A SUMMARY IN SUMERU | Genshin Impact Song!

Check out Genshin Impact here: hoyo.link/8bUiCBAd
Thanks to Genshin Impact for reaching out to work with me and making this project possible! #ad
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When I was first approached to work with Genshin Impact on a promotional song for their next big update I would be remiss to say I wasn’t sceptical. Just what would I DO with it? It’s for certain not my typical fare here on the channel but there’s nothing I love more than a challenge. (Arguments could be made for a good, strong cheddar but Big Cheddar have yet to reach out about a song).
So Liz and I set about playing and researching the lore of Genshin Impact to try and find an angle that would be a good fit for the channel. In our research of the lore we discovered two key things;
Number one: There is a LOT of it. Like, wow. There’s a lot to get your head around. How would I pick one thing to squeeze into a song?
Number two: There’s an entire region of the game devoted to the pursuit of knowledge with a grand academy at its centre.
Well if we’ve proved one thing over the past five years it’s that if you give me an establishment where some sort of authority figure could conceivably lecture a listener on a given relevant topic, I can squeeze that through my noggin's song nozzle and extrude a jam from it.
So what if… I tried to cram as much lore as possible into as little time as possible? Now THERE’S a challenge.
This song could easily have been five times longer and still not covered everything so it’s far from comprehensive, but as a fun race through the history of the continent of Teyvat it is, as the kids say, a bop.
A huge thanks to everyone who helped pull this project together! To Jemma for returning to the channel to make the costume after her fantastic prior work on The Toybox, to Stargirl for her work on the makeup, To Kitnxi and Xoriak for their work on the CG and as always to Oxygen for his work on composing the music and mixing the track!
A lesson learned on this project? A big fake moustache glued to your lip that stops your upper lip moving plus amore subtle physical performance to imply age plus the fact that said moustache also hides half of your mouth PLUS half the time trying to balance on a moving treadmill in a full length trip hazard of a robe whilst also performing in character to incredibly fast lyrics...
Equals A: a very hard time lip syncing and B: the fact that even using all the best takes you can't see my mouth moving under all the facial hair half the time. Trust me, it is!
Stay tuned, folks! There’s another big project on the horizon!
(And Big Cheddar, if you’re listening, call me.)
#genshinimpact
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Lyrics, vocals by The Stupendium
Video by The Stupendium and Lizzy CJ
Song produced by @OxygenBeats
Costuming by Jemma Locke Seamstress: / jemmalockeseamstress
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Check out Genshin Impact here: hoyo.link/8bUiCBAd Use this Gift Code: GA9FPD42SJ4V (April 10th - May 30th) To get 60 Primogems and 5 Adventurer's Experience! LYRICS: Oh, hello! You don’t look familiar I suppose you’re here For a little bit of lyrical enlightenment, hmm? Alright then Strap in! VERSE 1: Welcome, weary traveller, you’re new, I haven’t seen ya You stand amidst the grandeur of Sumeru Akademiya A scholarly repository of knowledge and philosophy Concoction and apocrypha are seldom to be seen here Our word is official in a whirlwind of disciplines Enlightening the minds of the world and its citizens You strike me as likely a person who’s visiting? So, might be you find you’re uncertain of fitting in? We’ve boffins in technology and noggins for biology But you’ve dropped into the college of the prof of Aetiology The study of what was and is, their causes and, well, probably You’d think of it as ‘history’, simplistic but just tolerably So, honoured be the Sumeru to summarise events for A quick initiation to equip you for adventure The mythic twists of nations, the intrigues and invasions Exquisitely relayed by a semi-certain mentor I’ll be honest, there’s a lot of it, and though we’re never wrong There’s a reason no-one’s ever tried to show it in a song Whilst musicians of tradition throughout the kingdom might prefer ballads When I’m spitting wisdom, you’ll forgive a little word salad Right, here goes then! I’ll start with the easy stuff Well… easy-ish… So, I’ll take you through the basics, the most obvious of straight facts You’ve landed in the land known as the continent of Teyvat It’s made of seven nations, there’s Natlan and then Fontaine and Sumeru and Inazuma, Snezhnaya, Liyue, Mondstadt Now, don’t get overwhelmed, there’s a plethora of realms Elemental Light, abyssal Void and human, where we dwell But don’t think of them as places, they all take up the same space It’s more like layers in a cake, well no, that’s silly, maybe… well The cake is filled with currents! No, the elemental kind There’s light and dark respectively, but ours are called Ley Lines Like magic streams of energy that carry all the memories Of everyone there’s ever been and all they’ve left behind Perhaps I should have tackled this before we’d begun But the human realm was helmed by ‘The Primordial One’ I’d expect a God progenitor needs modern context first? No, this is too complex, I’ll save it for the next verse CHORUS: The Genshin dimension is pretty intense Filled with events too dense to mention Now I don’t mean to test your comprehension But I think it’s best you pay attention If you fall from the stars for all sorts of fun travels Before you can start you’ve got lore to unravel The Akademiya encyclopaedia’s a crack source Want to make an impact? You’ll need a crash course Right, you got all that? Good! How about a little Ancient History? OK! You asked for it VERSE 2: So, many millennia ago there was the Sovereigns Dragon lords, the all-powerful sort, just sort of hovering About, all seven with a territory, embellished By their presence with their elemental offerings You want to hear specifics? Well, we haven’t got time But each nation’s God has got their own impact on their climes There’s Cryo, Pyro, Hydro, Dendro, Electro, Geo, Ameno Really convenient that they all happen to rhyme! Then obviously enters the Primordial One The progenitor I mentioned? And a war was begun The Primordial One fought the Lords of Dragons And when all’s said and done, the Primordial… won The Old World ends and the new begins Which the God made fit to have humans in And though peace and prosperity were brief we can generally Agree the Human Realm is quite a useful thing An addendum, I should mention, there were sisters in the moon Only one of them was Canon but I’m pretty sure it’s true They lived in a lunar palace where they kept the stars in balance And a people called the Seelie rose to relevancy too But that’s beside the point, the fact is all were living happily For several generations Gods reside beside humanity A great civilization, nations weaved into a tapestry Of arts and innovation - then the Ancient Calamity The universe did just get a rebirth But it soon laid waste to the heavens and earth When The Second Who Came, yes, I swear that’s their name Suddenly entered the game and well the records are regretfully mehhh What happened next? We’re not actually sure They were far too busy dying to keep track of the score The moon sisters eclipsed and the Seelie were wisped and - Let’s just break for a chorus then come back for the war… CHORUS: The Genshin dimension is pretty intense Filled with events too dense to mention And this session’s intent’s to attempt to condense And to dispense with all the questions If you fall from the stars for all sorts of fun travels Before you can start you’ve got lore to unravel The Akademiya encyclopaedia’s a crack source Want to make an impact? You’ll need a crash course Oh! You’re still here! People don’t normally make it this far I thought you might’ve switched for a different video During the second chorus! Heh heh… Right… VERSE 3: Listen up! It’s time to learn about The Archon War! When it started? Again, we are not sure It either starts in the Calamity or after it, what matters is It happened, it was bad and that it lasted for At least a whole millennia, again, be clear, we’re guessing here The deities in Celestia, a region in the heavens, where The gods sit in their special chairs and sit and do whatever, dared To question who knew better and who gets to keep on resting there Seven Divine Seats saw the heavens divided Each nation collides with those they used to ally with As deities fight over a place in the sky Until they got a seating plan they could agree on decided And when chaos subsided and the seats were agreed And those nations in flames had their new deities decreed All seven could then get on with an era of peace Nope! There was an eighth one hiding beneath their feet! Yes, Khaenri'ah was underground and hidden from the gods Which as you can imagine, well, they didn’t like a lot So, they smote them for their vanity, now known as the ‘Calamity’ Which backfired quite spectacularly, well what were the odds? As they unleashed abyssal creatures, which was probably horrific But again, when being eaten, no-one documents specifics So, better not to dwell because it’s plainly depressing Another half millennia and hey, it’s the present! CHORUS: The Genshin dimension is pretty intense Filled with events too dense to mention Now I don’t mean to test your comprehension But I think it’s best you pay attention Now this sessions intent’s to attempt to condense And to dispense with all the questions To make a little sense and help retention A melody to prep you for ascension If you fall from the stars for all sorts of fun travels Before you can start you’ve got lore to unravel The Akademiya encyclopaedia’s a crack source Want to make an impact? You’ll need a crash course Want to fight Gods? Well, before your destiny You’re gonna have to battle with some lore complexities You can master magic or amass a great attack force Want to make an impact? You’ll need a crash course OUTRO: There we go! We’re done! A complete and thorough history of the land of Teyvat Everything you could need to know Though I did neglect to mention the Gnoses, the vision-wielders The Fatui and the Abyss Order At least one or two other types of dragon… Look, there’s a lot, okay? You’ll figure it out It’s stressful trying to keep track of this stuff It takes a toll! Look at me! I’m only 26!

