Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 58 (click to see context) from:
* TakeThat: Cassie Wei wrote "Vitamins" in response to encountering self-righteous vegans on an internet forum, though the song isn't so much a TakeThat to vegans as it is about people in general who push their beliefs on others.
to:
* TakeThat: Cassie Wei wrote "Vitamins" in response to encountering self-righteous vegans on an internet forum, though the song isn't so much a TakeThat to vegans as it is about people in general who push their beliefs on others.others.
** ''What Robots Need'', written under Mili's pseudonym AWAAWA, is this to AI image generation, and not-so-stealthily jabs at people using algorithmic tools to steal other people's art.
** ''What Robots Need'', written under Mili's pseudonym AWAAWA, is this to AI image generation, and not-so-stealthily jabs at people using algorithmic tools to steal other people's art.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* {{Pun}}: Often. 'world.execute(me);' plays with the dual meanings of the word 'execute', 'Fly, My Wings' includes several words that are pronounced as 'Yi Sang' in Korean (Odd, That's all, etc.), and 'Grown-Ups' Paradise', created for ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has references to its Chinese name in it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 35 (click to see context) from:
** "From A Place of Love" is a cheery song that ''seems'' to be about being happily in love, but as the song goes on, it slowly gets more and more disturbing. Mili stated that it could be interpreted as the horror of an arranged marraige, though it should be noted that this song is from a [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina videogame]] and the song is ''far more worse in context''. We do not talk about Love Town.
to:
** "From A Place of Love" is a cheery song that ''seems'' to be about being happily in love, but as the song goes on, it slowly gets more and more disturbing. Mili stated that it could be interpreted as the horror of an arranged marraige, though it should be noted that this song is from a [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina videogame]] and the song is ''far more worse in context''. We do not talk about [[NightmareFuel Love Town.Town]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Spelling/grammar fix(es)
Changed line(s) 35 (click to see context) from:
** "From A Place of Love" is a cheery song that ''seems'' to be about being happily in love, but as the song goes on, it slowly gets more and mroe disturbing. Mili stated that it could be interpreted as the horror of an arranged marraige, though it should be noted that this song is from a [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina videogame]] and the song is ''far more worse in context''. We do not talk about Love Town.
to:
** "From A Place of Love" is a cheery song that ''seems'' to be about being happily in love, but as the song goes on, it slowly gets more and mroe more disturbing. Mili stated that it could be interpreted as the horror of an arranged marraige, though it should be noted that this song is from a [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina videogame]] and the song is ''far more worse in context''. We do not talk about Love Town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** "From A Place of Love" is a cheery song that ''seems'' to be about being happily in love, but as the song goes on, it slowly gets more and mroe disturbing. Mili stated that it could be interpreted as the horror of an arranged marraige, though it should be noted that this song is from a [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina videogame]] and the song is ''far more worse in context''. We do not talk about Love Town.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FriendshipSong: YUBIKIRI-GENMAN (roughly: Pinky Promise), featured in DEEMO, is most likely about friendship between two people who are otherwise troubled and/or lonely.
Added DiffLines:
** "Nine Point Eight". As was stated above, the song is about a girl committing suicide to reunite with her cremated lover, but the melody is nice and pleasant all the way through.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* LyricalDissonance:
to:
* LoveHurts: A major theme of Mili's songs. Many of them are about unhealthy relationships, one-sided obsessions or otherwise loving relationships that ended badly.
* LyricalDissonance: Cassie's soft, breathy voice makes many of Mili's songs sound cute on the surface, only for the lyrics to discuss dark or macabre topics.
* LyricalDissonance: Cassie's soft, breathy voice makes many of Mili's songs sound cute on the surface, only for the lyrics to discuss dark or macabre topics.
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
** "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police" is a jaunty tune about an ethnic minority being arrested on trumped-up charges and being sent to a concentration camp. Specifically, it references the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yun_Dong-ju Yun Dong-Ju]], a Korean living in Imperial Japan who was arrested for alleged anti-Japanese activity died in prison, and whose collection of poems were published posthumously.
to:
** "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police" is a jaunty tune about an ethnic minority being arrested on trumped-up charges and being sent to a concentration camp. Specifically, it references the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yun_Dong-ju Yun Dong-Ju]], a Korean living in Imperial Japan who was arrested for alleged anti-Japanese activity and died in prison, and whose collection of poems were published posthumously.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* SceneryDissonance: "Iron Lotus" is a song about a grieving woman setting out to avenge her lover's death and regretting not having expressed her love more clearly when he was alive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxduFWbbndE Its music video]], however, is about one of the Mili mascots doing a silly dance for four minutes.
to:
* SceneryDissonance: "Iron Lotus" is a song about a grieving woman setting out to avenge her lover's death and regretting not having expressed her love more clearly when he was alive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxduFWbbndE Its music video]], however, is about one of the Mili mascots doing a silly dance for four minutes.minutes.
