#acaplaya ramblings

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I didn't have the space to fit this one into my Voiceplay Visuals part 1 post for Thriller (dang image limit) but I felt compelled to share this one anyway, so here, have a bonus Geoff pic! Honestly he's so pretty (yes yes put another dollar in the jar), and maybe it's just me but it feels like this could be like a painting or something?

(Also would anyone at all be interested in a post or two of me showing off some of the pics of Geoff that I've accumulated? I have a whole folder full of them)

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Oh boy LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS!

So basically when VoicePlay released their cover of Sleeping In The Cold Below back in February, the creators of Warframe absolutely loved it (as they should - the cover is a freaking banger), and wanted to do a proper collaboration.

This apparently took months of planning, and VP did a good job of staying quiet on this - it was only late in October that we started getting a teeny tiny sneak peek, when Omar posted a clip on his Insta story of some of his makeup/prosthetics, and you could tell he was at Pattycake.

Also Warframe straight up altered the designs of one of the "On Lyne" boy band members, and you can't convince me that they didn't model him to look like Geoff at least somewhat.

Like here's one image of this boy band (idk when the image was first made public):

And now here's another:

One of them look familiar to you??? 😂 (honestly good for him; it's what he deserves)

The Patreon post about it actually gave us a release date, so I guess that's when us Patrons will be getting it at least, and then everyone else might be getting it a bit later? Either way, I'm really hyped for another video with choreography/boy band dancing (wish come true!), and I sense another Voiceplay Visuals opportunity!!!

2024 was the Year of Shadow.

2025 will be the Year of VoicePlay!

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(As per previous videos, this was written up after I got Early Access on Patreon, but before I had actually watched it. Thoughts/Commentary post will be up not long after the YouTube premiere)

My guess was right! It's Thriller! And J None's back!!!!

I thought they weren't gonna do this song unless they could get Omar Cardona for it, but I guess this was too big of an idea to miss out on, and obviously J is gonna be perfect for it as well!

Honestly, after the god-tier amazingness of Hellfire last year, I've been really keen for months about what VoicePlay would do for Halloween 2024. And now? Well of course I'm still super excited, but I'm also scared 😅

Of course the song cover itself will undoubtedly be super amazing (I can practically hear Geoff doing that bassline already!) but what the heck is the music video going to be like? (And again, remember that I haven't got a proper thumbnail to go off of, and in fact I haven't even yet read the description of the Patreon post!) I'm hoping for no jumpscares like in the teaser (@VoicePlay y'all make me high-strung enough already thank you very much!), and that hopefully I can survive whatever Geoff looks like, for better or for worse (y'all reading this will obviously know what he looks like just from the premiere thumbnail posted above, but I'm keeping this here anyway).

Oh and also Geoff better do at least some of Vincent Price's spooky monologue or else what is even the POINT.

See you on the other side, I guess!

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It's time for YouTube Music's annual music recap, and just like last year, I downloaded the app purely to get my summary/statistics, and then deleted it again.

No surprises here, though honestly I wasn't quite sure if VoicePlay and Geoff would be that high up in my artists list (or top songs), because my music range has been more varied on YouTube as compared to my Spotify usage, but no, they still took the top spots! 😁

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Man, what is it with me and men who can sing who care a whole dang lot about their son and wife (as they should, don't get me wrong)

Like okay one is Geoff and the other is Odysseus from Epic The Musical/The Odyssey, but still, when I'm in two fandoms at once, you can't blame my brain for finding/making connections!

(EDIT: any Epic fans who see this and decide to leave a like on this are legally obligated to go to Geoff Castellucci's YouTube channel and listen to at least one of his covers /j)

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Okay, I did a first watch-through/reaction and was going to type a few thoughts and then go back and rewatch it, but then I realized I'd probably have more to say after the second time.

Probably won't do a Voiceplay Visuals post for this video (unless any of you really want one anyway), but that doesn't mean there weren't any interesting things to look at! Really need to go back and pause a few times when I inevitably go back and rewatch after writing this

This was an Eli & Layne arrangement! The last time Eli and Layne collabed on a song arrangement was for Enemy, and the last time Eli did any sort of arrangement at all was for Creep (which also featuring Anthony Gargiula, interestingly enough)

I thought from the teaser image that this was maybe filmed at OptiView360 like Sleeping In The Cold Below, but actually it was filmed at Vū Studio Orlando, the same place that was used for Valhalla Calling!

