Signature songs of BIGMAMA: popular rock tracks featuring resonant violin

POPCORN STARBIGMAMA

POPCORN STAR

A thrilling punk rock number that blends speed and pop sensibilities, blazing through in just two minutes.

It was included as the B-side to the single “Strawberry Feels,” released in March 2018, and was also featured in a Rakuten Mobile commercial.

The lyrics are striking for how they use the familiar motif of popcorn to depict suppressed emotions bursting free.

Despite its straightforward sound and structure, the performance is compelling, with a powerful band ensemble—violin included—playing as one.

It’s the perfect track for when you want to blast away everyday stagnation or let loose with abandon.

Physics | Time is like a roller coasterBIGMAMA

BIGMAMA “Time is like a Jet coaster” [Lyrics Movie]

A youthful rock number that captures the fleeting flow of time and the emotions that sway within it, set to a high-velocity sound.

Included on the October 2023 album “Tokyo Emotional Gakuen,” this track, true to its title, hurtles forward with roller-coaster speed.

From a takeoff-like intro, it surges ahead, vividly portraying the urgency we feel as days pass faster with adulthood and the desperate grip of youth determined not to be thrown off.

It’s a song for everyone living as if chased by time.

Current Text | Watching like a tiger for an opportunityBIGMAMA

Current Text | Watching like a tiger for an opportunity

This is a track included on BIGMAMA’s ambitious work Tokyo Emotional Gakuen, which takes on a grand, school-themed concept.

Released ahead of the album that came out in October 2023, the song was selected for power play on 11 FM stations nationwide.

Bearing the subject name “Modern Japanese” (Genbun) in its title, it stands out for its word choices that make heavy use of rhyme, incorporating four-character idioms and quotes from the Heart Sutra.

The lyrics carry a powerful message urging listeners to steel themselves and take the first step toward their goals, making it a song you’ll want to hear when you can’t get moving or feel stuck.

Let it beatBIGMAMA

BIGMAMA “Let it beat” Music video

This work, which carries words that shine a light of hope over an open, expansive sound, is a single released in March 2022.

The song was created as the theme for Kansai TV’s horse racing program “Keiba BEAT.” It’s infused with a powerful message that pushes forward those who are chasing their dreams.

Kanai’s vocals, resonating within the dramatic soundscape, are truly wonderful.

When you’re about to take a new step, this song will lend you strength.

Mirror WorldBIGMAMA

BIGMAMA “Mirror World” MUSIC VIDEO

Released in November 2024 as the first work under their new co-production framework with NTT Docomo Studio & Live, this is BIGMAMA’s eighth digital single.

Using a dialogue with one’s reflection in the mirror as its motif, it captures the modern era lived between the virtual and the real.

As Masato Kanai put it, it’s “the most dazzling song to date,” packed with a message of hope.

With its breezy beat, beautifully ringing guitars, and lyrical violin, the sound is outstanding as well.

Highly recommended if you want to experience the quintessential BIGMAMA.

Melodic LabyrinthBIGMAMA

BIGMAMA “Melody Labyrinth” [Official Audio]

The tension of wandering through a labyrinth.

Released in January 2025, BIGMAMA’s track “Melodic Labyrinth” is the second installment in the band’s concept series, “A fanciful amusement park played through music.” The composition was handled by drummer Bucket Banquet Bis, who joined in 2021, marking his first time writing a single for the band.

Infused with elements of progressive rock, it’s packed with exhilarating momentum and masterful twists in its sonic arrangement.

Surrender yourself to the thrilling motion of the sound!

Look at meBIGMAMA

look at me (2013)

On a morning platform, clenching a fist tight inside a packed train.

Starting from that everyday sense of urgency, this song vividly captures the frustration and loneliness of a protagonist not yet twenty.

The world moves on without you noticing, everything rushing past, and in the midst of it, a cry of anger at being left behind.

Originally released to the world in 2006 on the mini-album “short films,” the track was re-recorded and released in 2013 as the B-side of the single “alongside.” It was also included on the 2017 best-of album “BESTMAMA.” It’s a song that resonates with the youthful urgency many have felt—the yearning to assert yourself, and the exasperation when it doesn’t quite come out right.