She actually is English speaker. She doesn't know much Japanese but still had the balls to make this in Japanese for her company. She's a great vtuber with a great voice. And as someone else said. Q is a must watch
Gura is a natural mimic. She can reproduce sounds and inflections in almost any language, not just Japanese. She also is blessed with a good voice for singing.
First time seeing the fanmade mv, but the official video does come with a full translation in the CC though, so I definitely recommend checking that out.
The first and last lines are Greek. And yes she is indeed a shark girl from Atlantis. Oh and the video is fanmade there is no official MV for this song yet. The orginal has great subtitles and the song has a deep meaning.
What I find funny is that Gawr Gura is actually a native English speaker(pretty sure she is American), and doesn’t know much Japanese, she learns how to pronounce the words. She even sang in Indonesian for for one of the IN branch( Hololive’s Indonesian Branch) members.
This song is about her "previous life" (the character she used to play before she joined Hololive as Gawr Gura) and reconciling who she was then with who she is now and saying goodbye to her past while acknowledging that she's where she is now because of who she was, even if she looks back and doesn't particularly like who she was then.
Your correct she went for a Jaws vibe for the beat, Gawr Gura is a Shark from Atlantis so the opening and closing lines are in Greek which the Atlantians spoke. Theres only 1 of her the picture of 2 will become obvious when you think about the songs name "Reflect" that should give you an idea on what its about.
Def watch this again with the captions on, idk if the fanmade one has subs in english but I know the original one does. Also this isnt a duo, its both sides of gura, her evil side and her normal side. Its based on her lore and who she used to be, this was a very personal song for gura and its literally a reflection on her life from before and after joining hololive. Shes a smol shork from Atlantis.
BTW, an official MV came out a little while ago, you could go check that out. It's funny hearing you say "It's a cute song," but the lyrics, man. They play on the somewhat cutesy backdrop the song plays to. "A life of no transparency is so much more smooth" being one of those translated lines, for instance. Also, if you like songs that incorporate both Japanese AND English, a Gen-mate of Gura's, whose called Calliope Mori, does that very, very often. She's a rapper at heart and she's really, really good at it. I just got to the part where you said you don't like reacting to lyrics, but as others have said, for this song in particular, that's part of the 'vibe.' Not necessarily rhyme schemes or anything, but what the words are conveying. Again, as others have said, this is a very, very personal song to Gura as she 'reflects' on her past and her journey as a vtuber up until the point the song came out (which was right around her "birthday" as well). The same with is with Calli. You don't really need to react to the rhyme schemes (though she's a master lyricist), but her songs hold so much meaning to them it's a crime ot not look at any part that's in Japanese without knowing what's being said. I just noticed you had one that was a month before this that was Calli's first rap. My personal favourite is "The Grim Reaper is a Live Streamer" and one of her more recent ones, "Mera Mera." Their group song, "Journey A Thousand Years" is really good, too. "Q" and their cover of "King" are great, too. Their cover of "King" is one of the more unique ones, and definitely the one that took it the most fun direction. And as I type that I see you reacted to King already too xD
So Gawr Gura well first of Gura is her first name . Gawr Gura is a VTuber. VTubers are streamers who use animated avatars. Gawr Gura has the most Subscribed VTuber on the internet. Gura isn’t Japanese I think she is American but Gura's lore is that she is a shark human from Atlantis. she’s not fluent in Japanese but is good practicing singing Japanese songs. Gawr Gura is her animated Avatar name not the person voicing Gura. I do recommend going to the original song on Gura’s channel that’s where can read the captions/subtitles. Before Gawr Gura was a thing she had a deferent persona before joining Hololive. She was pretty well known in the otaku meme culture. Gawr Gura showed up after finding pretty decent success in a previous life -- only to suddenly have the eyes of literally the entire otaku world, expecially western fans, on her. Her mix of troll, cute art, and self awareness coupled with hololive always meant she was going to go somewhere, but we know (from everyone involved in hololive-en who's talked about it) no one had any idea how big it was going to be... a lot of her more hardcore fans kept trying to bring her old personality out and bring some of the "old" character to the surface... and for the most part, I think this song kind of acknowledges the point that she was more free before becoming Gura, just a shark girl who lives a insular life being professional and cute gamer... but also tells the audience that she didn't really like the old her in it's entirety either, so while there was no lies or pretend in the past self, there was also no truth either... that as no more the 'real' her then any other face she puts on to the world so she gets to control who she is. Gura is such a troll and a memelord, she is also a bit of a cultured individual. The song REFLECT has so much meaning to Gura and her life. I do recommend checking out her song and read the subtitles in her channel. Since the video you saw was fanmade of MV it wouldn't have subtitles except the the English parts. If you do check out the original song from Gura's channel I do recommend checking out Deep dive analysis on Gura's REFLECT by ROARTHERAPPER or roar
@@Mattables Same as these - music videos, though like Calli and Gura, they do also stream. Calli and Gura are from Hololive's English branch, and Hoshimachi Suisei, Tokoyami Towa, and Nekomata Okayu are three excellent singers from the Japanese branch (though they're certainly not the only ones). I know that probably sounds weird and confusing from an outside perspective, but I can point you to 3 songs that I feel are a decent starting point for this music side of the Hololive rabbit hole: Hoshimachi Suisei - Next Color Planet Tokoyami Towa - Error Nekomata Okayu - Lost Petri
She's actually the first Vtuber(ever, I believe) to reach 1 million subs. She was definitely the 1st one who was a part of one of the big Vtuber companies(Hololive and Nijisanji) to reach that milestone. It was by a wild margin too, I think. Like 200k between her and the next girl. And it was still in her first year as well I believe. She is a force of nature, and best shark.
Hyakumantenbara Salome (Nijisanji) was fastest with 1 mil at 13 days after debut, Gawr Gura (Hololive EN) is second fastest at 40 days after debut, Kobo Kanaeru (Hololive ID) is third fastest at 105 days after debut. Gawr Gura retains the title of Vtuber with the most subscribers, however, at 4.06 Million subscribers currently
Fun Shark Fact, Gura actually wrote the english parts of the song. As oithers hae already pointed out, Gura is a native english speaker. Her ability to pronounce Japanese words so well can be misleading. I think she is the type of person who can receate sounds exactly as she heard them if she knows how it was it was done/ said. Now I'd recommend listening to the official Music video video.
Yay Gura!!!!! Yes the language in the opening and ended is Atlantean since Gura is from Atlantis. Also the reasoning of the two Guras is a play on her "good side" vs her "evil side". And you're right about the Jaws vibe to it since it fits her character, being a shark and whatnot.
It's Ancient Greek. We actually don't know what language they would've spoken in Atlantis, but it would've probably been closer to Ancient Egyptian since, according to Plato, the story of Atlantis originally came from an Egyptian temple.
Gawr Gura is one person. Her name is a play on the Japanese pronunciations of Roar and Growl. She is a quick witted sweetheart with a sharp tongue. This song is a self reflection (anong other things) of who she is and how she deals with her past feelings.
I just wanna say something about the stuff you talk about at around 8:17 I found your reaction to one of callis song yesterday and what i really enjoy is that the way you talk about the song but mostly how you are just vibing and feeling the soings. it makes me smile so much :D
By the way... Gura is an English speaker primarily, and is learning Japanese; so her singing full songs in Japanese is actually a nod to her Japanese fans more than the reverse. XD
To be fair, today there is an original music video. The furst and last sentences of the song are greek. Because... Why not. The writing they are in refers to the ancient Greece. So like... About 4000 years ago. If you would look up these sentences, you would find more infos
not sure about the fanmade.. but the original has a subtitles.. :D which are pretty important.. atleast to me :D you are just watching a fanmade video and listening to her beautiful voice :/ :D
In a way, it's sort of sad that this song was so phenomenally great, because it's Gura's first original song, and she hasn't followed it with anything else in a LONG time. It gives me the impression that she feels like she needs to either come out with something just as good, or better, and she's in a rut because of that.
irish gaelige. SeoLinn - Oro german. Adel Tavil - Lieder definitely read the translated lyrics afterwards, if you do choose to check them out. they have a lot of meaning and history to them
If you can't call gura It's okay to just call her Shark by her name.welcome in hololive both vtuber The place You can add to your playlist vtuber React's playlist
Should have watched the original to number one support the original creator and also so you could have watched with subtitles so know what she’s saying
Some recomandation. Wolf totem from The Hu. In mongolian. th-cam.com/video/jM8dCGIm6yc/w-d-xo.html Kai Tangata from ALIEN WEAPONRY , in maori. th-cam.com/video/5kwIkF6LFDc/w-d-xo.html
Hmm... My comment seems to have gone poof, must be the youtube gremlins again. But since you explained not wanting to fuss over lyrics, I instead come bearing gifts in the form of Tsunomaki Watame's original songs. th-cam.com/play/PLZ34fLWik_iBK39rTWRAs_G93pnUW3K-7.html All her songs are super good, but my personal favorite is prolly mayday,mayday. She's a sheepgirl and bard from Hololive, and prolly one of the fluffiest and sweetest personalities around.
