Kikuo - Hole-dwelling

Life in a cramped, narrow hole.
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Inside a cramped, narrow hole,
the two of us show each other our dreams.
We can't be in that world;
neither can we be in this world.
Dear God-the god of children,
we are covered in scratches in the
sandbox where you amused yourself.
Tatata...
We dance. We spin around. Our dance is a queer one.
We thought we were dancing.
We thought we were laughing.
We thought we were falling over.
We thought we were screaming.
Our eyes are shaky. All sounds are a mere jumble.
Our legs are also shaky. An illusion, a mere jumble.
The sun, the moon, the sky, and God-all
bringing forth: this life of hole-dwelling.
We can't escape. We can't escape.
We can't escape, so we won't escape.
We won't escape, so close your eyes. 2, 1, 0.
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall
into the vortex of this life of hole-dwelling.
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall together,
like the best of friends, wherever it may take us.
You and me, forever and always.
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
It's wrong. So wrong. But we're lonely. So lonely.
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall, lalala...
The same, the same, the same, are we not? Lalala...
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
It's wrong. So wrong. But we're lonely. So lonely.
One of us, one of us. What do you say? Wanna join?
One of us, one of us. We're all in this together.
What's the password for this world of holes?
We can't escape. We can't escape.
We can't escape, so we won't tell you.
Are you one of us? One of us lonely folks?
Are you one of us inhabitants of the pit of hell?
We're drinking up the dreams-every last
fragment of them. Gonna mix your dream in, too.
We can't be in that world;
neither can we be in this world.
Our eyes are shaky. All sounds are a mere jumble.
Our arms are also shaky. An illusion, a mere jumble.
The sun, the moon, the sky, and God-
so unctuously vibrant, all of them.
We can't escape. We can't escape.
We can't escape, so we won't escape.
We won't escape, so close your eyes.
Close your eyes...rururu...
Aah...
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall
into the vortex of this life of hole-dwelling.
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall together,
like the best of friends, wherever it may take us.
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
You and me, forever and always.
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
It's wrong. So wrong. But we're lonely. So lonely.
Let's fall, let's fall, let's fall and fall, lalala...
The same, the same, the same, are we not? Lalala...
The same, the same, the same, are we not?
It's wrong. So wrong. But we're lonely. So lonely.

[@mrpie6386]

I didn't even realize this was 6 minutes long

[@MSMBlipsqueak-]

Ikr? :"0

[@cybersyd]

it should be longer tbh

[@ron9365]

6:09 LETS GOOOOO

[@adulthiyokoanti-mikan5111]

*it feels like a week for some reason*

[@lostalice9854]

Wait it's 6 minutes long?! I didn't realised

[@dustlandfairytale974]

Whoever says Miku is overrated has clearly never heard her being used by Kikuo-P

[@js3836]

Kikuo is godly when he uses miku

[@zethz161]

especially the tuning on vocals and the amount of creative ways kikuo uses miku to the advantage of the song, its insane how they are able to do this so well, some long time vocaloid producer cant even tune their vocals to sound natural and kikuo's out here literally using her as both a vocal and an instrument

[@artthenecromancer404]

He knows how to use her voice very well!

[@DrippinNyimi]

Josuke 👀❤️

[@mirkohoble]

Personally she is overused, for me, her voice gets boring sometimes, but thank goodness some can use her differently (like this song).

[@jasper3706]

Hachi: The vocaloid community has gotten stale Kikuo: Sorry, what was that? Couldn't hear you over these s t e e l d r u m s

[@MrPangulo007]

I really cant hear anymore. Those steel drums

[@minecraftermad]

@@MrPangulo007 spacedrum innit?

[@MayuMayuShell]

when did he say that?

[@blarg2429]

@@MayuMayuShell Look up the song Sand Planet. It's a bittersweet piece about how the Vocaloid community as a whole has somewhat lost steam.

[@elliotgriffith2237]

i vote we need more bass clarinet in vocaloid

[@CMY_._]

My sis was laughing in the background after the beat dropped and it made me realize how any noise can fit really well into kikuos songs

[@fxd894]

De hecho hay un tiktok donde hace una pequeña música con un video de un bebé jajaj (No se ingles Xd)

[@luculias]

@@fxd894 i complete agree, mucha gracias pizza bueno hola for real

[@ZenusHades-n8o]

Fart with reverb.

[@moonlightnymph7975]

kara kara kara no kara proves your point really well i think

[@Josh72769]

*BIG HAMMER CLANK DROP*

[@llndsyn]

this song doesnt even feel like its 6 mins long

[@xlilth903]

Kikuo really just said f time

[@wya3ni849]

Wait I just realized it's 6 min omg

[@mavi2643]

WAIT ITS 6 MINUTES LONG WOW

[@neneyashirothegirlwhoevery8022]

LOLLLL

[@picoschoolcomputer7949]

6 MINUTES?!

[@caty6911]

i call this *TRAUMATIZING TANGO*

[@steelstreqq]

Cotton candy is *scarring synth*

[@caty6911]

@@steelstreqq yessss

[@lazysheep8218]

Samba ;-;

[@artthenecromancer404]

Festival of the dark is *SCARRING SHUFFLE*

[@edmenjoyer1039]

satanic samba

[@thegreatmajora5089]

This is like the world's most depressing beach level theme

[@en4nan]

this is my favorite comment ever

[@swison1964]

JoJo vento aureo *Allow me to introduce myself*

[@Simply_Xi]

@@swison1964 heh

[@p0waa__294]

@@swison1964 OUCH-

[@VerosikaMay]

your avatar killed me

[@makaron369]

don't see any comments about this, but for headphone listeners, a really cool aspect of this song is that it sounds like all the instruments are behind you, and with the mikus to both of your sides, it feels like you're being edged forward, pushed into the hole. fucking awesome

[@jama5424]

Yep, Real

[@_-ollie-_]

fr

[@djmeowzz]

THANK YOUUU. This song just randomly started playing while I put my new earbuds in and it’s a spiritual experience.

[@fen4ri]

WOAH THATS A COOL WAY TO PUT IT "Pushed into the hole"!!!!! my mind is blown now

[@Glungusthethird]

Wait wtf it ժօҽs like- I think it's behind me, wtf??

[@ideal-3114]

Two miku is singing on both left and right of your ears while an entire orchestra is surrounding you playing all this 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 tango rhythm... Inside a hole.

[@beesindisguise5375]

I wouldn’t call it tango, but you’re beyond correct

[@crackheadradar7803]

@@beesindisguise5375 traumatizing tango

[@keteyo7366]

IF THERE"S NO ACCORDION, IT IS NOT TANGO (I'm joking, I don't know what identifies tango.).

