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In a world where 90% of songs are pop-trash about "I love you, you love me, love each other" or rap about "look at how much money, gangs and booty I have, I have more than you" with zero depth beyond that, Calli's songs have amazingly more depth. They deserve spending the time to analyze them :D
Calli actually set a remix competition for one of her songs, so if you wanted more you could go see the results live stream on that. I think she did a top 5 or so, tho they had to listen to over 800 entries. All of the were originals and really good so you are safe to react to them. Not sure if i should list them here but it will start to feel like you didnt just jump into a rabbit hole and more into a full on subway system.
For context: One of the other Vtubers read Dr. SEUSS' "Socks on Fox" for a livestream, and then someone remixed it to a beat. It's fantastic, although not actually her singing. Then recently, Calliope actually sang it on one of her streams too, over the same beats. They're both fantastic.
Your breakdown of the song and its lyrics is pretty spot on since the song pretty much represents Calli's state of mind having to deal with her sudden rise in popularity (her debut album had reached number 1 on itunes music store worldwide and in japan by the time of this song's release), her wondering if she really deserved all the fame and how much of it was for her as an individual and artist and how much of it was due to her being part of hololive itself and by extension how much of its was due to her colleagues popularity spilling over to her channel.
She has appeared as a guest on a song by another member, Watame the song is called Cloudy Sheep Also I am once more asking you to react to her doing Godzilla on stream
You're the only person I've seen that actually listens to Calli. You've done an excellent job breaking down this down. This is why you're one of my most favorite TH-camrs, Scru. Keep it up!
Any Demon Dice songs. Any similarities of sounds or style are purely coincidental. Please do not reference who it sounds like, and just talk in reguards to Demon Dice themselves. You will love them, I guarantee it. Heres a good starting point: Suckerz th-cam.com/video/Gn5szRV8500/w-d-xo.html All of her EPs are free on the channel. Just look under playlsits and you will see the list for the albums. For those that havent looked yet... your welcome.
Definitely you should see the songs of Holobass, made from another member of Hololive EN: Amelia. There are some sick beats in "Pop on rocks" and "Green eggs and spam", both made from Amelia reciting Dr. Seuss lyrics
Yo Scru if you doing this tho know its a fan-made beat remixing Amelia's reading of Dr. Seuss so it's just a fun time. No lyrics to dissect haha. That said, Pop on Rocks do be poppin xD Also the Green Eggs and Spam mix has references in it for fans that adds to the appeal.
I immediately knew the song, started dancing and I am impressed and respecting the love of knowledge of music!! (*NSYNC-Bye,Bye,Bye) and it made me think of when you sang the goofy movie song in another video 😅 (Powerline- eye to eye) you rock bruh!! Love and ✌🏼
I like how Scru analyze the lyrics. In my opinion, lyrics is the finale for a good music. The tune captivates your ears, the singer conveys the emotion, and the lyrics tell the story.
And that’s the last of her originals for now, she’s done 2 features with some of the more Jpop singers, Watame’s “cloudy sheep” and Kiara’s cover of “wah wah world” her voice is actually really interesting, singing in Japanese with an Austrian accent. Cali was supposed to release a remix this month but copyright issues, that being said it’s still coming out just under her old stage name. Now for the awkward topic of Vtuber identities, obviously part of the appeal is the mystery and anonymity, you don’t want to break the illusion of the character. There have been shitty situation with IRL stalkers and the like. Some are super protective about it, others are super open. Cali as a musician is obviously happy more eyes are on her work, she just wants to keep these 2 projects separate. That being said it would be pretty dope to see you react to some of her old work, just treat it like a new artist, because she’s not tied to a company she can go more in depth with emotional songs like this or even some raunchy comedy rap in the same vein as classic slim shady. I won’t say her name directly for obvious reasons, but it’s not some big secret, literally look at the “fans also like” section on mori’s Spotify page. (Not that people aren’t saying it in the comments anyway) Personal favs “sick outta fasion” “she-devil” “hazy skyscraper” “somewhere over the chem trails in the sky”
just listened to some of her older stuff and I just wanna say thanks for introducing this to me. Calli's great, but her other project is like Jesus' second incarnation.
I was about to say she's featured in songs with other members as well! She's also shortly featured in ホロライブ言えるかな? Beyond the stage, which is a song introducing the whole hololive family. My japanese is not great, but I think it says something along the lines of "can you say hololive?"(Watame's idea)
well, on each video he did about calli, fans keep asking to check out calli old life, so he already knows or least saw the name. also, are you sure about the remix? bc calli was talking about kiara cover song that being released on another channel.
@@JimRaynorRaider I think the comment was more concerned about Scru saying it in a potential video, which could cause a lot of negative comments and have unforeseen consequences. About the remix, Calli originally planned to release a song on her channel, but ran into some issues and they released the cover on Kiara's channel instead. So it's not 100% sure that it's a remix, but it's safe to assume so.
"These souls in my pocket are just sanity I borrow." Souls in this context is also a reference to Superchats/Donations she gets on stream, part of the whole character, reading superchats is sending souls off to the underworld, she is a Reaper after all. I take that line to mean something to the effect of how those little kindnesses and well-wishes were the only good thing she had going at that time.
To add onto that, Calliope has made it pretty obvious that she's been relatively poor for a substantial amount of time and is deeply emotionally affected by the donations. Her first gaming stream got completely derailed after receiving a large number of $100+ donations in a row and had an emotional breakdown live. "Cursed Night" is her first song written and released after that incident, and the line about "These souls inside my pocket are just sanity I borrow" and "Finding someone so fucking wonderful when I'm just so me" both seem to be referring the emotional conflict that success has brought her.
