I literally just heard the live version of this song for the first time today, but OMG... it was absolutely beautiful! You are a truly amazing performer and I honestly hope to hear more of your work in the future.
Amanda Achen is an amazing vocalist. Keiko is also an amazing pianist, this song was still impressive but pretty tame as far as her piano skills go, but some of her other performances are insane!
Amanda is a gem to the FFXIV songs! This is a very unique song for a "boss fight" in FFXIV so it was a nice mix up. But I loved the song. "Flow" is her next AMAZING vocal song she did for FFXIV and she does the female vocals in "Footfalls"
13:40 it's terrifying how that image you described is accurate. The main reason it's terrifying is because the "flowers" they are talking to are probably real people they turned into plants XD
What makes this song jarring is context in game. You are fighting a boss... who's inadvertently helping destroy the world. And both her personality and the music are so upbeat and cheerful. It's not a fight to her, you're playing.
So the title of the track is itself a reference, because it's a line from Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The familiars she summons, Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, and Puck, are also servants of Titania from said play. The live version is performed by Amanda Achen, who sings Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and the pianist Keiko.
This is such a weird one and I love that FFXIV has room for this kind of thing. Titania is the king of the fairies, so you are right about the nature connection. and these fairies are proper creepy, presented in all their childlike wonder, fickle playfulness, and terrifying apathy for the lives of mortals. I always felt like this song captures it perfectly.
They're pretty accurate to classical depictions of fairies, before they were disneyfied: Selfish pranksters with no concept of good or bad, and no care for other's lives.
Fairies... The mix between the childhood innocence and the immortals boredom. In my mind, they perfectly understand cycle of life and nature, and that's why, they can't understand their pranks are so dangerous most of time. Fight against boredom, not able to understand what's wrong with their actions because... You see... It's fun ! ^^
In ff xiv Titania is king but in A midsummer's night's dream which is where Titania is ref. from, Titania is queen of the fairies and Oberon is king of the fairies. A bit of a literature knowledge bomb for you ^-^
I was so confused when you heard the original version and the title said something else, but oh lord, to have the difference right there was amazing! Especially for the live version I forgot that Amanda has such a lower register than the original which is very charming in its own way. And of course Keiko on the piano is just *chef's kiss*. Iirc Amanda did get some hate from some fans after she took over Susan's place with the main themes - but I do hope it was just a small minority being too loud in the live stream chat when the Digital FanFest was happening. But yes, you heard her sing "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"! And I am actually surprised that the Primals version didn't make it to this video because then you'll even get another completely different mood with this song xD
i like how everyone respond to that song in the game is basically like this... 1st run: "what is this song, so weird" 2nd run: "omg the music, make it stop!" ??? run: "la la la la"
Oh yeah, i can definitely understand that, its also the reason i generally tried avoiding doing it past the story required one, couse songs like this just stick in your head forever.
@@weertangel7231 and so on release of the addon/ex-trial I farmed the mount asap and use it quite often simply for the music... same with the kamuy from Susanoo xD
If you love Amanda's and Keiko's performance in this song please please PLEASE check out their live performance of return to oblivion from ffxiv's fanfest. It's beautiful.
Jesse, loving your reactions to all the FF14 stuff! There is a song named "Close in the Distance" from the final zone of the last expansion that is just divine as well! I'm sure your list of music just keeps getting longer, but I would request you consider putting it on your list! Over a month after finishing the story, this song can still mist my eyes a bit.
Legit mom walked into the living room yesterday to myself and two of my siblings sobbing our eyes out over Close in the Distance. It somehow hits harder every time.
"Come let us play! For the night is bright and you can sleep when you're dead!" This game has the nost accurate version of fae folk i've ever seen. Which is scary cause fairies are right terrifying bastards
@@blakec8549 No, they were their own mythical race. However normal human taboos were, well, not taboos to them. And being such chaotic things, they were perfectly content with kidnapping kids they liked. Blond or red hair and green eyes being some of their favourite traits. Demanding firstborn kids, swapping human kids for fairy ones, murder could even just be viewed as a bit of fun depending on what you're dealing with. Or just the straight up murderous redcaps. There are also a few like helper types like the brownies and Silkies. Which could trash your home if you do something wrong. So the various actions you see the fae folk take in game are pretty accurate. "Oh I like this person. Let's keep them forever! Let's make them one of us!" Or rather terrifying murders of soldier.
I digged this track in the game because it fills me with such... unease? This plays while fighting the king of the fairies Titania, and the fairies are all whimsical and will drive you to insanity just for fun, like trickster fairies of old mythos. This melody, especially when the voices split in the chorus, to me feels like the music itself is trying to enthrall you and drown you in this confused stupor. Really interresting song.
The image I get from this song is two people dancing, one a fairy and the other a human. Frolicking happily through the meadows. Except on closer inspection, the humans not happy at all and is being forced to dance against their will.
This is definitely a song I come back to a lot over pretty much all FFXIV songs and I don't know why. It's just so memorable to me. I think most of the songs Amanda is involved in have just this special sauce to them that is hard to replicate.
HOLY SHIT YOUR THE FIRST REACTION CHANNEL TO NOT PAUSE EVERY 3 SECONDS. THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THE SONG BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING. fucking hate when reactors pause the video every like 3 seconds to state their opinions for a full 2 minutes just to repeat it again. music is not only about tone lyrics and such but also flow. if the song gets stopped every few seconds it gets rid of the flow and downplays the song thus making them miss a lot.