[@thickwater3602]

Mortifying Marimba

[@illcutoffurnutsackandnaili2401]

Me who’s listening with only one working earbud: 👁👄👁

[@abandonedknowledge]

This song is scariest when one headphone doesn't work so you only hear one part of the song and the empty voids of the other voice fills you with anxiety

[@nutballsheding8998]

SOMETIMES I LISTEN WITH ONLY ONE EARBUD AND IT SOUNDS SM DIFFERENT

[@abandonedknowledge]

@@nutballsheding8998 I FUCKING KNOW AND IT'S SCARY BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR BOTH PARTS BUT ONLY ONE AND IT JUST-

[@sereshaw]

I ALWAYS HEARD IT WITH ONE EARBUD 'CAUSE THE OTHER IS BROKEN AND I JUST LISTENED TO IT WITHOUT ANY AND IT SOUNDS SO DIFFERENT I-

[@aisyahd2170]

My earphone only works on the right I wonder what's happening in the other

[@xuanhoang2705]

Which side are you listening to?

[@sushibirtch1771]

I feel like kikuo knows something we don't...

[@koiromii]

Same some of the lyrics to their songs are a bit weird and it kinda seems like they know something we don’t

[@koiromii]

@@ShutYourDream ohh ok that makes sense

[@Iamcrystalice]

@@koiromii the gomenne gomenne lyrics... Ok,.I don't wanna talk about it.. 🤢

[@notmitsukiyolol]

@@Iamcrystalice That one is horrifically surface-level when it comes to its meaning, just putting the box of terror in front of you.

[@notmitsukiyolol]

Kikuo has seen it. The realm beyond death. And so he creates these songs, masterpieces from the other realm.

[@daikontan]

The "samishii" is really really realistic, it sounds like Miku is giggling playfully a bit at the end of the word

[@basil.bagel.]

and it’s ironic, because she’s basically saying lonely/loneliness

[@ilovecat_101]

take yer headset out and there's the samishii gone.

[@ilovecat_101]

@@basil.bagel. i thought it was lonely?

[@ObjNo2]

@@ilovecat_101😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@basil.bagel.]

@@ilovecat_101 mb, i messed up the translation

[@mac13901]

this gives off weird post-apocalyptic tropical vibes y'know what i mean

[@katep4656]

woahhhhhh that's super accurate and I'm concerned because it shouldn't be???

[@shinigami5562]

Yes. Far cry 3 type cult vibes

[@thornarts]

post atropicalyptic

[@ramirolopezsinchicay4547]

yeah

[@user-sb3xk7jl9g]

"tropical" 😭

[@bread_is_my_life]

Where's Miku? *In the hole*

[@skeletaltrees]

tomska reference 👀

[@miikages1212]

ayyyyy i see what you did there👀

[@yoylejuice]

where does she work? in the hole

[@adorifish]

I feel proud because I got that reference

[@user-sb3xk7jl9g]

in da holE

[@mRidley508]

I reject humanity. I am going to live with the funky ghosts in the hole.

[@unimear]

Fun fact!: If you look closely, those aren't ghosts nor any other creature. Just wacky and fun shapes and lines

[@lisasanchez6071]

@@unimear Doesn't mean there aren't any in the hole.

[@unimear]

@@lisasanchez6071 funky ghosts getting funky with funkier lines

[@notmitsukiyolol]

They're the equivalent of sirens in the spirit world, they'll promise a paradise for you, instead they'll bring you into a hellscape you can never escape.

[@paintbox3011]

@@notmitsukiyolol yep, we read the comments too. We surrender to hell.

[@Ssssssss_s_]

本当にきくおさんが居る時代に生まれてよかった 耳の存在価値が自分の中で凄い上がりましたありがとうございます

[@Its_juno96]

Same here bro

[@kuronamuu]

real

[@Jaythebamf]

I forgot how terrifying Miku's liquid scream was

[@linlazuli5502]

no because it scared the shit out of me the first time i heard it

[@nishanloffa3088]

I love t listen to it, it's cute🙃

[@somkeve]

@@nishanloffa3088 Same

[@realjerma]

this is a common accurance??

[@atlasdude.]

@@realjerma yes it happens all the time. sometimes it gets annoying tho

[@willyhoo2946]

Kikuo is his own genre.

[@LoveYourself-un5ct]

Willyhoo agreed

[@amolasmanualidadesu-u6053]

I strongly agree

[@whispy4027]

Ye

[@mags779]

So true

[@paraxena5368]

Yes

[@gottabesandi]

This is my bird’s favorite song. She normally doesn’t like music but this song has her dancing back and forth. It also calms her down when she’s having “night frights”

[@mintxcreme]

thats so wholesome i-

[@薄雾-q8i]

That’s so cute 😿

[@artthenecromancer404]

Awwwww :)

[@annaferns1840]

Your birb is amazing

[@adrianaprudencio7737]

your bird has good taste in musci OwO

[@roofogato]

I know most people think this song is about depression and suicide and standard kikuo stuff, but I personally think this is about addiction Falling deeper and deeper into the hole of dependency, slowly going mad as you descend further down. Maybe you find some other tortured souls like you along the way, and you drag each other further in. Soon, you realize there's truly no escape, and you succumb to this hole dwelling life

[@En..mu.]

That makes a lot of sense!

[@AafiaIsmail-n8n]

is it bad i relate to this

[@ping-a-ling682]

it's all perspective, I think it's a metaphor for the helplessness we feel when we are alone, and how we all long for normal lives, and how far we'd go to create that normalcy. How we see our lives spiral downwards in front of our very eyes but we pay no attention to it because we're not alone. We are now exposed to everyone's misery on the daily, thus creating the facade that all the bad in our lives cannot be helped and it's normal. We seek unison in hardship, but divide ourselves for the greater good, and it's a hole we cannot let ourselves out of, instead we've embraced it, and continue to let it change us

[@neoguri_sgm]

You can't convince me that this isn't just Uzumaki

[@soffya777]

I thought that this song was about people who found themselves at the very bottom of their lives (for example, about beggars and homeless people) who are trying to somehow survive, having practically nothing, and who can not get out of this hole in any way, forced to drag such an existence until death. But I like your theory more

[@starlight5973]

I love how as the song progresses the 'it's so wrong, so wrong' gets quieter and quieter but the 'we're so lonely' stays strong, as the characters in the song feel less about how wrong it is to bring others down and only care about their loneliness.

[@Korogunso8]

Star Light it also sounds like they must be getting further down the hole.

[@Syrieana]

I think its mostly about embracing your own faults and (possibly manic?) desires. i feel like this is told from the perspective of either lovers or good friends , that find others like them and therefore abandoning morals and giving into dark desires spiraling deeper into madness. since the first lines were frustrated about god an the world (normality?). so the worries melting away and the justification getting stronger would make sense. Edit: also , since its called hole-dwelling i guess that these things were lived out in secret at first , and now they're all those people have after its ruined their lives? "we can't/won't escape?"

[@jayemover_16]

Also it seems as if there are more people as the song goes on (from "the two of us show each other our dreams" to "we're all in this together")

[@Syrieana]

@@jayemover_16 Maybe a religion or a cult with abhorrent practices becoming successful?... Edit: Looking at all the lyrics again I am like 99% sure this is about a cult recruiting two new people and them getting completely sucked into the madness.

[@jayemover_16]

@@Syrieana Probably, but I relate it to a book series I'm writing, in which people are dragged into an insane asylum by the residents. Coincidentally, it started with two people.

