There was actually even more nice-and-loudol music to bump into this week, and it’s even new in this case! Checkmate, who are cool as hell and really need to get a bump somehow, tweeted out this clip the other day, and I got really excited … and then kind of forgot about it for a minute because Daichi, but, here you go! Debuted live over the weekend, “KSGK”:
初公開！！
新曲『KSGK』(2番〜)#チェックメイト#checkmate pic.twitter.com/imczKD0QJM— Checkmate8/18初ワンマン (@checkmate_1105) August 13, 2017
I love when songs are titled with initials; it could mean anything!
That’s not quite as furiously loud and gnarly and hate-filled as you can often get with Checkmate, but it’s still pretty on point in an idol-meets-punk kind of way. I’d have liked maybe one growl here or there, but you take what you’re given sometimes.
Checkmate’s first one-man is Friday. May the gods help us all.
昨日の優勝者🏅
自由をわかってらっしゃる8888
プロモーション💮#チェックメイト#さあや pic.twitter.com/lmnVbeTatQ— OKAMO VACATION (@okamo_vacation) August 15, 2017
“I love when songs are titled with initials; it could mean anything!”
KSGK is a standard abbreviation for kusogaki, which means “brat” or “little shit” or a term like that.