The Horrible Voice Witch

**The Horrible Voice Witch** is a song by Negative Øhio, telling the story of a disgruntled witch who is the subject of discrimination from bigoted villagers. It also samples the voice of rhythm game streamer Acai28. The song is labeled as such genres as Avant-Garde Metal, Acapellacore, Industrial Metal and Experimental Jazz.

It was released on May 21st, 2021, digitally.

## Composition

The song was created almost entirely from voice clips, virtual singers and voice samples. The drums are a combination of virtual singers, growls EQed to sound like percussion, beat-boxing and mouth sounds. The guitars are also actually growled vocals that's run through a megaphone and a guitar amp, while the bass part is performed entirely by virtual singers. The only non-vocal related instruments are a few background synths added for texture.

The leads in the song primarily consists of the Delay Lama virtual singer, clips of Acai28 singing that's run through a pitched MIDI sampler, and an improvised solo performed on the singing Otamatone instrument. The lead vocals meanwhile are primarily performed by Gigakoops, doing harsh vocals in a voice that is meant to sounds like the titular character.

The song is composed at 180BPM in 4/4 for the most part, with the chaotic solo breakdown being in 9/8.

## Lyrics & Themes

The song tells the story about a friendly witch who is harassed and discriminated against by her neighbors based on her tone of voice. On the surface this is a silly song about a silly topic, but it is actually fairly satirical, having lots of subtext and commentary on real life discrimination and bigotry.

For more info about the themes of the song, check out the official Genius page.

```
[Intro]
Wooooooohohoho!

[Verse]
They call me the horrible voice witch
‘Cause my voice gives chills to them all
They don’t know I’m actually a nice witch
‘Cause they always hang up when I call

I try to give cookies to the children
They run away in fear instead
Claiming that I’m trying to eat them
And that my baked goods are made from human remains

I ask if I can join the karaoke club
Instead of microphones they bring a torch
When I drink wine they think I’m a vampire
Crosses and garlic they all toss

When I dust off my back porch
They cover their chimneys with spikes
Even when I feed my tiny cat
They demand me to take a hike

[Chorus]
Don’t call me bitch
I’m just a nice witch
But now I’m pissed
Because of your horseshit

Don’t call me bitch
I’m just a nice witch
But now I’m pissed
Because of your horseshit

[Breakdown]
You know what? No more misses nice witch
I’m gonna curse you all…out!

Fuck you!
Fuck you!
Fuck you!
Fuck you!

I’ll tell you where to shove that fucking lighter fluid

Up yours!
Up yours!
Up yours!
Up yours!

You judgemental goddamn horse cocks, can’t you all just fucking

Piss off!
Piss off!
Piss off!
Piss off!

Oh I'm sorry, am I being rude?
Then stop fucking try to light me on fire!

Shit fuck!
Shit fuck!
Shit fuck!
Shit fuck!

Close-minded fuckers gonna go to Hell!

[Chorus]
Don’t call me bitch
I’m just a nice witch
But now I’m pissed
Because of your horseshit

Don’t call me bitch
I’m just a nice witch
But now I’m pissed
Because of your horseshit

[Outro]
Dead!
```

## Trivia

* The sample of Acai28 comes from one of his streams where he was trying to get a full game full combo on Guitar Hero 1. The song he's singing in the sample is "Even Rats" by The Slip.
* The lead vocals were recorded on a day where Gigakoops had an especially stuffy throat, making sure her voice sounded as raspy and messed up as possible.

## References

1. ↑ https://negativeohio.bandcamp.com/track/the-horrible-voice-witch