Timeless Music IP Project "DATE WARS" 2nd Season Kicks Off! New Song "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~" Released on April 30th (Thursday)!
The timeless music IP project "DATE WARS" has launched its 2nd season, with the new anthem song "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~," featuring all 14 characters, released on April 30th. Monthly releases of songs themed around each decade (70s, 80s, 90s, 00s) are planned, featuring a lineup of renowned artists and creators.
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The timeless music IP project "DATE WARS" weaves stories through original songs, cover songs, and drama tracks, breathing new life into classic songs from the 1970s to the 2000s.
As the kickoff to its 2nd season, the anthem song "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~," featuring all 14 characters, was released on April 30th (Thursday).
Furthermore, "DATE WARS" plans monthly releases by members of the Time-Traveling Music Troupe for each decade (70s, 80s, 90s, 00s), and the contributing artists and creators have now been decided.
The 70s Time-Traveling Music Troupe includes Guitar Wolf Seiji, the 80s Time-Traveling Music Troupe features Kunimondo Takiguchi (RYUSENKEI) & Natsu Summer, the 90s Time-Traveling Music Troupe has Hideki Kaji, and the 00s Time-Traveling Music Troupe includes Yuki Honda (Arte Refact), forming a luxurious lineup of artists and creators transcending genres. Further details will be announced at a later date.
Please look forward to the new story of "DATE WARS" woven together with various artists and creators.
"Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~" Distribution Link: https://lnk.to/ynV69D
"DATE WARS" Related Sites
Official Site: https://datewars-prisoner.jp
YouTube: @DATEWARS_pj (https://www.youtube.com/@DATEWARS_pj)
X: @DATEWARS_pj (https://x.com/DATEWARS_pj)
TikTok: @datewars_pj (https://www.tiktok.com/@datewars_pj)
DATE WARS OFFICIAL STORE: https://store.plusmember.jp/shop/products/list.php?category_id=4826
■ "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~" Creators' Comments
・Yuichiro Momose (Original Story & General Producer)
It's chaos. I admit that first. But it's not just "messy." It's not the kind of disorder where someone trashed a room and knocked over a chair while escaping. This is chaos where order came first, and that order was deliberately stepped out of. In other words, it looks like it's raging, but it's actually according to procedure. If it were cooking, it's a taste where the spices are fighting in the pot, but with the last bite, you're silenced with, "Wait, this... it's complete." And it's addictive. Like opening the fridge when you're not hungry, you find yourself playing it again.
70s music, when you listen to it now, is "handmade violence." The recording grain is rough, the performance is wild, the singing is sweat, and the world still felt believable. An era where revolution and love, the words for changing something, were still flesh, not paper. This song knows the smell of that flesh. But at the same time, it also knows the habit of the 70s being overly deified. So, after carefully lifting it up, it lightly trips it. With a look that says, "See, you fell. But you like it, don't you?"
The 80s are sinful in a different way. Equipment evolved, sounds became shiny, and the future looked promised. But wasn't that future mostly debt? Synthesizers glow, but hearts grow cold. Flashy but lonely. Many smiles, but eyes aren't smiling. This song absorbs that "neon lie." It inhales, exhales, and laughs. As if to say, "Brightness is just paint applied over darkness."
The 90s are damp. They pretend to be dry, but they're damp. Guitars say "it's over" but secretly want to begin. Hip-hop talks about reality, and reality becomes even more real. Club music saves the body, and in the morning, only the body remains. It's an era where contradictions feel good. That's why 90s music usually tastes of "self-consciousness." This song understands that. It perfectly imitates, teases, and embraces the 90s' "I know it" face. It loves in a troublesome way.
