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  • Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
  • Check out Dan's ALTERNATE ENDING! • LETHAL COMPANY SONG | ...
    In ‘Lethal Company,’ employees explore a multitude moons in order to find scrap, risking their lives as they face deathly traps and are stalked by dangerous creatures. They must find enough scrap to meet the ever-increasing profit quotas of “The Company,” or else the employees may find themselves brutally disposed of…
    But luckily this is all just a video game! Can you imagine any companies in real life having such a callous disregard for their employees mental and physical welfare? Allowing human suffering just so they can increase their profits?! Hoarding wealth and paying a pittance to those doing the actual labour?! I sure can’t think of any AMAZing examples ON the fly…
    Well folks, we’re back to our usual video game songs! I loved the idea of a Lethal Company song, it seemed like the perfect game to add to the anti-capitalism bop collection. I wanted it to be a semi-spiritual successor to the Fine Print in terms of theme and message, even though I doubt it’ll achieve the same level of notoriety on TikTok.
    It seems to be a pattern to do a collab with Dan Bull in the first half of the year, and who am I to break tradition? Big thanks to Dan, it’s always great fun to work with him (even though I deprived him of sleep a bit for this one… sorry Dan!)
    And as always, many thanks to rest of the team for this one. Nick for another smashing set build, Paul for his fantastic filmography, Liz for her excellent editing, Benedict and Phoenix for their cracking costumes and prop-making prowess, and Benedict again for his awesome assistance on set.
    Alliteration is fun. Wait! I mean… alliteration is amusing.
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    Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium & @danbull
    Instrumental by @FreshyKanal, @Freeced @danbull and The Stupendium
    Video by The Stupendium & Lizzy CJ
    Shoot Coordinator: Lizzy CJ
    Production assistant: @LawlessMarshall
    Costuming and prop fabrication by @LawlessMarshall and Phoenix Toothill
    Set fabrication by Nick Henderson
    Mixing by @OxygenBeats
    Kazaxaphoo performed by The Stupendium
    Helmet 3D Print file by COSPLAYPLANET3D
    Mask 3D Print file by Dungeons And Starships
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    The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person.

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  • @TheStupendium
    @TheStupendium  13 днів тому +752

    Check out Dan's ALTERNATE ENDING! ua-cam.com/video/4y46LYa1OUU/v-deo.html
    LYRICS:
    INTRO:
    Steel, iron, nuts and bolts
    Poor man’s gold in rusted vaults
    Scrap, tin, wheels and gears
    Shift by shift and year by year
    Rod, beam, sheet and plate
    Ironclad, you sealed your fate
    All that shines shall fade in time
    Welded put the day you signed
    VERSE 01:
    The production line
    You better do your best, forget about sunshine
    ‘Cause you won’t see it where you’re going
    And the only thing you know is
    You won’t get to have your lunch on time
    Or ever again, ‘cause every second you spend
    That isn’t meeting an end that an executive penned
    Is another debt that you render that’ll let them extend
    Upon the length of your tenure where you’re ever condemned
    Well, would you look at that, life’s coming thick and fast, I run and
    Zig and zag amid the tat, pick and pack, bric-a-brac
    Click and drag, mix and match, stick a stack in my sack
    ‘Til it could fill a skip of scrap then bring it back quick as a flash
    We’re scrappy and resilient, we’re happy and we’re diligent
    But that’s just if you’re listening to marketing transmissions
    Contractually itinerant, a dastardly predicament
    Entrapped within a system hauling scrap for the omnipotent
    Voices in the radio that point us in which way to go
    The base we’re excavating, what we’re paid and then the pay we owe
    Uncertain of the purpose to the service that we’re slaving over
    Purge the lunar surface of its worth to meet the daily quote
    MAIN CHORUS:
    Some of us are living to work
    Some of us are working to live
    Some of us are making while others are just taking
    And some of us are dying to give
    VERSE 02:
    Whoop! Yay! Hooray! Another day at the office
    Slaving away and generating the profits
    Heading straight for the pockets of the laziest bosses
    If it wasn’t for me then they’d be making a loss, it’s
    A struggle working double shifts, selling my soul
    So my landlord doesn't have to do any at all
    I’m clearly very important while you’re merely a drone
    Giving me steady employment just to dwell in a hole
    That I can barely afford, belly unfilled like Oliver Twist
    Begging for more, I don’t want to exist
    No longer stomaching it, wanna be somebody different
    But I’m stuck as it is, so stuff it, double my shifts
    Rub out the family time in your diary, erase it all
    They’ll only hire me if I’ll be reliably available
    Yet I appear, clearly entirely replaceable
    The irony’s I find it to be kind of inspirational
    Anxiety’ll make you more inclined to reach a greater goal
    Until you find me crying quietly against the wall
    I miss my wife, I miss my kids
    I miss my life, can’t live like this!
    Perhaps for once if salary might rise in line with rent
    We’d have the funds to rise and shine, not rise in line, content
    To sacrifice our family lives to those on high, hell bent
    On empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement
    PRE-CHORUS:
    I am the very model of a model employee
    I never leave my shuttle, can’t afford to pay those fees
    My overtime does overtime, I work nine days a week
    And I never hit that bottle ‘til it’s time to take a pee
    MAIN CHORUS:
    Some of us are making a killing
    While some are barely making a living
    Is a life worth saving without life savings?
    It’s a 9-to-5, 25-to-life in prison
    VERSE 03:
    Lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s a-tickin’
    Drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position
    Sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in
    Drop shipping top tip - “Tips will not be given”
    With this cost of living what do lives cost?
    Well, the customer ain’t fussed over the lives lost
    We’re discounted, under the counter, half off
    In stocks, at the gallows for the price drop
    To rock bottom, ba-da-da-dum
    Sing the jingle, give a whistle, here’s your lot, plod on
    It’s official, sacrificial, sing the company song
    ‘Fore they bop the stop-button on your oxygen
    Two guys moonlight on a new moon nightly
    Tryna find loot like, “Ooh that’ll do nicely”
    Lamp, cookie mold, jar, fish, stop sign
    Pan, whoopie, gold bar, gift box, MINE!
    No, mine!
    NO, MINE!
    [mine explodes]
    Should you be hurt in our place of employment
    It’ll be worse than a band-aid and some ointment
    There isn’t a nurse with whom to make an appointment
    There’s really just certain doom; painfully poignant
    Each day tossed upon the scrapheap
    Struggling to meet pay, care to mind the gap, cheap
    Labour can be replaced when there are fatalities
    Several men a week slayed, tumbling from the gantries
    In what kind of dimension is debris so decrepit
    Worth more than all the lives amongst the men you send to get it?
    The minions paid a pittance from the millions you inherit
    And then billed for the equipment ‘fore they get to spent the credits
    SPOKEN INTERLUDE:
    Have you had an accident at work that wasn’t your fault?
    No, you haven’t
    It absolutely WAS your fault!
    MAIN CHORUS:
    Some of us are living to work
    Some of us are working to live
    Some of us are making while others are just taking
    And some of us are dying to give
    We all bought the production line
    We all toe the production line
    We all march in production line
    We all signed the production line
    BRIDGE:
    It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know
    Just another shift, try to keep a grip
    Haven’t slept a wink and my vision starts to drift
    We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go
    Filling up the ship, just another trip
    Maddened, on the brink, in no position to resist
    The wheels of progress, they turn, so get ahead or go home
    I got a quota to meet or else it’s over for me
    And when my rota’s complete then I can hopefully leave
    Just never question what burns to run the engines below
    We were sold on a dream but now they won’t let us sleep
    Take a moment to grieve and you’ll owe them a fee
    VERSE 04:
    My school careers adviser couldn’t be any nicer
    She was just like, “Might as well give up and die, bruh”
    It isn’t that likely we’ll experience retirement
    When staying alive’s a minimum requirement
    I’ve trained, I’ve tried, ‘til I’m strained, I’m tired
    I’d trade my trade for a train driver’s
    But I’m afraid that the end of the line
    Isn’t a place I’ll arrive ‘til the end of my life
    PRE-CHORUS:
    I am the very model of a model employee
    ‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me
    Painfully aware my fate to bear’s as cog in a machine
    Just one more face cast off to space for products on a screen
    FINAL CHORUS:
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    Production line
    We all bought the production line
    We all toe the production line
    We all march in production line
    We all signed the production line
    Some of us are making a killing
    While some are barely making a living
    Is a life worth saving without life savings?
    It’s a 9-to-5 25-to-life in prison
    Some of us are living to work
    Some of us are working to live
    Some of us are making while others are just taking
    And some of us are dying to give
    It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know
    We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go
    We all signed the production line

    • @agentnull5242
      @agentnull5242 13 днів тому +8

      Now I have to play Lethal company to understand the references you’ve made. Great.
      Edit: Not that it’s a bad thing :)

    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 13 днів тому +2

      You're the Best ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @my-lord798
      @my-lord798 13 днів тому +1

      1000 views in 5 minutes you really fell off stu

    • @Conspiracyman200
      @Conspiracyman200 13 днів тому +2

      I hope you do more songs like these sort of music.

    • @_the_magnificent_loafman
      @_the_magnificent_loafman 12 днів тому

      1hr gang

  • @gosha305
    @gosha305 13 днів тому +4307

    Corporate evil and Stupendium is a combo that can really never go wrong

    • @burgerpug6097
      @burgerpug6097 13 днів тому +13

      True

    • @NewkTheGeckgoat
      @NewkTheGeckgoat 13 днів тому +90

      Corporate evil and The Stupendium go together like Impressive Sets and The Stupendium, or On Point costuming and The Stupendium. It’s insane!

    • @yahyagd5637
      @yahyagd5637 12 днів тому +50

      We work,to earn the right to work

    • @iuric.528
      @iuric.528 12 днів тому +31

      At this point "Corporate Evil" just redundant

    • @bricbrok5550
      @bricbrok5550 12 днів тому +6

      Mr house proves

  • @gormlesshoboproductions
    @gormlesshoboproductions 13 днів тому +2573

    "I am the very model of a model employee , cuz I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" is such an unbelievably raw line, it perfectly captures the mood of Lethal Company (not that the rest of the song doesnt- it all does!)

    • @MayoOverlord
      @MayoOverlord 13 днів тому +9

      Also it might just be me, but that line is a bit sus no ?

    • @Arthur_Guy
      @Arthur_Guy 13 днів тому +20

      @@MayoOverlordno it is not.

    • @j-mc2144
      @j-mc2144 12 днів тому +8

      Pirates of Penzance?

