30 ⯌ LLALTA"The Time Of Your Life" - TitaniaMusic ⯌ Titania Blue, Laurent Pierce-Carter, Lucian Wilde, Esther WinterbourneLyrics ⯌ Titania Blue, Laurent Pierce-Carter, Jude St.Claire~⯌~"XO" - Beyoncé
The cover art of the single "The Time Of Your Life", by Titania. The single is also Llalta's entry in the 95th WorldVision Song Contest in Nakom, Yvesia.
~⯌~ BACKGROUND ~⯌~
In the last WorldVision Llalta competed in, WorldVision 90 in Avon, Elejamie, the island nation had decided to hold the very 2nd Llaltavision to decide their entry. Despite this, the official entry that was sent ended up being internally picked. The song, "Constellations" both performed and written by Korean-Llaltese Lacey (Lee Shin-Hyun), was a simple pop song about loving yourself. At first, the song flew under the WorldVision fan base radar due to being overshadowed by the national final, though that soon changed on the night. With a simple yet dazzling LED display and with dancers to boot, the song lit up the show. It ended up placing 4th, the nation's 5th top 5 entry in it's 12 edition run, reigniting the spark the Llaltese had 2 editions prior. Afterwards, the reaction from the LBN was ecstatic. However, this energy did not last long. The LBN was facing budget issues, and shortly disclosed it's withdrawal from subsequent contests only a week after the largely successful WorldVision 90, much to the disappointment of the islanders and international fans. What wasn't known, was that preparations for the next foreseeable contest, WorldVision 94, was underway. Behind the scenes, the LBN prepared the 3rd Llaltavision, much bigger than those that came before it. Collaborating with Llaltese, Britonish and even Todlichebujokuan artists to create a 'super-national final' of sorts. Llaltavision was also to encompass a large range of genres and styles, paying homage to the diverse Llaltese music industry (at least diverse for its size). Big names such as Esther Winterbourne, Evergreen and Yvonne Guardenia were set to compete in 4 semi-finals and a grand final, all in hopes to find the winner of all winners. A few weeks before WorldVision 94 however, and the small Llaltese budget proved insufficient, meaning a long edition wait was to occur. However, this only bred the excitement of fans all around the world. The LBN's goal was to find a song that was modern yet bursting with Llaltese passion and music, that only Llalta could create. Though this end goal would place a heavy burden on Llaltese budgets, the tiny network was determined to create something beautiful that they could be proud of.
After the failures of the 2 Llaltavision before it, the 1st won by international superstar Pingu performing his song "Nööt Nööt Nööt" going to Darkmania, who ended up placing 23rd, Llalta's 2nd worst placement of all time, and the 2nd Llaltavision being scrapped, replaced by Lacey and her song "Constellation". And though every Llaltavision had been successful and internationally regarded at the time, the results never seemed to pay the price of the hype. However, the LBN knew this had to be the one. Llaltavision 3 begun early November, starting with 4 semi-finals aired in quick succession. Each semi consisted of 3 'duels' pitting 2 songs against one another. The national final was an instant success, garnering much international attention. However, cracks were beginning to show in the national final. The budget had drained quickly, and though it would be a waste to stop now, any longer and the LBN would be bankrupt. However, the duels continued to run as if nothing was wrong. Though, without the funds to even participate in WorldVision, the national final would be useless. Thus, just after the release of the grand final, the whole thing was pulled. Rather than focussing and monetarily supporting 24 acts, the LBN could only really afford to produce 1: the song that would be sent to WorldVision. So the LBN went back to the drawing board. The artists involved all understood the shortcomings of the LBN gracefully. After all, they did not want to participate if the LBN could not facilitate their entry and stage it. Furthermore, many of the acts had scheduling conflicts anyway, meaning they could not participate if they wanted to. Many in the LBN felt it was like a badly written excuse by the Gods to essentially retcon Llaltavision 3. In distress, the LBN looked through countless Llaltese people, then emigrants to try and find the exact artist they were looking for. Something that would blow the world away, and show a modern side of Llalta. Many in the LBN considered withdrawing to save the embarrassment. Then, the Gods seemed to conveniently bless them with yet another Llaltese singer, Titania Blue.
