KEY
KEY
Song Information
Artist: colors
Composition: TAKA
Arrangement: colors
Lyrics: HIRO
BPM: 212
Length: 2:07
Genre: BEAT ROCK
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Japanese
君に会いたくて 街を走り抜ける どうしようもないほど 胸が苦しくて 雨が架けていった 虹を通り越して 深い眠りの君を起こしたなら 真実を探しに世界の端まで きっとどこかに僕らのKeyがあるから そう信じていたい 夢も現実も 君が愛しい いつもの午後には 痛みさえ感じるくらい切なくて 君の瞳には僕は写っているのかな 今日こそは言わなくちゃ 遠くなっていく君 そんな気がして おりてくる天使の導きだけが今は頼りで 恋心君へ差し出した言葉 今は答えいらないから ただ取っていて 僕を動かした君の魅力 焼きつけて 夢で終わらないように 願い続けた 街の中で…
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- KEY marks the first appearance of colors in BEMANI, and the only one in the beatmania IIDX series.
- KEY's video is the fourth and last part of the DRIVING MUSIC series, which also includes SPEEDY CAT, CAR OF YOUR DREAMS, and 太陽～T・A・I・Y・O～.
- KEY received a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- KEY is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from September 5th, 2018, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
Song Production Information
colors
While going about our usual days, we take various "KEY"s with us.
We open a door with a KEY, step forward, and search again.
I'm certain you'll acquire various things during such repetitive moments.
Life is like a GAME.
Let's enjoy encountering the world with our various KEYs.
Hiro from colors
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
This ending movie is entirely filled with flashback scenes, and I discussed with TAKA about whether~ I could conclude the series with refreshing and somewhat sorrowful beat rock instead of Eurobeat, but full-fledged freshness as seen in youth-themed Japanese films, so colors provided this song, who make their first appearance in the IIDX series.
For this concept, I requested for the song without conveying its story, but it brilliantly matched the perspective that "this isn't the very end, but a conclusion which connects to the future".
Also, it's a mere flashback movie, so it wasn't time consuming to make at all, but when I watch it alongside the song, I noticed that its feelings were scattered in the right place, which poked into the core story of this song.
It was as if it gave the effect of vivid colors pouring into sepia-colored memories, which honestly now leaves a deep impression in my memories...
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This was my first attempt at working on a joint visual-first concept, but compared to my enthusiasm level, the preparation period (preparing new characters, cars, etc... during such period) took too long, and I reduced the time spent creating and editing CG cuts, due to serious miscalculations.
If I have the opportunity, next time I'd like to increase the perfection level for each of the four movies, and improve the parts which were cut short and neglected.
Sincerely, VJ GYO
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 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 | 348 | 573 | 950 | 1436 | - | 573 | 989 | 1400 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 6 | 7 | N/A | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→19 Lincle | - | 6 | ↑8 | 11 | - | 5 | ↑8 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | - | 6 | 8 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8+ | - | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 6 | 8 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 6 | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |