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STARTO Talent Showcase: From Sweet Ballads to Explosive Anthems
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Ready for a musical journey through the diverse world of STARTO talent? From the heart-fluttering sweetness of Travis Japan's "Say I Do" to the intense, passionate declaration in SixTONES' "BARRIER," each track reveals a unique artistic identity worth exploring.
The episode marks a joyful return to our roots, as we've long championed these artists since our very first podcast focusing on Arashi. Now, with streaming services making music more accessible globally, we're thrilled to highlight how groups like timelesz are reaching significant milestones—over 5 million streams and 1.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify already!
We couldn't contain our excitement discussing Hey! Say! JUMP's "SUPER CRUISIN'" with its perfect blend of pop, hip-hop, and rock elements, or WEST's explosively fun "WEST SIDE SOUL!" that captures their vibrant Kansai spirit. Each song creates a distinct atmosphere—from romantic cherry blossom picnics to high-energy arena parties—while showcasing the incredible vocal talents and production that make STARTO artists stand out.
What makes this episode particularly special is how these five tracks form a perfect playlist progression, starting gentle, building in intensity, adding an anthemic energy, cruising along, and ending with an all-out celebration. Whether a longtime fan or new to these artists, you'll discover something to love among these diverse musical offerings.
Travis Japan: Instagram X YouTube Say I Do (Spotify) #HollywoodTJ Dream Episode Electrifying New York Performance Episode
SixTONES: Instagram X YouTube BARRIER (video)
timelesz: Instagram X YouTube Rock this Party (Spotify)
Hey! Say! JUMP: Instagram X YouTube SUPER CRUISIN (Spotify)
WEST: X YouTube WEST SIDE SOUL (video)
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Welcome everybody to another episode of Music Elixir coming to you from Northampton Mass, with me Sarah and Miss DJ.
Speaker 2Panic Giving it all. Bring it all out there, miss DJ Panic. Okay. And I'm just Sarah, so you know that's always the same I started sassy because when sarah and I started the episodes we kind of have a little chat and we, if we talk about some topics and it I get sassy yeah, or it's like I don't know.
Speaker 2I kind of bring the attitude over here too, but we're you know why I'm so sassy? Because I'm so happy about these that I'm going to be going to talk about, oh, yeah, yeah, because it has been a while since we have actually dedicated an episode to start to talent. Yes, that's true, and we are going to talk about five of them today. We usually do four, maybe one we'll get too enamored with and we're like let's listen to another one and let's listen to you know from us we have done that in the past, but now today's going to be five.
Speaker 1Startle talents, yeah, we usually throw one in here and there. Yeah, because we've been trying to, you know, expand there. Yeah, because we've been trying to, you know, expand, expand the horizon of artists. Just, you know, the starto is really where we started with, because, oh yeah, all of our first episodes really were sort of focused on on start talents because yeah, that's what we had access to first ever episode was arashi.
Speaker 2Yes, so where it all started for me well, we still wait for arashi to come back from their hiatus. We're just talking, well we'll, we'll chat about the songs of their talents that you know start to have currently, now new talents that actually have debuted in, yeah, and some of these have actually changed names and yeah, they have right, so two just one of them no two of them, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, two of the groups that we're going to talk about.
Speaker 2They have changed their name and one of them their whole lineup, Right, but the rest you know. One of them we have actually talked since their debut at Time, before they even debuted in America. So and it's just. We have talked about other episodes. I completely just about them. Yeah, we can't wait. But one of them which I think we're kind of happy to talk, talk about. I don't think we ever did an episode on this group, so I'm happy that we're going to talk about one of their songs. Did we?
Speaker 1I don't even remember yeah, we did the um the party yeah, but not a little.
Speaker 2Yeah, we didn't do uh it wasn't like one other actual albums or like an ep right it was.
Speaker 1And yeah, we didn't do it the same way we did the other groups, like we introduced all of them, right, and we talked about a whole album. That's how we used to do things. Yeah, we've been sort of switching it up. So which somebody?
Travis Japan's Sweet Ballad "Say I Do"
Speaker 2already mentioned in one of our you know know, commented Right, right. I would like if you guys can bring that back. That's how I learn about other groups, because you did episodes like those where we only dedicated to those you know, one artist or the whole group, right, so we got to think of bringing that back.
Speaker 1Well, I was thinking about the other day too, because I was like geez. It's been a while since we introduced each member and talked about their zodiac signs and where they're from.
Speaker 2Giving our deep, deep dive. This is when we did like deep, deep dives on an artist that will be like we'll need like a whole long weekend for that.
Speaker 1Oh, no, definitely Because of work. We have to research and we have to listen to the album. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And because of our work and the way things have you know, we had to switch it up.
