Morality Lesson - Will Stetson [MV] 【HSR Fansong】

It's time to learn about MORALS!!

#HoYoFair #honkaistarrail #HoYoFair2024 #PraiseOfHighMorals

OFF VOCAL: [soon]

CREDITS:

Lyrics:
Society’s collapsing; hanging by a thread
The kids are running wild and chivalry is dead
Let’s be better than before
I’ll give the tools you need to become one of the Moral Elite

(High, high, high morals!)

If you see a potted plant that’s drying in the sun,
Then giving it some water is Morals 101
And if rushing to its aid makes something fragile break
It’s moral to admit your mistake

Feed the birds until they can’t fly
While keeping your neighbor dry
And giving an autographed photo to ravenous fans
Pick up somebody else’s litter
Clean a dumpster until it glitters
You have to treat things morally every time you can

It feels so good when your morals are praised
So listen to the voice you’re hearing deep inside
When times are tough and you’ve lost your way
Just remember that virtue is always repaid
If you keep all your morals high

(High, high, high morals!)

What’s this money doing here, in a fountain running dry?
I guess I’ll give it all to a waiter standing by
Wow he’s looking kinda bored, let’s “liven up” his day
In a “morally acceptable” way

Open somebody else’s letters
Help a friend keep time better
Throw a party and bring along every person you know
See a bomb? Time to be a hero
Just for fun divide by zero
Morality is possible everywhere you go

But sometimes you’ll struggle
People will hate you for spreading the truth
But they’re all morons, don’t listen to them
Only you can decide what is right

It feels so good when your morals are praised
So listen to the voice you’re hearing deep inside
When times are tough and you’ve lost your way
Be sure to consider only your personal happiness when making decisions

It feels so good when you’re morally gray
So listen to the voice you’re hearing deep inside
When times are tough and you’ve lost your way
Remember the wisdom I’ve taught you today
Be sure to keep your morals high

(High, high, high morals!)

[kristalres]

Y'know what sums up this song perfectly? Stelle is lawful chaotic. They follow a strict set of rules but no one knows what the hell they are. Which actually fits in with the "It feels so good when you're morally gray" part, since they stick to their morals but no one really knows what they are... So sometimes their actions are good, sometimes they're maniacally insane

[pocketinfinity]

"Stelle is morally grey"
my brother in god she has intergalactic terrorists on speed dial and she texts them frequently

[alexmayoga]

WE ARE DOING GOOD DEEDS WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[juststardust]

Stelle is such a player character. Like that's her canon personality. She can come off as a sleepy and apathetic "player controlled character" that just wants to fight and do quests and dailies, especially if you make the choices that reflect that, while also being a beloved heroine for deeds, while also just being a little silly that makes mistakes while doing good, and it makes sense somehow.

[sirMYOMIN]

im suprised more people havent pointed out how ironic/sarcastic this song is, it's stelle literally going "everything you think is right, everyone is morons if they disagree, do morally good things because you get praised/good karma, (and in the words of will stetson) in the beginning it seems like the things are moral and it progressively gets worse, but in reality this entire song is just about stelle's personal opinions on her morals XD

edit: i'm referencing reactions i've seen! the song's sarcasm was the first thing i noticed and i thought it was hilarious so i didn't expect reactions wouldn't point it out too. please chill in the replies :')

[shade]

Sometimes you have to question if the MC is actually on the path of Elation with how much chaos she causes

[alfxi.]

thank you Will Stetson, i need every "Praise of High Morals" i can get

[Moonmoon-wsjo]

I still see stelle and caelus literally just little toddlers in teenager bodies. They are curious, clueless and overall Still figuring out themselves, and has the self-focusing characteristics of a toddler. Its a wonder welt gets all sweaty when they get into combat.

[bluhew]

Thanks for having me record guitars again! Miyo writes the best guitars 🥵

[idkbruh]

Fun Art Fact: the blurred painting at the beginning of the video is called “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, and it pictures the Garden of Eden (left), the Garden of Earthly Delights (middle), and hell (right). A common interpretation of this painting is a moral warning (of some kind). A nice little touch I haven’t seen anyone bring up.

[scylla]

"HSR Fansong" doesn't describe how amazingly universal this song is. It's so easy to fall into virtue- signaling echo chambers on the internet, and even easier to believe that groups of PEOPLE you don't like are morons.

