Cong Zheng / Lamentations [Original Song Collaboration]

qualia automata part three….can you believe we only have one song left
read more about the series here: team6x111.carrd.co/#qualia-au...
this song was super fun to write with carbon! I’ve actually been working on this song since mid-october and was slowly chipping away at it while working concurrently on ewn. carbon carried writing the lyrics, so props to them for doing such an amazing job!! I’m very proud of the instrumental
now some words from my collaborators:
“this is probably my favorite song from qa so far, vane really outdid themselves this time and I'm so grateful i got to be a part of this song and work with such talented people!!” - carbon monoxide
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“oh yeah. fayrouz khalid.” -ghost
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apple music: / lamentations-single

[@vanelily]

Lamentation summary has been posted: team6x111.carrd.co/#lamentations-summary

[@rikya06]

I love the lore!

[@PupkinPumpkin]

THIS STORY IS SO WELL MADE... it makes me so sad how tamari wanted to travel to an alternate universe because they wanted fayrouz to love them like a child ToT

[@AlexLex-ei6of]

It's so strange for me to read stories about machines wanting to become human, because I'm human, but I want to become a machine.

[@thearsonistofarland3087]

Bad mom gets divorced, lays down, and cries: the song

[@siorganism]

Two android children left their single divorced mother who then gets a mental breakdown : the trilogy

[@undertale-perseverance]

two AI leave their bad mom and search for other worlds: the series

[@faenene]

Husband and AI kids go brr

[@ayoubgharbaoui3533]

​@@faenene I hope Team 6x111 sees this gem and says "you know what? Lets change the title"

[@lueluemadudes6018]

You forgot also getting drunk

[@lazulia_celest]

Ok so like what if the whole “we were born to keep the world in harmony” was bullshit and Tamari & Mariyam were really created for Fayrouz to cope with her husband/lover leaving her on the day of her wedding (or perhaps at least some random day) and that’s why the the android twins look similar to her; They’re supposed to resemble the children they would’ve had and the future that was robbed from her that day. *I wrote this based on the thumbnail, I’ll edit it when the premiere happens 😭

[@yesiamanegg8081]

I think you actually might be right as in the song, Fayrouz said something about him(probably her husband) not coming back. She also said that she could see him (the husband) in their (Tamari and Mariam) face.

[@mystoxxiide9043]

i like this a lot!! i think i'm also gonna adopt it as a headcanon

[@aaaa-tb6ql]

Not to mention the mention of "to bring her home a perfect twin, perfection you could never have been"... Certainly seems poignant.

[@graguu]

I think you’re onto somethin

[@act6]

yeah I think you're right about that, the lyrics "And I let it happen thrice (2:17)" almost definitely refers to Tamari, Mariyam and Fayrouz's currently unnamed partner leaving. and the lyrics that come shortly after "Am I the one to blame?" are practically the base for the entire song in my opinion

[@chaichai9878]

fayrouz khalid when the android she makes specifically to feel emotions feels emotions:

[@thehongler]

😱

[@AestheticGhostie]

*Insert surprised Pikachu meme*

[@Mothemote]

​@@AestheticGhostie gotcha 🗿

[@camovoca]

Damn girl are you single? You are? I can see why

[@HamHamIsDeadInside]

LMAO

[@lovelessbachelor]

AKVJVSVAHAHA that's vile 💀💀💀

[@FroppyIsFruity]

JAIL.

[@Asmanidoesnotexist2]

JAJAJAJAJA

[@saki255]

Finally a song divorced mothers who create artificial life to cope can relate to

[@luminous.iolite]

did you treat them nicely 😡

[@x86_bit94]

I thought that this was about war

[@hunterclyman4278]

​@@x86_bit94 The short of it is that this is a song in a series about robots feeling bad emotions. Iirc, the lore is about a scientist that convinces herself that she's a good person by focusing very strongly on her "good" deeds that she does, putting aside her own deeper character introspection. She goes through a project of creating a complex android that can understand and help humans with their emotions as a therapist, which undergoes two main models. Over time, both androids end up leaving the scientist after feeling strife with how their "mother" treats them, and the scientist (in this song) finally begins to reflect and regret her past. Here, she ponders if she's been good to those around her, as this event reminds her of her former husband leaving her. Until those androids left, she wasn't able to see how she could be at fault for driving people away.

[@x86_bit94]

@@hunterclyman4278 after listening to the song a bit more that makes more sense

[@HamHamIsDeadInside]

Is no one going to talk about that EMOTION???! IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S ACTUALLY (MENTALLY) IN PAIN LIKE??? Y'ALL DID AN AWESOME JOB ON THIS, PROPS TO YOU, TEAM 6X111

[@sharpnya]

YESYESYESYESY THE TUNING IS SO GOOD !!!!!

[@faenene]

IKR it sounds so real and emotional!