    • @TheShadowOfZama
      @TheShadowOfZama 12 днів тому +24

      Anyone else being reminded of the song of a certain modern major-general when hearing that line?

    • @theimpostorafungus1213
      @theimpostorafungus1213 12 днів тому +20

      raw and makes sense since model could be interpreted as a miniature version of a real thing. Models like action figures get toyed with by humans much bigger than them. Not sure how obvious that was to people but it took me a second to get it.

  • @pocket_possum
    @pocket_possum 12 днів тому +378

    the way thier name tags doesn't have thier names on them and just says "employee' is such a good detail because in reality when you're at this kind of working environment you're just that, an employee to them you have no name, no personality, you're just there to make them money

  • @Vaprous
    @Vaprous 12 днів тому +218

    Wait a minute... this isn't a song about Lethal Company ... this is just a song about real life.

    • @noahhamilton5974
      @noahhamilton5974 9 днів тому +11

      "Ah, you figured it out! Would you like a cookie?"
      -your brain, F:NV
      I jest, but honestly stupes' songs.... stupend me with how much they contain secrets. Call me stupid, but i realied about 1 1/2 years after the remaster of "the second" that the title is a pun name.

    • @Vaprous
      @Vaprous 9 днів тому +6

      @@noahhamilton5974 Wait until you learn that "Matter of Factories" is a pun on "Matter of Fact".

    • @noahhamilton5974
      @noahhamilton5974 8 днів тому +4

      @@Vaprous did know that one.
      BUTTT DID YOU KNOW IT IS A PLAY ON THE NAME OF HIS SONG "A MATTER OF FACTS"?

    • @loorthedarkelf8353
      @loorthedarkelf8353 5 днів тому +1

      Every time someone makes something, it's about more than the idea. It's communication.
      Start with something you feel so hard it grabs your bones inside your flesh, and it doesn't matter if its fanwork-- people will feel it whether it's your original story or another that inspired you.

    • @HawkOfKrypton
      @HawkOfKrypton 4 дні тому

      Thats The Stups Experience for ya. :)

  • @misterbrick4276
    @misterbrick4276 12 днів тому +967

    i love how very little of the song seems to actually involving life-threatening things (I.E. monsters) making it very clear that "hey this is about more than Lethal Company"

    • @Kektus1
      @Kektus1 12 днів тому +66

      Well, yeah, it's barely a Lethal Company song. It's a Corporation Bad song with a very impressive Lethal Company set of visuals made for them to wear and interact with.

    • @madiz4228
      @madiz4228 12 днів тому +107

      @@Kektus1I think it is very pertinent to Lethal Company. It just focuses more about the lore surrounding the Company than on the monsters.

    • @muffinman7163
      @muffinman7163 10 днів тому +11

      I was actually kinda hoping for some more about the monsters lore or just some funny quips about them

    • @High-LordHarza
      @High-LordHarza 10 днів тому +27

      It's only missing a line about the monsters in charge being worse than the monsters they find

    • @thematiasmadness7010
      @thematiasmadness7010 10 днів тому +12

      @@madiz4228I mean the lore is that a giant monster “hires” them to find human scrap….for something, it’s less lazy bosses and more eldritch horror hires human to feed them as they slowly become insane or die

  • @BlakeTheGamblingHero
    @BlakeTheGamblingHero 12 днів тому +620

    The dead emotionless stare as they did the dance is the face of men who worked months upon months for the company and just had enough after being struck by lightning for the 20th time.

    • @Mr.Sparks.173
      @Mr.Sparks.173 9 днів тому +30

      I worked blue collar jobs (formally factory work, now I'm an electrician) almost all my life and every now and then you'll get an executive that would think that mandatory "fun" things like group dances or stretches would be more beneficial than a pay raise.
      The workers all have that dead look in thier eyes as the foreman half-heartedly guides the guys through the motions so we can all get back to why we're there in the first place.

    • @user-ig7id1ey6u
      @user-ig7id1ey6u 4 дні тому

      ​@@Mr.Sparks.173"If they are treat you like the money you make them, treat them like the money you get"

  • @maxbreiling4929
    @maxbreiling4929 12 днів тому +243

    "Our empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement" is my favorite line. Just upon hearing the opening tune did I know this was going to be a Stupendium hit

    • @TheStringyGamer
      @TheStringyGamer 12 днів тому +7

      Its a beautiful line and extremely true. In the US we rarely hear about the hundreds of thousands of laborers from across the world were used like slaves and died building the dams and railroads not that long ago

    • @Ag3nt-MC
      @Ag3nt-MC 8 днів тому +1

      The opening bit is stuck in my head so I just listen to the song to remind me that once I get out of school I get to work the rest of my life.

    • @TheStringyGamer
      @TheStringyGamer 8 днів тому +1

      @Ag3nt-MC The more people that understand how bad capitalism is the closer we get to doing something about it

    • @christianmurray1986
      @christianmurray1986 2 дні тому

      "Hell-bent on empires" because that's what corporate wants.

  • @ivycomb
    @ivycomb 12 днів тому +106

    The amount of love and care you put into these music videos is insane

  • @turriffo
    @turriffo 13 днів тому +266

    Can't believe they ACTUALLY built a space ship JUST for this music video!

