Cyberpunk 2077 - Never Fade Away | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

Haha, Im glad that you enjoyed this! I had a feeling you might ;D I listened to this for like a month solid and skewed my Spotify recommended for ages but actually I'm not mad about it. My favourite part is the chorus because melodic guitar bits make the brain go mmmmmm good. LORE DUMP TIME! Samurai is the name of the In-Universe band, the IRL band is Refused! In Canon, the dual vocals are that of Johnny Silverhand and Kerry Eurodyne- Johnny being the main vocalist and Kerry having 'lived in his shadow' for a long time. There's also many big plot points that revolve around you "dual" theory, too. And no! The soundtrack is incredibly diverse, the orchestral soundtrack is... uhhh... industrial cyberpunk? Chromepunk? But! There are many unique in-game radio stations that are filled with songs, Never Fade Away belongs on Morro Rock, and will play when you have it on in your vehicles and during a kind of nostalgia cutscene. You meet stars like Kerry Eurodyne (Damien Ukeje) and Lizzie Wizzie (Grimes) while you play, and music is no small part of this game, and one of my favourite things about it! This song, the emotional cover of it at least, is the last song you hear while looking at V, the protagonist, no matter which route you choose. It was originally written by Johnny for his then lover, Alt Cunningham, who he may or may not have set off a nuclear bomb for, no biggie; but in the end, it transforms into something for V and their journey. Hooboy! In regards to the *actual* game! Now, with over 300hrs in, my opinion is biased, but although its a buggy and sometimes broken game, its a bloody brilliant one. Fun gameplay and smooth, exciting combat. Huge world to explore, even though I wish I could explore it more, story is so good, sidequests are fleshed out and have their own little stories that flesh out Night City. Also you can literally explode people's heads from behind a wall with a THOUGHT so like thats pretty cool. Devs are working to revamp it, as the rumour mill goes. They have already released a few patches that address some key issues, but not all. A fair amount of my big gripes with gameplay are taken care of with a couple of mods on PC, its not like I had to overhaul or anything! Well worth checking out, imo! Last but not least, THANK U JESSE ♡

People meme on this game a lot but nobody disputes that the OST is FIRE

The theme of this song is unironically soulcrushing in the context of the games story.

This song is incredibly deep once you understand the context of it from the story.

Cyberpunk's soundtrack is phenomenal. Even the radio stations are absolutely fire. But truly, the original soundtrack is a work of art. "SAMURAI" is an actual in-game/in-world band from the game/tabletop that produces songs focusing on ideas of rebellion and rising up against corporate tyranny in a world that is ruled by corporations - hence the choice of rock & metal as the band's genre. All of the songs by SAMURAI are amazing. An entire album for this fictional band was produced, so you'll have plenty to listen to if you continue. "Black Dog" and "Chippin' In" are two of my favourites.

The whole Samurai album is worth listening too, pure banger

"I was not expecting rock" Welcome to the Cyberpunk my boy)))))))))))

The solo is at the end because this song symbolizes your final scream, your last chance to make something for yourself in night city, and wanting to go out with everyone able to hear you. By the end of the game, you have nothing left to lose, and everything to gain, more than everything to gain. End it all screaming your heart out, that's the best way to go down.

I don't know if it's true, but here is my theory about dual vocals. In lore SAMURAI has 2 singers: Johny Silverhand and Kerry Eurodyne. Johny is ex-military rebel, who fights corporation with both songs and guns. He is visionary of rock, an inspiration for whole generation of rockers. But in reality he was heartless prick ignoring all collateral damage of his anti-corp war. In the end he blow up nuclear bomb in corporation HQ. I believe he is aggressive voice in the song. Kerry on other hand is a uninspiring pop-singer who wanted only fame. He is likeable, but doesn't have a backbone. Before final gig Johny gives him last advise "For once in your life stop being a fucking pussy". I believe he is calm voice in the song. This seen more clearly in song "Chipin' in". It has two versions: original hard rock of Johny and pop-rock of Kerry.

Refused seem to be a massively underappreciated band.. I hope this gets them the recognition they absolutely deserve!

Samurai is a fictional Band in the Universe, but played by the glorious Punk Band "Refused", they made some really good songs for the game and the whole Soundtrack is a banger.

the version done by Olga Jankowska used as the track in the launch trailer for the game is phenomenal and should be a followup listen after this track!

