Cadmium Colors (feat. Kasane Teto)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- !! FLASHING LIGHTS / EPILEPSY WARNING !!
"i spend my hours doing alchemy..."
a song about wanting to be remembered / to live
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art by Que
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mv by @friendxp
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music by Jamie Paige
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saxophone solo by Soneji of Project Mikan
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mastering by Marcy Nabors
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featuring Kasane Teto SV #重音テト
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lyrics:
i spend my hours doing alchemy
i mix my yellows and my blues to make a shade of green
prosaic practice of depravity
suspending innocents above their disbelief
i wish that i could paint a pretty picture onto everything
and leave a mark upon the world that felt like anything
but maybe that's the essence of an artist and their legacy
just chasing down a sense of infamy
put brush to canvas with a pirouette
a simple motion makes the consequence intricate
all the little nothings and my parapet
i hope it's something that you don't forget
cadmium red is the ground beneath
cadmium orange, everything i see
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
cadmium colors painted inside me
i can make autumn from a single leaf
steal a fine picture like a first class thief
make the water work like you won't believe
find a new world that can set you free
how could anybody ever live like me?
i spend my hours doing alchemy
i make a life refining zinc inside the smeltery
it's not exactly where i want to be
but wanting doesn't matter when there's mouths to feed
i wish that i could paint a pretty picture of a fantasy
and turn a feeling to a living for my family
instead i make the metals in the pigments in my reverie
and maybe that can be enough for me
oh, isn't it funny facing destiny?
it's like a knife inside twisting my arteries
god, i want for nothing but identity
i think that something might be wrong with me
cadmium red is the ground beneath
cadmium orange, everything i see
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
cadmium colors painted inside me
antegrade fever, 101 degrees
shatter my body with a gentle breeze
dammit, i am real and i have my dreams
watch me burn brighter 'til i fail to breathe
how could anybody ever live like me?
(baby, do you know what it's like to die?)
(to see the sparkle fade from inside your eye?)
i can't remember what it's like to feel autonomy
can't even feel it in the moments that you left to me
(i don't wanna leave with a work undone)
(the paint can barely dry 'fore it fills my lungs)
i keep a bullet in the chamber, mocking me
but i don't wanna feel it coming out of me
i don't want-
i spend my hours doing alchemy
i mix my yellows and my blues to make a shade of green
chasing impossible philosophy
and hoping that this poison ain't the death of me
cadmium red is the ground beneath
cadmium orange, everything i see
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
cadmium colors painted inside me
i can make autumn from a single leaf
steal a fine picture like a first class thief
make the water work like you won't believe
find a new world that can set you free
how could anybody ever live like-
(baby, do you know what you wanna hear?)
('cause you can say the word, make it oh so clear)
we're all just searching for a sense of solidarity
to hold each other close and confiscate our destiny
(no one wants to leave with a work undone)
(we only need a brush we can pass along)
i kept a bullet in the chamber for a rainy day
but what's the point in planning for it anyway?
i've got too many colors for a shade of grey
and i can make it autumn every single day!
I spend my hours doing alchemy
I'm dressed in all pink 'cept my gator shoes, those are green
hopefully everyone else will think this comment is as funny as i do in ~46 hours
oh my god!! marcy nabors!! hi!!
Holy shit it's THE famous Marcy Nabors of music fame
only got 20 colors in my pocket
Someone should make a cover with this line.
Cool cadmium fact, back in the early 20th century a Japanese prefecture experienced mass cadmium poisoning in the water leading to a disease called "itai itai". Something about reacting to heavy metal poisoning by calling it "ouch owie disease" just strikes me as funny
hhhjsghdjdg ouch owie disease 😭😭😭
Heavy metal 🤯
Me and my bf have a joke that alot of the classic vocaloid songs have an element somewhere we refer to as "interesting cube" as cubes show up alot in their videos, we are always v excited to see interesting cube and goddamn if this wasnt a banger already, certified classic 100/10 interesting cube in 3 interesting colours
I like to think that the artist imagery used is literal *and* figurative.
"Wanting doesn't matter when there's mouths to feed" Many forms of art, from illustrating to writing, don't pay well enough to provide comfortable living. But I feel this also extends more generally to anyone wanting to make change in the world; making a difference doesn't pay well. Following the status quo does. It requires sacrifice. But like art in all it's forms, is necessary.
