WHY I ENJOY CALLIOPE MORI’S CONTENT/MUSIC [Part 3]
MOVING ON TO THE MUSIC!
Disclaimer: I have limited knowledge of music so I can only talk about why I personally like Calli's music!
OK SOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I normally really dislike rap songs [the speaking rap]- until I listened to the Hamilton Musical [rap musical] which made me slowly warm up a little
Calli's rap is more akin to Hamilton's style IMO - more melodic rap but closer to Japanese music [which is my preferred style of music for my ears xD]. It reminds me of Vocaloid songs, where it's not high budget production but you can hear their ambition in their music. Also Calli's choruses are catchy~ xD
Calli talked on stream before that:
"I don't classify my music as Hip-Hop, I think what I'm doing is very different. It's a genre of it's own. So when my music gets compared to Hip-Hop etc, that's not super fair because I don't consider what I make to be Hip-Hop, especially gangster rap in general. I'm not at all trying to make gangster rap. I have none of those experiences, I have none of those roots, I have none of those influences. Some people get it twisted and think I'm trying to be a part of the Hip-Hop culture, and I'm not. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. "
Chat: I classify it as Mori Music, it's Calli-Core
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Calli may not be the best singer or the fastest rapper, but honestly I think her strongest strength in her songs are her poetic lyrics writing
MOTIFS
One of her catchphrases for when she ends a stream was
"I'm your Mori, hope you'll remember me" which is a reference to Memento Mori = Remember that you must die
The two strongest themes in Calli songs are "Death" and "Time"
Excuse my rudeness, but please RIP
I think this song is self explanatory xD
Live Again
It's not the end of your 森 [Mori] 'Cause every closed door is just the intro of a brand new story!
But maybe it's deliverance? From the pain I know is coming on when my old soul's finally gone
'Cause we're immortalised forever in the songs that we write, ya know
Red
Tonight the moon is rose in a crimson red
But roses gotta wither so I'll live forever instead
[Chorus]
Time, I'll always be a prisoner to my ambition
As petals fly, I'll dance your tune
But hold your breath, guess who's running the show?
And when this red runs black I'll ask you
Was I everything you imagined?
When my time's finally up, the sun's falling down
I'll turn to stone again
end of a life
[I can't quote the entire song so you're better off just listening to the song!]
UnAlive
[Chorus 2]
Numbing tears and heartache, sorrow, hate
Running endlessly through time again
Still deprived UnAlive
Like I've always been
My home
A place I'll never know until I'm satisfied
To move forward, the lore is I must
Be void inside
[Chorus 3]
Your home
Is more than just a place you're never satisfied
I'll move forward toward something rewarding
By your orders, I'll never be soaring
I'm ignoring the lore
'Cause I won't be void inside
もう戻れない
In Death, I'm somehow more alive
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Internal Rhymes
So I know this is not unique and probably most raps have this....but I only really started to appreciate them after watching Hamilton musical. Calli's songs have a lot of internal rhymes that honestly gives me eargasms LOLOL
End of a Life
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BANGER LINES
Off With Their Heads - HAS SO MANY BANGER LINES
Just some of my fav lines from the song [just listen to the song!!]
Welcome to the mountaintop
Those your fans you're counting? Stop
'Cause bet this blood be melted iron, but I still be like water
You'll get some muddied up perspective if you senselessly slaughter
Those with devotion to the mission straight devour the weak
An ocean full of competition, get your actions to speak
You can't be strong if you give up from just a miss in ya streak
You gonna throw in the towel and quit
As soon as your body starts bleeding?
You'll say goodbye to glory
Next "hello" to never succeeding
You want a balanced following?
Then start creating, stop tweeting
All like "Easy for your to say, Little Miss Company Hire"
As if these moves did not take heartache and these tracks are not fire
As if this back did not break over and over I near expired
As if a million skeletons hit that "Subscribe" for satire
I ask you, take up the sword and swing until it is unbearable
And wear your scars with dignity when raising something shareable
The strong, the safe, the terrible-progress in these eyes
Expect no less than Earth shaking when these Dead Beats rise
Absolute god-tier smackdowns but also giving a lot of supportive words xD
One of my fave is "The strong, the safe, the terrible-progress in these eyes" - Create content, Calli says. Make ANYTHING, even if it's terrible, it is still progress.
guh - [aka Give Up, Haters]
I'm sensing a 戦争 [senso = war] and can't express how
Who's the one who smacks herself for fun without a lick of hesitance
"Damn, My Content's Only Decent" Club and I'm the President
There's a lot of thoughts I can't say outright
I've got my chords, you've got your keyboard, both us got all night
Try again, I'm wishin' you well!