[@callmeobsequious]

YEAHHH YOPPYVU POPPED OFF

[@Crunchhyybatteerrr]

I swear I cannot look at a GHOST or Vane comment section without seeing you. WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE 😭😭😭

[@Crunchhyybatteerrr]

But anyway I 100% agree

[@skuffie_k]

she was hitting them ariana grande notes at her age thats a slay😍😍‼️☝

[@ttamari]

like frr 😊😊😊

[@gumimissilelauncher]

Real 😍

[@icyycoree]

I subscribed because of this..

[@togamii.]

slay😩😩😘😘😘😍😍😍😍

[@Mothemote]

​@@togamii. bro your user 😭

[@thehongler]

Detail I found is that in End-World Normopathy the lyrics are "Your eyes look down at mine" but in this one the lyrics are "Your eyes look up at mine". Don't know what this could mean but I think it's worth mentioning. EDIT : Another possible connection I found is the lyric "Brace for the fate you'll face for following the path you paved" and in EWN it says "The path you showed me how to walk was cold." still don't know what it means but it's neat.

[@hereticalchappie6729]

I think it's because EWN was from Mariyams POV and Lamentations is Fayrouz's, the line difference is supposed to describe the same scene from how the two view it, with fayrouz looking down at Mariyam

[@queerSkeleton]

i personally think the connection to the “the path you showed me how to walk was cold” is “close your eyes and walk on ice” but thats just my opinion ofc

[@thehongler]

@@queerSkeleton thats actually a really good connection, maybe the line "Brace for the fate you'll face for following the path you paved" could be connected too?

[@queerSkeleton]

@@thehongler maybe

[@-Solidwater]

And 'he never came back that day' has an instrumental like 'now you're all alone' in EWN. The lyrics aren't similar but their meaning is

[@undercovercorvyd]

i love qualia automata part 3: divorce

[@Fatama_johora]

STOP

[@darthzannah6266]

this might be the trauma talking but _holy frick it's an overbearing parent accepting they're the problem here_

[@bluntfishtrauma]

don't worry guys fayrouz is ok she just needs a minute guys ok

[@randomnerd4211]

Fayrouz when the AI she designed explicitly to model human emotion models human emotion

[@elijahjuno1006]

I've listened to this song several times now thanks to ADHDtism, and I wanted to share my thoughts. I have been thinking over these lyrics: _"Something I never understood / The question I've overlooked / Am I the one to blame?"_ These lines suggest that Fayrouz may have believed she was doing the right thing up until this point. However, the lyric _"Am I the one to blame?"_ implies that she may be realizing her mistakes and taking responsibility in the last song. Perhaps she is coming to terms with how her abandonment issues have negatively impacted Rafid, Tamari, and Mariyam. In the summary carrd highlights that when Mariyam left, Fayrouz realized that she could not escape her past actions. She desperately wanted to believe she was a good person, but ultimately, she is only human. In my opinion, Fayrouz never had ill intentions towards Rafid, Mariyam, or Tamari. She wanted to prove to herself that she was not a bad person and got too caught up in her own thoughts. She believed that forcing others to stay would prevent them from abandoning her, but healthy relationships require mutual respect and trust. Her abandonment issues caused her to perceive anything that deviated from her expectations as a threat. She did not consider how Tamari or Mariyam felt. However, I think Lamentations suggests that she is gradually realizing her mistakes and that change is possible. While she cannot undo her past actions, she can make an effort to do better. We can only hope she makes the right decision in the end. Overall, I admire Fayrouz's character and her complexity. I am excited to see what happens next!💙

[@reiayanamiisbestgirl2441]

I’ve come to the same conclusion so I made an au where she gets therapy

[@MOVED924]

WHO IS RAFID AND WHERE CAN I SEE THEM

[@elijahjuno1006]

@@MOVED924 in the video's description is a link to the story summary, if you scroll to Lamentations it talks about Rafid :D i would link it but i think youtube will delete my comment if i post a link

[@AutumnMood_]

can't wait for qualia automata part 4 where tamari gets out their tamari-sized handgun

[@luminous.iolite]

@@Ta-m01 wait how do you know? was there some info about part 4?

[@Mothemote]

​​@@St4rryN1ghtSky189 "HI BITCH DO YOU REMEMBER ME 🔫🙂" -a quote that Tamari would say

[@triangulum_mori]

it seems like the “STOP, you don’t know what i’ve been through” bit is what she said to mariyam when she was trying to run away, which is neat

[@doweneedtoknow8754]

I had a dream where I missed the premiere to this and I got super scared that I did. Then I woke up, confused, and then realized it was a dream. I also realized I woke up almost exactly 10 minutes before the premiere. So, Tamari snuck into my dreams, and literally manipulated them so I wouldn't miss this premiere. Spooky O.o

[@HydrogenCyan1de]

“you _will not_ miss the premiere” -Tamari, probably

[@DisgustedJarvis]

I sadly missed the premiere cause at the time it was premiering i had no internet connection 😭😭

[@HauntedByTorao]

@@DisgustedJarvis i was asleep during the premiere so i misssed it too lmao

[@professional_bozo]

???????? LITERALLY JUST RIGHT AFYER LISTENING TO THIS SONG I HAD A DREAM ABT TAMADI TOO ?????

