【SOLARIA】 'Cause I'm A Liar 【SynthV Cover】
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- I think I'm just barely late for @MckiRobynsP 's contest, but that wasn't really the point I suppose; I just really like this song and wanted to cover it, especially the remix. I figure I may as well throw my hat in the ring while I'm at it; this has been in my drafts for ages. *Before I forget, I already have SV Pro. In the event I were to win first, I would defer to the second place winner. There are a lot of really awesome entries to this contest, though! Go check them out if you haven't already, it's lovely to see.
The original (+ vsqx) - • 【Fukase】'Cause I'm a L...
The remix (+ instrumental) • 【Fukase V5】'Cause I'm ...
I'm also guessing that the choice of Solaria for this cover as opposed to like, Yuma, is questionable, but A) I preferred how she sounded and B) I guess this is the third time I've had Solaria sing from Ouma's perspective (First being Waltz of the Departed (tumblr.com/spontaneousglitterbees/704663489807024128) and second being eight hundred ( • 【SOLARIA】eight hundred... )) so I hope that's not too arbitrary for you.
Sorry for not making a more engaging video like the original, but this was much more an exercise in mixing vocals. I did it in like three sections and had a hard time getting them to sit in the mix, but after learning some new tricks I think it came out better than I could do before!
I also chose to leave off the vocals at the very end because something about Kokichi madly laughing, fully alone at last, was very fitting.
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Oh, how disgusting.
All this disguising
to become somebody worth the time of day.
Oh it's repulsing:
fully engulfing
every truth that ever found itself hiding.
So join me hey,
let's play
a lying game,
and dirty ourselves
with something exciting!
Deceiving
and heartless thieving;
after all, life is so dull without some bleeding!
Put on your mask and let's have us one last masquerade,
dancing senselessly on the shadows of the betrayed!
A smiling and crying and lying charade.
Such is life for a boring existence...
'cause I'm a-
Liar, liar,
and only that is true. After all,
fire, fire,
is something I pursue. Just call out
"Liar, liar!" and I'll infect you too
with the addictive taboo
of bidding the truth adieu.
Trust me!
That's a lie, such a lie for a lie.
You see,
I can't pry my own dyed scheming eyes.
So please,
forgive my falsified truthful lies.
Truly
lying!
'Cause I'm a liar!
Oh how appalling,
the lies are crawling
and covering every single little bit.
Oh, how revolting,
and full of loathing.
It's nauseating.
(Exhilarating, isn't it?)
Manipulating,
hardly pulsating,
a heart like that is the only one that's free.
Without emotion,
without devotion,
it's much easier to tell them you're happy.
So join me hey,
let's play
a lying game.
And cover ourselves
with something inviting.
Rewriting
and truly driving
a story that was meant to end with painful feelings.
Put on your mask and let's have us one last masquerade,
dancing senselessly on the shadows of the betrayed!
A smiling and crying and lying charade.
Such is life for a boring existence...
'cause I'm a-
Liar, liar,
and only that is true. After all,
fire, fire,
is something I pursue. Just call out
"Liar, liar!" and I'll infect you too
with the addictive taboo
of bidding the truth adieu.
'Cause I'm a liar....
Peek-a-peek-a-boo,
ha ha, I found you
hiding from the truth.
But that's nothing new...
Peek-a-peek-a-boo,
I can see right through,
liars know their kind
like you know the back of your own-
hand.
It's bland.
Such an existence where everything goes as planned.
Wasteland
is much more fun to navigate and understand.
That's why
I cast it aside for this world made out of lies.
That's why.
... Was there ever truly blue in my sky?
So put on your mask, and let's have us one last masquerade;
dancing senselessly on the shadows of the betrayed.
A smiling and crying and lying charade.
Such is life for the boring existence of a liar....
Am I a
liar, liar,
does it seem that way to you?
After all,
fire, fire,
is burning through the roof
'cause we're all-
Liars! Liars!
And I don't know what's true, after all
fire, fire, has ravaged all I knew!
I call out "Liar, liar!"
but the world's gone askew,
really what more can I do
except bid the truth adieu...
Trust me!
What's a lie, is it lies, only lies?
You see!