On the subject of kyary, this game even does go in that direction with a song called “papaya”. Every once in a while they go more contemporary japan, and it makes things have a cool feel to the game since it’s not all orchestral high fantasy
This is probably one of my favorite pieces by Soken. I love how it's essentially a fast waltz and, to be honest, I love Titania's design. The urge to cosplay them and have this song playing on constant loop on a speaker while walking around in said cosplay is high. This is also one of those songs where the moment it comes up on my playlist/shuffle, it's getting placed on repeat for at least forty-five minutes.
There is a jarring element with the fight as well, because this song is so sweet and loving and well... flowery, while Titania sprouts lines like " Come and play! For the night is bright and you can sleep when you're DEAD!" or "Squish Squash a crimson flower!"
Love Titania's theme so much! Hey Jesse, if nobody has requested "Exponential Entropy" aka "Cruise Chaser Theme" from FFXIV, I would like to request it. Have a nice day!
Nice, I love this one. It's such a unique track in the range of FF but it's so cool and catchy. Also Amanda is so impressive with her breathing on this one.
FFXIV OST Facts - A *lot* of the songs are actually sung by the dev teams or amateur vocalists they find. Shiva's song was based on a recommendation of a co-worker after they heard a member of the dev team at karaoke. Cool Lore about this - The boss is actually the Fairy King. They are genderless magical beings and the reincarnated souls of children who had died at a young age. As a result they are playful / mischievous and a lot of their magic is based in nature / tricks (though they are dark, people who trespass on their lands are turned into bushes and cannot be cured). This was a fight against the corrupt Fairy King, her successor Feo Ul looks amazing if you get a chance to google their Fairy King form. A good scene (but spoiler filled for Shadowbringers) is a TH-cam video called "FFXIV - Feo Ul's Big Moment and the Fae Folk Fight Back". Great video, it's so cool you saw this song as an example of unique music / art!
I often load in to a group of people that have failed this Trial a few times and they're usually a bit upset and very annoyed at this song. Because the trial itself is not any more difficult than any other of it's expansion but this singing is very distracting, in the heat of the battle it can also feel like it's kinda laughing at mistakes made. It's always satisfying to see players go from ''Wtf is this?'' to ''Shut up!!!'' but then ''fa la la la lala laaa... ring a ling a ling... lulla lulla lullabyyy!'' and finally ''Aww, it's over already?''. It happens almost every time in this particular Trial and it's kinda amazing to me, someone who knows nothing about music, how someone can write a song that makes a listener go from confusion to visceral hate to absolute love within minutes. That must be rare.
This is the area of the fairies and they are there because they used to be children who died, and they play around with people(until the people die) who accidentally go into the area.
Having that much control over your breaths while performing is amazing. The song would make a "blind karaoke singer" pass out if they tried to keep up with it, and you *NEED* to take every single breath you can.
The way your face lit up when you saw Amanda was a delight. I'd heavily recommend her next big piece, "Flow" from FF14 Endwalker. Be wary, there's some spoilers for the plot, but it's a stunning piece. I'm sure you'll love it.
I love how the singer keeps moving. It does seem to reflect how the fae folk behave generally (namely fun seeking pranksters... sometimes very disturbing fun).
I totaly understand your feeling about the first part. When I first heard this, I had in mind a valse combined to playful child or fairies... To be honest, reminded me about Changelings (the Tabletop rpg) and all the legends around these. Tricks, jokes, joy of childhood and innocence, a song I can hear with pleasure when I am happy and want to listen to something in this mood. (And to finish hello from a French FFXIV fan that now look at every of your videos :D)
Il Mehg, the Kingdom of Fairies... once a kingdom of man that was lost, nature reclaimed it as did many of the fairy-type creatures that slowly crept into it. It is now a childlike paradise where those unfortunate enough to lost themselves into become the unwitting playthings of said fairies... in other words, they either lose themselves into the revelry... or not... either way, it never ends well for those unfortunate individuals, either turned into bushes, drowned in the lake or simply killed by whatever whim they come across.
If you liked their performance, you should 100% check out the live version (from the same fanfest set) they do of "Return to Oblivion". Chills every time.
This boss is Titania, King of the Faeries. The entire zone that culminates in this encounter is torn straight out of Gaelic mythology. So those wings aren't part of the outfit, but it is a very nice dress. The song is upbeat, cyclical, and uses an unusual time signature to embody the whimsical and eternal nature of the faeries. She just wants to keep you enthralled in her games for all eternity.
I don't want to give an unwanted lecture, but if you want some more context on the 'nature' influences, maybe look up Titania as a mythological entity, specifically from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. The FF version was simply based on the real life mythology, and it shows. It's well that you imagined a girl in a field, as it very much is a childish joy in nature that characterizes both versions of Titania.
This was such a weird boss theme, because you just want Titania to shut up so you could focus on whats musically going on and make sense of it (beyond "fa la la la la"). And yeah, its out nowhere and the fight is easy for the team to wipe on, meaning you'll hear it loop more. Also for context, the fae folk in FFXIV are genderless, but the faries are depicted more feminine. You still have one more version - The Primals version, with male vocals courtesy of GUNN of the band.
I'll be very surprised if someone hasn't suggested it already but i think you might like the song "Flow" its a new one with Endwalker very emotional song if you know the backstory there's also 2 versions of it normal and a band version.
This is by far my most favorite Trial music in FFXIV. Not sure how they're gonna top this one. *Spoiler warning for those not in Shadowbringers content.* To give some context on the fight. The boss is the Fairy King that has gone mad after 100 years of isolation and imprisonment in their own castle. They are also one of the Light wardens of this zone in which the player has to kill in order to restore order to the world.
