Empathy
empathy
Song Information
Artist: TaQ
Composition/Arrangement: TaQ
BPM: 170 (NORMAL), 85-170 (HYPER/ANOTHER)
Length: 1:47 (Single NORMAL), 1:51 (all other difficulties)
Genre: DRUM'N'BASS
Movie: VJ GYO (illustrations by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- In beatmania IIDX 9th style, an extra sound was added to empathy's HYPER chart. This sound is similar to one from another TaQ song, symbolic.
Trivia
- empathy is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from April 3rd, 2024 after purchasing its charts with BITs.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
TaQ said "I admire the orchestras featured in Osamu Kubota and dj TAKA's songs, so I tried to include them here", but it's actually his main job.
This song, "empathy", which has an image of a Middle-Eastern scenery and landscape, is named after a word which means "emotional connection", and during a conversation with a certain musician, the title was used to empathize with the phrase "we are musicians who show empathy".
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
I captured the phenomena of "transmission" through "repeated convergence and divergence" and "sympathy", and created the materials in this movie using this motif.
The movie technique itself is a simple style of switching between subjects, which I used to the effect of having the materials stand out.
The "magnificent, impressive, and grandiose" sad feelings throughout this song helps you experience it more deeply.
Furthermore, I collaborated with GOLI on the artwork.
I requested for designs such as the empathy symbol mark and TaQ's logo, and illustrations of a "devil" holding a crystal ball containing lightning, as if was purifying evil "emotions".
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 416 | 703 | 743 | - | 411 | 961 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 5th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | ↓4 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 6th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 4 | ↑7+ | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 4 | 7+ | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 10th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 4 | ↑8+ | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→14 GOLD | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 4 | ↑10 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→Present | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 4 | ↑11 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style CS | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 5 | 7+ | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 4 | 11 | - | - |