Lotus Juice drops some lore on Persona 3 - Mass Destruction

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Taken from his April 24, 2020 livestream at / lotus_juice_2019 . LJ has previously made a few posts on social media detailing his involvement in the production of the song Mass Destruction from the game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. This is basically the story in video form for everyone to enjoy.

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@VenneceXylopheria 3 года назад

2:40 "Im not interested in being famous, i just want to make good music" -Lotus Juice

@goroakechi6126 3 года назад

Sign of a great man.

@roleemack1535 3 года назад

He still THE ROYAL FLUSH CAUSE HES THE ACE still GOAT

@blindedjourneyman 2 года назад

Even more reason to respect the mad man.

@pousseypale3823 Год назад

King

@tricksterhuaun 4 месяца назад

That's how you know this guy was THE one. He doesn't care for what's mainstream, he cares about what's good.

@uberlephrad8218 3 года назад

The absolute madlad created those legendary verses in 15 minutes.

@joshuamedina6807 3 года назад

To be fair he did say it was already written he probably just tweaked it so it wasn't a trash translation still legendary though

@professionalyusukesimp Год назад

Apparently he also wrote one of the songs for JoJo Part 2 (Oh Please) in half an hour as well, so he’s done it more than once lmao

@swindlesmccoop 10 месяцев назад

The guy who did the Knuckles raps in Sonic Adventure 2 wrote all of them in a couple hours as well and he had to do like 7 songs I think lol

@KaneDeath4 4 месяца назад

He specifically said he only wrote the first verse. I’m worried for some of yall 😅

@kevinkite3418 4 месяца назад

I guess that by being a rapper, he must have naturally become good at creating verses on the fly.

@jeschoofs 3 года назад

My man has the most Japanese face but the most American voice

@pizzatime1901 3 года назад

Is he originally from Japan or America?

@kucingcing 3 года назад

@@pizzatime1901 america

@pizzatime1901 3 года назад

@@kucingcing that would make sense ngl

@deedumeday518 3 года назад

Yall r so silly for thinking a Japanese person cannot be American born or somethin

@renren2740 3 года назад

The man was born and grew up in New Jersey.

@MrTickleFingers 3 года назад

He's just a cool asf dude

@swagvegito2592 3 года назад

Hell yeah. That accent makes it sound or seem like he isn't even Japanese anymore.

@powertree6900 3 года назад

@@swagvegito2592 he's from New Jersey

@luckymankwok 4 месяца назад

4:30 "It was English but it didn't make sense, you can tell that some Japanese person, who's non-natives, wrote the lyrcis of it" - basically ever Persona songs lol

@CABRALFAN27 3 месяца назад

Three dots connect to rectangle

@my4hyv 3 месяца назад

memories of you 😭

@Anonymous529 3 месяца назад

Every P4 song

@Jaeisthename 3 месяца назад

⁠@@Anonymous529”He said life is should we gave a shot, didn’t work. Honey cause we got a whole lot going on and on and on” what does that even mean? 😭

@Anonymous529 3 месяца назад

@@Jaeisthename I was mainly referring to ‘Reach Out To The Truth’ pre-chorus, but yeah a lot of other songs fit that category lol

@Amni3D 3 года назад

This explains why his lyrics made more sense in later games.

@jaxingoff6245 4 месяца назад

“Just graduated college or maybe I was in college…” “…” “FUCK NO”

@Asufiku 4 месяца назад

"I was 25" bro you look 25 in the video 😭

@ynot4ever755 4 месяца назад

I’ve got persona 3 reload open rn in front of me and I’m so happy they brought him back for fresh new tracks as well as revamped old ones.

@ult_joker 4 месяца назад

he also wrote lyrics for some songs in P5 royal and P5 strikers, those songs are "I believe" "no more what ifs" "take over" "throw away your mask" and "you are stronger"

@Hymn_ 4 месяца назад

@@ult_joker also helped and teached lyn how to pronounce few english words as well

@strombolijr.9782 4 месяца назад

AGREEEED

@strombolijr.9782 4 месяца назад

Mindin my biz, so mind yo own biz hey hey HEY

@strombolijr.9782 4 месяца назад

@@ult_jokerSTOP REALLY??

