The Ballad of Chesty - Sea of Thieves Music Video

The Sea of Thieves Music Video featuring chesty is now here! This was the final milestone prize in the Worst Premade Ever 2021 charity livestream. So thank you to all of those people that donated and got us over the £15k mark in order to make this happen!
HUGE shoutout and love to Tim at Woodcroft Audio for making this sound as epic as it does! If you're in need of an audio engineer to mix and master any musical projects that you might have on the go, he's your man! Go check out his website and instagram here: www.woodcroftaudio.com/ IG: / woodcroftaudio
Credits
Instrumentation: Ellis & Jake
Vocals: Alex (as chesty) & Jake, Gabby, Cath, Ellis (as crew)
Lyrics: Gabby
Art Direction: Gabby & Nick
Editing: Nick
Mixing and mastering: Tim / Woodcroft Audio LTD
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[@WorstPremadeEver]

HUGE shout out and love to Tim at Woodcroft Audio for making this sound as epic as it does! If you're in need of an audio engineer to mix and master any musical projects that you might have on the go, he's your man! Go check out his website and instagram here: www.woodcroftaudio.com/ IG: instagram.com/woodcroftaudio Credits Instrumentation: Ellis & Jake Vocals: Alex (as chesty) & Jake, Gabby, Cath, Ellis (as crew) Lyrics: Gabby Art Direction: Gabby & Nick Video Editing: Nick Audio Mixing and Mastering: Tim / Woodcroft Audio LTD

[@jordan_cagle]

Are you going to put this on Spotify?

[@lerin1049]

*Add to my music list*

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

Only time when Ellis, Jake, Alex, Gabby and Cath didn't despise each other every second.

[@worlds_cpt4394]

I just hear Jake’s deep ass voice ahahah

[@delanovanraalte3646]

Give us a version were the audio is not been edited so we can torture ourselves

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

The best part of the song was the fact the WPM crew managed to work together for an entire 3 minute video.

[@amberlyrane8006]

I need bloopers of Jonk messing up a lyric and hte others screaming at him

[@corywilson2974]

@@amberlyrane8006 We have bloopers now

[@mylesfutrell9534]

@@corywilson2974 where are they, i need them now!!

[@corywilson2974]

@@mylesfutrell9534 It's their new video just uploaded on their main channel.

[@mylesfutrell9534]

@@corywilson2974 it wasn’t posted long ago (im not a member yet) but i saw it now

[@broudogg]

Chesty started as a joke, and will stay as a legend Long live Chesty, The Chest of Skulls!

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

perhaps "The Chest of Laughter" is a more appropriate title?

[@RedCommando1084]

@@jacktheomnithere2127 New cursed chest idea.

[@mr.reborn5518]

Raise a pint to chesty, lads!

[@thecatpersonuk9962]

@@jacktheomnithere2127 reference to a sea of thieves episode

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@thecatpersonuk9962 really?

[@nemobille5954]

You know sometimes I forget that both Ellis and Jake are audio engineers. I don't think I'm forgetting again any time soon.

[@Esomres]

Yeah. Before this I think we all agreed that Jake was a dyslexic moron and Ellis enjoyed metals a bit to much

[@heartlessnobody1143]

I will, Very soon in fact

[@partnermammoth2562]

I thought ellis was a network engineer

[@jackheath3813]

@@partnermammoth2562 I thought Ellis was a precious metal expert

[@partnermammoth2562]

@@jackheath3813 mfer does everything but no thats just a meme he doesnt actual work in precious metals or anything

[@jedder]

I never guessed that any of the crew were bad singers. But THAT HARMONY THOUGH!!!

[@raythe9264]

It's called auto tune, dude. They literally promote an audio engineer in the pinned comment.

[@Jerry-ej9hn]

@@raythe9264still sounds cool

[@jameshaslock-owen]

It probably helps that Jake is a sound engineer

[@jaredsmith4682]

I didn’t know jake had such a lovely bass singing voice

[@vinccool96]

And Ellis has a fantastic tenor voice

[@seokjiniFanboy]

The vermintide video has his bass aswell

[@CristoKnight]

I've known he had a good voice since 2 years ago because he had a little snippet of him mock-singing but it still sounded good. Forgot what it was called. I think it was something dying light related.