It must be a weird feeling for her to go from years of moderate success on the underground Japanese scene to suddenly this weird and massive audience that needs to be maintained more or less overnight. The sort of thing that makes you question your own talent. This song is fantastic. I'm glad you deep dived it. This is where it gets a little tricky because she has a LOT more music from her previous persona, and some of it is really good, but it's sort of a taboo in the community to just carelessly drop names like that.
You mentioned "moderate" success. I think part of that is her splitting time trying to take on the world n Live. Now "cover corp." Has said let us take that load. You drop the beat because it's what you're best at.
You should check out Demon Dice. There is an unspoken rule that you don't bring up the hololive's previous work to them. But Mori has some amazing songs when she preformed under the Demon Dice name.
@@Kingswagas DemonDice is a separate character and should be treated as such much of the time, but the artist behind both characters should be recognized for her talent, regardless of who she is performing as.
You've probably heard this a lot already, but thanks for helping me appreciate the songs of artists I've loved even more. From the likes of Dan Bull and DPS to Calliope. As for who you can react to next, there's the fan favorite of DemonDice. It's a open secret on what the connection between DemonDice and Calliope are, but speaking as a fan of both, I don't see the issue since I'm sure DemonDice wouldn't mind the exposure. She hasn't taken down her channel despite her new job after all, and as far as I know, she still plans on working on new songs and animating for others so the channel very much is still alive even if it is dormant right now. Alkatraz is her most famous song where she gets to showcase her storytelling and animation skills, but Sick Outta Fashion, Hazy Skyscrapers, Ragin' Ray and Jin, "You're an Ace, kid", and "Gang, Gang Kawaii" are all worth a listen too. Her entire discography fits that too. DemonDice doesn't miss.
She still uses her DD twitter account regularly and has said she plans to do new stuff this year, so safe to say I'm sure she doesn't mind the exposure. If she really had a problem with it and wanted it buried she wouldn't be on twitter every day and talking about releasing new songs after all
I don't feel the beat, but I hear the lyrics with this one. The ebb and flow of life is calming and ruthless. Everything feels good and peaceful and then the reality of living hits you with pain and confusion and every other negative feeling. You only make it through because of the pain and pleasure of living.
Hell yeah, hopefully more exposure to Gang Gang Kawaii gives that song the appreciation it deserves. That, and Demondice just doesn't miss when it comes to her songs.
It's a shame Ragin' Ray and Jin aren't officially on TH-cam too. It has one of the catchiest choruses she's ever made. "I'll be happy when I'm successful,"
This song is like her mental state when she became a vtuber. She was ready to take the hate, to be hated by the people or even fail at been a vtuber. But the opposite happened, she was received with a lot of love an support from the deadbeats (her fans) and the song tells you how hard is for her to accept the kindness of the people (views, donations, comments). The line "drunk calliop" refers when she used to drink in every single stream to manage her anxiety on live stream, we are talking that she had like 20k people watching, superchat wars between usa and canada. During the song she kind of opens her heart to the people, that's why at the end she says "this time now look by yourself", kind of "this is the last time that I'm telling you my feelings, now you look for the rest" You can see her change between streams, just look at the first streams and then yesterday's stream and she is more comfortable with herself. I've said it before but I really like this guy, he not just jams with the music, he listens and process what is going on with the song. Just go deeper in the rabbit hole, you have a lot ahead of you.
Ran across your channel randomly because I'm pretty deep in the VTuber rabbit hole and love the music Calli has been putting out. I just want to say I love that you took the chance on the content and seem to have enjoyed it; your reactions are far and away the best I've seen thus far on her stuff. I've watched all the Calli reactions you've done, but one thing that stuck out on this one was your mention that you enjoy metaphors in lyrics. I'd recommend you take a look at Aesop Rock (the man brings some crazy metaphors to bear and has bars for days); None Shall Pass is a great track to start on.
parts of the song can also be interpreted as her response to people now discovering other music she has done before/alongside hololive (for example as demondice) and needlessly blasting that association out there, sure spotify and youtube spoiled that for a lot of people and it's fine to know it but there's no reason to tell her or her livestream chat/twitter about it, I'm pretty sure she and anyone who enjoys her style of music already knows.
I believe Live Again was also kind of a tribute to her old persona as Dice. An example of which would be the lines "It's not the end of your mori (nope) 'Cause every closed door is the intro of a brand new story" and "But, maybe it's deliverance? From the pain I know is coming on when my old soul's finally gone It's not wrong to think about it, but I'll stop for tonight 'Cause we're immortalized forever in the songs that we write, ya know?" There are plenty more but those are some of the first you hear
@@ValtteriV true. I don't use Twitter so I'm not sure what she's posted. I hope she somehow manages to be both People but her health and well being come first so if she can't I wouldn't mind too much
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Just realized I didn't mention this before. As I see it: The weight of the repeat of "It's complicated." is that the confrontation in the question leaves her at a loss for words. The rest of the lyrics are her trying to unpack "It's complicated." into something she can deal with, but electing to just lay it out for someone else to figure out. The beauty of despair. Love your work Jean!
there's so many layers to this song. There's her /CHARACTER/ the Calliope Mori you get on the surface, and then theres /her own/ experiences in there too. Every line has 2 meanings, and I'm still mentally chewing on this song to pick everything out about it. this is legit one of my favorite new "non major label" songs of recent memory.