@Aewo 3 года назад

"used to be Shin Megami Tensei, but now they're working on Persona 3" damn....that hits even harder now given how long it's taken for the next SMT release

@nikkoa.3639 3 года назад

Rise up because the god you worship has been reborn

@ZsNOTCute 3 года назад

ONE MORE GOD REJECTED

@alexanderavila8488 3 года назад

one more girl rejected must be a meme

@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970 3 года назад

@@alexanderavila8488 lmao

@redpeng1124 3 года назад

WOOO SMT5!!!

@thatsruffdog 3 года назад

When he said “Meguro-san” I was like “what?! OMG what a plot twist!! The pianist was Shoji Meguro the whole time!”

@fengjunlim1965 11 месяцев назад

I don't think so because he said the pianist guy is at his same age

@yukumoblood6292 5 месяцев назад

The pianist was his friends who tell him to join meguro, I believe as he said in geek interview

@robkilbride9242 4 месяца назад

950 likes for not paying attention ,lol!

@skipventure5158 4 месяца назад

Shoji Meguro is credited as the composer for many of the games ATLUS released in that time frame. From my knowledge, he's the one who passed the torch to Atsuji Kitajo around the 3DS era (including SMT IV and Persona Q. Not sure about the art teams behind Etrean Odyssey, though)

@aoBubs 3 месяца назад

@@robkilbride9242for real

@kucingcing 3 года назад

4:30 LMAO even he thinks that the lyric doesn't make sense

@mtlins7 3 года назад

Biggest plot twist on the universe

@temera7712 9 месяцев назад

It didn't. But he made it "make sense". So lyrics in Mass Destruction actually make sense. A little bit....

@maliook727 8 месяцев назад

after i listened to the song like 60 times, and playing about 30 hours of persona 3, i *sort of* made sense of the lyrics

@tucoroto 8 месяцев назад

He is refering to the one he was presented with. Not the one in the final song which he wrote in 15 mins hehe.

@Ikine557 3 года назад

Maaaaaan, dude's voice is just that silky smooth all the time!

@chronomage4939 2 года назад

this explains why the FES lyrics make more sense

@Aliamner 3 года назад

I fucking love this guy's voice

@shlemekian 4 месяца назад

For real, great voice

@keeysOST 3 года назад

This man is an absolute beast! I hope they bring him back some day to work on another Persona title.

@__-uk3qx 3 года назад

He did the lyrics in royal

@burritobison7700 3 года назад

He worked on persona 3 dancing remixes

@ScoliosisKing1 3 года назад

Pq2 also

@supersoupy4709 3 года назад

and p5s

@UnkNownDonk Год назад

and persona 3 reload

@TheShockVox 3 года назад

Bought Person 5 Scramble and saw the behind the scenes with the recording of the music that came with it. I appreciate this dude’s contributions even more.

@DPedroBoh 4 месяца назад

He's somehow exactly as i thought he was.

@sincerelyotaku7878 3 года назад

I love it when he speaks, such cool and smooth voice.

@newwaveplus 3 года назад

His English is fucking great

@FluffyBearSocks 3 года назад

He lived in new Jersey

@mako_happy 3 года назад

@@FluffyBearSocks new japanersy

@petercoolXD 3 года назад

He literally was born and grew up in America

@newwaveplus 3 года назад

@@petercoolXD Okay? I didn't know that when I posted the comment.

@jackflynn412 3 года назад

@@newwaveplus Then delete this cringe comment.

