New song BYE-BYE to be theme song at NHK

[BlackSilence]

I like the washed out color palette actually, sort of gritty and kind of creepy, with only Ayu being in all that sparkly uniform with color and fancy hair ribbons. And yeah it probably has something to do with standing out in the crowd and being a person others would pick on? Japan has a massive problem with school bullying, so i wouldn't be surprised if that was the theme here. I like the video, it has some kind of a story, although it's nothing special. Also can we talk about the fact that she's doing ACTUAL choreography???!!! I don't remember her dancing this much in a while!
The song however, sounds very 2000s, it's not bad, it has a catchy phrase i guess, but it's very repetitive, they could have done a bit more with the instrumental on the second part of the song. I'm glad it's not a ballad though, i'm kind of tired of those.... Tbh, though? I don't think i'll add this one on my Spotify, unfortunatelly.

The cover while cool is a bit weirdly cropped, like why did they have to crop out her feet? I feel like the whole figure would have been better composition-wise.

I don't know what some of you are on talking about her face being weird, the pout has been around reappearing depending on the era. She has had WORSE!