THE PRODUCTION LINE | Lethal Company Song! | The Stupendium & Dan Bull

Check out Dan's ALTERNATE ENDING! • LETHAL COMPANY SONG | ...
In ‘Lethal Company,’ employees explore a multitude moons in order to find scrap, risking their lives as they face deathly traps and are stalked by dangerous creatures. They must find enough scrap to meet the ever-increasing profit quotas of “The Company,” or else the employees may find themselves brutally disposed of…
But luckily this is all just a video game! Can you imagine any companies in real life having such a callous disregard for their employees mental and physical welfare? Allowing human suffering just so they can increase their profits?! Hoarding wealth and paying a pittance to those doing the actual labour?! I sure can’t think of any AMAZing examples ON the fly…
Well folks, we’re back to our usual video game songs! I loved the idea of a Lethal Company song, it seemed like the perfect game to add to the anti-capitalism bop collection. I wanted it to be a semi-spiritual successor to the Fine Print in terms of theme and message, even though I doubt it’ll achieve the same level of notoriety on TikTok.
It seems to be a pattern to do a collab with Dan Bull in the first half of the year, and who am I to break tradition? Big thanks to Dan, it’s always great fun to work with him (even though I deprived him of sleep a bit for this one… sorry Dan!)
And as always, many thanks to rest of the team for this one. Nick for another smashing set build, Paul for his fantastic filmography, Liz for her excellent editing, Benedict and Phoenix for their cracking costumes and prop-making prowess, and Benedict again for his awesome assistance on set.
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Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium & @danbull
Instrumental by @FreshyKanal, @Freeced @danbull and The Stupendium
Video by The Stupendium & Lizzy CJ
Shoot Coordinator: Lizzy CJ
Production assistant: @LawlessMarshall
Costuming and prop fabrication by @LawlessMarshall and Phoenix Toothill
Set fabrication by Nick Henderson
Mixing by @OxygenBeats
Kazaxaphoo performed by The Stupendium
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Mask 3D Print file by Dungeons And Starships
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The Stupendium is a musician, animator and content creator, creating weird, wonderful and usually incredibly nerdy songs and animations. Join them on their journey to obscure, niche internet stardom! They have some pretty decent videos, wonderful facial hair and a great sense of discomfort describing themself in the third person.

[@TheStupendium]

