Menphina's Theme "Dedicated to Moonlight" (official lyrics in subtitles) - FFXIV OST

[@redyu77]

i really like how the vibes of these songs are, it's really like you dont fight gods but play with them

[@musicmaster632]

yea we are being tested

[@zeehero7280]

@@musicmaster632 they have a dream.. to fight with mortals apparently

[@lysandre1861]

the aglaia main battle theme was all serious and intense since they were pretending to be evil and we believed they were, but after they dropped the act and admitted they just wanted to fight, we get FIDDLE JUMPSCARE

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

I mean you are.

[@edwardc3573]

Much better than christian music lol

[@coolyeh1017]

That Fiddler do be fiddling like they are in a 90s anime opening.

[@OfficialDegenerate]

Whoever is playing that violin/fiddle needs a raise, they were playing their heart out

[@itsyaboiherman]

Lindsey sterling?

[@brianlockett4369]

@@itsyaboiherman I wish!!!!!!!

[@Traten65]

Curious if this is an actual fiddle or a sample

[@powerdj4590]

@@Traten65 yeah i genuinely can't tell lol. on one hand, the game barely ever uses live instruments in its music, especially for something like a random alliance raid song. on the other hand, the fiddle sounds very much like a live performance with the intricacies of the sound.

[@bryantgutierrez9191]

Seriously the best part is the Fiddle with Violin popping in in synchronization! I hope this was preformed live ❤️❤️❤️

[@Loispealz34]

I just noticed. This song is a prayer. Its not menphina singing. Its a devotee of menphina singing it like one sings at church!

[@abdyorozco4092]

That was the point I believe. Nald has the same thing going with their song being a prayer for a good after life

[@williek08472]

It's a mooncat song

[@thaurane]

Imo, since Hydaelyn was the one that created them and she has died. She's praying to her, her creator. Asking to see how she is now and hope she hears her.

[@MayHugger]

Take notes Christians, worship music CAN sound good.

[@Loispealz34]

@@MayHugger It usually doesn't sound too bad, its just sung by old church ladies that are half tone deaf. Also gospel is amazing.

[@RoyalCrustle]

To think my character's goddess, who I've wanted to meet in-game so long, would get so much focus in the storyline and an amazing battle theme like this is a dream come true! 🥰

[@yurisatoru1143]

Me too. I was waiting for 10 years and now finally some Eorzean Lore!

[@bradleonn]

Same! :D

[@adrianrandom3448]

I hope we can get Dalamud as a mount, bonus points if he also has Menphina chilling with him so we can be traveling buddies.

[@Xyrenos]

The mogshop baroness will be more than happy to oblige like back when with cruise chaser (jk)

[@scrunglebungus4992]

@@Xyrenos I’d pay the same price as cruise chaser for a Dalamud mount ngl, hell I’d pay double

[@Spark1est]

@@Xyrenos I wound glady pay 24 pounds for that mount

[@lavenderrain3379]

I have my dwarf rabbit minion out constantly since that's Menphina's disguise, it's like I have her out on adventures with me now! XD

[@Mrwednesday84]

I want a 1 to 1 scale version of him.

[@elduardo2496]

I see Soken is the current holder of the fiddle Johnny used to defeat the Devil in Georgia.

[@bane6419]

The golden fiddle

[@RobdeliaYT]

Love how positive and upbeat this one is. Feels like a really nice reaffirmation of Endwalker’s core themes considering the lunar motif they both have.

[@Brett276]

Our song of hope

[@7Celestron]

​@@Brett276 She dances on the wind...

[@djdiamond5710]

​@@7CelestronHigher, oh higher...

[@Vitenoxi]

it isn't Hatsune Miku, she doesn't have her trademark assault rifle

[@yesopenthedoor1179]

This makes me want someone to make a Hatsune Miku cover

[@anuragathelordofspectating9924]

Man, Love is A WAR.

[@sharkt8to966]

I can’t see the end of the horizon hatsune miku?!?!??!?

[@PunnyFuzz]

She was going easy on us

[@BoBennings]

BRUH

[@20xdee6]

I tip my lack of a hat towards the SAM who jumped into and out of a cleave zone just to get one directional

[@coffeeafters3x]

about a year late, but timestamp? I can't find it xD

[@astresengine]

@@coffeeafters3x 1:33

[@karaiyamoon237]

I love the 90's magical girl vibes this song gives off

[@levintine777]

I know we're in Heaven of Ice, but that fiddle is FIRE

[@notdryad]

aw yeah we 90s shoujo anime now

[@BungSaleh]

I ran this raid three times a day just for my daily dose of this song

[@BungSaleh]

And no I’m not getting better at dodging things 😂

[@artuno1207]

Same. I had already been awake for 24 hours by my third run, so everything was... hazy. I was healing too lol. Don't know how I didn't let people die.

