I'd just noticed that the pun between the song names. The copyright version of the boss theme is Free Radicals as in, the complete oposite of this. FREE RADICALS vs CAPTIVE NORMALS. God this game takes a laugh out of me at every corner.
Soo, I thought captive normals was a play on the fighting game concept of frame trapping normal attacks since her name is Rekka which is usually the term in fighting games for any move that has multiple follow up moves.
@@Touya82TT I mean, it CAN be both, she also has a grapple move that heavily remembers Heavenly Potemkin Buster, I think she is a fighting game reference through and through, just like Zanzo with JoJo.
Free Radicals-a song from the bosses perspective, basically questioning and mocking Chai, even one point in the song it mentions how he wouldn't have made it far without the help he got Captive Normals-From Chai's perspective, labeled a defect, now on the run from Vandaley and with his new powers and the help he has, he's now free from the restraints that he once was and would have been if he wasn't a defect, he's activated
This is maybe my favorite streamer mode track. A lot of the Glass Pyramids' tracks have their own identity while trying to capture the licensed songs' vibe, but this one feels especially distinct from Free Radicals in a good way. Also, the wordplay in the title is hilarious.
Yeah honestly the other streamer mode songs aren't bad... But this is probably the only song I prefer over the licensed track. Something about the emotion of both the lyrics and the beat
I legitimately love the contrast between this song and the licensed song Licensed song: Free Radicals - in the context of HFR, the lyrics are from the perspective of Rekka as she's talking down Chai - in her eyes, he thinks he's going to be a "radical" rockstar in the future and the protagonist of his own story, but in reality he's just some rash, geeky idiot that's fanatical to the point of thinking he can take her on after beating QA-1MIL, with nothing more than a defective power core and a robotic arm designed to pick up garbage. He wouldn't have gotten far at all without the support he has in the form of 808/Peppermint - she's the voice of reason that he sorely lacks. Streamer Mode song: Captive Normals - in as many ways as possible, it's the antithesis of the licensed song, even down to the title. It's from the perspective of Chai, lashing out at Rekka, at the entirety of Vandelay for thinking he's just a defect, an error, a blip in the system that's easily dealt with and labeling him as such - he's here to prove that he does, in fact, mean something, and that Rekka's in over her head. All the while, he's not showing weakness, as shown by the lyrics saying that he "can't snap, won't snap", solidifying he's in here for the long haul and making a name for himself, refusing to comply with Vandelay due to their treatment of him and showing that he's done being their captive. As another commenter said before me, her defeat signifies the rise of a new rockstar, and the beginning of the end for Vandelay - it's when Chai sets his path in stone as a significant person in this story, the figurehead of the resistance, even if he doesn't know it for sure yet.
I was really NOT expecting her boss theme to be this chill. I mean, it elevates the experience of her fight in such a good and I LOVE the direction they took with it, but I was expecting like, mick Gordon.
@@jacobkilby3533 the song’s name is also more fitting for Chai than Rekka (Chai is a normal socially inept music loving geek who is now being held captive at Vandalay because of an fuckup the corporation made, whereas Rekka is a radical boss who expects nothing but the best and strongest serving as his first roadblock to freedom).
@@stevencampbell348 Honestly I would go one step further with a theory that the reason Chai dropped out of college, was that he was being kept in a psyche ward as a depressed mentally unstable individual, mentally unstable about his delusions of becoming a rockstar, and depressed knowing his arm has always held him back from that dream. But he heard about Project armstrong and broke out of the psyche ward to get a robot arm to make his dream come true. The way he's so brash and unapologetically apathetic towards others, and ices the bosses without hesitation with a smile on his face goes a long way to suggesting this, combining that with the delusions in his mind of being on a stage, and the lyrics to this song which I think is about Chai.
@@jacobkilby3533 If Chai is a mentally unstable person with delusions of becoming a rockstar, who kills people with a smile, how bad is everyone else? There's Rekka, a texan wrestler who kills people labeled 'defects' if they simply sign an agreement. There's Zanzo (his insanity speaks for itself). There's Mimosa, an attention-craving diva who has no problem murdering someone in front of a crowd for her show. There's Roquefort, a finance-managing furry who will execute you to protect the company's profits and bottom line. There's Kale, a CEO who wants to (very directly) brainwash his customers to sell more products and removes anyone who gets in his way. And there's Peppermint, a trigger-happy rebel who has no problem pointing the barrel of a gun directly at someone's face. I would say Chai's brash attitude and delusions of rockstar grandeur aren't really as bad as any of this. Not to mention he's asked some of the bosses to hand over their spectra keys beforehand, meaning he likely doesn't want to kill some of them if he doesn't have to. In fact, most of the times his actions could count as self-defense, considering all of the bosses instigate the battles. I don't think his inner voice and his mind's stage count as too severe of a delusion either, and while he does make snarky comments sometimes, he is shown to care about the relationships he has with his friends, and attempts to support and relate to them when they appear to be depressed, (Spoilers? : Peppermint's family matters, and Macaron/Korsica's distaste towards the company) most notably during the mid/endgame cutscenes and dialogue interactions, meaning he's not completely and unapologetically apathetic towards everyone else. Therefore I rate Chai's overall insanity and mental instability a 2/10. Like around the same level as a teenager going through their delusional phase. I don't believe severe enough to be in a psyche ward.
