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The snow was dumping outside, the cats were plotting chaos, and we finally hit play on the COUNTDOWN CONCERT 2025–2026 STARTO to MOVE New Year stream. What follows is a full-bodied tour through Tokyo Dome’s spectacle: lasers slicing the dark, archival clips setting the stakes, and a camera that makes even nosebleeds feel electric. We walk you through the performances that stuck to our ribs—Travis Japan’s Broadway polish, Naniwa Danshi’s sweet glow, and Kenty’s whiplash switch from adorable to dangerously smooth.
We spend time where the story lives: in the details. Costumes aren’t glitter for glitter’s sake; sequins catch beams, pearls soften edges, and a splash of maroon or aqua makes a face pop from a distance. King & Prince prove how a duo can thrive by leaning into space and chemistry without overfilling the stage. Senpai anchors (ABC-Z, Kis-My-Ft2, NEWS) remind us how technique and stamina read across decades, while Snow Man turn camera time into a masterclass in micro-charisma. Then comes the member shuffle—a living archive where classics get new timbres, new harmonies, and new swagger—culminating in Koichi Domoto's rendering of a timeless classic, a tradition that ties generations together.
When SixTONES finally explode onto the scene, the energy tilts from elegant to feral in seconds—fur, fire, streetwear, and pure adrenaline. WEST checks in by screen, the mini bike “horse race” delivers pure fan service, and the midnight countdown lands with cross-group song swaps that feel like love letters: Cinderella Girl with Naniwa’s sheen, Snow Man and SixTONES trading signatures, NEWS and Timeless draped in sakura tones. Along the way, we discuss the idea that song covers are a celebration rather than replacement, and savor the unplanned moments—a wink, a tear, a laugh—that keep live pop human.
If you’re a STARTO fan, a J-pop casual, or just love great stagecraft, queue the countdown on Netflix, then press play on our breakdown. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a stage-side seat, and drop your pick for performance of the night—we want to hear who owned the Dome.
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Hello everybody, welcome to Music Elixir.
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I'm your host.
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Did you panic?
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See what happens?
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You're not the host, we're co-hosts.
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But this is I'm so used to the radio.
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Okay.
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See, we started already with shenanigans.
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You want to start that again or you want to keep it like that?
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You could keep it like it'll explain to people why starting it.
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Yeah.
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If if you hear Sarah weirdly, it's because we are remote.
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It's a very, very, very, very, very New England so snowy weekend.
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Yeah, horribly.
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I mean yesterday was like non-stop snow.
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Today is like started like freezing rain?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I'd say it's like super fine ice particles falling.
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Not not real snow, but uh not quite an ice storm, it's somewhere in between.
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So yeah, typical New England.
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So Sarah and I were keeping ourselves safe on our homes so we can actually record this episode that we have actually uh taken a while to actually record, but we have meant to actually record this episode because we have mentioned it at the beginning of this month of January.
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Uh, because uh when we were recording our rants and rambling and finding news on our favorites, we've uh read this.
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There was an article, actually not an article, and an announcement that Starto have made because they were gonna take legal action to those who were uh in in lame terms, nasty on some comments, and they just said we're not for that.
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So be prepared.
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Um, this is about the Starto to move to countdown 2025-2026.
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We were kind of surprised because we're like, What happened?
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And uh Sarah and I we've not had the stream for it.
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Um, so we needed to wait for Netflix to drop the the event or the countdown, and that happened in amid mid-January.
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I forgot I just forgot when exactly.
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But um It was on the 7th of January.
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Right.
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That it dropped.
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That it dropped, and we're like, we need to see this.
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We of course we were gonna I was gonna watch it anyway, just waiting for the date that it was gonna be released.
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So uh But after hearing that that there were people who didn't, you know, seem to enjoy it, we were like, We should check it out.
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What could what could they possibly have done that people can't like?
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That was what I was thinking.
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Exactly.
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If you like these artists, what exactly could have happened?
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Exactly.
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But there were some theories that Sarah and I were having.
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We were thinking that maybe the these were just I don't know, people just haters out there just wanting to hate or just say nasty things to them, you know, not being real fans.
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Uh but who knows?
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Um, it could be 50-50, but it's still uh just because you're supposedly anonymous when you're making a comment, it doesn't mean you're gonna have some repercussions from what you have said.
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So exactly just be careful out there, people.
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I mean, we're all humans, you know.
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Starter talents are not robots, they're not.
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Those those are they're humans, you know, they have feelings as well.
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Geez.
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But anyways, yeah, and well, and even you know, they're not your absolute fave, you know, the the group you scan, however you want to say it.
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Like they're still they're people and you know they're out there doing their best, so you gotta enjoy the show.
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You know?
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Exactly.
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That's what they're there for.
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Okay.
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I may run into some technical difficulties.
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The cats are circling me.
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Okay.
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They're trying to jump up on all my stuff, so this could turn into a a comical event.
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They want to be part of the podcast.
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Well, you know, the minute you have paper in front of you, the minute you have your computer open, they're like, Hey, what's that?
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Exactly.
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They want to be a part of the experience, Mr.
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Bowie and Mr.
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Presley.
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Just just being cats, of course.
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You know, they probably miss being in the podcast anyways, because remember we used to record at your place.
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We did.
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And they were part of the podcast because they'll come up to us and start meowing.
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Except for not birds.
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Exactly.
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Well, that's just meowing like exactly.
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But, anyways, that's we're not here for that.
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No, we're not.
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Let's talk about our experience through streaming, of course.
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Uh, it right now starts to move.
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Countdown uh concert is now streaming on Netflix.
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Also, at the end of the month, I will believe it's gonna be on January 30th, they are going to release the behind the scenes of the concert.
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Yeah, I just saw that supposedly that on January 30th, they will be yeah, doing that behind the scenes.
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That'll be cool.
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I know.
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That'll be very interesting.
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I want to see the kind of shenanigans the guys are doing.
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You know they're complete shenanigans.
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We have seen snippets of previous custom each other be while they're on stage.
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Yes, practicing.
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And speaking of a Johnino uh episode where uh Nino have actually presented uh um oh my god, the sweet bread, which I forgot the amp on.
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And and the guys were like, Oh, Nino's on thank you, and then you know, they all get together and start doing things.
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But anyways, just being boys.
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They're all like in their 20s and 30s and they still act like they're teenagers.
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So yeah.
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Well, maybe some of them were still in their teens, though.
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Some of them are in their forties.
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Who are you kidding?
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That's true.
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Nino's Nino's a clown himself, but anyways.
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Anyways, so huh.
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What do you say?
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Okay, so of course, I like of course that they start the uh the venue, you know, looking at the venue, you know, everybody sitting down waiting to like the show to start.
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I like the bird's eye view that they give you, like you are up in the nosebleeds.
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Because that's probably if it's used reality first.
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Exactly.
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If you're like us that has that Roger, we'll be out there watching down at everything.
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Because of course, uh, like I said, like I said, it will be our budget.
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So we I like that view first.
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Like, oh, here we go.
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We're sitting down, we're waiting.
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I was gonna say I also like that they were showing like um clips from previous years, you know.
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The the big screens.
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I I noticed a couple of things up there that I was like, I'm pretty sure that or or it was rehearsals, but I think it was clips from previous years countdowns and stuff.
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So it was kind of wild to see some of the stuff that used to happen.
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Yeah, big dragon, people flying through the air.
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So, you know.
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Yeah, that's just I like the yeah, the whole the light goes out and everybody just burst out on a screen.
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WHACK!
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Because you know, your adrenaline is just like, oh my god, it's here.
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And I like the blue lasers just coming at you.
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Yes.
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And the jumbo screen just start projecting stuff, and then they started projecting, like you were saying, the uh past shows that um have happened uh either on the Tokyo Dome or the actual countdown.
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Um, of course, I've never seen any of the countdowns.
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I think the only one me either the only one that I have seen is just the the We Are that happened in April, and that's the one that June actually produced.
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That was like probably the biggest one that I have seen from them.
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Yeah.
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Uh since I started following.
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I have really old concerts and stuff.
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They're not really countdowns.
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They're not so I haven't seen yeah, an actual New Year's thing.
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I've seen clips from them, you know, little bits of whatever groups were performing the the ensemble stuff, you know.
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But this is my first actual New Year's countdown with the whole starter, not just because we saw H jumped last year.
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You know, their New Year's uh concert.
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So I didn't go in with any real expectations, despite knowing what some of the complaints were.
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I I tried to just go in with a clear mind and not focus on any of that.
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I wanted to to experience it myself.
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Exactly.
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I wasn't there either to thinking of like what kind of criticisms people were having with the show.
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I mean, this is just the start of the show.
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If it's anything just like what I have seen previously with the Wii Art, I'm like just you know, it's gonna be their performances and probably like a happy new year at the end, just like a new year, uh a grand New Year's Eve show, let's say, you know, with all the start of talents.
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So I do like the uh the music that builds up the suspense because it just gives you that mood, like like here comes like the warriors, because it just felt like that.
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I was like, ooh.
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Yeah, it was like going into battle, very, very dramatic.
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Exactly.
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I'm like, so that kind of I mean, I was already like hyped up and the mood with that music already was giving me more hype.
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I was like more excited, like, oh my god, get this started.
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I can't wait.
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Who's gonna be first?
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You know, I like the like the flash um so the music, the anticipation, when that was over, then I see flashes of the groups, like yeah, of the groups that are happening.
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I thought it was actually the actual groups because I wasn't sure because of the cameras that they were having, the the the uh the edits.
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I was like, is that happening now?
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But no, it was just the clips of the uh of the groups.
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That was like what I was feeling.
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I'm like, already?
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How come am I missing half of the show?
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But um, but then it's just like alright, all right, no, just come down, girl.
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It's coming, they're just giving you more hypnotess, you know.
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But I like that then the lights for some reason just turn on, center stage, who it is first Travis Japan.
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I'm like, oh my god.
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What about the suits?
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White sequence with the black shirts and this and then the shirts had like this striped rice tones.
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I I mean, you know, and all black shoes, like patent, you know, like shiny shoes.
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Oh my god.
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Yep.
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I was like, yay! They were definitely very stylish, very it was simple but very stylish.
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Yes, yes, and then it was a group, they were wearing their debut costumes, you know, the black and white fulfur leather coats, which we saw.
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Remember, we were able to actually see their debut concert.
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That was awesome.
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I love those costumes.
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The black and white fur with the glow gold accent is just so like awesome.
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And so them, they look so rock star.
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And your boy is blonde.
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He looks great.
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I was like, ooh, look at that.
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See, he looks good and blonde.
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He does, he looks awesome blonde.
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Um, after um A group, it was Nani Wadanshi.
