For those who didn't know, the reflection is a version of them from Another Universe where the girlfriend is no longer around and the song he's singing is about wanting her to stay around just long enough to see him accomplish everything but she doesn't make it that's why if you pause in the Red Mist at 5:09 you can see her hugging him because even though she wasn't around she still got to see and is proud of him
Fun fact: Boyfriend is canonically pretty tall (7 foot tall), and he's just drawn small by Phantom Arcade to represent his innocence in contrast to characters like Daddy Dearest. So understand that Silly Billy or whoever this guy is happens to be a Boyfriend who LACKS that innocence, considering his size.
That's cause the innocence left with girlfriend but girlfriend is still has a small presence in him hince why he can change into a copy of small bf plus you can see she's still there during the lyrics for a frame a red aura appears around silly in the shape of gf
Haven't seen anyone point this out, but Yourself's icon next to healthbar changes during the song. First at 2:00 when Yourself becomes small, it changes into a smaller, more Boyfriend-like icon. Then at 2:55 back to Yourself's icon, except more unhinged. then 4:03 where he gets a cheeky little smirk, and finally, before the lyrics, 4:47 he opens his mouth. Its a small detail but I utterly love it
And another small thing, after the disappear of the health bar of yourself, the arrows are either red or blue for both sides. Probably they are talking about gf and bf's side.
I'd like to think the changes are showing his mood and the open mouth icon is indication that what might have started as an antagonistic encounter ended up being enjoyable for 'Yourself'. And that the end has no bars or anything because they're both just doing it for the fun of it now. Maybe sort of finding enjoyment in singing again.
i genuinely dont think this is supposed to be some twisted creepypasta version of BF but rather a really beautiful personification of grief's toll on a person and the fact that he looks so near tears during the actual lyrical part really tells me that
Plus there's some interpretation of the lyrical part is yourself singing to his creator, who died in their sleep Edit: look at @Yuna_channn. 's comment for more context
@@First-to-last i agree but i didnt say anything because i will be honest, i wont lie assuming things like that especially in the presence of a friend of Divide's. while a beautiful allegory its rather personal
i love how the two share the melody or start duetting off of each other. makes this feel like a conversation instead of a battle, especially at the end, where it’s almost an interlocking melody-harmony where the two are indistinguishable from each other until they hit unison on the final note. beautiful composition.
It seems that no one's noticed, but the reason that the song is called silly Billy is because it's a nickname that " yourself" was given by GF. It's seen in the music video's thumbnail
As you see in the start, the arrows can be either green, blue, or red, each representing a fnf player including red=GF. Blue=BF. And green=Pico, and then after the iyrics, there is no more green or red, so that means that the arrows represent that BF lost both pico and GF.
@XethIsDefinitelyCool you are semi correct, the blue notes after the lyrics are seemingly ALLWAYS Blue no matter who's playing Edit for Clarification: the blue notes after the lyrics ate actually part of the song, you can tell by ALL of the notes being blue and a red note transforming into blue half way before the lyric segment fully ends
ive listened to this song like ten times in the past two days its so good!!!! the buildup to the end feels perfect for the ending of the song, its amazing
I love how up until Yourself’s “Oh yeah haha” he’s taking it easy on you. If you look at the bar in the bottom left, hit icon changes to a more aggressive looking one symbolizing that you’re giving him more of a challenge than he’s had in a very VERY long time by the looks of it
best parts imo: 0:56 (motif from the lyric part) 1:52 (love how they harmonize here) 2:03 (the whole part is just flames) 2:57 (OOH YEAH, HA HA! I love the beat drop) 3:21-3:43 (just love the motif of these parts especially boyfriend's parts) 4:44-5:39 (hmmmm i wonder why) W song
It really took him losing his girl to finally hit a growth spurt? (Edit) Aight I get it, bf ain’t short, he just looks the part. I was also partially cracking a joke, but I guess it went over a lot of your heads.. Eh, that’s what I get for trying to be funny.
with that said, I see the lyrics as his desperation for her affection but expressing it in a toxic/controlling manner; for an fnf track its surprisingly tragic & well done
Honestly, this song means a lot to me. In such a short amount of time, this song has said exactly how i feel right now. I realized that all the people who inspire me might die before i even get started on my dream projects. I will make of them proud of me and themselves for what they've done for me. Just stay wake, yall. Stay wake.
