A cat named Yume exists in three places at once: a real animal, a metaphor, a dream within a dream. The song layers two classic melodies into something that feels both playful and quietly melancholic, and you're never entirely sure which Yume you're watching or which version of the song you're hearing. It's a three-minute proof that a music video can be a puzzle and a comfort at the same time.
A cat named Yume, whose name also means dream in Japanese, is the subject of this single music video. The song parodies two familiar tunes, Der Flohwalzer, known in Japan as Neko Fun Jatta, and Beautiful Dreamer, and which one it leans on depends on how Yume is understood. Is Yume a real cat, a dream in the figurative sense, or a dream the cat itself is having? After airing for only a month, the video became lost media, until a 2016 recovery effort by the Minna no Uta Hakkutsu Project found a copy and returned it to the air 34 years later.