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I feel a little bit ashamed to confess it, but recently I listen almost exclusively to "hatofull." I am drawn so much to this amazing album that BAND-MAID has receded into the background. 🙈 I always start with FuwaFuwa, and then listen to the whole album at least once a day. Those last three songs, FuwaFuwa, "voice" and Superstar, are my favourites, but then the playlist restarts from PEACE&LOVE, then goes to POGO! ... When I first heard POGO!, I was a bit confused about it from the musical point of view, but now I dig it more and more, and yesterday I came to the point "Damn, it's a frigging masterpiece!" And then Flapping Wings. I always felt it's the most poppy one of all her songs, but when it comes last in this list of six tracks, I perceive it quite differently. No, cluppo never fails. That last phrase in Superstar, "Peace is the path." ... I keep repeating it in my head all the time. The album was written and sent to print well before the war started here, but "hatofull" is full of prophecies of it, and pieces of advice on how all these problems should be solved in the proper way. Lots of psychological support as well, all those "I've got your back," etc. That's what I appreciate Miku for. She's just a tiny girl whose father left her when she was a little child, she never had anyone to help her, she worked on three jobs to get some money to start her career as a singer... Yet, she created the best rock band in the world, she carries it through thick and thin, and now she tells me that she's got my back. May God bless her in everything that she's doing. cluppo the Pillar of Strength 🙏💖🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
I was not aware of her personal background to that extent, Miku is now even more of an inspiration (if that were possible) thanks mate 👍 much peace and love from Australia Po 😃🎸🎤🥁🎼🍻
@@brunobryant4846 That's so nice to know the one real person in this world who may be relied upon. Miku never disappoints. There are many talented musicians, but I don't know anyone else to whom I could look up to as a role model. For me, music is a reflection of the inner world of a musician, and of the bands currently active, BAND-MAID and cluppo really stand out for me as very pleasant ones. It's simply a joy being around them. I always add, for the sake of truth, that there is one more band that I adore, and that is ASTERISM. We have had an argument recently with Alan from Dicodec, who said that he knows a lot of good American bands that are better than ASTERISM. But Alan is a musician, and for him, music has an entirely different meaning. For him "good music" is something that is technically good. I am not a musician, so, for me, it's all about the feel. And ASTERISM has a lot of nice feels. That's the reason I adore cluppo as well, although she plays a style which I have never listened to before. Same as Ryan, actually 🙄 All those horns and synths... Such stuff was never in my playlist. But here I am, listening to "hatofull" all the time, and always on the verge of tears...
Dude... Asterism is BUILT out of talent.... like, the screws holding the talent together are made from talent! You'd have to assemble the best of the best to even compare, and they are just getting going!
@@VladimirChupin 👍 I'm 63 Vladimir, now retired to help look after my 8 year old granddaughter, I spent many years drumming on the notorious Aussie pub circuit (think AC/DC long way to the top lyrics) I also crewed for many top acts including international artists and in the long run I became very jaded, packed up the kit and became a government bureaucrat🤯 anyhow I missed music but it all seemed very corporate and generally uninspiring, then one day I tumbled onto a little ol 5 piece band from Japan dressed as maids and damn if my rock and roll soul didn't fire up again 😄 I'm back on the drums and loving it and am happily exploring all sorts of new music (dig Nemophila also) and I owe it to those 5 amazing wonderful musicians and the inspiration they have given me (thank you Miku), sorry for the long response but I cannot relay to people enough just what a positive impact these musicians have had on me and anytime I get down I go straight to BM or Cluppo 😃 thank you for all your videos also I have spent many a late night with cold beer enjoying them 😄 stay safe Vladimir , viva the Maids and thank you to the music Gods for Miku 😊👍🍻
Ryan, if you smiled and laughed, Miku won. This is pure Miku. She is so upbeat and happy, you can't help but smile when you listen to the music. I look forward to you reacting to "Sayonakidori", the live acoustic video from their December livestream concert. Someone said sayonakidori means nightingale in Japanese. If it does, Miku proves that she is one.
The song is perfect for me...it has the sound of Tokyo Jihen and Miku literally love them. Plus it has that jazzy funky sound so is a win win for me because it has Miku too.
Yes, her vocal melody singing is fantastic. I hear BM all the way thru this song. She is a SuperStar! She also forces the poppy crowd to listen to some excellent hard rock guitar riffs. This is why the first member of BM was Kanami Tono.
The vocals were impressive; not that she was hitting crazy notes or using vibrato, but because she matched the flow of the syllables to the constantly changing meter of the song. I can't remember the last time I heard a pop song with a guitar solo on western radio.
Miku's vocal are crazy good in this. She starts out on the lower scale and climbs to a crescendo by the time the chorus hits. And by the end, she showcases her voice range even more when she climbs even higher. Seriously impressive! 🕊️
The way the horns go at 0:39 to 0:41 had me worried. I thought maybe we were getting into "too bright; predictable" then here comes Miku's crazy melody out of nowhere, which goes into the frenetic chorus that no one saw coming, guitar solo off the top rope, switch to 3/4. The build-ups into the chorus are so satisfying.
This song is insane. There's so much going on musically and vocally(in the background) and yet there's no part of it that I don't love. This vocal style is also my favorite out of the entire EP.
Miku said that the "My heart melting into strawberry milk" line from Peace & Love inspired the pigeon ice cream cover for the album. I'm full of good info, me.😌
🕊 💕 This song and 'FuwaFuwa' are two of my favorites on the EP. They both remind me of Sheena Ringo, with her band Tokyo Jihen (Tokyo Incidents). Not too surprising that Miku is a huge Sheena Ringo fan. I like Miku's vocal tone a lot better though.
