drift is such a good theme for it's character, happy chaos. you can go down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole with his lore and story, even his psychology is interesting.
You dont know how excited i was when this popped up in my reccomended page. Been wanting you to react to this forever! Without a doubt my favorite song from any game.
A little bit of characterization of Happy Chaos for you: He like to stir the pot of humanity because he likes stories and drama. He'll play parts of said stories to get the outcomes he desires, the best depiction of this is a few of his quotes. "The shield would not exist without the sword" and "Which came first the chicken or the egg? The omelet." He'll be the sword so the shield can exist, he'll be the chicken or the egg. The lyrics at 16:10 reflect this. Also fun fact, while being the creator is what is essentially magic in the Guilty Gear universe, he fights with guns. One being a magic cosmic space gun that only a grand total of 5 exist in the entire universe of GG, the other being an exact replica of the other one but is just a regular ass revolver. He fights with the regular one and only pulling out the magic one while doing specials.
"Here i have one of the most op guns in verse, and here i have an exact nerf gun replica compared to it which is essentially just a normal gun. I choose the normal gun"
@@w1nther930 And the cherry on top is that he does that because if he fought with magic, which he is essentially a progenitor of in GG world, it'd be too boring because he'll bend everyone too easily. Dude had to nerf himself *twice* to give everyone else a fighting chance
@@eViLPaCcc even in gameplay he limiting himself. We need to maintain three points for his gun ability; concentration, bullet, and accuracy. While he basically can shoot anytime and anywhere, if one of that three point is bad, he'll be terrible
10:49 funny enough I actually do something similar in my English class. I've given students the lyrics to this song and ask them to try and discern the tone and genre without the music. It's a really fun thought exercise.
As someone who comes here for the variety, someone that has never played this game, this was a pleasant experience. That shift near the end was a thing of beauty.
Some music reactions can get boring, because they're just the person listening to the song and that's it. While I get that some people might like that, for a song I've already heard PLENTY of times, this type of reaction is FAR more enjoyable, I really feel like I'm watching someone react to each little meaningful section in real time, which in the end, is what I came to watch. TL;DR, good vid, I liked it
My favorite bit of the song is how the ending is just the song trying to start again. Really goes along with the lyrics of "I don't want any conclusions" and "please don't stop the flow". It's a song that just never wants to stop and constantly keeps evolving into something else, but even when it has to end it keeps going as if a 3rd verse is about to drop, but all things come to an end.
There's so many ways to view this song and interpret it. Never thought of that one before, it's a song that never wants to end and I never want it to end either lol.
You would actually be faithful to Guilty Gear music by comparing it, Daisuke Ishiwatari takes A LOT of inspiration from western 90s and 2000s rock and metal, so you’ll find he makes a lot of direct motifs to specific songs (If it sounds like another song it’s definitely intentional)
yup, specially recently with Elphelt's theme he just made some of them as clear as day (All I want for Christmas is you, Amazing Grace, and a couple more I cant remember off the top of my head)
Sol Badguy, real name Frederick Bulsara, and having his theme in Strive have strong Queen influence is just one of the DOZENS of references. Its one of my favorite things about the series
Tge song is really good because it basically portrays how Happy Chaos has no real goal or ambition and that he just goes with the flow of what's happening, creating more chaos while enjoying his time. He got the gift of life due to the death of an earlier evil and reincarnated, so he's enjoying his free time, tagging along with the main villain Ino and cracking jokes along the way while being one of the most wanted terrorists
That third verse really make the chorus hit SO much harder. That last "please dont stop the flow" feels like an acceptance of a role right before barreling straight through to the unknown to me. With him fully committing to the bit, being "a vast universe" rather than "just the black sea". Its describing the same thing but suddenly theres so much more detail put into it, quite literally understanding your place in the universe and appreciating it for what it is.
Damn, It was my go-to song (as well as other guilty gear stuff) and I never even thought about the title being in context of drifting on car. When I saw the title for the first time, while haven't even listened to the song yet, I (for some reason) knew it was about drifting on a raft at the sea
The song reflects the character fairly well. Happy Chaos was once a magician of sorts, who through research found out the secret of the universe - and it broke him. That's what the opening lyrics are about "It took me ten years to find the answers to something | I forgot about it in two seconds | That's about it" From there it describes his view of the world (both in lyrics and instrumentation) - he thinks everything is beautiful, and his moral compass is on some axis that a normal human can't comprehend. Hence his name, 'Happy Chaos'.
Which is also very funny because he just heard the name and went "damn, that fits me so well, I'm using it, fuck that other person" like bro didn't care if it caused confusion at all.
