(The Lorax) The Once-ler - "Biggering" (Unofficial Music Video)

[@EtherealBlu]

Holy crap!!!! I can't believe this video blew up like this!!! I'd totally forgotten about this AMV and this channel for the longest time, only upon rediscovering it to find this video has almost 400K VIEWS!?!?!? I'm blown away!!! Thank you all so much for all the likes and the great comments!!! You're all amazing!!! If you wanna see more stuff from me, I'm still very active on KZbin!! I've been doing Attack on Titan manga reviews for the past four years or so and still making AMV's and other types of content. Please check out my channels!! Love you guys and thank you so much!!! DarkLogic Reviews: kzbin.info/door/62bysDVo48It5_Ar68OaFg Sanctuary Art & Comics: kzbin.info/door/7Qls9pEnnqN2V4NTeX33LQ Umamishu (Food Reviews): kzbin.info/door/xq-elap5CuntqtLPgdRHMA Over-Encumbered and Cannot Run (Gaming): kzbin.info/door/3ioH7BxJugZoBQ6zxM9Sxw

[@sheevhernandez3869]

Your welcome mate.😃

[@TheScarletSlayer]

I guess you could say it's been biggering

[@thatoneguy2882]

@@TheScarletSlayer heh

[@P52V]

One more year and it’s at 600k

[@sirtopoftheworldegg]

most of em are gone... so sadness

[@genus577]

It’s ironic how illumination removed this in order to bigger

[@-rin2836]

y i k e s

[@williamwontiam3166]

Yeah.

[@a_guy_who_exists]

Hehe I know

[@oswald2799]

Thats gonna be an oof from me

[@basisandrobturtle3835]

Oof

[@anonymouse7773]

This sounds like something that should be on the broadway version of the Lorax rather than “How bad can I be”, if there is one

[@theelvenmoss6742]

This is a cut song from the lorax. It was deemed to intensely

[@whateveryouhearditwasntme4109]

@@theelvenmoss6742 that’s what they say, but I think this song hit too close to home for illumination

[@matineeman3038]

THERES A BROADWAY LORAX?

[@anonymouse7773]

@@matineeman3038 I don't think so! Not that I know of, at least, sorry to get your hopes up :(( I would look it up though. I was just stating a hypothetical situation.

[@matineeman3038]

@@anonymouse7773 I don’t want a Broadway Lorax, I think that would be stupid. I looked it up and there are stage productions, but it’s not on broadway

[@donnamitsuki281]

Illumination was completely capable of following the "villains always get the best songs" rule. They just decided not to.

[@robynflame5473]

Honestly, any other villain song is so good compared to the rest. HBCIB is decent, while the other songs in the movie were meh. They could have at least had a GOOD song (in my opinion) if they had kept this. Instead, they scraped it, and did exactly what the songs saying: biggering. The irony is so bad it hurts.

[@TheXMan]

They still did that but not to this extent.

[@gasterblaster_8168]

The only times the heroes get the best songs: Giorno Sans

[@jowannbarnes2458]

No no, he still got the best song in the movie Just not the best one that was made

[@Wyrmington]

@@KingNedya k

[@screamindog8772]

The fact they didn’t put biggering in the movie is triggering.

[@minismallists]

More biggering

[@bqonm742]

They did that to bigger

[@nataliethieke3687]

They actually did say that!

[@StarPlatinum7912]

They did put it lol

[@Light-ro5bp]

But is that triggering more biggering?

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Biggering song truly hit the nail on the original message from Dr. Seuss's book that depicts the dark accuracy about materialism and corporate greed. That's why Dr. Seuss is a genius, and the Illumination Studio did denied the fact that the studio isn't aware of the consequence about what it becomes now.

[@gremlin_n]

You know, It could've kinda been a theme for Dr Seuss himself if he didn't do the You know Whole cheating on his wife while she was in the hospital suffering thing

[@flintfoster8010]

True that

[@Lil-Stupid-]

@@gremlin_n Dr. Seuss DID WHAT!?!?!

[@aaron15414]

I wouldn't call him a genius. He was kind of a douche, he cheated on his wife who was dying from cancer.

[@aaron15414]

@@Lil-Stupid- Oh ya He cheated on his wife when she was dying from cancer with a longtime family friend.

[@Upr15lngM4ndl3b4rs]

Just found out about this in June 2020. I can tell why they didn't choose this for the movie. How bad can I be makes it seem as though he's misunderstood the situation or got caught up in it like the movie wants you to believe. This one follows more closely to the books.

[@windows1895]

>Illumination is supposed to make Lorax with Biggering >A song about how companies will never stop needlessly taking from those in need. >Illumination. >Biggering. >Nope.

[@exoticcats6119]

I'Max Lol song probably hit too close to home for some of the people working on it

[@iisgreen6930]

@@exoticcats6119 Honestly this movie was made to make money, it completely ruined the story and message of the lorax. This horrible cash grab will now forever be associated with the amazing story that taught so many children to care about the environment.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@iisgreen6930 The greatest irony is that Illumination Studios become succumbed with greed and power that the Once-ler had.

[@buttermyfeet4377]

They wanted to make corporations look good or at least make it look like they could have plausible deniability. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIuqqmupo72lj5o this video about it is pretty good.

[@dakabaka4912]

This movie could have been really cool and dystopian. Like really, if better choices were made D:

[@dio-chu]

I would've been fine if the age limit to watch this would've been boosted. Just as long as this master piece would've been made.

