The most incredible aspect of this song, at least for me, is that every one of them, including Misa on bass and Akane on drums, plays their own melody but still keeps the perfect harmony and tonality of this song.
🐦 On Feb. 14th, 2020 concert *BAND-MAID* announced that they were going to play at *Budokan* on Feb 11th, 2021 playing at *Budokan* is like reaching the top of Mt. Everest but due to Covid the concert was canceled. In the live streaming concert *Saiki* address the fans and said how much *BAND-MAID* missed performing live to their *Masters and Princesses* and was followed up with this song that *BAND-MAID* has made for their fans. 🐦 *Saiki:* We were supposed to meet you today. For the first time in a year, we thought we could meet you all, those of you who could come to see us, but we can’t meet you in the end. I’m sorry. Even though it’s not my fault. We have been having days of turmoil for about a year. In the beginning, we were very surprised because we hadn’t experienced it before, and we had no experience of not being able to meet others in person. We were sad, but we found we shouldn’t be sad in this situation. When I saw you *masters and princesses* on social media, you were more depressed than us, and we thought that’s terrible. We *BAND-MAID* have been thinking about how to cheer up all of you in the last one year. We truly wanted to meet you at Nippon Budokan, but it’s impossible because of COVID, so let’s wait for the day when we can meet. And in the last one year… or in the COVID pandemic, we have become more eager to cheer you up, and we *BAND-MAID* realized again it’s important to give our songs to you. That’s why we wrote this song for Budokan. We made the album also in the pandemic, so it might have a little similar feel, but this song is planned for Nippon Budokan, and we really want to give it to you masters and princesses now. Budokan is not our goal but just a stepping stone. We will perform at bigger venues, and we promise we will bring you there and give you even better songs, so let’s keep it up a little more. This is our present for you masters and princesses. Please listen to it.
BAND MAID is a hard rock live band, but they have over 100 different tastes, from beautiful melodies and harmony ballads to ultra-fast progressive rock. Daydream is recommended for ballads, and Blooming is recommended for middle tempo rock. For hard rock songs, Dice and Differentials ・Manners may be good.
A love letter for their fans, because we maidiacs or masters and princesses love them and they love us... Simple as that! Beautiful song from them for us :)
This is a love letter for the fans in the Age of Covid...almost an apology for having to cancel Budokan gig. Saiki gave a short speech explaining before the song.
And who, among us didn't 😭 just a little the first time (or after) we heard it? BTW I think this could double as a song to a loved one who's far away and won't be back for a while.
Glad you liked this beautiful ballad! This song is considered as a love letter to us Maidiacs. Many of us including me cannot listen to this song without 😢
@@GaryHolloway-810 I think Mirela didn't pay attention to the lyrics because she was concentrating so much on the beautiful sounds of vocals and instruments. Otherwise, she would get emotional and tearing before the end of the song. In any case, I think she is taking proper steps toward to be a Maidiac. The question is I don't know which B-M song to suggest for her next. Since she liked About Us and "Life" by Nemophila so much, a mid-tempo song such as Before Yesterday or Daydreaming will do? Or should I suggest the Manners+Black Hole video for her to see which song she likes more?
@@K.H.D710 Anything you suggest is good with me Mr K. It depends if you think she'd like another ballad or a faster tempo song. Or a mental chaotic tempo song.😆
@@GaryHolloway-810 I know she likes fast-tempo songs as well since she is an Iron Maiden fan, but not sure about a mental chaotic tempo song. So Black Hole will be a good test for her😱😵😍
"About Us", in the vein of other great mid-tempo Band-Maid songs like Daydreaming, Anemone, Endless Story, PAGE, Wonderland, Awkward, Start Over, Mirage and Smile, is an amazing song and personal message to their fans - a direction I'm glad to see them add to their journey toward world domination. And we get to hear MISA play the vibe she so enjoys. Their beautiful DVD/BD/CD box set (with 100 page picture book) of this incredible concert is unbelievable! Thanks Mirela, for bringing "About Us" to your viewers!
Oi Mirela, essa música fez muito marmanjo chorar que nem criança, essa música foi feita especialmente a nós "Maidiacs", depois que o show do Budokan foi cancelado, antes dessa música a Saiki fez um pequeno discurso bem emocionante dizendo mais ou menos assim: Deveríamos nos encontrar hoje. Pela primeira vez em um ano, pensamos que poderíamos conhecer todos vocês, aqueles de vocês que poderiam vir nos ver, mas não poderemos conhecê-los no final. Eu sinto Muito. Mesmo que não seja minha culpa. Estamos tendo dias de turbulência há cerca de um ano. No início, ficamos muito surpresos porque não tínhamos experimentado isso antes, e não tínhamos experiência de não podermos conhecer outras pessoas pessoalmente. Ficamos tristes, mas descobrimos que não deveríamos ficar tristes nessa situação. Quando eu vi vocês, mestres e princesas nas redes sociais, vocês estavam mais deprimidos do que nós, e achamos isso terrível. Nós, do Band-Maid, temos pensado em como alegrar todos vocês no último ano. Queríamos muito conhecê-lo no Nippon Budokan, mas é impossível por causa do COVID, então vamos esperar o dia em que nos possamos encontrar. E no último ano ... ou na pandemia de COVID, ficamos mais ansiosos para animá-lo e nós, Band-Maid, percebemos novamente que é importante dar nossas músicas para você. É por isso que escrevemos essa música para o Budokan. Fizemos o álbum também durante a pandemia, então pode ter uma sensação um pouco semelhante, mas essa música está planejada para o Nippon Budokan, e realmente queremos dá-la a vocês, mestres e princesas agora. O Budokan não é nosso objetivo, mas apenas um trampolim. Iremos nos apresentar em locais maiores e prometemos que vamos trazê-lo lá e dar-lhe músicas ainda melhores, então vamos continuar um pouco mais. Este é o nosso presente para vocês, mestres e princesas. Se quiser continuar nas baladas reaja a "Daydreaming", é a minha preferida. bj.
Thanks for doing that. They have another great song called Page but it's not as popular as this song you might not get a lot of views but definitely listen to it yourself. See ya.
With BM siongs, the right side audio channel is ALWAYS Kanami’s corner aka Kanamincho. She’s the Lead guitarist, Songwriter and Arranger of the band. On this track she plays both the acoustic and electric guitar. Btw her primary instrument was piano which she learned from a very young age and eventually got into guitar in highschool. She still composes many of her songs in piano. Kanami is quiet and very soft spoken offstage but the moment she’s onstage with her guitar, her personality flips a 180, so much that her bandmates often need to calm her down so she doesn’t do something crazy. There are some fancams of her axe kicking the drums too 🤣
@@chuckthomasv7356 Did i say i had criticisms for this song? I didn't even say anything about myself or my personal opinions on their music. it's one of my favorite b-m songs, as are many of their slower songs, infact. So take your smartass sarcasm and shove it up ur "friends" arse. Blind fanboyism sucks though, and no they aren't the best individual musicians in the world either, which is again another typical thing people in every single fangroup say (well 90% of the ppl atleast) and they don't have to be.
@@chuckthomasv7356 Because the topic was loosely mentioned at the end of the video? duh. Of course youtube comments and a genuine discussion on let's say in a fangroup or a discord server arent quite the same, but still loosely in the same ballpark.
I agree with the part that no one is perfect. My point is more about comment sections where ALL you can find is criticism. Sometimes it seems like everyone in the comments is a music critic and that makes the experience way less enjoyable to me.
