(The Lorax) The Once-ler - "Biggering" (Unofficial Music Video) 

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It’s ironic how illumination removed this in order to bigger

This sounds like something that should be on the broadway version of the Lorax rather than “How bad can I be”, if there is one

The Biggering song truly hit the nail on the original message from Dr. Seuss's book that depicts the dark accuracy about materialism and corporate greed. That's why Dr. Seuss is a genius, and the Illumination Studio did denied the fact that the studio isn't aware of the consequence about what it becomes now.

Illumination was completely capable of following the "villains always get the best songs" rule. They just decided not to.

Just found out about this in June 2020. I can tell why they didn't choose this for the movie. How bad can I be makes it seem as though he's misunderstood the situation or got caught up in it like the movie wants you to believe. This one follows more closely to the books.

The fact they didn’t put biggering in the movie is triggering.

I'm so mad this wasn't in the movie; WE NEED A BROADWAY VERSION

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff, I had a little cottage, And that cottage was enough A place where I could sit and knit, A place where I could sell my Thneeds, But now I've had a little time To re-assess my needs And I need a bigger office, I need a bigger chair. A bigger desk, a bigger staff, A bigger hat to wear Because I'm biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, And biggering is triggering More biggering Hey, listen up, meathead. I'm going to say this once, and I'm not gonna repeat it. Greed... see, it's like a little pet, alright? And the more and more and more that you go and feed it, The more hungry it'll get! But... you know, you really can't blame greed Nah, that's stupid. You see, it's gotta worm inside. Oh yeah, that's right. It's one that always needs to feed, And it is never satisfied. You get it? But the more you try to find it, The more it likes to hide. Now listen--that is NASTY little worm. And I like to call it "pride." See, now that's why you're biggering! Listen here, idiot! I'm figuring on biggering! But that biggering's just triggering more biggering! Got that? Alright! There is a principle of nature, That most every creature knows, It's called survival of the fittest, And this is how it goes The animal that wins has got to Claw and bite and kick and punch. The animal that doesn't Winds up someone else's lunch A company's an animal, That's trying to survive, It's struggling, and fighting, Just to keep itself alive I must keep biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, Though biggering is triggering more biggering. I won't stop! Biggering, I'm figuring I'm biggering, And biggering is triggering more biggering And the customers are buying, And the money multiplying And the PR people lying And the lawyers are denying, Who cares if some things are dying?

This movie could have been really cool and dystopian. Like really, if better choices were made D:

"why did they cut this it's so good" as if ILLUMINATION, the same company who gave us MINIONS, will put an explicitly anti capitalist rock anthem in their film

Imagine a sadder reprise that is what he plays now, now that he regrets everything:i needed a bigger office...and so I was biggering

I hate how they cut this song to make the movie more relatable, completely ruining the message in the process so they could do exactly what it is warning against. They make the Oncler seem more like someone who was just pressured by his mom to make bad decisions rather than someone who was consumed by greed so that more people would like him and watch the movie more. By doing this, they changed the Lorax from being a cautionary tale against the dangers of capitalism and over using resources to being a story about yet another "quirky" main character who makes bad decisions to fit in.

Jesus Christ this song is an utter banger.

They didnt pick this song coz It was too powerful

This is being cut was never because it was too scary for kids. Kids watched Coraline. Kids watched Paranorman. It was never about being too scary for kids. It was just too scary for corporations.

Wow, I'm really impressed by this. All of the clips are lined up so well with the song. This entire movie would've had such a different tone if they would've used this instead of "How bad can I be?".

I feel like this song is much closer to the books then how bad can I be could ever hope to be. I understand why they didn't put it in the movie though as well, however it would have made the movie much better.

*anti-capitalist rock anthem*

I imagine the person who sang both songs was thinking "what the F**k HAPPENED" when he went from an actually good song to _how baAaAaAd can I be?_

"Who cares if somethings are dying, I dont want to hear your crying" man that's dark

Nobody talks about how powerful switching "a few trees are dying" to "some things are dying" is

This song sounds like something from Little Shop of Horrors

I love this song. It has the darker tone that the lorax deserves, but keeps the style of Dr. Seuss

The Sin Squad sent me here. Was not disappointed. Way more chilling and impactful in communicating the ugliness that is capitalism and how it so easily corrupts good intentions.

its a shame this didnt make it into the movie, cuz this is actually a song id listen to on the daily-

This song hit the book's true message on the head, and that's EXACTLY why it was scrapped. Especially considering all the corporate tie-ins

I'm surprised no one mentioned how well you synced up the Lorax's voice with his mouth in the clips. Edit: Y'all really had to jump on the Biggering bandwagon a whole year late and mass-updoot this, didn't you.

