I think he grew up on classical music. He is like a pianist playing an etude... That's why all he needs is just one guitar and that hauntingly beautiful clean tone
I played this song for my mom when we were just driving around and she asked, "how can a guitar sound so beautiful?" She is a very stringent classical music enthusiast who is skeptical of guitars and so for her to say that shows how amazing and beautiful Mr. Ichika's playing is.
The choice between the mirror and the flower... "You can choose to LOOK beautiful and worry about impressing others, or you can choose to BE beautiful and have admiration for yourself, but either way we all wilt."
3:04 right after she looks in the mirror. that chord makes me think of pulling back a curtain. Like he’s showing her how she looks to him vs how she sees herself. I love this song.
I feel like in the future this song will be those examples of unique masterpieces that shows up once in a while in history. People will talk about it as an example of magnificent technique, melody and expression. Simply breathtaking!
What i like about him is he doesn't forget that a song supposed to be enjoyable. His songs are melodic, emotional, yet technically mesmerizing and spellbinding. As i once read in youtube comments, *Heaven Metal* is a genre fitting to Ichika. Please take your time so you can produce high quality music.
Timotius Marbun I'm legitimately curious and not trying to pick up a stupid fight, but why? What is "metal" about this? Everytime someone is very proficient at his instrument he gets thrown into a metal sub-genre or people will ever create new ones, I feel this dude is more in the jazz fusion/neo-soul ball park, again I'm no expert I'm just a listener of music and thus could be wrong , you're not the first comment like this I see and I'm just really curious as to why would ichika be metal.
Saul Hendrix I agree with you on the jazz fusion neo soul influences, but I think he gets dropped in the metal category a lot because of the techniques he uses such as tapping are most commonly used in metal. Same with extended range guifars, The only other guy I know who uses extended range ibanez to make music other than metal is that Josh Martin tapping guy
Abuv Entertainment and I'm sure indeed he listened to/played a lot of metal to learn those techniques, but I also think he necessarily plays metal now, he completely put those techniques in another context, if you'd suggest ichika by saying it's metal they'd never imagined this, maybe something more math rock like chon, plini polyphia etc.
I don't even hear math rock sound as much as I do classical. Uk he just a really great composer for the instruments he plays. I don't think he really intends to fit into any given genre, but really just ambient guitar tapping and amazing song arrangement are what give him his sound. I would just call it heaven music not heaven metal lmao.
3:20, this part where the melody is repeated but with a slightly more, uh, 'flamboyant' (for lack of a better word in my vocabulary) harmony at the end of the melody is definitely my favorite part of the song.
I wish a day would come, when people will start to write the music from their heart, and forget about all the commercial hits. I wish the charts would get drey, because nobody will pay any attention to them, and only creative music like this would exist.
This is definitely the most beautiful song i've ever heard. No words to describe this, parallel to this not having any words either, but still being able to tell a complete story just with sound. One of the only times i'm saying that this song is life changing
This is some of the most chilling, yet euphorically astounding music I've heard. This song alone makes me feel like I'm releasing thousands of birds from one, small cage as they soar amongst the clouds dabbling the sky with black and white until everything fades back to a pale blue. To put it simply, this song is absolutely gorgeous.
2 years... when my school exams start, i get really stressed. but when i listen this, i feel like i am in heaven. every day, every year, every time. thank you ichika, thank you for this
This song hits hard when you are sad, it makes you embrace your emotions and before you know it you might even have streams of tears flowing down your eyes. It reminds you of those emotional shrapnel lingering in your mind. You feel sad, tragic, devastated, but the song isn't over yet. It sends chills down your spine. As the song nears its end, it shows you a glimmer of light, a ray of hope. You may feel like it is a dead end in your life, instead it is a gorgeous blissful scenery. It's not the end, there's good days to come. Masterpiece.
This is such a beautiful piece Ichika. I am pretty sure you thoroughly enjoyed composing this because god this stole my heart. It gives me such a beautiful feeling I can't quite explain. I feel thankful to have come across this piece.