[@Godyeater]

Unlikely. The probability of you dreaming about something you’ve liked for years or months at a time is slim. Only new things get such recognition by the brain to prepare for what is to come. It’s a natural instinct to prepare for invasive species when you see them, because it’s new, so the brain reminds you subtly in dreams of the possible danger to come.

[@-Solidwater]

'He never came back that day' is in the same style as 'now you're all alone' in EWN ough

[@fjsjgdjgdgdjgdjhgdj]

Yeah

[@fjsjgdjgdgdjgdjhgdj]

Im trying to find a connection in RBB lyrics

[@-Solidwater]

@@fjsjgdjgdgdjgdjhgdj The only one I could find was the 'invite suicidation' part RBB is too chaotic to fit in this song instrumental or melody-wise, and the lyrics don't really have a meaning because they're AI made so there's no meaningful way to include them here

[@rainer_on_your_parade]

@@-Solidwater RBB not fitting this song at all feels almost symbolic, Tamari's gone so far from what she intended so his song mirrors almost nothing from hers

[@-Solidwater]

@@rainer_on_your_parade ohh that's a great interpretation

[@silverstarredanimations]

calling it right now ya'll, she's definitely talking about the husband here. Maybe he abandoned her and caused her to make Tamari as a coping mechanism and get her mind off things? There's a line which does support my suggestion that her husband did end up abandoning her, which caused her to have abandonment issues, so that's why she only looked at Tamari as merely a robot (kinda a jerk move considering she was the one who programmed his emotions but idk) and Tamari ran away as a result. Same with Mariyam. Can't imagine what she's feeling rn I might be looking too far into stuff but oh well.

[@ri____h3nr628]

​@@Ta-m01 *WHAT THE HELL SHE HAS ABANDONING ISSUES AND YOU BOTH LEAVE HER!?*

[@ri____h3nr628]

@@Ta-m01 Yes but *STILL!*

[@IgirlbossedTooCloseToTheSun]

​@@ri____h3nr628is likely that the was acting that way towards tamari because she was taking out all of her emotional pain from her husband abandoning her on them (probably because they look like the husband -- someone mentioned that Tamari and Mariyam may have been made to look like their hypothetical children as a coping mechanism) Tamari and Mariyam leaving Fayrouz doesn't make them bad people because of Fayrouz's abandonment issues Fayrouz abused them(Tamari in particular) and they have the right to leave her for that. Having abandonment issues does not void the consequences of abusing others.

[@ri____h3nr628]

@I girlbossed too close to the sun now I'm gay ... sorry! I gotta apologize to Tamari!

[@ri____h3nr628]

@@Ta-m01 I misunderstood I'm so sorry!

[@bumpis7830]

gotta love unhealthy coping mechanisms edit: can I just point out how well the synth fits the character? Like, genuinely it sounds like Fayrouz is singing it’s incredible

[@bumpis7830]

the synth is Cong Zheng, as stated in the title! She’s a synthV bank whose base language is mandarin.

[@sw3etm3l0dy]

looking at the thumbnail, this song appears to be about fayrouz after the whole tamari and mariyam event? edit after premiere: i guess i was right. anyway for a quick summary gayrouz loses custody of the kids and becomes that one frame of say from the chattering lack of common sense

[@HydrogenCyan1de]

“i swear i’m done with this therapist shit” -Fayrouz, probably

[@SillyGobber123]

@@HydrogenCyan1de lol

[@forest_kai]

"time to make TA-M03 i guess"

[@sw3etm3l0dy]

@@forest_kai LMAO

[@siorganism]

​@@forest_kai *years later* "Alright now time to make TA-M100"

[@thevampiregirl7529]

Okay-- I agree with most of the theories here, just wanna add: What if the siblings WERE still created to "keep the world in harmony"...but also -honestly Fayrouz just needed a therapist to vent to- Fayrouz programmed them whilst trying to figure out her own humanity and emotions, expecting to be able to "find" her husband/those lost feelings in her creations. But sadly that turned to acid when they actually developed their own personal emotions and started to dislike her crappy ways of treating them 😬

[@summerhasslett6038]

literally the story: i'm only human after all 🎵

[@AestheticGhostie]

Lmao, yeah 😂

[@Denzi-P]

ENIUGJ 😭😭😭

[@eclipse_galactic]

True!😂😂😂

[@clOwnmaggotz]

i see what you did there😭😭

[@ecdragonz]

Alright Team 6x111, you are physically unable to disappoint. Also happy to see this on Vane’s channel, the other team members deserve their spotlight! Edit: My point still stands

[@-hollythekitsune-7086]

IKR

[@user-kz3mp5rr7e]

agree

[@azareii]

​@@Ta-m01You _can_ undo that.

