Last night was just chilling with Kaz when this video popped up for the second or third time in my recommendeds. The interesting name of the band — mM7th = Major Minor 7s, and written in a way that makes me think “myth”— is partially what did it. And I’m glad I did…
Though the jazzy driftiness of the whole thing is really good, just the part early on where she sings (note: as translated by them for the video), “Tell me, Pascal, about the badness in me, now that I’ve learned to want things…,” is where I started to fall in love with this song. Not just the lyrical shot at Pascal, but also the way she pops out the word “Pascal” very nearly like a muted curse.
You also have the moment at the end where she sings and the on-screen lyrics suddenly stop only to return in the silence after the song:
Swayed in the soft breeze under the shade
Touched it with bare hands out of curiosity
I call this flower “Happiness”
The fact that you can see the soap still on the street from her “washing hands” moment earlier in the video brings home that earlier line about the wickedness of wanting things.
mM7th is just hitting overall and currently has < 2k subscribers and only 5 songs on their channel. If you like to jump in early on bands, here’s a chance.
For other recommends, I’d say 逆様 which they released to international single as “Antithese”. Somewhat similar in theme, but a bit jazzier. It makes a nice companion piece.
My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube (usually). No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little). It might not even all be music or dance videos. Absolutely picked by me, though. Usually I have to like both the song and the video, but we’ll see.
You can see the most recent songs here: [Doug’s] Music Video Picks [Youtube Playlist]. Size of that list will change as the mood strikes. Playlist might contain spoilers for unpublished posts. Just enjoy.