Remember how last year for the anniversary I mentioned that I'd planned on doing a bunch of covers with a "w" theme??

This is one of those covers w

So then!! Wanderlast!! Maybe not the first sasakure.UK song I ever listened to, but definitely the first I actually associated with their name (i.e. younger mio was bad about keeping track of producer names, as evident by the fact that i didn't even realize rotten heresy and chocolate was by pinocchio-P until just last year kshgskdjf)

As part of the whole "finishing up WIPs and equally distributing the love this time around," I went head and buckled down and decided to finish working on this cover given that missing the VY2 anniversary had given me enough relief and courage to dive into learning how to use Logic. There was definitely a lot of trial and error involved in working on this one (including some regret in the case of only figuring out Logic's pitch editor after I'd exported the main acapella and brought it back in to be decimated for the glitch portions), but I think in all this was a fantastic break through and learning experience!!

This was also the first time I started off my cover art process with a colored thumbnail!! Which definitely lended itself well to giving me a basic palette to do some rendering with!! I've never really painted over a sketch like this before, but honestly it was super fun ! ! ! And I ended up feeling super proud of myself for a solid month ! ! ! Which was definitely a nice change of pace w

Funny story, I actually first learned about this song through a friend who mentioned how it always managed to tear them up, and sure, for a long time it always left me feeling a bit sad and full of yearning, but actually going through and covering it?? And working on making singable English lyrics?? Immediately destroyed me with the sheer amount of tenderness and now I am No Longer Okay™

And speaking of singable English lyrics―so when it came to subbing, I couldn't find a working translation (in part because Hazuki no Yume's had been taken down and all others I could find were just reprints of that translation hh) and ended up happening across LilyCelebi's singable translyrics. I was honestly floored by how sweet they were, but ended up editing some of them a bit and replacing a few lines with my own to reflect the original timing / lyrics a bit more (i actually inputted everything into vocaloid as i went, so they should fit each line syllable for syllable!!). You can,,,, definitely tell which are mine by seeing which ones are a lot less eloquent and melodic and consist solely of one syllable words because I Am Not Good With My Vocabulary w

That being said, thank you so much LilyCelebi for your translyrics ! ! ! I literally would have perished on this project had it not been for you ! ! !

I'm not quite sure what else to say in terms of this cover other than that . . . . in general I learned a lot and had a ton of fun and feel pretty proud of what I've accomplished this round w. There are definitely parts of each cover that could use some polishing and fine tuning, but given the fact that I did all three concurrently with each other during the busiest part of the semester?? Underneath crushing deadlines and transfer things?? I'd say I deserve to give myself a little pat on the back for that w

Anyway!! I hope you all enjoy this equal love anniversary ! ! ! I actually don't know what order these covers are going in once they're uploaded because they're scheduled to all upload at once but!! Maybe this one will be last in line!! If it isn't!! Go check out KYO's cover for more context!!

And with that aside, please note I will never do this again!! And it is anyone's guess whether I will keep up this pace and finish the last of my WIPs or vanish for another year to build up more speed ! ! ! ! If this ends up being it for the year, stay safe and I'll see you next anniversary!! If not, I hope you like whatever ends up coming next!!

Happy ZOLA anniversary!!

KYO's Cover: [ Ссылка ]
YUU's Cover: [ Ссылка ]

Audio Downloads (MP3/AIFF/WAV): [ Ссылка ]

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