[@alastor6673]

I ordered my Toonz and it’s on the way!

[@alastor6673]

@Fizz role roli Fizzaroli

[@dr-amethyst-77]

Amazing! Great job as usual but you blew it out of the water!

[@nif4345]

Now, I would like one of two things to happen. Either this song is added to Genshin as a spin crystal, or you make another version with the instruments from Genshin.

[@nicememes7570]

Man genshin looks so fun but it plays like a watered down A-RPG copying a little too much from BotW. If the characters had more than ONE unique move and ONE ultimate that both usually take 30 seconds to recharge REGARDLESS of being good or terrible

[@wiliam7095]

I can’t believe an old man just taught me genshin impact lore for 7 minutes while at the same time rapping. Truly an incredible scholar

[@colt1903]

Oi. He's only 26!

[@wanabenecro5390]

​@@colt1903 the costume dude

[@cbv2353]

@@wanabenecro5390 he said it in the song

[@StygianIkazuchi]

@@wanabenecro5390 you clearly didn't see the last line before the ad portion...

[@Colorado-Coyote]

hes only twenty six. He mentions it at the end

[@idaniluz652]

Fun fact: in the game, the akademya hates any form of art, unless it's about intellectual topics. This song really captures that.

[@drpaimon2369]

Some of the (previous) sages hated it, but a lot of people in the Akadimiya are a lot more tolerant towards art.

[@jillianbryce5551]

Well, enough of the old sages liked it that there is the stage for performances. It's only recently there's now laws against it, and even then most disagreed with it. They just accepted it as word of law though.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

wait, so they hate abstract art or anything that isn't purely educational?