    • @foxtube2
      @foxtube2 12 днів тому +8

      I love the helmets

  • @vikerish3633
    @vikerish3633 13 днів тому +1137

    I love how this is literally not a lethal company song, it's just a corporate greed song with the guise of lethal company. Stupendium and Dan you only make bangers!

    • @TelevisionNTheatre
      @TelevisionNTheatre 12 днів тому +88

      In the end, either works. The Company *is* just a walking code violation anyway. Or... whatever it uses to walk.

    • @Whyteroze28
      @Whyteroze28 12 днів тому +29

      Right? It's literally just the world today...

    • @Haganeren
      @Haganeren 12 днів тому +42

      The VISUAL was very Lethal company but yes, not really the lyrics... It works quite well though !

    • @nnnn8029
      @nnnn8029 12 днів тому +39

      As much as Datastream, Fine print and other corporate songs were much more about real life horror than about their source games.

    • @teamcybr8375
      @teamcybr8375 12 днів тому

      ​@@nnnn8029 Data Stream especially. That break where he lists all the shit they track, was literally taken straight from the list of stuff Facebook tracks

  • @MeboDotExe
    @MeboDotExe 12 днів тому +55

    “lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s-a-tickin’, drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position, sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in, drop shipping top tip, [TIPS WILL NOT BE GIVEN.]” is so pleasing to the ears

    • @isaiahminott
      @isaiahminott 10 днів тому +3

      How in the world do flip the words tip top so much and still make it absolutely fire....only stupes and dan know
      Also the whoopy, gold bar (whoopi goldberg)

  • @epicjag3365
    @epicjag3365 11 днів тому +41

    1:59
    "My son will be turning 18 later this year and as i have yet to meet him, i humbly request that i might perhaps see him for half an hour to mark the occasion?...please?"
    The details in the actual video are almost as good as the songs, BANGER

  • @JonathonSwinney2814
    @JonathonSwinney2814 12 днів тому +300

    I love how sarcastically the line "I'm clearly very important while you're merely a drone" was delivered

  • @julianthechild7483
    @julianthechild7483 13 днів тому +502

    Stupendium autocorrects to stupendous for a reason.

    • @ArianOlivo
      @ArianOlivo 13 днів тому +1

      Part 2: trending clip recommended
      ua-cam.com/video/zPGcrb5_ZXc/v-deo.html

    • @theromanorder
      @theromanorder 13 днів тому +3

      Yea because theres a yter with that name

    • @elstarnor4628
      @elstarnor4628 12 днів тому +7

      Because they are ✨stupendous✨ /hj

    • @NeinBreaker
      @NeinBreaker 12 днів тому +6

      The Stupendous Stupendium.

    • @wyvernscale9634
      @wyvernscale9634 12 днів тому +1

      Because that's exactly what they are 😊

  • @HexterXD
    @HexterXD 12 днів тому +49

    With this kind of funky beat, i’m surprised the beastly creatures didn’t join in the company approved dance.

  • @Starplagues
    @Starplagues 11 днів тому +17

    Love the detail of Dan forgetting to turn off the flashlight and has it in his pockets still on

  • @PoisonFlow3r
    @PoisonFlow3r 13 днів тому +1042

    "Mine" "No, Mine" "No, MINE" lmao.
    Genius lyrics, genius set design, genius video.... GENIUS, as always. You and Dan have both outdone yourselves once again!

  • @fawkespryde9183
    @fawkespryde9183 13 днів тому +1037

    "And I'll never hit that bottle until it's time to pee." As someone who's heard horror stories about night shift, that line hits different.

    • @05-04
      @05-04 12 днів тому +4

      Can I understand

    • @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth
      @PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth 12 днів тому +44

      @@05-04| It's a reference to Amazon, which was woking its warehouse employees so hard they didn't even have time to use the bathroom, and instead had to pee in bottles.

    • @GamerBendy
      @GamerBendy 12 днів тому +6

      ​@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth when I first heard that lyric my first thought it was reference to fnaf song stay calm where Mike pee into a cup

    • @exploratory-fordora9672
      @exploratory-fordora9672 11 днів тому +5

      @@GamerBendyI mean… yes’nt they both where referring to the same thing

    • @05-04
      @05-04 11 днів тому

      @@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth No... I want to know @fawkespryde9183 horror story stuff

  • @underplayer420
    @underplayer420 12 днів тому +29

    5:17
    “I’ve TRAINed”
    “END OF THE LINE”
    *gasp!
    CHO CHO CHARLES BANGER SONF REFERENCE!!!

  • @whensleydaled
    @whensleydaled 11 днів тому +20

    Including "production makes me feel good" as a nod to Bustin' was genius.

  • @trx90vito29
    @trx90vito29 12 днів тому +156

    “I’m the very model of a model employee” both a reference to “The Very Model of a Modern Major General” AND Ad Infinitums line “The very model of a major general store”
    Well played, Xir, well played

    • @Acorn905
      @Acorn905 3 дні тому +2

      I dont understand but that sounds smart

  • @chaoticnekomancer
    @chaoticnekomancer 12 днів тому +403

    "I'd trade my trade for a *train driver's* but I'm afraid that the *end of the line* isn't a place I'll arrive 'til the end of my life!" That's SUCH a great little nod to the last song Stupes and Dan Bull have collaborated on AND I'M LIVING FOR IT!!