Speaker 2Our new- careers have you know have limited us to right. You know we come from work like oh, oh, drama and work, work anyways.
Speaker 2But yeah, so we can, we can get back to sort of doing that yeah but for now yeah, I know we're being uh, encrypted of which start the talents we're going to talk about today, but, uh, because we want to introduce them as we go. So we are going to talk about that debut group that we dedicated a whole episode. Not just only dedicated the episode, but the members actually gave us a thank you for talking about their music and also have given us two songs that never been heard outside of japan. So this will be travis japan. Yes and I like sarah just say she's like I'm like I did all that talking
Speaker 1I wanted you to like say it no, that was my way of saying it. I'm I'm not the type who goes travis japan. Oh, come on, I'm like travis japan. That's what. That's how I do it. I've got a different level of like excitement and stuff from you.
Speaker 2It's, it's there, it's just of course as always, I'm being sassy with sarah, that's how we, that's how we are with each other.
Speaker 1That's our dynamic. I was going to say too, though, we've done two episodes for them, because we did the concert experience as well. Yes, so we have our debut episode and then the concert experience episode. If you have not, checked that episode, Sarah.
Speaker 2We'll put a link in the show notes, right, so they can go back to that episode. We can do both. Yeah, I'll do both. If this is your first time of us talking about Travis Japan. We have done two extended episodes on the group and the first episode it was like the most listened, and it's still being listened by some fans yeah, it is that's amazing, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2You know, still the number one episode and it was just the boys saying thank you, thank you. It was like so cute. Plus the two songs. That's amazing, you know, anyways, and of course, the concert experience, that in New York City, yeah, all right. So this one it was just the song that we are going to talk about Actually just not just came out, but is their latest track and is for Say I Do so, here we go sounds very sweet I was gonna say it's sweet and it's very uplifting opening the piano.
Speaker 2Very sweet, yeah. Did you hear like a, like a flashlight, like somebody taking a picture?
Speaker 1oh, yeah, like a camera flash. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's very sweet, very sweet intro.
Speaker 2We're both, I know, because their voices are so sweet, even the song, the composition. I like that their voices are just, you know, soothing too I don't.
Speaker 1The delivery is just so sweet and cute at the same time like it's a very positive feeling song, right, talking about their heart fluttering. Yeah, oh, baby, say I do. It's after they ask do you want to be my, my lady or my baby? Aww, yeah.
Speaker 2Was one of the lyrics describing this person like a flower or a garden.
Speaker 1Well, they did say something about a garden Right, A maze garden.
Speaker 2Illumination.
Speaker 1Aww, I love you, I love you yeah. Aww they can't imagine life without you by their side. That's so sweet aww, their heart, your heart. Kokoro, it's a little English and a little Japanese, so we're picking up here and there.
Speaker 2I'm glad there's a lot more English words in this song. I give it to you. Oh, my goodness, their kokoro. I'm glad there's a lot more English words in this song I give it to you.
Speaker 1Oh, my goodness, they're kokoro.
Speaker 2I think so I hope, so Come with me.
Speaker 1Oh, I love that.
Speaker 2My heart flutters Thinking about you.
Speaker 1Okay, it's. Do you want to be my lady? Oh.
Speaker 2I couldn't tell if it was baby or lady. Baby say I do, but then baby say I do Okay. I like this part. It goes a little bit faster. It's like your heart fluttering. Yeah, your baby say.
Speaker 1I do. Amping up the emotions, getting all mixed up, oh that's so sweet.
Speaker 2Baby, you know, I love you. Oh, my God, the ending is so cute, adorbs.
SixTONES' Intense Track "Barrier"
Speaker 1The whole thing was, that was just such a feel-good song, sweet, such a good sweet song. Word of the day. It's a proposal song Come on. It's just proposal song, very sweet oh, is it though, like an actual proposal, or just let's give this a try, let's see where we go, I mean for us in america, when you propose, you know, just like baby say I do you know?
Speaker 2or when? Wedding day?
Speaker 1yeah, exactly I do, I do, I do, but it's definitely like a budding relationship and see where it goes, because you're my, everything, you make my heart.
Speaker 2You know they are in love with you. Please say I do Exactly so sweet. It is lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely. You know, when it comes to StarTale groups, they can change from like the sweetness to the, you know, the explosive. And then this one is a very sweet one from Traverse, japan.
Speaker 1Yes, it is Definitely I like it very much. Should we mention too, it's apparently the theme song for a drama that's going to star Shaka, my boy.
Speaker 2Your boy Shaka. He was so cool. When we met him, he was cute.
