Hey everyone!
Have you ever wondered about the weird songs in our stage set lists? I think SERA00 fans are probably used to them, but critics outside the SERA00 fandom aren't.
So let's explain. Why does Team Angel have such a song like "Despair" in our stage? Basically the song goes "despair/despair/I'm in despair/why oh/why I'm overwhelmed with despair/despair" and it has kind of a depressing tune.
Well you can't expect stages to be the same as singles. Stage songs are exactly what they are, and aren't officially released like singles are. So basically they're only for our fans to hear and that gives us creative space. We can try more, *ahem* creative songs. Because we know our fans are quite supportive of whatever we do, we can go places that other artists might not dare because the risk of losing fans or being criticized.
So that's that, let's talk about the 26th single! No, we're not releasing it yet, it's still too early. Do you remember the single Hop Down? The main cast of that single consisted of Sassan, Angel, Luna, River, Maya, Harley, Geneviève, Taz, and Wyoming. It had an AngelXHarley centre, even though at the time Harley had just debuted. Why did the main cast only consist of nine members? Because they were the only ones capable of getting into the cast.
And for the 26th single we're doing it again; the internal auditions (which means my chances of getting in are inexistent). Basically what happens is an external choreography team is hired to put super complicated choreography to the single. Then each team gets two lessons on the choreography, and that's it. You can record the instructor and practice it yourself. Then comes the one week audition period, which starts on the second day after the last lesson.
A member can chose to audition for the single anytime within that time frame. All you have to do is dance the choreography. They decide on the spot whether or not to take you for the cast. It's not a see-everyone-and-then-choose, it's decided on the spot. The catch? Everyone only gets one chance to audition, and they cap the members at sixteen, as usual. So if you wait too long all the spots might be filled, but if you dive into it without enough practice you might be out for good.
For Hop Down, the sixteen spots weren't even filled. However, there are new contenders this time! Last time, the fifth gen had just debuted, and the sixth gen was nonexistent. In my opinion, the sixth gen is a stronger contender than the fifth gen; don't see any particularly strong dancers in the fifth gen.
This time, it will be a different choreography team, and the style or preview of the single hasn't been released to the members yet. They might as well give us a ballet number.
Oh well, we'll see. I'm definitely aiming to be in that main cast; I've been in the main cast of most singles since Dry, the 22nd single, with the exception of 23rd single which was the pre-election single.
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