@@tryingtoreachyouaboutyourc6161 I see, thats a fair point, but I would argue that many of the times he asked for the spectra pass key was purely to avoid needing to fight them given that a lot of the times he is ready to fight them before they have even met, such as with mimosa. and yes the board members are fairly insane, with their degrees of emotional depravity hitting an all time high, Rekka being fanaticism, Mimosa being egotism, Kale being controlling etc. but I do think that caring about your friends and emotional growth is still something capable of people with mental instabilities like who I think Chai is, and that is what spells the difference between Chai and the board heads, he lets people into his life, the others don't.
It definitely was not. DId a search for "The Game Awards" "Hi-Fi Rush" "The Beacon" "Glass Pyramids" in google and the only results that directly mention HFR are just a reddit thread about the oscars.
1:30 When it really kicks into high gear. I don’t know why her theme, technically the first big boss is so moving. My guess is because her defeat signifies the rise of a new rockstar, and the beginning of the end for Vandelay. When Chai sets his path is stone.
it may be posted everywhere already. but seriously play this game in Streamer mode to get the songs made for it. iv only just beaten rekka playing 1-2 stages after work but god i love this game. breath of fresh air after a couple years
@@sonictj3 oh the songs non streamer mode are great too. but i just think in first run through should be streamer mode, then when you redo things(cause i will replay it many) out of streamer mode.
One could argue other way around too, that the scenes are specific made for the licensed Music, and the Streamer-Mode Tracks are a throw in. And tbh that's why how i feel about them, because the Streamer Mode Tracks don't have even closely the same impact for the scenes than the licensed ones. Free Radicals, Invaders must die and such gave me chills, and due they aren't like the rast of the tracks clearly a "Game-Soundtrack" but (licensed) real Music, they mad these Scenes / Bossfights special. I find them pretty decent if you are really a Streamer, but in no way i would argue that this should be your first playthrough because it's clearly that the game is meant to be played with the Licensed music.
Highly surprised the original soundtrack is THIS good. This is such a fun, chill track and honestly I prefer it to the licensed song. I think apart from Korsika's fight, Rekka's was my favorite.
This version definetly has more AMP than the original one when its played in game. It just gives you that hype and energy you need for a boss fight. They did an amazing job.
MAJOR SPOILER Ok, Korsica's presence on this key artwork is just brillant : you barely notice her and if you do, you would assume that's just a billboard with her on it. But if you've played past the point where she joins you, it's clear she's being depicted as part of the group of protagonists. They managed to show all the heroes together without spoiling her joining you later if you don't already know.
@@chidaluokoro9104 There's a spot kind of empty where Korsica would be between 808 and Macaron and if you take her pose in the billboard you can kind of see her in the artwork.
It's very accurate to this game's attention to detail. I don't wanna say much, but you can tell this game was made with passion behind it. From the beautifully expressive animation to the phenomenal soundtrack that syncs with your movement and never misses a beat, this is a game I love for all it had to offer
The lyrics literally explains how Rekka feels. She’s being accused of the defect when it’s not even her fault. She does her job perfectly but still get crapped on. R&D is wasteful and marketing creates expectations that all fall on her shoulders. It’s like being the best worker there and be the first one to get a write up. After you defeat the first boss you can see her perfect record with the this many days without a defect. It was an insane number.
If you read into all the logs and additional context the stage provides you learn that she's being incredibly wasteful with resources in order to achieve that 100% no defect record. Instead of recalling or sending faulty parts back for fixing or repurposing they would just use QA-1MIL to just completely destroy any record of product errors. I wouldn't say she's great at her job :p
@@JNJNRobin1337 Which makes sense if you have Robots working around the clock and the work week can be arbitrarily lengthened. Probably not up to that number, but the number being higher than normally possible does make some kind of sense.
I agree, I think it will appear in a lot of "underrated game OST" lists and be remembered as a great theme as opposed to being the DMCA safe alternative.
"Captive Normals" instead of "Free Radicals" and its about a song of freedom instead of a song of opression. Yeah playing with the original tracks instead of licensed is a must.
I honestly think I might prefer this to Free Radicals. I think it's a large part because this has a "proper" chorus to it, and a good one musically. Free Radicals just feels kinda same-y throughout IMO.
