I’m going out to an exhibit by and about Guillermo del Toro in about an hour, so I wanted to make this quick and thematically relevant. While I don’t know if any idol music gets quite as intense as his movies (though maybe BiS comes close), the first thing that came to mind is Up Up Girls’ Bijo no Yajuu, considering the title and song literally refer to beasts, and monsters are a big theme of this exhibit.

The thing about Bijo no Yajuu I find most interesting is how it’s a bit of a departure for Up Up Girls. While Up Up Girls’ have had more party-themed music or songs with electronic instrumentals, a lot of their early music is upbeat, happy, typically idolly. There’s nothing wrong with that, but within the past couple of years UUG has tried to differentiated themselves by having more dance centric songs, epitomized in 2016’s Party People Alien. Bijo no Yajuu has a dark, interesting beat that doesn’t sound idolly at all, but is still one of my favorite UUG songs.