Take Me To Church but it’s EPIC || Gideon The Ninth Animatic || Hozier Cover by Reinaeiry

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Read below for the music and animatic process!
This has been one of the longest passion projects I’ve worked on, and I’ve LOVED every second. It's been my absolute honour to work with some of the most talented musicians and artists on this, and everyone involved has put their heart and souls into this project over the last few months. I could not be more PROUD of how it all turned out. Hehe. Yay. 🥳
⚔️ MUSIC ⚔️
I’ve always yearned for a Phantom of The Opera style orchestration of this song. In late 2023, I pitched the idea to my favourite instrumentalist and multi-talented friend, Kāru. The moment he started working on the orchestration, I knew it was going to be magic. PS. can you hear those church bells ringing in the background? because church... it’s in the name. Finger-guns. Wink.
On the vocal end of things, I had written into the very bones (haha) of the vocal arrangement to have a HUGE worship-style gospel choir alongside the leads. I experimented with three different live-choirs before finally landing on Itunu whose sound I truly, truly loved. I had the best time ever recording the leads for this song, and even though I always love the process of recording and arranging vocals, this holds a very special place in my heart. Hozier is truly an artist like no other, and he’s my absolute favourite lyricist of all time so it was just a pleasure and a half to work on this.
⚔️ ART ⚔️
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir!! If you find the concept of sassy necromancer lesbians fighting in fantasy space (+ so, so much more) to be an interesting premise, I promise you won’t regret picking this series up (not sponsored, this entire project was made by fans for fans! I truly am just a nerd at heart)
I finished Gideon The Ninth late 2023 and was immediately obsessed. An idea then fell out the sky and stabbed me through the chest. What if I got a GTN animatic to accompany my cover? The more I thought about the similarities between the story and the song, the more it made sense. So, I crossed my heart and reached out to @cadencelewisart to request a commission! She’s a huge fan of the books as well and I think that love and care really shines through the final scenes. I could not be more pleased with the animatic and I hope you all enjoy it too!
You may recognise a few iconic poses such as “The Creation Of Adam”, "The Last Supper", and so, so much more! Head on over to my instagram to see some Behind-The-Scenes action for this animatic!
✨ CREDITS ✨
Lead Vocals, Vocal Arrangement: Reinaeiry
Instrumentalist: Kāru
Animatic Artist: Cadence Lewis
Gospel Choir: Itunu
Mix & Master: Mike Butler
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#TakeMeToChurch #ButItsEPIC #GideonTheNinth #Reinaeiry #Hozier #TheLockedTomb #Animatic

[@reinaeiry]

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[@sylvan-dreams]

i just had a religious experience???!?!!! what the fuckkkk. also when gideon shows up behind her surrounded by all two hundred of the ninth kids i just started crying

[@zarris2635]

"You’re already two hundred dead daughters and sons of our House. What’s one more?"

[@pookarahs.projects]

YESSSSS

[@mr.turtlemelon1221]

THIS IS INSANE RAAAAAH WHEN I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER YOU DROP A LOCKED TOMB ANIMATIC?!

[@reinaeiry]

It's my current obsession. Love me a butch ginger main character. Life is so beautiful

[@Flare-sv3kj]

@@reinaeirywhat books have you read so far from the series??

[@Pinkywinkykinky]

@@reinaeiry she's giving me scorpia vibes from some fanart i'm interested now

[@tylerdunning5395]

I can't even read the second book cause I'm still mad about Gideon

[@Flare-sv3kj]

@@tylerdunning5395 oh dude, Harrow is even better and more angst✨

[@johnlzhc]

the way that everyone who dies turns into a red siluette when they die, but then Gideon is just on a red background. immersed in death but still present. the SYMBOLISM

[@NakVerrion]

ONE FLESH ONE END

[@aardbei54]

SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE

[@littlepinktiger3891]

SUGARLIPS

[@Fandomsaremylifee]

I WAS ALREADY SOBBING

[@Fandomsaremylifee]

I’ll keep the home fires burning

[@robbishreal]

Stop, we're crying already!

