FFXIV Drops Video Rendition “Fly Me To The Moon”, But Not Everyone Likes His Collaboration Partner

First, the video itself. In my personal estimation, this will be a “Love it or Leave” moment for most people, even FFXIV fans. The video itself, as expected from the FFXIV team, is beautiful and fun to watch. Sinatra’s rendition of the classic “Fly Me to the Moon” is great and of course relevant since early access to Endwalker starts tomorrow, many Warriors of Light (including us) on line) will find its way to the moon.

All in all, I really REALLY like the whole bundle that Square Enix dropped the night before the MMORPG early access.

Going back from the actual content itself, though, there are many people who aren’t excited about who Square Enix has partnered with for this particular video. Working with Sia, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter, seemed like a great fit. Add to that the fact that Sia recently played FFXIV and you’ve got a heavenly match… in theory.

What Square Enix may not know, or knows and has apologized for, is that many people don’t care that these two work together because of last year’s situation with the director’s feature film debut. Sia. Music. The plot of the film revolves around Music, a teenager with autism with low functioning whom Sia has co-starred with a mentally ill actor.

In the wake of the backlash and accusations about her acting ability, Sia didn’t really support herself with several replies coming out to explain why an autistic actor wasn’t cast in a role. autistic character.

Even some well-known organizations joined the fray:

Don’t watch Sia’s videos.

Instead, see the work of actual people with disabilities trying to be artists, media creators, producers, etc.https://t.co/68kWHuTGHd#RepresentationMatters #Speak words https://t.co/BhdZtoZgvD

– AAPD (@AAPD) November 20, 2020

.@sia made this mistake. There are many talented autistic actors – like Saskia, Alex, Max and Holly, who have starred in #AutismTMI film: https://t.co/f1aWSs2nXM https://t.co/Vsts6g8728

– National Autism Association (@Autism) November 20, 2020

Some FFXIV fans were quick to bring this up when the video was cut and expressed disappointment at Sia being partnered with:

Oh, that’s a disappointing haircut. After that “movie” of autistic super abilities? Sia is a bad choice.

– NatOne (@NatchuralOne) December 2, 2021

Yes more responses in the replies on the actual Square Enix Twitter post, but what do you think about both video and Square Enix working with Sia?