DW26—LSC—012Hot Animal Kingdom
Hot Stone Melt
Throat-sung chant 1:09 Suno v5.5
The heat at Animal Kingdom is almost the star, from Everest to Safari and back again. Zootopia and every shaded stop feel like little gifts under the Florida sun.
Where it came from
Another can-Suno-even-do-this experiment. The question was Tuvan throat singing; the answer is no (this sounds nothing like the real thing), but it’s a cool-sounding song anyway.
The idea came from the Himalayan dressing around Expedition Everest, which isn’t Tuvan at all, and I genuinely have no idea how Tuvan people actually look or live, probably nothing like any of this. There’s a bit of appropriation and insensitivity baked into the whole exercise, mine included; I’ll own that. Mostly, though, it was the one line I had stuck in my head all day — it’s so hot, it’s so damn hot — and wanting a very short song to pin it to.
Words from the week
Intro: deep throat-sung drone
Hot sun Hot stone Hot sky Melt my bones
Verse: low overtone chant
Everest roared We rode the track Up to the mountain Down and back
Zootopia called The theater was cool Thank you, animals For air-conditioned rules
Chorus: deep chant, repeated
It’s so hot So hot Even the clouds gave up and quit
It’s so hot So hot Even the tigers won’t deal with it
Verse 2: faster frame drum
Safari rolling Across the plain Sweat on my forehead Steam in my brain
Rhinos watching Giraffes walk by Everybody baking Under Florida sky
Final Chorus: deeper, louder
It’s so hot So hot Everest could not save me
It’s so hot So hot Take me home to the A.C.
Outro: low drone, hard stop
Shade now Ice now Home now Lie down
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The session sheet
- Mode
- Simple Custom
- Style direction
- Short 35-second Tuvan-inspired throat-singing chant, deep overtone male vocals, kargyraa-style low drone, khoomei-style high overtones, sparse frame drum, jaw harp accents, dry sun-baked atmosphere, minimal arrangement, funny heat-exhaustion mood, English lyrics, hypnotic chant, Animal Kingdom adventure, no long intro, hard stop ending
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