Berryz's new single releases in a few weeks now and so
the PV was uploaded to the official channel earlier today.
I'm definitely a huge Berryz fan and they often battle with Buono! for the honor of being my favorite group, but still, I will admit to not liking Be Genki at first. However, now, after seeing it performed live and watching the PV, I'm starting to see its awesomeness.
The PV starts off really cool. As seen in the picture above, Berryz walks toward the camera in a total badass way. Even the the way the logo appeared on the screen was somehow cool. From there, 7 TVs with pictures of the girls make up the next scene. It's an interesting way to switch things up from the usual close-up shots.
Before moving on to the next scene, I have to do a quick comment on the girls' hairstyles. Momo's pigtails fit her personality and were nice a while ago when she first started wearing her hair like that, but it seems like she's wearing it exclusively that way now and it's getting old. It's amazing how much
a different hairstyle can change someone for the better (or worse).
Unfortunately, Risako is one of the unlucky ones. I like Risako of course, but her hairstyle here is so horrible, I'm sorry. Maasa's hair is really nice and for once, I actually like Miyaaaaa's short hair. It's not radically different from what she's had recently, but it fits the PV well I think. It's just... cool. Speaking of cool:
Miyabi, Captain, Chinami, everyone refgdfgrwfghebtgwsdc omg so cool. I like the little head nod thing Momo does lol.
Miya starts off the song with a few solos and thus, gets the first solo close-up shots.
Not only does she look pretty cool, but Miya sounds really great. I think I've said her name a dozen times already, so I'm sure you can tell who I thought owned in this PV. Risako sounds pretty good here too, but the combination of a lot of zooming + that hairstyle = Risako looking like someone shaved her head. Please never wear your hair like this again, Risako. Please. I don't think Raffi's heart can take it
Chinami solo line ftw!
Maasa too!
I never knew walking could look so cool until I saw this PV. Captain especially has her badass walk perfected.
The dance portion of Be Genki might be my favorite part of it all.
And Risako and Miya's sexy lip touching is of course awesome.
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| YES! |
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| DOUBLE YES! |
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| *faints* |
I saw the PV for the first time this morning right before school and I liked it, but now that I've watched it another time for this post, I'm completely in love. Yeah, more could have been done. Yes, there could have been some sort of superhero storyline, but this is UFA we're talking about here. You could count the number of PVs released in the last few years that had a storyline on one hand. I came in with no expectations (especially since, like I said, I didn't care for the song at first) and just watched the PV without wanting anything in particular to happen and came out happy. Sometimes you have to take joy in the little things and Be Genki is full of a lot of awesome little moments that comes together to make a solid overall PV.
If you like this song,
buy it! If you hurry, the first press bonus is a poster!