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That oh my god, the sparkle suits the pastel colors, like in blue, pink, and lavender.
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I love those colors.
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Oh my god, they look so cute.
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Everybody has that little skirt on it too, like the half skirt thing going on.
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I love that.
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And the shoes.
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Yes, yes, and purple shoes are awesome.
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I love the whole bedassel tie, it looks so awesome, girl.
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Yeah, it's just I got so but then I of course after Naniwa, girl, uber excited.
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Who was my candy?
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Oh my Kenti.
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You know how much I love my boy.
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His costume, perfect for him.
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I mean, it was just like a light gray sequence jacket.
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It also had like a shiny gunmetal like gray shirt.
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He was wearing pearls, he was wearing silver chains, fingerless gloves, and the cargo jogger pants.
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Oh my god, he looks so amazing.
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Love him, love my boy.
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A bedazzled street style.
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Yeah, he used to sh- Oh my god, urban, like yeah, urban show, I don't know, bedazzled style.
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He looks so good.
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But I see why you need all the sparkles, like you were saying, no, you need to have all this and that and that because of this when those lights shine on them, they just like so like they look like stars, they look like constellations, they look amazing, you know, they look ethereal.
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So I'm like, wow.
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Well, and it definitely, you know, you need something to to grab the attention and to to get the focus.
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Exactly.
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Everybody knows where to be looking.
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I get the whole yes, ladies are magpies, they love shiny things.
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Sparkly, sparkly.
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The sparkly things we laughed.
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So I'm like, oh yeah.
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And then after Kenty, it was snowman.
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Oh my god, the costumes, they look so regal, especially Date Sama and Dice K.
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Oh my Dante Sama, oh my god, oh my god, he looks so good.
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I love them all, but oh my god, that costume on Date.
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Oh that oh my god, like two-tone blues, the aqua and sort of like navy blue with that you should pop everywhere.
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Yeah, it's just wild because that that purple really every it everybody looks so cool, just just so cool.
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And then after Snowman, it was timeless.
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Speaking of their suits, different personalities, each suit was different.
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Like some wore like white jackets and some wore like black jackets.
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Shorty was wearing like a maroon jacket, and so was wearing like a dark blue one.
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But both everybody had like sequence, pearls, rhinestones, leather, silver chains.
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It was just like, here you go, guys, put it on lace, but a distance, da-da-da.
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I was like, wow, that's uh that's a statement on suits that was very they were definitely not minimalistic, that's for sure.
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They was very interesting that the idea of not actually being like uh organized set.
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Right.
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Like everything wasn't matching, it was sort of a free-for-all of everybody, individual style with a little bit of tailoring towards being at least make it look like a group.
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You know what I mean?
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But it was just very interesting to see how they were sort of parceled out, you know, like a couple looked similar to each other but totally different from another couple, which you know what I mean?
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Right.
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So like they did go together but they didn't.
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Right.
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Kind of an interesting interesting look.
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Right.
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When I th saw the colors like on Shori being like Maroon, which he's like the red on the color, you know, of group, so was blue instead of green, because he's he's the green and blue used to be Kenty.
00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:46.000
Um, I thought that Fuma would have like a purple or a color, but no, he his was just complete black with some like white accent and silver on his suit.
00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:46.480
Yeah.
00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:48.639
So I was like, okay, all right.
00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:51.759
And what did you what did you think of Fuma's hair?
00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:57.919
Oh my I couldn't recognize him because Hara and him had the same kind of style.
00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:01.039
Now Fuma's is a bit more poofier than Hara's.
00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:02.639
Well, it's a little longer, yeah.
00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.680
Yeah, and then I was just like, no, Fuma?
00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.640
Really?
00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:11.119
Okay, and then I was like, I don't know, I know Hara and and Fuma.
00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.720
Are they trying to be twinsies?
00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:17.279
Because they you know I was like, is Fuma missing?
00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:20.240
Is he is he missing the whole twincy thing in the group?
00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.960
So you gotta find another member to be twinsies with.
00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.400
So I think maybe with Hara.
00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.720
How how would that be?
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Hara Harama?
00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.079
No, oh, or Fumara.
00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.160
Oh, oh, like what was their unit lady?
00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.599
Yeah, like Fuma Ken.
00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.720
Fumara.
00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.680
Fumara Fumara.
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That would be a good one.
00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.119
And then let's see.
00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:47.839
Oh, yeah.
00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.640
So after Timeless, it was King and Prince.
00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.200
Oh my god, I love those outfits.
00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:53.759
Cute.
00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.400
Very cute.
00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.799
It just looked like they were going out of town, ready to dance with you.
00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:11.680
Nikaito wore this like varsity brown and yellow jacket with pastels, a pastel tie, a white shirt, blue jeans with like some like yellow painted on.
00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.359
Yeah, painted flatter.
00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:26.000
Ren wore that blue jean, blue jeans with a white fulfur jacket, silver sparkles, a red shirt will really like really went with his skin complexion.
00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:32.000
Sometimes some reds don't don't, you know, like there's reds for each, but you know, each each red is not for everybody.
00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:39.599
And also, I like what Kaito's jacket said on the back, which I was like, oh my god, that is so cool.
00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.519
Oh my god, I wrote it somewhere out.
00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.640
Uh you know what?
00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:50.079
I'll I know I wrote it somewhere when we go to the to more of like the group's performance.
00:18:50.240 --> 00:19:07.920
Um, but then after King and Prince, it was ABCC uh with the silver and gray suits, the shiny silver shirts, uh Kiss My Foot was there, which is uh you know these are groups that we don't actually see much performance of, and I was really happy to see them.
00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:15.440
Um for Kiss My Foot, they were um oh, this is the one with the like really big, chunky bedazzle like jackets.
00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:19.680
Yeah, the red and blue, like yeah, super bedazzle.
00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:23.119
I mean, those are gigantic chunks of stone.
00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:28.000
I think the jackets on all they probably weighed like 15 pounds.
00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:35.039
Yeah, no, they were definitely impressive looking jackets there.
00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:53.279
I like their uniformity, like every the other group spelled, but also Chris Travis Japan also had a uniformity, but they all wore the same jackets and then acid blue wash relaxed jeans with white shirts, but also the jeans, some of them had like different patterns on.
00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:58.400
I think one of them had was wearing like some jeans that looked like they could have been like knee high boots.
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It was really cool.
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It was a it Very interesting look.
00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.240
I like that.
00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:04.240
It was different than everybody else.
00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.279
Who then after Kiss My Foot?
00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.240
Snowman.
00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.519
Oh, MG.
00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:17.519
Shota Watanabe starts the concert, hyping everybody up with like thank welcoming everybody to the Tokyo Dome.
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And that it has been three years since the last countdown.
00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.400
Three years, girl.
00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.880
Yeah.
00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.599
Three years.
00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.559
I know, right?
00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.359
Yeah.
00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:29.279
I I sus and then that's when everybody starts singing.
00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:31.440
Oh my god, which one which song is that one?
00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.960
We can do, we can go.
00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.839
We can go.
00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.119
Yeah, that's V6.
00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:37.200
We can do, we can go.
00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.079
Oh my god, like that.
00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:40.799
Yeah.
00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.279
Yeah.
00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:56.720
I think that that's one that um forever, like I'm pretty sure junior concerts I was seeing from you know like the early 2000s that they always sang that.
00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:01.599
Like the junior stuff always, always use that one.
00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.960
It's a great one.
00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:07.839
It is well, it's super energetic, it's lively, it's fun.
00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:10.960
It has, you know, sort of playful mood to it.
00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:19.839
And what what I really liked about the the ensemble performance of that, like I said, first of all, it made me think of all the old junior stuff.
00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:24.319
So it made everybody appear like young again.
00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:33.440
But the fact that everyone, no matter what style of music they do, no matter what style of clothes they're wearing, they're all doing the same dance moves.
00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.839
They're all doing the same exact stuff.
00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.160
Yeah.
00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:45.279
Which just goes to show like whatever you want to do in Sarto, like wherever you're trying to go musically, you still have to learn all those basics.
00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:50.000
And you have to be the dancer and the singer and do all of the the same stuff.
00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:57.680
So it was really kind of fun to watch that it shows where they all start from while they're performing this song.
00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:07.440
Sorry, I just when I when I was watching, I was just sort of so excited to see everybody doing the little like side-to-side sweep dance and all that.
00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.240
It was just fun.
00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.440
Took me back.
00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.799
Aww.
00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:19.759
And then, of course, then after that song, Fuma, our boy from Timeless, introduces Hey Sey Jum.
00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:24.160
Oh my god, they look so regal in those costumes, too.
00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:28.480
OMG, they'll look so like oh our prince.
00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:31.119
Our Regal boys.
00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.960
Oh my god, they look so good.
00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:46.160
And of course, in their each of their color, like it was a white suit, but they don't pop over with their colors, you know, either that long skirt, like you said, or or some kind of scarf or something that with their with their color.
00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.720
Exactly.
00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:54.160
If you're so far away.
00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.359
See, that's why they do this.
00:22:55.440 --> 00:23:00.799
If you're up in the nosebleeds, you might be like, who, where you see the red though, you're like, Oh, there's Yamada.
00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:02.000
All right, I'm good.
00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:07.119
Their performance was so dreamy, and of course, RMG Yama Yamada, his face.
00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.640
They like they know what to do.
00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:14.960
When he starts to sing, they just zoom on his face, and he's already there, like lovingly singing at you.
00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.319
Oh my god.
00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:20.079
Oh, it was just awesome.
00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:24.160
Like they were so lighthearted, but a little mischievous, you know.
00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:26.319
Yeah, Yamada gives that wink.
00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:28.720
He's like, he knew the camera was on him.
00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.119
He knew.
00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.599
Of course.
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Gives a little wink.
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There you go.
00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.519
Yam yam goes crazy.
00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.440
Ready, he is so ready.
00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:37.759
He's like, Where's my camera, Mr.
00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.559
Director?
00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.359
Hey.
00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.440
Oh my god.
00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:52.400
Oh, and of course, after Hay to Jam next, it was a group singing their debut song, explosive, full of attitude.
00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.359
Yes.
00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.759
They were on individual risers after that.
00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:06.799
They started like moving around and singing their hearts out, just introducing themselves as the group of four that they are right now and continuing them.
00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:14.720
Um, they were saying, please, we're now a member of four, please continue loving us and supporting us on the new year.
00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.799
And I'm like, of course, you guys are so cool.
00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:21.599
So that was really sweet, and that was awesome.
00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.960
It was well, you know, had a rough year.
00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:25.440
Oh, yeah.
00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.640
Up to that point.
