Ying Yang

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"Ying Yang"
Composer(s)	Tetsuya Kobayashi
Arranger(s)	Tetsuya Kobayashi
Lyricist(s)	Lotus Juice
Vocalist(s)	Shihoko Hirata, Lotus Juice

"Ying Yang" is an insert song in Persona 4 The Golden Animation.

Production

"Ying Yang" was written specifically for episode 7 of The Golden Animation. In the Persona Super Live 2017 pamphlet, composer Tetsuya Kobayashi says that of all of the music he made for The Golden Animation, his believes his best was "Ying Yang". He is not particularly bothered by people mistaking it for Shoji Meguro's work as that is a sign it blends in with the rest of Persona 4's music.

Lyrics

The lyrics to "Ying Yang" were included in the Persona 4 The Animation Series Original Soundtrack's booklet. The song has Lotus Juice portraying both Yu Narukami and Tohru Adachi. Adachi's verses are in plain text and Yu's verses have " " quote marks around them. Shihoko Hirata provides vocals that express a bird's-eye view of the situation, represented here in italics.

no no no no "yes yes yes yes" no no no no "yes yes yes yes" ain't no such thing as trust nor justice so disgusting y'all ass kissers y'all die spell curse came from hell "past is what you don't wanna dwell" it's all BS it's all garbage "I say neither, it's vice versa" lost in himself maze he has made "just trying to reach out reach out" "ain't those bluffings gonna get you out" hmm... nothing but middle finger I hate talking to ignorants, stop the whimpers "misunderstanding man that's too much overreacting" "better go retract that" "statements on it, you can't own it" I am flawless "more like thoughtless" chasing stars afar (so so far) overlooks his own path (dark dark night) where is light when needed he didn't get it enough for a man to lose sight for a frail pride so lost in the starless night sun don't rise on the blinded mind around and around there goes now waiting for another falling let there be stars to guide him the way in this poor night so numb he's become so numb ways of life so exhausted he will not be who he's not so sick of lies over lies but can't tell what is a lie anymore he's going so numb your crew love that gibberish to me that's illiterate makes me want to obliterate it "you just love being bitter-y? don't ya" "I am thinking you just might be" "you just like me I'm just lucky" "just took it wrongfully and it just" "might not be entirely your fault" just let it go open the door no words can mean anything at this point so we must battle "that's just you and that's how you mishandle things mishandle handle now!" now you're telling me what to do? let me tell you who rules "come on this ain't nothing to rule over this matter brother" "you and I we ain't so different" "1 guess I had more blessings" "without it you got belligerent" "but I totally understand" "glass was half full for mine" and it looked half empty for me maybe that [one glass] made the path we took who knows? chasing stars afar (so so far) overlooks his own path (dark dark night) The who knows not and knows not then he knows not... but he could just easily be oh anyone so lost in the darkest night where's the love? when one needs it? around and around there goes now waiting for another falling let there be stars to guide him the way in this poor night so numb he's become so numb ways of life so exhausted he will not be who he's not so sick of lies over lies but can't tell what is a lie anymore he's going so numb just let it go maze he has made

Remixes and Arrangements

Title	Composer	Arranger	Lyricist	Vocalist	Appearances	Album Appearances
Ying Yang	Tetsuya Kobayashi	—	Lotus Juice	Shihoko Hirata, Lotus Juice	Persona 4 The Golden Animation	Persona 4 The Golden Animation Vol. 3 Bonus CD Persona 4 The Animation Series Original Soundtrack

Live Performances

Title	Composer	Arranger	Lyricist	Vocalist	Concert	Home Releases
Ying Yang	Tetsuya Kobayashi	—	Lotus Juice	Shihoko Hirata, Lotus Juice	Persona Super Live P-Sound Wish 2022: Crossing Journeys‎‎	Persona Super Live P-Sound Wish 2022 ~Kosasaru Tabiji~

Anime Appearances

Persona 4 The Golden Animation

"Ying Yang" is used as background music when Yu and Adachi fight one another in episode 7. At the beginning, the two of them fight with their Personas before it turns into a brawl in the replica of the Dojima Residence inside of Magatsu Inaba. Their fight and the song ends with Yu setting down a replica of Adachi's red mug next to the other colored mugs to remind him that he has had bonds with people all along.

Live Appearances

Persona Super Live 2022

The song was first performed live at Super Live 2022 as the 15th song on day 2. At the beginning of the song, there was a new recording of Adachi saying a modified version of two of his lines from episode 25 of Persona 4 The Animation. This introduction was left out of the soundtrack for the Super Live. During the song, Adachi's choreographer from Persona 4: Dancing All Night and Yu's stage actor from Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold also performed on stage as the characters.