About the song I made for Mr. MSPA's game.

A Troubled's Cosmos
Production

The backstory is that EtchJetty had the idea and Ethan Clark immediately made a test for an instrumental and I decided to make the whole thing from there. Since including the whole extended cast would have been troublesome for a variety of reasons I kept it to just the guys that appear in the game (and Rose Lalonde).

I wrote a few lyrics and ideas over the course of 3 days and then I locked in for 3 hours to write the whole thing and Ethan made a new version of the instrumental with the structure of chorus - 8 bar verse repeating 10 times for each character (or set of characters), at the same time I forwarded the lyrics to the big man Vibri for approval before getting it recorded and she didn't request any changes.

Over the next fortnight Skeep☆Tieel recorded most of the thing with the direction of "just do an attempt at impressions of these characters [who are original so you have to make your own guess as to what they sound like, obviously]" and "you can record the chorus once or you can do variations on it like An Under's Tale does" and they did, the chorus never gets stale because it's so funny. I always get articulatelyComposed to voice women named Rose Lalonde regardless of public domain-ity and this was no exception, and because I thought she'd pull off Nortman's energy perfectly I also got her for that. Both AC and S☆T killed it.

Skeep also mixed the whole thing and once that was done I worked on the art and designs for the Troubled Cosmonaut and Rose Lalonde that would appear in the music video since Andrew didn't make a design for those (in fairness Rose Lalonde is not in this game so that makes sense), but they did show the Cosmonaut's hand and I extrapolated making the Cosmonaut look like a Bard Quest guy from the way that hand looked, except with a more fitting outfit for hanging out in outer space. For Rose I just made a blonde woman and added whatever detail came to mind first without thinking about it twice.

Finally with all that done, YDGeon did it again, he made a super clean video for the song, my direction was to simply add the characters images as they came, have a spinning disk in the back and so on. But he added so many neat little details that I didn't specify, such as the ever expanding Jabroni, that was really funny. This also marked the first production from the Six-Eyed Circle which is the dōjin circle of YDGeon, Skeep☆Tieel, and Fruz; as you all know we've done a lot of stuff together but this is the first as the circle, what's next..?

Lyrics

Chorus

Flying through troubled space, troubled space, troubled space
Flying through troubled space, troubled space, troubled space
I'm flying through this place in this cosmos, this place
I'm flying through this place troubled space, troubled space

Hank Soldier

It's Hank Soldier, the MC from TC
I don't need to shoot first I'll knock you down easy
I'm kind of a big deal the whole cosmos wants my head
I'm just spitting facts, that's why my text is red
Wait, everyone else's text is in red too?
Well, I guess they're all telling the truth dude
Someone should have told me to save me from the pain
of referencing a game that's not in the public domain

Lambo Calzone

I'm Lambo Calzone and something struck anew
There was trouble in my cosmos but then I saw a dude
who could help me out and it's you! So come review
my Freakfest, and I know it's a lovely view
but I suspect one of them escaped with the canoe
I walked away for a second and before I knew
he was gone, but I know I could count on my brother who
is right here with me, can I call you buckaroo?

Chew Chewchew

It's Chew Chewchew! I'm the star of the FREAKFEST!
Cosmonauts see me and they know I'm the FREAKBEST!
They travel lightyears just to get a peek of this
(Jabroni: No they don't) Jabroni, shut the fuck up please
Your verse hasn't come just yet, they don't know who you are
And trying to hijack my verse is going too far
So now if you'll excuse me I need to spit some bars
So I'll reintroduce myself as I'm the star of the stars
and-

Jabroni Hutchinson

The earnings are through the roof and I'm bringing that money
I'm a freak, you're a phony, I'll make you bow to Jabroni
I don't even use the toilet, I'm the freakiest one among us
And I'm BIG! Like a public domain version of Big Chungus
Runaways make us look bad but I ain't like those bums
I'm proud of my job! I'm one of the good ones
I don't keep ladies in chains I ain't worried 'bout those
'Cause the only hoes I want is the umami hose!

Nervous Arnold

I-I-I'm Nervous Arnold, you know what I'm about
I-i-if you don't understand my note I'll freak the fuck out!!
I n-n-need to get out of here fast
If Lambo finds me... I'm not gonna last
And- Oh no, he's here, gotta put on a show!
I spit bars and deal blows! Look at how I flow!
Shaking clients to the core, they're all begging for more
How dare you say I piss on the poor? I piss on the floor!

Greeny Gunpointer

This space is infested with bad guys and my son is mean
Sigh... It's not easy being green
It's Greeny Gunpointer, see bad guys? I'm on the case
'Cause I'm a mean green father from outer space!
But I'm not like Mean Father, look
That dude's in another chapter in another book
If you see me 'round the swamp you're dead, kiddo
You'll crap yourself so bad you'll put the "Shit" in Glup Shitto!