Tokoyami Towa -- "Error" /watch?v=3UV8OZj2olg In your "Live Again" reaction, you said there was a moment where you didn't even know what she was saying because it was in Japanese, but you could still feel power and emotion. You want a whole song of that? You want a song that you can't understand a single word but makes you want to go back to church to repent for your sins? Go listen to Towa sing Error
I will always appreciate Scru standing up for the importance of lyricism in music. There are so many song I can't rock with because I can tell the lyrics were an afterthought.
Oh it's not over yet. Some suggestions if you wanna keep yourself at the music side of thing right now is 1: Ame Pop on rocks remix 2: Tokoyami Towa Error 3: Callis attempt at Godzilla 4: Also Haato basic cooking if you're feeling ballsy
Can’t wait to see you react more to the rabbit hole, specifically AHOY! By Houshou Marine would be hilarious to watch you react to Side note: that *NSYNC in the beginning was nostalgic asf
Pop on Rocks by Amelia!!! Cursed Night makes me so sad. It makes me wonder if part of it was written because of Kiara moving away. I love Calli and I feel like I can relate to her in ways.
Man, I love that you acknowledge the conversational lines. And yeah, Calli has a way of writing and delivery reminiscent of slam poetry or spoken word that I love. I can hear some things she can work on in her delivery here and there, but they're all pretty minor. This song in particular has some really excellent writing though, and the beat works perfectly here too.
@@KeoteCook I know, I just find comments like this hilarious. I'll be honest though, the cat's not just out of the bag, it's sprinting around the room at mach 10 at this point, at least in this comment section.
Dude I LOVE your analysis of the songs you react to. It's really refreshing to see someone pick apart the words and speculate on the underlying meanings instead of just like, nodding their head along and then letting the song play and going "yeah that was good" at the end.
I really love your analysis and perspective on these songs. Your reactions are really good and its very obvious that you have a lot of knowledge about what you're talking about. I second the sentiment that watching these reactions has made me appreciate the lyrics a lot more.
Thank you for reacting to all Calli's recent songs(she said the new one will come out soon), I really like your comments on her voice and the lyrics cause I feel almost the same way as you do. So relatable. She really writes in metaphorical ways and when different people with different backgrounds heard this, will have different feelings.
Man i love your reactions. You breakdown the lyrics for us - non english-languaged fans - and from you I understand now that her songs has methaporical meaning. Thanks! Love you man! Sorry if my english bad.
Really love this in depth analysis. When I first heard it, I also know it will take me a few listen and pausing to fully understand the lyrics. Having someone to bounce ideas off of is really good. Also, it makes me happy that other people do it too on really listen in on the lyrics
Ay I gotta be real here I love actually seeing some lyrical analysis in a reaction video my guy you earned a heartfelt sub and bell like seriously love this! If I can make a small recommendation: there's a Japanese singer known as Mafumafu that does covers of songs but some of the original songs he makes are super deep with their lyrics, if I could recommend any one particular song I'd be torn between these three by Mafumafu that I'd like you to see: Nontitle, Reincarnation, or Final Declaration. Do note that these songs are in japanese but they have english close captions provided by fans that you can use to do lyrical analysis. Thanks man, you're awesome and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise!
Your reaction is the best i ever see in my life. You not just listen and enjoy to the song, you even describe every single meaning of the lyrics in the song. Man you are legend👍👍👍👍. 1000 respect
I really love how you are doing a deep dive into the lyrics Calli is writing here. It might not be your style of music but I'd enjoy your thoughts on the english version of a famous meme/game song called Bad Apple
The lyrics are really metaphorical alone already but then try to look at the perspective of her living "a dream" as she was chosen to be a vtuber when she didn't expect it. For example, the line "Now I can fantasize forever if you never say the words 'Goodbye' ". If we read this line with the perspective of her being a vtuber, you can understand that she wants to fantasize a world where her viewers don't ever go away or something like that
I'm here early for once. Mori Calliope said she working on new music this month but she been too busy with other things. So probably by next month she will have new music P.s Calli on other songs with different vtubers one is called wah wah wah by Takanashi Kiara ft Mori Calliope
So, some quick notes on Calliope Mori (or Mori Calliope for the proper Japanese vernacular), is the first apprentice to the Grim Reaper who is on hiatus and picked up being a Vtuber. In actuality, she's a white girl from Texas that moved to Japan, got into the underground hip hop scene there. A few "friends" convinced her to audition for a talent agency, Hololive. She did and when she got picked up by them, those same friends called her a sell out and turned their backs on her. This song, and "End of a Life" seem like their songs about that past life of hers. i know she almost didn't release End of a Life because of that.
One of the earliest big things she did was hold a contest for people to perform a cover of "Excuse my Rudeness but could you please RIP". There were a lot of really good entries. Might be fun to look at some of them?
every TIME i hear Cursed Night the ending just gives me chills and just makes me love calli even more, also make sure to read the pin comment on that video since there was that little disclaimer in the beginning
If I had to recommend one single artist to go to from here, it's gotta be Demondice. Leaving aside the very obvious elephant in the room, her music's just dope.
having had plenty of conversations with other fans in comments most people seem to feel that he should dm DD on twitter to check its okay before a reaction to avoid angry people.
