About
I don’t have anything to give you, so I’ll sing you X (japanese: 何もあげられるもの無いから○○を歌うよ) is a series of MAD videos on the video-sharing website Nico Nico Douga. The videos consist of typically parodying a short footage from the anime Kiniro Mosaic (きんいろモザイク).
Origin
The fourth episode of the anime Kiniro Mosaic, which was produced by Studio Gokumi, was originally aired in Japan on July 27, 2013. In the used footage, which can be found after the intro, the characters Aya Komichi and Yoko Inokuma remembered Shinobu Omiya’s birthday and gave her gifts. Alice Cartelet realized she couldn’t give her an object as a gift, so she sang the song Happy Birthday in Japanese. At the end, Shinobu is asking desperately to Alice why she didn’t sing the song normally in English.
Spread
On August 1, 2013, NND user “カッス部長 / 13963218” created and uploaded a MAD video titled アリス「わたし、何もあげられるもの無いからFLOWERを歌うよ」 (Alice “I don’t have anything to give you, so I’ll sing you FLOWER”), featuring the BEMANI song FLOWER created by Yoshitaka Nishimura under the alias DJ YOSHITAKA (left).
Four days later, NND user “こたつ型扇風機 / 18514113” made a video response to the MAD video titling it アリス「わたし、何もあげられるもの無いからEvansを歌うよ」 (Alice “I don’t have anything to give you, so I’ll sing you Evans”) using the song Evans. which was produced by the same artist and. The user was the first, who figured out the exploitability. (right)
【ニコニコ動画】アリス「わたし、何もあげられるもの無いからFLOWERを歌うよ」【ニコニコ動画】アリス「わたし、何もあげられるもの無いからEvansを歌うよ」
After then, the tag “何もあげられるもの無いから○○を歌うよ” has been added to every video featuring the adorable footage filled with Moe and cuteness. As of August 18, 2013, the amount of videos under the tag has risen over 150 search results on NND. The fad of this series is to run the footage for 30 seconds before remixing it for humorous effect, which is similar to the Whisky Zen fad and the YouTube Poop fad No Man.
Notable Examples
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