Just finished this game, LOVED IT FROM START TO FINISH! This song was perfect as a opener for the actual 1st SPECTRA boss fight! Better than Free Radicals!
This song's lyrics and tone give me a feeling that Rekka went into this fight hoping to "die with honor" if she lost.... I hope she got what she wanted.
Ya know what's funny, they didn't have a fucking ADVERTISEMENT boss. The one thing that would make kale's plan of mind control Needless.... instead he got 5 people killed
@@jeremiahowens9999 that's kinda the joke tho, marketing pushing a celebrity persona more than advertising the actual product. Project armstrong was just about combining ANY tech with someone's body, like Chai's lame waste management arm. But, because mimosa was the face of the campaign and didn't mention the process could make you a garbage man and she's hot, she pulled in plenty of people
Are we 100% sure Zanzo and Roquefort are dead? I mean we saw Zanzo's body after the explosion (though that could have been an animation error), and Roquefort's one sturdy mother.
Holy shit man. They had liscensed songs. They had music already for each boss. And then they MAKE songs like this that completely SHIT over the liscensed music. Holy shit, Holy fuck I cant.
@@silverreaps6803 everyone have different preferences, I thought they're both equally good but originals fit more and most agree, the one I disliked the most is the non-streamer mode of mimosa boss fight, the original slaps miles harder, licensed music felt a bit weak, not a problem on other bosses, just mimosa.
@@Johnsen290Games I disagree. I do find them pretty decent, but i also find they kill a bit of the charme, epicness / speciality of these Scenes and Bossfight. It's a bit hard to explain but i find you clearly can tell, even if you don't know the "Songs" (like Free Radicals was a first timer to me, only Invaders Must Die i did know and well Wolfgant 5th but not that remix version) you clearly could differenate between them and the Game-Soundtrack Stuff, because well, the latter one really sounds like something made for a Game. The thing about it is, that you have to deal with that type music, because it's a rythm game with a high emphasis an music, for a huge portion of the playtime. Everytime however licences music went in, which felt quite a bit differently, it added impact and spice to these scenes / bosses, and give more flavor to them. There is a synergy between licensed and game-soundtrack, and going to streamer-mode feels like you miss that because it would sound like another "gamey" type of song (even if they tried to capture a bit of the spirit of said licensed music).
Wondering the same, but part of answers we actually get in every lyric video, for me most of it tells “I got this” It almost feels like Chai’s past was kinda dark and his lately rebellious stage is just got fresh air to flame up with new powers.
Reminder: This game got stealth-dropped onto Game Pass with zero fanfare despite being from a group that had made pretty good games in the past. It was such a massive success that eventually, earlier in 2024, Microsoft had it released to PS5. They then dissolved the studio, Tango Gameworks, damn near immediately after paying out the nose to acquire fellow masters in mediocre management, Activision Blizzard. I'm not going to act like Hi-Fi Rush is high art, there's enough waffling in video game discourse with syndicated journalists already. What I will say is that this studio, for making a fun game with a greay soundtrack, deserved far better than they got. Here's to the corpse of Tango Gameworks, you deserved better than you got and I pray Microsoft either recompenses or finds a better place for the talent there.
Spoilers: Ngl I'm kinda upset that Rekka just dies and then no one remembers her, i really liked her, she was really fun and her theme is just straight up fire (same goes with the rest of the bosses btw)
Considering that this game takes heavy inspiration form Scott Pilgrim, where people tend to explode into coins, I wouldn't say that the bosses died, more so defeated.
But then again, at track 10 they started hiring for a production head so maybe we really did commit murder. Or she was hospitalized and fired for losing, who knows.
in the museum you can hear something like "the rumors about the death of the department leads are fake, everything its under control" so yeah im pretty sure they all die
SPOILERS FOR END OF THE BOSS FIGHT SHE FUCKING _EXPLODED_ I FEEL HORRIBLE I didn't wanna kill her I really like her D:> My mouth was wide open the entire cutscene afterwards, and Chai getting her belt and showing it off broke my heart and rubbed in the fact that I just caused the death of a woman who was just doing her job I know I shouldn't get attached and honestly I am, but OUCH GOD THAT _HURT_
Eh, i dont feel sorry for the lady who thinks getting recalled equals killing him. Chai isnt a product nor a robot ffs. Rekka's interesting as a villain tho, doesn't mean i have sympathy for her.
Bro, Bethesda published this game. If everyone at Bethesda suddenly died, I wouldn't care either. Fuck companies and fuck lying ones the most. Can't believe good devs are stuck having to use these abhorrent irl villains to publish a game nowadays.
