"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]

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!