LogFAQs > #930804538

Ghost - Secular Haze: 6-ish. The backing music feels like an evil circus, which isn't an ambiance I'm really fond of--I wouldn't go as far as saying I actively dislike the concept of an evil circus, just not fond of it either.

I see from interviews that the music is supposed to be like freezing to death, but even knowing that's what they were going for, I just can't hear that in the least. And again that's not exactly bad--even if I don't connect with a song in the way the artist intended, if I get something from the experience it's good enough for me (see: Retrograde getting a high score even after learning that I loved it on the basis of a misheard lyric), but what the song feels like to me and what the artist was going for as so drastically opposed to each other, that it's confusing and it makes it hard to actually focus on the song itself. And all of that is without going into the lyrics at all! I respect the song; well performed, good video, interesting enough that I've voluntarily listened to it multiple times trying to properly understand it. Not one of my favorites or instantly top tier like Rats was, but I respect it.



Ghost - Dance Macabre: 8; I shouldn't like this as much as I do. The chorus repeats itself too many times and it's obviously a very dance-like song, but I don't mind it so much here. It hits the right notes for me; being inspired by the black plague keeps it from being too happy, the lines about bewitching in the moonlight gives it a supernatural flair, and it feels like an 80s pop hit that was lost in time.

I'm not sure if I prefer the original version or the Carpenter Brut remix, which leans heavier into the 80s disco asethetic. I'd probably give them both 8s.

...well being that I just listened to the original and the remix twice each to compare them, I suppose 8 is underselling it. Let's raise the scores to 9.

[Later: Eh, why not. Let's go to 9.5.]



Ghost - Square Hammer: 8.5. Well, I already admitted to having a bit of a soft spot for Satanic music. Lyrics about swearing to the devil are a bit of an obvious choice, but I still fully enjoyed it.

[Later: And move this up to a 9.]



Ao Hibiki New Song: Haven't clicked it just yet, but I'm worried this isn't going to go well. Immediately following two high scoring songs is rough; also, if she has a new design, then I'm worried she'll have lost her bunny appearance which is going to bias me against her.



*click*

Hey, she kept the bunny ears! And there are a lot of bows now... one on each bunny ear, and on each shoe, and on her chest, and on her left arm?

...Well works for me. I'm a bit concerned that she doesn't seem to have a left hand anymore (the open sleeve points at the camera occasionally and it's just a white void in there), but I think it's probably a slight improvement in appearance overall.

Song is nice. A bit more subdued than I expected from and it's nothing really complicated, but it's pretty. 8.
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