Check out Dan's ALTERNATE ENDING! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqqXZ3-PlpaCi7c LYRICS: INTRO: Steel, iron, nuts and bolts Poor man’s gold in rusted vaults Scrap, tin, wheels and gears Shift by shift and year by year Rod, beam, sheet and plate Ironclad, you sealed your fate All that shines shall fade in time Welded put the day you signed VERSE 01: The production line You better do your best, forget about sunshine ‘Cause you won’t see it where you’re going And the only thing you know is You won’t get to have your lunch on time Or ever again, ‘cause every second you spend That isn’t meeting an end that an executive penned Is another debt that you render that’ll let them extend Upon the length of your tenure where you’re ever condemned Well, would you look at that, life’s coming thick and fast, I run and Zig and zag amid the tat, pick and pack, bric-a-brac Click and drag, mix and match, stick a stack in my sack ‘Til it could fill a skip of scrap then bring it back quick as a flash We’re scrappy and resilient, we’re happy and we’re diligent But that’s just if you’re listening to marketing transmissions Contractually itinerant, a dastardly predicament Entrapped within a system hauling scrap for the omnipotent Voices in the radio that point us in which way to go The base we’re excavating, what we’re paid and then the pay we owe Uncertain of the purpose to the service that we’re slaving over Purge the lunar surface of its worth to meet the daily quote MAIN CHORUS: Some of us are living to work Some of us are working to live Some of us are making while others are just taking And some of us are dying to give VERSE 02: Whoop! Yay! Hooray! Another day at the office Slaving away and generating the profits Heading straight for the pockets of the laziest bosses If it wasn’t for me then they’d be making a loss, it’s A struggle working double shifts, selling my soul So my landlord doesn't have to do any at all I’m clearly very important while you’re merely a drone Giving me steady employment just to dwell in a hole That I can barely afford, belly unfilled like Oliver Twist Begging for more, I don’t want to exist No longer stomaching it, wanna be somebody different But I’m stuck as it is, so stuff it, double my shifts Rub out the family time in your diary, erase it all They’ll only hire me if I’ll be reliably available Yet I appear, clearly entirely replaceable The irony’s I find it to be kind of inspirational Anxiety’ll make you more inclined to reach a greater goal Until you find me crying quietly against the wall I miss my wife, I miss my kids I miss my life, can’t live like this! Perhaps for once if salary might rise in line with rent We’d have the funds to rise and shine, not rise in line, content To sacrifice our family lives to those on high, hell bent On empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement PRE-CHORUS: I am the very model of a model employee I never leave my shuttle, can’t afford to pay those fees My overtime does overtime, I work nine days a week And I never hit that bottle ‘til it’s time to take a pee MAIN CHORUS: Some of us are making a killing While some are barely making a living Is a life worth saving without life savings? It’s a 9-to-5, 25-to-life in prison VERSE 03: Lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s a-tickin’ Drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position Sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in Drop shipping top tip - “Tips will not be given” With this cost of living what do lives cost? Well, the customer ain’t fussed over the lives lost We’re discounted, under the counter, half off In stocks, at the gallows for the price drop To rock bottom, ba-da-da-dum Sing the jingle, give a whistle, here’s your lot, plod on It’s official, sacrificial, sing the company song ‘Fore they bop the stop-button on your oxygen Two guys moonlight on a new moon nightly Tryna find loot like, “Ooh that’ll do nicely” Lamp, cookie mold, jar, fish, stop sign Pan, whoopie, gold bar, gift box, MINE! No, mine! NO, MINE! [mine explodes] Should you be hurt in our place of employment It’ll be worse than a band-aid and some ointment There isn’t a nurse with whom to make an appointment There’s really just certain doom; painfully poignant Each day tossed upon the scrapheap Struggling to meet pay, care to mind the gap, cheap Labour can be replaced when there are fatalities Several men a week slayed, tumbling from the gantries In what kind of dimension is debris so decrepit Worth more than all the lives amongst the men you send to get it? The minions paid a pittance from the millions you inherit And then billed for the equipment ‘fore they get to spent the credits SPOKEN INTERLUDE: Have you had an accident at work that wasn’t your fault? No, you haven’t It absolutely WAS your fault! MAIN CHORUS: Some of us are living to work Some of us are working to live Some of us are making while others are just taking And some of us are dying to give We all bought the production line We all toe the production line We all march in production line We all signed the production line BRIDGE: It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know Just another shift, try to keep a grip Haven’t slept a wink and my vision starts to drift We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go Filling up the ship, just another trip Maddened, on the brink, in no position to resist The wheels of progress, they turn, so get ahead or go home I got a quota to meet or else it’s over for me And when my rota’s complete then I can hopefully leave Just never question what burns to run the engines below We were sold on a dream but now they won’t let us sleep Take a moment to grieve and you’ll owe them a fee VERSE 04: My school careers adviser couldn’t be any nicer She was just like, “Might as well give up and die, bruh” It isn’t that likely we’ll experience retirement When staying alive’s a minimum requirement I’ve trained, I’ve tried, ‘til I’m strained, I’m tired I’d trade my trade for a train driver’s But I’m afraid that the end of the line Isn’t a place I’ll arrive ‘til the end of my life PRE-CHORUS: I am the very model of a model employee ‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me Painfully aware my fate to bear’s as cog in a machine Just one more face cast off to space for products on a screen FINAL CHORUS: Production line Production line Production line Production line Production line Production line Production line Production line We all bought the production line We all toe the production line We all march in production line We all signed the production line Some of us are making a killing While some are barely making a living Is a life worth saving without life savings? It’s a 9-to-5 25-to-life in prison Some of us are living to work Some of us are working to live Some of us are making while others are just taking And some of us are dying to give It’s a hell of a show, better the devil you know We’re here to sell you your soul, next day and ready to go We all signed the production line

[@agentnull5242]

Now I have to play Lethal company to understand the references you’ve made. Great. Edit: Not that it’s a bad thing :)

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You're the Best ❤❤❤❤❤

[@my-lord798]

1000 views in 5 minutes you really fell off stu

[@Conspiracyman200]

I hope you do more songs like these sort of music.

