Persona 5 - Last Surprise | Reacting To Video Game Music!

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[@gabrielmauger7608]

I actually can BARELY fathom the idea you've never heard this song before. I think this has a shot at being the single most popular persona song ever with all of the memes that surrounded it.

[@kiraexe.7856]

I really thought this was a reupload when I saw the notification

[@knicknevin9975]

I guess everyone thought it was such a low hanging fruit that no one thought there was a need to pay him for it.

[@chaospudding]

My favorite meme I ever saw involved Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince in the pool shark episode.

[@luciohernandez2283]

Yeah that’s crazy lol

[@herb2110]

he had never heard Megalovania until he reacted to it, so I'd say anything's on the board at this point

[@RasenCore]

I guess what happened with the requests was that everyone guessed the majority of people would request Last Surprise and requested other "less popular" songs, so in the end no one actually did 😂

[@itisnotVioletatall]

That was my theory too tbh 😂😂

[@xgremlynnx]

ah the bystander effect 😅

[@KuraiTama]

Its so funny (from what I gather from the comments) that everyone was so hived minded into thinking that EVERYBODY would request Last Surprise that almost NOBODY requested it. Thank you for that one individual he may have never sat and listened to this lmao

[@rontheauraknight9606]

It’s like the reverse of the popularity fallacy lol

[@Crocogator]

The thing I love about this song is that the lyrics really encapsulate what a turn based game is going for. "My mind is too fast for eyes." All that time deciding what to do? That's an instant in the perspective of your enemies. It's amazing.

[@J2ojuiced95]

Last Surprise is arguably the most iconic Persona battle theme other than Mass Destruction. The song is just so catchy thanks to Lyn’s vocal delivery and there’s nothing more satisfying in P5, than doing an All-out Attack right as the chorus hits. The only reason I can think of for Last Surprise having only one Patreon request, is that everyone thought it already had a bunch of requests.

[@PerfectScrewUps]

Lol. Shoji Meguro composed the whole thing. Give some credit.

[@FF-tp7qs]

No love for reach out to the truth?

[@sneakretster]

@@FF-tp7qs reach out for the truth is kinda mid

[@Kelpie9423]

time to make history is better@@FF-tp7qs

[@trots4940]

@@FF-tp7qs Reach out to the truth is better than Mass Destruction IMO. Now that new battle theme from Persona 3 Reload is really sick

[@xgremlynnx]

The bystander effect kept this one away for so long omg. 😂

[@xgremlynnx]

Is the song you were thinking of the cowboy beepbop opening btw?

[@JessesAuditorium]

I never figured it out=/ (I love that song btw)

[@Mrinsecure]

Given that this is the primary combat theme for Persona 5, it is very important to enjoy this song, because I assure you, you will hear this *a lot* going through the game. You will hear Lyn telling you that YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT COMING when you fall asleep at night, when you wake up (get up, get out there) in the morning, and when your thoughts idly drift through the day. It is utterly relentless, but it's so awesome I still didn't get fully tired of it, even after multiple playthroughs.

[@CasualCoreK]

The good news is that it's such a pleasure to listen to I found myself slowing down my turns deliberately to time all-out attacks when they would be less musically jarring

[@Mrinsecure]

@@CasualCoreK Yeah, it was always awesome when you could time it right so you could get an All-Out Attack finisher right as the chorus kicked in.

[@VainerCactus0]

@@CasualCoreK To be fair, waiting for the beat to drop before winning the fight is something the PT's should do, just because they're so much further ahead of their enemies. Gotta win in style!

[@JamBugz7]

It's kinda crazy how this song single handedly got me into the persona series all those years ago

[@matheus-ne6zo]

for me it was color your night

[@FSAPOJake]

I'm actually genuinely surprised this hasn't been done yet. It's probably the most iconic song from the game.

[@wraithflaire1639]

Certainly it is the first song I think of when I think persona 5.

