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"Studio Backlot", also known as "Backside of the TV" in the Japanese version, is a background song in Persona 4. It is sung by Shihoko Hirata, playing when the Investigation Team is in the TV World's "hub" area and choosing a dungeon to enter. It is also Shadow Chie's theme in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

It plays in Persona 4 The Animation in every next episode preview. It is also heard during episodes 3 and 7, prior to the group's attempts to save Yukiko Amagi and Kanji Tatsumi.

In Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the song is rearranged into a hip-hop track by Lotus Juice, who also provides new vocals. It is used as one of Yosuke's tracks.[1]

Lyrics[]

Backside_of_the_TV_-_Persona_4

Backside of the TV - Persona 4

P4 version

Darkness, endless, despair, fear no more
Coldness, blackened, no sound, feel no pain
Captured, helpless, ultimate, dreadful fate
Powerless, lifeless, no breath, falling down

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

Down down to the base,
The sound you’re about to hear is deep down hip hop,
What you gone do when they start to come up,
Well they’ve already come up to surround you up,
To dis you at a world cup but I guess it depends,
On how you gone behave in that moment,
Huh, a moment of truth tell me what’s really happening,
Their rhyme is nothing but you’ve got everything,
Bro, you’ve got everything but you dunno anything

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

03_Backside_of_the_TV_Lotus_Juice_Remix

03 Backside of the TV Lotus Juice Remix

P4D version

Darkness, endless, despair, fear no more
Coldness, blackened, no sound, feel no pain
Captured, helpless, ultimate, dreadful fate
Powerless, lifeless, no breath, falling down

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

Deep deep down to the basement
Replacement goes as placement
Big bucks payment or dirty like enslavement
Began to lose patience
To these complacent
Successors who assesses rules that assassinate us
(What?)
Me
Lot of confidence but far from vanity
Reason why I got a crew behind me my family
Even if you try to bribe me
Never ride, believe in beauty of destiny it's fire
(Darkness, endless)
Darker the blood the fresher the flesh
(Despair)
But darker the soul the lesser the heart
(Fear no more)
The lessons untaught
(Coldness, blackened)
Yo backside of TV, to some's like DV
(No sound, feel no pain)
Bottomless dark so may not for the weak kids
(Captured, helpless)
Underestimated way of brainwashing illuminated
(Ultimate, dreadful fate)
Bunch of hallucination but to some's elucidation
(Powerless, lifeless)
Hell nah won't cave I'm an outlaw (outlaw)
(No breath, falling down)
Switch my style counterattack from the south paw

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

Nowadays many people abuse informations better choose
Recognize the source of course or get accused soon
Be careful who you choose to speak in back room
Jealousy jealousy running like sonic boom
It's messed up how anger and hatred looms large in the dark
Leaving scars to some by who's fumed
I've got my third eye to see through their costumes
Lies after lies, middle finger from Lotus Juice
(Darkness, endless)
This pothole's beyond dark, bizarre so intriguing
(Despair, fear no more)
Lost ones drunk off of pool of money dreaming
(Coldness, blackened)
Damn some still battling against these demons
(No sound, feel no pain)
Brave souls even screaming 'Oh please Jesus'
(Captured, helpless)
Money makes the world go around who the richest
(Ultimate, dreadful fate)
Mother, Theresa but they never listen to me
(Powerless, lifeless)
Kept dressing with a fake coverage
(No breath, falling down)
Spitfire, burns these dreads, baby baby baby

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness

(Darkness) Lost destiny, (endless) far outcry, (despair) they hear you, fear no more
(Coldness) Numb feeling, (blackened) whole dizziness, (no sound) deep scars, feel no pain
(Captured) No sanity, (helpless) body aching, (ultimate) control your, dreadful fate
(Powerless) Invisible, (lifeless) real enemy, (no breath) ruin your mind, falling deep down

Yeah
Bring it up, bring it up
Backside to everything but we're gonna bring it up
Even if I die my words'll live, bring it up
Until my last breath, never ever gonna give it up
Hmm, ridiculousness
Suppose it's sick sick business
But we ain't gonna be fooled by these sickness
My brain is safe and sound with pure goodness
(Darkness, endless)
Uh, I guess comparably
(Despair, fear no more)
So just throw you hands high in the air
(Coldness, blackened)
In the air
(No sound, feel no pain)
So I can see how y'all feeling put it up in the air
(Captured, helpless)
When I say yeah
(Ultimate, dreadful fate)
I wish you say it back say oh yeah
(Oh yeah)
Yeah, I love it now
Let's change the world