I actually really like the complicated line. I'm normally not a massive fan of rhyming same word, same word, but in this case, I do feel that it's very real. It's one of those things where you just can't put proper words to something, and don't know what to call it. Really speaks to that earlier mental fog line.
If you like Mori, you should definitely check out an artist called demondice. I would recommend her songs "suckerz", "dice of a generation", and "you're an ace kid". She also did a cover of a song called "tsuki" by fake type that's fantastic.
Scru I know you read these comments. Don't do Demondice. People keep bringing it up because they think they're cool. But they're really just assholes. I'm sure if you listen to a song you'll be able to hear why.
If you want a really good songwriter in Hololive, I recommend Watame. She's an incredibly talented singer, has done some rapping as well, but I want to point out the songwriting in particular. She made a rap that's mostly just puns with her fellow Gen-mates (it's still good though). But, she also did a song collab with Calli titled Cloudy Sheep.
The part when she says "I'm death you've heard of me" and so on on the next line is staying to her character as the Shinigami's apprentice but that also has a double meaning to it in this narrative song, like being a reaper made her lonely
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@@peachypie8734 he knows, hes apprehensive about it.
she had a collab song with watame , the other hololive rapper
the believe she said she wrote that to get it all off her chest and in the disclaimer she said that after releasing it she felt better
also she did a colab with another member from japan the song is called cloudy sheep
Jean out here analyzing Calli’s songs like he’s the Literature teacher
Facts man!
Too bad he doesn’t know enough Japanese to get the puns and slants that she’s pairing up with her English
Are you saying that in a good way or a bad way?
@@arcofsirius8026 Well, it’s meant to be a joke, but in a good way of course.
In a world where 90% of songs are pop-trash about "I love you, you love me, love each other" or rap about "look at how much money, gangs and booty I have, I have more than you" with zero depth beyond that, Calli's songs have amazingly more depth. They deserve spending the time to analyze them :D
nobody:
scru: singing a song for 2 mins as intro
i like scru soothing voice, he's shmexy
He's so funny lol 😂😂😂😂 these vids are entertaining asf
Dude I swear, without you I would NEVER EVER listen to what those songs actually mean.
you wouldn't?
@@dehydratedwater4759 I mean so far I just listened them and though "nice song" and didn't listen to the hidden meaning
thank fore the brack down scru
Just take note of the disclaimer she put in the comments of her video too.
@@Koko-sn9in Bruh lol you should def check the lyrics to songs you like every once in a while
Calli actually set a remix competition for one of her songs, so if you wanted more you could go see the results live stream on that. I think she did a top 5 or so, tho they had to listen to over 800 entries. All of the were originals and really good so you are safe to react to them. Not sure if i should list them here but it will start to feel like you didnt just jump into a rabbit hole and more into a full on subway system.
She has the top 12 in a playlist on her channel , and fun fact ! NLJ is the 2nd or 3rd place winner of the competition !
DJ-Jo remix 👀
are those samples still online?
@@cyrilvaneijkelenburg3743 they should all still be on TH-cam
If there are clips of her remix party out there then he definitely needs to react to it. Some of those beats go hard.
“Pop on rocks” by holobase and ame
For context:
One of the other Vtubers read Dr. SEUSS' "Socks on Fox" for a livestream, and then someone remixed it to a beat. It's fantastic, although not actually her singing.
Then recently, Calliope actually sang it on one of her streams too, over the same beats. They're both fantastic.
@@saber1epee0 and then someone made a duet mix of them both singing it which is equally as fantastic
As a song it’s fine.
As an edit? That’s insane.
Yess
Its not even rap. Ame just speak off the book. Stop
If you coming down futher down the rabbit hole Towa's "Error" is on the best
+1 vote for Towa Tokoyami "Error"
Akai Haato "Echo"
Amelia Watson (/HoloBass) "Pop On Rocks"
I prefer YAGOO
@@supercreeper6835 truly best girl
@@supercreeper6835 YES! i like best girl
We all know YAGOO should sing
Your breakdown of the song and its lyrics is pretty spot on since the song pretty much represents Calli's state of mind having to deal with her sudden rise in popularity (her debut album had reached number 1 on itunes music store worldwide and in japan by the time of this song's release), her wondering if she really deserved all the fame and how much of it was for her as an individual and artist and how much of it was due to her being part of hololive itself and by extension how much of its was due to her colleagues popularity spilling over to her channel.
She has appeared as a guest on a song by another member, Watame the song is called Cloudy Sheep
Also I am once more asking you to react to her doing Godzilla on stream
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You're the only person I've seen that actually listens to Calli. You've done an excellent job breaking down this down. This is why you're one of my most favorite TH-camrs, Scru. Keep it up!
Any Demon Dice songs.
Any similarities of sounds or style are purely coincidental. Please do not reference who it sounds like, and just talk in reguards to Demon Dice themselves.
You will love them, I guarantee it.
Heres a good starting point: Suckerz th-cam.com/video/Gn5szRV8500/w-d-xo.html
All of her EPs are free on the channel. Just look under playlsits and you will see the list for the albums.
For those that havent looked yet... your welcome.
She did a fun stream where she made a rap about bread if u wanna check that out bit long for a reaction tho unless u edit it abit
omg yes this xD
songwriting collab with the chat... that was fun xD
Definitely you should see the songs of Holobass, made from another member of Hololive EN: Amelia. There are some sick beats in "Pop on rocks" and "Green eggs and spam", both made from Amelia reciting Dr. Seuss lyrics
Pop on rocks
Calliope put out a Pop on Rocks too just the other day.