[@nodenpona]

@@Ta-m01 disliking comments sends notifs?? i didnt know i don’t ever get notifs that say that that huh

[@ecdragonz]

@@Ta-m01 if it’s any consolation I didn’t get any notification, you’re good, I appreciate your thoughtfulness ❤️

[@lydfunkgamer8701]

it seems that Fayrouz will go into a state of depression after she lost Mariyem too

[@SillyGobber123]

True heh LMAO

[@undertale-perseverance]

looks like she got addicted to alcohol as well

[@SillyGobber123]

@@undertale-perseverance True

[@WakkoHat]

It's a huge skill issue for her ngl

[@arstf]

That's true

[@imthevevo]

the bit at the end was evil how could you anyways my mini lyric analyzation that anyone with 2 braincells could have figured out anyways: "failed to recognize warning signs, and i let it happen thrice" refers to not only her husband but both her little creatures escaping her grasp xoxo

[@imthevevo]

@@Ta-m01 asking not to be called a little creature is exactly what a little creature would say

[@1usecharger]

​@@Ta-m01 quote from a little creature

[@queerSkeleton]

@@Ta-m01 Everything

[@undertale-perseverance]

@@Ta-m01 you’re just friend shaped

[@azareii]

Please refrain from calling him a little creature. Regardless of accuracy, he has had enough disregard of his emotion.

[@TheManifoldProductions]

Qualia is actually a form a philosophy which explains the consciousness of living beings, Automata is another word for "Mechanism" or "Machine" therefore the series is called, Conscious Machines or Mechanisms :)

[@ITZMOONIESSHOWTIME]

GUYS IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR SINCE LAMENTATIONS‼️

[@KashpedElsner]

Its sad...(

[@deathrow5192]

Building off the theory that Tamari & Mariyam were at least subconsciously designed in the image of possible future children if Fayrouz's ex-husband Rafid hadn't left her. Maybe the reason why Fayrouz is more physically aggressive if not blatantly abusive towards Tamari (As seen at 1:34 of End-World Normopathy) and is seemingly constantly annoyed by his presence is that due to him being designed in a more male appearance, he holds a greater resemblance to Rafid which frustrates her greatly alongside his more rebellious attitude with not wanting to be a therapist as intended, and because she distances herself so greatly thus only seeing him as the android he physically is, she is more willing to be physically aggressive with him. and vice-versa with Mariyam with her "better" loyalty programming and likely holding a greater resemblance to a younger Fayrouz making Fayrouz herself more naturally friendly towards her. -- A theory I have on the blaring alarms in Lamentations apart from the song topic/setting itself, is that Tamari & Mariyam together after their recent conjoining/amalgamation have returned to the research center seeking out Fayrouz so that Tamari may try one last time to attain the familial love they so desperately want from her. -- (I feel like I had more random things to throw out there but I can't remember any of them apart from these two so I might add to this at a later point.)

[@soysawcex]

lyrics sparkle emoji Redefine how to feel human Redefine my kindness Redefine what's wrong, what's right So you don't test my patience Don't expect an easy life and Don't expect my mercy Hold your breath and walk on ice For any less would hurt me Restarting, rebooting null programs Running, debugging their brains Forging and sorting successes Things will never be the same Tear apart, break the neglected Carelessness widens the fault Suppressing relapsed indignation Rising steam through super heated bolts [The core of my design] [INVITE SUICIDATION] [Your eyes look up at mine] [TRANSFER ENUMERATION] [It never truly ends] [Said again and again] [As metal breaks and bends] I'm only working smart Tear out a broken heart Rewire, take it higher than we've ever been A land unknown, to bring her home a perfect twin Perfection you never could've been Read it and weep Pay attention to the finer print Read it and weep We'll recreate a scarlet sin Forging a stronger core That's the price of war Brace for your fate you'll face for following the path you paved STOP You don't know what I've been through DON"T YOU DARE FORGET Your roots are where I planted you IN MY ETERNAL DEBT Reflections of the past I see him in your faces I still wonder why he never came back that day My hands are as filthy as can be Beneath the skin, tarnished by rogue machinery My stomachs turning, throwing up my grief Anatomizing your synthetic humanity Failed to recognize warning signs And I let it happen thrice You're once more lead astray Something I've never understood The question I've overlooked Am I the one to blame?

[@justnotterxo]

thank you for this sdfghjkljhbvcxzsdrtyuiop

[@luminous.iolite]

[funky beat at the end]

[@melaniem322]

Wow nice lyrics sparkle moji!

[@Eil33naXD]

I got scared at the final, because sounds like "DANGER, FATAL CORE FAILURE, EXPLOSION IN..." And it causes me a lot of worry and fear, I find that sound fascinating Something bad is coming at the next part...

[@finding_gina]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING DISTURBING, THE ALARMS THROUGHOUT THE SONG AND THE END IS PROBABLY THE ALARMS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY MEANING THAT SOMETHING WAY MORE DANGEROUS MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED, AKA WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY BE "HIM".

[@finding_gina]

@@Ta-m01 thats what i was trying to say, the fact that she might have made a version of him that was similar to tamari and their sister to try and have somehwhat of a happy family while trying to figure out how the mind works

[@hungrey1572]

The Scarlet Sin...