We love a good subharmonic drop from Geoff <3 (and I love his grey streak too okay bye)

Oh boy I cannot wait for the reaction videos for this one! Plus I feel like this cover deserves some proper analysis that I don't have enough knowledge to do myself!

And just like with Sleeping In The Cold Below, Voiceplay have created this fascinating world/story concept, that just makes me want more!!!!

(Never beating the non-human allegations now /j)

Black Hole Sun - VoicePlay ft. Anthony Gargiula (acapella) Soundgarden #...

This is just mind-blowing 🤯 As someone who loves the original and ADORES the cyberpunk aesthetic, it's like VoicePlay put this piece of art together for me specifically. Treat your ears today and give it a listen.

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For those of you not on TikTok (neither am I but I found out from the Patreon Discord server), Geoff created a Carol Of The Bells singing challenge, to see if anybody could sing four lines in four octaves, and he demonstrates!

"Hark how the bells" - 4th octave "Sweet silver bells" - 3rd octave "All seem to say" - 2nd octave "Throw cares away" - 1st octave (in chest!)

Y'know, normal person behaviour. /lh

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He's never beating the dragon allegations honestly /j

Also he's getting really good at holding subharmonic notes I mean like damn

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It seems VoicePlay have been busy doing filming for their October/Halloween video! (And yes I know they haven't posted anything (full-length) for September yet but it should be coming this Friday/Saturday, hopefully (timezone-dependent)).

(Note: neither of these are my screenshots - both got shared by different people on the VoicePlay Patreon Discord server).

At this point in time at least I really know nothing about what VoicePlay have in store for us for October, only that this year, Geoff is in charge of the Halloween song/video, not Layne (just the way the "arrangement/video leader roster" worked out this year, I guess?).

And if by some miracle they managed to get Omar Cardona as the collaborator for this one (he's been busy performing in an off-Broadway musical), then I'm pretty sure I know what song they're doing, because it's a song the Patrons have been requesting and Omar is the one that Geoff said he'd want as the collaborator if they were to do it. But I really don't know, and I'm not holding my breath. Whatever it is, I know it'll be amazing!

(And finally, I wonder if Geoff is wearing at least some of his video outfit in that photo or if that's just casual clothing, because I like the red/maroon/magenta shirt and it's not a colour he wears all that often, and pairing it with the unbuttoned black shirt feels like a deliberate choice. Okay bye)

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VoicePlay 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - thoughts/commentary

Oh I loved this so much! Over on my "main" blog, BismuthBookshelf, I made a post like a week ago (about my favourite non-VP/Geoff Christmas music videos) where I mentioned how I was wanting more jazzy Christmas music, and this might not be the same sort of vibe as Man With The Bag or I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, but it's still great! And of course it's wonderful to see J with the group yet again!

Okay so starting off with the set design: Filmed at Pattycake, duh, and the brickwork kinda looks like a set that VoicePlay and/or Geoff have used before (like Geoff's Shenandoah video kinda?), except for the windows and the vertical wood planks. Idk, I'm writing this before the BTS video is out but I'll update it if I figure anything out (EDIT: yeah the woodplanks were added in for this shoot, and maybe the windows too, as the "bricks" aren't actually bricks)

Love all the Christmas decor, like the carousel and the felt/fabric Christmas calendar(?) thing hanging up, and the tree! (How long did that take to set up and decorate? EDIT: actually Layne's wife Cyndi helped a lot with set design!)) And of course the Voiceplay logo symbol on top of the tree is brilliant. At least a few Patrons have already been wishing for that to be an item in VP's merch store. Also the five stockings hanging up have each of the guys' first initials on them! <3 (From closest to camera to furthest away, it's G, C, J, E, & L).

The guys are all looking very snazzy in this video. Love Cesar's scarf, love Layne's red sweater(?) (the most colour that any of them are wearing in the video), and honestly Geoff is really working that long-sleeve black turtleneck, man! 👀 (And obligatory shoutout to Geoff's hair, of course, *chefs kiss*)

I'm of course just typing this all from the Patreon early access thing, but fun fact: this is both the second Christmas video and the second consecutive video of this year to be filmed without an actual cameraman! But unlike using an iPhone like in the previous cases, this was filmed using a robotic camera arm, fully programmed to the music, able to repeat precise movements with each take! I highly doubt Voiceplay are gonna give up on using human camera operators completely, but this is still a cool thing to have as a potential option for video shoots! (EDIT: it's called "Cinebot", and a guy called Ben Meyers helped out with programming/operating it!)