This song is actually incredible. I’m Not a fnf fan by any means or aspect, nor am I a fan of any of the fan games around it, but this is art. Adding this to my playlist.
The pain in his expression when he sings the lyrical part is like a man fighting through the pain to put a smile on but when he got to the lyrics "How proud you are of me" he looks like he's about to burst into tears.
From the concept art. It seems to show the shirt tugging is to hold in his anger. I wouldn’t be surprised if this anger is to himself, BF, or both of them for being fools (Yourself letting Herself die and BF being cocky and not realizing what will happen if he stays like that)
I like how in the normal game boyfriend copys what the enemy says but since both of them are boyfriend they make their own thing and don't care if they don't repeat it
I'm not a fan of this game, but this work is beautiful. I was extremely moved when I heard it. Even though there is indeed a story or theory behind this character, all the elements presented in this media are used very well. The symbolism is impeccable, as is all the production involved. Congratulations, you brought good tears from me with good reflections on life.
Churgegy Does Not Miss. I haven't really heard a song of his the fails to hit it's appeal, I've heard plenty of others that are good but have major flaws that take away their unique aspects becoming bland as a result. Churgegy gives it emotion, which then applies what the songs should be about mainly: Giving a feeling. Though while there should be unique ones aslong it gets you to care about it in way I'd say It's a good song.
@@alexcat6685 Honestly I feel like the only one I could say *kind of* missed was Manual Blast, and that's moreso because it can be hard to hear Scorched's vocals later in the song.
Creator of this song is a type of a guy who would create a movie with a most high quality special effects and jaw dropping plot and call it "binky winky's wacky adventure" Edit: GUYS STOP FUCKING TYPING:"tHe CrEaToR iS DeAd". I KNOW,ITS VERY SAD,BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE JOKE I MADE
I want to see a show where the villain is over powered but the Hero realizes the villain was right, and then becomes worse than the villain so the rest of the show is from the villain's perspective as the hero being so cruel causes the villain to start to side with the hero's original perspective. The villain goes from OP to insignificant in a matter of moments.
@@janhobson6904 Gonna be honest, it is sad that Divide died. Divide was a great person who contributed so much to the FNF community. But the fact you're trying to make @misterboxhead3045 look guilty because he said about a lookalike kind of is more insulting to Divide because you're saying that he should only be interpreted as one way than in multiple ways. The lyrics of this song can be thought of in multiple ways. Where "lookalike" (or "yourself") is either talking to the player or "Herself." By bringing up Divide's death about something that isn't about him is more insulting than the actual thing that @misterboxhead3045. Thank you for reading this. Have a good day.
Gotta love how BF IMMEDIATELY jumps into the rap battle with a giant shit-faced grin on his face and absolutely ZERO questions asked. He's literally like "I just found a demented version of me in this weird mirror? Eh, whatever, let's see what he's got."
I just love the fact that while bf knows English and chooses to speak in beeps n boops Lookalike alternatively chooses to speak loud and clear straight to BF himself in perfect English.
and the fact that Lookalikes vocals sound like an actual human instead of beeps n boops, even tho that's the same for most opponents in mods, it fits still
There's also this detail of their fingers. Typically in the fnf style, characters are drawn with 4 fingers. Lookalike BF has 5 which I found as a nice detail
@@theant4184also I realised when “himself” is singing, he’s moving around like how someone would recreate the poses FNF characters do in real life, like that one kid in 2021
I just realized that the notes are moving slowly and being yanked into position when they are played, like this is supposed to be a slower more emotional song but he is trying to force it to be more upbeat and challenging
after I read this I went ahead to the part of the song after the lyrics and realized that the notes move even *slower* near the ending, like he's on the verge of crying but still keeping the song fast and fun. And now i'm sad
I can't believe the amount of detail that's in this video!! The note colors, the icon changes, the mirror at the beginning, it's all so well done!! And the song goes hard as hell too! Everyone did a fantastic job! edit: not to mention the song/thumbnail art referencing the painting L'Ange déchu???? SO GOOD
The lyrics make me thinks that this "faker" isn't inherintley evil, just desperate to be recognized as a star by its own idol and become its own person but still fails. But I may be overthinking again. God I can't stop replaying the lyric part.