@jaye6612 3 года назад

The Unwilting lotus

@palamecianrider7385 4 месяца назад

Lotus Juice was the guy that introduced me Japanese hip hop music when I first heard of Mass Destruction around 15 years ago

@giuseppeagresta1425 Месяц назад

Speaking of japanese hip-hop, do you have any recommendations? 👀 Aside from Nujabes and Shing02, which I already know thanks to Samurai Champloo's OST

@korokle7179 2 года назад

He looks like junpei 😳

@sal1ery443 8 месяцев назад

Drippei

@thescoundreltf2 4 месяца назад

he's da man

@joeyshadeslayer9792 3 года назад

I thought I couldn’t have any more respect for this man. I was wrong.

@logogogo4872 3 года назад

lotus is a legend omfg

@christse6093 3 года назад

The man saved the song from being incomprehensible english seeeesh

@akirayama1534 3 месяца назад

Absolutely gigachad made one of the best songs in the whole series while I was on a 15 minute work break 💀

@TheTickyTickyTicky 9 месяцев назад

Meguro just woke up one day and be a legendary musician while I was on 3rd attempt in Calculus class in order to graduate into poverty.

@DPedroBoh 4 месяца назад

"You meant OUT of poverty?" "No" 😂😢

@Hymn_ 4 месяца назад

stay strong king. you can escape out of it

@ForfyBr 4 месяца назад

Well, Meguro has a mechanical engineering degree and a hydrodynamics major, so I think he struggled with calculus aswell. But I hope you can find your way out the poverty

@pedroscoponi4905 4 месяца назад

It's funny how that happens sometimes, stuff resonating strongly with people even though we didn't think much of it when we made it. Art can be very unpredictable!

@mako_happy 3 года назад

lotus juice without his rap voice is as weird as my life

@Subukuru 7 месяцев назад

Coming back to this video after p3r and I wish they fixed the lyrics for moons reaching out for the stars too. The new singer clearly understands how English is structured so it sounded so awkward

@elmemearana 3 месяца назад

Old version or the new one? I'm confused lol

@Subukuru 2 месяца назад

@@elmemearana new

@elmemearana 2 месяца назад

@@Subukuru well, tbh, the new lyrics sounds a bit better, in my opinion. Sure, it still has that "engrish", but, at least, I can actually understand some parts.

@Subukuru 2 месяца назад

@@elmemearana oh the lyrics aren’t new they’re from the reincarnation soundtrack. Only part that was changed for p3r was “your love came all over me” to “your love flows all over me”

@elmemearana 2 месяца назад

@@Subukuru understood. Although I was talking about how the english in the new version is a bit more comprehensible than original's.

@vandam6057 4 месяца назад

I keep on forgetting lotus juice is fluent in english unlike most if not all other persona vocalist so when i actually hear him speak in english it feels so weird

@owkrikki 4 месяца назад

I mean bru raps in English so

@vandam6057 4 месяца назад

@@owkrikki the other vocalist sing in English so I don't really see the point

@owkrikki 4 месяца назад

@@vandam6057 Singing nd rapping are vastly diff tho, Lotus has a significant amount of syllables/lyrics he has to pronounce in English at a way faster volume as opposed to Lyn, Yumi nd Azumi (actually not sure if Azumi speaks English tbh but still)

@Hymn_ 4 месяца назад

@@owkrikki azumi's english is pretty decent ngl. i can understand a lot of words she said

@owkrikki 4 месяца назад

@@Hymn_ Yh her pronunciation is def more accurate than Lyn nd Yumis

@mango4138 3 года назад

The 4 dislikes is from strega and ikutsuki

@Leviirus2 Месяц назад

Wait we could still see dislikes 2 years ago? It feels like longer than that since we lost that feature

@JTTunes1204 3 года назад

This man is our spirit animal

@Mr.Faust3 3 года назад

2012: ayo want to do music for JoJo

@sylent19851 3 года назад

One of greatest battles theme for a jrpg

@megumin-staff6937 3 года назад

Oh my gawd!!! Hearing the origin of this epic music makes it more epic!! And to lotus juice, salute to you good sir!!!