[@potatoproductions8084]

Agreed, Jonk rocks it, and honestly the rest blend fantastically

[@ronniesmith3255]

Jake had to try sing the sing 8 million times just to get the lyrics right

[@lugilug244]

That Chorus absolutely slaps, must I say.

[@guilhermys8243]

Definitely my favorite part of the song

[@bjorncorvin4568]

Aye aye captain

[@ncr_official_2189]

Please tell me you guys shot a behind a scenes video for this masterpiece. Because let us be honest, no one expects this level of coordination from you guys

[@rufusconnolly8489]

I hope it's not Patreon-only or something

[@thatsaladprophet7051]

Thusly, they have.

[@lelevi3764]

@@thatsaladprophet7051 and its fucking perfect

[@unseenw0lf647]

Just watched it

[@ncr_official_2189]

@@unseenw0lf647 and it's beautiful. Everything I had hoped for

[@CosmicAnime]

If you close your eyes, and listen, you get two different songs. First, you get a awesome rock pirate song, then Chesty's voice comes in and it is turned right over to WPE, haha, best combo.

[@macktalbert6546]

I was not expecting this but I’m not disappointed.

[@lily_the_gamer1773]

I like the song

[@Pokemonmasterz]

RIGHT

[@lily_the_gamer1773]

@@Pokemonmasterz they need to make songs for often don’t you agree

[@longbow857]

@@lily_the_gamer1773 I mean it is enjoyable, but I wouldn't want to be the audio mixer man to make them sound any good xD

[@austinplatt]

Why would you be disappointed

[@LittleKittenTheCaptainGeneral]

THIS IS THE BEST MOST COHERENT PIECE OF TEAMWORK MADE BY WPE EVER!!!!!

[@kanegawa9718]

I was wondering for the hole thing about how much time it must have taken for this bunch of knobheads to coordinate this masterpiece

[@psugab]

@@kanegawa9718 a year.

[@miadesynced]

They’ve been working since May I think

[@zeltclumzyy1835]

We wont ever see teamwork like this ever again

[@vladimirirkhin]

@@kanegawa9718 they made a community post yesterday that says it took a year

[@ponypunk2065]

RIP Alex's throat... This was amazing!

[@scully1745]

Luckily they had jake

[@ponypunk2065]

@@scully1745 they used Jake as Alex's throat? Noice

[@jackwillard4]

I'm formally requesting a 1-hour version of the crew running through different islands to the "Chesty where have you gone, Chesty come back home" part Also, as a Bostonian, I love the fact that a lot of this was based off of Shipping off to Boston

[@trajiksintex]

I'd love to hear this song before a Dropkick Murphys show.

[@cludecat7072]

@@trajiksintex even better the dropkick Murphys sing it themselves!

[@trajiksintex]

@@cludecat7072 I would pay the horrible price for parking to see that!

[@cludecat7072]

@@trajiksintex sam e

[@lieuwedewolf2476]

It sounds so good!

[@koop-xcie7715]

The tale The myth The legend nobody thought they wanted But everyone needed

[@potato88872]

Chesty

[@justbennyka7596]

Alex as Chesty was funny as hell, had me laughing all the way through that lol

[@silverblade9915]

This did NOT need to slap so hard. Amazing. I can listen to this unironically

[@brandoncorder3133]

This was fabulous, and I must say they did an amazing job on the chorus. I’ve watched this like 6 times now. Long live the greatest pirate of the 7 seas, Chesty.

[@williamcooper2095]

it is such a good song, raise a pint to chesty and the lads

[@mrsleepy08]

Someone please put this on spotify so i can play it on my Café

[@Indigo_Roses]

Seconded. I wanna annoy people with this

[@that_one_guy6683]

Can you image a bunch of drunk sailors singing this?💀💀💀

[@captionshadow]

Then I'd pay top dollar just to go to your Café

[@romanzitnansky9578]

I can and they don't have to be pirates. I also second the motion to add this song to Spotify

[@77ExarKun]

This need to be 1) on spotify 2) in Sea of thieves.

[@mr.reborn5518]

I never would have expected a full on song to be made for a simple joke character like Chesty. But hot damn have you made a catchy one for them. Come on lads, raise a pint to Chesty, the Chest of Skulls!