But you will never roast me better than I roast myself
Hang 'em high
Cuz you won't take my life, cuz l ain't got none
So sorry, I'm hardly, just getting started
But why?
Have you misplaced your life? I'll help you find it
Just follow, my shadow,
Guess what? I'm on your side.
Have you misplaced your life -> Cuz haters have no life xD
OK honestly PLEASE ALSO LISTEN TO THE LOFI VERSION OF THE 4 SONGS FROM YOUR MORI - THEY ARE AMAZING [I CAN'T LINK CUZ I CAN'T POST MORE THAN 10 VIDEOS -CRY-]
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FUNNY MEME RAP
Calvin [C-Man] aka Guy version of Calliope that she streamed with on April Fools Day 2022 was absolutely hilarious xD Calli even released a mixtape as C-Man and everyone lost it.
Sometimes she gets forced to freestyle [which she says she's not good at] but this one is a punishment game with Kobo
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IDK why you're still reading but THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME SHILLING ABOUT MY FAVOURITE VTUBER RAPPER CALLIOPE MORI
Also sidenote there used to be a ship called TakaMori [Kiara and Calli] but that sank cuz it got too overwhelming. But it was fun during that time xD It's where Calli being a Tsundereaper came from
BUT IT'S OK CALLI IS OUR DAD AND KIARA IS OUR MUM....SO IT KINDA STILL WORKS RIGHT????
Until she says we're adopted and goes to buy milk and never comes back :'D
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tldr: CALLI IS THE BEST DAD AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER THAT SHE FINALLY GOT TO DO A LIVE CONCERT AND BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS SHE IS NOW AND AS A DEAD BEAT I CAN ONLY HOPE SHE'LL KEEP RISING FROM HERE
Please watch her concert, she honestly practiced so hard and absolutely NAILED IT
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ALRIGHT SOOOOO RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, SHE RELEASES A SONG ON HER DEBUT
THEN PROCEEDS TO TELL US SHE'S RELEASING THE ENTIRE EP IN THE FIRST WEEK OF HER DEBUT
Rap/Lyrics/Track Arrange/Mix/Movie: Calliope Mori
Mix and master by: kokorobeats a.k.a K’s/Coro
What you'll find is that all 4 songs released are mostly done by herself with the help of kokorobeats! At that point in time, noone has released their original song, LET ALONE 4 on their debut week. It's honestly is an amazing feat!!
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Another thing you learn from Calli's songs is that "CRINGE IS HER BRAND" [from Huge W - UnAlive album], and a lot of self depreciating jokes xD
She's very self aware and tend to make a joke out of it xD
Though what you'll learn is that she actually has a MULTI-LEVEL GAP MOE, really....it looks like this
Pretend Idol Cutesy voice
-> Hardcore Edgy Reaper [also Tsundereaper + sheriff]
-> Actually Humble Adorkable Entertainer
-> Wholesome and the most supporting DAD
CLIPS INCOMING:
Calli's History
Her dad is a pianist and mum is a singer - so Calli never felt like she was good enough at singing. She was praised for her poetry writing as a child, and decided to go down the rapping path instead
Studied art (actually does animated music videos as a freelancer I believe!), didn’t study music (did theatre in HS) but still was invested in rap, especially Japanese rap
Had to work multiple jobs to earn enough to travel to Japan back and forth when she was younger. She worked as a waitress - talked about her worst job experience
Came to America trying to get into the Japanese underground rap scene
Calli Workaholism
When she debuted, she aimed to release 1 song/cover a month. Since Sept 2020, she has released over 40+ songs, including 1 Album and 4 EPs
She was working 3 jobs when she first joined Hololive, and basically barely sleeping at all (She calls her other job Scythe swinging class). She's one the hardest working ambitious talent, esp on releasing music.
She works to the point where her manager has to bargain with her to get her to stream less
Some of her advice that shows her work ethic:
"If you quit when you suck, you'll suck forever."
"Please, make content, DO IT!"
"I see a lot of young aspiring vtubers, I'm really excited for them and I want them to succeed. I want to see them do their best."