Your are pausing the song at really bad spots Gwar's line s really need to be played in their entirety. Gura is the main personality and Gwar is the pure predator. To me there is at least some self hate between the two sides of Gwae Gura. Lastly there is an official music video of this.
"I want to be inclusive to other cultures! I am going to do this by showing the world I am an ignorant fool by choosing an American for an international show!"
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She actually is English speaker. She doesn't know much Japanese but still had the balls to make this in Japanese for her company. She's a great vtuber with a great voice. And as someone else said. Q is a must watch
OH thats sick!!
Also the first and last bit is Greek which is cool as well. Just some extra info to enjoy lol
She's good at singing in Japanese though. She sings a lot of Japanese stuff even though she doesn't know the language.
No gura has no balls😭..she is a female😭
Gura is a natural mimic. She can reproduce sounds and inflections in almost any language, not just Japanese. She also is blessed with a good voice for singing.
First time seeing the fanmade mv, but the official video does come with a full translation in the CC though, so I definitely recommend checking that out.
And i found the comment!!
@@Mattables there is an official music video for reflect now th-cam.com/video/nCQ_zZIiGLA/w-d-xo.html
@@Mattables a lot of the Japanese songs or other languages have Closed captions (if it says auto generated turn it off)
The first and last lines are Greek. And yes she is indeed a shark girl from Atlantis. Oh and the video is fanmade there is no official MV for this song yet. The orginal has great subtitles and the song has a deep meaning.
What I find funny is that Gawr Gura is actually a native English speaker(pretty sure she is American), and doesn’t know much Japanese, she learns how to pronounce the words. She even sang in Indonesian for for one of the IN branch( Hololive’s Indonesian Branch) members.
That’s pretty cool!
1 month old comment, but it's ID not IN (Indian) lol
Which ID song did she sing btw? I wanna hear
@@jjQlLlLq yeah typo and it’s Gate:Open start
holoIN?? lmao you drunk
This song is about her "previous life" (the character she used to play before she joined Hololive as Gawr Gura) and reconciling who she was then with who she is now and saying goodbye to her past while acknowledging that she's where she is now because of who she was, even if she looks back and doesn't particularly like who she was then.
Your correct she went for a Jaws vibe for the beat, Gawr Gura is a Shark from Atlantis so the opening and closing lines are in Greek which the Atlantians spoke. Theres only 1 of her the picture of 2 will become obvious when you think about the songs name "Reflect" that should give you an idea on what its about.
Def watch this again with the captions on, idk if the fanmade one has subs in english but I know the original one does. Also this isnt a duo, its both sides of gura, her evil side and her normal side. Its based on her lore and who she used to be, this was a very personal song for gura and its literally a reflection on her life from before and after joining hololive. Shes a smol shork from Atlantis.
BTW, an official MV came out a little while ago, you could go check that out. It's funny hearing you say "It's a cute song," but the lyrics, man. They play on the somewhat cutesy backdrop the song plays to.
"A life of no transparency is so much more smooth" being one of those translated lines, for instance.
Also, if you like songs that incorporate both Japanese AND English, a Gen-mate of Gura's, whose called Calliope Mori, does that very, very often. She's a rapper at heart and she's really, really good at it.
I just got to the part where you said you don't like reacting to lyrics, but as others have said, for this song in particular, that's part of the 'vibe.' Not necessarily rhyme schemes or anything, but what the words are conveying. Again, as others have said, this is a very, very personal song to Gura as she 'reflects' on her past and her journey as a vtuber up until the point the song came out (which was right around her "birthday" as well). The same with is with Calli. You don't really need to react to the rhyme schemes (though she's a master lyricist), but her songs hold so much meaning to them it's a crime ot not look at any part that's in Japanese without knowing what's being said.
