User Friendly (song)

User Friendly is a song written and performed by rockerboy Kerry Eurodyne. In 2077, the Japanese idol group Us Cracks made a cover of it.

Background
According to the wording of MSM on the MSM.EURODYNE.CORP web page, User Friendly - possibly a single due to not being attributed to any particular album - is not of a recent date. The song vividly depicts a resentful stance of the writer towards the consumerist society around him, bitterly accepting, through weighed irony, that even the product of this very rage will be repackaged and sold to those who will not understand it. Whichever marketing method was used, it commercially succeeded and the song managed to reach a very wide audience, making it a proper legend in the history of rock music.

In 2077, the Japanese lazr pop band Us Cracks made a deal with Eurodyne's manager, L.B. Kovachek, in order to promote their new-coming tour across North America. Whether the idea was to find something contrasting to their own music for shock value, create a bridge between agencies, present themselves as "user-friendly" or call the American consumerism out, was not declared, but one thing they manage to achieve was the outrage of the author in particular. As it turns out, Kovachek made this deal with the Us Cracks' manager while having the approval of MSM. All this without Kerry's knowledge.

When Kerry got word about the cover, he was furious towards Us Cracks, as he thought they had gone behind his back, using his art to promote their materialistic corporate music. The rockerboy tried to scare them off Night City in order to send a message, though to no avail. Realizing the girl band was to continue with their tour in NC, Kerry decided to take matters into his own hands. With the help of a recent acquaintance, a merc called V, they confronted Us Cracks. During their argument, both Eurodyne and Us Cracks realized they had been played by their managers and label, as the girls didn't knew Kerry was against the cover.

Should Kerry not accept the idea of the ordeal being an intentional misinformation planned out by the managers, Us Cracks will eventually disregard his wishes and continue promoting their tour with the cover, going as far as getting a restraining order so that Kerry cannot harass them again. On the other hand, Eurodyne is contractually obliged not to make these events known.

Should Kerry accept all this had been planned by the label, both parties will end up in good terms. Us Cracks will then suspend their tour and put Kerry's song out of their repertory as a way to apologize if those are his wishes, perfectly knowing they will lose millions of eurodollars, but acknowledging the label will lose even more. This outcome eventually led to a joint project in the form of a new single; Off the Leash.

No matter the outcome, the Us Cracks cover was still usually played on 98.7 Body Heat Radio in 2077.

Namakopuri

 * Performed by Namakopuri
 * Lyrics by Katarzyna Kraińska; Yuki Kawamura
 * Music by Kaito Sakuma aka Batic; Yuki Kawamura
 * Keyboards by Yo Sakume (American Dream Express)
 * Vocals by Mako Watanabe aka Mako Principal; Namacolove
 * Backing vocals by Yuki Kawamura
 * Mixing and mastering by Hideo Kobayashi (Sonic Vista Studios Japan)

Shards

 * Us Cracks - From Tokyo Sweethearts to Night City Legends!
 * A Neon Typhoon Is About to Hit America! It's Us Cracks and Their New, Shocking Single!