00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:41.920
So and I love I just gotta say, my boy Saya, that scream that he let out, whoo! Yeah, the blonde hair, the golden black, you know, fur outfit, and then just screaming primally the way he did, he looked awesome.
00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.640
Oh my god.
00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.400
Everybody knows who my fave is.
00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:50.240
When I saw that performance, I'm like, I'm so Sarah's gonna be like, yeah, my boy, yes.
00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.160
Come on, geez.
00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:56.240
He really, come on, he always gives his all.
00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.400
Since we saw them on that concert, I was like, he's always giving his all.
00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.279
That's awesome.
00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:04.720
Not we can tell who is he's the extra of the group.
00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:10.880
Like it he's amazing, he really is amazing.
00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:15.759
The rest of the group's great too, but he just he always stands out to me.
00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:19.279
So yeah, I agree with you.
00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:27.920
Then after a group, next it was Travis Japan performing their Jassy number, very Broadway inspired, of course.
00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:30.240
You know, welcome to the show tonight.
00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:33.200
Oh my god, so awesome, you know.
00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:37.759
I I mean we have seen them perform, and that's like always that's their vibe, you know.
00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:46.640
They're like the Broadway showmanship, very uh, yeah, like I said, Broadway Jassy, and you know, they're theatrics, definitely.
00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:57.839
And of course, my Noel, mm-hmm when he's academics, geez, but of course the boys uh singing and dancing, because I'm like their feet never stop when they're when they're dancing.
00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.720
It's just never stop.
00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:03.039
I'm like, and I give them kudos for that because you need some stamina to do that.
00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.640
Oh yeah, absolutely.
00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:23.039
And they were just projected this like showman persona, and they were like the the stage behind them, the way it was set up too, was just very burlesque, very broad way, like you were saying, very flashy and showy, and this is what the what boys of the chorus would be doing.
00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:34.240
You know, everybody's dressed the same, you're giving the same dance moves, you're singing the same thing, and it's it's just incredibly energetic, uniform, and eye catching, you know what I mean?
00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.720
So they were they did a great job.
00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:40.960
And they looked like they were having a blast with it, which is always important.
00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:45.839
It's so important to see your your faves enjoying themselves doing something.
00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:50.319
So they were definitely like that was them personified.
00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:53.200
That is what Travis Chan is, you know what I'm saying?
00:26:53.440 --> 00:27:00.799
Yeah, and how about next nanny what dance Daigo and Michi, they just zoom on so zoom in on those two.
00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:06.400
They look so sweet, just just like with a very sweet song, you know.
00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:10.559
I mean, to me, they're just the sweet boys of Starto.
00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:10.960
Oh, yeah.
00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.519
You know, they are just a sweet group.
00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:17.839
Michi hitting those high notes perfectly, so proud of him.
00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:20.640
And and it's just the whole group as at Unison.
00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:26.240
I mean, they when they look at the camera, they look so well, just so cute.
00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:30.720
And just looking at your tooth, you know, it's like, why are you so cute?
00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:34.079
Adorably high spirited.
00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:43.519
I was just thinking when you're like saying how how cute everybody is, like Nietzsche and Daigo, especially, we always talk about them being cute and adorable.
00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:45.279
They're gonna be like, We're growing men.
00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.279
Especially Daigo, isn't he?
00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:51.599
Like, you know, he's up there in his twenties, right?
00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.200
Yeah, I know, right?
00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.880
Like, I think he he's either the eldest or one of the eldest of the group.
00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:06.400
We always call him cute, and he's probably like, ah, like me with well, like hello the other Well, hello boy, that's what you project.
00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.839
You just give us this cuteness.
00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.920
And I'm like, how can I just say not cute to you?
00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:14.480
You just that's what you I know, right?
00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:18.400
It's crazy.
00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.519
Exactly.
00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:21.039
Well, and they were another one.
00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:31.839
I think also the iridescence just really brought out more of that whole idea of it being just soft and sweet and cute and fluffy and adorable.
00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.400
Yeah.
00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.759
You know what I mean?
00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:39.039
So So they were sort of like outfits went with the music and with their personality.
00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:43.680
They're just generally fun, loving, happy-go-lucky kind of guy.
00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.279
It was so cute, it was.
00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.920
It's the only word you can use.
00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.160
Yeah, exactly.
00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.599
Exactly.
00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.440
Which I'm not mad about that.
00:28:53.599 --> 00:29:00.640
I kinda like the I like the different the different spices of like on what's going on on stage.
00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:03.119
Everybody brought a spice, you know?
00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.079
I like that.
00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:12.160
Well, that's like I was thinking about the the whole transition from from Hey Say Jump to A group, then to Travis Japan.
00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:18.160
Like when you think about those groups together, that's not a transition you usually would think of, but it worked.
00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.200
It was awesome.
00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:23.279
But I was like, wow, talk about like different styles.
00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.079
Yeah, yeah.
00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.759
So completely exactly.
00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:31.200
If you have an ADD brain like mine, uh I'm okay with it.
00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:34.000
Because it's like, cool, this is going on.
00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.279
All right, what's next?
00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:37.279
Another thing, and I'm like, oh, awesome.
00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:42.720
Like I have you got my attention because uh if everything looks the same, I'm gonna be bored.
00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:45.839
But I was just saying, like, they're so buried.
00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:56.400
Like I didn't think about it until looking at the list of teams and groups going, and I was like, wow, you know, I would never have thought of putting them because of the way their styles are.
00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.200
But yeah.
00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:05.440
That's the good thing about whatever you want to call this a a festival or a collaboration or a you know what I mean?
00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:08.720
When you have so many diverse groups, it really does.
00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:13.519
It switches it up and keeps it's a showcase, it's the company showcase, you know.
00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:17.200
It keeps you on your toes as far as like what's coming next.
00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.720
What you know, what do you expect?
00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:20.720
So yeah, it's cool, it's awesome.
00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:25.680
So next it was my candy girl.
00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.119
I freak out.
00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:34.799
I freak out, I'm like, Kenty, and I just yellow, Kenty, I love my candy.
00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:40.880
I was so hype, and I'm like, yeah, and like I'm clapping and dancing, I'm looking at Kenty and Kenty.
00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.240
Oh my god, Kenty.
00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.119
Oh my god.
00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.000
And then he sang two songs though.
00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:55.920
He sang one by himself and the other one with Noelle and Shime from Travis Japan.
00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.200
They were backing him up.
00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:59.359
I'm like, just like junior years.
00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:05.200
I was like so happy to see that, and of course, that song.
00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.799
Being Kenty.
00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:15.119
He was he was definitely hyped, but they were enjoying themselves working with him doing this, and they were super flirty too.
00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.799
Because that song is hot.
00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.000
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:26.799
Because I was gonna say the the the love Kenty was sort of like just a little prelude into him doing the super hot idolic.
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.240
Of course.
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:33.279
He was he was lulling you into this false sense of like, oh, it's Kenty.
00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.039
Oh, it's Kenty.
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:40.559
You know our Kenty's a Pisces, just like us.
00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:44.559
First, he lures you with the hi, I'm so friendly and cute.
00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.519
How you doing?
00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:49.680
And then when he catches you, boom, it's like, yeah, hello.
00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:52.880
Ah, baby, like, how you doing?
00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:55.359
And you're like, oh I'm getting cold.
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.279
From from hot to cold to cold to hot.
00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.000
Oh my god.
00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.640
Back and forth.
00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.160
He traps you.
00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:06.000
It's like, oh my god, see?
00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.640
See?
00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.279
Yeah, my boy.
00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.279
Full surprises.
00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.720
Oh my god.
00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.599
Yes.
00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.200
We can't end it there now.
00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.319
No, I'm kidding.
00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:23.680
Well, no, because I was gonna say, what happens next is talking about you wanted to see this live.
00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:28.640
We did a singles episode covering one of this group's songs, so that's kind of funny.
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.240
Because now you get to see it live.
00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.960
Exactly.
00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:37.279
Because then after Kenty next, it was King and Prince with their newest song theater.
00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:41.680
We were like, Oh my god, awesome! I was like, Yeah, that's awesome.
00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.680
You know, made an episode, talked about that.
00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.200
In that episode, you were like, I would love to see this live, so we did.
00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.920
We did.
00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.559
Well, sorry, quote unquote.
00:32:53.279 --> 00:33:02.480
Yeah, it wasn't like their concert, but I mean, at least we saw some kind of uh uh performance on it, you know, very disco, very funky, of course.
00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.200
I was grooving to it because I was grooving to it.
00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:09.039
I'm already grooving to a song that is right now streaming everywhere.
00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.960
Check it out, everybody.
00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:18.480
The performance, come on, it's it's it's so cool, like them, and oh yeah, this jacket, uh definitely.
00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:29.599
This is the when I got to see the back of uh Kaito's jacket where it says love every version of myself, and I'm like, Yes, love that very positive.
00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:33.039
It's it's great performance, of course.
00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.640
Those two, you know.
00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.839
I I really liking this version of King and Prince.
00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:53.440
I know some people were just like, oh my goodness, you know, we have seen this group dissolved, and um, and people were well, some tiaros were kind of like, I don't know what's gonna become of their future, of King and Prince, just only two members.
00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.440
And I'm like, well, just give them a chance.
00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:58.079
They are artists, they know how to adapt.
00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:01.279
This is gonna be a new King and Prince, of course.
00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:13.199
This is a rebirth with now just two members, and it's working so well because Kaito and Ren, they seem to have this brotherhood, which we love seeing that in groups.
00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:32.960
When you see a brotherhood in a group, it works because everybody, you know, know their vibes, you know, it's they rely on each other, they you know, they back each other up if you know something happens, you know, and I see that with them, and it's it's lovely and I'm loving it.
00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:41.920
Yeah, well it's a it's a whole new dynamic, and it's gonna be completely different when you go from, you know, six to five to two members.
00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.719
Exactly.
00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:45.679
You know, it it changes how they interact.
00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:48.960
So they'll have, like you said, an amazing chemistry.
00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:51.519
Those two together work great.
00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.719
And I like singing.
00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:56.960
They're not trying to overcompensate for just being two, they're just letting it happen.
00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.960
And that's that's awesome, you know.
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:05.039
Instead of trying to be like doing the work of five, six people, they're just like, just the two of us.
00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:15.360
We're gonna do our singing, we're gonna do our dancing, and we're gonna just you know, it's gonna be more about the performance and interacting with the audience at this point, and it's awesome, and they work great together.
00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:19.039
They look they looked so good up there performing, it was awesome.
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.920
Yeah.
00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.920
Then next it was A B C C.
00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.039
Wow.
00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:29.840
So with their 90s inspired performance, like boy band look.
