Studio Backlot

Studio Backlot, also known as the Backside of the TV, is a song from Persona 4. It was composed by Shoji Meguro with lyrics by Reiko Tanaka and vocals sung by Shihoko Hirata. It is track #13 on disc 1 of Persona 4 Original Soundtrack.

Lotus Juice remixed the song for Persona 4: Dancing All Night featuring additional rap lyrics which he wrote and performed. The remix is track #3 on the Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack. The long mix version is track #2 on disc 3 of the Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack + Advanced CD Collector's Edition.

Lyrics

The lyrics were included in the Persona 4 Original Soundtrack and Persona 4: Dancing All Night Original Soundtrack + Advanced CD Collector's Edition booklets.

Lost destiny Far outcry They hear you no more Numb feeling Whole dizziness Deep scars No pain No sanity Body aching Control your own fate Invisible Real enemy Ruin your mind Deep down Darkness Endless Despair Fear no more Coldness Blackened No sound Feel no pain Captured Helpless Ultimate Dreadful fate Powerless Lifeless No breath Falling down Down down to the base the sound you're about to hear is deep down hip hop what you gone do when they start to come up well they've already come up to surround you up to dis you at a world cup but I guess it depends on how you gone behave in that moment, Huh a moment of truth tell me what's really happening their rhyme is nothing but you've got everything Bro, you've got everything but you donno anything...

(chorus from the Persona 4 version) Darkness Endless Despair Fear no more Coldness Blackened No sound Feel no pain Captured Helpless Ultimate Dreadful fate Powerless Lifeless No breath falling down Lost destiny Far outcry They hear you no more No sanity Body aching Control your own fate Numb feeling Whole dizziness Deep scars No pain Invisible Real enemy Ruin your mind Deep down Deep Deep down to the basement replacement goes as placement big bucks payment or dirty like enslavement began to lose patience to these complacent successors who assesses rules that assassinates us Me a lot of confidence but far from vanity reason why I got a crew behind me my family even if they tried to bribe me never ride that, believe in beauty of destiny it's fire darker the blood the fresher the flesh but darker the soul the lesser the heart lessons untaught yo backside of TV to some's like DV bottomless dark side of man not for the weak kids underestimated way of brainwashing illuminated bunch of hallucianation[sic] but to some's elucidation hell nah I won't cave I'm an outlaw switch my style counterattack from the south paw (chorus from the Persona 4 version) nowadays many people abuse information better choose recognize the source of course or get accused soon be careful who you choose to speak in back room jealousy jealously[sic] running like sonic boom it's messed up how anger and hatred looms large in the dark leaving scars to some by who's fumed I got my third eye to see through their costumes lies after lies, middle finger from Lotus Juice this pothole's beyond dark, bizarre so intriguing lost ones drunk off of pool of money dreaming damn some still battling against these demons brave souls even screaming oh please Jesus money makes the world go around who the richest? Mother Theresa but they never listen to me kept dressing with a fake coverage spitfire burn these dreads baby baby baby (chorus from the Persona 4 version) bring it up bring it up backside to everything but we're gonna bring it up even if I die my words will live bring it up until my last breath, never ever gonna give it up hmmm ridiculousness suppose it's sick business but we ain't gonna be fooled by these sickness my brains is safe and sound with pure goodness I guess comparably so just throw your hands high in the air in the air so I can see how y'all feeling put it up in the air when I say yeah I wish you say it back say oh yeah I love it, let's change the world

Game Appearances

Persona 4

Studio Backlot is the music that plays in the studio-looking area of the TV World.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Yosuke Hanamura dances to Lotus Juice's remix of Studio Backlot.

Anime Appearances

Persona 4 The Animation

Studio Backlot plays during the next episode previews called Next Scents, named after how Teddie uses his nose to find people in the TV World.