[@ZoZo-ub5uw]

Every time i listen to kikuo songs i feel brainwashed

[@slowyourroll1146]

*Welcome to the Kikuo Cult. We're pretty chill here, but be careful of that one guy selling cotton candy in the back.*

[@somaidraws2743]

slow your roll LMAO I-

[@herrscherofthesea4444]

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@artthenecromancer404]

slow your roll *we have a dark festival once a year*

[@somaidraws2743]

Be careful , we don’t want anyone to be *breaking things into pieces* now do we?

[@ゆっくりどれみ]

たくさんの積み木が、なめらかに削った木材の渦の中にカタンカタンと落ちていってるようですき

[@mskdfacee]

kikuo's songs makes me feel emotions that doesn't exist

[@adulthiyokoanti-mikan5111]

Fallovrean

[@elmismismo6007]

like my bones being to big for my skin

[@swison1964]

@@elmismismo6007 organs too ~big~ ~small~ uncomfortable for my body

[@yurimessiah]

well, they must exist bc ur feeling them

[@Jojosthabestz]

My heart is dying the resurrecting itself the leaping out of my chest and dancing, while my organs evaporate and my skeleton walks to my fridge AND SIPS A WHOLE CAN OF MONSTER ENERGY AND MILK THE RUNS TO THE STORE TO GET MORE WHILE DOING THE TANGO. (The loud part came)

[@caffycore]

My mom knows I’m interested in vocaloid and stuff like that and sometimes I occasionally show her songs that I think sounds good, she’s pretty open minded to the whole thing and finds it interesting herself. But when I showed her this song her exact words were “OH these are one of those songs you can Mexican salsa dance to!” After those words made it into my ears I can never unhear that phrase.

[@tapphy2023]

when you’re hispanic and a weeb

[@caffycore]

@@tapphy2023 lol

[@amamu749]

Lmao 😭

[@Whataryu]

bruh, my mom said vocaloid songs are creepy

[@caffycore]

@@Whataryu damnnnn

[@ms.elsalvador8956]

4:15 the beginning of mikus scream it sounded like she had water in her mouth

[@ms.elsalvador8956]

Maybe cause she was drowning😃😂 I just realized that's why

[@RandomPerson-ks3ql]

@@ms.elsalvador8956 o damn you right

[@ms.elsalvador8956]

@@RandomPerson-ks3ql DONT YOU DARE DISOBEY ME CORALINE RAHHHH O ARAAH

[@RandomPerson-ks3ql]

@@ms.elsalvador8956 DONT YOU *DARE* DISOBEY ME CORALINE RAHHHH O ARAHHH

[@ms.elsalvador8956]

@@RandomPerson-ks3ql ÆRAHH

[@ハヤシダ-j6f]

この曲、ミクが左側から歌ってることが多いけど西洋では｢悪魔は左耳から囁く｣らしい

[@olgaivanova6313]

Я-Русская, и скажу, что у нас тоже дьявол шепчет через левое ухо Хорошо что у меня не сломан правый наушник…..

[@松本兼続]

最後面白いw急に日本語ネイティブっぽいw​@@olgaivanova6313

[@Nebulia]

this sounds like a stormy sky with no rain or thunder over a beach

[@megumimimimi]

hi nebulia

[@karrot1kat]

yes

[@creativename2763]

Do you just get recomended every song in the universe or what?

[@keiraa4338]

you just put this into perfect words

[@mikominus]

kinda sounds like dgr 2

[@rennowataru3720]

If you listen this song while wearing earphones, you’ll realize that this is a 3D song whose voice and whispers come from both sides of the earphones ...

[@marcotewlow8533]

Renno Wataru You mean there’s panning? That’s not a particularly groundbreaking or innovative technique. Done all the time. I’ll say this though, it’s sounds great when done well.

[@skrytetemnoty7590]

yup, not groundbreaking--yet still so awesome when used as efficiently and creatively as this

[@ericvulgate]

@「 OKAY 」 but you gotta admit its artfully done.

[@moonstruck6591]

I believe it's called 8D, is it not?

[@slowyourroll1146]

@@moonstruck6591 there's a better word for it, I believe.. Unfortunately I can't remember it at the moment

[@galacticbaseballers]

If anyone wants to know, the reason why this song gives you a beach or sea vibe is because of the steel pans in the background, and steel pans are normally used in tropical places, and they come from Trinidad and Tobago. You can hear it clearly at 4:19.

[@zomB_theBunne]

Yeah it makes it sound so beautiful

[@JinBaigujing]

Also the use of tango/samba dance rhythms creates an undulating and cyclical pattern to the vocalization and music which feels like waves of rhythm to our ears. Also there’s the reverb added to the voice that feels like audio passing thru water or walls of some kind so you recognize it as “not sounds waves they air but something thicker”.

[@ureyesrbleeding1]

i thought that that was pretty obvious lol

[@ms.elsalvador8956]

Hotel:trabago

[@myrightnut]

Yeah

[@atlantic85]

I tried to play this on violin once, got about 30 seconds in and though: “There’s another 5 minutes of this insane piece. I love it, but I’m not sure I can do this.”

[@kinich.malipo]

Do you perhaps have a sister that plays the piano, has black hair and is a perfectionist?

[@atlantic85]

@@kinich.malipo No, why?

[@kinich.malipo]

@@atlantic85 omori............

[@atlantic85]

@@kinich.malipo i need to play that soon

[@Angelikaliu1331]

Help Why'd the omori community randomly get summoned in the replies of some comments here

[@andeggbreaks]

It's impressive the way Kikuo uses shortcomings of the vocaloid program to his advantage, creating an atmosphere like this by drenching Miku in vocal effects

[@_oliver_3593]

zack snack what do mean by that if you don’t mind me asking

[@bossbaby7068]

@@_oliver_3593 maybe they meant her scream?

[@fabulousotaku1157]

@@_oliver_3593 I'm extremely late, but I believe OP was talking about the fact that as of today, it is pretty hard to produce natural singing voices using Vocaloid software. While some extremely talented producers can make extremely realistic songs (MitchieM for example) most of the time the results sound unnatural. Kikuo however uses the robotic sound and flow to create an unsettling athmosphere, aided by effects placed on the final song. (Another producer that does this well is PinocchioP) I'm pretty confident in my english, but it isn't my first language so please excuse any possible mistakes.

[@andeggbreaks]

@@fabulousotaku1157 You nailed exactly what I meant. Vocaloid voices are naturally uncanny and Kikuo embraces that instead of fighting it.

[@SmugHomura]

@@fabulousotaku1157 Why would you even put an ESL disclaimer on such a well articulated youtube comment. This is more sophisticated than 90% of youtube comments anyway XD

[@scpenthusiast7504]

I showed my sister who hates vocaloid this song, she loved it,,, That's the power Kikuo holds

[@M4TH31SM]

omg lmao

[@leeyodizon4167]

EY o7

[@Close2me4773]

You have to show her more song of Kikuo like "Gomenne Gomenne"

[@ashmcdaniel8857]

As they should

[@ghostboyfriend8951]

why the hell would she hate vocaloid

[@razzodazzee]

for those of you that came from the friday night funkin animation the part is at 4:15 but i suggest listening to the whole thing because this is a bop

[@Hertart]

i love that animation

[@chocolatechip8yearsago479]

Agree the whole song SLAPS

[@crazymochacchino6209]

*insert the girlfriend falling out of the sky and casually playing the drums*

[@xgamer2mil]

I lost my virginity to that bit in the song

[@iseensumshit69420]

Now playing: "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.mp4"

[@heEheE185]

“Hey what’s your favorite style of song?” “Kikuo.” “What?” “Kikuo.”