A week after Llaltavision was left to ruin, Britonish-Llaltese star Titania Blue had arrived in Llalta for her upcoming album, looking for inspiration from her Llaltese roots to incorporate into her album. Upon hearing the news, the LBN immediately contacted her, realising her modern sound and powerful voice was exactly what they had been looking for this whole time. Not only was she a talented musician and song-writer moreover, but she was a renowned performer, and they met up at once. Despite being unsure at first, not wanting to postpone her already tight schedule, she soon agreed after hearing the passion and desperation of the Llaltese delegate, as well as being given the first hand opportunity to experience Llaltese life and culture, something hard to come by in a usual brief visit, as she had a originally planned. Upon accepting the role, she knew the perfect song she wanted to represent herself and Llalta with. Playing the demo from her phone, the delegate fell in love with the song within the first few seconds of hearing the opening synths, sharing it to his co-workers out of excitement, who also reciprocated the same excitement. And at once, the song and artist had been found, and Titania and the Llaltese delegation whipped up a plan immediately. Since the song was only a demo, the track was particularly rough around the edges, lacking any Llaltese influence. Thus, their work was cut out for them. And there was a lot of work.
Using the recording studio in the garage of John Summerfields, lead singer and composer of Evergreen, she worked on and produced the song alongside Llaltese songwriters Esther Winterbourne and John Summerfields, using their knowledge of Llaltese music to flavour the track. Implementing Llaltese drums in particular, the goal was to immerse the listener with all the colours of a Llaltese festival, which she had experienced first hand a few days into her arrival in the Winter Festival of Lights, where the main event was marching through the streets with lights and music. Alongside those studio sessions, she also frequently visited Llaltese hotspots and talked with historians and islanders to gage the history and culture of the island, even travelling to Lilliannes to visit the mines. Eventually, the track was almost finished in late November, though the process was not all finished. Filming part of the music video in Llalta, she left for Doportedas, Britonisea, to film the rest of the music video as well as polish the track with her producers. She also recorded a few other songs for her album also using the influence of Llaltese culture. With little time left, the Llaltese delegation as well as TItania were on a burner, rapidly completing everything that needed to be done, from music to music videos to promotions to graphics, leaving them all worn out once everything had been completed. Furthermore, though they had gone over budget by a little, Titania herself, alongside her label, had ended up paying the excess funds, leaving the LBN not bankrupt. Everyone had ended up extremely stressed and tired, but in the end, relieved, like a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders. The only thing left was to perform. And finally the 6th of December, the delegation travelled to Yvesia, resting on the plane journey. After all, there was another journey to be had once they got there.
~⯌~ THE ARTIST ~⯌~
TITANIA BLUE
Age 26 (born 18th June, 1995)
Born in St.Christopher to a Llaltese mother and Britonish father, Titania Blue (known by the mononym 'Titania') is a R&B singer-songwriter hailing from Llalta and Britonisea. Titania spent her childhood in the quiet and peaceful outskirts of the port town, where her poet mother often spent the days with her telling stories. However, the family moved to Doportedas in 1999 in search of a more stable career and a better education for Titania, only 4-years-old at the time. There, she grew up surrounded by the vastly more urban and populous environment. At first, she found it stressful, considering the whip lash of moving from St.Christopher to the capital of Britonisea, Doportedas. From a young age she grew up with severe anxiety as a result, having met few friends and finding it challenging to keep up with the fast paced lifestyle. During primary school, it had gotten to a point in which she was removed from school and became home schooled. Working with a private tutor, she managed to flourish, finding life a lot easier. When it came around to secondary education, she made the decision to join school again. However, it did not fare much better than her primary school beginnings. Her anxiety spiralled as a result, and also became severely depressed. Fortunately, by the age of 11, she had gotten into poetry with the support of her mother and her therapist, writing poetry as a release from her social and school stress. Though at first she kept the poems to herself, eventually she began to share them, at first to her mother and therapist, and then family and even further to entering competitions. Through this, she managed to gain the confidence and support she had struggled to find for so long, finally seeing the shining light within her. She also made many friends from her poetry endeavours. She even was a runner-up in the National Youth Poetry Competition at 14, and made a lifelong poetry soul mate in her now, partner, Jude St.Clair, who was the winner of that very competition, also of the same age. With a new found spirit, she proceeded to finish secondary school with flying colours. During this time, she and Jude had begun experimenting with turning poetry into music and dance. This developed into a passion for Titania, who had chosen to develop her singing talents by applying to Doportedas College of Music. Once there, she also took dance lessons on the side. Despite this, she had still remained relatively shy and often restrained from putting herself out there. Although, she had become a fiercely independent soul throughout, staying strong.
