Ah, lately I'm stuck with Kanami's way of writing the riffs during the chorus by literally "gently hugging Saiki's voice". Is awesome.

The lyrics Miku writes are amazing, even if we lose half of the puns and cross references or cultural aspects of writing in ideographic languages. She is a poetess.

They can make a key change sound natural, that's way it works here. And Kobato is just a big massive brain inside a tiny little cute pigeon. Even her Cluppo project, very Jpop-y, has lyrics that will floor you. The fact the her and Kanami work together is mind melting! By the way, your drawings are cool as hell, brother!

Miku's lyrics are incredible. Saw a Reddit post some time back about how Miku is very unique in sheet lyrics in that she tends to blend and/or truncate words to fit the melody of the song. Apparently something not very common in Japanese music and something that takes a good bit of talent. The other amazing thing about her lyrics, IMO, is that she doesn't write from her personal life (so she claims) but from art, TV, movies, books, manga.... and uses that for inspiration. Her lyrics are very open in a certain sense in that she writes them in a way that each listener can interpret their meaning in each listener's own way. I love the way she writes lyrics. She is one extremely cunning pigeon, po! If you can find it there is a TV poker show she was on a couple times. I'll just say that I love playing poker and I would never want to sit across from her in a game. She's fierce. That whole kawaii and pigeon affectation are merely a distraction from what really lurks underneath that cutesy exterior. Make no mistake, she's smart, driven, cunning, determined, and extremely intelligent. She's really a hawk in pigeon's clothing. :) Between her lyrics and Kanami's composition each song is a story unto itself, a journey in both lyrics and music. I think that's why, especially on Unseen World, the songs FEEL longer than they actually are. You're so engaged by the lyrics and music that you lose track of time for a few minutes. What feels like 7 or 10 minutes is only 4 1/2 minutes in reality. There's few bands in history who could pull something like that off and that list is short.

yeah man, Miku writes good shit. She acts cute and dumb, but she is one clever cookie. Not only does her lyrics have nice , and often quite profound meanings...But making Japanese sound "English" is quite a challenge, The vowel sounds are used differently in Japanese, and for her to make the words flow like they do is... Very impressive.

That drawing....is looking awesome👌

Love this song, in fact this is totally a killer album. They get pretty proggy in parts. I'm an old prog guy and love this band even though it's apples and oranges.

When I heard my first Pink Floyd song I didn't like them. It was so different from what I had been listening to, Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, Mountain. But I decided to give them a fair shake and listen to more of their music. I have been a fan for forty years. When Band Maid came out with Unseen World I knew all I had to do was listen to it a few times, and sure enough they got me. A full album of the greatest music I have ever heard. Don't try to put them in a box. There isn't one big enough.

I remember Miku was explaining about No God that it is not about god not it is about let's do what humanly best before go to god.

Loving this format. Getting a great perspective on another drawing technique while enjoying great music po .

Hey I saw you singing along to the vocals post-bass solo in 'No God'. I really like the beauty of that part vocally as well. The lyrics from their live video is: "I believe the story. I still believe that Adam and Eve surely loved until beyond the end of their days. The world continues. Don't look away, even if it seems foolish. This too is no lie for it is your voice." Miku is an incredible lyricist and she can poetically convey both joy and sadness with beautiful phrasing.

Usually when I listen to jpop and jrock, I look up lyrics just as a sanity check to make sure they aren’t singing about nonsense. I wasn’t expecting these lyrics that miku comes up with and makes me love the songs more!

One of my fav lines of Miku's lyrics is "The sky was lachrymose" from Mirage. She used poetic phrasing to describe a simple thing as rain. The guy doing your great B-M art is talented too. WHAAAT, you mean that's you....well that's made me lachrymose.🥲

Enjoying the words across the screen, makes watching this again awesome. It’s cool with the art going on at the same time. It’s like you’ve combined two loves in one. Love of music and love of art. Guess the fork in hobby road can sometimes take you down the path of doing more than one hobby at a time.

Yeah... I mean eveybody knows how great Kanami is with her songwriting and including the influences from the other maids... But like Miku said in one interview: Please also pay attention to the lyrics, PO! She makes really thoughtful lyrics, of course you don´t catch it, because youdon´t speak japanese, but it´s always worth to look at the lyrics afterwards. If you see her on stage, how she acts in interviews with her "pigeon persona" you would NEVER think, she is able to creat such meaningful and powerful lyrics :) Greetings from Germany and you can draw really well, i totally suck at it, not gonna lie :D

One thing I could never master when I was drawing people was making their eyes look alive. I could never get them to look quite right. You do a great job of that.

