#circle deconstruction

Today is not a happy day, friends. We have lost a valued member of the Youtube community, who was responsible for quite a few songs in various playlists that I keep. An uploader by the name of Ammy / エイミー has had their channel removed, and certain favorite uploads of mine have been lost to the void.

“But Nabi!”, you may ask “Aren’t there other uploads of things like Personalizer? The song isn’t gone, you can still listen to it!”A very large portion of my enjoyment of things on Youtube are the background images that some music uploaders put with the songs, and that very, very strong association between the image, the song, and the feeling that the two create together. It’s an art that not many people have bothered to master, and Ammy was one of the more skilled music uploaders at finding images that fit a song well, giving them a whole new context through artistic representation.

Sure, it’s not like they made the songs or images themselves, but finding such a way to present two things that one is incredibly passionate for is beautiful. That is why I would rather use monthly data on my phone rather than negligible space on an SD card to listen to certain songs.

Now, on to this song. I don’t think the image quite fits as well as some could, but the song itself is interesting. The vocals are a bit offbeat, and you can hear in the pacing that, even though the vocalist is fluent in English, the lyricist has likely yet to master it, themselves. The pronunciation is on point, but syllables are mashed together or drawn out in awkward bits, reminiscent more of Japanese vocal patterns than English ones. 

This, however, doesn’t detract from the song at all. In the first half or so of it, I think it helps develop a feeling of chaos, coupled with some discordant instrumentals. And it’s not often that you get this kind of chaos from the well and firmly structured note progression of Desire Drive’s chorus. And as someone who really enjoys the theme, it’s a welcome change.

Overall, it’s a really solid arrange, giving just a hint of chaos overall to one of my favorite themes. And though the lyricist could definitely use some practice, I would definitely like to compliment both the arrangement of the piece, from the instrumentals to how the lyrics are made to fit, and the vocalist, as  薛南 honestly blows the track away, doing really well for the lines she has been given to sing.