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BE:FIRST

Mainstream

Release date: 27th August 2024

From 2:BE
Track 16
3:27
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About This Track

BE:FIRST reject the premise of chasing trends on 'Mainstream', the closing track from their album 2:BE. The group moves through the song with a kind of deliberate indifference, dismissing the machinery of viral moments and chart positions as beside the point. What matters, they suggest, is authenticity: wearing what you want to wear, being who you want to be, letting your existence itself become the medium rather than waiting for permission from the usual channels. The production mirrors that confidence. Verses build with sharp rap delivery and conversational asides, whilst the refrain settles into a hypnotic loop of "zoom, zoom, zoom" and affirmations, the repetition working less as hype than as a kind of mantra. The chorus positions lifestyle as art form, inviting listeners to follow not because they are being sold something, but because the group has already moved past the need to sell. It is a closing statement that feels less like a conclusion than a declaration of intent.

"Mainstream" is a single by BE:FIRST, from the album 2:BE, released 27th August 2024. The track is 3:27 long. It's filed under J-Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about BE:FIRST.

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Lyrics

Mainstream

[BE:FIRST「Mainstream」歌詞]

[Intro]

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it

We gonna make it, we, we, we gonna make it)

[Refrain: SOTA]

またここからそこまで Zoom, zoom, zoom

(We gonna make it)

争う気もないのさ全然

(We gonna make it)

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

(We gonna make it)

We're gonna create the trend, trend, trend

(We, we gonna make it)

[Refrain: RYOKI]

またここからそこまで Zoom, zoom, zoom

争う気もないのさ全然

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're gonna create the trend, trend, trend, trend

[Verse 1: LEO, JUNON, MANATO]

何がブームで流行?

知ったところでそれ何になるの?

"Amazing" それか "Crazy"

それが流儀

You don't have to be smart

あるがままが My style

宝の在りかに足跡なんか無い

Ay-yo, トップチャート、ホットワード、ランクイン

ノーガード、ホームランでハットトリック

追わないし追いつかせない

I set the trend, trend, trend

[Refrain: RYUHEI]

またここからそこまで Zoom, zoom, zoom

争う気もないのさ全然

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

We show you the new standard

[Pre-Chorus: SHUNTO, RYUHEI]

Mainstream

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

Mainstream

(We gonna make it, we, we, we gonna make it)

(Bass)

[Chorus: LEO, JUNON]

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

生き様全てが Art

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

Heroes, Villains, follow me up

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

[Post-Chorus: RYOKI]

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

From the bottom to the top, we go zoom, zoom, zoom

We don't need an argument 全然

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

We're gonna create the trend

[Bridge: SHUNTO, RYUHEI, SHUNTO & RYUHEI]

I be, I be, I be, I be, I be on stage

Topics, topics, topics, topics, topics all day

I got, got, got, got, got my fame

We "Mainstream"

[Verse 2: MANATO, RYUHEI]

嫌われない様に笑顔で

浮かない様に媚を売って

Don't get me, don't get me

Don't get me wrong but…

[Verse 3: JUNON & LEO, JUNON, LEO]

Fall in! 前倣え

それが普通だそうで

もうありきたりな地位や名声じゃ

目標にすらならない

[Verse 4: SOTA, RYOKI]

余所見しちゃ危険 Ay

どこを見てる? Ay

想像を超える事こそが使命

TV, Radio, Magazine, Internet

いや存在がメディアの進化系

着たい服を着る

いたい自分でいる

一体君が望む僕ってどんな Prince??

裸のままでも輝く Shooting star

What happened? You've never imagined

'Cause I'm a super bussin' car!

[Refrain: SHUNTO]

またここからそこまで Zoom, zoom, zoom

争う気もないのさ全然

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

We show you the new standard

[Pre-Chorus: SHUNTO, RYUHEI]

Mainstream

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

Mainstream

(We gonna make it, we, we, we gonna make it)

(Bass)

[Chorus: LEO, MANATO]

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

生き様全てが Art

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

(Mainstream)

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

Heroes, Villains, follow me up

(We gonna make it, we gonna make it)

[Post-Chorus: RYOKI, JUNON]

From the bottom to the top, we go zoom, zoom, zoom

(Mainstream)

We don't need an argument 全然

(Mainstream)

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're gonna create the trend, trend, trend

(Mainstream)

From the bottom to the top, we go zoom, zoom, zoom

We don't need an argument 全然

(Mainstream)

東京から直下で Zoom, zoom, zoom

We're gonna create the trend

[Outro: SHUNTO & RYUHEI]

We "Mainstream"

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Track details

From 2:BE

3:272024Single
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Album
2:BE
2:BE
BE:FIRST
28th August 2024
Track number
16
Release year
2024
  1. 1Slogan
    4:03
  2. 2Masterplan
    3:32
  3. 3Boom Boom Back
    3:08
  4. 4Guilty
    2:37

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ryosuke “Dr. R” Sakai, SKY-HI, 中村泰輔 (Daisuke Nakamura)
    Lyricist
    SKY-HI
    Composer
    Ryosuke “Dr. R” Sakai, 中村泰輔 (Daisuke Nakamura)
    Producer
    Ryosuke “Dr. R” Sakai, SKY-HI, 中村泰輔 (Daisuke Nakamura)
    Vocals
    JUNON (BE:FIRST), LEO (BE:FIRST), MANATO (BE:FIRST), RYOKI MIYAMA, RYUHEI (BE:FIRST), SHUNTO (BE:FIRST), SOTA (BE:FIRST)
    A&R
    Mariko Koike (B-ME, Avex Music Creative Inc.), Naruki Niino (B-ME, Avex Music Creative Inc.)
    Creative Production
    Hayato Arakawa (stu)
    Mixing Engineer
    Ryosuke “Dr. R” Sakai
    Music Director
    Ryota Ochi (B-ME, Avex Music Creative Inc.)
    Recording Engineer
    Ryosuke “Dr. R” Sakai
    Translator
    Nelson Babin-Coy
    Video Art Director
    Tetsuro Jozaki
    Video Art Production Designer
    Katsunobu Iuchi (LEFTY DESIGN)
    Video Choreographer
    ReiNa (Rht.), SOTA (BE:FIRST)
    Video Colorist
    Osamu Haga
    Video Director
    Daichi Yasuda
    Video Director Of Photography
    Sadaki Matsuda
    Video Drone Operator
    Koji Kumaki
    Video Grip
    Takashi Watanabe (NKL)
    Video Hair Stylist
    Ayumi Koseki, Hokoe Mori, Lisa Kohama, Yuki Oshiro (AVGVST)
    Video Lighting
    Hiroki Nishigaya (TRAVOLTA), Tomohisa Nishimura
    Video Makeup Artist
    Ayako Chiba, Morizane Natsuki, Natsuko Makino (from hiji)
    Video On-Set Editor
    Kazuma Kase (Khaki), Mami Watanabe, Norichika Moeko
    Video Producer
    Ryo Koba (TYO), Takeru Akiba (TYO), Takumi Fujiwara (TYO)
    Video Production Company
    TYO PRO2 Division1
    Video VFX Artist
    Chihiro Hagiwara (Khaki)
    Video Wardrobe Stylist
    Yuji Yasumoto
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