[@saajiddaya2152]

True

[@saajiddaya2152]

But unfortunately it's DISNEY so they have to make EVERYTHING child friendly. Which is weird because they have control of MARVEL

[@HydratedOats]

@@saajiddaya2152 you’re trolling right?

[@DonCrafts1]

@@saajiddaya2152 It was Illumination who made this movie

[@heartears]

This is being cut was never because it was too scary for kids. Kids watched Coraline. Kids watched Paranorman. It was never about being too scary for kids. It was just too scary for corporations.

[@deathtrooper2048]

Coraline wasn't scary, also the song is still anti- capitalist in the final version, this song is much clearer, catchier (this is meant for kids), and more importantly shorter

[@veegsredds]

@@deathtrooper2048 The final movie frames the Onceler as someone who was manipulated by his family and mostly oblivious to all the damage he caused for the most part. This song gives the Onceler full agency and responsibility over his choices, so it avoids implanting a false message of corporations "not knowing any better", an excuse corporations love to pull and that Illumination was very deliberately sliding into the narrative

[@YaoiChan18]

@@veegsredds but they don't? Theres a MASSIVE difference between being oblivious and willfull ignorance, and they very blatantly paint a picture of willful ignorance as 'How Bad Can I Be?' goes on. Because with this characterization, it IS true that the Oncler himself wasn't the main catalyst to his downfall, it was his narcisist Mother and his toxic family, and the consequences on him that being raised in that environment will bring. At first, his actions did not feel like that big of a deal, a few trees here and there in a massive forest; whatever, right? But as the song goes it is clear that while yes, the Oncler IS caught up in his own success, he very clearly knows what he's doing, he's just refusing to awknowledge it. You literally see him pouring the toxic chemicals and flumes into the river and air, taking the food from the barbaloots, dismissing the Lorax...we see him escalate in the film from not seeing a problem, to pretending the problem doesn't exist until he can't escape the reality. Besides, they weren't trying to make the ONCLER the villain here. That role goes to O'Hare. They don't beat you over the head with it as much as this masterpeice would have, but O'Hare is the characterization of this very song.

[@idkwhyihaveyt8686]

I think it's good because I watched coraline when I was still a kid and it became my sleep paralysis demon, thanks for remimding me about that movie so I can have a nightmare again.

[@ehhhhhh1885]

Kids watched The Others and were totally fine so THIS song is absolutely NOT too scary!

[@feuxfurfox729]

I'm so mad this wasn't in the movie; WE NEED A BROADWAY VERSION

[@goodvibes3839]

That actually seems like a cool way to redeem the story a little

[@kennazehr9812]

OMG YES! I LOVE ONCELER 😍😍😍💝💝💝♥️♥️♥️♥️🎶🎶🎶

[@DaveInSnitchel]

@@kennazehr9812 found the fangirl. Man the fanbase still is alive?

[@trailersic]

​@@kennazehr9812 And people wonder why the world is in the state it's in. Loving a greedy morally blinkered businessman.

[@alexzanderrapuza8724]

Fuck lorask

[@ccbb8115]

"why did they cut this it's so good" as if ILLUMINATION, the same company who gave us MINIONS, will put an explicitly anti capitalist rock anthem in their film

[@mr.mirage3986]

No no, don't tell that. The middle-aged memer moms are reading this.

[@Eurysjc]

I do understand where you coming from but this song would have got across the point of the original book way better then how bad I can be.

[@elviseinstein5944]

@@Eurysjc no.....not really

[@Eurysjc]

@@elviseinstein5944 no, it definitely would be

[@dislike_button33]

*anti corporatism. There's a big difference.

[@kaisetic3150]

I hate how they cut this song to make the movie more relatable, completely ruining the message in the process so they could do exactly what it is warning against. They make the Oncler seem more like someone who was just pressured by his mom to make bad decisions rather than someone who was consumed by greed so that more people would like him and watch the movie more. By doing this, they changed the Lorax from being a cautionary tale against the dangers of capitalism and over using resources to being a story about yet another "quirky" main character who makes bad decisions to fit in.

[@rebenai]

Not only that but the "how bad can I be?" makes it seem that he was just oblivious to what he was doing to the environment around him. This song shows that he knows exactly what's going around him but he just chooses to ignore it with "who cares if some things are dying?" instead of "who cares if a few trees are dying?" Corporates try to pretend to be innocent by saying that they were oblivious to what was happening and they use that as an excuse, which is the same as how "how bad can I be" paints the Once-ler. Biggering really shows the truth and I don't think a corporation wants to be viewed in that way even though it's the truth.

[@certainlysoup508]

they cut it because it doesn't fit with the movie's theme and would've been really weird and out of place-and because the other one is much better

[@thilsiktonix]

If what you say is true, theoretically, then THEY have been consumed by greed themselves, but I somewhat doubt it, although I wish this had made it in (albeit with a bit more attention, it should've gotten that to begin with, tbh).