Speaker 1He was so diplomatic, he was awesome, so definitely check that out. If you're in the mood for something just nice and light and happy and feel good, definitely say I do by travis japan perfect exactly.
Speaker 2If you want something, oh, right now, because it's like sakura, you know season yeah oh my goodness, just walking around, have your headphones on and you get that and you know just walking around under the tree blossoms, ah, lovey fluttering down.
Speaker 1Yeah, oh my gosh, that's perfect, exactly maybe under you know one of on.
Speaker 2You know, having one of those picnics have all this little like heart-shaped you know food it's just like baby, sad you okay now I'm getting sappy now but I mean it's just perfect, it is, it is, it's like the perfect song, it's like you know. Put it on your playlist when you're sweetheart, you know well, if you're not, if you're not ready to marry this person, they think you're gonna marry me. What? Okay, don't put it unless you wanna, like, propose under a sakura tree, maybe say I do.
Speaker 1Okay, all right, I'm getting ahead of me giving ideas out there, but it made us so happy. We're giddy. Yeah, it was just so so nice, yeah, and they sound great. Uh, it's just like I said that uplifting tempo and, yeah, the joy and happiness behind the lyrics just special on a great day like new england, today in northampton, massachusetts, is great today very all I can think of the mamas and the papa song, but anyways, but now, so you know, we're thinking of this travis japan say.
Speaker 2I do so now. We're gonna transition now to the next group that we have not talking a while. Talking about, about their was released was in february. We talked about that it was coming out, because I want to say that jesse yeah, this actually is also a thing song. Okay, that jesse was in a movie, a movie adaptation for the hit manga, a girl and her guard dog okay.
Speaker 1So yeah, I think, yeah, I remember yeah that was an episode.
Speaker 2It was uh on a ranch and rambling yeah, yeah, because, um, there was some in news that that starter had let me know. Hey, jesse's gonna be. You know this is a theme song for Jessie appearing, so the song, like I was saying, is for Barrier. If you are a Stones fan, you already probably have the CD you can find. I believe there's a video for this, I think Hold on.
Speaker 2let me double check, probably yeah, yes, there's a video for this. You can check out Island Stone's YouTube channel you can find the version there and check out their outfits. They're all like Wearing black and it's in leather, you know, because this song Is gonna be Completely different sounding Than the thing I do especially with barrier Like that doesn't sound like love, right?
Speaker 1there A barrier.
Speaker 2So we're going to be talking about again Stone's Barrier it started very abrupt.
Speaker 1I was going to say it's a little aggressive Right. A lot of drum. There's a lot of brass too. Yeah, it has that funkiness yeah, I was gonna say a little funk there and they like those trumpets.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah I did her like a dj scratch, like going backwards. These voices are like. These voices are like hungry right.
Speaker 1They're very gruff and growly. Yeah, you know, you are my girl. Exactly All day I give you my love. Why?
Speaker 2are you angry, though I?
Speaker 1know right, I sound so aggressive.
Speaker 2All day I give you my love. It's a little, a little possessive. Maybe it sounds like little possessive. Maybe it sounds like this girl is like dude, you got to chill, so they're like I'll give you my love all day.
Speaker 1And I'm like you need to find a hobby, then I need some space. They want you to be sure. Won't make you cry anymore. What? Why are you making me? Cry Wait, I'm going to forward this a little bit, because I was like what, yeah, won't make you cry anymore, I'll give you what you want. Won't make you cry anymore. Eh, why, that's what I said. I was like wait, why were you making me cry?
Speaker 2Why were you crying before Yo?
Speaker 1Well, you listen to them. Yeah, they're like angry saying you are my girl.
Speaker 2How about this slow part, like probably calm down, because it was like sorry, I came too harsh on you, honey.
Speaker 1Well, he's a guard dog, right.
Speaker 2That's true, he would be aggressive, yeah, got it.
Speaker 1I'm putting it together now.
Speaker 2But I mean Barrier is the name of the song where they always have this stern barrier.
Speaker 1Like put up a wall. And they're going to take it down, so that you know they love you. How's that?
Speaker 2Yeah, because that's what it sounds like Right. But this is really dance song.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's got the super funk, Like we were saying there's brass it you know you want my girl.
Speaker 2This is yakuza talking to you. Yakuza, it sounds like it, but they got the waka waka guitar.
Speaker 1Yeah the funky bass, oh yeah the trumpets, and it's very full band.
Speaker 2Yeah, yes is full band.
Speaker 1Yeah, yes is wow, wow. That's like in your face, rightez, will you come?
Speaker 2harsh stones are like I'm here for you. Hello stones, a stone, you gotta be that hard like a stone, like really you.
