WHITE BIRDS

WHITE BIRDS

Song Information

WHITE BIRDS' pop'n music banner.

Artist: violent age
Composition/Arrangement: Tomonori Ikeda
Lyrics: Kiyotaka Sugimoto
Vocals: violent age
BPM: 122
Length: 1:29
pop'n music Genre: VISUAL (ヴィジュアル)
pop'n music Character: Yuli [2]
pop'n CG designer: shio
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

white birds
闇に閉ざされ　今
僕らは　ah　静寂の彼方まで

何もかも変わらない
しらけたこの世界
いつも通りの僕と　違う自分を
さらけだして　愛を

white birds
闇に閉ざされ　今
僕らは　ah　静寂の彼方まで

tell me
生まれ変われるなら
夢の　かなえ方をおしえて

Romaji

white birds
yami ni tozasare ima
bokura wa ah seijaku no kanata made

nanimokamo kawaranai
shiraketa kono sekai
itsumo doori no boku to chigau jibun wo
sarakedashite ai wo...

white birds
yami ni tozasare ima
bokura wa ah seijaku no kanata made

tell me
umarekawareru nara
yume no kanae kata wo oshiete

Long Version

Japanese

white birds 闇に閉ざされ　今 僕らは ah 静寂の彼方まで 何もかも変わらない しらけたこの世界 いつも通りの僕と　違う自分を さらけだして　愛を white birds 闇に閉ざされ　今 僕らは ah 静寂の彼方まで white birds カゴの中の鳥は 僕らの ah 生き方を映し出す 涙さえ乾かない 果てしないこの世界 どこか遠くの方へ　白い翼で 飛んでゆけ　すべて white birds 闇に閉ざされ　今 僕らは ah 静寂の彼方へ tell me 生まれ変われるなら 夢の　かなえ方をおしえて white birds 闇に閉ざされ　今 僕らは ah 静寂の彼方まで white birds カゴの中の鳥は 僕らの ah 生き方を映し出す tell me 生まれ変われるなら 夢の　かなえ方をおしえて

Song Connections / Remixes

• WHITE BIRDS is the first song of the VISUAL song series.
• A long version of WHITE BIRDS appears in the pop'n music Vocal Best 2 album.
• A remixed cover of WHITE BIRDS by T-Bone, titled WHITE BIRDS (Mirage Mix), appears in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE.

Trivia

• WHITE BIRDS marks the first appearance of Yuli as a rival character.
• In the Asian English arcade release of pop'n music 2, WHITE BIRDS' genre was changed to GOTHIC.
  • Yuli's name was also changed to Sasha.
• WHITE BIRDS is not included in the pop'n music SUPER BEST BOX collection, despite being a KONAMI original and still in the arcades. However, its remix WHITE BIRDS (Mirage Mix) is.
• In pop'n music 3, WHITE BIRDS's character was Ash [3-4P].
• WHITE BIRDS received 5-Buttons and Battle NORMAL charts in pop'n music 9.
• According to wac's staff comments for WHITE BIRDS (Mirage Mix), WHITE BIRDS has never received new charts due to the old game data not enabling the addition of new charts.

Music Comment

A melodious and ominous rock number.

Song Production Information

This is a popular Second Stage song, and many people were probably surprised to see speedy guitar phrases.
The development team calls them "scales".
Nevertheless, what are the musical characteristics of Japan's unique "visual kei" songs? When I think about this, I think it's a fusion of pop song melody lines mainly in minor key, vertical beat punk drums, heavy metal guitar riffs, and 80's New Romantic-styled singing.

Character Information

A vampire who's been in a 200 year sleep inside his own castle in northern Fairy-Tale Land. He had free time when he woke up, so he apparently formed a band as a hobby.

★ Birthplace: Fairy-Tale Land ☆ Hobbies: Currently composing.
● Likes: Walking in the moonlight. ○ Dislikes: Feeling bored. Sunlight. He doesn't like getting sunburnt.

Difficulty & Notecounts

pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	130	219	-	-	219	-
pop'n music 2→4	-	13	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 9→20 fantasia	4	↓12	-	-	10	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	18	-	-	10	-
pop'n music 2 CS	-	13	-	-	-	-
pop'n music Best Hits!	4	12	-	-	-	-
pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS	4	12	-	-	10	-
pop'n music Lively	-	18	-	-	-	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• pop'n music 2 and 3's BEGINNER chart: total notes: 127.

VISUAL song series
Main Songs	WHITE BIRDS - Cry Out - Late Riser - Desire - Bloody Mary - Invisible Farewell
Related Songs	WHITE BIRDS (Mirage Mix) - Cry Out (Superior Mix)