ATARASHII GAKKO! - OTONABLUE (The First Take Performance) - REACTION!

[@okwhatsnext]

Check out our reaction of "Tokyo Calling" !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKCQdWuiiNRrldE

[@not-so-great-oldone9780]

AG is always different and unique, lots of fun to watch. The spinning twin tails, from Mizyu, is known as the Mizyucopter, it’s her signature move.

[@oji_weeb]

Yes, please do a deep dive. One of their most extreme older pieces, which doesn’t require Japanese to appreciate, is “The Night Before The Exam” one-take performance.

[@cuttysark8017]

Otana Blue (Adult Blue) is heavily influenced by the Showa era hit Futura Nikki by Akiko Wada and AG have even performed a mash up of the two songs with Wada. There's also a pun in the title as Otona Blue means Adult Blue and Otona Buru (which Suzuka sings) means to "act like an adult" and the song is about teenage emotional confusion. The lyrics explore "teenage awakening" ie the awareness of desire in others and their own desire to grow up and experience adult emotions. AG wrote the lyrics themselves when they were younger and I think it's an honest expression of their feelings as they approached adulthood, which makes some people uncomfortable. But AG never shy away from difficult subjects. They actually cut out some of the more explicit "phallic" bits of the dance and introduced a mime of a flower opening with a surprised look to emphasize the female. Atarashii Gakko No Leaders (New School Leaders) was formed in 2015 by Asobisytem. Mizyu (the one with two ponytails) was already on their books as she was a back up dancer to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and they brought in Rin, Kanon and Suzuka to join her. They do all their own choreography and also create dances for other groups. They have some of the most original choreo I've seen from an idol group. In fact they are almost an anti-idol group as their motto is "With individuality and freedom I'm going to stick out" and they sing about challenging themes and have appeared at Pride events and do some pretty avant gard art projects. In 2020/21 they joined 88rising to break into the US market and have had success on social media and just completed a small N. American tour. They recently broke out on TikTok in Japan with Otona Blue which is quite an old song and this First Take version has over 50M views. Another teenage angst song is "Nai Nai Nai", check that out or their recent live concert performance in NYC, Brooklyn.

[@outwest1014]

They were on the Jimmy Kimmel Show performing "Tokyo Calling". First time on US national TV.

[@mrKrabbz]

Great reaction. Please review "Night Before the Exam" one take, very fun video.

[@IAMisLove]

Subscribed. They are awesome and not afraid to ruffle a few feathers. I like your channel. May I suggest a reaction to BABYMETAL. Their music has a positive and uplifting message. They have a The First Take performance. To showcase the lead singers amazing voice: BABYMETAL - Monochrome - Piano ver. / THE FIRST TAKE or They have a fun and awesome performance: BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO) (OFFICIAL) 🖖 ❤