[@patrickj.pilardiaz3849]

Mom was curious about the concert I was going to, couldn't end up explaining Kikuo and just told her to google it T.T

[@itsrxxo]

FRRRR

[@dragonmoonwave]

Kikuo music is indescribable

[@KuromonArts]

Kikuo is kikuo

[@Estesujeto_en_youtube]

Oh boy time to listen to: " Funky Depressed ocean music"

[@jaymarie4342]

😂🤚🏼

[@smellypoopyshitter]

😂🤚

[@pastelteabiscuits]

🤪✋

[@YuriDumovsky]

😃🙌🏻

[@zaky_1321]

😷☝

[@eboloid3192]

Vocaloids are voices that replace the need to sing so that the artist can limit itself to composing. And yet It's like I can hear Kikuo's distinct voice

[@Fufu_log]

What do u mean when u said" limit themselves to composingg???"

[@gooseberriepi]

@@Fufu_log probably meaning that the artist can focus more on putting the song together instead of worrying about the vocals or something

[@Vy-if3zd]

@@Fufu_log when an artist sings, they have to train their vocals, remember the lyrics, think about how their voice sounds, hit the right notes and manipulate accurately their voices the way that the composer wants. with vocaloid it's easier because there's no training, its just editing and has an instant result. for exemple if you look at kikuohana, Hanatan's voice probably took years to sound this way and she used to do Opera if i understood well, she manipulates her voice well and has an amazing range! She was also probably under Kikuo's directing so taking the time to communicate plus recording and everything most likely took a lot of time, especially if u take in account that Kikuo takes at least a year to produce a vocaloid album.

[@Fufu_log]

@@Vy-if3zd OOHHHHH DAMN THATS ALOT-

[@jj_397]

Bruh so you think using VOCALOID was easier than just singing? Oh hell no it takes a lot of effort, time, talent and experience. You make it sound as if the programm would just tune itself bruh it's more than typing lyrics!

[@godsavethequeenn]

this song sounds so,,, watery. it sounds like octopuses. i’m not sure how to explain it but it gives me ocean vibes.

[@nani-gp3rh]

YES, OCTOPUSES that's it you got it exactly right

[@coolghoul8515]

it's the steel drums

[@radish8109]

It’s probably the steel drums

[@burningcole2538]

I get it. It feels like Neptune came alive for a couple minutes to remind us that there was a reason sailors prayed for a safe voyage across the ocean while the kids had fun in the shallows

[@bakatoaster6000-yt]

Like popping bubbles

[@ゆっくりどれみ]

きくおソングの中で一番好き……きくおさんの使っている音が濃厚過ぎる

[@regionuclearbonanza9795]

This picture goes perfectly with the song, i dont know why no one has mentioned it, but you can clearly see shapes, animals? legs? eyes? theyre there but none of the are conjoined correctly, you recognize them but you cant focus on a single one, its as if yore eye is being repelled by the main pictute itself, and instead youre only following the geometry, a spiraling mess that is slowly creeping into a hole. its a dope picture

[@buvero]

_it's a groovy octopus disaster!_

[@joyruamyart7224]

The fact that you can't distinguish anything in the picture makes me feel like I have a stroke

[@nekokkoko3181]

ImTrash. Im so satisfying right now because your comment was what i thought.

[@dirt4333]

how are people seeing limbs and animals? im just seeing random swirls

[@no.850]

@@dirt4333 the eye and animal body parts. Like fish fins

[@maggies.2037]

Note to self: You haven't listened to a Kikuo song until you've listened to it with earbuds.

[@Robloxenjoyer873]

This is my first time listening with headphones/earbuds and I agree

[@dancingllama6679]

True, it's so enthralling and exhilarating with headphones.

[@garlic_bread410]

HOW DID YOU KNOW-

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

my left headphone broke and now it's not the same😭😭

[@MothiaMafia]

or headphones. its a whole other experience

[@daisyeyes9683]

This song sounds like it’s taking place in the ocean

[@adulthiyokoanti-mikan5111]

Ye shes falling a down a hole in the ocean i think?

[@Simply_Xi]

Under the sea, deep under the sea, you fall and fall, you don't stop falling, you arrive in hell but don't stop falling, there is only darkness after this point and yet you still know that you're falling, even when you lose all ability to comprehend what's happening you still subconsciously know that you're falling. UNDA THA SEA

[@yurimessiah]

*_UNDER DA SEA_*

[@madoka7295]

Around the end when Miku screams, it sounds like she's drowning

[@spacebubble1552]

She might be falling down the bermuda triangle... /hj

[@cnash9744]

This song really makes you feel like you’re descending into a hole full of things beyond your comprehension and it’s beautiful and surreal

[@goofy87]

Friendly reminder: Kikous songs are free therapy

[@W0WRLLYB33]

@Kokichi On the nintendo ds I love your pfp it’s so perfect to look at pls never change it. Also yes you are correct kikous songs are free therapy.

[@colourkiller4835]

coughs coronalingly in gommene gommene

[@goroakechi7500]

Yes

[@goroakechi7500]

@@W0WRLLYB33 MIKU THIS IS BEARY SERIOUS

[@ectopasta]

Kikuo rlly said time to make songs about hyper specific traumas

Sometimes I feel like Kikuo's music is like Junji Ito's art made into songs.

[@theale8821]

but even more terrifying

[@MoriiDraws]

Trang Vương uzumaki who? Never heard of her-

[@milonar]

I think Uzumaki is one of Junji Ito's horror mangas which is about spiral stuff.

[@BugsyGen2]

that's one (very accurate) way to put it

[@arachnidsLor]

this is the new "this art reminds me of tim burton" meme, ugh

[@jesus_loves_you_J.3.16]

(Edited) I want to share this with you: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 You are not alone, there is hope ✞♡

[@galaxyflamingo]

i just noticed that

[@zzodysseuszz]

The trick is to add eyes into the mess so people identity an eye and then match a pattern with it instinctively

[@jasiabu]

I see a fish, my mom and a dot

[@LilacCheese]

Ah, yes, like that one image that you can't name any objects on. The one people say that's what a stroke feels like lol its very impressive yes

[@cinnamonfujisaki3973]

They look like giraffes

[@zqmbiegirrl]

the way this song feels with headphones is insane i love it

[@ko_Nu]

海外の方のコメントが翻訳されるようになってすごくすごく嬉しい。今まで分からなかった海外の方の感想や考察が見れるからきくおさんの曲のループから抜け出せない。

[@yourlocaltherapistfriend3548]

私はあなたの気持ちを正確に知っています。

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

私は外人、日本語が習いします。大変良いですね! ごめんね、私の日本語が下手です、wwww

[@Solace6428]

We all agree. Its nice to get a different perspective from you too, and be able to respond as well

[@유연한사고-t8p]

인정한다~

[@avinlolw]

It’s nice to see that Japanese people read and translate our comments too!

