Song: Fantastic Time - UPDATED
This is my opinion on Hey! Say! JUMP's new single, Fantatic Time which was a to-be-OST for an anime.
I was looking forward to this song since the day it was announced, expecting it to have the same nature as the songs on their new album, Dear (which I pretty much love most of).
The night of the release, I was on twitter flailing with the rest of the tobikkos waiting for it. When it finally dropped, all I can say is that it didn't quite meet my expectations. It sounded a lot like New Age, which is a song that didn't grew on me. I never really liked overly-synthesized sounds, autotuned voices, and EDM to the extent that my head would actually hurt. And frankly, I did get one after listening to the song. Granted, it was catchy and cool and all but that's all it is to me.
But setting aside all my expectations, it was supposed to be an anime OST and having that background, the song fitted the look of the anime (based on the released posters) and I'm looking forward to checking the anime itself.
So in the end, it will be one of those songs that I will never 'intentionally' click to listen to and just be in my song list because it is a JUMP song.
UPDATE 10/27/16: Yesterday was the official release of FT and I'm afraid to say that I have to take back what I've said when it first came out. The song eventually grew on me (same with New Age) that I often times intentionally click on the song because I honestly enjoy it. Guess that it was not right for me to judge way too soon. I should have know because it is a JUMP song. I've learned my lesson. Gomen ne~?