[@_the_magnificent_loafman]

1hr gang

[@gosha305]

Corporate evil and Stupendium is a combo that can really never go wrong

[@burgerpug6097]

True

[@NewkTheGeckgoat]

Corporate evil and The Stupendium go together like Impressive Sets and The Stupendium, or On Point costuming and The Stupendium. It’s insane!

[@yahyagd5637]

We work,to earn the right to work

[@iuric.528]

At this point "Corporate Evil" just redundant

[@bricbrok5550]

Mr house proves

[@gormlesshoboproductions]

"I am the very model of a model employee , cuz I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" is such an unbelievably raw line, it perfectly captures the mood of Lethal Company (not that the rest of the song doesnt- it all does!)

[@MayoOverlord]

Also it might just be me, but that line is a bit sus no ?

[@Arthur_Guy]

@@MayoOverlordno it is not.

[@j-mc2144]

Pirates of Penzance?

[@TheShadowOfZama]

Anyone else being reminded of the song of a certain modern major-general when hearing that line?

[@theimpostorafungus1213]

raw and makes sense since model could be interpreted as a miniature version of a real thing. Models like action figures get toyed with by humans much bigger than them. Not sure how obvious that was to people but it took me a second to get it.

[@pocket_possum]

the way thier name tags doesn't have thier names on them and just says "employee' is such a good detail because in reality when you're at this kind of working environment you're just that, an employee to them you have no name, no personality, you're just there to make them money

[@AnDeledelewoop]

2:00

[@bernardobe3580]

It is also like this in the game, it basically your rank.

[@JonathonSwinney2814]

I love how sarcastically the line "I'm clearly very important while you're merely a drone" was delivered

[@JonathonSwinney2814]

Also, I adore the emotion Dan brought to the role!!!!

[@misterbrick4276]

i love how very little of the song seems to actually involving life-threatening things (I.E. monsters) making it very clear that "hey this is about more than Lethal Company"

[@Kektus1]

Well, yeah, it's barely a Lethal Company song. It's a Corporation Bad song with a very impressive Lethal Company set of visuals made for them to wear and interact with.

[@madiz4228]

@@Kektus1I think it is very pertinent to Lethal Company. It just focuses more about the lore surrounding the Company than on the monsters.

[@muffinman7163]

I was actually kinda hoping for some more about the monsters lore or just some funny quips about them

[@High-LordHarza]

It's only missing a line about the monsters in charge being worse than the monsters they find

[@thematiasmadness7010]

@@madiz4228I mean the lore is that a giant monster “hires” them to find human scrap….for something, it’s less lazy bosses and more eldritch horror hires human to feed them as they slowly become insane or die

[@BlakeTheGamblingHero]

The dead emotionless stare as they did the dance is the face of men who worked months upon months for the company and just had enough after being struck by lightning for the 20th time.

[@Mr.Sparks.173]

I worked blue collar jobs (formally factory work, now I'm an electrician) almost all my life and every now and then you'll get an executive that would think that mandatory "fun" things like group dances or stretches would be more beneficial than a pay raise. The workers all have that dead look in thier eyes as the foreman half-heartedly guides the guys through the motions so we can all get back to why we're there in the first place.

[@user-ig7id1ey6u]

​@@Mr.Sparks.173"If they are treat you like the money you make them, treat them like the money you get"

[@Vaprous]

Wait a minute... this isn't a song about Lethal Company ... this is just a song about real life.

[@noahhamilton5974]

"Ah, you figured it out! Would you like a cookie?" -your brain, F:NV I jest, but honestly stupes' songs.... stupend me with how much they contain secrets. Call me stupid, but i realied about 1 1/2 years after the remaster of "the second" that the title is a pun name.

[@Vaprous]

@@noahhamilton5974 Wait until you learn that "Matter of Factories" is a pun on "Matter of Fact".

[@noahhamilton5974]

@@Vaprous did know that one. BUTTT DID YOU KNOW IT IS A PLAY ON THE NAME OF HIS SONG "A MATTER OF FACTS"?

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Every time someone makes something, it's about more than the idea. It's communication. Start with something you feel so hard it grabs your bones inside your flesh, and it doesn't matter if its fanwork-- people will feel it whether it's your original story or another that inspired you.

