The Twinning / A Long Fall
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The Twinning also known as the song A Long Fall is a leitmotif remix used in a dungeon run The Twinning from the soundtrack of popular MMORPG game Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers by composer Masayoshi Soken. In the summer of 2020, the song became a subject dancing-related videos and remixes.
Origins
The early access of Final Fantasy XIV's expansion, Shadowbringers, was released July 2nd, 2019.[1] After completing the main 5.0 storyline for Shadowbringers, a level 80 dungeon, The Twinning is introduced by talking to an NPC. The Twinning's song known as A Long Fall has become a leitmotif rock remix of Syrcus Tower (Crystal Tower raid series from A Realm Reborn) and Omega's theme (Omega raid series from Stormblood).
Spread
In the beginning of 2020, "The Long Fall" theme from The Twinning began becoming a popular subject of dancing-related memes and videos. Twitter user KalebPrime[2] tweeted a wojak meme on Valentine's Day 2020 comparing Final Fantasy XIV fans and World of Warcraft fans, writing as he quoted on Twitter "The absolute state of World of Warcraft vs FFXIV" (shown below).
The absolute state of World of Warcraft vs FFXIV. pic.twitter.com/GHAvEqXLmf
— Kaleb (@KalebPrime) February 14, 2020
On June 9th, 2020, Alex Moukala replied to a tweet from Masayoshi Soken with clip of himself dancing to The Twinning[3] (shown below). Soken later responded to Alex Moukala's dancing[4] and said to him in English, "Because of stayhome, I have high IL unwanted flesh attached to my belly. I'll have to do that dance when I listen to that song too!_". Alex Moukala later "posted on Reddit's r/ffxiv[5] to talk about Soken's reply on his dance.
Because of stayhome, I have high IL unwanted flesh attached to my belly. I'll have to do that dance when I listen to that song too!
— ニー祖堅 (@SOKENsquareenix) June 9, 2020
On August 4th, 2020, Twitter user MyJojob[6] tweeted an edited Car.shearer's Dance meme of Carson Shearer dancing to The Twinning, gaining over 29,000 retweets and 46,000 likes (shown below).
Twinning.mp4 #FinalFantasyXIV pic.twitter.com/lhZIOGY9V2
— MyJoJob (@MyJoJob) August 4, 2020
Various Examples
The Twinning #FFXIV pic.twitter.com/eIx7SCmKgO
— ardbert stan zone @ 5.3 SPOILERS (@aIisaie) July 29, 2020
The twinning's theme but it's a shitpost. #ffxiv pic.twitter.com/V0Ftfc1VX9
— Boodendorf (@YearsOfMidna) July 30, 2020
Search Interest
External References
[1] Steam – Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
[2] Twitter – KalebPrime
[3] Twitter – alex_moukala
[4] Twitter – sokensquareenix
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