【BACKLIGHT】(逆光) English Cover - DEMONDICE - (ONE PIECE FILM RED）

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CREDITS:
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Original: Ado (Uta) x Vaundy
• 【Ado】逆光（ウタ from ONE PI...
Vocals and English Lyrics: DEMONDICE
/ demondicekaren
Art: Puunyan
/ puunyannyan
MV: bumblingbeebo
/ bumblingbeebo
Executive producer: Master Andross / masterandross
Assisting Producer: Ikanaide / ikanaide_music
Guitar/Bass recording: Alterclad / altraudioworks
Additional vocals: Ruru / merururuu
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Some words.
I really love this song, and I love Uta as a character.
I also respect Ado so much as a singer. I know I've got a long way to go, but I wanted to try because it's a great song for a great movie and as soon as I heard it, it made me wanna get back into rock (my roots before japanese music).
I wasn't sure about actually finishing and posting this, to be honest. But after finding out that Uta was partly inspired by AO and I's "Princess" I knew I had to. Go see ONE PIECE: Film RED, it is undeniably incredible.
-DD

[@lyconxero457]

I sometimes wonder if this woman ever sleeps or if she's somehow figured out how to create music WHILE she's sleeping and then wakes up and writes down the ideas.

[@DaviHorner]

Well she does create music drunk on vodka, maybe she somehow is able to write while passed out XD

[@DreamFireNostalgia]

Miss karen is the epitome of dedication it would seem.

[@cuwumsatyr715]

This is a cover of another song

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

@@cuwumsatyr715 it is, with the lyrics rewritten for a different language. All made to fit the original rhythm, so it's not the same as a regular cover.

[@evanwilliams1199]

When a content creator gets this big and has to much on their plate, it's natural to outsource as much work as they can. Looking at the credits, demondice only translated the song into English and sung it, and (I would imagine) lead some of the project. The mixing, artwork, music video, instruments and everything else was done by someone else. Even a producer is listed in the credits. Translating a song and singing it takes, I don't know, maybe 3 hours of focused work to do? Don't get me wrong, Demondice's work has meant a lot to me, but it's easy to forget the different people who deserve credit for their part of a project.

[@ayano_kurotama763]

That line “I’m not even tired,” really hits when you’ve watched the one piece film red movie

[@auraemerald8434]

Two months later, I get that

[@Ainz_Oo]

Lmao

[@ClovertechProductions]

YEAH I didn't even catch that line in the Japanese version, this adds so much to the movie and Uta's character

[@OlympusNix]

Crunchyroll mistranslated it as "I'm not gonna live in compliance".

[@9Godslayer]

@OlympusNix Both readings work in my opinion.

[@trylobits]

This cover is so good... We can see how much DDK's voice has changed and improved to get to this point.. Listening this back to back with Ado's original is just chef's kiss.

[@OwGash]

Wait, ado made the original?;o

[@ichivt]

@@OwGash yeppp, Ado made (if I'm not mistaken) 2 songs for the One Piece movie. According to Ado, Uta (which she also VA's for) was also inspired from THHK's "princess ♂️" (which DDK has also worked on). It's neat to see things come full circle

[@kylmiii]

@@ichivt theres a whole album with 7 songs

[@fushimaru.2741]

@@ichivt i dont think ado is the VA of uta lol

[@ichivt]

@@fushimaru.2741 Ado VA's Uta when she's singing. Uta's main VA (as in: when shes talking) is someone else lol.

[@MasterAndross]

So glad I was finally able to work with you and actually drop it after all this time!!

[@lb-zm8kd]

Nice work! What do you do as the executive producer?