Cyberpunk 2077’s ost is surprisingly broad electronic, rock, pop, jazz, rap, Lofi hip hop beats to drive to, you name it it probably has it. Also the cello from Rebel Path(cello version) is one of the coolest things I have ever heard and somehow conveys the entire story’s tone

Once they fixed the game up, I count it as one of the best games of the last decade

You mentioning the decades of genre-mashing they did is spot-on. Cyberpunk 2077's music definitely tried to almost remake genres but the overarching aesthetic theme of the game is "80's but techno-capitalistic dystopia", a retro-future kinda thing Rockerboys are a 'class' in the TTRPG original game which drew me to read up on it. They're basically sociopolitical activists that often show their rebellious message through music- Johnny Silverhand is Keanu's rockerboy character and is the lead of that Samurai band in-game

I loved cyberpunk, flaws and all. And the music is something to behold. My favorite track is the remix of this that plays during the end credits. It's absolutely beautiful. Been loving the content my friend! Keep up the awesome work!

Refused is amazing. They picked the right band for this song. And 'The Shape of Punk to Come' is an absolute barn-burner of an album.

Damn, you were spot on with duo personalities in the plot, that’s basically the main point of the plot

Really good game despite its flaws. You definitely captured some of the main themes of the game in this reaction. Also, Samurai is the name of the in game rock band ^

This song hits so much harder if you play through the game. Especially the end credits cover version.

The music art and story for this game are jaw dropping. Some people had issues with playing the game on release and most reviewers didn't get far enough into the game to get it. This particular song is pretty foreshadowing and heartbreaking in game when you complete it.

There’s a part in the game that’s just trying to get Keanu Reevs’ old band back together. Very fun. Also, they’re all in their 80s and Keunu is technically dead, but it’s ok because he lives in the main characters head. This is one of their songs by the way.

The dual vocals are Kerry and Johnny Silverhand

Remember, Cyberpunk was derived from a Tabletop game written in the era where Rock and Poll/Punk were still in infancy. The songs were only recreated by CDPR from notes from the original TTRPG.

When I was about to finish, I let johnn take over my body to do the show... bro... you know that feeling of farewell, but the one so epic that it gives me goosebumps, I even forgot the problems of the game and just felt the moment... .

I remember a side quest in the game that was so good, it involved V (the protagonist) playing in one time concert with a member of the band from the game the song is called a like supreme, it’s so good especially in game hearing it has a whole other vibe.

Ome of the best video game songs hands down. Never Fade Away is certified slapper

I beat this game twice and listened to this song a ton and I never noticed the double chorus until you pointed it out. Thanks And yes, V, the main character has the lead singer of this band in their head.

Okay, so you asked a lot of questions here, and I'm going to try to answer them: Cyberpunk is a genre that is a mix of high tech and low life. Basically, a dystopian world in which technology has advanced, but life and culture has not necessarily. The genre features dystopian futures, massively powerful corporate power, and transhumanism in looking at where humanity ends and technology begins (and vice versa). The most broadly recognizable example of the genre is probably Blade Runner. Cyberpunk 2077 is a continuation of the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop RPG, originally released in 1988 as Cyberpunk 2013, before being updated a few times. The game creator, Mike Pondsmith, did a lot of work with the Cyberpunk 2077 team. So the musical decades? Very much intended. 80s rock was absolutely a major part of the themes and characters of the Tabletop RPG, and in updating that and bringing it out, they absolutely leaned into that brilliantly. Samurai was a band in the Cyberpunk 2020 game, lead vocalist was Johnny Silverhand, who also served as the Iconic Rockerboy (so the character of the Rockerboy class directly involved in the overarching stories of the modules and as an example of how the class would be played and built if players wanted to play as the class). Backup vocalist was Kerry Eurodyne. Both characters appear in Cyberpunk 2077, both in flashback memories of their time at the height of the band, and in seeing what they have become in the future. And you are absolutely correct in thinking about the split personality nature of the story. Cyberpunk 2077 draws to a close the "main story" of the Cyberpunk universe, directly showing and referencing events from the past sourcebooks, as well as carrying them forward. In the early missions of the game, your character, V, has a digital engram of Johnny Silverhand's personality shoved into his brain. The game then revolves around determining who you are, where you end and Johnny begins, how to save you from the copy slowly overwriting your brain, and what path you'll choose to go forward and get out. That particular song plays on the radio if you're tuned to the station that plays old rock hits (as Samurai has been defunct since 2023 at the time of 2077). Your character can also play it when meeting Kerry Eurodyne. And an arrangement of it (which I absolutely love, you can find it for reaction here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P4bKZT_Eg4A.html ) plays at the game finale. Overall, the game is a masterpiece in a lot of ways. It released with a lot of unpolished bugs, that's true. But if you put those aside? The remainder of the game was very clearly developed with a lot of love for the writing, characters, setting, and overall design of the tabletop RPG. It's not what a lot of people were expecting, but it is absolutely worth playing. Well over a thousand hours in it, and no regrets.

