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Mrs. Green Apple’s “Kyohan” [MVP #28]

On 2026-10-08

In Doug's Daily Music Video Pick, Music, Music Video

The current record holder for most viewed video in my Music Video Pick series to date, I am pretty sure, Mrs. Green Apple’s “Kyohan” (「共犯」):

Not only does the video already have 8.6 million views (across 5 days), but Mrs. Green Apple just recently released “A Posteriori” a few days before and that one has ALSO hit 8.6 million views. Good for them.

To give you an idea of how fast the video is climbing, I saw these posts back to back this morning when I was catching up on Youtube posts:

If Mrs. Green Apple’s POPS doesn’t win a small stack of awards this year, I would be surprised.

This video is an absolute joy to watch a few times and note all the little things. Here are some of my favorites:

0:09 – Postman is iconic
0:20 – We see the letter A and a newspaper with the headline “More than a festival, a renewed Riverton” followed by the first blink storm
0:29 – We get our first pair of twins (and near-twins). The video is full of duplicates [and oversized food].
0:43 – On the left we have the cop-twins [with childish gun] and on the right we have the sun + moon twins.
0:47 – The dancers go through a range of emotions and might be happy or distraught depending on the particular shot. I also just love the way their dance is delightful but also just slightly offputting.
1:36 – Postman is our first slip out of joy at the start of the second section
1:47 – Guys carrying the umbrella are absolutely struggling while over on the left we get green-coat lady with double ballons [like the theme is starting to glitch]
2:00 – The Band is playing whimsical instruments that do not really match any real world counterparts. It’s a good touch.
2:22 – In a video of duplicates and pairs, we get the genius touch to expose the audience right at 2:22. It doesn’t take long before we realize who the audience is… We also see Studio B.
2:27 – The cut back to the “video” has the movements even less human while to the left we have a guy with a pink beard and a bald head that stands out.
2:46 – As the audience starts participating (becoming “complicit”) they become more animated. Feeling like part of the system.
3:22 – The word play is pretty exquisite around this part.
3:53 – In the last 10 seconds or so of the actual video, we see another audience (and the letter C). Turns out participating is just another spectacle, eh?

The play between complicit as both condemnation and something hopeful is so well done. It is bright and beautiful but also terrifying.

Easily my second favorite video of the year. I think I need to share #1, tomorrow. The two combined are some of my favorite videos of all time, as well.

My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little) though it started as “daily”. 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 at least 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.

30 September = Singles Drop Apocalypse, Apparently

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-09-30

In Music, Music Video

Today, 30 September 2026, was for some reason an absolute collision of several singles by bands which I either listen to on the regular or just generally appreciate.

We’ll start with the one mentioned in yesterday’s post, mM7th’s newly rerecorded and released ｢エメトワ｣ aka «Aime Toi» aka “Love Yourself” [and yes, all that was just so I could use all the different quotation marks]:

It’s a fun video and the re-recording of the song does a lot to help the parts that already shine shine just a bit brighter. Originally the vocal mix felt a bit off compared to their other tracks but now when the Bridge/Chorus hits and eventually band members are chanting “One Day!” it works quite well.

There was also a new song by Pami, “Loser,” which is the video used in the graphic at the top of this page. The lyrics are a bit obvious but the video is anything but. I assume it is a metaphor. For what? Like, look… that feels personal.

It might win for best new video for today which is apparently a stacked category.

THEN, there was Nanajuuhachi’s “Half & Half” which is good song but the video will introduce you to “bedazzled pizza” and I tell you… kids these days, amirite?

I saw that Sezko had a new single coming which turned out to be a whole EP and then a video drop for “Honestly” which means there is only one more song without a video from the EP [which I expect around November(?) when the rest of it hits].

Finally, from today’s drops, alone [but wait, there’s literally more as I found out before I could click submit, see below] we have Froukje’s “Geen Rem” which, if nothing else, can act as a warning as to why you don’t use an eating contest to flirt. Two reasons, really. This is from an album that comes out in about three or four days so look forward to me chatting more about it, then.

NOW, going back just a little bit we have…

[one day ago] Lee Emi’s “Destroy Everything” and like I told Kaz having someone sing about the Devil telling them to destroy everything is fun and all but it would be a much worse conversation to have on a bus.
[four days ago] Cephalo’s “Bougainvillea” which is a nice song with a video in the always venerable “Blue tinted scene of Japanese woman by body of water” camp and finally, speaking of blue…
[five days ago] Mulasaki Ima & muque’s “Blue Cheese” which, and I say this with zero irony, does not actually feature as much blue cheese as it could have featured. Thank you. Might have done me in.

And we had other stuff like Olivia Rodrigo teasing the new Amazon exclusive reimagined-singles album, whoever is running the Oliver Tree account releasing the 3-in-1 “Remarkable Life of Cornelius Cummings” video, AND Mrs. Green Apple promoting their recent entire album.