Right, now time to talk more about the vocals and the song arrangement itself!

As per with previous thoughts/commentary posts, most of these notes are after a second watch, with a few extra thoughts mixed in from additional watches, because as I've said before, the first-time watch is just for the vibes

Y'know when I listened to the cover of Zat You Santa Claus on the Peppermint Winter album, I was like "eh it doesn't really have much of a Christmassy vibe imo, gives me more spy movie vibes?" but like with this version I don't even care (the video makes up for it, it's fine), and by the the time you're reading this post, this song will have replaced the old version in my Christmas Spotify playlist!

On my second watch-through, I had the song lyrics up on my phone (while the video played on my laptop), and that made me realize that a few lines got slightly reworded, and then there's a whole section that's not in the original! The bit where they're singing "he's coming for you/hope you've not been bad" or something like that is definitely new, but not new for VoicePlay, because I went back and relistened to the 2012 Peppermint Winter cover and that section is in there as well.

Doing a relisten of their previous cover also made me realise that this arrangement really is different to the older one, even genre-wise, and I like this one more!

Okay I'm gonna do a third watch-through, pausing to take notes as I go, just to make sure I don't miss anything or forget to mention anything here!

A nice bit of whistling from Cesar at the start! (Seriously can everyone whistle except me? 😅)

"Is that you, Santa Claus?" pfft I love the little bit of dramatic flair Geoff put on the delivery of that line 😁

"Are you bringing a present for me?" ooh that harmony at the start of that line! I don't wanna say it's dissonant, because I'm not a music expert and I really don't know, but it sounded "different" and I liked it!

"Something pleasant that you can present; a present for me" this is one of the main line changes, because in the original (and in their 2012 cover as well, in fact), it's "something pleasantly pleasant for me". But sure, why not change it up a bit?

Eli killing it as always!

Oh man I'm almost tempted to make a screenshot compilation just for the "he's coming to get ya" section alone ngl. All their facial expressions are just so great! I feel like I gotta watch this video five times and just focus on a different person each time!

I'm assuming the YouTube description will confirm it (and/or the BTS video), but Patrons are guessing that "Santa" (the one handing over the present) is Tony, which'd make sense (though I'm also guessing that the voice of Santa would be Eli, since he did the same thing in Mission Jingle Bells and Oogie Boogie's Song, and was "Sandy Claws" in Jingle Bell Rock last year.

UPDATE TO THE ABOVE: Nope, that was actually Bucky as Santa Claus! Or as the YouTube description puts it: "Zat Ur Hands? - Bucky Claus" 😂

Omg now I'm just thinking that it would've been really funny if Geoff had subtly sang "Is that you, Sandy Claws", as a fun little double throwback, lol.

Not sure what I love more - Eli killing it on lead vocals yet again, or Geoff just fully grinning as Eli does so 😄

"Who's there, who is it? Are you - stopping for a -" Layne!!! I love him honestly, and it's always great when he gets a little bit of lead vocals.

J's Louis Armstrong impression was freaking amazing, and so was the scatting!

Yeah I love this song and video so much - it's so fun, they all look like they had a great time filming it, and it's such a freaking vibe!

And that's VoicePlay's final song of 2024 (SIKE! We still got Party Of Your Lifetime to come, but hey, I didn't know that when I was first writing up this post!) other than some VoicePlay Minis and stuff (and Party Of Your Lifetime!). I of course have not a single clue what VP has in store for 2025, but that's just part of the greatness of VoicePlay! You never know what you're gonna get next, but it's always gonna be amazing in its own way.

Happy Holidays, and see you soon for both some 2024 roundup posts from me, as well as whatever Voiceplay has been cooking up next! ;)

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Geoff Castellucci Carol Of The Bells - thoughts/commentary

Excuse me while I go pick my jaw up from the floor because like MY GOD????

So yeah Peter Hollens' cover has been definitely dethroned in my mind! Geoff has done it again! This feels like the spiritual successor to his God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen cover and I love it so much!

