Creepy Nuts - Bling‐Bang‐Bang‐Born

 

If I can say one thing about the state of Japanese music, it would be one thing: boring. They filled their songs with royal road progression and math rock-like rhythmic. You might find them fascinating and interesting at first. However, when you have 20+ years listening to Japanese songs, you can see the progression is stuck there.

Well, every pop thing happening in the world is industrialized. The boringness is not exclusive to Japan. Every industrialized music will face the same issue, a highly produced checklist song.

That changes when this song comes. This song is very refreshing and innovative. It's a good luck for them to be in the Mashle session 2 opening soundtrack so that many people, including me, can discover this great song and their artistry. 

Don't get me wrong. In a world infested with industrialized art, many genuine artists with their own style exist. The problem is we don't know them and the search for them is a bit exhausting.

Music is personal and not all that experimental stuff for everyone. Listening to the sea of songs takes a lot of patience and courage. Not everyone, including me, can read that.

This song is about an underdog who proclaim his greatness even if the world around him kicking dirt on his eyes.

With Jersey club dance style, Creepy Nuts really optimized the vocal rhythm in the background. That who-who-who sound reminds me of the Jabari tribe silencing the white man. It can be perceived also like a black man humming.

The next thing is the way Creepy Nuts rap, their intonation is a style that we use to mock. At a glance, we might think they are the bully. However, the third verse saying "My words are Kansai accent-coated; they have raw power-coded" is an indication that this song is a rebuttal against people who look down on the singer.

I often find out the jokes in Japanese literature (romcom movie, manga/comic, etc.) that people (especially student who move to Tokyo) often feels embarrassed when they talked in Kansai dialect. It seems there is a complex happening where Tokyo dialect is superior to Kansai.

The Kansai dialect usually used in comedy. Because of this, some people might look down on people that use it. Creepy Nuts again telling people, just because I'm using the "lower" accent, my flex is super for you. An "inferior" accent is winning a lot.

Now this is the secret where I see that some cover singers failed to realize. The way R-Shitei (the Creepy Nuts rapper) sings is in a tone of mocking. This is a way to diss people in 1000% efforts. So, the tone in his singing/rapping is really a key point for ultimate dissing. You can't sing/rap it with the normal voice. 

The blow to the enemy is apparent in the very beginning when the song starts with "What the fu..." in slowmo. It's a comedic phrase usually happening in a lot of Anime when a high and mighty character getting stabbed in an unpredictable way. The character usually an unsuspecting person that either too proud or too naive.

The next best thing that they used in the song is the usage of Mexican trumpet. Mariachi (Mexican music) is generally perceived as a music of celebration. I mean Dora the Explorer always receive it when they have finished the challenges. So, this song is a celebration for the band.

The style really reminds me of "Edamame" by Rich Briand and bbno$. I think the music is a nod the Eminem's part in "My Band" D12. That my Salsa part. Lol....

One last play that also enriches the song is the spring bed sound. The band is having fun (18+) with the goddess of music, the goddess of fortune, and the goddess of victory. Playing with the three all night long.

That's why, the last thing they do in the end is to blow the candle up. Creepy Nuts were stopping their night activity to diss people. Now they have made their point, they put the light off to continue their fun with the three goddesses.

It's a really great composition. DJ Matsunaga really shines on this.

The song is putting many nuggets here and there just to make the music fun and feels comedic. However, the lyrics make the music slaps people who think they are in the right to look down on others. 

The joke is on you!