Pop unit lol finally revealed the music video for their upcoming single “brave up!!”. Dropped July 1, the video features a shortened version of the song wherein the members of lol are dancing in what appears to be an empty parking garage—but the video cuts back and forth from them dancing to them atop a city building and a supersized DJ Koo is in the background mixing the song. We get to see DJ Koo’s rap break before he undergoes a special transformation.

It was revealed June 13 via the group’s official Twitter account that the brand new member of the group will be seasoned veteran DJ Koo. This news came along with the full reveal that “brave up!!” will only be featuring DJ Koo so it appears that DJ Koo’s membership status is only honorary. 

DJ Koo is a veteran of the Japanese music industry, getting his start in the mid 1980s as a DJ for the Discos B&B and Canterbury House. In 1986 he joined a group known as THE JGs who produced eurobeat-styled remixes of other Japanese artists’ work and in the ‘90s he appeared as a rapper in many songs with various artists such as TOKIO  Then in 1998 he went on to join the pop group TRG where he would help them write songs. He also joined the group WILL with Yamada Wataru in the late 2000s.

“brave up!!” will be fully released July 31st and will come in a standard and limited edition. More details about the single can be read here where we covered the initial reveal. Pre-orders are still available here.

Standard Edition

CD plus DVD Edition

Finally, be sure to check out the new music video posted below along with the full track listing..

lol [brave up!!]

1 brave up!!

2 like that!!

3 bring back

4 brave up!! -instrumental-

5 like that!! -instrumental-

6 bring back -instrumental-

DVD

1 brave up!! (Music Video)