The Story of a Meme That Became Official Merch
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Honkai Star Rail led to the creation of the "kuru kuru" meme that became a huge community hit. It even caused miHoYo to create official merch for it! So here's the story of how it all happened.
Do check out how Raphiiel and Shayien put their own creative spin on the "kuru kuru" craze!
Raphiiel on how the song was made
• How I made the "Kuru K...
Shayien on how the alarm was made
• I made a Herta Alarm...
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I heard she was used the most in CBT so it's not surprising someone decided to meme about it but little did they know it would grown to be a meme popular enough to still be remembered
@theindoorowl7637
10 ай бұрын
Guess now we all know why she was the most used back then haha. So true bruh, so true.
@baimhakani
9 ай бұрын
Cock & Ball torture?
@ghetoknight7801
9 ай бұрын
does this stand for chinese beta test or CBT?
@blushingralseiuwu2222
9 ай бұрын
@@ghetoknight7801it stands for Cock and Balls Torture
@justinmmos7219
9 ай бұрын
@@ghetoknight7801 it stands for Closed Beta Test I believe
if it's a music box that plays "kururin" as she slowly twirls..it will be godly (Wahhh 4k 😭 I hope my art as well lol But yea Kurukuru Music box cover 😌🙏🙏🙏
@Imperialofficer07
10 ай бұрын
If that’s the case, I will buy five of them, I don’t play the game, however it would be a funny April Fools joke
@naomikirisaki
10 ай бұрын
Holy fuck the idea itself is Godly
@PsypherWolf
9 ай бұрын
Kuru kuru kuru rin, kuru-ri~n
@user-1ts5m0m4tt3ru
9 ай бұрын
sadly it can only spin (with 3 speed modes tho)
@liomurasaki
9 ай бұрын
You could actually make a Statuette of her with the hammer, give it a little hand crank with a release button, and you could give it up to five twirls that change the audio depending on the ammount of twirls, like it does ingame, between, 1/2 being Kuru Kuru and 3/5 being Kururin, you could even give it the 4 languajes because i love the KR voice, also you could make it so that 1 spin is the sped up audio and the 3 is also the sped up audio thay she uses in fast combat mode
What he didn't mention: Herta's idle animation in the game is she slowly twirling in the marionette pose, so the merch is probably base on that (you can actually see her idle animation on HSR advertisements on KZread).
@nekomew
9 ай бұрын
So true. The merch is from Herta's idle animation and not the kuru kuru meme
@MuddyAxolotl
9 ай бұрын
explain the model's likeness lol
@NewExile
9 ай бұрын
Also if it *was* based on Kuru kuru then she’d be swinging her hammer instead of pulling a pirouette. She even has music box music tingling and then curtseys.
@razgriz9714
9 ай бұрын
Should be a twirling T-pose XD
@heromedley
9 ай бұрын
it could still be both they wouldnt make it a merch if the meme didnt become popular to begin with 🤷♂️
Honestly I’m not surprised, Mihoyo knows the community & they love good memes.
@theindoorowl7637
9 ай бұрын
We all love to see it for sho.
@subscriber101able
9 ай бұрын
Mihoyo was made by fellow weebs afterall
@Mayuapril
9 ай бұрын
Tech otakus save the world
@littleboss2006
9 ай бұрын
Know the community lol, where my gigabuff Itto?
@aryadanuarta5225
9 ай бұрын
he forget to mention honkai only bro@@littleboss2006
I don't think it became a meme then a merch. Personally I think they were already planning it since there's her idle where she spins like a music box ballerina.
@ButcherParry
9 ай бұрын
This, it even looks more like the idle pose than the spin pose.
@pakceillust1398
9 ай бұрын
Let him cook
@Snailing_Suika
9 ай бұрын
spinning anime girls (and/or fumos) became a meme 13 years ago kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZeNp7WShtaXdrw.html nothing new at all
@Tilde_Shii
9 ай бұрын
@@Snailing_Suika true.
@user-kx4cf7iy5u
5 ай бұрын
oo
Also: you can find this reference in the game itself now. Herta has an idle animation where she summons a portrait of herself to admire: there is now an extremely small chance on this of her calling a portrait of the cartoon instead as a minor Easter egg.
@kristiantowijaya6168
10 ай бұрын
It was edited afaik... not official
@TotherKoala
10 ай бұрын
@@kristiantowijaya6168NOOOOOOOO
@theindoorowl7637
9 ай бұрын
Shame, that would've been mindblowing for sho.
@ooosweaty2607
9 ай бұрын
@@kristiantowijaya6168its real now
@optimusprime7243
9 ай бұрын
@@kristiantowijaya6168 Too lazy to just type "as far as I know" literally took me less than 2 seconds, Jesus Christ dude
This actually started back In cbt2, about a year before the game’s release
@theindoorowl7637
10 ай бұрын
Oooo cool cool. Thanks for the correction Soupkeyi !
