VJ ARMY

VJ ARMY

Song Information

VJ Army's banner.

Artist: good-cool
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya Furukawa
BPM: 135-160
Length: 1:54
Genre: ALL-MIX
Movie: shiro / HES / GOLI / VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Extended versions of all four parts of VJ ARMY can be found on the EP of the same name, titled Brainwaves, G System Control, Human Enemy Attack and Girl In The Rain respectively.

Trivia

• Mika appears during VJ GYO's segment of VJ ARMY's beatmania IIDX video.
  • During GOLI's segment of VJ ARMY's beatmania IIDX video, the kanji characters 良 and 冷 flash by, which respectively means "good" and "cool".
• VJ ARMY lost its unique title card in beatmania IIDX 9th style, which featured ARMY in bigger and bolder letters.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, VJ ARMY's title is capitalized as VJ Army.
• VJ ARMY received a proper Single BEGINNER chart and a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE, which is based on INFINITE PRAYER's unique video from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2.
• VJ ARMY is an unlockable revival song in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage's ARENA MODE. It can be unlocked from August 22nd, 2019 by collecting fifty ARENA CUBES.
  • It received new Single and Double charts upon its revival.
  • From February 6th, 2020, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE with Tone discharger (トーンディスチャージャー).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER, it is available by default.
• VJ ARMY is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from December 2nd, 2020 after purchasing its charts with BITs.
  • Despite receiving new charts in Rootage, it still uses its older charts in INFINITAS, but with the ratings of its new charts. This was corrected on April 20th, 2022.

Song Production Information

good-cool

When I decided to participate in 6th Style, I definitely wanted to try something. A collaboration with the VJs. When I hesitantly suggested this during a staff meeting, everyone willingly accepted it, and we were able to make this happen.

"It doesn't matter how you do it, please create the video however you'd like~"

So, I asked them to make the movie first, and then I added the song to it. Their completed videos without preconceptions were very stimulating.

To ignite a competition between shiro, HES, GOLI, and VJ GYO, I composed a song with genres divided from each image.

shiro is Techno, HES is Trance, GOLI is Drum'n Bass, and VJ GYO is 2Step. Also, I wanted to make something unique with the completed movie, so I scattered sound effects everywhere to fit the visual movements. Did you notice them?
This song's title is named with respect to the beloved 4 member VJ ARMY. The gameplay is quite hot too, so by all means, everyone please enjoy it.

Video Production Information

shiro

Although the other VJs seemed to create their videos using some songs as reference BGM, I created mine in silence while looking forward to what kind of song he'd make. good-cool, it's perfect, thank you very much.

HES

Since we were able to make it however we'd like, I easily completed it without particularly worrying about the task, but at the moment the 4 individual videos were combined together, I remember everyone worriedly asking "is this alright?" (laughs).

However, where was that worry? I was simply moved when I heard the completed version. As expected of good-cool! He's the best~

To good-cool and all the VJs, good job!

Woosh, crash!

GOLI

Honestly, I was worried. This was the first time this kind of case occurred, as we were somehow requested to conversely create the movie first. As a result, when we listened to the completed song, the staff members simultaneously repeated "it's amazing!". How did he turn this into a song? How, from such a disjointed video collection? That concept collapsed, oh? And a brand-new mysterious impression was born. When he added music to my created scene, I already felt something different. Like a version upgrade. It felt like this. The power of music is huge. And I truly thought this. good-cool, it's a really good job.

VJ GYO

This time, I was in charge of the ending.
(To those whose gauge really dropped because of the movie, I'm sorry)

VJ GYO "Isn't it better if you start creating the song and later adjust it to a certain extent, so that it flows better with the movie?"

good-cool "No, it's more interesting if the 4 members selfishly make it disjointed."

good-cool was fully confident and didn't care about my concerns at all, and he was the only person who was selected (volunteered?) to challenge the beatmaniaIIDX movie designers' "what's this" complaints.

As a result, there was a divided reaction of laughing and freezing among the staff members, and even dj TAKA, who's familiar with good-cool's ability, said "I think he'll manage until the third segment...", and this problematic song was completed.
According to rumors, good-cool seemed to initially be confused by this unusual criticism.
So, finally... as expected, that's all I can say.
It'd be great if I could've created the movie so that more sound effects were included, so I'm completely annoyed (laughs).

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 6th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2 rated from 1 to 10.

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	347	663	893	972	-	658	839	1138	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style→11 IIDX RED	-	6	7	N/A	-	4	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	6	7	8	-	↑5	7	9	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→20 tricoro	-	6	7	8	-	5	7	↑10	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS	2	6	7	7	-	4	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	3	6	7	8	-	5	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) (original ratings)	-	6	9	10	-	6	8	10	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	6	7	8	-	5	7	10	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	660	901	1149	-	654	872	1182	-
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present	-	6	9	10	-	6	8	10	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	96 / 0	107 / 16	363 / 10	381 / 21	- / - / -	107 / 16	265 / 0	478 / 11	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2	⁂N/A	2	7	9	-	2	6	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	1	2	7	9	-	2	6	9	-

⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.