Oooooo lookie what we have here! An MV for NMB48's track on AKB48's newest single, Eien Pressure! This song is titlted "HA!" I'm super excited for this track, since it's something different than we've heard from the girls. The song itself opens up with some pretty gnarly guitar riffs, and then leads into fast paced trumpets. It reminds me of music from a spy movie or something (which ties in nicely with this MV). It's always interesting to hear Japanese idol music with western influences, since you know it has taken inspiration from another place, but it's still so distinctly Japanese in the way the music is used, and having the sugary sweet idol voices over the music track. The one thing I really appreciate though, is how guttural the "HA!'s" are. These ladies are ready for battle! I can't wait to hear the full song!
For the MV, it looks like they're going to have it be like a little mini movie, which is always fun to see. The girls' acting may not be the best, but hey, we never watch mini-movie MV's for the acting, right? XD We watch to see the girls thrown into these crazy situations! That's what's fun about it! From watching the preview a few times, I think the story goes like this:
Sayanee is meeting with someone to find where Milky is, Milky meanwhile, has been kidnapped by a group of Yakuza (the reason why I'm not sure), and while she is trying to charm her way out of it with her idol girlishness, Sayanee gets a call from one of the baddies. Sayanee gets her tough her act on, and she comes to Milky's rescue! The Yakuza all have a very over the top Osaka dialect with a yankee accent thrown in, which I think is really cool to hear as someone outside of Japan. I'm glad the group is embracing, and even poking fun at the culture and stereotypes from their area in their MVs.
As for the non-story parts of the MV, we see a really cool dance shot with the girls on a lit up party boat in the middle of Osaka, and some close up shots in front of a red curtain. The girls are wearing some sexy one shoulder kimonos lined with leopard print and some crazy huge kanzashi. It's interesting to see the mix of the yankee style with the traditional Japanese dress.
NMB48 just keeps getting better and better, and I'm excited for this single to come out!
I'm hoping to see SKE48's and HKT48's videos for this single soon as well, and of course the title track with AKB48.
48 Family fighting!