You might be the most communicative video maker there is. I often feel bad watching reaction content, where i just want someone to tell me how great the thing is that i like. Not only do you obviously have a lot experience in music, you also express your thought process so precisely, its just so cool man. no one can hate this
Context: Happy Chaos lives for The Drama (tm). In his words, he 'stirs the pot so the pudding doesn't burn'. He's a phenomenally powerful mage, the oldest and most powerful, actually. Also he fused half of God's "divinity" with himself. In doing so, he was granted essentially omniscience / too much knowledge, which supposedly drove him mad (by causing him to view humanity as a whole entity rather than as individuals). As a result, he's kinda... a trickster god? Anyways. Meta-context: Daisuke absolutely LOVES Queen. Happy Chaos is ultimately an embodiment of Freddie Mercury's final sentiments about his music and legacy - 'do whatever you want with it, just don't make it boring'.
@@HonkshuHardy He also has Alone Infection to listen, though honestly at this point he should listen to the entire OST, since he seems to enjoy them a lot.
I remember when Mirror of the World dropped and one of the comments was like "The heck is the bassist playing, a diesel engine?" It's so low and chunky and I love it.
I remember being blown away by this the first time I heard it. It's so chaotic! (how fitting) From what I understand, Happy Chaos is a guy who basically creates problems because he likes to see people overcome them. (I could be wrong.)
No you're right. He intentionally creates conflicts so that humanity can overcome them. "When the violent storm is over. The blue sky is more beautiful than ever. You see, I want that. I want that. That's all I want."
My favorite part of this song is that the lyrics describe the characters backstory, but it also is a discussion and parody of the song itself. It truly feels like you're listening to the character having an internal discussion with himself. As someone who loves when songs break traditional conventions, this song is just truly so special and unique.
im not gonna lie, ive learned about, and grown to enjoy many songs and types of music that i probably would NEVER have heard if it weren't for this channel, and i learn about music at the same time, and even if neither of those is true its always fun to watch someone who is passionate about something talk about it.
Tbh, Drift is such a random song even its starting lyrics dissipate any possible expectations you may have had for it from the get-go. Such a uniquely fitting song for Happy Chaos. Thanks for covering it.
a little more context for people who don't know the gg lore, although i guess mostly gg fans are watching this video: Happy Chaos is basically someone who became all knowing and all powerful and got bored of everything, so he decided "fuck it, imma just go with the flow", he does't have anything important for him as what he likes and dislikes are constantly changing, for example it is stated that he currently likes a toy jewel that he found somewhere, for no apparent reason, he can teleport anywhere in an but prefers to drive a car instead, he is the most powerful magic user in the world but uses guns because fighting with magic would be too boring, he also stole the jacket he wears from some dude in the white house. plus since he only finds entertainment in real events, he shakes things up creating conflict for his amusement and to make mankind grow and evolve (when the violent storm is over the blue sky is more beautiful than ever),while filling the missing roles with himself, like when the main villain explained her plan and he went like: " yeah don't care but I will help you cause it sounds fun ". tl;dr goofy ahh war criminal
No judgement for comparing these songs to other bands! Daisuke Ishiwatari, the Director/Composer/Writer/Illustrator/Former Voice Actor for the series, is a MASSIVE rock and metal enthusiast, making the vast majority of the elements of the game references to rock and metal, from the names to the music to the aesthetic designs of the characters. You see Happy Chaos’s wide smile and funky glasses? Nirvana reference. Sol Badguy? His real name is Frederick Bulsara. Axl Low’s first theme literally took the riff from a Guns N Roses song. Daisuke basically is making this with the expectation of comparisons to other work and telling us “yeah, okay, then name every reference you can find.”
Ahhhhh another fantastic insight video from my favourite music teacher and TH-cam celeb - thanks for the trip, Tony 😊 I think you might find Baiken's theme is a close contender for the throne of "Most Artistic Guilty Gear Song"🤘🏼
Really happy you enjoyed this song. This was one of my favorite ones from Guilty Gear Strive because of how fun it is. It also trully pulled me into the game and introduced the fighting game genre to me. Happy Chaos is also a really fascinating character to me and how he thinks.
Nothing better than seeing you pause so much cause even thoigh you wanna stop so the vid isnt so long youre just actually interested in breaking down what you heard and it makes your vids way better than just watching someone listen to a song i like (which btw im so glad you liked it cause it is my favorite from the soundtrack)
oh boy... here we go. Happy Chaos is a moniker he took on, his actual "name" is That Man, distinct from That Man, a moniker taken on by Asuka R. Kreutz. ...oh no I've gone cross eyed thinking about all the context.
