Cynicaltic Fakestar

is a song by εpsilonΦ.

It was revealed for the first time during the Destiny Rock festival SSOL on June 27, 2020.

AAside's hard beatmap was previewed during "ARGONAVIS from Bang Dream! AAside εpsilonΦ Special "TOYBOX" stream in August 29, 2020 and was announced in December 4 of the same year, as one of the original songs that would be in the game since it's release . Therefore it was released in January 14th, 2021 along with the Reiji Karasuma focused song quest "Cynicaltic Drummer", where it was described as "A song made by sacrificing a song that Reiji -who Shu was toying with- composed while suffering."

It is written by Ryo Deguci, composed by HaTo -who also played the guitar-, arranged by Hirosawa Yuya (HANO) and HaTo -both who were also in charge of all the other instruments and programming-; the bass was played by Tatsuya Doi (HANO), the drums by RYOTA and the additional programming was in charge of Hijiki Shinji (HANO).

It is one of the title tracks for their first single, alongside Sake it L⓪VE!, which was released on July 14, 2021; and it is also part of their first album Friction, which will be released on September 21, 2022.

Video
AAside Gameplay (Normal)= https://youtu.be/JfSJfxPMCQc Full (Single)= https://youtu.be/eNDg6ncDnu8

Lyrics
Romaji=

Panorama mikudashimashou ne

Are moshimoshi? Moshi ka shite amai

sarashichatten da mukidashichatte Kakushi tsuzuketa omoi wakatterun darou hinikutte panku shisou na kokoro wo Donna chou tenkai da tte tanjun meikai de Tanoshisou ni waraun deshou ubae

Are moshimoshi? Itsudatte moraou

sagashichatten da furidashi da tte Nando demo yarinaosou tte shiyou ga nai ni natta gangu demo miru you na Ima ranhansha shitatte azamui tatte Mitasare wa shinain deshou sutero

sarashichatten da mukidashichatte Kakushi tsuzuketa omoi wakatterun darou hinikutte panku shisou na kokoro wo Donna chou tenkai da tte tanjun meikai de Tanoshisou ni waraun deshou saseru yo

Source: lyrical-nonsense Kanji = 情報戦なんです　騙し合いの 処方箋なら　足りてんだよ 余裕が大事なんです　何事でも パノラマ　見下しましょうね

あれ　もしもし？　もしかして すぐに楽になれると思っているなら　甘い

ほら　晒しちゃってんだ　剥き出しちゃって 隠し続けた想い　君も理解ってるんだろう また皮肉って　パンクしそうな心を覗くの？ どんな超展開だって　単純明解で 愉しそうに笑うんでしょう　君の自由を奪え

消耗戦なんです　放し飼いで 掃討戦　待ちきれないんだよ 呼吸が乱れる　音がするよ パラノーマルな感情　教えて

あれ　もしもし？　いつだって　側にいるよ じわりじわり　追い詰めさせて貰おう

まだ　探しちゃってんだ　振り出しだって 何度でもやり直そう　見せかけたって仕様が無い 歪になった　玩具でも見るような　その瞳を 今　乱反射したって　欺いたって 満たされはしないんでしょう　僕の自由も捨てろ

憧れにも似た　勘違いをさせてよ より強くリアルに　より高く飛べるイメージから 落としてみせてあげよう

ほら　晒しちゃってんだ　剥き出しちゃって 隠し続けた想い　君も理解ってるんだろう また皮肉って　パンクしそうな心を覗くの？ どんな超展開だって　単純明解で 愉しそうに笑うんでしょう　君を独りにさせるよ English = It’s an information war A prescription for mutual deception is more than enough It’s important to stay calm no matter what Let’s look condescendingly at the panorama

Hey, excuse me? If by some chance You thought “This will get easier soon”, you’re naive

Look, I’ve exposed them, I’ve laid them bare The feelings you’ve been hiding You know what I mean, right? Was this another glance at your cynical heart about to burst? No matter what happens, you’ll clearly laugh with delight, right? Stealing your freedom

It’s an attrition wat I can’t wait for the cleanup free range operation to go down I hear your breath getting uneasy Tell me all about your paranormal feelings

Hey, excuse me? No matter what, I’ll be by your side Slowly, but surely, let’s get to the hunt

I keep searching and going back to square one No matter how many time, I’ll redo it Pretending is useless Those eyes are like looking at a distorted toy No matter how much my reflection is warped, or how much I deceive You won’t be satisfied, right? Throwing away my freedom as well

Allow me to make a misunderstanding That looks like longing From a stronger reality, an image where I can fly higher Show me what defeat looks like

Look, I’ve exposed them, I’ve laid them bare The feelings you’ve been hiding You know what I mean, right? Was this another glance at your cynical heart about to burst? No matter what happens, you’ll clearly laugh with delight, right? Leaving you completely on your own

Translation by @beautemaudite

Live Performances

 * January 2nd, 2022: ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022

Trivia

 * The background video used during ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022 was made by Shuhei Maeta, who uploaded images of it (and Hikari no Akuma's) to Twitter.
 * It was added to D4DJ Groovy Mix on February 1st, 2022 on it's japanese and english servers as the first part of a collaboration (only fully available on its JP server).