[@addamii]

That last chorus HIT wow. The art and song work together so well I was grinning like an idiot the whole way through

[@reinaeiry]

Thank you 💜 I wanted the last chorus to sound like Gideon and Harrow singing together in unison, almost melding together into one voice; I also wrote the "take me! take me!" lines with Harrow in mind but I suppose it could go both ways now that I think about it :)

[@marinveloso6083]

REINAEIRY? GIDEON THE NINTH???? ANIMATIC?! Absolutely deceased

[@angie_is_tired]

ok but reinaeiry’s voice should be registered as a weapon because it does lethal things to my heart 😩♥️😮‍💨

[@alivingpersonudontknowbehi6082]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF SNURCH WITH THIS ONE ‼️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@comlicab2041]

MY SNINS BOUTTA FINALLY BE ABSOLVED 😭😭😭

[@aarone9093]

absnolved

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson]

HELP I KEEP SEEING THIS WHAT IS SNURCH

[@comlicab2041]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson A place people go to worship like a snail at the snine of her snight

[@aarone9093]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson snurch is snurch, whaddaya mean

[@mothlee]

LISTEN I've been saying this was a Locked Tomb song for AGES and I can think of no better way to be proven right!!

[@serpentsembrace782]

I AM SOBBING. That last chorus with Gideon appearing behind Harrow along with [redacted]... Both music and animation really sold the emotion of that scene. I will never recover. 😭💚

[@rileywolton5976]

everything that happens after 3:45 is absolutely brutal, but knowing the plot of Harrow the Ninth and hearing 'take me' screamed over and over with heart-rending desperation is like a rapier to the throat. Incredible arrangement decision

[@Orange-tf3bf]

4:01 Perfect encapsulation of Harrow's guilt and Gideon's importance to her, my god

[@zarris2635]

That image of Gideon at about 4:19: "Saint Gideon, First Flower of the Ninth House, Cavalier to our honored Reverend Daughter, Harrowhark Nonagesimus."

[@cadencelewisart]

Tlt and hozier, my loves....this was truly a dream project. Thank you, Eiry!!!! Your music is incredible

[@reinaeiry]

Thank YOU! You are a wonderful artist

[@the.wastrel]

Amazing work!! Definitely my favourite design for the teens

[@moosemoss42]

SOMEONE CALL A NECROMANCER FOR MY SOUL HAS LEFT MY BODY GODDAMN THIS IS INCREDIBLE

[@carrionflowers]

i don't usually say this but i PRAY someone has shown this to tamsyn, i know our former tumblr queen would appreciate this more than all of us combined

[@shannna]

This entire production hit me through the heart like an iron fence post How dare you

[@arcane_snail]

OUCH HOW DARE YOU

[@naomiburgess9619]

HEY

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson]

cmon man this video was traumatizing enough-

[@leiawytte]

the shot of harrow and alecto switching to the pool scene is making me so insane

[@stalking_people4183]

your arrangement of lyrics and pacing in gtn is so good, i got GOOSEBUMPS!! when "that looks tasty, that looks plenty" coincided with harrow "vultures and scavengers" speech, when the scene with gideon and cytherea-as-dulcinea was overlaid with "she demands a sacrifice", the fucking AMEN after gideons death??? OUGH YOU GOT ME, fantastic work!!!!

[@marvelousanything3844]

I AM LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH FOR THIS.

[@98tuffluv]

Reinaeiry and The Locked Tomb??? Two of my favorite things??? Oh my god? This is AMAZING

[@m3rrys0ngstr3ss]

The art is fucking phenomenal, and I love how it seems to weave Harrow and Gideon's POV back and forth with the lyrics.

[@eternalelune2858]

NO WAY WOOHOO! Keep listening to women singing this song and imagining TLT animatics and THIS DROPS!

[@eternalelune2858]

Update: finished it… ohhhhhhh gosh 😭🙏

[@diaverasmr2402]

OMGGGG EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS SO AMAZING!! THE ART, THE, MUSIC, EVERYTHING! PLS MAKE MORE BUT IT'S EPIC SONGS!

