Cyberpunk 2077 – 4ÆM & Behind The Music Analysis! (The NET, Lizzy Wizzy & New Characters!)

Today we are briefly analyzing the Behind The Music trailer from Cyberpunk 2077 and CD PROJEKT RED featuring the announcement of Grimes, Run The Jewels, ASAP Rocky and other artists being featured in Cyberpunk 2077, as well as the performance and visuals of the Grimes song 4aem showcased at The Game Awards.

So first we are going to go over the performance of 4AEM by Grimes, because its chock full of potential Cyberpunk 2077 lore implications. Right off the bat we have Grimes, with a stark red background reminiscent of the Blackwall from the Deep Dive. This is a form of ICE software which is currently keeping out the malevolent AI from The Net in 2077. This is most likely the Net as hinted at by CDPR, and may have something to do with the quarantine zone behind the Blackwall just because it is so red. We see some sort of digital blue particles dropping from the sky, which starts to proliferate and spread across what is presumably the Net cityscape. Now the people walking around are not entirely blue, but when grimes’ steps into the bathtub in her performance, in a netrunning sequence, she takes shape in the net using these blue particle effects. Again, we know this is netrunning because she steps into a bath, similar to how V gets into the bath and plugs in during the Deep Dive. I do also want to mention that the trailer is based loosely on the world, so it’s also very possible that this is being showcased in a purely visually capacity and has less to do with the world and story as we’re making it out to be.

Grimes has also been confirmed to be Lizzy Wizzy, so its safe to assume the Icon that’s present in the net that represents her is of Lizzy Wizzy, and not Alt Cunningham like it initially appears to be. Now Lizzy’s Net icon or avatar is a little different from the one featured in the Cyberpunk 2077 e3 2018 trailer, however the look id similar to the one on some of the posters in Night City. Now when it comes to who exactly Lizzy wizzy is I want to highlight this interview with Patrick Mills with NightCityLife where he reveals that Lizzy Wizzy is also this woman. He also references full body conversions. Now with braindance being so popular and Lizzy Wizzy being a famous popstar, this could mean that Lizzy Wizzy is also a braindance recording artist. We see skin and chrome as a braindance in many of the trailers and demos, so this could be the reason we see a full chromed out Lizzy wizzy which contrasts with her more humanoid form. It could also just simply mean that Lizzy wizzy swaps from full body conversions or her augmentations frequently, and again has many different looks similarly to someone like Lady Gaga in terms of a modern-day fashion parallel.
At 1:16 we see the blue effects on a tower that appears to be owned by Arasaka. As we continue, we start to see a freeze frame of a very much living and breathing city. We see a bar, some streets, the NCPD, and this guy who reminds me a lot of this guy from the 48-minute demo.

We also see 4 new characters. The first is someone who instantaneously made me think of Saburo Arasaka. Regardless if he is Saburo or not, he likely works for Arasaka. Next, we have an Arasaka Riot Officer which we’ve seen before in the cover of PCGamer. The 3rd character seems to be an augmented Asian woman, again potentially working for the Japanese megacorporation. Arasaka did break into warring factions in the 2030s so maybe she even opposes them. Finally, we have the Maelstrom ganger character with half his face missing and spikes protruding out of his head.
Moving onto the Behind The Music trailer we have a ton of graffiti sporadically popping up between cuts.

We do however get A bunch of images of the Lizzies which seem to be either a poser gang that models themselves after Lizzy, a crazy fan mob or the name or Lizzies band. It’s unlikely it is Lizzies band because it’s been stated that Lizzie and the Metadwarves is the name of said band, but things could obviously change.

In a prior video we saw this same Lizzy Wizzy skull on a sticker for a gang called the Mox, so this might also rule out the Lizzies being a gang and gives more credence to them just being a group of rabid fans