its seems to be more Towards Herself not BF and i know this is gonna sound werid Burst out of Yourself which is the Name of the BF And Herself being the name of the GF
I love the section at 2:03 because it's Yourself mocking Boyfriend, basically saying "This is what you sound like, this is what feigned innocence looks like". Of course I'm reading too deeply into a banger track. I just love this song so much, fantastic work everyone!
You know, what would be really cool is a version with full lyrics, if that's somehow possible. Cuz like we're all here for the last part, it hits so damn hard, to me more lyrics could make it work even more!
Other way around, the leitmotif used in Subterfuge was actually from this song. Notice that Honkish was part of the team for composing it. The melody was made for this song, and then repurposed as a sly reference in Subterfuge.
This is still my favorite song of ALL FNF in 2024, Also is still crazy how this song made more respect for Divide than the og sonic.exe devs lol Im happy now Yourself is having more attention, he deservers that :]
4:51 the way I realised that this lyrics really ment to divide, the "I'll make you tell me how proud you are of me" means that divide would be proud of this mod. The "so stay awake" means that he died in his sleep but I heard he died because of cancer. Idk much of it but this is what I found. (R.I.P divide..)
Yeah, i think so too, especialy the phrase "so stay awake, Just long enough to see my way" i think looalike would love to see Divide looking at way of the character, he was drawing
this song has so much shit going for it but one of my favorite things is the way that both characters going at once makes such fucking fantastic harmonies
Ive been digging into its meaning a little bit, but if anyone can hear at the vocaled end, "Just long enough to see my way", you can faintly make out a duet within the background as the red energy dissipates. This is just a banger
Yourself rly is tragic; he's smiling the entire time until the line about making Herself proud of him. Literally tugging at his own heart and going so hard he shatters the glass behind him, but when she finally responds and sings with him, he drowns it out because that's just how far he had to go to reach her in the first place, pretty well affirmed by the purple that becomes more vivid when she starts singing (literally combination of bf and gfs blue and red) fades just into blue as that section comes to a stop.
I know the lyric section is Yourself's message to Herself, but you could also interpret it as a message to Divide. Divide died before he got to see his character in action. He didn't stay awake just long enough to see Yourself's way. I hope Divide is living his best after-life and I hope he's proud of Yourself. Fly high, you legend.
@@shane1840 I believe the mod was finished/uploaded as a remembrance of the creator (I recommend doing research as I'm not entirely sure!!) Edit: Divide made the character, not the mod!!
@@churgneygurgney9895 nahhh cuz I rlly hope u make a sec part of "himself" or silly billy, cuz everyone seem to like it and want more lore😭😭or to see backstory when herself was alive and how himself used to look like, (if u want)
what's really interesting to me is that after He sings, shattering the mirror behind him and temporarily losing his connection and grasp on Herself, all of the red hues drain from the palette (even from our BF). She's so important to both of them that they became duller just losing Her presence.
Here is a theory when he is singing the red smoke is actually gf(yourself gf) if you pause at the right time and stop can hear her sing as well (if you listen close) so when yourself says my way his colours (red and blue hair and clothes)become purple to show them becoming one or residing with one another.(Another theory at he start of the intro when the mic hits bf it is red showing that gf is always with him and maybe it became pitch black when she not inside it at he moment Ik this because i BC if you look at our bf mic its normal but yourselfs is not) until next time friends
This is what I love and hate about FNF songs and mods. I love the amount of detail, amazing music, and beautiful details they hold, but hate that I can't bare to look away and multitask. I know I'll miss something, and want to catch every last bit!
