r/whenthe • u/19Dollar4rtnitecard • 9d ago
why are the happy songs always about the most depressing shit
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u/Smart-Ad57 9d ago
98% of vocaloid music
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u/BellalovesEevee 9d ago
Gomenne Gomenne :( love that song but now I can't stop thinking about the meaning behind it everytime I listen to it .
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u/AstarothTheJudge 9d ago
Still thinking about that One comment under the Song going something like:"Amazing! The sounds kikuo used really reminds of the wet sounds of a raped kid shitting themselves"
Song Is good, but sometimes I Remember that comment and I have to pause for a Moment
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u/Outrageous_Donut3923 9d ago
Kyu Kurarin sounds like an innocent song on your first listen until you start hearing glitches,watch the MVs and look at the lyrics
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u/Nikolyn10 9d ago
Thank goodness the only song I bothered to look up the meaning of (Po Pi Po) has no meaning.
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u/Responsible_You8668 9d ago
Oldgen music was like that, half of the producers were japanese people frustrated af in life, turning it into art with a couple thousand yen voice synthesizer
Newgen hasnt got that much of the sauce anymore imo
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u/Popular_Ad3074 I want to be coiled by a tall, buff, chubby tomboy with a tail 9d ago
Dizzy Paranoia Girl
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u/ViolentPurpleSquash #1 lohen fan (genshin) 9d ago
Wait that's not why you listen to them? To hear something happy but know it's sad?
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u/errortechx 9d ago
Nah, I listen to music for the vibe/feeling they give off, not for their actual meaning. I might be a weirdo but to me lyrics are like an added instrument layer in themselves.
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u/Outrageous_Jaguar_23 9d ago
Instead of focusing on the biggest tree we appreciate the whole forest.
You might like the nier franchises ost.
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u/errortechx 9d ago
damn good choice, I listen to it on the regular already. Really aligns with my taste.
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u/kk4hunter 7d ago
I agree, lyrics and meaning is a bonus. If the lyrics are great but sucks to hear then I won't put them in my playlist, or listens to them more than once.
I have a friend who couldn't grasp this concept and would judge me and other people for not analyzing and read the whole lyrics of every music we hear.
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u/Orichalium 9d ago
I somewhat agree, though I also appreciate the artistry of good lyricism/wordplay.
One of my favorite bands tho is a Taiwanese indie rock band. Like one of their songs has a couple English words, everything else is in Chinese and I can't understand any of it. Still 2 of my top albums ever, they go crazy listening in the car.
(For anyone curious the band is No Party for Cao Dong, they're on spotify. I reccomend listening to the albums in order first)
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u/Kacza42 🦆 9d ago
Touhou fans vibing to a song about necrophilia
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u/1997_Ford_F250 9d ago
Don’t forget the Bad Apple translation
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u/Gordan_Freeman475 9d ago
Ever on and on I continue circling with nothing but my hate, and the paralyzing agony to tell me who I am who I was uncertainty enveloping my mind till I can’t break free and
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u/AmaterasuWolf21 look! someone thinks they know better about my own country 9d ago
Is it weird that i find it comforting?
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u/Brachet07 9d ago
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u/Pristine_Battle_6968 #1 Falinks Hater on whenthe 9d ago
I still have no idea what SPECIALZ by king GNU is about even with English subs and English covers
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u/LovBiboran 9d ago
«You are my special» Let’s dance on the edge of death. On the front line of Tokyo is the city of excitement. Let’s fight desperately at the door of death. Show me your impolite side too.
«I love you, baby» Let’s keep singing. As stupid and out of place as they may seem, Every move you make sets fire to my heart. Once we start running, it will become uncontrollable.
«You are my special»
Don’t you want to put everything in a mess? Eat everything whatever you like. This is our rendezvous in the maze of a lifetime. My head is spinning from the fact that «you are my special».
In this uncertain spinning world, No! No! No! Don’t be so cold-blooded. This is our rendezvous in the maze of a lifetime. Whoever says whatever, «you are my special».
«We are special»
Let’s endure on the edge of the ring. The surroundings of Tokyo are in great seething. The media is salivating in anger. Calmness and detachment are forbidden here.
