Kikuo - Cotton Candy

[@ShimiiyDev]

The gradually dropping tempo really gives us the feeling of falling down into the abyss.

[@amashug10]

@@Something_special0-0 wow- 3:14 it kinda reminds me when someone made berry benson say ya like jazz 1,000,000 something times at once

[@laurapimentel2155]

@@Something_special0-0 true

[@mecouture]

The song is about a hardcore meth addict

[@kristin332]

yeah

[@wickedchild8501]

It feels like traveling to another dimension, or going to an astral plan

[@cosmonaut8299]

its freaky how perfectly this song captures that sinking feeling in your stomach when out of nowhere something in your life goes irreparably wrong

[@caty6911]

i literally cant stop thinking about your comment. its too true.

[@moxi3084]

its so true.

[@2.nonchalant894]

Or better yet when you see it coming and watching it happen but can't do anything about it

[@caty6911]

@@2.nonchalant894 yes.

[@anna84259]

EXACTLY

[@polarisluci]

I generally love experimental music, but this is absolutely terrifying. Not like those cheap jump-scares in horror movies but like.....this creepy sinister feeling grows on you throughout the whole song, '"something is definitely wrong" kind of feeling.

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

The reason it might be terrifying is that it uses notes in between the notes (microtones/quarter tones)

[@legless8528]

@@JaxonVRTheMonkeh Uncanny valley where the space between notes that are cents above the proper tuning to something cents below proper tuning - is slightly lower than a semitone - is what I think is going on based on my ears only. It's both in the piano sections and the synthesized detuned stacks.

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

@@legless8528 but it’s half a semitones so not uncanny valley

[@user-xy5yg6se1k]

agree, one of my favourites from him actually

[@jayIG]

​@@JaxonVRTheMonkehwell we're used so to the normal semitone that half a semitone (it might even be less than half) sounds off enough to kinda slot itself into the uncanny valley

[@napperdog8526]

nobody: kikuo: *_wanna hear a cute cloud singing really unsettlingly?_*

[@Creatorsan]

Kikuo: *_Also the people with high IQ can understand this is about drug abuse and dying from overdose._* (Cotton candy is normally suger if put in litteral terms but if you think about it It also could be a metaphor for highly additive drugs that people took in their young days and once the effect weared off they wanted more to feel at peace again. The cloud also kinda looks like chalk dust or finely grinded up drugs made into powder and scattered everywhere and the dust from it is showing more as the song progresses.)

[@hotmess_express5060]

Everybody: Ye

[@ghostthespookyhuman8447]

nafuri yes just yes

[@brorespetah]

This is the commentary that I didn’t knew that I needed

[@kettles827]

*_Y E S_*

[@TWISTEDDOCTOR]

THIS SLAPS DUDE

[@wllowtree4646]

omg i love your animations SO MUCH

[@endergirldragon]

Oh boi is sleepy

[@shikiekitheyama]

yeS

[@ViSCERA-ANIMATION]

Yo

[@kyeloved]

AGREED.

[@sgys3266]

聴覚情報で人を不安恐怖の渦に陥れる方法を知ってるだろってくらい精神にくる

[@bluegoatfanclickyes1825]

yeah!

[@wozwald0107]

I don't want to change the likes to 70 for some reason

[@AsukaTheDestroyer]

so true that whenever I listen to it I feel anxious-

[@はしば-i4y]

わかる 1人で聴いてると怖くなってくる それと何故か何回も聴いちゃうんだよなぁ

[@全神-l8t]

聞き慣れてしまった　　　　薬に手を出したくなる．．．

[@watermellon452]

Everyone's gangsta till the cloud starts singing

[@girltesque]

*oh god oh f-*

[@kayaxiecs]

a

[@hierochariot4518]

LMAOOO

[@ihaveadegreeinmemes6377]

Hddikcmcndhkd BRUH

[@Nekoderci]

bruh

[@brattyz]

kikuo’s old method was taking rlly fucked up concepts and making them sound adorable, but his new method is taking pretty innocent concepts and making them sound fucking terrifying

[@screamingratt8665]

This song is about drug abuse-

[@arlann-]

To pertain to the fact that this could be interpreted as drug abuse, basically, he evolved in the opposite way that Neru did. Neru started his popularity (key word popularity, not music in general) with incredibly dark, heavy, and brooding songs that many people could relate to, and slowly transitioned to upbeat and less rock-oriented songs with just as dark of a subject matter. Kikuo started with very soft and cutesy songs with dark subject matter, and slowly but surely, his songs started to represent their meanings. It’s pretty interesting!

[@bellpeper5807]

The songs about drug abuse and then overdosing

[@shoelace403]

i mean drug abuse isnt as terrible as the other things kikuo writes about like its one of the b e t t e r one if u get what im sayin

[@maddyqqq]

Innocent? This song is about drug abuse.

[@meow-sv7rc]

My interpretation of this song is that this is about growing up and slowly becoming more depressed as the years go on and they (the person singing) are remembering the time when they were happy. The "cotton candy" refers to happy memories of being a child and just having that joyfulness all the time. The lyrics, "Cotton candy in my head, sweet and fluffy" are the memories that are innocent and happy. They then go on to say, "please give me lots of cotton candy, like the old days. I want to go back how we were." This shows their want to go back to their childhood. "Forever, and ever, my head is empty, empty, empty" This is their depression making them feel empty. One again after this line they say, "The old days, the old days, please let me go back" almost like they are begging to be happy and free again. The last lines in the song is, "Put me back... cotton... candy" The hesitation in their voice could be them taking their last breath, which could be them committing suicide because they couldn't handle their depression any longer. I hope this made sense! :)) Edit: I also just thought about WHY they specifically said cotton candy. This could be because cotton candy melts or "goes away" very fast, so cotton candy could symbolize how short youth and childhood is!