Eventually, she completed her course at college and returned to live with Jude, who had also completed college, now looking to enter university. Titania on the other hand looked to create a blossoming music career for herself. Auditioning for only a few labels, she quickly signed and became part of the girl group, 'Little Angels', debuting on the 12th January 2014. Consisting of 5 members, the group enjoyed limited success in Britonisea, releasing 8 singles and 2 albums over their short, 3-year tenure. However, Titania had the time of her life, even if she was rarely front and centre. The 5 girls were near inseparable and had a bond like no other, always enjoying each other's presence as they performed onstage. Her confidence also grew, the Pop/R&B inspired group often sang empowering and sexy up-tempo numbers, paired with equally sensual yet up-tempo dances. As a result, she began to shift her tastes from subtler ballads to R&B and pop, and celebrating her sexuality more. However, after they had not gained enough of a profit, as well as the girls often having creative clashes with producers, the group disbanded on the 3rd May 2017.
Even after the disbandment, the girls remained strong friends and still sing together and hang out to this day. For Titania, it was bittersweet. Though the experience had been incomparable to anything she had ever done before, she now had to go through the music industry alone, a scary thought for her. However, one positive that she was ready for was being able to write her own music, which she had been unable to do in 'Little Angels'. Being in the group had also meant she had new found music industry connections she could reach for. After preparing a demo of her future hit song, "Running Wild", she soon became acquainted with another label, which gave her more creative control. And then, on the 7th May 2018, she released the mid-tempo alternative R&B track "Running Wild", where she reached far higher heights than she had before. Debuting in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts, she became an overnight success.
Since then, she has released 7 singles, mostly R&B and Pop, her most successful being "Body Me". She is well known for her alternative and visionary songs, incorporating everything she is with each, as well as tackling all kinds of social issues alongside her more light hearted tracks. She is also renowned for her tough work ethic, working vigorously to perfect each musical as well as visual detail, producing almost all of her music and videos. Titania is also an iconic performer, known for her a emotive voice that does not waver, even as she kicks and dances. In recent times, she is working on her upcoming eponymous album, "Titania" which will infuse her many identities to create music that contains everything that she is, to prove that many different sides and halves of a person is still a whole person, and that there is more to define someone than just outwards appearances. Thus far, she has travelled around the world to incorporate sounds from her heritage, something she has been passionate about since the start of her poetry career. Though she still retains reserved generally, she hopes to open up with her album. As a promising young artist with bountiful amounts of depth, her vision and perfectionism, she has been cited as one to watch from all around the world.
~⯌~ THE SONG ~⯌~
"THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE"
"The Time Of Your Life", performed by Titania, is a Pop/R&B song released on the 4th of December 2021, which encapsulates all the joys and sorrows that life brings in one big, uplifting yet bittersweet anthem. Harkening back to songs of the early 2010s, the song uses an electronic instrumental as well as a call and response chorus, as if the whole world is singing the lyrics of hope right back at you. the song is about the misconception that life has a peak, a singular time in which life is at it's best. In fact, everyday can is the time of your life. Life is too short to wait for the good to arrive, because, when you look around, the good is all around you. The song also contains themes of suicide, the lyrics talking directly to someone who is thinking of jumping to their death, personal details of Titania's life interwoven into the song. However, it is about how you cannot waste a moment of your life, to look around you at the world and realise that life and death, joy and suffering all come in hand in hand. It is part of being alive.
At it's core, the song is about the facets of human hope. It's both very delicate as well as resilient and pure. An integral part of humanity is hope. Even if we do not realise it, it's the reason we wake up every morning. It's the reason we live another day. However, hope is easily corruptible. Many can become so enamoured with hope that it destroys them. Some people see it as something that spits in their face. So... I guess, the song is a message of hope. The purest kind of hope that lays in every person around us, and ourselves. The reason you were born: hope. I hope to inspire the world with this song, as it has inspired me in my darkest times. The time of your life is, every time. We deserve to experience that, and we have one chance to do so. Even with the hopes and despairs of living. I think there's something beautiful in that, yes. That is what makes humans, humans.
The original demo written in late summer of 2021, the song serves as the lead single for her upcoming album "Titania", and is also the Llaltese entry for the 95th WorldVision in Nakom, Yvesia. Originally written as an EDM dance track, upon experiencing Llaltese music Titania opted to incorporate both Britonish and Llaltese elements, as well as drawing influence from R&B and her African heritage, creating a far more thick and colourful instrumental. Originally written as a simple summer song to lift people's spirits, Titania shifted the direction of the track to encompass a far more bittersweet theme, developing the original themes of hope and life to embrace the negative facets of life that many find hard to face, yet with such an uplifting chorus, paints even the worst of humanity in a positive light, a reason to live. The track also samples a quote from Llaltese socialite Rudolph Carmendale (1897 - 1981), the quote originating from his speech about keeping hope during the war in 1940. The inclusion of the quote emphasises the themes of never letting go of life. Since it's release, it has already peaked at #1 on the Llaltese charts (as of the 13th of December), an accomplishment that has been continued with each Llaltese WorldVision entry.
