Overview
Kanaria's エンヴィーベイビー (Envy Baby) is a VOCALOID pop track that arrived in maimai DX UNiVERSE PLUS on March 24, 2022, as the producer's second appearance in the series following their widely played song KING. Featuring GUMI on vocals and jacket artwork by illustrator LAM, the track clocks in at a brisk 171 BPM with tightly constructed electronic pop arrangement and a catchy, call-and-response chorus structure. The title fuses "envy" (エンヴィー) and "baby" (ベイビー), and the lyrics weave between Japanese and English phrases with layered wordplay, lines like "アンレディ ディス ディス ラヴァ ベイビー" give the song its signature hook. Kanaria later released a self-mashup combining Envy Baby with KING on YouTube, highlighting the stylistic kinship between the two tracks. In maimai, the MASTER chart sits at level 13 (constant 13.0), designed by 翠楼屋 (Suirouya), while the EXPERT chart at level 9+ (constant 9.7) was designed by 隅田川星人 (Sumidagawa Seijin). The song also appears in SEGA's CHUNITHM NEW PLUS, extending its reach across the company's rhythm game lineup.
Videos
Charts
DX
BASIC
3(3)
141 notesDesigner: -|Tap 107Hold 16Slide 4Touch 12Break 2
ADVANCED
7(7)
344 notesDesigner: -|Tap 297Hold 12Slide 10Touch 19Break 6
EXPERT
9+(9.7)
568 notesDesigner: 隅田川星人|Tap 363Hold 81Slide 31Touch 53Break 40
MASTER
13(13)
776 notesDesigner: 翠楼屋|Tap 517Hold 64Slide 93Touch 73Break 29
Trivia
- エンヴィーベイビー was originally released as Kanaria's fifth single in 2021 before its inclusion in maimai.
- The song's jacket artwork was created by LAM, a Japanese illustrator known for vibrant, stylized character art who has collaborated with Kanaria on multiple projects.
- Kanaria produced a self-mashup merging エンヴィーベイビー with his earlier maimai song KING, published on YouTube as a standalone track.
- Beyond maimai, エンヴィーベイビー also appears in CHUNITHM NEW PLUS, making it one of several Kanaria tracks shared between SEGA's two major rhythm game series.
- The lyrics employ extensive homophonic wordplay: 弄人 (rōjin, 'toying with people') and 牢人 (rōjin, 'prisoner') share the same reading and are paired with the English phrase 'lonely lonely' in the second verse.
- The chorus contrasts 愛の苑 (ai no sono, 'garden of love') with 害の苑 (gai no sono, 'garden of harm'), swapping a single vowel to reverse the meaning entirely.
- The opening line 'Hi. I wanna people save.' uses deliberately broken English, a stylistic choice that carries through the song's bilingual wordplay.
- In the Chinese version of maimai (舞萌DX), エンヴィーベイビー was added in the 2023 edition at launch.
- The MASTER chart (level 13, constant 13.0) was designed by 翠楼屋 (Suirouya), a notes designer whose charts are known for dense patterning across the maimai DX series.
- The EXPERT chart (level 9+, constant 9.7) was designed by 隅田川星人 (Sumidagawa Seijin), a veteran charter whose work appears frequently in niconico & VOCALOID category songs.
FAQ
- Who composed エンヴィーベイビー (Envy Baby)?
- エンヴィーベイビー was composed, arranged, and written by Kanaria, a VOCALOID producer. The song features GUMI on vocals and was illustrated by LAM.
- When was エンヴィーベイビー added to maimai?
- The song was added to maimai DX UNiVERSE PLUS on March 24, 2022, as part of the version's launch lineup in Japanese, Asian, and North American regions, and later in the Chinese 舞萌DX 2023 edition.
- What is the difficulty of the MASTER chart for エンヴィーベイビー?
- The MASTER chart is rated level 13 with a difficulty constant of 13.0, designed by 翠楼屋 (Suirouya). It contains 776 total notes.
- Who designed the charts for エンヴィーベイビー in maimai?
- The EXPERT chart (level 9+, constant 9.7) was designed by 隅田川星人 (Sumidagawa Seijin), and the MASTER chart (level 13, constant 13.0) was designed by 翠楼屋 (Suirouya). The Basic and Advanced charts have no credited designer.
- Is エンヴィーベイビー related to Kanaria's other maimai song KING?
- Both songs were created by Kanaria and share a similar musical style and fast tempo. Kanaria released a self-mashup combining both tracks on YouTube, but they are separate original songs rather than directly connected pieces.
- What does the title エンヴィーベイビー mean?
- The title is a Japanese phonetic rendering of 'Envy Baby,' combining エンヴィー (enby, from English 'envy') with ベイビー (beibī, 'baby'). The lyrics explore themes of envy, love, and emotional entanglement through wordplay.
- What other rhythm games feature エンヴィーベイビー?
- Beyond maimai, エンヴィーベイビー also appears in CHUNITHM NEW PLUS, another SEGA rhythm game, as part of the niconico genre.