[@wolfandraven891]

This is too relatable :(

[@meow-sv7rc]

@@duck9387 this is just my personal interpretation, it’s not anything confirmed

[@batteriii]

@@wolfandraven891 I really like this. I wish I could save comments

[@haphephobia]

Despite having a pretty traumatic childhood, this is still relatable

[@chunyuchu_2U]

Midori pfp ties this theory together so perfectly /pos

[@hannahn8702]

all of my stuffed plushies that I didn't invite to sleep on my bed when I was 7 coming back to haunt me during my sleep paralysis

[@卑弥呼-f9b]

Mood I always felt so bad when I didn't hug all of them

[@greenbozoa5797]

R/Peopleyoutube

[@KatsuyaSerizawa]

I used to feel like that too

[@ViSCERA-ANIMATION]

God stop being so relatable

[@Insanitorium9]

Everything that seems special is relatable these days, it’s kind of unsettling

[@emmychu2431]

I know kikuo's songs are all unsettling in their own cutesy way, but never once have I ever would say this one takes that whole 'cute but unsettling' to the next level. Like yes cute cloud fluffy cotton candy uwu but when the beat drops, all hell breaks lose and i am *ｓｃａｒｅｄ*

[@steelstreqq]

mostly near the end too, i listened to this in a car as my first time hearing it, and it was _fear_

[@acid.drag0n385]

0v0

[@pixelc0met]

"cute cloud fluffy cotton candy uwu" LMAFOOO

[@tetraploid5000]

ｓａｍｅ

[@LL-tr5et]

gomenne gomenne sitting here like 😐😐😐😐

[@おじま-u8q]

1小節ごとに転調してるの狂ってて気持ち良い……合法ドラッグや……

[@Sn00zeYYYY]

Mom: go play outside they're only clouds The clouds outside:

[@kokorofumo8252]

._.U

[@aashycoconut]

Lmao

[@lazii5289]

ISNSKJSISJSIWHDIHSI

[@eunoia8890]

Lmaaoooo

[@ltvarez]

JSKWKSK YEAHHhhh--

[@satinsomnium]

wow i love the new kirby game

[@judahosborne8868]

They finally threw the cuteness out the window

[@vance5440]

same

[@vance5440]

@@judahosborne8868 LIES

[@Blackberry0.9]

Void termina? Is that you??

[@lumazzzz9296]

Is the new Star Allies DLC

[@cosmiccreaturefan]

I got the impression that this song is about the fogginess and dissociation associated with trauma. Being unable to think cleary, feeling like your mind is, well, foggy. As well as wanting to escape and go back to a time before it felt so bad. I feel that a lot of Kikuo's songs explore childhood trauma while sympathising with the innocent fear, lack of understanding and naivety that children have about their situations. This would make this song fit into that trend, too.

[@augustoof13]

This song feels heavily like what dissocation feels like, at least to me.

[@Starlight-Tale]

I think, of the theories I've seen in the comments, yours is one of the ones I like the most. It's very similar to my interpretation of the song as well.

[@XDDCCOUUTT]

That makes lots of sense and would tie the drug theory together with that since that could be the traumatic experience.

[@arx8848]

I tought this song about heroine user

[@margaritaflores8114]

I thought the same

[@postmoon]

kikuo’s been making his songs more horror SOUNDING and honestly? im on board

[@hotmess_express5060]

I love the more low key horror direction he's going in. Its so artistic and intersting and honestly i just love it

[@TimWu-fj1rz]

It's so spooky

[@TimWu-fj1rz]

It kinda sounds like those more old songs like Children of Infinite Hell

[@strawberrita222]

some of his older songs used to be like this!! i’m glad he’s taken back to it!

[@postmoon]

Emma Prizer im not so sure about that! the distortion is more what im talking about. its pretty new!

[@charliecharlie9789]

This reminds me of dementia. My mother who used to work with dementia patients described it as “Losing yourself until you’re back into the mental state of a child.” Which for me explains the reversing track, wish to relive ‘the good old days’ and abrupt joyful descriptions of cotton candy. Something that is obviously synonymous with childhood and innocence. At the end of the track it all reverses until the music dies completely which for me represents the way dementia usually ends. Complete loss of self and eventual death.

[@ashleymitchell7581]

Thats how my favorite grandfather died man and that really summed it up.. Thanks for the accidental explanation

[@Lampey22]

Dementia is such a big term, it’s not really about losing yourself until you’re back into the mental state of a child, but it can be. Dementia is more like Alzheimer. But your way of thinking is really interesting i like it

[@slowyourroll1146]

@Magicant that's the thing about music though, especially Kikuo's. It can be interpreted in different ways, so to call one theory 'lame' or 'unimaginative' because many people agree with it is a bit unfair.

[@dollfacedotcult]

i work in senior care and we often describe it as an onion, where every layer is a level of how socialized you are. starting from birth until the dementia starts to set in. when it does it just starts peeling back layers of socialization until you’re back where you started and you essentially have no sense of shame or a social “right and wrong.” because, yknow, onions have layers.