00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.199
I like that sound.
00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:36.480
Fortunately, don't know the name of that song though, but I mean it was very club anthem song.
00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.840
Do you know the name of that song?
00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:44.960
The first one they did was Vanilla, second one they did was fortune, I believe, if I'm finding stuff correctly.
00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:48.400
Remember with the blonde hair.
00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.679
I always forget his name.
00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.719
Tsukada.
00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:57.119
Oh my god, the backflip that he did from um from that rise stage to the bottom stage.
00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.800
Jeez, wow.
00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:05.360
He did some great stuff there too.
00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:05.679
Yeah.
00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.960
I mean, that was He blew me away.
00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.519
Wow.
00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.239
His physique.
00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.599
Yeah, yeah, it blew me away.
00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:19.119
He blew me away, wow.
00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.639
His physique, wow.
00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:22.639
I mean, how can you know, doing all that?
00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.280
Wow.
00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:27.199
And he's got like an infectious, brilliant smile too.
00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:32.400
When when he did that backflip and he turned around, you were like, he's like, Yeah, nail it.
00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:39.199
Those suits were so the whole, you know, nineties boy band look.
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:42.960
Just I loved the simple gray and silver pinstripe.
00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:44.079
It was just cool.
00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.960
Loved it.
00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.000
Yes.
00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:55.840
Some of these groups, like back when I first started, you know, artists and stuff, I was more focused on one particular group.
00:36:55.920 --> 00:37:04.239
So it was really cool to actually sort of sit down and watch and see these other groups performing and A B C I was like, wow.
00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:07.440
I had no idea how amazing they are.
00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:13.920
Like I'd heard some of their stuff, but I'd never really like seen them perform like that.
00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.280
It was incredible.
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.079
Awesome.
00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:17.119
And that's a good thing.
00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:34.800
The great thing about some of the, you know, older Senpai groups that they have so many years of amazing choreography and and years of practice, you know, so they can everything is just seamless and streaming beautifully together and wow.
00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.400
They were just incredible.
00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.199
Yep.
00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:40.960
Then um, next it was Timeless.
00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.159
Timeless, yeah.
00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.119
Timeless.
00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:49.840
My baby soul was introducing and you know the group and uh thanking the fans for their support, of course.
00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:55.519
And uh I like when they'll hurdle, like to the start the song of Rock This Party.
00:37:57.280 --> 00:38:03.280
You know, you see Fuma and Hara, like twin season telling you they're together, like maybe rock this party.
00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:06.159
I'm like, love.
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:10.239
I mean, come on, it's the harmonies too.
00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:12.559
Oh my god, on that song.
00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:17.599
I love so it's just like, oh my boys, geez.
00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:21.920
You know, that's another another rebirth of a group.
00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:24.639
Yes, yeah, reinventing themselves.
00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.400
Yeah, that's exactly cool.
00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:29.920
And that was like, you know, I I'm liking this too.
00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.039
Liking it as well.
00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:33.360
Yeah, we'll like to see more of them.
00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.480
Yeah, definitely.
00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:44.559
You know what I like too is I noticed that um when we were talking about the costumes before, I forgot to sort of mention that they had sort of you remember the whole new romantic vibe?
00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:48.079
Romantic vibe everybody New Romantic.
00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.760
Oh the look.
00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:53.119
The prilly and the I liked that.
00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:05.440
The new the British New Wave style of pretty clothes and sparkles and chains and stuff.
00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.079
It was awesome.
00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.880
And pearls.
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:12.960
So when when I was watching them do Rock This Party, I was like, wow, they look like totally 80s.
00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.159
That's awesome.
00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:16.320
Retro feel.
00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.840
I see that now.
00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:20.960
I completely forgot about that era of fashion.
00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.320
Come on, I was I lived it.
00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.280
Oh yeah.
00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:29.760
So definitely, definitely, I like that.
00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.960
I like that.
00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:35.199
I it but you know, it's oh I can't wait to see more.
00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.840
I don't know.
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.719
I want to see more.
00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:38.000
More of Timeless.
00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:46.159
For some reason, I don't see much unless it's just I'm not seeing it on my timeline, but I just seem not to see much of timeless.
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:48.159
Next it was getting their footing.
00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.199
Oh, that's true.
00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.480
That's true.
00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:55.039
Next it was kiss my foot with the song and enjoy.
00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:57.599
Very disco inspired song.
00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:59.599
Very happy go lucky.
00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:03.280
But I w one thing though, they just only sang one song.
00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.800
They just only sang that one.
00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.679
Yeah, I know.
00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.840
I believe.
00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:12.000
And King and Prince did two as well.
00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:12.719
Yeah.
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:16.079
So I was just And ABC Z did too, so That's right.
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.280
As far as I can say.
00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.639
So I was just like Interesting One Song.
00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.199
Okay.
00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:27.760
And then after that, the other senpis, it next it was news with Chan Capana.
00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.840
Oh my goodness.
00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.800
Now talk about minimalistic suits.
00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:34.079
The hot pink.
00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.480
Right.
00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:36.079
But hot pink, right.
00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.679
But it was hot pink.
00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.719
Very simple.
00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.639
Black t-shirts.
00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.880
The shoes.
00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:46.559
I'm sure you were like, everybody had a different style of shoes.
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.079
Yes.
00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:50.719
Yes, to suit their personality.
00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:58.559
The sleek uh boot, the sort of basic shoe, and then like I said, Masuda with that ginormous boots.
00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:01.039
They were bigger than him.
00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:05.039
Let me tell you, all I was like, where did you get them shoes?
00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:06.800
I was boots.
00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:14.559
Even though they he was wearing a very shocking pink or hot pink shirt, all I saw was boots.
00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.480
Exactly.
00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.960
Those were some impressive shoes.
00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.519
And he and he was dancing on them things.
00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.679
I'm like, it was more impressive either.
00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:25.519
I'm like, wow, man.
00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.360
Kudos to you.
00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:29.199
You can dance on them chunky things.
00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.079
Wow.
00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.159
That was it.
00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.760
I was just impressed.
00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.639
Very impressed.
00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.559
Because of course his voice.
00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:38.800
I'm always impressed with his voice.
00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:42.800
What about Belgium has that last note and just very long?
00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:46.800
And then he's telling people hyping and now come on, I'm doing this long note for you.
00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.880
I'm doing this long for you.
00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:50.800
Come on, give me, give me, give me.
00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.079
I'm like, I know.
00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:59.840
I was gonna that must be where uh Seya from uh A group got the idea of like doing that, right?
00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.920
Yeah Yeah.
00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:05.119
He was like, I'm gonna be like my senpai, I'm gonna do the high low.
00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.800
I'm like, oh my god, that's why I love him so much.
00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:10.639
That was really impressive.
00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.440
Yes.
00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.320
Oh my god.
00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.599
And he just kept going.
00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:13.920
Yeah.
00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:17.360
Yeah, the music was off.
00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:20.559
There was no more music, and he just kept going.
00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:21.840
I'm like, wow.
00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:25.119
He didn't turn the same color as his suit holding that.
00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:30.800
He's like, hey, listen, this is a senpai group.
00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:34.079
We have this is another group that had gone from how many?
00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:37.280
Did but did they start it with six and then they went down now to three?
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:39.599
Oh, I think they started with like eight.
00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.639
It was eight?
00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.159
A lot of guys in news.
00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.639
Oh.
00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:46.800
Original lineup was it's been a while.
00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:56.960
Because I know they were yeah, they when I was introduced to news, there were only four, and then one left, and now there's just three.
00:42:57.199 --> 00:43:06.559
But then I found out later on that it was more than four when I was introduced to them, because of course, as we know, Takao from 10K Rock used to be in that group.
00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:09.039
So I was like, Well, he were were they five?
00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.760
Were they six?
00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.559
What's going on?
00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:15.280
Well, there was Rio Nishikado and Yamafi was in it briefly too.
00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:25.679
So honestly, I can't remember because they changed so many times, but the three remaining, the hardcore members, yeah, they did an amazing job.
00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.559
They really did.
00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:32.079
They were super like high energy and just yeah, hyping up the crowd.
00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.400
Yeah.
00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:36.400
Doing their job as the senpies, like make it happen.
00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.519
Exactly.
00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:46.000
I like also the so on their suits, the thing it like you, you know, we were saying they were minimalistic, they were like nothing flashy, just a hot pink.
00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:56.480
But I noticed that their their mic stands were bedazzled, even though they were uh black, but you can see the the stones like like little the shimmery, yeah.
00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.199
The shimmery.
00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:59.920
I was like, okay, so there's a bedazzle, it's on the mic stands.
00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:04.159
I was like, I was trying to look and I'm like, there's something's gotta be sparkly in there.
00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.800
But it was on their mic stands.
00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:14.079
But I mean, come on, you're really with their voices and the way this group is, they really don't really need the bedazzling for real.
00:44:14.239 --> 00:44:16.480
I mean, they're just that powerful vocally.
00:44:16.719 --> 00:44:20.079
It's just a group that is just very powerful vocally.
00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:26.639
Then after news, it was Snowman with Chris Mox.
00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:29.280
Oh my god, hyping up the crowd.
00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.960
They're so much fun.
00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:40.719
Come on, oh yeah, especially with the song, they're danced, it's just fun, they're diverse, which also it shows their personality as well.
00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:43.599
And of course, I'm gonna go back with Data Sama.
00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:48.559
Oh god, it was just so oh he looks so princely.
00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:59.360
Oh jeez, I mean, there were a few times he's looking at the camera and I'm like, oh I faint because he's the oh jeez, and he this is the one, okay.
00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:05.199
So I started looking into the first time I started looking into snowman, I'm like, who's this guy?
00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.480
What's with his face?
00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:07.679
Why is it like that?
00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:19.360
And the but I was drawn more to Koji just because he came from the Kansai region, and you know we love our Kansai boys, and I was like, I was all about Koji, Koji, Koji, Koji.
00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:25.440
And then for some reason I started learning more about that this summer, and then I was like, Oh, that's why.
00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:28.719
And then that just started falling for him.
00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.880
But I still love my Koji.
00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:35.679
Well, you know, I'm a I'm a Dice K person.
00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:37.280
I'm a Dice K girl.
00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:39.280
I love Dice K.
00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.199
I want him to be my bestie.
00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:42.559
He is so much fun.
00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:44.079
I know, right?
00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:50.800
His energy and he and Mia Date did some of like the best poses in moves during this.
00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:53.360
Like everybody was amazing.
00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:55.599
There was just something about those two.
00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.239
Yeah.
00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:58.960
They have a special dynamic between them.
00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:01.039
They were just that little bit extra.
00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.679
Yes.