[@harrisonsmetana2506]

Capitalism good socialism and communism bad

[@fellzepp4729]

why did I read this in 3 different videos

[@searmius1063]

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff, I had a little cottage, And that cottage was enough A place where I could sit and knit, A place where I could sell my Thneeds, But now I've had a little time To re-assess my needs And I need a bigger office, I need a bigger chair. A bigger desk, a bigger staff, A bigger hat to wear Because I'm biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, And biggering is triggering More biggering Hey, listen up, meathead. I'm going to say this once, and I'm not gonna repeat it. Greed... see, it's like a little pet, alright? And the more and more and more that you go and feed it, The more hungry it'll get! But... you know, you really can't blame greed Nah, that's stupid. You see, it's gotta worm inside. Oh yeah, that's right. It's one that always needs to feed, And it is never satisfied. You get it? But the more you try to find it, The more it likes to hide. Now listen--that is NASTY little worm. And I like to call it "pride." See, now that's why you're biggering! Listen here, idiot! I'm figuring on biggering! But that biggering's just triggering more biggering! Got that? Alright! There is a principle of nature, That most every creature knows, It's called survival of the fittest, And this is how it goes The animal that wins has got to Claw and bite and kick and punch. The animal that doesn't Winds up someone else's lunch A company's an animal, That's trying to survive, It's struggling, and fighting, Just to keep itself alive I must keep biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, Though biggering is triggering more biggering. I won't stop! Biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, And biggering is triggering more biggering And the customers are buying, And the money multiplying And the PR people lying And the lawyers are denying, Who cares if some things are dying?

[@FiSH-iSH]

thank you

[@skylartowery1199]

Thank youuuu

[@rangerelivsoup1637]

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOUR CRYYYYINNNNNG. THIS IS ALL SO GRATIFYIIIING

[@searmius1063]

@@rangerelivsoup1637 thank you for finishing it lol

[@quinntily3913]

I finally understand now tysm!!!

[@redacted5078]

They didnt pick this song coz It was too powerful

[@gotoveritlmao8202]

They probably didn’t pick it because it’s too accurate

[@redacted5078]

@@gotoveritlmao8202 agree

[@darkanayer5867]

@Yowatsapp 05 i saw that too. Murder by words

[@zigzaghyena]

They can only go so far into that message before they get fired.

[@snackesandwich5207]

Nah they didn’t pick it because it was to cool for them

[@jungla3]

Wow, I'm really impressed by this. All of the clips are lined up so well with the song. This entire movie would've had such a different tone if they would've used this instead of "How bad can I be?".

[@coberrycheesesnek4769]

Unfortunately then the meme probably wouldn't have existed had they did tho...

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@coberrycheesesnek4769 So? One less meme, one less annoyance.

[@tripled2505]

@@mitchfletcher2386 but it wouldn't fit the movie

[@zomystar]

I’m late but I wish this movie was way darker and was maybe 2D, it would be great

[@jakeystarsuper]

They couldve use both

[@elliebrooke3987]

Jesus Christ this song is an utter banger.

[@myrukun]

personally I think that it sucks just because barely anything rhymes and goes along with the chorus, it's like as if the song keeps going on and you expect something to pick up and sound good but its just more talking and loud guitar playing. the only decent part is at 3:03 where he starts actually rhyming along with the song but it ends shortly after he pathetically "sings" lyrics.

[@robotrhinoproductions8191]

@@myrukun it’s a kickass metal song

[@justyouraverageblackstar3672]

Thanks for terrifying me with your profile pic, I’m sleeping tonight.

[@stilljustawalrus8135]

@@myrukun agreed

[@spinsvi]

@@myrukun idk what you hear but this song is amazing. the onceler's voice is strong and powerful, i can never top that. the lorax's dialogue is amazing too. sure, he wasn't singing and nothing rhymes, but that makes the song better for me imo. he's sending a message to the onceler and the audience and it’s wonderful. this song is 1000% a banger. if you don't like it, then maybe it's not your genre of music and you should listen to more rock opera songs. (not hating on you or your opinion!!!)

[@kellihurst4527]

Imagine a sadder reprise that is what he plays now, now that he regrets everything:i needed a bigger office...and so I was biggering

[@FiSH-iSH]

oh. heck. *yes.*

[@metaloopa6907]

Something about the phrase “I was biggering.” Makes me laugh HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@miadarling4804]

At first I didn't realize That I didn't need this stuff, I had a little cottage, And that cottage was enough A place where I could sit and knit, A place where I could sell my Thneeds, But now it's all gone with my deeds, my selfish needs And I "needed" a bigger office, I "needed" a bigger chair. A bigger desk, a bigger staff, A bigger hat 'cause despair Because I was biggering, Biggering, I was biggering, And biggering is triggering.. Lmao, I tried

[@RelatvityUnset]

Sunshine Love No no. It’s good. I can hear the slow, melancholic beat.

[@dixonartaxes8544]

@@metaloopa6907 he biggering vigorously

[@kelsedraws5141]

I imagine the person who sang both songs was thinking "what the F**k HAPPENED" when he went from an actually good song to _how baAaAaAd can I be?_

[@skylartowery1199]

Right!? I mean, I can vibe to how bad can I be but this is soooooo much betterrrr

[@DogNamedWatson]

He really went all out with this performance and we were robbed

[@ash_lee_12]

how bad can i be was good i liked it but this is also good

[@jowbabadook8530]

Both were good musically tho

[@hyp0cr1tical]

@a dog • 200 years ago this movie was made by illumination, but you’ve got the idea

[@lemonmeister8331]

This song sounds like something from Little Shop of Horrors

[@bobateabun1601]

Lemon Meister YEs

[@HaivianLegacy]

Now I want to make a music video for that

[@crypticmrchimes]

Personally, I hear a lot of Hadestown as well, specifically in the Lorax's interlude.

