It’s been quite a while since I actually posted something on this blog, and since I feel a bit guilty for neglecting my blog for pretty much a whole month (plus I really need a break from my school work), I’m going to be somewhat talking about and sharing some of my thoughts about Juice=Juice’s newest MV’s for their upcoming double-A single “Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo / Hajimete wo Keiken Chuu”.
Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo
First of all, while the song is only about 20 seconds in, the beginning immediately reminds me of a song from Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I can’t really say which ACNL song it reminds me of, but I swear I heard that same melody in the game (or maybe this could be a sign that I played that game way too much). Ijiwaru Shinaide Dakishimete yo is a pretty good song though, I don’t have much to complain about the song itself since it has a nice, calm, smooth rhythm to it. Everything in this song blends and flows together quite nicely. If listen to this song some more I can see it becoming one of my favourites, it’s a really good song.
I really like how the MV has a cool and calm atmosphere to it. The MV is very well put together and it matches along with rhythm of the song quite nicely. I don’t the think that they’re trying to go for a holiday/Christmas-y look for this MV, but since it is almost the holiday season, I think it has a bit of a winter/Christmas-y look to it. From their red (and black) outfits with the color coded jewels hanging around, I kind of get a Christmas-y feel from it. I think it’s great though, it just makes me like the MV a bit more than I do already.
I really like this single, but there is just one little thing that throws me a bit off in the MV. And it’s Morning Musume’s Ms. Ishida Ayumi. I was aware that she was going to stand in for Karin in the dance shot of this video, and I didn’t have much of a problem with it but the only thing that kind of bugged me was how much screen time she got in the MV. She gets a quite a bit of shots, and I think she really stands out too, it’s supposed a Juice=Juice MV but what I see for the most part is a Morning Musume member.
I really like Ayumi, but I think I would prefer her getting all this screen time in a Morning Musume MV rather than a Juice=Juice MV, especially now since Juice=Juice is still a newly debuted group, if Ayumi throws me off, she might just confuse other viewers who are just getting into Juice=Juice and/or H!P. Not to sound a grump bag or anything but why is Ayumi even filling in for Karin? Besides the obvious reason that Karin can’t really dance because of her foot, but Mitsui Aika had a bad foot when she was in Morning Musume and they just danced without her, why didn’t they just do that for Karin too?
Either way I don’t think it would be win-win situation. It would be either the most popular Juice=Juice member, Karin, doesn’t get most of the screen time because she can’t be in the dance shot or she’s replaced with a Morning Musume member that’s the same size as her so they can somewhat promote Morning Musume at the same time as Juice=Juice. I have no clue what the management was planning but sticking Ayumi in Juice=Juice doesn’t really make much sense to me.
Anywho, I really like and enjoy this song, and right now I probably give it a 8.9 / 10.
Hajimete wo Keiken Chuu
For this song, I think it has a warm and relaxing feeling to it. I could lay in my bed, drink some hot chocolate while listening to this song and I could feel very relaxed and calm. This song and video both kinda remind me of S/mileage’s 2nd indie single “Asu wa Date na no ni, Ima sugu Koe ga Kikitai” simply because first of all they’re singing about doing a date “tomorrow”, secondly they both have a bit of a loud beginning but throughout the song their vocals are quite calm, and thirdly within their MV’s, both Juice=Juice and S/mileage members are in their own little rooms with telephones. I also personally think that Hajimete wo Keiken Chuu sounds a little similar to Asu wa Date na no ni, Ima sugu Koe ga Kikitai, but I think it’s alright since they’re both pretty nice songs.
I think the MV is very nice, simple and quite cute. I really like how the scenes switches from one girl to another when they’re walking and sitting around the rooms, I don’t really know how to explain it, but I think it’s a really cool idea for this MV (or any other MV), it’s really good editing and the details, colors, and atmosphere of the rooms match each girl quite well.
I simply adore how much Akari there is in this song, she gets a quite a bit of lines where she sounds great and she looks so great and totally adorable, I think she stands out the most in this video simply from her cuteness. Akari and Yuka are kinda of the back members of Juice=Juice so I’m glad that both of them get almost as much lines and screen time as the other main girls. When I first watched the MV, I was just so happy with all the Akari moments. Hooray for Akari screen time and lines!
Hajimete wo Keiken Chuu is a pretty cute song, and as of right now I would give this song a 8.5 / 10.
I think both songs and videos are really great. Juice=Juice is always interesting to watch since they’re the new group in H!P, and so far they’re a pretty awesome group with some really great songs. Check this single out!
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