ATARASHII GAKKO! - Night Before the Exam REACTION #atarashiigakko

THIS WAS AWESOME!

[Aaronacer]

This is a fun "anti-idol" group. Lots of amazing stuff they have done out there. Try Pineapple Kryptonite next, which was co-written and produced with Money Mark, aka the 4th Beastie Boy, who has a close relationship with the girls. Also, they create all of their own choreography as well.

[cuttysark]

Atarashii Gakko were formed in 2015 by the Asobisystem agency. The girl with the double hair bunches is called Mizyu and she was already at the agency as a backup dancer to Kayary Pamyu Pamyu and the other girls are Suzuka (lead singer with glasses), Kanon (long straight hair) and Rin (curly hair). They do all their own choreography, so I think they are more invested in the dance than most groups, and also develop dance routines for other groups. Their motto is "with individuality and freedom, I'm going to stick out", which is very un Japanese, and they have also performed at Pride events which is pretty unconventional for a J-pop idol group. Their approach has been labeled "anti-idol", but I think that they might be "idol", but from a bizarre parallel universe..."bizarro idol".

The song is about the frustrations of learning archaic Japanese four syllable idioms - an English example of such an idiom would be "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" although that obviously has more than 4 syllables. The whole beat of the song is based on that 1, 2, 3, 4 chant of the idioms. One section of the dance has them acting out trying to write the idioms on a blackboard. There are choreographed sections and parts where AG just go off act out their frustrations, they probably have an idea of their movements in those parts, but Kanon's slide into Mizyou when she's underneath the desk can't have been planned. Also the camera man deserves some praise for keeping up with AG.

Next you should see them in concert, here are Nai Nai Nai and Otana Blue

[Roin]

Another "Suzuka" that goes through the roof with her friends ! 💥

[poolhallshark]

😲😲 So much creativity out there, John. Just to come up with the idea for this, right? Like HMMM... what if we do this ? And do that ?? Cool video ;.)

[markzima]

My guess is that this is studying for a kanji exam. Kanji are Japanese symbols which can represent entire phrases. Supporting my guess is the blackboard at one end of the room that only has kanji written on it.