A person enters the world. After an eternity of lacking any sense of consciousness or self awareness, they now exist. They explore their surroundings, trying to make sense of it all, and trying to figure out who they are. It is only when faced with their own reflection that they see the true nature of the human "self", that it is lonely, flawed, small, insignificant, and unable to discern its own true purpose. She is devastated and led to an existential crisis, but ultimately in knowing that the truth is mostly incomprehensible to the human in her current form, she finds liberation rather than hopelessness. Just my opinion, and it's not a worldview I exactly adhere to (cheerful nihilism, I guess you could call it), but that is what I gathered from this video.
Optimistic Nihilism as they term it. But you forgot to, I guess, mention the silver(inanimate/dead) flower turning into vibrant life, and also her disappearing from the cliff. Make something outta that bro
I somehow got recommended one of Ichika’s videos a few days ago and I’m so glad I clicked on it. This is beautiful, I don’t have words to explain what I’m thinking...
What a great song. Love all the subtle dissonance and the key feature of this style of guitar giving an illusion that there’s more than one guitar playing. Great demonstration of a fresh genre and skills. Looking forward to purchasing the new EP.
This was recommended to me after watching a bunch of Miyavi songs and videos. I am honestly glad to have found him. Both of their styles are so different, but the way that they are so intimate with their guitars to make such beautiful sounds is a blessing.
Want to watch Inchiko playing guitar smoothly... Makes my heart melt ....just seeing his fingers pluck the guitar strings with a solemn face ...so awesome..❤️❤️
I love it!, But what I understand is a girl wandering around, that suddenly was paranoid for no one ever. Then saw anime guy who gave her a mirror. And was shocked about her self. Then starts being high again.
Ibanez is lucky to have sponsored such amazing talents such as ichika, im praying my translation comes out correctly lol あなたは特別な贈り物を持った才能のある一花です、あなたのビデオを見ることができて感謝しています、いつも私にインスピレーションを与えてくれます、あなたの名誉ある謙虚で立派なあなたの存在に感謝します
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No bass. No drums. One guitar. One tone, for the whole song. Yet EXTREMELY enjoyable. This is the next level of musicianship. O M G.
I think he grew up on classical music. He is like a pianist playing an etude... That's why all he needs is just one guitar and that hauntingly beautiful clean tone
Oliver Ma wow 😯
He’s clearly a god
Stanley Jordan was doing everything here and more 30 years plus ago! Just saying! I'll leave now!
It's not the next level it's Wayne Chung strumming
I played this song for my mom when we were just driving around and she asked, "how can a guitar sound so beautiful?" She is a very stringent classical music enthusiast who is skeptical of guitars and so for her to say that shows how amazing and beautiful Mr. Ichika's playing is.
The choice between the mirror and the flower... "You can choose to LOOK beautiful and worry about impressing others, or you can choose to BE beautiful and have admiration for yourself, but either way we all wilt."
Thank u for a t least attempting to make sense of the video
That's beautiful
😢
If Bach was still alive he'd be like wtf how am I alive
Lmao
Ahahaha underrated af
Well done 🤣
Lmao had me in the first half
LMFAO
しばらく前にこちらの曲をはじめて聴きました。歌詞のない曲で、こんなにも表情の豊かさを感じ、泣いちゃいそうになる曲はこれまで聴いたことがなかったです。毎日眠る前に聴いています。心が震えます。ありがとうございます。
Xd
Yup me too it's like he's playing a harp beautifully 😌
Love you
Whoever colorgraded this video is a master at his craft
ikr. that's what really came to my notice.
I think it was Takumi Osera
Props to her for running all that way without any shoes or socks on
SINCERELY!
EARTH GROUND THE FEELING!
Must have hurt
@@lala-kc3br it's not that difficult
In Japan some people walk barefoot inside homes and develop calouses so it doesn't hurt
@@7H07sAndH03s i walk barefoot inside my home
@@7H07sAndH03s you say that like it's not normal for people to walk barefoot in their homes
4 years later, This song still running in my head
3:04 right after she looks in the mirror. that chord makes me think of pulling back a curtain. Like he’s showing her how she looks to him vs how she sees herself. I love this song.