I really love her lower vocal range, it's really rich and thick, like butter. All these years working with Saiki mixing and creating all the vocals, harmonies, counter melodies, embellishments, has made her a master at vocal production.
Great job! Hatoful is a very interesting EP. Probably my favorite is "FuwaFuwa" but "Superstar" it's pretty close. However, I think Miku's voice in the chorus of "voice" is the really most impressive input. The range that this girl shows is amazing. Outstanding. Thank you Ryan!.
I honestly think that Miku has had the most noticably increase in her talents in Band Maid of all the Maids. The other ladies were obviously almost over burdened with talent. Miku has stepped up her game to another level. She has always had the corner on the power harmony vocals with Saiki. Sometimes on songs like Secret My Lips it is hard to tell the difference between her and Saiki. I notice on all the new music in the last year and a half she no longer has the trademark low vocal enhancement doubling on her vocals. She now is her own vocalist that is so distinctive and powerful. As a guitarist she has completely climbed up the ladder from being just a competent rhthym guitarist to a first class musician. When she is performing now she stands like a guitarist and has more of an instrumentalist's swagger that she did not have in the earlier days. Miku is now a force. I know that I am long winded,but, I have also noticed on newer Band Maid material that they are now taking their unorthodox approach to instrumental song structure and applying that creativity vocally in their songs. These ladies started off as Brand New Maids and have never looked back.
I really enjoy how she changes her register several times. You don't often really hear it when she is backing Saiki up, but she is actually more skilled as a singer than Saiki is, she just doesn't have the vocal power that Saiki does. Miku has more vocal range but her voice is very soft. But I still like it, even if it is a bit too pop for my taste.
They just have very different inner worlds 😂 For me, Saiki feels like she is an alien from space. She's actually very much like David Bowie whom she adores so much. Just look at the cover of Unseen World which she has designed. It's creepy. Then watch David Bowie's MV for Blackstar. That's what Saiki is on the inside, I feel. Not a human at all. Maybe one of those cat women in the Blackstar city? But her voice may be truly magical, especially when she sings more softly. Her power is in her sincerity. She's not a talker, but she expresses herself through singing. And she is, strangely, a frontwoman of BAND-MAID, the other four just mass at her rear. Miku, on the other hand, is a normal human. Even, I would fully agree with her band members, a middle-aged man on the inside 😁 (Not only because she eats dried salmon, far from it 😂 ) She's a serious philosopher, a talented speaker and an inborn entertainer. In order to entertain and talk in an understandable fashion, you must be as normal as possible. And Miku *is* normal. I would say, she's a warrior, a very experienced and skilled fighter. She understands that she stands for a hopeless cause of life which shall be defeated by death in the end, but she is still fighting. There are very, very few people in the world who understand the reality so keenly and still have the strength to keep living.
Tonight... I fall in love with Miku... Ryan falls in love with Miku... and a man who hates key changes smiles like a madman as he listens to key changes.
I like to think that the EP shows how Miku has learnt song-arranging from Kanami (think the Acoustic set), there's definitely some development in there, esp from the first couple released (more than a year ago?). More and more convinced that they use everything they do as a means to improve (something): Acoustic set - to reacclimatise Misa/Akane with backup vocals (maybe needed with number of vocal tracks) or for all to just think about songs and song structure from different angles? Even BM Nippon, I could see as just a way to loosen them up (particularly Saiki, maybe Akane too) to interviews - I'm not sure Saiki has ever done one without Miku being there. Miku is an absolute star.... she worries about everything, so she must constantly worry about being the one that messes up... but everything I see, she is absolutely solid. one last thing.... they're like supporting your local team, you just hope the best for them.
Friggin Miku. . . how the hell?! I don't even like this song, and yet I love it? It starts out and I think, "Oh, this is the really poppy one. It's OK, I guess." Then, by the end of it, I'm dancing around the room with a smile so wide my face hurts. So much talent and personality in so small a bird. 🕊 First Miku doing Cluppo things, then Saiki writing 'Corallium'. Now I hear MISA has been writing stuff. I'm very curious.
So much Ringo Sheena influence here. Ringo Sheena and her band Tokyo Jihen are a long term role model of Kobato. If you haven’t yet you should definitely listen to Tokyo Jihen /Tokyo Incidents.
Agree that this song is full of stuff I normally don't like and would never listen to. For me I think the reason I do listen is the pigeon's power as a mood lifter. Plus that unusually dark-ish and heavy guitar section is so unexpected that it lifts my respect for the song.
@@RyanMear your definitely my favorite TH-camr reaction entertainer Ryan, please take any pictures or videos of your time with Band Maid wile you're on your tour with them haha, and share with the rest of us who aren't able to see the best of the best.
Out of the final three tracks voice, and superstar are my favorites. This is so far from where she started, and I really enjoy the growth she has experienced to bring her to this point. I can't wait to see what she wows us with next when she feels the time is right.
I think this is one of those songs were Miku's real attitude is really shining through. As if she allowed herself to not be all shiny and bubbly and just let her mask slip for a moment and tell us how it really is. She is a fierce woman and serious woman!
I was so skeptical about his EP and then so surprised positivly! Superstar is so good and I would love to see Miku/Cluppo singing this song live with full orchestra and dancers!
cluppo talks about "super star". Of all her lyrics, this is the one that expresses Kobato's true feelings the most. She sings that she doesn't have to be a superstar. Read her comments here. th-cam.com/video/svR_ELZAnXw/w-d-xo.html
Keyboards... lol This is my second favorite song on the EP behind Voice. Its got a really interesting vibe to it that seems to peak and valley so to speak... with, to my ears, feels like a dark undercurrent to it. Would love to see your thoughts on Voice.