[@Stormfall7]

I do find it a bit funny that you only had one request for this song, Jesse. As far as I know, tons and tons of people do in fact love this song. I purposely did not request this song when I first found your channel- even though I freaking love it- because I thought multiple requests for it were inevitable. It seemed like such an obvious pick given all the Persona 5 requests you have received. Seems that was not the case though lol. This song just has an energy that is easy to love. That chorus really does hit strongly, I agree. In regards to wondering if "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There" is related to this song, I don't believe so. That song is actually the opening theme for the game, while this song, "Last Surprise", is the regular battle theme of the game. I would say "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There" is more related to "Life Will Change", at least thematically, and they even directly reference each other in the lyrics. Really glad you enjoyed this, and also looking forward to you hearing more obscure Persona 5 songs down the line.

[@effortlessfury]

"I purposely did not request this song when I first found your channel- even though I freaking love it- because I thought multiple requests for it were inevitable. It seemed like such an obvious pick given all the Persona 5 requests you have received." I think you're right in thinking that, because I think everyone had the same thought, and thus no one requested it. XD

[@_Lis25]

Bystander effect at the full display XD

[@ItsXavi91]

Insane that it took this long to get this song on the channel lol

[@JessesAuditorium]

Requested November 2021 :x

[@Laurcus]

Wake up, Get up, Get out there is the main menu theme for original Persona 5. Last Surprise is the main battle theme for normal encounters in both original P5 and in Royal, but in Royal Last Surprise was replaced by Take Over specifically when ambushing enemies. Imo, the best songs you still haven't heard from Persona 5 are in order of my favorite to least favorite... 1. Throw Away Your Mask - Final boss theme of Royal. Since you said spoil away, the really cool thing about this song is the lyrics are from the PoV of the antagonist. It's basically his formal argument for why it's morally right for the heroes to give up. This song gives me chills because it's so sweet sounding but there's a profound sinister undertone when you understand the specifics of what it's really saying. It's basically the opposite of Wake up, Get up, Get out there. They could have just as easily titled it Don't wake up, Don't get up, Don't get out there. 2. I Believe - This is the Life Will Change of the final section of Royal, playing at the beginning of the end just before Throw Away Your Mask. This song is symbolic of the heroes finding their resolve to see their beliefs through till the end as you only get to hear it after a gut wrenching scene where you have to make a hard choice to not give up. 3. Demiurge II: Negai - Final boss theme of Strikers. Just a really fun track that hypes you up during the fight. 4. Jaldabaoth - Final boss theme of original Persona 5. It goes hard for an instrumental. Also worth noting we're getting another game, Persona 5 Tactica, in November. There's also a rumored Persona 5 Arena that's all but confirmed. I'm sure both of those games are gonna have some new banger tracks just like Strikers did so expect some new P5 requests in a few months.

[@joseuribe8076]

How accurate is that rumor for P5 Arena? Pls don't give me hope 😭

[@Laurcus]

@@joseuribe8076 The dude that leaked it also leaked Tactica and P3 Reload so I'd say it's pretty likely. Now that doesn't mean it's guaranteed, because the leaker could be both truthful and correct and that still wouldn't guarantee anything, since game dev projects get cancelled all the time, but I think it's a reasonable assumption that P5 Arena is at least in the works.

[@johnnychopsocky]

Gentle Madman Second best stage theme, right behind Whims of Fate.

[@blackromeoKOK]

Persona 5 is unique in terms of it's soundtrack. Unique in that some of the songs are sung in a specific way. They're sung from the perspective of the PC, the playable characters that we control. Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There is a rallying cry, it's the characters trying wake up the players. Getting them in the mood to fight the everyday corruption in society. Wake Up is about how life won't change if we do get up and change it. The first verse is about all the lies we're told that break us down, and how it's useless to resist it. But the hook says we can. We need to raise our voice against the liars, we need to swat lies in the making. And then asks why does nobody want change, because they aren't fighting for it. Last Surprise is the PC talking to the enemy. Warning them...taunting them. You'll never see us coming, but we'll get you. You think you have a plan to stop us, but we're two steps ahead. You think you're prepared for our arrival, but a lightning strikes your last resolve. I like the word play there, also playing into difficulty of saying English sentences for non native speakers. Life Will Change is more a direct continuation of Wake Up Get Up Get Out There. Life Will Change has lines from Wake Up, commenting on that sentiment, but then it adds a line of positivity and hope. Life Will Change, because we got up. This song is also from the perspective of the PC but it's directed to the Bosses. "We're coming for you to disrupt your corruption." That's the message of that song. Rivers In The Desert....my favorite song, is directed at...the big Boss. I don't want to explain more than that because of spoilers...but it's a personal Boss that's all I'll say. And the message of the song is "fighting you will be difficult, damn near impossible. To beat you we'd need a miracle...a last Ace in a lost hand. But miracles is what we do, we create Rivers In The Desert." The songs are definitely connected in the sense of rebellion against a corruption system, and drive to rub it in the face of said system.

