Mori Calliope-'Overkill' Song & Vocal Analysis

I love this reaction

Thank you for taking time to listen to different kinds of music. Vtubers have a huge wide range of songs. It is fun and interesting hearing the thoughts you have.

You need to re listen to DONMAI and do a song and vocal analysis of it as well because in your other reaction you only listen to the first half of it and completely skipped over the 2nd half of the song

This song isn't a criticism towards idol companies actually, she went over the lyrics for the album this song is on and her mentality when writing it was about the people in general (including fans) that pit idols (and entertainers) at each other's throats when it's the complete opposite

To your question at the end of the video, I don't think Hololive took it as a criticism of them directly, but rather the Japanese idol and entertainment industries more broadly. While Hololive has certainly had their stumbles, there's been a clear pattern of learning from their mistakes and an honest attempt to do right by their talents. It's a small company that's gone through tremendous growth in a very short time frame, so the growing pains have been pretty numerous. But when looking at the comparisons between how Hololive and Nijisanji (their most obvious comparison vtuber agency) have treated their talents, it provides a stark difference in the management style of each company and how they prioritize the wishes and well being of their talents.

Calli has always been open about her frustrations with and criticisms of the entertainment industry. It's something she has struggled with, looking to find success within that industry's structure while keeping true to herself and her own artistic vision. She was especially open about it right as she was getting signed with a major label, Universal, addressing fans' concerns around her being able to keep making the music she wants, versus their fears that she would only be allowed to make the music they dictate for her. While I think there were some growing pains at first, heard in her Sinderella album, she's really found a sweet spot to be able to balance the direction from Universal and Cover while staying true to her voice and vision. Her two recent albums show the great results of her having found that balance.

I take it as a criticism to Japan’s idol culture, but also extends to all of the entertainment industry. Stand out, but not too much. Be sexy, no be pure. If you wanna be a star do exactly as we say, if it doesn’t work out; it’s your fault. You’re over 25, you’re wasted goods. SELL SELL SELL. For the fly, I think symbolizes all eyes on the idols. Flies have multiple eyes. And I think the Venus fly trap could mean the inner aggression towards either their company or fans; for giving her all this pressure to conform and be a product. There’s also a muffled voice around 1:14 ; because they have no say in anything

Mori has talked numerous times how before joining Hololive and becoming a vtuber she had an extreme hatred towards the idol industry the only reason she decided to audition for hololive was because a good friend of convinced her it's not all bad. Being a part of hololive is something she enjoys alot even if their management decisions are sometimes questionable ( holostars, en concert issues etc.). to talk more about the message of the song is another entire topic but i'll try to do my best. Jp idols start young, the earliest from 16, alot of the big idol groups like akb do something like a rotating cast where after a few years the girls that don't perform as well are graduated from being idols with all idols graduating in their late 20s mostly. The less popular Idols are typically not paid well at all while the tickets money goes to the bosses of the idols, the only way for them to make any money is to sell merch photos at shows with only a small cut of it going to them. Obviously not all idol companies are like this but this is mostly mori hitting back at the predatory companies that take the joy of being idols away from young girls.

This is in no way a criticism to Hololive. In Japan they can hire girls to be Vtubers at like 15-16 to work for them with their parents consent. They have done it in the past. The jp fans are absolutely wild also overly criticize them for nothing all the time or act incredibly parasocial towards them even if they are still young. Part of the reason why Haachama struggles easily with mental health is because of how young she was when she joined holo and was subjected to an insane amount of hate. Yes I know she had terrible family problems, being born a girl and her parents hated her for it. But, starting so young didn’t help her any. She is still one of the youngest members, even though she was one of the original members.

The co-composer MEG(megmetal) is THE main composer for a lot of babymetal's songs so the metal drum elements would make sense.

Interesting extra information. Mori actually just went on a two week protest refusing to stream or do anything else. I don’t know too much but she said she didn’t want to leave hololive but wasn’t being listened to for too long so she had to do something dramatic enough to get the attention of the people higher up.