[@chloeminh2366]

this just reminded me to watch spring awakening

[@missycat7598]

Seymour if he’d gone along with Audrey 2’s plans

[@som4859]

"Who cares if somethings are dying, I dont want to hear your crying" man that's dark

[@wandanemer2630]

I know... And it's my favourite part.

[@skunkite8156]

I feel like this song is much closer to the books then how bad can I be could ever hope to be. I understand why they didn't put it in the movie though as well, however it would have made the movie much better.

[@skylerward1671]

You're absolutely right! The darker tone is much more fitting. Also, I think right around 4:30 was inspired by Stratovarius's Infinity. If you haven't heard that song, go check it out real quick and you'll know what I'm talking about

[@emilybixler3166]

I was skimming your comment and read it as "How bad could I ever hope to be", and now I'm imagining what that song would be like.

[@sourwitch2340]

Both in theme and the fact that, unlike How Bad Can I Be, it actually uses quotes from the books. Yes.

[@ciudadanodeunpaislibre9922]

A lot of people think it was because it was too scary for kids, which is not the case. As someone else in the comments said, it’s because it was too scary for companies

[@seresyuro]

​@@ciudadanodeunpaislibre9922(it also just doesn't fit with the rest of the movie like at all but that's besides the point lol)

[@jolily22]

Nobody talks about how powerful switching "a few trees are dying" to "some things are dying" is

[@mr.nothappy301]

It is so powerful that people are scared to even bring it up

[@tamtam21801]

By things it means animals dying

[@LennyQUMFIF]

@@tamtam21801animals and trees. In fact, it might also include the environment itself and homeless people

[@iisgreen6930]

I love this song. It has the darker tone that the lorax deserves, but keeps the style of Dr. Seuss

[@adhoclavaman]

I'm surprised no one mentioned how well you synced up the Lorax's voice with his mouth in the clips. Edit: Y'all really had to jump on the Biggering bandwagon a whole year late and mass-updoot this, didn't you.

[@dylanphipps6592]

Well YOU mentioned it

[@Matthew-om8cd]

A comment with 1k likes with only 2 replies Ok

[@alexandracorrea803]

CAN WE GET THIS TO 500 COMMENTS?

[@kasrapourahmadi4574]

Yes, yes we did

[@adhoclavaman]

@@alexandracorrea803 Bottom text.

[@thedrgrim5239]

its a shame this didnt make it into the movie, cuz this is actually a song id listen to on the daily-

[@bateli9733]

Same. It is so so good

[@peakautism]

same

[@oceanman7176]

You can still listen to it

[@orchidsarepretty1422]

It’s on Spotify if you’re interested

[@thescauldron8436]

We probably would've tolerated oncest had they used this song

[@FiSH-iSH]

yeah...

[@nostalgiadreamscape4804]

OH GOD NOT ONCEST

[@Gray963]

I... I don’t think I want to know what that means

[@nostalgiadreamscape4804]

@@Gray963 It's good that you don't want to know what Oncest is. It will give you terrify you once you know.

[@gummidon1618]

Oh god why-

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

This song hit the book's true message on the head, and that's EXACTLY why it was scrapped. Especially considering all the corporate tie-ins

[@jonaswomack4493]

*anti-capitalist rock anthem*

[@ArgentiVT]

This is as capitalist as it gets

[@thenablade858]

The Drill That’s the point, it’s a villainous song told from the perspective of a CEO type character.

[@y1751]

I personally think capitalism is the way to go in terms of efficiency but sometime things can get out of hand and we need Theodore Roosevelt with his anti monopolistic practices which is the best option. Capitalism with regulations.

[@leigh4656]

Indeed

[@whateveryouhearditwasntme4109]

@@y1751 I mean if we can’t get rid of capitalism completely I’d like a higher minimum wage and universal healthcare, and then we’d need some financial aid to give to the people working for health insurance companies

[@meiu7652]

The Sin Squad sent me here. Was not disappointed. Way more chilling and impactful in communicating the ugliness that is capitalism and how it so easily corrupts good intentions.

[@kitkatwizard]

yo same

[@madison8710]

me too

[@PyroGirl-kz2ik]

Yea, don't regret it

[@welcometoreality437]

Lmao that's not even capitalism, but a free market. Get your facts right.

[@meiu7652]

@@welcometoreality437 Who pissed in your cereal?

[@strawberryplayz693]

*Biggering makes the Once-ler sound mature from the tone of the song.*

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

because he knows what hes doing and hes doing it all because he wants to, hes selfish too they cut the song because it was too anti-capitalist

[@amandapanda5087]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 yeah

[@sirsteam6455]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 It's not anti Capitalist in the slightest it is however anti Corporate which is the whole point.

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

@@sirsteam6455 “It’s not true capitalism.”

[@sirsteam6455]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 I never said nor implied that and that statement in this context is foolish as I never said what capitalism is because it is very nuanced and complex like how one cannot accurate define Communism or Socialism with there being a difference in definition along the way.

[@When_did_they_add_handles]

This song actually gave me chills. Good work on the video by the way, everything fit perfectly.