[@wienzard36]

@@johnj.spurgin7037 more like there's this political agenda that makes any kind of arts is forbidden but the nation itself and the people aren't actually agreed with the law. Once you've finished the main(Archon) quest, it's clear that everyone embraced arts just fine bcs it was never hated by Sumeru's people to begin with. To add as to why any kind of arts is forbidden bcs arts required imagination and creative thought process. These two things would hinder what the Akademiya was planning in the main quest. Let's just say that plan is a selfish plan for their own benefits.

[@Destiny87]

​@@johnj.spurgin7037 Basically "Don't waste time on entertainment when you should be learning instead."

[@Cosmosdestructor]

“Though only one of them was Canon” is a such a great verse because Cannon was literally one of their names.

[@ciphergacha9100]

We have arrived at pun avenue

[@thecrystalliaguild]

it was actually exactly Canon (oh my god I just saw ANOTHER comment saying that her name was Cannon)

[@lkimberly2064]

You remember the scholars daughter who wanted to work in Zubayr Theatre? She's the one who started it..

[@lkimberly2064]

Her first one was a drama/song similar to Stupendiums' untitled goose game song about Azar.

[@FrederickSkinner]

Fun fact: their names are Cannon, Sonnet and Aria. Aria is the name of the song at log in after 7pm local (also heard at night in some places in Monstadt)

[@Second_UNIT]

This really was the perfect song for the lore enthusiasts: "When it started? Well, again, we're not sure" LOUD SIGH IN THE BACKGROUND Yeah, that's. Thats us.

[@AuroraFirestorm]

I thought we knew more details about the Archon War? I guess I'm wrong.

[@spookels1061]

Pediphile

[@spl420]

Well, we in Fate have First magic, we don't know what it does, it's very powerful magic, we don't know who and where are users of it, but they exist. That's when you sigh in the background. Well, either in this moment or when you realise half of magic's first users are unnamed

[@tomd96]

​@AuroraFirestorm All we know is that a great many gods of things existed (a god of salt, for one) and some were more powerful than others, and of the most powerful became the 7 that watch over Teyvat in modern day. Barring Liyue who's god is now retired by the time you get to this point in the story (and is a whole thing in itself) Every time the topic is brought up, we get a "I'll explain later" because the fatui show up to complicate things.

[@myvstz]

​@@AuroraFirestorm Well we do know it happened some 2600 years ago which is why we can say that Venti is 2600 years old AT LEAST, he's deff older tho

[@kiban_]

And then 2 minutes later, a giant nail dropped on the Akedemiya because some guy managed to get forbidden knowledge about Celestia

[@SoinEight]

Sounds canon.. lol

[@irisamanda3922]

Lol

[@MrGamelover23]

It's a canon event.

[@siyuren7723]

Too true…

[@darkoakquarks8748]

As someone who loves Genshin lore the many "yeah..we don't actually know" is so accurate!! Loved it

[@spookels1061]

Pedophile

[@YoWuzUp]

Little insignificant attention to detail thing, he has that emblem on his hat, and it's actually the emblem for the Vahumana Darhshan in the Akademiya, which is the appropriate darshan for a history professor to be in. Love that.

[@wienzard36]

I actually really like that attention to detail bcs of course it's ppl like us, the lore enthusiasts, who would notice such a thing. It's a nice little snippet!

[@BlackCascade]

0:50 He actually said that he's a prof of Aetiology (Vahumana)

[@YoWuzUp]

@@BlackCascade Yes, but he simplifies it as history so still, either way yes it's vahumana, that's not explicitly stated, i just like the attention to detail with the emblem on the hat.

[@spookels1061]

Pedophile

[@faunaivy]

I noticed that too! love the little details

[@bartthebart5501]

The pun about only one of the moon sisters being canon is so great. There is so many layers to it besides just one of the sisters being named Cannon. But also the fact that out of the three supposed moons that should exist according to the story book, everyone in the human realm only can see one of them. 🤩

[@ceci--lia]

A cannon is a big gun. A canon is several things, including a type of repetitive music, which is the spelling you want with the moon sisters all having music names.

[@spookels1061]

Pedophile

[@Black_Sheep7]

now, I can swear like this oh moons whatve you done? like in wof

[@MrGamelover23]

Wait, what? Wow, never knew.

[@wonderstorm116]

@@Black_Sheep7you mean you haven’t always done that after reading wof lol

[@miachanmlp7347]

As a Genshin player I can tell you guys did a lot of research on the lore to make this song! It turned out awesome! :D

[@Lilys0609]

same!!

[@Crim_Zen]

Ya it's really nice.

[@monke7919]

Of course he researched they literally hired him to rap about all the lore

[@AC-qc3ve]

Never expected a Genshin Impact song from you, truly a otherworldly experience!

[@alastor6673]

It really is tho-

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Wasn't really wishing for it, but still, a masterpiece nonetheless. 5 Stars.

[@qazhr]

There never should be on because all mobile first game are cash grabbing pieces of shit

[@gagekelley5047]

This song is at the level of ascended characters times 100. It's probably the best song ever from stupes.

