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#76 Hypno K.K.
Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Aircheck
Live Performance
Composed by		Manaka Kataoka
Mood		It's hard to say
Owned by		Alice  Bob  Coco  Flurry  Ione  Jeremiah  Pancetti  Papi  Sherb  Wendell
Genre		Hauntology Neo-psychedelia
Instruments		Reversed cello Synthesizer Harp
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  うたたねのゆめ  白日梦  Psykéké  Mírame a los ojos  K.K. Ipnotico  Гипноз К. К.  졸면서 꾸는 꿈  白日夢  Psykéké  Mírame a los ojos  Schlummerlied  Hypnotherapie

"Hypno K.K." is a K.K. Slider song that first appears in Animal Crossing: City Folk as a live-only performance, and with an aircheck version in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The song may be based off of hauntology music. The genre is characterized by distorted psychedelic sounds that may give the listener a sense of nostalgia or inner peace. The live version of the song is more akin to neo-psychedelia, a revival genre from the 1980s which modernized psychedelic music from the 1960s by combining it with alternative rock.

Based on its original Japanese name, the tone of the song may have originally intended to be soothing or dream-like. This is reflected by the English name — "hypno-" as a prefix relates to sleep — as well as how Sherb, a sleep-themed lazy goat, plays it in his house. The name may also be inspired by hypnagogic pop, a subgenre of hauntology and neo-psychedelia.

Album cover

Album cover in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The album cover for "Hypno K.K." features a close-up of K.K. Slider's head, from the nose up. The colors are blurred like bleeding ink, and a blue and black grid is revealed in the shadowed sections of K.K.'s face. The top of the background is checkered light blue and yellow, and it fades to white near the bottom. In New Horizons, green digital-like text that reads "HYPNO K.K." is written in a wave pattern above K.K.'s head.

Appearances

In City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, "Hypno K.K." can only be heard live if the player makes an invalid song request.

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, "Hypno K.K." is a secret song that can only be heard and obtained by request, and it is played in the houses of Flurry and Papi.

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, "Hypno K.K." is no longer a secret song. It is played in the houses of Flurry, Jeremiah, Papi, and Sherb. The aircheck of this song can be obtained from one of these villagers after visiting their house by their favor. This song's aircheck can also be purchased in Nook Shopping daily selection for  3,200 Bells.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise, "Hypno K.K." is played in the houses of Bob, Ione, Jeremiah, and Pancetti.

In Happy Home Designer

In Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, "Hypno K.K." is played in the houses of Alice, Bob, Coco, Pancetti, and Wendell.

Gallery

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  New Leaf model

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  Happy Home Designer icon

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  Happy Home Designer wall-mounted icon

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  Happy Home Designer album cover icon

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  Album cover in amiibo Festival

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  New Horizons icon

Music

Hypno K.K. audio tracks

Title	Game	Track	Notes
Aircheck	Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Live	Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Music Box	Animal Crossing: New Leaf
DJ KK House Remix	Animal Crossing: New Leaf
DJ KK NES Remix	Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Aircheck (Cheap)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Aircheck (Retro)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Aircheck (Phono)	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Music Box	Animal Crossing: New Horizons
DJ KK Remix	Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise

Names in other languages

	うたたねのゆめ Utatane no yume	Dozing Dream
	졸면서 꾸는 꿈 Jolmyeonseo Kkuneun Kkum	Dozing Dream
	白日梦 Bái rì mèng	Daydream
	Гипноз К. К. Gipnoz K. K.	K.K. Hypnosis
	Hypnotherapie	Hypnotherapy
	Schlummerlied	Lullaby
	Mírame a los ojos	Look into my eyes
	Psykéké	Psy-K.K.
	K.K. Ipnotico	K.K. Hypnotic