[@seekittycat]

FINALLY!!!!! 😄 And this is the default battle theme. Imagine you're just running in a level, you run into a random Imp, cut to a battle screen and THIS STARTS PLAYING.

[@Axxidous]

You know, I mostly started watching your channel because you were reacting to Sonic music. But after hearing a theme that kinda gave me Persona vibes, I, without even knowing if you reacted to this or not, SEARCHED "Jesse's Auditorium - Last Surprise" and found this. So yeah, it was definitely a popular song and I'm glad you'd actually reacted to it.

[@johnnychopsocky]

Oh man, the Strikers/Scramble version of this is going to be *such a treat* for you. React to it, listen to it in your free time, whatever; treat yourself to that nice jam.

[@Noki_Kelevra]

It's also EXTREMELY worth it looking up and listening to live versions of the P5 soundtrack. Lyn is an absolute sweetie and you can actually see and feel how much fun she's having performing these songs.

[@NaegeruGaming]

Yeah I'm pretty people just assumed you heard it, it's like THE Persona 5 song, you hear it everywhere on the internet, even on stuff that has no relation to Persona

[@teldarin7557]

Persona 5's soundtrack lives rent free in my head, they really went all in for the style and I love it.

[@cactullor]

This song, to me, is the game announcing itself to you. Just like the main cast themselves, this song gets up in your face and demands your attention.

[@Torenhire]

I've heard this song infinity times between the games and out of it, and its still dope.

[@chandlerholloway2047]

Last Surprise is in my top 5 for best standard battle themes in RPG video games as a whole. In my over 3 decades of video gaming, with RPGs as my favorite genre, I have heard hundreds of standard battle themes and this one is easily top 5, maybe even top 3. My favorite part is the beat drop right before the chorus starts. Lyn singing "You'll never see it comiiiiin'~" without the beat behind her starting out and then having the hard instrumental during the rest of the chorus is so damn good.

[@ssjsylver]

"I've been waitin for this" ~ some dude with a protein addiction

[@dorianTFF]

Lmao it never even occurred to me that you’ve never listened to Last Surprise!

[@Malacite]

Been waiting for this one. Gotta be one of the best general battle themes ever. I swear it's impossible for Lynn to NOT create a total banger. I dunno how the hell P6 is going to follow up - I genuinely don't think it can, but I'm happy to be proven wrong

[@AxillaryPower2]

wait, have we actually not done Last Surprise yet? Maybe it hasn't been requested as much because everyone was like me and assumed you reacted to it already?!

[@HollowGolem]

Or even if he hadn't done it on the channel, the meme permeation had meant he already heard it out in the wild.

[@sdbzfan1]

the Scramble Version is my jam

[@Dominion_Hawks]

It feels weird that you haven't listened to this song as this was one of the ones shown before the game released and it was EVERYWHERE. And so it does feel good to see someone first reacting to such a bop. What's left? Pretty much everything is a banger in this game

[@timlamiam]

the bass slays this track. So much flow.

[@Nedoxu]

This is the NORMAL battle theme of Persona 5. It's great.

[@itsaUSBline]

I thought this was the normal battle theme in Persona 5 Royal but not in the original P5. They usually switch the normal and ambush ones. Like, they did the same thing between P4 and P4 Golden, where the normal battle theme from P4 was used as the ambush theme in Golden. I might be mistaken, though.

[@AzurelimitM]

@@itsaUSBline "take over" is the ambush theme in Royal which is basically 90% of encounters so it might as well be the normal theme. last surprise plays when youre spotted before encounters in Royal but is the only normal battle theme in the original P5 regardless of ambushes.

[@Fuzunga]

​@@AzurelimitM I played Royal for 160 hours and I heard Last Surprise maybe 5 times.