Okay so the thing is that this dropped to Patreon late in the morning last Sunday for me (the day after Zat You Santa Claus appeared on VP's Patreon), when I was about to go out shopping with my mum, so I barely had just enough time to watch it (there was no way I could wait when I saw what the song was!), and thus didn't start typing stuff up until I returned home from shopping (yes, my premiere post was actually typed up after I had already watched the video, but it was still true of my thoughts before I had hit play). And then after I got home, I had other new videos to watch, a Christmas tree to decorate, a dog to walk, etc, and basically it's now nighttime, roughly 10 hours later, that I'm able to watch it for a second time. So I'm gonna do what I did with VoicePlay's Christmas upload, and rewatch it on my laptop while pausing to type up notes on my phone, so I don't forget to mention anything. (And I won't be doing Voiceplay-adjacent visuals for this one, so I'll have thoughts on the video itself here as well).

Review/commentary below the cut!

Love the beginning with the audible crackling from the fireplace! Really helps start to set the mood/vibe right off the bat and draw you in!

One of the Patrons drew attention to the fact that all of the "Geoffs" walk into shot in this one, and actually yeah that's a new thing for Geoff! And I gotta wonder if that was an additional editing challenge for him. It works phenomenally well though - like I didn't even think about it at first really!

Ooh that first piano note with like the background reverb(?) and the strings and stuff, now that sure sets a tone!

Obligatory appreciation for the hair - the grey streak is becoming one of multiple grey "highlights" and I love it. Okay moving on, just had to get that off my chest as per usual!

Oh wow that backing percussion! Almost sounds like a bit of war drums in there? (Seriously, this is basically God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen part 2 and it's THE BEST)

Dang it's close to like a full minute before we get the first proper vocal line (as in proper lyrics rather than humming or stuff) but it doesn't matter because he has me ENTRANCED.

In Geoff's most recent monthly webchat on his Patron, he had told us that there was like a couple or a few good subharmonics in his upcoming song cover, and OH HE WASN'T KIDDING!

"Merry Christmaaaaaaaa..." and that is where my jaw dropped, and basically stayed dropped for most of the rest of the video. SIR!

Okay so like it's a little hard to be sure, due to the heavy reverb effects on the sub (which I personally think was a great addition - makes it more epic!) but like uhhh did he hold that subharmonic for 14 seconds? Like I know he held a B0 sub for 15 seconds in Valhalla Calling, but like still, dude!

And I of course gotta give some love to Tenor!Geoff as well. Geoff is getting so good at using his upper register!

"All seem to say... Throw cares awaaaayyyy..." Case in point! Gosh that was so dang gorgeous!

I honestly wish I had more to say about this cover, because it is phenomenal, but basically I sat through most of that rewatch with a massive grin on my face. That was freaking stunning, and honestly a video I'd be dang tempted to watch year-round, because seriously, wow.

In about half an hour from now, VoicePlay's Zat You Santa Claus? cover will be dropping, and then half an hour after that will be my thoughts/commentary for it! (I swear I had to edit the bottom of both this post and the other one because I predicted Geoff's video to be premiering at some point after VoicePlay's, not before). I'm gonna be doing a couple of posts summarising all the videos we've gotten from both Geoff and VoicePlay this year, because why not, and I'll have them posted at some point before Christmas! Now onto Christmas With VoicePlay!

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So there's an unofficial Discord server for Geoff's Patrons (he's very much aware of it and totally cool with it), and last night someone said that we should've suggested Geoff do a new cover of Be Prepared from The Lion King for Halloween (last we heard, he's yet to decide on a song for this year). And then someone else presented a description of how Geoff could dress/appear for such a video and it's been living in my head all day rent-free, so now I'm sharing it with all of you (but tweaked/added onto, courtesy of me)

Geoff with black hair (or at least very very dark brown) (but still with the white-grey streak (maybe even with the streak being more prominent?)), a scar across one eye, of course, and a low-cut shirt (maybe even a slightly ragged shirt with rips in it) (sleeves optional).

I swear if it wasn't for the fact that I'm in the middle of working on a big/super-detailed fanart thing that I wanna get finished as soon as possible, I'd be so tempted to try and draw this. But maybe I'll keep it in the back of my mind and get around to it at some point after I finish my current art thing. And I'll just leave you all with the mental image for now ✌️

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VoicePlay Stand By Me - thoughts/commentary

You really can never quite tell what kind of video you're gonna get when Voiceplay uploads something new; sometimes it's a warm hug in musical form, and this is one of those times! <3

I gotta start by giving some appreciation to how Geoff looks absolutely lovely in this one! The necklace is on full display, as is the silver-white in his hair which is *chefs kiss*, and I definitely love the blue floral shirt! (10/10 would wear it myself). Honestly it reminds me a little of the shirt he wore in Whiskey In The Jar, which is kinda funny because that was 2023's November upload, and this is 2024's November upload!