    • @LordSaric
      @LordSaric 12 днів тому +19

      Bonus points for the spidery threat both times!

    • @jandiqar
      @jandiqar 7 днів тому +1

      There's also a lyrical reference to Tune Into The Darkness at the end of the first verse.

  • @Blorckits
    @Blorckits 12 днів тому +21

    3:15 this is an amazing shot. What a genius way to pan to the second character.

  • @myeyesdontbreathe3555
    @myeyesdontbreathe3555 12 днів тому +9

    very minor detail, but I love how, in the credits, the beat for the backing track comes in just as Stupes thanks Freshy and Free for help making said beat.

  • @ThatOneJoJoDude
    @ThatOneJoJoDude 12 днів тому +198

    "its a 9-5, 25-to-life in prison" gotta be one of my favorite lines in this song :D i love this

    • @dallastexas1684
      @dallastexas1684 12 днів тому +11

      that line reminds me of "ashes to ashes, 9 to 5" in the Death and Taxes song.

    • @ThatOneJoJoDude
      @ThatOneJoJoDude 12 днів тому +5

      ​@@dallastexas1684 dang ur right.. nice

  • @Callynboclair
    @Callynboclair 12 днів тому +203

    Stupes popped off with this one. I mean, anticapitalism and Stupes go hand in hand, but they really made a working class anthem. The day before this was posted, I was fired with no warning even though I worked more overtime than anyone else. This absolute banger is gonna be the fight song for a bit. The line "I am the very model of a model employee ‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" COULD NOT have hit harder than it did today. All love Stupes. Keep doing what you do best.

    • @MoondustManwise
      @MoondustManwise 8 днів тому +4

      I'm down here at the bottom with you, solidarity my friend, someday we'll claw the billionaires off their thrones

  • @fishyoung1346
    @fishyoung1346 12 днів тому +11

    I've GOT to listen to the acapella so I can try to breakdown the production techniques in stacking those harmonies at 5:40. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

  • @BurningAshPlays
    @BurningAshPlays 12 днів тому +14

    The mine line is genius it reminds me of the time my friends and I had like 500 dollars from one moon carrying it through the facility and someone yelled "MINE!" and we all blew up. Incredible song as always!

  • @ARTIFICION
    @ARTIFICION 12 днів тому +400

    Stupe's amidst all the heavy themes, I couldn't help but chuckle at the "Have you had an accident at work that wasn't your fault?" interlude. It's a clever nod to those ubiquitous workplace safety ads that always seem to pop up when you least expect them. Overall, a fantastic piece of music for THE COMPANY with layers of meaning and a sprinkle of humor to keep it all balanced. Stupendium/Dan Bull really nailed it!🔥

    • @MoondustManwise
      @MoondustManwise 8 днів тому +1

      It's so real too, I had an injury at work that made my back useless for the next few months and all I got told was that I should have done better. Didn't even bother pursuing workers comp, I've never seen it given in my life

  • @notyetimnot406
    @notyetimnot406 13 днів тому +518

    wow, if i had a nickel for every time stupes and dan got together and made a song about a horror game with the word "line" in its name that had two alternate endings, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

    • @oboo1225
      @oboo1225 12 днів тому +15

      This song also has an end of the line reference in it

    • @strawhatsteve2198
      @strawhatsteve2198 12 днів тому +2

      I see Phineas and Ferb reference, I press like.

    • @GuyYouMetOnline
      @GuyYouMetOnline 12 днів тому +1

      End of the Line has alternate endings?

    • @AlexanderAzarov
      @AlexanderAzarov 12 днів тому +7

      @@GuyYouMetOnline When Dan Bull and The Stupendium collab, they always have different endings, so far.

    • @mr_epicgaming
      @mr_epicgaming 12 днів тому +9

      If I had a nickel for every time stupes and Dan go to SPACE to engage in DANGEROUS TASKS in silly SPACESUITS. Oh yeah. alongside that. In one of the two alternate endings STUPES ENDS UP BEING THE BAD GUY....
      I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice.

  • @chancehynes-mcguire6124
    @chancehynes-mcguire6124 12 днів тому +9

    Cool how the two best lyricists of nerdcore harmonize so daym well!

  • @titusfortunus2916
    @titusfortunus2916 12 днів тому +12

    WE ARE BLESSED, 7 MINUTES WITH HARD LYRICS AND LITTLE REPETITION, A NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, IT'S ALL SO GOOD.

  • @BeefBoss2010
    @BeefBoss2010 13 днів тому +227

    Stupendium and Dan Bull must've loved making this video for it to be 7 mins, and that was 7 mins deserved of my time.

    • @stargamer9614
      @stargamer9614 13 днів тому +4

      And since there is a second version its a well enployed 14min of time

    • @AnDeledelewoop
      @AnDeledelewoop 11 днів тому

      For me it's more like 42 mins

  • @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit
    @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit 13 днів тому +216

    YOUR SONG KEEPS THE COMPANY HAPPY.

  • @Calimbandil87
    @Calimbandil87 12 днів тому +7

    What a fun little song with absolutely no real world implications at all. No siree!

  • @El_Rey_247
    @El_Rey_247 12 днів тому +14

    Thank you for making these so upbeat. Some of these lines bring up some painful memories, but they're worth remembering. The energy definitely pushes it in a "laugh rather than cry" direction.