[@thunderblazeo965]

Finally An answer from this world

[@1000kylestar]

Fun fact: I'm pretty sure knowing history like this would have Celestia kill your ass

[@balbalofficial8212]

well they can certainly *fucking* try

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

Celestia doesn’t give a fuck anymore As proven by the Fontaine archon quest

[@aldrich_leon8547]

Specifically knowing about the sovereigns, the moon sisters, the descenders, whatever alice, barbeloph, andersdotir, and sutilogi is cooking, and whatever the heck forbiden knowledge is

[@aldrich_leon8547]

​@@godricktheminecrafted3113 yeah according to nahida the heavenly principles have been dormaant for several centuries, assuming the last time they were active was khaenri'ah. And consisering how theyre dormant now, reindotir really cooked for celestia to be dormant after droping sky nukes all over teyvat

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

@@aldrich_leon8547 my theory is that khaenri’ah won Celestia is dead, you can see that in the opening when you boot the game up

[@Merio_TheMerrier]

Stunning visual? Checked Amazing rap skills? Checked A bloody complex lore explained in 7 minutes? Checked Is stupendium brilliant? Yes he is

[@sourwitch2340]

They are brilliant indeed! They do use they/them pronouns, not he/him, but I suppose the heart suggests the sincerity of your compliment wasn't undermined by this detail.

[@MiyuKawasaki]

@@sourwitch2340 Choosing pronouns is stupid, it kills the whole purpose of them. Question: Why are there pronouns in the first place? Why not just one 3rd person pronoun? Why is there 'he/she' if there could just be 'they' for all? It's to distinguish male and female. It's to choose which people are 'compatible' to form a relationship. Now if anyone can choose the pronoun they want, the whole meaning gets lost. 'She/her' is supposed to be female, but if ANYONE can use them, doesn’t that make them lose their femininity? So there's no point in choosing pronouns, if you think there is, then 'he/him' is neither male, 'she/her' is neither female, so there's no point in choosing those.

[@enjoyasalad647]

@@MiyuKawasaki my counterargument: someone's gender isn't really important enough for it to be needed to be communicated through pronouns anyway. People can much better decide if someone is compatible for a relationship based off of other variables than their gender, variables that you could only find out if you already know their gender, which can easily be communicated even without pronouns. So gendered pronouns are just an unnecessary step. Additionally, someone's gender isn't even important information outside of looking for a romantic/sexual relationship, or in a medical setting, which are two exeptions I think are quite situational.

[@fantalone666]

@@MiyuKawasaki But what if you don't want people to judge whether you are 'compatible' for relationship or not?

[@MiyuKawasaki]

@@fantalone666 Then it's your fault if you can't reproduce

[@mneech609]

I like how the overall dorkiness and cheery tune made Genshin lore sound so innocent and totally not dark, haha

[@user-mg4cn6wm1u]

"They settled on a seating arrangement" is a line with a lot of gloss.

[@Lampshade_productions]

P😅

[@ondakaga]

Cause it isn't dark at all 👁️👄👁️

[@mneech609]

@@ondakaga It's darker than most games. Rally, depends what dark means to you. Even a simple thing like stumbling upon the 'Gate of Everlasting Mourning' inspired by Dante's inferno did it for me. Good shit.

[@mneech609]

@@ondakaga There's also a doctor who treated knowledge cancer by replacing his patient's bodyparts by those he harvested from his other patients. He did save his life, but the patient ended up begging for death to the gods.

[@gomoodobee7205]

i've never seen anyone sum up the entirety of genshin lore so well in 6 minutes... that's impressive on its own.

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

And in song, no less!

[@bella_daze3092]

FACTS❤❤❤❤❤

[@MathWiz911]

Does he outsource research and mainly base the themes/tone of the songs on personal playing experience? To write such crazy well done lyrics and have to do all the research with maybe 2 people would be insane. I am curious what the path is to these songs? Some don't require as much because it is somewhat obvious but most of his songs have some element in the lyrics only people who play actually recognize. I haven't played much Genshin but I am sure there were a lot of 'excited to hear certain details' moments.

[@gomoodobee7205]

@@MathWiz911 a lot of the genshin lore isn't obtainable without exploring literally every single tiny aspect of the game, including parts about celestia and the dragon sovereigns (though they are in the game descriptions for certain items and everything else, e.t.c.) so i wouldn't be surprised if he took some research outside of the game as well, but i agree, it is indeed really good. (ofc i'm speaking off my speculation, i don't know what he actually did)

[@spookels1061]

Pedophile

[@hateisme]

"if you fall from the stars for all sorts of fun travels , before you can start you've got lore to unravel" this line will be stuck in my head for the reste of my life

[@cheescak]

all i can think of when i hear it is the times when you want to start an event quest and it says "to access this quest you have to finish this and this quest" which literally means before you can start youve got lore to unravel

[@havcola6983]

"When it's all said and done the primordial... won" Love the delivery here. An almost exasperated 'Well, I don't know what to tell you, the homonym was just _right there_ '

[@TaosoftheVoid]

As a Genshin player, this is a very accurate lore summary. Remember to check back in your books in the Akademiya's library on time! *They'll know*

[@yushakader4991]

I fear the knights of Favonius library more, she will find you with your late book

[@TheWalker10]

@@yushakader4991 But then again, *SHE is from Sumeru.*

[@spookels1061]

Pedophile

[@GeoGamerArtistVlogger]

Fear the Witch of Purple Rose,

[@Fathom15128]

I am stunned by this song. It came completely out of no where, but it was such a welcomed surprise. The idea for it to be a recap of the world through the Academia's Scholars was amazing, the clever lyrics were phenomenal to listen to especially since it is vague enough to not spoil any direct details of the story, but enough is given for those who love the game to pick it up. This entire song is such a masterpiece!

