy representing what lies behind the illusion, and the fine print. Its amazing
The jiving hornet that’s super interesting!
I like how the phrase "Rent an apology" implies that you don't even get to keep the damn apology, like they'll wipe your memory so you forget you got one
and they vvill take your money for that.
You pay for the opportunity to feel apologised to. But it is quickly rescinded after your lease expires.
you pay 15,000 for a soggy, grease stained, torn piece of paper that reads "srry ig, we might try harder probably", you get to keep it for 5 minutes
I think that it's really more like you can have someone come over to your place, act all sad about the thing you're talking about, like, "Ah, yeah...We're so sorry that your son died in a mining accident. We really, truly are sorry about this, and will try to...Oh, your rent time's run out. Yeah, f*ck that kid, we don't care that he died. See you!".
Bruh this guy literally explaining the joke 😂😂😂
When I was 10 years old, four years ago, I loved this song so much! So, a few days ago I started playing The Outer Worlds game, and by chance I found this song again. I just have to say that this song still touches my 10-year-old heart very hard. This song literally was a little element of my childhood, thank you sm for that! :)
You tone at the end is, PERFECTLY condescending, whilst also being so, *Incorrectly warm?* AHHHH CHILLS MAN, CHILLS
OMG OMG OMG, THANK YOU STUPENDIUM, THANKYOUTHANKYOU.
I wrote a whole ass essay in English over the use of literary devices in the song and got an A+. The writer of this is a fucking genius
That's super cool! I'd love to read that some time if you'd be willing to share it!
@@TheStupendium Me too!
@@TheStupendium Me three
Me four!
I'd be interested in reading it.
I am a japanese salaryman. This song makes me think a lot about my life.
best of luck, man
Jehovah be with you, bless you day a day
You should play the game. It talks a lot about this subject. Very good game. It made me rethink a lot of things as well.
ブラック企業ですか？
@@mcfarofinha134 うん。残業地獄だ。
I still routinely come back to this song. You've made some incredibly impressive tracks, but I'd have to hand the trophy of the most clever, dual-note lyrics, best sounding song in general and most impressive use of vocabulary to specifically this title amongst the many others you've made. This song is just the embodiment of The Stupendium.
I’m so jealous of your songwriting skills. You know how to make everything fit! I hope you continue to make wonderful songs such as this!
Nobody:
No-one at all:
Me: rewinding to hear 'oh honestly' over and over again BC it's sounds nice
MEEE
1:04
1:05
Same but mostly because I enjoy the verse since it sends chills down my spine
It's strangely addictive
“we put the dollar back into idolatry
if you’re upset, you can rent an apology
we are a family forged in bureaucracy
no i in team, but there’s con in economy”
this man is a lyrical genius, 10/10
True dat
"Honestly, did you not read the colony policy. That defined you as property"
Lol, Huh Its weird
America is a colony, founded by ship, controlled by the world conglomerate. And by weird, i mean. Isent society fucked
Yeah, this song is essentially just a very well written Capitalism Sucks: The Musical!
@@idontknoq4813 i mean like 50% of the stupendium's songs are
I found this comment right as the line came up lol
I really feel like this song also applies to Lethal Company, this is such a good song. Kinda giving poor man’s poison vibes
I was listening to it yesterday after playing Lethal Company and was thinking... this would match up so well :sob:
I didn't know if this song was about society or a video game but now that i know i think it still works perfectly for both. Anyways i love this song so much! And the editing is immaculate!! :D
"We put the dollar back in idolatry, if you're upset you can rent an apology"
man that line slaps and is so perfect for an evil megacorp like this one
I thought it was a dollar tree for a while
@@owenwaleski I thought so too, but I mean, regardless, is there a difference? lol
Still hits hard, and the dollar tree is in a way a form of idolatry. It's a messed up.
So like Tesla Facebook Google and Amazon then?
If there's ever an Outer Worlds 2 and they *don't* licence this song to use in the game then they're fools.
FOOLS I TELL YA, APSOLUTE FOOLS!
COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOLS!!!!!!
FOOLS!
They should have it play on an in game radio channel (idk if outer worlds has radios)
@@Galaxa3396 instrumental plays in a factory.
There isnt really much they can do if they decide to make an TOW2 since it's basically either
The board has collapsed and theres anarchy on halcycon
Or
The board has survived by the destruction of edgewater and every stellar citizen will still live in garbage while the people at byzantium profit.
@@BasileosHerodou Given how the game ended, I'm sure there will be a sequel. It won't be set in the Halcyon System but it will explain why [PAY 500 BITS TO ACCESS SPOILERS]. I expect EVA will be the only returning character.
"No i in team but theres con in economy" nah but fr tho. I love this song sm i listen to it all the time in school
This song perfectly sums up our modern life under the foot of our modern government. We NEED a change.
favorite line ever "your worth is determined by your sacrifices" Literal chills. God i love this song i'm just listening to it on repeat now
Thanks for the like mate!
666 likes i wanted to but I font eanna ruin oy
Mine is no I in team but there’s con in economy
Same
@@scarlettenglish1692 my favorite is the "you work to earn the right to work"
“No I in team but there’s a con in economy” chills.