I think the use of cadmium mirrors this- it is a dangerous substance, but some artists still use it because they think it's worth the risk for a beautiful work of art.
"I kept a bullet in the chamber for a rainy day/but whats the point of planning for it anyway?"
"I've got too many colors for a shade of grey"
The world makes us feel like crap. It makes sense to want to leave it. But we all have "colors," something to contribute to the world. Eventually we will leave it one way or another ("what's the point of planning for it"), so while we're here, we may as well contribute, even a little- "make it autumn every day," for even a single person.
Sorry if this was rant-y, all over the place, sappy, or completely wrong, but I just wanted to share my thoughts and interpretations of this beautiful song. I'd love to hear other people's interpretations :)
There's no wrong interpretation of a piece of art :)
Yes!! I totally agree with this analysis: cadmium yellow is super toxic to breathe in, and it’s a rlly great literal and figurative representation for the pain of an art career’s sacrifice and the fever-like fatigue of going past your breaking point until you’re super burnt out.
The light fading from her eyes works not only for death and illness, but the loss of passion in a craft you’ve been forced to do too much (be it for assignments, completionism, or just to be able to sell enough to get by). In chasing something so beautiful and colourful, she’s become greyed out herself from pushing herself too far, with the only colours being inside her making her sick. (This could also be about pursuing projects with painful memories attached, like trying to finish a work you started with a friend you no longer have, ect. however I could also just be bullshitting that)
The ‘what’s the point of planning for it anyway, I can make it autumn every day’ also seems like a good representation of a false sense of control in being unable to change career/mentality which eventually brings more harm in its monotony and other unhealthy strifes.
Idk, of course this is all just my own dive into it, but this song is really beautiful in every aspect and deserves its attention to detail to be acknowledged… just like in the song itself. The piece is deeply resonating, and one of the best songs I’ve ever seen, both in its music video and the music itself.
An afterthought I wanted to mention:
I understand that following the status quo, in many situations (e.g. office worker, store clerk, factory worker) doesn't pay well either, but it too requires sacrifice, even if we don't choose to sacrifice willingly. In art this probably holds more true more often, as evident by Hollywood, but again, not always.
if i had a nickel for each time a song about toxic colours featuring kasane teto was released, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice. it will assuredly be a banger song.
Cadmium is a malleable metal, with an atomic number of 48. It is highly reactive as it slowly reacts with Oxygen and reacts with most acids. Cadmium is highly toxic when inhaled, giving flu-like symptoms and damage the lungs (high amount, short period of time), or kidney, bone and lung disease (low levels, long period of time). This happens when inhaling Cadmium powder or dust, probably when handling old/antique paints. Despite all of this, Cadmium Red, Orange and Yellow have been very popular paints since the 1800's, used by famous artists like Vincent van Gogh and Bob Ross. Liquid form Cadmium paints are still unsafe, as you should avoid getting it on your skin to avoid accidental digestion (source: googling a whole lot).
Can you please write the name of this song?
@@wheelchair3546 Vermilion by CircusP
I was late but it assurdley was a banger :]
Who thats the other pne
@@johanadormeo4170 funnily enough JamieP did the mastering for Vermillion!
Wanting to leave your mark on the world using bright and vibrant colors to stand out, warm colors as a form of warmth in life, but the cadmium can take away the life as well. Bonus points of having an interpretation with Teto as an artificial being, wanting to bring life, feel warmth that she can’t feel, at a cost.
AUFH I just love media with good messages involving life and death and purpose and .
Still thinking it's just media rather than the only means by which a transdimensional entity is capable of communicating 🤦
I am not at all joking when I say I think you are honestly one of the best western vocaloid producers atm. I just found you recently and holy cow you are levels above most other content in production quality and creativity. The more I listen to this song the more I love it, especially as someone who paints a lot. Like. Ouch.
I can NOT get over that section in the middle when the pace picks up and the colors keep switching from high saturation to monotone, it's so short but, but combined with how the previous section cuts off at the end, it feels like the problem being ignored is finally catching up to her and she's forced to face it one way or another. It's the payoff to a buildup we didn't even know was there, but it does it's job beautifully. I would listen to an entire song based on that section if i could, it's fucking phenomenal.
As a long fan of Kasane Teto, I'm so happy that her newest voicebank (SynthV) is getting more recognition than before.
it's autumn every single freaking day !!!!!