Spoilers for cyberpunk 2077 The context of this song is that it is written by Johnny silverhand after the death of his girlfriend at the hands of the arasaka corporation basically arasaka capture’s her to force her to make a weapon capable of capturing anyones conciseness who is interacting with the internet Johnny gathers his forces to raid arasaka tower and blasts his way thought the tower desperately trying to save her however he is to late and her conciseness is trapped in digital hell full of ai and viruses that would make skynet look like a puppy the song is him lamenting his loss and how his love will never fade away despite the impassable Digital barrier that separates them and how he believes that she might be dead but he will still love her no matter what She survives but is never the same Johnny dies in a later raid on arasaka tower via nuking the tower and Adam smasher however his conciseness is persevered by the same weapon that his girlfriend was forced to make he lives on in the players head the chip that contains him slowly killing them but they will instantly die if they try to remove it This adds completely new context to the lyrics your like a ghost your everywhere

Where the game falls flat is in terms of some gameplay mechanics and features that weren't included. The story, characters, atmosphere and the music are fucking incredible.

fun fact, 95% of haters of the game played it on RU-vid

This is my favorite song from cyberpunk. The remix that sounds in the ending credits tho is the one who hits harder. It's so sad

FunFact abou Cyberpunk 2077: Most of the quest names are title of songs.

It was a great choice to have Refused portray Samurai, perfect vibe.

Jesse, I highly suggest checking out (at least) the RezoDrone tracks on the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack also! RezoDrone was fictional band created for the game made up of Jason C. Miller (he seems to pop up alot eh?) & Jamison Boaz. Soon after the game came out Miller & Boaz announced that they were keeping the RezoDrone project alive for further collaboration.

I'm glad that I waited several months after the initial release. After the release they had made a huge amount of major fixes to the game and it felt more or less like a game should on release (more finished at least than most AAA games these days but that's not really saying much...). There were minor glitches there and there but I didn't encounter anything game breaking or especially weird. Some of the side quest stuff isn't especially great but I can definitely recommend the game as it currently is. The main story and the more major side quest lines are definitely worth it, especially if you can grab the game when it's on sale (and you have at least a good enough graphics card to run it... It seemed more forgiving for CPU than GPU).

You should check out the other samurai songs like chippin' In and the ballad of buck rivers. CDPR actually hired the band Refused to portray the in-game band in the OST

the game is actually such a amazing game and has such a beautiful story and world it’s sad that it’s stilled hated on bc of the way it came out

6:40 dude I hope you’ve played it by now because that was spot on

Even with all the issues I consider Cyberpunk one of the best games of that year. Top 3 for sure.

A lot of the music in the game is more electronic and cyberpunk sounding, but they made the SAMURAI songs more classic and "old" sounding by design since in game the songs were made about 50-60 years prior to the 2077 setting.

The dual personality was spot on bro.

I'll mention something about the lore behind the song which I don't see the fans of the game really do: In-Universe Silverhand wrote the song after the first assault on 'Saka HQ and losing Alt, his lover. It's a song about their explosive relationship

the version of this song from the ending credits is FUCKING INCREDIBLE

Next songs you should listen to are Chippin' In and Black Dog. Interesting enough for Chippin' In, when you're creating your character and choosing what type of tattoos you want, there's a tattoo that has the lyrics of Chippin' In. As well Black Dog, for those that have already played the game, can be seen as part of what the main character experiences once getting a certain item. Don't wanna spoil too much, just in case you wanna experience the game yourself.

Now imagine Keanu Reeves performing this. What more do you want from life?

Humming sound in the back 😭Still a good vid!

The song lyrics are from a short story for the TTRPG Cyberpunk 2020, to which Cyberpunk 2077 is basically the sequel and they recorded the songs from the short story for the game, which is really cool. The game is actually really faithful to the old TTRPG. And yeah, the song is partially basically played on the dad rock radio (because, well, the song is from 2020 obviously) and specific story moments. There's a few others from Samurai, but there's also more 'cyber' music and original takes on Jpop and such.

It’s scientifically impossible to not tap along to Samurai music. Love Kerry’s vocals and Johnny’s guitar.