[@thesalsaguy4395]

It doesn’t actually give details about the story you play through, nor details about tales that each of the individual nations have to offer. Stupes could easily make a song of this length about each nation, that’s how dense the lore really is.

[@Fathom15128]

@@thesalsaguy4395 I should have maybe been a bit more specific, but I ment the greater story as a whole. For example, he mentioned the Archons, but didn't directly show them off durring that part of the song nor said their names. It was just small details like that

[@EmergencyAutismHologram]

I need to know what drugs this team is on that makes them this productive. ..for science.

[@wolfclaw3812]

Friend: hey I thought you were gonna show me the short version me: THIS IS THE SHORT VERSION.

[@walteranurantha5014]

You're not a regular akademiya, scholar. You're loremaster, Stupendium💡👍

[@Mr_saxobeat845]

He's the Archon of Lore

[@walteranurantha5014]

@@Mr_saxobeat845 or loremaster69

[@gagekelley5047]

Archon of Lore has a nice ring to it. Damn that was a good idea.

[@PaGDu333]

rap archon

[@BlastedBlueBeaver31]

Or a scorching loremaster

[@apasten0818]

Stupes might be the only person who can pull off 6 minutes of an old-I mean 26 years young-man explaining lore vividly, and still make such an incredible song! Also, oo Oxygen keeps making such awesome tracks to anything and everything.

[@metalray8246]

I love how the scholar tell you the lore in song, but when the lore gets overwhelming for the viewer he tries to simplify it, like the layers of a cake lyric, it's lyrical genius. Thank you for this amazing song, Stupendium.

[@ayaandaepic8593]

this guy put more research into genshin's lore for 1 sponsorship video than matpat did for 3

[@lexi-mr9mz]

Gametheories about Genshin before I played the game: interesting Gametheories about Genshin after playing the game: this is surface level, probably because even Matpat would drown in the amount of lore, none of which is clear and confirmed

[@aldrich_leon8547]

Tbf, only 1 is avout thr lore and its pretty basic, and is confirmed awhile ago, which is the fatui is planning to seize the authority of the heavenly principles, And the other 2 ismt lore related. One is tge economical downfall of teyvat because zhongli fakaing his death means deflation, and the other one is sceintifically proving dendro reactions as for the sponsor during tgehe release of 3.0

[@ubeia4857]

Funnily enough in lore, anybody who possess knowledge of certain parts of Teyvat's history are sentenced to death. There's literally a god that got sentenced to death by Celestia for accidentally reading a book containing knowledge about Teyvat's history. It wasn't even a normal history book, it was lacking in details and even then the god, Orobaxi, got killed for it.

[@thebcplayer]

Never played Genshin, but I'll always be there for another of Stupes' ever-solid bangers and their lyrical genius!!

[@thesalsaguy4395]

Giving it a go right now would actually be a pretty good idea. Because of how frequent updates are (every 40-45 days) you’ll likely be able to get through the main story and some quests pretty casually before the next region comes out in a few months

[@grey1643]

Genshin's one of the few games where watching is more fun than playing. I've learned more about Genshin lore from Stupendium than playing 17 hours

[@uselessgoblin]

Same here

[@LARVideos]

@@grey1643 17 hours isn't very much though... Unless you spent all that time reading the books in the game.

[@silverstar1614]

@@LARVideos True, 17 hours is what i have of gameplay in a week right after a new update. Now i have in total at least 1 year of gameplay in this game (Counting the hours of gameplay, not the time i know the game)

[@X-SPONGED]

Did- did Stupes manage to make me sit through a whole 5 minutes worth of Genshin Impact lore whilst rapping the whole way? I don't even play Genshin and I got actually invested halfway through the song, it's just that good. They made a great choice in choosing you as their sponsor...

[@OsuSakuraame]

Genshin lore is really cool, there's a ton of it in so many different sources like ingame books, item descriptions, interactable objects, character background stories and voicelines, quests... It's a ton, I've been working myself into a rabbit hole for the past 1 1/2 years 😂😂

[@ignoto82dr]

@@OsuSakuraame the really nice thing of GI lore is that the game dont cram it down your throat over and over again in game. In the quests they mention a thing or two or just enough to complete the quest while mantaining a continuity sense. If you like it or want to know more, well, all you have to do is to hunt for the books and read em all. And it's nice because the geme let you choose how much or how little lore you get.

[@OsuSakuraame]

Agree! If you want to get reall, deep into it, it's all there. If you don't want to, then you don't have to sit through hours of lore that you don't care about. I also love finding hidden clues and coming up with theories or reading other people's theories.

[@screaming-birb]

“Look at me! I’m only 26!” That line killed me

[@jonathane.5930]

THE BEAT IS INSANE😱 And the fact that I could show this to a random friend to get them pretty educated AND interested, truly a CRIT Rate Circlet moment😭

[@Bejaphone]

Crit dmg better😂

[@jonathane.5930]

@@Bejaphone Wish I had a CRIT Dmg circlet for my Wanderer fr😩

[@Seeker-eq8gp]

​@@Bejaphone not really. It depends on who the circlet is used for. Rosaria for example has 63% of NA players using crit rate over crit damage. Xiangling has 56.6% of NA players using crit rate over 33.1% for crit damage.