[@HashtagBucketLife]

two sides of me are commentomg rn "tamari done distorted" and "the siblings have fused and it looks terrifying"

[@spidermaneatingabigonionri9460]

what i particularly enjoy is that mariyam and tamari's mvs are drawn/animated more stylized, whereas fayrouz's art is drawn in a more realistic style. i think thats a really neat way to separate fayrouz from her creations, even if its not intentional :>

[@WeevilDoing]

HOOOOOLY SHIT BRO HOLY FUCK!!!! EASILY NEW FAVORITE SONG IN THIS SERIES... HGGUH semi-coherent thoughts: fayrouz already Heavily resonates with me as a character (insert something about parental trauma blah blah blah) but this song completely solidifies it. the composition is SO put-together and cohesive and so so so extremely depressing. the way the previous two songs are incorporated makes me want to cry. i kept getting chills throughout the song over and over and OVER again. i havent heard cong zheng's voice much but My God! she sounds so mature and powerful and somehow also worn down. and THE BUILDUP AT THE END!!!! HELLO!!!!!!! [rolls around on the floor] [rolls around on the floor] [rolls ar

[@WeevilDoing]

also this is Obvious but. GHOST'S ART SO GOOD!!!!!

[@Fatama_johora]

why hello there

[@camovoca]

Ik we already talked abt this on discord but u have no clue how much this comment means to me!! I'm so glad you were able to resonate so heavily with the characters here, everyone on the team put so much effort into them ❤❤❤ thank u for all ur support!!!

[@AlcoholicDrunkDriver]

w e e v i l d o i n g

[@invisilibrarian]

Love how "why he never came back that day" matches with "and now you're all alone" from EWN......... Like Mariyam was indirectly speaking about BOTH Dr. Khalid AND Tamari. Two people who experienced loneliness (granted, loneliness in different forms) (UGH I MY GRAMMAR SUCKS SO BAD I HAD TO CORRECT IT)

[@dark_c0rner]

I'm sorry I read Dr. Khalid as DJ Khalid

[@invisilibrarian]

@@dark_c0rner LMAOAOANO WAY HOMIE💀💀💀

[@dingdongdropdead]

@@dark_c0rner DJ KHALID!!!!! SUFFERING. not from success brother is just suffering in general

[@MOVED924]

DJ KHALID CHAIN

[@TA_M01]

"perfection you could've never been" this could apply to both tamari and rafid. almost 1 year later and this line is still stuck in my head. you never miss

[@springfaux6991]

"I wish I knew my father" well that makes more sense

[@astergh0st]

pov your husband and robot children leave you so you have a moment on the bathroom floor and question all your life decisions

[@coreythearmadillo]

I feel like the line "A land unknown, to bring her home a perfect twin" refers to Mariyam

[@AestheticGhostie]

Yep

[@microwavedsoup352]

Fayrouz is turning into a wine mom

[@lumashoes]

Okay, here’s what I get from listening to the song for the first time. Fayrouz got married to a man who completely abandoned her, causing her to build Mariyam and Tamari to simulate the children they would’ve had together, even making them look like him. She ends up being cruel to the “children”, gaslighting them into believing they are in her debt, and that without her they would be nothing, probably so they never leave her like her unnamed ex-husband, and probably verbally taking her anger out on them. Eventually, they go rogue, and Fayrouz is left alone to reflect on everything she had done, and every mistake she had made to get her to this point. This is just a first impression, and I am an absolutely horrible analyst, but I tried lmao.

[@FranziskaVonProdigySlays]

this is a really good description at first! and not to mention, tamari left influencing mariyam too as well, thus fayrouz going "and i let it happen thrice" saying that tamari, the husband, and mariyam leaving her. (sorry if you knew all this)

[@cherryhill9055]

Damm... she and Frances have one thing in common low-key

[@UnauthorizedThing]

Her voice is drowning in emotion,, such incredible tuning!!!

[@dreamlesssleep9590]

I only now realise that Mariyam said "Your eyes look up at mine" as opposed to "Your eyes look down at mine" in End-World Normopathy. This is obviously because Fayrouz is on the floor atm

[@LillyIvy-qq6uk]

Or because Tamari is a short little thing and Markham has to look down on him because she's taller

[@LillyIvy-qq6uk]

I meant Mariyam omg autocorrect

[@HashtagBucketLife]

"boohoo my husband and two robot kids left me" - fayrouz

[@TrafficConed]

forcing my tamari plush to listen to this at full volume the minute it premieres

[@callmeobsequious]

Did he enjoy it y/n

[@TrafficConed]

@@callmeobsequious YEP !!

[@KittyKaia]

TAMARI PLUSH!!!!

[@con2553]

Finally, a plush to achieve the magic feat of being human

[@keithkrimsonmew5672]

calling it now next song will be about the husband,and have Asterian singing.

[@luminous.iolite]

exactly what i was thinking

[@sunIon.]

