Apparently there was recently a livestream done by Sam Haft, a guy who makes music for HH and HB. Some twitter user wrote down some notes about his statements in the livestream, and oh boy.
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Some notable examples are:
- 'More songs in season 2 than season 1'
- 'Alastor isn't capable of caring about someone more than himself (wouldn't be a good dad)'
- 'Gooseworx did music for HH'
- 'Val = least redeemable Vee, Velvette most redeemable (could change in season 2)'
- 'Songs in season 2 are better'
- 'Hazbin S2 in 3 words: Shit gets nuts'
- 'Big emotional songs in season 2'
- 'There will be more new characters in season 2'
- 'There are depressing songs/moments in season 2'
- 'It's great working with Viv. Makes the job very easy because she has a clear vision for the characters and such'
- 'Sallie Mae will definitely get more screentime'
- 'Full HH soundtrack was made in less than 10 weeks'
- 'Music first (not melody), then lyrics + melody when writing songs'
Oh my God. Obligatory:
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Time to dissect this down.
- 'More songs in season 2 than season 1'
No. NO. We DON'T need more SONGS, DANG IT. FOCUS ON THE STORY. FOCUS ON THE PLOT. THE CHARACTERS. NOT MORE SING-A-LONGS FOR TEENAGERS TO SING TO. Feels so weird for an adult show to say "Sing-a-Longs". That's something I'd hear from Disney or Pixar. That's reasonable. But for a supposed "swearing: the show" adult show saying that? Feels out of place to me.
Not beating the allegations that y'alls show is just a teen show disguised as an adult one.
- 'Alastor isn't capable of caring about someone more than himself (wouldn't be a good dad)'
I saw on Tumblr that someone thought this was related to his asexuality, and knowing how desperate these sexless blokes are when it comes to acting like they're owed representation, they're gonna be screaming their balls off thinking Alastor is le evil representation of people who simply don't wanna have sex and because Alastor is EVIL and doesn't care for others feelings and just so HAPPENS to be asexual, that means he's being a stereotypical one!! OH NOES!!
- 'Gooseworx did music for HH'
Can't complain about this. Gooseworx's alright and is quite possibly the more tolerable trans people since she never makes it a central point of her identity. Especially now since she's more known for her show that has quite possibly taken over the entire internet. Good on her. I feel bad she's having to make music for this show of all shows, though.
- 'Val = least redeemable Vee, Velvette most redeemable (could change in season 2)'
Velvette? Redeemable? I highly doubt this. How's she gonna be redeemable? She's already an established Overlord! I think that redemption's not really possible at that point. How do we know she's not just pretending to be redeemable around Charlie so she can get info on the Hotel to slander it?
- 'Songs in season 2 are better'
AGAIN. WE DON'T NEED MORE SING-A-LONGS!! I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE BETTER!! FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL STORY!
- 'Hazbin S2 in 3 words: Shit gets nuts'
Translation: We're gonna focus more on the V's and all the CRAAAZZZYY hijinks more than the established premise of Hazbin Hotel for an entire season. Again.
- 'Big emotional songs in season 2'
Yeah, yeah,
trying to recreate this tweet again, I see.
- 'There will be more new characters in season 2'
WE. DON'T. NEED. MORE. CHARACTERS. Didn't y'all see how BLOATED the show was by introducing so many characters and barely letting any of them naturally flow and develop??? Why add more?? It's all gonna end up in hastily ended conflicts and situations that barely have any juice or real impact to the characters and story. If there are gonna be new characters, could you PLEASE at least add new sinners? Preferably, uh... hm... SINNERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR REDEMPTION?? PLEASE??? PLEASE DO WHAT YOU ADVERTISED THE SHOW TO BE FOR ALMOST A DECADE??????????????????
- 'There are depressing songs/moments in season 2'
Showing this tweet again.
- 'It's great working with Viv. Makes the job very easy because she has a clear vision for the characters and such'
No. No, she doesn't. She doesn't at all. One of the biggest complaints people had about Hazbin Hotel was the huge LACK of vision for the characters. They're here one day and then they're not. They have the world's shortest arcs and have plot points and situations solved without any real nuance to them. She's the WORST director for managing character development, and you, Sam Haft, are a fool for believing she could ever know how to develop characters.
HB is the worst example of this.
- 'Sallie Mae will definitely get more screentime'
Translation: She will get more screentime for exposition dumps and to be the only excuse for Millie to have something more about her than her being the violent girlfriend of Moxxie. Will probably add in some drama in the mix.
- 'Full HH soundtrack was made in less than 10 weeks'
I don't know if he's talking about Season 1 or Season 2's soundtrack, but ten weeks does seem reasonable. Sort of. I wonder how the Season 2 songs will be. Don't wanna imagine them, though.
- 'Music first (not melody), then lyrics + melody when writing songs'
Ah, no wonder why some of the songs in Season 1 sounds so off-putting.