Two Birds in a Cage

A bird in a cage
With a friend by its side—
Together a lively pair;
Sweet chirps infused with light.
Bicker they did, yet I know
Angels come in winged forms.
Now may their journey be ever blessed
As Phoenixes reborn.

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This is a reference to "A Bird in a Cage" (originally titled "Aspiration") which I co-wrote with a friend named Lee Chao back in 2013—and compared to which this poem is embarrassingly juvenile.

Dedicated to two precious baby birbs who left us much, much, much too early. I'm so sorry.

🍀 Clover wish~ 🍀 Mix Evolution

YEEEEEEY a big step has been made!!! ✨

Earlier this year, some of my friends and I were obsessed with the anime If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budoukan, I Would Die (aka OshiBudo) which was airing at the time so we thought it'd be really cute if we covered the opening theme!! This cast feels really precious because not only are they my [lovely-voiced] friends in the youtaite community, but also they're all in NorCal so we used to hang out a lot! You know, back during "precedented" times when hangouts were a thing.

And then of course we were brought to life by the perfectly adorable visuals of souleheart (illustration) and Azuka (animation), bless!!! They both make such wonderful things and are really sweet to work with—would definitely recommend their commissions. ;u;

🔹 Looks like souleheart's art comms are closed right now but they're worth keeping an eye out for; she was impressively fast and communicative and just captured all of our personas p e r f e c t l y.

🔹 Azuka is incredibly multitalented and has both animation and vtuber model comms open—and she's also debuting as a vtuber on 10/24!

【合唱】 Clover wish / 推し武道 OP 【7人 ver. youtaite】

⇢ VOCALS:
  KT ･ https://www.youtube.com/seahorsegurl ･ as Reo
  Lucy ･ https://www.youtube.com/Lyrratic ･ as Sorane
  mochi ･ https://www.youtube.com/c/crunchimochi ･ as Maki
  yanovi ･ https://www.youtube.com/yanoviP ･ as Yumeri
  カリタモ (tamou) ･ https://www.youtube.com/c/isoperi ･ as Yuka
  小さな (chiisana) ･ https://www.youtube.com/ChiisanaChanx3 ･ as Maina
  Eva ･ https://www.youtube.com/waterpixieva ･ as Aya

  Kuroノ ･ https://www.youtube.com/c/KuronoCovers ･ as 🐝

  “I will say "bees" exactly once (x1) in the background if you will have me as an additional adlib vocalist”

~✨~✨~

And uh, I mixed!

With the much-appreciated help from fome, mochi, KT, and Kurono for their insightful feedback! 🙏

Yup, that's all I have to say about that.......
Just kidding, there's probably like 500 more words to follow on this topic, sorry.