Atarashii Gakko! -- WOO! GO!

 

I may have put it out there before in a past Atarashii Gakko! (or Atarashii Gakko no Leaders, as they used to call themselves) article, but I think that Mizyu, Rin, Suzuka and Kanon should get their invitation to perform at the Kohaku Utagassen someday. They are talented, fun and they know a good hook when they hear one.

The above video is just the four merely practicing their dance moves for their April 2022 single "WOO! GO!". Just practicing, and they've already got the attention of the room. Written and composed by yonkey with Atarashii Gakko! also helping out on the lyrics, the song is a further push into hip-hop or hip-pop for the group. One commenter for the video, Normal Strange Tommy, put it succinctly: "RIN’s precision and hip-hop background, KANON’s elegance and smoothness, MIZYU’s happy energy and SUZUKA’s wildness all shine through." Unfortunately, my eyes for choreography aren't nearly as sharp as Tommy's but I can't deny that the four know how to cut a rug in the early 21st century and in choreographical harmony.

As for what "WOO! GO!" is all about, the English translation of the lyrics at Genius shows a nonchalant indictment of formal education or as perhaps the music video illustrates, some frustration at that typical juku class in Japan, just to get that extra edge when it comes to university entrance exams. But that's OK...Atarashii Gakko! will lead the revolution, and as it says at the end: you should move that body about whenever a study break comes along. Otherwise, you may need years of chiropractic assistance.