Speaker 1You are living up to your name, I guess yeah, definitely, but but no, that was, it was really cool, but that again so angsty and aggressive about it. Yeah, in terms of what the drama is about it sort of makes sense. Right, right.
Speaker 2But wow, they're intense about this love. You know they're going to tell you.
Speaker 1I love you honey.
Speaker 2You know I love you. You're mine. I won't make you cry, no more. Well, if you like, chill boo. If you talk normally, then you will not make me cry.
Speaker 1I don't know if you're loving me, or you're about to punch me with that, oh my gosh. Well, it's just like they're angry about love.
Speaker 2Yes, or angst.
Speaker 1Well, you know, it's probably one of those machismo guys.
Speaker 2They're like I can't feel tenderness because I'm a man and I cannot show you my feelings, but I love you.
Speaker 1So I'll be gruff about it and I'll try to be better. I won't make you cry anymore.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Oh my God, but no, I liked it though their voices. They, yeah, oh my god, but no that I liked it, though, their voices. They did a lot of varying uh vocalizations throughout.
Speaker 2That again, you know stones is another group, you know, start to tell them gotta be very versatile when it comes to like music and you know the tone of voice and this is one of them that they're just like out there and I like when they take this approach. I like their voices for this. This is like, for me, classic stones when they have like that edginess and like roughness.
Speaker 1I do like that even with their na na na na. I know I they were a little like Right.
Speaker 2I do like that edge for Stones. Yeah, every time they come with songs like this, that kind of composition, it just fits their persona, it fits the group. Yeah, definitely, I do just like that when they do like the party anthems oh, love, love, love, love.
Timeless' Anthem "Rock This Party"
Speaker 1We talked about some of those. It's like whoa, yeah, Love it. That was the one I was thinking of. I was like I bet she's thinking of Rum.
Speaker 2Pompom. Oh yeah, it's everybody. Hey, I can't remember the songs right now, but of course Rum Pompom is one of that. When it came out I was like damn wow, I don't think any groups from that agency ever done that. Um, I think, um, you know, even fuma have mentioned it. Let's say I like when you guys do that part, it's like we never did that on sexy songs. This is like an interview that he did with, like oh, another interview talk that he did with uh, it was him and yuri talking about things about.
Speaker 2What do they like about?
Speaker 1what each other's stones.
Speaker 2And then yuri will say but he likes about sexy songs when it was sexy song, when they were now that I said that, now that I said that I think people will know what I'm going to do right now, because we're going to move into the next song. Move into the next song, of course, my new children, timeless. Oh my goodness, from three now we have eight, yeah, members of Timeless after they were done with the audition and the project. You know, timeless, uh, audition project uh which ended in February.
Speaker 2No January, but in February, I think they made the announcement the debut the announcement. Yeah, uh, the show Sakura was there. Oh, okay, did you see the episode?
Speaker 1No, I did not oh.
Speaker 2I'll have to okay, did you?
Speaker 1see the episode? No, I did not. After we talked about it, you're like I gotta go see it. I know, I know life gets in the way.
Speaker 2Sometimes you need to binge binge watch this. You can see the whole thing from the beginning to I know it's all out there now. Oh man, there's some episodes that I'm like I'm bawling with everybody, and then the ending episode. It was like, yeah, spoilers everybody, but it shouldn't be, you know if you have not watched it like they are. You know sorry but not sorry. You saw Netflix and I'm sure YouTube you can find people that have actually bootlegged it somewhere.
Speaker 1So until somebody catches on and takes it down.
Speaker 2But yeah, right. So, but you, I'm sure everybody knows what song I'm going, that we are going to talk about, and it will be Tim Rock, this party.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, this is definitely an anthem style boom, clap Boom boom, clap, you're ready.
Speaker 2Now Rock this party.
Speaker 1What are you waiting for?
Speaker 2do you need an escort? I do. It's gonna take me ah the soft.
Speaker 1You know what's up they're ready, I'm ready too yeah, tonight's gonna be amazing.
Speaker 2I want a timeless party yeah, I want a timeless party too.
Speaker 1It, I want a timeless party too. It's cute. That was something about, isn't it?
Speaker 2So, there I like the wo-o-o's Right, we go from na-na's to wo-o-o's. Oh my, I love his voice. He's so cute. There's a lot of transition going on throughout this.
Speaker 1They start out that strong anthem, boom, boom, clap. Right Now we've got some sweet vocals, had a little oomph, that synth that goes like what Like that?
Speaker 2Just bring you in.
Speaker 1Now it's like the group chant kind of yeah, that's come on, come on Rallying you up. Uh-oh, you can't help but sing along.
Speaker 2Right, it's so catchy, this song is so catchy.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, here's the bringing it home.
