"Borderless" | If you don't have a place to belong, just create one [AI MV x Pollo.ai Creation Log]

It is not night.

It is not morning.

It is not human.

It is not an angel.

It is not a machine.

Beings that were never given a name are always walking on the borderline.

This MV, "Borderless," is a work created with the theme of such "beings in the in-between."

Pollo 2.5 as a record of the visualization, I would like to leave it here along with the production process.

※This article is a promotional piece for Pollo.ai.

Welcome (*´ω｀)
While each scene in this MV has meaning, it is also a work that exists "between story and music," incorporating my identity of "destruction and creation"✨

Yes, in other words,

This title, "Borderless," has a double meaning:
・As existence: "beings in the in-between"
・As creation: "music" and "story"
It is imbued with these meanings🍀

I didn't make the video move intensely this time either.
Because I also want to make the most of my "art."

Now, let me introduce the partners for this Natsume Dark project🌟

Image Generation AI: Nijijourney
Music Generation AI: Tad.ai (3 minutes 21 seconds)

Video Generation AI: Pollo.ai (Pollo 2.5) (3 minutes 21 seconds)
Editing: Canva

Thank you as always (´;ω;｀)✨

🌟Pollo.ai UI Changes

All-in-one AI image and video generation platform Pollo.ai🐲

Actually, the UI (User Interface: screen, ease of use) of Pollo.ai has changed (*´ω｀)✨
As someone who has been using it for a long time, the fact that there are changes to the UI means it's being "updated," right?
In other words, doesn't that mean it's always "evolving"? (*´ω｀)

Moreover, it presents "ease of viewing" for the "first-time user" right on the initial top page.

What changed is here👇
There is a title, andThe highlights of this site are these three!It's structured like that (*´ω｀)

Roughly speaking,"Creator," "Marketer," "Seller"is what it is.

When you drop and select...

Like this, the UI changes automatically✨
An AI agent is also by your side, and you can make selections (*´ω｀)

👀Attention✨

A review of that "Marketing Studio" has been written as an article by the respected Mariya-san (*´ω｀)✨
I'm happy to be shown various perspectives on creating works, and since I'm really bad at this kind of promotion, it's truly amazing and I admire that my own weaknesses have been given shape... (*´ω｀) *fidgets*
It is definitely an article I want you to read (｀･ω･´)ゞ✨

Pollo.ai is also putting effort into convenient creative work using AI for promotion and advertising!
I would be happy if you became interested in it (*´ω｀)✨

Well, I am putting my efforts into creation in the name of "delusion"... (*´ω｀) Ehe, so I hope you will continue to keep me company✨

⌛Concept Time

Now, this time, it's an idea I came up with after watching a certain movie.
That movie was clearly divided into light and darkness, hero and villain, and the hero was the type who was kind-hearted and thought, "Can't we solve this through conversation and dialogue?"
But you know, the villain said, "This is what evil is!" and burned out the flame of their life without abandoning their pride as a villain (*´ω｀)

For the first time in a while, watching a world that is the "The Royal Road" of the duality of light and darkness, I thought.

I like and dabble in "dark" themes, whether in SF or fantasy.
The "grotesque" things I draw also love "humans" and somewhat retain a "human form."

Incomplete and halfway, but I think that's what makes them lovable.
What I am drawing are not perfect things, but things that are connected to something yet belong nowhere—those "things of the border" (*´ω｀)

When such thoughts well up, I want to express something.
Usually, I reach for art creation, but this time "music" came before "art."
So, I made these lyrics with Tad.ai.

Writing these lyrics, I thought about it again.

It's okay for me to be anything.

It's just that the world creates "frames" because it needs them, and there will always be "things that spill over."
Because, I am not you, after all.
I don't want to put out a painful feeling, and my works are always looking forward and ahead.

If you don't have a place to belong, "just create one."

I believe that the places where we bloom are things that people in such circumstances will eventually encounter and create together.
But that is also a timeline that only exists "if you live and never give up."

Now, first I want you to listen to the music... but if I say that, you'll naturally be curious about the finished product, right? (*´ω｀)✨

Before we get into the creative process, let's take a look at the work!

So, how was it?
Now then, I'd like you to read about the journey until this world was completed 🌟

🎨 Establishing the core from the lyrics → Art generation

Now, first, what kind of "art" do I need to draw based on the "lyrics"?
I prepared a total of 12 images for the "beginning".

Actually, I struggle with the "art" every single time 💦

After repeating the generation process many times, I found a touch that expresses just the right amount of darkness with black as the base, so I decided to adopt it (*´ω｀)

The auditory "music" and the visual "art."
Of course, the "video" that breathes life into it is important, but the balance between these two "seeds" is truly difficult.

And those "sensibilities" and "choices" belong to the creator.
Even if you use the same song for an MV, it will definitely be different.
You have your own preferences even for songs, right?
That's why it's interesting.
That's why it's fun.

Expression, creation—there is a performance that is truly unique because it is you (*´ω｀)✨

"That person" is just too amazing.

I used to think that way too, which is why I never made MVs.
But when I took the courage to step forward, I realized that the world I create is completely different from the world of the person I admire, so there is "no way to compare" them (*´ω｀)

That's why I can now confidently express, "This is my world!" (*´ω｀)

I want to tell my past self: "Don't compare yourself before you even try!"

I remember that while I'm creating, because I've always carried that "inferiority complex" with me every time.

When that happens, your decision-making slows down.
Your intuition becomes dull.

And then, you lose sight of what you want to express.
What you might call being lost in the creative process.

I'm sure there are definitely people who struggle just like I do.
I decided to make this video for those people as well.

