ビートの惑星

13 December 2021

ace 佐藤優樹 (sato masaki)’s final single before she graduate from morning musume tonight (13.12.21), after being in the group for 10years 2months 11days (7th longest tenure).

“ビートの惑星” (BEAT no wakusei/planet) is the 3rd A-side of this triple A-side single “Teenage Solution / よしよししてほしいの / ビートの惑星”, which also happens to be morning musume’s 70th single. unlike her seniors with >10years tenure (ai, risa, reina, sayu), it is surprising that maa-chan dont have a solo song in her grad single. but nevertheless, masaki is the centre for all 3 songs & she has epic close-up at the start & end of each pv. furthermore, a new ‘21 re-make of “joshi kashimashi monogatari” is surprisingly included, because the ‘17 re-make hinted of maa’s intention to graduate this year. i dont like “Teenage Solution”, but enjoyed “yoshi yoshi shite hoshiino” & “BEAT no wakusei” being my favourite. “yoshi yoshi shite hoshiino” has a contemporary urban oriental sound similar to “junjou evidence”, while “BEAT no wakusei” features mm’s signature happy-go-lucky euro-disco sound similar to “utakata Saturday Night”, “Sukatto My Heart”, “The Matenrou Show” & “The Peace!”.

the pv of “BEAT no wakusei” continues with the ‘cosmic disco’ theme & setup of “yoshi yoshi shite hoshiino”. it opens with masaki sitting on a high chair, followed by a close-up of maa & her ad-libs. while the focus is on masaki + ayumin & sakura (who are closest to masaki & the dance/vocal aces of mm), it is good that all members gets solo line & ample screentime in this song. but still, kaede & nonaka stands out throughout this pv. quite surprised to see both kaede & nonaka being featured during the bridge (2:43), as such prominent spots usually goes to leader/boring mizuki or visual maria. happy to see kaede getting more lines/screentime for these 3 new songs & rising to be on par with ayumin as the dancing machines of mm, as kaede has the skills to pull it off. sakura’s vocal has always been powerful since debut, but her dancing was pretty average. sakura’s dancing capabilities improved so much in recent years till she can do locking wrist roll (at 2:28), hand wave & happy feet etc with so much ease & swag now. the pv closes with another close-up of maa, followed by a shooting star passing by the emerald planet, which kinda signify the graduation of a star (as masaki’s member colour is emerald green).

with masaki graduating, i guess it will be a battle between nonaka (who is already the 4th best vocalist), rio (up & rising 15G) & yokoyan (who is getting more lines & becoming more charismatic) to be the new ace & fill up the huge vocal void. i also think maa’s bffs ayumin (last remaining member of 10G) & sakura (main vocalist) will be the most impacted. 10G has the best friendship among generation mates. from blog & ig posts, can tell ayumin cant bear to lose her naughty batchmate. i do hope to see 10G (haruna & haruka) make a guest appearance & reunite on stage to perform together during masaki’s grad concert tonight. without masaki, sakura will also become the only true ace of the current generation. we wont get to hear more of masaku’s harmonious duet like the lalala lines in “ナルシス カマってちゃん協奏曲第5番”. but that also means fans will get to see more frienemy moments between ayumin & sakura (like at 2:12) & how mm will transform musically.

i really hope mizuki will graduate soon (or she stop hoarding the lines with her emotionless voice), so that juniors who are more talented can have more lines & screentime; i also hope to see erina or ayumin leading the group with their tough love.

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