Gigi Murin- 'I'll Still Be Here'

I'm so glad that I joined Patreon so I could see this video, this song is one of my favorite song because of her story behind it. I love your video. Thank you

I lost my Dad a few years back. Ironically, that's also around when I found vtubers, and the communities around them. They helped keep me going, even when I felt like I had nothing else to look forward to. So as you can imagine, I love this song, but can rarely get through it without some tears. In fact, my only real complaint is that about halfway through, the whole thing gets very blurry most of the time I watch it!

I really love this song. But I have to prepare myself eveytime I listen to it. Especially with how Gigi is often a bright comedic and unhinged one. Letting us see such a personal and emotional side of her really hits hard. And the lyrics really make me cry. She has a lot of love in her, and this song brings that across 🧡🧡🧡

The version of her in her funeral clothes gets me. Standing in the doorway looking at the room and seemingly not sure what to do. This song cuts me up so much.

I got a membership for the exact reason of watching this. Been subbed to the youtube channel for quite a while, but needed to see the breakdown and reaction to this song immediately. It's such a deeply personal song, and as somebody who can relate heavily with losing such an important family figure in my life, this song means so much to me. Visually, it's so impactful to see the clutter of the room slowly accumulating (a literal and metaphorical way to show depression/sorrow), the moments when a version of her in funeral clothes watches by (feeling like, no matter where you are at life, you'll always go back to that horrible moment where you see your loved one's last moments above ground), the montage of the past and her memories made with her father followed strongly after the big release with the line "but I miss you, so please don't miss a single thing that I do" (The big tonal shift/declaration for her to start the journey of moving on) and then her cleaning her room up, with the lyrics from second verse changing from the first to be more resolute and confident, showcasing to us her (and everyone who's been through this) the healing process to fully move on. It's such a powerful song and I can't emphasize enough the relatability of the song for people who has grieve or still grieving loved ones. I think the biggest context missing from this as well, is that this is such a left field for Gigi in that she's well known for her mischievous side. Mostly known to be "the most chaotic vtuber" (even winning an award for it), for her first original song to be something so emotional, so raw and personal, it just means so much more. I was already a fan of hers before the song released, but as soon as it did, I almost felt a kinship (in the least parasocial way) that I'm so eager to see her grow and continue her journey as an virtual idol in Hololive. Thank you for this, I really do appreciate seeing more people connect with this song, either in a personal way or not, and for you to showcase it here is incredibly helpful. (and sorry for rambling so much haha) EDIT: I came back to say, I second the video recommendation of The Hidden Side of Gigi Murin, it's such a great deep dive of her as an agent of chaos but also as a caring friend and an advocator of staying whimsy.

I feel like this is a song less about analyzing and more your fans just wanting to make you cry.

That line "But I miss you / So please don't miss a single thing that I do" right as her voice takes off into this long note just tears me down ever time. I tried so hard to avoid this song because I knew it would mess me up, but one day it came up on random and I just had to sit down.

It's a very emotional song and it hit me really hard the first time I heard it (and every time after, including this time) as I also lost my dad. It was back in 2019 due to lung cancer. My dad didn't even make it to 60 years old so I'm glad to hear that your dad managed to beat it, Tim.

This is one of those songs that I can never listen to with a dry eye.

Hey in your 2nd mori calliope video reaction where you listened to a bunch of her songs you only listen to the first half of the song DONMAI and skipped the second half but listened to all the other songs fully through my question is can we get another video where you react to the full DONMAI song and not just half of it

I'm not a big fan of GG but man this song got me... T_T

I think a youtube video touching on all the songs that effected you would be really nice. From my memory I think the top 5 are Music Box of Fate - Ironmouse Steller Steller - Suisei Medicine - Michi I'll Still be here - Gigi Life - Neuro

I don't know her, but this indeed such a beautiful song. 😢

Words really can't describe how much I love Gigi and a lot of it comes through in this video. She's incredibly kind, talented, and has gone through some crazy tough times, but still comes out of it bright, cheerful and optimistic. Super witty, a bit silly, but underneath there's this seriousness and emotional depth that you just don't get from a lot of people. She really is an inspiration.

Nothing else that I can really say about this song that hasn't been touched on. A heartbreaking and beautiful tribute to her dad. Incredibly relatable for anyone who's lost a parental figure. I still can't listen to it without getting at minimum a lump in my throat.

There is also a YouTube video made about her by a fellow vtuber that talks about the hidden side to Gigi. It goes into a lot of detail about how she acts and how good she is at making friends and relating to them and helping them out and talks about how her lore video was a huge mystery until this song came out.

She did go into detail about it the next stream. She didn’t tell anyone what the song would be about. She ended stream and dropped it and said she didn’t check social media after the rest of the day and went and cried in her room because of how much it meant to her to be able to make a song she cared so much about. She could barely talk about it next stream and started talking crazy fast. After her dad passed she moved back in with her mom, whom she has a complicated relationship with. She has told stories in the past of all her mom’s crazy ex boyfriends harassing her mom and her. One was texting Gigi blowing her up and thinking it was her mom, but she would just let him because she didn’t want her mom to deal with it. Her mom also doesn’t speak a ton of English, so she has to take her mom anywhere she needs to go and speak for her. She says she has forgiven her mom for everything that has happened between them but not forgotten it all.

Yes, the background of the video is a real diorama that the artist made! I love how the messiness of the room changes as she goes through the journey of the video. The line that always gets me is "If I fell again, would your shadow still be right behind me?" The music was produced by Pretty Patterns, who also composed Mori Calliope's end of a life! This is just such a personal song, thank you so much for checking it out. It seems like a huge swerve in tone from Gigi's normal vibe but it makes a lot of sense when you get to know her personality. She's chaotic and silly, but it all exists on a foundation of taking life really seriously.

Been waiting for this 🥲