The music video also followed the narrative of the song, beginning with someone on the roof of a building and delving into their mentality, an overarching story dispersed with scenes filled with brilliant colours, of raves, city lights and fireworks. Each scene, flowing with many neon colours and scenes that meander between joyous and tragic moments.
~⯌~ THE PERFORMANCE ~⯌~
As the postcard ends, the arena dims until it is almost pitch black. The Yvesian crowd cheers one last time, before the arena is deafened with silence. Onstage, Titania took a deep breath. This is it. In her in ear, the countdown begins, and she shakes off the last of her nerves. Even having performed many times before, this performance felt different. She had rarely performed on her own, and especially not for such a large crowd, and an even bigger one sitting behind the cameras in their homes all around the the world. Not to mention, this song was her everything. She wasn't necessarily performing for the audience, or even Llalta, or for her family, but herself. She supposed that was what made this performance seem so nerve-racking. It was herself, flowing through every note in the music and through her voice, through each word. But she also realised that this was the reason the performance would be her best thus far. She would just have to do her best, just have fun, be herself, the usual spiel. But most of all, live the time of her life. As she heard the final number of the countdown, she thought of Jude, and how proud she would be as she watched from Doportedas. A smile broke out from her lips once as she imagined running up to her in the airport, when she returned home afterwards. She had to hold back laughter just from the thought. She wanted this childish excitement to last forever, the thoughts and feelings of seeing Jude again filling her with pure happiness, like a child with thinking of their first love. She supposed that was all she really was. One final breath was all that separated Titania and the performance of her life.
As the opening of the song begins, the recording of the quote, by Llaltese socialite Rudolph Carmendale, plays throughout the arena. As it does so, the camera points directly straight on to the stage, with Titania standing centre stage in the darkness. Fading in from black, the camera starts off blurry, creating a Bokeh effect on the few lights that glimmer in deep blues, pinks and golds, obscuring the faint outline of Titania's silhouette. The camera is zoomed relatively close to her face. During the beep that separates the quote, a much brighter light pierces the lens, almost obscuring Titania entirely before it fades out. Afterwards, the camera becomes less and less blurry, leading up to the end of the quote.
“We are all waiting for the time of our lives. But it has already begun.
All that comes next is the end.”
As the music begins, the camera is completely in focus on Titania's face, which bears make-up that makes her like ethereal, with a deep blue lipstick and eye liner that gradients from pink to blue. Furthermore, the both are embellished with small amounts of glitter that shimmer like stars in the lights. Her reveal leads the audience to cheer for her arrival. Upon her face, a multitude of strips of light and effervescent glows are projected onto her face in all shades of blues, pinks and yellows, as if she were the beating heart of a city. She opens her eyes, which reflect the multicoloured spotlights and reflections, and looks longingly into the camera before raising the microphone to her lips to sing the opening verse. She softly sings, 'The city paints the skyline", eyes still fixed on the camera. As she sings, the camera begins to slowly zoom out. As the camera zooms out however, the LED screens behind her begin to steadily light up to. At first, it appears as just abstract lights and a few outlines, but slowly builds to depict a whole city. As she sings, "A million lights below", a multitude of lights throughout the LED cityscape begin to shine, in the windows on the buildings and in the streets, subtly rippling out in a glowing ebb of light before returning to darkness with the first beat in every bar. As the camera zooms out even more, the audience is able to gage that she stands near the back of the stage, a whole fortress of LED city splayed out in front of her on the floor, like veins from the heart, the heart being Titania. Matching the music, which is relatively toned down thus far, the lights are near formless as they glitter subtly, almost jittering like the riff produced by the organ instrument. The stage is still dark however, filling the arena with the atmosphere of a city in the night.