[@MasterAndross]

​@@lb-zm8kd short version: Everything that is not listed and making sure that everything that is listed was as good as possibly could be. Then mixing and mastering it all. Real version on this song: I was abroad so I had to find the right people for each part. It started with my assistant Ikanaide as usual prepping a project by getting a drum transcription and some notes in a project file for me so I can use all my energy on making things good instead of busywork. Then I did not have a guitar or anything in my current studio as I am currently in Turkey and about to travel to romania (Originally form the Netherlands. Long story for another day) so I had to ask someone who I knew would nail it in a quick timespan. Luckily I already knew of Altrclad. Got him to record the guitar and bass. Had to send it back a bit here and there for a couple changes. Made a lot of tweaks to the audio file itself to show him what was actually played in the original song because for some reason I am naturally really good at "spot the difference" in audio. Where as most other people will "it gets the point across, close enough". It honestly does not change too much but it'll make the difference for people who really look at stuff in more detail. After that I had to re-amp all the guitars so they sounded pretty close to the original but still a bit more 'western' in terms of sound to fit the western/english lyric approach. I could make a whole video about that but it'd be very very boring. Then after that I did all the drums. Made some fixes from Ikanaide's original transcription and changed all the drum sounds a couple times to make sure it fits together really well. Then I mixed it all. think; adding subtle distortion and EQ to it all so it doesnt sound messy and sounds like a produced song instead of a voice memo kinda energy. Got vocals, edited and mixed that. Requested some tweaks from Karen. She did not have the time to do all of them due to... I think she was hopping on a plane that day? So I had to ask my fiance to sing the missing parts (a couple harmonies, nothing crazy). Then redid the instrumental mix to fit the vocals. Then redid the vocal mix again 2 times. Then redid the instrumental mix again to tweak the sound to be a bit more balanced before I mastered it. Then I mastered it. Sent it to Karen, she requested a tiny tweak because I made a mistake on editing 1 word that I missed (thanks for catching that Karen

[@drumanaut]

@@MasterAndross this is a really cool look into what all you do!

[@MasterAndross]

​@lemonssssssss4 hahahahaha, no. You'll be surprised at how little music pays. If you want to know: Look up the richest people in music... take away the people who are rich because of fashion, tech, or other companies outside of music. Now look up the richest people in technology related fields and compare their net worth. That's roughly the pay gap between regular work like plumbing, programming etc compared to music.

[@davidguthriemusic]

@@MasterAndross dang man, this was super interesting!! thanks for sharing the process; your production always sounds great and this cover in particular came out fantastically :D

[@chokeassracing]

You don’t know how much we appreciate your extremely hard work, DDK :) We already know how busy you are and yet you’re still out here cranking bangers :) I can’t say I expect this to be any different 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@chokeassracing]

Can confirm: was a banger

[@nickmilo932]

@@emeraldbonsai she said she doesn't mind. Karen, DD, DDK, Demondice.

[@chokeassracing]

@@emeraldbonsai lmao what? i was just saying her name lol, didn't mean anything other than a complement

[@lockman5196]

@@emeraldbonsai bro, they say a person's name. I don't know what's the problem here. Parasocial? I think that's just you lol. I don't understand people this day.

[@OmegaIdiot]

@@emeraldbonsai 1 why tf do you care, if she said its fine then its fine, since thats her name lol. 2 i thought DD is from dad

[@okowa_haman]

眠くは"ないや"、寂しく"ないや"のとこに"tired""blind ya"など 原語の響きに寄せて訳してるとこ好き

[@CsMsLady80]

1:06

[@user-ul4nu6du1e]

元の歌詞のニュアンスを維持しながら、踏むべき韻を踏みぬいていく完璧な英語訳 バイリンガルなラッパーってこんなすごいこともできるんだな

[@asasasas5764]

This suddenly takes on a new special meaning, doesn't it? Rock out, Karen

[@metalbat8414]

...whats the new meaning?

[@omarsali2990]

I'm so used to Karen being a bad word I feel like everyone is insulting her even though it's just a name

[@beariesSpring]

@@metalbat8414 uta from the one piece film red was inspired by the princess thhk music video that she animated !