@@BiBiren that’s fair, though there’s also the idea that she was an interesting villain that i wouldn’t mind keeping alive just to see how they develop. im kinda tired of redemption arcs but i think rekka could’ve been fun just to gawk at
I can see why some prefer this song, especially with how it relates to Rekka as a character, but for me personally, I prefer Free Radicals. I think the way its sung is more satisfying, but I won't deny how strong the chorus of this song is.
@@IMBATAKU I mean it's a Company owned by Microsoft / Xbox, so basically it is. Or do you want to argue that we also have to cut / discount every Game made by Insomniac as well because Sony acquired them recently. But either way, this Console-War is stupid anyway... each plattform have it's own (type of) great Exclusives...
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I'd just noticed that the pun between the song names. The copyright version of the boss theme is Free Radicals as in, the complete oposite of this. FREE RADICALS vs CAPTIVE NORMALS. God this game takes a laugh out of me at every corner.
Ok, that’s awesome!
Soo, I thought captive normals was a play on the fighting game concept of frame trapping normal attacks since her name is Rekka which is usually the term in fighting games for any move that has multiple follow up moves.
@@Touya82TT I mean, it CAN be both, she also has a grapple move that heavily remembers Heavenly Potemkin Buster, I think she is a fighting game reference through and through, just like Zanzo with JoJo.
It also has the same progression as Free Radicals, but in reverse (notes ascend in this version, Free Radicals has descending notes)
WHAT
Hearing this after the recent news about Tango hits really hard
Yes...
Free Radicals-a song from the bosses perspective, basically questioning and mocking Chai, even one point in the song it mentions how he wouldn't have made it far without the help he got
Captive Normals-From Chai's perspective, labeled a defect, now on the run from Vandaley and with his new powers and the help he has, he's now free from the restraints that he once was and would have been if he wasn't a defect, he's activated
So you're telling me for the WWE Texan boss, they went with a slow-tempo'd country rock song? Fucking stellar
Ahhh Texan god her voice was bothering me I thought they were just doing a wwe parody never occurred to me she’s supposed to have a Texan draw.
@@thedude4840 it was really obvious imo
its supposed to be free radicals by Flaming lips
@@CorrosiveWeBecame we know. but this is better
@@silverreaps6803 Cool, here's your cookie.
"I won't be held.. anyone's captive... Not again.. NEVER AGAAAINN!"
This is maybe my favorite streamer mode track. A lot of the Glass Pyramids' tracks have their own identity while trying to capture the licensed songs' vibe, but this one feels especially distinct from Free Radicals in a good way.
Also, the wordplay in the title is hilarious.
Yeah honestly the other streamer mode songs aren't bad... But this is probably the only song I prefer over the licensed track. Something about the emotion of both the lyrics and the beat
What's the wordplay?
@@user-le8zm9om4v Captive Normals is the direct opposite of Free Radicals .
@@user-le8zm9om4v Free Radicals - Captured Normals
The title is a complete opposite
@@user-le8zm9om4v
The Licensed song is called Free Radicals.
It's very rare for me to go back and listen to a game's soundtrack
but holy shit
this is definitaly one of them
it is almost considered a crime if you dont do so
I legitimately love the contrast between this song and the licensed song
Licensed song: Free Radicals - in the context of HFR, the lyrics are from the perspective of Rekka as she's talking down Chai - in her eyes, he thinks he's going to be a "radical" rockstar in the future and the protagonist of his own story, but in reality he's just some rash, geeky idiot that's fanatical to the point of thinking he can take her on after beating QA-1MIL, with nothing more than a defective power core and a robotic arm designed to pick up garbage. He wouldn't have gotten far at all without the support he has in the form of 808/Peppermint - she's the voice of reason that he sorely lacks.
Streamer Mode song: Captive Normals - in as many ways as possible, it's the antithesis of the licensed song, even down to the title. It's from the perspective of Chai, lashing out at Rekka, at the entirety of Vandelay for thinking he's just a defect, an error, a blip in the system that's easily dealt with and labeling him as such - he's here to prove that he does, in fact, mean something, and that Rekka's in over her head. All the while, he's not showing weakness, as shown by the lyrics saying that he "can't snap, won't snap", solidifying he's in here for the long haul and making a name for himself, refusing to comply with Vandelay due to their treatment of him and showing that he's done being their captive. As another commenter said before me, her defeat signifies the rise of a new rockstar, and the beginning of the end for Vandelay - it's when Chai sets his path in stone as a significant person in this story, the figurehead of the resistance, even if he doesn't know it for sure yet.
I was really NOT expecting her boss theme to be this chill. I mean, it elevates the experience of her fight in such a good and I LOVE the direction they took with it, but I was expecting like, mick Gordon.
honestly the lyrics make me thing the theme is for Chai instead of Rekka lmao
@@jacobkilby3533 the song’s name is also more fitting for Chai than Rekka (Chai is a normal socially inept music loving geek who is now being held captive at Vandalay because of an fuckup the corporation made, whereas Rekka is a radical boss who expects nothing but the best and strongest serving as his first roadblock to freedom).