Titania wears a tight cocktail dress that hugs her form, with an off-the-shoulder neckline, the straps elegantly drooping on her arms. The deep sapphire dress is also sequined, iridescent as it shifts from blue to pink to shades of purple. Asymmetric in it's styling, the skirt is not tight, instead rippling as it drops straight down to the mid-thigh, rippling slightly. The skirt is slightly elongated at the back, dropping slightly past the knee. Titania's hair is styled the exact same way as in the album pictures, black and curly as it unfurls to her shoulder bones. A few embellishments of tulle in blue and pink nestle on the right side of her hair, like abstract butterflies of flowers, scrunched up as they trail down. Her earrings are also of the same design, a tulle piece scrunched up from one end creating a fabric flourish, the earrings containing multiple that dangle down in a small chain, the largest at the top. Her necklaces consists of multiple gold pieces, with a few bangles alongside a delicate chain with a jewelled butterfly hanging at the end. Her nails are painted in the same gradient as her eye shadow. Despite the formal styling of the dress, Titania wears blue boot style shoes with a semi-high platform. The continuous zoom out maintains the shot until the last line of the first stanza, where the camera fades to black. Before that however, the shot eventually encapsulates the whole stage within the frame, the beautiful cityscape with Titania at its core setting the scene, where she seems miniscule in comparison to the rest of the stage. As she sings the final line, she closes her eyes, her mouth slowly painting a peaceful smile. As the music transitions into the 2nd stanza of the verse, spotlights dotted around the stage flash subtly to each click, building the stage up. Furthermore, the camera angles finally change, panning the stage from left to right, taking in the dazzling display of lights. Whilst the focus isn't on her, Titania steps forward to take centre stage, readying her microphone.
As the 2nd stanza of the verse begins the LED city bursts into colour, matching the introduction of percussion that lifts the music. Rather than rippling, the lights in the city flash in variation to the beat, though with every first beat of every bar, the lights did ripple like before. Furthermore, the lighting turns from just a pale yellow to pale yellow, blue and pink. Throughout the 2nd stanza, spotlights flash rhythmically, dancing along with the music. Stood centre stage, she sings once again, bouncing slightly to the beat as she gets into the rhythm. Her dress glimmers like a disco ball as she does so. The camera takes closer shots not to lose Titania in the sea of lights and colours, as well as to preserve her smile. Her gaze dances across the audience, unable to look at one place at a time as the volume of WorldVision began to sink in. Despite the increase in energy however, her voice seems just as soft and vulnerable, echoing through the arena like a zephyr, a single passing breath of the heavens. As she sings, "It hits you", the camera faces towards her, her gaze returned as she sings the lyrics to the lens. After, she loosens a little, swinging her body side to side a little as she loses herself in the song. Singing the final of the song, the camera takes a shot from behind, displaying the tumultuous ocean of lights and flags and people in the audience, Titania facing the camera, her voice cracking slightly, smiling a little from the accident. The camera zooms in a little, Titania singing to the lens, pushing her hair, before turning to face the crowd, the camera turning with her, ending up facing the stage once again.
The city paints the skyline
A million lights below
Ready, three, two
And everything feels alright
And as the world fades away
And as the earth draws nearer
Then it hits you
It was the time of your life
It was the time of your life
But you cannot rewind
As the chorus begins, the lights flash, billowing outwards. Upon the LED screens the cityscape remains, with trails of neon lights blazing through the streets like veins. The spotlights also flash and dance to the music, giving the chorus a grand feeling, like a fiesta. Titania opens by belting the lyrics, "As the city flies by", dancing to the right of the stage, the camera following her as she glances across the audience. After she sings, a volley of backing singers from offstage respond to her call, filling the arena with a chorus of voices. It helped that even the audience seemed to join in, making her blush with such a positive audience response. Though she was alone onstage, her charisma alone made her presence enough to fill the arena, not to mention the stage. The camera also took many close up shots to diminish the space, as well as having wider shots be to show the beauty of the LED, though often the shots were artfully taken not to lose Titania. After the second line utilising call and response, she sings, "Beautiful and ugly hearts", her voice straining with passion, passion for life, thrusting her hand to the camera which began to steadily zoom into her, smiling as brightly as the lights into the lens. She then returned to centre stage, walking backwards not to lose her gaze with the audience or the camera. Once there, she spread her arms out, her hair bouncing outwards from the force. As she sings the final line, "And you just wanna die", she thrusts her hand to the sky, the camera zooming in from a waist-up shot to follow her hand going upwards. As the shot is taken, all the LED screens begin to depict the city falling into a blur of passing lights, like shooting stars, giving the illusion of falling. The spotlights also rear their focus upwards, the lights painting the crowd as it flashes to the ceiling, though this would hardly be seen from the view of the camera. The camera focus becomes blurry however as it zooms into Titania's hand, the lights forming bouquets of Bokeh effects, before fading to black, transitioning to the next shot.