  • @jonatanmonsalve11
    @jonatanmonsalve11 13 днів тому +189

    This song just made me desire a Helldivers 2 song made by you both XD
    You two work so well together for these kind of fun crazy games

    • @FelidaeEnjoyer
      @FelidaeEnjoyer 13 днів тому +8

      If junes' monthly song isn't it THAT JUST MEANS IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER WHEN IT COMES OUT!

    • @triggerhappy4199
      @triggerhappy4199 12 днів тому +10

      Deep rock galactic as well for the trilogy of fun multiplayer games

    • @KingNedya
      @KingNedya 12 днів тому

      ​@@triggerhappy4199That would be great, DRG getting more recognition is always a good thing.

  • @bonniemann8360
    @bonniemann8360 13 днів тому +95

    In the age-old tradition of shouting out lyrics that go hard, I gotta give love to "at the gallows for the price drop" and "just never question what burns to run the engines below"

  • @justkeveroni
    @justkeveroni 12 днів тому +12

    3:04 is literally EAR CANDY.
    Also wanted to add that the set looks INCREADABLE. It's probably one of my favorite sets you've done by far with it being incredibly detailed!
    Bravo to literally everyone who work on the video

  • @thegamemaker8284
    @thegamemaker8284 12 днів тому +6

    3d printing layer lines spotted, this brings me happiness for some reason

  • @klausschmidt6833
    @klausschmidt6833 12 днів тому +82

    Empires founded on thousands drowned in cement. Wow. It's so hard to pick just one line from this amazing work of art. It's so perfectly distilled "Stupendium talks corporate greed" that it's iconic, of course. But man. The hardness of these lines makes me think it'd sell better than the gold we're grabbing to hit quota. Platinum song indeed.

  • @_.Lix._
    @_.Lix._ 13 днів тому +150

    We love the Company *and* The Stupendium!

  • @FZK29
    @FZK29 8 днів тому +5

    I haven't played this game, but I don't understand why people complain that Stupendium and Dan Bull took a different path lyrically to not be so close to the original game. I love this! It's so deep, it's lyrically wonderful... AND THAT CHORUS IS SO CATCHING... AAAA!!! I LOVE IT!!
    Sparked a genuine interest in the game, i have to try it.

  • @wizerplay6905
    @wizerplay6905 12 днів тому +18

    The "No, mine!" joke and the "No, it absolutely WAS your fault!" are genius, I don't have any other words 😂😂
    Also I'm not sure if that's the same bell as in Don't Let The Bellhops Bite, but since the short about unreusable props I was thinking it could be used here (oh god, how expensive this video probably is...)

    • @ThatNameRightHere
      @ThatNameRightHere 3 дні тому +3

      Something I just noticed are the beer bottles are the same ones from the Fallen London video! At least, I'm pretty sure they are!

    • @wizerplay6905
      @wizerplay6905 3 дні тому

      @@ThatNameRightHere They do look similar, you're probably right, how did you even notice that! :D

  • @realgerasiov
    @realgerasiov 13 днів тому +222

    Not regretting being a patron for these kinds of bangers!

    • @ArianOlivo
      @ArianOlivo 13 днів тому +3

      Part 2:
      ua-cam.com/video/zPGcrb5_ZXc/v-deo.html

    • @stompingliger
      @stompingliger 13 днів тому +3

      Here, here!

  • @BoredPipe
    @BoredPipe 12 днів тому +31

    That dance at the end looks like it's a comandy mandated coreography that people were required to do, or else get a pay cut. Fun!

  • @agoose373
    @agoose373 12 днів тому +13

    0:18 for those who wanna replay the beginning a thousand times

    • @Swoobit
      @Swoobit 4 дні тому +1

      Thank you very much

  • @bruteboi73
    @bruteboi73 12 днів тому +10

    the dead inside dancing is amazing

  • @RockingSpaceDragon
    @RockingSpaceDragon 13 днів тому +103

    I gotta say, listening to it again i really love how the beginning of the song starts like a song sung by the masses, almost like a work song, that then refines into the personal singing - it feels like we're getting a view of the company as a whole before zooming in on two unfortunates!

    • @grimlockthetyrant4521
      @grimlockthetyrant4521 12 днів тому +3

      I know what you mean. I really enjoy the work song at the beginning, I’d say it’s my favorite part! Don’t get me wrong, the whole song’s a banger, but I’m curious about what it would’ve sounded like if they stuck with the work song.

    • @TuxedoDogss
      @TuxedoDogss 12 днів тому +2

      @@grimlockthetyrant4521 that's exactly what im thinking! that initial part set the bar so high for me, it is probably my new favourite verse in stupe's songs. i really wish we could get another song focused on that style

    • @AnDeledelewoop
      @AnDeledelewoop 11 днів тому

      If you slow it down it sound like a kind of ipnosis

  • @imunswag1539
    @imunswag1539 12 днів тому +21

    I swear, Stupes has mastered the, “Corrupt business, dystopian, evil ceo” type of song.

  • @xandermason7748
    @xandermason7748 12 днів тому +8

    I have never found a channel quite as effective at throwing verbal-flashbang lyrics at you as the stupendium. Incredible stuff as usual, we love it!

  • @arty3090
    @arty3090 12 днів тому +8

    This was such a fun one! I still appreciate how Stupes and Co make these songs about the games and their messages and themes, rather than just trying to pad time on referencing mechanics. Its why I'm glad to tune in each release!