Ska intro to Guitar wahaa solo transition to a waltz. It's things like this that lead me to believe Miku is not putting on a act she really might be that "out there"
This is a song I shouldn't like. It's really not in my wheelhouse... But... dammit it's Miku and I think she's a witch! I know she has beguiled me with this EP. I find myself going back a listening to "hatofull" often. This song is probably my third favorite on the EP, preceded by my favorite song "voice" followed by "Peace & Love" (It's just damn catchy).
As with any music what suits some does not suit others, I freaking love this tune, but either way credit where credit is due in that how non derivative of Band Maid is her solo work (even with a little backing vocals and lead guitar tip of the hat 😄), whether the lady is rockin with BM and slamming her guitar like Pete Townshend on speed or clubbing it up with Cluppo she is a musical force and talent in her own right who has followed her musical dream for the last decade, thanks Ryan and Onya Miku, peace and love Po 👍🎼🥁🎤🎸🍻
The Hatofull EP is fantastic, Miku surely can do whatever she wants... the little pigeon is a true artist in every sense of the word Super star is probably my favorite song on the EP alongside with FuwaFuwa. It has a vibe that kinda reminds me of B'z more poppy songs like "Mr. Rolling Thunder" or "Dareka", not because anything in particular but because the overall feeling of having a damn fun time
Champ has learned how to "Butt Broadcast" his videos. I'm not saying it's a desperate tactic, or anything, butt... Anyway, Cluppo is always so full of surprises. (Did MISA, Kanami and Akane play on this? That solo is all Kanami, and the drumming and bass??) The next 10 years is going to be an incredible ride from all the Maid projects for us Maidiacs and fans! Thx, Ryan!
I agree with ya Ryan, she is amazing, and your reactions were so great, you had me cracking up and laughing you made my morning better since I woke up with a pain in my leg.
Seeing the title "Superstar" I got excited for a moment that you'd check out the song by "Who the Bitch" with the same title, who are a really cool band 😅
Miku info update: I posted the same info in the comment section of other vid, but I thought that many international Maidiacs want to know about this. Miku has a damaged ligament in her leg and was wearing a cast till yesterday. She is now wearing an athletic supporter and said that she doesn't feel any pain in her leg anymore. Sai-chan was worried about Miku (both appeared as guests to a radio show yesterday, April 17, Japan time).
To be honest I would like to have "Superstar" or "Voice" as the title track of Cluppo's 1st EP. Her voice color did not really match rock genre, but she's a tremendous pop / idol pop vocalist. She's talented and seemed to get the right kind of training.
"SUPERSTAR" is perhaps my favorite song of the EP. Since "Hatofull" came out, I can't stop listening to "Fuwa Fuwa" (77 times according to iTunes), "voice" (76) and "SUPERSTAR" (76). "SUPERSTAR" is the final song and to me, it feels like the combination of "Flapping Wings" (the keys parts) + "Fuwa Fuwa" (the horns and the overall jazz feel) + "voice" (the synth bass + the wah guitar). I certainly wasn't expecting to love this EP after the 3 music videos but now I'm glad I bought it :) Are you planning to do the other two songs? Thank you Ryan 🙏🏻
Musically reminds me a lot of that Niji no Conquistador group that ckimnstr adds to the playlist a lot. Which is awesome because this is awesome and NNC is also awesome 😎
Not my thing musically, but its true that the vocal performance carries the song for me too. Unexpected...and cool. I really like the track "'voice' from this EP
The pigeon is flying high with this EP 🕊PO! This is what happen when you hang on for 9 years with musical geniuses! Seriously she proved how much talent she has with those songs and haters must be crying now 😂 I don’t like all the songs of the EP but damn I wish pop in general was that good. She is credited for the guitar parts EP so I want to believe that was her shredding in that song and Voice 😄
I want to be like the starlight. Who said you can’t fly？ Don't forget your dreams Spread your wings now！！ And yes, she has probably played all the guitar parts on this album. Nothing like Kanami's compositions, but I hear Kanami's influence.
Miku takes over while the band cools off. Best version. Pro edit. BAND-MAID/ "Miku's Magic Time" {10:44} Live in London 🎀 th-cam.com/video/x6iSf73LiQ0/w-d-xo.html
At 6:00: Did Kanami gift a Bad Horsie to Miku? Enquiring minds want to know. Seriously though. Miku has spent the last nine years hanging around with Kanami and Akane and Misa and Saiki, so ...
I think I said this on someone else's reaction. The feel of SUPERSTAR is very similar to Synchronicity by Wagakki Band. Check it out if you haven't already.
Then I remembered more... Another person said that Miku's harmonies are often in 4ths instead of the common western approach of 3rds - makes sense as a lot of Japanese traditional music uses scales built around 4ths. She also manages to have vocal lines that are on the off beat instead of the on beat. Not to mention - in this song - the time signature changes. If she is not writing it, being able to actually execute it still shows a musical mind. The spoken part is also reminiscent of Omori Seiko. I actually like the "B" side of the album more than the videos that have come from it.
