Stoic

stoic

Song Information

Artist: TaQ
Composition/Arrangement: TaQ
BPM: 155
Length: 1:56
Genre: TECHNO
VJ: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 7th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• stoic is part of TaQ's "-ic" series of songs.
• A shorter, slightly different sounding version of stoic, titled stoic (EXTREME version), can be found in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.
• A long version of stoic appears on TaQ's album, bounce connected.
• stoic's video is briefly parodied in the video for Twelfth Style from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY.

Trivia

• stoic's video features TRAN interacting in live-action with a monk (played by TaQ himself) dancing through the entire video.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME's stoic (EXTREME version), DanceDanceRevolution character AFRO is seen in overlays for the song, in the same position as the man in the video.
• At the time of its release, stoic's Single NORMAL chart had the most notes of Single NORMAL chart in beatmania IIDX. This would not be beaten until beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD with 嘆きの樹, which has 902 notes.
  • This does not include Scripted Connection⇒H mix from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS, whose chart was not added to the arcade release until beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD. It has 875 notes, beating out stoic by one.
• stoic's Single NORMAL chart is the first to be rated 7 on the old beatmania IIDX difficulty scale.

Song Production Information

Say stoic.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from TexTage.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	341	874	1250	1302	874	1126	1497	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 7th style→10th style	-	7	7+	N/A	7	7+	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	7	↑8+	N/A	7	↑8+	N/A	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	↑8	↑10	12	7	↑10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→18 Resort Anthem	-	8	10	↓11	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle→Present	-	8	10	11	↑8	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	-	7	7+	7+	7	7+	7+	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS	-	7	7+	7+	7	7+	7+	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	3	8	10	11	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	3	8	10	11	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

TaQ's "-ic" series of songs
Holic - stoic - symbolic