As the city flies by (As the city flies by)
Each and every life (Each and every life)
Beautiful little hearts
Just trying to see the light
What a time to be alive
It’s the time of your life
And you just wanna die
As the second verse begins, the camera shot fades in from black, revealing her lying across the floor of the stage shown from a birds eye view, the shot slowly zooming outwards as the verse progresses, slowly building up. The camera shot is slightly blurry, as if someone had just opened their eyes, matching the slightly muffled quality of the song. Her hair is sprawled out, cushioning her head as she faces the ceiling, her dress gracefully draped around as if the impact of a raindrop had been frozen in time, glistening in the thousands of lights. Her body is strewn completely flat upon the floor, apart from her right hand which holds the microphone to her lips. As she begins to sing, the LED flooring which begins as empty space with a multitude of speckled stars upon its surface quickly becomes the street of a city. Around her lays a splatter of colour upon a zebra crossing, having the same colour and iridescent quality of her dress, as if it were an extension of it entirely. Feathers also lay around her gathering around her as if they had come from her body. The street itself is just like any other city street; lights flashing neon colours across the grey tarmac as cars pass by, spewing lights from all directions. Using spotlights, the lights also wash onto Titania, a cool effect that immerses her in the city scenery around her. Her voice returns to a softer state, almost whispering the lines as stares into the camera lens, and beyond that, the sky. A heartbeat like pulse can be heard over the riff, which slowly builds over the course of the verse. To emphasise the pulsing, the lights that edge the stage dimly flash to the beat and in the LED scenery. The central road line which Titania lies upon becomes a vein of sorts, a light travelling along it and through her, again using external spotlights to create the effect. As the verse continues, the LED scenery begins to speed up, the cars beside her lying body eventually forming into trails of light that rapidly pass by in the blink of an eye, like shooting stars. Then, the music begins to build up as, Titania sits up from the floor, straightening her body to vocalise as she reaches the 2nd stanza of the verse.
The added percussion is met with spotlights pulsing wildly around the stage, as if the lights were dancing to the rhythm. As the 2nd stanza begins the LED show the scenery reversing, the cars going backwards and such. The camera pans the stage, showing the buildings surrounding the streets upon the LED screens, graphics that had been obscured in the 1st stanza. As Titania sings, "one last time", the LED scene (still reversing) shows the splattered colours drawing back into where Titania was stood, the feathers disappearing also. Then, the scene changes, showing the city passing by in reverse, coloured blocks of windows and the reflections of the building themselves flashing across the LED screens. This animation continues for the majority of the verse. Titania on the other hand, sings the lyrics with a voice laced with sadness and joy, all at once. She moves far less than in the chorus, instead standing on the same spot, her hands elegantly caressing her face and the air above her, as if she were falling. She does not smile either, her lips slightly parted at rest as if she were just, breathing. Afterwards, she sings, "Dancing with the high", her voice slightly aching, the pain soaking through every syllable. She rears her chin up, facing the ceiling as she slowly raises her hand to the sky, jolting slightly to the beat as she taps her foot, unable to resist the rhythm. She then turns her attention to the camera as she sings the next 2 lines, repeating their importance as she glares into the lens, an almost unreadable smile slowly growing up her face. As the verse draws to a close, the music grows quieter, the buildings passing by steadily slowing to a halt, the lights also steadily grow dimmer. Eventually, the scene stops as she sings the 2nd "‘Cus it’s the time of your life",, only a black background behind her, filled with a bouquet of stars twinkling as she is plunged into dramatic pink and blue lighting from either side, shadows covering much that is shown. A few lights of blue, pink and gold, trail across the screen towards the space behind Titania, forming a colourful display of unfurling wings, flickering slightly. As the camera takes a full body shot of Titania, she looks like an angel with the wings fully spread across the screen, visible in ebbs and flows as the subtle background synths play. After she sings the final line, "It’s too late to rewind" the camera zooms into her face before taking a wider shot, her face lighting up with a smile. The LED scene behind her shifts back the buildings, this time, not in reverse, rapidly passing by in real time, the lights near blurring into one big puddle of colour, as if she were falling again.