I just noticed you had one that was a month before this that was Calli's first rap. My personal favourite is "The Grim Reaper is a Live Streamer" and one of her more recent ones, "Mera Mera." Their group song, "Journey A Thousand Years" is really good, too. "Q" and their cover of "King" are great, too. Their cover of "King" is one of the more unique ones, and definitely the one that took it the most fun direction. And as I type that I see you reacted to King already too xD
So Gawr Gura well first of Gura is her first name . Gawr Gura is a VTuber. VTubers are streamers who use animated avatars. Gawr Gura has the most Subscribed VTuber on the internet. Gura isn’t Japanese I think she is American but Gura's lore is that she is a shark human from Atlantis. she’s not fluent in Japanese but is good practicing singing Japanese songs. Gawr Gura is her animated Avatar name not the person voicing Gura. I do recommend going to the original song on Gura’s channel that’s where can read the captions/subtitles. Before Gawr Gura was a thing she had a deferent persona before joining Hololive. She was pretty well known in the otaku meme culture. Gawr Gura showed up after finding pretty decent success in a previous life -- only to suddenly have the eyes of literally the entire otaku world, expecially western fans, on her. Her mix of troll, cute art, and self awareness coupled with hololive always meant she was going to go somewhere, but we know (from everyone involved in hololive-en who's talked about it) no one had any idea how big it was going to be... a lot of her more hardcore fans kept trying to bring her old personality out and bring some of the "old" character to the surface... and for the most part, I think this song kind of acknowledges the point that she was more free before becoming Gura, just a shark girl who lives a insular life being professional and cute gamer... but also tells the audience that she didn't really like the old her in it's entirety either, so while there was no lies or pretend in the past self, there was also no truth either... that as no more the 'real' her then any other face she puts on to the world so she gets to control who she is. Gura is such a troll and a memelord, she is also a bit of a cultured individual. The song REFLECT has so much meaning to Gura and her life. I do recommend checking out her song and read the subtitles in her channel. Since the video you saw was fanmade of MV it wouldn't have subtitles except the the English parts. If you do check out the original song from Gura's channel I do recommend checking out Deep dive analysis on Gura's REFLECT by ROARTHERAPPER or roar
You should watch some of the actual Japanese Hololive videos lol
Any song by Suisei, Towa, or Okayu is a good start.
lol what are they like? streams?
@@Mattables Same as these - music videos, though like Calli and Gura, they do also stream.
Calli and Gura are from Hololive's English branch, and Hoshimachi Suisei, Tokoyami Towa, and Nekomata Okayu are three excellent singers from the Japanese branch (though they're certainly not the only ones).
I know that probably sounds weird and confusing from an outside perspective, but I can point you to 3 songs that I feel are a decent starting point for this music side of the Hololive rabbit hole:
Hoshimachi Suisei - Next Color Planet
Tokoyami Towa - Error
Nekomata Okayu - Lost Petri
She's actually the first Vtuber(ever, I believe) to reach 1 million subs.
She was definitely the 1st one who was a part of one of the big Vtuber companies(Hololive and Nijisanji) to reach that milestone.
It was by a wild margin too, I think. Like 200k between her and the next girl.
And it was still in her first year as well I believe.
She is a force of nature, and best shark.
Just the first Hololive Member to hit 1 million. She's the first VTuber to hit 3 million, though, as well as the third to hit the 2 Million mark.
She was the quickest to do it in only 40 days
@@0wly Keyword being "was". Someone has beaten her record.
Hyakumantenbara Salome (Nijisanji) was fastest with 1 mil at 13 days after debut, Gawr Gura (Hololive EN) is second fastest at 40 days after debut, Kobo Kanaeru (Hololive ID) is third fastest at 105 days after debut.
Gawr Gura retains the title of Vtuber with the most subscribers, however, at 4.06 Million subscribers currently
Fun Shark Fact, Gura actually wrote the english parts of the song. As oithers hae already pointed out, Gura is a native english speaker. Her ability to pronounce Japanese words so well can be misleading. I think she is the type of person who can receate sounds exactly as she heard them if she knows how it was it was done/ said.
Now I'd recommend listening to the official Music video video.
A good one with a mix of English and Japanese Calliope Mori & Gawr Gura “King” cover is a great song!
Yay Gura!!!!! Yes the language in the opening and ended is Atlantean since Gura is from Atlantis. Also the reasoning of the two Guras is a play on her "good side" vs her "evil side". And you're right about the Jaws vibe to it since it fits her character, being a shark and whatnot.
It's Ancient Greek. We actually don't know what language they would've spoken in Atlantis, but it would've probably been closer to Ancient Egyptian since, according to Plato, the story of Atlantis originally came from an Egyptian temple.
@@attackcrash0787 well, according to the lore of Gura, Atlanteans speak Ancient Greek
for next week: Selphius - Blue Bird german vers.
the fun fact about the MV is that the fan team that made the video just because they're bored
Gawr Gura is one person. Her name is a play on the Japanese pronunciations of Roar and Growl. She is a quick witted sweetheart with a sharp tongue. This song is a self reflection (anong other things) of who she is and how she deals with her past feelings.