[@aimanfaddillah6056]

@@omarsali2990 man... i feels you

[@omarsali2990]

@@aimanfaddillah6056 this name has such a bad reputation I don't know why

[@user-di5jx2sq9r]

すごい！日本語の歌と発音がマッチするように歌詞が考えらえてる、ありがとう😊

[@nickmilo932]

Woo Yeah Baby! That's What I've Been Waiting For!!

[@SENSE444]

glad to be in the timeline where Dice, FAKE TYPE, Ado, and One Piece are linked in some level. translyrics slap per usual, cheers to the song and MV production team as well!!

[@MidnightCrescent]

I can hear alot of Gerard Way inspiration in your vocals and it sounds great! Haven't heard the original but your cover makes me want to check it out!

[@SuikaKiyou]

I can't believe I didn't notice that the first time. No wonder it feels kinda familiar.

[@carrot708]

The originals more like a Kaiser Chiefs song. This could straight up be an MCR song from Danger Days

[@Hyvexx]

This version nails the energy and emotion conveyed through the original song. The anger and aggression is communicated perfectly through the vocals and lyrics. Both the original and this version is great in its own way.

[@hlg4756]

Been trying to avoid everything for red but man this went pretty hard, voice meshes really well. Now I'm even more hyped for it

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"I'm not tired, tired, tired, I'm not lonely. I'm fine yeah Blind ya" Well yeah, Demondice. In regards to that first part, we always have your back. And for that second part, you literally don't have eyes. I'm still coming down from the fact Demondice is a One Piece fan. SuGEEEEEEEEE!

[@hokit96]

you again?

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

@@hokit96 Me again.

[@samhue4194]

Mustache kun is here too

[@christie-chan4959]

Colonel Autumn: you again?

[@jacobwalker3788]

@@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache hello how r u

[@Asiis]

The one good karen!

[@tzuakuma]

THE ENGLISH LYRICS YOU WROTE REALLY GO ALONG WITH THE SONG’S MELODIES; FLOWS LIKE WATER! KEEP ROCKING ON DDK CUZ THIS IS GREAT 😎🤘🤘

[@dragazecxj]

Demondice the GOAT

[@aaronmccormick810]

A vocal and style range to pierce the heavens 🙌

[@JayJay-iz7xj]

I’ve always wanted ddk to sing a rock song, I’ve always thought she’d be great at it, and it really did come out amazingly. great job ddk :)

[@Tepid24]

10/10 cover. I think it's an impossible task to try and match Ado's vocals, but between the excellent performance, translation work, well-replicated MV and the very unique style of emulating the rhythm to Japanese speech with English lyrics, this is definitely an admirable alternative take on the song and might hopefully make more people who speak English aware of Ado and Dice both.

[@user-vu8hl1mt7t]

BerryCooooooooool！😎👍👍👍 英語だとこんな感じなんだ！！ めっちゃスッゴイ！！！

[@ocean_QwQ]

11/10 blown out of the stratosphere

[@mestrepanda]

DDK's Voice suits this hard rock style very well

[@myu1353]

めっちゃイケてる 最高

[@user._.ib.]

かっこいい...。

[@pop7196]

かっこいい大好き！！！！

[@user-dl9sw7gr7w]

カレンの逆光!!!! Twitterで告知あってからずっと待ってたよ💕💕💕

[@FumeiKY]

Hearing how much influence Princess had on Uta's creation really adds layers to this cover. HYPE

[@Antony2618]

Lets GO!

[@MadOfLove]

Fall in love again

[@k.v.j.o]

that song go hard

[@erushi5503]

The fact that other people is able to do something they love always brings a smile to my face

[@beebo-]

WOOOOOOOO

[@ClovertechProductions]

I keep getting this stuck in my head and have to keep coming back and listening to it again I just love how catchy it is and the way you almost yell some of those notes just feels so empowering. Keep up the good work!

