Breakin' Chain

Not to be confused with Break the Chain.

Breakin' Chain

Song Information

Artist: REDALiCE feat. MONICO
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: REDALiCE
Vocals: MONICO
BPM: 206
Length: 1:58
Genre: MOOMBAHCORE
Movie: F-FLY (overlays by KINRUI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

通り過ぎる日常
意味なんてない感情
枯れた記憶だけど
たまにズキズキする

安い理想なんて　何も意味はない
崩れ堕ちる　僕のココロが　怖いんだ

ねえ、どうして　いまのままでいいの？
届かない　抗えない　僕の弱さ
変わりたい　ただひとつのエゴで
ここから　叩き壊せ　Breakin' Chain

Romaji

toorisugiru nichijou
imi nantenai kanjou
kareta kioku dakedo
tama ni zukizuki suru

yasui risou nante nani mo imi wa nai
kuzureochiru boku no kokoro ga kowainda

nee, doushite ima no mamade ii no?
todokanai aragaenai boku no yowasa
kawaritai tada hitotsu no EGO de
koko kara tatakikowase Breakin' Chain

English

Breezing though day-to-day life
Filled with meaningless emotions
These memories have withered away,
But the pain still lingers

I try to act caring, but nothing has meaning anymore
This crumbling heart of mine is frightening

Hey, why is it OK to be like this?
With my unachieving, undefeatable weakness
I want to change for the better, but my ego won’t let me
I’ll tear this all down - Breakin’ Chain

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Breakin' Chain can be found on REDALiCE's third solo album, AKA.

Trivia

• Breakin' Chain is one of the unlockable songs of Phase 1 of the KOUJYO SINOBUZ DEN (攻城シノバズ伝) event. It could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ from November 17th, 2016 to April 16th, 2017.
  • In beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS, its charts can be purchased via CBS License (CBSライセンス) from March 29th, 2018.
  • From beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage onwards, it is available by default.
• Breakin' Chain marks Yoshikazu Nagai's first use of his main REDALiCE alias in beatmania IIDX since VEGA from beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
  • It's also his first beatmania IIDX song without "J-CORE" written in the genre name.
• Breakin' Chain marks vocalist Monico's debut in BEMANI.
• Moombahcore is a different style of moombahton (a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton) that incorporates elements from dubstep and various hardcore genres.
  • Invitation from Mr.C is another song based upon moombahcore elements.
• The overlays throughtout Breakin' Chain have 2 variations which change based on the player's performance on the section before the overlay appears.

Song Production Information

REDALiCE

Good evening! Ladies and gentlemen, this is REDALiCE.
Recently, I have featured vocalist MONICO a lot, but with this song, I tried to make a completely different feeling from what I have worked on before.

I have enjoyed making half tempo songs lately, so I made a heavy Moombahcore song that unexpectedly fitted a music game.
As for details about this genre, the BPM of Moombahcore songs is roughly from 100 to 110, so if you set the 190-200 tempo that is common in music games to half, it is perfect! I thought.

Together with MONICO's powerful voice, this is one of my favorite songs.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches	-	362 / 4 / 0	669 / 2 / 1	1169 / 4 / 1	-	460 / 4 / 0	811 / 4 / 1	1241 / 4 / 1	-
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ→Present	-	4	8	10	-	5	8	10	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	8	10	-	-	-	-	-