Re: A Song For You! You? You!!

The context of a post-Sunshine μ’s MV is why this was so special, since the irl group had been on musical hiatus since 2016 too, but the the song is just alright imo. Which is a shame. After seeing just how much the compositions have continued to compound upon themselves through the years of Sunshine and PDP, for the big musical revival of μ’s to be this is just…whelming. It sounds like status quo μ’s. They’ve not pushed the boundary in any way with this. I like status quo μ’s, but is that really enough for the group’s comeback after four years in slumber? It’s a far cry from your endgame single Moment Ring which represents the traditional μ’s style refined to its limit, or the rare moment a μ’s member was permitted to sing freely. This could pass for an early track, and when the rest of the franchise has already settled into music so much more dynamic, I just don’t think it’s enough from this group in 2020. For equivalent-sounding tracks have a gander at After School Navigators vs Strawberry Trapper or Anemone Heart vs Torikoriko Please. There’s a very distinct divide in composition clarity, and this single was their chance to cross to the other side. Looking at all the groups and comparing the characters to the seiyuu, it’s always been possible to perceive a seeming drive to have the actors value the character’s voice over their true vocal range. This lessens with Aqours (especially in the solos and post-anime content), and then PDP is afforded even more freedom. But μ’s has always been the group most chained by this. Look at Kussun or Pile outside of this, performing songs actually designed for them in the way they naturally want to sing them. It takes like five seconds for the vocals to be better than Nozomi and Maki’s entire discography (for which, off the top of my head, I think their respective best offerings are Onaji Hoshi ga Mitai -Nozomi Mix- and Aishiteru Banzai -Maki Mix-). This was their moment to finally bring that flair into μ’s. Through the rudimentary synths, comparatively primitive instrumentation and muddy sound mixing, being the group with the least bite is kind of their deliberate calling card. There faintly seems to be intention behind it when contextualised within the musical evolution of the other groups and I acknowledge that. But there still is room for more variety that could been injected into the song.

Seeing them in good CGI is an experience, though perhaps less impactful since the All Stars OP had already aired by this point. Similarly, seeing the cast drawn with 2020 art is quite endearing, but there are a shocking amount of scenes that are either off-model or plain sloppy and I lament that more care wasn’t put into an event of such prestige. The BokuHika kaleidoscope backgrounds were an unnecessary replication too imo. I wanted more and μ’s deserved better – I guess that’s how I’d summarize this MV.

Now with all that said the B-side Natte Shimatta is acceptable however. I can accept this as a worthy μ’s revival.