I'd love to see you do a pull apart like you mention and analyze the separated pieces as what you would do as a musician if you were given this material.
well happy chaos did say "you can see me as what ever you want me to be" so i think in his book that he there a need to be a "bad guy" he be a "bad guy" and the same if there need of a "good guy"
Before I talk about Happy Chaos and the song in context (because this is gonna be a DOOZY) I wanna talk about the vocalist of this song first cuz you mentioned recognizing his name at the end. Naoki Hashimoto does ALL of the male vocals in Guilty Gear with the exclusion of a small number of backing vocals in Love the Subhuman Self, whose leading vocals are sung by GGs main female vocalist Aisha. Aisha and Naoki both, more than being singers, are such character actors in their songs. Every song that's meant to be from the point of view of the character of the song FEELS like it's the character singing because of how incredible both their vocal performances are. Naoki is the lead singer of a Japanese band called Outrage, but the band funnily enough was referenced in the series before Naokis involvement via a legendary weapon known as the Outrage. There are so many aspects to Happy Chaos, so many angles to his character that it's really difficult to paint the full picture, evidenced by the fact that me trying to formulate this comment in my head resulted in me realising some new things about him, and I think it's all intentional. Before he was Happy Chaos he was known as the Original, the man who discovered magic and an alternate dimension called the backyard that dictates fate itself. He taught magic to the Apostles who went on to teach it to humanity during its darkest hour. Asuka also learned from the Original. He also created a robot called the Universal Will and tasked it with ensuring a perfect future for humanity, however the robot, to put it bluntly, turned evil. From this point, 200 years pass where almost nothing about the Originals actions and whereabouts are known, until the Universal Will is defeated and a couple weeks later I-No just, pulls Happy Chaos out of the robot somehow? He then goes along with I-Nos plan to have her powers, which he stole from her at some point in the past, returned to her to make her godlike, and that's basically the plot of Strive for him. Happy Chaos is a pure being filled with all the worlds knowledge to the point where right and wrong have become meaningless. To put it bluntly he sees things as existing as a means to an end. The chicken exists to lay the egg, and the egg exists to be made into an omelete. He exists to make I-No a God and fulfill her dreams, as well as generally just stir the pot in order to cause interesting things to happen in order to entertain him. In order to create the strongest shield, he becomes the strongest sword in order to justify the shields existence. These are analogies HE HIMSELF has laid out throughout Strives story. In terms of Drift, the lyrics cover the philosophies that I just laid out, but also touches on just how mysterious it is that 200 years worth of this characters life are just unknown. The only source for anything from that period is his own vague word and whatever humanity's collective minds can theorize up. "100 mouths speak of me, a hundred of me will be born" in my opinion refers to how many events in the lore may or may not be attributable to him, and how the murkiness of it all leads to many different possible interpretations on what he is in the eyes of the other characters in the story. He's the cause of virtually everything in the series, but to what extent *really*? At some point it makes you wonder how people's perceptions of him make him feel. He might not actually care, but the lyrics of the song really make it feel like he might of some level. At the end of the day tho what he fights for is the progression of history and of humanity, and making things interesting, which in itself makes him very interesting and a very entertaining villain who might even be redeemable despite his undeniable sins. Oh also this guy has been menacing the competitive scene since he was added to the game lol. He was *just* finally recently, meaningfully tuned down in the latest version, but for years he played a very exhausting game of red-light-green-light using his gun, mixed with very formidable close quarters combat. The latest patch tonned down his ability to keep people at a distance by shooting his gun but his offense and unique traits are still there, and they made him easier to control in exchange a couple updates ago. Personally I think his gameplay is interesting to watch but a lot of people have grown to hate him. Almost nobody will deny tho that his design and story are pretty peak.
In Strive, Happy Chaos (think Mr. Manhattan on the scale of omnipotence) plays the role of the “designated villain”, literally in all senses: both from a narrative standpoint, and from his interactions with other characters, at times as if he’s some sort of director and/or method actor. The fact that such an omnipotent being (because let’s be fair - he wasn’t human for quite a long while due to an “incident” in his backstory), which can disintegrate someone with a snap of fingers, in the _fighting game_ proper fights _with a gun_ (and quite clumsily at that), adds flair to character.
Happy Chaos: A literal God who got bored, and has no real ambitions or goals of his own, so he instead spends his time feeding the ambitions of others and causing as much Chaos along the way as he can. As is heard in the orchestral part of his theme, he believes "When the violent storm is over, the blue sky is more beautiful than ever." He believes that the best stories are ones where the stakes are high and everything's on the line, because when it's over, and the heroes win, the victory is so much more sweet. He's not a good person, but he's not a villain, either. He writes a story, an ordeal for the world to go through to add drama and excitement to the boring tedium the world finds itself in, and writes himself a role to play in it to keep himself from getting bored. He plays that role, and watches the story play out, with the metaphorical popcorn at his side. This is shown through his theme - a chaotic, nonsensical mess of genres and lyrics that although chaotic and all over the place just sound... Right. Despite the apparent chaos of the song, everything fits just how it should, somehow. "I am whatever you see or feel me to be. I could be anything you like, or nothing at all. But... I do exist."