@Александр Костров *Shadowbringers Beast tribe spoilers* Then we also help the same spirit sort through it's trauma from the isolation as they get reincarnated as a pixie again for the beast tribe quests
Really like how you point out how skilled Amanda had to be to perform something like this so amazingly and eloquently. It shows how much you appreciate the work that goes into artistry like this tbh. I honestly felt myself running out of breath just trying to attempt singing along out of tune, so the thought of doing this on stage?? Absolute insanity.
I love this Song so much. Also it has so much Variation in the different arrangments. You have the Original Version then the more faster Fanfest Version and also the more electric Pulse Version of it. Also there is a really slow Cover from "Sharm" here on TH-cam. My Wife also sings it here and there as a Lullaby for our Newborn Baby which really fits perfect in the Lyrics. But when i heared it the first time it was quite.....differend from all the other FF14 Songs back then that is true. But it fits perfect into the Fight and the Boss Story itself. Also the Voice color fits perfect into the Jesper esque Fairy's which love to play pranks on the other People.
Don't see anyone mentioning this, but there's actually a band/rock version of this song on the 2nd day of fanfest 2021 played by primals. And Soken is the singer for that part.
Bahahaha! The juxtaposition of this song and fight. It represents the Fey folk very well, mischievous, playful, dangerous. The song is to invoke a childlike wander and to lure people into a false sense of security. I’m thinking that this is Seelie Fey, not as dangerous as the Unseelie but not to be messed with regardless. Come in unprepared as a team and without any coordination, you get picked off one by one, just as how the Fey would in legend. This is one of the fights that I’ve seen arguments in a lot. By far one of my favourite trials and songs from ShadowBringers. It’s danger dressed up beautifully to trick you.
I'm glad you brought up that people said you might not like it. I don't personally like the song for casual listening but it's still a fantastic piece that has a defined place in the game
Titania is the Fairy king and the fairys love nothing more than to play and have fun. They are also incarnations of the souls of dead children so there is a pretty dark undertone to everything which reflects a bit in the lyrics i think.
Don't let the adorable lyrics and lyracist deceive you, min item level at the start of shadowbringers Titania killed SO MANY PARTIES. AND SMILED THE WHOLE TIME
This song is actually on Tempo with some of the Mechanics if you don't overdamage her. For example, when the Fa-La-La-La-La comes in a mechanic of the fight starts, then after a whole round, she bonks you with it, the flaming fist of death is actually on time and she gives you a whole bar of the song to reposition to soak the damage for the healers.
I have that on my orchestrion in my house no matter what I change my playlist to. The epic Bollywoodness of it without going too overboard is *chefs kiss*
so same fanfest, they did 2 covers of "What Angel Wakes Me"- a piano version + Amanda Achen on vocals, and then a rock version by The Primals don't get me wrong, the piano version is nice- but the rock version is a banger
There’s a version of this song for the fae beast tribe quest that is just as whimsical, but with happier tones. It’s more piano focussed, and truly fits the story lore behind Titania and the Fae in general. They are all children who have become faeries, akin to the Scottish myths that faeries will take sick and terminally I’ll babies and replace them with healthy babies if offered overnight in certain wooded areas. I’ve heard someone sing this at about 65% speed, and that gives an even additional take on the meaning of the lyrics. When you discover the entire story, it’s remarkable how the same words can take on different meanings solely based on the underlying instrumentation and scoring.
When the boss room changes the boss says "enough with this boring castle, let's playing the the forest!" In a really creepy way. Titania extreme is possibly my fav ex trial experience, the only other one that might top it is Ex2 from Endwalker.
I was quite shaken when i learn that fairies are children who died and souls lingered then reborn as fairies while holding their childish behaviours. Titania is their king, a title to given to whom govern fae folks, respected by all others and insanely strong and carefree. It's incredible how well they're making their music and enhance whole experience players and listeners have.
Oh I love this track. This boss drove me progressively insane, much like the fae are one to do, because I did the Extreme version and every time we wiped, the whimsical lullaby from hell continued to taunt me with the victory so far out of reach. It is very appropriate for the fae of olde.
The Nu Mou do remind me of the brownies of the FFXIV world(reward the house fae with milk and they do the cleaning and mending only FFXIV turned it into value for value)
One of the interesting thing about pixies in FFXIV is they're genderless. So King Titania is referred to as 'they'. I like that addition to FFXIV because why would insanely magic children care about gender?
Oh someone please ask him to watch the digital fan fest Titan performance where Yoshi-P himself came out on stage and joined the band. I'm sure he'd enjoy it greatly. Wish I could do it myself but I got nothing but youtube comments to do such things with. :(
In the live version, it's a different vocalist from the original, but that's Amanda Achen, who sings Tomorrow and Tomorrow and just about any of the female vocals in all the Endwalker tracks. Also, some lore and information about the track and its use in the game. Titania is the 2nd of the 5 Light Wardens you encounter. Several years before the story, Titania fought a Light Warden to protect the Fae People, but whoever slays a Light Warden, the most powerful Sin Eaters, is doomed to BECOME the next incarnation of the Light Warden they killed. Barring it can't claim the person who killed it, then the nearest living person becomes the Light Warden. FFXIV Shadowbringers takes place in a world filled by everlasting light that will swallow and destroy the world, and when you arrive in this world, you shoulder the mantle of The Warrior of Darkness, the person who will bring back the night sky to a world of eternal light on its final days. Each Light Warden is named after a type of Love. The named ones you know are named after types of Love. Philia is Brotherly Love, Eros is Romantic Love, Storge is love of family/parents, Innocence is Platonic love... Leaving one without a name. Titania is the King of the Fae (They're genderless people). It's suspected the Lightwarden she became is Mania, which is crazy love, the love you feel in the passion of the moment. Which gives some importance to the manic feel of the waltz of the music. Also, love that you gave a shoutout to Kary Pomyu Pomyu. Her stuff is REALLY weird when you first watch and listen to her videos as it is an overload of cute in a fever dream... but it's her style and it's something I respect, and her sound is very catchy and interesting and I 100% see where you're going with that recommendation.