  • @Adcium
    @Adcium 13 днів тому +20

    When a song about a horror game applies to real life, you know life sucks.

  • @jonathanfox1506
    @jonathanfox1506 13 днів тому +38

    Love the upbeat-ness of the song, and I dare say the flow is amazing

  • @mallet69420
    @mallet69420 12 днів тому +8

    Stupes with a cute game about building your island and making animal friends: song about how landlords pressure you into horrible prices and are the worst people
    Stupes with a game about a company killing their employees for not doing enough work: Dancing Time

    • @headphonesaxolotl
      @headphonesaxolotl 8 днів тому +2

      The irony is that Tom Nook is arguably one of the nicest CEOs in fiction (at least in the newer games) and he gets villainized while everyone jokes about "for the Company" while it's one of the worst.

  • @burnslee1164
    @burnslee1164 12 днів тому +9

    1:42 This line has nothing to do with the game, and I could not be happier that it is in here, good work, guys! You truly went above and beyond your quota, and I hope you can afford a great luxury, like radio, or flashlights.

  • @SkyeTheSapphicWizard
    @SkyeTheSapphicWizard 13 днів тому +29

    I cannot with Dan's face when he says bruh behind stupes

  • @branfili
    @branfili 13 днів тому +12

    I really like the easter eggs in the video
    Like the REQUEST DENIED for meeting my son on his 18th birthday
    Really helps underscore the depressing theme of the song

  • @Lawnie
    @Lawnie 12 днів тому +3

    My two favourite tidbits of this are the nod to "The End of the Line", and the incredibly tired and lifeless dancing around the 6 minute 13 mark. So much fun. Great work, Stupes and Dan!

  • @guyman12345
    @guyman12345 12 днів тому +5

    Well good news! You reached quota, congrats! And for your pay you get 0.5% of the earnings we get. Now we expect triple of that quota by Monday, chop chop!

  • @theworstghost123
    @theworstghost123 13 днів тому +35

    The aesthetics in this video were great, the animations and costumes were amazing!

  • @FlyingSnake
    @FlyingSnake 13 днів тому +33

    The freaking produciton level in this oh my god, this all looks amazing

  • @flaviusiii2647
    @flaviusiii2647 11 днів тому +7

    Yesterday in the supermarket someone pointed to my Stupendium brand hoodie (tm) and said “no I in team” and we both said “but theres con in economy!” And my friend put their head in their hands

  • @sbigoo9688
    @sbigoo9688 12 днів тому +5

    THEY DID IT! THEY REUSED THE LAMP!

  • @AtomicFear
    @AtomicFear 13 днів тому +41

    THIS SONG WAS SO GOOD, THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS THROUGH THE ROOM OH MY LORD

  • @ac31ell
    @ac31ell 12 днів тому +16

    The way that Dan Bull and Stupendium never fail to deliver whether its working together or as individuals

  • @realyoutubecommenter
    @realyoutubecommenter 12 днів тому +4

    This, I like this. It's got that classic Stupendium/Dan Bull punchiness (hope I'm using that right), like the Fine Print meets Robocopyright! I don't know how else to say it, it's damn good!

  • @dreamymaccready2287
    @dreamymaccready2287 12 днів тому +7

    I was listening to the stupendium originals playlist on shuffle when this came out, and let me tell you going from And Then I Prey to this is whiplash. the lyricism, production, visuals, and mixing are so much improved, but I could still hear the seeds in that old song of what was to come. an amazing journey you've made in these last seven years, and looking forward to seeing you make the inevitable third song with Dan Bull about a game set in space with alternate endings for each channel

  • @ionmaster9878
    @ionmaster9878 12 днів тому +12

    Stupendium; I've gotta hand it to you.
    Not only is this a rather good song ( Within your rather well-established niche of 'Evil Corporations' )
    But, one of your last songs; Adequate Wordsmith to be specific, actually got me to start working on a project of mine.
    While i have stalled for the moment, you did it; you got me to start- and that's more than i had before.
    Thank you.

  • @zephanyblue1901
    @zephanyblue1901 13 днів тому +19

    OMG this was amazing and hilarious but was anyone else expecting this song to be about how much we love the company and it getting progressively darker?

  • @William43275
    @William43275 11 днів тому +5

    3:33 it do be like that.
    Employee 1: oh that's mine!
    Employee 2: Mine!
    Employee 1: no its mine!
    Employee 3 in the distance: you guys found something?
    *distant explosion and radio cuts*

  • @gwennifergracie-mclauchlan5675
    @gwennifergracie-mclauchlan5675 12 днів тому +8

    Always happy to see Stupe doing more corporate horror, but you've also done an incredible job making this just an actual decent workers anthem for amazon warehouses. Which I KNOW was intentional with that bottle gag. How long before you're just putting out actual labor union anthems stupe be honest?

  • @Victini7472
    @Victini7472 12 днів тому +14

    2:10 idk why "I miss my wife, I miss my kids, I miss my life, can't live like this!" got me LMFAO, all of this is amazing

    • @RedMADMax2008
      @RedMADMax2008 11 днів тому +3

      Was looking a comment mention this lyric. Thank you friend

  • @jackofalltrades1874
    @jackofalltrades1874 12 днів тому +10

    This-
    This might actually be the catchiest song you’ve made. INCREDIBLY well done!

