Calm.
New Kikuo Song!New Kikuo Song!New Kikuo Song!New Kikuo Song!
Intro (Andante). Percussion break leads into a gentle melody on the Bonang (Indonesian Instrument),
At , the frog skeleton is as anatomically accurate as you can really expect with this art style. It is lacking ribs and it has long feet alongside a tibiofibula and radioulna instead of having a tibia and fibula on the legs and a radius and ulna on the arms, just like a real frog. However, if we look at the next clearly visible skeletons at
Verse 1A. Clappers introduce Qi Xuan, followed by addition of other instruments that comprise an Indonesian Gamelan.
personal note for me lol. Don't mind it. Anyway i love your music kikuo.
. (연꽃 뒤 뱀의 머리를 연상시킨다)
Oh what-
Oh well that's dark. Yay another dark Kikuo song
Verse 1B (Moderato). Music suddenly stops, before Qi Xuan continues singing, additional instruments are introduced. Tempo increase is minimal, but definitely reinforced in perception through a more lively instrumentation.
This creature that gets introduced at reminds me of an ancient Buddhist painting that depicts an ominous creature holding "a wheel" the eternal life and death cycle, the cycle of samsara. Where our emotional state of suffering and bondage to the material world forces us being born into this planet over and over again instead of reaching the state of eternal life without suffering aka "Nirvana" state. In this MV we see this creature turning around a leaf in a shape of a wheel
DA - ACE --- OF - THE - FRO -- GS
Verse 1C (Allegretto). Percussion break repeated, before Qi Xuan and the Gamelan are re-introduced, even more livelier than 1B.
whoever did these captions, your amazing.
SO GOOD
も「そして君は月になった」ぽさがあるし最後の方は万華鏡のような映像も出てくるからやっぱりそうなのかな…
Verse 1D (Allegro). Like after 1A into 1B, a pause before the ensemble resume, now lively to the point of chaos.
faster? not sure. SPACE
faster again?
Pre-Chrous 1. A new melody is introduced, with instrumentation not quite as chaotic any more. A few beats are deleted to create irregular time signature, creating a slightly rushed feeling.
skull
i laughed
IIIITS FROGGGGYYYYY!
Verse 2A (Vivace). The Verse melody returns, faster than ever.
genuinely cute
it split
. (갑자기 개구리의 모자가 생겼다 모자의 형태는 뱀의 머리)
Verse 2B. Unlike last few times, this transition is mostly continuous and almost unperceptable, but this is when electronic elements finally enter the ensemble, first synths but also synth percs. Things are slowly spiraling out of control.
Verse 2C: The ensemble builds up, and the suddenly fades away to boil down to Verse 1B levels of instrumentation, Qi Xuan singing uninterrupted. However, the other instruments return soon after, creating an ominous tone.
Verse 2D (Accelerando): Full stop, continuation marked by synth drums, and things get faster and faster and...
EVEN FASTER
绮萱ちゃんだ！！からの歌わせ方がすきだ…
trippy loop
The change from to
yo we are getting to the best part
ここからの音が気持ちよすぎる
Break 1. Vocals stop, Gamelan flourish, with bells and drums going back and forth, with more and more complex rhythms being punctuated by silence.
This face right here are the Eyes of Buddha. What’s under them isn’t a nose, it’s the Tibetan number 1, a symbol of unity.
, they have ribcages , short pelvises, and shorter feet, and while they don't have a seperate radius and ulna/tibia and fibula, their bone structure matches more closely to a human than to a frog and from the point, and I think that the singular forearm bone and such are a time saving decision more than anything else because there is the clapping scene at
e y e s
OH MY F***ING GOD!!
👌👌
Is probably my favorite part of this song. Just the break then quickly turning into up-beat fast music is amazing and I love it.