You, too, are likely just standing on the "border" between yourself and others.
You feel "inferiority" because you are in someone else's territory.
Since you aren't that person, it's only natural they can create amazing things—of course it's amazing! It's something I don't have (*´ω｀)

But if you go into someone else's territory, you'll be swallowed up.
That is exactly why there is a "border."

You must skillfully continue to create in the "gap" between yourself and those you respect.

Until "you" are properly established (*´ω｀)✨

Having constructed that philosophy, I created the axis of the world along with the lyrics.

🎦 Axis of the World

1. The border between night and dawn

Protagonist appears

2. A path where light and darkness mix

Verse 1
One foot in each different world

3. An existence holding a broken map

Verse 1
A fragment of the heart

4. A nameless shadow

Pre-Chorus
Loneliness

5. A hand reaching toward the stars

Chorus
Hope

6. Walking on the borderline

Chorus
Main part of the chorus

7. For the deep drop

Drop
Abstract visuals
Light particles
Noise
Fragments

8. A cluster of closed doors

Verse 2
Past

9. An existence that is neither human nor machine

Verse 2
Grotesqueness

10. Cracks in the world

Verse 2
The gap

11. Beyond the boundary

Final Chorus
Liberation

12. An existence that creates its own light

Outro
Last cut

Here it is. If you watch the video many times, you'll realize that 1 and 12 are completely different (*´ω｀)

And that's only natural.

Because the "music" and "musical style" are involved here.
This song was made to be a warm, dark track that is somewhat supportive.

In this information society, we can see so many amazing people on social media, and when that vast amount of information is visualized, our emotions can't keep up, or we get tired.

Oh man, you just want to break it all, don't you!! ╰(*°▽°*)╯ (Wait, what?)

"Serious mode" ends here.

From here on, I'm going to go break various things—this is what "destruction and creation" is all about~✨
Next, from the "musical style" and "rhythm," we move on to the "flow" and "atmosphere"

sense

Relying on that, I'm going to smash the axis I decided on and fix it! (*´Д｀)
(Did everyone wait for this? Sorry to keep you waiting! (*´Д｀)✨)

🪄World Axis: After Revision

① Boundary between night and dawn: Before

Verse 1
Protagonist appears

(╯°□°）╯︵ 💣 Let's go!

① Boundary between night and dawn: After

They have become someone else entirely.

The protagonist has disappeared.
How should I put this?

The "image" evoked by the song is different from the lyrics, you know.

Or rather, I get tired of the woman's face at the beginning all the time💦
The "beginning" is important, so actually, I could see that "this would happen."
As I gradually fit the song and video together like a puzzle, my mind starts seeking "balance," thinking "it should be like this here after all," so I was just waiting for that.

Even if I were using the same image as a reference, the scene I showed earlier might be foreshadowing for the second half, so I felt that reusing images is fine—it creates a story.

This time, ② and ⑥ are the ones being reused (*´ω｀)

② Path where light and darkness mix: Before

Verse 1
One foot in each different world

② Path where light and darkness mix: After

Protagonist added for a split second (*´ω｀)

My apologies.
In the first place, in my world, everyone is the protagonist (*´ω｀)

⑨ A being that is neither human nor machine: Before

Verse2
Grotesqueness

⑨ A being that is neither human nor machine: After

I love "angels," so I wanted to include one.
This is my ego (*´ω｀)

I made them cry, sorry about that 🙇‍♀️

⑫ A being that creates its own light: Before

Outro
Last cut

(╯°□°）╯︵ 💣 Yossei!

⑫ A being that creates its own light: After

I didn't end up using the Before image.
Hmm~ it just felt a bit off (*´ω｀)💦

Um, it's also an応援 (support) song, you know? But at its core, it's "dark."
I felt there was a bit too much "seriousness" in the middle of the axis.

So, I broke the serious mode.

In the end, people are "troubled" if they don't cling to something or have a place to rely on.
One's heart just can't hold up on its own (*´ω｀)

Actually, there is a meaning behind each and every piece of this art.
But explaining all of it is... well, you know...? (*´ω｀)
This isn't the only correct answer, and I want everyone to imagine things for themselves, so I'll keep it a secret (*´ω｀)✨

Now that you've seen the creative process, I'd be happy if you could watch the MV one more time at the end (*´ω｀)✨

👼 Thank you for watching this far

If you are currently feeling distressed by comparing yourself to others,

if you don't know where you belong,
or if you feel lost in your creative journey,

There is no need to rush.

You don't need to be anyone else.

You are just walking on the boundary.

And beyond that, there is a view you have yet to see.

"Borderless"

I hope it can be a small light for someone walking in those gaps.

I was able to create this work thanks to this AI 🌟👇

Click here for the all-in-one AI image and video generation platform Pollo.ai 👇

You get daily login credits, so try generating something for free!

The video generation AI I've been using lately, Pollo.ai's original "Pollo 2.5", is an original, so 1 second = 1 credit.
In other words, even if you make a 12-second video, it's only 12 credits ✨

Other video generation AIs cost at least 20 credits for just a few seconds, so this is the most convenient one (*´ω｀)

🎦 Videos created using "Pollo 2.5" in the past

🌟 Perfect for creating "otherworldly spaces"

👧 Perfect for creating "negative space" in live-action footage

This time, I tried creating the "concept" of a "boundary".
The words I want to deliver at the end.

Well then, that's all for this time👍

Thank you so much as always for the likes, comments, and adding to your magazines🥰 Please continue to support me in the future💐

🔽Various Pollo.ai works I've created

Please feel free to take a look! (*´ω｀)✨

See you in the next world! (*´Д｀)🌌

Bye for now!!💖🐲

*This article is co-written with Pollo.ai. It includes PR.

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