And here it's literally just Stelle causing havoc for them cool items 😂 what a masterpiece

Edit: I have nothing against the color purple I'm so sorry 😭

[Its_Shonaim]

THERE’S NO WAY. There goes Will Stetson creating a new song that will be stuck in my head for months to come

[BlueMokke]

Ok I didn't think someone would write a song about this item. This is hilarious and such a bop.

[knucklejoe]

"Be sure to consider only

Thanks for the lesson in morals, Stelle! Off I go dumpster diving again!

[NessF]

I remember laughing so hard when I finally figured out that 'Praise of High Morals' was 100% in Stelle's head, which is why it was so random if she was doing something that one could argue actually is moral when she gets them. So now seeing it presented in song form? Is just perfect.

[haroldtheylez]

the most random thing to write an HSR song about but also the most perfect thing because I truly love earning the praise of high morals just so I can use them to do terrible things afterwards. Loved it!

[battlecatbomb]

DAMMIT WILL WHY MUST YOU TEASE US LIKE THIS

Edit: ‘Twas an amazing song, lived up to the hype I had gained

[protosaber]

This. This is why I love Will's original pieces. the lyrics are always one clear sentence/point, that slowly twists into something else, usually the counter opposite of the original sentence/point.

[MasT]

i wanna talk about how batshit insane this song is:
it is just saying "listen to the voices in your head and disregard the idiots who disagree"

but since i want to get more likes lets examine the lyrics even more even more!:
"Society’s collapsing; hanging by a thread"
"The kids are running wild and chivalry is dead"
"Let’s be better than before"
"I’ll give the tools you need to become one of the Moral Elite"
this statement tells us 2 things, first is that the guy whos "helping" us believes that the world is already collapsing and going to shit, second, is that he believes that whit his help we can be good people, and because of that he is the one and only person who knows how to be a truly good person, because he believes himself as one of the moral elite.|

"It feels so good when your morals are praised"
"So listen to the voice you’re hearing deep inside"
"When times are tough and you’ve lost your way"
"Just remember that virtue is always repaid"
"If you keep all your morals high"
as said in the original comment this is basically "it feel so good to be right and morally superior, you should hear to the voices deep inside my head, and when you feel you did something wrong, you're not!, keep on going!" which is pretty bad advice if i say so myself, it breeds and narcissistic way to see the world and the morality of actions, to do what you want in belief what you are doing is morally correct, and it makes the thought of changing your mind seem insane.

"What’s this money doing here, in a fountain running dry?"
"I guess I’ll give it all to a waiter standing by"
"Wow he’s looking kinda bored, let’s “liven up” his day"
"In a “morally acceptable” way"

at the first action, it insinuates that giving money tat you just found to a worker person standing by is the morally right things to do, even thought that the money does not belong to you, and someone might just left it there to get it later, but in general, its something you and me would do.
this is just weird and frankly annoying, jump scaring someone isn't really a way to liven up their day, its a way to freak them out, it also says "he’s looking kinda bored" saying that the song protag isn't even sure if he's bored, it even puts "morally acceptable" in quotation marks, to question the true acceptability of this way.

"Open somebody else’s letters"
"Help a friend keep time better"
"Throw a party and bring along every person you know"
"See a bomb? Time to be a hero"
"Just for fun divide by zero"
"Morality is possible everywhere you go"
now this geos from bad advice to crimes, invading someone piracy is straight up evil, but i just gotta ask, why the heck is is even here?, what does checking others peoples letters gotta do with morality?. The second and third are weird but fine. HOWEVER, the forth statement shows us that the impact character only wants to act as a hero, throwing a bomb at a glitching tree for some fucking reason. and finally, morality is unfortunately not compatible with every situation, you cant always be good under a normal rule of ethics, since different beliefs clash and and deferrer it causes problems which cant be fixed by following a fixed set o ideals.

"But sometimes you’ll struggle"
"People will hate you for spreading the truth"
"But they’re all morons, don’t listen to them"
"Only you can decide what is right"
this is just reinforcing the echo chamber by saying anyone who disagrees or doesn't like your ideals are "morons", and aslso saying that you're the only person whos ideals are right.

other than that that pretty much the entire song in detail, thanks for reading my 40 page college paragraph.

[ho]

never thought I'd hear a song about the Praise of High Morals item,

but it is one of my favorite little touches about HSR!