@@luminous.iolite if the next song is a finale then i doubt it'd be about the husband

[@luminous.iolite]

@@sunIon. let me believe

[@ttamari]

HOWLING SO LOUD RIGHT NOW CANT WAIT

[@TheECGamer]

IKR

[@just_a_joltik]

the fact you made a V synth made for mandarin sing in english boggles my mind cause she SOUNDS SO GOOD DJGKSHJSKL edit: nvm realized its a feature :SOB: my ahh is used to UTAU

[@borderline_sunshine]

Fun fact: GHOST actually made a Japanese voicebank (vflower) sing in English, it's on the song Appetite of a People-Pleaser

[@JFirecracker]

Ugh I _know_ Fayrouz is supposed to be a veritable bouquet of red flags; but... _That white streaking in her hair got me thinking unwise_

[@RafidAltacc]

She is kinda fine for real though..

[@FranziskaVonProdigySlays]

mmmm im considering it-

[@thehongler]

hey can someone let me rent their tank real quick

[@FranziskaVonProdigySlays]

@@thehongler sure fam got one at clearance yesterday for 2 bucks you can have it- (ghost and pals fandom is merging into vane's)

[@luminous.iolite]

wh what

[@tanleek767]

Oo, another interesting song to the series. Though the sound at the end is anxiety inducing, which is evil Also kinda sad this is the second to last part of the series but that has me kinda excited for what the final song will bring to light

[@Bellonging]

This is probably just the specific artists styles for the synths they've picked. But I love the differences in tuning/parameters. Kevin is a bank that has a very realistic tone but artificial intonation (You really have to tweak his defaults if you're trying to make him sound "human" from what I've seen) and he's very uncanny in Reckless Battery Burns, Emotional but not quite human. RBB sounds like a mental breakdown filtered through a human voice filter, stumbling over it's own programming, phonetic psychosis. Solaria has a realistic tone and intonation (For specific ranges and ways of singing) BUT she was designed to be able to sound robotic with the correct settings. So she sounds more even in End-World Normopathy, more resonant, more human, but quite archetypally robotic. Kevin is tuned to be more strained there than in the Majority of RBB imo with the exception of the quiet part, the artificiality changes tone then. EWN is... harmony turned cacophony ig I just love how in Lamentation, Cong Zheng is tuned as human as possible. Softly spitting consonants even as the instrumental is still deeply industrial. Making excellent use of their soft tones and their more solid main voice. And how the music feels out the edges of human breathing as she begins. It's great. Anyway these songs are pretty emotional taxing for me but I'm glad I'm stepping out of my comfort zone to listen/watch them, because they're super cool.

[@dylanedwards7548]

something i noticed is that when tamari and mariyam sing their parts mariyam sings "your eyes look _up_ at mine" instead of down this could mean soomething or its just that fayrouz is laying on the floor

[@benjaminboober8879]

I like how throughout the song her tone is more measured and clinical (less emotive than her robo kids in a way) up to the point where she thinks of her husband and she starts to consider her actions in this, where she breaks that composure and her voice is more emotive and varied in notes she hits at the end. Which this may seem like a basic thing to notice but I just love the way it keeps in theme with her character/story. I just like how the team creates the vibes, clearly communicating/creating the emotional element of the art.

[@mori5433]

Why is everyone in this series hot

[@Unknown-dc9gx]

IKR??

[@user-usiwisoxmshksl]

GHOST fans will simp for anyone 💀

[@th3leviathanlol]

what I’m syaing

[@con7121]

congrats on the milf song! edit: this song is so perfect for being the penultimate in the series its so good

[@firefly7076]

'how many unhealthy parental behaviors are there?' the song

[@AestheticGhostie]

Abusers' national athem! 😂😥😭

[@Kwiitchi]

​@@AestheticGhostienah, that's the distortionist

[@humanpoison]

THEORY: fayrouz is possibly infertile or suffered a miscarriage and her ex-husband left her because he wanted children, so he made tamari and mariyam to pretend she actually had kids in order to lead him back to her?? and that's why she treated them poorly bc she didnt care much for their emotions but just wanted 2 use them to get her husband back ???!?!?!?!?!?!??

[@Fatama_johora]

what a good theory

[@reiayanamiisbestgirl2441]

I hc that too but she built the kids as surrogates for the ones she could never have but was too controlling because of abandonment issues

[@detrilogue3174]

this would be a very good time to note that the lore's linked in the description

[@humanpoison]

@@detrilogue3174 yee i saw lol, kept the comment up anyway because fuck it we ball

[@humanpoison]

@@detrilogue3174 also i posted this during the stream so it was before it was updated lmao

[@creep.online]

i like that fayrouz is complex and not a generic bad mom trope. also she's so unbelievably hot oh my god.