Ryan! Greetings on a grey rainy day, belly full with lunch and enjoying the break! I might have mentioned before, Miku is definitely J-Pop but with a rare adult feel, bordering to jazz. It is probably improper to call it J-Pop after all as she is head, shoulders and pony tails above your run-of-the-mill J-pop "artists"!. With the help of great friend musicians she is slowly developing a fresh and new genre that could provide a good balance to vocalists with deeper voices. Like Band Maid, she might well become important to an industry that she has little thanks for. Nor to mention, but you need understand the language, that her lyrics are dense with messages. An adult J-Pop Bob Dylan? Could be... I am a die-hard fan of Band Maid and all their members, but contrary to quite a few other fans I have no wish to place them on an altar and to pray to them on bent knees. I prefer to delve into their works and calmly listen to them to find out/discover why they move me. That is why reactions like yours are so important as they become an exchange of views and cooperative/collaborative search! Some fans are going to kill me for such blasphemy, but the agnostic old geezer has a very thick skin! Best regards, Robert-Gilles
Hi Robert, you speak from my heart. For almost four years now, there has been almost nothing else musically than Japanese rock in general and BAND-MAID in particular. And since I've been collecting music on tapes and records since the sixties and making music myself since the seventies, I think I have a good idea of where I rank B-M musically and qualitatively. That's why I don't idolise them, but watch their development with "fatherly joy", perhaps also because they are the same age as my younger daughter, who is also climbing the career ladder bit by bit.
I'm sorry to have to leave this here. "Austin Reacts" channel has been removing comments. Dean F left a comment the other day on his reaction to "Freedom" & said it was a re-upload, Austin lied & said it wasn't, but i replied because i knew it was & he deleted Dean's comment. Today he's reacted to "Alone", i commented that he shouldn't have deleted Dean's comment because he wasn't being nasty & told the truth & another guy said i'm unsubbing cos your intro is inappropriate. Austin said "Are you sexualizing B-M & are you guys who beats your meats"? He's deleted both our comments. I hope Ryan has more integrity to leave this up cos that guy is a scumbag :)
Yes, that's for sure! Most of the hate is directed towards her guitar skills, but in "hatofull" we hear that she has grown into a pretty good guitarist with her own style. In BAND-MAID she plays what Kanami tells her to play, but as cluppo, she has demonstrated her own composition and ideas about guitar solos. And it's pretty interesting, I should say. Miku is not a shredder like Kanami, but she is pretty good, nevertheless. I would even say, Miku reproduced Kanami's voice in this solo in Superstar. Do you remember that moment during their Third Online OKYUJI on December 13, 2020, when Kanami was responding to Saiki with her "Wow!" screams? 😂
This is an industrial gimmick , for sure, and we all know about it. I don’t personally know what the “producer” wants from this “Cluppo” thing. But, what I could guess is that there’re some or many people wanting this. Isn’t good enough a reasom about this “Cuppo” thing?
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I feel a little bit ashamed to confess it, but recently I listen almost exclusively to "hatofull." I am drawn so much to this amazing album that BAND-MAID has receded into the background. 🙈
I always start with FuwaFuwa, and then listen to the whole album at least once a day. Those last three songs, FuwaFuwa, "voice" and Superstar, are my favourites, but then the playlist restarts from PEACE&LOVE, then goes to POGO! ...
When I first heard POGO!, I was a bit confused about it from the musical point of view, but now I dig it more and more, and yesterday I came to the point "Damn, it's a frigging masterpiece!"
And then Flapping Wings. I always felt it's the most poppy one of all her songs, but when it comes last in this list of six tracks, I perceive it quite differently. No, cluppo never fails.
That last phrase in Superstar, "Peace is the path." ... I keep repeating it in my head all the time. The album was written and sent to print well before the war started here, but "hatofull" is full of prophecies of it, and pieces of advice on how all these problems should be solved in the proper way. Lots of psychological support as well, all those "I've got your back," etc.
That's what I appreciate Miku for. She's just a tiny girl whose father left her when she was a little child, she never had anyone to help her, she worked on three jobs to get some money to start her career as a singer... Yet, she created the best rock band in the world, she carries it through thick and thin, and now she tells me that she's got my back. May God bless her in everything that she's doing.
cluppo the Pillar of Strength 🙏💖🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
Well said, Vladimir, well said
I was not aware of her personal background to that extent, Miku is now even more of an inspiration (if that were possible) thanks mate 👍 much peace and love from Australia Po 😃🎸🎤🥁🎼🍻
@@brunobryant4846 That's so nice to know the one real person in this world who may be relied upon. Miku never disappoints. There are many talented musicians, but I don't know anyone else to whom I could look up to as a role model. For me, music is a reflection of the inner world of a musician, and of the bands currently active, BAND-MAID and cluppo really stand out for me as very pleasant ones. It's simply a joy being around them.
I always add, for the sake of truth, that there is one more band that I adore, and that is ASTERISM. We have had an argument recently with Alan from Dicodec, who said that he knows a lot of good American bands that are better than ASTERISM. But Alan is a musician, and for him, music has an entirely different meaning. For him "good music" is something that is technically good. I am not a musician, so, for me, it's all about the feel. And ASTERISM has a lot of nice feels.
That's the reason I adore cluppo as well, although she plays a style which I have never listened to before. Same as Ryan, actually 🙄 All those horns and synths... Such stuff was never in my playlist. But here I am, listening to "hatofull" all the time, and always on the verge of tears...
Dude... Asterism is BUILT out of talent.... like, the screws holding the talent together are made from talent! You'd have to assemble the best of the best to even compare, and they are just getting going!