But like also everyone is definitely styling in this video. Cesar with the subtle eyeliner (we stan), Layne with that cool white shirt (genuinely he looks great in it), Eli with the leather jacket, and Mykal with that denim jacket and purple shirt that's unbuttoned about as much as Geoff usually has his! 😄

Okay, main visual thoughts out the way, time for musical thoughts!

Geoff absolutely delivered with the bassline, just as I knew he would 💜

I'm not the greatest at remembering most of the actual music arrangement after my first watch-through of a VoicePlay video, though perhaps it's harder when I already know the original song and thus my brain is still attached to what I already know. But basically the first watch is just for the vibes, lol. And so a lot of these thoughts are from after an additional watch-through!

As I said when I talked about Be Prepared, Mykal was a founding member of 4 The Love, which then became 4:2:Five, which then became VoicePlay. He only stuck around for a few years I think, and then went to go pursue a stage/theatre career iirc, but while he was part of the group, he was "Tenor 1", i.e. could literally sing higher than Earl (Earl became Tenor 1 after Mykal left, and they brought in a guy called James May as Tenor 2).

I'm atheist, but damn, I'm pretty sure Mykal took us to church with this one! Well done my guy!

Actually I'm not quite done with all my visual thoughts - I just realized that when Cesar sings the repeated "stand by me" bit at the end of the first verse (after the "no I won't be afraid" bit), he looks down at Mykal and Eli and then up/back at Geoff and Layne and smiles at all of them awwwwww

I see VoicePlay decided to do a repeat of Lion Sleeps Tonight in that we got a truly lovely section of Layne on lead vocals, followed immediately by Geoff on lead vocals in a 1-2-whammy! (I swear they do it deliberately, lol 😅)

"I won't cry, I won't cry. No I won't shed a tear..." Well I might!! (I didn't, but this part definitely had me a little bit 🥺, y'know? (but in a nice way of course!)

Not sure what sort of technique (if any?) Geoff was using for the end of his "stand by meeeeeee" line, whether it was a growl or soft subharmonic or just 'regular' chest voice, but it sounded really nice!

Honestly Stand By Me isn't a super long song - like when I've sung it to myself on random occasions, I've thought that maybe there's a verse or something that I've forgotten, but no, it really is that short and simple (not that that's an inherently bad thing, mind you).

Actually the VoicePlay version is longer than the original audio track by roughly 30 seconds, not counting the credits at the end (just going off how long the Patreon early access video is). And of course they found many cool and interesting ways to make the song their own! E.g. I liked the "ad-libs" that Mykal was doing at the end (like "you don't have to do it alone"), and I also liked the build from no percussion, to very subtle/quiet percussion, to more of a powerful beat as the song reached its climax.

So this is a Layne arrangement! Honestly was not sure - I know he arranged Be Prepared, so I guess it kinda makes sense that he did this one as well so they were both ready to go at around the same time? I still wouldn't have picked it (and genuinely wasn't sure until I got to see the YouTube video description) but very well done!

So yeah, lovely sweet song, lovely harmonies, and by the time you're reading this post, this cover will already be on my Voiceplay/Geoff Spotify playlist, undoubtedly! And now we just wait to see what December will bring! (Or late November for us Patrons, I guess). Until next time!

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(As per usual, most if not all of this post is typed up after the video got its Early Access release on Patreon, but before I've watched it, so I can still share my own genuine thoughts/speculations based on knowing what the song is now and nothing else).

Looks like the speculations about the mini teaser clip were 100% spot on! And also dang this went up quicker than I thought it would - I wasn't expecting it to hit YouTube for another two weeks, but maybe it was pushed out a little earlier than initially planned due to Be Prepared getting delayed? Or maybe Geoff still planned for it to release before the end of September this whole time, idk.

As I said when I made my own post about the teaser video, I've never read any of the books or watched any of the movies in the Tolkien franchise, and most of what I know comes from being on the internet/in pop cuture spaces for like 10 years or so. And I don't really know this song, other than when I listened to the Clamavi De Profundis version on YouTube like yesterday (as of me typing this on the 19th), but I only got through maybe a minute of it before my attention span dwindled (and to be fair it was just a lyrics video, so there no interesting visuals to focus on). But with that being said, we know full well by now that Geoff is a MASTER at taking "dull"/repetitive songs and melodies and putting his own twist on them and giving them new life. I'd be shocked if this beats Unshaken or Big Iron for me in terms of 2024 favourites, especially as, again, I'm not a Lord Of The Rings fan, but it'll likely be another to add to my Spotify playlist, and probably worthy of at least a short Voiceplay-adjacent Visuals post, because how could I not?

