"I want to be a saint"/「聖人君子でありたい」 by しゃいと

[malymin]

Watch on YouTube

Type: Song
VSynth(s) Featured: Kasane Teto (SynthV)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrBjKBPNi1c
Reccer’s Note: I love the post-Synth V trend of Teto songs about her drowning in a web of her own lies, or struggling to maintain a social facade. Whether that facade be her actively chasing popularity at the expense of her own well being, or socially masking an deep mental and emotional unwellness to maintain the bare minimum to function as a Productive Cog in Society, the songs written for her about this kind of social suffocation/drowning are something I could easily listen to an entire playlist for. This one's harder to find on premade playlists than songs like "Rot for Clout" or "Liar Dancer" are, so I figured I might as well share it with people. The music video for this one isn't super fancy or crazy, but it's pretty fun - I like the way that vector puppet animation is utilized here.

Also, there are English subtitles in the official upload, though I'm curious if anyone fluent in Japanese has anything to input about translation choices made.

Comments

[jellyfishlover]

I've been enjoying those kinds of Teto songs as well, and yet somehow I haven't come across this one yet! Thank you so much for the rec!! :D

[malymin]

I'm glad! I really should make a list some time of the ones I don't see recced as often.

HAPPY GAME is a song of this sort, judging from a machine translation of the lyrics (no official translation), which interestingly uses Teto and Miku as different personas of the same person.

lagoluna shared a personal playlist with me of Reiwa Misery Teto type songs (often include these themes, but not always) a while back... have you listened to Feel Empty! by mimizu? Speaking of her, though - you should check out her blog if you are interested in lyric translations. She wrote a post analyzing the various translations of Song Of The Eared Robot by mimi-roboP a while back, alongside her own shot at a translation.

[jellyfishlover]

Oooh I would love to see that list if you do ever put one together!

HAPPY GAME has such a fun sound to it and the double persona is super neat!! And I don't believe that I've run into Feel Empty before, thank you for the recommendation! And double that thanks for linking to lagoluna 's blog. Such cool analysis and the notes on her own translation at the end was fun to read through!

[malymin]

NP! In general, lagoluna's #lyric translation tag is a good browse for vocal synth songs (and producers) you might not have heard of before. They haven't posted since september 1st, so I don't know if they're still using the site... but I imagine it doesn't hurt to let them know that the translations are appreciated!

[sewagelag00n]

Ooh, I’ve been listening to Spoken For on repeat, and even drew a piece of my OC inspired by the lyrics. I’ll definitely have to check this out! I think SynthV Teto is really special, I have more than one friend that’s never been into vocalsynth before become a Teto convert. She’s probably my favorite voicebank of all time, coming from a Miku superfan since 2016.

[malymin]

I'm relatively new to vocal synth fandom - I had a period during the LJ years where I was obsessed with Engloids like Big Al and Sweet Anne, LEON and LOLA, etc, specifically... but Kasane Teto has really captivated me. Not only do I like her voice, but the circumstances of her creation give her a really compelling "narrative" that few other voicebank-avatars can compete with. I've written two different posts on my own blog about what I find neat about her!

• Kasane Teto: The Mimic
• Kasane Teto: The Cheap Lie, the Trickster, the Underdog, the Fool

(One of the links on the second post is broken... I need to get around to fixing that. u_u)

[sewagelag00n]

Thanks for sharing!