00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:04.159
Dice K is my extra boy.
00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:05.360
He always is.
00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.039
He can't help it.
00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:09.840
But there was a one pose Mia Date did.
00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.000
I was like, oh my god.
00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.039
Mm-hmm.
00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:16.880
He was like completely voguing for the camera.
00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.920
He was like, Oh yeah.
00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:20.320
I just you know what I think that's the look that got me.
00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:22.159
I'm like, oh, oh my god.
00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:24.079
Come on, boy.
00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.719
Jeez.
00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:28.000
And Daiska's just like, hey, it's like, hey.
00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.880
Oh my god.
00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.280
Yeah.
00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:33.760
But they were that was yeah, they were awesome.
00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.239
Oh my god.
00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:36.320
And Meme gave this little cute tube.
00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:36.960
Mmm.
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.800
Just so cute.
00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:43.280
But each mave, it's just like each member gave their flavor, though.
00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:49.599
When there was like time, like camera over here, every given their flavor, giving their look, given their thing.
00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.559
And it's that's why we love this group so much.
00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:55.119
We love this group a lot.
00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:58.719
This yeah, yes.
00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:01.519
Anyways, so then Super Daniela.
00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:03.679
Oh, of course, you know.
00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:05.360
Also, who was MC?
00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:07.199
I forgot who was MC after that.
00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:11.760
Um they was it Watanabe?
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:12.639
Yeah, yeah.
00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:24.480
Yeah, after they did think, yeah, Watanabe was the one that MC, and he was, you know, saying that they're like 64 performances for 64 performers and 12 groups.
00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:27.440
So that's like a lot, you know.
00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:32.480
So if you were there, oh my god, you are so lucky.
00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:33.840
So, so lucky.
00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:37.280
I like my Koji was like, Come on, people, don't fall asleep.
00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.719
Come on, people don't fall asleep.
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:41.679
I see you're falling asleep, and I'm like, see, that's why I love him.
00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:43.519
He's so cute, he's just being funny.
00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:52.480
Giving that kan sai attitude and like, you know, comedy relief, you know, but that's why I love him so much, and he's so cute.
00:47:53.760 --> 00:48:00.000
Then um, next after Snowman did their thing, they did the member shuffle.
00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:10.320
That's when everybody started pairing with other groups and started doing dances and and songs from like past senpies, of course, some groups, or some of their own songs too.
00:48:10.559 --> 00:48:19.920
I like that uh the Fuma in Watanabe it got close in one of the songs that I thought they were gonna kiss, and everybody would start freaking out.
00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:21.039
And I was like, what?
00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:25.440
I mean, that crowd went wild, wild.
00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:26.800
I'm like, oh my goodness.
00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:28.159
Fuma, what are you doing?
00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:28.639
Yep.
00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:38.159
Well, they were um Fuma Shizu and Shota were like they were definitely all three that so that's what, Timeless, Travis Japan and Snowman.
00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:43.760
They were yeah, they were totally bonding and having a good time together up on that stage.
00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:48.400
Performing snaps, one of those snap songs.
00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:51.519
Yeah, those were songs that I was like, I don't know, this song.
00:48:53.599 --> 00:48:54.639
Well, they did what?
00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:57.840
There was a snap song of V6, Cat Tune.
00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:00.800
Super 8 that from when they were Kansan.
00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:03.280
Wicked old Shonentai.
00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:04.559
Yeah.
00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:15.760
I mean they they definitely dug into the past group or like older, older stuff, which is again what made me think of all those junior concerts, because that's what they do.
00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:23.679
They just sing all the the current popular group, you know, big name group songs as a little ensemble all over the place.
00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:25.519
So it was it was really fun.
00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.559
It was awesome.
00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:31.679
I like that these were some really really good mixes of of people, you know.
00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:36.639
That was a good a good section of uh the concert, you know.
00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:57.199
It's just yeah, we so we had the individual groups doing their thing, and then this whole like member shuffle, and I'm like, this is pretty cool because you will get to see units, you know, members with other members, and sometimes some of those, you know, performances, I'm like, geez, they should be together for like something special.
00:49:57.360 --> 00:50:08.559
Because also the harmonies and the way they sing, I'm like, wow, this is a completely different perspective from what they are in their corresponding groups, and it was just giving a different dimension.
00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:10.800
I'm like, wow, this is really cool.
00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:16.159
Well, it's like like when I was saying, like, Pumashizo and Shota together, right?
00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:17.280
Looked really good.
00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:33.039
And then like um when uh Dais K so one of the guys from ABCZ, I think it was Tsukara, you know, like when they were together performing, most of them really did have a good energy and a good dynamic.
00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:40.639
And so even though it's songs you are familiar with or you aren't, like they they really made them their own.
00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:41.920
It was really cool.
00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:48.400
And so this was one of those the times where I was thinking about like what people might have been unhappy about.
00:50:48.639 --> 00:50:58.639
And of course, once you've got a different group of people singing a song you may may have really enjoyed, you know, ten years ago, it was your favorite by whatever group.
00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:03.199
It is gonna be different when you have six other people singing it.
00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:06.639
It doesn't make it better or worse, it just makes it different.
00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:09.199
So like just view it as a new song.
00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:19.280
And uh so that was one of the things I was like, were people disappointed because you know, whatever whoever's version of Cathoon didn't sound like Catoon, well of course it's not going to.
00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:20.239
You know what I mean?
00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:23.360
I really I thought everybody did a really good job with these.
00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:25.679
I like easy to sing Yeah.
00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:35.840
It's not always easy to sing someone else's if your voice is not the same as their voice, of course it's not gonna be you know, I I just th I was like, I don't know, I thought everybody did awesome.
00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:36.320
Yeah.
00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:39.360
These were some really good groupings, really good pairings.
00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:40.000
Yeah.
00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:54.400
Yeah. 'Cause I think um and especially well one person was very suited for the song they were doing, Seiya doing one of the old Tokyo songs and that's when Matsuaka Masuhiro came out and played on drums.
00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:54.880
Mm-hmm.
00:51:55.199 --> 00:52:09.199
That you say you screamed when Kenzie came out, when I saw Matsuaka on that screen during the ensemble stuff, I was like, oh I was just I was blown away.
00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:14.639
And so my boy Saya was like in heaven doing that song with him.
00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:20.880
Because Tokyo was like the original rock band of Sarto Entertainment.
00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:23.280
That was awesome.
00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:25.360
So awesome.
00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:27.119
That was awesome.
00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:31.119
I was like, oh look at them, we got one like senpai senpai's in there.
00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:33.679
I'm like, wow, that's a surprise.
00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.880
That's awesome.
00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:37.360
And then he still looks good.
00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:39.039
Oh my goodness, he does.
00:52:39.280 --> 00:52:40.480
But you know why, right?
00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:41.280
Hello?
00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:42.239
No why?
00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.119
Because he's not married.
00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:50.639
He said he will he said publicly, I will never get married.
00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:55.360
He has no girl troubles, he has no female troubles.
00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:58.159
He's that's why he looks so good.
00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:01.440
That's awesome.
00:53:01.760 --> 00:53:03.920
It is, he's very sassy.
00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:12.320
Then we have like what Machu and then Nani Wad being so cute, and like Umi was in this group too, Hara.
00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:17.039
Um, Ren from um Snowman.
00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:18.719
I was so excited.
00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:23.440
I was like, oh, that's how they're gonna fit in my song.
00:53:24.079 --> 00:53:34.000
Yeah, that was so I like the the whole everybody did a little bit of rapping, but when you know Ren from Snowman, which is Meme, I'm gonna call him Meme because that's what the group called him Mimi.
00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:36.639
Meme and Hara did the rapping.
00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:38.320
Oh my god, and Hara started crying.
00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:40.239
I'm like, oh my god, don't cry.
00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.199
I know, right?
00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:43.519
I was like, is he cheering up?
00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:46.719
And then he yeah, was full on crying.
00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:49.360
Well they're beautifully done.
00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:52.159
They all did an amazing job with that.
00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:53.920
I was very impressed.
00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:56.159
My boy Machu was in there.
00:53:57.440 --> 00:53:59.119
Like you said, Hara, Ren.
00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:00.239
It was awesome stuff.
00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:00.800
Mm-hmm.
00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:05.599
And I think what Ken from um from A Group was in them too, right?
00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:11.840
I think see there was uh travel Japan, Naniwa, yeah, A Group was in there, Timeless.
00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:13.519
Okay, I think it was Ken.
00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:14.639
But yeah.
00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:17.199
Well, they were crying, I was crying.
00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:19.760
I think probably people in the audience were crying.
00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:20.559
Yeah.
00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:31.679
I like after the when the song ended that it was Hara and Meme giving, like, you know, that holding each other, and then he went and wiped his tear off Hara's face.
00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:33.519
He's like, No, don't touch my face.
00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:36.239
I'm like, oh, that's cute.
00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:38.639
Come on, that's so cute.
00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:58.079
Then next after that, it was Kenty, uh, one of the members who kissed my foot, Ren from um King of Prince, and one of the members from from um from ABCZ, they sang this like very like passionate ballad, like great harmonies on that one.
00:54:58.159 --> 00:55:00.719
I was like, wow, that was really good.
00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:09.280
Don't know the name of that song though, but I do it's I know katamari by kinky kids.
00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:10.960
Or now it's domoto.
00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:18.159
Okay, so now okay, so now that you said that, what comes next after that?
00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:22.079
Longing for Andalusia.
00:55:22.480 --> 00:55:24.400
And who was starring on that one?
00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:31.840
Yeah, like when you saw the the hat tilted and every everyone's probably like, who is that?
00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:32.639
Who is that?
00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:36.320
Time honored piece.
00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:39.599
They have done this one for years and years and years.
00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:46.960
It started with one of the guys from Shonen Pai who um used to work with the juniors.
00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:59.760
It's just it's such a great, like, you know, Spanish sounding sexy dance, sexy maneuver thing, which is probably why Koichi Tomoto decided to come out and serve, right?
00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:02.559
As one of the the leading senpai.
00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:11.119
He took off the mantle of performing this song in the Sarto, you know, big year end celebration.
00:56:11.199 --> 00:56:12.400
So it was awesome.
00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:12.960
Yeah.
00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:16.000
Uh I was I was also going like, Oh my god, it's Koichi.
00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:16.960
Oh yeah.
00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:18.400
I know, right?
00:56:19.119 --> 00:56:19.679
And what was it?
00:56:19.760 --> 00:56:30.639
Three three from Timeless and three from Travis from Shorty and Shorty, Hara, uh, Machu, Noel, Genta was there too.
00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:31.440
The baby.
00:56:31.599 --> 00:56:32.239
Yep, yep.
00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:33.039
Uh huh.
00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:35.119
I was like, Oh, MG.
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:41.440
And of course the majority they have actually been with him with uh Endless Shock, right?
00:56:41.679 --> 00:56:47.599
Yeah, I was gonna say, I think um performed with him in various like stage shows.
00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:51.679
Not just his endless shock, I think they all did other things together, you know.
00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:52.559
Very cool.
00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:56.480
Also Teda from uh Timeless was in there too, before I forget.
00:56:56.639 --> 00:57:01.360
Because he said happy birthday to him because it was his birthday as well.
00:57:01.840 --> 00:57:09.360
But I like how they um even though their outfits were all different, they were complimentary to each other and to Koichi Domoto.
00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:15.440
So it was a very, I don't know, stylish looking set that they did singing that song.
00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:16.480
It was just awesome.
00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:20.239
And like I say, it made me think back to the old days.
00:57:21.360 --> 00:57:28.639
Because I've seen other groupings perform that at other, you know, whatever Sarko events that they were doing.
00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:32.639
It's like a a standard, an old standby piece.
00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:38.000
It's like you better learn this because you're gonna be he you're gonna be singing it sometime in the future.
00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:40.079
You know, it's gonna be passed.
00:57:40.639 --> 00:57:47.599
This is a song that is passed on from generations and generations of like talent at at the agency, you know?
00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:49.360
It's like you know, a staple.
00:57:49.519 --> 00:57:54.239
It's like you have to learn this and learn the dance, learn it well, you know?
00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:55.039
Yep.
00:57:55.760 --> 00:58:01.039
Let's see how you do, and they did great, and it was great, and everybody had fun, and that was awesome.
00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:03.760
Um let's see.
00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:17.119
Well, then after that, because and they also have a little banter there, too, but I'm not gonna say um it was Hazy Jump.
00:58:17.519 --> 00:58:19.360
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah.
00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:29.440
I like the way that Hazy Jump came out of that one because they were not on stage, but they were like on the outside in fountains, in water fountains.
00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:29.920
Yeah.
00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:34.320
I was like the visual rising platforms there, yeah.
00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:37.679
Yeah, the water spout and the color.
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:38.800
Yeah, in their color.
00:58:39.360 --> 00:58:40.159
That was really cool.
00:58:40.480 --> 00:58:45.920
In their colors, and I'm like, oh, here comes the merriman's out there singing to you.
00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:49.199
You know, yeah, it was this water god.
00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:54.639
They look some water sprites, they look so impressive.
00:58:54.800 --> 00:58:55.280
Oh my god.
00:58:55.760 --> 00:58:58.159
Really very, very elegant looking.
00:58:58.480 --> 00:58:59.119
Yes.
00:58:59.679 --> 00:59:00.800
I love that song.
00:59:00.880 --> 00:59:02.559
Do you remember that song that they sang?
00:59:02.800 --> 00:59:05.920
I do not know the name of the song, but it was beautiful.
00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:08.880
I I I don't know what it was.
00:59:09.039 --> 00:59:15.519
That was like one of the very few songs that I couldn't quite identify, other than knowing that it's there.
00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:18.239
But it was so beautiful.
00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:24.800
Uh, and of course it was and Yamara giving you face, and it's like, oh my god, Yamara looking at you.
00:59:24.960 --> 00:59:30.480
You know, he just like really comes out, it just like really gets into that camera, and you're like, Oh, okay.
00:59:32.159 --> 00:59:33.440
Mesmer eyes again.
00:59:33.920 --> 00:59:36.800
He's been doing it for years, he's had a lot of practice.
00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:39.440
Jeez, jeez.
00:59:39.920 --> 00:59:48.880
I remember seeing um a clip somewhere of a very, very, very, very, very, very young Yamara, and I was like, Oh my god, look how cute.
00:59:50.639 --> 00:59:54.000
Yeah, when when he was young and teeny teeny.
00:59:54.480 --> 00:59:58.159
And even then with that the hose hair, oh my goodness.
00:59:58.400 --> 00:59:58.800
Yeah.
00:59:59.039 --> 01:00:02.079
I was just Like, oh my god, you're so adored.
01:00:02.480 --> 01:00:08.000
Oh, and still he was giving you a face, and you're like, oh I am dismascarized.
01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:09.840
I can't get my eyes off you.
01:00:09.920 --> 01:00:11.760
You're so oh my god.
01:00:12.400 --> 01:00:13.679
No words for it.
01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:14.239
Jeez.
01:00:15.119 --> 01:00:16.880
Oh, he's so gorgeous.
01:00:17.199 --> 01:00:19.840
Oh anyways, moving on.
01:00:21.280 --> 01:00:23.519
You know, we can go on on for yum yum.
01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:25.199
But everybody did amazing.
01:00:25.519 --> 01:00:34.159
Some of some people there was in that that song, everybody hit those notes that I was just like, ooh, it's everywhere.
01:00:34.320 --> 01:00:35.280
Oh my goodness.
01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:36.000
Beautiful.
01:00:36.239 --> 01:00:38.960
Yeah, no, it's it was beautifully done.
01:00:39.599 --> 01:00:45.119
Between the the the performance and the the set design that they chose to go with.
01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:45.599
Yeah.
01:00:45.840 --> 01:00:47.360
It was just gorgeous.
01:00:47.519 --> 01:00:47.920
Yes.
01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:49.440
Did you know the song?
01:00:49.679 --> 01:00:50.800
I don't know that song.
01:00:51.039 --> 01:00:51.360
Right.
01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:52.159
I I don't know.
01:00:52.320 --> 01:00:54.639
Either it's really old or really new.
01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:55.760
I don't know that song.
01:00:57.199 --> 01:00:58.000
But it was beautiful.
01:00:58.159 --> 01:00:58.800
It really was.
01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:00.079
It was amazing.
01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:07.280
After that ballad and you know, melty time, because I was just melted.
01:01:08.639 --> 01:01:15.039
It was uh next it was news with a just another it was another ballad, but this was just powerful.
01:01:15.519 --> 01:01:17.760
News bringing out that song again.
01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:21.039
I don't know that one either, but I was just like, wow, wow.
01:01:21.440 --> 01:01:23.280
It was Ikiro, Ikiro.
01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:24.079
I think.
01:01:24.639 --> 01:01:30.000
I'm gonna keep saying news have these just powerhouse vocals.
01:01:30.320 --> 01:01:30.800
Wow.
01:01:31.039 --> 01:01:34.880
Yeah, amazing and like good raw energy.
01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:38.559
That's why they've been in it for so long, you know what I mean?
01:01:39.280 --> 01:01:42.960
They are just dedicated and super good at what they do.
01:01:44.079 --> 01:01:46.159
Amazing, amazing, yeah.
01:01:46.480 --> 01:01:53.519
Next afternoons, it was some, you know, a group that everybody was waiting for because they were not there at the beginning.
01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:54.960
Our late arrival.
01:01:55.199 --> 01:01:56.800
That means that's okay.
01:01:56.960 --> 01:01:59.679
So the whole venue went just black.
01:01:59.920 --> 01:02:02.880
You saw some accents out there, and then you hear this bum pam.
01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:05.280
I'm like, oh, wait a minute.
01:02:05.360 --> 01:02:07.519
I know the song, I know the song.
01:02:08.000 --> 01:02:10.960
Jeez, now it's gonna it's gonna get intense now.
01:02:11.199 --> 01:02:13.360
And then who do you hear yelling?
01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:20.000
Jesse, yeah, you know, front center, and here comes, and it's like you see this fire going on.
01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:23.519
I'm like, oh damn, it's gonna get intense right now.
01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:36.639
And the guys were wearing this um just humongous fur, uh full fur coats in red, white, black, yeah, and it's just like turning up that stage.
01:02:36.719 --> 01:02:37.920
The stage was on fire.
01:02:38.079 --> 01:02:43.679
This techno song that comes out, whoa, and everybody's just like, let's go.
01:02:43.840 --> 01:02:53.280
And every and I like okay, so they come out with those big fluffy things, but underneath they were wearing more like the urban streetwear, and I was like, see, I like that.
01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:54.000
I like that.
01:02:54.159 --> 01:02:59.599
They're you know, they are considered to be the bad boys of Startup right now, you know.
01:02:59.840 --> 01:03:05.440
And you can see because there's a lot of their costumes are not too like let's see.
01:03:05.599 --> 01:03:08.000
I don't see too many sparkles like, you know.
01:03:08.239 --> 01:03:17.440
Maybe in some of the shows, but I mean I don't see that the whole the rhinestone and the thing and the deck, not that big of a showy except for those big old coats that we saw.
01:03:17.679 --> 01:03:30.320
Yeah, the big furs with the Yeah, those were a little flashy, but yeah, they tend to be more more the the street style, more the I don't want to say just average, but like regular clothes.
01:03:30.480 --> 01:03:35.920
But the boys were they were crazy, they were chaotic, they were hyped, they were on fire.
01:03:38.800 --> 01:03:40.480
They were turning it up.
01:03:40.719 --> 01:03:42.239
They were there to turn it up.
01:03:42.559 --> 01:03:47.760
Yeah, I think you know, I guess because they were running late from a previous performance or something.
01:03:47.840 --> 01:03:58.000
So I bet like just the adrenaline of rushing to get there and to be on the stage doing their thing, like you could just tell they were they were running on pure adrenaline.
01:03:58.239 --> 01:04:00.239
They were just like, go, go, go.
01:04:00.719 --> 01:04:01.519
Exactly.
01:04:01.679 --> 01:04:10.239
I I mean they started on fire, but then when they went to Abarrero, whoa, yeah, talk about getting it crunked.
01:04:10.400 --> 01:04:11.519
They got crunked.
01:04:11.599 --> 01:04:13.360
I mean, just like cray cray.
01:04:13.519 --> 01:04:17.280
I was like, okay, that was just like the beginning of the hype.
01:04:17.440 --> 01:04:22.000
Now we're really on in our uh non business, they're just like really turning it up.
01:04:22.079 --> 01:04:26.159
I'm like, damn, just leave it to Taro.
01:04:26.239 --> 01:04:32.079
It was like, yo, your boy was like, you we talk about Daisky being extra.
01:04:32.320 --> 01:04:34.000
Jeez, shintaro.
01:04:34.559 --> 01:04:36.559
I was like, that boy, wow.
01:04:36.960 --> 01:04:41.679
But he drank like the four espresso or something.
01:04:41.920 --> 01:04:43.119
He was so tight.
01:04:44.639 --> 01:04:47.119
Jeez, it was cray cray.
01:04:47.440 --> 01:04:50.800
He was the yeah, the the like insane cray cray.
