2019.11.16

 SUPER ★ DRAGON , a popular 9-member unit with a mixture style that incorporates heavy rock, high-difficulty formation dance, and member-generated rap and human beatbox, will hold the 4th anniversary event "DRA FES 2019" on November 16th. It was held at Toyosu PIT. In order to show their gratitude to the fans who support them, they hold an anniversary event "DRA FES" every fall, which is a bit different from the usual one-man, but this year, which is the fourth time, the first part is a fan meeting and the second part is 4 A two-part system with a completely different concept from the anniversary live. The skills and characters were featured in various ways with new challenges, and in the second part of the encore, a national one-man tour was announced next spring, celebrating the 4th anniversary with about 6000 fans in both parts.

First of all, in the first part, under the name of "Super Fan Meeting", each one is set to be her own girlfriend for the purpose of "entertaining the fans", and she shows off her lovely high school girl appearance! What is the serious expression that you usually show at live performances, such as becoming a girl and bragging about your boyfriend (?) And singing and dancing, but in the second half you change into school uniform and perform a handsome dialogue confrontation and improvisational drama It was like a different laughing stage.

The second part, "4th Anniversary Live," unfortunately demonstrated the high performance power of the current SUPER ★ DRAGON, turning from the first part, which looked at the life-sized real face of a men's group with an average age of 17 years old. In the opening video that traces the photographs of successive artists, first of all, showing the growth of 4 years from the visual, 9 people appeared on the upper stage under the bright red lighting from the dynamic sound of the gong. From "WARNING", which asks oneself the anger of oneself in the past, to "La Vida Loca", which expresses the fight against oneself with a fierce dance on a Latin sound and a thick beat, it is dedicated to facing oneself 9 Two shadows make the audience excited.

The appeal of Spadora is that it can be divided into two teams, with four older group fire dragons and five younger group thunder dragons. Currently, in the unit tour "TRIANGLE", which is traveling nationwide with 3 groups including the main body SUPER ★ DRAGON in addition to those 2 groups, both Fire and Thunder carried a mini album that will be the first release under their own name, and Fire Dragon said " With an outside dancer on the theme of "funk". On the other hand, Thunder Dragon is trying a new challenge to accompany the live band with "punk".

This anniversary day was a luxurious stage where you can enjoy such challenges all at once. First of all, when the four fire dragons appear under the red sofa, they perform the new songs recorded in the album with the dancers, such as "On My Way", which makes the wand attractive to props, and "Black Jack", which skillfully manipulates playing cards. .. In addition to Jean Kaito's skillful rap and Takeshi Furukawa's emo singing, which is the main pillar of Spadora Sound, Reo Shimura and Hayate Iijima, who are usually devoted to dance, are also actively taking rap and vocals this time. It's a big highlight. In the disco-style "Let's Get Down" where the mirror ball spins, dance leader Shimura choreographed the song for the first time, so there are also dance lectures and call and response to the audience. Looking back on "DRA FES" from the first time, the facial expressions of the four people who expressed their gratitude for the 10-fold increase in the capacity of the venue were truly fulfilling.

Then, on the turn of the Thunder Dragon, the sound of the live band suddenly shook the stage and dropped the orthodox rock tune "Rock Tonight". Starting with Kouki Tanaka's human beatbox, he shook his body with the aggressive live performance of a three-piece band, and all five of them grabbed the microphone and hit the emotions while being covered with shouts and smoke. It's a word. Next, "Hard Days" where everyone turns the towel and the new songs of the album are lined up, but what surprised me most was the big evolution of the already-released songs. Even in the familiar "INAZUMA", in addition to the improvisational interaction between the members, they get involved with the band members, and in the popular song "Remarkable Road!", The solo of the electric guitar cuts through the air. That is incomparable to the past. Their youthful passion running around the stage as the tension rises and the goodness of compatibility with the live band were reminded again, and when the song was over, Kazuya Matsumura, who was stirring the venue with a rough rap, issued "Yabe" I understand the word "-ze!"

And the scene progresses to a block where love songs, which are rare for Spadora, are lined up. Jean, who usually roars aggressive rap as a rap leader of Spadora, delicately listens to the puzzlement of love with Furukawa on soft vocals, and Shimura and Iijima dance "Drive Me Crazy". "Midwinter tropical night" expresses the frustrating feelings for older women with the sweetness of the five Thunder Dragons, who are now teenagers. And SUPER ★ DRAGON's "Jacket" which shows the love of octet boys with a whisper singing voice centered on Tanaka. Even if you draw while making the most of your own personality without stretching the love pattern of the three parties, the mature expression that is still clear feels the growth as a "person" that they achieved in the last four years that overlap with adolescence. Enough to let. Furukawa's line, "I'm glad that nine people have grown up," also struck me with a real feeling, but "But we've been in a growing season, so we'll continue to be the strongest SUPER ★ DRAGON in Japan. Then, I'd like you to witness what the strongest SUPER ★ DRAGON is, so please take a closer look without blinking! " After that, he rushes to the climax of angry waves with the performance of the live band.

Tanaka's human beatbox is entwined with Jean and Matsumura's rap, and Furukawa and Hyoma Ikeda's beautiful voice group listens to a cheerful fake battle, and Shimura, Iijima, Sougo Ito, and Raku Shibazaki perform acrobatic dance with dancers. "BADASS" has fallen into the snow from the fascination and special dance track prepared for today. The powerful live performance that sways down the floor and even the body shows the true character of the deep bass number that can be said to be the best in Spadora, and in the following "Mada'Mada'", a large amount of energy is released with a total of 14 people. Shimura also jumps bigger than usual. From the command "Scream!", "Untouchable MAX" was dropped just like Todome. The explosive power of the powerful performance that unfolds in the spouting smoke is extraordinary, and it convinced the dancers that the two big challenges on the "TRIANGLE" tour of the live band have evolved another Spadora. ..

Furukawa laughed bitterly at the end of the main story, waving a towel with the all-English dance-rock song "Dragonfly," which sang the bond with his friends. About. In Angkor, when the memorable 1st debut single "Pendulum Beat!" Was presented with the performance of the live band for the first time, Jean said, "I want a shock, right?" Blu-ray will be released on the 19th. Furthermore, starting with Sendai GIGS on March 7th, it was announced that a national one-man tour with 7 performances in 6 cities will be held until Zepp Tokyo on April 3rd and 4th, making the audience scream of joy. .. At the end, "There's only a song that ends happily! We're rain men and it's always raining outside, but let's finish it sunny at the end!" (Ikeda) and "Ame no Chi Harure" finishes. The smiles of the members who show cheerful numbers, such as taking the formation of a train pretend with Ito, a railroad nerd, are attractive because there is a big gap with the aggressive main story.

The current unit tour "TRIANGLE" will reach its final at Namba Hatch on November 30th and December 1st, with Fire Dragon on December 4th and Thunder Dragon's mini album "Thunder Dragon" on December 11th. TRIANGLE ”will be released. I look forward to their new step, which has unknown possibilities as much as youth, and the tour that follows.