[@mildlymarvelous]

Kikuo has the amazing power of perfectly describing depression with his lyrics. When you’re depressed, you get stuck in this hole where you can’t bear the live you’re living but you also know you can never achieve the ideal life you’ve built in your head. You befriend others with the same struggles because you understand each other, and you don’t feel so alone, but if none of you is trying to improve all a relationship like that does is drag you all further down…

[@scatcat8371]

I remember being in a relationship like that (despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness or anything like that) and I can speak with experience when I say that this shit can fucken hurt sometimes. If you're going to befriend someone with the same struggles, please try to lift each other up and help each other out, maybe even get help for yourself and the other. There are people out there that- although they may _never_ understand what your going through- care about you tons. Always remember you deserve to be loved and appreciated, and you're all worth so much more than you give yourselves credit for

[@nixichu6173]

REAL.

[@ultimatepvzlordps4806]

I actually had something like that a while back with a friend group. I’ll be honest the good times were great, but nobody was doing anything to improve anything, and eventually everything broke. Wasn’t a fun experience, but it taught me an important lesson, which is the one you talked about.

[@nikat9562]

@@scatcat8371 I currently am in this type of relationship and don't know how to leave it

[@Kazesai]

@@nikat9562 thats easy...stop talking to them.

[@angel404]

i wonder how Kikuo feels that most of their audience are English speakers lol

[@normalguy9065]

Probably fine with tbh.

[@QNEENSTAR]

hopefullu honored

[@gioisgud]

No bitches?

[@hanifdbfxdm7247]

Hello

[@difyouknow]

No bitches?☹️🤨

[@晴宿り]

6年前にこんなら曲人間に制作可能なのか信じられないぐらいかっこいい曲。あなに昇っていくこいつらも人っぽく見えるけど形の定まってない有象無象っぽいイラストでマジでかっこよくて好き。

[@BeatrixP]

The scary thing is when Miku screams, it sounds like bubbles are coming out of her mouth which implies she’s drowning (•__•;)

[@tunakann7629]

That's my favorite part!!

[@hatsoonyoullbowtotoourlord9256]

Mr Kuudere Because making Miku Sweet append growl, which is a soft whisper voicebank, results in a more muffled and subdued nasally scream since she wasn't meant to sound loud and powerful. Probably intentional on Kikuo's part since with his KikuoHana collab they always sound so powerful while with his miku ones she always sound softer and creepier.

[@AggrahWant2Know]

read the title in english "Hole-Dwelling", he put lyric with "let's fall". miku were drowning? yes

[@justgizl]

@@hatsoonyoullbowtotoourlord9256 If you listen closely, it sounds like there's water in the background right before Miku screams so I'd say it's drowning

[@Bugahahaha]

I think that is just Kikuo exploring Vocaloid 5’s capabilities tbh. I think people expect too often Kikuo’s songs to have some hidden gory meaning when they are more psychological or spiritual.

[@youseinokiri]

My favourite part of this song is from 0:00 to 6:09

[@Bananaseverywhere792]

No way! Mine too

[@Helmi-2088]

Oh wow same!

[@ur_fren_noah2642]

I know right? That part is sooo good!

[@Bananaseverywhere792]

@@ur_fren_noah2642 frfr

[@melodyofio1748]

Nice

[@Aya-zr5hh]

Kikuo's addition of the steel pan as a Caribbean person really is a welcoming surprise here we're used to it being played lively and upbeat so I was glad that it was added to add a creepy atmosphere to the song

[@73frogs]

right!!! i love it so much he is so clever with his music it’s wonderful :-)

[@thetacostand]

Same here!

[@mactroiy7452]

Sameee, because of how it used here I never thought about using it like this.

[@hiiilolol]

i love how their songs include things from other cultures. it could be unintentional though

[@meadcwlark4064]

I wish steel pan was incorporated into more music, it scratches my brain lol

[@marzyy.official]

you know kikuo is dropping a banger when he brings out the super danganronpa 2 goodbye despair steel drums

[@XxPotatuChypsxX]

YO DANGANRONPA MENTIONED????

[@kslypp]

DANGANRONPA MENTIONED‼️‼️‼️

[@Nagi_wagi]

DANGANRONPA MENTIONED ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

[@PAFU00x]

DANGANRONPA MENTION 💯💯💯

[@marzyy.official]

@@XxPotatuChypsxX YESSS

[@Mx.muffin]

This song kinda makes me think of when a story creator gets so deep into their stories they almost forget reality and join the friends they created in this world inside their head

[@leonardotonietti2062]

me.

[@Dogdaysays...]

Omori-

[@Mx.muffin]

@@Dogdaysays... well- yeah

[@P_exclamationmark]

@@Dogdaysays...oyasumi 😔

[@Shnuuy]

@@Dogdaysays...I was gonna comment that 😭😭

[@terra2004]

I see things in the picture but I can't recognise anything i'm upset

[@Katie-md7mh]

Before this comment I thought they were cats but now I'm upset too.

[@petarisweird]

Maybe that was their intention to do that. Maybe they wanted to draw a confuseing picture on purpouse. Maybe they wanted to make it in a way that everyone sees something differently in it.

[@Ajspya]

It kind of looks like fish

[@igor-ld8qm]

I think they're people dragging each other in the hole. they don't really have any kind of form. maybe so that it would seem more like a mass

[@slowyourroll1146]

And the harder you strain to recognize something the less you see 🤣

[@nannaeam]

this song could b about about toxic relationships in general. two miserable people exacerbating their sadness together, it happens all the time in friendships or relationships. the image looks like a spiraling river of styx, kind of similar to how it was portrayed in disney's hercules. they feel neither alive nor dead and their emotions are so intense that they can't always identify them. toxic people often want others to feel the same sadness and loneliness as they do, that's why they're always trying to drag someone else down with them. it's an endless negative feedback loop, but that's all they're familiar with.

[@underagechildgaming9938]

I heard it was about dealing with an alocohloic addiction a while ago

[@Venus-uc3il]

holy shit im back after 7 months and u got me thinking again

[@judgement5785]

_"If I'm going down, _*_you're coming with me."_*

[@Devilcakes]

It can be applied to a lot of things. So... think of it what you will.

[@weirdkiddo6463]

@@underagechildgaming9938 I guess everybody can give to the song their own meaning, which is cool.

[@user-zw2nc9th2t]

1音も無駄がなくて、時々右と左でキーが違うのも含めてこの曲の全てを愛してます

[@samurai_sonolento_2859]

Kikuo : *Release a new song * Every single fan : *It's big brain time*

[@8rsueue74]

Y A S

[@ayaytdump]

*your php matches with it* (go pico go pico 😈😈😈)

[@ayaytdump]

@@8rsueue74 OMG YOUR PHP TOOO

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

*Casually makes a creepy/edgy animation with this music playing in the background*

[@howlssophie2724]

FRRR

[@eugeniabukhman8533]

I love all of Kikuo's music, but this song is their real masterpiece in my opinion. The heavy effects on the music and Miku (especially her "drowning" scream); the way some instruments trail off into lower notes, like a plane in a tailspin; the s t e e l d r u m s; the way some instruments and voices play on only one side of your headphones; the heavy, pounding bass underlying it all; the breathing at the end; and the melody and harmony that drags you under all the while. I can't articulate it very well but this song is like nothing else I've ever heard.