01:04:50.880 --> 01:04:53.519
Yeah, he was all over the place.
01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:54.880
Like, wow.
01:04:55.199 --> 01:04:59.760
From all the members, he was the he was the extra that that day on on stage.
01:04:59.840 --> 01:05:01.440
He was the complete extra.
01:05:01.679 --> 01:05:05.039
Yeah, he out extra Jesse, and that's hard to do.
01:05:05.519 --> 01:05:06.400
That's so true.
01:05:06.480 --> 01:05:08.800
Because you know, Jesse can get extra.
01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:13.280
You know, Jesse seems to be the extra, but Chintaro was just like, uh-uh.
01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:15.280
I was like, wow.
01:05:16.079 --> 01:05:18.320
Yeah, he's like, this is my time.
01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:19.119
Yeah.
01:05:22.159 --> 01:05:24.159
I mean, but yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:05:24.239 --> 01:05:25.519
Your boy was Craig Green.
01:05:25.920 --> 01:05:28.239
He was just like, you're in, yeah.
01:05:28.639 --> 01:05:31.199
But he was expecting something after that, I think.
01:05:31.280 --> 01:05:32.400
It was so hype.
01:05:34.320 --> 01:05:35.840
Oh, that was so funny.
01:05:36.079 --> 01:05:40.079
Oh, then everybody gets back on stage after stones do their thing.
01:05:40.320 --> 01:05:41.599
What to do what?
01:05:41.840 --> 01:05:42.239
Huh?
01:05:42.639 --> 01:05:43.119
To do what?
01:05:43.280 --> 01:05:44.000
Another song?
01:05:44.159 --> 01:05:44.960
After about it.
01:05:45.280 --> 01:05:47.199
Oh, they did a shape by snap.
01:05:47.519 --> 01:05:47.840
Yes.
01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:49.119
So that was cool.
01:05:49.360 --> 01:05:52.320
But then everybody to, you know, quiet down.
01:05:52.400 --> 01:05:56.239
But then, you know, like, remember that we were like, what happened to West?
01:05:56.719 --> 01:06:04.239
And then you know we found out you found out later on that West were doing their Westa, so that's why they were not on the countdown.
01:06:04.480 --> 01:06:12.960
So they project West on the uh on the screens that they had, they were all like, they looked like they went on battle.
01:06:14.480 --> 01:06:21.280
Their faces were covered in some white stuff, and it was like whatever game they did for for the fans.
01:06:21.519 --> 01:06:23.840
They look instead of foot and dirt.
01:06:23.920 --> 01:06:30.079
It was they look so like tired and like, we're so done.
01:06:33.840 --> 01:06:45.760
Because apparently whatever they were doing at the Wesco was like some intense, like, you know, costume changes and activities, and it was interactive, so yeah, I'm sure they were tired.
01:06:45.920 --> 01:06:49.840
And at this point, it was um it was time for the midnight countdown.
01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:51.199
So exactly.
01:06:51.519 --> 01:06:54.559
They all look like let's let's do the countdown and go home.
01:06:54.639 --> 01:06:55.840
I'm so tired.
01:06:59.039 --> 01:07:01.199
Bring in the new year and then we're done.
01:07:01.519 --> 01:07:02.480
Exactly.
01:07:03.039 --> 01:07:12.880
This time our boy Fuma, he started the countdown, and uh uh it I mean everybody just you know counting down and just having some fun.
01:07:13.119 --> 01:07:15.440
Oh but uh come on.
01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:19.519
It's it it was great, it was great, it was amazing.
01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:21.599
They all sang more songs.
01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:28.880
Oh yeah, oh, oh, the Cinderella girl with Nani Wadanji, the King and Prince.
01:07:29.039 --> 01:07:40.239
Oh my god, yeah, love this was this was when they did um they did the mix and match again, you know, different groups working together, only now they were singing like one of their own songs.
01:07:40.400 --> 01:07:40.639
Yeah.
01:07:40.800 --> 01:07:44.800
So yeah, that was really that was really cool to see that happen.
01:07:45.039 --> 01:07:51.199
I was all King and Prince and Nani Wadanshi doing Cinderella Girl was like so awesome.
01:07:51.280 --> 01:07:52.239
It was beautiful.
01:07:52.480 --> 01:07:55.039
It was like Chef's kiss.
01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:56.400
It was so awesome.
01:07:56.559 --> 01:08:01.280
And then I remember just saying to myself, I think Nani Wadanshi should take over the song.
01:08:01.440 --> 01:08:02.800
It's just I don't know.
01:08:03.760 --> 01:08:11.440
Well, especially because they they had switched up their costumes and they were wearing those like pink uh mariachi almost outfits.
01:08:11.679 --> 01:08:20.560
Yeah, it was like white, pink silver sparkly, yeah, like splattered like you know, you know, pastel colors again in like mariachi style, like you said.
01:08:20.880 --> 01:08:24.800
And everybody was wearing like a s a different shade of pink at one time.
01:08:25.039 --> 01:08:25.359
Yes.
01:08:25.520 --> 01:08:28.720
Oh they they look yeah, it looked really cool.
01:08:29.199 --> 01:08:35.600
So sorry, sorry, running Kaito, but maybe you'll leave to pass that song on, right?
01:08:36.239 --> 01:08:37.199
They should.
01:08:37.359 --> 01:08:39.680
I think it should go very well for Nani Wan.
01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:41.520
They I like I don't know.
01:08:41.760 --> 01:08:45.359
It's just like it should be their song now, in my opinion.
01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:48.399
You know, yeah, no, they did awesome.
01:08:48.640 --> 01:08:53.520
Or at least if they ever sing it, bring Nani Wananchi with you, you know.
01:08:53.840 --> 01:08:55.760
Oh, that was so sweet.
01:08:56.000 --> 01:08:57.279
I love that.
01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:02.720
Um, there were other um multiple, you know, songs took together, I think.
01:09:02.880 --> 01:09:04.720
Oh yeah, Snowman and Stones.
01:09:05.039 --> 01:09:09.920
Uh they did one of the uh stone um snowman songs, I think is the brother song.
01:09:10.079 --> 01:09:12.800
Oh my god, they did for the um brother beat, yeah.
01:09:12.880 --> 01:09:13.199
Yes.
01:09:13.439 --> 01:09:17.760
Well, and theirs actually, because they did whip that the stone song too.
01:09:17.920 --> 01:09:19.520
Yeah, that was fun too.
01:09:19.840 --> 01:09:25.520
So they did two of the actually the the surprise one that was really good too was a group with Kenty.
01:09:26.159 --> 01:09:27.680
Oh my god, yes.
01:09:28.960 --> 01:09:33.119
That was 'cause that's so not their style, right?
01:09:33.439 --> 01:09:36.079
So to work with Kenty, it was really it was awful.
01:09:36.399 --> 01:09:38.880
I love it like Kenty.
01:09:39.439 --> 01:09:40.159
Love kids.
01:09:40.319 --> 01:09:41.840
Oh my god, no, it's crazy.
01:09:42.079 --> 01:09:50.479
So that's but that's what I mean by like you can tell everybody gets trained the same exact way, no matter where you want to branch out to.
01:09:50.720 --> 01:09:57.760
You all have that core training, and that's that showed up with that that particular pairing.
01:09:57.840 --> 01:09:58.560
It was awesome.
01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:02.640
And news with timeless with I think Boku no Sakura.
01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:03.600
Right?
01:10:03.760 --> 01:10:04.399
That was cool.
01:10:04.640 --> 01:10:05.600
Yeah, that was awesome.
01:10:05.760 --> 01:10:06.479
That was so cool.
01:10:06.560 --> 01:10:08.960
And yeah, this is the one also they have pinks.
01:10:09.199 --> 01:10:12.800
They look like Sakura flowers, they look so cute, they just look good.
01:10:13.039 --> 01:10:13.199
Right.
01:10:13.279 --> 01:10:22.319
They yeah, they looked they complimented the the hot pink that timeless, I mean that uh news was still wearing, yeah.
01:10:22.479 --> 01:10:24.079
Yeah, yeah, it was really cool.
01:10:24.239 --> 01:10:24.960
I liked that.
01:10:25.119 --> 01:10:25.439
Yeah.
01:10:25.760 --> 01:10:26.319
Interesting.
01:10:26.479 --> 01:10:30.800
A lot of a lot of people changed into pink or or white.
01:10:30.960 --> 01:10:31.199
Yeah.
01:10:31.359 --> 01:10:35.039
There was a lot of uh transition to white outfits at that point too.
01:10:35.199 --> 01:10:35.439
Yeah.
01:10:35.520 --> 01:10:39.840
Then maybe you know, the bright and light to bring in the new year, right?
01:10:40.079 --> 01:10:40.720
Yeah.
01:10:41.439 --> 01:10:45.119
Next up was uh Kiss My Foot and uh ABCC.
01:10:45.199 --> 01:10:49.680
Actually it wasn't next, but it was like, yeah, after uh Kenty and Yeah, yeah.
01:10:50.079 --> 01:10:51.680
We're sort of talking uh out of order.
01:10:52.159 --> 01:11:01.520
I know now we are, yeah, because I like um green velvet suits with the that sequin sort of spill down the side.
01:11:01.600 --> 01:11:02.560
Those were beautiful.
01:11:02.800 --> 01:11:03.439
Yes.
01:11:03.680 --> 01:11:07.520
I'm gonna quote I'm gonna quote I think that was A B C Z.
01:11:07.840 --> 01:11:09.279
Those were beautiful outfits.
01:11:09.520 --> 01:11:17.279
I'm quoting show from Arashi when the boys were doing um when you call my name.
01:11:17.520 --> 01:11:22.720
Um they the show said is this Enka Singer attire?
01:11:23.039 --> 01:11:23.439
What?
01:11:23.680 --> 01:11:25.600
The Enka Singer attire.
01:11:25.840 --> 01:11:27.279
Are we gonna say Enka?
01:11:28.319 --> 01:11:31.920
Because that's what they wear, like velvety suits with like some sparkles.
01:11:32.159 --> 01:11:34.319
Yeah, but they were they were a beautiful green.
01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:36.079
Oh no, they were gorgeous.
01:11:36.239 --> 01:11:36.479
Yeah.
01:11:36.880 --> 01:11:37.760
Gorgeous suits.
01:11:38.079 --> 01:11:38.800
They were.
01:11:39.279 --> 01:11:41.039
Just the quoting show.
01:11:43.039 --> 01:11:46.399
Because he was funny when he said that and everybody started laughing.
01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:52.000
And then the the funny part was the horse race.
01:11:52.239 --> 01:11:52.800
Oh yeah.
