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Overview
"だんだん早くなる" (Dandan Hayaku Naru, "Getting Faster and Faster") is an original Hatsune Miku VOCALOID track by producer 40mP, first released on his 2015 self-titled album and later brought into maimai with the MURASAKi edition on April 18, 2017. The song's title captures its core conceit, a piece about things gradually speeding up that itself builds momentum as it progresses. The lyrics cycle through pairs of contrasting phrases: "だんだん早くなる" (gradually gets faster) and "だんだん遅くなる" (gradually slows down), "だんだん楽しくなる" (gradually becomes more fun) and "だんだん寂しくなる" (gradually becomes lonelier), capturing the push and pull of daily life in a way that feels both playful and poignant. 40mP handled composition, arrangement, lyrics, and the music video single-handedly, making the track a distinctly personal work.
In maimai, the song arrived under the niconico & VOCALOID genre and was assigned to three distinctive chart designers. rioN laid out the EXPERT chart, はっぴー (Happy) crafted the MASTER, and 玉子豆腐 (Tamagodoufu) took on the Re:MASTER, a Level 12+ (12.7) chart unusual for its extreme note-type distribution: a mere 6 Hold notes among 552 total, offset by 125 Slide notes that demand fluid, sweeping motions rather than sustained presses. The song also received a UTAGE (宴) chart during MURASAKi PLUS on July 25, 2017, cheekily titled "だんだんShake it", a direct reference to the hold-tap patterns from はっぴー's MASTER chart of shake it! that longtime players will recognize immediately.
Videos
Charts
STD
BASIC
3(3)
209 notesDesigner: -|Tap 199Hold 3Slide 2Break 5
ADVANCED
8(8)
420 notesDesigner: -|Tap 377Hold 12Slide 21Break 10
EXPERT
10(10)
401 notesDesigner: rioN|Tap 295Hold 64Slide 36Break 6
MASTER
12(12)
552 notesDesigner: はっぴー|Tap 371Hold 85Slide 79Break 17
Re:MASTER
12+(12.7)
552 notesDesigner: 玉子豆腐|Tap 406Hold 6Slide 125Break 15
Trivia
- The title だんだん早くなる translates to "Gradually Gets Faster" or "Getting Faster and Faster," a phrase that describes both the song's lyrical theme and its musical acceleration.
- 40mP composed, arranged, wrote the lyrics for, and produced the music video entirely by himself, making the song a fully solo effort.
- The song was originally released as the title track of 40mP's album "だんだん早くなる" in 2015, two years before its maimai debut.
- In maimai MiLK, all charts received a timing adjustment so that the standby time of Slide notes matched the song's true BPM, a fix for a discrepancy present in the original MURASAKi charts.
- The Re:MASTER chart by 玉子豆腐 (Tamagodoufu) is strikingly note-type-imbalanced: only 6 Hold notes out of 552 total, with 125 Slide notes, an unusually slide-heavy composition for a Level 12+ chart.
- The UTAGE (宴) chart, added on July 25, 2017, is named "だんだんShake it," combining the song title with shake it!, another maimai song whose MASTER chart (also by はっぴー) features the same hold-tap patterns.
- だんだん早くなる also appears in SEGA's CHUNITHM AIR PLUS (added June 8, 2017), where it displays a BPM of 126, a rare case of different displayed BPMs between the two games compared to maimai's 160.
- A commercial version titled "だんだん早くなる with 伊藤園" was created as a collaboration with Japanese beverage company Ito-en, along with a related variant called "だんだん充たされる."
- In Asian English versions of maimai, the song's title is displayed as "Getting Faster and Faster."
- The chart levels have been revised upward multiple times across maimai versions: the MASTER chart began at Level 10+ in MURASAKi and rose to Level 12 by PRiSM, reflecting the game's shifting difficulty standards.
FAQ
- Who composed だんだん早くなる for maimai?
- The song was composed, arranged, and written by 40mP, a prolific Japanese VOCALOID producer known for hits like "Letter Song" and "Kokoro." Hatsune Miku provides the vocals.
- What does だんだん早くなる mean?
- The title translates to "Gradually Gets Faster" or "Getting Faster and Faster," reflecting the song's self-referential theme about the accelerating pace of life and emotions.
- Which maimai version added だんだん早くなる?
- The song was added to maimai MURASAKi on April 18, 2017. The Re:MASTER chart arrived later during the maimai MiLK era on January 9, 2018.
- What difficulty is the Re:MASTER chart of だんだん早くなる?
- The Re:MASTER chart is Level 12+ with a difficulty constant of 12.7. Designed by 玉子豆腐 (Tamagodoufu), it features only 6 Hold notes out of 552 total while packing 125 Slide notes, an unusually slide-heavy layout for its tier.
- Who designed the MASTER and EXPERT charts for だんだん早くなる?
- The MASTER chart was designed by はっぴー (Happy), and the EXPERT chart was designed by rioN.
- Does だんだん早くなる appear in other rhythm games?
- Yes, the song also appears in SEGA's CHUNITHM AIR PLUS (added June 8, 2017), where it displays a different BPM of 126 compared to maimai's 160, a rare cross-game BPM discrepancy.
- What is the UTAGE chart "だんだんShake it" referencing?
- The UTAGE chart's name is a portmanteau of だんだん早くなる and shake it!, another maimai song. The chart reuses the distinctive hold-tap patterns from はっぴー's MASTER chart of shake it! as a deliberate homage.
- Was だんだん早くなる originally made for maimai?
- No, the song debuted as a Hatsune Miku VOCALOID track on 40mP's 2015 album "だんだん早くなる," two years before it was added to maimai MURASAKi.
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