thanks june for cursing me with the knowledge of the distinct BEEP (akin to a heart rate monitor's) sound that comes IMMEDIATELY after the first chorus of the -Re:act- version of repeatragedy. ever since he pointed it out i have not been able to listen to repeatragedy re:act without hearing it. Every. Time.
tried throwing it through a high-pass filter in an attempt to isolate it more. if you don't ignore the guitar it's hard to notice it
it seems to appear only ONCE in the song. It is not a regular part of the instrumental, nor does it appear after any other chorus. just the first one. additionally, I checked the Shuuen -Re:mind- version of Repeatragedy: it doesn't have it.
uhm. considering this is not the only heartbeat-like thing relating to repeatragedy(?) (see: the pulse image before repeatragedy in the re:mind crossfade, and maybe the instrumental part before the first chorus?) I'm just sitting here like. Why. Why would you do this.
These two songs are clearly some of the most important songs in the series yet are some of the more mysterious songs. It's generally agreed that Conclusion Dreamelody is an E-ki song, but recently that has been called into question with the idea that it's actually from the FC Killer's POV. And at the same time, Repeatragedy has always been up in the air and continues to be mysterious.
So.. What are they?
I think looking at Re:write's album layout gives us a big hint. Ignoring the two tracks that are limited to the collector's/limited/whatever edition of Re:write, the songs Shuuen no Shiori and Common Heroes are the fourth track from the beginning/end of the album respectively. These songs are also very much so two songs that are meant to be tied together in some way, touching very similar themes to one another and having similar but not the same PVs. I believe these two songs are meant to be sort of 'question and answer' songs. Shuuen no Shiori sets up the themes to focus on for most of the album and Common Heroes is meant to be the conclusion to those thoughts.
The same thing seems to be the case with Re:mind. Conclusion Dreamelody and Repeatragedy are both the four tracks from the start/end of Re:mind and Conclusion Dreamelody sets up the questions we should focus on for the album while Repeatragedy is meant to conclude those questions. It matches how Conclusion Dreamelody is written, going back and forth on one's feelings of if things should continue for forever or come to an end, the feeling of being close with the film club while also feeling isolated. These are themes brought up in the individual character songs a lot.
And Repeatragedy is partially a response to those themes that haunt the Film Club, things are bad. They are isolating, blaming eachother, and allowing the tragedy to repeat. But as the song goes on it slowly becomes apparent that this song isn't just a song about the film club. It's a song that transitions from the film to the occult, a song meaning to show that the Occult Club is in the same space. This is why Repeatragedy is used in the way it is in the series, it is simply about the Tragedy Repeating. Why is it in A-ya's POV? He realized the truth about the Demise Game and how they are in Schrodinger's box until everything finally gets decided. Why is it in Re:mind? It's E-ki, and to a lesser extent maybe the rest of the film club, is aware of the loops occurring, he allows the loops to continue, and as such he must continually be met with tragedy and will always be left with the thought of "It was you" when he dreams. Why does Re:act imply that E-noru has Repeatragedy? Because it further parallels him with E-ki to be related to the Dream's Conclusion and it matches how the traitor at the end of Novel 2 seems aware of the loops, gets frustrated with them and gets blamed for the Demise Game, implying that E-noru has some form of The Dream's Conclusion.
But what about Conclusion Dreamelody again? I think it's meant to be a general Film Club song with an emphasis on it being E-ki's. It is a constant question of whether they want to stop the dream or let it continue, whether they wish to find the killer or hide in the loops. One more recent interpretation is that the song is from the killer's perspective but like. I don't see it? It seems pretty explicitly outside of the killer's POV. The killer isn't confirmed to know anything about the loops, which is an important focus of the song. The song is also about trying to figure out who the killer is and pinning blame in a way that doesn't make it sound like it's the Killer watching others. It sound like the singer is the one pinning blame on others, wanting to figure out who the killer is. Which doesn't make sense with the singer being the killer.
And, lastly. The song is named after The Dream's Conclusion, E-ki's urban legend. Which like. Doesn't mean it has to be E-ki's song. But it strongly implies it should line up with him somehow. It feels like it's meant to be E-ki's perspective when he's close to waking up but decides not to, to let the repetition comfort him instead of trying to figure out who killed his friends. It has themes that apply to the entire film club, but if it's meant to be a specific thing, that seems like what the specific thing should be.
Some other art unrelated to Art Fight!!
The 7th drawing is an art trade with @ / reaptragedy on Instagram
The 10th drawing is @ / Junowani on Instagram DTIYS
The 2nd / 5th / 9th are oc ship arts for @ / Oserayyy on Instagram