[@user-jm9mj5qw4p]

Your singing voice stole my heart. You are so cool. I will listen to your 逆光 so many times! DEMONDICE最高ーッ！！！

[@psachickennugget8617]

Haven’t been able to stop listening to this ever

[@akashiba]

めちゃカッコいい！😭🙏 最高です！！！

[@noelark5273]

The effort to stay faithful to the original version is chef kiss, keep up the good work DDK!!!!

[@syofiandjauhari8880]

deyyyyyymmm

[@c1lee318]

Yo this full English cover is insane, amazing work DDK! Also props to the animator for making it even crazier than it already is

[@jaskillz4942]

fire🔥

[@賴心竹]

❤️

[@KurtStaInes]

Karen Demondice Rockstar Arc is now the current Meta.

[@user-vy4iv7qt4w]

カッコイよすぎる

[@Max-pv9cy]

Hype Hype Hype

[@seemslikely]

Haven't seen Red or One Piece because I'm waiting for the manga to be closer to finishing before I binge it all, but I did listen to Ado's songs for the movie, and I have to say: you had a tough act to follow, but you absolutely did it justice! This cover is dripping with character, your vocals totally kick A, and the English lyrics you wrote have me on the floor! It's so gooood, DDK! Very excited to hear it'll be on Spotify--this is going in my playlists ASAP! Excellent work, thanks for always going big with your dreams! Keep on rocking

[@jeremygeller9145]

I will say, being part of the up-to-date one piece community is a lot of fun, new theory videos every chapter, constant group discussions and all that. My advice is if you want to experience one piece just go for it because being caught up my leave you week to week it’s worth it to be part of the community

[@nathanbreadboi9223]

My advice is that one piece is not something you can binge. Especially the anime. But even the manga is hard to binge. If you start now, then you will slowly catch up

[@miyukimoyazono5958]

Watch it now. I'm sure you won't regret it.

[@EvilSewnit]

@@nathanbreadboi9223 you absolutely can binge one piece, I got through all of pre timeskip in like a month

[@nathanbreadboi9223]

@@EvilSewnit ok, how?

[@BeanutButler]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH YEAH BABYYYYYYYYY

[@ydkw3009]

すごい！めっちゃかっこいい！！！

[@dancingmosquite8952]

This is the Hype!

[@user-vl7ux4hm9b]

最高！！！！ ぜひ他のウタの歌も！！！！

[@XxSoraMifunexX]

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@jmorgan7959]

Yo I just got done checking out this song, now I can't wait to hear you cover it! It's so powerful with a lot of emotion behind it!

[@Karuiko]

When your inspiration gets inspired off your work inspired by your inspiration

[@kuuto.k.8657]

かっけぇし、歌詞の解像度が高いし、かっけぇ。

[@Greennoob2]

That animation is so crisp and clean. This is insanely well made. thank you for this

[@wetenschap123]

Which she probably animated herself with the art she got. I believe she had an animation background.

[@Greennoob2]

@@wetenschap123 this is her animation if I had to guess but the credits say the art was done by someone else so I'm not so sure anymore

[@elysianblu]

@@Greennoob2 I think it’s possible that she could use someone else’s art but still animate it to look more lively? Not completely sure

[@eag23]

Its only been a month since the song came and we got Demondice to the English cover this is epic

[@alioramusman5650]

We are so proud of you Karen I remember when The red white, and black came out you’ve grown so much as a person and with musical talent since then. We alway like to see what you do!