I just wanna say something about the stuff you talk about at around 8:17
I found your reaction to one of callis song yesterday and what i really enjoy is that the way you talk about the song but mostly how you are just vibing and feeling the soings. it makes me smile so much :D
You should check out the song Q- By Calliope Mori and Gwar gura. You've heard them both separately but together they are Even better
By the way... Gura is an English speaker primarily, and is learning Japanese; so her singing full songs in Japanese is actually a nod to her Japanese fans more than the reverse. XD
If you wanna go on a journey you should try 'A New Start' by Nanashi Mumei (for an international song).
Had you waited you would have been able to watch the official MV of reflect that she just released today a few hours ago. :D
I heard that came out 😅 gonna have to watch it for myself!
POV he doesnt know anything about Gura and says atlantis in like the first seconds the song starts LMAO
My brother rollin' up here and digging the vibe with no subs and still gets the feels
To be fair, today there is an original music video. The furst and last sentences of the song are greek. Because... Why not. The writing they are in refers to the ancient Greece. So like... About 4000 years ago. If you would look up these sentences, you would find more infos
I hope you got to see the official music video when it came out
Reflection is the name and the song was made that there's 2 but 1 gura. like the red is her evil self and blue is her good self
Based on what you said.... I recommend "Hated by life itself". Or the actual original title "Inochi ni Kirawareteiru", the mafumafu cover
not sure about the fanmade.. but the original has a subtitles.. :D which are pretty important.. atleast to me :D you are just watching a fanmade video and listening to her beautiful voice :/ :D
A month after you released this Gura released an official music video for the song.
u definitely have to listen to zen gunawan the cover of king by kanaria, and the risu's cover too, my top recommendation
In a way, it's sort of sad that this song was so phenomenally great, because it's Gura's first original song, and she hasn't followed it with anything else in a LONG time. It gives me the impression that she feels like she needs to either come out with something just as good, or better, and she's in a rut because of that.
Check out We Are(Ambitions Japan Dome Tour). The song is a mix of Japanese and English. The message of the song and the performance is incredible.
Other than Japanese songs the only songs I know that use words in other languages are religious songs, which use Hebrew
is this the blond version of noble?
irish gaelige. SeoLinn - Oro
german. Adel Tavil - Lieder
definitely read the translated lyrics afterwards, if you do choose to check them out. they have a lot of meaning and history to them
If you can't call gura It's okay to just call her Shark by her name.welcome in hololive both vtuber The place You can add to your playlist vtuber React's playlist
I thought it was Shork? (Short Shark) lol
men i like your reaction to our Gura
next is "compared child" by tuyu
Its spelled "gawr" but its pronounced "gar"
The og video had subtitles
If you want good Japanese music, go with Babymetal. I'd recommend Megitsune, Papaya (which is in Japanese but features a Thai rapper), and BxMxC.
Why did you reacf to fanmaade mv, not original
first!
You have to listen Syudou one time
Should have watched the original to number one support the original creator and also so you could have watched with subtitles so know what she’s saying
Gawr Gura is first and last name
She's a shark vtuber
Some recomandation.
Wolf totem from The Hu. In mongolian.
th-cam.com/video/jM8dCGIm6yc/w-d-xo.html
Kai Tangata from ALIEN WEAPONRY , in maori.
th-cam.com/video/5kwIkF6LFDc/w-d-xo.html
Hmm... My comment seems to have gone poof, must be the youtube gremlins again.
But since you explained not wanting to fuss over lyrics, I instead come bearing gifts in the form of Tsunomaki Watame's original songs.
th-cam.com/play/PLZ34fLWik_iBK39rTWRAs_G93pnUW3K-7.html
All her songs are super good, but my personal favorite is prolly mayday,mayday.
She's a sheepgirl and bard from Hololive, and prolly one of the fluffiest and sweetest personalities around.
No worries! I appreciate the info and recommendation!!
React some suisei hoshimachi songs
Shwabadi speak korean, not japanese :D
I figured I got it wrong lol
Um xqc oh wait want to catch in
Lol I’ve gotten that a few times
Your are pausing the song at really bad spots Gwar's line s really need to be played in their entirety.
Gura is the main personality and Gwar is the pure predator. To me there is at least some self hate between the two sides of Gwae Gura.
Lastly there is an official music video of this.
"I want to be inclusive to other cultures! I am going to do this by showing the world I am an ignorant fool by choosing an American for an international show!"
Feel like a big boy now? Lol