I don’t think Jack has ever used autotune. If you listen to his live Buttercup preformance, (his voice is particularly bendy in that song) well, it’s a live preformance, no autotune. The lad’s voice is just that bendy.
JcS67 I think for this he did but only for the creepy aesthetic purpose not to make it perfect or anything because his videos I notice are imperfectly perfect if you get what I mean
it’s not autotune. the term you are looking for is “wow and flutter”, it’s a distortion of analogue audio that happens when tape gets stretched out in places (in this case) or when vinyl records get warped, which causes a warp in pitch and creates that signature warble effect. the ‘wow’ refers to changes in pitch at mid frequencies and the ‘flutter’ is the much faster high frequency distortion that is being confused for autotune here. if you watch any old vhs tape with the right amount of tape wear you’ll hear the same distortions of audio
i can't decide if i should stop replaying this so he doesn't have to sing the same song again, or going on and on to prove to him that even though i can walk away, i won't
if you look at one point on the face for a long time, it looks like two blank eyes are staring back at you at the end when it cuts to black. i don't think this was by accident.
Ik that there is so many theory’s being dark and everything but this gives me such comfort because the video man is never changing he stays the exact same and says the exact same things nothing ever changes and he never changes like how most things in my life do. Idk I just wanted to share because why not
A man whose universe is the video is a void in which the man cannot escape, when the video is replayed the void is open. The time is so short he doesn’t have much to to express new feelings. He only has enough time and thought to repeat his only emotion, sadness. He’s stuck in here and only has a few words to tell.
I find the "torture" we put video man through oddly comforting. I've always had an issue with change, when everything feels out of control I loop video man and find comfort in his completely unchanged world. Every time I replay him it's the same, the same spot his voice becomes more melodic, the same inflection every single time. It makes my every changing world stand still for just a second and I get just a moment to relax.
we all get the impression that characters in videos have lives before they entered whatever situation the video/movie is depicting. this is jack telling us they don’t. they are made for the video and do nothing except say the same things over and over
This video also seems extremely sad, because it seem this specific character is aware of it and expressed how jealous he is of us the audience because we get to “walk away” while he is forced to stay in the same world to repeat the same lines over and over
@@paperbagboi3185 I don’t feel bad for him because he couldn’t have chosen those words to say before being put in a video, implying that he can say different things and for some reason, he doesn’t
This concept would make a great RU-vid web series like where the characters slowly start realizing they were only made for the video and will disappear when its over so the characters try to drag out the videos as long as possible but are powerless at the hands of editors, kinda like a shorter unus anas
@@cri.682 How would they know about anything else? Assuming they came into existence purely for the sake of the video, then the video would be the only thing that they would know, and they wouldn’t know about anything outside of it, the guy even says “I don’t learn”, so he doesn’t really know or feel anything. Unless he had a life before being trapped in the video, then yeah he would know that he is stuck in a horrible inescapable time loop
Idk exactly why, but I feel like this is one of Jack’s creepiest works. There’s the weird, rhythmic thumping in the background, like heavy footsteps echoing down a long corridor, the weird little guy and his autotuned voice, the blank, static expression on his face, it all just adds up to be really unsettling...
Not my thoughts as I've read it on multiple different comments but it's like a fourth wall break, if you listen to his words they go along the lines of "Hi again," "I'll say it again" and "im so jealous of you" He knows us watching him will replay the video who knows how many times, and it is like he is tired of saying the same words over and over yet he cannot stop it
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Hi again, hi again. Alright ill say again; I am so jealous of you, you get to walk away I dont learn, I just see a new time and me. Same me, same sun, same song, same words, same words, same words, same words I am so jealous of you
I think it means that no matter how many times you play the video he will always stay the same but we as humans have the ability to change and he doesn't. But also, It feels like (to me) that the video might change and at the end he might do something else
If it helps, most video game background characters aren’t aware they are repeating themselves or stuck in a moment in time. This guy was created with that paradox of knowledge. He knows all he can ever do is sing the same words to us. He knows, but is helpless, and can never learn or change. He only exists long enough to want what he can never obtain. I love this video, it’s terrifying.
"alright I'll say again" this haunts me because it implies that he knows i came back to the video with the intention of hearing his song again. and even though he doesn't want to say it again, he's being forced to. It makes me feel sick for rewatching it. but he doesn't care about my intentions. all he knows is I'm here again, and he has to sing again.
Guys..Jack isnt depressed, these are just fun little characters he does..he made this animation based on a short diddy he recorded into his phone, he said on Patreon he expects to get a lot done this year and things are going well for him
You can make depressing or sad pieces of art without well, being actually depressed irl. It may brought out more inspiration if the artist somewhat felt this way. But other than that, it’s a bit nonsensical. Art is meant to be seen with lots of interpretations from logical to what might be overlooking it, and that’s fine. Also, the fourth wall interaction with video man here, it’s hard to not feel sad for him. Yeah.
Regardless whether or not he's actually depressed I want to point out that things can be going well in your life and you can still have depression. Plenty of successful people still suffer from depression and anxiety (sometimes amplified by the stress of popularity) and an outsider may wonder why But all that said, I hope you're right and Jack is doing fine!
this video has broken the fourth wall in such a way that I feel like I’m torturing this little dude by replaying the video... but at the same time there’s something oddly catchy about it, so maybe just one more time!
This feels like an adventure time song that they randomly make up and you cant stop watching it because it reminds you of something that feels familiar...