"We put the dollar back into idolatry." Also a killer line
@@npcthatruinsyourcutscene2627 iatry, idolatry without dola
what does it mean
@@millieatherton8554 no i in team > corporations crushing workers' individuality, like cog-in-a-machine manufacturing jobs
con in economy > corporations lying to people or otherwise using deceptive tactics (such as in marketing or 'the fine print') to make greater profits in a capitalist economy
bros songs hit in such ways i cant even explain
How in the fuck did a video game song just become one of my favorite songs 🫥
I have been scrolling these comments for ages but i've seen nobody talking about the line
"The Architect tells them, the secret to Heaven is simply consuming whatever we sell them"
How scary that sounds, that is exactly how the church used to work, and some still do.
If The Stupendium ever reads this, you are a lyrical mastermind. Keep it up!
That IS how religion works. It's history's biggest snake oil scam.
They sell a prize at a place you didn't even know existed or you needed, but they sell you that you must have it and get convinced.
It just costs your entire life, obedience, freedom, rights, family, money, thought and more.
Just sign up and don't bother reading the fine print.
Just follow instructions and fill up your good quota and you'll have a guaranteed place in heaven.
Unless your superiors deem your group inadequate under the new management.
@@magnusm4 and that's why big man Martin Luther said nah I ain't making people pay to read the bible
@@magnusm4 this comment is making rethink my life choices
@@magnusm4 not how religion works, its the corruption, also how does joining cost your entire life, obedience, freedom, rights, family, money, thought?
@@magnusm4 Uh, no. Religion itself is fine. But organized religion is a different story
I know that this song is about some video game I've never head of, but "we work to earn the right to work to earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy ourselves the right to live to earn the right to die" is the realest shit I've ever heard
Sad reality
Honestly that is the genius of the writing in this song. It's relatable even to those who have never even heard of the game it's based on
The human condition
Ahem, it's called capitalism
@@lukakomarov1014 Commie? Commie! How dare you??!!! >:(((
/j
But seriously its nice to see another anti-capitalist. Im ancom, u?
I really like how this song is acted. I think that's one of the things that really sets your songs apart, and it really comes through in this one. The way that everyone is just so dead and lifeless due to their conditions, even the sort of manager character. Certainly, they have a _more_ emotional tone, but you can still feel that hint of exhaustion, they're still broken down. They may be able to feel sick joy in not being one of the scum that spend all their time performing manual labor...but they're still not actually fulfilled. They still don't lead a _good_ life. No, there's only one character truly enriched by this system, only one character that's played as fully emotional. And that's the company itself.
“If you’re upset you can rent an apology” is one of the best lines I’ve ever heard.
My twelve-year-old introduced me to this song and that was the line he quoted.
@@zciliyafilms5508 amazing, what a legend. I hope he didn’t use it against you in an argument though 😳
@@itsjuju8958 Not yet, but knowing him he's planning on it.
How rich people and companies weasel out of consequences tbh. Say pretty words, make "changes" that are only performance and make no real difference, wait for people to stop paying attention, then resume previous horrible actions.
@@Alex-fc8xn Yup.
This is the ONLY dude that can actually pull off sideburns like ✨wow✨
VERY TRUE😂😂😁😁
what about Hugh Jackman as wolverine?
How about Abe Lincoln?
@@bigross7284 ye... Ye u right BUT can he make music that slaps
Him and Kareem Abdul Jabaar
My song for my work day-I am an insurance agent. It can be a real grind.
As a bit of advice to everyone, I would say that the line you sing: “You should’ve read the fine print, my friend.” Is my ultimate advice before you sign up for ANY insurance product. Read your PDS (Product Disclosure Statement) cover to cover.
If you get one as a PDF, use control F to search for a term you really need to know.
Know what is covered and what is not before you sign up.
You will save a lot of heartache that way.
Ive rewatched this about ten times in a row its such a banger. My favourite line has got to be the "you be glad for a seat at the table" one. One of the best songs ive heard
The fact that he's still liking comments years later is honestly wild
My dude wanted to make a fan song and accidentally composed the capitalist anthem
More like anticap
@@MC-ns8gb you mean ancap? Ancaps want ultimate capitalism. Where you are a slave to corporations.
@@simoneidson21 .......So it IS ancap.
Ancap more like it lol, all the flaws are right in plain sight
@@simoneidson21 u do understand mega corporations don’t survive in an actual capitalist society
Anyone noticed how when his head is replaced by the mascot thing his body language becomes a lot more like an animation? Pretty fun little detail.
I know i can’t tell if it’s animated or not
Yep, it's creepy, it implies the corporate guy himself is just a marionette, without a say in when he gets "possessed" and used as a literaly mouthpiece of the corporate mascot.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog that’s dark
@@TF2CrunchyFrog I remember Martin from the Spacers store on the groundbreaker, sounds a lot like him.
Y’all must be 13 it’s literally the bare minimum for engaging content 😂
I'm pretty sure this song is now more famous than The Outer Worlds itself.
Its amazing how many diffrent sanarios this song works in. Not just this game but many others aswell. Also, i would like to say that i have had this song on repeat for the last 12 hours, i really got to drive the midset into my brain for a small project im doing.