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When life gives you lemons, these Osaka obachan are here to \u201cgive you that<\/span>\u00a0power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Osaka\u2019s self-proclaimed oldest idol group, Obachaaan<\/strong>, released its first new song in six years this spring. With the average age of the members being over 70 years old, the group\u2019s name is a nod to the Japanese word for an older woman. The group originally formed 12 years ago, releasing its debut song \u201cObachaan Theme<\/a>\u201d and dropping new bops every few years<\/a>, often with an eye towards helping the community. In true Osaka fashion, the members wear flashy, animal-print shirts, sprinkle in words in the Osaka dialect, and move with a powerful flair, not letting age get in the way of their ambitions.<\/p>\n The uptempo new song titled \u201cOverpower\u201d<\/strong> is a song of empowerment which also incorporates a pun in the way that the word is pronounced in Japanese\u2013\u201cobapawaa,\u201d which sounds like \u201coba power.\u201d As the group\u2019s first official release since the COVID pandemic, layered with general anxiety about the state of the world, rising prices in Japan, and so on, this time the members wanted to dispense words of encouragement (along with free candy) such as \u201covercome every storm with a smile\u201d in the lyrics. 77-year-old Eiko Funai<\/strong>, the main visual granny in the group with her trademark red waist scarf, shared, \u201cIt\u2019s a song that can give anyone strength. We hope that you listen to this song when you feel down and cheer up.\u201d Adding to that sentiment is producer Yusuku Hiza<\/strong>, who said, \u201cI thought that we need meddling and nagging old women like them in today\u2019s age.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25bc \u201cOverpower\u201d official music video<\/p>\n\n Just check out this powerful earworm of a chorus, which you should repeat to yourself whenever you\u2019re feeling a bit blue:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOverpower<\/em> Another fun piece of trivia is that the dance moves for \u201cOverpower\u201d were choreographed by Osaka-native Akane<\/strong>, the genius behind the famous Tomioka High School Dance Club<\/a>\u2018s \u201cbubbly dance.\u201d The music video is super fun as well, incorporating visual effects such as Eiko essentially making a Dragon Ball<\/em>-style Spirit Bomb heart and a background of exploding rocks at one point (just in case you still needed convincing that the ladies are here to rock your world).<\/p>\n While the release of a new song was long overdue in our book, Obachaaan is also being strategic with its timing since the 2025 World Expo<\/a> is currently taking place in Osaka. In the words of the members, while the Expo (\u201cbanpaku\u201d) is great and all, they also hope that there will be an opportunity for them to perform at the \u201cobanpaku\u201d\u2013another pun on \u201cobachan.\u201d We can only hope that the Expo organizers will take the hint so that the world can be showered with \u201cobachaaan power.\u201d<\/p>\n Source: Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a><\/em> When life gives you lemons, these Osaka obachan are here to \u201cgive you that\u00a0power.\u201d Osaka\u2019s self-proclaimed oldest idol group, Obachaaan, released its first new song in six years this spring.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nObachaaan power<\/em>
\nOverpower<\/em>
\nWe give you that power<\/em>
\nOverpower <\/em>
\nFrom Osaka<\/em>
\nOverpower <\/em>
\nOver the world\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nTop image: YouTube\/\u30aa\u30d0\u30c1\u30e3\u30fc\u30f3 Obachaaan Osaka granny idol group<\/a><\/em>
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