Hi Tony, I would suggest you to listen to ' Heartful Cry ' from Persona 3 FES, as I know you've reacted before to some of the Persona tracks, it's much older than Persona 5's tracks but I think it's so worth a listen. Persona 3 is a game with many songs I'm sure you'd enjoy!
That is a very long story. I should do a video on that tbh. I started guitar in middle school and joined jazz band in hs. Joined marching band in college and that pushed me to march in drumcorps. Then I became a music major and earned my undergraduate and masters. Tons of performing variety and lots of teaching. Performed globally for a few years and then taught hs band for 11 years. Also been in the Seahawks Drumline for 13 seasons. Lots of projects in-between all of the previous listed. Too many for a TH-cam comment
you really should make a vid abt it! even if its not ur main content i think its cool to hear about all this history w/ music, and your path sounds a lot like my marching band friend@@DrumRollTonyReacts
Hey, I think it would be great if you would take a look at some of TUYU's songs - you'd probably like them, with all their bpm changes, chaotic staccato and other parts. You could consider If There Was An Endpoint, Under Kids or I'm Getting On a Bus to Another World - see ya!
So uhm.. Guilty Gear reintroduced my personal favourite character Elphelt, her third~ish incarnation. I'd love to see your reaction to her theme and what you make of it, it's always so interesting to see how clear the music manages to convey the characters and their motivations to someone essentially blind.
I dont think we can top this?????
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i really want to recomend another guilty gear song called Mirror of the World, its the theme song of Baiken, my main ^^
drift is such a good theme for it's character, happy chaos. you can go down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole with his lore and story, even his psychology is interesting.
@@hissraxthegreat6189 Saaame
You dont know how excited i was when this popped up in my reccomended page. Been wanting you to react to this forever! Without a doubt my favorite song from any game.
If you don't like what you're hearing during Drift, just wait 20 seconds and you'll have a new song.
but if you like it, l ratio, since it only lasts like 10 seconds
Bro I’m dead
@@bungerthatoneguy and then we forget about it in 2 seconds...
@@austinmartinez5695 that's about it
@@austinmartinez5695 that's about it huh
16:45
PLEASE DON'T STOP THE FLOW
Narrator: "He stopped the flow"
I love how he reaction was basically like "pause... what... the... f-"
14:40 "Have we seen everything drift has to offer?" 😆
"Does he know?"
@@feperlikepepper he did in fact NOT know
A little bit of characterization of Happy Chaos for you:
He like to stir the pot of humanity because he likes stories and drama. He'll play parts of said stories to get the outcomes he desires, the best depiction of this is a few of his quotes.
"The shield would not exist without the sword" and "Which came first the chicken or the egg? The omelet." He'll be the sword so the shield can exist, he'll be the chicken or the egg. The lyrics at 16:10 reflect this.
Also fun fact, while being the creator is what is essentially magic in the Guilty Gear universe, he fights with guns. One being a magic cosmic space gun that only a grand total of 5 exist in the entire universe of GG, the other being an exact replica of the other one but is just a regular ass revolver. He fights with the regular one and only pulling out the magic one while doing specials.
"Here i have one of the most op guns in verse, and here i have an exact nerf gun replica compared to it which is essentially just a normal gun. I choose the normal gun"
@@w1nther930
And the cherry on top is that he does that because if he fought with magic, which he is essentially a progenitor of in GG world, it'd be too boring because he'll bend everyone too easily.
Dude had to nerf himself *twice* to give everyone else a fighting chance
@@eViLPaCccand he is still top tier. What a man!
@@eViLPaCcc even in gameplay he limiting himself. We need to maintain three points for his gun ability; concentration, bullet, and accuracy. While he basically can shoot anytime and anywhere, if one of that three point is bad, he'll be terrible
And the other funny thing is that he KNOWS where they are, he just doesn't really want to get them.
10:49 funny enough I actually do something similar in my English class. I've given students the lyrics to this song and ask them to try and discern the tone and genre without the music. It's a really fun thought exercise.
That's a great exercise
What are their reactions when you let them hear that the correct answer is that the tone and genre are "chaos"?
As someone who comes here for the variety, someone that has never played this game, this was a pleasant experience. That shift near the end was a thing of beauty.
Yeah the way it transitions into such a heartfelt orchestral+operatic musical style of composition is wild lmao. It really fits happy chaos.
Try listening to Baikens theme- Mirror of the World. It’s equally as good as drift
The OST definitely has bangers for this game.
But Drift is oddly amazing. I don’t understand why it works.
nice pfp, jared a goat
@jeffshittles3664 you are the first person in YT comments to notice.
Some music reactions can get boring, because they're just the person listening to the song and that's it. While I get that some people might like that, for a song I've already heard PLENTY of times, this type of reaction is FAR more enjoyable, I really feel like I'm watching someone react to each little meaningful section in real time, which in the end, is what I came to watch.