@raffibagus3035
9 ай бұрын
Whats cbt2 Co*c and ball torture2
@user-kx4cf7iy5u
5 ай бұрын
oo
@miamor2624
4 ай бұрын
They released a second part of CBT!? Damn, the madlads.
@samdom2672
3 ай бұрын
Closed beta testing@@raffibagus3035
Apologies as there is a slight correction. The "Kuru Kuru" phenoma technically sorta started and was already quite popular back even during the game's Closed Beta Test period (which was about a year before it's release date). Which is mindblowing if you think about it. Wew.
@nayu.shirakawa_
10 ай бұрын
kuru kuru~
@NeroTheBoop
9 ай бұрын
Wait, didn't know it went that back in time
@unclefudge4206
9 ай бұрын
almost 2 years
@unclefudge4206
9 ай бұрын
@@NeroTheBoopyeah it was WAY BACK. it was when CBT 1 started and some people got annoyed by it too
@NeroTheBoop
9 ай бұрын
@@unclefudge4206 that's crazy, i'm glad it survived that long, it's such a great meme
still have those alarm ringing hahaha... all three actually...
@theindoorowl7637
10 ай бұрын
can never have too much kuru kuru~
@user-kx4cf7iy5u
5 ай бұрын
ooo
At 1:02 ,it's not an really full fledged song,it's a remix of the ending theme from Super Mario World (the creator says that there at the bottom too). Theres a lot of remixes of that song like this one for other games,memes and stuff like that Great video!
@naxy2077
9 ай бұрын
finally someone said it
@starstrike6469
9 ай бұрын
I was going to say this as well
@user-kx4cf7iy5u
5 ай бұрын
ooo
I'm proud to see Raphiiel here cuz even the creator was shocked to see it go so viral
She's not even my favorite character or anything, but this is magnificent.
Kuru-Kuru was so addicting to listen to since CBT 1 and almost outhroned another Honkai meme phrase which is "Teri-Teri" by Theresa from Hi3
@normalpair
9 ай бұрын
Teri Teri will never leave my mind
@DanielaLoro
8 ай бұрын
"Teri-teri daisouri!" (Stuck on my head lol)
Unironically the Kururin Kurukuru is my alarm. Very effective when it is layers
@nehemz432
3 ай бұрын
Its my notification/sms sound
Hoyo is probably one of the most in touch developers out there with their communities meme culture. Which is an accomplishment for such a huge company. Even in Genshin there are just a lot of voice lines and dialogue that would just not exist if fans hadn’t made memes about them. For example I guarantee you “Emergency Food” would not have been a reoccurring joke if nobody memed on it a bunch
@zigazav1
4 ай бұрын
Back before I quit Genshin out of pure boredom, any chance I got ingame (aside from the first time), I'd call Paimon "emergency food", to troll her, because she's so annoying to me, and she's pretty much brain-dead too. (Paimon literally cannot pronounce the word "imaginary", even after it's said nearby her, and assumes the Traveler meant to say something else) And this hatred of Paimon is from a person who never found Navi annoying in Zelda Ocarina of Time. Paimon speaking on the behalf of the Traveler, is why the Traveler rarely has any voice lines in cutscenes. Trailblazer from Star Rail speaks on their own, with nobody needing to speak on their behalf. And now in Honkai Impact 3rd's main story Part 2 getting the Dreamseeker MC, once I saw her ingame, she is perhaps one of MiHoYo's best written self-inserts. Despite being a self-insert, she speaks a ton, no needing influence from the player's choices, acting not like a self-insert
Glad the algorithm sent this my way (albiet 11 days late) because not only was this well edited, it was just good on all fronts. From the way you presented the memes and the facts to actually crediting people, which more people should do, is so nicely done! You just gained a subsciber and I lookforward to what you are cooking in the future.
@theindoorowl7637
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the very kind words Gottaloveaxolotls! Will continue to cook for sho :)
@Gottaloveaxolotls
9 ай бұрын
@@theindoorowl7637 neat :D
this merch is based on hertas idle animation of her dancing like marionette, not her kuru kuru itself~
I´m happy to say I´ve been a part of this kuru kuru journey as a viewer and player, peak life phase fr
Thank you so much for the lore explanation ❤, i needed this
On Herta idle animation sometimes have the meme also.
@theindoorowl7637
10 ай бұрын
Yep! She does a much slower twirl that's pretty nice too.
Ms. Herta is unstoppable
Just don't ever tell people you are part of the Kuru Kuru Kult ...
@normalpair
9 ай бұрын
💀
@harugisasama
6 ай бұрын
💀
How in 9 days I haven't known about it? That's awesome
Wow, how did I miss this? It's right up my alley.
Woah this is you're second video and its doing really well. Keep up the good work man👍
I listened to that remix for 10 hours. Best 10 hours of my life.
Never heard this kurukuru thing before but now it's my notification so thank you
Kuru kuru lives rent free in my head and it's the first ear worm I haven't regretted
I feel happy that i know where every clip is from
This game is created after that frog meme. Now this is a new challenger taking over the stage
Now I NEED THIS!!