The 00s are even more troublesome; everything is fast. Information, trends, consumption, oblivion. Yesterday's god becomes today's dark history. Everyone can carry songs around, but conversely, the lifespan of songs shortens. Convenience is usually cruel. That's why 00s sounds are often "compressed." Not just sounds. Emotions, memories, are also compressed. And if capacity runs out, delete. ...This song knows that cruelty. Knowing it, it uses the lightness of the 00s as a "weapon." It stabs with light sounds. The lighter the knife, the deeper it stabs.
As the kickoff to its 2nd season, the anthem song "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~," featuring all 14 characters, was released on April 30th (Thursday).
Furthermore, "DATE WARS" plans monthly releases by members of the Time-Traveling Music Troupe for each decade (70s, 80s, 90s, 00s), and the contributing artists and creators have now been decided.
The 70s Time-Traveling Music Troupe includes Guitar Wolf Seiji, the 80s Time-Traveling Music Troupe features Kunimondo Takiguchi (RYUSENKEI) & Natsu Summer, the 90s Time-Traveling Music Troupe has Hideki Kaji, and the 00s Time-Traveling Music Troupe includes Yuki Honda (Arte Refact), forming a luxurious lineup of artists and creators transcending genres. Further details will be announced at a later date.
Please look forward to the new story of "DATE WARS" woven together with various artists and creators.
"Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~" Distribution Link: https://lnk.to/ynV69D
"DATE WARS" Related Sites
Official Site: https://datewars-prisoner.jp
YouTube: @DATEWARS_pj (https://www.youtube.com/@DATEWARS_pj)
X: @DATEWARS_pj (https://x.com/DATEWARS_pj)
TikTok: @datewars_pj (https://www.tiktok.com/@datewars_pj)
DATE WARS OFFICIAL STORE: https://store.plusmember.jp/shop/products/list.php?category_id=4826
■ "Flashback Memory ~Mononoke Running Through Time~" Creators' Comments
・Yuichiro Momose (Original Story & General Producer)
It's chaos. I admit that first. But it's not just "messy." It's not the kind of disorder where someone trashed a room and knocked over a chair while escaping. This is chaos where order came first, and that order was deliberately stepped out of. In other words, it looks like it's raging, but it's actually according to procedure. If it were cooking, it's a taste where the spices are fighting in the pot, but with the last bite, you're silenced with, "Wait, this... it's complete." And it's addictive. Like opening the fridge when you're not hungry, you find yourself playing it again.
70s music, when you listen to it now, is "handmade violence." The recording grain is rough, the performance is wild, the singing is sweat, and the world still felt believable. An era where revolution and love, the words for changing something, were still flesh, not paper. This song knows the smell of that flesh. But at the same time, it also knows the habit of the 70s being overly deified. So, after carefully lifting it up, it lightly trips it. With a look that says, "See, you fell. But you like it, don't you?"
The 80s are sinful in a different way. Equipment evolved, sounds became shiny, and the future looked promised. But wasn't that future mostly debt? Synthesizers glow, but hearts grow cold. Flashy but lonely. Many smiles, but eyes aren't smiling. This song absorbs that "neon lie." It inhales, exhales, and laughs. As if to say, "Brightness is just paint applied over darkness."
The 90s are damp. They pretend to be dry, but they're damp. Guitars say "it's over" but secretly want to begin. Hip-hop talks about reality, and reality becomes even more real. Club music saves the body, and in the morning, only the body remains. It's an era where contradictions feel good. That's why 90s music usually tastes of "self-consciousness." This song understands that. It perfectly imitates, teases, and embraces the 90s' "I know it" face. It loves in a troublesome way.
The 00s are even more troublesome; everything is fast. Information, trends, consumption, oblivion. Yesterday's god becomes today's dark history. Everyone can carry songs around, but conversely, the lifespan of songs shortens. Convenience is usually cruel. That's why 00s sounds are often "compressed." Not just sounds. Emotions, memories, are also compressed. And if capacity runs out, delete. ...This song knows that cruelty. Knowing it, it uses the lightness of the 00s as a "weapon." It stabs with light sounds. The lighter the knife, the deeper it stabs.