Smile - FFXIV Dawntrail (Slow Piano Version) feat. Chewie Melodies

This is a slower more mellow interpretation of Smile from Dawntrail!
Hope you guys like it!!! Hopefully I finish everything in time before the savage raids come out. Lemme know if anyone needs a sh*tty SGE in their party lol
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[@Convii]

This should have been the proper version we got. This is exactly the vibes this song should have given. I know the original gets a lot of hate due to its "disney vibes" and I slightly do agree, its wild how Akino sounds so whiny in the original when she sang brilliantly in "Scream". Amazing job this got me misty eyed whereas the original version did not.

[@fayte0618]

i have the feeling a slow/orchestral version will be given to us in the x.3 patch ending

[@mesabornapril9191]

Thx to your cover because I will loops this in spotify until for official album but You guys cover had beautiful voice and piano cover melody 🥲

[@amross2112]

This is so, SO much better than any of the versions in the game.

[@zacharyheng9962]

I find this better than the original

[@samnowaki5013]

I would listen to this on repeat on spotify its so good!

[@PeaLeaf]

@@samnowaki5013 Thank you so much!!! It actually is on Chewie Melodies’ spotify account along with his other dawntrail covers! open.spotify.com/track/4IMJvRkPuq8fsiIdrM2gVT

[@kagamine14]

The lyrics are so beautiful 😢 The fanfare of the original is so nice and hype like you’re in a parade, and your version is more intimate! Like if the game was a VN I’d see this as an ending theme when WoL gets to embrace their woobie

[@melchizedekpsj]

So lovely! Thank you, Pealeaf and Chewie! 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️✨

[@_em-grace_]

I always love your FFXIV renditions, but this may be my favorite!! Actually started tearing up a couple of times!

[@daistellae]

i can't stop listening to this

[@jazzychinchilla]

SO GOOD. ANOTHER BANGER FROM PEALEAF AND CHEWIE MELODIES this truly was our dawntrail (or something i've never gotten past ARR)

[@AllettoCC]

😮❤❤❤😮 Always love your guys new drops, keep it up 😊

[@jaketong6607]

I like your arrangement for this song to become more soft and beautiful! Feel relax and peace, especially listen the song at night!

[@fusrodahasian409]

I've been listening to your versions on Spotifiy! I appreciate this so much!!! Keep up the good work!

[@RedSoulVnT]

Beautiful! Amazingly beautiful. It made me tear up.

[@AlienneAshford]

Aaaa this is lovely!!

[@sudokujones8922]

I love it! ❤❤❤

[@Alien-X333]

Wow absolutely beautiful pea wonderful song amazing job

[@itsOasus]

This was very beautiful ❤

[@vyper8984]

You totally owned this song, it’s one of my favourite songs from XIV 🤗

[@mechachoi]

If pealeaf has a million fans, then I am one of them. If pealeaf has ten fans, then I am one of them. If pealeaf has only one fan then that is me. If pealeaf has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth.

[@LeonAndrews2001]

what a beautiful rendition!

[@ChewieMelodies]

Beautifully sung

[@RixsEmporium]

Soooo good!

[@Smile576]

beautiful!!

[@NormanKauss]

Wow, what first 5 seconds. Instant hook and sub!

[@Tenchi1016]

OMG !!! A NEW COVER !!!!

[@mechachoi]

GREAT COVER

[@AlphaXXI]

Sound much more natural at this speed, really cool job

[@user-ng1gz5tl6d]

very good, i like it

[@DefenderX]

Awesome 🤟

[@Varizen87]

This song is absolutely Wuk Lamat's theme. Personally, I liked her character, and I enjoyed the feeling of being a mentor traveling with a Protégé. I appreciated how much you could actively see her grow from a naive ball of energy to someone who understood the weight of the position she strove for, and the consequences that came of it.

[@athras8822]

What consequences? There were no consequences for her. The Scions and WoL were there to bail her out every step of the way. Her growth would be much more shown if she were able to navigate Zone 5 and the politics of Solution Nine by herself, while Scions and WoL were to handle Zone 6 concurrently. By WoL babysitting her the entire way, it really really stifles her growths.

[@Josco83]

Don't feel bad, I like some bad things, too. For example, I really enjoyed Waterworld and don't care what anyone says.

[@gumi2521]

@@Josco83 The thing is, i don't think Lamaty'i is bad to begin with. I feel the hatred really comes from just not vibing with her energy rather than her being particulary badly written.

[@klausvenus]

😅​@@Josco83

[@stephaniefernandez5389]

this is what It should of sounded like

[@zengrath]

Canada has so much talent, this is just more proof

[@rasalghul7384]

very Peaceful :) nice Voice

[@obscuratea]

This version is better than the one we got in 14.. It would have fit way better with the cutscenes we got it in.