[@dollfacedotcult]

@@Lampey22 alzheimers is a kind of dementia. there are i think seven different types.

[@Mysticalgacha908]

I survived a house fire that destroyed almost everything in my life and nothing has been the same. This song is the only thing to really encapsulate my feelings and thoughts and emotions. Listening to this song let me sleep at night when I otherwise couldn't. This song helped me cope and comforted me where other people couldn't. I am forever greatful for Kikuo's works.

[@itsmesebastiian]

Me: -oh so cute fluffy cloud Also me 55 seconds later - oh my god lord cotton candy please take my soul and forgive my sins

[@ahfreshair9242]

UwUpops Scary

[@kokorofumo8252]

W0w

[@sirlundythetoonbint2247]

Beginning: this is fine 55 seconds in: okay what 2:45 Anna oop 3:39 Alice take me with you I'm scared 4:00 ...............

[@sjlpuff1057]

@@sirlundythetoonbint2247 who the fuck is anna and alice i see people say these random names everywhere

[@periderptsmls5079]

@@sjlpuff1057 I- Think that "Anna oop" is actually "and I oop"-

[@momoiropopstar]

imo this song's about someone remembering their childhood (or just a better time in general) and using drugs to get the high ((happiness/innocence/whatever) they felt back then (cotton candy is the nice feeling of sweetness of the high, but when they were happy this feeling was all the time) considering how distorted the song gets by the end, i figure they die from an overdose from using too much of the drug to feel happy again

[@CDJAM-webm]

wow thats dark 11/10 😩👌👌

[@piss7610]

The cloud disappearing could be symbolism for death.

[@fluffytomd8437]

My way of thinking it is some child being lured with candy by a predator. I like yours better

[@alienhumanologist8785]

ngl that reminds me of emergence

[@Creatorsan]

... HOW DO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS WELL?

[@Byebye-d8t]

To those who are saying this is dementia or amnesia this is not about disorders this is about drug addiction and trauma at 0:58 the smoke said "Please give me lots of cotton candy.......Just like the old days " a person apparently pointed out this is about a girl who remembered her childhood memories and decided to drink a lot of pills and the distortion at the end seems to be her dying from overdose

[@はっぴー-n4e]

通知では『Cotton Candy』開いたら『わたあめ』 ふわふわ！可愛い！と思ってたら、やはり不安になる音だった……好き

[@お猫-c4p]

Whilhelm 未だに見る前の動画のタイトルがcotton candyで再生したらわたあめになるの何ででしょうね？

[@ぐみっこ-l9q]

それね、なん怖い...笑

[@kuro_rekishi_]

ワシはそれならない(バグ？)んだけど、１回でもいいからそれなってみたい← (語彙力)

[@唯狐-d6d]

cotton Candyって薬物みたいなやつらしいですよ！ 他のコメントにありました

[@N_oA_touhousuki]

わたあめって甘いから、砂糖だと考えてみる 砂糖って人を気持ちよくさせる効果があるから、それのことだと思われる。どっちみち薬物中毒

[@sorenasora1810]

this song honestly sounds like the music you'd hear in the credits of a movie/game where everybody dies. soft, but still horrifying. it's lovely.

[@blanketsnatcher171]

Yep

[@s-a-l-tb-o-i6727]

danganronpa in a nutshell

[@moshitokumei7715]

@@s-a-l-tb-o-i6727 danganronpa is a cotton candy. agree.

[@s-a-l-tb-o-i6727]

@@moshitokumei7715 thats not what i... like... everyone dies... its horrifying.... but its still good.... nvm

[@damien1700]

That's one freaking intense game

[@oak_corvum]

This feels almost like a psychotic break. Imagine sitting in a room alone with nothing but a couple furniture around you as you clutch your head in pain, trying to make the sounds stop and it only gets progressively worse until the episode is over. For some reason. This feels familiar to me. 10/10 would make myself mentally unwell again with this

[@milkychessu7726]

In the first time i listened to this, i literally had an anxiety attack and i got scared to watch this video again, so 3 years later i'm here after gathering my courage to listen to this again, and i just asked myself how messed up i was to have an anxiety attack to this

How can this be so soft and terrifying at the same time

[@Princess-Pulcella]

Ikr

[@torrent]

Your first Kikuo song?

@@torrent Not at all, but this song feels much more... floaty than all the others. His use of jarring flat notes is extra clever here.

[@daegulonglegs3816]

clouds just b like that

[@wanako7337]

distorted music makes us scared cause it makes us think there's something wrong

[@cait-o]

It's creepy undertones are apparent with the reversing and the occasional off-pitch. This is it, chief.

[@maddie-vv3hr]

666 likes

[@ihatefrostedflakes]

@benming 😂

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

Undertones? I thought they were quarter tones

[@witchhazel7265]

きくおさんの作る曲凄すぎて音楽を用いた現代美術って言われた方が納得出来る

[@Xhianil]

The reversed parts make me wonder how the song sounds reversed.