[@ink3539]

@@artuno1207 Sleep deprived is the best way to experience this music I'm not gonna lie

[@Kumiko026]

This song is an absolute bop! They just keep getting better and better!

[@Highstar25]

Imagine going back in time to 2010 and telling people that this was a RAID BOSS theme song. The FF14 sound team are absolute geniuses.

[@vinnisvidya]

HATSUNE MIKU, IS THAT YOU? HAVE YOU COME TO PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY?

[@Reynsoon]

Nope, it's Hatsune Mikeu, sit down, he is about to talk to you about male emissive.

[@SUPERSONICGIRLIFY]

Goated Snapcube reference

[@ChroniclerofLore]

They've knocked it out of the park with the music this expansion

[@Netsaver]

Don't ask me why but I sense a great feeling of pure joy in the violin player like they were having fun able to just do the violin with all the passion they had.

[@villaniousmustache4898]

I love the voice acting. The raids. The scenery. The designs (I still laugh at how our customized wol will never look this good without illegal tools). The music. The intensity of each fight. It's back to back in terms of boss fight and it felt amazing for each god was unique and different and those mechanics were *chef kiss* ~ They didn't disappoint this time around. Every moment of this raid was exciting. I also won the minion with a 99 first try. 10/10 masterpiece and the wait was Worth it!

[@amitamaru]

I love how much it reminds me of 80s and 90s anime music.

[@SILVERONIN]

Looks like I made a great choice picking Menphina as my guardian deity, cause not do I love winter but violins/fiddles too lol this was a blast!

[@sicaria3530]

The violin going crazy is the best part~

[@calypsodiora7890]

I didn’t care for this that much the first run but now it’s stuck in my head😂

[@FalkRaegos]

There's the ones that like this boss theme, there's the ones that like Nadl'thal's theme more, and then there's me, that likes both of them.

[@SophiaAstatine]

The entire song reeks of more traditional European midsummers, but this one is definitely for the summer ball with flowercrowns, farmers daughters dancing, and slow sunsets.

[@dalgona4819]

I just heard this playing in my FC's estate and has been haunting me ever since. This song is just a banger. T^T

[@KC-ko4rh]

The way this radiates big 90's shoujo anime vibes

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Very playful, fits her personality.

[@geckomoriahreborn8447]

She rips off Meteion

[@venuzmodeling]

@@geckomoriahreborn8447 she doesn’t have shit to do with meteion

[@geckomoriahreborn8447]

@@venuzmodeling yes she does, she looks and acts very similar

[@Murder_Hornet]

"Go on, play!!" *Dala... the damn mutt... proceeds to try and freeze the team solid.* ...stupid rough housing dog.

[@flyingmoonlightbutterfly]

I've always loved the moon; my favorite goddess is Artemisa. That's why Menphina was my absolute first choice. And after this song and battle, I'm so happy with it :3

[@nia427147]

Magical girl girlboss

[@ProfessorHeavy1]

"Why can't I talk? I can't see beyond the raid arena-- HATSUNE MIKU!?"

[@abdyorozco4092]

"Oh ring of ice, have mercy on them" ma'am I'll have you know that that is not mercy and I hurts alot

[@actualglacier]

sound quality here seems to be much better than hungrychad's video. thank god

[@Jx_-]

You see, there's a violin and a fiddle. They're the same thing, but in this song you're not hearing a violin, that's a FIDDLE And that fiddle makes me want to tap into my non-existant Irish roots and RIVER DANCE and drink GUINNESS and MOCK the DUBLIN SPIRE and DEDICATE myself to MOONLIGHT

[@talithmara2589]

"Girls are born to step into the light." Me, a photosensitive night owl who needs sunglasses even on cloudy days: "I'm gonna need you to cite your sources."

[@sushiknight7013]

This sounds so much like a 90's anime opening

[@cnkclark]

A magical girl powered by Love and the Moon?

[@KC-ko4rh]

@@cnkclark Sailor Moon if you will

[@wade2306]

This track is so happy, I love it, especially the hook

[@yanastase]

Hype for the last raid "Thalia" if there still banger song

[@Lyu-Phy]

A song to fall in love with. Menphina 💓

[@orokanaangel9907]

I love both raid songs; looking forward to the last one!

[@pandamonea]

I feel like with this song after a long hard fight with the gods, this song is about getting round a bonfire under a full moon dancing and drinking after kicking the fuck outa each other idk xD

[@xxzodiarkxx7397]

The music in this alliance raid so far has been banger after banger!