Thanks Sereren for your GIF
Bro I still use that alarm to this day 😭
Didnt know what this was about until i heard the line
Im surprised they made it so fast, for genshin usually it takes them like half a year till they make merch off of the popular and cute characters like the aranara
@BruneSixtine
7 ай бұрын
Aranaras are not cute sorry. An Aranara stomper would be cute though.
thank you for also putting in the gif artist.
This will be nostalgic omg
bro i have the kuru kuru full song on ringtone, and a short kuru kuru on notifications💀✨️
I hear this while studying, and it makes me go SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
Its really catchy
I just realized that the song is my phone alarm ever since then
It is still my current notification sound
I literally started playing the game after hearing that sound, I'm not kidding
KuruHS must be having daily nightmares since this dropped 😂
holy crap I had no idea that raphiiel made the kuru kuru song I've listened to their music for like several years
That Tokyo Xanadu's bgm in the end, nice.
That's my ringtone actually
I remember a mobile ad using the kuru kuru song.
Surprised the official version of the meme wasn't added in this video. It really bops.
YOOO THE KURU KURU SONG IS ACTUALLY MY ALARM 😂 AND IT WAKES ME UP EVERY SINGLE TIME
Thanks Sereren for yout GIF
Hoyo does like to bank on the memes.
@TotherKoala
10 ай бұрын
Especially in Star Rail
@theindoorowl7637
9 ай бұрын
Ikr, there are so many references in-game. Not complaining tho XD
i clearly play it for the part, so true 😂
i actually have the ringtone on my laptop lol
i use the second version as my alarm clock and let me tell you, its literal hell to wake up to so i always wake up 5 minutes early just to turn the damn alarm off. thats how you can figure out if an alarm works or not, i guess..
the music that was playing in the background of kuru kuru is the super mario world end credits
@JayV-gr8lj
6 ай бұрын
but i guess I'm the only weirdo who would know that
i still use the ringtone daily 😅
I actually have the alarm/ringtone as my ringtone and alarm on my phone, I showed my brother all three and he picked the third one. It keeps giving me a mini heart attack whenever I get a phone call.
This is tuturu and padoru padoru all over again
"Instrumental covers" AN INSTRUMENTAL COVER OF THAT SONG IS JUST THE SUPER MARIO WORLD CREDITS LMAO
i streamed herta spinning on twitch for hours for the HSR streaming event lol
1yr later Kuru kuru kururin HAHAHAHA
I still use it as an alarm 😂
yk, imma show my child this vid one day
The Reason Why I played HSR: Just for herta's follow attack
@nayu.shirakawa_
10 ай бұрын
kuru kuru~
@tsumuphi9206
9 ай бұрын
Same. still have my bio and pfp set as herta bc of that
@theindoorowl7637
9 ай бұрын
the most trailblazer of all time confirmed
@TripleLLe
9 ай бұрын
@@theindoorowl7637 y e s
@TripleLLe
9 ай бұрын
@@theindoorowl7637 definitely
HSR is making everything from every damn memes you can find
I love this game
Hina from touhou project owning this meme well over a decade ago:
You've even forgot the 3D AD at KZread that time...
Kafka kuru kuru is music to my ears
My neighbor has the alarm and everytime i sleep with her, i has to hear Herta sing in the morning😂
I need it 😭
I need that merch 😳
may the algorithm bless you kuru kuru
That song has been my ringtone and will be till the end of my days unless I find something similarly interesting. For reference my last ringtone was Mission Impossible Theme but the weird af Flute version (used that for ages)
Kuru kuru kururim is the world domination
Kuru-kuru merch is a bold move
I still use that alarm
Golden Age Moment
I will have kurukuru, kurukuru is forever
kurukuru is literally my ringtone
crazy how this is the second time a girl from an anime-style game went viral for the kukuru kuru kuru kurukuru
That's my alarm right now
The kuru kuru of all time
Probably the first time bro ever witnessed such a thing in his lifetime..
i was about to bought the Kuru kuru merch but i and my friend end up choose the Trailblazer duo
I better get this on christmas if not imma cry
Memes are the dna of the soul after all
NOW THERES THAT ONE HERTA STAR RAIL AD WITH THE KURU KURU SONG
I got a honkai star rail add before this Gotta love personalised adds
I'm going to install that game just to get this carather and spam every atacks just to hear "kuru kuru"
"april twentree twentree tree"
And now its official advertisement
Rather than an alarm i used it as ringtone 😂😂
Put out our bad day because it's kuru kuru time
Kuru kuru, kururin! is eternal🙏
As a player in 2024... I'm still loving the Kuru Kuru thing❤️😻
i use the Kuru kuru ringtone on my phone
Is correct Kuru kuru is kururing indeed
Seseren makes some really good stuff despite the goofy art style, the Herta one became a whole meme chat in his server that’s nothing but “kuru kuru”