Yo Scru if you doing this tho know its a fan-made beat remixing Amelia's reading of Dr. Seuss so it's just a fun time. No lyrics to dissect haha. That said, Pop on Rocks do be poppin xD Also the Green Eggs and Spam mix has references in it for fans that adds to the appeal.
Holobass pop on rocks is sick
I immediately knew the song, started dancing and I am impressed and respecting the love of knowledge of music!! (*NSYNC-Bye,Bye,Bye) and it made me think of when you sang the goofy movie song in another video 😅 (Powerline- eye to eye) you rock bruh!! Love and ✌🏼
I like how Scru analyze the lyrics. In my opinion, lyrics is the finale for a good music. The tune captivates your ears, the singer conveys the emotion, and the lyrics tell the story.
And that’s the last of her originals for now, she’s done 2 features with some of the more Jpop singers, Watame’s “cloudy sheep” and Kiara’s cover of “wah wah world” her voice is actually really interesting, singing in Japanese with an Austrian accent.
Cali was supposed to release a remix this month but copyright issues, that being said it’s still coming out just under her old stage name.
Now for the awkward topic of Vtuber identities, obviously part of the appeal is the mystery and anonymity, you don’t want to break the illusion of the character. There have been shitty situation with IRL stalkers and the like. Some are super protective about it, others are super open. Cali as a musician is obviously happy more eyes are on her work, she just wants to keep these 2 projects separate. That being said it would be pretty dope to see you react to some of her old work, just treat it like a new artist, because she’s not tied to a company she can go more in depth with emotional songs like this or even some raunchy comedy rap in the same vein as classic slim shady.
I won’t say her name directly for obvious reasons, but it’s not some big secret, literally look at the “fans also like” section on mori’s Spotify page. (Not that people aren’t saying it in the comments anyway)
Personal favs “sick outta fasion” “she-devil” “hazy skyscraper” “somewhere over the chem trails in the sky”
just listened to some of her older stuff and I just wanna say thanks for introducing this to me. Calli's great, but her other project is like Jesus' second incarnation.
Thanks for this info!
I was about to say she's featured in songs with other members as well! She's also shortly featured in ホロライブ言えるかな? Beyond the stage, which is a song introducing the whole hololive family. My japanese is not great, but I think it says something along the lines of "can you say hololive?"(Watame's idea)
well, on each video he did about calli, fans keep asking to check out calli old life, so he already knows or least saw the name.
also, are you sure about the remix? bc calli was talking about kiara cover song that being released on another channel.
@@JimRaynorRaider I think the comment was more concerned about Scru saying it in a potential video, which could cause a lot of negative comments and have unforeseen consequences.
About the remix, Calli originally planned to release a song on her channel, but ran into some issues and they released the cover on Kiara's channel instead. So it's not 100% sure that it's a remix, but it's safe to assume so.
"These souls in my pocket are just sanity I borrow." Souls in this context is also a reference to Superchats/Donations she gets on stream, part of the whole character, reading superchats is sending souls off to the underworld, she is a Reaper after all. I take that line to mean something to the effect of how those little kindnesses and well-wishes were the only good thing she had going at that time.
To add onto that, Calliope has made it pretty obvious that she's been relatively poor for a substantial amount of time and is deeply emotionally affected by the donations. Her first gaming stream got completely derailed after receiving a large number of $100+ donations in a row and had an emotional breakdown live.
"Cursed Night" is her first song written and released after that incident, and the line about "These souls inside my pocket are just sanity I borrow" and "Finding someone so fucking wonderful when I'm just so me" both seem to be referring the emotional conflict that success has brought her.
It must be a weird feeling for her to go from years of moderate success on the underground Japanese scene to suddenly this weird and massive audience that needs to be maintained more or less overnight. The sort of thing that makes you question your own talent. This song is fantastic. I'm glad you deep dived it.
This is where it gets a little tricky because she has a LOT more music from her previous persona, and some of it is really good, but it's sort of a taboo in the community to just carelessly drop names like that.
You mentioned "moderate" success. I think part of that is her splitting time trying to take on the world n Live.
Now "cover corp." Has said let us take that load. You drop the beat because it's what you're best at.
You should check out Demon Dice. There is an unspoken rule that you don't bring up the hololive's previous work to them. But Mori has some amazing songs when she preformed under the Demon Dice name.
I agree with this. Her song "C U" is one of my faves. But yeah, the community generally treats Demon Dice as a separate entity from Calliope Mori.
demon dice songs are so underrated
@@Kingswagas not generally, they are two separate entities and need to keep that way
I love "Sick Outta Fashion" and "21st Century Haters".
@@Kingswagas DemonDice is a separate character and should be treated as such much of the time, but the artist behind both characters should be recognized for her talent, regardless of who she is performing as.
You've probably heard this a lot already, but thanks for helping me appreciate the songs of artists I've loved even more. From the likes of Dan Bull and DPS to Calliope.
As for who you can react to next, there's the fan favorite of DemonDice. It's a open secret on what the connection between DemonDice and Calliope are, but speaking as a fan of both, I don't see the issue since I'm sure DemonDice wouldn't mind the exposure. She hasn't taken down her channel despite her new job after all, and as far as I know, she still plans on working on new songs and animating for others so the channel very much is still alive even if it is dormant right now. Alkatraz is her most famous song where she gets to showcase her storytelling and animation skills, but Sick Outta Fashion, Hazy Skyscrapers, Ragin' Ray and Jin, "You're an Ace, kid", and "Gang, Gang Kawaii" are all worth a listen too. Her entire discography fits that too. DemonDice doesn't miss.