[@SneakyMuffin]

My headcanon so far with these vocal tracks for the gods is that it's actually F'lhaminn that's singing, or who originally wrote them. Nald'thal she would've written because she was literally the Songstress of Ul'dah, it figures she'd write something inspired by their patron god. Menphina because, as many have pointed out, this song's from the perspective of a Moon Miqo'te, and F'lhaminn is one of those, despite the name suggesting otherwise.

[@DraconicCatgirl]

IMO considering many many many people have pointed out how In The Balance sounds like an "Anthem" for Ul’Dah This is more of a, cultural sort of song for Keepers, like a lullaby, something passed down from mother to daughter, probably more forgotten in modern day. I like your idea too though!

[@I_am_Samurai_Not_Ninja]

official lyrics , i need you

[@Zephhi]

the violin is fire as fuck

[@Setuaro]

it's wild to think that these gods are people from the world unsundered changed throughout the ages by dynamis...

[@Loispealz34]

I know i picked Azeima as my Patron deity... But holy fuck Menphina's theme. I have no trouble tanking to absolute bops, but i was boping so much, i do not think my healers apreciated the 7 vuln stacks. Or the fact that i refused to let the other tanks get aggro.

[@naldofrometa8965]

Both moon related bosses have banging osts!!! Sad bunny 🐰 and doggo maiden 🐶 have captivated my heart beyond words ❤️‍🔥

[@filipeteixeira8671]

The violin… omg

[@shademar3]

This song reminds me of Sailor Moon and The Slayers

[@LavanOutLoud]

I get Utena from this and I love that.

[@MistaHoward]

The lyrics are way too comprehensible to be Utena

[@TeeRells711]

Japanese 90s pop

[@pallyxav7597]

Mephina is what happens when Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury do the fusion dance. Love, Moon, Ice, blue hair in pigtails, and a theme that would work as a Sailor Moon episode opener. Lol.

[@astrealove2247]

How do you play melee and have spell effects on for all others in the party? How do you see anything?

[@uvi-]

I don't see anything, and that's the proper way to play this game

[@Skijaramaz]

@@uvi- I respect, fear, and feel endless pity for you all in one breath.

[@Copyblade5]

@@uvi- Based

[@jacobkern2060]

That's the neat part, you don't. You just operate on vibes

[@chinhthehugger9284]

@@uvi- as long as we hit something, its all good. doesnt matter if we're hitting the enemy or our teammate or ourselves, we're hitting stuff

[@inkblotCrisis]

Why do I get the feeling that when my BRD arse will be running this I'll be at the back Perfroming along with the BGM? Party Leader: MECHANICS! "WAIT! This is the violin solo!" (JAMS ON VIOLIN HARDER)

[@valory_terrencia]

Violinist went CRAAAZY

[@goozma1337]

POV: You are fighting a Magical Girl.

[@TheAsvarduilProject]

Now we know what it feels like to be an anime villain.

[@drob8220]

If someone told me the violinist was Lindsey Stirling I would believe them! Serious Lindsey Stirling vibes

[@wolfegalvin1685]

the violin in the beginning of the song reminds me of Dot Hack, so many memories.

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

That violin is just... **Chef Kiss** 👌 Also the choir at the beginning reminds me of Persona 4's afterschool theme

[@SLost-ArtFLAN]

Esta sera mi canción favorita ❤❤

[@StellarAvenger]

Ah, my patron goddess. I'm glad she has a theme that slaps.

[@willsword8100]

So far, which of the twelve would you like to see featured as a high-quality statue?

[@antenna_prolly]

with or without removable skirt

[@Nagoragama]

Byregot

[@EdgeKisaragi]

i was gonna rag on ur hotbars but then i saw u know what to actually do with aoes :D

[@DuoSanguis]

I still prefer "In the Balance" as a musical piece but Menphina's theme does have this overall superior uplifting quality about it. Can't wait for the final raid tier to put a bow tie on it.

[@sorakami4606]

are you going to put the ost : Unforseen Bargain Instance ?

[@uvi-]

I have it recorded, but I wasn't sure if there would be much interest in it. I'll get around to uploading it when I have some time

[@sorakami4606]

@@uvi- don't worry there will be at least one person who will like this ost

[@skye1420]

fiddle goes hard

[@laerwen]

Someone in my raid today called this music "mid". People are entitled to their opinion but I'm entitled to say their opinion is wrong LOL. "Mid" my arse. Imagine calling this "mid". What, just because it's not In The Balance? You can't duplicate that one and that's FINE :P

[@laerwen]

Also this feels incredibly Sailor Moon to me and idc, I'm a Xennial and it gives me nostalgia.

[@LuigisPikachu]

Nah chief, this is mid, your just self-entitling yourself to discriminating people based on their taste. Or mayhaps you like picking on the minority?