Recently, I got to 999 songs on my Vocaloid playlist. Once I got to that, I told myself I'm going to save my thousandth song for a really good one. I've been looking around for days looking for the perfect song. I wasn't even a quarter of the way through this one before I realized this is it! This song is so amazing, and I'm so glad it's the biggest milestone number on my playlist! Amazing job!! Time to listen to it on repeat for hours ;D
Do you have a link to the playlist on Spotify or something? I'm interested to hear it
@@LucyDMusic Sure! It's here. Not every song is here because of weird TH-cam stuff but most of it is! th-cam.com/play/PLJC35z5BvWJ4JBy_Pu2mrKvg6og4jqWp4.html
Oh damn, I'm only at 600 lol! Nice to know someone else also hordes all their Vocaloid vids in a single YT playlist 😁
3:57 real jamie p-ers will grow to know this leitmotif very well in the coming months 😈
🎵baby do you know what you wanna hear🎶
with each jamie p song my vocabulary expands vastly
ITS S OFUCKING PEAKKKKK AGHHHHHH
I have found so many ways to interpret this song, and every single one makes me love it more and more.
Toxic paint teto is the best vocaloid subgenre, no one can change my mind
This is so freaking good dude. This is also so strangely relatable... you really wrote a song to hit any creatively inclined person in the feels. You got me BAD
finally, another teto song thatll live rent free in my head
Never heard Teto sound this good with English lyrics. Absolute peak music!
being both a creative and being chronically ill makes this shove toxic paint RIGHT into my heart oh my god. i adore the art as well, it complements the sound and lyrics so well...everyone did such a fantastic job on this, great and relatable work ;_;
The way you tune Teto makes her sound so clear, like I can’t even describe how good this song is and how good your tuning style is
Hearing part 1 of this in an early critique was a special treat, and I'm BLOWN AWAY by the final song. The jarring transitions between the movements are really something stellar. It reminds me of the last time I got acutely poisoned (affectionate)
Holy SHIT, immediate fucking subscribe, absolutely phenomenal. Amazing art direction, concept, tuning, instrumentals. The repeated abrupt ending and restarting of the song, like it's a frustrated painter revisiting a theme or subject over and over.
This is my first song heard from you and it actually is fire??? holy crap I am in love with how melancholically warm this song is. Thank you youtube algorhythms for finally doing your thing right
2:23 Caught me off guard twice, almost made me cry bc of how good it was
The detail that the youtube subtitles match with the colors and effects of the MV, love everything about this song ❤🧡💛
jamie paige i wnt u to know that u are my favourite vocaloid producer and also one of my favourite lyricists and also just really cool
she should eat the paint
She ate the paint
@@RealCryptoTest and died
Now that's like literally the one thing she should NOT do.
Same, I should consider eating the paint
having flashbacks to when i worked in an art store for 5 years and people would FLIP over how expensive the cadmium paints were :,) heavy metals are expensive, idk what to tell you!! banger of a song though
hey. i don't know if you'll ever see this, but thank you. these songs are all that's keeping heart beating sometimes, so thank you for setting its tempo.
This is criminally underrated. The MV is so beautiful omg and the lyrics...
I'm just blown away by the rhymes in the chorus of this song, just stunning lyricism
I really really hope people keep making artist inspired Teto songs, she is my muse
have you listened to vermillion? its another art related teto song
@@Nox30067 I have!!!!!! I love that one too😭🩷
Jamie your lyrics are so good 😭
ngl i thought “watch me burn brighter ‘til i fail to breathe” was “watch me down water ‘til I fail to breathe” as in she was like. drinking the paint water
I heard "tread water til i fail to breathe", made the song so much more depressing, barely keeping afloat until she drowns
Your music is just so well made. So many little intricacies in the beats and progression. I really love how "how could anybody ever live like me?" Always cuts out for a half second at the end. Just makes it so catchy.
Thank you for making this. Another little step to becoming a better me.
ok but can we mention how much better Teto's SynthV outfit looks in the OG blueish grey color??? Like she's literally half demon, grey is literally the perfect color for her
I will definitely think of this song everyday in chemistry and art class.
Thanks for inventing colours and also paint Jamie
JAMIE !!! IT'S PEAK !!!
