Steam Powered Giraffe - Honeybee (Lofi Version) - Holiday Video

Happy Holidays from Steam Powered Giraffe!
Here's a lofi version of Honeybee for all you fans!

This track is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and lots of other digital distributors and streaming services!

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Here's some info on this version of Honeybee from producer (and the robot The Spine) David Michael Bennett:

Howdy all, David here from the band. I created this lofi track in 2021. We planned to put it on the band's next studio album, but with "Music From SteamWorld Heist II" taking priority, we weren't sure when that would be, so it just sat and continues to sit while we wait for whatever the next CD we put out is.

We always intended to release it as a single one day, even before it appeared on a CD, so we decided, "Hey why not put it out FINALLY...and do so at the tail end of 2024?!".

Fun facts:

It has old ocean sounds the band recorded from San Diego years ago for our "Album One" version of "Captain Albert Alexander".

While vocals only appear during the intro and chorus for this version, it's using a mix of old vocals and harmonies from the original Honeybee recording, mixed with new ones done by Bryan (Zer0) from our "Not Live and Not in Person" 2020 pandemic recording. I did a few new ones of myself to replace all of the past backing musician's harmonies. I also recorded myself doing brand new throat singing to go along with it so this version is purely all Bunny, David, and Bryan vocals (Rabbit, The Spine, & Zer0). We are time traveling with vocal recordings that are 13 years apart, it's surreal! Old Rabbit, old Spine, mixed with Zer0 and modern-day Spine!

A piano is doing the melody, and then some other electric pianos come in to play the harmony parts panned left and right...just like the actual Spine and Zer0 harmony parts.

A few instrument parts from the original recording are put here and there, but others, like the bass, I re-did to make it a little more "chill". OH YEAH AND THERE"S BOOM BOOM CLAP DRUMS or whatever cause it's lofi or something (and a little bit of vinyl record dust and ocean sounds spread throughout).

On one last note, we had the lovely idea to make use of the ORIGINAL single art we released for Honeybee back in February of 2011 as the base for this lofi version's single art. Go and check that art out on the single on Spotify.

That original Honeybee single was online for purchase on places like iTunes until May 2012 when the full "The 2-Cent Show" album was released, and then we had it taken down because we thought that's what you were supposed to do with singles when putting those singles on albums, I DUNNO we did the same with "On Top of The Universe" for "Album One" for some reason too! It was a different time! Spotify didn't launch in the US until mid-2011. We were ROLLING IN THE ITUNES SALES I TELL YOU! Not really we've never made much off of our music in sales or streaming. Anywho...it didn't get popular until well after the music video was released in February of 2012, a WHOLE YEAR after the single. You can thank tumblr and the San Diego Zoo for pushing Honeybee to where it is now (and the vblog brothers). It existed in obscurity for at least a year, besides for our early fans, but we really don't remember Honeybee being NEARLY as popular with our fans back in 2011 as it was in 2012 and is now ya know? Internet be crazy and unpredictable.

Special thanks to Bunny for finding that ancient old original Honeybee single art photoshop file on her computer so we could make the new single art from it and pay ohmage.

Thanks for your continued support of the band!
-David "The Spine"

[spgiraffe]

Howdy all, David here from the band. I created this lofi track in 2021. We planned to put it on the band's next studio album, but with "Music From SteamWorld Heist II" taking priority, we weren't sure when that would be, so it just sat and continues to sit while we wait for whatever the next CD we put out is.

We always intended to release it as a single one day, even before it appeared on a CD, so we decided, "Hey why not put it out FINALLY...and do so at the tail end of 2024?!".

Fun facts:

It has old ocean sounds the band recorded from San Diego years ago for our "Album One" version of "Captain Albert Alexander".

While vocals only appear during the intro and chorus for this version, it's using a mix of old vocals and harmonies from the original Honeybee recording, mixed with new ones done by Bryan (Zer0) from our "Not Live and Not in Person" 2020 pandemic recording. I did a few new ones of myself to replace all of the past backing musician's harmonies. I also recorded myself doing brand new throat singing to go along with it so this version is purely all Bunny, David, and Bryan vocals (Rabbit, The Spine, & Zer0). We are time traveling with vocal recordings that are 13 years apart, it's surreal! Old Rabbit, old Spine, mixed with Zer0 and modern-day Spine!

A piano is doing the melody, and then some other electric pianos come in to play the harmony parts panned left and right...just like the actual Spine and Zer0 harmony parts.

A few instrument parts from the original recording are put here and there, but others, like the bass, I re-did to make it a little more "chill". OH YEAH AND THERE"S BOOM BOOM CLAP DRUMS or whatever cause it's lofi or something (and a little bit of vinyl record dust and ocean sounds spread throughout).