01:11:53.199 --> 01:11:54.640
Man of the year.
01:11:55.199 --> 01:11:56.720
Man of the year horse race.
01:11:56.880 --> 01:11:57.119
Yeah.
01:11:57.520 --> 01:12:02.079
I think is what um when they interrupted West for the countdown.
01:12:02.239 --> 01:12:07.119
That's what West was in the middle of was their own man of the year event.
01:12:07.920 --> 01:12:12.880
Which was why the white powder on their faces they were doing some sort of game.
01:12:13.039 --> 01:12:13.439
But yeah.
01:12:13.600 --> 01:12:13.840
Yeah.
01:12:14.000 --> 01:12:15.600
We got a horse race.
01:12:16.159 --> 01:12:16.800
We did.
01:12:17.039 --> 01:12:17.680
That was fun.
01:12:17.920 --> 01:12:19.520
It was tiny little bikes.
01:12:19.760 --> 01:12:23.520
Some of the members that they were a little shorter maybe would have been better.
01:12:23.840 --> 01:12:29.359
I noticed that the tallest ones had issues to like use that bike.
01:12:30.239 --> 01:12:34.720
And I like they used uh yeah, they used artery, nice no cocoa rope.
01:12:35.119 --> 01:12:35.279
Yeah.
01:12:35.520 --> 01:12:36.560
That was awesome.
01:12:42.479 --> 01:12:42.640
Right?
01:12:43.039 --> 01:12:44.399
Without being over the top.
01:12:44.479 --> 01:12:44.640
Yeah.
01:12:44.880 --> 01:12:47.439
It was it was a very good choice for the race.
01:12:47.600 --> 01:12:48.000
Yeah.
01:12:48.159 --> 01:12:51.359
But it was uh who the winner was.
01:12:51.760 --> 01:12:55.119
You'll tell me, because I thought it was Michi, but it wasn't Michi.
01:12:55.359 --> 01:12:56.079
No, no.
01:12:56.239 --> 01:12:59.840
Um the he was he was the uh favorite to win.
01:13:00.000 --> 01:13:03.760
Uh um Kaysay jumps, yeah, Tony.
01:13:04.239 --> 01:13:04.479
Okay.
01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:06.399
He was wearing the headphones.
01:13:06.640 --> 01:13:07.199
That's who won.
01:13:07.439 --> 01:13:10.239
He was wearing the headphones, the spark, you know, the Bedazzo headphones.
01:13:10.479 --> 01:13:11.039
Yep, yep.
01:13:11.279 --> 01:13:12.399
And he was so surprised.
01:13:12.479 --> 01:13:13.600
He was like, I won?
01:13:14.800 --> 01:13:16.960
I was like, You didn't notice you were first.
01:13:18.239 --> 01:13:21.600
At the start, he was giving this face of like, Yes, I'm the winner.
01:13:21.760 --> 01:13:26.000
Like he was like, eh, all like pumped up and like, I'm gonna win.
01:13:28.319 --> 01:13:31.600
It was so well everybody they were so competitive with it, right?
01:13:31.840 --> 01:13:32.479
Yeah.
01:13:33.119 --> 01:13:33.520
Jeez.
01:13:34.079 --> 01:13:38.640
It's like, you know, I'm not gonna be a fool in front of my fans, you know.
01:13:39.840 --> 01:13:42.560
No, I'm gonna win.
01:13:43.119 --> 01:13:44.000
That was fun.
01:13:44.159 --> 01:13:45.520
It was so much fun.
01:13:46.239 --> 01:13:48.000
I was just like, oh my god, look at it.
01:13:48.159 --> 01:13:50.800
And everybody was wearing a horse on their head.
01:13:51.039 --> 01:13:54.159
I know tiny little horse headband, yeah.
01:13:54.800 --> 01:13:56.239
That was so cute.
01:13:58.479 --> 01:13:59.199
That was so good.
01:13:59.439 --> 01:14:02.079
And he seemed to entertain the fans.
01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:05.439
But they did a great job.
01:14:05.680 --> 01:14:07.840
Everybody did a great job.
01:14:08.079 --> 01:14:10.479
It was I I loved it.
01:14:10.640 --> 01:14:12.319
I love I loved the countdown.
01:14:12.399 --> 01:14:14.000
That was awesome, you know.
01:14:14.239 --> 01:14:14.640
It was.
01:14:14.800 --> 01:14:20.720
And well, and when they were their final song, they were all doing their sort of new year messages to the fans.
01:14:20.960 --> 01:14:24.239
I love Kenty said uh 2026.
01:14:24.399 --> 01:14:25.840
Sexy, thank you.
01:14:26.239 --> 01:14:29.039
The crowd went crazy when he said that.
01:14:29.199 --> 01:14:31.119
That was so Yeah.
01:14:31.840 --> 01:14:33.520
Of course, so Kenti, right?
01:14:33.600 --> 01:14:36.399
She's all about the flirty Pisces.
01:14:38.000 --> 01:14:38.399
Yep.
01:14:39.359 --> 01:14:46.720
But yeah, so everybody just giving their new year wishes for the the whole ensemble, interacting with the audience.
01:14:46.800 --> 01:14:50.399
They had the fountains going again, water spouts, lasers, lights.
01:14:50.560 --> 01:14:56.479
Yeah, it was quite the send off for the end of the year, welcoming the new year.
01:14:56.720 --> 01:14:57.520
It was awesome.
01:14:57.680 --> 01:14:59.039
So yeah, I enjoyed it.
01:14:59.279 --> 01:15:00.319
I enjoyed it too.
01:15:00.479 --> 01:15:02.560
I can't wait for the behind the scenes.
01:15:02.800 --> 01:15:03.600
I know, right?
01:15:03.840 --> 01:15:06.000
See what see what was going on.
01:15:06.239 --> 01:15:10.319
I enjoyed it and what we saw, we enjoyed, had a good time.
01:15:10.399 --> 01:15:15.199
I really loved all of those mix and match, you know, group performances.
01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:19.520
It was really cool to see them interact and work together.
01:15:19.760 --> 01:15:20.640
I like it.
01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:21.680
I liked it a lot.
01:15:21.840 --> 01:15:22.239
Me too.
01:15:22.399 --> 01:15:26.399
I've watched it on I think I've watched it like four times now.
01:15:27.840 --> 01:15:31.439
Hey, it's they uh is is right there for streaming, you know?
01:15:31.840 --> 01:15:38.560
Watch it as much as you can until you know they say, Okay, last day is this, you know?
01:15:38.720 --> 01:15:39.680
So uh right.
01:15:39.840 --> 01:15:40.720
Well that was the thing.
01:15:40.880 --> 01:15:44.319
I thought I would for some reason thought it was a limited time thing.
01:15:44.399 --> 01:15:47.760
So I was like, I better watch it, really let it sink in.
01:15:48.319 --> 01:15:50.960
Like it's gonna remain up, so that's cool.
01:15:51.119 --> 01:15:51.760
That's awesome.
01:15:51.920 --> 01:16:01.920
I th yeah, it's different, I guess, when it's like in Netflix than being in the like uh the startow or like you know, like we have seen it.
01:16:02.000 --> 01:16:03.760
Oh yeah, yeah, like could you pay for this?
01:16:04.319 --> 01:16:05.279
Streaming platform thing.
01:16:05.600 --> 01:16:05.840
Right.
01:16:06.000 --> 01:16:07.840
Yeah it's it's a different thing.
01:16:08.159 --> 01:16:13.359
So it's no, it's amazing that you can you know keep watching this until they just say okay, no more.
01:16:13.680 --> 01:16:18.560
And uh, but no, looking forward to this, you know, the the behind the scenes.
01:16:19.279 --> 01:16:19.760
I know.
01:16:19.920 --> 01:16:21.920
Yeah, we may have to talk about that too.
01:16:22.000 --> 01:16:22.560
We'll see.
01:16:22.720 --> 01:16:23.359
Oh my god.
01:16:23.600 --> 01:16:25.119
We'll have to watch it, see what it is.
01:16:25.680 --> 01:16:29.439
Of course, we have to because it's a shenanigans.
01:16:29.920 --> 01:16:31.680
Again, the shenanigans.
01:16:31.920 --> 01:16:33.760
We love the shenanigans.
01:16:35.119 --> 01:16:36.079
Absolutely.
01:16:36.880 --> 01:16:38.159
All right, my friend.
01:16:38.479 --> 01:16:42.079
We have said what we you know, we enjoyed it.
01:16:42.159 --> 01:16:45.119
We have said and we gave our opinions, we just I don't know.
01:16:45.199 --> 01:16:48.880
We uh we just enjoyed it, I enjoyed it a lot, you enjoyed it a lot.
01:16:49.039 --> 01:16:49.600
Come on.
01:16:49.840 --> 01:16:50.239
Yeah.
01:16:50.560 --> 01:16:52.880
I was just happy just to see this, you know.
01:16:53.119 --> 01:16:54.000
Yeah, definitely.
01:16:54.159 --> 01:17:00.319
And it was I was really I didn't notice how much I was focusing on the costumes and stuff.
01:17:00.479 --> 01:17:04.159
I was like, wow, I love that, I love that, I love that.
01:17:05.600 --> 01:17:17.920
There were some costumes that I said, I want that in my science, I want that, and then and that jewelry, and that, and those and the shoes for Matsuda shoes.
01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:18.880
I want those shoes.
01:17:19.600 --> 01:17:20.479
I want those.
01:17:20.640 --> 01:17:21.279
Yep.
01:17:21.920 --> 01:17:23.039
Yep, absolutely.
01:17:23.439 --> 01:17:25.760
Those look awesome, you know.
01:17:27.279 --> 01:17:31.760
Anyway, so I'm just gonna leave we're gonna leave it like that, my friend, right?
01:17:32.159 --> 01:17:32.560
Yes.
01:17:32.800 --> 01:17:33.039
Okay.
01:17:33.359 --> 01:17:34.239
Definitely check it out.
01:17:34.319 --> 01:17:36.960
If if you have Netflix, give it a watch.
01:17:37.039 --> 01:17:38.159
It's definitely worth it.
01:17:38.399 --> 01:17:39.279
Exactly.
01:17:39.520 --> 01:17:40.479
Exactly.
01:17:41.199 --> 01:17:43.199
So how are we saying this?
01:17:43.359 --> 01:17:44.640
Because I'm on this side now.
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Please rate review and share, share, share.
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Please be so kind to give us five stars because we love our constellations.
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And could you please also become a subscriber so we can maintain the archive so that you can keep enjoying all of these fabulous episodes that we record.
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Yes.
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So, until next time.
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Bye bye.
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Bye-bye.
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It's hard to sync it up when we're not together.