And that right there is why I'm never rewatching this one video of his because Adventure time is over. And that sense of familiar is what draws us to seek it out and feel it again, Jack might or might not been going that way with this video I'm pretty sure but- just like video man saids "Same words, Same sun, etc" we rewatch it for our own entertainment and he gets nothing out of it.Even if it is just a video and he isn't real it's true.
I dont know. Its possible - but it could just be a thought provoking character. I imagined the character in this video as self-aware, and he has a conscious, strong emotions, hopes, and dreams, etc. But he is forced to repeate the same song, words, and all while staying where he is at so people can keep hitting replay. As if his world/universe and our world/universe are colliding. He is aware that he is just a 35 second clip for viewers who can go gar beyond the bounds of a 35 second clip- they can go live their life afterwards. But the 35 seconds *is* his life -hence the jealosy. He knows of the differences. But hes in a different world. But I can see your interpretation holding some validity, as well.
Same, I've been patiently waiting for a new Jack upload, but I'm not gonna push for it. I think it has the same meaning as the top comment on this video though. It signifies a 4th wall break and the video man is talking about you watching this(the) video and he's going through the same words, same sun, same song. He just sits as a video and we get to walk away, which he is jealous of, which are the lyrics in the song.
I randomly remembered this video and rewatched it, and I finally get the point of it. Its been three years, and lot has changed in my life. I've made new friends, lost old ones, found love, and lost it just as fast. And in all that time, this guy has been sitting here, waiting for me to click on this video again, to sing the same thing to me. He's stagnant, forever trapped in his box, brought out only on rare occasions to sing. I'm sure I'll forget and remember this video over and over again, and each time I'll come back as an older and slightly changed man. But he never will, he'll just sing his song, because that's all he can do. He can't walk away.
I feel the exact same,you’re not alone. The same thing happening to me.I hope people in your life will always try to be the best they can to you and everyone else
Why do I feel like he's aware of everything meaning he knows he is in this video and he always knew he would be so he said he's jealous of us because we can walk away while he spends every minute of every day just waiting for someone to play the video again for him to say the same thing over and over...and over.... .same words..
He also says something like new time same me and now when the video ends he's just there waiting no matter what time it is he will forever say the same thing while you watch another video
What he says: Hi again, hi again Alright I will say it again I am so jealous of you, you get to walk away I don't learn I just see your new time and me, same me, same sun, same song, same words same words same words same words I am so jealous of you
"I'm so jealous of you, you get to walk away." While hearing footsteps walk away from the cute little man really hit me. Jack your honesty a lyrical genius.
A lot of people probably noticed it but in the beginning he said “I’ll say it again...I am so jealous of you” and then and the end he says “I am so jealous of you” So since he is a video and he is being replayed, he knows that so he says “I’ll say it again”
There's a point to the video though, he's saying he's jealous that you aren't trapped in the video like him, you can just walk away, while every time you replay the video, he has to repeat the "same words".
yeah true jack stauber fans are immune to the existential dread of the idea of a consciousness being trapped in a video and forced to live out the same 32 seconds thousands of times
Wait- Is it weird that something about this is so addicting? Like I can't stop re watching it. And he's saying "Hi again" and stuff and "I'll say it again" and "Same words" like we've already watched this video over and over again. And every time I re watch it I feel awful. He's saying "I am so jealous of you" and you can tell how unhappy he is with how his life is as a video man. Almost like he's suffering. But this video is so addicting, so I keep making him say the "same words" and the "same song" I can't tell if Jack Stauber made this so the video man can suffer. With the video man saying the same thing over and over when I re watch the video, or when others watch the video. Crikey.
If anyone is confused here is what I think this video is talking about: At the beginning you hear "hi again hi again"as he knows you'll replay it after the video is done anyways thats followed by "alright ill say it again" and he proceeds on how he is jealous of us because we can walk away from video he also says on how its just the same,same song same setting etc.etc.:aside from that this is what I can conclude Hes basically saying how videos feel you can replay them,they have to say the things again and the reason he is si jealous is that as us we can just walk away from a video which a video cannot and has to stay there And the part about same me,well he's basically saying that we can go somewhere,control what we do but the video doesn't they just have the same setting the same song the same video just to be repeated for entertainment Anyways goodbye
I hope he isnt referring this to himself ): Jack I'm sorry if were pressure you, we all love and adore you and agree with whatever path you take. We know your human too
Jack has a way of doing things, notice how everyone cannot stop replaying song, even though it's a 4th wall break with auto tune on, and no beat or music, except for the slow walking noise that plays every second.
Its about jack himself. Everyone assumes all of jacks videos and songs have such dark connotation and depressing implications, and if those theories are true, this is jack telling us we are lucky to be on our side of the screen. We watch for enjoyment and remark how disturbing some things can be, but after the video is over, we leave and focus on our own life again, but jack cant walk away. These all come from inside his mind, so they are always with him. These ideas are how he thinks about his life and the things around him. He is jealous of someone watching without attachment, of not having these thoughts cloud everything else. Plenty musicians and artists would agree with the sentiment.
My theory is he’s literally a video man. He’s trapped and he is replayed, (hi again, hi again, alright, I’ll say it again. Same me, same song, same words) and he can never leave( I am so jealous of you, you get to walk away).
[Intro] Hi again, hi again Alright, I'll say it again: [Verse] I am so jealous of you You get to walk away I don’t learn, I just see a new time And me, same me Same sun, same song Same words, same words Same words, same words [Outro] I am so jealous of you
I hate that I didn't even notice the "hi again" or "I'll say it again" the first time I watched this but more after watching a second time it felt like he put emphasis on it