[@HawkOfKrypton]

Thats The Stups Experience for ya. :)

[@trx90vito29]

“I’m the very model of a model employee” both a reference to “The Very Model of a Modern Major General” AND Ad Infinitums line “The very model of a major general store” Well played, Xir, well played

[@Acorn905]

I dont understand but that sounds smart

[@turriffo]

Can't believe they ACTUALLY built a space ship JUST for this music video!

[@foxtube2]

I love the helmets

[@vikerish3633]

I love how this is literally not a lethal company song, it's just a corporate greed song with the guise of lethal company. Stupendium and Dan you only make bangers!

[@TelevisionNTheatre]

In the end, either works. The Company *is* just a walking code violation anyway. Or... whatever it uses to walk.

[@Whyteroze28]

Right? It's literally just the world today...

[@Haganeren]

The VISUAL was very Lethal company but yes, not really the lyrics... It works quite well though !

[@nnnn8029]

As much as Datastream, Fine print and other corporate songs were much more about real life horror than about their source games.

[@teamcybr8375]

​@@nnnn8029 Data Stream especially. That break where he lists all the shit they track, was literally taken straight from the list of stuff Facebook tracks

[@maxbreiling4929]

"Our empires founded on the thousands drowned in the cement" is my favorite line. Just upon hearing the opening tune did I know this was going to be a Stupendium hit

[@TheStringyGamer]

Its a beautiful line and extremely true. In the US we rarely hear about the hundreds of thousands of laborers from across the world were used like slaves and died building the dams and railroads not that long ago

[@Ag3nt-MC]

The opening bit is stuck in my head so I just listen to the song to remind me that once I get out of school I get to work the rest of my life.

[@TheStringyGamer]

@Ag3nt-MC The more people that understand how bad capitalism is the closer we get to doing something about it

[@christianmurray1986]

"Hell-bent on empires" because that's what corporate wants.

[@ivycomb]

The amount of love and care you put into these music videos is insane

[@TheStupendium]

Thank you! 🧡🧡🧡

[@aditasanchez8366]

With the orange hearts that’s crazy

[@CoraCreates]

YOOO IVYCOMB?!

[@julianthechild7483]

Stupendium autocorrects to stupendous for a reason.

[@ArianOlivo]

Part 2: trending clip recommended kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIGqlKWYasSNjsU

[@theromanorder]

Yea because theres a yter with that name

[@elstarnor4628]

Because they are ✨stupendous✨ /hj

[@NeinBreaker]

The Stupendous Stupendium.

[@wyvernscale9634]

Because that's exactly what they are 😊

[@PoisonFlow3r]

"Mine" "No, Mine" "No, MINE" lmao. Genius lyrics, genius set design, genius video.... GENIUS, as always. You and Dan have both outdone yourselves once again!

[@ArianOlivo]

Part 2:Dont Rickroiİ kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIGqlKWYasSNjsU

[@SyckoMode]

Agreed!

[@TelevisionNTheatre]

Kaboom!

[@mplayergaming8257]

Yeah that part got me cracking.

[@GamerBendy]

​@@ArianOlivopart 3: where's you father?

[@MeboDotExe]

“lift off, tick tock, the big clock’s-a-tickin’, drift in, dropped off at the drop ship’s position, sod tip top condition, a tip’s what you live in, drop shipping top tip, [TIPS WILL NOT BE GIVEN.]” is so pleasing to the ears

[@isaiahminott]

How in the world do flip the words tip top so much and still make it absolutely fire....only stupes and dan know Also the whoopy, gold bar (whoopi goldberg)

[@epicjag3365]

1:59 "My son will be turning 18 later this year and as i have yet to meet him, i humbly request that i might perhaps see him for half an hour to mark the occasion?...please?" The details in the actual video are almost as good as the songs, BANGER

[@fawkespryde9183]

"And I'll never hit that bottle until it's time to pee." As someone who's heard horror stories about night shift, that line hits different.

[@05-04]

Can I understand

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

@@05-04| It's a reference to Amazon, which was woking its warehouse employees so hard they didn't even have time to use the bathroom, and instead had to pee in bottles.

