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I like girls (laughs), so I tend to write songs which girls seem to like.<br> | I like girls (laughs), so I tend to write songs which girls seem to like.<br> | ||
For this song, I tried to accumulate the piano line in the intro, quality vocals, bossa-like rhythm and acoustic guitar, and French items that girls would like.<br> | For this song, I tried to accumulate the piano line in the intro, quality vocals, bossa-like rhythm and acoustic guitar, and French items that girls would like.<br> | ||
It's so moody!<br> | It's so moody, isn't it?!<br> | ||
"Mobo★Moga" is an abbreviation of "Modern Boy・Modern Girl", but this song title is directly taken from a delicious restaurant in Shibuya called Mobo Moga that I used to visit. | "Mobo★Moga" is an abbreviation of "Modern Boy・Modern Girl", but this song title is directly taken from a delicious restaurant in Shibuya called Mobo Moga that I used to visit. | ||
=== Dance Maniax === | === Dance Maniax === | ||
This cute French | This cute French pop song starts with piano playing and light percussion. The whispery female vocals perfectly match the polished melody. This fashionable song sounds like it was from a one scene cut of a French movie. By the way, the title "Mobo・Moga" stands for "Modern Boy・Modern Girl". If anything, won't you decide to dance while wearing French-styled fashion? | ||
=== pop'n music === | === pop'n music === | ||
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There's a "~ballroom dance" on the third floor of an old building barely outside the town center, isn't there?<br> | There's a "~ballroom dance" on the third floor of an old building barely outside the town center, isn't there?<br> | ||
When I was walking around town, I | When I was walking around town, for some reason I stared at middle-aged people dancing in grandiose outfits through the glass window, and they seemed to be moving at a high-speed.<br> | ||
It's just like fast-forwarding a video.<br> | It's just like fast-forwarding a video.<br> | ||
"This is it! This is the world!"<br> | "This is it! This is the world!"<br> | ||
While thinking this, I immediately started writing this song the next day.<br> | While thinking this, I immediately started writing this song the next day.<br> | ||
MOBO★MOGA is a ballroom dance song. The concept is a sped-up ballroom dance.<br> | |||
I created this song while thinking about what middle-aged people are doing in that unique and narrow world. It's passionate. And strong.<br> | I created this song while thinking about what middle-aged people are doing in that unique and narrow world. It's passionate. And strong.<br> | ||
The orchestra was more heavy at first. It seemed to interact with the rhythms. It's so moody | The orchestra was more heavy at first. It seemed to interact with the rhythms. It's so moody, isn't it?<br> | ||
Unfortunately, when I added the vocals, it became fashionable... damn it! (laughs)<br> | Unfortunately, when I added the vocals, it became fashionable... damn it! (laughs)<br> | ||
But, I prefer fashionable girls like Toffee&Tart than middle-aged women, so that's great. | But, I prefer fashionable girls like Toffee&Tart than middle-aged women, so that's great. | ||
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== Video Production Information == | == Video Production Information == | ||
=== shiro === | === shiro === | ||
It was a very cute song, so I made a video using twin girls with a theme of a "POP LIFE-like playing house" (because | It was a very cute song, so I made a video using twin girls with a theme of a "POP LIFE-like playing house" (because two things that are symmetrical form a cute image).<br> | ||
... However, during the latter half of production, I realized that the title meant "Modern Boy & Girl".... how disappointing. | ... However, during the latter half of production, I realized that the title meant "Modern Boy & Girl".... how disappointing. | ||
== Character Information == | == Character Information == | ||
These twin girls are 19 years old and type B. Tart (blonde hair) is a pâtissier, and Toffee (brown hair) is studying to become a | These twin girls are 19 years old and type B. Tart (blonde hair) is a pâtissier, and Toffee (brown hair) is studying to become a web designer. | ||
=== shiro === | === shiro === | ||
These characters are from a certain beatmania IIDX 5thstyle song. | These characters are from a certain beatmania IIDX 5thstyle song. Their animations are also based on the IIDX original.<br> | ||
These characters have also appeared in [[pot-pourri d'orange|a certain Gitadora]] [[AC GF7DM6|game]], and before I knew it, they were on four different games including IIDX. Wow.<br> | These characters have also appeared in [[pot-pourri d'orange|a certain Gitadora]] [[AC GF7DM6|game]], and before I knew it, they were on four different games including IIDX. Wow.<br> | ||
Best regards to the Orange Lounge festival, and please enjoy the other games. | Best regards to the Orange Lounge festival, and please enjoy the other games too. | ||
== Staff Comments == | == Staff Comments == | ||
=== moroEX === | === moroEX === | ||
This song is adorable, so I drew a picture of large | This song is adorable, so I drew a picture of a large eye. (It's a bit scary though..) The song's sequences are relatively difficult! That gap is probably great. | ||
It's fairy tale-like~! I wanted to make the movie like that. A toy airplane is spinning in the background of the Ferris wheel movie. Did you notice it? It's a movie with a spinning person's silhouette dancing. I've never done ballroom dancing, but I tried to create a dance with that image. | It's fairy tale-like~! I wanted to make the movie like that. A toy airplane is spinning in the background of the Ferris wheel movie. Did you notice it? It's a movie with a spinning person's silhouette dancing. I've never done ballroom dancing, but I tried to create a dance with that image. | ||