Incidentals

We are the incidentals! You can find us abound
You can click on us when you see us in the background!
Luciano: I'm Unlucky Luciano with bad luck I've been condemned
Luciano: You know I didn't have to do it to 'em
Peter: I'm Nice Peter because my name is Peter, won't say it twice
Peter: My name is just Peter but they call me Nice Peter because I'm Nice!
Rose: Enter name: Rose Lalonde, my books gave me money and fame
Rose: And I shouldn't be here because I'm not in this game

Patalie Nortman

Yeah, Nortman, Nortman, Nortman, Nortman, Nortman, Nortman
F-f-fucked your husband and his best friend just for snort, man
Now you better hold the phone 'cause mama is here
Are you being a good little boy? (Greeny: Not really) Then I'll show you fear
Come at me bro and you'll end just the same
I have more lines in this song than in this entire game!
Where am I burying your corpse? I'm not taking suggestions
Also, no more questions.

Swampy

NOW FUCK OFF, I AIN'T USING THE SWAMP VOICE!
WE'LL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP, ME AND THE DAMN BOYS!
I HATE THE SWAMP AND THERE'S NOT A BIT OF IT WHERE I REJOICE
IF YOU'RE TELLING MY PARENTS YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE!
WE PULL OUT OUR PISTOLS AND MAKE YOUR GANG FACE WALLS
YOU CAN CHOKE ON THE SPACE DICK OF A SPACE DOG WITH EXTRA SPACE BALLS!
oh no, daddy is here, i'm feeling sick...
p.s: suck my dick

Unpopular Creature

I'm-

Lyric explanations, references, and notes

I'm just spitting facts, that's why my text is red - Reference to the Red Truths in Umineko.

I'm a freak, you're a phony, I'll make you bow to Jabroni - References a lyric from Hulk Hogan vs. Kim Jong-il by ERB.
I don't keep ladies in chains I ain't worried 'bout those - Jabroni is a decent man who doesn't keep ladies in chains unlike evil people out there somewhere in space.

How dare you say I piss on the poor? I piss on the floor! - References the "How dare you say we piss on the poor?" Tumblr post, also takes inspiration from the fact that I once misread it as "piss on the floor" for some reason.

Sigh... It's not easy being green - Kermit reference.
'Cause I'm a mean green father from outer space! - Little Shop of Horrors reference.
But I'm not like Mean Father, look - Look? I thought Mean Father said "No" instead of "Look." What does this phrasing mean then?

WE’LL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP, ME AND THE DAMN BOYS! - This is one of the lines where I make up lore about the characters just so that they can have a rhyme, what boys? I guess he must have friends but we don't really meet them. With more thought this wouldn't happen, but my philosophy while writing prevented that.
YOU CAN CHOKE ON THE SPACE DICK OF A SPACE DOG WITH EXTRA SPACE BALLS! - This references one of the incidentals which is exactly the described dog.

Lambo Calzone's whole verse is meant to rhyme with "buckaroo." By any means necessary, what canoe? More made up lore, except it's canon made up lore since it's in the actual game, so I guess it's just lore, but I made it instead of Andrew.

The Incidentals verse is a very special one, firstly the incidentals teach you that you can click on them as a group and then some notable ones show up, Unlucky Luciano references Lucky Luciano's famous catchphrase, and Nice Peter explains his name twice after saying he wouldn't say it twice, Rose Lalonde quickly leaves because she's not in the game, nevertheless she's a public domain character who has no relation to any other characters of similar appearances, names, or backstories, she's just a famous book writer with hits like 50 Shades of Space.

Patalie Nortman's opening couplet and last line reference Natalie's Rap 2.0, one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists, conveniently Portman's and Nortman's names make for a nice letter change in the "just for sport, man" -> "just for snort, man" lyric, her whole attitude throughout the verse is inspired by Natalie's in her song (and its prequel). And like I mentioned before, I got guest voice articulatelyComposed for her role because I thought she'd pull it off perfectly, and she did. The inclusion of Natalie's Rap 2.0 in the game was also the first time Andrew heard the song, they think it's really good. Was a The Lonely Island reference in MSPA in anyone's bingo card?

Patalie mentions having more lines in this song than in the whole game, this also applies to other characters like Nervous Arnold but I wrote her verse before his and I didn't want to change the line. It also conflicted a little with the concept of Arnold's verse being spent half trying to escape and half trying to impress the guests due to Lambo's presence, the main philosophy when writing these lyrics was "don't think about it too hard."

The game draws a similarity between Nervous Arnold and Unpopular Creature in that they're both nervous, so I was juggling ideas between him and Arnold, for a moment I considered Arnold not having a real verse because he was just too nervous to do it, but then I realized it was better if the one to do the "doesn't have a verse" joke was Unpopular Creature, in the game one of the jokes with his death is that a 17 second clip of gunshots plays in its entirety and that would fit perfectly for the ending, where the instrumental stops and the gunshots are still going, on top of the fact that he doesn't speak at all, on the other hand I feel like an actual Unpopular Creature verse would have been funnier than the verse that Arnold got, however the gunshots joke was funnier than his verse would have been and sometimes you have to sacrifice a funny joke for a funnier joke.

Made you go through all that to find the download hehehe.