* TakeThat: Cassie Wei wrote "Vitamins" in response to encountering self-righteous vegans on an internet forum, though the song isn't so much a TakeThat to vegans as it is about people in general who push their beliefs on others.
* TakeThat: Cassie Wei wrote "Vitamins" in response to encountering self-righteous vegans on an internet forum, though the song isn't so much a TakeThat to vegans as it is about people in general who push their beliefs on others.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* ObsessionSong: The singer of "With a Billion Worldful of [=<3=]" depicts a woman obsessed with a Buddhist monk, who desperately puts herself through trial after trial to win his heart, all while the monk seems completely unaware that the singer exists. But even this ignorance seems to fuel the singer's love.
to:
* ObsessionSong: The singer of "With a Billion Worldful of [=<3=]" depicts a woman obsessed is obessesed with a Buddhist monk, who and desperately puts herself through trial after trial to win his heart, heart all while the monk seems completely unaware that the singer exists. But even this ignorance seems to fuel the singer's love.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ObsessionSong: The singer of "With a Billion Worldful of [=<3=]" depicts a woman obsessed with a Buddhist monk, who desperately puts herself through trial after trial to win his heart, all while the monk seems completely unaware that the singer exists. But even this ignorance seems to fuel the singer's love.
--> ''I have no place in your mind\\
It's filled with nothingness\\
And that's why I love you\\
And I know that next life you'll love me too''
--> ''I have no place in your mind\\
It's filled with nothingness\\
And that's why I love you\\
And I know that next life you'll love me too''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* DrivenToSuicide:
** "Nine Point Eight" is about a girl deciding to commit suicide after her boyfriend dies so that they can be TogetherInDeath.
---> ''Swirling winds sing for our reunion, and nine point eight is my acceleration''
** In "Boys in Kaleidoscope", after the narrator's boyfriend is murdered, he jumps off the edge of the world holding his lover's severed head.
** "Nine Point Eight" is about a girl deciding to commit suicide after her boyfriend dies so that they can be TogetherInDeath.
---> ''Swirling winds sing for our reunion, and nine point eight is my acceleration''
** In "Boys in Kaleidoscope", after the narrator's boyfriend is murdered, he jumps off the edge of the world holding his lover's severed head.
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
--> ''If I was born in a different body will our lives be easy?/If we have a next life I hope we're not human at all!''
to:
--> ''If I was born in a different body will our lives be easy?/If easy?\\
If we have a next life I hope we're not human at all!''
If we have a next life I hope we're not human at all!''
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* LyricalDissonance: '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its shell]].
to:
* LyricalDissonance: LyricalDissonance:
** '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in itsshell]].shell]].
** "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police" is a jaunty tune about an ethnic minority being arrested on trumped-up charges and being sent to a concentration camp. Specifically, it references the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yun_Dong-ju Yun Dong-Ju]], a Korean living in Imperial Japan who was arrested for alleged anti-Japanese activity died in prison, and whose collection of poems were published posthumously.
** '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its
** "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police" is a jaunty tune about an ethnic minority being arrested on trumped-up charges and being sent to a concentration camp. Specifically, it references the life of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yun_Dong-ju Yun Dong-Ju]], a Korean living in Imperial Japan who was arrested for alleged anti-Japanese activity died in prison, and whose collection of poems were published posthumously.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''
to:
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''retort''
* ReincarnationRomance: "Boys in Kaleidoscope" reincarnate as a hydrangea flower and a butterfly, having decided that HumansAreBastards.
* SceneryDissonance: "Iron Lotus" is a song about a grieving woman setting out to avenge her lover's death and regretting not having expressed her love more clearly when he was alive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxduFWbbndE Its music video]], however, is about one of the Mili mascots doing a silly dance for four minutes.
* ReincarnationRomance: "Boys in Kaleidoscope" reincarnate as a hydrangea flower and a butterfly, having decided that HumansAreBastards.