[@t0x1cfire75]

Ah, the song that they use for standard battles. I mean it's an amazing song, but it kinda starts to get a bit repetitive by like hour 60+ especially if you do a lot of grinding in the dungeons. So you will be hearing the beginning of the chorus *a lot* Still the hook is always great, and people meme the "you will never see it coming" all the time to random persona announcements and the like.

[@nachot6592]

I guess we just assumed you had heard it because you hear this all the friggin time while playing P5. The lyrics of the songs connect to each other almost directly. The strikers version is even better.

[@johnnychopsocky]

Yeah, I bet that everyone just assumed Jesse wes deluged with requests for that song and thought "maybe I'll throw him this less obvious pick"

[@itsaUSBline]

I kind of prefer the original, but the Strikers version is badass. And when I finally got around to playing Strikers, nothing beat the feeling of that rock version of Last Surprise kicking in in the big fights. So good.

[@kainthe4th]

Beneath the mask has a combat remix from Atlus used in Smash ultimate, different lyrics throughout.

[@VainerCactus0]

Nobody saw that base coming! In P5 this was the main battle theme, in P5R this was the normal battle theme, but if you ambushed your enemy, (which was most of the fights if you were doing it right) Take Over would play instead. Take Over is good, but some people were upset because they heard Last Surprise less often.

[@zealous404]

Wow lol this took way longer than it's needed, last surprise is probably the most iconic P5 track

[@Nysteria]

I think that the reason that your backlog only had 1 request for this song is because people thing "surely he already has about 100 requests for one of the most iconic songs of the game, so I'll request a more obscure one that I like"... Which in turn makes almost no one request it, in this case, a single person.

[@BlueAsterismSolstice]

Persona 5's music is so good. This was always the first banger people listen to of the game. Now imagine. This is literally combat music in the game when you get the jump.

[@gabeatron3922]

I just got Persona 5 last week, this was really fortunate timing!

[@fighterman4812]

I'm sure others have commented this, but Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There is the song for the opening cinematic (before the main menu) of the game, and Last Surprise is the standard battle theme, so they actually don't play too close together, there's a solid chunk of time before you hear Last Surprise. Oh, and the difference between P5 and P5 Royal is that Royal is mostly the same game with a bunch of extra content. Below is some other highlights from the game, and I know this isn't a formal request or anything, just putting them on your radar/recommending them to others who may not have played the game. For "hype" songs you haven't heard, Colors Flying High, I Believe", and Throw Away Your Mask are probably the other big ones. Swear to My Bones is what I'd put next on that list, but it's a hugely different vibe from most of the hype songs. Oh, and if you listen to Throw Away Your Mask, look for the edit that has Keep Your Faith in it as well - the two songs play sequentially in-game, and they use the same melody but different instrumentation and Throw Away Your Mask has vocals, so it kind of feels like they're meant to be together. I'm also quite fond of Gentle Madman, though that isn't a hype song and isn't quite your usual fare. I would kind of compare it to The Days When My Mother Was There in terms of mood/tempo, but they're not really the same genre. Others that you'll probably see are A Woman, a very interesting piece stylistically, Ark, an overall solid piece with a neat vibe, Hoshi to Bokura to, the P5 counterpart to P5 Royal's Our Light (both play during the credits of the true ending of the games, both are in Japanese. If you listen to Hoshi to Bokura to, you need to listen to Swear to my Bones first, though - they share a lot of commonality and Hoshi to Bokura to builds on Swear to my Bones), and Butterfly Kiss and Layer Cake are a couple of huge vibe songs. There are others, of course, the soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal, well worth a purchase if you like VGM, but those spring to my mind immediately.

[@2dat115]

What's left no more what ifs I believe and so much more

[@NaegeruGaming]

Wake Up get up Get out there is the intro song for the original Persona 5 game Last Surprise is the Main Battle theme for the original Persona 5 game (and also plays in Royal if you surprise your opponent) They're close in key because they are the two "Main themes" of OG Persona 5

[@mojojojox5043]

This song is quite popular so I've heard this before lol, it's been in my collection for quite some time. Was my favorite Persona song for awhile. The groove here is outstanding and the bass is movin', love the tone, it sounds clean. The vocals are great as expected and the strings are an underrated star here, what I like about the song is the context. It's a battle theme and reminds me of what Alex Moukala said that the theme is the Phantom Thieves (main party) saying to their enemies "good luck, you're pretty much done for" but in a very snazzy and stylized way. The oohs remind me a bunch of the a similar section in Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. This song is just a good groovy time.