TL;DR, good vid, I liked it
This is how one is supposed to do it. The others are folks just trying to pull views tbh
a channel id like to reccomend is macromeatball, he does reactions and music breakdowns on video game ost's (he just did extras recently)
My favorite bit of the song is how the ending is just the song trying to start again. Really goes along with the lyrics of "I don't want any conclusions" and "please don't stop the flow". It's a song that just never wants to stop and constantly keeps evolving into something else, but even when it has to end it keeps going as if a 3rd verse is about to drop, but all things come to an end.
There's so many ways to view this song and interpret it. Never thought of that one before, it's a song that never wants to end and I never want it to end either lol.
Finally more Guilty Gear Strive, can't get enough of these
You would actually be faithful to Guilty Gear music by comparing it, Daisuke Ishiwatari takes A LOT of inspiration from western 90s and 2000s rock and metal, so you’ll find he makes a lot of direct motifs to specific songs (If it sounds like another song it’s definitely intentional)
yup, specially recently with Elphelt's theme he just made some of them as clear as day (All I want for Christmas is you, Amazing Grace, and a couple more I cant remember off the top of my head)
@@EzKay_PX Someone mentioned the drum beat after the second chorus and before the bridge sounds like “Smooth Criminal”
Trigger is based on sabotage from the Beastie Boys
Sol Badguy, real name Frederick Bulsara, and having his theme in Strive have strong Queen influence is just one of the DOZENS of references. Its one of my favorite things about the series
Jack-o’s theme is literally just don’t stop me now and I love it
Tge song is really good because it basically portrays how Happy Chaos has no real goal or ambition and that he just goes with the flow of what's happening, creating more chaos while enjoying his time. He got the gift of life due to the death of an earlier evil and reincarnated, so he's enjoying his free time, tagging along with the main villain Ino and cracking jokes along the way while being one of the most wanted terrorists
That third verse really make the chorus hit SO much harder. That last "please dont stop the flow" feels like an acceptance of a role right before barreling straight through to the unknown to me. With him fully committing to the bit, being "a vast universe" rather than "just the black sea". Its describing the same thing but suddenly theres so much more detail put into it, quite literally understanding your place in the universe and appreciating it for what it is.
Damn, It was my go-to song (as well as other guilty gear stuff) and I never even thought about the title being in context of drifting on car. When I saw the title for the first time, while haven't even listened to the song yet, I (for some reason) knew it was about drifting on a raft at the sea
The song reflects the character fairly well. Happy Chaos was once a magician of sorts, who through research found out the secret of the universe - and it broke him. That's what the opening lyrics are about "It took me ten years to find the answers to something | I forgot about it in two seconds | That's about it"
From there it describes his view of the world (both in lyrics and instrumentation) - he thinks everything is beautiful, and his moral compass is on some axis that a normal human can't comprehend. Hence his name, 'Happy Chaos'.
Which is also very funny because he just heard the name and went "damn, that fits me so well, I'm using it, fuck that other person" like bro didn't care if it caused confusion at all.
You might be the most communicative video maker there is. I often feel bad watching reaction content, where i just want someone to tell me how great the thing is that i like. Not only do you obviously have a lot experience in music, you also express your thought process so precisely, its just so cool man.
no one can hate this
18:42 PLEASE DON'T STOOOOP TH- *stops the flow*
😅😅😅😅🛑
Context: Happy Chaos lives for The Drama (tm). In his words, he 'stirs the pot so the pudding doesn't burn'. He's a phenomenally powerful mage, the oldest and most powerful, actually. Also he fused half of God's "divinity" with himself. In doing so, he was granted essentially omniscience / too much knowledge, which supposedly drove him mad (by causing him to view humanity as a whole entity rather than as individuals). As a result, he's kinda... a trickster god?
Anyways. Meta-context: Daisuke absolutely LOVES Queen. Happy Chaos is ultimately an embodiment of Freddie Mercury's final sentiments about his music and legacy - 'do whatever you want with it, just don't make it boring'.
FINALLY...
Now all we need is Mirror of the World and The Gravity and he's essentially got the best of the best of strive.
Let me carve your way tho
@@yuomovaeh3028 damn I completely forgot he hadn't done that one yet.
@@HonkshuHardy He also has Alone Infection to listen, though honestly at this point he should listen to the entire OST, since he seems to enjoy them a lot.
@@gfhhfgZalone infection is my personal fav. The doc deserves a rest
I remember when Mirror of the World dropped and one of the comments was like
"The heck is the bassist playing, a diesel engine?"
It's so low and chunky and I love it.
Its time!! The time has finally come for the “Drift” song🤩
Can’t wait to see you what you think about it.