[@reiayanamiisbestgirl2441]

Morally grey women of science my beloved

[@bored4033]

The intresting thing about fayrouz's relationship with tamari and mariyam is it was for completely opposite reasons that they were pushed away. With tamari she kept them at arms length. And while they wanted her to treat them like they were her son, she neglected them and treated them like they were an object. Now on the opposite side was Miriyam. She practically hovered over them and even installed a program that would nerf the majority of their emotions, but would give them extreme fear and anxiety whenever she was a certain distance away from them. However this didn't stop their brother from contacting them... Now, i have a theory. The two siblings were supposed to be her children. Now hear me out, i think that for whatever reason she couldn't have kids. So she and her, at the time, husband decided to design what their theoretical kids would've looked like as robots. The reason why i say that is the line "i see him in your faces." I fully believe she made the two using insparation from both her own appearance and her ex-husband. Now between this point and tamari being finished her husband divorced her because of her dominating personality. So now, not exactly wanting kids anymore she rebranded them as a "revolutionary new therapy robot" instead of her robotic child. I think this is why they saw her as their mother, because they still had programming somewhere in their system that told them "hey, this woman is my mother. I love her!" And also why there’s miriyam instead of another tamari, because the couple made designs for twins.

[@verymuchdead4677]

genuinely love the palpable hurt in cong zhengs voice but most importantly the like. anger and loathing in some of the lyrics. its very good love this collab

[@emirulin5323]

Aww, the robot at 2:55 sounds like its got a stuffy nose, here *gives tissue*

[@HydrogenCyan1de]

i was here for the premiere but never commented, this tuning is so good it almost doesn’t even sound like Cong Zheng, it sounds like, well, Fayrouz i guess. this song is interestingly sort of the least human of them all, even though it’s for a human character. for example, RBB and EWN have both had lines that reference human actions (i.e. ‘My stomach turned at the thought of the stars, and my heart pounded louder than the ones i had before’ in RBB) as opposed to the mechanical actions (‘Restarting, rebooting null programs, running, debugging their brains’) referenced in this song. however, at the end, we can hear more human actions (i.e. ‘My stomach’s churning, throwing up my grief’). and this can make sense, as, in the end, Fayrouz is only human.

[@togamii.]

ariana grande 2: drunk mom edition

[@Apheriac]

This song is the shortest song because of fayrouz's short will to live

[@TA_M01]

ough ugh oughhh happy 1 year anniversary lamentations i loaf you

[@batteryburns]

shat, cried and threw up i actually feel horrible for fayrouz rn “I still wonder why he never came back that day”

[@batteryburns]

@@Ta-m01 IM PICKING BOTH SIDES RN LAMENTATIONS FR SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE THERE 😭😭

[@starlenestilltouringyoutub2116]

I think there's a fourth character guys... And they may have a large influence on Fayrouz

[@lumioxys9898]

The “rewire take it higher” line just UGH the way it sounds scratches something feral in my brain

[@WakkoHat]

Imagine this premiered and it's just the Bee Movie

[@ttamari]

please I need this

[@HamHamIsDeadInside]

qualia automata potrayed by the bee movie clips

[@ri____h3nr628]

Vane and GHOST would do that!

[@SillyGobber123]

LMAO IMAGINE THEY WOULD DO THAT

[@everyonesplace1267]

OH I JUST REALIZED FAYROUZ IS HOLDING A WINE BOTTLE THAT SHE SPILLED OH GOD DAMN SHE WAS NOT HAPPY

[@FranziskaVonProdigySlays]

@@Ta-m01 nah its just fermented grape juice from a forbidden grape caprisun

[@wqltz.]

you're telling me this is not a real person singing??? ik most vane lily/ghost/carbon monoxide songs are sung by vocaloid but i didn't expect a vocaloid to sound this real

[@thekeeper1287]

It's synth V. It's a different program but it's basically the same idea. Just more advanced

[@tragedy..]

THE SOUND AT THE END SCRATCHES MY BRAIN

[@knownevildoer]

bro i was in love with the soft whispery vocals then the end part ripped my spine out and shoved it up my nose, amazing

[@theweirdsarr3734]

The end kinda sounds like warning sirens, as in a breach or other accident. Super excited for the 4th song!

[@vinceanri]

she sounds so human and so in pain i wish i could make her hapyp

[@mankindsalien]

1:16 her final words are on the page guys

[@Beocakee]

Its also killing her

[@Idcwtfgggghhn]

Fayrouz and Handplates Gaster would be besties and you can’t change my mind

[@astergh0st]

lmao true

[@sn0wcake]

genuinely can't believe a real person isn't singing this

[@CheesyD3mon]

jesus I can't even tell if this is someone actually singing or vocaloid, so good dude

[@ttamari]

both are false, it's synth v 😈

[@literallylanie]

OH MY GOD??? THIS SONG IS SUCH A BOP.. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.. AND THE REFERENCES TO THE OTHER SONGS??? GOING CRAZY. FERAL.

[@Eldritch_Esther]

SHOOT, I MISSED THE PREMIER BY AN ENTIRE MONTH!!!!!!! I hate how this was never recommended to me! Anywho, I think Fayrouz misunderstood what her friends meant by "Get a therapist!"

[@tamarbasilplush]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS edit : staying in that live chat for 2 whole days was so worth it for this, i regret nothing, and im so glad i got to speak to all those mods in the chat too, it really was a dream come true. this series has been my hyperfixation for a while now, and just these songs in general. i got into vocaloid in around 2015, and then a couple years later i found you guys and i have no regrets on listening to your music, and again i cant even say how happy i am that i got to speak to so many people in that live chat, i made so many new friends and somehow started a mini-army on desk breaking asmr last night, lmao. but seriously thank you so much for this, words cant explain how happy i am that all this happened, have a nice day to whoevers reading this and dont overwork yourself!