*Biggering makes the Once-ler sound mature from the tone of the song.*

This song has just made me drop my jaw to the floor. "The corporation is an animal" Holy shenanigans, Batman. This is powerful.

Interesting how in "How bad can I be" the once-ler actually sounds oblivious and in denial of the harm he is doing, while in "Biggering" he is pretty much aware of it and just doesn't care because it's getting him profits anyway

I’ll never forgive illumination for taking Danny Devito singing about greed and pride from us

We probably would've tolerated oncest had they used this song

This song actually gave me chills. Good work on the video by the way, everything fit perfectly.

“The Sin Squad” and her video on The Lorax brought me here, and damn am I glad I came.

The fact that this song removed from the movie is the prime example of how capitalism ruins everything 👁️👄👁️

My favorite song from this movie was How Bad Can I Be because I thought it was the biggest banger but I admit this one is way better

4:09 - 4:37 This 28 second segment was better than the whole hour and a half 2012 Lorax

The best part is that if enough people show interest in Biggering, Illumination could announce a Lorax broadway musical and use Biggering as the selling point. Then hundreds of thousands of people would pay to watch ...making Illumination even more money.

Holy crap, this actually matches the tone of The Lorax WAY better.

I'm just imagining the alternate reality where the cut songs are added and everyone considers The Lorax to be a masterpiece.

I like this part better than "How bad can I be" It shows true emotions

Great music video! I wish this unofficial song would have been in the movie as well. I love this song as well as How Bad Can i Be, and indeed it does have an more dramatic and definiately more affect to the movie to how things turned out to become. And i like how much darker it is than the official.

this movie had so much potential to actually be good

This movie could’ve been so good it had so much potential and given such a good message about greed and how corporations can be just like us but still be so evil and yet they chose a more innocent approach but it makes sense also since this corporation are paying them

someone needs to animate this even if it takes like 5 years it would be worth the wait

This song is so much better than "How bad can I be." Seriously. The movie was pretty shit, but this would probably have helped a little bit.

What I don’t understand about the Oncelers company is why he needs machines that cause so much polution when he could get about 4000 grandmas and make thneeds in possibly the same amount of time

Imagine singing your lungs out and it's replaced with how bad can I be-

The sad part is that the people to blame for this movie heard this song, and instead of "maybe we shouldn't destroy the world", their take-away was "maybe we shouldn't admit we're destroying the world"

This song has more understanding for the original source material than the entirety of the movie it should have been in.

Meanwhile in a better Universe. But seriusly If that Song made IT in the movie and the rest of the movie kept the same sort of way to tell the story as the song did than it whould have been one of the best animated movies of that year

Ironically, all the demoes from the soundtrack are actually a MUCH better film than we got. Nice job, Illumination!

I wonder how big(gering) the movie could've been if this song didn't get cut.

Why are people hating on “How bad can I be?” I know that this song is darker and more anti-corporate but How Bad was catchy and pretty memorable!

This was removed for 3 reasons. 1: to bigger (how ironic) 2: it was way too realistic and would be a bit scary for kids. 3: they didn’t want kids to think anti corporate when the movie was being made corporate

