Kocchi wo muiteyo

こっちを向いてよ

Song Information

Artist: vivi
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
Lyrics/Vocals: vivi
BPM: 128
Genre: SOUL
Length: 1:51 (game version), 2:27 (OST)
Movie: shiro (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

※抱きしめられたなら　泣いてしまうでしょう
  声には出せない　素直な気持ちのまま
  爪の先から　髪の先まで
  すべてあなたにあげてもかまわない

見つめてる　どんな小さなことでもいい
知りたい・・・　気持ちが募るよ
「気付いて！こっちを向いてよ！」
ねぇ、声上げて泣いてみても 変わらない
距離は いつも 平行線のまま
悲しくなるの・・・  「お願い！こっちを向いてよ！」

※Repeat

ねぇ、あたしに気付いて　お願い！ せめてこっちを向いてよ

※Repeat

Romaji

※ dakishimerareta nara naiteshimau deshou
  koe ni wa dasenai sunaona kimochi no mama
  tsume no saki kara kami no saki made
  subete anata ni agete mo kamawanai

mitsumeteru donna chiisana koto demo ii
shiritai... kimochi ga tsunoru yo
"kizuite! kocchi wo muiteyo!"
nee, koe agete naite mitemo kawaranai
kyori wa itsumo heikousen no mama
kanashikunaru no... "onegai! kocchi wo muiteyo!"

※Repeat

nee, atashi ni kizuite onegai! semete kocchi wo muiteyo

※Repeat

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of こっちを向いてよ appears on the beatmania IIDX 6th style Original Soundtrack album.
• A jazz house remix of こっちを向いてよ by TOMOSUKE, titled こっちを向いてよ -midnight jazzin' mix-, appears on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.

Trivia

• According to dj TAKA, he created こっちを向いてよ after coincidentally listening to vivi in a CD, and meeting her for the first time.
• こっちを向いてよ's overlays feature the beatmania IIDX characters Celica, Erika, and Nyah.
  • These overlays mark the first time that Nyah appeared in the overlays for any beatmania IIDX video.
  • こっちを向いてよ's overlays were removed in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
• Prior to beatmania IIDX 9th style, こっちを向いてよ was romanized on the music select menus as Kotti wo muiteyo.
• こっちを向いてよ is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from March 8th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
  • From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).

Song Production Information

dj TAKA

There are CDs with singers and artists included, and although there's occasionally vocalists featured among them who suit my image, when I casually listened to a CD around spring, I ended up really loving one of the vocalist's voice and lyrics in them, and I wanted her to sing what I composed.

I immediately completed the rough arrangement and requested to negotiate with her, and although she was already currently active as a major artist, she somehow was able to open her schedule specially for me, so I was able to ask her.

When I went to the meeting, I found that was somehow vivi, who participated in IIDX 2nd style with bad boy produced by Keiichi Ueno. As some of you might know, 2nd style was actually created 2 months after substream's production ended, and I entrusted everything to Ueno since I was busy, so I didn't actually meet her back then. The world is really small, shall I say....

When I actually met her, she was a friendly person with an artist atmosphere, and we were able to mutually communicate very smoothly during the recording. Truly, special thanks to everyone involved.

I also really love this song's lyrics. They convey the sadness of love in a woman's heart, right?

By the way, vivi is currently active as a vocalist in the unit iyiyim. They also seem to have a homepage.

(See Lyrics above)

Video Production Information

GOLI

I personally think Japanese lyrics have quite a fixed image, and it's difficult to make a movie of them. (There are various restrictions for them. A wide variety....)
For that reason, I completed it as a 16-color animation, which doesn't take much time as a movie. It was very difficult. There weren't many colors appearing as I wanted. I tried various things....

Or rather, honestly speaking, I wondered if it was really OK, and apparently, it's OK! I was conflicted. This is a controversial video born from my confused mind. Indecision leads to indecision, and I eventually ran out of time.... well, I might quite like this. I haven't usually drawn a pose like this, and I learned something. Yeah.

I think dj TAKA also put quite some thought into creating this song. He even did retakes for it. dj TAKA is unexpectedly a lovely person who doesn't compromise until the end.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ from 6th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	272	438	667	703	-	625	767	1127	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style→11 IIDX RED	-	5	6	N/A	-	6	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	5	6	7	-	6	↑9	11	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	2	5	6	6	-	6	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	3	5	6	7	-	6	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	6	7	-	6	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-