She would say, KOBATO MIKU After Life is an amazing song. The video is wonderful, but without the distraction of their amusing antics the depth of the composition and performance is more clearly discerned.

If you didn't get the deluxe version of the album you may want to check out the instrumental version of these. They both sound good without vocals, but I especially like After Life. That weird riff in the verses is cool AF.

That's Miku for you(lyrics). That childish persona is to please the simps (knowing she's cute , good for business ). But she definitely is a smart cookie and is the reason Saiki respects her. She know what's up.

I really like Miku's lyrics. They are so universal and full of self growth. They acknowledge that people are flawed, and accepting the flaws and work around them is the way to go.

Saiki is one incredible singer, as good as it gets, not many like her in rock today.

God sent these 5 pigeons to change the world!!!🤣👍👍🔥🔥❤❤❤❤🙏 THANKS for 👍👍👍

The first time I listen to *After Live* was the December 13th live streaming concert before the *Unseen World* CD was released and holy shit was I floored, jaw dropped.

"After Life" is still my favorite song of "Unseen World". BAND-MAID played it for the first time in their December 2020 livestream and all that the fans have been waiting for is them to play "Different", their newest single at the time. Near the end of the show, they started to play "After Life" and I was asking myself "do I know this song?". Then, when Kanami's guitar riff came in, I realized this was a new song from their upcoming album and I immediately had goosebumps.

Unseen World is just an absolute banger of an album! One after the other, after the other! Enjoy!!

7:10 BAND-MAID -- The audio refreshment you drink with your ears. I'd pop the cork on that sonic libation. Kanpai!

Greattttttt songs + beautiful art right there.. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I couldnt ask for more sir.. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Ryan has that "oh, yeah that's the sweet spot" look on his face.😉

Where do I start. Miku, she has a quality about her that I have never seen in the music scene. She has brought together 5 amazing women, not only with different personalities, but a diverse range of musical talent. Then she has the foresight to know she hasn't the voice type to be the lead singer and finds a young woman who's voice blends perfectly with the style they want to produce. She then learns the guitar to add to the band's dynamics and not only just to play, but to play along side Kanami. In the early years she takes whatever song is written for them, studies and learns how to become a lyricist, her inspiration comes from the music and then she goes away and researches till she finds the right lyrics. The fact that the other girls have so much faith in her ability is a true testament to this amazing woman. She defends her band with a passion ....... once told by a journalist, you could sell more albums if your songs were in English her reply was .... (something in Japanese) English, F**K OFF. This may seem to be a rant, but Miku isn't even my favorite in the band, pretty close though.

just BAND-MAID doing BAND-MAID things. Looking forward to your reviews of some of the "album tracks." Overall though IMO Unseen World is one of the strongest progressive hard rock/metal albums I've ever listened to.

Saiki doesn't seem to need to breathe, she sings very long verses but doesn't choke, how does she do this? In some songs, this is very strange.

Once you've been completely drown in the band by their music, it's one of the many maidiacs duties to pay more attention to Miku's lyrics. They are always so good and clever thought. Fortunately for foreigner fans, the most recent videos have Eng subs which help a lot. For more pigeon lyrics, Cluppo just released a new mv. Not gonna lie, I only heard it once and didn't get into it. Let's see if it works after the tenth listen. Btw guessing by the eyes I wonder who's next to be drawn. I think she has a blue rose on head but don't know 🤔🤘🕊️

The funny thing, when Ryan was drawing MISA I inmediatly recognise the image as I have the same image on a poster hanging on my wall. Amazing !!

Another great drawing lesson and the music was great also. Although the English subs, since they are official I'm guessing that Miku may have had a hand in the translation as they really seen to fit.

Fantastic Ryan. I didn't connect with Afterlife at first but some of your thoughts about it have changed that for me :-)

6:23 was you playing *Choose Me* when you started drawing *Saiki* 😊

Oh, and is there a way to get a digital copy of your drawing? it would make a nice desktop :)

7:12 didn't know he got that deep and philosophical. Lol but very accurate.