[@fagalricy7393]

Interesting how in "How bad can I be" the once-ler actually sounds oblivious and in denial of the harm he is doing, while in "Biggering" he is pretty much aware of it and just doesn't care because it's getting him profits anyway

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Indeed. And the thing is, these two songs would complement each other perfectly due to this, as Once-ler's ignorance eventually transitions into pride

[@maddiemorales1419]

Hbcib?: "nah, I can't be that bad, right?" Biggering: "nah, I am that bad, I just don't care cuz I'm making a profit"

[@ilikenougat8892]

4:09 - 4:37 This 28 second segment was better than the whole hour and a half 2012 Lorax

[@eatinganemone89]

What I don’t understand about the Oncelers company is why he needs machines that cause so much polution when he could get about 4000 grandmas and make thneeds in possibly the same amount of time

[@huh.2]

Eatinganemone89 cus 4000 grandmas cost more money

[@royalblanket]

@@huh.2 those grandmas demand a lot of money

[@ShankX10]

@@royalblanket and they eventually get tired but machines dont stop.

[@PartyGod]

In short, machines are more efficient

[@explomato5134]

have you played cookie clicker recently

[@jaderush4141]

This song has just made me drop my jaw to the floor. "The corporation is an animal" Holy shenanigans, Batman. This is powerful.

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

Great music video! I wish this unofficial song would have been in the movie as well. I love this song as well as How Bad Can i Be, and indeed it does have an more dramatic and definiately more affect to the movie to how things turned out to become. And i like how much darker it is than the official.

[@sparklingdeath1730]

I agree, though the song they used is good this song would’ve fit the movie much better

[@Bluemantopvids]

this is an official song, it was just cut

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

@@Bluemantopvids Indeed. I excuse, i have realized over time thou that it *is* indeed yes, an official song. :)

[@kristiensmith8484]

I like this part better than "How bad can I be" It shows true emotions

[@Gray963]

“The Sin Squad” and her video on The Lorax brought me here, and damn am I glad I came.

[@strongheartsvideobox691]

same The Sin Squad perfectly covered why this song, and a few other cut songs would've saved the movie.

[@44890chrisc]

I'm just imagining the alternate reality where the cut songs are added and everyone considers The Lorax to be a masterpiece.

[@zer289]

Everyone wants to be in that alternate reality where they DID make the movie with their original script along with the cut songs (even biggering) and where everyone considers the lorax to be a masterpiece

[@superfelipestudios8104]

@@zer289what was the original script

[@zer289]

@@superfelipestudios8104 if there was an original script for the film

[@gatonaranja2258]

The best part is that if enough people show interest in Biggering, Illumination could announce a Lorax broadway musical and use Biggering as the selling point. Then hundreds of thousands of people would pay to watch ...making Illumination even more money.

[@sh0ut0]

And they lost that opportunity...

[@zer289]

@@sh0ut0 que idiot son illumination

[@jackskellingtonsora]

This song is so much better than "How bad can I be." Seriously. The movie was pretty shit, but this would probably have helped a little bit.

[@uncomfortablyniche]

There's an original opening song that goes really well with this. If they'd switched out thoss songs and scrapped the love intrest it could have been good

[@monke1599]

I hear the initial draft (the one including this) was FAR BETTER.

[@certainlysoup508]

ha no it would've. this would've been so out of place ew

[@bandamani]

@@uncomfortablyniche i see you watched that video about it too

[@uncomfortablyniche]

@@bandamani whaaat nooo... I have no clue what you're talking about.... BTW, nice profile picture

[@mintleaf6441]

This movie could’ve been so good it had so much potential and given such a good message about greed and how corporations can be just like us but still be so evil and yet they chose a more innocent approach but it makes sense also since this corporation are paying them

[@jjonahjameson8934]

I’ll never forgive illumination for taking Danny Devito singing about greed and pride from us

[@zer289]

You'll be agrier with illumination if you know that he not only sent the devil a good song but he also sent the devil the original movie script

[@RM2011ish]

Holy crap, this actually matches the tone of The Lorax WAY better.

[@Monkeyman0799]

This song has more understanding for the original source material than the entirety of the movie it should have been in.

[@kingviews2001]

someone needs to animate this even if it takes like 5 years it would be worth the wait

[@kiranalarasati2496]

I suggest watching "Biggering Storyboard" by WhySoAnimated! Its not an official storyboard but its really really great.

[@iscream8578]

Imagine singing your lungs out and it's replaced with how bad can I be-

[@no.7525]

I would be sueing tf out of them 😭

[@AnomalocarisIsStillHere]

​@@no.7525 Dr. Suessing them

[@guppiapfeljustleopardthing8756]

Meanwhile in a better Universe. But seriusly If that Song made IT in the movie and the rest of the movie kept the same sort of way to tell the story as the song did than it whould have been one of the best animated movies of that year

[@zer289]

Not only biggering was cut there are 5 songs that were canceled and the original plot was going to do different

[@omniscientbarebones]

I wonder how big(gering) the movie could've been if this song didn't get cut.

[@lindylou538]

A hollow knight fan I see

[@omniscientbarebones]

Dev 1977 yes

[@tonioene2262]

Using this song would have probably produced fewer profits. As the movie ended up being made, "How Bad Can I Be?" fits better than this one. As it seems to have been, to make the film more saleable, they made it romantic, made the once faceless and dark Onceler a naive and charming pretty boy that looked like a Jonas Brother, and so on. If they had used this song, which I like more, they would have had to refrain from making those changes. Doing that would have made this song fit in the movie, and the movie would have preserved better the message of the story, but as I said, they would have probably made less money. You know. Biggering 💵 📈 🤑. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@tonioene2262 You’re right of course, just wondered.