0:08 Very good detail here. He does the 3, 2, 1, Go! Thing that is in almost every mod. But since GF or Herself isn’t there/dead, he does it. Very good touch. And here’s another thing: So you see when Yourself throws the mic, it becomes red a bit? Yeah, that is Herself’s soul that is in the mic. That’s why Yourself keeps on battling Boyfriend. Thought I’d share that fact to you. Edit: godly, 1K LIKES! Not to be that guy, but I’ve just never got a comment that was this popular. Thanks yall.
The lyrics is a message to Herself, Boyfriend, and Divide. So damn beautiful Edit: The way his voice during the lyrics sounds like as if he just wants to end it all already make me pity him 😭
my favorite thing about this is just how beautiful the song is and how kinda sentimental, captivating, and somewhat dreadful the song sounds and it’s named silly billy out of all things. that’s like making the most amazing and enchanting film ever with a heartfelt and depressing plot with beautiful visuals and naming it happy fun wacky candy land. this song had me literally tweaking and i forgot it was named that 😭
Just a quick thing: Notice how the red colors of both versions of Boyfriend disappear after the lyrical part, and, given the context of this song being that Girlfriend passed away in Yourself’s and ( I think ) the main Boyfriend’s world ( Yourself being the tall Boyfriend ) I feel like the red disappearing symbolizes both of the Boyfriends moving on, the main one realizing that there is still meaning in rap battles post Girlfriend, and Yourself feeling like he has finally made Girlfriend truly proud and, therefore, feels that he’s finally come to peace with Girlfriend’s death.
also note that during the played section of the lyrical section, the notes are EXCLUSIVELY red and blue and do not appear as any other color until the solo ends.
I think its actually a bit different. I think yourself represents giving into grief and using validation to try and escape that pain. Boyfriend represents confrontation of those feelings, choosing to stay strong, and the desire to move on. He's still affected as you can see with his expression being a bit more serious and his colors being faded, but at his core, he's still himself, and he's still trying.
Alternatively, it could also represent how much Yourself misses his girlfriend after her death. You know the adage that life loses all of its color? Since Girlfriend and Herself tend to be represented with the color Red, that color completely disappears during the lyric section. After Herself’s death, Yourself’s world became much less colorful…
Sad fact: this was technically made by Divide (some people call him Divine) Divine was a modder/dev for sonic.exe. But one day, he died in his sleep from cancer. Apparently though, someone saw his sketch of this alternate boyfriend character, and made a whole mod about it. While the lyrics do reference girlfriend, it also references Divide and how If Divide was alive right now, he would be proud. And the stay awake part references how Divide died in his sleep, saying for him to stay awake to see what he had created. Edit: this isn’t copy and pasted, I wrote it all myself. It took like 10-15 mins tbh
i really like how the notes change colours mostly to red & blue to symbolize Yourself & Herself. it sometimes changes to green, but it really adds a nice touch, & also at the end where all the notes become blue for a moment.
Rip David he was the legend that created this masterpiece but passed away sadly to cancer so when yourself said "so stay awake just long enough to see my way" that line Really hits hard because yourself wasn't only referring to herself "his dead girlfriend" he was also referring to his creator 😢 dude it just hits different
Marco Antonio (Director of the Mario's Madness mod) made the art for this and animated the whole thing particularly, the backround and the health bar is probably made by triki-troy.
The atmosphere for this is so wonderfully charged in all kinds of ways. Yourself captures a lot of BF's usual energy, but even beyond looks something's very clearly snapped in his mind. The smile is either forced to try and keep things light, or a default position for his face that betrays the maelstrom welling up in him. He's lost any kind of restraint he has in his posture and poses in an effort to capture your eye. All that being said, it feels like Yourself isn't outright trying to be hostile so much as he is desperately trying to change course, either by making sure BF never has to see his girl die like he did, or by taking over BF's life to do it himself. It gives off the feeling that all he wants to do is make the suffering and heartbreak worth SOMETHING, otherwise he chased a tainted dream that cost him everything, including his love, for literally nothing.
awesome sauce, fits *"im make you say how PROUD you are of me."* he wants all the hardships he's been through to be worth something, something that is worth being PROUD of, cool sauce.