[@st6x]

@@LuigisPikachu you really saw someone say "i disagree that this song is inferior to in the balance" and decided the takeaway was "oh so you discriminate against minorities" ?? touch grass you runt

[@gumballdarwin2330]

1:59 violin part from classical music. What that classical song?

[@JCRXV]

Do your souls not feel heavy ?

[@HectorGalvan]

I would like to ask you some questions about your cross bar. like.. how do you acivate or push the ones that are verticarl. or are those jsut for vitual aid... as in for the timers etc?

[@uvi-]

Correct, the vertical hotbars are just there so I can see important cooldowns

[@HectorGalvan]

@@uvi- TY... I am a controller user ass well and i find it very useful!

[@GeorgeSu15]

Ye, official lyrics

[@DraconicCatgirl]

Thank you Menphina for reaffirming that Keepers > Seekers

[@juliog5206]

Love this energy ❤ thanks cute guy 😊

[@HazardSJ]

Dear god, Menphina is a furry!

[@GodsPrettiestPrincess]

Hatsune Miku boss theme

[@Suzaku571]

Hello, are Official Lyrics Available yet ?

[@uvi-]

Yep, they're in this video's subtitles (the "CC" button on the bottom-right of the video player)

[@mifam93]

Best raid i done so far

[@kirbgold]

Unrelated, but great username and profile pic

[@mifam93]

@@kirbgold thanks beat game 40 times

[@rh666]

1:47 "oh damn there's a safe spot"

[@KylieRos3]

Seeing the summoners large pets...Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJOxnquvrtSgobc

[@Reynsoon]

shamelessly copied from where I previously said it: All this fiddlin' will put Valens out of a job.

[@Hugsloth]

It's no "In the Balance", but... it's alright I guess

[@NamelessRava]

How Soken managed to get a Yoko Shimomura feature for this song is beyond me.

[@DraconicCatgirl]

She's done work at Square before y'know, right?

[@NamelessRava]

@@DraconicCatgirl Oh, this is just a joke about violins. I don't know whether or not she's actually featured in this song.

[@MaxMythos]

1:48 discord beep

[@ReesesBees]

Nope.

[@nao61_08]

This is a remix of music of "Songs of Salt and Suffering", but I like it! However, the guardian deity of Alamigo is "Rhalgr", and I don't think "Menphina" has anything to do with it, but why?

[@mort773]

When Disney leads FFXIV creative music direction😂

[@dpow9809]

Unpopular opinion but this is 10x better than "In the balance" imo, glad they changed it up.

[@Skijaramaz]

I wouldn't say it's 10x better, nor would I say it's any worse. Both songs are absurdly catchy, and both carry their own vibes that fit the scenario they've been put in. I mean, I barely slept last night party because this song was just blasting on repeat in my brain.

[@juliog5206]

Great song much better than in the Balance! Thank you Yoshi P and dev team 🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@marikafukuroi86]

she looks like k/da seraphine, not miku lmao

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Overall the song is mid (for FF14 standards that is, which means it’s god tier), but then the violin kicks in XD

[@feronar-warsongus221]

While this song is decent, it feels like a missed opportunity, and I liked Nald'thal's theme better, as it sound like it could have come from some sort of festival. I think Halone (The Fury) would have made a better final boss, as her theme could have been a military march with Ishgardian pipe organs mixed in, which could have been epic. Instead, we get a generic anime song. On the other hand, the Euphrosyne mid-boss theme with the fiddle I did really enjoy.

[@ahorseofcourse7283]

This music is a disappointment compared to In The Balance.

[@adrianrandom3448]

You're allowed to like something without having to put something else down, if you enjoy in the balance more that's fine, but things like these are always subjective and just because you find it "disappointing" doesn't mean that it actually is.

[@LuigisPikachu]

@@adrianrandom3448 amazing, we're not allowed to criticize what *you* like? Nice one there fella

[@thelemstar]

@@LuigisPikachu And are you actually giving critique to the artist instead of cynically whining on the internet about the things you don't like and disguising it as critique? There's no need to be so self-important.

[@mariechan]

Why is there a need to choose? I'll take ALL the bangers!

[@verothix]

@@LuigisPikachu There's a difference between criticizing and just saying something is bad, you know?

[@LuigisPikachu]

I'll just accept my place in a minority about not being into this one. Sounds like an off brand Christmas song on par with that *one* that's always played in shops.

[@Speedshot55]

I really need to get my ass shopping at the Christmas stores near you then fr

[@lawrencelopez9839]

it does sound like the kind of music you hear while walking around a mall

[@LuigisPikachu]

@@Speedshot55 enjoy being in shankville then

[@GeorgeSu15]

Touch grass

[@lightofthelives]

Once again, another banger :D