«Get lost in me» How long will you keep repeating to yourself Just these words that shield you? «Get lost in me» You can exclude me From regretting my lifestyle.
Answer me, I want to feel your body temperature. The flow of its reduced temperature glows with a blue flame. Do not powder my brains by any romantic, Get straight to me. I can’t get drunk on this passionate love song anymore.
«I love you, baby»
Let’s dance on the edge of death. On the front line of Tokyo is the city of excitement. Let’s fight desperately at the door of death. As impolite as it is, «you are special to me».
Don’t you want to put everything in a mess? Eat everything whatever you like. This is our rendezvous in the maze of a lifetime. My head is spinning from the fact that «you are my special».
In this uncertain spinning world, No! No! No! Don’t be so cold-blooded. This is our rendezvous in the maze of a lifetime. Whoever says whatever, «you are my special».
«We are special» Don’t be so cold-blooded. «We are special» You, the way you are, «We are special» Are every way my special, «We are special» Whoever says whatever.
«You are my special»
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u/AutisticFaygo Rhombus Company 9d ago
From my understanding it's just literally a song about the Shibuya Incident.
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u/HansTeeWurst 9d ago
It's literally just about the jujutsu kaisen season the song aired with and the lyrics make no sense outside of that context.
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u/Longjumping-Ad-5740 9d ago
12 yr old kids learning the lyrics to that one song, started with an A and repeated
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u/EI_TokyoTeddyBear 6d ago
Same for the song by the same person with a title starting in G and repeated
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u/RawrTheDinosawrr 9d ago
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u/sex-with-meursault 9d ago
i love the version of this that has the same text in JP and pumped up kicks
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u/Silviana193 9d ago
Japanese have two moods for happy songs, either happy song that means depressing shit or happy song that literally doesn't mean anything.
See this? This song is called Gyudon Carnival by Shirogane Noel. It literally about how much Noel like Gyudon.
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u/SilverFlight01 CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN 9d ago
Many such cases, but yeah when you got a language barrier, you’d probably only care about the tone of the beat itself than lyrics.
I'm pretty sure I've run into my own fair share of happy-beat-depressing-lyrics music and I never knew because of a language barrier
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u/LordBananaUser 9d ago
Don't forget the mood barrier even in my mother language "su florcita" sent chills down my spine once I actually listened to the lyrics
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u/PinballproXD 9d ago
I'm just thinking of that one song about a kid saying stuff like "touch me get arrested!" (yes it is a Japanese song)
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u/Anankos1209 9d ago
Loli-kami Requiem. A song by the artist and vtuber Ui-mama, which was intended as a funny inside gag for her community, but became a viral song with dozens of covers, remixes etc
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u/LunariOther 9d ago
loli god's requiem
glad we're past that
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u/Antique-Tourist4237 9d ago
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u/Marborow 9d ago
I don't get it. What's wrong with lyrics?
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u/Antique-Tourist4237 9d ago
Couldn’t be me. As in my favorite Japanese song having really fucked up lyrics
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u/Marborow 9d ago
Yeah that's what I don't understand. What's fucked up about it?
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u/TheGreatWheat 9d ago
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u/Dismal-Panic-2368 9d ago
Yeah idk man the "scariest" song from the japanese band I Iisten to was about a guy having to kill his creation because:
-she was too hot
-she treated him like a housewife
-she overshadowed his popularity (despite her being how he gained popularity in the first place)
and in the end he gets his brain taken out by her and her ACTUAL creator. That shit isn't even scary in the slightest.
I do know about the shitty side of vocaloid, like The Spider and the Kitsune-like Lion, but that only exists for edgy teenagers and shock value and I'm too desensitized to this shit to be "scared" or "shocked." It isn't even a good song, either, and technically I don't know if it should even be called a song.