[@spoiledm1Ik]

I don't know if its just supposed to sound distorted since the meaning behind the song is about death from overdose on drugs

[@Gh0stcrumbsofficial]

Xhianil I already tried that. It sounds even more distorted

[@cardi1783]

Gacha Oreo OMG YALLS PFP-

[@shooman6982]

It became a horror soundtrack

[@Cha3.yullll]

omg

[@whatisthis1958]

I like to think this is about staying stuck in childhood memories, trying to go back to that innocence but your memories becoming distorted and tainted with time and bitterness. Every thing was like cotten candy back then, but as you grow up you percieve the world differently. Those memories are tainted with new understanding and looking back you just feel sad looking at them. Though, I also like the drug theory, fits much better than mine

[@gintuner4371]

@Maya Franklin I totally agree. I think people are taking a very surface level approach when they claim that the metaphors in this song somehow refer to drug use. Judging by the overall tone of the album, and knowing Kikuo's catalogue, and the things he generally writes about, makes op's interpretation much more plausible, imo.

[@wolfandraven891]

I like your interpretation better because I relate to it

[@mark-lk9vi]

its about both, the cloud represents their pain and so they turn to drugs to feel that happiness as a kid and the drug is like cotton candy to them. As they do that the cloud grows and their depression worsens because they cant go back to their childhood so they continue to go to drugs and everything is slowing down around them. At the end they eventually die from overdosing because it was too much for them to handle and they never really got back that happiness and only destroyed them. Its terrifying and sad and the most disturbing thing ive ran into on the internet even after seeing gore.

[@erizamisorafujoshi7002]

I like more the drug theory... But yours is really poetic :"3

[@teinou-15]

この苦しくて辛くなって心臓掴まれて、、 ってされてる感覚になれる 精神的にキツすぎて大好き

[@もえか-h4p3p]

まって、、この子めっちゃ可愛くて怖さがこない(語彙力)

[@capybapa]

Sounds like somebody’s last thoughts before they die

[@Cat-uq3iu]

Or their souls leaving out of the body but human level can't hear it

[@Someone-sq8im]

Can I double like this

[@p1rice]

omg i just got the thought of each of the drops (idk what to call them), in the chorus that drags on being like final breaths, especially the second chorus

[@exnyy9448]

@@p1rice woah

[@browsing_gh3]

one day this'll prolly be me

[@44tharia46]

clever of kikuo to make the drop feel so entrancing and addicting, like you’re tripping it’s so encapsulating, but then it fades away. and by the second time the buildup starts, you can’t wait for it to hit again but... it doesn’t stop until the song becomes a scrambled mess, then silent.

[@favnged]

UR A GENIUS. KIKUO IS A GENIUS. THIS IS SO FUCKING GENIUS, KIKUO DID A PERFECT JOB OF CAPTURING THE EUPHORIA OF TAKING DR*GS FELT LIKE AND YOU DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY OH MY G

[@herohalv4543]

"eaten up in the blink of an eye" after the end of the first chorus

[@user-sz8jn3wx7e]

かわいいけどこわくて きこえる音全部気持ちいい これこそきくおさんって感じ 平成最後にありがとう

[@MrsCupcakeLuv]

this is what you hear when the earth's ozone layer finally gives up

[@tifftom2132]

this description is perfect

[@facelessmortal9621]

That notion just makes this creepier, dammit😖

[@erneststacey5290]

CHILDREN STOP SPRAYING THE DAMN CHLORINE IN THE AIR

[@SuperSmashBurger22]

jesus

[@applyjuicetowhat]

That is a horrifying thought. Please never think again

[@remipoco]

サビの前とかに入る「ｼｬｯ」っていう雑音を逆再生したみたいな音、不眠症だった時に寝落ち寸前にジャーキングと共に聞こえてた音にそっくりでドキドキしちゃった(語彙力皆無)

[@aka-c6u]

これだ

[@Annoei10]

そういう事か…

[@rosen_venus]

For some reason, Google translates 「ジャーキング」( which refers to the sensation of falling before sleep) as "jerking off" (抜く) Needless to say, I was confused on why that sound reminded you of masturbating...

[@Kassiexd]

WGAT

[@Ellielulu_Ellielu]

Wow the translation is WILD

[@bravebanana]

*drops everything and watches kikuo*

[@nekomaster5767]

ME TOO

[@woundedpossums4740]

BraveBanana meee

[@wafflefluff9337]

i was watching 愛して愛して愛して until i saw this

[@nekomaster5767]

waffle fluff I was literally talking about Kikuo with someone

[@R2000F]

exactly

[@wixie2036]

*descending into madness from the beginning*

[@miru6705]

XD

[@user-xq4lo9ye9s]

「 OKAY 」 yes

[@wixie2036]

@「 OKAY 」 kinky

[@上と下]

音が正規ルートから外れてるの好き

[@生き別れた鮭]

その表現すき

[@ys1413]

かわいいのに不安を注入されてる感じ、好きだなあ…

[@alpacanoona3241]

I was waiting for my sleep paralysis demon but I guess Kikuo will be the one haunting me tonight

[@NahNo-xy2kq]

ひ

[@_kksbr1624]

Pop rocks Hi-?

[@NahNo-xy2kq]

@@_kksbr1624 ? No no hi means yes?

[@_kksbr1624]

@@NahNo-xy2kq Isn't it 'hai'? Which the symbols are はい in hiragana.

[@NahNo-xy2kq]

@@_kksbr1624 Oi I'm no sure no more ;-;

[@AsbestosSmoothie]

This song literally made me anxious as if I'm being watched or something, But for some reason listening to this at night calms me.

[@XDDCCOUUTT]

This sounds like my dimension is being ripped apart by the spot from spiderverse.

