BLUE FLAME is a hip hop song by The Cat's Whiskers and is part of the 31th CD Paradox Live - Battle of Unity - Round2 "KARMA", released on March 26, 2025. Its full-length music video was released March 20, 2025 on the official Paradox Live YouTube channel.
Song & Music Video Info[]
- Lyrics: SIMON
- Composition/Arrangement: LOWEND ORDER
- MV Direction/Editing: Ōnami Nagi (オオナミ ナギ)
- Editing: Asakura Suguru (朝倉 すぐる)
Production[]
Video Director Nagi includes similar motifs from TIME 4 GAME. When producing the music video for TCW, Nagi had trouble deciding how to best convey TCW, who embodies the idea of "sacrificing one's life for music". In addition to the theme "KARMA", Nagi ended up creating an unsettling atmosphere throughout the video, such adding metaphors about death and life. To match the pauses in the song, the flame visual is use to to create a sense of tension. Known be rather minmial with colors with his work, Nagi uses only black, white, and blue colors in the MV.[1]
Music Video[]
【MV】BLUE FLAME - The Cat's Whiskers
Lyrics[]
Many walls I knocked down
Rain seeping into my old wounds
If it stands in my way
No matter how many times
I'm prepared to challenge you in a Rap game
Limits? Stagnation?
Forget the hesitation with the daylight
Right or wrong, clear up all the mess
No trespassing into other's business
It all turns wrong at midnight
Lives I could have saved
But don't let your ego get the better of you
Carrying karma on my back
Bitterness smoked on the death race
Gouging out the surface
Let life dwell in the groove
The circle of reincarnation is tangled
To unravel it I need to live and hit it on, flow
Endless choices in the maze of thoughts
All for the team but also for myself
Flame on
Flame on
Flame on
Let the flame shine blue
Flame on
Flame on
Flame on
Good and evil together
Move on
Move on
Move on
The key I'm looking for
Move on
Move on
Move on
Gathering pieces
With this karma (love)
Yo keep calling my name (love)
With this karma (love)
I'm still burning my flame
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
Lost in the taste of honey
Just keep going chewing on the sweet moment
The shadow of my inescapable sin
Someday it will come to destroy me
A chance to hold on
Disgusted in the bitter past and my arrogance
Always next to memories that will never go away
If I'm allowed to do so, I'll weave the sound
Holding on to the only time I can be free
On the unexpected cliff, Afoggy plan A
I look to the feature but it's unstable
In this darkness, seeking the blue glory
Never stop walking, light the flame of my heart
How many gauges left to go? I'll be on my way
One way to the stage where everyone is waiting
Vibe connected by rhyme
The experience we've accumulated
That is the guidepost to the future
With this karma (love)
Yo keep calling my name (love)
With this karma (love)
I'm still burning my flame
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up
I'm still burning my flame
Burn it up Burn it up