@@VladimirChupin 👍 I'm 63 Vladimir, now retired to help look after my 8 year old granddaughter, I spent many years drumming on the notorious Aussie pub circuit (think AC/DC long way to the top lyrics) I also crewed for many top acts including international artists and in the long run I became very jaded, packed up the kit and became a government bureaucrat🤯 anyhow I missed music but it all seemed very corporate and generally uninspiring, then one day I tumbled onto a little ol 5 piece band from Japan dressed as maids and damn if my rock and roll soul didn't fire up again 😄 I'm back on the drums and loving it and am happily exploring all sorts of new music (dig Nemophila also) and I owe it to those 5 amazing wonderful musicians and the inspiration they have given me (thank you Miku), sorry for the long response but I cannot relay to people enough just what a positive impact these musicians have had on me and anytime I get down I go straight to BM or Cluppo 😃 thank you for all your videos also I have spent many a late night with cold beer enjoying them 😄 stay safe Vladimir , viva the Maids and thank you to the music Gods for Miku 😊👍🍻
Ryan, if you smiled and laughed, Miku won. This is pure Miku. She is so upbeat and happy, you can't help but smile when you listen to the music. I look forward to you reacting to "Sayonakidori", the live acoustic video from their December livestream concert. Someone said sayonakidori means nightingale in Japanese. If it does, Miku proves that she is one.
The song is perfect for me...it has the sound of Tokyo Jihen and Miku literally love them.
Plus it has that jazzy funky sound so is a win win for me because it has Miku too.
And then, you read the lyrics...
I knew I was right about this woman. 🥰
Yes, her vocal melody singing is fantastic. I hear BM all the way thru this song. She is a SuperStar! She also forces the poppy crowd to listen to some excellent hard rock guitar riffs. This is why the first member of BM was Kanami Tono.
The vocals were impressive; not that she was hitting crazy notes or using vibrato, but because she matched the flow of the syllables to the constantly changing meter of the song. I can't remember the last time I heard a pop song with a guitar solo on western radio.
Great point!
There's a lot of guitar solos in japanese pop songs, I was nicely surprised by that
Miku's vocal are crazy good in this. She starts out on the lower scale and climbs to a crescendo by the time the chorus hits. And by the end, she showcases her voice range even more when she climbs even higher. Seriously impressive! 🕊️
Koba had a tough life.
How did she turn out so perfect?
I’m so glad she gets all of this happiness.
The way the horns go at 0:39 to 0:41 had me worried. I thought maybe we were getting into "too bright; predictable" then here comes Miku's crazy melody out of nowhere, which goes into the frenetic chorus that no one saw coming, guitar solo off the top rope, switch to 3/4. The build-ups into the chorus are so satisfying.
This song is insane. There's so much going on musically and vocally(in the background) and yet there's no part of it that I don't love. This vocal style is also my favorite out of the entire EP.
Cluppo (Miku) is a one off genius. There is so much good music going on in that pigeon brain. I thank God that I am alive to hear it.
Miku said that the "My heart melting into strawberry milk" line from Peace & Love inspired the pigeon ice cream cover for the album. I'm full of good info, me.😌
Always, Poppo GaHo.
😏
You're just full of ...... strawberries and ice cream
You really are.
🕊 💕 This song and 'FuwaFuwa' are two of my favorites on the EP.
They both remind me of Sheena Ringo, with her band Tokyo Jihen (Tokyo Incidents).
Not too surprising that Miku is a huge Sheena Ringo fan.
I like Miku's vocal tone a lot better though.
I really love her lower vocal range, it's really rich and thick, like butter. All these years working with Saiki mixing and creating all the vocals, harmonies, counter melodies, embellishments, has made her a master at vocal production.
Great job! Hatoful is a very interesting EP. Probably my favorite is "FuwaFuwa" but "Superstar" it's pretty close. However, I think Miku's voice in the chorus of "voice" is the really most impressive input. The range that this girl shows is amazing. Outstanding. Thank you Ryan!.
I honestly think that Miku has had the most noticably increase in her talents in Band Maid of all the Maids. The other ladies were obviously almost over burdened with talent. Miku has stepped up her game to another level. She has always had the corner on the power harmony vocals with Saiki. Sometimes on songs like Secret My Lips it is hard to tell the difference between her and Saiki. I notice on all the new music in the last year and a half she no longer has the trademark low vocal enhancement doubling on her vocals. She now is her own vocalist that is so distinctive and powerful. As a guitarist she has completely climbed up the ladder from being just a competent rhthym guitarist to a first class musician. When she is performing now she stands like a guitarist and has more of an instrumentalist's swagger that she did not have in the earlier days. Miku is now a force. I know that I am long winded,but, I have also noticed on newer Band Maid material that they are now taking their unorthodox approach to instrumental song structure and applying that creativity vocally in their songs. These ladies started off as Brand New Maids and have never looked back.
I really enjoy how she changes her register several times. You don't often really hear it when she is backing Saiki up, but she is actually more skilled as a singer than Saiki is, she just doesn't have the vocal power that Saiki does. Miku has more vocal range but her voice is very soft. But I still like it, even if it is a bit too pop for my taste.
They just have very different inner worlds 😂
For me, Saiki feels like she is an alien from space. She's actually very much like David Bowie whom she adores so much. Just look at the cover of Unseen World which she has designed. It's creepy. Then watch David Bowie's MV for Blackstar. That's what Saiki is on the inside, I feel. Not a human at all. Maybe one of those cat women in the Blackstar city?
But her voice may be truly magical, especially when she sings more softly. Her power is in her sincerity. She's not a talker, but she expresses herself through singing. And she is, strangely, a frontwoman of BAND-MAID, the other four just mass at her rear.
