The origin of GAM still makes no sense to me. The unit, consisting of Hello!Project members Matsuura Aya and Fujimoto Miki, was formed to sing the theme song for Aya’s movie, Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki. However, Aya was already a soloist, and Miki doesn’t even appear in the movie – why not just have Aya do it herself?

However, the reasoning for the unit became increasingly clear to be just about Aya and Miki being close friends and wanting to put out music and go on tour together. And while their friendship can’t really affect their vocals, both Aya and Miki sound excellent together – they’re both talented vocalists, and their voices blend together nicely.

Thanks! was the song written for Sukeban Deka, and it’s a fun upbeat song. It’s not the most memorable, though it has a solid melody and I like the way the song alternates lines between the two of them – in general I wish there were more idol duos. The most memorable part of the song, though, does end up being the vocals.