I absolutely love watching musicians react to this one, it's such an amazing song
I had a feeling this would be a long video lol. Song is all over the place and it's great.
I remember being blown away by this the first time I heard it. It's so chaotic! (how fitting)
From what I understand, Happy Chaos is a guy who basically creates problems because he likes to see people overcome them. (I could be wrong.)
Youre very right with that Happy Chaos description
Nah that's about as succinct as you can make his character, you got it
No you're right. He intentionally creates conflicts so that humanity can overcome them.
"When the violent storm is over. The blue sky is more beautiful than ever. You see, I want that. I want that. That's all I want."
Wow this music comes with a free album and the album comes with a free game
My favorite part of this song is that the lyrics describe the characters backstory, but it also is a discussion and parody of the song itself. It truly feels like you're listening to the character having an internal discussion with himself. As someone who loves when songs break traditional conventions, this song is just truly so special and unique.
im not gonna lie, ive learned about, and grown to enjoy many songs and types of music that i probably would NEVER have heard if it weren't for this channel, and i learn about music at the same time, and even if neither of those is true its always fun to watch someone who is passionate about something talk about it.
Happy Chaos's theme is just as you said: happy chaos lol
Eventually you'll get to hear Extras and I can't wait
i wonder what it would take to perform that song live without any like premade recordings playing
I’ve seen some people affectionately refer to the ending operatic section as the “Disney princess part”
Tbh, Drift is such a random song even its starting lyrics dissipate any possible expectations you may have had for it from the get-go. Such a uniquely fitting song for Happy Chaos.
Thanks for covering it.
a little more context for people who don't know the gg lore, although i guess mostly gg fans are watching this video: Happy Chaos is basically someone who became all knowing and all powerful and got bored of everything, so he decided "fuck it, imma just go with the flow", he does't have anything important for him as what he likes and dislikes are constantly changing, for example it is stated that he currently likes a toy jewel that he found somewhere, for no apparent reason, he can teleport anywhere in an but prefers to drive a car instead, he is the most powerful magic user in the world but uses guns because fighting with magic would be too boring, he also stole the jacket he wears from some dude in the white house. plus since he only finds entertainment in real events, he shakes things up creating conflict for his amusement and to make mankind grow and evolve (when the violent storm is over the blue sky is more beautiful than ever),while filling the missing roles with himself, like when the main villain explained her plan and he went like: " yeah don't care but I will help you cause it sounds fun ".
tl;dr goofy ahh war criminal
daisuke fucking cooks
No judgement for comparing these songs to other bands! Daisuke Ishiwatari, the Director/Composer/Writer/Illustrator/Former Voice Actor for the series, is a MASSIVE rock and metal enthusiast, making the vast majority of the elements of the game references to rock and metal, from the names to the music to the aesthetic designs of the characters. You see Happy Chaos’s wide smile and funky glasses? Nirvana reference. Sol Badguy? His real name is Frederick Bulsara. Axl Low’s first theme literally took the riff from a Guns N Roses song. Daisuke basically is making this with the expectation of comparisons to other work and telling us “yeah, okay, then name every reference you can find.”
Ahhhhh another fantastic insight video from my favourite music teacher and TH-cam celeb - thanks for the trip, Tony 😊
I think you might find Baiken's theme is a close contender for the throne of "Most Artistic Guilty Gear Song"🤘🏼
Really happy you enjoyed this song. This was one of my favorite ones from Guilty Gear Strive because of how fun it is. It also trully pulled me into the game and introduced the fighting game genre to me. Happy Chaos is also a really fascinating character to me and how he thinks.
Nothing better than seeing you pause so much cause even thoigh you wanna stop so the vid isnt so long youre just actually interested in breaking down what you heard and it makes your vids way better than just watching someone listen to a song i like (which btw im so glad you liked it cause it is my favorite from the soundtrack)
oh boy... here we go.
Happy Chaos is a moniker he took on, his actual "name" is That Man, distinct from That Man, a moniker taken on by Asuka R. Kreutz. ...oh no I've gone cross eyed thinking about all the context.
Love the Guilty Gear reacts, I feel like you pause and talk about things at all the moments I want you to!
HERE WE GO, REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS ONE
I've played a ton of old GG but I've totally discovered the Strive OST through you and it's amazing, so unique and fun. Thanks for doing what you do
-sees 20 minute video upload
"Oh, i wonder which..."
-its drift
"Ah, that explains it."
YESSSS I'd been looking forward to this one! Drift is such a fun song from beginning to end!
I hope you do Freesia. An amazing rock ballet and honestly a beautiful song.
Happy Chaos unironically by definition is a Disney princess! And the ballad portion is his Disney princess moment lol
i love drift so much
I'd love to see you do a pull apart like you mention and analyze the separated pieces as what you would do as a musician if you were given this material.