[@goldenhate6649]

I mean, minecraft had diggy diggy hole that ended up on napalm records

[@cattymouse4996]

@@goldenhate6649 on that topic, what the hell is a flow and why is a dwarf kicking it

[@electrum5579]

The liquid morkite must flow!

[@eMpTy12189]

For chesty!🍺

[@vinccool96]

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

[@kittykingdom875]

I have not stopped listening to this since it came out, I love the softness of Gabby's voice with the deep of Jake's, it makes my brain tingle in such a good way. The chorus, the entire thing really is just *chefs kiss*

[@smokedoutturtle7496]

All I can think of is the making of this video and Ellis saying “what the fuck are we doing? We’re fucking 30 guys” 😂😂

[@doomer6696]

i love how u can if u focus hear each of their voices and honestly together they sound really good.

[@indubitubly8358]

Exactly my thoughts

[@rolandneese5135]

it was hard to tell if ellie and Cath were apart of this but it was 100% easy to tell alex jake and gabby's voices were in this

[@doctorsnakeeater1997]

The deep bass of the lads voices was shocking to hear

[@inward3179]

You can kinda hear the welsh if you listen really closely to the lyrics. But i for the life of me cant find ellis

[@Bishop1091]

@@imry4nze I think WPE crew has made him rage so much he lost his voice

[@zel3996]

I think Ellis is most easily heard (maybe idk) in the chorus “chesty where have you gone” Inb4 he isn’t in it haha

[@SirPirckleton]

I'm only in the chorus (cause I can't sing for crap), Cath is the high voice in the pre-chrous.

[@chrisvan2688]

I fully expect to see this nominated for some big music award. I also want to see the full stream and how absolutely done with each other they were.

[@TheJokerha]

💀

[@TheJohnGuy-qw7dp]

​@@TheJokerha💀

[@maddyyellowheart8191]

This is so impressive and omg gabby and jake sound so good in the background!!! Their harmony is everything

[@doobedoobeedowaaa4615]

the chorus is legitimately so nice sounding

[@oddeyes0075]

I love Alex singing in the Chesty voice along with Jake and Ellis finaly using their sound enginering degrees. Keep up the amazing work guys.

[@leKitsu]

I really need an version with only music for my drunken DnD nights

[@NightBane345]

So glad to hear Alex embracing his real voice for once

[@pixelbros1280]

Jake is a really good singer 😮 his voice really fit this

[@clementinethemerciless7563]

This was so bloody cool that this should have been the original trailer for the game💀

[@leprekahn1016]

I'm so happy that Chesty's lady of the night arc made an appearance

[@theonewhoplays9450]

wait a fucking moment, no way it's ellis, jake, gabby and cath singing the chorus, THAT IS TOO GOOD TO BE THEM!

[@IAmACloud44]

I know this is supposed to be a meme, but why does it sound and look so good and professional?????

[@rainix3098]

A professional sound engineer work on this :) also elise and jake have sound engineering degree :)

[@lanterns_glow]

A lot of work

[@monkeymaniac8269]

Also don’t like, most of them actually have singing talent?

[@lanterns_glow]

@@monkeymaniac8269 they do

[@auniqueidiot2535]

I CAN'T believe you made a music video and it actually sounds this good. I went into this expecting goofy singing with broken voices (which Alex still provided), but that chorus was pretty banging.

[@razargames4153]

I love the line with on last pint we raise a hand! It just fits the pirates vibe so much!

[@jamescotton5194]

Cheers bro I'll drink to that

[@redhawke8458]

WTF!? Are you guys actually talented!? This is way better than I thought it would be! Jokes aside, this is pretty awesome, and you guys did a really great job with this. Album when?

[@Cryscorde]

“Are you guys actually talented?” I know this is well meaning but that sounds very backhanded lmao

[@OctyabrAprelya]

@@Cryscorde Well, it's in the spirit with the humour of the channel. Right?

[@JDWard27]

Jake actually went to school as an audio engineer, so it's very likely he's well versed with stuff like Protools which is an insanely useful and powerful professional audio/music production tool.