[@aculeatus]

AS AN ACTIVE GENSHIN THEORIST IM SO GLAD YOU GOT EVERYTHING IN THIS RIGHT AND IM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SONG OMG

[@lossteinus5420]

I gotta say, learning the entire Genshin lore for a sponsorship is pure commitment! I believe that no one could've done it better than you. Wow, I am speechless!

[@Reishichi]

"There’s Cryo, Pyro, Hydro, Dendro, Electro, Geo, Ameno Really convenient that they all happen to rhyme!" Anemo: Sad noises That aside, this song is pretty catchy

[@naomzikku]

this is the genshin dialogue i wont skip. anyways.. WE MAKING OUT OF SUMERU WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥

[@andromeda4388]

Never played Genshin before, but if they played this song for their ads, I would 10000% get on board. You are a music mastermind. This has restored my will to continue existing on a molecular level.

[@ahamadsemiyan7760]

Genshin has great music too. Do listen to them you will like them

[@jport6475]

@@ahamadsemiyan7760 agreed.

[@Indian_gae_boii]

genshin is literally the best game fr i cried like a child during a certain side quest it was so good

[@MountainMemelord]

No horny. Only lore.

[@janwarlock]

@@Indian_gae_boii It's the one with Ruu, right??

[@beate9377]

Never did i except a Stupendium x Genshin collab, but dear god is it amazing😂

[@HaliesH]

This is the perfect song for people who think Genshin is a shallow game just to appeal to the players and filled with waifu's... there is so much lore and complexity, and the fact that you managed to summarize it well in a really awsome sounding song- is awsome! I know the chorus will get stuck in my ear for months to come!

[@sapphiras.v.4715]

‘Oh, you don’t look familiar.’ Me: But sir, I’ve taken this class at least 5 times….

[@FearMyPaintBrush]

If this was how history was always taught, in songs and rhymes, we would all be much more familiar with it 😂. FANTASTIC job as always Stupes! ❤

[@GhostEmblem]

funny thing is before writing this does eem to be how it was taught.

[@pantheonmaker9437]

Well Schoolhouse Rock tried but ended up being over-censored so it failed, so you’re on to someþing

[@koenhartholt7033]

Well "we didnt start the fire" does partially do that, but it doesnt go that in-depth but merely mentions them and contains both historically important and less-important events.

[@kurtlangberg5886]

Listen to Sabaton’s music. It’s all based on history.

[@staticgutzz]

My hopes for this are v e r y high so far- i doubt itll disappoint Edit: I was right. It did not disappoint, also, the 7 minutes for a genshin song is just *too* perfect

[@chongyunmain]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@nif4345]

wait OH MY GOD THAT CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE

[@nightart9345]

Now that you mention, it makes a *LOT* more sense.

[@kingalex105x7]

7 elements oh my god

[@hoopa6477]

​@KingAlex 105X I belive you men ELEMinutes

[@Azxplays]

when he said there was an eighth land that scream was perfect😂

[@kusada3035]

Loremaster spat a lot of lore that Celestia is hovering over him & preparing a nail to nuke him out of the ley line records

[@drpaimon2369]

The fact that you guys actually tipped into the lore for this one is something I didn't expect and I was happily surprised. I also liked how you put emphasis on how little we know of certain things because they are badly recorded in the lore. Amazing lyrics, amazing production overall. I'm very satisfied. Thank you.

[@mr.pig1528]

This was not expected, but was a banger nonetheless!

[@alastor6673]

All their songs are bangers 😁

[@mr.pig1528]

@@alastor6673 well ofc!

[@mich705]

As the old saying goes, expect the unexpected. I bet the next song is gonna be a GTA 5 song or something.

[@Pandamaxx]

Even as a lore theorist, this song had things I didn't know about! Guess it's back to the books for me! Amazingly done, good sir, outstanding lyrics, rhyme and rhythm.

[@Drknsl0]

I think "this is to complex I'll save it for the next verse" and "let's break for a chorus then come back for the war" was just Stupes speaking also "really convenient that they all happen to rhyme" made me laugh

[@amoralmarker6503]

Was NOT expecting this crossover and sponsorship, this reminds me of the "Matter of Facts Rap" with how much knowledge, lore and Pyro elemental energy was spat with these bars!

[@SonixYakuzaFanAccount]

From now on this is what I'm going to recommend to anyone interested in learning the deeper lore of genshin because it genuinely covers more (and does a shockingly better job than several of the lore channels) as well as being a proper banger. Great work as always stupes!

[@updsunpocodespreen8857]

I have never touched genishin impact in my life and this guy is able to dress as an old guy and explain me genishin impact lore for 7 mins straight without me losing interest at any moment, at this point im sure this guy is literally not capable of making a bad song

[@KingTaltia]

I've been here long before this song, but I can tell you, you are correct, Stupes is incapable of making a bad song. The effort they put into every video is undebatable, and nowhere does that show MORE than this video. Where, (being a Genshin Lore-hog myself, I can tell you) nothing in this video came from Hoyoverse, because a LOT of these conjectures are observations the fan community have come to, and many aren't 100% accurate, but we simplify them to help us understand. The truly wild thing is I think Stupes mentioned they hadn't played Genshin before this video, meaning they freaking BINGED Genshin Lore videos dating back MULTIPLE YEARS to catch up on all this. (Especially since MANY of these revelations AREN'T in the game anymore being part of temporary events)

[@EmpathNaga]

If they don't give you an in-game npc as a reference to this character or something, there is no justice.