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Party Of Your Lifetime - thoughts/commentary

This post is purely for me to talk about vocals and the music arrangement and stuff - all my thoughts about the video itself will be left for Voiceplay Visuals post, which I shall upload tomorrow!

Okay so I have listened to the original Party Of Your Lifetime song, not long after Voiceplay first made that announcement video, but I kinda had it on as "background music" while I was looking at like Discord and Tumblr and stuff, so I didn't really retain a lot of it and I barely remember it now, but who knows, maybe when i listen to VoicePlay's version, some of it will ring a bell for me! Let's go!

Okay well that was FREAKING COOL.

I definitely can't remember much about what the original song version sounded like, but they definitely did a good job of having a bit of a "spooky/ominous" vibe in some parts of the song, fitting of the infection, while still having it be just a really great party song!

More thoughts below cut!

Alright I'm gonna listen to just the Spotify track for my "second time around" to see what I can pick out of the song to talk about (so I don't get distracted by visuals, which will be getting their own post!)

(Huh so the video starts with a little bit of them singing before things go "weird", but the Spotify track goes straight to the part where they're all on-set, with Geoff and Layne setting up the beat (the part they used for the start of the teaser video))

Seriously that metal scream??? Like was that Eli? I mean in the video it definitely looked like Eli was doing it, and there's no one else who'd be more likely to do it, but still, damn! (And yeah they might have added some distortion or whatever on it in post-production, but! still!)

Just realized you can pick out Layne's voice a little bit on the "it's the party of your lifet-" harmony <3

"And we've just gotten started" ngl Geoff is like almost bringing his Scar voice to this line or something, like with that breathy growl-like timbre? Dude! Bruh!

"It's the party of your lifetime" I heard that subharmonic, Geoff!

I'm sorry I'm sorry Layne what was that percussion fill right after the chorus?

"The city's on eleven, it's two thousand degrees" as a Queenslander in summer right now, Big Mood (Also that was a nice run/riff from Omar at the end of that line!)

"It's just the beginning" Geoff went low at the end there and then just kept going!

"The boys are in sync and there's no turning back" ayyyyyy

"It's the party of your lifetime!" The way Cesar sung that line in the second chorus, there was like something different about it! Not bad-different, but just different to how he sings usually. It's interesting!

"Join us embrace us, don't ever erase us" Yes sir yes sir understood sir!!!

(But seriously this bit has such ominous vibes and I love it, and I definitely love how it slowly builds as more of the guys join in!) (Also minor key?)

Key change!

Another great run/riff from Omar!

So yeah there are my musical thoughts! VoicePlay Visuals will be up tomorrow, and us Patrons did in fact get a BTS video for this one, so I might be able to find out some cool/interesting stuff from that to share with y'all! See you all soon!

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So one of the Patrons on the Discord said that because Party Of Your Lifetime is a client/sponsored/partnership video, it might not have any scheduled premiere thing at all and might just drop to YouTube without any "lead-up" (i.e. no live premiere chat or anything like that).

So if you're reading this, it means that they're probably right, and you're getting this post instead of my more typical posts about Scheduled Premieres. (The audio is already on Spotify though - that's where this image is from! (but of course I'm waiting for the video to drop, and so haven't listened to it).

And yeah, this didn't have any early access release to Patreon, so all I know about the video is all the stuff that the rest of you know!

I don't really have much to say here anyway, as I put most of my initial thoughts/ramblings in a reblog of a post about the announcement, but I might as well re-iterate how excited I am for this video, if for nothing else but the prospect of VoicePlay doing boy band choreography!! Also I'm counting this as a post-graduation gift to me, because it's dropping the day after my university graduation ceremony! (Which is today) (though if you go off of the release date for this video in America, then technically the two things are occurring on the same date, but y'know, timezones and all that).

I'll probably make a thoughts/commentary post for just the arrangement/vocals, but that'll of course come at least a few hours later than usual (cause of the whole no Early Access thing), and then I'll try to get a VoicePlay Visuals post ready for the day after the video drops. See y'all soon!