Hello there! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season! Looking towards the New Year, 2023 can only be better...right? Well, one way to hopefully kick off a great 2023 is to give y’all some RWBY Volume 9 updates!
Right off the bat, this post isn’t about the release date quite yet, that will be coming soon. And I don’t just mean “soon”, but more like, “we’ll have more info for you in January” soon.
That being said, I do want to let everyone know that production is going really well! We’re making great progress and are really happy with how it’s coming out. Everything is still looking great for an early 2023 release! What I *did* want to talk about today is a couple of exciting announcements around some key creative roles:
First, I’m super happy to announce that Yssa Badiola, who you may know as one of our 2D Directors and Animators, or as the creator of Recorded by Arizal, or as a co-host of two different podcasts with me, is joining CRWBY as an Episodic Director for RWBY Volume 9!
Yssa has been involved in RWBY for quite some time actually, as someone who we would bounce ideas off of or get feedback from. Or like that time when she joined as a fan before Volume 3 came out and we told her everything that happened in the season and watched her crumble into a ball of emotions. Good times!
She’s already brought some amazing contributions to the show and I can’t wait for you all to see them! You can follow her more here!
Yssa Badiola:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dearbassy/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/dearbassy
Second, here’s an update on RWBY music from Jeff himself:
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“TL;DR-Jeff is retiring and Casey is making the songs for RWBY Volume 9.
Over the last 12 to 15 years, I worked on music a lot. Like, a REAL lot. I’m glad I did and I am happy overall with the music I made alongside my partners.
In the last few years I started to realize that I wasn’t really accomplishing new things, and that I was missing out on a lot of other parts of life that I didn’t have time or energy for while working obsessively on music.
I asked myself how I would feel if I worked on RWBY Volume 9, if I busted ass for another year, put out another good album that fans enjoyed. I would feel the same as I felt after all the other releases, and that’s the problem.
I want my life to be one of change, growth and journeys. To me, that’s what creativity is all about.
I’ve been retired from music since releasing RWBY Vol 8, and for now I don’t see myself going back to it. I mean, who knows? Maybe I will, maybe I won’t? Right now, I’m not stressing over that. I’m enjoying using my time and energy and creativity in other ways.
I suppose I should spend one sentence making sure you know that there’s absolutely no negative situation between me and Rooster Teeth or anybody else. We’ve been good to each other and for each other; we’ve had an extremely successful relationship with an inordinate amount of trust on both sides.
And yes, now I get to sit in the crowd and watch Casey melt your faces!
With love and endless appreciation to you, my RWBY family,
Jeff”
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I can’t even begin to say how much Jeff has brought to RWBY over the years. The songs have helped define what the soul of this show is from the very beginning. While we’re sad to see him go, we’re incredibly thankful and happy to continue working with Casey Lee Williams, who has also been a huge part of making the music of RWBY what it is today. She will be joined by Martin Gonzalez, who worked as a composer on Volume 8. Together, the two of them will spearhead music for Volume 9!
While this is a big change, we’re all confident that the music for RWBY will continue to compliment the emotions of the show, while overall still sounding rad as hell!
You can find them here!
Casey Lee Williams:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/caseyleewilliams/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/caseylwilliams
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@caseyleewilliams1678
Martin Gonzalez:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/martingonzalezmusic/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/martingonar
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@martingonzalezmusic
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/martingonar/
Anyways, that’s it for now! I hope everyone is having a great holiday and is looking forward to 2023 as much as I am!