@@stevencampbell348 Honestly I would go one step further with a theory that the reason Chai dropped out of college, was that he was being kept in a psyche ward as a depressed mentally unstable individual, mentally unstable about his delusions of becoming a rockstar, and depressed knowing his arm has always held him back from that dream. But he heard about Project armstrong and broke out of the psyche ward to get a robot arm to make his dream come true.
The way he's so brash and unapologetically apathetic towards others, and ices the bosses without hesitation with a smile on his face goes a long way to suggesting this, combining that with the delusions in his mind of being on a stage, and the lyrics to this song which I think is about Chai.
@@jacobkilby3533 If Chai is a mentally unstable person with delusions of becoming a rockstar, who kills people with a smile, how bad is everyone else?
There's Rekka, a texan wrestler who kills people labeled 'defects' if they simply sign an agreement.
There's Zanzo (his insanity speaks for itself).
There's Mimosa, an attention-craving diva who has no problem murdering someone in front of a crowd for her show.
There's Roquefort, a finance-managing furry who will execute you to protect the company's profits and bottom line.
There's Kale, a CEO who wants to (very directly) brainwash his customers to sell more products and removes anyone who gets in his way.
And there's Peppermint, a trigger-happy rebel who has no problem pointing the barrel of a gun directly at someone's face.
I would say Chai's brash attitude and delusions of rockstar grandeur aren't really as bad as any of this. Not to mention he's asked some of the bosses to hand over their spectra keys beforehand, meaning he likely doesn't want to kill some of them if he doesn't have to. In fact, most of the times his actions could count as self-defense, considering all of the bosses instigate the battles. I don't think his inner voice and his mind's stage count as too severe of a delusion either, and while he does make snarky comments sometimes, he is shown to care about the relationships he has with his friends, and attempts to support and relate to them when they appear to be depressed, (Spoilers? : Peppermint's family matters, and Macaron/Korsica's distaste towards the company) most notably during the mid/endgame cutscenes and dialogue interactions, meaning he's not completely and unapologetically apathetic towards everyone else.
Therefore I rate Chai's overall insanity and mental instability a 2/10. Like around the same level as a teenager going through their delusional phase. I don't believe severe enough to be in a psyche ward.
@@tryingtoreachyouaboutyourc6161 I see, thats a fair point, but I would argue that many of the times he asked for the spectra pass key was purely to avoid needing to fight them given that a lot of the times he is ready to fight them before they have even met, such as with mimosa. and yes the board members are fairly insane, with their degrees of emotional depravity hitting an all time high, Rekka being fanaticism, Mimosa being egotism, Kale being controlling etc. but I do think that caring about your friends and emotional growth is still something capable of people with mental instabilities like who I think Chai is, and that is what spells the difference between Chai and the board heads, he lets people into his life, the others don't.
This is why I love games like this, introducing me to new songs that I never would have heard otherwise
This song was commissioned for the game so that it can be streamed without getting striked for licensed songs btw.
Here's hoping they play this live, at the next Game Awards.
Oh my word and this is the PERFECT track for it.
Right
Well it was the Beacon, but hey that's still a good song!
@@Da-PaNtz-GuYthe beacon was played live at the game awards? you sure? i can't find a single mention of it.
It definitely was not. DId a search for "The Game Awards" "Hi-Fi Rush" "The Beacon" "Glass Pyramids" in google and the only results that directly mention HFR are just a reddit thread about the oscars.
She can captive me again and again with that command grab. It was epic!
My spine still shudders...
1:30 When it really kicks into high gear.
I don’t know why her theme, technically the first big boss is so moving. My guess is because her defeat signifies the rise of a new rockstar, and the beginning of the end for Vandelay. When Chai sets his path is stone.
i just imagine like an epic wwe entrance or something like that
@@CommissarChaoticthat too, lol
@@mrself5824I have a feeling Rekka would either drop dead or break your back if you told her wrestling is fake.
@@zacharyriley4561 she’d add you to the list of defects
This song goes way too hard for the 2nd boss of the game. It gives me that feeling when I first saw the Nier Automata Demo and you fight the ballerina
I love how this songs ends with a gasp just like Rekka’s final dialogue does in game.
When the streamer mode songs slaps as hard as the licensed ones
it may be posted everywhere already. but seriously play this game in Streamer mode to get the songs made for it.
iv only just beaten rekka playing 1-2 stages after work but god i love this game. breath of fresh air after a couple years
I'm planning a playthrough of both sides so i can see which i would prefer.
@@sonictj3 oh the songs non streamer mode are great too.
but i just think in first run through should be streamer mode, then when you redo things(cause i will replay it many) out of streamer mode.