[@TheTallOne890]

To be fair Jake specifically took a class in music production so no wonder it sounds good atleast

[@redhawke8458]

@@Cryscorde You are right on both counts, that was meant as a joke, and it did come across a bit meaner than I’d intended

[@alleneux6852]

This was a total delight to hear, from Alex doing his iconic chesty voice being funny af, to the harmony that the crew were able to accomplish, great work guys! (The only thing that could make this better is if we got to see bloopers of this song, that would be hilarious to see and hear) Edit: thanks for all the likes guys! And yes, the prophecy has been fulfilled!

[@jacobcraft123]

The propercy is fullfilled!!!! Blooper video is here!!!!!!!!!

[@soulless_jake540]

To me alex is angry and rude

[@alleneux6852]

@@soulless_jake540 true, but to me it is for the sake of being funny overall, after all it is alex's quirk to be rude af

[@scully1745]

​@@soulless_jake540 it's mainly for comedic effect if you watch some of the vods you can see wen hes not like tjat

[@Nemixu]

Judging on the voice pitch when they're talking regularly. I'm guessing Jake was the bass and DAMN HE DID GOOD

[@wowkir]

Require behind-the-scenes footage of you guys filming this. Epic!

[@DMINDTHELOWRIDER]

I refuse to believe that the gang could be serious long enough to make this video! Or...it took the better part of a year! 😌

[@lilyandrobbgodz]

The shots of y’all running with the main chorus is hella cool, I love this video and song so much!

[@liamyoudontgettoknow8269]

this has NO right being this much of a BANGER, not to mention the editing and the pure cinema of the shots… Art, all of it.

[@TheZGal45]

Oh and sorry, Tim you freaking rock for your work on this! Also Ellis and Jake, freaking sweet on the instructions!

[@AztechHydra]

Why is this actually fire?!

[@NlKENINJA]

I wasnt expecting this but i know its gonna be fire

[@x_swifthunter_x]

If this came out earlier on Spotify it would be number 1 on my wrapped

[@B1GT1MEHAT3R]

Holy crap does Gabby and Cath carry this song with that chorus

[@rainix3098]

And Jake's bass too!

[@tinygorl]

Guess this gonna be playing on repeat now

[@TheGlitch252]

How many times have you listened to this? Yes

[@bjorncorvin4568]

Same

[@lonesomenobody7110]

10/10 put this on Spotify and every other music platform out there

[@crossyright9493]

Alex voice as chesty is really killing me. That's the best thing I've heard all day. And ofc, you all did good. With the lyric, video, and all of that

[@olihemming2299]

Legend has it, He’s still watching over the sea on that island

[@MediaDroid960]

I’m amazed at how good the crew (specifically Jake cath and gabby) at singing

[@Silverfur01]

i'm not, at least as far as jake and gabby go. i've heard them slap together a few lyrics for funsies during a couple streams; they're very good at improv.

[@mylesfutrell9534]

@@Silverfur01 and jake does sound engineering so hes probably heard a lot of stuff and gotten a lot of advice.

[@nightram6164]

Rest in peace Chesty You will be forgotten o7

[@wolfpony64]

o7

[@fletch2772]

o7

[@jamesward6460]

I think you mean rust in peace.

[@nicholasyannaccone5696]

@@jamesward6460 agreed it repeatedly says he was lost at sea and we know how rust occurs/ is accelerated

[@spk1121]

He _will_ be forgotten? 😄

[@bungerroyale5144]

This song fucking slaps.

[@azazel5004]

You know, seeing how obnoxiously funny their voices usually are, it's really impressive how good this song sounds

[@mathewmaggio5110]

When are the Grammy's again? Because this deserves to win one!

[@surdmuri]

This song slaps harder then the Kraken's tentakle

[@mawmadestuff8680]

I did not know I needed you guys to make a rock/shanty ballad until this very moment. This is unironically so well done, it's easy to forget how talented you guys really are, keep it up! ❤❤

[@deadmoth9354]

This is awesome. The amount of effort it took definitely shines through and I love how when the music got more intense there was a volcano erupting in the back. I can’t put into words how absolutely SICK this is

[@svenjablender8968]

I already listened to it multiple times, and even though I couldnt be there for the charity stream, it's an absolute banger

[@DanteSleyer]

I never thought I needed this, it’s such a catchy song hopefully you do more 😂😂

[@SolSteam]

Oh. My. God. I cannot believe that such a ballad was made so well! WPE, you've brought a smile to my face once again!