  • @cakelovesone7805
    @cakelovesone7805 11 днів тому +3

    i love the 'model of a model employee' as, assumedly, a reference to 'model of a modern major general'

  • @megaathlete55
    @megaathlete55 7 днів тому +3

    I love how their music is absolutely relatable and kick ass even if you haven’t played the game. Genius.

  • @williammagnaye8315
    @williammagnaye8315 13 днів тому +8

    I absolutely love the madrigal-esque quality the final chorus has in the ending. Again, Stupendium does not disappoint

  • @essayenjoyer
    @essayenjoyer 10 днів тому +2

    I love the "Production makes me Feel Good" nod. That was wonderful

  • @CorneliusCob
    @CorneliusCob 5 днів тому +3

    I greatly admire how the message of this song is even more thinly veiled than The Fine Print

  • @LadyofInsanity
    @LadyofInsanity 12 днів тому +7

    You and Dan Bull collabing on a song never miss. And a song that is supposed to be a spiritual sequel to The Fine Print and it shows? My soul ascends.

  • @slapstickopal
    @slapstickopal 13 днів тому +9

    It's so depressing and upbeat at the same time! And addictive too! So, exactly like the game! I love it!

  • @xxalucard66xx
    @xxalucard66xx 12 днів тому +3

    Love the Gilbert and Sullivan references. Another one knocked out of the park Stupendium!

  • @kylerivera3470
    @kylerivera3470 2 дні тому +2

    I love how it feels like you are getting more and more exhausted throughout the song.

  • @mangomelody5044
    @mangomelody5044 13 днів тому +9

    1:09
    Darn corporate entities taking our life away. Not reading what we have signed up for.

  • @Xeorboom
    @Xeorboom 12 днів тому +7

    Stupendium and evil businesses with Dan Bull? you had me at the first beat!

  • @broccoliben7961
    @broccoliben7961 12 днів тому +4

    I’m only just now getting to this. 7 MINUTES LONG???? God damn Stupes

  • @PotatoDemon-dz7hu
    @PotatoDemon-dz7hu 4 дні тому +6

    Remember kids, the generation that mined and worked on the railroad had people that ran off and mentally broke down, the people who ‘manned up’ are the survivors, not the product.

    • @PotatoDemon-dz7hu
      @PotatoDemon-dz7hu 3 дні тому +2

      Actually, once you look at it this way the attitudes of some old people make sense of “Bah! You kids just aren’t grateful!” This attitude is obviously wrong, people can still have problems without working more than 12 hours a day in the mines with no safety regulations. But if you don’t know how to see other people’s experiences and are like a potted plant who doesn’t listen to anyone then yeah, it makes sense. Every perspective is someone’s world. We are dictated by our own lives, it’s up to US to see through it.

  • @thomaswhite1111
    @thomaswhite1111 13 днів тому +8

    This song has definitely hit the company quota 🔥

  • @SyckoMode
    @SyckoMode 13 днів тому +5

    This is the kind of song that would make me bop my head from beginning to end!

  • @dean5389
    @dean5389 11 днів тому +3

    You can't keep making music this incredible so consistently, who did you sell your soul to???

  • @DillyChannel
    @DillyChannel 9 днів тому +2

    the little "PRODUCTION MAKES ME FEEEEEEEEL GOOOOOOOOOD" thats mixed into the ending chorus is GOLD, amazing work fellas! :)

  • @stellanovaluna
    @stellanovaluna 13 днів тому +14

    I KNEW you’d make a Lethal Company song! lol
    And of course it’s a banger, just like every other song you’ve made lol

  • @gregs1961
    @gregs1961 13 днів тому +7

    Wow?? Wasn't expecting a Lethal Company song, but great job on it!

  • @frostflamegames673
    @frostflamegames673 10 днів тому +3

    I feel like if I looked hard enough, I'd be able to find every line of this song in a comment saying it's their favorite. Which says a lot about how AMAZING this song is.

  • @Swoobit
    @Swoobit 4 дні тому +3

    Dude i cant stop replaying the beginning part its so well animated and sounds so good

  • @seth-the-inactive
    @seth-the-inactive 2 дні тому +3

    this is already one of my new favourite songs (just like the rest of yours!), i can confidently say that this is an amazing song and pretty much exactly what i expected! the lyrics are excellent, the sets and costumes are accurate and high quality, another brilliant job Stupendium, you and Dan never fail to impress!

  • @DarkDoodle34
    @DarkDoodle34 12 днів тому +5

    16 hours, 21 replays so far. Still smacks🤘🤘🤘
    Update: Finally hit 30, still not bored in the slightest. Melodies, writing, rhymes, and a video to spit about dark corpo's. It's Fine Print all over again...I'll be stuck here for another 3 years, I reckon

    • @mr_epicgaming
      @mr_epicgaming 5 днів тому +1

      How do you keep tracks of your replays?

    • @DarkDoodle34
      @DarkDoodle34 5 днів тому

      @@mr_epicgaming Unapologetic Autism, now at 43 😂

  • @Unformed8
    @Unformed8 12 днів тому +5

    6:14 - Company mandated employee spirit enhancing activity time

  • @elibedard6373
    @elibedard6373 10 днів тому +7

    2:44 Is that a reference to Amazon work conditions I hear?