[@PaulaSánchezEspinosa]

Literally that's what made me felt at first! I even couldn't listen to the song due to the headache and diziness. But... when I started to understand the meaning behind and listen to it repeatedly, I even started to like it. Not gonna lie... I would describe it (especially the last chorus) as the same diziness as when taking drugs... even if I never consumed any in my whole life, haha And I apologize for my shitty english! It's not my native lenguage and it may sound a little bit broken here.

[@AsbestosSmoothie]

@@PaulaSánchezEspinosa GRRRRRR YOU NO WORRY ABOUT ENGLISH, I understand.

[@Shart.meister]

No one: My sleep paralysis demon in the corner of my room:

[@juliuslambert8250]

Lel this is the most accurate comment

[@dontgointothecloset0-05]

Wow the sleep paralysis demon is cute if they look like the cloud

[@pyrateruby]

*Only the best lullaby’s*

[@crsdsamzoo1218]

10/10 would recomond for a trailer

[@Cha3.yullll]

"want some candy, lil kid?"

[@RanGotPunkd09]

Everyone seems to imply that this song is about drug addiction. I just suddenly got worried and I hope that Kikuo is not doing drugs or anything.

[@shikiekitheyama]

now i have the same doubt

[@RanGotPunkd09]

@@shikiekitheyama You doubt that what? Usually artists write songs about drugs when they are using it themselves.. based from experience. I am hoping that this is just Kikuo expressing that he wants to avoid reality by using drugs.. not really using it in real life. Dx

[@shikiekitheyama]

@@RanGotPunkd09 aah xd, sorry if i had bad grammar in my other comment, i talk spanish so is normal to make accidents

[@RanGotPunkd09]

@@shikiekitheyama Oh I am sorry. It's okay. I just didn't understand. I want to know what you meant. ^^

[@sincerelyme9951]

kikuos songs are really messed up like gommene gommene. sure hope theyre ok but u shouldnt worried bc most of their songs are pretty unsettling

[@GG-xq9om]

微分音使ってこんだけカッコいい曲作れるのすごいなぁ。 他の音と整合性取れてるしめちゃくちゃ好き

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

おお。正直に言うと、この曲の微分音について誰もが語るとは思いませんでした。あなたは微分音について知っている賢い人です。

[@Roadrunner-n9k]

Me: thinking this will be a fun track to listen to Kikuo: *I pulled a little sneaky on you*

[@werisekk3]

Yeah, like the actual message in Kikuo's songs is usually sad but the melody is always lighthearted and catchy. But this... this is fucking terrifying

[@mikaasav1193]

@@werisekk3 Yeah

[@iamwoke322]

I’m mostly not interested in the lore of a song, so all I have to say is damn trance music

[@ミユユ-b7d]

これは……もしやドラック……？ 不思議な浮遊感と不安と、心地良さがさすがきくおさんですね！

[@あんぺん-f8n]

確かに何回も聞きに来ちゃいますからある意味ドラック...？

[@廣瀬ゆずた]

@@あんぺん-f8n ん？そういう事じゃなくて コットンキャンディーっていうドラックを 使用した人の頭の中？心情を描いた曲なのではって意味でコメ主は書いたのでは…？

[@あんぺん-f8n]

@@廣瀬ゆずた ごめんなさい😭なんか それも含めこんなんかな？ みたいな感じなんです😭 語彙力なくてすみません💦

[@廣瀬ゆずた]

@@あんぺん-f8n は！そういう事でしたか！ こちらこそ解釈違いですみません🥺

[@あんぺん-f8n]

@@廣瀬ゆずた いえいえこちらこそ語彙力なくて😭🥺

[@クソ噎せチャン]

この不安な感じがずっっっごい良い…(語彙)

[@muri-n1c]

暗闇から這い上がろうとしたら、押さえつけられて突き落とされた時の浮遊感みたいな曲

[@ポポリン-i5e]

言ってることが分かりそうで分からないコメント第一位

[@user-qe2ve1gc1s]

高いところから落ちてるときの浮遊感？ということと解釈した(？？？)

[@manmarunekodayo]

@@user-qe2ve1gc1s うへぇ？ん？ん？はぇ？(？？？)

[@HAKOyumika]

@@manmarunekodayo ジェットコースターの下るところの感覚ってことよ

[@key-l9b]

@@HAKOyumika わかりやすい

[@spaceyduo]

me: *is having a bad* kikuo: *posts a new song* me: oh ok cool i’ll jut watch this- cloud song: *SPOOKY BANGER* me: i have confused anxiety but i like it

[@warpstarr]

Honestly same though.

[@fierfly_kitten4861]

spacey guts you are the most relate i have ever encountered

[@sunset.magician]

*visible confusion*

[@pppineapplep_4997]

The unsettling parts of his song’s comforts me to no end. It feels like my childhood. I realize when I was young the entire time I was floating and not really present. Like a narrator in my own life

[@bluwu3698]

I have never felt this threatened in my entire life. This song made me so anxious, I wanted to throw up the whole time. 10/10 would recommend

[@gachapinkfloofuwu826]

blueboi Oof- yep same, still 10/10 would recommend xD

[@carelessdreamer]

blueboi Reccomended: Ruined my life

[@skiishack]

Same it made me feel so uneasy and wanted to throw up

[@dagonhandfield-burgess2317]

Same

[@erneststacey5290]

didn't wanna throw up, but it hecked me up. still a bop (besides the glitchy 100 part)

[@nihilisticgacha]

this is horrifyingly calming... or calmingly horrifying? i don't know. depends on my mood. love it either way

[@いち-j9y]

この曲異次元すぎてにやけてしまう。 怖いんだけど、こういう他には無いゾクゾクする曲とても好きです。

[@Marispider]

I listened to this with headphones while a blanket was covering me (including my head) and after a while a sense of legitimate terror seized over me. I knew when the song would end, I knew I didn't have much longer, but I was still boutta throw my headphones and the blanket off. It's the musical equivalent (well, some parts are more about sound design than actual 'music' I think?) of a fuckin horror movie and I love it.