Characters
Playable Protagonist - Yosuke Hanamura - Chie Satonaka - Yukiko Amagi - Kanji Tatsumi - Rise Kujikawa - Teddie - Naoto Shirogane
Social Link Margaret - Nanako Dojima - Ryotaro Dojima - Naoki Konishi - Kou Ichijo - Daisuke Nagase - Hisano Kuroda - Sayoko Uehara - Yumi Ozawa - Ayane Matsunaga - Ai Ebihara - Fox - Shu Nakajima - Eri Minami - Marie - Tohru Adachi
Major Igor - Mayumi Yamano - Misuzu Hiiragi - Saki Konishi - Mitsuo Kubo - Hanako Ohtani - Kinshiro Morooka - Noriko Kashiwagi - Taro Namatame - Old Lady Shiroku - Master Daidara - Minoru Inoue - Yuuta Minami - Kaneko - Aika Nakamura - President Tanaka - Chihiro Fushimi - Mr. Edogawa - Kanami Mashita - Moel Gas Station Attendant
Major enemies Shadow Yosuke - Shadow Chie - Shadow Yukiko - Shadow Kanji - Shadow Rise - Shadow Teddie - Shadow Mitsuo - Shadow Naoto - Kunino-sagiri - Ameno-sagiri - Kusumi-no-Okami - Izanami
Locations
Inaba Central Shopping District - Dojima Residence - Junes Department Store - Samegawa Flood Plain - Velvet Room - Yasogami High School
Midnight Channel Twisted Shopping District - Yukiko's Castle - Steamy Bathhouse - Marukyu Striptease - Void Quest - Secret Laboratory - Heaven - Magatsu Inaba - Hollow Forest - Yomotsu Hirasaka
Other Okina City - Shichiri Beach - Midnight Trivia Miracle Quiz - Tatsumi Port Island (Gekkoukan High School - Club Escapade - Iwatodai Station)
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (Persona 4 / Golden / The Animation) - Never More -Reincarnation- - Persona 4: The Golden Animation Special Arrange CD - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album - Re:BRiLLiANCE
Songs "Ain't Nobody Can Hold Me Down" - "Alone in this World" - "Aria of the Soul" - "Studio Backlot/Backside of the TV" - "Beauty of Destiny" - "Dazzling Smile" - "Falling into Right Places" - "Heartbeat, Heartbreak" - "Heaven" - "I'll Face Myself" - "Just Like The Wind" - "Key Plus Words" - "Koisuru Meitantei" - "Never More" - "Next Chance to Move On" - "Pursuing My True Self" - "Reach Out To The Truth" - "Shadow World" - "Signs of Love" - "Sky's The Limit" - "SNOWFLAKES" - "Someone Else's Man" - "Time For True Revelation" - "Time To Make History" - "True Feelings" - "True Story" - "The Way of Memories" - "We Are One and All" - "Ying Yang" - "Your Affection"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Ultimate) - Persona user - Glasses - Fog - Shadow - Shadow Self - Party - Tactics - All-out Attack - Shuffle Time - Arcana Chance - Fusion Forecast - Weather Forecast - Investigation Team - Mystery Food X - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R
Lists Arcana - Personas - Shadows - Skills - Items (Persona 4 / Golden) - Requests - Status Changes - Activities - Calendar - Golden Trophies - The Animation / Golden Animation Episodes - Patches and Updates - Steam Profile Items
School Life Weather Forecast - Seasons - Social Link - Social Stats - Yen - Class - Studying - Books - Movie Theater - Bed - Fishing - Cooking - Part-time Jobs - Shrine - Scooter - Gardening - School Club - Bug Catching - Refrigerator - Crane Machine - Chagall Café - Tanaka's Amazing Commodities - Cat
Other Media
Games Golden - Arena - Arena Ultimax - Dancing All Night
Productions The Animation / -The Factor of Hope- / The Golden Animation - Visualive / the Evolution - Persona Stalker Club - 「PERSORA AWARDS」 - PERSORA AWARDS 2 - PERSORA AWARDS 3 - Persora -The Golden Best- - Persona VS
Publications Manga - The Magician - Dengeki Comic Anthology (the Animation / The Golden / The Golden Animation) - Kiri no Amnesia - Your Affection - Persona x Detective Naoto (manga) - Yasoinaba Case File - Persona Magazine
Drama CDs Persona 4 (Vol.1 / Vol.2 / Vol.3) - Persona 4 The Animation (Vol.1 / Vol.2) - Persona 4 Golden (Vol.1 / Vol.2)
Mobile Games The Card Battle - Colors - Persona 4: The Slot - Persona 4 the Pachinko
Events Music Live 2008 - Music Live 2009 - Music Tour 2010 - Music Live 2012 - Music Fes 2013 - Music Box 2014 - Super Live 2015 - Livehouse Tour 2015 - Super Live 2017 - Super Live 2019- 25th Anniversary Symphonic Concert
20th Anniversary Festival - 25th Anniversary - 25th FES
Miscellaneous Merchandise
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