Speaker 2Yeah, with that electric guitar in the back and that just driving it into you.
Speaker 1Yeah, we're gonna party. We're gonna party. Hit it for my, then they chill, slow it down a little not like they bring you up then, like now you're gonna bring it back in, I'll bring it back up. Amp it up again yep, wow, hey, I need a light stick to be like right waving it around come on, come on, come on. I can't I can't stop. I know you just have to sing with the guys. You just have to. I know it's infectious. Oh my God Love.
Speaker 2Wow, yay, my children Time verse.
Speaker 1Yeah, the whole new group of children.
Speaker 2Wow, I'm an octomom now.
Speaker 1Oh, my goodness, Wow, the energy to that. They bring you up and then they let you cool down a little, and then they boom, boom, boom you up again. I'm so happy for my new kids.
Speaker 2It is totally a rock, this party, oh wow you know, this song on spotify have already over 5 million streams. Wow, yes, congratulations guys yeah, that's awesome wow, wow, wow, wow, and also for monthly listeners. They have 1.3 million monthly listeners. Wow, wow, it's just like.
Speaker 1It's like the world already knew about these boys and couldn't wait for them to be streaming and be like oh my God, we can share these everywhere. Yeah, definitely, you know it'd be like you know.
Speaker 2you know us fans, we talk about our group, we love our groups and when it comes to Star Trek Talents, a lot of them are not on streaming service, so you have to go get cds. So what end up happening? If any of these fans are kind of like us, was this like, hey, I got the cd for so and so and then we kind of share it? Yeah, but you know, and all the friends are like, who is this? You know, because we like to play it in the car and we have people in the car.
Speaker 2We kind of. That's when we really introduce other people to our kind of music and they're like what can I get this? You cannot get it anywhere. I'm like a sounds like a drug dealer. It has to come through me if you want a piece of this. You know, you know. So now that it's readily available, fans are just like yeah, they're right here on Spotify. Here's a link. Go follow them, go listen. Oh, I'm so happy.
Speaker 1I know, with the ones we can, that's what we do.
Speaker 2Exactly here. Here's a Spotify link. Here's a link for it. Go check it out, listen to it. And I look at that. Oh my God, god, that's awesome, that's amazing. A million monthly listeners, that's awesome. Girl, I'm so happy. I'm so happy for you guys. Boo, my babies, my babies. Oh my goodness, fuma is like what 30? Did fuma turn 30 this year or he's 31?
Speaker 1oh, wait a minute.
Speaker 2No, I think just 30 did he turn 30 this year, right? Oh, my god, I'm a bad mama.
Speaker 1Yes you are like. We know his birthday was earlier this month. I know, we know his birthday, I think he did?
Speaker 2yeah, I think he did, because Kenty turned 30 last year and Fuma, I think, is the second person that needed to turn 30, I think, oh man, I'm really bad. Anyways, I'm really happy about my children. This is amazing. I can't wait for more music to come out for them. I know right, I know they're doing their tours out in Japan, of course.
Speaker 2But hopefully more music to come out for them. I know, right, I know they're doing their, their tours out in japan, of course, but hopefully, oh, and the show that we can't see because it's in japan on sundays oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, remember that hour, the 25, 25, japan.
Speaker 1We were like we don't, we can't even tell you the time because somebody made a typo right, we're like what, what is this?
Speaker 1Yes, they're Timeless man Variety show, cool. But yeah, no, that's a feel-good song also. It just sort of I don't know gives you this sense of belonging to something. I felt like I was part of something. That was, I don't know, a very weird sensation to get from a song when you're just the two of us, but it did. It felt like we were part of this big party. It was awesome. I like. I like that. I'm looking forward to more from them too, see how they evolve now that they've now they're eight members now, yeah, wow, wow, speaking of eight numbers, brings us to our next group next group from starto, which, uh, of course, now they are on streaming services.
Hey! Say! JUMP's "Super Cruisin'"
Speaker 2So heisei jump, also known as jump. Yes, I've actually dropped a single on march 26th and uh, it's for um.
Speaker 1We're still waiting for Yamada to release another one but no, we thought a single was coming out, but now we have this new single.
Speaker 2We're gonna be listening and talking about Heisei Jump's Super Cruisin' good opening guitar riff here.
Speaker 1What is that sound?
Speaker 2at first I thought it was gonna be like a rock song, but then it is, but it's, it's pop it's too. Yeah, poppy, I thought it was more rock. Oh, you thought more like like a super rock yeah, I don't know with the samples in the bag, though yeah, like there's like a mix of genres here yeah, there definitely is hello, super crew, super crew.