* SceneryDissonance: "Iron Lotus" is a song about a grieving woman setting out to avenge her lover's death and regretting not having expressed her love more clearly when he was alive. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxduFWbbndE Its music video]], however, is about one of the Mili mascots doing a silly dance for four minutes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HumansAreBastards: The narrator of "Boys in Kaleidoscope" implies as such after his lover is killed.
--> ''If I was born in a different body will our lives be easy?/If we have a next life I hope we're not human at all!''
--> ''If I was born in a different body will our lives be easy?/If we have a next life I hope we're not human at all!''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ArcNumber: The number 617 appears multiple times in Mili's lyrics:
** In "[=Ga1ahad=] and Scientific Witchery" the Witch describes Page 617 as dealing with "scientific witchery."
** In "Summoning 101", the book the magician compiles over her life spent searching for her lost companion has 617 pages, possibly placing the song as prequel to "[=Ga1ahad=]".
** In "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police", the narrator is arrested for violating Act 617: Illegal Thoughts.
** In "[=Ga1ahad=] and Scientific Witchery" the Witch describes Page 617 as dealing with "scientific witchery."
** In "Summoning 101", the book the magician compiles over her life spent searching for her lost companion has 617 pages, possibly placing the song as prequel to "[=Ga1ahad=]".
** In "Salt, Pepper, Birds and the Thought Police", the narrator is arrested for violating Act 617: Illegal Thoughts.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Played with in [[https://g.co/kgs/1XrK9x Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery]] by Music/{{Mili}}, which is about a knight on a mission to kill the witch who created/reanimated him, and whom he had a past romantic relationship with. [[spoiler:They seem to reconcile in the end, though...]]
to:
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Played with in [[https://g.co/kgs/1XrK9x Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery]] by Music/{{Mili}}, Witchery]], which is about a knight on a mission to kill the witch who created/reanimated him, and whom he had a past romantic relationship with. [[spoiler:They seem to reconcile in the end, though...]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Played with in [[https://g.co/kgs/1XrK9x Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery]] by Music/{{Mili}}, which is about a knight on a mission to kill the witch who created/reanimated him, and whom he had a past romantic relationship with. [[spoiler:They seem to reconcile in the end, though...]]
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
* LyricalDissonance: '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its shell]].
to:
* LyricalDissonance: '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its shell]].shell]].
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: "RTRT" has the narrator doing this in the song's final verse, heartbroken by the murder of her demon friend. She rebuilds him bit by bit, but even with her skills as a scientist is unable to revive him, so she pretends that maybe with the food and love that they shared he'll eventually come back. The song's image even shows her eating dinner with what's heavily implied to be his ''stuffed corpse.''
--> ''I'll stitch you back up''
--> ''Don't need to show me how''
--> ''Since I'm the mad scientist, proclaimed by myself''
--> ''I'll give you plastic eyes''
--> ''And give you nylon hair''
--> ''And I'll make sure I get your talisman repaired''
--> ''Shark fin soup or Dim sum''
--> ''Dumpling or Peking duck''
--> ''Nothing I make is gonna bring that charm inside you back''
--> ''But you're still my retort''
--> ''But you're still my retort''
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: "RTRT" has the narrator doing this in the song's final verse, heartbroken by the murder of her demon friend. She rebuilds him bit by bit, but even with her skills as a scientist is unable to revive him, so she pretends that maybe with the food and love that they shared he'll eventually come back. The song's image even shows her eating dinner with what's heavily implied to be his ''stuffed corpse.''
--> ''I'll stitch you back up''
--> ''Don't need to show me how''
--> ''Since I'm the mad scientist, proclaimed by myself''
--> ''I'll give you plastic eyes''
--> ''And give you nylon hair''
--> ''And I'll make sure I get your talisman repaired''
--> ''Shark fin soup or Dim sum''
--> ''Dumpling or Peking duck''
--> ''Nothing I make is gonna bring that charm inside you back''
--> ''But you're still my retort''
--> ''But you're still my retort''
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''
--> ''I'm seeking for retort''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ChineseVampire: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcpzqZrpLVM RTRT]] is about a girl befriending one of these by offering him normal human food. The two get along great, at least until [[spoiler: he gets shot.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mili_press_kit_logo.png]]
Mili is a Japanese indie band founded in August 2012, consisting of Cassie Wei (vocalist), Yamato Kasai (composer, guitarist), Yukihito Mitomo (bassist), Shoto Yoshida (drummer), and Ao Fujimori (illustrator); additionally, Ame Yamaguchi was a former member of Mili, working as fashion designer.