[@GamerBendy]

​@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth when I first heard that lyric my first thought it was reference to fnaf song stay calm where Mike pee into a cup

[@exploratory-fordora9672]

@@GamerBendyI mean… yes’nt they both where referring to the same thing

[@05-04]

@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth No... I want to know @fawkespryde9183 horror story stuff

[@chaoticnekomancer]

"I'd trade my trade for a *train driver's* but I'm afraid that the *end of the line* isn't a place I'll arrive 'til the end of my life!" That's SUCH a great little nod to the last song Stupes and Dan Bull have collaborated on AND I'M LIVING FOR IT!!

[@LordSaric]

Bonus points for the spidery threat both times!

[@jandiqar]

There's also a lyrical reference to Tune Into The Darkness at the end of the first verse.

[@HexterXD]

With this kind of funky beat, i’m surprised the beastly creatures didn’t join in the company approved dance.

[@Starplagues]

Love the detail of Dan forgetting to turn off the flashlight and has it in his pockets still on

[@ThatOneJoJoDude]

"its a 9-5, 25-to-life in prison" gotta be one of my favorite lines in this song :D i love this

[@dallastexas1684]

that line reminds me of "ashes to ashes, 9 to 5" in the Death and Taxes song.

[@ThatOneJoJoDude]

​@@dallastexas1684 dang ur right.. nice

[@Callynboclair]

Stupes popped off with this one. I mean, anticapitalism and Stupes go hand in hand, but they really made a working class anthem. The day before this was posted, I was fired with no warning even though I worked more overtime than anyone else. This absolute banger is gonna be the fight song for a bit. The line "I am the very model of a model employee ‘Cause I’m used to being toyed with by those far bigger than me" COULD NOT have hit harder than it did today. All love Stupes. Keep doing what you do best.

[@MoondustManwise]

I'm down here at the bottom with you, solidarity my friend, someday we'll claw the billionaires off their thrones

[@whensleydaled]

Including "production makes me feel good" as a nod to Bustin' was genius.

[@underplayer420]

5:17 “I’ve TRAINed” “END OF THE LINE” *gasp! CHO CHO CHARLES BANGER SONF REFERENCE!!!

[@ARTIFICION]

Stupe's amidst all the heavy themes, I couldn't help but chuckle at the "Have you had an accident at work that wasn't your fault?" interlude. It's a clever nod to those ubiquitous workplace safety ads that always seem to pop up when you least expect them. Overall, a fantastic piece of music for THE COMPANY with layers of meaning and a sprinkle of humor to keep it all balanced. Stupendium/Dan Bull really nailed it!🔥

[@MoondustManwise]

It's so real too, I had an injury at work that made my back useless for the next few months and all I got told was that I should have done better. Didn't even bother pursuing workers comp, I've never seen it given in my life

[@notyetimnot406]

wow, if i had a nickel for every time stupes and dan got together and made a song about a horror game with the word "line" in its name that had two alternate endings, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@oboo1225]

This song also has an end of the line reference in it

[@strawhatsteve2198]

I see Phineas and Ferb reference, I press like.

[@GuyYouMetOnline]

End of the Line has alternate endings?

[@AlexanderAzarov]

@@GuyYouMetOnline When Dan Bull and The Stupendium collab, they always have different endings, so far.

[@mr_epicgaming]

If I had a nickel for every time stupes and Dan go to SPACE to engage in DANGEROUS TASKS in silly SPACESUITS. Oh yeah. alongside that. In one of the two alternate endings STUPES ENDS UP BEING THE BAD GUY.... I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice.

[@Blorckits]

3:15 this is an amazing shot. What a genius way to pan to the second character.

[@myeyesdontbreathe3555]

very minor detail, but I love how, in the credits, the beat for the backing track comes in just as Stupes thanks Freshy and Free for help making said beat.

[@BeefBoss2010]

Stupendium and Dan Bull must've loved making this video for it to be 7 mins, and that was 7 mins deserved of my time.

[@stargamer9614]

And since there is a second version its a well enployed 14min of time

[@AnDeledelewoop]

For me it's more like 42 mins

[@BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit]

YOUR SONG KEEPS THE COMPANY HAPPY.

[@fishyoung1346]

I've GOT to listen to the acapella so I can try to breakdown the production techniques in stacking those harmonies at 5:40. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING

[@BurningAshPlays]

The mine line is genius it reminds me of the time my friends and I had like 500 dollars from one moon carrying it through the facility and someone yelled "MINE!" and we all blew up. Incredible song as always!