Speaker 1Yeah, super cruising cruising and this yeah, like that's like, yeah, like the little samples, yeah get this little wrap over there yeah, this wrap section, just a little. Just a little. Do you hear that sort of demented keyboard in the background? That's my Whenever something's like a little eerie like Funhaus sounding. That's my description, I think more, like you know, muted.
Speaker 2It sounded more like a muted salsa or mambo.
Speaker 1No, it was weird, it was sort of eerie it was muted, and for her and Sarah, everything's eerie for her. Well, people decide how they hear that sound. It sounded muted, and for her and Sarah, everything's eerie for her. Well, let people decide how they hear that sound. It sounded muted? Well, no, it did. But that was why it was sort of creepy, because it's like. I mean, it's a feel-good song, for sure.
Speaker 2But I think they're just experimenting with some sounds the slow down, it's beating up quick Experimenting with some sounds, the slow down, it picks up.
Speaker 1The organ going.
Speaker 2I like the hip hop beats.
Speaker 1This has elements of a lot of different things going on.
Speaker 2That was awesome.
Speaker 1I love that song I really love this song. That's a. That's a super cruising song. Yeah, listen to you while you're driving and be like, yeah, I'm super, because there was something about wind in there, so maybe they're talking about the wind going through your hair and driving around, just being cool, letting everybody know who you are. Here I am that's pretty good.
Speaker 2That's a good song I like that.
Speaker 1It's upbeat keeps you moving yeah, definitely another one with the catchy, you know line you know, catchy another, catchy one Love love, love, love. I like that little one. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, exactly Eight members here, everybody taking their turn.
Speaker 2Exactly Eight members here. I like us. I think I believe four of the members did the rap rap lines. Yep, that was cool. I was like yeah, I like this. You know some took melodies, some took more of the. You know the hip hop lines, the edgy and the smooth.
Speaker 1It was a really good mix. I liked that.
Speaker 2I liked that too.
Speaker 1Super catchy.
Speaker 2I don't know if it has a full video yet. I would like to see the video. Also, would like to see them perform that live.
Speaker 1I know right what kind of choreo they'd have going with it. I think there is a video. I see something youtube.
Speaker 2Hey, say jump super cruising, so it might be there yeah, the one that I just seen right now is only the teaser, which is like 14 seconds. Okay, but they gotta have already the video. If they already have the song on streaming service, you would think so right, because, yes, heisei jump is also on streaming yes, there is a video and is, uh, two minutes and 56 seconds.
Speaker 2Now the thumbnail. It just has like a blue sky and then a yellow sign with like red letter lettering saying super cruising, hazy job. Should I click on it, if you want? I want to see if they're dancing and stuff.
Speaker 1Oh yeah yeah, yeah, good point here. We'll checked it out to see. There doesn't seem to be the full video yet, but we got the teaser. We saw that the just the feet walk in and then you saw a few of them.
Speaker 2Looked like they were in bleachers, right like hanging out in a stadium, of course, like four of them were like by some, I think they were more like stairs yeah to somewhere. Oh, that could be yeah and then they were, but they were like on a street.
Speaker 1I was looking quick yeah, and then the the back view of them all with their white shirts and black suspenders. So, yeah, huh, if that's sort of what's going on with the video, it looks like it could be cool. Yeah, and it looks a little like they're like yeah, we're cruising around town, the gang of eight of us they're not driving, they're just walking, they're walking.
Speaker 1That's what I mean. We're just, but you could be cruising while you're walking. We're just a large group of people moving around, but cruising is when you walk, you can get in a car. There you go. But no, I liked the look of things because they had sort of just regular street clothes and they had sort of like a matching set of not quite dress clothes. So I'm looking forward to that too.
Speaker 2Cool. Why don't you tell people about Sheenan looking?
Speaker 1forward to that too cool. Why don't you tell people about sheenan? Well, when they they showed this back shot of all of them. You can pick him out immediately because I love the boy dearly. But he is short, he the line goes across you love your shorties.
Speaker 2you love your shorties. Come, come on From Snowman, you're like oh, I like that, I know right.
Speaker 1Well, even with Aria she owns the shortest. Yes, I love your shorties.
Speaker 2Sarah loves her shorties.
Speaker 1I do Yam Yam's short too, but no she.
Speaker 2No, she wins hands down.
Speaker 1It was the minute I saw that lineup I was like, oh, there's Sheenan that was the first person you picked.
Speaker 2You didn't pick your mother.
Speaker 1You're like oh, Sheenan, Just so everybody knows we're not making. I love him dearly. Oh my God, you can pick him out in the lineup Exactly.
Speaker 2We're not picking on him.
Speaker 1No, come on, he's just so adorable.
Speaker 2He's probably like I hate this. People are calling me adorable. I'm a man. Come on people, I'm a man.