Thanks you for sharing with us this tons of amazing soundtracks ! Try, one day, the Dark Falz Loser Theme form Phantasy Star Online 2, one of multiples greats ost form this franchise.
I really do appreciate that you haven't played the game yet and you're putting in your perspective of the songs. I hope you keep this up and see if your insights are right on the money. I was very impressed by your blind interpretation of Answers, so I hope to keep this ball rolling. Maybe once you listen to every song in the FFXIV OST, maybe give the game a try? Just keep note of your insights and see how accurate you are then with the context of the game. I'll keep it at that before I start blabbing about lore and etc. Ha ha ha!
Anyone who knows about old stories of the Fair Folk know that the mildly upsetting undertones of this song are perfectly appropriate for Titania, Queen of the Fae. The Fair Folk were those who spun straw into gold, built castles out of dreams and turned paupers into princesses. They were also those that kidnapped children to put into their stew, befouled milk with their presence, and trapped unfortunate souls in living nightmares for the slightest of offenses. They were called "the Fair Folk," "the Gentry," or sometimes just "the People" because none dared offend them. They were fickle, glamorous, and always at least a little menacing, and this song captures that tone perfectly.
@@DayleDiamond Titania is, yes, but tales of the Fair Folk go back far longer than Shakespeare. He was just pulling from common folk tales that most audience members would already have known, ones that were hundreds (or even thousands!) of years old at the time he wrote that play.
I’m really surprised I haven’t seen it more, but I think Otherworld from Final Fantasy X would be right up your alley. Would love to see a reaction to that
Hehehe I’m Amanda and it was SO CUTE watching you fall in love me with in real time 😉🥰😘
I don't even know what to say besides thank you for existing.
@@JessesAuditorium see now things are getting interesting!
Watching this video and then reading this response has been about the most wholesome thing in the world today.
OMG Hi Amanda! Thank you for all you've done for this game. You've helped shape so many lives with your voice and passion
I literally just heard the live version of this song for the first time today, but OMG... it was absolutely beautiful! You are a truly amazing performer and I honestly hope to hear more of your work in the future.
My mans is out here watching the live version and playing with his hair, smiling like a fool and BLUSHING!! JESSE!!
Amanda Achen is an amazing vocalist. Keiko is also an amazing pianist, this song was still impressive but pretty tame as far as her piano skills go, but some of her other performances are insane!
She plays duets at Fanfest with Soken-of course she’s amazing ❤️
I thought someone else sang this?
Amanda is a gem to the FFXIV songs! This is a very unique song for a "boss fight" in FFXIV so it was a nice mix up. But I loved the song.
"Flow" is her next AMAZING vocal song she did for FFXIV and she does the female vocals in "Footfalls"
The band version of flow might be my favorite track from endwalker
13:40 it's terrifying how that image you described is accurate. The main reason it's terrifying is because the "flowers" they are talking to are probably real people they turned into plants XD
What makes this song jarring is context in game. You are fighting a boss... who's inadvertently helping destroy the world. And both her personality and the music are so upbeat and cheerful. It's not a fight to her, you're playing.
Very typical Fae~
Everything's a game to them. They get really excited when your life is the prize.
Should get him reacting to Soken doing the Yanxia theme or La Hee, the man is a legend.
Oh absolutely
So the title of the track is itself a reference, because it's a line from Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The familiars she summons, Mustardseed, Peaseblossom, and Puck, are also servants of Titania from said play.
The live version is performed by Amanda Achen, who sings Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and the pianist Keiko.
So we can be lucky about Shakespear did his jobs properly ^^
This is such a weird one and I love that FFXIV has room for this kind of thing.
Titania is the king of the fairies, so you are right about the nature connection. and these fairies are proper creepy, presented in all their childlike wonder, fickle playfulness, and terrifying apathy for the lives of mortals.
I always felt like this song captures it perfectly.
The faeries are basically "ghosts" of dead children manifested.
They're pretty accurate to classical depictions of fairies, before they were disneyfied:
Selfish pranksters with no concept of good or bad, and no care for other's lives.
also the lyrics are basically a funeral dirge
Fairies... The mix between the childhood innocence and the immortals boredom.
In my mind, they perfectly understand cycle of life and nature, and that's why, they can't understand their pranks are so dangerous most of time. Fight against boredom, not able to understand what's wrong with their actions because... You see... It's fun ! ^^
In ff xiv Titania is king but in A midsummer's night's dream which is where Titania is ref. from, Titania is queen of the fairies and Oberon is king of the fairies. A bit of a literature knowledge bomb for you ^-^
I was so confused when you heard the original version and the title said something else, but oh lord, to have the difference right there was amazing! Especially for the live version I forgot that Amanda has such a lower register than the original which is very charming in its own way. And of course Keiko on the piano is just *chef's kiss*. Iirc Amanda did get some hate from some fans after she took over Susan's place with the main themes - but I do hope it was just a small minority being too loud in the live stream chat when the Digital FanFest was happening. But yes, you heard her sing "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"!
And I am actually surprised that the Primals version didn't make it to this video because then you'll even get another completely different mood with this song xD
Oh the primals version is my favorite and I'm sad to hear that happened Amanda has such a great voice. I hope like you tot was a loud minority.
i like how everyone respond to that song in the game is basically like this...
1st run: "what is this song, so weird"
2nd run: "omg the music, make it stop!"
