Dance for philosophy -- Double Standard（ダブル・スタンダード）

 

I've had Marcos V. and Joana kindly introduce me to the wonders of the aidoru group Dance for philosophy（フィロソフィーのダンス）, and I even wrote my own article featuring them because of their fun rockabilly jazz tune "Dance or Dance" (ダンス・オア・ダンス).

But that's definitely not the genre on display here for Dance for philosophy's 3rd major single from August 2021, "Double Standard". There's some gorgeous Neo Disco action going on here that had my mind wandering back to some of Mondo Grosso's stuff from the early 2000s, and the music video appears to have the group going into action spy mode. With words by SHOW and music & arrangement by Yoji Noi（野井洋児）, "Double Standard" also became the ending theme for a spinoff anime titled "Mahōka Kōkō no Yūtōsei"（魔法科高校の優等生...The Honor Student at Magic High School） which had its run between July and September 2021.