Vegeta Finally Gets the Spotlight With a God of Bath-Time Destruction Music Video

Vegeta was always my favorite, so I always knew we'd give him a music video. When Dragon Ball Z introduced him, he wasn't fighting for justice, he wasn't the hero, and he definitely wasn't anyone's role model. He was a stone-cold killer who had to answer to Frieza every single day and there was nothing he could do about it. Frieza was the boss. Vegeta was the employee. If you've ever had a boss you couldn't stand, someone with power over you that you had to bite your tongue around because the alternative wasn't worth it, that was Vegeta's entire life under Frieza. He hated every second of it and he still showed up. That's the kind of relatable most anime characters never get close to. That's the Vegeta I grew up with. The one who destroyed Arlia and Final Flashed his way through an entire saga. The one who had so much pride he'd rather die than ask for help. He wasn't a good person. He was actually kind of terrible. But he was real in a way that made you root for him anyway.

Then Dragon Ball Super Happened

For what it's worth, Toriyama never originally planned for Vegeta to stick around this long. He admitted in interviews that he had considered ending Vegeta's story while he was still a villain, but fan demand was strong enough that he kept him evolving. Toriyama described Vegeta's "warped straightforwardness" as unexpectedly interesting, and he was right. The tension between Vegeta's pride and his circumstances was what made him work. Super kept the pride but removed most of the tension. What you got instead was Vegeta doing the bingo dance at Bulma's birthday party to keep Beerus from destroying the Earth. I get it. Dragon Ball has always needed to stay accessible, and the show is reaching a younger, broader audience. That's fine. That doesn't mean I have to pretend I liked the change. Comic Book Resources (CBR) called that bingo scene "the start of a disappointing character assassination" in Dragon Ball Super, and they weren't wrong. The guy who made an entire planet disappear now quits mid-battle to protect his bath time with his woman (even if it is with Bulma).

God of Bath-Time Destruction was always on the list. We had other songs jumping the line because that's just how it works at the headquarters. When something feels right, that's the one that gets made. But Vegeta was always coming. He had to be. The song is a eulogy for the Vegeta we knew, wrapped in R&B that makes the whole thing hit harder than it should. It walks through his Dragon Ball Z run, the Arlia moment, Beerus slapping Bulma, the bingo dance, and lands somewhere that functions almost like acceptance. He's not who he was. He's probably not going back, but maybe the God of Bath-Time Destruction is our opportunity to give him a little bit of a tribute.

What the Lyrics Actually Say

The line that says it all is Final Flash to rubber splash, Saiyan pride thrown to the side. That's the entire arc in one sentence. He went from shaking the universe to dancing like a fool at birthday parties. The song doesn't fully take a side. It makes fun of him, sure, but there's something underneath it that reads more like a tribute than a takedown. We still love the character. We just love who he was more than who he became.

What the Music Video Does

The music video gives that story a visual. You watch the transition happen. By the end of it, he doesn't go back to being DBZ Vegeta. He becomes something else entirely: the God of Bath-Time Destruction. That's our way of at least giving him a title that fits where he is now. If this is the version of Vegeta we're getting in Super and whatever comes after, he might as well own it at the highest level.

The God of Bath-Time Destruction music video is out now on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. If you've ever had complicated feelings about Vegeta's arc from Dragon Ball Z to Super, this one is for you. We don't hate the new Vegeta. We just miss the old one. By the end of the video he may not go back to who he was, but we aimed to show him as just a little bit more than a bath-time punchline. He's the God of Bath-Time Destruction, and honestly, that's good enough for us.