I think if they wanted to keep it at a light tone like they did in the final product, they could easily change it to make it interesting AND educational. Have nothing change until the first tree is cut, you don't need to have every character rhyme all the time, but you MUST have rhyming in there for at least someone. And I think the Lorax himself should be the one to do it. The more the Lorax gets in the Onceler's way, the more the Onceler ignores him because "I don't listen to poets." When the kid goes to return to the Onceler, have him interrupted by O'Hare, but don't have it stop there. Have them follow him home, and sneak around the back, to find Taylor Swift back there. Have him ask her what was so special about trees to her, as a little extra motivation to risk his life for her, and instead of "tree pretty," have it be more scientific as a way to say the more trees there are, the less of a problem they'd have with people who can't afford air (sounds funny reading it aloud) When he returns to the Onceler, take out the Donkey Kong reference, and replace it with a Seussical instrument like the Poggle Horn or something like that. Instead of the Lorax pushing the Onceler into the river, have him replace all the cutting utensils with marshmallows, thanks to the help of the barbaloots (because if you're going to use the gag of marshmallows being their way of getting attention, have it as a theme so they can communicate with the Onceler as well) Then, his story would tie in similarly until How Bad Can I Be. Change the lyrics around so he still seems oblivious. With the kid, have it more difficult for him each time he goes to see the Onceler, so each time he's there, he'd get more cautious and eager to get the tree. It would be an interesting dynamic, in my mind. Onceler: You're early, kid. Are trees that important to you? Effron: Well, yeah. I mean, if I'm coming out here day in and day out while O'Hare is watching--- Onceler: Yeah yeah, personal stuff, I get it. Well, anyway, as my business picked up, I started to feel the need to improve.... Biggering would then kick in with the lyrics untouched, and the song cutting as soon as the Onceler screams "gratifying" with his attention going to the last tree falling, bringing his emotions down to Earth as reality sets in. Lorax: Good job, kid. You took it too far. I'm glad you can now see what kind of monster you are. Or have become, might I say unless... Onceler: Unless?? Lorax: Unless someone cares a whole awful lot, nothing's going to get better. Believe me, it's not. This would be the only time the Onceler understood the rhymes, as every other time was not as straightforward, but this one hit close to his heart as reality was setting in. Instead of his devastation for "What have I done" as a way to say that he didn't know what he was doing until it was too late, turn it into a way to say "what have I become" and fade between that and the present day with the Onceler holding his hand out in a fist, saying for the kid to catch as he drops the seed. "Now go do what I was unable to. Right the wrongs I've made." Then we have the chase scene, (if you want) but instead of everyone turning their emotions on the flip of a coin, have it as soon as the wall is broken down, with Effron explaining. Effron: This is what has become of our once great land. We can change this darkness if we start with just putting this one seed in the ground, and we all take part in making sure it grows. Let it grow would happen, but with everyone on board with a more realistic way of thinking. As the song ends, we don't see the Lorax come back, we see the Onceler looking out his window, a single tear running down his face as he just thinks to himself "If only you were still here. Maybe then, you could see how better it will be. Because if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to make them see."

I mean, they could still put it in the movie. After "How bad can I be", they could show the Onceler processing his feelings of guilt and grief from his own actions as a flashback plays for "Biggering". The former is the simpler story to not scare the kid, and the latter is the truth he keeps in his heart.

I’d like to think this happens right after how bad can I be. After that happens, Tim or whoever the fuck leaves, and then the onceler turns to the audience, and confesses it wasn’t the true story. He then goes on this whole song

Ilumination made a villain song at the level of be prepared or savages (from Lion king and Pocahontas) and then discarted cause It would not be consuming friendly, honestly i kinda prefer this, It Just made the message even stronger. The movie we ended up with did not reserve a song this good in my opinion.

This movie had so much potential with this song

How Bad Can I Be: See? He was just ignorant about what he was doing and was only pressured into it by the women in his life like his mother. It's not his fault, he's likable and started out modest like the rest of us corporations. We aren't doing anything wrong, and if anything bad happens know we were just ignorant like him! Don't you want some Lorax merch? Biggering: They're human like you are. Cooperation are well aware of the consequences they bring to the world and the harm they cause, and they intentionally ignore it. Normal people are capable of this level of hatred and they exist in the real world. Kill capitalism

Holy shit this is actually really good! I seriously wish they had used this song in the actual movie.

It's wierd how there's a whole demo soundtrack that has a lot more characterization and story than the entire skeleton of the film cause there's no skin they played it safe as hell in the film and didn't give the actual gut punching message that they originally wanted to give out, it's such a shame. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

Biggering: exists Illumination: OH MY GOD! KILL IT!

Kids NEED to know that this is how corporations think, so that they don't grow up giving into the lies they'll inevitably be told.

Why am I being reccomended this constantly now?

