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While Cyberpunk: Edgerunners ’ “I Really Want to Stay at Your House” is a smash-hit sad boy anime tune, its was impossible to keep myself from headbobbing to the beat of its opening theme song, “This Fffire,” by Franz Ferdinand. The track has a grungy melody befitting Edgerunner ’s storyline and Studio Trigger’s prevailing theme of open defiance against institutions of authority. The cherry on top comes with Edgeruner’s modified chorus. You see, the original chorus, “this fire is outta control / I’m gonna burn this city” was modified to say “this fire is outta control / I’ll burn.” This alteration wasn’t happenstance. The anime’s minimalistic opening cinematic depicts David Martinez charging forward before getting shot in the head by an imposing figure with the skyline of Night City filing his silhouette. Keeping the lyrics as is would have suggested that David was gonna overcome the odds stacked against him. As is the case for most legendary figures in Night City, the city always wins. That’s film noir for ya.