Speaker 1Oh God, Come on, you're so cute. Well, it's like in their concert when he was doing the tough guy image, I was like he's too cute for that.
Speaker 2He is. I know you see him. You're like, oh he's so cute. Listen, lady, I'm a man. Come on, is he also in his 30s? Like yeah?
Speaker 1maybe, I think he's probably, yeah, at least 30. Yeah, yeah, he's a man, he's so cute.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah he's a man, I know like we have some co-workers who are shorties too. We're like oh, you're so cute. It's like I'm your age, respect me. We're actually older than you, respect me. And I'm like oh, you're so cute, I think. Uh. One co-worker said yeah, keep calling me cute, I'm closer to your kneecaps, I can bring you down.
Speaker 1I was like oh man wow, yeah you, you're being sweet and they gotta bring the violence. Wow, but no awesome song. Lots of fun, high energy another catchy one yes another. Yeah, we were just singing along, because it's only been out a couple of days and I I had heard it before because it came out on the, the whole new release thing, but with the headphones it's a whole different thing. It's a whole different thing. Great song, but we were. We were both super, super super cruising.
WEST's Explosive "West Side Soul"
Speaker 2Yes, we were. Excuse me, that would be laughing so much I'm like we just say we see them out in a lineup. We love our yam yam, we always talk about yam yam, how beautiful he is, but. But when you see them all together, you said shinen, like that's the first person you will like shinen. And then you say, oh yamada, but it's like he brings joy, he does, he does, he's just so, he brings joy.
Speaker 1So energy, well, that's you know, that's why I like these guys, though they've got the energy, yeah, the impact, you know. Oh my god, okay, too funny, but good song. Check it out on streaming. Yes, it'll be in the show notes.
Speaker 2So yes, you'll be able to click on it. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Now, speaking of funny, now we're going to talk about a funny group coming out of kans. I think people already know, like when I say Kansai, kansai groups are just funny and joyful and I don't know, you see them singing, you see them, and they just want to bring you. Every time they are on stage they just bring you in with them.
Speaker 1So they got the positive energy and the exactly high energy too.
Speaker 2They're always a raucous crowd, yes so we went from two groups with eight members. This one has seven. All right, we're gonna be talking about west. Yes, so west just released a song only on youtube, and uh, it's well, it just came out only on youtube, okay I actually did play it on.
Speaker 2okay, asia, one of the one of the fans were kind of worried you don't have the cd, don't play it. I'm like, well, actually sarto have actually offered to, you know, asked me that I wanted the song so they can play it on the show, and I was like, yay, that's awesome. So, um, but only on the radio show. Only on the radio show, of course, and that's awesome because they're like we. It came out, actually, the video on tuesday, march 25th. This will be actually west of 24th single. I want to say Hold on, let me get my notes, because, yes, it's going to be West's 24th single track. It's named West Side Soul Wow, 24th. 24th, 24th single Wow, that's insane. 24th single Wow, that's insane. So, yeah, of course, this is going to be full of West energy. You know how they are, so like bringing the party, you know bringing you with them in the party you know, like every concert that they do, they're so explosive.
Speaker 2So Sarah and I want to be singing, no singing, yeah, and I want to be singing, no singing yeah, we're gonna be singing.
Speaker 1Well, we probably will be singing.
Speaker 2Yes, yeah, it's gonna be I'll bet it's gonna be as catchy and we're gonna be singing um on this. Uh, west love soul. I gotta find the song. Hold on, what's it again? I want to make a correction. It's West Side Soul, but I'm sure it's going to be soulful. That's why I was saying West Love Soul. But you know we love this group Anyway.
Speaker 1so love is going to be in there. That's why you said love, because you love them.
Speaker 2Of course, love my bros. All right, here we go. I like that already starting funky. Definitely put your hands up.
Speaker 1As you know, wes love to involve their fans in all their songs. Listen to that guitar riff yeah. That's got a little bit of funk there, a little bit of soul.
Speaker 2The bass. There's always a party with Wes. I like the little growl in the voice. There's a wah-wah, ow, wow, wow. I like that synth.
Speaker 1And then it's all like I don't know is there like Casey and the Sunshine Band, sly and the Family Stone. Yeah, that synth is crazy. Clap your hands up.
Speaker 2It's a party with Wes. You gotta join somebody.
Speaker 1That synth is sort of like a voice almost. Yeah, it's like playing against the actual voices.
Speaker 2That's cool playing against the actual voices.
Speaker 1That's cool, it's so much their personality, oh yeah, the arrangement is so their personality someone in the background I don't know what he said, but it's very colorful sounding like that's how west is there's just a a rainbow, yeah, rainbow party yeah.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, you know without just listening to the music they are, like you said, just bring color to their song.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 2So colorful, Like you said, just just just the music. We're not even looking at a video, I know we could be looking at the video.