Mili was originally founded by Cassie Wei (online username momocashew) and Yamato Kasai (online username HAMO) over the internet; both momocashew and HAMO were online music artists involved with Music/{{Vocaloid}} music (momocashew was an ''{{utaite}}''-type online cover singer), and their first contact came when momocashew covered the song "It's a wonderful world" by HAMO. Since Mili's founding, the band bas been expanded with the additions of bassist Yukihito Mitomo and drummer Shoto Yoshida, as well as artists Ao Fujimori and Ame Yamaguchi.
Mili's music covers a range of genres, including electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical. Their music vocals also cover a wide range of languages, including Japanese, English, Chinese, French, and even Latin-based {{conlang}}. The contents of their songs are notable for their fairy-tale-like narrative themes, recurring symbolic motifs, and cross-song lore.
Mili is also well known for their prolific history of contributing music to video games, and (to a lesser extent) other multimedia projects like anime and commercial videos. Video games featuring original Mili music (typically theme songs) include ''VideoGame/{{Deemo}}'' (and [[VideoGame/{{DeemoII}} its sequel]]), ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'', ''VideoGame/WorldFlipper'', ''VideoGame/PromiseOfWizard'', ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'', ''VideoGame/EnderLiliesQuietusOfTheKnights'', and ''VideoGame/ThyCreature''.
----
!!Tropes about Mili
* BathtubMermaid: Mili's song of the same name somewhat deconstructs it with a metaphorical mermaid, who needs to lose parts of herself to make the human let her stay in the tub and becoming trapped once he loses interest in her.
* KissMeImVirtual: "world.execute(me);" is a {{Deconstruction}} of the trope, which depicts the relationship between a simulation AI and its users as unhealthy and detrimental to the former, which is being seen as a tool and nothing else.
* LyricalDissonance: '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its shell]].
Mili is a Japanese indie band founded in August 2012, consisting of Cassie Wei (vocalist), Yamato Kasai (composer, guitarist), Yukihito Mitomo (bassist), Shoto Yoshida (drummer), and Ao Fujimori (illustrator); additionally, Ame Yamaguchi was a former member of Mili, working as fashion designer.
Mili was originally founded by Cassie Wei (online username momocashew) and Yamato Kasai (online username HAMO) over the internet; both momocashew and HAMO were online music artists involved with Music/{{Vocaloid}} music (momocashew was an ''{{utaite}}''-type online cover singer), and their first contact came when momocashew covered the song "It's a wonderful world" by HAMO. Since Mili's founding, the band bas been expanded with the additions of bassist Yukihito Mitomo and drummer Shoto Yoshida, as well as artists Ao Fujimori and Ame Yamaguchi.
Mili's music covers a range of genres, including electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical. Their music vocals also cover a wide range of languages, including Japanese, English, Chinese, French, and even Latin-based {{conlang}}. The contents of their songs are notable for their fairy-tale-like narrative themes, recurring symbolic motifs, and cross-song lore.
Mili is also well known for their prolific history of contributing music to video games, and (to a lesser extent) other multimedia projects like anime and commercial videos. Video games featuring original Mili music (typically theme songs) include ''VideoGame/{{Deemo}}'' (and [[VideoGame/{{DeemoII}} its sequel]]), ''VideoGame/{{Cytus}}'', ''VideoGame/WorldFlipper'', ''VideoGame/PromiseOfWizard'', ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'', ''VideoGame/EnderLiliesQuietusOfTheKnights'', and ''VideoGame/ThyCreature''.
----
!!Tropes about Mili
* BathtubMermaid: Mili's song of the same name somewhat deconstructs it with a metaphorical mermaid, who needs to lose parts of herself to make the human let her stay in the tub and becoming trapped once he loses interest in her.
* KissMeImVirtual: "world.execute(me);" is a {{Deconstruction}} of the trope, which depicts the relationship between a simulation AI and its users as unhealthy and detrimental to the former, which is being seen as a tool and nothing else.
* LyricalDissonance: '[[https://youtu.be/XmaZv4RuzY8 A Turtle's Heart]]' has very upbeat instrumentals, but the lyrics are about the singer not wanting anything to do with love because LoveHurts, so [[SafetyInIndifference she tries to retreat from love like a turtle hiding in its shell]].