I feel like in the future this song will be those examples of unique masterpieces that shows up once in a while in history. People will talk about it as an example of magnificent technique, melody and expression. Simply breathtaking!
One of the few guitarists that we can discern who is playing from the sound.
crazy to think this was 2 years ago.. always coming back for more!
What i like about him is he doesn't forget that a song supposed to be enjoyable. His songs are melodic, emotional, yet technically mesmerizing and spellbinding.
As i once read in youtube comments, *Heaven Metal* is a genre fitting to Ichika.
Please take your time so you can produce high quality music.
Timotius Marbun I'm legitimately curious and not trying to pick up a stupid fight, but why? What is "metal" about this? Everytime someone is very proficient at his instrument he gets thrown into a metal sub-genre or people will ever create new ones, I feel this dude is more in the jazz fusion/neo-soul ball park, again I'm no expert I'm just a listener of music and thus could be wrong , you're not the first comment like this I see and I'm just really curious as to why would ichika be metal.
Saul Hendrix I agree with you on the jazz fusion neo soul influences, but I think he gets dropped in the metal category a lot because of the techniques he uses such as tapping are most commonly used in metal. Same with extended range guifars, The only other guy I know who uses extended range ibanez to make music other than metal is that Josh Martin tapping guy
Abuv Entertainment and I'm sure indeed he listened to/played a lot of metal to learn those techniques, but I also think he necessarily plays metal now, he completely put those techniques in another context, if you'd suggest ichika by saying it's metal they'd never imagined this, maybe something more math rock like chon, plini polyphia etc.
I don't even hear math rock sound as much as I do classical. Uk he just a really great composer for the instruments he plays. I don't think he really intends to fit into any given genre, but really just ambient guitar tapping and amazing song arrangement are what give him his sound. I would just call it heaven music not heaven metal lmao.
Yeahhh, HEAVEN METAL 🎸♋♏
3:20, this part where the melody is repeated but with a slightly more, uh, 'flamboyant' (for lack of a better word in my vocabulary) harmony at the end of the melody is definitely my favorite part of the song.
I found this song almost 4 years ago, still the best piece of music I've ever listened to. Happy to see it has reached 1 million views.
I wish a day would come, when people will start to write the music from their heart, and forget about all the commercial hits. I wish the charts would get drey, because nobody will pay any attention to them, and only creative music like this would exist.
ANKIT AMAR KASHYAP OST’s are this but then they’re also too short most of the time.
It will happen. Charts will be gone one day. In the future there are no rockstars, only artists. There's way too much talent in this world.
There’s plenty of music that is as you explain. The problem is it’s hard to find precisely because of this reason lol.
people do write from their hearts, but it doesn't show under the piles of scrap above it
that sounds really soft but still
This is definitely the most beautiful song i've ever heard. No words to describe this, parallel to this not having any words either, but still being able to tell a complete story just with sound. One of the only times i'm saying that this song is life changing
This is some of the most chilling, yet euphorically astounding music I've heard. This song alone makes me feel like I'm releasing thousands of birds from one, small cage as they soar amongst the clouds dabbling the sky with black and white until everything fades back to a pale blue. To put it simply, this song is absolutely gorgeous.
2 years... when my school exams start, i get really stressed. but when i listen this, i feel like i am in heaven. every day, every year, every time. thank you ichika, thank you for this
inb4 polyphia grabs him for a guest solo
They did now 😂
LOL
U nostradamus or some shit? Damn
How the hell did you know? Lol
Well played.
Still one of my all time faves. Thank you Ichika for bringing this masterpiece to life.