It's telling that Kikuo often akins "Heaven" to unification, and in the sequence around we see the two frogs/spirits reaching out to each other only to barely miss touching and then be pulled away again. Even though on its surface the idea of two souls being forever bound in this cycle of reincarnation *seems* like it should be romantic, what it really means is they are trapped in a cycle of separation - they can never "become one" and even when they do meet and mate with each other it's followed only by death and rebirth, all the while they are trapped in the "egg" without truly breaking free of their forms and melding together.
Chorus (Vivace): Qi Xuan makes a shout to mark the beginning of the chorus. The chorus is a driving melody, now fully backed by electronic percussions along with the gamelan ringing tirelessly. Ladies and gentlemen, you may now dance, dance as the music slowly builds up to a drop for the next break.
favorite part
jumpscare! hahahahaah (yes this startled me a little)
AT IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE HEIAN ALIEN OMG KIKUO I LOVE YOU
BANGER
was perfect , like a cycle of going up and down or cycle of life and death (?.Man , i'm gonna enjoy this song on my drawings moments , thank you so much kikuo !!
😮
I am in love with the animation of the frogs at
from forward`hazy, hazy, hazy, hazy, let it spin around``just like the souls of both of us``hazy, hazy, hazy, hazy, let's laugh together``deep in a sea of swirliness``roar, roar, roar, roar, i'll scream it out loud;``this is the song of the frogs``hazy, hazy, hazy hazy, no no no no``this love keeps on spinning around`
the epic frog break dance at caught me a little of guard lmao
辺りから声が左右から聞こえるの好き
spooky froggo dans
Break 2A: Qi Xuan stops singing, and now it is another Gamelan break. However, this time, the gamelan simply play a full solo, repetitive as is the nature of the circle of life and death.
they finally have a seperate radius and ulna, but then it goes right back to being combined when a full body is drawn. Also, the entire time, the green and pink 'frogs' skeletal structure matches that of a human, and not a frog at all.
their hands turn into DNA wow
Break 2B: Qi Xuan returns to sing without lyric, as the Gamelan break continue.
better call frog
. (머리부분이 개구리의 머리처럼보이고 눈썹은 개구리를 먹는 뱀의 이빨처럼 보입니다)
Break 2C (Accelerando): Another buildup, another drop. This time, it is simply without the bells but retained underlying ensemble. It is speeding up faster and faster now, the Gamelan almost inducing a catatonic state, increasing in pitch as well. It devolves into a simple roll by
I don't know what kind of dark magic was used to make that part actually hypnotic, but it worked-
trippy
The last scene actually represents my theory. The frog has died, and it's going to the skies () as you can see, we can even see someone's face, and I guess that's kinda god or what(?), it seems to be true actually. The frog almost on the skies, they are not going to suffer anymore, they are finally going to be free for Samsara, but we see at the end the falling of the frog, and reborning again, in the same pond.
Edit: I watched video again, and I began to realise that maybe the concept of "mukti" has been used in the video. It's basically escaping from this cycle of reincarnation. () we can see the hands yearning to reach lord Buddha in heaven with the sacrifices he made earlier, however it fails to achieve enlightenment and falls back to the cycle with that infinity symbol in their eyes
hello, buddha.
, and it all crashes at
you have unlocked the buddha smile and know bliss
E N L I G H T E N M EN T
十一面観音の暴悪大笑面？
And the part at when he's rushing through all the life cycles, and as he's about to reach the end gets greeted by a smiling buddha before being sent back through his loops as if being told "you are not yet ready." It's very profound, and honestly touches on my exact philosophy of what I feel "existence" really is.
in Buddhism, you’re released from the cycle of rebirth once you’ve reached enlightenment. and what leads up to it seem very indicative of reaching buddhahood/enlightenment, but then immediately after they’re back in the pond again.. 🤔
with a deeper gong.
Ending (Andante). Everything has returned to the start. Qi Xuan sings the last few lines, before the Percussion break ends the song. This song is truly emblematic of the cyclic nature of life and death.
最後 ゾッとする感じたまらん…さらに好きになっちゃった…
infinity froggo
. (화면 왼쪽 상단에 뱀의 혀 와 같은 것이 튀어나옵니다)
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