That pianist's soul left her body completely

1. Beats cancer. 2. Dressed up. 3. Performs his own song unplanned and badly. 4. Refuses to elaborate. Japan's national treasure, everybody.

And here we observe the mating call of a male viera in the wild.

Keiko's expressions this entire song were cries for help

My favorite part of this is that Keiko was clearly not briefed on what Soken was going to do lmfao

I really appreciate that the creative heads behind FFXIV have a sense of humor and embraces the communities memes. But can you imagine being a guy whose first big outing after battling cancer, is to get on stage and to troll your fans with an intentionally terrible Otamatone cover of your own music? Soken is incredible. An absolute legend.

Let's just remember. This is the first thing Soken did publically after leaving the hospital.

Koji : soken has gotten better at singing latley Soken :

By far one of the funniest things about this is him asking “do you know La Hee?” As if there isn’t a whole actual title to the song HE wrote. Love this man.

This is the shitposting my subscription pays for

I love Soken. He doesn't care. He knows it's bad but he knows that he is making a lot of people laugh at his expense.

no one is gonna talk about the coordination of him playing two otamatones at the same time while singing? this man is talent incarnate

"Do you know Lahee?" We did not, but we thank Soken for showing us the light.

The moment the Otamatone kicks in and it just cuts to Keiko contemplating her life decisions is just pure bliss.

2:47 "/bow" *soken bows courteously* *sprint activated*

i can't believe this is the man who made to the edge.

This man is a national treasure. Protecc at all cost.

Rumor has it, it was after this performance that the cancer left his body. Wishing good health to this man

by far the funniest part is how he just fuckin BAILS at the end

if we wont get orchestrion roll of that on april fools 2022 im never resubbing again

THIS is what peak artistic performance looks like.

Just sprints off at the end there "My job is done and I now must away"

No one: Soken: do you know *LA HEE?* i will play *LA HEE.* Everyone: why do i need this

I don’t play ffxiv so none of this makes sense to me but it also appears it doesn’t make complete sense to the lady in the back either. I love it Edit: I play ffxiv now and I have reached the lands of the La Hee!

"Ladies and gentlemen, as a special treat tonight, we have the musical genius behind Final Fantasy XIV here to perform a song. Please. Enjoy."

I hope he knows how much we all love him

You spend your life mastering the piano to become a skilled pianist. Everything leads up to this moment when you are about to show off the years of pain, tears, sweat, frustration and passion Soken rolls up

The look on the pianists face has to be my favorite part of this, she's just mortified and placid at the same time 🤣 I cackle everytime

Bless the cameraman for zooming in on her face. That expression was priceless

HE JUST RUNS

Give this to the UK for Eurovision.

To Soken, this is what being a live is all about, having fun and sharing the passion of his music with the world, regardless if he looks like a complete bad ass or a silly crazy guy making completly incoherant sounds following a song. I love Soken, I love the whole dev team-- the outside looking in they seem more a family with how close they are than a crew of members coming together to work on a project until the project no longer has an interest.

It's been two years, Soken was so 'bad' on purpose, but I will forever appreciate his incredible consistency despite the apparent 'badness', and that's how I will remember this man as a genius - he knows exactly *how* to make something bad and exactly how to *maintain* it at the same level of bad. That is some fucking skill. What a mad fuckin' lad.

You may not like it, but this is what peak human performance looks like

Yoshi p is in the back of of the audiance shaking his head like jack nicholson in anger management 😂

After beating cancer, he fears nothing. Congratulations to Soken, true warrior of light!

Beauty at it's finest. Pure creation of the human heart, I cannot fathom the words of this majestic piece of art.

Its almost been two years since this video, and we still haven't been blessed with an Orchestrion Roll of this masterpiece.

Soken, please be immortal

Sokken-san: "Do you know... laHEE?" Keiko (internally): "Wait... he's ACTUALLY gonna do it???"

The best professional response: Keiko:"they pay well. keep it up. they pay well!"

The great serpent is pleased at this tribute.

My friend says that this should have been the music that played when you got the Gold Ronka Serpent mount.

I just love how fan fest was the biggest ffxiv shitpost ever made. Very lovely.