@daankoelewijn5211 3 года назад

Ah yes persona 5 3

@CheetoChan 3 года назад

Danganronpa fans: yO 53 53 53 53 53

@tinbon1 3 года назад

LMAO

@joshuaelirivera700 3 года назад

Persona 5, the even more royal

@kelixbro3456 3 года назад

@@joshuaelirivera700 Persona 5 Royalst

@Shoumie 3 года назад

@@CheetoChan I felt that

@frostieschocopop 4 месяца назад

The way I love that man and his music since Persona and Meguro put him on my map. He is so bloody talented and his vibe is immaculate.

@neo5163 3 года назад

Mass Destruction has gotta be my favorite P3 Song ong

@Hymn_ 4 месяца назад

i wish he's a vocalist for a jojo track again in the future. overdrive is a banger

@mrbruh8241 4 года назад

Very cool!

@tomo8940 3 года назад

I love this man.

@flamingbird09 8 месяцев назад

Its a good thing he is feeling the song from a game he does already know! ❤ Love this dude

@edenromanov 4 месяца назад

God I wish Lotus Juice was a streamer man's is a great talker!

@oktawian3316 3 года назад

Amazing, I love you lotus juice!!!

@ShadowJokester_ 3 года назад

What a legend

@hagymascsiposgyros5780 6 месяцев назад

one of the juices of all time

@kuronyra1709 2 года назад

That's how you recognise a fantastic artist.

@moonsys 3 года назад

Based LJ

@matthewcostello2340 2 года назад

His voice is so unique I love it

@makokitsune6487 4 месяца назад

He's an absolute legend. I highly respect his passion.

@jussie6334 4 месяца назад

I love this a lot

@FEARTHEDEER12 7 месяцев назад

He has such a nice voice, it really helps with his songs lol

@maximilianochavarria7293 4 месяца назад

Great video

@Crunchynote 4 месяца назад

I fell in love with this man today

@turbine219 Год назад

The coolest stuff is just created offhand in a matter of minutes

@anthonyp1300 3 года назад

wow i didnt expect dude to be this cool

@RyneMcKinney 5 месяцев назад

I'm glad I found this

@gamerhero9559 4 месяца назад

Wow, I thought Lotus Juice was a well renowned rapper from the start before Persona 3 but he's very cool.

@Coolio_Ash 4 месяца назад

this dude is so real

@AzumarillConGafasBv Год назад

He is so honest, I'd love to hang out with him, looks cool :)

@DanteDMC3 4 месяца назад

Every sentence he speaks is a lyric

@Gold-- 7 месяцев назад

lotus is so cool man

@keitah814 3 года назад

Damn this is cool

@mr.escalante4605 5 месяцев назад

I really want to see this full Vod

@sensuiamamiya 4 месяца назад

SLAYER

@zersky495 4 месяца назад

Lmao he talks like he sings

@Egospair 4 месяца назад

That really is a mass destruction

@syndicaterx 4 месяца назад

Cool dude

@NegitoroIsBestShip 3 года назад

My man has the jawline of superman

@theneedforspeeder9575 3 года назад

Goddamn he’s cool

@awesomeswifter1138 4 месяца назад

Does this mean lotus got to make good music AND be famous

@legacymeme8746 8 месяцев назад

That's actually pretty cool how loose it was

@BP-dn9nv Год назад

Persona 3 better have a Lotus Juice cameo or we riot!

@clarkc8065 4 месяца назад

If you’re talking about reload then as a character… no But in the music yes

@shoutenry 3 года назад

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL!

@Beef_Maestro 3 года назад

Hes wearing a fucking slayer shirt 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@Juni_Bowman 6 месяцев назад

It’s weird, he talks in the same voice that he sings

@crossi5454 3 года назад

when i first heard the song, i knew that it defo wasnt written my lotus. I knew that he spoke good english and that his lyrics would make sence. but mass destuctions first verse just made no sence at all

@fallenfalcon 4 месяца назад

I THOUGHT LOTUS JUICE WAS BLACK GUYS I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I JUST NEVER GOOGLED IT AND ALWAYS BELIEVED HE WAS BLACK, MY FAULT WILD CARDS 😭😭😭😭

@bennysailo4853 3 года назад

NO DISLIKES YAAAAAASSSSSSS

@hyrakukamy 3 года назад

Why would it have dislikes?