Let's go was hoping you'd get to this one now I gotta stay awake for 2 more hours but it's definitely worth
Might be biased but GGST has one of the best osts in any game period
I love this song! Awesome to have you react to it!
Haha! This song is so goofy and fun to listen to, it is easily a theme of happy chaos lol
These tracks can be so overwhelming for me sometimes so it's nice to have a breakdown of what's actually going on
20:09 what a compliment XD
I love Drift because it's so unique, I don't think I've ever heard a song that shifted so many times and still sounded amazing.
I love how this song is just a fusion LP speedrun
A minute and a half before Tony started wondering where exactly this was going. I've been looking forward to seeing him cover this one for a while.
This one was one of my favorites of your Guilty Geear vids
You definitely need to react to Extras (Elphelt Theme)
well happy chaos did say "you can see me as what ever you want me to be" so i think in his book that he there a need to be a "bad guy" he be a "bad guy" and the same if there need of a "good guy"
Before I talk about Happy Chaos and the song in context (because this is gonna be a DOOZY) I wanna talk about the vocalist of this song first cuz you mentioned recognizing his name at the end. Naoki Hashimoto does ALL of the male vocals in Guilty Gear with the exclusion of a small number of backing vocals in Love the Subhuman Self, whose leading vocals are sung by GGs main female vocalist Aisha. Aisha and Naoki both, more than being singers, are such character actors in their songs. Every song that's meant to be from the point of view of the character of the song FEELS like it's the character singing because of how incredible both their vocal performances are. Naoki is the lead singer of a Japanese band called Outrage, but the band funnily enough was referenced in the series before Naokis involvement via a legendary weapon known as the Outrage.
There are so many aspects to Happy Chaos, so many angles to his character that it's really difficult to paint the full picture, evidenced by the fact that me trying to formulate this comment in my head resulted in me realising some new things about him, and I think it's all intentional. Before he was Happy Chaos he was known as the Original, the man who discovered magic and an alternate dimension called the backyard that dictates fate itself. He taught magic to the Apostles who went on to teach it to humanity during its darkest hour. Asuka also learned from the Original. He also created a robot called the Universal Will and tasked it with ensuring a perfect future for humanity, however the robot, to put it bluntly, turned evil. From this point, 200 years pass where almost nothing about the Originals actions and whereabouts are known, until the Universal Will is defeated and a couple weeks later I-No just, pulls Happy Chaos out of the robot somehow? He then goes along with I-Nos plan to have her powers, which he stole from her at some point in the past, returned to her to make her godlike, and that's basically the plot of Strive for him. Happy Chaos is a pure being filled with all the worlds knowledge to the point where right and wrong have become meaningless. To put it bluntly he sees things as existing as a means to an end. The chicken exists to lay the egg, and the egg exists to be made into an omelete. He exists to make I-No a God and fulfill her dreams, as well as generally just stir the pot in order to cause interesting things to happen in order to entertain him. In order to create the strongest shield, he becomes the strongest sword in order to justify the shields existence. These are analogies HE HIMSELF has laid out throughout Strives story. In terms of Drift, the lyrics cover the philosophies that I just laid out, but also touches on just how mysterious it is that 200 years worth of this characters life are just unknown. The only source for anything from that period is his own vague word and whatever humanity's collective minds can theorize up. "100 mouths speak of me, a hundred of me will be born" in my opinion refers to how many events in the lore may or may not be attributable to him, and how the murkiness of it all leads to many different possible interpretations on what he is in the eyes of the other characters in the story. He's the cause of virtually everything in the series, but to what extent *really*? At some point it makes you wonder how people's perceptions of him make him feel. He might not actually care, but the lyrics of the song really make it feel like he might of some level. At the end of the day tho what he fights for is the progression of history and of humanity, and making things interesting, which in itself makes him very interesting and a very entertaining villain who might even be redeemable despite his undeniable sins.
Oh also this guy has been menacing the competitive scene since he was added to the game lol. He was *just* finally recently, meaningfully tuned down in the latest version, but for years he played a very exhausting game of red-light-green-light using his gun, mixed with very formidable close quarters combat. The latest patch tonned down his ability to keep people at a distance by shooting his gun but his offense and unique traits are still there, and they made him easier to control in exchange a couple updates ago. Personally I think his gameplay is interesting to watch but a lot of people have grown to hate him. Almost nobody will deny tho that his design and story are pretty peak.
almost every vocal of Guilty Gear Strive songs was done by Naoki Hashimoto
it took me 10 years to figure out the genre of this song, I forgot about it in 2 seconds
WHAT I'LL BE SLEEPING WHEN THIS GOES LIVE THIS IS UNFAIR
*PLEASE DONT STOP THE FLOOOOOOW*
LETS GOOOOOOO
YOOO MORE STRIVE
In Strive, Happy Chaos (think Mr. Manhattan on the scale of omnipotence) plays the role of the “designated villain”, literally in all senses: both from a narrative standpoint, and from his interactions with other characters, at times as if he’s some sort of director and/or method actor. The fact that such an omnipotent being (because let’s be fair - he wasn’t human for quite a long while due to an “incident” in his backstory), which can disintegrate someone with a snap of fingers, in the _fighting game_ proper fights _with a gun_ (and quite clumsily at that), adds flair to character.