Cyberpunk had a lot of problems, I played it directly on release and did every bit of side content. Every blip off the map. I played on PC so I didn't get a lot of bugs though it felt still like playing a game that was... the equivilant of taking a pizza out of the oven 5 minutes before it's done. With a little more polish it could have been a great release. I haven't revisited the game since that time so I don't know it's current state but I hope it has improved. Still, I had an enjoyable experience.

i love how you mention how the song feels like there are dual personalties, because thats the game LMAO

All Samurai songs were written by Mike Pondsmith the man that created the cyberpunk universe

This song is super important to understanding the plot imo

Well, this is the second time within an hour I see similar headphones to mine.

CDPR created an epic gaming experience putting aside the mishaps at launch. It really is a masterpiece of emotive indulgence added with a soundtrack that blends so well within it's gaming world. I prefer Olga's cover to the rock version. More minimal yet mentally provoking, it connects with V with a sympathetic yet uncomfortable outcome especially with more significance to one of the games endings. The beauty of this game is paramount of how well it manages to connect emotionally to its audience with said characters, storyline and some if not the best music diversity I've ever heard in game.

Would recommend "Resist and disorder " from cyberpunk 2077

"samurai" the in-universe band that this song is by, is actually a real punk band from sweden called "refused".

I played the game on release and while it was a bit glitchy, I was fortunate enough to not have had a lot of the bugs that detracted from the game. I really, REALLY loved the story and the characters and the music performed by the in-universe band Samurai was all incredible. It was one of those games that left me feeling hollowed out and kind of depressed by the end of it, but in a good way (?)

Would love to see you play this sometime

You should do the flagship songs, Chippin' In, both versions, They're amazing

Precise as f, genius

The soundtrack for this game is perfect.

Hell yeah!

Nearly all the songs in Cyberpunk 2077 are amazing, Never Fade away feels like its the main song for the game as it has more than one version and it ties to the main themes in more than one way. You are pretty close with what you guessed about what it implies too, I dunno if you want spoilers so I'll keep it quiet for now xD One tidbit is that this is actually a song that's referenced in game as one famous song, of numerous, and made by an in-game band called Samurai, the lead singer being called Johnny Silverhand. Their last song I think too iirc. Despite the games flaws even on PC I love this game, for me it was the best game of 2020. It definitely needed more time in the oven tho, I would say it shouldn't have been released until this year.

Don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but this reminds me a lot of Refused and The International Noise Conspiracy.

More Cyberpunk Music! I recommend Chippin In, (If you haven't) A Like Supreme, Black Dog, Also Konrad Oldmoney City Of Dreams (Type it this way you'll find it, I can't type the original name it's a bit long for my brain XD)

I love his reaction lol.

Yeah! All Samurai songs are great but for me, Black dog is the best of them :-)

i think the deeper softer voice in the duel vocals is actually keanu reeves might be wrong though since he plays the lead singer in the game

your observation at 6:30 is... "interesting" to say the least. When it comes to state of the game, when I played it back on launch day with a pretty decent PC (1080ti and Ryzen 3600 both at stock speeds), I genuinely had 1 crash whilst I was streaming it to my friend through Discord, had 1 T-Pose in a mission which was fixed in one of the patches, no gamebreaking bugs, no bugs that made me reload the save. I did have clipping issues though, like dying or taking damage while running through piles of garbage and its impact just kills you etc.. Out of 6 people I talked about Cyberpunk, only one had animation bugs, textures loading in late and bugs that made him reload his save. He was the only person played it on an HDD, so I assume SSD makes a huge difference when it comes to your gameplay experience.

6:41 the main character has a split personality roughly speaking

Samurai is an invented band of the game, pretty crazy but cool

Still waiting for CD project Red to release "Samurai - Archangel" 😭

ITS REDEEMED ITSELF THIS YEAR IM SURE YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY BUT CHECK IT OUT!!

Man, video games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Anthem that ended up bombing have great soundtracks which is a real shame because most people will miss out on them.

Cyberpunk still buggy but GAWD DAMN story is so fucking good.

Samurai is the name of the band in game

Samurai rocks!

Samurai's the in-game band. You should compare this version to the ending version and tye version in game the player does the song.

As you have observed, the game has had a very polarising effect on the community. It's been hyped up for literal years, both by the community and especially CDPR's - the developer - marketing. CDPR had previously released the Witcher games. 3 in particular has been lauded for its storytelling in an open world setting and the studio did right by it with the expansions released after launch, making CDPR a bit of a darling developer. After several delays, the game released in a decidedly unfinished state. It was buggy, a number of teased features were cut and it ran exceptionally poorly on PS4 and Xbox One to the point of Sony taking it off the Playstation Store and issuing refunds to its customers. It's been patched a number of times by now, of course, and these patches did improve the latent bugginess, but no significant content has been released for it yet. I played it on release, on PC, and on very powerful hardware to boot. The audiovisual experience was outstanding and some of the game's cast made it an experience I am not likely to forget. The common criticisms outside of the bugs are that the AI is braindead and the open world merely window-dressing. If you get the police to chase you, NPCs will spawn right outside of your view and shoot you in the back. Basically, if you try to play it like GTA you will quickly find that the world isn't very robust in regards to player interactions. This makes it easy to break immersion. It's a crying shame that nuanced discussion about the game is almost impossible to find.