??? run: "la la la la"
Oh yeah, i can definitely understand that, its also the reason i generally tried avoiding doing it past the story required one, couse songs like this just stick in your head forever.
@@weertangel7231 and so on release of the addon/ex-trial I farmed the mount asap and use it quite often simply for the music... same with the kamuy from Susanoo xD
I hate how right you are XD
I loved it the first time...
I was in love with the music from the first moment. That childish playfulness is exactly my style and one of my favorite FFXIV songs
If you love Amanda's and Keiko's performance in this song please please PLEASE check out their live performance of return to oblivion from ffxiv's fanfest. It's beautiful.
Jesse, loving your reactions to all the FF14 stuff! There is a song named "Close in the Distance" from the final zone of the last expansion that is just divine as well! I'm sure your list of music just keeps getting longer, but I would request you consider putting it on your list! Over a month after finishing the story, this song can still mist my eyes a bit.
This one would need a spoiler warning for sure.
I was thinking of this song too while watching this video, it’s such a good song. But yep definitely needs a spoiler warning.
Legit mom walked into the living room yesterday to myself and two of my siblings sobbing our eyes out over Close in the Distance. It somehow hits harder every time.
All three versions in sequence too! There are videos out there with them edited together but they apparently keep getting taken down RIP
I did send him a spoilerless version on twitter
Once more return to this track, and catch up much more details now. What a play. Compositor, vocal and piano, all so shining.
"Come let us play! For the night is bright and you can sleep when you're dead!"
This game has the nost accurate version of fae folk i've ever seen. Which is scary cause fairies are right terrifying bastards
Not familiar with the original lore. Are traditional fairies also the reborn souls of tourmented children
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No, they were their own mythical race. However normal human taboos were, well, not taboos to them. And being such chaotic things, they were perfectly content with kidnapping kids they liked. Blond or red hair and green eyes being some of their favourite traits. Demanding firstborn kids, swapping human kids for fairy ones, murder could even just be viewed as a bit of fun depending on what you're dealing with. Or just the straight up murderous redcaps.
There are also a few like helper types like the brownies and Silkies. Which could trash your home if you do something wrong.
So the various actions you see the fae folk take in game are pretty accurate. "Oh I like this person. Let's keep them forever! Let's make them one of us!" Or rather terrifying murders of soldier.
Scp foundation?
I digged this track in the game because it fills me with such... unease?
This plays while fighting the king of the fairies Titania, and the fairies are all whimsical and will drive you to insanity just for fun, like trickster fairies of old mythos.
This melody, especially when the voices split in the chorus, to me feels like the music itself is trying to enthrall you and drown you in this confused stupor. Really interresting song.
For the night is bright and you can sleep when you're dead!
I love the inevitable moment in every FFXIV reaction video where your reaction is a nonverbal "wtf do these people have me listening to?!" 😂😂
The image I get from this song is two people dancing, one a fairy and the other a human. Frolicking happily through the meadows. Except on closer inspection, the humans not happy at all and is being forced to dance against their will.
Final Fantasy definitely has some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard, and it goes all the way back to the 1990's.
This is definitely a song I come back to a lot over pretty much all FFXIV songs and I don't know why. It's just so memorable to me. I think most of the songs Amanda is involved in have just this special sauce to them that is hard to replicate.
Song mentioned in this video;
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Ninja Re Bang Bang
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It was so bizarre to hear you bring her up but Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is amazing and I'm glad you reminded me to listen to more of her music.
@@Zinaerys Welcome to the Auditorium, I'm a jukebox.
HOLY SHIT YOUR THE FIRST REACTION CHANNEL TO NOT PAUSE EVERY 3 SECONDS. THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THE SONG BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING. fucking hate when reactors pause the video every like 3 seconds to state their opinions for a full 2 minutes just to repeat it again. music is not only about tone lyrics and such but also flow. if the song gets stopped every few seconds it gets rid of the flow and downplays the song thus making them miss a lot.
Hell yea, kyary pamyu pamyu. She's amazing.
The reason why people fine this song jarring is because shadowbringers was the Lincoln Park Emo expansion and no one was expecting fairy folk music
Amanda Achen also sings Flow, a song Jessie just listened to and enjoyed recently
On the subject of kyary, this game even does go in that direction with a song called “papaya”. Every once in a while they go more contemporary japan, and it makes things have a cool feel to the game since it’s not all orchestral high fantasy
I'm happy that you try to do these with a bias as an opinion as possible. I really preciate that you give all these songs a chance.
There's a blue dragon mount from the hard mode version of this fight that plays this song while you ride it. It has a permanent spot on my hotbars.
20:40 LMAO shoot your shot king we're here for you
This is probably one of my favorite pieces by Soken. I love how it's essentially a fast waltz and, to be honest, I love Titania's design. The urge to cosplay them and have this song playing on constant loop on a speaker while walking around in said cosplay is high.
This is also one of those songs where the moment it comes up on my playlist/shuffle, it's getting placed on repeat for at least forty-five minutes.
I hear 6/8 time, perhaps?
Oh boy enter titania and digital fan fest live is awesome I would listen to her all day
"Who is this?" That is Amanda Achen, she did the vocals for Tomorrow and Tomorrow. She's the main female vocalist for Shadowbringers and Endwalker. ^^
That woman has RANGE
The subtlety of combined pace and lyrics just makes hairs to stand out of dread. She welcomes you to play with her.. for all eternity.
YAY! I was about to do another round of leaving comments for you to do this one. But now I do t have too.
This song is actually really deep when you know the story associated with that enemy and the people with it, it's just an amazing track.
Nature themed indeed. Titania, King/Queen of the fairies. FFXIV never fails to astound and amaze with music.
This song, Sunrise and Wayward Daughter are my 3 top FFXIV songs. /BGM 100. 🤘
Yes! I love whenever tsukuyomis wolf gets picked on my mount roulette lol
There is a jarring element with the fight as well, because this song is so sweet and loving and well... flowery, while Titania sprouts lines like " Come and play! For the night is bright and you can sleep when you're DEAD!" or "Squish Squash a crimson flower!"
Let's not forget gems like
"When you play with fire..."
And
"Bigger is better!"
We’re sick of this cramped old castle!
Amandas voice has a good mix of sultry and playful in the 2nd video. Keiko is also shredding hard in that piano as always.
Love Titania's theme so much!
Hey Jesse, if nobody has requested "Exponential Entropy" aka "Cruise Chaser Theme" from FFXIV, I would like to request it.
Have a nice day!
Nice, I love this one. It's such a unique track in the range of FF but it's so cool and catchy. Also Amanda is so impressive with her breathing on this one.
you absolutely need to hear the other live performance keiko and Amanda Achen did; return to oblivion. I cried watching that live.
This song was stuck in my head for 3 whole days after I did this Trial.
Only 3 Days? 😂 it still stuck in my Head xD
2 years in and its still baked in
I really love this music when I first fought Titania on my Samurai playthrough. It feels like I am "dancing" a waltz with Titania instead of fighting.
FFXIV OST Facts - A *lot* of the songs are actually sung by the dev teams or amateur vocalists they find. Shiva's song was based on a recommendation of a co-worker after they heard a member of the dev team at karaoke. Cool Lore about this - The boss is actually the Fairy King. They are genderless magical beings and the reincarnated souls of children who had died at a young age. As a result they are playful / mischievous and a lot of their magic is based in nature / tricks (though they are dark, people who trespass on their lands are turned into bushes and cannot be cured). This was a fight against the corrupt Fairy King, her successor Feo Ul looks amazing if you get a chance to google their Fairy King form. A good scene (but spoiler filled for Shadowbringers) is a TH-cam video called "FFXIV - Feo Ul's Big Moment and the Fae Folk Fight Back". Great video, it's so cool you saw this song as an example of unique music / art!
"Sung by the dev team" Shoutout to Yoshi P singing Byakko's theme at Fanfest (i was there, we lost our shit).
Such an enchanting performence, she is stunning. And she seems to be totally enjoying herself.
I often load in to a group of people that have failed this Trial a few times and they're usually a bit upset and very annoyed at this song. Because the trial itself is not any more difficult than any other of it's expansion but this singing is very distracting, in the heat of the battle it can also feel like it's kinda laughing at mistakes made.
It's always satisfying to see players go from ''Wtf is this?'' to ''Shut up!!!'' but then ''fa la la la lala laaa... ring a ling a ling... lulla lulla lullabyyy!'' and finally ''Aww, it's over already?''. It happens almost every time in this particular Trial and it's kinda amazing to me, someone who knows nothing about music, how someone can write a song that makes a listener go from confusion to visceral hate to absolute love within minutes. That must be rare.
Still in my top 5. So good. Very catchy, and it's got some cool progression.
Singer for the live version is Amanda Achen. Piano player is Keiko
The sudden change in expression when the beat dropped lmaooooo
In all seriousness thats how all the first-timers react to it
When i did this dungeon for the first time, we kept dying a lot. It was frustrating from dying, but the song was so catchy it kept me sane.
This is the area of the fairies and they are there because they used to be children who died, and they play around with people(until the people die) who accidentally go into the area.
Having that much control over your breaths while performing is amazing. The song would make a "blind karaoke singer" pass out if they tried to keep up with it, and you *NEED* to take every single breath you can.
The way your face lit up when you saw Amanda was a delight.
I'd heavily recommend her next big piece, "Flow" from FF14 Endwalker. Be wary, there's some spoilers for the plot, but it's a stunning piece. I'm sure you'll love it.
I love how the singer keeps moving. It does seem to reflect how the fae folk behave generally (namely fun seeking pranksters... sometimes very disturbing fun).
I totaly understand your feeling about the first part. When I first heard this, I had in mind a valse combined to playful child or fairies... To be honest, reminded me about Changelings (the Tabletop rpg) and all the legends around these.
Tricks, jokes, joy of childhood and innocence, a song I can hear with pleasure when I am happy and want to listen to something in this mood.
(And to finish hello from a French FFXIV fan that now look at every of your videos :D)
Il Mehg, the Kingdom of Fairies... once a kingdom of man that was lost, nature reclaimed it as did many of the fairy-type creatures that slowly crept into it. It is now a childlike paradise where those unfortunate enough to lost themselves into become the unwitting playthings of said fairies... in other words, they either lose themselves into the revelry... or not... either way, it never ends well for those unfortunate individuals, either turned into bushes, drowned in the lake or simply killed by whatever whim they come across.
If you liked their performance, you should 100% check out the live version (from the same fanfest set) they do of "Return to Oblivion". Chills every time.
This boss is Titania, King of the Faeries. The entire zone that culminates in this encounter is torn straight out of Gaelic mythology.
So those wings aren't part of the outfit, but it is a very nice dress.
The song is upbeat, cyclical, and uses an unusual time signature to embody the whimsical and eternal nature of the faeries. She just wants to keep you enthralled in her games for all eternity.
One of my favorites from Shadowbringers. Even had a tortle druid in a D&D campaign that had this as his unofficial theme due to Wall of Thorns abuse.
I don't want to give an unwanted lecture, but if you want some more context on the 'nature' influences, maybe look up Titania as a mythological entity, specifically from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. The FF version was simply based on the real life mythology, and it shows. It's well that you imagined a girl in a field, as it very much is a childish joy in nature that characterizes both versions of Titania.