[@jonatanmonsalve11]

This song just made me desire a Helldivers 2 song made by you both XD You two work so well together for these kind of fun crazy games

[@FelidaeEnjoyer]

If junes' monthly song isn't it THAT JUST MEANS IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER WHEN IT COMES OUT!

[@triggerhappy4199]

Deep rock galactic as well for the trilogy of fun multiplayer games

[@KingNedya]

​@@triggerhappy4199That would be great, DRG getting more recognition is always a good thing.

[@klausschmidt6833]

Empires founded on thousands drowned in cement. Wow. It's so hard to pick just one line from this amazing work of art. It's so perfectly distilled "Stupendium talks corporate greed" that it's iconic, of course. But man. The hardness of these lines makes me think it'd sell better than the gold we're grabbing to hit quota. Platinum song indeed.

[@titusfortunus2916]

WE ARE BLESSED, 7 MINUTES WITH HARD LYRICS AND LITTLE REPETITION, A NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, IT'S ALL SO GOOD.

[@justkeveroni]

3:04 is literally EAR CANDY. Also wanted to add that the set looks INCREADABLE. It's probably one of my favorite sets you've done by far with it being incredibly detailed! Bravo to literally everyone who work on the video

[@bonniemann8360]

In the age-old tradition of shouting out lyrics that go hard, I gotta give love to "at the gallows for the price drop" and "just never question what burns to run the engines below"

[@_.Lix._]

We love the Company *and* The Stupendium!

[@cabnbeeschurgr6440]

WE LOVE THE COMPANY

[@thefakejoel7323]

WEEE LOVEE THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY. THEEE COMPANY!

[@Calimbandil87]

What a fun little song with absolutely no real world implications at all. No siree!

[@FZK29]

I haven't played this game, but I don't understand why people complain that Stupendium and Dan Bull took a different path lyrically to not be so close to the original game. I love this! It's so deep, it's lyrically wonderful... AND THAT CHORUS IS SO CATCHING... AAAA!!! I LOVE IT!! Sparked a genuine interest in the game, i have to try it.

[@realgerasiov]

Not regretting being a patron for these kinds of bangers!

[@ArianOlivo]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIGqlKWYasSNjsU

[@stompingliger]

Here, here!

[@BoredPipe]

That dance at the end looks like it's a comandy mandated coreography that people were required to do, or else get a pay cut. Fun!

[@El_Rey_247]

Thank you for making these so upbeat. Some of these lines bring up some painful memories, but they're worth remembering. The energy definitely pushes it in a "laugh rather than cry" direction.

[@thegamemaker8284]

3d printing layer lines spotted, this brings me happiness for some reason

[@RockingSpaceDragon]

I gotta say, listening to it again i really love how the beginning of the song starts like a song sung by the masses, almost like a work song, that then refines into the personal singing - it feels like we're getting a view of the company as a whole before zooming in on two unfortunates!

[@grimlockthetyrant4521]

I know what you mean. I really enjoy the work song at the beginning, I’d say it’s my favorite part! Don’t get me wrong, the whole song’s a banger, but I’m curious about what it would’ve sounded like if they stuck with the work song.

[@TuxedoDogss]

@@grimlockthetyrant4521 that's exactly what im thinking! that initial part set the bar so high for me, it is probably my new favourite verse in stupe's songs. i really wish we could get another song focused on that style

[@AnDeledelewoop]

If you slow it down it sound like a kind of ipnosis

[@imunswag1539]

I swear, Stupes has mastered the, “Corrupt business, dystopian, evil ceo” type of song.

[@chancehynes-mcguire6124]

Cool how the two best lyricists of nerdcore harmonize so daym well!

[@agoose373]

0:18 for those who wanna replay the beginning a thousand times

[@Swoobit]

Thank you very much

[@Adcium]

When a song about a horror game applies to real life, you know life sucks.

[@jonathanfox1506]

Love the upbeat-ness of the song, and I dare say the flow is amazing

[@wizerplay6905]

The "No, mine!" joke and the "No, it absolutely WAS your fault!" are genius, I don't have any other words 😂😂 Also I'm not sure if that's the same bell as in Don't Let The Bellhops Bite, but since the short about unreusable props I was thinking it could be used here (oh god, how expensive this video probably is...)