SAMURAI is the band name

Oh and if you're wondering if you should play it if you haven't, they just dropped their biggest update yet so yes.

These guys got fucking Refused to do their OST, what a dream.

Honestly I didn't have too many problems with Cyberpunk on PC! Was not the greatest game ever, but I felt alright spending what I spent on it. Samurai is sick though, I love their sound and their aesthetic lol

Btw. Cyberpunk is a genre of videogames - you may know this but I say that because you speak about "cyber" and "punk" as two seperate words. Its kind of a dystopic future fantasy. Samurai is a fictional band in the game - spoiler warning: - - The main character gets to know the singer Johnny Silverhand because he gets a chip implanted with his personality on it logn after the real Johnny silverhand died. But this song specifically is a song from that band but also an ongoing topic in the game with whole personalities saved in data. You can listen to it in the radio of the game. I am not sure if it also plays in a specific scene- there are a few flashbacks of the band playing live.

The backlash over the game was due to the large amount of content that they did not bother with in the game, and its hard to say majorly or minorly about the literal gaping holes in the games world (there really was holes in the map of the game that you could fall though because they were never rendered). This game was originally designed as an R rated game for the much older gamers in their 30's or more, and they were the ones that were angry over what was given on release. However no one complained about the content that was in the game. The music, theming, graphics and nuances that they did have were all near perfect.

Cyberpunk music is really underrated …

Cyberpunk 2077 is so good now and SAMURAI it's just Fire

Reactions wow

since you're doing cyberpunk 2077 ost, you must listen to A Like Supreme, Cyberninja, V, and Upgrade

Cyberpunk 2077, especially post-1.5, is in the state it should have at least been for launch, and while there're certainly valid issues to be had with that ... what I want to stress now that the game is more or less what it should have at least been, that's still a tremendous experience, especially on next-gen consoles, and it's worth everyone's second look. There are many moments where the experience narratively doesn't work, but there are as many moments where the imagination and production came together in a satisfying way. Meanwhile, the music and the art direction deliver the Classic Cyberpunk (i.e. 80s Cyberpunk) experience, as well as a massive slice of the potential of the original tabletop role-playing game. Time will put Cyberpunk 2077 where it belongs, which is next to Vampire: Bloodlines, as very troubled action-RPGs that eventually became something brilliant.

My dude looks like rockstar Rasputin.

about your point of not expecting rock I think SAMURAI being this rebel band against corpos and the forces of entropy I think this style is incredibly

So maybe you'll do a video for Samurai's Archangel?

More cyberpunk 2077 reactions please

There's a bunch of different type of music in the game. Some really weird but oddly good ones too like "Pain" from Le Destroy and an.. experience called "PonPon Shit" lol. The game itself got a lot of hate but personally I quite like it and am actually doing a new playthrough now. Story is good, combat is fun, there's still a few janky bugs but all in all I'd say it's a good game. Still hoping they add some new content in the form of expansions.

This dude guessing the plot hit the nail on the head wtf

Cyberpunk was and still is a good game, it was just marred by a metric shit-ton of bugs, glitches and overal technical problems all the while being overhyped by both the studio who made it and the community itself. If the game would've came out a year later, it wouldn't have had anywhere near the amount of bad rep it got... and apparently, after many leaks were published including internal builds and source codes, the devs actually knew about these issues and were planning for the game to be ready to release by 2021-2022, how you ask? well, because some of the internal builds that were leaked all hinted at a "2021-2022" release rather than the 2020 one we got. So in the end, the game was just rushed out the door due to corporates/investors pressuring the devs to release it for the 2020 holidays, which had most people on complete lockdown due to Covid. But also... people would've completely flipped their goddamn shit if it had to be delayed ONCE AGAIN and for a whole-ass year this time... the game suffered countless delays prior to the release, so much so it became a meme on its own and caused the devs to get literal death-threats over them... And I sure as hell wish I was making this up but that's how... "Virulent" some people can be in the gaming community nowadays.

Samurai made under refused does chrome rock? Can someone explain to me what that is?