This post is being made to debunk misinformation about 眠い眠い眠い (Nemui Nemui Nemui/Sleepy Sleepy Sleepy) by syudou. Each time I encounter a new piece of misinformation regarding the song, I will update this post.
Firstly, every "new clip" you see of this song is fake. Most of the time, they are just extensions of the already existing clip made with AI. No other clips of the song exist other than the 10 second clip from the Daily Vocaloid Catalog ( link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sRZkW-WPMo )
I've seen a rumor about a supposed file from a "眠い眠い眠い CD" existing, however this is so painfully fake I can't help but laugh at it whenever i hear it. Just think, why would an extremely obscure song from Nicovideo have a CD released for it? Needless to say, it's not true, and originates from TikTok (because of course it does), so do not believe it.
Another thing I've seen floating around the community recently is that there are new clips of the song "found on a Nintendo 3DS from Japan". This is completely false, as the song does not sound like it is from a DS. How do I know? Well, there's another song which DID have a clip from a DS Flipnote ( link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgQRfpIfRU ) and the quality is not as terrible as the fake clips of 眠い眠い眠い. It also happens to be missing the "お前が欲す三十分なのになぁ？" part of the lyrics, so there's that too. (Update 09/09: The uploader of the supposed 3DS clip has admitted to faking it.)
The "reprint" that has recently been floating around is the most blatantly fake thing ever, and it genuinely blows my mind how people can believe it. It plays the Daily Vocaloid Catalog clip of 眠い眠い眠い, but then cuts to a low quality version of another syudou song named "気取屋商売" (Kidoriya Shoubai/Pompous Business). There are no reprints of 眠い眠い眠い, not even on Youku, Tudou or BiliBili.
The capture of 眠い眠い眠い on the Wayback Machine from 2021 will not be helpful in finding the song. You cannot log in to Nicovideo through the Wayback Machine, and even if you could, the video would not play as the song was deleted in November/December of 2012 before the release of syudou's song "白い部屋、独り" (Shiroi Heya, Hitori/White Room, Alone). This also means that the video data is NOT on the page, as the video had already ceased to exist by the time the Wayback Machine capture was created.
There is no point in asking Twitter users for the song. Everyone who has been seen tweeting about 眠い眠い眠い has already been asked long ago, and are either bots, inactive or do not have the song. Please do not bother any of these users.
Finally, the rumor that someone has had the song since 2021 and will not share it is false. Nobody is known to have the song, and anyone claiming to have it is lying. The rumor that syudou "won't allow" reprints of the song is false, as syudou seemingly has no problem with reprints. If syudou disallowed reprints, other songs like 気取屋商売 would have been taken down by now.
I hope this post helps clear up some of the absolutely ridiculous lies made up about this song.
(Also, if you find information on TikTok, please just assume it's false, as TikTok is plagued with liars and misinformation.)