Miku, on the other hand, is a normal human. Even, I would fully agree with her band members, a middle-aged man on the inside 😁
(Not only because she eats dried salmon, far from it 😂 )
She's a serious philosopher, a talented speaker and an inborn entertainer. In order to entertain and talk in an understandable fashion, you must be as normal as possible. And Miku *is* normal.
I would say, she's a warrior, a very experienced and skilled fighter. She understands that she stands for a hopeless cause of life which shall be defeated by death in the end, but she is still fighting. There are very, very few people in the world who understand the reality so keenly and still have the strength to keep living.
I believe Miku has worked with a vocal couch a lot lately. Her singing has improved a lot. I love her.
Tonight... I fall in love with Miku... Ryan falls in love with Miku... and a man who hates key changes smiles like a madman as he listens to key changes.
I like to think that the EP shows how Miku has learnt song-arranging from Kanami (think the Acoustic set), there's definitely some development in there, esp from the first couple released (more than a year ago?). More and more convinced that they use everything they do as a means to improve (something): Acoustic set - to reacclimatise Misa/Akane with backup vocals (maybe needed with number of vocal tracks) or for all to just think about songs and song structure from different angles? Even BM Nippon, I could see as just a way to loosen them up (particularly Saiki, maybe Akane too) to interviews - I'm not sure Saiki has ever done one without Miku being there. Miku is an absolute star.... she worries about everything, so she must constantly worry about being the one that messes up... but everything I see, she is absolutely solid.
one last thing.... they're like supporting your local team, you just hope the best for them.
Well said, mate!😁
Friggin Miku. . . how the hell?!
I don't even like this song, and yet I love it? It starts out and I think, "Oh, this is the really poppy one. It's OK, I guess."
Then, by the end of it, I'm dancing around the room with a smile so wide my face hurts.
So much talent and personality in so small a bird. 🕊
First Miku doing Cluppo things, then Saiki writing 'Corallium'. Now I hear MISA has been writing stuff. I'm very curious.
So much Ringo Sheena influence here.
Ringo Sheena and her band Tokyo Jihen are a long term role model of Kobato.
If you haven’t yet you should definitely listen to Tokyo Jihen /Tokyo Incidents.
well considering she's the mastermind & founder of BM, no surprise this is good too, despite it's Pop-ish style.
Tons of jazzy and funky feelings here, and it's all because of her delivery. The backing track is quite conventional. Great reaction.
Agree that this song is full of stuff I normally don't like and would never listen to. For me I think the reason I do listen is the pigeon's power as a mood lifter. Plus that unusually dark-ish and heavy guitar section is so unexpected that it lifts my respect for the song.
From my favorite entertainer ever, how I hope to see her in a live show before my time's up
Aw dang...I thought you meant me!
@@RyanMear yeah Ryan you're our superstar 👍🎼
😁
@@RyanMear your definitely my favorite TH-camr reaction entertainer Ryan, please take any pictures or videos of your time with Band Maid wile you're on your tour with them haha, and share with the rest of us who aren't able to see the best of the best.
The three that didn't have videos are my favorite but Voice is the top! Superstar is a lot of fun. It's very upbeat and gets you feeling good.
Out of the final three tracks voice, and superstar are my favorites. This is so far from where she started, and I really enjoy the growth she has experienced to bring her to this point. I can't wait to see what she wows us with next when she feels the time is right.
she is such a superstar
The thing about Cluppo and Band-Maid music - it just brings a big smile on my face. Great reaction - Peace & Respect from Canada!
I think this is one of those songs were Miku's real attitude is really shining through. As if she allowed herself to not be all shiny and bubbly and just let her mask slip for a moment and tell us how it really is. She is a fierce woman and serious woman!
That wants YOU to be happy!
I was so skeptical about his EP and then so surprised positivly! Superstar is so good and I would love to see Miku/Cluppo singing this song live with full orchestra and dancers!
cluppo talks about "super star".
Of all her lyrics, this is the one that expresses Kobato's true feelings the most. She sings that she doesn't have to be a superstar.
Read her comments here.
th-cam.com/video/svR_ELZAnXw/w-d-xo.html
Keyboards... lol
This is my second favorite song on the EP behind Voice. Its got a really interesting vibe to it that seems to peak and valley so to speak... with, to my ears, feels like a dark undercurrent to it.
Would love to see your thoughts on Voice.
Ska intro to Guitar wahaa solo transition to a waltz. It's things like this that lead me to believe Miku is not putting on a act she really might be that "out there"
This is a song I shouldn't like. It's really not in my wheelhouse... But... dammit it's Miku and I think she's a witch! I know she has beguiled me with this EP. I find myself going back a listening to "hatofull" often. This song is probably my third favorite on the EP, preceded by my favorite song "voice" followed by "Peace & Love" (It's just damn catchy).
Yep I hear you Tom and if only there were more "witches" like Miku the world would be so much better for it 👍🍻
As with any music what suits some does not suit others, I freaking love this tune, but either way credit where credit is due in that how non derivative of Band Maid is her solo work (even with a little backing vocals and lead guitar tip of the hat 😄), whether the lady is rockin with BM and slamming her guitar like Pete Townshend on speed or clubbing it up with Cluppo she is a musical force and talent in her own right who has followed her musical dream for the last decade, thanks Ryan and Onya Miku, peace and love Po 👍🎼🥁🎤🎸🍻
The Hatofull EP is fantastic, Miku surely can do whatever she wants... the little pigeon is a true artist in every sense of the word
Super star is probably my favorite song on the EP alongside with FuwaFuwa. It has a vibe that kinda reminds me of B'z more poppy songs like "Mr. Rolling Thunder" or "Dareka", not because anything in particular but because the overall feeling of having a damn fun time
Champ has learned how to "Butt Broadcast" his videos. I'm not saying it's a desperate tactic, or anything, butt... Anyway, Cluppo is always so full of surprises. (Did MISA, Kanami and Akane play on this? That solo is all Kanami, and the drumming and bass??) The next 10 years is going to be an incredible ride from all the Maid projects for us Maidiacs and fans! Thx, Ryan!
