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Feat. Robo-DAR and MC Gangsta Weeb... So since this song has been covered by just about everyone, I really wanted give it my all on this one. This is REALLY different from what I normally do around here on the channel.

Anyhow, I'd like to thank everyone whom voted for Touhou during the previous COVER BATTLEGROUNDS. That match between Reimu and Cammy during Slaughtermania III was nuts! Also, shoutout to Niko for nominating this track way back (since Cover Battlegrounds II, I think). I also want to give my friend Jodnafl a shoutout as well, because I remembered that he had actually suggested I cover this even longer ago.

For the longest time, I had always intended to cover the original version from Touhou 4 LLS. However, I wound up stopping myself after recording the bass and rhythm guitar parts for that. I figured that my first Bad Apple cover HAD to be the one that everyone knows from the one video.

From there, I laid out the synth bass, and tracked the rhythm guitar parts as well. I debated whether to play the melody with my guitar, or to have it sung. I spent some time looking into alternatives to Vocaloid, like UTAU. Then I became overwhelmed by the sheer number of user-made voicebanks available for UTAU. So then I played with the idea of maybe making my own voicebank. Eventually I said "oh the hell with it" and in the interest of time, I decided to just sing it myself.

The rap wasn't originally part of the plan, as I'm not really into rap. However, when counterbalanced with melodic vocals, I can usually dig it. So, just for fun, while screwing around during practice takes, I started switching back and forth between rapping and singing. At some point, I started thinking that maybe a "Rap-Rock" cover would be neat, and as far as I could tell, I don't think I've heard anyone cover the song like this.

"Robo-DAR" also wasn't part of the plan either. I had all my sung vocals recorded, but I needed them to sound more "electronic". I threw on some chorus and other effects, but I needed it to go even further. So, in my quest to achieve this, I dared to step into pitch-correction territory (ugh, I STILL feel dirty for going there). To my surprise, it actually worked out.

Also, I originally only intended to do the Japanese lyrics, but I wound up also mixing in the English translation throughout. I feel like it adds some more variety to the song, and might help english-speaking folks (hopefully) not feel totally lost. I also wound up replacing the original "bridge" part. I was planning to do that bit in Japanese, but by that point in recording, I just could NOT confidently pronounce and sing that bit right. So instead, it became the part at 3:38. On another note, I hope I didn't butcher the Japanese pronunciations too badly here in this cover. My Japanese is probably only marginally better than my "Wolfenstein-German".

Lastly, in regards to vocals: the outro. I wanted it to sound more gentle and delicate, and I honestly didn't think I could pull it off. I put on my best "gently-talking-to-a-small-cute-animal"-voice, and I recorded the outro and then gave it the pitch-correction treatment.

Now for the video... I love how it came out, but damn did I hate myself while recording it all. Don't get me wrong, it was fun at first, but then I quickly remembered how out-of-shape I was! I've been sore all week, you could almost say working on this cover has been a *carousel of agony* (hah!).

As I had decided very early on that I would follow the silhouette-style of the original video, I needed to try and really exaggerate my movements (so soooore). While recording, I honestly felt like a total dork bouncing around, kicking my legs out, and waving my arms around. Never ever have I danced before, I just tried my best to emulate things I've seen over the years. Through the power of video editing, it went from looking really dorky to looking actually kinda neat (in my opinion anyway).

It was definitely real fun and interesting working with this visual style. Particularly the way I had to approach transitioning between different parts.

Anyways. I hope you all enjoy my take on this song! ~DAR


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Originally Composed By ZUN
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