#bmsg

[versatilealienlady]

[soundberr1es]

MAZZEL / Waterfall -Music Video-

[mondstalgia]

this slaps way too hard omg also Reiko you beautiful fucking man my god that voice

[shoceted]

kimiyuki has consequences it seems

[ebisu-storage]

[jalapenobee]

Random nosy ask GO! :D I wouldn't mind hearing about something good that happened today/this week! Even if it was something small or seemingly insignificant! <3

no way a nosy ask........

hmm well yesterday i FINALLY got around to listening to mazzel's discography :DD i already knew who they were (naoya and seito were my instant faves bc of this video, go watch, it's the best thing ever, bmsg ftw) but now i can actually say YES I KNOW WHO MAZZEL IS

[hotoop]

BMSG POSSEの「Girlfriend (Prod. Chaki Zulu)」Music Videoが、7月12日(金) 21:00にBMSG公式YouTubeチャンネルにてプレミア公開されることが決定しました。本日21:00には、Music Videoのティザー映像も公開されますので、ぜひチェックしてください！

[mochiline]

every time sota has a dance solo i’m like yeah that’s a Real Dancer

[the50-person]

ØMI (Tosaka Hiroomi 登坂広臣) - Purple Pill feat. SKY-HI

The song had been in production for 4-5 years, but Omi felt that it was incomplete if it was performed solo and shelved it. Omi and Sky-hi had been talking of collaboration for some time. Omi felt that Sky-hi could complete the song and thought that it was a good time take it out when they decided to collaborate.

Purple Pill is about facing the current reality and chasing dreams with the theme of "representing Japan". Both of them are 37yo and from the same generation of artists, with similar career paths and interests. In Japan idols who sell themselves as a product =/= artists, artists sing, dance and rap at professional level and often focus on their specialty. They are both singer-songwriters and belong to top-level non-idol boy groups, with Omi being Sandaime J Soul Brothers' vocalist and Sky-hi being AAA's rapper, and they are now interested in producing next-generation artists (the chasing dreams part in the song). Omi focuses on girl groups and is the creative officer of LDH (his boy group belongs to this company) and president of his own record label and entertainment company CDL Entertainment. Sky-hi focuses on boy groups and is the president of his own management company BMSG. They often talk about how they want to change the status quo of Japan's entertainment industry and music world - Japan is very insular in entertainment and gatekeeps heavily (the current reality mentioned in the song). Omi has done things like producing songs that use a instrumental chorus i.e not singing the chorus, which is very uncommon in Japan, as well as mixing genres and aligning closer to future bass and future house contrary to more mainstream jpop sounds and the rest of LDH.

This is also Omi's solo comeback since 2022 and the beginning of a new project called The Fusion. New instagram and tiktok accounts have been created.

[yuuana]

Music Monday #252: BE:FIRST x ATEEZ - Hush-Hush release: July 2024 genre: Jpop cw: flashing, cyberpunk surrealism

It may or may not even be Monday any more by the time you read this (probably not), it's been one of those days, but I am determined, dammit. XD Or maybe just exhausted. Or both? Could be both...

As is all too common in Jpop, we didn't get a whole lot of lead time on this release, though looking back, it's pretty obvious this was one of the things ATEEZ was working on earlier this year and why they seemed to be spending extra time in Japan during NOT OKAY promotions. I knew it was going to be something special, because ATEEZ always bring innovation to the stage, but I wasn't prepared to be completely blown away.

I feel like I should start with the caveat that a lot of collaborations coming out of Kpop right now tend to feel less like a cooperative project and more like someone doled out lines and even if there is an MV, there's very little interaction between collaborating groups. Combined with the trend starting in late 3rd gen of lines being treated like the sole property of one member at a time, and that ability to interact gets even smaller. It's never zero, there's always the chorus (in theory), and the Japanese idol system has its own expectations ... that I am, admittedly, not as current on for reasons, so I was coming to this with that Kpop experience and expectation.

