PERSONA 5 — UNCUT 5 SONG STUDY: 'Last Surprise,' 'The Whims of Fate,' 'Wake Up Get Up Get Out There,' 'Rivers in the Desert,' & 'Life Will Change' (56 min)

the entire game was influenced by the writer's experience witnessing corrupt politics in Japan, and focuses a lot on free will, and not letting those in charge rule over your every action even if you are told to sit down and shut up. Rebellion, basically however Persona 5 Royal's additional content (entire third semester) is similar, but more about the concept of truly losing free will and free thinking for the sake of a "better world". Royal is absolutely incredible. Far and away the best game ive ever played

Wake up get up and life will change were a duo until p5r introduced I Believe and now its a trio of songs

It’s time to get Tim to listen to pokemon music !

If you liked these you'd also enjoy the other persona games and even P5s spinoffs. P5 Strikers (scramble) has Lyn return to sing in more of a Rock based style and even remixes the older songs into rock. This was done because Strikers is an action fighting game instead of a turn based RPG. Also Wake Up Get Up Get Out There was used for the opening theme of the game, it's not in the game play to my knowledge. The Dancing games are spin off rhythm games, they even have a music video with Joker and his bros doing Life Will Change as a band.

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Thank you for reminding me about Gossip - Heavy Cross. It's still a banger! I added it back in my playlist.

There are indeed VGM conventions! The biggest one is MAGfest (Music and Gaming fest) but I have no doubt there are others! I've never been but it sounds fun. Persona 3 and Persona 4 also have amazing music, we'll have to get you reacting to those one day too!!

You'd said that Persona 5's turn based combat wasn't really your style and prefer more action. There is a action based spin off, it's called Persona Strikers. It's in the vein of games like Dynasty Warriors, but has a lot of bits to it that are very persona, too. It takes place after the original game, but you don't necessarily need to have played Persona 5 first.

I can attest to the fact that even people who have never played Persona know the "you never see it coming" hook 😂 I could not even tell you where I first heard it but it's a really popular meme especially in video game communities like Twitch. BUT I didn't realize I also know the "rivers in the desert" song really well. I'm not even sure where I would have heard this song but I apparently know it well enough to sing along. It's definitely my favorite of the ones you reacted to here, such a banger.

On the topic of dancing; Persona 3, 4, and 5 all have spin off dancing rhythm games. Persona 5 Dancing Star Night is the name of the Persona 5 one

Making this into a full Lyn bundle went perfectly. I almost turned blind to all this style over the past 10 years. Thanks for giving me a new perspective on it, especially on Last Surprise and Wake Up.

I demand you check out "Beneath the mask" aswell. It's the best rainy day mood song ever made imo and i also recommend checking out the 4th games ost. Its more hip-hop'y but still has a similar vibe. I also higly recommend playing some of these songs in beatsaber ("The vr game"). They're a blast!