[@ThatNameRightHere]

Something I just noticed are the beer bottles are the same ones from the Fallen London video! At least, I'm pretty sure they are!

[@wizerplay6905]

@@ThatNameRightHere They do look similar, you're probably right, how did you even notice that! :D

[@bruteboi73]

the dead inside dancing is amazing

[@SkyeTheSapphicWizard]

I cannot with Dan's face when he says bruh behind stupes

[@branfili]

I really like the easter eggs in the video Like the REQUEST DENIED for meeting my son on his 18th birthday Really helps underscore the depressing theme of the song

[@xandermason7748]

I have never found a channel quite as effective at throwing verbal-flashbang lyrics at you as the stupendium. Incredible stuff as usual, we love it!

[@arty3090]

This was such a fun one! I still appreciate how Stupes and Co make these songs about the games and their messages and themes, rather than just trying to pad time on referencing mechanics. Its why I'm glad to tune in each release!

[@theworstghost123]

The aesthetics in this video were great, the animations and costumes were amazing!

[@FlyingSnake]

The freaking produciton level in this oh my god, this all looks amazing

[@karlsundkvist6603]

Pun intended?

[@yamamaisinmybed]

Guess you could say stupes is running a good production line

[@mallet69420]

Stupes with a cute game about building your island and making animal friends: song about how landlords pressure you into horrible prices and are the worst people Stupes with a game about a company killing their employees for not doing enough work: Dancing Time

[@headphonesaxolotl]

The irony is that Tom Nook is arguably one of the nicest CEOs in fiction (at least in the newer games) and he gets villainized while everyone jokes about "for the Company" while it's one of the worst.

[@burnslee1164]

1:42 This line has nothing to do with the game, and I could not be happier that it is in here, good work, guys! You truly went above and beyond your quota, and I hope you can afford a great luxury, like radio, or flashlights.

[@AtomicFear]

THIS SONG WAS SO GOOD, THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS THROUGH THE ROOM OH MY LORD

[@ac31ell]

The way that Dan Bull and Stupendium never fail to deliver whether its working together or as individuals

[@Lawnie]

My two favourite tidbits of this are the nod to "The End of the Line", and the incredibly tired and lifeless dancing around the 6 minute 13 mark. So much fun. Great work, Stupes and Dan!

[@guyman12345]

Well good news! You reached quota, congrats! And for your pay you get 0.5% of the earnings we get. Now we expect triple of that quota by Monday, chop chop!

[@ionmaster9878]

Stupendium; I've gotta hand it to you. Not only is this a rather good song ( Within your rather well-established niche of 'Evil Corporations' ) But, one of your last songs; Adequate Wordsmith to be specific, actually got me to start working on a project of mine. While i have stalled for the moment, you did it; you got me to start- and that's more than i had before. Thank you.

[@Victini7472]

2:10 idk why "I miss my wife, I miss my kids, I miss my life, can't live like this!" got me LMFAO, all of this is amazing

[@RedMADMax2008]

Was looking a comment mention this lyric. Thank you friend

[@sbigoo9688]

THEY DID IT! THEY REUSED THE LAMP!

[@realyoutubecommenter]

This, I like this. It's got that classic Stupendium/Dan Bull punchiness (hope I'm using that right), like the Fine Print meets Robocopyright! I don't know how else to say it, it's damn good!

[@zephanyblue1901]

OMG this was amazing and hilarious but was anyone else expecting this song to be about how much we love the company and it getting progressively darker?

[@jackofalltrades1874]

This- This might actually be the catchiest song you’ve made. INCREDIBLY well done!

[@dreamymaccready2287]

I was listening to the stupendium originals playlist on shuffle when this came out, and let me tell you going from And Then I Prey to this is whiplash. the lyricism, production, visuals, and mixing are so much improved, but I could still hear the seeds in that old song of what was to come. an amazing journey you've made in these last seven years, and looking forward to seeing you make the inevitable third song with Dan Bull about a game set in space with alternate endings for each channel

[@William43275]

3:33 it do be like that. Employee 1: oh that's mine! Employee 2: Mine! Employee 1: no its mine! Employee 3 in the distance: you guys found something? *distant explosion and radio cuts*

[@williammagnaye8315]

I absolutely love the madrigal-esque quality the final chorus has in the ending. Again, Stupendium does not disappoint

[@flaviusiii2647]

Yesterday in the supermarket someone pointed to my Stupendium brand hoodie (tm) and said “no I in team” and we both said “but theres con in economy!” And my friend put their head in their hands

[@noahhamilton5974]

What was your friend expecting? Adventure?