[@SalSeesSeas]

oh hey....I'm doing the samething

[@nayabsanchez3972]

Literally doing that right now, might cry because of how scared I am rn

[@hm.5003]

Lol it is not THAT Scary lol XD I listened to this with my new earphones on full volume. at 4 A.M *how did my ears not bleed*

[@kikuoisthebestandnoonecant1915]

im too scared to listen to it with earphones :(

[@sxs8276]

I'm under the blanket and the only thing that happened is that my cat jumped on top of me

[@rybread7968]

The whole song sounds like it's going backwards and i love it, it's like time is rewinding and everything that once existed is now being unborn and uncreated, leaving nothing...

[@scrappyknees]

Never before, NEVER BEFORE has a song genuinely scared me Not like the thrill scare of a rollercoaster I felt like I was in danger, like I am bleeding out and about to be ripped apart this is amazing and its great, thank you kikuo この曲は本当に怖かったです、どうもありがとうございました。私の悪い日本人にごめんなさい

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

And how did this scare you?

[@HannahWoods-yp8ed]

​​@@JaxonVRTheMonkeh Better question: how does it not scare people? If not the song, then its premise? If not its premise or the song itself, then its real world parallels? It's kina terrifying to think about how some people are one bad day or event away from turning to drugs and/or overdosing, much like the character in the song.

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

@@HannahWoods-yp8ed well honestly I didn’t know that was the premise lol (Well it doesn’t scare tou

[@cccosmo112]

@@HannahWoods-yp8ed comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comforted. it also has many interpretations

[@Michiha3505]

ライブで聞いた時は「頭の中はだあれ？」って言ってるのかと思ってた。 わたあめって言ってたのか…

[@とみー-t6c]

Haruyu もしかしてそういう意味…？

[@松原采音]

らぽ　何それ怖い…

[@カシスメロンパン]

Haruyu 確かにそう聞こえるなぁ…狙ってるのか偶然かわかんないな

[@めいめい-b8g]

綿飴というか、雲みたいだと思った。 掴みどころのない、不思議な曲…

[@りょが-t8l]

記憶消してもう一回聴きたい神曲

[@devneia]

I'm now_________ A)In love with this B) Spooked C) Smashing replay D) All of the above

[@reivu]

im gay but this is the only time i’ll take the D

[@yokosuki9363]

C

[@panduka1729]

D

[@ross9165]

D

[@marii8308]

ABCD

[@mm37073]

可愛いのに怖い…。 怖いけど見てしまう…。 中毒溢れる…

[@cocoellawella9315]

This to me kinda felt like the ‘cotton candy in my head’ was both a metaphor for depressive brain fog and nostalgia for better times. I found myself relating a little too much to this song, wishing for a time where the dissociative fog and fugue wasn’t there, when life hadn’t kicked my butt.

[@kuro_rekishi_]

0:55 もう字幕がついてて 「むかしみたい むかしのぼくらに戻りたい」 って書いてあるけど ずっと「むかしみたい むかしのぼく何も出来ない」かと思ってた ちょっと寂しい感じがするけど 結局はいい歌詞(語彙力)

[@japantiess9629]

insomniacs everywhere are quaking our god has uploaded

[@wellowpocku9108]

QUAKING bitch. QUAKING!

[@bangobeep]

bow, mortals. bow

[@hotmess_express5060]

Meteorologists everywhere are quaking

[@Kirrbee]

:’)

[@edd4656]

Feels good to be apart of the broother hood.

[@ARandomGirlWhoBroughtUTequila]

この不安を煽るような感じがたまらなく心地良いんだよなぁ…逆再生みたいな音が特に癖になる。これがドラッグか

[@yellowbucket2063]

I love the creepy theme, but at the same time mikus voice is cute. I love the beat behind it-this song is awesome. That's the tea sis

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

Is "That's the tea sis" an Inside Joke between you and your sister? Or am I uncultured?

[@infiniteneru6161]

@@V.F.D.DaleSalvador You are uncultured

[@yellowbucket2063]

Lol you are indeed uncultured

[@CatlynW97]

Man- haven’t heard a genuinely unsettling Kikuo track in a while. I can only imagine what the English lyrics to this are... EDIT: y’all it’s been two months, I know the vid has subtitles lmao

[@lmaothischannelsnotcomingb3616]

It’s anything but cotton candy, that’s for sure.

