Music / Ferry

Ferry is an independent Belarusian Vocaloid producer who has composed music sung by GUMI, Big Al, vflower, Yuzuki Yukari, Fukase, Nekomura Iroha, and KYO. They have also used the newer voice synthesizer SynthV, specifically the voicebank Eleanor Forte. Ferry is known for their fast-paced electronic music and poetic lyrics. They also do all of the art and animation for their music videos.

In January 2019, they began the ongoing song series "Parties Are for Losers", which consists of twelve songs as of December 2023.

Their tumblr blog, which provides a lot of the background information regarding their songs and their stories, can be found here. They also have a YouTube channel and Twitter.

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Ferry and their songs provide examples of the following tropes:

• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The Robot Girl in "MACROAPOCALYPSE".
  Cut down the telephone wires
  Bring down the power lines
  I will send my hellfire
  To you through wifi
• Altum Videtur: "Hack Writer" includes several verses in Latin. They are quotations from the infamous poem "Catullus 16", which consists mostly of a Cluster F-Bomb.
• Ambiguous Gender: Ferry has made a point of not revealing their gender, no matter how much their fans try to persuade them to.
• Art Evolution: Their art, music composition, and animation has noticeably improved over time.
• Bilingual Bonus: Many of their songs include lines in Russian, both in the lyrics and the videos.
• Deal with the Devil: A common theme in their songs.
  • "Mr. Fox and the Disheartened Girl" involves the titular girl making one with Mr. Fox in order to commit suicide. She ends up regretting it, but by then it's too late.
  • In "Hack Writer", the Writer makes a deal with the demon Apollo (no relation to the Greek god of the same name) in order to find inspiration. Again, it doesn't work out too well.
  • In "The Faulty Feline Philosophy", the protagonist makes one and gains nine lives to use as she pleases. In the end, she quickly wastes all of them and dies.
• I'm a Humanitarian: One interpretation of "Samara 1921" is that the singer killed and ate his own brother during a severe famine.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Mr. Fox and Apollo.
• No Name Given: Many of their characters don't have official names.
• Ripped from the Headlines: Several viewers of "Mr. Fox and the Disheartened Girl" immediately pointed out that it seems to be based on the Blue Whale Challenge, a social network scare originating in Russia in 2016 involving a "game" challenging youths to self-harm and eventually commit suicide.
• Stepford Smiler: "happy girl".
• The Un-Smile: Their Author Avatar wears this as its default expression.