I personally think it is the best song I've heard from Miku as cluppo. She is such a treasure. There's got to be a video for this one.
I wish she'd had time to make mv's for all of the tracks, not just 3.
I agree with ya Ryan, she is amazing, and your reactions were so great, you had me cracking up and laughing you made my morning better since I woke up with a pain in my leg.
Glad I could help! Get better
Seeing the title "Superstar" I got excited for a moment that you'd check out the song by "Who the Bitch" with the same title, who are a really cool band 😅
Allllrighty then!
This song reminds me of Save Ferris. My favorite song on this EP is FuwaFuwa, followed by this and voice.
Miku info update: I posted the same info in the comment section of other vid, but I thought that many international Maidiacs want to know about this.
Miku has a damaged ligament in her leg and was wearing a cast till yesterday. She is now wearing an athletic supporter and said that she doesn't feel any pain in her leg anymore. Sai-chan was worried about Miku (both appeared as guests to a radio show yesterday, April 17, Japan time).
Oh wow, I hadn't heard that yet! Thanks
Thanks for the insight Ryan. I always appreciate you enhancing my musical experience.
Just for a change up - the vocals "save" a song for Ryan.
It's not a genre i'd ever listen to if it wasn't Cluppo so i can't like it just for that. "Peace & Love" & "Voice" are good tho :)
Might I suggest, Hakoniwa no Kofuku by Azusa Tadokoro! So beautiful, great video, majestic singer! Fastest five minutes in cyberspace!
To be honest I would like to have "Superstar" or "Voice" as the title track of Cluppo's 1st EP. Her voice color did not really match rock genre, but she's a tremendous pop / idol pop vocalist. She's talented and seemed to get the right kind of training.
"SUPERSTAR" is perhaps my favorite song of the EP. Since "Hatofull" came out, I can't stop listening to "Fuwa Fuwa" (77 times according to iTunes), "voice" (76) and "SUPERSTAR" (76). "SUPERSTAR" is the final song and to me, it feels like the combination of "Flapping Wings" (the keys parts) + "Fuwa Fuwa" (the horns and the overall jazz feel) + "voice" (the synth bass + the wah guitar).
I certainly wasn't expecting to love this EP after the 3 music videos but now I'm glad I bought it :)
Are you planning to do the other two songs? Thank you Ryan 🙏🏻
Miku has progressed into a Very talented writer and musician. I do wish you all the success and happiness.
Long Live Miku! So grateful for her creations.
Musically reminds me a lot of that Niji no Conquistador group that ckimnstr adds to the playlist a lot. Which is awesome because this is awesome and NNC is also awesome 😎
what an interesting song and yes i too want to know if she did that solo ?
Champ interrupted you because he sensed that Miku will take your heart. XD Anyway, this is the result of Miku’s hardwork and her creativity.
Not my thing musically, but its true that the vocal performance carries the song for me too. Unexpected...and cool. I really like the track "'voice' from this EP
The pigeon is flying high with this EP 🕊PO! This is what happen when you hang on for 9 years with musical geniuses! Seriously she proved how much talent she has with those songs and haters must be crying now 😂 I don’t like all the songs of the EP but damn I wish pop in general was that good. She is credited for the guitar parts EP so I want to believe that was her shredding in that song and Voice 😄
Beautifully said!😁
I want to be like the starlight.
Who said you can’t fly？
Don't forget your dreams
Spread your wings now！！
And yes, she has probably played all the guitar parts on this album. Nothing like Kanami's compositions, but I hear Kanami's influence.
Champ somehow plugged himself in,
leavee it to Miku on show us how to mix rock solo with waltz in a poppy jazz broadway song,
Right?!
Cluppo Cluppo Cluppo!
Same here...the solo reminds me of "someone"
She lives her attitudes and lyrics
Ya, we cant believe it too!
Appreciate the Queen PO 😜🕊️🕊️ flying high
Yup, just a ball of energy loose on the planet with no kryptonite to slow her down.
😄👍🍻
Miku takes over while the band cools off. Best version. Pro edit.
BAND-MAID/ "Miku's Magic Time" {10:44} Live in London
🎀 th-cam.com/video/x6iSf73LiQ0/w-d-xo.html
At 6:00: Did Kanami gift a Bad Horsie to Miku? Enquiring minds want to know.
Seriously though. Miku has spent the last nine years hanging around with Kanami and Akane and Misa and Saiki, so ...
No keyboards or synth strings on the solo. Interesting instrumentation switch. Sounds like 2 different bands.
I just hope her success doesn’t harm the sisterhood! I do believe they’re above that but the devils a jealous creature!
From everything I've seen...I just can't imagine Miku pushing this project to the point of any detriment to HER band of maids.
This song swings pretty hard.
twin tails channeling her inner enon kawatani/gesu no kiwami otome in this song.
This song is good good but Fuwa-Fuwa is still my #1 on this EP.
The lyric sheet for this must be at least 3 sheets of A4.
At times the vocal melodies remind me of a mashup between Betty Boop and Fishbone
That is hilarious!
Wow that's eclectic. "Sunless Saturday" is rather an awesome song tho :)
It’s springy and boppy 😆 fun
Dope... all I could think of was Saiki.