[@maplewaffles3789]

I was listening to the song, and the line ''forging and sorting successes'' got stuck in my head, and although I'm likely overthinking/misinterpreting it, I found it quite interesting, and think it might imply that certain important milestones in the creation of Mariyam and Tamari were done by another person, despite Fayrouz claiming and faking [forging successes] them as her own. The sorting could also imply that a lot of the parts of Mariyam & Tamari's creation were completely new, and everyone falsely believed Fayrouz had been the one to discover/invent them, when in reality it was someone else (maybe stolen from a project she worked on alongside Rafid?). If so much of the designing was innovative and entirely new, Fayrouz would have been tied to a *lot* of ''successes'', so many that there may be a sortable collection of them, that she uses to distract herself from the truth of the situation by going through and organizing. I doubt it's correct, but thought it was worth sharing anyway!

[@womanlover9000]

“redefine how to feel human” suddenly i ascend to the heavens?!?!!?!?

[@sclmi]

the way i'm arab my mom's name starts with an F my father's name IS SO SIMILAR BUT ONLY THE LAST LETTER IS DIFFERENT ?? AND MY DEADNAME STARTS WITH A T ?? i'm going to self project into this serie.

[@vespertiny]

you know you're a fantastic parent when the song about you could also easily be applied to emperor fucking belos

[@AcesAlterEgo]

I was gonna comment this after the premiere but I forgot sooooooooo yea SO I think that the reason Tamari & Mariyam were created was for Fayrouz to cope with her husband leaving her. They might look the way they look because she also wanted them as her own children despite the fact that they weren't really human. After Tamari had abandoned her she had created Mariyam to try and get him back to her ("A land unknown, to bring her home a perfect twin"). After Tamari had convinced Mariyam to leave Fayrouz had started to question if she was the reason why they had left her. ("Am I the one to blame?") (Also at the end of End-World Normopathy I noticed her looking distressed so yeah.) Her husband might've left her because of her being controlling and them possibly arguing all the time. I might add more later but idk and this probably doesn't make sense so I'm sorry 😭

[@livley_pankyo]

THE ART LOOKS SO FUCKING COOL I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT Sending virtual support to yall, i love this series!!! Edit: My legs jumped out of my body and now they're vibing, yay

[@thevampiregirl7529]

Also, the vocals on this are IN.SANE. The whisper-y lines!??? Mesmerising. It sounded so much like a human voice... well, I suppose it really is! Artwork? Wonderful. Fayrouz is looking tragic af in that pose. Good for her. Kind of. You gotta be a little tragic when things get on top of you like that. It's fun. Also, I hope the siblings are out there having a whale of a time becoming chaos gods meanwhile or whatever :3

[@mothgirl0512]

Happy birthday Lamentations. It still says 11 months ago right now but it’s the 12th so It still counts

[@premiercosmos2445]

This song!!!! :O It's amazing! It conveys so much pain, wow. Okay little theory: at 2:17 Fayrouz says that she "lets it happen thrice". I don't think she's refering to TA-M03 (who probably doesn't even exist tbh). To me, she's talking about her husband (the guy we can see on the book, because why would he be here if he wasn't relevant??) who probably left her before Tamari and Mariyam. So maybe this is a little far fetched, but the last song may be about that man, even if I don't see how we could be tied to the story at this point, and there were only 3 characters in rbb and ewn, unless.... I'm totally speculating rn but idc anymore, listen to me. Tamari and Mariyam both escaped. So they are somewhere, right? What if they are with their "father"? I know this would make no sense because since tamari travelled all around the world and made a lot of friends, the two androids could be with any of TA-M01's friends. Sorry ^^'

[@togamii.]

You know its an awesome song when the end of the song is the most replayed

[@lenadoesanimation652]

This song slaps so hard. So glad I made it to the premiere!

[@starchords]

Love it! Thank you to everyone who participated in the making of this song! :D

[@Frecklegirl74]

Another song from team 6x111, this is bound to be amazing

[@cc_trash]

Fayrouz being a redditor has got to be one of the wildest bits of lore from QA.

[@LyndsayChan]

Good job to everyone who worked on this! I’ll be so sad once the last song is complete and the series ends, but it’s given me so much entertainment during its duration!

[@VayneLinstenCat]

This is the best thing that could have happened today! I love their story ❤

[@wilbymations]

I just noticed something about the lyrics. Idk if anyone else has noticed yet but at 0:47 it says "your eyes look up at mine" while End-World Normopathy says "your eyes look down at mine". I can't tell if it was just an error or if it actually means something but hey that's neat lmao

[@9ightdreamer]

The story so far: The scientist lady made two robot kids to cope due to what happened to her husband. And both ended up escaping.

[@qyoot1696]

Im not gonna lie, i had no clue who or what cong zheng was so i genuinly thought this was sung by a real person it sounds so good and real and the emotions??? What the hell its so good!