[@monstaxxiv7163]

I translated it (for the most part) and I think it's about someone that wants to go back in time and be a kid again before they "disappear" (die)

[@ca_lcium]

The english lyrics make me think about somekind of an addict who's going through withdrawal and needs more, and wants to go back in time to the days they weren't addicted... The "cotton candy" obviously not actually being cotton candy but some other substance maybe

[@MoriiDraws]

honey, you got a big storm comin' *claps in creepy*

[@suibaiter]

Captions will tell you

[@鈴木-l8u]

怖くて最後まで聞けないけど、定期的に聞きたくなる

[@ラズベリー-m2j]

めちゃくちゃ好き 新しい曲が出る度どんどん世界観やばくなっていく……

[@こんにちはどうも-y6f]

まじでわかる 前とは全然違う完成になってくから末恐ろしい

[@みこチャン-c8c]

ああああああああああああ ありがとうございますありがとうございますきくおさんの曲が生きがい

[@いーお-i1p]

この曲息が苦しくなってとっても危険。でも聞いちゃう

[@hanamura_rei]

ヘッドフォンで聴くと頭おかしくなりそう😨🤤 びくびくしながら聴いてみた、。

[@1ごう推しのばんだな]

それな

[@hanamura_rei]

それなです(σ・ω・)σ 曲はガンガン頭に響いてるのに何か盗られてる気分

[@brothinkhejesse]

at first, i thought this song was so unsettling and creepy, and couln't listen to it. now it's just a bop. like... damn the beat drop goes hard though.

[@slowyourroll1146]

The first time I listened to this I was so unsettled, but now I just keep replaying it.. HELP

[@catenjoyer2114]

Yup that beat drop is killer

[@xXInfinityDiesXx]

Kinda reminds me of death grips in the weirdest way

[@catpiss666-z9y]

Bruh when I first listened to this song on spotify, I thought it was dope.

[@mikaasav1193]

Same. It still scares me a bit and I definitely would not listen to this in the night, but it sounds awesome, similar to how I feel with Okaasan.

[@ボヨヨン-x9h]

ライブで聴いてさらに好きになった曲

[@bia7932]

the way this is literally how my nightmares are,,,,,and i love kikuo for physically capturing that

[@CDJAM-webm]

man your lucky-

[@lovelysonico]

chatot! {kyuuremy} no offense but how is that lucky- like some of the stuff is genuinely traumatizing

[@heroketchup7504]

Yeah?? Like how some parts are distorted but you can still tell like somethings wrong and the calmer parts are easier to remember

[@mmaririnn]

I made this translation as soon as I could, but I'm sleepy so feel free to point any mistakes わたあめ　(Cotton Candy) Cotton candy, cotton candy Cotton candy inside my head Sweet and fluffy Cotton candy inside my head Too packed, squeeze squeeze* Inside my head, so sweet, so sweet Give me lots of cotton candy Like the old days, I want to go back to the old us It disappeared quickly The sad cotton candy My head always goes empty, empty To the old days, to the old days, please let me go back to that time Give it back Cotton candy, cotton candy *ぎゅ is an onomatopoeia for squeezing sounds or stomach growls, I chose the fist one since the lyrics seems to imply there's a pack of cotton candy

[@mmaririnn]

@Blythe Foster-Wagamon Oh, I didn't notice! Thanks a lot, I'll edit it!

[@MadameBorger]

You are doing the work of a god, thank you!

[@etherealfragment3384]

Thank you! ❤️

[@Legenda-nx1hh]

thank u! =)

[@rosemarynia]

hi i luv u thanks!!!!

[@V4LENT1NEZD4Y]

2:13 it may be myself but i hear some broken glass and a laugher, according to the others, it may be the man's laugher when he was a child sobs

[@Ykku123245]

イヤホンで聞くと、迫力が凄いですね…!!

[@はじけるタピ岡]

怖くてイヤホンで聞く勇気出ない……ww さすがきくおさん!!こんなに怖い曲作れるのきくおさんだけな気がする

[@ややややき]

初見のときイヤホンで聞いちゃって怖くて寝れなくなりました笑

[@indigokaito_23]

あー脳みそが溶ける溶ける…気持ちいい音をありがとう。

[@221flive]

この歌は私に奇妙な感情を与える

[@schwarflame]

I have the sneaking suspicion that this "cotton candy" can be interpreted as brains, judging by "頭のなかわたあめ" 10/10, Kikuo.

[@Creatorsan]

I feel as if it's drugs..

[@Marispider]

I feel like it represents happy thoughts or happiness... and maybe drugs or something even worse is the singer's way of trying to get their happiness back.

[@miac.8685]

Now I have two reasons to not eat cotton candy: 1: It’s too sweet 2: After eating it (slim chance) I would look up to the sky and see this.

[@Boba-ck6mx]

Galaxy Gamer the cloud sings about drug

[@AramaxTheHuman]

what did they put in the cotton candy my guy

[@mateo4508]

I mean i would be scared shitless but also it would lool kinda cool

[@somkeve]

@@AramaxTheHuman D R U G

[@tetraploid5000]

@@AramaxTheHuman M E T H

[@わーい-p4k]

途中途中不思議な音が流れるのがいいです、不安になる感じがとても

[@nu_nu__nu___]

コメントするのは初めてですが、いつもこっそり聞かせていただいてます。 上手く言葉にできませんが、寂しさと苦衷感を感じるのに可愛いくて、不思議な感覚になるこの中毒性がたまらなく好きです…！！！ これからも応援させていただきます☺️

[@junecrocker]

Unnerving and beautiful! Thank you so much Kikuo! I can’t wait to find out the lyrics!

