500https://files.catbox.moe/i5p1b5.jpg This review is released at the moment this music video hit three million views.300 To celebrate her first anniversary since her debut Hoshimachi Suisei released her second original song Tenkyuu Suisei wa Yoru o Mataide. What new fans of Hoshimachi Suisei may not know is that before she joined hololive she was a solo VTuber for a little over a year and this was produced and uploaded during that period. This is Suiseis breakout song and also for hololive as it is her first video to hit a million views and is also the first music video from a current hololive member to hit a million views. For a video that is not backed by a corporation this is an impressive feat. Background What most may not know is that Tenkyuu Suisei wa Yoru o Mataide was the first Suisei song composed and not comet. Suisei produced the song and music video without any external help or financial backing since she wasnt part of hololive then. Suisei contacted Kitani Tatsuya on Twitter and hired him to compose and write the lyrics for the song. What Suisei did not expect was Kitani watching a few of Suiseis past videos to find out her personality and how she interacts with fans and used that information as the base for the lyrics even creatively incorporating each component that makes up Hoshimachi Suiseis name into it. She then contacted no name on Twitter to mix the song after recording her vocals. Suisei then planned the direction of the music video by drawing rough sketches of what each scene would look like at each part of the song and then animating the video herself. Source: 11https://youtu.be/b7byUCfZV2s currently private due to Cover Corps licensing issues After release the song was noticed by AZKi who joined Inonaka Music a label under hololive along with Suisei and played during one of her streams which some fans thought is a hint that Suisei was about to join hololive. However Suisei denies this as she revealed later that hololive rejected her after auditioning to join them after knowing about the stream. Suisei was persistent and emailed hololive again and this time she was accepted. Original source: https://youtu.be/gZhrvG7AROo 32:27 currently private due to Cover Corps licensing issuesFansub snippet: Suisei was turned down once by Hololivehttps://youtu.be/Tv8zKTcXGwU Thematic composition and significance Suiseis first original song comet was released 8 months after Suiseis debut. It is poppy and playful and its lyrics is about Suiseis aspirations and what she can give to her fans. As opposed to comet Kitani Tatsuya composed Tenkyuu Suisei wa Yoru o Mataide with rock instruments two electric guitars drums a bass guitar and a piano. He also wrote the lyrics themed around agaku to struggle to make every effort to an element extremely common in Japanese indie rock songs. Suisei sings about no matter how much the listener is suffering through life the comet will definitely lift their spirits up. This motif is repeated many times in different forms such as: The insecurities and agony that plague you Ill blot them all out with my blue colour That trail of light will save someone again and If the comet were to choose me this sky Id give it all to you. In this song Suiseis voice is distinctly raw and brimming with emotion which contrasts her clean and processed vocals in comet. Her breaths in between lines are kept in instead of being removed during mixing and random but fitting voice cracks convey that Suisei herself is also suffering through life like the rest of us. In that Suisei bridges the gap between herself and ourselves and that we seek solace in Suiseis singing as much as Suisei seeks solace in singing for us. This is also suggested in the line Even if we are separated by a celestial sphere we are connected. Whilst the intended recipient of the message is definitely the listener I feel that Suisei may also be singing it to herself as with the line If well be able to meet again I will yes Ill accept the name of a star. The possible selfcomfort in the lyrics is justified since her follower count after 11 months since her debut is comparatively little as it is difficult to get recognition as an independent VTuber when competing with the many others out there who are backed by a corporation. She was even considering giving up her VTuber career when she uploaded this song so if it is indeed intentional that Suisei herself is the hidden recipient of the songs message Kitani has amazing writing capabilities. kimi o sashita fuan mo kutsuu mo boku no aoiro de nuritsubushite o o hiita sono hikari ga dareka o mata sukuu kara suisei ga boku o erabu no narakono sora o zenbu kimi ni ageru tenkyuu de hanarebanare de mobokura wa tsunagatteiru kara kimi to mata aeru nara boku wa sou dahoshi no namae o hitotsu uketomeyou Music video The music videos protagonist is a lonely young boy wandering about aimlessly in the empty streets of Shibuya at night. Shibuya is depicted as lifeless and devoid of light in the music video which in real life is definitely not the case. The only thing that emits light is an advertising TV screen at Shibuya Crossing which is playing the music video for comet. The boy is constantly looking down as he wanders about likely feeling despondent and dispirited. He unknowingly ends up at the Shibuya Crossing and notices a big billboard of Hoshimachi Suisei on one of the skyscrapers. He lifts his head up for the first time and seems to be comforted as he reaches his hand out in the direction of the billboard. Suisei herself does not make an appearance in the music video until the very end where she has less than half a second of screen time when the last part of the lines In the city where the stars have fallen I have always looked for your whereabouts is being sung. hoshi ga futta ato no machi boku wa mou zuttonbspnbsp kimi no yukue osagashiteta First million views Due to the COVID19 crisis sending most of the world indoors for a good half of 2020 the world of virtual YouTubers is getting more recognition outside of Japan. Riding the wave Suisei gained a considerably significant following. Tenkyuu Suisei wa Yoru o Mataide is the first ever Suisei video to reach a million views on YouTube in the wee hours of 27 March 2020. Suisei started an impromptu stream at 00:57 JST that day watching the view count increase little by little with her reallife sister ending the stream after said event happened. It is also the first music video from a member of hololive to reach a million views which Suisei commented would give her more grounds to request things from hololives main management. Original source: https://youtu.be/2ZWZhEtbG5w currently private due to Cover Corps licensing issuesFansub snippet: Suisei watching the moment her 2nd MV hits 1M viewshttps://youtu.be/fTxZWhcRzH4 Personal thoughts I found Tenkyuu Suisei wa Yoru o Mataide to be extremely catchy and it instantly became an earworm that attacked my brain for a week or so after listening to it for the first time. The song is definitely right up my street since rock is one of my favourite genres. I relish and appreciate the rawness of Suiseis voice making this my second favourite Suisei song just behind her cover of Saga Jihen where she shows off her impressively wide vocal range. On really bad days this is one of the few songs that is able to buoy me up. If you have four minutes to spare and havent listened to it yet why not give it a try?