Good video! Also where is the Sleep Toke ii Drumeo video?
The community has collectively dubbed the part you accurately compared to musical theater as "the Disney princess part" 😂
This song gives me flashbacks
Truly happy chaos has the greatest Disney princess theme of all time 😂
happy chaos's theme is just that happy chaos
this ost is really good
15:52 Happy chaos is my favorite Disney princess
Lads we did. He finally did
Happy Chaos: A literal God who got bored, and has no real ambitions or goals of his own, so he instead spends his time feeding the ambitions of others and causing as much Chaos along the way as he can. As is heard in the orchestral part of his theme, he believes "When the violent storm is over, the blue sky is more beautiful than ever." He believes that the best stories are ones where the stakes are high and everything's on the line, because when it's over, and the heroes win, the victory is so much more sweet.
He's not a good person, but he's not a villain, either. He writes a story, an ordeal for the world to go through to add drama and excitement to the boring tedium the world finds itself in, and writes himself a role to play in it to keep himself from getting bored. He plays that role, and watches the story play out, with the metaphorical popcorn at his side. This is shown through his theme - a chaotic, nonsensical mess of genres and lyrics that although chaotic and all over the place just sound... Right. Despite the apparent chaos of the song, everything fits just how it should, somehow.
"I am whatever you see or feel me to be. I could be anything you like, or nothing at all. But... I do exist."
Try "extras" you need "buckle up" because there is roller coaster of music there
This song is truly Happy Chaos
Happy chaos and drift was the reason I wanted to play guilty gear strive
The operatic/musical theatre portion of the song is lovingly referred to as 'the Disney part' by the GG community
YES LET ME CARVE YOUR WAY NEXT PLEASE, ITS SO WILD
yes please!
You know it’s gonna be a good video when it’s 4 times the length of the song
Lore and theme wise dude is easily in my top 5 for gg 🤣
Can't wait till Elphelt's theme "Extras" reaction...
"will there be more evolution or changes or have we established everything" Ohhh he doesnt know about the Disney princess part LFMAO
The day of reckoning has finally come
You should definitely listen to love the subhuman self it's imo one of the best ost's in the game
naoki does almost all of the vocals for guilty gear songs
Just wait until he hears the last 1 minute and 20 seconds of Let Me Carve Your Way
You should react to some of the stuff Motoi Sakuraba did! Especially his work in Dark Souls.
Hi Tony, I would suggest you to listen to ' Heartful Cry ' from Persona 3 FES, as I know you've reacted before to some of the Persona tracks, it's much older than Persona 5's tracks but I think it's so worth a listen. Persona 3 is a game with many songs I'm sure you'd enjoy!
Finally
Def recommend freesia, one of the best songs imo
Not sure if you've done this already or hear it all the time but please listen to the beastars op 1 (wildside by ALI).
You gotta react to an Attack on Titan soundtrack called AOTF-s2, it’s a more conventional remix of the Levi vs Female Titan theme and it goes hard
drumrolltony, how did you first get into music analysis and directing and stuff?
That is a very long story. I should do a video on that tbh. I started guitar in middle school and joined jazz band in hs. Joined marching band in college and that pushed me to march in drumcorps. Then I became a music major and earned my undergraduate and masters. Tons of performing variety and lots of teaching. Performed globally for a few years and then taught hs band for 11 years. Also been in the Seahawks Drumline for 13 seasons. Lots of projects in-between all of the previous listed. Too many for a TH-cam comment
you really should make a vid abt it! even if its not ur main content i think its cool to hear about all this history w/ music, and your path sounds a lot like my marching band friend@@DrumRollTonyReacts
If you're looking for another guilty gear song to listen to, freesia is a great one
the song is called drift but honestly the song shouldve just been called Happy Chaos lol
Hey, I think it would be great if you would take a look at some of TUYU's songs - you'd probably like them, with all their bpm changes, chaotic staccato and other parts. You could consider If There Was An Endpoint, Under Kids or I'm Getting On a Bus to Another World - see ya!
So uhm.. Guilty Gear reintroduced my personal favourite character Elphelt, her third~ish incarnation. I'd love to see your reaction to her theme and what you make of it, it's always so interesting to see how clear the music manages to convey the characters and their motivations to someone essentially blind.
You must react to broken games by fzmz it's such an amazing opening