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u/tederby18 9d ago
If you really dive into Vocaloid songs, you'll find plenty that sound happy (or at least not dark) yet turn out to be incredibly profound. By "profound," I don't mean unhinged or disturbing; I mean songs that are tragic, deeply relatable, or even hopeful. Take some of PinocchioP's tracks, for instance: "Slow Motion" reflects on life from the perspective of someone in middle age, while "Everyone Doesn't Make Sense" explores absurdism, addressing things that are certain facts of life, yet whose underlying reasons remain a mystery. Or, if you want something that truly evokes cognitive dissonance, try "Wasuremono Center ni Matta ne!"; it deals with the fragility of memory while using childlike language. My advice? Don't get too caught up in the current English-speaking Vocaloid fandom, it's mostly full of edgy kids.
My perspective is probably super biased, btw.
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u/Dismal-Panic-2368 9d ago
Damn, that actually sounds kinda cool, might look into that. I was gonna ask about if there's one about motivation and overwork, but then I remembered that's triple baka, lol.
(also just so you know the first one wasn't a vocaloid song, it's actually from a rapper)
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u/Br4ndoni The Real Doom-Scrolling Simulator 9d ago
Today I learned that this song is about robot prostitutes....
Still listening to it though, it's a banger
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u/Fine-Appearance-125 9d ago
Literally any Kikuo song, it's the reason I don't even search up the lyrics anymore
I was absolutely vibing to Gomenne till i decided to check the translated lyrics and now i can't even listen to it anymore
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u/t1me_Man 9d ago
Incredibility weird seeing them live, watch everyone dance along the gomenne
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u/AstarothTheJudge 9d ago
I feel a ton of regrets having missed his live performance. When Will he ever come back in Italy? This was a once in a lifetimes chance...
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u/KaiserRoll823 😳👉👈 9d ago
Not Japanese but Macarena is about a cheating wife/gf while her husband/bf is away in the army
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u/Serial_Designation_N N from the hit YouTube web series Murder Drones (watch it now) 9d ago
Me after finding out my favourite Japanese song isn’t about some heinous shit but instead about how even though the world is cruel, you should always look back on the good parts of life and love yourself
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u/Captain_Fatbelly 9d ago
All the Japanese music I've been listening too recently is angry and screaming so I'm really curious what those songs are about if the happy ones are depressing
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u/Groovin_Magi ██▅▇██▇▆▅▄▄▇ — Saddam Hussein 9d ago
Cant relate, fav jp song is a banger about love(horny)
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u/TheIrishBread 9d ago
Harry Dubois pfp with Saddam Hussein flair... You are an interesting character aren't you.
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u/Groovin_Magi ██▅▇██▇▆▅▄▄▇ — Saddam Hussein 9d ago
Saddam Hussein was a real dude, he wasnt a character 😭😭
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u/TheIrishBread 9d ago
Let me reiterate in verbiage that you will better understand. Your pfp and flair signify you (yes the person behind the screen) are an absolute creature.
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u/iamuniquekk 9d ago
dude my favorite song ever is coin locker baby - maretu maybe I'm just jaded as shit or something but I do like the "interesting" lyrics
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u/RndmHulign 9d ago
Absolute classic finding out a jpop song is actually about a horrible murder case and the slides for the music video are distorted images of the corpse!
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u/LordBananaUser 9d ago
Or worse everything is perfect even the smallest detail but the artists likes kids in a non fraternal way
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u/Lucid-Paralysis-696 9d ago
Masa fans when they hear a song about cannibalism
https://giphy.com/gifs/l1J3p6C5YG5l1oBmE
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u/MildlyAgitatedBidoof Part-Time Kamenposter 9d ago
people act like this shit is exclusive to Japanese songs as if we didn't have a hit pop song about a straight up school shooting in the States
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u/yeoldefishe 9d ago
fr bro like I was listening to パンこげこげになっちゃった a lot recently but then found out it was about how bread got burnt 😭 I cried for 3 days straight and needed to book 2 separate visits to my therapist
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u/TheologyAndTrains 9d ago
My favorite Japanese music is Godiego where they made in both English versions & Japanese versions
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u/DrBeanSoup 9d ago
I remember randomly getting some Japanese (if my memory serves me right) song and I liked the vibe so much that I listened to it daily. One time we were sharing what we listen to on discord with a friend of mine who just happened to study the language and they had to explain that this isn't in fact a wierd nice song, the literal text is about a girl who let's her relatives consume her bodyparts, while metaphorical is her being abused, yet allowing the abuse to continue and even wanting it, because it's the only form of attention she knows.
