signal/noise

new virtual singer tune, featuring TURNER PEREZ on alto sax!

[aventually]

I love this theme of framing these emotions through this lil robot fella. Not asking for a whole album… but…

[MacCraeToons]

Me: “Oh yay! A new cute Louie Zong video! I bet it’s adorable!”
First Lyric: “TERMINALLY ILL”

[ivoryXmorales]

honestly "hello world" has kept me up at night thinking about how lonely this lil robot dude is but i can sleep so much easier now that i know that he has a jazzy bird friend, thank you

[Phelsuma-laticauda]

Absolute masterpiece. I love how you express the feeling of alone, with the single little robot surrounded by these almost mindless computers. You’ve somehow made a robot relatable.

[professorgucho]

I've always been a fan since "Hello World" so I'm glad to hear another song with a digitized voice :). I was wondering though how and what methods do you use to get that voice?

(Thank you for the help in the replies)

[edwarda]

Phenomenal sax solo! That little bird is smooth😄 1:25

[Funky-Kuroko]

I always listened to “hello world” wishing it had more parts, I’ve wanted this so bad haha :3 is beeyuutifoll 🎵💯🦊👍

[birdnt]

yoooo an official sequel to "hello world"! what i appreciate about that song is its references to coding. SO here are some references to computer networking that i recognise in this song (forgive me if it's not very accurate, i'm still studying). sorry it's long, i'll make a tldr at the end ahah

title - "signal/noise"
a signal is a transmission of data sent between two computers/node on a network. for digital signals, the node sends out specific sequence of electric pulses at a physical level, representing 0s and 1s for the other node to translate. noise is unwanted interference with a signal during transmission. this happens when cables are too close to each other, long distances, electromagnetism, etc.

visuals - a bunch of same computers with a computer that's different in the middle
perhaps symbolism for a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack? everyone probably knows already, but it's when a hacker zombifies lots of other nodes to overwhelm a victim node with transmission traffic to shut it down. meaning the saxophone bird symbolises the hacker lol

0:33 - "sharing peer to peer"
peer-to-peer (P2P) is a decentralised network model. it lets all nodes in a network share resources (i.e. files) and workloads equally, with each node handling their own local access to said resources. this is opposed to a client-server network, where the resources are kept in one place for other nodes to ask for access to.

0:39 - "with nothing in exchange, i'm giving out my heart"
this reminds me of SYN floods, a type of DDoS attack. it's where a hacker sends a data packet with an invalid source that asks to sync (hence SYN) with a server. to confirm the connection, the server sends back an acknowledgement packet to the source node... which doesn't exist. the server will keep waiting for a response that will never arrive, ignoring real requests and eventually overloading itself. probably my fav cyberattack ^-^

0:49 - "while poisoning my brain"
poisoning is a type of cyberattack where a hacker injects malicious data to exploit a network's protocols. for example, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is the computer's "rule" for finding a physical address based on IP address. ARP poisoning is where the physical address of its ARP cache is illegally modified, rerouting all the transmissions it is supposed to receive to a node of the hacker's choice.

1:00 - "i'm real, i'm fake"
a honeypot is a 'fake' decoy node that simulates 'real' behaviours to lure attackers away from actual computers in the network. since no one but hackers have a reason in interact with them, they reveal suspicious activity to the network admin. they're usually placed outside of network firewalls so internal data isn't compromised.

conclusion:
our robot friend is a honeypot designed to be the first target of cyberattacks. he has lived his whole life sacrificing himself, all to protect a network that doesn't seem to be taking any other measures to help with the situation (i.e. installing flood guards, repeaters, etc). with all of his peers turned against him, he suffers in static silence, with only the perpetrator of his suffering to keep him company...

tldr: THE LIL GUY IS SELF-SACRIFICING AND ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY, MAKING HIM VICTIM TO A DOMESTICALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS HACKER OH WOW

[drakoz]

More Louie Zong Robo-songs!! This vocaloid is so cute...

[brockmckelvey]

Louie cannot miss.

But seriously, the saga of this little computer robot makes me cry. I hope he finds love one day

[justsomerandomperson]

I’m currently curled up in bed with a fever and feeling very much under-the-weather but finding this lovely little tune made me feel a lot better :’) thank you Louie!!

[CrystalBlitz]

I really love this song and can relate it to a deeper meaning. keep up with bangers louie!

[bebilia]

i listened to this without looking at the lyrics at first and thought the line at 0:23 was "love all there is to love, except for my own mind" which was unintentionally a sadder version 🥲🤧

[mariote]

Lyrics if anyone wants it

Terminally ill
Plugged in and online
Know all there is to know
Except for my own mind
Sharing peer to peer
With nothing in exchange
I'm giving out my heart
While I'm poisoning my brain
I sleep
And wake
I'm real
I'm fake
I'm looking for a signal in the noise
A signal to sing along with my digital voice

[bluetube]

Bro I was in the top 0.5% of Louie’s listeners last year on Spotify and I’m pretty sure Hello World was like a third or a half or something of the hours I spent listening to him and I’ll make sure that this song’s gonna be the other half

[hellodolly]

Good vibes to listen to, as always <3
Also, love the aesthetic of these graphics! Looks cellshaded, has dots, and the way it unfocuses in the background is cool. A fantastic song with fantastic visuals to go along with it

[JustineAprilJ]

That little Hello World dude jamming along to the sax is the best part of my day

[WhyAreYouRunning]

Time to attempt learning the chords. Beautifully composed song, Louie

[orbeezeater]

i'm glad little robo dude gets to just jam out in the end, he's been through enough

[taragaeot]

Part of why I love this is how the visuals are very much like old CGI. The characters are all simple shapes put together, theres surfaces that are super reflective, the bird and robo appear in a completely black void with only a circle of light around them so they can be seen
and I just love it