[@gwennifergracie-mclauchlan5675]

Always happy to see Stupe doing more corporate horror, but you've also done an incredible job making this just an actual decent workers anthem for amazon warehouses. Which I KNOW was intentional with that bottle gag. How long before you're just putting out actual labor union anthems stupe be honest?

[@LadyofInsanity]

You and Dan Bull collabing on a song never miss. And a song that is supposed to be a spiritual sequel to The Fine Print and it shows? My soul ascends.

[@mangomelody5044]

1:09 Darn corporate entities taking our life away. Not reading what we have signed up for.

[@megaathlete55]

I love how their music is absolutely relatable and kick ass even if you haven’t played the game. Genius.

[@CorneliusCob]

I greatly admire how the message of this song is even more thinly veiled than The Fine Print

[@slapstickopal]

It's so depressing and upbeat at the same time! And addictive too! So, exactly like the game! I love it!

[@Xeorboom]

Stupendium and evil businesses with Dan Bull? you had me at the first beat!

[@frostflamegames673]

I feel like if I looked hard enough, I'd be able to find every line of this song in a comment saying it's their favorite. Which says a lot about how AMAZING this song is.

[@essayenjoyer]

I love the "Production makes me Feel Good" nod. That was wonderful

[@thomaswhite1111]

This song has definitely hit the company quota 🔥

[@stellanovaluna]

I KNEW you’d make a Lethal Company song! lol And of course it’s a banger, just like every other song you’ve made lol

[@Unformed8]

6:14 - Company mandated employee spirit enhancing activity time

[@xxalucard66xx]

Love the Gilbert and Sullivan references. Another one knocked out of the park Stupendium!

[@gregs1961]

Wow?? Wasn't expecting a Lethal Company song, but great job on it!

[@cakelovesone7805]

i love the 'model of a model employee' as, assumedly, a reference to 'model of a modern major general'

[@PotatoDemon-dz7hu]

Remember kids, the generation that mined and worked on the railroad had people that ran off and mentally broke down, the people who ‘manned up’ are the survivors, not the product.

[@PotatoDemon-dz7hu]

Actually, once you look at it this way the attitudes of some old people make sense of “Bah! You kids just aren’t grateful!” This attitude is obviously wrong, people can still have problems without working more than 12 hours a day in the mines with no safety regulations. But if you don’t know how to see other people’s experiences and are like a potted plant who doesn’t listen to anyone then yeah, it makes sense. Every perspective is someone’s world. We are dictated by our own lives, it’s up to US to see through it.

[@broccoliben7961]

I’m only just now getting to this. 7 MINUTES LONG???? God damn Stupes

[@SyckoMode]

This is the kind of song that would make me bop my head from beginning to end!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Stupendium and Dan are the Best duo🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@seth-the-inactive]

this is already one of my new favourite songs (just like the rest of yours!), i can confidently say that this is an amazing song and pretty much exactly what i expected! the lyrics are excellent, the sets and costumes are accurate and high quality, another brilliant job Stupendium, you and Dan never fail to impress!

[@DillyChannel]

the little "PRODUCTION MAKES ME FEEEEEEEEL GOOOOOOOOOD" thats mixed into the ending chorus is GOLD, amazing work fellas! :)

[@Alexi_Reynov]

Always a good day when Stupes and DanBull drop a new song. The production values continue to climb and the beat is sharp. Greay work the pair of you :-].

[@DarkDoodle34]

16 hours, 21 replays so far. Still smacks🤘🤘🤘 Update: Finally hit 30, still not bored in the slightest. Melodies, writing, rhymes, and a video to spit about dark corpo's. It's Fine Print all over again...I'll be stuck here for another 3 years, I reckon

[@mr_epicgaming]

How do you keep tracks of your replays?

[@DarkDoodle34]

@@mr_epicgaming Unapologetic Autism, now at 43 😂

[@kylerivera3470]

I love how it feels like you are getting more and more exhausted throughout the song.

[@Swoobit]

Dude i cant stop replaying the beginning part its so well animated and sounds so good