This was such a weird boss theme, because you just want Titania to shut up so you could focus on whats musically going on and make sense of it (beyond "fa la la la la"). And yeah, its out nowhere and the fight is easy for the team to wipe on, meaning you'll hear it loop more.
Also for context, the fae folk in FFXIV are genderless, but the faries are depicted more feminine.
You still have one more version - The Primals version, with male vocals courtesy of GUNN of the band.
theres also the pulse remix!
The primals version is really good, but also has an entirely different feel in the band arrangement
I quite loved the theme xP.
There are three orchestrion rolls in-game with this song on them and they are all amazing.
nobody
and i mean n o b o d y
asked about the pronouns.
You are obnoxious.
I'll be very surprised if someone hasn't suggested it already but i think you might like the song "Flow" its a new one with Endwalker very emotional song if you know the backstory there's also 2 versions of it normal and a band version.
This is by far my most favorite Trial music in FFXIV. Not sure how they're gonna top this one.
*Spoiler warning for those not in Shadowbringers content.*
To give some context on the fight. The boss is the Fairy King that has gone mad after 100 years of isolation and imprisonment in their own castle. They are also one of the Light wardens of this zone in which the player has to kill in order to restore order to the world.
@Александр Костров *Shadowbringers Beast tribe spoilers*
Then we also help the same spirit sort through it's trauma from the isolation as they get reincarnated as a pixie again for the beast tribe quests
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Soken: Let me just revive the dead musical practice of madrigals, no big deal.
There's also a The Primals version which is my favorite iteration of the song, so check that out if you want, you won't regret it.
Yes!!! I've been hoping for this one for ages
Really like how you point out how skilled Amanda had to be to perform something like this so amazingly and eloquently. It shows how much you appreciate the work that goes into artistry like this tbh. I honestly felt myself running out of breath just trying to attempt singing along out of tune, so the thought of doing this on stage?? Absolute insanity.
I wonder if you noticed it was in 3/4th's time. Already makes this one of my more favorite songs just because of that alone.
3:02 I sense something afoot...
Well it's a waltz. lol Of course it's in 3/4 ^_^
6/8
I love this Song so much. Also it has so much Variation in the different arrangments. You have the Original Version then the more faster Fanfest Version and also the more electric Pulse Version of it. Also there is a really slow Cover from "Sharm" here on TH-cam. My Wife also sings it here and there as a Lullaby for our Newborn Baby which really fits perfect in the Lyrics.
But when i heared it the first time it was quite.....differend from all the other FF14 Songs back then that is true. But it fits perfect into the Fight and the Boss Story itself. Also the Voice color fits perfect into the Jesper esque Fairy's which love to play pranks on the other People.
You missed the Primals version, which is an Anime OP song somehow.
You need to check out the fanfest performance of "Tomorrow and Tomorrow " Amanda sounds even better on that one.
Hopefully one day soon David!
Don't see anyone mentioning this, but there's actually a band/rock version of this song on the 2nd day of fanfest 2021 played by primals. And Soken is the singer for that part.
Bahahaha! The juxtaposition of this song and fight. It represents the Fey folk very well, mischievous, playful, dangerous. The song is to invoke a childlike wander and to lure people into a false sense of security.
I’m thinking that this is Seelie Fey, not as dangerous as the Unseelie but not to be messed with regardless.
Come in unprepared as a team and without any coordination, you get picked off one by one, just as how the Fey would in legend. This is one of the fights that I’ve seen arguments in a lot.
By far one of my favourite trials and songs from ShadowBringers. It’s danger dressed up beautifully to trick you.
I'm glad you brought up that people said you might not like it. I don't personally like the song for casual listening but it's still a fantastic piece that has a defined place in the game
Titania is the Fairy king and the fairys love nothing more than to play and have fun. They are also incarnations of the souls of dead children so there is a pretty dark undertone to everything which reflects a bit in the lyrics i think.
Don't let the adorable lyrics and lyracist deceive you, min item level at the start of shadowbringers Titania killed SO MANY PARTIES. AND SMILED THE WHOLE TIME
This song is actually on Tempo with some of the Mechanics if you don't overdamage her.
For example, when the Fa-La-La-La-La comes in a mechanic of the fight starts, then after a whole round, she bonks you with it, the flaming fist of death is actually on time and she gives you a whole bar of the song to reposition to soak the damage for the healers.
You need to listen "Beauty's Wicked Wiles" from ffxiv too. One of my favorite themes and fights.
I have that on my orchestrion in my house no matter what I change my playlist to. The epic Bollywoodness of it without going too overboard is *chefs kiss*
Yes, yes, this. Laksmi's theme just is a wonderful other weird departure like this one that needs a reaction.
@@Derekloffin this is exactly why I asked :D
It's on the request list
@@DayleDiamond oh, really? Can't wait
so same fanfest, they did 2 covers of "What Angel Wakes Me"- a piano version + Amanda Achen on vocals, and then a rock version by The Primals
don't get me wrong, the piano version is nice- but the rock version is a banger
There’s a version of this song for the fae beast tribe quest that is just as whimsical, but with happier tones. It’s more piano focussed, and truly fits the story lore behind Titania and the Fae in general.
They are all children who have become faeries, akin to the Scottish myths that faeries will take sick and terminally I’ll babies and replace them with healthy babies if offered overnight in certain wooded areas.
I’ve heard someone sing this at about 65% speed, and that gives an even additional take on the meaning of the lyrics. When you discover the entire story, it’s remarkable how the same words can take on different meanings solely based on the underlying instrumentation and scoring.