The last one has a cute little green apple as you hover over the seek bar…

It’s only been one week since the new Brandy Senki song hit. Is this something to do with the new fiscal year? Prices of digital singles going up tomorrow?

No clue, but at least have lots of music to…

…..and, I kid you not, after I started typing this… Harha just released the “Teen Love” video to build up to the release of their first album. Good lord.

This feels like a record.

No pun intended.

Anyhow, I might be get off the internet for a bit before a dozen new tracks get released I get stuck for another few hours.

MM7th’s “Two of a Kind” [MVP #27]

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-09-29

In Doug's Daily Music Video Pick, Music, Music Video

Tomorrow (the exact +/- 24 hours I am not sure, but anywhere from around 6 hours to 26 hours I would guess), mM7th is going to release their 7th single and I have it pre-ordered.

Before it hits, though, let’s go back to their 6th single and jam out to nice city pop with a very slight touch of funk in the bassline with that slap of a voice, “Two of a Kind“:

I’m going to be honest, even knowing what this song is about I am not 100% sure what it is about? Met someone in the ER and then tried to hit it off during a moment of medical distress? Is Flower Shower Girl a person, a song, or the laundry detergent?

Eh, it’s all good. It’s a great single-take [probably with some trickery] video filmed right in a live street with a twee kidnapping plot and some awesome knit headware.

There’s a behind the scenes if you want to watch that, after.

My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little) though it started as “daily”. 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 at least 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.

Brandy Senki’s “Blood♡Sparks” [MVP #26]

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-09-23

In Doug's Daily Music Video Pick, Music, Music Video

Brandy Senki, a frequent feature on the Music Video Picks series, has returned with a new single, “Blood♡Sparks“:

Probably a full contender for2026’s catchiest song about flirtation through vehicular homicide. Let’s see what the last couple of months of the year might bring, though.

Really enjoy the aesthetic of the video and the song is a perfect continuation of the Brandy Senki style.

The one “downside” is that I have spent too long watching Backroooms/etc- style lore and hidden secrets videos this past couple of weeks so I found myself scanning all the various posters and pictures in the background to see if there were any hidden messages.

Are those two maps down below? 7pm? Wednesday or October 24? What could it all mean!? [Doug’s Note: They do have a concert on 24 Oct coming up and nothing scheduled for Wednesday, 21 Oct…wink…]

Also, HUGE CAVEAT, I don’t care how cute they are…if the cute person asks you to run over somebody: deny absolutely everything. Even if they promise kissy time.

For real for real…

Good luck, Space Pilgrims.

EDIT: Oh, almost forgot. For some reason the song has two versions on iTunes with one marked “Explicit” and the other not. I got the uncensored version but I’m not sure what the difference is [if any]. Might take a day or two for it to filter up [no pun intended].

My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little) though it started as “daily”. 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 at least 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.

The best pro-cilantro propaganda you will see all day… Veno’s “Pakuchi” [MVP #24]

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-08-24

In Doug's Daily Music Video Pick, Music, Music Video

I’ll be real, I was going to avoid premieres for a half second to focus on the backlog AND I had planned to do a monthly-check-in type thing today but Veno just dropped an astounding song about cilantro…

Ok, maybe not so much about cilantro but about being a taste that stands out — for better and worse — rather than something that other people offer. It’s a cute way of using a well-understood food metaphor to flirt.

I support this.

And Veno is a queen of food-based flirtations. From the more obvious “Midnight Lu Rou Fan” to the somewhat subdued request to sip some orange juice in “Don’t Stop the Thrill.”

I really like this song. Ok, NOW…now I’ll try and get through the backlog.

My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little) though it started as “daily”. 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 at least 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.

Durry’s “IDK I Just Work Here” [MVP #22]

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-08-20

In Music, Music Video

The penultimate Durry song for this week is…

Frankly, it was a three-way tie between “IDK I Just Work Here,” “This Movie Sucks,” and “A Little More Dumb.” I think I like the song for “Movie” more, and the lyrics for “Dumb” more, but the combination of song + video edges out to “Work”.

It is another in their outstanding oeuvre of working class Millennial songs:

They don’t own me
They just own the only
thing that’s keeping me alive
They swear that’s not a threat
Cause I could always starve to death
I guess I’ll pledge allegiance to the paycheck

The final song is already locked and loaded and next week we return to the backlog, but in between I have an idea for something special to do.

My Music Video Picks [MVP] is a series of posts highlighting various music and dance videos from Youtube. No particular schedule (sometimes lots, sometimes little) though it started as “daily”. 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 at least 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.

mM7th’s “Growth” [MVP #8]

By Doug Bolden

On 2026-08-02

In Doug's Daily Music Video Pick, Music, Music Video

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.