[@JarenceThatShowerGuy]

DDK making a cover of the latest song for One Piece Red really gets my heart sailing !! Her singing style never FAILS TO PUMP UP THE HYPE IN ME! ♥️♥️♥️🖤🖤🖤

[@sugar_809]

おお！英語バージョンもかっこいい！！

[@remnatsuki8792]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Shell_BTY]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-do5qs5by7l]

すごい！韻含めて訳すの大変そうだなあ 「ないや」と「tired」の韻気持ちいい！

[@apimpnamedslikbacjr.2]

This is sung so well I can't decide if I like this or the original better. Good thing I don't have to choose I'll put both on my playlist and get the best of both worlds 😁

[@drifter233]

Man her voice fits so well into so many genres lol

[@philosophysics8150]

YO! ONE PIECE FILM RED!? HELL YEAH!

[@valkyrie283]

DDK’s raps are always amazing, and on top of that her singing is amazing ☺️ always great to here her voice

[@dragoonwagoon3413]

I swear my heart skips a beat every time I see a new DD thumbnail in my feed And every time I see one its always better than the last

[@LeyLeyTravel]

DDK's powerful voice + this song = FIRE COVER And the MV is awesome too so 👏 to the artists

[@ayaka2926]

カッコいい♥️

[@jonathanhawken]

rhyming tired with fine now. Thats the rap knowledge coming into play. reminds me of eminem being able to rhyme two words that dont rhyme. genius. what a banger

[@JamesDBacon]

Eff yes!

[@curlytopzee]

dude I can feel the ado resonating from your voice!! love it!

[@Sentinel_of_the_GFI]

Let’s gooo new song

[@Absolute__Zero]

Dice was able to match Ado’s tone down to a T with this cover! 🔥🔥🔥

[@thequadrupleagent4130]

Lmao no, she did her best tho. But yeah to be fair, almost nobody has Ado's growling and if they did: it would be a quick way to ruin your voice.

[@nickmilo932]

@@thequadrupleagent4130 those growls were pretty insane. Didn't she could even sound like that.

[@thequadrupleagent4130]

​@@nickmilo932 You need to listen to Usseewa then, it's the song that made her famous and her growling puts it over the top.

[@nickmilo932]

@@thequadrupleagent4130 I love Futakuchi Mana's cover of that song, it's amazing!

[@maikel3915]

Demondice is great

[@kokorodav7622]

Keep going and being awsome

[@waffle1261]

STRAIGHT UP FIRE

[@SomeDoooD]

We 100% need more Demon Rock. This was the most amazing I have ever heard you.

[@marsenthusiast]

The way you say tired is scratching the brain just right I’m obsessed

[@midori3612]

所々に日本語と同じ風に聞こえる部分があるの凄い

[@paperclip46]

YEEAAHHHH BABYY..>!!!!!

[@rinta_icetea]

かっこよすぎて鳥肌たった

[@kelvy96]

HOT HOT HOT 🔥

[@Mr4Fawkes]

Wow you really have a voice for rock / punk! We know you for your rap obviously, but this comes as a bit of a surprise, would love to see some more covers (or originals? 😇) in that direction in the future.

[@nnnnnnnackburrrrrrrrrrrrn]

最高！！！！！！

[@caocao4588]

Oh wow what a perfect song for you

[@ArshadHosein]

Dice never misses fr fr

[@Boomy_]

Straight up fire. Thanks so much for this DDK!

[@mashiro1679]

Ohhh let's gooo! One piece cover I'm excited

[@sunderzilla]

this is an absolute banger big ups to the animators as well, the visuals are beautiful

[@b12zturtelz29]

This is so much cooler know knowing that Princess helped inspire Uta. Amazing cover as always!

[@lybula]

Oh my f-ing god, Imma play this on repeat for the next month or so xD

[@Berto_0]

So good 🔥🎸🔥

[@seangaco7958]

Ho ho ho this is gonna be HYPE

[@dawncl6205]

Honestly sounds amazing!!! Love the lyrics.

[@SirmattB]

Waiting

[@user-er6ql1bt5r]

これは懸賞金６億６千６十万ベリーだわ！

[@quindecim3315]

DEMONDICE!!!! RAWR xD

[@volgg]

Goddamn, I can't wait to see you sing for an anime series one day!!