[@reinaeiry]

Absolutely, I will! They are the most fun for me to make! Though, they do take quite a bit longer to complete as I always try my best to put as much thought and consideration to how I want my final vision to come across. I'm very glad you like these 💜

[@maryprosch955]

the amount of work in this is so telling and the art and vocals are SO gorgeous. ✨

[@MsRockPhantom]

Breaking my heart again for Gideon and Harrow 💔😭

[@dazeddaisy6768]

1:34 Harry's starry eyes after the construct fight is one of my favorite moments

[@peachypet808]

The Creation of Adam scene stood out to me immediately! Damn, I got chills...

[@veritablyfelice]

*me logging into every google account I own to like this video*

[@alexiswright1286]

This animatic singlehandedly made me re-read Gideon the Ninth in one sitting after watching it. I'm not watching this on repeat. You are.

[@ambrosewyllt]

holy SHIT this must've taken so much effort and it shows. the char designs and environments.... the expressions,,,,, the timing with the music....... so perfect

[@faelyn42]

Watching this during a thunderstorm and my power went out at *exactly* 3:54. Didn't even question it, just assumed the vibes were that powerful.

[@lesbianmoneysexual3945]

Been thinking about them to covers of this song for a while, I am positively stunned by this epic version and the visuals. Now I gotta go cry...

[@linklesprinkle2646]

I can't unhear 'Take Me to Snurch' 😭

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson]

WHAT IS A SNURCH HELP

[@linklesprinkle2646]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodFishPerson Snail church, it's a song cover on her other channel, fairyeiry.

[@darebearius1868]

CAN I JUST... Calmly! ... Say... I cannot even believe this. Avid book reader and longtime music listener. I read this book a couple years back, and it left such an impression. So strongly, in fact, that I have not reread it once, but I remember most everything that happened. And I know there are books after it, but it's been... A genuine struggle after her death. And to see you did an animatic on this story? I kinda cried all over again, just remembering.

[@nicholastaylor3128]

You have left speed holes in my heart.

[@desolate358]

There is no words to describe this, amazing , perfection doesn't cut it. Thank you so much! I love this song and Gideon the Ninth.

[@devanrachel3085]

Idk what the animatic is for but HOLY FUCKING SHIT EIRY YOUR VOICE???? I’ve been following you for over 2 years and I am so so proud of how you’ve grown. I think this is the best cover you’ve ever made.

[@littlepinktiger3891]

This is perfect. Literally exactly how i imagine a tlt animatic in my head. This is like how artists wish someone could make their ideas for them but have to make them themselves.. except i dont. you did it. absolutely gargantuan props to everyone who worked on this!

[@maraness_lara]

I'm reading Harrow for 4-5 days just after Gideon finished in 10 days 😂😂😂 love that so much! What a timing ❤❤❤ This should be adapted in series.

[@alicedruitt4805]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES (my only objection is no Cam in the bone shield at the end, or Ianthe vs Cyth but still - ) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[@valkyrie-randgris]

I don't think I've ever seen ANYONE draw Cam in the bone shield with them honestly. Lol. I mean I get it, but rip Cam.

[@Wermfare]

I literally just reread it so that was my first thought too, perhaps shes in that tiny corner offscreen, considering it says she was respectfully looking away

[@ryn8769]

I think it’s more symbolic as harrow and Gideon near the very end are only thinking about each other and everything else fades away in that moment

[@toni-1295]

Wooooo this is epic but not as great as take me to snurch

[@reinaeiry]

PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSEEEEEEEEEEE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🐌

[@dianehoekstra6880]

I had to stop what I was doing and just watch this slackjawed. This is my fav version of this song now and forever. Thank you.

[@shoinwewd8938]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I CANT- I JUST CANT THIS IS TOO GOOD, BROUGHT BE TO TEARS I SWEAR THI WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST READS LAST YEAR AND NOW THIS DROPPED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

[@indiecrowarts]

Do I know literally anything about the IP this animatic is on? No but I saw Rea+Hozier+Animatic so I knew I’d be in for a good time

[@Fandomsaremylifee]

3:27 Actually crying in a chipotle rn… I am in love with this

[@ryn8769]

Literally just finished my reread of Gideon 5 minutes ago and I open KZbin to see this. My heart ❤❤❤❤ T-T

[@AVeryTiredChild]

Reinaeiry, singing Hozier, in a TLT animatic? I am fed

[@ladysilkwing]

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I JUST FINISHED READING GIDEON THE NINTH AND THIS IS WONDERFUL TO WATCH AFTER!!