[@prestoncox8185]

Props Head Scholar Stupendium, You actually managed to condense the main parts of the genshin lore into one song. Excellent work, can't wait to see what's next

[@ronnie6244]

Stupes as a genshin player this is a BLESSING not only are you giving us a full song but also PRIMOS?!?!?! I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!!

[@alastor6673]

Stupes really is the epitome of what KZbin music is!

[@ronnie6244]

@@alastor6673 True that!!

[@Bleachfan872]

The amount of effort that went into this is beyond mind boggling, not only the research, but the costume, the lyrics, and the music accompanying it. You've once again proved that you're not only at the top of your game, Stupes, but the God King of the whole Genre. ... I hope that doesn't start another war in Teyvat...

[@Sacration]

The song ? The beat ? The lyrics ? The accurate Lore ? The costume ? The montage ? Everything is so good omg 🎉

[@the_dennator7723]

"It takes a toll! Look at me! I’m only 26!" these last few almost ha me screaming in laughter

[@jakubbarczyk4310]

Lyrics are so good you would get a death sentence from Celestia for them, no joke

[@monke7919]

Glad companies are starting to realize that the best way to advertise is just hire stupendium

[@ArunRaj-zz2xy]

for a game where you never see any blood or many deaths, the history and lore of it is surprisingly dark and unfair

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

It gets worse

[@Tophat-Turtle]

I mean we've seen actually a lot of death, we saw albedo get stabbed through the chest and multiple dozens of murders In fontaine

[@baamxxv63]

Sumeru sages went from "fuck arts" to "let's drop a banger to teach people history"

[@tisibiaedeakamatsu]

Also the cosplay is a banger. I love how even before the lyrics about aetiology and history you can tell who this Scholar is because of the Vahumana symbol on their hat! Could've just forgone that but it was such a lovely detail. Still great work.

[@OssamuOJapa]

As a Genshin impact player and a extreme Stupendium Fan, it must be said that the amount of effort to explain a lore like this in 7 minutes in a song it's simply insane. Already added to my Stupendium Playlist in Spotify!! Thanks for the incredible songs!!!

[@cantegoupeee]

this taught me more about genshin lore than 2 years of playing ever did, and I think I'm alright with that

[@maximmillennia]

This is the most genshing song ever created. 😊

[@alastorthegremlin]

Dayum That Scholar spittin rhymes faster than I can breathe💀

[@An_Average_Idiot]

This is actually pretty good for a crash course in Genshin's lore. A lot of broad strokes but it's really good for if you want to avoid actual story spoilers.

[@iregretthisentertainment6033]

I have never played genshin impact ONCE! I have never seen a single clip either But I instantly ❤️ LOVE ❤️ THIS SONG THATS HOW GOOD YOU ARE!!! Really great song 👍✨

[@alastor6673]

I think this is probably the best way to be introduced to this game

[@iregretthisentertainment6033]

@@alastor6673 your right

[@therobotengineer9834]

@@iregretthisentertainment6033 best of all he doesn’t touch on the story quests in game, so you should still get a fresh experience of you choose to play

[@rickypedia999]

It's a great open world game, free-to-play friendly and this is actually a good crash course on the major parts of the background lore that even many fans have trouble piecing together. I've been playing since launch and that's been about 2.5 years. If you don't want to jump into one quite as meaty and already settled, try it's sister series that just released, Honkai Star Rail. It's not an open world, and combat is turn based, but otherwise has a lot of the same feel.

[@iregretthisentertainment6033]

@@rickypedia999 I’ll play genshin impact probably

[@sodium_and_scales]

I never knew I needed a Genshin song from you

[@oats4breakfast]

This old man is making me feel like I wanna give Genshin Impact a chance. I mean, despite all it's been called, it's visually impactful and written quite poetically or so I'm told. Imma give it a shot!

[@frostyvoid827]

Yep, just ignore Inazuma. The design for the region itself is pretty good, but the archon quest's writing is awful. I think Hoyo was just trying to find an excuse to kill off a Harbinger and make the electro archon the way she is. All the archon quests after Inazuma were pretty good though, and Fontaine was just peak.

[@rainerfrickanisce2485]

I think this is Lisa-approved, so long as you returned the books you cited on time. More seriously, this is yet another wonderful work you've made, and I was pleasantly surprised to see you had made it. You summed up the lore very well, and frankly more understandably than some lore-buffs and theory-crafters, since sometimes it can feel like you need a new Dictionary just to keep the various bits and pieces straight! Ad Astra Abyssosque!

[@Tozzywozzy01]

I think my brain just melted taking in several barrel fulls of lore for a game I've never played. I'm imagining many sleepless nights trying to compact all that into a song, but as always, you pull it off with your usual grade-A musical fluidity and an absolute banger of a track along with a costume that made me do a double take to be sure it was definitely you under all that extra hair.😂❤

[@combustiblefire5510]

As someone who read until the lore up until well after the calamity after a month of playing genshin, I can confirm this is very accurate and I'm impressed you put it in a song... BUT THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE

[@tomd96]

That's technically a spoiler for those who haven't quite got so far in the game. There's quite a few small details missed out, some the akademiya canonically don't know much about.

