PARANOiD DJ - 'The Ringleader (Fizzarolli's Show)' ft. CaptainDoofkin, Adelaide Smyth (Helluva Boss)
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Published 2022-08-26
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A brand new original song based around Fizzarolli, featuring originally created backing music, sound design, voice acted story and artwork.
Come one, come all, I'm giving our favourite crazy jester some time in the spotlight. Fizz is someone who's always interested me since his first in person appearance in the series as his role in the story is a mirror image of Blitzo. He's in some sort of relationship with a more powerful demon, just like Blitzo and Stolas, but embraces his role within it without shame (so far). And that's saying nothing about the possibilities as to how he came to share so many qualities with his robotic duplicates.
The story the song is framed around is a hypothetical in the wake of the events of Ep. 7. Blitzo, returning to the old carnival ground where he used to be friends with Fizz out of some sense of "good" memories, is ambushed and taunted for his transgressions. I didn't want to delve into speculation as to how and why Fizz became scarred and what specifically happened between him and Blitzo, as this is information that will come up later in the series and I don't want to contradict that. Instead, the focus of the song is Fizz singing about his success, how he made something of himself despite history history and how Blitzo is stuck spinning his wheels as a consequence in contrast.
Of course, there is a huge thank you to both CaptainDoofkin and Adelaide “Letterd004” Smyth for helping with their wonderful vocal performances. Having worked with Doofkin's superb Blitzo voice before on a previous Helluva fan-animatic and hearing Adelaide's perfect tone for Asmodeus, both of them really help to make the song work in the way I wanted it to and I couldn't have done it without them.
And last but by no means least, a just as huge round of appreciation and praise to Handle, an artist who I have admired and loved the work of for a very long time and am thrilled to have them on board with the project. Every single variation of the art used in the project is astounding in the level of detail and little touches (their idea to include the balloon animals!) and they really deserve every bit of love for it.
Please make sure to check out every single one of my collaborator's links below. Take your seats, the show's about to begin!
All music, sound design, lyrics, vocal arrangement, voice of Fizzarolli: Myself (PARANOiD DJ)
Voice of Blitzo: CaptainDoofkin
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Voice of Asmodeus: Adelaide “LetterD004” Smyth
twitter.com/AdelaideSmyth
All original artwork: Handle
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Additional backing vocals, arrangement: Corey Wilder
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/ @coreywilder
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All Comments (21)
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You’ve completely OUTDONE yourself DJ! There aren’t enough words in the English language to explain how HARD this song hits!😩 I am BEYOND honored to be part of this amazing project! Doofkin and Adelaide completely knocked it out of the park! And the production level, songwriting skills and vocal performances in your songs will never cease to blow my mind!🤯 I have a soft spot for Fizz so this song already has a special place in my heart! It’s gonna be on loop for a looong time, I already know it! Bravo and amazing work as always DJ!👏🏻
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The way Fizz hints at his genuine relationship with Asmo as something Blitzø can't even understand is a very good detail
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"rebuilt, reborn from the fires of the scorn, I don't let the scars define me, they're the badges I adorn" hits differently after the newest episode OTL
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Everyone saying this song didn't age great, i think it's aged perfectly. Because this is exactly how fizz felt about blitz. Especially in the first half of "Oops" he made it very clear that he hates blitz and is not his friend. Obvious that changes by the end but that doesn't meam the song doesn't still hold up because it better represents how he felt for the past 15 years.
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“you think im sellin’ out? cause all i know im selling out are shows that give me all the adoration i demand!” damn fizzarolli
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"It don't matter what you do, you'll still die alone" That hit me like a fucking truck
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As always, the lyrics are brilliant. Fizz knows Blitzo so well that you want to disagree with him, but you can't because you know he's right. And dragging in his boyfriend to help with the song was an extra slap in the face, re-enforcing the line of dialogue that really sets the tone for the dynamic. "People love me. Does anyone love you, Blitzo?" The whole song is about how Fizz is unafraid of his love, while Blitzo is terrified of it.
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4:41 "but it don't matter what you'll do, YOU'LL STILL DIE ALONE " Holy shit that hits so hard
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"Rebuilt, reborn from the fires of the scorned" more than just a pretty metaphor
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"Not ashamed of what he means to me while all you do is run " It just illustrate blitzø's feelings about his relationship wth Stolas and the relationship between fizz and Asmodeus perfectly. This song is EPIC and so accurate. PARANOÏAK DJ is a genius.
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Making circus music sound this badass is an astonishing feat! As if Blitzø needed even more of a beat down. Lol Love it!
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It's almost like this song was made after S2E6 "Oops" Goes to show how well we guessed what happened, and what's between Fizz & Ozzie. Or, PARANOiD had some behind-the-scenes info...
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The voices are so accurate tho— and the song is a total bop. And Blitzø’s tone of voice… the way it goes from “annoyed and grouchy” to actually seeming genuinely upset (that “SHUT UP!” honestly kind of hits hard) is just 👌 Also, I can’t stop imagining an animation for this. Basically, great job.
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I love how this song highlights how Fizz and Ozzies relationship is basically a healthy mirror image of Blitz and Stolas relationship. They unapologetically like each other, unlike Blitz and Stolas who still have to work through tons of emotional beggage and have to unlearn the classism of their society before they can have the chance of a relationship like that. Fizz in general is a mirror image of blitz and fizz in this song is totally right about blitz being consumed by jealousy and resentment. I do understand why Blitz is that way and we dont know the full story between the two yet, but from what we can gather so far in the canon story this song really is accurate. Great job ❤️
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"Rebuilt, Reborn, from the fires of the scorned I don't let the scars define me, they're the badges I adorn" Adding these lyrics to reference the theory that Fizz lost his limbs and replaced them with robotic ones is GENIUS. Another masterpiece 👏👏👏
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I’d just like to say Captaindoofkin had a great performance as Blitzø. The way he constantly sounds on the brink of tears while still fighting against Fizz and still being a really good impression makes this song even better
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After just watching the new episode, I'm starting to think this song got to Blitz far more than we've expected it to.
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Didn’t expect this, and a second song from a Helluva Boss character no less. Can’t wait to see this clown’s show.
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FLIZZ IS GETTING A SONG AHHHHH one of my top favorites from the show I can’t wait to see the great jester
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After looking at the lyrics after watching season two episode five it makes sense now why they hated each other. Rebuilt, reborn, from the fires of the scorned, I don’t let the scars define me they’re the badges I adorn. It all makes perfect sense now that fizz got severely injured during the circus fire but he doesn’t let it get him down anymore because he’s moved on and made himself great again. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier
