TUNE INTO THE MADNESS | Little Nightmares 2 Rap feat. Dan Bull!

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Published 2021-05-07
In Tarsier Studios' Little Nightmares 2 you are thrust once more into a twisted nightmare world of shadows; now lit only by the ominous flicker of countless televisions, as you guide Mono and Six on a journey to the Pale City to discover the mystery of the Thin Man and his broadcasts.

This one was a long time coming! Dan and I began talking about this project back in 2019 when the game was first announced. Dan's 'Dive Into the Madness' was a personal favourite of mine and when pitched the idea of a sequel called 'Tune Into the Madness' he not only liked the idea, but invited me to join him on it!

This was one of the most ambitious live action videos I've ever made, from the multiple physical sets to the location shooting (at night!) to the unprecedented volume of post production. I've been working on this video since January, half of it was actually filmed before my previous video! I'm super happy with the end result and really excited to finally be able to share it with you all!

A huge thanks to my patrons for making this video possible (and Dan's!) and to everyone else who helped put this project together.

#LittleNightmares2

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Lyrics and vocals by The Stupendium & Dan Bull
Video by The Stupendium
Edit assistant and set fabrication: Nick J. Henderson
Logistics supervisor: Ed Swarez
Additional spooky sounds by Itsjustjord:    / @itsjustjord  

