Overview
With the goal of creating music that could be used as background music for an RPG game planned for future development, I’m generating anime pop and anime rock-style songs this time as well. As is common in RPG games, to reduce costs when creating content, it’s sometimes done to mass-produce enemy characters with different colors (Palette-Swap). Like Red Wizard, Blue Wizard, Yellow Wizard, Green Wizard, etc. The main character of this song is a character (a wizard) created using Palette-Swap, and the lyrics express her anger at the developers, shouting “What is this!” ChatGPT seems to have done a pretty loose translation, but the lyrics I created are as follows.
The Lyrics
🎵 I’m Still Me
[Verse 1]
Spinning around in front of the mirror tonight
Something feels different, but it doesn’t feel right
Sharper eyes, magic charged up to the sky
Still that reflection looks way too familiar
Same old hairstyle, copied line by line
Same old robe and you’re calling it design?
Don’t look at me with that factory-made grin
Something about you just gets under my skin
[Pre-Chorus]
Wait a second, is this really
How the story ends?
Where’d my little spark go?
Where’d my difference go?
[Chorus]
What is this?
You’ve gotta be kidding me!
What is this?
Don’t you mess around with me!
Just a different color
Doesn’t make another soul
I’m still me, can’t you see?
Look at me for real!
[Verse 2]
Laughing somewhere in the developer’s room
“She’s popular anyway”—singing the same tune
I’ve heard that excuse way too many times before
Raise my wand high, I’m kicking down the door
Deleted my stories, erased all my lines
Thinking a palette swap saves you some time?
Don’t turn me into a hollow little shell
My rage is enough to make your whole game fail
[Pre-Chorus]
Take some time and show me
That you really care
Cheap and lazy magic
Never gets us there
[Chorus]
What is this?
You’ve gotta be kidding me!
What is this?
Don’t you mess around with me!
Just a different color
Doesn’t make another soul
I’m still me, can’t you see?
Look at me for real!
[Bridge]
I’m the one and only
Witch that’s meant to be
No more bargain copies
Sold so cheaply
Maybe we look similar
But we’re not the same
Watch these burning eyes now
Remember my name!
[Final Chorus]
What is this?
You’ve gotta be kidding me!
What is this?
I won’t let it be!
Change the colors all you want
You can’t repaint the heart
I’m still me, can’t you see?
Draw me from the start!
[Outro]
I’m still me!
I’m still me!
A different soul beneath the spell!
I’m still me!
I’m still me!
And I’ll make sure you can tell!
The Generated Song
Of the generated songs, the one I liked the most is the following. The YouTube music video was generated by AI (FreeBeat.ai). There are some odd parts here and there, but I decided to use it as is because editing seemed difficult. After watching it repeatedly, I started to think it was okay. The word Lumiere appears for no reason, but it seems to be the name the AI gave to the main character.
[Youtube]
[Suno AI]
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