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In a Hello! Project-related thread, iLiFE!’s new song “Aijou Get More Dissonance,” written and composed by Yamazaki Aoi and arranged by Sumigama, became a hot topic. This duo previously worked on Juice=Juice’s hit “Motto Awadate Moretsu!!” (nicknamed “Moremi”) and M!LK’s “That’s! Paranormal,” and many posters praised the new song’s craftsmanship. Opinions were split, however, on whether the rising view counts reflected the song’s own merit or simply the group’s name recognition, and the thread buzzed with speculation about which group the duo might write for next.
What people said
Wish Hello! Project had her.
Up-Front doesn't pay much on buyout deals (flat-fee, no royalties), so both of them have to hustle for income elsewhere.
Guess buyout deals really are unpopular after all, huh?
Farewell.
Honestly that song's a miss.
The previous one got way better reception anyway.
Moremi only works because of that video-game-music-style arrangement though.
It was seriously good.
I'm rooting for them.
Any industry person with their ear to the ground would've already found her and made an offer by now.
It's got 14 million views in 5 days.
Re: #24
With M!LK, anything gets views just because it's M!LK — at the extreme, the song itself could be a fart noise and it wouldn't matter. It's not selling because of the song.
Aoi probably wants to say goodbye lol
What nonsense are you talking.
Aoi's writing Juice's next anime tie-in song, you know.
On YouTube it's only been up 5 days and it's already the 11th most-viewed of all time.
At this pace it could end up a hit on par with "Bakuretsu" and "Horobi" (fan nicknames for other hit tracks).
"Jikuu Koete Universe" (lit. "Transcending Space and Time, Universe") got the same kind of hype back then too — how's that doing now?
Juice=Juice is probably going to be the one that sells the least.
Yamazaki Aoi takes on offers indiscriminately, mainstream or underground, so Juice=Juice won't end up at the bottom.
new Aoi-Aoi fans will probably start dismissing Juice=Juice as a past embarrassment too.
Juice=Juice is about the only group where she really shows her distinct style as a songwriter, so I doubt anyone's going to fall for "Yamazaki Aoi the songwriter" through her other work.
M!LK's songs are just tracing the template set since "Horobi" — there's no particular reason it has to be Yamazaki Aoi.
Guess we'll stop hearing Juice=Juice's name brought up after this.
As long as M!LK's most-viewed song isn't "That's! Paranormal," Yamazaki Aoi's still "the Moremi person," no?
This is exactly why Juice fans are like this……
They don't even realize Juice's just tracing the same template too.
Even without her going all-in, the fact that iLiFE! sings it will get it some decent numbers anyway.
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
The thread’s references to “buyout” versus “royalty” contract types point to an industry-specific issue: whether a songwriter’s pay is tied to a group’s sales and view counts. This distinction comes up repeatedly as background whenever fans speculate about which group a writer might work with next. Note that the view-count and ranking figures cited (e.g., 11th all-time on YouTube, #6 on Apple Music) are numbers reported by thread posters at various points in time, not official statistics verified by this article. Opinions in the thread were split on two points: whether strong view counts reflect the quality of the song itself or simply the name recognition of the group/project behind it, and which group the Yamazaki Aoi–Sumigama duo might write for next. Neither point is confirmed fact — both remain in the realm of fan speculation.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “iLiFE!’s New Song “Aijou Get More Dissonance,” Written by Yamazaki Aoi and Arranged by Sumigama, Is Awesome.”
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