What are the main themes and messages in these two songs?
Japanese girl group Morning Musume 17 as they were known by in 2017 has released their 63rd major single called BRAND NEW MORNING / Jealousy Jealousy. I believe that this double A-side single is not just a pair of average pop music style songs but these two songs are songs that have the power to change and transform lives. This concept should be a part of American pop culture as well. Brand New Morning makes some political references because the message that it is trying to get across is that we are now at a very different time in the history of the world but we must deal with these challenging times through teamwork, a new strategy, peace, and love. The world is so divided that Morning Musume 17 has decided to raise awareness about the many social problems that plague the United States in particular.
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For those of you that don’t recall, this girl group makes a slight change to their name every year and at the time of writing of this article, they were performing under the name of Morning Musume 17.
Brand New Morning Makes a Reference to Then US President Donald Trump
The world now views the United States much more differently because of the Trump Administration. Although the lyrics in “Brand New Morning” do not mention Donald Trump by name specifically, there is a reference made to him in the song itself.
Brand New Morning: the big messages that people should remember from this influential song
The members of the group make it known in the song itself when they sing: “A new president; so confused with the period of transition.” It is my hope that through the power of music that has a positive, loving, and uplifting message that the people of the United States and other countries in the world can unite, come together and spread love, not hate. This is another important message that the song tries to convey. Instead of hating others, love them. Instead of stealing, practice the gift of giving to others. Morning Musume 17 also makes reference to the fact that when countries around the world lost the meaning of peace or took peace for granted, they became more violent, divisive, and they lost all norms of how you deal with other countries. The group views this time period in their history as the beginning of a new generation and of a new era. This is the time to come together and start helping each other out. Just like the sun that rises in the East, if we are knocked down in life, we know that we can get back up again. For those of you that are feeling like you have been defeated, that there is no hope, listen to this song and you may be able to get a fresh, new perspective. Rather than putting up a fight against what we oppose and mourning we should advocate for the spread for peace. And this is exactly what the group wants to sing about in this song. All the members are dressed in red for this song and red is the color of love. At the three minute mark of the song, the members sing about wanting love in their lives.
Next, we will discuss the significance of the other single “Jealousy, Jealousy.” The song lyrically tries to explain that the human brain is wired so that we are jealous of others. Some people are jealous of a person’s youth. Other people are jealous of a person’s weight. Humans can become jealous of others for various reasons. The chorus is quite repetitive, thus making this song a weaker one compared to Brand New Morning.
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Trivia About Morning Musume’s 63rd Single
- The music video for the song Brand New Morning had 1,000,000 views ten days after it was uploaded.
- This double single is the 4th of 9 consecutive singles to have a lineup change.
- This would end up being Morning Musume 17’s first single to be released in the month of March since the song Sexy Boy Soyokaze Ni Yorisotte back in 2006.
- In the song Jealousy Jealousy the rap music line by Miki Nonaka “What you hear is not a test” is borrowed from The Sugarhill Gang’s hit song called “Rapper’s Delight.”