[@chromerotica]

It's also strangely addicting. The drums and the scream are what tie it together for me, and that somewhat happy tune that's in the background constantly. Everything sounds like it echoes.

[@JadeTechna]

Fr- This song is addicting

[@freddy.weddy69]

I totally agree with your opinion this song is so addicting

[@KentuckyFriedMantis]

homestuck

[@Ardorstorm]

This song is dragging me into the 🕳

[@isa8223]

Everybody gangsta till you listen to this while reading uzumaki. 10/10 would recommend.

[@otakuribo]

Junji Ito destroys my ability to sleep for several days, every time

[@bloodyterr0rr449]

we gayin' is it like junji ito or is it junji ito

[@bloodyterr0rr449]

O nvm I know now

[@hehehehe6779]

I'm going to do that right now.....

[@sereshaw]

That's exactly what it reminded me of when i saw the thumbnail..

[@paranormeow]

as someone with several chronic sleep disorders (insomnia, narcolepsy) who has incredibly vivid dreams and maladaptive daydreams, and has a hard time connecting to the real world, this song sounds like my daily life. I’m floating through, in a half catatonic state, barely registering anything around me and seeing and hearing things that aren’t there. My mind, the people inside it, and sleep are calling me in the back of my head at all times. During the night, the only time I’m wide awake, my thoughts pull me in and drag me to my knees. It’s a spiral. I’m trapped here.

[@Shadow_7782]

I hope you find a healthy way to cope with that, and if you wanna rant, i am very open to listening/reading it, i like reading/listening to people's trauma/problems-

[@ashley-up6yl]

i struggle with extremely vivid dreams that feel so real and maladaptive daydreaming too i understand how you feel

[@helenaborgespeixoto7598]

How do you have both insomnia and narcolepsy at the same time?! That sucks! I hope you manage to get some pills that fix it or at least something that calms it down. 1812 16th of August 2024

[@paranormeow]

@@helenaborgespeixoto7598 I’ve been on pills since childhood and they do help. they kind of affect each other bc I sleep too much during the day to be able to sleep at night and not sleeping at night makes me sleepy during the day

[@hotmess_express5060]

My dead fish after being flushed down the toilet:

[@nathanaelcaballero217]

Round and round Everything is gone And your soul will rest soon

[@sabrinacarter7960]

🥴

[@chishiyaz]

@@nathanaelcaballero217 that- that is creepy

[@nathanaelcaballero217]

@@chishiyaz thanks

[@roleye]

This has 699 likes. I don't dare ruin it.

[@avery5920]

I like to listen to this song whilst skateboarding because it reminds me that 1 pebble could end my existence edit: the pebble claimed me as a victim yesterday... rip my arm

[@Edgydiklord]

THIS COMMENT 😭

[@helloilovemycat]

4:15 the revenge of the pebble

[@rajiyuooo]

HELP

[@zxmb137]

BAIAHAHAISJNS

[@badtzmikori]

@@helloilovemycat I CNAT BREAHTE

[@christiannzzz]

1:56 for some reason the "samishi samishi" is a lil spooky, miku sounds so real until her voice starts to shake edit: happy 2024 btw

[@T.A.Edison]

It's like a little girl's laugh.

[@christiannzzz]

@@T.A.Edison FR

[@icy2275]

Omg i just noticed that

[@nobeenery]

i only had one earbud in so i thought i was going crazy but oh man this song is a different experience w both of them in

[@Auragaming1642]

It sounded cute in my opinion.

[@rivertyl]

STILL LISTENING ON REPEAT I'M GOING TO GO INSANE I'M LITERALLY FALLING DOWN AND DWELLING IN THIS HOLE

[@amsleeper1731]

This is a groovy mental breakdown of a song.

[@erisweirdpalace]

Headphone users are definitely having the time of their lives rn (me included)

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

I am. Also I love your pfp😩

[@erisweirdpalace]

@@ChronicallyTweaking thanks 💃🏾

[@ChronicallyTweaking]

@@erisweirdpalace Nihihi

[@starsheet.]

Beautiful pfp

[@sanariyadilman1114]

Mukuro as frog poggers

[@eatdetergent]

All the coins i accidentally dropped into the drain:

[@lemondrop8203]

@@aliyah82 is it really?

[@lemondrop8203]

@@aliyah82 Are you really sure about that

[@sarahcowell-wellborne9611]

LMAOO 💀

[@truelyme0]

Omg lmao

[@Nixxlinda]

Did you notice that your comment has exactly 666 likes?

[@Yapuwfou]

I JUST realised that at 5:17 there are two voices tatata-ing, one in the left ear and one in the right, but then at 5:25 there is a breath and the voice in the right ear dissappears and is replaced with steel pans, and then at 5:35 there is a second breath, and the second dissappears also, leaving no more voices.... I'm not sure what it means.... But it's there.... And it's such a small detail, and it's so clever, and I love it. Edit: are the babies dying out??? The smol mikus??? Do they be taking their final breath?? But they're so cute😭

[@phrog1672]

"the smol mikus" is amazing GN

[@korbyxx]

the "breathing" legit sounded like villagers from minecraft

[@meowcat216]

AAAAAA ONE OF MY EARPHONES ARE DED SO I THOUGHT SONE OF MY FAVOURITE PARTS ARE CUT IFF

[@alhaithamsimp]

kikuo does this a lot. It’s what i love about his music 😌

[@alhaithamsimp]

And you have the harmony and melody playing in different ears at some parts too!

[@froggycolouring]

I love how this song slowly gets louder and faster and more voices as well as using a lot of descending notes one after the other , and even using more unique instruments further into the song gives the impression like you’re falling deeper into a hole and you start seeing more scary and surreal things the deeper you go

[@Kvvz_]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE HOLE WITH THIS ONE 🗣📣🔥🔥🔥

[@amazing_gamer8972]

HELPP THIS IS SO FUNNY

[@Ashy_knees_8]

PLEAAALSJWODJWKKDS

[@buhnazah]

lol

[@ver1son]

WE ARE NO LONGER DWELLING 🗣💯‼🔥

[@Kvvz_]

@@ver1son WHERE

[@イルミナ-f1g]

ルルル……のあとの「アア」が水底からやばい生き物が這い上がってきてこっちに手を伸ばしてる感じなのすごい不気味で好き（うがいみたいな声する）

[@ありんこ-r3l]

ルルルルル……………… ボァァァァああああああああぁぁぁ⤴︎ ⤴︎

[@sockzsss]

My friend was talking to me and I said “give me a second I’m listening to my TRÃÛMÁTÏŽÎŃG TÁÑGÖ”

[@amamu749]

Lmao Traumatizing Tango, ima call it that from now on

[@かぢあ]

I like to call this the terror tango 🙃

[@nokaydippp2762]

your friend is correct

[@softysugarbypumja]

LMAO

[@DemianMartinez21]

But is marimba

[@kukuku_kuku_kuku]

4:16 大好きゾーン スチールドラム（？）ってこういう使い方できるんだ… トロピカルで陽気な感じかもしくは穏やかな感じの曲に使われてる印象だったから（例:アンダーザシーとか） それが逆に酩酊するような、緩やかに落下していくような印象を作っていてめちゃくちゃ良い　この人天才すぎるだろ……………

[@karnathefrogangel]

Yup. Very much.

[@AshCantShitpost]

KIKUO SONGS🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@suikabe]

Me

[@iiomqfaderz]

me fr

[@chewannurafiqahbintichewan8816]

Me 🛐🛐🛐🛐

[@snooopiii]

So real 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@shrimplypiper]

so true

[@undercovertopz]

(As someone with Japanese as their first language) I always interpreted this song as a sort of a toxic co-morbid relationship. There’s a LOT of emphasis on “we” “us” and “you” in this song, not “me” or “I” so it’s like a community (the people in the hole already) is talking to you, and the way this song is written, it uses a lot of casual Japanese, insinuating they’re trying to be friendly and convince you that you guys are an equal, the same, so they’re inviting you to be a part of “the hole”. I think this song is about what it’s like when social rejects make a community, telling eachother that there’s no point in trying to live outside of the “hole” and should just give up and keep falling down the hole. Basically it’s about a toxic echo chamber and how they can drag you down with them. Edit: I know it’s a weird example, but browsing incel forums is an eerily similar experience to listening to the lyrics on this song. them isolating from “normies” and spouting toxic and self deprecating nonsense in their echo chamber to pull people further into inceldom with their crazy rhetoric. Edit 2: I also think the distorted ocean music symbolizes that "the hole" is these people's twisted "paradise" or "oasis", if you will. But simultaneously they are drowning in their own paradise (as heard with miku's drowning scream)

[@dotsubmcdoodle2959]

That makes a lot of sense! I thought something along the same lines too, and have seen a lot of this phenomenon in friend groups! :O

[@undercovertopz]

@@dotsubmcdoodle2959 i have too! It's just a toxic echo chamber of like-minded people haha

[@chestnut4860]

The third paragraph is exactly what I couldn't put into words, though, I interpereted it more as two young kids in that situation philoshising about life in that stage. Though I'm more hopefull because "we can't be in this world and we can't be in this world" means they don't feel at home in either so they might move on from the hole when they get better.

[@ryoki_PH]

oh i love this interpretation! i often don’t like the interpretations of a lot of kikuo songs because they’re often too shallow or too focused on making a strict timelined “story” to them, but i think this really hits the nail on the head of what it could be. good one! :D

[@silkbugs7550]

this is such a good interpretation omg

[@maudo5302]

海外ニキが「寂しい寂しい」を「刺身、刺身」って聞き間違えてるのクソ可愛い

[@キリ-c9t]

意味も刺身だと訳してるのだとしたら可愛すぎる

[@MilkyMink]

​@@キリ-c9t😊

[@reincarnation637]

刺身は草

[@smilelight9061]

刺身ｗｗｗｗ

[@amethyst4578]

as an overseas dude, now i can't unhear that, thanks

[@P1mp0]

Idk how but why aren't you labeled the best music producer ever born?!?!!

[@suikabe]

Because kikuo is still in the womb

[@mikestar-g5d]

because he isnt (no hate please)

[@xynium.]

@@mikestar-g5d not hating, everyone has different tastes!

[@P1mp0]

​@@mikestar-g5d ok I get it but like if you don't like him just don't reply

[@hetzer7575]

​@@suikabethat's actully a thought i've been dealing with since a couple months, we aren't totally sure if he's preparing the next BANGER but by the moment he will throw at us enjoyable songs while keep us calm until the next masterpiece comes. Reminds of certain kind of musical geniuses who will drop their music to keep their listeners waiting to the next masterpiece as previously said. I really hope i havent mistook your comment

[@xXInfinityDiesXx]

I got a nice new pair of headphones and immediately went to this song

[@3mp.y]

SAME

[@sincerelymaya]

me too 😭

[@111entombed]

ME TOO HAHAH

[@moth143]

SAME LOL

[@miikages1212]

SAMEEE

[@EclipsaGhost]

This is one of the most difficult songs to make an interpretation due all the japanese culture and budism references so I Made a research At first It describes two people and they somehow end dying, that it's a fact because they mentioned they fell in "Naraka" after. that one place that in budism, when someone is a Bad person in life is send to Some type of "Hell" when death comes and it's appareance is in form of network of CAVES and there are some monsters that tortures the ones that fall there(remember the song it's called pitiful cave) When the songs says "You and me, forever and always, be the same" it means they Will be trapped in Naraka forever and probably they know that they two were bad people and they are not gonna change They saw more people fall too, as the lyrics said Then literaly the song is about the experience of falling and being trapped in the hell of budism lore (remember that a great parcentage of japanese people are into budism and shintoism)

[@EclipsaGhost]

P.S sorry, english is not my mother tongue

[@chelronin7843]

It could be a metaphor, using being trapped in Naraka and comparing it to a toxic relationship. Pulling other people into your toxicity. The reason I think so is because Kikuo usually makes songs about the dark side of peoples minds. So that would fit with the message they put in other songs

[@orangeberry5851]

So i was qurious and looked deeper in to Naraka's.İ'm in complete shock.İm NOT hating on Budism,i respect all religions.But the things i read were blood curdling.İ will not be able to sleep tonight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naraka_(Buddhism)#:~:text=Naraka%20(Sanskrit%3A%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%3B%20Pali,%22)%20or%20%22purgatory%22.&text=Physically%2C%20Narakas%20are%20thought%20of,human%20world)%20into%20the%20earth. This is where i read it.Good Luck

[@alexmason1604]

I would like to say that the "forever" part doesn't necessarily mean for all eternity but because of how the deeper levels of naraka work that for a person to be released from that hell may take millions if years (the kalpa measurement system they used) and it seems like an eternity to those who are suffering.

[@theSkin_of_a_Killer_Bella]

@@chelronin7843 as another comments theory went- Instead of one pulling the other, they're just pulling each other down. So a toxic relationship falling farther into despair. Life's been hard on both of them and they turned to each other, but the problem is they arent the best "support pillars" for one another. They lie to themselves for a while that everything is okay, that they're besties, and that their relationship is healthy etc. But eventually ig they finally admit that it is "wrong" (as kind of stated in one lyric). But they continue falling bc they be "so lonely", and they think it's impossible to get to a better place. This also goes along with a more recent reply in this thread about how they dont actually have to be "falling forever"/ "in hell forever", but it seems that way.

[@nokaydippp2762]

An angel and demon welcome you to the true afterlife - an eternal limbo that claws into your brain until you turn into the pit itself, left to only bring others into the being you have become, continuing the endless cycle of numbness. You are left to bicker among the other lost identities of the hole, for all eternity.