I can't pry blinded eyes while I cry!
So please,
look past my blackened sky full of lies.
Truly
lying!
Hate me!
This disguise might incise only lies.
You see!
Nothing's left here to save in my eyes!
So please,
let me tell you my last crushing lie.
Truly
lying!
Truly...
dying.
'Cause I'm a liar!
I actually recently extended the competition by 2 weeks so you're not late at all and you've been entered into the competition!! I'm holding off on listening to the covers until the competition closes so I'm excited to listen to this in about 2 weeks! :)
Yoooo
he vocals came out amazingly!! Another brilliant cover!!
Psysoubi commenting!? What an honor
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the stylistic choices you made are super interesting! (distorting the inst, leaving out the vocals at the end, etc.) I can tell you had a vision for this cover and really made it your own, I think it paid off. good luck on the contest too!
woahhh its so good probably the best cover of this out there (seriously the pronunciation is so clear! :0)
Wowie, if I didn’t know better, I’d swear that’s Kokichi’s Voice. (If the games had no VA’s)
Honestly I still imagine kokichi with this voice, at least for the non-voiced lines.
The only characters i always imagine with the VAs voice are Byakuya and Gundham (and Gundham's VA played through DR2, so technically, almost all of Gundham's lines have been voices)
Honestly, this is ten times better than the original in my book. It’d be cool to see the video play out with similar editing, with the screen shaking about and Kokichi’s sprite changing.
The singing feels more followable while keeping the chaotic vibe.
I wasn't expecting in the vid with 13 comments one would have a pfp of One Sin. My friend suggested this vid to be a theme for an OC nugget from Library of Ruina who is, well a liar lol
this cover was completely breathtaking!! it made me feel so much, and is one of the few songs that i can say have given me chill-bumps. you did really well and i wish i had voted for you, buuuut i accidentally voted earlier. i regret that, because this is by far the best option!!
*D.I.C.E.* thanks you.
And on behalf of the legitimately-elected President of Russia... Those last few extra lines and thoughts really hit a liar where he lives.
_Uso dayo~_
Oumagod...
I love the changed lyrics ❤
beatiful
Oi this came out wonderfully Bea!! Don’t understand why you would need to temper yourself otherwise :p Definitely noticed the effort put into vocals, Solaria comes off very strong and clear with your pitching. Especially loved how the chorus was mixed in, really cool effect! Awesome choice of song to cover too, the distorted baseline instrumental creates a striking dynamic with your vocals.
Curious what you’ve been adjusting in your mixing process behind the scenes, mentioned some tips had helped with this in particular? Looking forward to what you come up with next!
Ooh, main takeaways from this project have been frequency isolation/removal in the mix via EQ and vocal doubling effects, manual and by plugin. I found the vocals felt a bit thin for the longest time and just sat on top of the instrumental. I ended up cutting frequencies around 4k and 700 to make room for the vocal tracks, then about 30% separation for the doubling effect (and I tried to do it manually with the takes feature, but it wasn't as successful this time around). Part of it was also lowering the instrumental volume to hear the vocals without destroying its integrity, you know?
What was really fun on this one is the variation you can do with vocal modes (things like Soft and Strong, which are just two of Solaria's) to get different tone qualities, which helped differentiate the chorus from the main verse and allows for more expression in the voice. They're on sliders in the current versions of SynthV, and can be adjusted with curves like the pitch. The curves I drew are a bit funky-looking, but they work in tandem really nicely.
Thank you so much for checking it out!
Frequency isolation is super helpful for auditory readability! Same concept applies to keeping game audio mixed so important cues have their own ranges to stand out to the ear, for all the modifications you were doing vocally the larger range pays off well. Can imagine those curves do a lot to create a more continuous variation of tone with tight level of control. Would be interesting to see how those correlate to the end result TBH - them being funky looking tells me you spent quite a bit of intention getting the effect to be what you wanted.
Appreciate the insight!@@spontaneousglitterbees
Easily the best version of the song I've heard
God DAMN is Solaria such a good vocal synth! I thought this was a normal cover before i looked at the title!
Anyway, to my looping playlist it goes so i csn listen to this masterpiece over and over again until it makes me physically sick to listen to it.