There’s some irony in how by cutting this from the film, they made the message less powerful in the film itself, but made it extremely powerful in the meta sense because it became an irl example of how corporations will cut down anything they fear for the sake of money

Listening to this in a dark room with leds really changes the mood

The whole Pink Floyd vibe this song has is amazingly scary, I can see why Illumination discarded this version.

The movie is good and all,but what it could have been...not only this song but other demos when the characters are more self aware and the original plot that wasn't a bout a simp,it was about a kid who wanted to remove greedyness (Ted) Even cinco Paul said it was hard to write that cringeworth plot.Not only that,but the deleted scenes that were found tell a lot about how this was going to go to even get a Award in my opinion

There is so much more emotion in this song than “How Bad Can I Be”

Illumination deserves prison for not putting this in the movie.

Ironically taking a song more literal like this and replacing it with a song like How Bad Can I Be just shows how hypocritical companies are. I guarantee trying to put forth and honest message about corporate greed would have made people take this movie more seriously

You know, sometimes I wish that The Lorax would’ve been a classic Disney movie from the late 90s with this Once-ler design and song in it. Imagine how cool would that look...

. ... ...... .... I don't know what to say.... This song is a masterpiece. It has amazing lyrics that pay wonderful homage to the original rhyme of the story, it has a great musical score, makes the villain relatable, understandable, badass, and really terrifying! It has spectacle! Depth! Unlike the used song that whimsically babbles in your mind until it's forgotten, it grabs you, lifts you off the ground, and F*CKING YELLS AT YOU until its message penetrates your very core. I'm making a playlist now, because of this.

This movie would've been a lot better if the people at Illumination allowed this film to be more critical of corporations like originally intended. Biggering would've made this movie a lot better and to be completely honest, it would've saved this movie.

This was never too scary for children. Illumination was scared of themselves.

No matter how hard the Onceler fandom tries, they can't take this song away from us.

This Was the song That Made The Once-ler a True Bad Guy

this almost feels like pink floyd

Can you imagine if they kept this song in? Almost exactly how it is here? Everything else is just as cutesy and cringey, you're like tuning out of the movie, then out of nowhere the movie slams you with this song HARD... But then it reverts back to whatever it was before.

It's ironic. The creators swapped this song for 'How bad can I be?' because they were 'Biggering'.

@Ashely Truffula Thank you so much!!! I'm glad you like it! :D

I know the title says 'unofficial music video' but it SHOULD b the OFFICIAL music video cuz this is per-fect XD GREAT VIDEO XD PS- Love your icon

obviously not intended to be the final production of the song, this was probably made before they finalized actors, but the demo sounds amazing. I wish this made it into the film.

Holy sh*t this song is dark and amazing. Except for the the fact that he’s, you know, killing everything

I feel like if the Lorax was a better movie they could have included both songs. How bad can I be closer to the beginning when he’s just getting his business started and trying to deny his flaws and horrible actions and biggering closer to the end when he’s growing his business more and more and has accepted his actions are horrible but continues anyway. It would of had a cool dark impact effect of having the lines start kinda “light” and then come back as this.

I am so angry at Illumination for removing this song, I just found out about it earlier today and if I could animate I would make a animated music video for this song.

Wow, great song and clip. They should have kept it for the movie. So much more dramatic!

They didn't want to show kids this because they know how smart kids are... they would have raised a generation with this subliminally festering in their mind... see how easy the system fails

this is like a blessing to me.

"Are you insane?! We can't use THIS in the movie!! We use THIS in the movie, we can kiss the Lorax ride at Universal Orlando goodbye!!" ---a fragment of a conversation I'm sure was had.

The storyboard for this song is actually really great you should check it out (like this edit too though)

The funny thing is that a illumination (a corporation) kept this movie from having a better message about corporations🤣

Is it just me or do I like this song better than “How bad can I be?”. It’s kind of catchy.

I'd like to imagine that most of illuminations films would be far better if lorax came before despicable me as their first film with all their heart and soul put into it. Songs like biggering would probably show up more and they'd probably be known for darker movies though

Biggering? More like, my pain and anger is biggering because of the fact that this song wasn't in the movie.

The chorus’ melody is just *chefs kiss* Especially 3:55, that makes the band kid in me just scream with joy, it’s got a great composition

This is such a damn good song. I’m offended for the kick ass movie that the Lorax could’ve been if they had kept this song in instead of how bad can I be