More 2018.04 - Nino's 'It'

[twosen]

Nino on 'UB', the Aimiya unit song in the 'untitled' album.
There's something almost plaintive about this one.

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It {一途}
The hectic days have continued into the New Year holidays. The earnest thoughts he’s been hiding are about how the days will change and ripen. Where does his path lead?

Comments

[whiteleaves0]

Thanks for translating! I loved the choreo for UB, and it's hard to imagine that it would evoke laughter rather than emotions. I wonder if the original choreographers made the dance seem humorous

Of course I'm predisposed to like anything Arashi produces, but I do think that their works have merit even for people who don't know Arashi

[twosen]

So it seems the 'German dance unit' is actually Berlin-based RubberLegz & Montreal-based James Gregg (According to this source).
You can see examples of their dances here: [1] || [2]

I have to admit I didn't come to like Arashi for their music (don't get me wrong, listening to their songs never fails to cheer me up, and much like you said, I'm predisposed to like anything they produce now!). But yeah, it's not hard to introduce works by Arashi to other people because they do have merit on their own.

[whiteleaves0]

Thank you for sharing that, the videos were fascinating to watch! I watched them with UB playing and while I found it less moving than Nino and Aiba's performance, I still didn't think of it as funny. Maybe if they were smiling it would seem funnier

Same, I came to like them through their variety shows rather than their music. But now I pretty much only listen to their music! If you don't mind me asking, how did you first discover Arashi?

[twosen]

I guess it's because UB just sounds like a love ballad? Pretty sure the original dancers don't intend their performances to be funny either, it's just Nino/Aiba and their sense of humour...

Funnily enough, I discovered Arashi thanks to a storm! A really bad typhoon hit and we were trapped indoors for 3 days. Trees, bridges, roads, buildings were literally being washed away but somehow the TV/internet cables were fine and Ryuusei no Kizuna happened to be airing. Had nothing else to do so we ended up watching all of RnK and a lot of other Arashi things.

By the time the storm died down and we could see the light of day again, we were firm Arashi fans XDDD

How about you?

[whiteleaves0]

True!

Hahaha that's incredible! And what luck that you were able to watch TV, and even better, it was Ryuusei no Kizuna!

I was watching TV and VS Arashi happened to be on (it airs in Australia with English subs) and I found it entertaining but for some reason I never watched it regularly, just whenever I saw it while channel surfing. I actually watched Shitsuren Chocolatier without noticing Jun was in it, until the next time I watched VS and went, "That's Souta!" because I didn't actually know their names XD and from then on I gradually became more interested in Arashi, and watched VS regularly, and then discovered their other shows and songs