[@pain-ter4651]

man i thought i didnt like this song cause i kinda hate the singer in 14... but MAN im in love with this song now, you did such an amazing job with it ♥ i have to listen to this on repeat for a while lol

[@Ikuraga]

Yo, sounds like a Disney song. In a good way! Noice! 👏

[@Stillpate]

This is actually my favorite rendition of this song

[@dodu8234]

I adore both this song and your cover, it does make me sad seeing all the distaste for it from others though

[@SimplyKyou]

❤

[@Tenzou988]

Sphene!!!!!! Listen to me!!!!

[@Josco83]

I'd have listened to the credits all the way through if this had been playing!

[@genocidegrand2057]

thx

[@AustinParkerKillulotz14]

Infinitely better than the original.

[@novasun1984]

🏵

[@GegeShenanigans]

Its not fair you should bé getting millions view

[@furuyafumikage]

I'm curious, what recording chain do you use? Especially the mic, it sounds so good

[@Nesdude42]

I don't often subscribe but you are just that good.

[@auroraboracat26]

I think the singer in the originally was drowned out by the instrument and choir. Would love to hear an isolated version.

[@LastMinWin]

I want this on an orchestrion . _.

[@azzathot993]

I'd love to have you as a shitty Sage in my party bahahaha Awesome version, thanks Pea

[@GodisGood941]

Are you referring to valorant or am i tripping?

[@Shikujiru]

@@GodisGood941 You are tripping I'm afraid

[@patrick8964]

This is so incredibly beautiful! I hope in the future you could also do vocals over the original track!!

[@masael255]

Wow! This is so much better than the original version, IMO! Amazing rendition!!

[@nickopkins]

I love this version. Your vocals are spectacular and not grating to my ears.

[@Deilais]

This is so good and you give the lyrics the justice they deserve. The original comes across as cheesy Disney montage that I feel didn't fit in very well in the game in the places that they used it, your version gives it the same gravity as "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" and "Flow", gravity I was really missing from one of the main themes of the game.

[@distantworlds3308]

Is this on I tunes?

[@pinkkite9794]

SOO nice Better than the original IMO

[@Jinkun2702]

Your version is leagues better than the original. You've got a wonderful voice!

[@stnmtnbeatz]

sounds like hydaelyn herself is singing to me 😌 absolutely beautiful

[@alibutterfly82]

Legitimately, I like your version better than the official one. And I think the high pitch of the song suits your voice better than the original vocal artist's.

[@quan2three]

I would've cried at the end if I heard this version.

[@GodisGood941]

Can u cover everglow from stellar blade? I think u would kill it

[@eevris5895]

Waaay better than original

[@Aitherea]

I felt like this song had so much potential, and i liked it all except for the chorus. Congratulations, you've "fixed" it and now I adore it wholeheartedly. You got me tearing up girl.

[@heromafia2739]

I like your version more than the original one 🙂

[@SpeedMechanic]

Damn you fixed the song

[@tommy200401]

ngl, your version is better than the in-game one

[@jordanio0825]

We should sign a petition to replace the original with your version.

[@thepainsight]

Better than the original by a country mile.

[@gumi2521]

Kinda wish the comments here were more possitive about the cover instead of just being used as an excuse to shit on the original song.

[@Fimbulvetr]

Fixed the song.

[@kaikojiro]

Don’t be disrespectful.

[@fuuind2625]

True

[@verdantmischief7092]

The original was fine holy crap

[@SpeedMechanic]

Nah the original is obviously too fast. The original singer did great on Scream but with Smile the notes that don't resolve to I can only guess add tension in my opinion don't fit the song. You can hate me for my opinion that's cool. I'm not the only one that preferred this beautiful version that I've probably listened to but a dozen times by now. No disrespect to the original singer, just didn't care for many of the music style choices through most of the xpac. That is most likely on the music director. Have a good day.

[@MrKnaives]

​@@verdantmischief7092I don't think so. It was too upbeat for what was going on. It should have been like this.

[@insertcognomen]

good song...tho felt out of place in ffxiv. seemed like it belonged in a disney movie

[@crowolf3862]

It’s the americas expansion. I’m pretty sure the disney/broadway vibe was deliberate.

[@ryu-kazuki698]

​@@crowolf3862 Yes, the Americas that includes Brazil, Columbia, etc. I get what you mean about the US and Broadway, but America is a super continent of mass diverse cultures that aren't just Broadway. The lyrics to Smile are fine. It's the performance and choice to bring in a constant disruptive choir that's not only disorienting but ruins the lead. This cover is exactly how it should have been. One singer.

[@fayte0618]

i mean dawntrail's story is very disney. Wuk is very disney princess coded. It fits

[@ryu-kazuki698]

@@fayte0618 Wuk Lamat is very Naruto coded. She's written like a Shonen protagonist and literally has a "I'm going to be the next Hokage" moment. Plus the fact that she has sandy blond hair in game, an orange outfit, and tries to Talk no Jutsu out of her problems constantly.

[@Cadugaming]

Wuk lamat destroyed this expansion, when this happy song came i had to skip it at how angry i was.

[@glados4765]

Its like youre trying to hard.

[@leighg9o]

Its because the original is god fucking awful. Shes done a good job lol

[@RyuLightorb]

@@leighg9o the original is great tho just like this is. not liking something doesn't make it awful.