This song hits hard when you are sad, it makes you embrace your emotions and before you know it you might even have streams of tears flowing down your eyes. It reminds you of those emotional shrapnel lingering in your mind. You feel sad, tragic, devastated, but the song isn't over yet. It sends chills down your spine. As the song nears its end, it shows you a glimmer of light, a ray of hope. You may feel like it is a dead end in your life, instead it is a gorgeous blissful scenery. It's not the end, there's good days to come. Masterpiece.
first track i heard from ichika a few years ago, and still in love with it. glad this guys getting the recognition he deserves nowadays
Lovely tone, and that is seriously some of the most beautiful reverb I've ever heard. Brilliant composition and performance.
本当にすごい世界観出すよなあ、、
音聞けばichikaさんだとすぐ分かる。
関ジャムで見てすっ飛んで聞きに来ました。美しい、かっこいい、素晴らしい。
This tone, melody and harmony remains in my mind for a pretty long time. Absolutely love this gorgeous masterpiece
I still can't come to terms with how much of a masterpiece this is.
Oh yeah. Ichika with that based jrpg inn music lmao.
That is too accurate
hahahaha amazing!!!!
RAmar _ ooo
This is the same person with ichika nito?
lmaoo
This is such a beautiful piece Ichika. I am pretty sure you thoroughly enjoyed composing this because god this stole my heart. It gives me such a beautiful feeling I can't quite explain. I feel thankful to have come across this piece.
Es una de sus piezas mas Sublimes.
todo el video es una poesía..
Chile.
Im sad to see that not a lot of people notice him as he deserves...He is so talented!!!!! すごいいい！
2:52 this is what i've been waiting for, its beautiful af and reminds me of ghibli..
That brief pause near the beginning gave me chills; it felt as if I was falling. I love it
A person enters the world. After an eternity of lacking any sense of consciousness or self awareness, they now exist. They explore their surroundings, trying to make sense of it all, and trying to figure out who they are. It is only when faced with their own reflection that they see the true nature of the human "self", that it is lonely, flawed, small, insignificant, and unable to discern its own true purpose. She is devastated and led to an existential crisis, but ultimately in knowing that the truth is mostly incomprehensible to the human in her current form, she finds liberation rather than hopelessness. Just my opinion, and it's not a worldview I exactly adhere to (cheerful nihilism, I guess you could call it), but that is what I gathered from this video.
Wishing i could think like you😊🙄
@@peterrabit4850 be grateful you can focus your mental energy on more productive and practical things lol.
This is beautiful! I was hoping someone would share their perspective in the comments:):)
Optimistic Nihilism as they term it. But you forgot to, I guess, mention the silver(inanimate/dead) flower turning into vibrant life, and also her disappearing from the cliff. Make something outta that bro
Cheerful Nihilism is more like Existentialism
This is pure perfection.
I fell in love with this.
2:33 is the magical moment. Remind me some my fave japanesse folk music such as akiko shikata/canoue/haruka shimotsuki
Gave me chills, made me feel like I'm in a dream, had me tearing up, and also brought out some sort of longing deep within me. This shit is deep yo
For real.
ほんとにメロディーが綺麗すぎて鳥肌が止まらない
Been waiting for this specific track since the preview you put on Instagram. Love it!
JCDawghound do you know any similar artist or what genre this is
So glad I found this guy, been absolutely falling in love with the music he's put out!
I’m actually in tears because of the Intro.
Never heard this guy before. The first three notes got me instantly. Definitely magic.
Can this please be in the next studio Ghibli movie!!
August Cooper yessss!!!!
A lot of things have to go down in order for that to happend but if it where to happen I think this song would compliment the movie very well
YYASSSS
Always playing the guitar like a piano. I love it
Todos los dias desde q conoci a este genio escucho al menos 1 cancion por dia.
I somehow got recommended one of Ichika’s videos a few days ago and I’m so glad I clicked on it. This is beautiful, I don’t have words to explain what I’m thinking...
Love how he uses guitar like a piano
This is what we need, music that touches the soul, for me this song is worth more than a thousand words...
she's on a genjutsu
ichika--a gift that god gives to humanity
この人のギター聴きながら寝たらいい夢見れそう
What a great song. Love all the subtle dissonance and the key feature of this style of guitar giving an illusion that there’s more than one guitar playing. Great demonstration of a fresh genre and skills. Looking forward to purchasing the new EP.