She still uses her DD twitter account regularly and has said she plans to do new stuff this year, so safe to say I'm sure she doesn't mind the exposure. If she really had a problem with it and wanted it buried she wouldn't be on twitter every day and talking about releasing new songs after all
I don't feel the beat, but I hear the lyrics with this one. The ebb and flow of life is calming and ruthless. Everything feels good and peaceful and then the reality of living hits you with pain and confusion and every other negative feeling. You only make it through because of the pain and pleasure of living.
She has a bread rap, but I dont know if that's released yet.
You could do another artist called DemonDice, Specifically "Gang Gang Kawaii".
Yeah, "another artist" DemonDice
Yeah watch out some people get really sore when you talk about "similar" youtubers
Hell yeah, hopefully more exposure to Gang Gang Kawaii gives that song the appreciation it deserves.
That, and Demondice just doesn't miss when it comes to her songs.
My personal favorite demondice is River Styx has a sadly small amount of views too I recommend giving it a listen if you havent yet
It's a shame Ragin' Ray and Jin aren't officially on TH-cam too. It has one of the catchiest choruses she's ever made.
"I'll be happy when I'm successful,"
Really loving the way you break down the lyrics. It just makes the song give more meaning. It really shows how talented Mori is.
She's gonna release some new original material this month, so that's something to look out for!
I'm stoked to see your reaction to this song, honestly my favorite song of hers. It feels like she wrote this from her heart.
She introduced herself as death and asked you to knock first. "Knocking on death's door."
This song is like her mental state when she became a vtuber. She was ready to take the hate, to be hated by the people or even fail at been a vtuber. But the opposite happened, she was received with a lot of love an support from the deadbeats (her fans) and the song tells you how hard is for her to accept the kindness of the people (views, donations, comments). The line "drunk calliop" refers when she used to drink in every single stream to manage her anxiety on live stream, we are talking that she had like 20k people watching, superchat wars between usa and canada.
During the song she kind of opens her heart to the people, that's why at the end she says "this time now look by yourself", kind of "this is the last time that I'm telling you my feelings, now you look for the rest"
You can see her change between streams, just look at the first streams and then yesterday's stream and she is more comfortable with herself.
I've said it before but I really like this guy, he not just jams with the music, he listens and process what is going on with the song.
Just go deeper in the rabbit hole, you have a lot ahead of you.
Ran across your channel randomly because I'm pretty deep in the VTuber rabbit hole and love the music Calli has been putting out. I just want to say I love that you took the chance on the content and seem to have enjoyed it; your reactions are far and away the best I've seen thus far on her stuff.
I've watched all the Calli reactions you've done, but one thing that stuck out on this one was your mention that you enjoy metaphors in lyrics. I'd recommend you take a look at Aesop Rock (the man brings some crazy metaphors to bear and has bars for days); None Shall Pass is a great track to start on.
parts of the song can also be interpreted as her response to people now discovering other music she has done before/alongside hololive (for example as demondice) and needlessly blasting that association out there, sure spotify and youtube spoiled that for a lot of people and it's fine to know it but there's no reason to tell her or her livestream chat/twitter about it, I'm pretty sure she and anyone who enjoys her style of music already knows.
I believe Live Again was also kind of a tribute to her old persona as Dice. An example of which would be the lines
"It's not the end of your mori (nope) 'Cause every closed door is the intro of a brand new story"
and
"But, maybe it's deliverance?
From the pain I know is coming on when my old soul's finally gone
It's not wrong to think about it, but I'll stop for tonight
'Cause we're immortalized forever in the songs that we write, ya know?"
There are plenty more but those are some of the first you hear
@@blakeverdon4492 except it's not certain that she'll stop doing things as demondice since her twitter seems to indicate otherwise
@@ValtteriV true. I don't use Twitter so I'm not sure what she's posted. I hope she somehow manages to be both People but her health and well being come first so if she can't I wouldn't mind too much
Shwabadie is hosting nerdcore rap battles between artist in the scene, you should check out the connor quest vs aeiral ace one. Its on the shwabados channel
Trueeee
yo someone upvite this
Just realized I didn't mention this before.
As I see it:
The weight of the repeat of "It's complicated." is that the confrontation in the question leaves her at a loss for words. The rest of the lyrics are her trying to unpack "It's complicated." into something she can deal with, but electing to just lay it out for someone else to figure out. The beauty of despair.
Love your work Jean!
there's so many layers to this song. There's her /CHARACTER/ the Calliope Mori you get on the surface, and then theres /her own/ experiences in there too. Every line has 2 meanings, and I'm still mentally chewing on this song to pick everything out about it. this is legit one of my favorite new "non major label" songs of recent memory.
This song still gives me chills, and your analysis just made me appreciate it even more.
Calli just said she watches your reaction videos in one of her member's only streams! she said she's glad someone recognizes the internal rhyming lol
love how you actually give a reaction and give your own insight into the lyrics
Please please please, check out Wannabe by Demondice, especially if you want more Calliope Mori!
Wannabe would be great!
Been binging your reactions back to back and i gotta say that your energy is infectious yo. Thanks for all your posts bro and stay blessed!
Finally!! You has this awesome view in every lyrics of probably every song, and that's awesome dude
Really digging the analysis, keep doing what you're doing!