@tabbyarts3670 3 года назад

i have a hunch someone disliked this vid just to piss you off

@YesLegend936 3 года назад

@@tabbyarts3670 me ngl

@mikudayo3636 3 года назад

i wanna b his friend

@nnoxx1935 4 месяца назад

he sounds like Ben Deen

@Banana-cc5rx 3 месяца назад

You know he is chill when he don't even claim full credits for a massively famous song.

@MazeOfMyDesign 6 месяцев назад

"it was english but it didnt make sense. You could tell that some Japanese person who was non-native wrote the lyrics for it" Yeah that makes so much sense, considering "When the Moon's Reaching Out Stars" exists. Read the chorus' lyrics and I, at the very least, cannot make sense of a thing it's trying to say. Hell, the title doesnt make much sense either 💔 (This is why Im glad its getting rewritten for P3RE in all honesty)

@TheExFatal 4 месяца назад

Does anybody have the full stream?

@mrnun76 3 года назад

Whats the song of the outro

@eerie009 3 года назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitojoh Remix!

@daray21 3 года назад

4:30 It didn't make sense. 3 dots connect to rectangles makes sense tho.

@_Lis25 3 года назад

weren't rectangles created later?

@redfish9546 3 года назад

Isn't that line supposed to not make sense on purpose? I always thought it was like talking about the confusion of battle since it's followed by "just like music sounds connect in rambles"

@gabekyun 7 месяцев назад

what is the version of mass destruction st the end?

@eerie009 7 месяцев назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary Official Soundtrack

@bomberjagd6881 3 года назад

I wanna know the final part music title.Please teach me someone.

@eerie009 3 года назад

Mass Destruction - Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album

@bomberjagd6881 3 года назад

@@eerie009 Thanks.ありがとう。

@Farfaraday 4 месяца назад

what's the song title on the end of the video? i've never heard it.

@eerie009 3 месяца назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary Official Soundtrack

@RratRemi 4 месяца назад

I can hear mori calliope kyaa'ing

@coochiehunter5917 4 месяца назад

What's the name of the ost at the end?

@eerie009 4 месяца назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary Official Soundtrack

@mrmilktrayman8002 4 месяца назад

What's that song playing at the end?

@eerie009 4 месяца назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary Official Soundtrack

@catphish525 3 года назад

This makes me wonder, if he sing the intro for p2 innocent sin, how did he not know what persona was

@eerie009 3 года назад

The song "Unbreakable Tie feat. Lotus Juice” was produced for the PSP Remake of Persona 2: Innocent Sin which released in the year 2011 worldwide! The original Japan-only PS1 1999 release of Innocent Sin featured a different theme song which was before LJ's time collaborating with Atlus.

@catphish525 3 года назад

@@eerie009 ok. Thanks for explaining

@Hymn_ 4 месяца назад

i think he's been there since p1

@jakobgarza5503 3 месяца назад

What song is played at the end of the video?

@eerie009 3 месяца назад

Mass Destruction Atlus Kitajoh Remix from the Persona 20th Anniversary Official Soundtrack

@blancabenites3146 3 года назад

Wasn't unbeeakable tie for persona 2 created first?

@eerie009 3 года назад

The song "Unbreakable Tie" was produced for the PSP Remake of Persona 2: Innocent Sin which released in the year 2011 worldwide! The original Japan-only PS1 1999 release of Innocent Sin featured a different theme song which was before LJ's time collaborating with Atlus.

@blancabenites3146 3 года назад

@@eerie009 Oh, I got you.