She released a song "Off With Their Heads" as a tough love support for those who are trying and smackdown to the VTweeters who hate on her but don't make content xD
Even when she first started out, she held a REMIX Competition for RIP to engage with the community
^ My fav from the remix competition
Honestly Dead Beats are so talented and gotta thank Calli and KokoroBeats going through them all to show them off!
Disclaimer: I’m a Dead Beat [fan name]– 110% bias included in this essay or whatever the heck I’m writing
Alright I’m gonna write this like a tumblr post and not follow the PEEL structure of writing essays [cuz who’s gonna grade this amirite? RIGHT?!? DON’T JUDGE MY POOR ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS]
WHO IS CALLIOPE MORI?
Calliope is an English Virtual YouTuber associated with hololive – the first English branch named Myth.
Lore: She is the Grim Reaper's first apprentice. Due to modern medical care causing a decline in the reaping business, Calliope decided to become a VTuber to harvest souls instead.
Calliope’s Debut - Sept 2020
OK let me start by giving some context from back in 2020 before EN vtubers were big. Noone knew whether they would be popular or not, esp when there’s a big community who “hate dubs”. There were a lot of opinions flying around thinking that Hololive EN may not work cuz it’s too “cringey” to try and act cutesy like the Hololive JP girls. Basically I went in with ZERO expectations when they debuted.
Clip of her debut:
As you could see from above clip, you could see she was ultra nervous and really trying to act cute. I think a lot of people were like “ehhh okay english trying to act cutesy IDK it’s a bit off….oh this cutesy pink reaper wants to rap….?” …. and then “FUCK IT” AND DROPPED THE BEAT! It really blew us all away because none of us expected it at all!
Below are some evidence that it’s not just me and I’m not making shit up xD [Comments on reddit about her most recent concert]
“Excuse My Rudeness, But Could You Please RIP?"
What’s truly genius is that Calli really played an entire skit of her pretending to be super moe/cute + Seiso idol for 40+ minutes just to pull the rug underneath us to slay us with her TRUE GAP MOE POWER. You can tell she knows her target audience and capitalizes on the weeb culture by mixing English with Japanese + weeb memes xD
Lyrics from RIP:
*'Keikaku means plan' reference xD
SUGOI DIE-SUKI ↑↑↑ Don’t mind, DIE-JOUBU ↓↓↓
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GAP? FUCK IT, SEISO!!
GOD DO I LOVE BILINGUAL PUNS
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Also love her calling out all the haters IN HER FIRST SONG
Moving on to Part 2 because I can't post anymore screenshots :'D
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY NUTS, I HAD TO WRITE ALL THE THINGS I'VE LEARNT ON A WORD DOCUMENT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING. INSANITY AT ITS FINEST
EVERY FEW HOURS, ME AND A FRIEND WILL BE LIKE "WHAT DID I JUST SEE, WTF IS HAPPENING
BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING IS, ONCE I REACHED THE END, IT ALL MADE SENSE
THEY DO ALSO HAVE AN ANALYSIS PAGE THAT DOCUMENTS ALL THE EVENTS YOU'VE SEEN SO YOU CAN REVIEW THEM AFTERWARDS
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ALSO THE ART IS PRETTY AF AND EVERYONE SHOULD GET ONTO VANILLAWARE WORKS SO WE CAN GET MORE GAMES LIKE THIS
THE ONLY THING I'M MEH ABOUT ARE THE BATTLES, BUT IT'S NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE 95% STORY, 5% BATTLE (I PRETTY MUCH LEFT THE BATTLE TO LAST)
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PLEASE ATLUS PUT THIS ON PC SO MORE PEOPLE CAN PLAY IT!!!
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The enormous cave system, known as the Abyss, is the only unexplored place in the world. Nobody knows how far down this titanic pit goes, inhabited by strange and wondrous creatures and full of mysterious ancient relics whose purpose is unknown to modern man. Generations of bold adventurers have been drawn by the cryptic depths of the Abyss. Over the course of time those bold enough to explore the dangerous pit came to be known as “Cave Raiders.”
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BUT REALLY THOUGH….LOOK AT THE CAVE SYSTEM
IT ALSO HAS A REALLY CUTE ARTSTYLE AND I REALLY LIKE THE SHADING~ IT’S KINDA LIKE BLACK/WHITE WATERCOLOUR
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