In the quietest laughter
Oh, in the faintest smile
Yearns the human hope
Wishing for the time of your life
Mmm, woah oh oh
Running out of life one last time
A few moments ‘till impact, yeah
Dancing with the high
‘Cus it’s the time of your life
‘Cus it’s the time of your life
It’s too late to rewind
The camera uses the blurred visuals upon all the LED screens to transition to the cityscape shown in the 1st chorus via an explosion of colours and lights that splash out across the whole stage, spotlights billowing outwards to wash the audience with vivid colours, before rapidly shifting to the cityscape. With few changes, the city lights ebb and flow and flicker to the Llaltese rhythm, pulsing like ripples upon a lake. Titania brightly sings the line, "As the city flies by", giving her everything before thrusting the microphone out towards the audience, shouting "SING ALONG!!" as she does so, inviting the audience to sing alongside the response, which the crowd do diligently, if not rather messily as their voices blur into one incomprehensible noise. Even so, Titania begins to laugh at the sheer volume of audience, removing her left earpiece as she goes in for round 2, stepping towards the front of the stage. The audience sing even louder, causing her to almost miss her cue for the next line, impressed and proud all at once. The camera takes a wide pan of the audience after, showing the crowd as they jump and dance to the music, flags and phone lights bouncing to the beat. Back onstage, Titania puts her earpiece back, fumbling from excitement as she sings the latter half of the chorus, her voice slightly shaky. Even so, she continues with a performer's vigour, eyes latched on the crowd as the camera takes a few more uncontrolled shots (yet not blurry or wild), capturing the spontaneous nature of the song. Titania herself steps all around the centre of the stage, as if the music was controlling her, forcing her to move to the rhythm, to dance with high of being alive. As the chorus comes to a close, she sings the final line, "And you just wanna fly", raising her hand to the sky, hr eyes following it as it soared to the heavens. The camera zoomed into her face, bathed in lights as her eyes then slowly fall to meet with the lens of the camera, her eyes sparkling in the light like a constellation.
As the city flies by (As the city flies by)
Each and every life (Each and every life)
Beautiful little hearts
Just trying to see the light
What a time to be alive
It’s the time of your life
And you just wanna fly
Though the LED screens stay the same throughout the bridge, every time the backing singers shout "Angels" after Titania's lines, fireworks upon the LED cityscape burst out, spellings angels, AN on the first syllable and GELS on the second. Titania edges towards the front of the stage, raising her hand once again as she sings the first line, "You’ll fly high like angels". She then shifts her gaze from the back of the arena to the camera, which takes a waist-upwards shot as she sings to the audience at home. With every 'response' she gestures for the audience to sing along, once again removing her earpiece to hear the chorus of "Angels". Dancing to the right of the stage, the camera following her as it panned, she bent down, causing the crowd around her to jump up, trying to get even a graze of her presence. She returned to centre stage as she sung, "All that you are", shifting her gaze to the camera zooming in, smiling warmly as she spoke directly to the world. She seemed almost desperate in her delivery, her voice intertwined with pain and longing, as if bleeding. As she sings, "Step back from the skyline", she herself steps back slightly, preparing herself for the instrumental. The camera pans the stage from a large distance as she does so, capturing the crowd dancing like stormy waves crashing into one another. She looks dwarfed compared to the stage, covered in a million tiny details, Titania just one of them from such a far distance. The camera zooms back into Titania's face, masking her location upon the stage, as lights trample the shot with sparkling lens flares as they pass by. Singing the final line, she winks into the camera, her face unmoving as her eye shadow flashes in the light like the scales of a fish, shimmering as it turns against the lights.
You’ll fly high like angels (Angels)
Beyond the night, angels (Angels)
You’ll fly high like angels (Angels)
You’re a beautiful angel (Angel)
All that you are
A beautiful angel
It’s not too late to hold tight
Step back from the skyline
It’s the time of your life
As the instrumental begins, Titania turns to the side. The lights change drastically, the LED screens becoming completely black as large neon light trails of blue, pink and gold streak the LED screens as they flash by, travelling downwards and towards the audience as they cross the stage floor. Not only this but spotlights that ring the edges of the stage pulse directly downwards or upwards (depending on whether they are positioned higher or lower respectively) to create the illusion of the light trails. As a result, it is as if Titania is surrounding by prison bars of light trails, though they do not obscure her. Speaking of which, the lighting is such that TItania becomes a silhouette, only the edge of her lit up in pink and blue like a border. As she turns to the side, behind her upon the LED screen are wings. The camera is placed to give the illusion the wings are hers, flying upwards, towards the sky where Titania is facing. She softly sings the high notes over the drum-based instrumental. The striking staging is met with a few cheers, the contrastingly dark staging being especially beautiful from the camera's point of view, which at first zooms outwards at Titania's eye level, showing the illusion as it was supposed to be seen. Titania's voice like a warm summer breeze, the camera pans the stage slowly, before taking a wider shot of the stage, incorporating many of the audience members also, though they could only be seen in brief trails of light before fading away once more. Nearing the end of the instrumental, the camera takes yet another frontal shot of Titania, who turns to face the front. In the final moments of the section, she walks forward, though the camera takes a pan of the arena, starting from the audience ending up onstage, covering the walk. Just as the final chorus begins, the spotlights flash harshly, accompanied by a shockwave of sparks starting from the centre bursting outwards, in time with the drums that speed up.