[@tonioene2262]

@@omniscientbarebones Yeah, I wonder the same, no problem. I didn't think my comment was going to be long. 🤣😂 Thanks for the prompt. It seems I needed to get it out. 🤣

[@thegreyjedi2372]

Ironically, all the demoes from the soundtrack are actually a MUCH better film than we got. Nice job, Illumination!

[@zer289]

If they had kept the original script, the demo songs and biggering, the film would be considered a masterpiece

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

The sad part is that the people to blame for this movie heard this song, and instead of "maybe we shouldn't destroy the world", their take-away was "maybe we shouldn't admit we're destroying the world"

[@seresyuro]

this song fits literally nowhere in the movie why would they keep it lmao

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

@@seresyuro ... It is in the movie, though - just diluted beyond recognition.

[@rsstarr]

this movie had so much potential to actually be good

[@zer289]

Literally

[@notmakingcontent]

I think if they wanted to keep it at a light tone like they did in the final product, they could easily change it to make it interesting AND educational. Have nothing change until the first tree is cut, you don't need to have every character rhyme all the time, but you MUST have rhyming in there for at least someone. And I think the Lorax himself should be the one to do it. The more the Lorax gets in the Onceler's way, the more the Onceler ignores him because "I don't listen to poets." When the kid goes to return to the Onceler, have him interrupted by O'Hare, but don't have it stop there. Have them follow him home, and sneak around the back, to find Taylor Swift back there. Have him ask her what was so special about trees to her, as a little extra motivation to risk his life for her, and instead of "tree pretty," have it be more scientific as a way to say the more trees there are, the less of a problem they'd have with people who can't afford air (sounds funny reading it aloud) When he returns to the Onceler, take out the Donkey Kong reference, and replace it with a Seussical instrument like the Poggle Horn or something like that. Instead of the Lorax pushing the Onceler into the river, have him replace all the cutting utensils with marshmallows, thanks to the help of the barbaloots (because if you're going to use the gag of marshmallows being their way of getting attention, have it as a theme so they can communicate with the Onceler as well) Then, his story would tie in similarly until How Bad Can I Be. Change the lyrics around so he still seems oblivious. With the kid, have it more difficult for him each time he goes to see the Onceler, so each time he's there, he'd get more cautious and eager to get the tree. It would be an interesting dynamic, in my mind. Onceler: You're early, kid. Are trees that important to you? Effron: Well, yeah. I mean, if I'm coming out here day in and day out while O'Hare is watching--- Onceler: Yeah yeah, personal stuff, I get it. Well, anyway, as my business picked up, I started to feel the need to improve.... Biggering would then kick in with the lyrics untouched, and the song cutting as soon as the Onceler screams "gratifying" with his attention going to the last tree falling, bringing his emotions down to Earth as reality sets in. Lorax: Good job, kid. You took it too far. I'm glad you can now see what kind of monster you are. Or have become, might I say unless... Onceler: Unless?? Lorax: Unless someone cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better. Believe me, it's not. This would be the only time the Onceler understood the rhymes, as every other time was not as straightforward, but this one hit close to his heart as reality was setting in. Instead of his devastation for "What have I done" as a way to say that he didn't know what he was doing until it was too late, turn it into a way to say "what have I become" and fade between that and the present day with the Onceler holding his hand out in a fist, saying for the kid to catch as he drops the seed. "Now go do what I was unable to. Right the wrongs I've made." Then we have the chase scene, (if you want) but instead of everyone turning their emotions on the flip of a coin, have it as soon as the wall is broken down, with Effron explaining. Effron: This is what has become of our once great land. We can change this darkness if we start with just putting this one seed in the ground, and we all take part in making sure it grows. Let it grow would happen, but with everyone on board with a more realistic way of thinking. As the song ends, we don't see the Lorax come back, we see the Onceler looking out his window, a single tear running down his face as he just thinks to himself "If only you were still here. Maybe then, you could see how better it will be. Because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to make them see."

[@emblemblade9245]

Hey, this is a really great set of ideas, I like it! Nice rhymes too

[@tacocat9844]

yea. i honestly don’t think he should’ve done it just to impress a girl… audrey shouldn’t have even been part of it i think Ted should’ve been the one interested in trees

[@notmakingcontent]

@@tacocat9844 I agree, but keep in mind he's in a town that was taught trees were only good when they were made of plastic. I feel this way, it would show that it's 1 in 10 people that know about trees, making it less about how they are, and more about how little these people know.

[@artorias6502]

Why are people hating on “How bad can I be?” I know that this song is darker and more anti-corporate but How Bad was catchy and pretty memorable!

[@patatamisteriosa]

Can't help but compare since they are both the villain theme of the Onceler, this one gives the message in a more realistic and better way showing how self-aware Onceler (companies who directly keep, contributing to climate change, for example) was of what he was doing Also is fire tho

[@Fishj659]

Because of exactly what you said, this song is better How bad can i be is kids bob version, yes it is catchy but really its cringy.

