ENGLISH "Nuclear" Metal Gear Solid V (Akane Sasu Sora)

“What a mess we made, when it all went wrong...” - x - x - x - Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora Mixing: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie) Video Editing: Ely Moji (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh) This video was made possible by Patreon. (https://bit.ly/PatreAkane) If you would like an MP3, WAV, or Acapella download, you can donate to my Ko-Fi with an attached email. (http://bit.ly/kofikane) - x - x - x - Welcome back. There’s... so much to say. I’ve done a lot of community work over the past few years, learning about Japanese American incarceration and Japanese literature written after the atomic bomb. It’s hard to find the words. But, I think the video speaks for itself. For now, I’m going to turn the rest of the description over to the video’s director, Ely. ELY MOJI: This video has been a long time coming. The vocal was recorded near the end of 2019, but we’ve had trouble finding a suitable visual to accompany it. When I first showed Akane the pre-vis edit of the video, she was hesitant to include real-world footage of soldiers in the trenches, and nuclear blasts. The mere presence of military paraphenalia is enough to bring uncomfortable comments from people too eager to make snap judgements — whether they’re zealous supporters of the U.S. military, or rigid detractors of American imperialism overseas. Basically, we didn’t want to hear from people who wouldn’t interpret what they were watching, and made their decision the second a soldier popped on their screen. I maintained that these were the only visuals that *could* suit the song — Nuclear would *need* to spotlight these topics. Anything else would take away from the gravity of the subject matter. I won’t go too much into detail about what Akane and I talked about, but in the end, she agreed with my pitch and allowed me to make this video. For this upload, I drew inspiration from films like ‘Full Metal Jacket’ (1987) and ‘Threads’ (1984). The aim was to create an atmosphere of horror, where the monster was the nuke itself. You’ll notice the first shot of the chorus has an almost “jumpscare”-like quality, where the camera whips across the screen frantically to reveal the mushroom cloud. Another frequent “jumpscare” in the video came from military instruction booklets. These diagrams pop-up quickly on the screen, and appear innocuous at first. It’s not until you relate them to the lyrics and think about their military purpose that their meaning sinks in. Incorporating both the immediate terror of an image, and lingering horror of its existence — that was my intention here. Creating this distinct, eerie look of decay was inspired by works like analog-horror series ‘Local 58’ and the website Subculture dot com. (NOTE: Don’t visit that address. It’s a horror website with malware. Just watch a YouTube video that talks about it.) I was an army brat, raised in a military family, and this video was made to cope with my own fear of nuclear warfare. Regardless of your political views, I think it’s fair to say that the world feels... at least a little bit... crazy, right now. ▄ ▄▄▄ / ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ - x - x - x - LYRICS (Closed Caption available during the chorus): Standing on the edge of the crater like the prophets once said and the ashes are all cold now No more bullets and the embers are dead Whispers in the air tell the tales of the brothers gone Desolation, devastation What a mess we made, when it all went wrong Watching from the edge of the circus for the games to begin Gladiators draw their swords form their ranks for armageddon I’m Nuclear, I’m wild I’m breaking up inside A heart of broken glass, defiled Deep inside the abandoned child Standing on the edge of the underworld looking at the abyss And, I’m hoping for some miracle to break out, to escape from all this Whispers in the air tell the tales of a life that’s gone Desolation, devastation What a mess we made, when it all wrong I’m Nuclear, I’m wild I’m breaking up inside A heart of broken glass, defiled Deep inside the abandoned child I’m Nuclear, I’m wild I’m breaking up inside A heart of broken glass, defiled Deep inside the abandoned child Deep inside the abandoned child... - x - x - x - ...Kept you waiting, huh?