[@asterc1249]

do you ever hear something and your heart just feels so full and content and right? This cover is like that for me

[@neonemoism]

The lyrics being "good god let me give you my life" when showing Coronabeth and Ianthe are just impeccable when you think about their relationship by the end of the book

[@paris_mars]

*_Violent gasp_* Half way through the song and I realise this is a Lcoked Tomb video. I just finished binge reading the first three books a couple days ago. This is glory! Love both the music and the video!

[@Puffleman24]

God I hope Tamsyn Muir sees this because I can't imagine a better combination than Hozier, fan-made animation and fuckin' Harrowhawk goddamn Nonagesimus to make this the most intense power ballad I've ever seen

[@reinaeiry]

Oh PLEASE I would love for her to see this just so she knows that there's people out there who still absolutely love her world and characters and that we'll be patiently waiting for Alecto

[@davidmauriciogutierrezespi5244]

I clicked on the video because there's skulls and Reinaeiry, so it was bound to be good. But damn, this animatic now made me wanna read that book

[@aardbei54]

It's really really good

[@davidmauriciogutierrezespi5244]

@@aardbei54 I'll added to my TBR

[@catalinapineda733]

When I saw the title I thought, she can't make this song much more epic than it already is, then I heard it and epic was the only word I could use to describe it.

[@Fishfoe]

I'M GOING INSANE THIS IS SO GOOD God, when Harrow was reaching to Gideon, with the parallels to the Creation of Adam... perfect! The whole climax was *beautifully* handled!

[@emeraldgaze]

ooo i got chills at 'only then i am human, only then i am clean'

[@K.mentzer]

I just need you to know that this animatic/cover was so beautiful that it made me read Gideon the Ninth so I would understand what was happening.

[@TaylaChan]

YEAAAAAAA THIS IS SO GOOOD

[@rcalon]

THIS IS SUCH A MASTERPIECE AAAAA. Your voice is so perfect for this omg, the animation is incredible! I had chills watching this 😭❤❤

[@ThorirPP]

I recognized the amazing art of the animatic immediately. Cadence Lewis is such a great artist and amazing at bringing to live the scenes and the emotions in her animatics, I just don't got the word it is so pretty She only has two Locked Tomb animatics on her youtube, but I very much recommend checking them out cause they are both in my favorites animatics out there And that amazing artistic talent coupled with your beautiful and talented voice? Just pure gold. An absolute masterpiece I loved this so insanely much

[@helenaoliveira5279]

I wasn't expecting to be destroyed like that AGAIN by Gideon the Ninth. WHY? WHY I DO THIS TO MYSELF? to see two sapphic universes reunited in gridlehark and reynaeire, that's why! I'm here crying again over a fictional character and I've known her history for 4 years, but of course this musical angel in the form of a woman comes and makes me cry again with a 5-minute animatic. I didn't need to go through this trauma again 😭 But also, thank you dear for this masterpiece, wonderful as always! 💜

[@eeowyynd]

I actually read the book so I could watch this and I am now crying thank you for the book recommendation it’s insane I love your singing, really I absolutely admire the storytelling woven into your voice wow I’m emotional lmao thanks again

[@sparo_art]

This was absolutaly breathtacking!! Congrats to everyone envolved in this !!

[@Queerfin]

No cuz I'm sobbing again. You can't do this to me AGAIN. THE STRANGLED SCREAM THAT LEFT MY BODY AT GIDEON DYING AGAIN 😭

[@artemisiatheta7549]

Had this on a loop for a bit when it hit streaming last night! Absolutely loved your cover. Thank you so much!

[@Orange-tf3bf]

2:00 I SCREAMED HHH This is so perfect

[@haveanicedaymyself3087]

I WAS LITERALLY NEED OF THIS SONG FROM YOUR VOICE THANK YOU!!!

[@Arttaic]

CONGRATS TO Y'ALL FOR MAKING THIS MASTERPIECE

[@edittheunicorn]

WOOOOOOO new cover!! now we wait for snurch :D i'll probably read the series now, gotta understand the animatic too

[@JeremiahFrye]

Now I want other song covers for the rest of the books.