One could argue other way around too, that the scenes are specific made for the licensed Music, and the Streamer-Mode Tracks are a throw in. And tbh that's why how i feel about them, because the Streamer Mode Tracks don't have even closely the same impact for the scenes than the licensed ones. Free Radicals, Invaders must die and such gave me chills, and due they aren't like the rast of the tracks clearly a "Game-Soundtrack" but (licensed) real Music, they mad these Scenes / Bossfights special.
I find them pretty decent if you are really a Streamer, but in no way i would argue that this should be your first playthrough because it's clearly that the game is meant to be played with the Licensed music.
tbh i absolutely loved the intro cinematic having "lonely boy" as soundtrack
This actually feels like the sort of song a professional wrestler would use for their entrance music.
Highly surprised the original soundtrack is THIS good. This is such a fun, chill track and honestly I prefer it to the licensed song. I think apart from Korsika's fight, Rekka's was my favorite.
Am I crazy to think I like this version over the Free Radicals version? It's just so good...
Real. The chorus hits harder and I love it
I thinks it's one of benefits of this game - you can replay it with completly different OST and it's good too
some of the og soundtrack are weirdly MORE fitting than the licensed ones , which i love
@@ActualBlueBlu I get the feeling they made it with a base line of the liscenced tracks then made these other ones later which could work even better.
Free radicals is better
this game never misses an opportunity to throw in a joke. genius name.
This version definetly has more AMP than the original one when its played in game. It just gives you that hype and energy you need for a boss fight. They did an amazing job.
MAJOR SPOILER
Ok, Korsica's presence on this key artwork is just brillant : you barely notice her and if you do, you would assume that's just a billboard with her on it. But if you've played past the point where she joins you, it's clear she's being depicted as part of the group of protagonists. They managed to show all the heroes together without spoiling her joining you later if you don't already know.
then again mimosa is also their so
@@chidaluokoro9104 she doesn’t look like she is a part of the major group though
@@demo3702 neither does korsica
@@chidaluokoro9104 There's a spot kind of empty where Korsica would be between 808 and Macaron and if you take her pose in the billboard you can kind of see her in the artwork.
It's very accurate to this game's attention to detail. I don't wanna say much, but you can tell this game was made with passion behind it. From the beautifully expressive animation to the phenomenal soundtrack that syncs with your movement and never misses a beat, this is a game I love for all it had to offer
Need that “production destruction” Stage 2(Track 2)
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The lyrics literally explains how Rekka feels. She’s being accused of the defect when it’s not even her fault. She does her job perfectly but still get crapped on. R&D is wasteful and marketing creates expectations that all fall on her shoulders. It’s like being the best worker there and be the first one to get a write up. After you defeat the first boss you can see her perfect record with the this many days without a defect. It was an insane number.
Worth noting the company technically falls apart after she gets axed.
it was technically over a hundred thousand years if i remember?
9 digits of days.
If you read into all the logs and additional context the stage provides you learn that she's being incredibly wasteful with resources in order to achieve that 100% no defect record. Instead of recalling or sending faulty parts back for fixing or repurposing they would just use QA-1MIL to just completely destroy any record of product errors. I wouldn't say she's great at her job :p
She and Luisa would relate
@@JNJNRobin1337 Which makes sense if you have Robots working around the clock and the work week can be arbitrarily lengthened. Probably not up to that number, but the number being higher than normally possible does make some kind of sense.
Como es que una canción puede ser tan buena y a la vez contar una historia... joder que buen juego
Reminds me of Metal Gear Rising. Similar gameplay, and all the boss themes are metal tracks with lyrics written about the respective person.
@@maxxbmd in this case, it’s pretty sad. Rekka must’ve been in some kind of insane asylum or something.
i literally can’t stop listening to this, all the tracks in this game are insane holy shit
I just realized the title is a play on "Free Radicals".
Captive Normals instead of Free Radicals? I see you, devs…
Rekka totally mains Potemkin.
Rekka command grabs with rekka command grabs
"Hebunri..... Rekka.... Bustah!!!"
Who would win, Rekka or Zanzo
@@sonataavalon6017 Zanzo if def either a Zato or a Bedman main (or maybe Leo, but Leo seems a bit too... normal, for Zanzo)
@@veryloudcat8839I think Zanzo a Happy Chaos mainer.
I love that they titled this the exact opposite of the copyrighted song they got for this fight XD
This is one of best boss battle songs of all time.
I agree, I think it will appear in a lot of "underrated game OST" lists and be remembered as a great theme as opposed to being the DMCA safe alternative.
Captive Normals is awesome
i've not played this game, yet, but i love this game's OST.
i played the game. it's great
we need someone to lyrics all of HIFI RUSH original soundtracks!