[@dukeparcival7859]

Whoever did that guitar solo I tip my hat to you.

[@gaminglmao3032]

Started as a joke, turned into a legend. Thanks Chesty!

[@tonyrobinsonjr4741]

I didnt have high hopes for this, but you guys blew it out of the water. Well done to all the WPE crew.

[@matthewsilva2111]

Even In 2024 This is still a banger guys great job. Would love to see more 🎉

[@BreezeOTM]

I don't catch many of your live streams, cause I live in America, but I'm glad to see you guys grow. This is honestly one of my favorite songs to play for any occasion.

[@PeterRH432]

OMG THIS IS SO WELL MADE!!!!

[@rhys6595]

Chesty the chest in a music video now that's brilliant

[@heatherthurston7568]

I just saw the blooper reel for this video and I nearly died laughing! I love this music video, definitely the best of 2022!! I love you guys so much, I've been a subscriber for a few years and every single video you guys make always makes me smile and laugh! Love you guys, and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year!!

[@user-gj7sy1dy1q]

this stupid song has been stuck in my head for a year i love it

[@splatoonistproductions5345]

I wonder how many times you guys had to do this without laughing 😂😂😂, still great work!

[@thegoat2018]

Masterpiece. I cried at the part where chesty said "its chesting time" and chested all over the place

[@aeroi.528]

Wait you cried during that part?

[@ElderW1tch]

absolutely love this you guys should make more of these it was probably the most amazing thing ive seen from any group of streamers and i wonder how long you guys did vocal training before this was perfected

[@RexxieGames]

Those voice lessons are really paying off Gabby! you sound great!

[@NEWGUY400]

I really hope they release a blooper reel for this.

[@nyanbonecrush]

Boy do I have some new for you

[@SeniorSpaceflight]

Boy, do I have some news for you! nevermind someone in these replies already said it

[@benjaminodea9461]

this is the most absolute cooked stuff i always expect from the crew. kudos to Alex for doing the voice for an entire song!

[@neckermangames5872]

This is definitely my new favorite song!

[@harleyquinn01xp10]

This had no right slapping that God damn hard! You guys out did yourselves omg! Loved everything about this and now I'll have this on repeat for the next 6 weeks thank you

[@audreyyoung1471]

This...this is why I subscribed to this channel.

[@sleepinglee]

I am at a lost for words of how good a song can be about a chest 😂😂😂

[@evonic_lp3575]

Im still so in shock about how great this actualy is XD when you think this is about a talking chest in a game and its a real banger XD

[@metronometheprotogen5908]

That was so amazing!! Alex did amazing with his parts of singing and the rest of you guys were awesome! I hope more music videos like this come in the future!

[@Julius_Fin]

My god, this is way better than anything I imagined. Great job!

[@akantiia]

Ok, the song is epic! Tim did a fantastic job at mixing and mastering the audio and the crew did really well on the singing and the like! I loved this

[@IcyTrickster]

This is absolutely amazing! Well done you all 👏👏

[@JohnnySkully]

This is Beautiful! It makes me so happy to listen to all your hard work!

[@jackychang9148]

That was a sad tale. But what a BANGER of a song!

[@fyiatflyta]

Raise a pint for our lad Chesty ! 🍺🍻

[@4178Charlie]

🍻

[@exposking4179]

Absolutely love this and your guys’ content!

[@loxirika]

I absolutely love this! I love your singing and whole video! Well done guys

[@malakarolobotomite9556]

Actually in love with this. Also who knew Jake had such range!

[@someone-up6yl]

It’s amazing how you can pick out each of their voices

[@FuriousFireswirl]

Having watched the blooper reel, it really goes to show how well this video was made and all the effort that was put into it. Well done guys!!

[@sharnaeltro8019]

Love it. Hope you do more

[@giulgu17]

This unironically slaps. Awesome work!

[@davidwolf3115]

Didn´t expect it to be such a banger

[@totalteamgaming6614]

cant stop listening to dis, yall sound great

[@sugarfreerev18]

I'm impressed. It's nice to see your musical abilities on display. Song is fire