[@deanospimoniful]

Whoever is playing the bass is going to town.

[@Zarshack69]

Surely there have been requests for "Throw your Mask Away"???

[@vkchimera4081]

Been my ringtone for years now!

[@Ikaruga815]

Square enix, Falcom, Atlus ! The game music of these Japanese companies is full of charm and different styles.

[@nitewalker7886]

I have been waiting for you to react to this song!!!!🎉

[@_Adie]

What's crazy is that I can hear the gameplay sounds over the song. And I haven't even played that much P5.

[@timlamiam]

Wake Up Get Up Get Out There, Life Will Change, and I Believe (from Persona 5 Royal) all reference the same melody in 3 different songs, almost like Another Brick In The Wall does in The Wall.

[@rantingrodent416]

I've been waiting for this to finally come up. One of my favourite things about this song is that it's a standard battle theme and the lyrics are actually about how absolutely screwed random encounter enemies are when they run into the party. I bet the main reason there was only one request is that it's so popular in the fandom that anyone making requests would think "oh, surely he already has a ton of requests for Last Surprise, so I won't waste my request on that, I'll use it for a less popular track that I love"

[@bradreed4414]

5:10 as a bassist myself this entire ost is amazing lol

[@NicolasDarknessWolf]

Ohhh I totally recommend you listening to the Strikers ost those are ufff chefs kiss

[@NameLess-ry5my]

The bass is actually a MIDI bass.

[@rakh3942]

3:23 the bass player doesn't exist, I'm pretty sure. The bass present in all Persona 5 OST is a Spectrasonics Trilian VST preset

[@UzumakiD_luffy]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you for not pausing the song whenever you want to say something! 🙏🙏❤️ Some channels made their reaction literally unwatchable by how much they pause the song multiple times!! Thank you again

[@arielmartinez94]

This is a battle theme while "wake up, get u, get out there is the opening song, both were introduced in the original p5

[@DaChongster]

I'm almost positive the man that does the bass work is Motohiro Kuroda. At the very least he's played bass for many of the game's live concerts. He has a youtube channel if ya wanna check em out, mainly jazz lessons but he even has some recordings of persona content there.

[@pedrozanon7245]

I wanna say almost every instrument in P5 OST are synthesized. There is no credits for musicians in the album bar Lyn and the String Sections in a couple of songs.

[@AnimalPuff]

Idk why but the way you described how it reminded you of another song, it made me think of Got To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn

[@NeoFulgur]

Great song, so cool seeing you vibing to these P5 songs so much. Also, hey Svent! ;)

[@gpocketgamer7981]

Finally you reacted to my favorite song from P5!

[@BooDoodlezzz]

Can we campaign to have Uncle Jesse pick up Persona 4 or 5 on Steam and do a playthrough of those like he did with the Final Fantasy games? Sooooooo much music he's going to fall in love with.

[@trecstan]

Haha I think it was literally a couple days ago when I was thinking “has Jesse heard Last Surprise? Jesse should hear Last Surprise.” Expected it to be one of the first ones you would’ve heard lol.

[@TarundiMC]

I'm guessing it didn't get requested much because it's so popular that people assume it's already been requested, or focusing more on lesser known gems.

[@RPGMel710]

i literally thought the reason this hadn't been on the channel is because of the bunnytails raid alert so this is a very pleasant surprise. hopefully not the last surprise i get from this channel.

[@JessesAuditorium]

🥁

[@tibor-s7g]

Still the coolest battle theme in gaming! 😎

[@oshaapproved7612]

man the bass goes crazy in this song.

[@ougazu32]

I thought you've already reacted to this song lmao, while this song is probably Persona most popular song ever

[@lawrencepope7032]

Ah! What a Suprise! I never saw it comin!