[@Runealin]

okay this is the final push ill be reading tlt shortly you didn't lie about the but its epic i got CHILLS thats awesome!!!! your voice and the instrumental and the ART??? (so insanely good) this was so epic

[@lilalino]

got goosebumps at "when the ritual begins" that was so perfect??!!

[@mayamiyazaki2672]

This is an absolute masterpiece. It's like seeig gtn being animated and the music fits it so weeell !! Thank you so so much for this wonderful work

[@avakeahiakacreature7810]

Wow both are absolutely stunning 😮❤🎉

[@JessiJoy]

I didn't need this hit of feels in the morning! Holy crap, I should have KNOWN you know TLT. Be still my soul for Griddlehark! This art and the cover and I will not recover! It's perfect! Thank you for sharing this artistic vision with us. The amount of people who are going to pick up the books from this and go 'What the....?' fills me with joy!!!! XD

[@JessiJoy]

Andddddd... it made me write a fic. PyrrhaDveotee on Ao3 if anyone is curious.

[@cadencelewisart]

​@@JessiJoy OMG!?!?! Reading this asap...what an honor :')

[@JessiJoy]

@@cadencelewisart Ohhhhh... no one ever reads my KZbin comments! *hides face* I hope it's good!! Haha. If it conveys even a quarter of the emotion of your work, I have succeeded!

[@kosalus]

OUGHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE AND ITS SO WORTH IT!!

[@michaelharper3628]

OMG!! I am 60% done with Gideon the Ninth book. WHYYYYYYYYYY is this animation and song pulling how I've been visualizing the characters?!?! The Locked Tomb!!

[@hieronymusbinch9526]

Absolutely incredible. Love to see this series getting the fan pieces it deserves. Thank you for making this!!!

[@daughteroflust6666]

IT'S INCREDIBLE!

[@puppychowpuppychow601]

Love this!! Especially animatic!!!

[@lunablight6647]

As a huge Locked Tlmv fan this is an absolutely beautifully done animatic. The designs are spot on, every scene is just perfect, your voice is amazing as always! Absolutely love! ❤

[@reinaeiry]

Thank you! Cadence Lewis is the artist; Fantastic, fantastic artist :)

[@lunablight6647]

@@reinaeiry I can tell! Honestly a GTN lens bring so much more to this song, especially if you read some fanfic too. This is my all time favorite serious that my girlfriend (my friend at the time) had to go through three months of me talking about it with her.

[@DisqueArgente]

Oh my god this is so amazing, you did so well with the vocals and it's scalierpepper's/cadencelewisart's art too AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH this is the best thing ever, perfect fusion of everything I love

[@SapphosSails]

This was really well done! Thank you so much for making it!

[@Vggamegod]

This cover of the song is AMAZING. I dont know anything about the story, but the imagery seems to go well with the song :3 Really, the vocals, and the arrangement on the bridge are blowing my mind, and I cannot stop listening

[@LadyLagsalot]

Such a fantastic mix!

[@JakeSm4sh]

Amazing. Thank You

[@valekstormhowl4999]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love the locked tomb series and this is just perfection!!! The art, the music, everything!!!!

[@Qcattee]

The animation is beautiful! And the song fits so well!!! excuse me well I go cry!

[@amberalewine6527]

❤ I'm obsessed with this song thank u reinaeriy

[@123lovac]

Love it, beautiful, genuinely stunning!

[@juliantheapostate2263]

Jod bless! This is simply beautiful!

[@SailorAstera]

wildly amazing thanks for this its perfect

[@christy7701]

That was GORGEOUS!!!!!

[@b.3824]

Love how you were geeking about hozier on the livestream. I was expecting this so much and you didnt disappoint. Love you so much!

[@StickmanStudioGames]

This is genuinely an incredible piece of art! The cover, the animation, the pacing, the whole thing gave me chills!

[@astra_owl]

wow i was not ready for this, im in love, crying and sobbing. it's so beautiful

[@OmniDreamer84]

Love it!

[@JuraChattham]

omfg i have chills. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ❤😭