When the boss room changes the boss says "enough with this boring castle, let's playing the the forest!" In a really creepy way.
Titania extreme is possibly my fav ex trial experience, the only other one that might top it is Ex2 from Endwalker.
I was quite shaken when i learn that fairies are children who died and souls lingered then reborn as fairies while holding their childish behaviours. Titania is their king, a title to given to whom govern fae folks, respected by all others and insanely strong and carefree. It's incredible how well they're making their music and enhance whole experience players and listeners have.
And the poroggo are all souls of people drowned in the lake! Il Mheg is easily one of the top 5 zones in the game even WITH Endwalker
@@gateauxq4604 fuath. Poroggo are the enchanted frog familiars.
Oh I love this track. This boss drove me progressively insane, much like the fae are one to do, because I did the Extreme version and every time we wiped, the whimsical lullaby from hell continued to taunt me with the victory so far out of reach. It is very appropriate for the fae of olde.
What Angel Wakes Me really catches the older expression of the fae, uncorrupted by the Disney taint.
The Nu Mou do remind me of the brownies of the FFXIV world(reward the house fae with milk and they do the cleaning and mending only FFXIV turned it into value for value)
One of the interesting thing about pixies in FFXIV is they're genderless. So King Titania is referred to as 'they'. I like that addition to FFXIV because why would insanely magic children care about gender?
Oh someone please ask him to watch the digital fan fest Titan performance where Yoshi-P himself came out on stage and joined the band. I'm sure he'd enjoy it greatly. Wish I could do it myself but I got nothing but youtube comments to do such things with. :(
파판14의 모든 토벌전 중에서 제일 좋아하는 곡이라..... 재밌게 보다 갑니다~ㅎㅎ
In Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream Titania is the queen of the Faeries. She basically fulfills the same role in this game.
In the live version, it's a different vocalist from the original, but that's Amanda Achen, who sings Tomorrow and Tomorrow and just about any of the female vocals in all the Endwalker tracks.
Also, some lore and information about the track and its use in the game. Titania is the 2nd of the 5 Light Wardens you encounter. Several years before the story, Titania fought a Light Warden to protect the Fae People, but whoever slays a Light Warden, the most powerful Sin Eaters, is doomed to BECOME the next incarnation of the Light Warden they killed. Barring it can't claim the person who killed it, then the nearest living person becomes the Light Warden. FFXIV Shadowbringers takes place in a world filled by everlasting light that will swallow and destroy the world, and when you arrive in this world, you shoulder the mantle of The Warrior of Darkness, the person who will bring back the night sky to a world of eternal light on its final days. Each Light Warden is named after a type of Love. The named ones you know are named after types of Love. Philia is Brotherly Love, Eros is Romantic Love, Storge is love of family/parents, Innocence is Platonic love... Leaving one without a name. Titania is the King of the Fae (They're genderless people). It's suspected the Lightwarden she became is Mania, which is crazy love, the love you feel in the passion of the moment. Which gives some importance to the manic feel of the waltz of the music.
Also, love that you gave a shoutout to Kary Pomyu Pomyu. Her stuff is REALLY weird when you first watch and listen to her videos as it is an overload of cute in a fever dream... but it's her style and it's something I respect, and her sound is very catchy and interesting and I 100% see where you're going with that recommendation.
Dead hear ya Jesse, she is gorgeous as well as an amazing vocalist.
I also want to put my recommendation in here for Keiko and Amanda Achen's live version of Oblivion. It becomes a beautifully physical performance.
Song creepiness increases when you realise it's a faerie singing about turning into a zombie.
Thanks you for sharing with us this tons of amazing soundtracks !
Try, one day, the Dark Falz Loser Theme form Phantasy Star Online 2, one of multiples greats ost form this franchise.
God, the bass in this theme. Mmmmmmmmmm!
I really do appreciate that you haven't played the game yet and you're putting in your perspective of the songs. I hope you keep this up and see if your insights are right on the money. I was very impressed by your blind interpretation of Answers, so I hope to keep this ball rolling.
Maybe once you listen to every song in the FFXIV OST, maybe give the game a try? Just keep note of your insights and see how accurate you are then with the context of the game. I'll keep it at that before I start blabbing about lore and etc. Ha ha ha!
my absolute favorite fight in the shadowbringers expansion, long live The beautiful Fae King Titania
I’ve always liked this fight. It’s like yeah let’s listen to soothing jazz music while somebody’s trying to KILL ME!
Anyone who knows about old stories of the Fair Folk know that the mildly upsetting undertones of this song are perfectly appropriate for Titania, Queen of the Fae.
The Fair Folk were those who spun straw into gold, built castles out of dreams and turned paupers into princesses. They were also those that kidnapped children to put into their stew, befouled milk with their presence, and trapped unfortunate souls in living nightmares for the slightest of offenses. They were called "the Fair Folk," "the Gentry," or sometimes just "the People" because none dared offend them.
They were fickle, glamorous, and always at least a little menacing, and this song captures that tone perfectly.
King Titania is from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
@@DayleDiamond Titania is, yes, but tales of the Fair Folk go back far longer than Shakespeare. He was just pulling from common folk tales that most audience members would already have known, ones that were hundreds (or even thousands!) of years old at the time he wrote that play.
i farmed titania 100 times to get the tokens for the dragon and i still L O V E this song
I’m really surprised I haven’t seen it more, but I think Otherworld from Final Fantasy X would be right up your alley. Would love to see a reaction to that
Ah I thought it would be a threepack, there is also a band version from the second day of fanfest^^
Man, day 1 fighting this boss 4 wipes till we beat it, trying to focus on the fight but the music makes it so hard because you wanna enjoy it.
"How do we look together"
Perfect, xD