Good for her.
I’m going to keep dropping Bankuruwase by Humpback on you until you do it. Might as well give in soon. Always good analysis.
I think I said this on someone else's reaction. The feel of SUPERSTAR is very similar to Synchronicity by Wagakki Band. Check it out if you haven't already.
Then I remembered more... Another person said that Miku's harmonies are often in 4ths instead of the common western approach of 3rds - makes sense as a lot of Japanese traditional music uses scales built around 4ths. She also manages to have vocal lines that are on the off beat instead of the on beat. Not to mention - in this song - the time signature changes. If she is not writing it, being able to actually execute it still shows a musical mind. The spoken part is also reminiscent of Omori Seiko.
I actually like the "B" side of the album more than the videos that have come from it.
Ryan! Greetings on a grey rainy day, belly full with lunch and enjoying the break!
I might have mentioned before, Miku is definitely J-Pop but with a rare adult feel, bordering to jazz. It is probably improper to call it J-Pop after all as she is head, shoulders and pony tails above your run-of-the-mill J-pop "artists"!.
With the help of great friend musicians she is slowly developing a fresh and new genre that could provide a good balance to vocalists with deeper voices. Like Band Maid, she might well become important to an industry that she has little thanks for.
Nor to mention, but you need understand the language, that her lyrics are dense with messages. An adult J-Pop Bob Dylan? Could be...
I am a die-hard fan of Band Maid and all their members, but contrary to quite a few other fans I have no wish to place them on an altar and to pray to them on bent knees.
I prefer to delve into their works and calmly listen to them to find out/discover why they move me. That is why reactions like yours are so important as they become an exchange of views and cooperative/collaborative search!
Some fans are going to kill me for such blasphemy, but the agnostic old geezer has a very thick skin!
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
Very cool comment, Robert.🙂👍
Speaking of Bent Knee, have you ever listened to them? Try th-cam.com/video/iKqH8WiscfI/w-d-xo.html or th-cam.com/video/J7hFT0uQcQs/w-d-xo.html
Hi Robert, you speak from my heart. For almost four years now, there has been almost nothing else musically than Japanese rock in general and BAND-MAID in particular. And since I've been collecting music on tapes and records since the sixties and making music myself since the seventies, I think I have a good idea of where I rank B-M musically and qualitatively. That's why I don't idolise them, but watch their development with "fatherly joy", perhaps also because they are the same age as my younger daughter, who is also climbing the career ladder bit by bit.
@@joki5346 Well said, mate!😁
I could not have said it nearly as well.
But yeah.
Miku brought the sass on the EP btw :)
hey Ryan the maid laid waste once again
This appears MIKU's dark side in her inside of heart, may be.
I have that feeling about 10,000 Maniacs. I hate their music, but I will listen to it just to hear Natalie Merchant's enchanting voice.
I'm sorry to have to leave this here. "Austin Reacts" channel has been removing comments. Dean F left a comment the other day on his reaction to "Freedom" & said it was a re-upload, Austin lied & said it wasn't, but i replied because i knew it was & he deleted Dean's comment.
Today he's reacted to "Alone", i commented that he shouldn't have deleted Dean's comment because he wasn't being nasty & told the truth & another guy said i'm unsubbing cos your intro is inappropriate. Austin said "Are you sexualizing B-M & are you guys who beats your meats"? He's deleted both our comments. I hope Ryan has more integrity to leave this up cos that guy is a scumbag :)
White chocolate covered strawberry doves with a gun pointed at them. Interesting. Is this on a CD?
Yes! Cluppo - Hatoful!
@@RyanMear where do you get it, I haven't seen it or gotten any notifications. Evidently I've fallen out of the loop
Amazon jp, or CDJapan
@@topographic1973ify also Pony Canyon Shop (Japan)
@@philproffitt8363 thanks, I don't have JavaScript though. I don't know if I want to download it or not.
So..... yeah.... which is your favourite song on the EP?
After this EP all Miku haters must commit seppuku.
Yes, that's for sure! Most of the hate is directed towards her guitar skills, but in "hatofull" we hear that she has grown into a pretty good guitarist with her own style. In BAND-MAID she plays what Kanami tells her to play, but as cluppo, she has demonstrated her own composition and ideas about guitar solos. And it's pretty interesting, I should say. Miku is not a shredder like Kanami, but she is pretty good, nevertheless.
I would even say, Miku reproduced Kanami's voice in this solo in Superstar. Do you remember that moment during their Third Online OKYUJI on December 13, 2020, when Kanami was responding to Saiki with her "Wow!" screams? 😂
Fark yeah 👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻
After 8+ years of bootcamp among such musical monsters as Kanami, Akane and Misa; Miku didn't have any other option as to become one too.
They've been a lot quieter lately. : )
Miku takes an April Fools' 'joke' and proves that, no matter what, Kobato, now Cluppo, the Small Pigeon, Never. Just. 'Phones It In'... Amirite?
Do you think Miku has any bands that inspire her for these songs?
Yes....
Can I say.......progressive-pop??
POgressive Pop....PO!
My least favorite of the three new ones, but it's still fun.
"Peace & Love" & "Voice" are the 2 i like :)
@@GaryHolloway-810 The more I hear FuwaFuwa, the more I like it. I like voice too.
This is an industrial gimmick , for sure, and we all know about it. I don’t personally know what the “producer” wants from this “Cluppo” thing. But, what I could guess is that there’re some or many people wanting this. Isn’t good enough a reasom about this “Cuppo” thing?
I'm detecting sarcasm...I hope