Afterparty (song)

## *"Afterparty"*

***"Afterparty"*** is a song by the Argentine bilingual electropop band Los Coming Soon, released as a single on July 7, 2022 independently by Patricio Hirsch and is part of the third studio album *Sunset*. This is the second LCS animated video, after the success of “Voodoo Toy”. This song would become one of the best in the band's repertoire and thanks to the production of its animated video, which was a winner and nominee for several animation awards.

## Lyrics synopsis

The lyrics of the song give a reflective touch about forging our own path and leaving the world we once knew, even if things don't work out, don't give up or fall, keep going.

## Music video

The coordinator Isabel Macias de Vidal received an email from a band that was looking to carry out an animation project. She commissioned the Hado group and they took on the project, they contacted Patricio Hirsch who talked with them and shared various ideas, including Japanese culture at first.

## Plot

From ancient Japanese folklore culture. A young samurai marked and covered a long journey to the great Mount Fuji on horseback. In the middle of his trajectory they take a break, the young man cleans his face with water from a lagoon which looks at his own reflection and leads him to see past visions of an old warrior. Suddenly, and behind the young man, a Yokai Nekomata appears, who saw him from the high grasslands of the prairies. After her appearance, the frightened young man quickly fled from the place and she prepared a race to catch up with him, the young man without a path had no other option but to jump from the top of a cliff and then fall into the sea. He didn't know how to swim, almost below the depths, the yokai reached for his hand and became one with him.

His body, which seemed to be dying, was left on the shores of the sea and the sand, the young man regained consciousness but something changed —But he did not know it—, after walking to land, he found a set of footprints that he would follow until the inappropriate moment of her visions, she would meet that old warrior.

Confronted one by one, they take out their katanas and ambush themselves in a fight in which the old warrior had an advantage, the young man's katana breaks and without the possibility of continuing the battle, defeated, bowed and disarmed, preparing for his final death, the old warrior rises his katana, but at the moment the yokai awakens an instinct that forces the young man to break the scruples of a samurai —To accept defeat and die with honor— wielding his broken katana, quickly dodging the action of the old warrior and advancing on him, where he impaled him with his katana and dropping him. The victorious youth and a broken code. Suddenly a great dark oni samurai appears in search of the death of the samurai —Although in reality he was looking for the yokai Nekomata who became one with him—, terrified by the great presence, the young man flees once more from the unknown but the oni samurai had him in his sights with his bow and then released the arrow and gave an incognito ending.

## Personnel

Band
* Patricio David Hirsch — vocals, baking vocals, guitar
* Jaume Avila — bass
* Hermann Von Haus — drums
* Wally Von Haus — keyboards

Additional musicians
* Kurt Sommer — bass

## References

1. ↑ Written by One Daily Single
2. ↑ FM La Tribu (25-11-2022). "Entrevista a Derlis y Cata de Hado Producciones" (Spanish). *ar.radiocut.fm*. Retrieved on August 2, 2023.
3. ↑ "BITBANG 2022 – 8ª edición" (Spanish). *bitbangfest.com* (2022). Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved on August 4, 2023.
4. ↑ ciclo.chonflex. "Terminó el Ciclo de Cine Chonflex" (Spanish). *Instagram (post)*. Retrieved on August 5, 2023.
5. ↑ Chalde, Josefina (07-11-2022). "Buenos Aires Music Video Festival: Conocé los ganadores de la edición 2022" (Spanish). *Indie Hoy*. Archived from the original on November 7, 2022. Retrieved on August 4, 2023.
6. ↑ "Programación: Miércoles 9 de Noviembre – Día 4" (Spanish). *animacioncarton.com* (2022). Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved on August 5, 2023.
7. ↑ "VI Premios Quirino (2023) - Películas del 2022" (Spanish). *FilmAffinity* (2022). Retrieved on August 4, 2023.