[@skeletaltrees]

each person getting weaved into one another, slowly losing themselves to the pit.

[@reib.2853]

OH hella no , I don't want to be looking like a flush toilet bowl.

[@skeletaltrees]

@@reib.2853 fear the porcelain

[@shartosi6756]

@@skeletaltrees porcelain‼️‼️

[@user-sb3xk7jl9g]

dang

[@GuyOfCulture]

Damn, this was the exact song that kept me feeling anxious. This is the one and only song that left me with goosebumps throughout the entire listen. Kikuo is a brilliant producer. His main feature is the presentation of unusual, harsh, depressing thoughts, but damn, the way he presents it makes me sit without thinking for many minutes. With his works he was able to create worlds in which there would never be truth. But nowhere else can there be as many guesses, secrets and thoughts as in Kikuo’s songs.

[@ぽんまる-l8e]

この人は本当にすごい。人間が不安になる音程で、それでいてポップに作ってるからすんなり耳に入ってくる。もっと色んな人に聞いてほしいと思う。

[@Caroline-rf7qf]

Wearing headphones makes this a whole different experience

[@snakepiss]

I've only heard it on headphones so when I played it through a speaker I was like ayo wh-

[@twilight8349]

fr

[@ilovekagura5189]

Fr

[@devtomar8906]

This is not scary... It's art.

[@pseudomaniac2182]

exactly

[@aleemahmed6202]

yes...

[@砂浜出身]

全体的に幾つもの声が重なっててそれが沢山の夢が混ざって一つになっている夢みたいで心地が良い

[@Mo0n_LighT965]

The addition of the steelpans is actually what makes this sound creepier, as someone from the Caribbean it actually caught me off guard when I heard it but it adds that extra bit of a creepy atmosphere

[@sodiumsodiumsodium1109]

Same, I was like hold on, this sounds familiar 🤔 lol

[@yuulfuji]

What island? My dad and his side of the family is Caribbean too, and i live in the Caribbean currently.

[@itsjustdewieman]

My favorite thing about this artist is just the way that they utilize both old, underutilized instruments and new technology such as a high production and Vocaloids into their music. It sounds so alien yet familiar like a trap trying to lure you in with familiar sites and smells which is why I think they're more horror themed songs are my favorites. They give me the chills

[@yuulfuji]

@@itsjustdewieman I also love how he can have low-instrumental, more quiet songs as well. My personal favourite of this style is “The day I was absent from school.” Its very lonely sounding but i can’t get enough of it. Kikuo for life

[@amorphous_asterism]

SAME LIKE HEARINF THIS TYPA SOUND IN A VOCALoid song had my jaw hanging open like ?!!>?

[@user-zc1gh9lx5r]

不気味で綺麗だけどなんか赤ちゃんの頃を思い出すような妙な懐かしさがある

[@NiyahTheCrazedArtist]

I WASN'T READY FOR THE BEAT DROP

[@limemaid2003]

ImpureElegance SAME

[@DCNRS90YT]

Indeed.

[@bladebunny694]

I was

[@margothalonso7319]

nobody is, it gets you when you less expect and is beautiful

[@realestjelly]

it dropped harder than my grades when I skipped school-

[@user-makoto-okkake]

正直言っちゃん好きな曲 本当に好き

[@krmcmc]

「南国」を感じる音楽って、音程やリズム感を変えるだけでこんなにも地獄のようになるんだな

[@麗-b3v]

きくおさんの曲って何でこう心臓の奥底から不安が湧き上がってくるような、でもめちゃめちゃ綺麗な感じがするんだろう

[@punkst3r]

What a beautiful time to live in, when I can effortlessly listen to music made by a completely different culture, speaking a fundamentally different language on the other side of the planet.

[@Slemeth]

Uhh the comfort and enjoyment is so gooood today aren't it?

[@punkst3r]

This is the world we find ourselves in, lads, we might as well appreciate what we can.

[@MothiaMafia]

yeah

[@yoisakiii]

slay

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

who needs to understand words when the story and feelings are so perfectly expressed through melody alone?

[@zkblxssed]

I literaly had goosebumps through this entire song.. especially near the end. I love Kikuo's music so much man

[@Cocoppau]

No one: Kikuo songs in headphone users: ⏬▶️⏫⬅️➡️🔽⬆️⬇️⏬⏫➡️▶️⬅️ Edit: bruh how this old comment got 10k likes 😃

[@Raster_Rasper]

It makes it better :D

[@Cocoppau]

@@Raster_Rasper true

[@minx8043]

Right they all sound so good with headphones 😌

[@Liscinov]

Fuck now I need my headphones real quick

[@emuyama4375]

yes I'm wearing headphones rn lol

[@Moopiemilk]

as someone who is an extreme introvert, this song feels like the absolute insanity that comes from extreme isolation. Filtering everyone out, only letting in those who let you self destruct. Maybe even just the way people talk to themselves after this extreme isolation, going deeper and deeper into the loneliness that you cant tell whats real or not. "were the same, the same, the same, are we not?" makes me think that its one person who has madeup friends, a madeup world, that keeps beckoning them back into the hole. Back into isolation. Like its so much better to be alone than anything else.

[@tholepin]

the internet is the made up world

[@cowabanger]

you called me out on my agoraphobia

[@emailsammich]

omo-

[@Moopiemilk]

@@emailsammich WAS NOT MY INTENTION BUT I REALLY DO RELATE TO SUNNY LMFAO

[@maskedman8405]

@@Moopiemilk good luck on opening the door, when you have to

[@デッドインサイドさん]

Listening to this many times made me realise that the song could be about how some Japanese workers live and how they might see each other as "friends" trapped inside the same "cave". I think of the cave as Japan itself or a bar where everyone goes to drink after work. Thinking more of the bar; since they can't escape their demanding jobs or Japan, they just drink more and more, going deeper into the hole in either debt or drunkness. Once they begin to be more open, they talk about their dreams that can't come true, how they feel, etc. Eventually, they discover their lives are quite alike and begin calling each other "friends" or "partners", then they start trying to drag more people into their "group" ("Are you one of us?"), or asking some friends for "secrets" ("What is the password for this world of holes?"); because more friends mean more oportunities to escape (have important contacts and you'll reach farther). In the end, they continue this "ritual" for many, many years, not reaching anywhere outside their simple lifes, just falling further inside the "cave". They keep drinking ("It's so wrong, so wrong") but they have no one else that would keep them company; even if they don't feel connected at all to each other ("It's so lonely, so lonely") and the only things they share are a shitty life.

[@fevernight123]

wow

[@kherrypie4586]

I thought this as well!!

[@zzheeya2250]

Deshido

[@denizentm2909]

Someone animate this cuz I can't

[@RanGotPunkd09]

I am going to work in Japan and this is scaring me

[@XemOut4U]

I can’t be the only person who finds this peaceful right? The lyrics are terrifying of course but her voice is memorizing!

[@Akera_Yani]

Actually kikuo is a guy (not trynna be rude, i think you're talking about miku , if so then yeah fr her voice is amazing as✨)