a short analysis of “Mesmerizer” | vocaloid, synthv

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE WHATTT??? this video went so insane thank you all so so much!! here’s a short video of me highlighting a few of y’all’s amazing comments :) : https://youtu.be/I_kGdyZcjCE mesmerizer has gotten english lyrics recently, so y’all should check that out!

"If you look too hard into reality, you'll become blind." Miku was staring at us the whole time.

"This will be even worse" imo reads as Teto explaining to Miku that giving up and falling into hypnosis to make her feel better is worse than just going through the boringess of life

can't believe teto tried to get the waiter's attention by blinking in morse code

i firmly believe this song is about corporate slavery; -their outfits are that of waitresses, a job that notoriously pays low and has little to no unions -all of teto's body + spoken language for help (my guess is she knows she can't get out of this?) -teto standing still while days and nights pass behind her, showing that the days are so monotonous that her life is passing her by -"durability wearing down" could mean you're doing too much and your body isn't getting enough rest -miku saying "it's unrewarded everyday" referring to busting your butt daily and getting no reward for it (dealing with rude customers is what first comes to mind) -"it's a bot-like cycle" = the 9-5 lifestyle being notorious for being boring and monotonous -praise has no meaning anymore + fake charisma, yeah = "good jobs", "you're doing great"'s from your boss with no substance behind them, just to keep you content -miku hangs herself in the final chorus (pale skin, broken neck, dead eyes, tongue sticking out, before the chorus she had a choker on). i believe throughout the song she was tying to delude herself into thinking it'll get better one day, but eventually gave up. this is something we're seeing a lot of lately; suicides among workers are increasing staunchly with each generation as it gets harder to survive. teto tries to resist, but is shown at the end to have given in to an extent -most people who come home from 9-5s nowadays are so exhausted that all we can do is pop a microwavable dinner in and doomscroll on tiktok for hours on end, which is what the hypnosis is (trying to distract you from the fact that it's borderline impossible to survive in this world nowadays) ties to the line about how you can't live sanely in this world anymore and need something to take the edge off

2:01 After researching phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide, is a disorder that causes visual disturbances, epilepsy, deafness, etc... makes sense that Teto knows those languages

A detail someone mentioned was: After Miku gets hypnotized she moves like a doll, as of there's someone pulling on strings and her skin turns white, just like a doll.

Teto: “I tried to get the viewers attention by blinking in more code”

I notice how miku's arms bend UNNATURALLY after she gets hypnotized. they move in ways that only broken bones or hyper flexible people could do.

what you missed about that one chemical in the quiz is it’s a growth hormone that grows brain and lung tumors, i’m assuming it’s used as a symbol of a deteriorating mental state because of the brain tumor physically obstructing how you function

Everyone always says that Teto also got hypnotized at the end, but I think she is pretending. See, right before she gets "hypnotized" she closes her eyes, and does something that kind of looks like a gulp. I think that was her collecting herself and getting into character. Otherwise, how would she get hypnotized right when she closed her eyes? After all "if you look too much at reality you'd go blind". This implies closing her eyes would in fact help her keep her "sight" as in sanity, rather than hypnotise her.

There was a Japanese comment on the original video that I think might be the most accurate interpretation. Basically Miku and her lyrics repesents the Blue Pill way of thinking. She buries herself in fiction and then gets completely annihilated from ignoring reality for too long. Teto on the other hand, represents over-dosing on the Red Pill side of things. So while on the short term, she can handle problems slightly better than Miku's way. Teto also has the ability to ask for help from those around her. Since she's honest with what she lacks and reacts accordingly. But because taking in reality nonstop with no breaks, no fun, leads to problems in it of itself. It will lead to burnouts.

Teto didnt hypnotize. She actually gave in to guilt for failing to save Miku. Miku has a chocker on, neck unbalanced, and tongue out, hinting at hang.

It feels like Miku's lyrics feel a bit more depressing while teto's feel uplifting

Smth else I noticed is that Miku's dressed as one of those 50's waitresses and Teto is dressed as a bellman. These two jobs are often associated with serving people and obeying orders. Which is curious because of the "hipnosis" topic, and it makes me think that whoever who tried to hypnotize them both is also commanding them to hypnotize more ppl, as if it was some kind of contagious desease

2:16 Teto really endured the hypnosis for over TEN DAYS.

I find it strange and cool how this song is one of the very few pieces of media to genuinely creep me out with its visuals. I hardly ever feel a sense of uneasiness viewing such mediums and somehow this music video got me

i noticed that when it tells us, the viewer, to "FOCUS!" the second time, the area that we were supposed to focus on turned into a hypnosis type thing, meaning miku is inviting us to get swayed by the hypnosis????????

I don't know if someone else made this point already but the way they are closed in a rectangular space and dancing to the camera looks a lot like a tik-tok or a reel, the "green screen" too telling you everything is fake. This video is so interesting, I find new things every time.

I think this symbolizes escapism and how bad it is if we delude ourselves with it. Procrastinating, escaping reality all together instead of facing it, and changing things for the better. Most of us can't seem to escape escapism (ironic). I think the reason they're in a vertical box is to symbolize a form of escapism, like watching TikTok dances, YouTube shorts, Instagram reels, etc. (The character shots are all in phone aspect ratio.) This whole song is a commentary on phones, the internet, and screens and how they "hypnotize" people into using them all the time with bright, flashy graphics and continuous stimulation. And also about toxic work culture in general. People get stuck in an endless, unrewarding, bot-like cycle of work, not doing anything to change it, and seek temporary escape and happiness. They get mesmerized and hypnotized by it Like a swinging coin.