I don't think Yourself wants to take Bfs life and keep his GF for himself, it just wouldn't really feel the same. Sure their the same person but it be like losing a dog you loved with every fiber of your being that was taken from you too early and someone gives you a similar dog, same breed, and expect you to be better because you have something to fill the void in your heart, but you could never love a pet as much. Sure you can love this new dog. But nothing will ever replace your previous pet. No matter how hard you try to lie to yourself about it. So I would believe Yourself is just wanting to warn BF that he's needing to lose his cocky attitude and appreciate the time he has with GF, as their is no telling when one is taken from the other.
The foreshadow of the lyrics part to the start of it in 0:57 to 1:18 was wow... the mod is literally amazing I can't even fathom of how much amazing this mod is it's too good.
I'd go even further into what is being discussed in the comments. It isnt that he lacks innocence, *innocence was forcibly taken from him* . With the passing of Girlfriend, reality was forced into him. He had to deal with it, but he couldn't. Reality tore him apart from the inside out, leading him to no longer care about his appearance because Girlfriend was no longer there to look at him. However, his memory of Girlfriend and his longing for her was the only tether he had to that once innocent part of him. He can put on a very flawed, barely presentable image of what he used to be (evidenced by how he can take on a very ragged persona of his innocent self [small version]) that if anyone even payed a bit of attention, would realize that it was just a façade. The only reason why his body still hasn't fallen apart is because hes holding himself together, just barely, to keep that last piece of himself he gave Girlfriend. He longs to hear her tell him that shes so proud of how long hes continued. That every step he takes in what pretty much amounts to a husk of his former self is a triumph. He wants her, wherever she may be, to see that she was never wrong in loving him, someone who is capable to keep from sinking into the abyss for so long. He continues because his body *subconsciously* recognizes a sound that sounds like Girlfriend, but he, himself, cannot actually interpret that it is her. It's like being flashbanged; Your vision is blurred, you can barely make out someone talking to you but you can see their lips moving, so your brain *knows* they are saying something, you just cant actually hear them. Girlfriend lingers both due to his frantic love and relentless desire to hold onto the memories they shared so she inhabits the very object that hes poured his passions into. She hugs and tries to whisper to him whenever he raises his mic, at the peaks of his emotion, trying to tell him exactly what he needs to hear, but it is lost as very faint background vocals.
i'm so glad this mod isn't just edgy for the sake of being edgy; it's about grief, not being able to move on from a loved one passing away, and the depression and sometimes anger that comes from feeling that way. not only that, its extremely well drawn and the music is amazing. i love the little touches like the notes reflecting into the mirror when yourself sings, and the microphone flashing red and being able to see girlfriend surrounding yourself in the singing section. this might be the best mod i've seen yet, i would play it but i have a mac, so watching gameplay will do for now.
I think of it as a representation of how it feels to not receive the proper love and care you needed as a child. Therefore it manifests as an adult into someone who needs validation or resents all forms of it.
I think that may be looking into it a bit much as this is an already established character, but I can't discredit your line of thinking because you can see many, many examples of that in real life
the subtle differences between bf and himself in the mirror is pretty cool. i didn’t even notice it the first time but, untied laces, ragged hair, eyebags etc.
the fact that this was basically the last BIG fnf mod update before the main update came out, is really beautiful. It really does feel like a perfect final send off, with how long it is, the characters, the music itself, and the fact that some of this song, if not all of it is dedicated to divide, is truly just.. beautiful. I like to think that this really is the true final song for fnf modding. after everything that BF has been through, it all traces back to him. Truly a wonderful sendoff, even though it wasnt supposed to be.
fr, it's almost poetic, like a triple tribute to divide and sonic.exe, fnf and it's community/fandom, and inlore, a tribute to herself, it's almost kinda beautiful ngl.
I just noticed that the notes in the mirror are slow but then speed up when they’re closer to the top. Ik it’s prob not that important but it’s a cool detail I noticed only just now :)