God i love this one
Its by far my fav song she sang
Tokoyami Towa -- "Error" /watch?v=3UV8OZj2olg
In your "Live Again" reaction, you said there was a moment where you didn't even know what she was saying because it was in Japanese, but you could still feel power and emotion.
You want a whole song of that? You want a song that you can't understand a single word but makes you want to go back to church to repent for your sins? Go listen to Towa sing Error
Her cover of “Brilliant” too
i already liked her songs, but your analyses have given me a deeper appreciation for them!
I will always appreciate Scru standing up for the importance of lyricism in music. There are so many song I can't rock with because I can tell the lyrics were an afterthought.
Hey man,just wanted to say I've been watching your content and the amount of thought you put into the music and lyrics man
Mad respect brother!
I saw "[Original Song]"andi clicked. Sorta sad it isnt him doing the next song.... I'm like 5 days early
Dude please never stop reacting to Mori, this is the best
Oh it's not over yet.
Some suggestions if you wanna keep yourself at the music side of thing right now is
1: Ame Pop on rocks remix
2: Tokoyami Towa Error
3: Callis attempt at Godzilla
4: Also Haato basic cooking if you're feeling ballsy
Can’t wait to see you react more to the rabbit hole, specifically AHOY! By Houshou Marine would be hilarious to watch you react to
Side note: that *NSYNC in the beginning was nostalgic asf
ngl the fact you listen to that kind of music in the beginning makes me happy
honestly been binge watching your content recently scru, keep doing what your doing man!!! I love the way you process these songs \o/
Pop on Rocks by Amelia!!!
Cursed Night makes me so sad. It makes me wonder if part of it was written because of Kiara moving away. I love Calli and I feel like I can relate to her in ways.
She did a song with Kiara called "Wah Wah World" & she did another collab with Watame called "Cloudy sheep"
Man, I love that you acknowledge the conversational lines. And yeah, Calli has a way of writing and delivery reminiscent of slam poetry or spoken word that I love. I can hear some things she can work on in her delivery here and there, but they're all pretty minor. This song in particular has some really excellent writing though, and the beat works perfectly here too.
Just watched from beginning to end of all your calli reactions, love the vids and going to watch your other stuff. Cant wait for the song
If you want something similar to Calliope you should check out Demondice! Would love a reaction to Suckerz, Hazy Skyscraper or Sick outta Fashion
"Similar"
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@@Lesquidliestone shhhh........ keep it like that, we all know.
@@KeoteCook I know, I just find comments like this hilarious. I'll be honest though, the cat's not just out of the bag, it's sprinting around the room at mach 10 at this point, at least in this comment section.
@@Lesquidliestone shhhh
Oy
Dude I LOVE your analysis of the songs you react to. It's really refreshing to see someone pick apart the words and speculate on the underlying meanings instead of just like, nodding their head along and then letting the song play and going "yeah that was good" at the end.
"shes metaphorical" that and also she keeps up the reaper persona and writes literally about that
I really love your analysis and perspective on these songs. Your reactions are really good and its very obvious that you have a lot of knowledge about what you're talking about.
I second the sentiment that watching these reactions has made me appreciate the lyrics a lot more.
Thank you for reacting to all Calli's recent songs(she said the new one will come out soon), I really like your comments on her voice and the lyrics cause I feel almost the same way as you do. So relatable. She really writes in metaphorical ways and when different people with different backgrounds heard this, will have different feelings.
I watch those reactions more for the analysis and to understand the song than the reaction itself. Pretty good stuff right here.
Man i love your reactions. You breakdown the lyrics for us - non english-languaged fans - and from you I understand now that her songs has methaporical meaning. Thanks! Love you man!
Sorry if my english bad.
I was waiting for this. Out of all of her songs out right now Cursed Night is my favorite.
I got this channel to thank for adding more context to Calli's music. I never even realised it had this much to it
Really love this in depth analysis. When I first heard it, I also know it will take me a few listen and pausing to fully understand the lyrics. Having someone to bounce ideas off of is really good. Also, it makes me happy that other people do it too on really listen in on the lyrics
Ay I gotta be real here I love actually seeing some lyrical analysis in a reaction video my guy you earned a heartfelt sub and bell like seriously love this!
If I can make a small recommendation: there's a Japanese singer known as Mafumafu that does covers of songs but some of the original songs he makes are super deep with their lyrics, if I could recommend any one particular song I'd be torn between these three by Mafumafu that I'd like you to see: Nontitle, Reincarnation, or Final Declaration. Do note that these songs are in japanese but they have english close captions provided by fans that you can use to do lyrical analysis.
Thanks man, you're awesome and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise!
Your reaction is the best i ever see in my life. You not just listen and enjoy to the song, you even describe every single meaning of the lyrics in the song. Man you are legend👍👍👍👍. 1000 respect
I really love how you are doing a deep dive into the lyrics Calli is writing here. It might not be your style of music but I'd enjoy your thoughts on the english version of a famous meme/game song called Bad Apple
idk why but the castlavania reference just brought back so much nostalgia
you really need to joshuas remix of dead beats. it makes it a whole new rap song
It'll be nice to see it here too, where they don't have to worry about depicting anime clips and art...
Calli just said she saw all of your reactions. Love them.
Definitely need to check out Holo Bass. They create songs out of clips of Hololive people. Best one is Amelia Watson "Pop on Rocks" by Holo Bass
you're in luck my guy. she's coming out with a new single on January 31. its called "off with their heads"
Mori Calliope was also featured on other songs with other hololive members like Kiara Takanashi and Tsunomaki Watame! You should check those out!