Speaker 1I know, wow and that that was an amazing like intense crescendo their music.
Speaker 2It's changed a little their unison, their voices and their unison, love, just love.
Speaker 1They just have like like manpower I don't know, but like everybody's in the background doing that, whoa right, someone's singing over it. It's so cool, it's. Uh sorry, I'm getting distracted by this like what the heck is that?
Speaker 2I remember listening to this. I'm like what is that? It's gonna be part of the video.
Speaker 1I think they're enjoying the melody. Maybe, I guess, or a great melody, wow, I know.
Speaker 2And it's just abrupt. Get your hands up. That's Wes for you, wow.
Speaker 1Yeah, that was another. Like just party. Hey, have a good time. Everybody I don't know. I see confetti, I see streamers, I see glitter, fireworks, people just dancing and having a good time, fireworks, yeah.
Speaker 2Just a blast, complete blast, explosive, just like the boys. The guys are just explosive, they are.
Speaker 1I love Explosive, just like the boys, the guys are just explosive, they are. I love that was awesome.
Speaker 2So the name of the song West Side Soul Definitely Kansai is soulful. You know, they're just. We're nothing like Tokyo, we are our own, we're just. I don't know party town, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2It's a different mindset, yes, which you know, you and I were like we, if we ever go to osaka, we're gonna have so much fun because I don't we feel their vibe, we we've. It's like our, our type of life. You know, absolutely not like we're not gonna like tokyo. We will kind of love tokyo, but I don't know. Listening to music, people that come from kansai, we're like, yeah, we're kind of, they're kind of have a little bit of massachusetts, right yes, definitely like it could be.
Speaker 2You know the boston side of like you know japan.
Speaker 2You know it has that yeah, raw, that nobody really understands us, but right, we have a good time and that's what matters exactly when you, to understand people from massachusetts, especially from boston, you have to leave, live here and experience it and then you understand. You know, the greediness of ron is that it is our state and that you know, yeah, definitely, but also kansas has. We has that feeling like from us, from living over here. That's why, when I hear you know west, it's like why do I tend to be like you're so familiar to us? It feels like home. Yeah, you know, it feels music from home. I don't know, it's just I, that's how I can describe it. But the composition so funny, of course, slapstick, just like they are fun, funny, comedic. The boys, the guys don't boys, the guys are just. You know, it's a party over here.
Speaker 1Let's have some fun. Yeah, well, you can tell they're just having a good time with it, just having fun. Wow, that was just so energetic and uplifting and happy making. Like I said, I was like this is a full-on party happening in my head listening to this, everybody just jumping around having a good time, and that's how we've always sort of envisioned west yeah they have their moments of the, you know, soulful, draw you in yeah, like smooth soul but, this is the like, funky soul.
Speaker 2Yeah, this is yeah, this is them. They're puberonous. Love, love, love love awesome.
Speaker 1Yes, people are definitely. You're gonna have a wild ride with all of these songs exactly. They're so different.
Speaker 2We start you smooth with Travis Japan, I do oh yeah, they're sweet, cute. Then we kind of jump into some like abrupt, you know, like stones, barrier, mildly aggressive, yeah. But then we go to party with Timeless yes, you know.
Speaker 1The anthem. What you expect to happen in an arena when you're partying, like when you're in a concert and you're like? Yeah the whole crowd getting into it.
Speaker 2Yeah. And then we bring more of the party cruising with Jump, super, super cruising. Yeah, that was like nice, and you know.
Speaker 1Yeah, grooving over here, we're all hanging out. Yeah, we cool. And we ended up explosively with west omg, I know right, the raging party.
Speaker 2Oh, that could happen anywhere exactly, we have arrived and it's a blowout and everybody's just wow brah, they just yeah.
Speaker 1They bring the party wherever they are. It's a party, it's a party.
Speaker 2That's what that one is yeah, we arrived from the cruising awesome, oh excellent.
Speaker 1Well, definitely check them all out. Awesome.
Speaker 2Yes, music coming out to start though this is all start to talent. We have not done one like that in quite some time. No, it was so overdue. Now that you know, like I was mentioning before, some of these talents are already on streaming services yes they are also all on youtube, so um, youtube music as well. So you can, if you have that, go for it, make your own playlists and enjoy their songs and, you know, make your own like you know mood with them.
Speaker 1Play with it, have some fun. It's awesome.
Speaker 2Anything else, miss Sierra, I think we're good. Okay, we got it covered. Awesome, Awesome, awesome Awesome. We had so much fun.
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