In hindsight, that was a complete mistake because of course ATEEZ brought Edenary with them to this project to co-produce at every level alongside the BMSG team. From the first line, we get a genuinely collaborative vibe that flows through the whole song where the rapping sections are the majority of the solo lines, traded between the two groups equally. BE:FIRST and ATEEZ share such similar tone and range that until the video came out, other than the raps and Jongho's signature high notes, I spent a lot of time being very unsure who was singing what. And surprised and pleased at how often it was at least two voices blending together. And don't think I didn't catch that line about the underdog who now wears the crown. ;) The lyrics are pretty meta, actually, talking about working hard and not backing down but also not looking to fight about who's the best because they already know the answer and don't feel the need to argue it out with anyone.

Speaking of the music video... look, I stopped counting how many times I've watched this days ago and I'm still stunned and amazed and picking out little things. Obviously this was a whole lot of green screen ... which actually makes it even more impressive in some ways because any time you have to green screen in an element (or two or ten), the artist is acting against a blank. At best, they might have had some early animatics to give the artists some idea of what would be going on around them, but a lot of the video was filled in after the fact. And yet all fifteen of them sell it like they really are in grand sweeping spaces.

For obvious reasons, I'm not ticking this as lore, but if you told me it was, I would believe you. Between Z-team's history of cyberpunk aesthetics and A-team's history of dreaming... I could easily buy this as the start of an alliance - eight men can't save the world all on their own, after all.

2024 is definitely shaping up as the year ATEEZ takes on world domination with a vengeance. BE:FIRST are still relatively new to their career, having only debuted in November of 2021 (plus their youngest is an '06-liner, oh god, the babies are taking over) and are already dominating in Tokyo and see this as a first step onto the world stage. Which is both fair and wise. ;) This one-track single is available now for streaming and/or digital purchase on most of the major platforms, as is a remix by m-flo's Taku Takahashi.

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[soundberr1es]

MAZZEL / ICE feat. REIKO -Music Video-

[toxicsmiley]

A duo like no other protective and bounty services out there! They work hard to catch bad guys, reap rewards and have fulfilling lives doing it! Their satisfaction ratings are always off the charts (not on paper comment:for good or for worse)

- need some security for your next big event they’re there!

- got a missing persons that needs to be found?(for an unclosed amount) they got you!

- monsters terrorizing your town or home, no problem!

- got some bad guys that need weeding out and brought to justice, LOOK NO FURTHER!

- no task too small no task to great can put these two down!

-introducing “Bronze and metal services group” BMSG for short!

“HIRE US TODAY”

—————

Kat squints over the screen as jack finishes some touches on the online ad and paper prints as Jackson is clicking and dragging away on the computer on his desk.

Kat: “are you sure the group part is neccassary? Seems like added wording when it’s just us ?”

Jack side eyes to her.-

Jack: “well it makes the abbreviation sound a lot better when it is and won’t be confusing to possibly customers”

Kat: “what? How?”

Jack: “well because BMS also stands for battery management system OR building management system. And we’re neither of those. so we need to make sure our advertisement doesn’t attract the wrong demographic of customers. I mean we have no licenses or certificates for building management unless you got one hidden in your wallet. Nor any battery related services”

Kat: “I got a certificate for security and one for food beverage management do those count? Oh and I think one for IT but it’s more like basic coding tbh nothing major!…”

As She’s awkwardly grinning and boasting about this.

The room goes silent for a moment and jacks annoyance can be heard in tapping of a finger on his desk as his eyebrows are furrowed as his fingers pinch his forehead.

Jack: “……”

Kat: “uh I’m guessing we’re keeping the G-“

Jack: “yes we’re keeping the G”

[activeintheworld]

レコード大賞や紅白などで、BE:FIRSTを知る機会も増えそうな年末。初めてBE:FIRSTを知った方に、BE:FIRSTとはこんなグループというのをわかりやすく説明しているようなホームページを作りました。ページは全て日本語で作成されていますが、BE:FIRSTに興味を持った方は是非ご覧ください♪

[shoceted]

aile the shota for henshin by kamen rider (555)