[@combustiblefire5510]

@tenebutt5837 they actually still canonically know what it is as we've seen nahida mention it after and others talk about how she sacrificed "herself" to purge it, also it isn't really a spoiler because I didn't say anything about what it does, just that there's something called forbidden knowledge in the game

[@lyriclockman]

I've been subscribed to The Stupendium for a while, and I just started playing Genshin Impact, so this is amazing.

[@sariandoesstuff3587]

Genshin lore player here Everything he said is right And I can't believe how it rhymed

[@henryreed4697]

You are a really good actor. You're able to nail the feel of a lot of different character archetypes.

[@mike67439]

I am honestly impressed by the detail you put into this song about the genshin lore. There are a few hints that things are also linked to a greater cosmology such as things in "Honkai Impact" but that stuff is so deep dive theory crafting that almost none of it can be reliably proven. Honestly as someone who has been playing since day one and loves the story around games you have quite succinctly put a broad overview of the lore into 6 minutes of "easily" listened to explanation. Lastly no joke about the lore it is exhausting sometimes trying to keep up and fit new information given into all the old stuff.

[@pronounced-like-the-drink]

This honestly helped me understand Genshin lore more than playing the game every day for 2 years.

[@caffeinegg]

It’s incredible how much information you put about Genshin’s lore while also making the song catchy. I would 100% recommend this to anybody just starting to get into Genshin’s lore

[@NigelNikoba]

MAN UNIRONICALLY EXPLAINING THE ENTIRE GENSHIN LORE 💀💀💀

[@lifetheorist5146]

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!! It's catchy, ***LORE ACCURATE!!!***, has amazing visuals, _lore accurate_, witty, did I mention lore accurate? It's just amazing all around! Straight into my playlist it goes!

[@SamEulde]

Considering most of these are only in readable materials, this is impressive. Love it!

[@Bobbiit]

“Through my mind’s song nozzle and extrude a jam from it” is honestly a great description of the song writing process

[@oriontherealironman]

You did the impossible. Made me interested in Genshin Impact.

[@RandomRentz]

As a Genshin player, yeah this is spot on! Props to you guys for doing all this research, and a great video!

[@hondadeer]

Obsessed with this! As a Genshin lore nerd AND a Stupendium fan I am so well fed rn

[@howiwonderwhatyouare373]

How did this get recommend to me sooo late!! This is a masterpiece of rhythm and lore. Comprehension was fun and entertaining!! I hope more players find this amazing video! It needs to be watched!

[@Rawrgenfhargen]

as someone who has suffered heavily from genshin brainrot i absolutely love this! honestly a good way to highlight how cool some of the cutscenes are from the game. definitely going on my Spotify playlists. i would definitely love to see more genshin songs (but honestly any stupendium songs are great!)

[@CPastor1055]

SO MUCH LORE IN ONE SONG!! HOW DO THEY DO IT?

[@erniesamazingyoutube7852]

YOOOOO AS A GENSHIN PLAYER- JUST WOW THIS IS AMAZING- THE LECTURE WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING!!!!!!!

[@WhiteKoneko]

As a genshin player a lore lover this video and rap summary made me smile and laugh. Thank you for that. You even were wearing the emblem for the school that focused on Teyvet's history, nice touch.

[@tisibiaedeakamatsu]

The thing I love most about this song is that at the current point in time its GENUINELY lore accurate, and a good basic explanation for some ancient Teyvat events. Amazing job Mx. Stupendium!

[@hanhiampiainen]

Celestia called. They said they want their God of Lore back.

[@guthraiel]

STUPES HOLY MOLY 😭 i remember seeing your post about making the lamp and totally forgot about this song, but gods is it good

[@merryglowround]

this is the most addicting melody to my autism ever

[@malinsorqvist8190]

As someone who follows and takes note on the lore of the game, and been doing it since it's start 2020, this makes me SO happy to see from one of my fav artists~

[@davesayswords]

I've seen it said that people are in awe and somewhat stunned by the astounding quality of this production... and I agree wholeheartedly. Absolutely fantastic, so lyrically perfect imo. It was very dense in terms of lore details but delivered in such a way it didnt feel too dense. Usually I would congratulate you sir on a job well done, now however I give you a one man standing ovation for this cracking video! Well a metaphorical one man standing ovation... ive been at work all day, im tired.

[@garrettbates9124]

As a Genshin Impact player who tries (Keyword: tries) to keep track of the lore, this video was simultaneously very relatable and informative

[@moonlight_alpha7094]

POV dumbledoor went to teyvat and became a grand sage after he dies

[@macrider007gaming3]

I thought the same

[@frostyvoid827]

Dumbledore the Green

[@memyself5866]

I hope a character with this scholar's appearance makes a cameo in Genshin Impact after this.

[@rook8000]

As someone who was pretty iffy on trying out Genshin, this is a delightful digestible intro to the world of the game and honestly made it look really interesting, you must have taken up bard as a multi-class, Scholar!

[@RakkothX]

The Stupendium never misses, good lord. Now if they do a song on Return of the Obra Dinn, I can die happy.

[@TotSamiyKosmos]

Truly one of the best of Stupes songs! So underrated!