We collected cat data, and a song came out
An original song by Nyanko Database. It is sung by Mike, the mascot of this site. The lyrics are in English, with a Japanese hook in the chorus.
Lyrics
Only the chorus hook, "にゃんこデータベース", is in Japanese.
Curled up underneath the table
signaling with the tip of a tail
call your name and you climb my knee
I can read your mood today
Just the color of your eyes tells me
even the nights I didn't sleep
One by one, every sigh
gathered up and unraveled
into a secret notebook
I add another line today
all the quiet things I've saved
the selfish and the tender both
にゃんこデータベース
everything is here
にゃんこデータベース
open any time
every time you nuzzle close
another entry saved
にゃんこデータベース
you're the best of all
In front of a dish left half-eaten
staring hard and waiting there
if I walk by pretending not to see
suddenly you lean on me
Even halfway through your grooming
call, and you turn to look at me
One by one, every warmth
lined up and put away
even that mischief on your face
I keep it all on file
such small hands, and still
such an enormous heart
(repeat)
On rainy days you sleep so deeply
curled up close beside the window
even a loneliness without a name
unravels at your whiskers' tip
You don't have to say
that it'll be alright
just having you beside me
tells me everything
(repeat)
Mike, the cat singing this
Mike is the mascot of Nyanko Database: a calico cat in a yellow hard hat. The name comes from "mike", the Japanese word for a calico coat.
In the video Mike changes pose along with the lyrics. The three cats standing behind are Mike's friends.
The cats in the video
The cats drifting through the background are breeds listed on Nyanko Database. You can look them up here.
About this video
The music and lyrics were made with Suno, the illustrations of Mike with Google image generation, and the video was assembled with Remotion. All of it was made using generative AI, which is also disclosed on YouTube.