This man is a legend, to think he had a very tough time in the hospital while composing "to the edge", having a heart warming reunion with his friend Naoki Yoshida and working even harder for us. Naoki Yoshida: my friend the Fan Festival is soon but I'm worried about your health, what do you want to do? Masayoshi Soken: Do you know... Lahee? Yoshida: ._. ?

I will pay WHATEVER for this Orchestron masterpiece!! :)

The fact that the crowd wasn't there that year made it even funnier

I need an orchestrion of this

It doesn't seem to matter how many times I see this, it just fills my heart with such joy. It hits a little different now than the FIRST time I saw it not knowing what Soken had gone through because it somehow hits me even harder that he can get up there having fun in this way and you just love to see it from someone that's brought us so many amazing songs over the years.

I love the pianists face so much. The way she looks is one of the funniest things ever.

Pianist: "So... this is me... collecting my pay check".

the way he runs away at the end got me holy shit

her face is everything!!! i am crying!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭 she said 🙂 and then the way soken runs off stage 😂😂😂

This better be on the Shadowbringers vinyl record

"I will play 'La Hee'" I never get tired of his enthusiasm

This hits different after learning what Soken's been going through in his personal life.

Soken is so precious to this planet!!!

What an absolute legend.

The voice of a literal angel

the man speaks the language of the gods

why this lowkey go hard as hell??😭💀💀

2:13 that was the perfect frame

Imagine if they could have done this with a live audience.

It's the fucking fleeing afterward for me

This gets better and better everytime I watch it. I was in tears during the live performance laughing my ass off. Keiko’s expression is amazing as well, we use it as discord emote 😂 Soken really is the best.

The man deserves an award for the fuckin duel omatotone harmonizing

2 years later, this is still so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The pianist's face the whole time gives me life.

Gonna tell my kids this was Shadowbringers's main theme

I feel for his pianist so much. She just has this utterly put-on attitude, like, "Oh boy here he goes again..." Soken is a genius. A mad genius, but still a genius.

3 years later and I still can’t get this out of my head

And now we have an ingame track that includes an Otamatone. The meme has come full circle!

Lyrics: La hee *Cat mating sounds* Heee *Voice crack* Ahhh

Omg! Yes! Keiko's face is so alarmed!

sometimes in quiet moments, my brain whispers... "do u know... la hee?"

Soken used Bewilder on Pianist. It was extremely effective. Pianist fainted.

just love how much attention ffxiv's team pays to memes in the community- they went along with the twinning dance and then this

Ladies and Gentlemen, One of the most talented composers of the generation.

This is the main reason why I moved from WoW to FFXIV.

I absolutely LOVE Soken for this particular reason-- his genius is so phenomenal that he created his own instrument, intentionally plays it off-key, and then has massive fun by humorously bringing it to life while showing us his fearlessness. I truly love it-- and after hearing his latest at the beginning of the new Endwalker trailer, I'm even more excited.

La Hee!~ The best part was when he ran off the stage and Keiko had to cover her mouth to keep from busting out laughing

My favorite part of this whole thing is him jogging away the second the song is over.

This was Soken's therapy for working so hard haha. Your work ethic is inspirational sir.

Best part is on the next she was still so much shock she couldn't play properly.

When your sleep paralysis demon is the composer for Final Fantasy XIV.

The pianist is thinking, "I've played for the Queen of England. I've entertained sultans and giants of commerce. When I played the ivory keys, crowds would stand and shout my name! How have I been reduced to this?"

This absolutely must be an orchestron roll

With this man's reveal after the fest I applaud even more his ability to do as he wants to joke around and have fun.

I really like how she seems to be holding of her laugh.

Personally, this got to be the best performance by Mr Soken 😂

Him popping sprint and running out of there is the final nail in the coffin.

If only we could have been there live to witness this amazing performance.

Soken is an absolute legend. Welcome Back Soken, thank you for this.

The look on her face! ..this is awesome !!

I've felt nothing of emotion for years. This changes everything.

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS

The rapid blinking at 2:15 fucking kills me

Keiko's face during that had me in tears.

The only cover I'll ever accept. So happy to see this as the first video of My Mix

Best Version of this song ever. Way better then the original, ;)