"La Selva Faunita" (Ceres Fauna tribute, Madonna parody)

Having reviewed the appeal of the New Age cyber-world of Fauna from Hololive, I can post my tribute song to her now. :)

First, though, here is another example of the sinister tinge to her back-to-nature content. She's exaggerating the Sublime angle because it's a horror-esque special for Halloween, but that just makes the key elements of the role even clearer.

She's playing the possessive gf archetype, but without the intense crazy ranting demeanor. So it's not like she's catching him unaware, overpowering him, and he's giving up. He came looking for her, knew what he'd be getting himself into, and chose to do so anyway because his civilized world is not worth inhabiting anymore. And he'll be joining a community of others like him, along with the plants and animals of the forest, not being left to fend for himself after being tricked and taken advantage of.

The song that came to mind to capture her world was "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna (original lyrics here). Exotic, tinged with the Sublime, though not so dangerous that it's off-putting -- but tempting, making you pine away for it whenever you're not there.

In the new lyrics, the speaker is not longing for footloose freedom and frenzy. Now it's about belonging, tranquility, and permanence. The sense of excitement-seeking is still there in the current young generation, but it's about finding a place that is teeming, thriving, and fertile -- in contrast to their barren, dessicated, sterile IRL world.

Also, adapted the lyrics to reflect that the passage between the two worlds is mediated through a tech portal, not just hopping on a plane there and back. And of course, the heady blurring of IRL and virtuality when online has a palpable sense of place.

I kept the original Spanish opening line, since it's still apropos ("How can it be true?"). The others translate as "Faunita's forest / jungle", where Faunita is the cutesy / familiar / informal form of Fauna. "Selva" is more for a tropical rainforest, and is cognate with "savage" (and literary forms of "forest" like "sylvan"). "Siempre conmigo" means "always / forever with me". And "susurra 'ara ara' " means "she whispers 'ara ara' " -- a flirty / spicy nonsense vocalization from Japanese, used like "ooh ooh" or "ooh la la" by weeb girls, including Fauna during her ASMR streams.

Pronunciation guide: the stress of the title refrain is not typical for Spanish, but like the original song, "LA sel-VA fa-NEE-ta". Also like the original chorus, "pierce THROUGH". "Siempre conmigo" is stressed as usual in Spanish, "see-EM-prey cone-ME-go". Lastly, "soo-SOO-rrah A-ra A-ra".

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Como puede ser verdad?

Last night I streamed to San Holo
Just like I'm still logged on, her scent so strong
Gardener with eyes like a campfire
New home for a castaway, from 3D space

Sheltered by her canopy
Noah's Ark-size family
This is my reality
La selva Faunita
And when she calls for rain
The blossoms swell so ripe
Pierce through my nose and daze my mind
Your primal cyber sighs

I feel transformed in San Holo
Moss-and-citrus tea she serves to me, and chants with glee
"Siempre conmigo"
Each night climbing through the glass, to touch that grass

Sheltered by her canopy
Noah's Ark-size family
This is my reality
La selva Faunita
And when she calls for rain
The blossoms swell so ripe
Pierce through my nose and daze my mind
Your primal cyber sighs

I'll plant my roots where the yews never die
When the wind breathes aloha, it refills all your life
From orphans to saplings, they came for rebirth
Where the earth feeds a tree, and a tree seeds the earth

Last night I streamed to San Holo
New home for a castaway, from 3D space

Sheltered by her canopy
Noah's Ark-size family
This is my reality
La selva Faunita
And when she calls for rain
The blossoms swell so ripe
Pierce through my nose and daze my mind
Your primal cyber sighs

Nya nya-nya nya nya nya

"Siempre conmigo"

Nya nya-nya nya nya nya

Susurra "ara ara"

La selva Faunita

Your primal cyber sighs