Im addicted to this dudes energy. I love that shit
If you want some of her older music, you can look at 'demon dice'. That is who she was before calliope.
The lyrics are really metaphorical alone already but then try to look at the perspective of her living "a dream" as she was chosen to be a vtuber when she didn't expect it.
For example, the line "Now I can fantasize forever if you never say the words 'Goodbye' ".
If we read this line with the perspective of her being a vtuber, you can understand that she wants to fantasize a world where her viewers don't ever go away or something like that
Love the Castlevania referance in the song.
"A terrible night for a curse."
I'm here early for once. Mori Calliope said she working on new music this month but she been too busy with other things. So probably by next month she will have new music
P.s Calli on other songs with different vtubers one is called wah wah wah by Takanashi Kiara ft Mori Calliope
I think she had a cover ready for December but it couldnt be released for some reason.
How about cloudy sheep by watame feat. Calliope
wah wah world is also a cover wich he cant do sincs he might get claimed
@@tobbybomb6527 you right
She will release it this month. She promised a song a month. It might be on the 31st, but I have full confidence she will make it happen.
I do think that some rap does deserve to be taken apart like this. Mad respect
So, some quick notes on Calliope Mori (or Mori Calliope for the proper Japanese vernacular), is the first apprentice to the Grim Reaper who is on hiatus and picked up being a Vtuber. In actuality, she's a white girl from Texas that moved to Japan, got into the underground hip hop scene there. A few "friends" convinced her to audition for a talent agency, Hololive. She did and when she got picked up by them, those same friends called her a sell out and turned their backs on her. This song, and "End of a Life" seem like their songs about that past life of hers. i know she almost didn't release End of a Life because of that.
React to DEMONDICE song Sick Outta Fashion. But please, respect the separation. We know. We all know. They're separate though.
Even if you didnt, she teased it several times
Demondice and TOPHAMHAT-KYO check them out.
Demondice
THHK my jam 😤
One of the earliest big things she did was hold a contest for people to perform a cover of "Excuse my Rudeness but could you please RIP". There were a lot of really good entries. Might be fun to look at some of them?
every TIME i hear Cursed Night the ending just gives me chills and just makes me love calli even more, also make sure to read the pin comment on that video since there was that little disclaimer in the beginning
If I had to recommend one single artist to go to from here, it's gotta be Demondice. Leaving aside the very obvious elephant in the room, her music's just dope.
Yeah, it’s all great
having had plenty of conversations with other fans in comments most people seem to feel that he should dm DD on twitter to check its okay before a reaction to avoid angry people.
I suggest a he should do disclaimer if he reacts to demondice
Indeed
What’s the elephant in the room?
I actually really like the complicated line. I'm normally not a massive fan of rhyming same word, same word, but in this case, I do feel that it's very real. It's one of those things where you just can't put proper words to something, and don't know what to call it. Really speaks to that earlier mental fog line.
If you like Mori, you should definitely check out an artist called demondice. I would recommend her songs "suckerz", "dice of a generation", and "you're an ace kid". She also did a cover of a song called "tsuki" by fake type that's fantastic.
Probably yes but Demondice is dangerous teretorry if you know what I mean
Remember, fight club
@@boardmover8726 :/
Suckerz is fantastic
Scru I know you read these comments. Don't do Demondice. People keep bringing it up because they think they're cool. But they're really just assholes. I'm sure if you listen to a song you'll be able to hear why.
If you want a really good songwriter in Hololive, I recommend Watame.
She's an incredibly talented singer, has done some rapping as well, but I want to point out the songwriting in particular. She made a rap that's mostly just puns with her fellow Gen-mates (it's still good though). But, she also did a song collab with Calli titled Cloudy Sheep.
She even nailed TKG
her drums clips also so good.
also she made a voice training/vocal warmups video recently
@@nathanielbaldevino5364
that is a cover.
found a video from 2017 of that same rap.
I love how you're really breaking the song down. I'll be waiting for you to reach 1M subs. I enjoy your content, man!
Love your analysis of the lyrics and rapping.
just wanna say, ive been super enjoying these. im a big hololive fan so watching reacts is always a good time; but i really love your commentary.
I love these reaction video's man Keep it up!
Demondice - Sick Outta Fashion / Wannabe / Suckerz (Personally I'd lean more towards Suckerz)
They don't have official lyric vids but I'm fond of Dice of a Generation and Hellbento.
damn he’s not just reacting, he’s analyzing and it’s incredible
Watch her colleague GAWR GURA sing, she sings. Also Calliope features in one of her japanese Colleagues song. She has a pretty cool verse there!
Metalhead since I was 6 (25 years ago) and that song you singing at the beginning never clicked with me
I’ve said this time and time again, but the way Jean breaks down these bars one by one is %#~!ing unparalleled.
Also when you said “I’m eating biscuits” I’m like “you just said juxtaposition, I think you ate a thesaurus, LOL
The part when she says "I'm death you've heard of me" and so on on the next line is staying to her character as the Shinigami's apprentice but that also has a double meaning to it in this narrative song, like being a reaper made her lonely
Now that you’ve done Calli’s songs you should listen to DEMONDICE’s songs, one of my favorites is “Suckerz”
Yeah agree on that, He needs to react to some of DEMONDICE's songs.
I always get chills listening to this song. It really is something