The final chorus is opened by a huge flash of sparks that rim the stage. Spotlights billow outwards in a grand flourish, the LED screens covered by a large mass of fireworks whose petals spread across the whole stage. Then, the explosions dissipate, revealing the LED screens depicting the cityscape, the same one as the first two choruses. However, the angle that the city can be seen on is not a birds eye view, rather a 45° angle from above, so that the sky can be seen upon the back LEDs as well. The sky is a deep blue, though is still noticeable as blue rather than indigo or black. Stars litter the night sky, twinkling in gold, with fireworks streaking the sky to the rhythm of the song, matching the festival sound of the song. Furthermore, the city is filled with lights that pulse to the rhythm, although far more subtly than the fireworks. The spotlights are also active in creating the festival atmosphere, billowing upwards and around in short bursts, much like the fireworks themselves. As for Titania, she dances around the front of the stage, completely encapsulated by the music, singing her heart out, even if her voice seems slightly over-exerted, almost growling though she doesn't seem to care, her smile seemingly infinite. Though her eyes are mainly locked upon the audience, every so often her eyes will glance into the camera, looking deep into the lens. As she sings the line, "Perhaps you’re just one little life", the camera takes a frontal shot of Titania, zooming into her face as she pushes her hand towards the camera. The following line is met by Titania spreading her arm out to the side, stomping her feet. The camera takes far more shots, especially shots that show the wider stage, showing the full beauty of the LED display.
As she sings the line, "Everything will be alright" the shots return to being closer up, allowing Titania to convey the personal lyrics more intimately. Her tone becomes a little more soft once again moreover, closing her eyes as she holds herself, the camera zooming in slowly before panning the stage. The camera takes a close-up of her face from a 45° angle, though her head is tilted to capture the camera head on. There, she slowly opens her eyes, large pupils swallowing the dazzling lights like a black hole. She then tilts her head before returning her attention to the audience. The camera then takes one more waist-up shot of Titania, head on as she sings the final line, "It’s the time of your life", putting the last of her energy into every word. Surrounding by a beautiful city of light, she thrusts her hand towards the sky with the advent of the end, eyes fixed determinedly forward, a bright smile upon her face. A last burst of sparks erupts from the sides of the stage, as the last beat of the chorus plays, the fireworks bursting upon the LED screens one last time, the city saying goodbye as it is obscured by the sudden flash of lights.
And as the time flies by (And as the time flies by)
Perhaps you’re just one little life (You’re just one little life)
But you’re a beautiful angel
On the painting of our timeline
Everything will be alright
So please hold, hold on tight
It’s the time of your life
As the outro plays, Titania's raised arm slowly retracts, her eyes trailing the floor somewhat blankly, though many emotions seem to be bursting at her lips. As she does this the LED screens are once again painted by trails of lights upon a black screen, spotlights flashing harshly to the rhythm. However, Titania can be seen almost fully, not a silhouette as before. The camera starts with a high angled shot, moving smoothly down to meet Titania's gaze as she faces the front. The trails of light do not last long however, as the graphics are replaced with a similar LED city as the last chorus, though beneath Titania's feet appears to be a rooftop of a high-rise, giving off the illusion she is standing on the edge of a building in the city. Her hands are clasped behind her back, her eyes falling on the floor below, a whole cityscape beneath her. The lights are far softer as the atmosphere changes, the colour palette becoming light blue, grey, purple and pale yellow, though it is rather realistic in quality. The camera slowly zooms into a full body shot of Titania from the front. Behind her, the horizon is lit up by a morning sun, eclipsing the edge of the city in light. The sky becomes a pale mauve colour, like the morning sky. A pair of angel wings form behind Titania upon the LED screen also, slightly folded as if they were at rest. As the music comes ends on the last beat, the stage pulses with light just once, and Titania looks up into the camera, unable to hide her smile any longer. A wind machine blows her hair as if she were really standing on the edge of a building. She smiles into the camera, the beautiful shot like that of a movie still, the city piercing the sky behind her, the sun radiant upon the lands.
With the end of the song came the applause from the Yvesian crowd, Titania laughing as if she was unable to process what had just happened. Looking around at all the cheering people, she hesitated to bring the microphone to her lips, a wide smile of pride plastered on her face. Eventually, she spoke, giggling in between almost every word, "Thank you... world, Yvesia... thank you!", before bowing multiple times. If it weren't for the sheer volume of the crowd, she might not have ever truly come to her senses. She could not be prouder, all her struggles and hard work and joy had all built up to her best performance to date. And yet there were even greater performances to come. Even so, in the moment she felt as if she could fly, as if she could step off the tallest building and soar to the heavens. It was a feeling she didn't want to let go of, not ever. A feeling not even she could put into words.
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