If you’re a fan club member watch the “Making of Bubble” video. Watch how intimidating Miku can be even while still being heartbreakingly cute when Akane is in control of the camera.

Ciao Ryan,delle Band Maid è notevole il brano Don't you tell me,eseguito dal vivo.Pazzesca la sinergia del trio Misa,Kanami e Akane:mostruose tutte e 3!!!!Ascoltare per credere...

Yeah. When you listen to a Kapanese person speaking it often seems like words are reused often and it should be easy to understand. But words in Japanese are context sensitive and modifications of ‘pitch accent’ changes words meaning drastically. This and more makes Japanese to English translation very difficult unless you are completely fluent in both languages.

It was fun watching the video and trying to figure out what Miku was doing. She was bouncing around a lot.

Your drawing skills are great. I can draw animals pretty good but I could never draw human faces well for some reason. And this album kicks ass. It’s my album of the year so far … and I don’t see anything beating that.

Eff knows why you got it in your head to peel Maids like bananas...but man you can draw. Nice to watch you work...and GREAT soundtrack :-)

I've come to love No God as one of my favorites off the Unseen World Album! Especially after listening to the instrumental version. Afterlife is great also! Miku writes profound and great lyrics!

Great review and equally great artwork! The lyrics are an often overlooked element of this band. In particular the content of their lyrics. It's understandable that it can be lost in translation but I urge one to take a closer look you may find them impactful with real substance. Side Note: You mention Mike Patton as a favorite of yours which has triggered my curiosity if you were a fan of Mr. Bungle in particular their debut self-titled album? The reason I ask is Unseen World gives off a bit of a similar chaotic texture of that Mr. Bungle debut album. The feeling of being on a wild carnival ride with an accompanying soundtrack to match all the unexpected twists and turns which compels you to get back inline and have another go at it.

Yep. Just ANOTHER ASTOUNDING aspect of BAND-MAID...Miku's lyrics. Dude, I know lyrics are subjective, but I keep seeing veiled (and sometimes not-so-veiled, ie: "The Unseen World") references to stuff like the quantum field and human consciousness....all written in two languages...in multiple dialects. I mean....WTF...REALLY?!!! Well, I've used up almost all of my CAPITAL letters, except for: "THAT DRAWING IS SICK" and "THANKS RYAN!". :)

The interesting thing is that you start drawing at first the eyes. If I draw a character, I start with the outline of the face. The eyes are probably the most difficult to express, because they reflect the character of the person being drawn. Therefore, if someone draws well, it is possible to recognize the drawn person by the eyes (/*eye), and this is also the case with your drawing.

Yep.. Miku is Miku 😅..deep lyrics but don't ask for Kanami's lyrics though 🤣 somewhat her lyrics portray dark meaning even she just imagine her dog died when writing that🤣 and draw some pictures of her dead dog+grave😌 on her spread sheet

!love your reactions! lost track of how many times ive watched the Bandmaid songs =) But i would realy like to see u watch the song Daydreaming! Much love from Sweden

Hey that drawing is better than any MVs for these songs... cool!

No God... I think it's about a girl who's had a hard breakup and hasn't fully overcome the emotional trauma, meeting a guy. Though initially uncertain whether she should go for him or not she decides to give it a go. She thinks she's learnt something from previous experiences (pains) and in one step back and two steps forward way she goes further. But the the painful memory from the past still comes back to haunt her at times. She doesn't even know henr own feelings, she wants to believe and still believe in the eternal love like Adam and Eve. No matter how foolish it may be, that's how she feels. She tries to find out the guys feelings and goes through trust issues yet again, questions such as why me, what are the chances of this relationship working out, etc mess up her mind. It's better be happy go lucky, you can go anywhere you want if you wish. Don't just pray to God and hope it will work itself out, you have to push the limit and overcome all obstacles on your own if you wanna get him.

MISA MISA MISA!

"I like Key Changes." ahahahaha, awesome.

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4:17 .... okay, so I'm Not the only who doesn't know Japanese but sings along anyway :p

3:16 - Facts!!!

Miku just dropped another Cluppo video, just so you know.

How many rock songs are a dissertation on the existence of god? The only one I can think of is XTC with "Dear God." But that song was at an elementary school level of philosophy.

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･･ wa～BAND-MAID atachi urachii～arigatone antantan ONIICHAN kana onanii shichauyo atachi !?

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