[@monstaxxiv7163]

Until Hazuki no Yume swoops in and subs this, I did a rough translation in the comments

[@qattsunari2240]

Yes

[@junecrocker]

Monsta XXIV Thank you so much!!

[@rosexthermite]

English subtitles are available ^^

[@qattsunari2240]

@@rosexthermite aaa

[@bonijowhat]

TW: SELF HARM this song comforts me but also gives me so much trauma because somehow it perfectly captures my mind sinking into chaos every time i harmed myself before, and the feeling of wanting to end it all but not wanting to lose the good memories, and now im stuck in a limbo of harming myself to the point of no return or keeping all the feelings inside and crumble myself as time passes. it actually brings me down to something that happened before, when i woke up in the morning and started crying in fear because i didnt want to wake up anymore and this is close to what i heard. my dad asked me why i was crying and i was so scared that i couldnt answer and i just fumbled while crying, and that's when my dad found the scars on my arm. that was the most scary thing that has ever happened to me, ever. i can get every horror game and horror movie and that moment was more terrifying. even scarier since there was nothing inherently scary when i woke up. it was just the dread of still being alive. but this song actually saved me. instead of inspiring me to live, it actually scared me of death. i still have some battles, but i handle it better every day and i dont have to harm myself just to escape. listening to the chorus of this song i literally gripped onto my bed sheet so hard and my legs started shaking because of how much it scared me from how accurate it is. the sensation of breaking down and crying while i ruin myself. so scary its enough to rehabilitate me not into self harming again because i know the destruction and harm that goes through my head every time i do. as of now, im 3 weeks clean and i hope to keep going on. the more i listen to this song the more it helps me realize the mental anguish that i experienced.

[@湖山-n4x]

新曲！！！！！超会議のとき溶けそうになりながら頭振りました………………！！！！

[@斉藤桜-n8m]

あぁぁあ……行きたかったなあぁ〜…

[@無能-k9p]

それな！きくおさんが舞台から降りて近くに来た時叫んだ！

[@よう-h1l]

楽しかったですよね！完全に洗脳されてたw

[@k.hiroshi5582]

行きたかったよ.....泣

[@makaron7897]

最初聞いたときは、すごく恐怖感があったけど、今は何回も聞くレベルで好き。中毒性ある。

[@muru_924]

金縛りなのかなんなのか分からないんだけど、病み始めた時から寝ると急に目が覚めて、息が出来なくなったりお化けが見えたり、 2:49 ここからみたいないつまで続くか分からないうるさい音が聞こえてきた事があった…

[@ranagordota2526]

Yes!!!! It sounds so soft and kinda creepy!!! I cant wait for a translation, love you kikuo💖

[@monstaxxiv7163]

I did a rough translation in the comments ❤

[@ranagordota2526]

@@monstaxxiv7163 Thank youuuu 💖💖💖

[@poko9562]

An eng sub :3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3i0YqieYpqEqas

[@Jepysauce]

1:00 well this is different from usual It's like the whole world is falling apart

[@Koko2loko]

I love how kikuo makes his music deep and meaningful. I've seen many comments saying he has helped with the meanings behind his songs. I love how some melodies sound adorable and innocent and the lyrics just being eeire and disturbing but understandable and relatable (most) and how some of them sound creepy and the lyrics being creepy and eerie. all of his songs are twisted, deep and meaningful and I honestly think hes amazing. Thats kikuo for you lmao

[@JaxonVRTheMonkeh]

The reason it might be unsettling is that it uses notes in between the notes (microtones/quarter tones)

[@nono-uf9dc]

うちのクラスで「わたあめ」って曲怖いって言ってて、見にきてみたらきくおさんの曲だった…

[@ささみ-g2v]

その調子で校内全部に広げてくれっっ！

[@teinou-15]

そいつ有能

[@danterust4654]

Kikuo never fails to astound me with his development... Absolutely chilling

[@運命の卵]

カービィに見えてきた… 可愛いのに恐怖を感じる。 でも何回も聴いちゃう。

[@たじなお-c3b]

同じ！私もカービィに見えたよ！

[@Sa-mh2sr]

何を吸い込んだんだろうか

[@杏仁たんたん]

1分辺りからずっと鳥肌がヤバい...w やっぱりきくおさんは天才だなって改めて思った

[@lizalternate]

ENGLISH LYRICS: Cotton candy Cotton candy Inside my head is cotton candy So sweet, so fluffy Inside my head is cotton candy Lots stuffed right inside, Squeeze squeeze Inside my head, so sweet Lots of cotton candy please Like the past, I want to go back to how we were Before I knew it, it was gone Sad cotton candy Forever My head Empty, empty, so Like the past, like before, please let me go back to that time Return to me Cotton candy Cotton candy 一 Let me know if I made any mistakes!

[@holyshard530]

Ok, im guessing this song is about going back to being a kid again.. Its already right there in plain sight! Its entirely about wanting to go back to childhood.

[@wolfandraven891]

that's why I relate to this song so much... I just want to be a kid again :(

[@lex4103]

@@holyshard530 It sounds more about using drugs and getting addicted to me tbh

[@maya-wy8ml]

アルトpbrgh we have Captions dumbass

[@Flora-px5bc]

@@maya-wy8ml There's no need to be a dick.

[@芋-f3n]

何度も聞いてると何故か聞く度安心できてしまうから怖いんだよな

[@ぬこもどき-d1d]

なんというか…頭が本当にふわふわする…無意識になる…無意識に…