CD
CD + DVD A
CD + DVD B
Standard tracklist for all 3 versions :
1) Fab-ism
2) I am
3) Okami Seinen
4) Muah Muah
5) Senya Ichiya
6) Your Song
7) Jazzy Cut
8) Snow White
9) Liar
10) Last Mermaid…
11) MANTRA
12) Puppet
13) Kiss Your Lips
14) Otogi to Shiru Sekai
15) Naimononedari
16) Last forever
Only available in the CD only :
17) Yami no Saki e Bokura wa Arukidasu
The group's previous album release was 2019's PARADE .
Fab! -Music speaks.- include 3 singles :
- I am / Muah Muah ; both A-sides are included
- Last Mermaid...
- Your Song
The theme of Fab! -Music speaks.- is music & fairy tales . It includes new album material with fairytale motifs provided by various artists including Ziyoou-Vachi's Avu-chan (Little Red Riding Hood) , YOASOBI's Ayase (Arabian Nights) , Shota Shimizu (Snow White) , Okazaki Taiiku (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) , Mafumafu (Hansel & Gretel) & wacci's Hashiguchi Yohei (Peter Pan) .
5 album tracks had videos made but 1 of them is not included in the physical release/s of Fab! -Music speaks.- .
Kicking things off in the new album is Fab-ism which also happens to be the main album track that also had a video made .
The video for Fab-ism is very heavily computer graphics driven but if you love fairy tales , a lot of very familiar ones can be spotted in it & the video prevented the song from sounding somewhat quite cheesy .
I am is the 1st A-side of Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 26th single I am / Muah Muah .
Promo wise , I am was used as the theme song for the TV Tokyo drama Boku wa Doko Kara starring member Nakajima Yuto .
Okami Seinen is the 2nd album track & it's also the 2nd song that has a video made .
2 different videos were made for Okami Seinen which the members appear in both takes . 1 version featured their faces being concealed entirely while the 2nd version is not .
Okami Seinen was produced by QUEEN BEE's Avu & the dance choreography was supervised by TOKYO GEGEGAY's MARIE .
Even before Fab! -Music speaks.- was released officially , Okami Seinen within a matter of short time became 1 of my favourite new material in the album as it's very catchy and it's not surprising Hey ! Say ! JUMP performed it on TV . Even the looks they spotted for the video were very interesting yet mysterious .
Muah Muah is the 2nd A-side of Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 26th single I am / Muah Muah . . This sweet love song with a funky urban sound was used in the Kose Cosmeport's Fortune ads starring all the members themselves .
Track 5 Senya Ichiya is the 3rd album track that has a video made . Unlike the other album tracks that had videos made , for Senya Ichiya , the video is animated .
Described as an exotic number created with the theme of Arabian Nights . YOASOBI's Ayase wrote & composed Senya Ichiya .
Just like Okami Seinen , Senya Ichiya is another standout song in Fab! -Music speaks.- & I could see why a video was made for the song as it deserves so .
Your Song is Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 28th single & it was used as the theme song for TBS's drama Kiwadoi Futari -K2- Ikebukurosho Keijika Kanzaki Kuroki starring member Yamada Ryosuke .
The next 3 songs after Your Song are new material and each of them are very different from each other sound wise .
As the song title suggests , Jazzy Cut is a funky Jazz inspired song & Snow White is the 1st album track that's a really good ballad .
Shota Shimizu created Snow White & it's the 2nd time that he has contributed a song for a Johnny group after V6's Right Now and I think he did a terrific job with it .
It would be wonderful to hear Shota self cover Snow White in future as this's something I definitely can envision him singing it himself .
From a ballad to an angsty sounding no. which brings to the next album track Liar and the complete turn of music direction between Jazzy Cut & let alone Snow White couldn't be any different .
Last Mermaid... is Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 27th single & it's the last single included in Fab! -Music speaks.- .
Promo wise , Last Mermaid... was chosen to be used as the ending theme song for season 4 of the drama Kaseifu no Mitazono starring member Inoo Kei & TOKIO's Matsuoka (which he has done as the lead role since the 1st season of the drama) .
The reminding 6 songs are new material in Fab! -Music speaks.- .
MANTRA is an interesting song & it's almost in the same exotic sounding music vein as Senya Ichiya .
Puppet has an animated video made & this's the only video that's not included in the physical release/s of Fab! -Music speaks.- .
While the other 2 album tracks Kiss Your Lips & Otogi to Shiru Sekai to me are the weak links in the album as I don't find anything special about both no.s .
Naimononedari is the last album track to have a video made but the members do not appear in it .
Written & composed by wacci's Hashiguchi Yohei , the music video of Naimononedari stars actress Nao and the video plot centres on the eve of Wendy's marriage who in turn is in love with Peter Pan .
Just like Snow White , Naimononedari is another standout song & the 2nd album ballad in Fab! -Music speaks.- & it was a good decision Hey ! Say ! JUMP took when they decided to perform this song last month on TV .
Concluding things in both CD + DVDs versions of the album is the 3rd album ballad Last forever .
Only available in the CD only version of Fab! -Music speaks.- is Yami no Saki e Bokura wa Arukidasu & it's also surprisingly a ballad .
Surprisingly even though both of the last 2 songs are ballads , I frankly have no issues with them as I think both are equally good .
Fab! news – Hey ! Say ! JUMP's 8th original album is here ! The group tells fabulous stories of love , hate , friendship , joy , frustration , growth , adventure & more through music in Fab! -Music speaks.- .
Hey ! Say ! JUMP collaborates with Tsujimura Yuki , Avu-chan , Ayase , Shimizu Shota , Okazaki Taiiku , mafumafu, wacci's Hashiguchi Yohei & other musical artists to present songs with fairy-tale motifs .
Experience the fantasy fabulous new world of music & fairy tales created by Hey ! Say ! JUMP ! .
Hey ! Say ! JUMP was quite musically active last year & I was not so surprised they concluded 2020 with the release of their latest album offering Fab! -Music speaks.- .
Before listening to Fab! -Music speaks.- , I was hoping the new material in the new album would not be cringy & terrible but luckily as soon as I heard the new songs , I was quite relieved .
Since 2016 when Hey ! Say ! JUMP released their 5th album DEAR. , the albums following DEAR. have been quite consistently good & I think the same thing also can be said for Fab! -Music speaks.- as well .
I myself like fairy tales so it was a good idea that the members decided to use this as an inspiration for Fab! -Music speaks.- theme wise & in a way it's a bit like PARADE 2.0 to some extent .
The list of musicians that contributed their expertise towards Fab! -Music speaks.- is quite extensive & this in return makes the album's new material very musically diverse .
If there's 1 minor thing I want to pick on is that I wished Last Mermaid...'s B-side ie. Stupid made the cut in Fab! -Music speaks.- but considering Hey ! Say ! JUMP does not include any B-side/s in their past albums , it's not very surprising Stupid was excluded .
Other than that , Fab! -Music speaks.- is a very enjoyable yet fun album which for a brief period of time , the listener is transported to another different yet magical realm .