On one last note, we had the lovely idea to make use of the ORIGINAL single art we released for Honeybee back in February of 2011 as the base for this lofi version's single art. Go and check that art out on the single on Spotify.

That original Honeybee single was online for purchase on places like iTunes until May 2012 when the full "The 2-Cent Show" album was released, and then we had it taken down because we thought that's what you were supposed to do with singles when putting those singles on albums, I DUNNO we did the same with "On Top of The Universe" for "Album One" for some reason too! It was a different time! Spotify didn't launch in the US until mid-2011. We were ROLLING IN THE ITUNES SALES I TELL YOU! Not really we've never made much off of our music in sales or streaming. Anywho...it didn't get popular until well after the music video was released in February of 2012, a WHOLE YEAR after the single. You can thank tumblr and the San Diego Zoo for pushing Honeybee to where it is now (and the vblog brothers). It existed in obscurity for at least a year, besides for our early fans, but we really don't remember Honeybee being NEARLY as popular with our fans back in 2011 as it was in 2012 and is now ya know? Internet be crazy and unpredictable.

Special thanks to Bunny for finding that ancient old original Honeybee single art photoshop file on her computer so we could make the new single art from it and pay ohmage.

Thanks for your continued support of the band!
-David "The Spine"

[thegrimone]

Honeybee lo-fi beats to have repairs done too

[ericwilliams]

I'd like to think Spine is just napping and Rabbit and Zero did this as a prank 😂

[DianeGraft]

I love the bots just chilling out. I hope that's water or oil and not hot chocolate in Rabbit's mug! I'm sure the Walter Workers are tired of cleaning the marshmallows out of her condenser coils.

[MidnightSunna]

I was 15 the first time i heard it back in the way when when it was first posted to YouTube. Hearing it now as a grown ass adult almost twice that age, 2 careers and a transition since, is like a hug from an old friend where you parted ways for a while, grew up separately, but youre still the same people. Good job Spine

[dchouinard]

rabbit is so stinking cute. i love her smile

[ToddStewart-bo]

What the heck did I just listen to? Not only my favourite song of all time, but rearranged in my favourite genre? Ngl, I am going have to organise SPG to come to NZ to perform this at my wedding.

[emero.a.scythe]

Honestly what each of you were sitting around doing for the Lo-fi vibe so well, and also just matched the Characters' personalities so well!

[TheVintageVamp]

I would love to have a lo-fi cover of Me and My Baby (Saturday Nights), honestly just a Lo-fi album would be amazing 👏✨

[JL-zwtj]

Spine chilling in a chair
Me: "Is that the chair from Hot on the Trail? Nice to see a cameo in another video" 😏 😼

Thanks for a cozy irl lofi video.

[booked]

Zero is reading the book "Mystic Liberations". The song itself is very soothing, hits just right :)

[clovonoa]

Honeybee is one of those songs where I could listen to it and I can vividly picture moments in time where I was listening to it (I don't think people give enough credit to music for being able to do something as crazy as literally conjuring memories). Now exists a version of the song that perfectly encapsulates how I feel listening to it; cozy and comfortable. This is a lovely version!

[simianimp]

Immaculate vibes! One of those "I didn't know I needed this in my life, until it happened, " kinda things. A lovely Christmas gift.

[K.Arashi]

This was the song that introduced me to SPG back in the day. And it's been my favourite ever since. This version makes tears spring to my eyes. So gorgeous.

[lucydraws]

I needed this. The last few months have been awful from my dad passing from cancer to having to get ready to sell my childhood house and move somewhere else. When I was younger one of my old friends and I used to listen to the original song on loop for weeks and possibly months I know I did and listening to this version brings back good memories that I really needed in this dark time. So thank you for making this this means a lot to me and I’m sure it means a lot to others as well. 😊

[AexBOfficial]

This is fab, guys! Honeybee has always made me cry, so I don't listen to it too often, but there's something optimistically upbeat about it in lofi. Hope y'all well <3

[Sirzacharia]

This song is so cozy. I sing it every night for my daughter’s lullaby.

[lumiquartz]

This is so lovely. Honeybee was our song that my husband and I danced to for our first dance at our wedding. It’s so nice to see it alive and evolved after so many years, just as it’s lovely to see how SPG is alive and has evolved as time as passed. Be blessed, SPG team ❤️

[AcidJuggalo]

When somebody does a 10-hour edit I will have my new sleep music❤ love this I only found you guys recently I am having a lot of fun watching all the adventures you all have had over the years thank you for existing your music helps heal my soul

[KWMann]

Merry Christmas everyone!
The track is both unexpected and charming. Thank you.