In seriousness though, this song hurts in the most perfect way possible, I relate way too much to some of these lyrics, and the writing is TOO GOOD !!
Holy shit, how does this not have more views???
YOU TUNED HER TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION I LOVE IT
How does this song not have 1mil? for shame.
This song makes me emotional and I don’t know why. Just the way she sings it. There’s so much emotion. You tune her so well. I’m gonna cry.
I absolutely love this song, I am a sucker for instrumental sections, and the saxophone after the breakdown was amazing.
CHILLSSSS i was not expecting that fast part in the middle omg.. you wield teto like a paintbrush with the ease of an artist !!
Spent a half a hour listening to this and.. Oh my god it's so relatable. This is genuinely a masterpiece of a song, and made me have so many feelings all in just 5 short minutes.
Screaming eating the floorboards clawing at the windows (so normal about every song you make)
The bass is my favorite element of this song, but I love all of its qualities in general
I wish I knew why I cry listening to this song.
real
as an artist this song is a banger ngl
i keep coming back to this, for me it really hits the pain of putting your everything into art, bearing your soul can be poison sometimes, some of the most genuine pieces of the self sculpted can hurt like hell when you see them ignored/misintepreted/exploited, worst of all forgotten, asking if it was all worth it is so hard to do and painfully it always ends up as you having to define for yourself if it was worth it, and you have to answer yes, you have to choose not to forget yourself and trust others will follow, love your work Jamie
Been listening since autumn every day I'm so glad you're getting the recognition you deserve
Now you can make it autumn every single day!
This song is so good i feel like my life just changed
Everything about this song is so good and resonated so deeply with me as an artist… absolutely stunning art work, beautiful and touching lyrics, plus the captions match the video SO WELL. the “glitched” captions are so incredibly creative
The number of views is criminal. Why isn't this viral
Thank you for serving realness with this song. Boots the house down mama.
JamieP more like Jamie PEAK
listening to this on loop for the next 48 hours, thank u for another banger jamie
what an incredible song.. i just cant stop listening to it
ahhh this song is so sad and melancholic but oh so relatable!! you have such a gift for lyrics; your rhymes and words just tickle my brain in a way like no other. i also absolutely adore the switch up of tunes in the middle of the song, and i’m in love with the way you tune teto!! wonderful work jamie ❤
Goated MV, well done to the producer.
The soundmastering is phenomenal. I started just playing these Remasters in the Car getting goosebumps. Machine Love, FIRE!!!, now Cadmium Colors; it scratches that "sparkly" high energy yet subtle itch in my brain.
THIS IS CADMIUM AMAZING✨
This song tickles my brain.
Thank you for still posting on Bandcamp! It's great to be able to follow your latest stuff!
i think this is genuinely the best song ive heard all year - thank u for dropping such an emotional banger, its been a while since ive listened to a song and really seen myself in the lyrics
MORE TETO!? OMG WE’RE BEING FED SO GOOD AAAAA
The lyrics in this flow extremely well. I have such a low expectation of smaller artist using synths because they're so amateurishly written and don't flow at all, but this feels professional. I haven't really internalized the meaning of the lyrics, but the syllables bounce and aren't stretched or leave room for dead space. Very nice ❤
THIS IS SO NICEEE AND GREAT AND I LOVE THE TUNING AND THE VISUALS AND EVERYTHING
This rips at my heartstrings so good owie
NGL after the first drop i thought i accidentally restarted the song for a second haha, another banger though!
i really like her prononciation
WE MAKING IT AUTUMN EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
idk why but every time i sing this song, i get emotional...
I am not sure how you keep finding ways to speak straight to my heart ;-;
I have been listening to you for many years, somehow losing track of you, then finding you again throughout the chaos of life. It is like a wave rushes over me when I listen to your music, the kind of wave that just pulls away any defenses you have put up, allowing me to let it all out, and learn to feel again. As I listen to the different lyrics across your music, I am reminded of my life, regardless if those lyrics perfectly reflect my life or if they have similar feelings, it makes me feel.
It is so beautiful ;-;
No way another teto song from Jamie Paige? Blessed
Beautiful song. Interesting range of messages. My take away was off someone who works in a factory making paint the conditions are terrible but the person needs money to survive and feed thier family even if it means they become ill. At the same time, the person dreams of using the same paint to create beautiful art. Wishing they could be successful as an artist so they could do something they love and live a better life. The ending is smiling again, dreaming of this better life since that is all she can do.
I love the double meaning of the "Make the water work" line at 1:02 and 3:47. In the first case it refers to watercolors, or possibly paintings of watery landscapes, but in the second it moreso refers to Teto's own "Waterworks".
rewatching this again, and I love the use of the subtitles in TH-cam itself! I thought those were oddly clean compared to the rest, and then wheeling back a little revealed the trick, it's real cool!
the lyrics are everything omg, im actually so obsessed
wake up babe, Jamie-P dropped another masterpiece
This is amazing!! I knew it was a song about artists immediately, and I love your lyrics; thank you for putting them in the description so I can read them slowly and process them like poetry and get emotional. xD
I immediately knew it was an artist song 'cuz besides the visuals, I also remember purchasing cadmium paints for my art class 'cuz it was required for some painting/art homework. The line about "having mouths to feed" definitely made me think about how a lot of artists are struggling right now and even really famous artists who made an impact on the industry are now delivering food with Doordash or something and getting bitten by dogs. (There was a post about that.)
I'm an artist, so this song hit me right in the feels, but the whole thing made me think about "dreams deferred" and fills me with a bittersweet feeling. HOWEVER, it's beautiful that artists continue to persist anyway and we get amazing stuff like this that reminds us of what's important and that we're not alone in this.
I'm a newer listener but I've been loving your lyrics/MVs/songs, and I really liked the sped up part in this song too! Also I just love Teto's higher voice in general, in the chorus, so I'll definitely be listening to this a lot. Instant fave. Thanks for sharing yet another banger!
i been listening to this nonstop on soundcloud everyday lol
I want to hug the version of Teto that exists in your songs so bad!
my friend likes Kasane Teto and has filled my recc with Kasane Teto as a result. I am okay with this as these are bangers.
Just.. wow❤
ITS SO GOOD
THIS HAS TO BE MY 20TH LISTEN ITS A BANGERR
Common Jamie Paige banger. The tuning is sooo damn juicy and that neon breakdown goes hard as fuck
As jaime once said,
KASANEE TETOOOOOOOOOO-
Btw love the song, playing it on loop for 3 days now
Thank you for another absolute banger!
Holy Crap Jamie! This is amazing!
The tuning? The lyrics? The beat and rhythm? This is amazing omg!!
Honestly in awe at how good this song is
woahhg... augggghhh i feel this so much, peak music
What a bop this is! I love how Teto sounds in this song. Straight to my favourites playlist!!
THE PEOPLE POSTURE PLAY PRETEND LEITMOTIF OMFGGGG
My new fave vocoloid music channel fr keep releasing bops
I can’t stop listening to this song it’s literally a masterpiece
every song you make is like an album where I can't decide what my favorite track is. absolutely love what you've been putting out lately, please make more
You got the best tuning for Teto fr
i cant express how much i like your music🥺🥺🥺
im so happy i found your channel, you're killing it
UPD‼️ ive got a close look into the lyrics (cuz i was just dancing to the song without a single thought in my head this whole week) and i cant even express how much it resonated with me...
im an traditional artist and it greatly affected my life both in bad and good ways. one of them is this exact feeling to leave something behind and finish all my works to the point i like them (at least to not be ashemed i created the piece), and also this really strange feeling of my "normal self" and my "art self" mixing in together and fight inside me, causing struggles and inner disputes over my life style...
but this is not all. i've also got through a really tough suicide attempt a few years ago and barely lived, practically laying on my deathbed for 3 days straight (altho, as you can see im still vibing with you guys, healthy and alive💪)
of course in this awful period i didnt draw at all for many months and i felt really bad about it, as if something great that brought me joy left ny body once and for all (or so i thought back then)
and the little sped up chorus really resonated with these feelings of mine
the death and the art you leave behind, the spark literally fading away from you and your body (whether a literal life or just your interest in art), you feel it running away like a sand running through your fingers... and it's scary. all those hours you spend on your work without having spare time for your familly and your own happiness. was it worth it? are you ready to die right here and there, leaving everything forever in the places where you settled it to be? do you want to keep fighting, mixing these colors, or just leave with only greys left behind?
these are just my feelings and thoughts that had been awoken by this wonderful song ( i really REALLY like it despite how depressed it makes me feel sometimes)
thanks for listening to my ted talk😳