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On August 29, the official Instagram account of four-member dance-vocal unit Atarashii Gakko’s Leaders announced that member SUZUKA had made her first appearance in a fashion magazine, featured in the October issue of Numéro TOKYO. Multiple shots showed her in high-fashion styling around Harajuku’s Takeshita Street, and 5ch users reacted with surprise at her transformation. The thread split between a harsh view that the group has been “a one-hit wonder that’s fizzled out since their signature song ‘Otona Blue’” and defenders insisting “their singing at festivals and on TV is the real deal,” sparking a broader debate over how the group should be judged.
Mon, 8/31, 15:19
On August 29, the official Instagram of four-member dance-vocal unit Atarashii Gakko’s Leaders announced that SUZUKA had made her first appearance in a fashion magazine, in the October issue of Numéro TOKYO. Her look has become a topic of conversation.
Multiple photos were posted showing SUZUKA striking poses in a high-fashion mood around town, including on Harajuku’s Takeshita Street.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Same as with Chiikawa — Dentsu's probably behind it
They just want (validation), right?
She's got the figure, face, and voice to take over the industry without them
It's kind of heartbreaking to think this is the kind of work they have to take to get by domestically
Vocalist SUZUKA is a huge Showa-pop fan to begin with and genuinely respects Rinda Yamamoto, so she probably jumped at the chance
They've covered her song 'Neraiuchi' ('Take Aim') on purpose — literally taking aim, pun intended
That actually makes me like them more
It's not that bad
Not sure if it counts as 'art,' but she's tall so it looks the part
If she were short, no amount of photographer skill could save it from looking like a Shichi-Go-San photo (a kids' shrine-visit ceremony — i.e., it'd look childish and awkward)
Atarashii Chizu (New Map)
Something about names that read like translated foreign phrases feels off
This group vanished in seconds
The ones from the CarSensor commercial?
Kanon's great though
What even is an 'aura'?
"You're a shooting-star angel~" (a play on Seiya's name, echoing Saint Seiya's meteor imagery)
Dominates the space above even Seiya's head — and he's no short guy
Damn, you really know your stuff lol
but after that it was nothing but songs that seemed to have zero mainstream appeal, and they lost steam
I bet the Showa-pop covers just didn't sell
so someone decided, 'let's go all-in on dance instead!'
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Atarashii Gakko’s Leaders formed in 2020; their 2022 track “Otona Blue” took off on streaming, and by 2023 the quartet was drawing attention for overseas festival appearances too. SUZUKA’s trademark is her glasses, and in recent years she’s kept up a steady run of Showa-era pop covers and solo magazine bookings. This latest feature in Numéro TOKYO, a fashion magazine covering domestic and international high-fashion brands, isn’t itself a surprising piece of casting for a Harajuku location shoot. What split the thread was the view that the group has been “a one-hit wonder that’s fizzled since their signature song” versus the view that “they’ve proven themselves at festivals and on TV,” with the latter camp mostly citing their Showa-pop covers and NHK appearances as evidence. Note that comparisons mocking appearance and baseless speculation have been excluded from this writeup.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Atarashii Gakko’s Leaders’ SUZUKA’s ‘Dramatic Transformation’ Praised as ‘Living Art’ — Her Harajuku Look Was Too Cool“.
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