[@ilyassebenana3824]

Because memorable doesn't mean it's good

[@NA-uy5su]

The fact that this song removed from the movie is the prime example of how capitalism ruins everything 👁️👄👁️

[@Twister980]

KZbin wouldn't stay up without Capitalism, gas stations and grocers would have a hard time staying open without capitalism. IMO Seuss was about the greedy men who build companies only to line their wallets, not the men who build companies that try to help.

[@Twister980]

Honestly tho, it's more incompetence on the part of Illumination. Lol

[@etoile-diabolique]

@@Twister980 we could definitely live without capitalism eh. But rn it's not possible bc we would have to build a whole ass new system and even change the core of our society and human behavior in said society

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Capitalism is important but it's rather flawed nonetheless. Do you mean greed? It should be the human problem, not the system itself. 👁 👁 👄

[@ridgelineenjoyer1517]

Capitalism doesn't ruin everything...

[@meworld3319]

Biggering: exists Illumination: OH MY GOD! KILL IT!

[@johnnyriche9636]

Why am I being reccomended this constantly now?

[@Lemieux_channel]

SAME

[@Drowsy_Eliseo]

Same-

[@bariton3779]

same

[@bandamani]

i think a video recently came out about how this song could have saved the onceler and i like many others got curious enough to find the song itself, and now so many people are watching it it's being picked up by the algorithm.

[@dibmembrane2406]

LOL me right now

[@EtherealBlu]

@Ashely Truffula Thank you so much!!! I'm glad you like it! :D

[@woodlow1676]

Holy shit this is actually really good! I seriously wish they had used this song in the actual movie.

[@skukko9627]

It's wierd how there's a whole demo soundtrack that has a lot more characterization and story than the entire skeleton of the film cause there's no skin they played it safe as hell in the film and didn't give the actual gut punching message that they originally wanted to give out, it's such a shame. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[@luciaditerlizzi8937]

There is so much more emotion in this song than “How Bad Can I Be”

[@nightshade69420]

Listening to this in a dark room with leds really changes the mood

[@zackpumpkinhead8882]

. ... ...... .... I don't know what to say.... This song is a masterpiece. It has amazing lyrics that pay wonderful homage to the original rhyme of the story, it has a great musical score, makes the villain relatable, understandable, badass, and really terrifying! It has spectacle! Depth! Unlike the used song that whimsically babbles in your mind until it's forgotten, it grabs you, lifts you off the ground, and F*CKING YELLS AT YOU until its message penetrates your very core. I'm making a playlist now, because of this.

[@itsthatonechickagaincallth7843]

No matter how hard the Onceler fandom tries, they can't take this song away from us.

[@kinggalactix]

I mean, they could still put it in the movie. After "How bad can I be", they could show the Onceler processing his feelings of guilt and grief from his own actions as a flashback plays for "Biggering". The former is the simpler story to not scare the kid, and the latter is the truth he keeps in his heart.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Hell, HBCIB can transition into Biggering. Let's say the kid confronts O'Hare, who then proceeds to tell him he only knows half the story, forcing him to return to the Once-ler to find out what the latter left out

[@spicymemes4587]

This movie had so much potential with this song

[@reinakd79]

Holy sh*t this song is dark and amazing. Except for the the fact that he’s, you know, killing everything

[@Duke-Orgulje]

You know, sometimes I wish that The Lorax would’ve been a classic Disney movie from the late 90s with this Once-ler design and song in it. Imagine how cool would that look...

[@Fishj659]

You mean illumination movie, or your just saying it is disney classic level

[@Blazewoods]

The chorus’ melody is just *chefs kiss* Especially 3:55, that makes the band kid in me just scream with joy, it’s got a great composition

[@Profile__1]

Can you imagine if they kept this song in? Almost exactly how it is here? Everything else is just as cutesy and cringey, you're like tuning out of the movie, then out of nowhere the movie slams you with this song HARD... But then it reverts back to whatever it was before.

[@jpsalis]

obviously not intended to be the final production of the song, this was probably made before they finalized actors, but the demo sounds amazing. I wish this made it into the film.

[@gregzotter6189]

Kids NEED to know that this is how corporations think, so that they don't grow up giving into the lies they'll inevitably be told.

[@fdslk1]

The whole Pink Floyd vibe this song has is amazingly scary, I can see why Illumination discarded this version.

[@seresyuro]

​@@patatamisteriosathis song fits literally nowhere in the movie why would they keep it lmao

[@Lexipop398]

I know the title says 'unofficial music video' but it SHOULD b the OFFICIAL music video cuz this is per-fect XD GREAT VIDEO XD PS- Love your icon

[@Lexipop398]

***** Awwww you're welcome XD

[@barbaracornish8816]

Alexia H. I hate it

[@yuyu-bubu]

swag

[@sampeacaml9307]

Wow, great song and clip. They should have kept it for the movie. So much more dramatic!

[@pillow69420]

Its because of that,too traumatic

[@sunsetshimmer2563]

this is like a blessing to me.

[@tiringsarcasm]

Is it just me or do I like this song better than “How bad can I be?”. It’s kind of catchy.

[@nickmickky2714]

The storyboard for this song is actually really great you should check it out (like this edit too though)

[@Moonsauko]

Were can I find the storyboard?

[@bandamani]

@@Moonsauko just search biggering on youtube it comes up one of the top results. idk if it's official or not but i'm pretty sure that's the one they mean

[@Moonsauko]

@@bandamani thanks :-) I actually did that yesterday and it came up but I appreciate it anyway

[@bandamani]

@@Moonsauko ah okay np lol

[@wasquash]

I’d like to think this happens right after how bad can I be. After that happens, Tim or whoever the fuck leaves, and then the onceler turns to the audience, and confesses it wasn’t the true story. He then goes on this whole song

[@peerless_veil6257]

this almost feels like pink floyd

[@iAmDe123]

It's basically dogs

[@Coopster733]

It does give off pink Floyd vibes huh, didn't think about it until now

[@BackOffPeasant]

Wow, i didn’t think of that. But it really does

[@lincolnpowellmurphy715]

This is such a damn good song. I’m offended for the kick ass movie that the Lorax could’ve been if they had kept this song in instead of how bad can I be

[@Jpeg.g]

The “I need a bigger office, a bigger chair, Ect.” And the base drop with the giant speakers was perfect, and the rest was pretty good at the VERY least

[@axuwu6939]

There’s some irony in how by cutting this from the film, they made the message less powerful in the film itself, but made it extremely powerful in the meta sense because it became an irl example of how corporations will cut down anything they fear for the sake of money

[@thewholehorse7140]

Ironically taking a song more literal like this and replacing it with a song like How Bad Can I Be just shows how hypocritical companies are. I guarantee trying to put forth and honest message about corporate greed would have made people take this movie more seriously

[@kamronspencer4910]

I feel like if the Lorax was a better movie they could have included both songs. How bad can I be closer to the beginning when he’s just getting his business started and trying to deny his flaws and horrible actions and biggering closer to the end when he’s growing his business more and more and has accepted his actions are horrible but continues anyway. It would of had a cool dark impact effect of having the lines start kinda “light” and then come back as this.

[@voicetale]

I am so angry at Illumination for removing this song, I just found out about it earlier today and if I could animate I would make a animated music video for this song.

[@quonit37]

How Bad Can I Be: See? He was just ignorant about what he was doing and was only pressured into it by the women in his life like his mother. It's not his fault, he's likable and started out modest like the rest of us corporations. We aren't doing anything wrong, and if anything bad happens know we were just ignorant like him! Don't you want some Lorax merch? Biggering: They're human like you are. Cooperation are well aware of the consequences they bring to the world and the harm they cause, and they intentionally ignore it. Normal people are capable of this level of hatred and they exist in the real world. Kill capitalism

[@Oropher420]

*Soviet Athem Plays*

[@RampagingFlippy030]

and you ruined your copied-and-pasted message with your whole political mess.

[@yocarter9221]

@@RampagingFlippy030 The entire song is anti-capitalist dude

[@RampagingFlippy030]

@@yocarter9221 eh not really.

[@jasonlopez2697]

@@yocarter9221 I don't see how it's Anti-Capitalist. From what I get is that it's greed as the problem. Greed will destroy anything no matter what system you run. That's why communism always failed. You give all power to one entity with no way to equalize against that power. It's letting our greed run rampant because we are never satisfied.

[@illumizoldyck3528]

This is a bop and if they had just put this instead of "How Bad Can I Be?" Then I would love this movie.

[@E46_wagonlover]

This would have changed the whole movie. It’s soon as you hear that guitar slowly come in you know what it is. I swear to God people who don’t listen and feel music, I feel bad for them

[@lauraruizesparza4654]

In this song the Once-ler is aware of the damage he is making to the environment like ACTUAL companies do. It was just to “real” to make it into the movie

[@mbtd2011]

3:29 this is where anyone who likes HARD rock thrives

[@voidastralbirth]

If you find yourself enjoying “Biggering” over “How Bad Can I Be”, do not be alarmed. This reaction is normal, and yes, the movie would’ve highly benefited were it not cut out. There is a reason Pride was named the original sin.

[@i_amfunto]

4:18 "who cares if some things are dieing" the other song how bad can I be "who cares if some trees are dieing"

[@earthball2024]

This was never too scary for children. Illumination was scared of themselves.

[@ediakaeverydayidiot]

This Was the song That Made The Once-ler a True Bad Guy

[@maddiemorales1419]

Hbcib: he's a villian Biggering: he's evil (There is actually a difference between bring evil and being a villian)

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Better reflects some of the motives in motives with giant cooperations. Insaciable greed, not just “being ignorant of the problems they cause”

[@AnnaLucky]

DUDE if the theres a Lorax Musicial THIS SONG IS GOING IN IT

[@pogen7279]

This was removed for 3 reasons. 1: to bigger (how ironic) 2: it was way too realistic and would be a bit scary for kids. 3: they didn’t want kids to think anti corporate when the movie was being made corporate

[@viniciusprestes3035]

Ilumination made a villain song at the level of be prepared or savages (from Lion king and Pocahontas) and then discarted cause It would not be consuming friendly, honestly i kinda prefer this, It Just made the message even stronger. The movie we ended up with did not reserve a song this good in my opinion.

[@magicsublime2639]

Esta increíble Hubiera quedado genial esta canción en la película y que sea asi como se muestra en el video. Todos dicen que esta canción no hubiera echo posible que el una vez se redimiera pero no es verdad pq podrían poner esta escena 4:36 mostrando como el una vez al fin se dio cuenta del daño que hizo realmente (aunque en la canción demostraba que el sabia lo que hacia y lo disfrutaba) y al final se siente vacio.

[@zer289]

Esta canción junto a otras canciones demos y el guion original hubieran echo una película digna de un oscar