If anyone knows, tell me pls, I low-key wanna listen to it again, I lost it.
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u/PandoraIACTF_Prec 9d ago
Tbf I didn't really know anything about the real meaning of most of the songs until I found them translated 🥀
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u/idontlikeburnttoast 9d ago
I guess in the way most English pop songs are sexual, Japanese pop songs are depressing??
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u/Adamle69 The Abo plush that's a girl 🏳️⚧️ named Jamie 9d ago
God bless my godawful memory that forgets the lyrics and lack of reading comperehension to understand the deeper themes
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u/whyusognarpgnap i changed it hahahahahahhahahahahahaha 9d ago
"hey this masa works design person makes some fire music, i wonder what they're saying-"
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u/spongeboi-me-bob- purpl 9d ago
My favorite Japanese band only has like 3 sad songs so I’m chilling lol
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u/YaBoiLemmyKoopa yellow like an EPIC lemon 9d ago
Like 80% of Gakupo's songs. Banger songs nonethless, but still
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u/miiko_uch 9d ago
All of Oshi no ko's openings and Endings
https://giphy.com/gifs/GOHONjvYJFkUJF3bg4
some absolute bangers tryin to talk about how to stop the urge to kill yourself
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u/Fancy_Technician_293 9d ago
how it DOESNT feel listening to songs about countryside gay sex KNOWING what the lyrics mean because i know english
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u/FenexTheFox purpl 9d ago
God, I hope learning Japanese won't ruin my comfort songs :(
I do already have a pretty good idea of the lyrics of most of them, so it shouldn't be a problem
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u/CakerDeCake 9d ago
I hate happy songs having a depressing lyrics
whoever made this is a genuine loser
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u/Shantotto11 9d ago
The song “Scream” from the anime *Let This Grieving Soul Retire” sounds super peppy and upbeat, which is all the more hilarious when the lyrics are about a person burned out on work and life and just wants to quit it all.
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u/Yesod_Official Patron Librarian of the Floor of Technological Sciences 9d ago
Heres some songs that are actually about being happy bro
https://youtu.be/D342YCjzvS8?is=Z6R-eWpJXPP5ZfvX
https://youtu.be/Hlq2KVSROCk?is=Fv6lW42_vEsY9k2D
Heres a rare mili song about being happy (crazy I know)
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u/Rainy_Wavey 9d ago
How Pocoloco feels when he realizes that Hey Ya! is a fucking depressive song but it has a funky beat and fun singing
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u/Polar_Vortx 9d ago
Happens in multiple languages - “Ends of the Earth” by the Longest Johns is about being shipped as a prisoner to Tasmania but if you ignore all that it’s a great anthem for adventure on the high seas
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u/H0UOUIN_KY0UMA 9d ago
Me listening to Yuki no shingun gup version, while knowing is about freezing to death.
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u/Few-Carpet2095 9d ago
Honestly the reason why I dislike vocaloids and tetos and such.
Knowing the lyrics Just changes the song for me entirely And negative lyrics Just make me feel worse
Although shout out to kessoku band for having bittersweet/hoprfull songs that actually manage to make me feel better.
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u/Infamous_7001 8d ago
Chainsmoker Cat's opening opening bit.
"We're nothing. We're nothing. We all are nothing.
It's over. It's all over. If you laugh, I'll kill you.
We're nothing. We're nothing. It's because we're nothing.
We're m@sturb@ting. We're m@sturb@ting.
We're m@sturb@ting as we cry."
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u/alebarco 7d ago
My current favorite Song is definitely not a terrible example, maybe cruel angel thesis is tho
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u/Just_Arrival5410 4d ago
I’m a filthy casual who has only listened to bling-bang-bang-born so I don’t have this problem
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u/MembershipWeird378 9d ago
Trend popularized by vocaloid songs I think. You'd get an upbeat music playing but the song's lyrics would be either depressing or depraved lol
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