Yeah!
Didn't understand this song very much until I had a mental break down because of a family member.
Best game for the prologue of 2023
"Captive Normals" instead of "Free Radicals" and its about a song of freedom instead of a song of opression.
Yeah playing with the original tracks instead of licensed is a must.
I love this game man😔
I actually like this a lot more than Free Radicals.
So I guess the "Free Radicals at home" brand is actually preferred
Okay, the Free Radicals cover is nice, but this just *SLAPS*
I'm biding my time to go back to school and quit my job. This song resonates.
Music geek vs. CEO of Texas
You disrespect me? That's it the gloves are coming off.(Taking off the gloves)
Yeah I can see that.
I honestly think I might prefer this to Free Radicals. I think it's a large part because this has a "proper" chorus to it, and a good one musically. Free Radicals just feels kinda same-y throughout IMO.
Kale's heavy: "Let us wrestle, little man!"
Not gonna lie, I actually like this more than the flaminglips track that plays when you're not in streamer mode.
NOT BAD... FOR A DEFECT
Awesome guitar solo
I don't believe it. They turned the Crazy Taxi menu theme into a boss theme.
I don't know why, but the lyrics reminds me of the plot of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest".
Just finished this game, LOVED IT FROM START TO FINISH! This song was perfect as a opener for the actual 1st SPECTRA boss fight! Better than Free Radicals!
This song is so fire just like Rekka
Straight fucking banger
Fuck, im gonna have to play this game again on streamer mode. Not that thats a problem. This game fucking rules.
Really sad she didn't have more screen time
Unironically a BANGER
Been lifting to this... It works well
"You're down for the count big boss."
This song's lyrics and tone give me a feeling that Rekka went into this fight hoping to "die with honor" if she lost.... I hope she got what she wanted.
Ya know what's funny, they didn't have a fucking ADVERTISEMENT boss. The one thing that would make kale's plan of mind control Needless.... instead he got 5 people killed
Isn't Mimosa the marketing and Advertisement?
@@guts-141 clearly she wasn't doing a great job, tbh.
@@jeremiahowens9999 that's kinda the joke tho, marketing pushing a celebrity persona more than advertising the actual product. Project armstrong was just about combining ANY tech with someone's body, like Chai's lame waste management arm. But, because mimosa was the face of the campaign and didn't mention the process could make you a garbage man and she's hot, she pulled in plenty of people
Are we 100% sure Zanzo and Roquefort are dead? I mean we saw Zanzo's body after the explosion (though that could have been an animation error), and Roquefort's one sturdy mother.
❤❤❤😊love music hi -fi rush
Nemora 🖤💚
evolves into
Rekka 🖤❤
Nah. Your just saying that because they look similar. 😄
Tcha! Hey! Hey!
no no it's chanting Chai's name in between the heys
❗🤜💥💥🤛❗
❗🤜💥💥🤛❗
#CaptiveNormals🎸💥👍🤘
Ha, I get it. Free Radicals and Captive Normals
Holy shit man. They had liscensed songs. They had music already for each boss. And then they MAKE songs like this that completely SHIT over the liscensed music. Holy shit, Holy fuck I cant.
It doesn't shit on it relax
@@silverreaps6803 everyone have different preferences, I thought they're both equally good but originals fit more and most agree, the one I disliked the most is the non-streamer mode of mimosa boss fight, the original slaps miles harder, licensed music felt a bit weak, not a problem on other bosses, just mimosa.
@@Johnsen290Games well I haven't got to mimosa yet, I just beat the 4th mission
@@silverreaps6803 prepare for it because it's an amazing boss especially with the original music
@@Johnsen290Games
I disagree. I do find them pretty decent, but i also find they kill a bit of the charme, epicness / speciality of these Scenes and Bossfight. It's a bit hard to explain but i find you clearly can tell, even if you don't know the "Songs" (like Free Radicals was a first timer to me, only Invaders Must Die i did know and well Wolfgant 5th but not that remix version) you clearly could differenate between them and the Game-Soundtrack Stuff, because well, the latter one really sounds like something made for a Game.
The thing about it is, that you have to deal with that type music, because it's a rythm game with a high emphasis an music, for a huge portion of the playtime. Everytime however licences music went in, which felt quite a bit differently, it added impact and spice to these scenes / bosses, and give more flavor to them. There is a synergy between licensed and game-soundtrack, and going to streamer-mode feels like you miss that because it would sound like another "gamey" type of song (even if they tried to capture a bit of the spirit of said licensed music).
Not bad, FOR A DEFECT
Chai chai chai chai
Nobody likes being told what to do, but these lyrics...just what did Chai go through before project armstrong...?
Wondering the same, but part of answers we actually get in every lyric video, for me most of it tells “I got this”
It almost feels like Chai’s past was kinda dark and his lately rebellious stage is just got fresh air to flame up with new powers.
🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
I was so confused why these off brand remixes of the actual songs in the game were on the soundtrack until I remembered streamer mode is a thing
Rekka is a pro wrestler.
Reasons why Streamer Mode isn't just for streamers
What’s the song for usual gameplay? (i.e. NOT streamer mode)
Pretty sure it’s the same
This and Korsica
@@loafuscranbrry8488 I was also curious and found a recording with it, it's actually Free Radicals, by Elsinore
It seems to be a cover of Free Radicals by The Flaming Lips made for the game
@@UncleGhiral THATS THE ONE! Thank you
@@nomo3457 love how the song name is literally just the opposite of free radicals = CAPTIVE NORMALS
probably the only track in the game that i prefer the unlicensed track to the original, they're all bangers but this one is just incredible
WWE texan boss fight this'll be intre-*Gats back snapped in 2*
The lyrics talk about the matrix because they talk about red and blue pills
😐bro
Bro🥹
Reminder: This game got stealth-dropped onto Game Pass with zero fanfare despite being from a group that had made pretty good games in the past. It was such a massive success that eventually, earlier in 2024, Microsoft had it released to PS5. They then dissolved the studio, Tango Gameworks, damn near immediately after paying out the nose to acquire fellow masters in mediocre management, Activision Blizzard.
I'm not going to act like Hi-Fi Rush is high art, there's enough waffling in video game discourse with syndicated journalists already. What I will say is that this studio, for making a fun game with a greay soundtrack, deserved far better than they got. Here's to the corpse of Tango Gameworks, you deserved better than you got and I pray Microsoft either recompenses or finds a better place for the talent there.
Spoilers:
Ngl I'm kinda upset that Rekka just dies and then no one remembers her, i really liked her, she was really fun and her theme is just straight up fire (same goes with the rest of the bosses btw)
Its like my grandma says wen someone dies in a novela: she died? Thats lame.
My headcanon is that they can bring her, Mimosa, or Kale back at any time. I imagine they do so they can stand trial.
Considering that this game takes heavy inspiration form Scott Pilgrim, where people tend to explode into coins, I wouldn't say that the bosses died, more so defeated.
But then again, at track 10 they started hiring for a production head so maybe we really did commit murder. Or she was hospitalized and fired for losing, who knows.
in the museum you can hear something like "the rumors about the death of the department leads are fake, everything its under control" so yeah im pretty sure they all die
SPOILERS FOR END OF THE BOSS FIGHT
SHE FUCKING _EXPLODED_ I FEEL HORRIBLE I didn't wanna kill her I really like her D:> My mouth was wide open the entire cutscene afterwards, and Chai getting her belt and showing it off broke my heart and rubbed in the fact that I just caused the death of a woman who was just doing her job
I know I shouldn't get attached and honestly I am, but OUCH GOD THAT _HURT_
A
I mean, she tried to kill you multiple times and reveled at the thought of your suffering, so I feel no pity for her
Eh, i dont feel sorry for the lady who thinks getting recalled equals killing him. Chai isnt a product nor a robot ffs.
Rekka's interesting as a villain tho, doesn't mean i have sympathy for her.
Bro, Bethesda published this game. If everyone at Bethesda suddenly died, I wouldn't care either. Fuck companies and fuck lying ones the most. Can't believe good devs are stuck having to use these abhorrent irl villains to publish a game nowadays.
@@BiBiren that’s fair, though there’s also the idea that she was an interesting villain that i wouldn’t mind keeping alive just to see how they develop. im kinda tired of redemption arcs but i think rekka could’ve been fun just to gawk at
Ok
Anyone know where to download this song at?
iTunes
@@chalexen2862 thanks man when I made this comment I checked and it wasn’t there. Cool that it is now
The Original soundtrack is a lot better than the licensed music for this game.
Original music is always better than license music.
I can see why some prefer this song, especially with how it relates to Rekka as a character, but for me personally, I prefer Free Radicals. I think the way its sung is more satisfying, but I won't deny how strong the chorus of this song is.
This games bad, im going back to Forespok-
Nevermind god im sorry i take it back dont send me away!!!😢
Xbox owns this gen
Woah woah hold on there champ, i love this game to pieces but it does not make up for them exclusives
@@tree_sage if red fall , starfield and hellblade 2 all hit . Its possible
@@justablindman1443 maybe but i doubt it even if they do all hit
Mr xbox over here, they didnt even make this game
@@IMBATAKU I mean it's a Company owned by Microsoft / Xbox, so basically it is. Or do you want to argue that we also have to cut / discount every Game made by Insomniac as well because Sony acquired them recently.
But either way, this Console-War is stupid anyway... each plattform have it's own (type of) great Exclusives...
the other song is way better