Beat produced by Tunna Beatz & oo Oxygen:
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Little Nightmares 2, it's world and characters are property of Tarsier Studios and Bandai Namco!
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All Comments (21)
  • @TheStupendium
    Make sure you check out Dan's upload! It's basically the same but please make the algorithm like us both! https://youtu.be/tN4zbonFlMs LYRICS: AD BREAK 1 Good evening, do you know any good monsters? Did you ever swerve your car at today’s top speed of 35 miles per hour into an automobile Do you ever do the dishes for your wife? - I should say not! Mrs. Carter doesn’t really mind washing her teflon-coated pans New, vital and fashionable! Fond of children? Well it’s only natural! Yes, you can’t get away from it! There are branches everywhere! And it’s safe? Yes, sir! VERSE 1 Deep down down, between the trees Nestled in the leaves gleams a TV screen near a small lad sitting in the tall grass It’s an odd transmission to be broadcast Listen as we talk dark thoughts and soar past the watershed line before your bedtime You’ll panic like a rabbit that is caught in headlights Reckon we’re manic? of course you’re dead right You better exercise more caution next time Or you’ll end up in tomorrow morning’s headlines Obituary nothing more than “born and then died” And not a single family member or a friend cried CHORUS 1 Tune into the madness Tune into the madness once more Tune into the madness Tune into the madness, encore! AD BREAK 2 This remarkable offer, the first and only one of its kind Delicious, nutritious breakfast cereals shot from guns! Yes, sir! You could buy eight additional teaspoons! VERSE 2 Oh look who's come for tea Are you sitting comfortably? All of the children better sit still then ‘Cause when little kiddies fidget then I kill them Class is now in session - time you learned your lesson Stare into the glare until your mind is effervescent Bubbling the troubling you'll find it less depressing Open up your eyes, you'll be surprised what you might let in The violent and the tragic - hiding in the static This silent enigmatic child had better pack it In – And leave the schedule to the grown ups Revel in the pestilence Auntie Beeb throws up AD BREAK 3 As a result of long continuing results in commercial explosives- Pepsodent’s new, improved formula cleans teeth whiter than ever! Mh, it certainly does! Tune into the madness Pictures handpicked to be sickening, queasy Tune into the madness Transfixed and bewitched by the flickering TV VERSE 3 Hold up, don’t touch that dial Look at our isle of muck and bile With a saviour clad in a paper bag That must be one ugly child Gaze into the space between the pixels on the screen There you’ll see a place between the signal and the screams Feel the oscillation of the crystal in your dreams Just switch off your brain and let it sizzle in the beams These scenes some viewers may find disturbing Violent and unnerving. Frighteningly alluring. Slightly stomach churning. Why would you be turning Over? Oh so many programs for discerning Viewers who are just like you Eyes locked to the box for the schlock like glue Shambling in their droves, scrambling their lobes Get mangled in the strobe ‘til you’re cross eyed too AD BREAK 4 Here’s a message to millions of people who are continually pale and washed out, weak and run down. All I do is bring you pounds and pounds of baby food Good lean butcher’s steak - very satisfying cake Impress this fact upon mother Boys and girls have overactive oil glands Don’t say it like that! You’ll make her sound ungainly! CHORUS 3 Tune into the madness Tubes swimming with miasmic blackness Tune into the madness Sit glued to your viewing apparatus VERSE 4 Izzy wizzy let’s get busy! Such a pity diddy kiddies threw a tizzy Don’t be silly, what’s the trouble, little Timmy? Itty bitty nippers should be giddy for the TV Strange lights are disguised in the bright glare Day time television’s hellish in the right mind Set, Too much time staring’ll make your eyes square Any more, you’ll end up like that child there... Can’t toggle off the gogglebox so pop another bottle top Top up your cup and sup the propaganda, prost, mazel tov They say it’s challenging to break a daily habit Pacified into paralysis: a state of telly addicts Maybe one day the cathode rays will be chromatic Bringing colour to the pallor of the faces in the static Taking off the mask, my behaviour is erratic Claiming to be sane but I’m just asymptomatic Wait, did you hear that? someone’s pacing in the attic What in the blazes could be making such a racket? Oooh, I say, you gave me a fright there I think I’m having another little nightmare CHORUS 4 Tune into the madness Urchins channel surfing and subservient to the sadness Zoom in with the cameras Squirming as the sermon’s stirred into your hippocampus AD BREAK 5 Cream. Not a soap, not a liquid, but a dainty cream. It covers everything easily and beautifully And what an eyeful they’re going to get! Mhh! Mh-hm-hm. VERSE 5 Feast your eyes til you’re anaesthetised Lead a peaceful life for the cheapest price No need to seek advice or plea to Jesus Christ In the deep of night you’ll really see the light No one observes just how ominous the world is when monotonous Channelling the brightest minds until they turn witless and ponderous Their alertness is interred in this infernalest sarcophagus The absurd and the preposterous burned in by the phosphorus uncertain what lurks under the surface of your consciousness? Observe it and you’ll learn that it’s perturbing, sick and monstrous keep surfing through diversions: Uma Therman’s new detergent Normal service will return after a word from our sponsors AD BREAK 6 Ladies, what’s your problem? Gracious! I’ve nothing for the Johnson’s yet! Keep calm, folks! Buy the gifts that will look more expensive than they are! 200 different formulations of dynamite, so powerful that it’ll kill a rat Press this secret button right here and an authentic western pistol pops out and fires! CHORUS 5 Tune into the madness A bountiful lineup of schooling and comedy! Huge wins at the Baftas Bound to be prizes when you’re every nominee... Tune into the madness Tune into the madness once more Tune into the madness Tune into the madness, encore! AD BREAK 6 No guest is ever truly happy without the right kind of tea Well don’t keep staring at it. Taste it! Getting high on life could be habit forming You just can’t grow up fast enough can you?
  • @danbull
    Deep down down between the trees
  • @nemraps
    Nickelodeon looks different nowadays
  • @vanicdraws_2999
    It’s such a unique approach to a song about the game- instead of talking about the main characters entirely- you guys focused on the world surrounding it- and I can’t help but love it- amazing job once again, you two!
  • @grim66
    I really enjoy how this starts pretty overtly as an LN2 thing, referring blatantly, to the opening scene, but the longer it goes on the further it strays from the game's plot proper and the more it goes off into its own wild, deranged, super creative territory
  • Strange... ...I can't stop watching this... ...over... ...and over...
  • @richardreed87
    Y'all realize that this is more than a little nightmare song right??? This is one of the best descriptions of toxic consumerism, prohanda danger, commerical and ad manipulation I have seen. Using old commercials where the American dream society was super damaging in pushing roles on genders and what products they "need" to feel accepted. This is incredibly well done and a great fucking sequel to dive into the madness. Oh and...it's so bloody British I adore you guys.
  • This video has quite possibly the most British sounding atmosphere I'm impressed
  • @MikuJess
    This isn't a music video, this is just a vlog of how Stupes and Dan are doing in lockdown together.
  • I love how this song focuses on the viewers and the "possession" since there haven't been many people really talking about how sickening the TVs are.
  • @vharkerandco
    I love how each verse starts with a reference to the ad before it For example: “You could buy 8 additional teaspoons” to “Oh look who’s come for tea?” And “And what and eyeful they’ll get” to “feast your eyes till you’re anesthetized”
  • The fact that stupes and Dan are sat in the armchairs looking like parents just adds to their bromance. Love it.
  • @proflns8558
    Stupes and Dan both have done a lot of good raps together, but this is the first time I thought they were synergised. The transitions between each person's lines were flawless and complemented each other perfectly. It made the entire song feel organised. That's not even to mention how good the lyrics were.
  • Sometimes a family can just be two dads and those same dads dressed up in childrens' clothes
  • @justapeckneck
    I’m feeling like it’s actually working. I can’t look away. I start to make sense of the nonsense. I start to get tired. Stupes, I think you did it too well.
  • @GrimmFella
    You use words in your songs that people wouldn’t expect and use them creatively which makes your songs unique and never disappointing.
  • @gatereaper
    Honestly can't tell what scares me the most. The TV ad audio, the TV ad visuals, the dinner table, the children... or the very old fashioned British household stereotypes
  • @WaladilScion
    There are two things I've learned about The Stupendium's comment section: 1.) There will be a comment saying " is so underrated" for every given line in the song. 2.) They're all absolutely correct!
  • My favorite thing about this song, that may or may not be intended, is that throughout the whole song our 2 impressive artists sing in such a way that’s easy to mix them up in the same way that when you watch and watch tv, the shows kinda blur together.
  • @doombringer5267
    "Maybe one day the cathode rays'll be chromatic, bringing colour to the pallor of the faces in the static" I'm genuinely in shock. How does one even begin to conceive a line like this. One of the few times I had to pause the video just to fully appreciate the wordplay used.