[@kestrelynn]

Persona 5 has 2 more sings that are must listens I believe and Throw your mask away are the 2 climactic songs from the updated versions of the game

[@rudyramadhana4127]

you never see it comingggggggg~

[@kestrelynn]

As a vouch to play persona 5, it may be long, but its a type of long you dont have to commit to. You can play an ingame day and turn off the game after 2 minutes. If you have the time you can play for longer Its also chill most the time so is a relaxing thing to do

[@Ninjacatburger]

As far as songs remaining, Layer Cake is up there for me, but I think you’ve hit pretty much all the highlights.

[@stephmendes_]

I'm SO SURPRISED you didn't listen to this song yet xD I associate all P5 songs with marbles because of you lol

[@VikTimmy]

There’s plenty left from P5 and its spin offs, especially if you count remixes. I suspect that you’ll have an influx of requests for persona 3 music early next year though once P3Reload drops

[@GunmetalGator]

Wonder if Jesse will react to the Persona 5 The Phantom X's songs possibly, and if not... once February comes, Reload is a MUST.

[@ryancurtis5425]

The best way I can describe Persona 5's OST is a mix of rock, jazz, and funk- and maybe a little bit of jazz fusion. It's a bit classy, which makes sense since this installment takes hints from the gentleman thief trope.

[@GamingWithPatrick87]

Have you listened to any music from Pokemon: Scarlet or Violet?

[@sliphstream4927]

P5 soundtrack is S-Tier amazing. The only downside is that everytime you hear it, you want to miss some days of work to play it again!

[@MrRagston]

....... it's crazy this is the last one, surprising as hell Wait...... But naw, that's really crazy as hell. This is the most popular Persona song period.

[@fullmetalheichou4336]

i guess everyone assumed some else must have suggested Last Surprise already

[@mirageowl]

how have you never listened to this this song is the reason I bought P5

[@slayeroffurries1115]

Las Surprise is the combat theme. Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There is the main opening of the game

[@kura2ninja944]

That chorus.. bet you never see it coming.

[@M1dny9ht]

I bet you never saw it coming, how good this song is ;)

[@brandonpritchard6696]

To me this song is the party just sh!t talking their enemies and i love it.

[@vivithegr8389]

i want Layer Cake so bad

[@Elban19]

My comment got deleted for some reason, so I'll try again. Look up Orbit: You'll never see it coming for probably the biggest meme affiliated with this song.

[@leftymu]

This was a top one for me too, and P5 Royal replacing it with a track I didn't particularly care for is one of a bunch of reasons I prefer the original over Royal

[@oatmealftw]

OH BOY!!!!

[@TheMasterGoo]

Well now we have to get him on the P5S version.

[@reliczurge]

classic

[@Malficious]

I do really like Last Surprise as a combat theme, but I like Take Over more personally

[@dinonadoop]

As someone who's never even played persona, even I'm shocked to see this reaction hasn't happened yet. It's almost on a megalovania tier of fame

[@itsaUSBline]

Now you gotta do the Strikers version.

[@jarelldavis31]

Clicked faster than the speed of light!❤

[@felipebisi4145]

Personally i am more of a fan of the Hunting and its variations of Digital Devil Saga My overall favorites of SMT/Persona is Strange Journey SMT IV and Digital Devil Saga On P5 my favorites are Take Over and Throw away your Mask

[@dooroofoo6512]

What song(s) is playing during the review part?

[@RoyKoopaling]

Never really understand these channels that are about analysing OSTs, but don’t do lyric videos?

[@Hostyl176]

I see Jesse. I see Persona. I press play, click like and make a comment for Al Gore's rhythm!

[@FF-tp7qs]

Persona 3 Reload has a new vocalist and they made a new version of Mass Destruction, and it seems that sone fans aren't exactly thrilled with the new version

[@LoopyChew]

Wait- how- really- I cannot believe this is your first listen to Last Surprise. It’s easily the most iconic track from the P5 franchise, with WUGUGOT photo-finishing second. And no, nobody BUT nobody sleeps on the bass in this song. For context, this is the fight song for Vanilla P5, which is also in non-ambush attacks in Royal (which, if you play the game correctly, you don’t hear nearly as frequently). “You never see it coming” is pretty metatextual, because that first time around, you definitely never saw this coming.