Sung In Ko you know what genre this is or similar artist
"Fantasy Musical " at its best🎸👍 great work Ichika
2:30
When I look in the mirror and realize how ugly I am
Lol 😂
You are beautiful! Your elf ears really bring out your cone-shaped head
@@happynewfears1805 Ikr! And that hair is just magnificent
@@happynewfears1805 I'm glad there are good people on the internet
me too, but a little different
This was recommended to me after watching a bunch of Miyavi songs and videos. I am honestly glad to have found him. Both of their styles are so different, but the way that they are so intimate with their guitars to make such beautiful sounds is a blessing.
Smells like cinnamon and lavender...
Running and dreaming at the same time.
This makes me feel sad , and sometimes happy , your music controls emotion, i love it
I fall asleep to this sometimes, I can’t explain it buts its calming and grounds me in a way
Totally eargasm.
Thanks for making this song arrangement
I love the reverb decay!
関ジャムからです。さらなるご活躍期待してます。
Want to watch Inchiko playing guitar smoothly... Makes my heart melt ....just seeing his fingers pluck the guitar strings with a solemn face ...so awesome..❤️❤️
I love it!, But what I understand is a girl wandering around, that suddenly was paranoid for no one ever. Then saw anime guy who gave her a mirror. And was shocked about her self. Then starts being high again.
LOL! SO TRUE!
The "anime guy" is ichika, lol
Thanks I hate it
bruh
Beautiful compositions and video!
Amazing ❤️ I can’t wait to hear everything else and witness the story unfold 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I just found this, listend to it then when it was over I heard the rain out side my window, it was magical!
関ジャムからきました
素敵すぎます。
HEAVEN METAL ♋♏
How is this metal?
it shreds
@@sammartano22 Don't get me wrong, I like the song but this isn't metal and also this song has no shreds. Look up shred and metal on google. Thanks
@@earlofthesea so what kind of music?
@@aesthetic709 Tell me this first. Do you think this shreds and is metal?
Wonder, terror, longing, relief....so many emotions in this piece. ありがとうございました
Oh hell he makes the most beautiful guitar sound in the world
I think I've heard best thing of my life
you're a true gift in music Ichika...
Ichika Kaneki made me click, godly guitar sounds made me stay foreverrrrr
Almost cried throughout this album
At first his hair intrigued me in the thumbnail but now he has my full attention. That was beautiful.
Silent Planet Ditto! Beautiful stuff tho
美しさの中に切なさもあってもうよくわからん感情になる。とても好きです。
Ichika:” be yourself “
Girl: “ the rose . Bye“
Aah so beautiful
2:39 man i love this part so much
Determined to make this Heaven Metal subgenre stick.
i feel like crying listening to this. its so beautiful.......
i didn't know ichika had a prior channel
1:33 I feels impressive always when I listen to this. It can force me to be pain
This still is the best among nitos
ピアノを弾いているようなギターですね…
I am Amazed by your Skill and your Passion. 💚
Wow. Incredibly beautiful music and the video is beautiful as well.
なんで、こんなに心に沁みるの。
This is so peaceful 🙏
2:40 sounds so good :D
I can read a book listening to this song and I’d feel like I’m placed in the book.
Beautiful musicianship
癒されるなぁ〜
pvとは…
I can't believe what I'm listening to.. This is unreal
Ibanez is lucky to have sponsored such amazing talents such as ichika, im praying my translation comes out correctly lol
あなたは特別な贈り物を持った才能のある一花です、あなたのビデオを見ることができて感謝しています、いつも私にインスピレーションを与えてくれます、あなたの名誉ある謙虚で立派なあなたの存在に感謝します
beautiful
Why is it so beautiful
damn
his guitars must be like
"shred me uwu"
HAHAHAHAH yes 🤣
彼の最高の音楽作曲だ
there's no way that was just under four minutes. this really took me somewhere. beautiful.
gracias ichika