" Reckless Abandon" and "WHATCHACALLITSNAME" by Decoyman1200

[malymin]

Type: Song
VSynth(s) Featured: Kasane Teto (with Hatsune Miku as backing in 'Reckless Abandon')

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Reccer's notes: Decoyman1200 is a producer who dares to ask: what if Teto was just some dude from the American Midwest on the early internet? In addition to the masculine (and "naturalized," for lack of a better word - photo!Teto has brown hair and photo!Miku's cyan hair is a dye job with black roots showing in "Reckless Abandon", and Teto's website gif avatar in "Watchacallitsname" is a redhead with freckles and green eyes) presentation in the PVs, this producer tunes Teto's voice lower than most.

(On a song specific note, Reckless Abandon's lyrics are describing a textbook bipolar manic episode.)

I did find a Japanese commenter asking for a translation of the lyrics to "Reckless Abandon" so they can sing along. If anyone knows how to translate between English and Japanese, it might be nice to lend them a hand.

Comments

[ragnafinity]

Ooo, these are great! Thanks for sharing :3 I love all of the references in the Reckless Abandon PV, it's such a charming video!

[malymin]

It is, isn't it? The channel currently only has two other videos (a talkloid and a Teto+Gumi cover of "Wonderful Christmastime"), but I hope to see more original songs by this producer in the future.

I think it's really funny how the actual, original Miku and Teto are briefly snuck in one bit amidst all the parody designs - after all, they're not the "real" Miku and Teto in the context of the PV, and thus are treated as just another memetic fragment of the era's pop culture and internet culture.