{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0bf46624422e5533268b3707","clusterId":"c_246bbfc3d0981a0dc553d9ba","slug":"bang-dream-our-notes-hands-on-event-details-new-bands-millsage-and-ikka-dumb-rock","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"BanG Dream! Our Notes Hands-On Event Details New Bands millsage and Ikka Dumb Rock!","summary":"A hands-on event for BanG Dream! Our Notes introduced two new bands joining the rhythm game: millsage, whose concept is \"bright darkness\" and whose music is math rock and progressive rock, and Ikka Dumb Rock!, a funk and ska band whose members live together in a student dormitory. The game supports iOS and Android and is planned as free-to-play with in-app purchases.","whyItMatters":"The two new bands set tonal extremes (death and atonement on one side, dormitory comedy on the other) that signal the game is being positioned around drama rather than the song library, with producer and FromTokyo staff on hand to state that intent.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe new bands anchor a game pitched as \u0026#34;Gekisou Rhythm x Adventure.\u0026#34; millsage trade a bright white costume look for a concept the developers call \u0026#34;bright darkness\u0026#34;: death, atonement, and self-actualization, with five members described as clumsy people who want to become someone, and a story that runs against a stress-free narrative. Ikka Dumb Rock! trade that weight for comedy. Its five members end up in the same student dormitory by fate and build something like a family, with the catchphrase \u0026#34;drowning out life\u0026#39;s hardships with blaring sound.\u0026#34; Their genres - math and progressive rock against funk and ska - mirror the split.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"millsage's math rock and prog framing and Ikka Dumb Rock!'s dorm-living funk lineup are genre lanes BanG Dream! has not used yet. They also split the same 'escaping pain' hook: one through polyrhythm, one through noise.","twitterPost":"BanG Dream! Our Notes pairs 'bright darkness' math rock with dorm-living ska. Both bands run on the same escape-from-pain premise.","threadsPost":"BanG Dream! Our Notes is adding millsage and Ikka Dumb Rock!, two bands built on opposite genre instincts but the same emotional idea: drowning hardship out. millsage does it with math rock and progressive rock, Ikka Dumb Rock! with funk, ska, and a shared student dorm.","newsletterBlurb":"A hands-on event for BanG Dream! Our Notes laid out the two new bands joining the rhythm game. millsage lean on a \"bright darkness\" concept with math and progressive rock, while Ikka Dumb Rock! counter with funk, ska, and a dormitory story the developers say should make players want to join in. The title runs on iOS and Android as a free-to-play game with in-app purchases.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/974/G097456/20260915003/\",\"title\":\"\\\"BanG Dream! Our Notes\\\" Media Hands-On Event Report: \\\"millsage,\\\" Depicting \\\"Bright Darkness,\\\" and \\\"Ikka Dumb Rock!,\\\" Drowning Out Hardship with Blaring Sound, Take the Stage\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4739,"outputTokens":683,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789599562,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T22:53:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_246bbfc3d0981a0dc553d9ba","canonicalTitle":"「BanG Dream! Our Notes（アワーノーツ）」メディア向け体験会レポート。“明るい闇”を描く「millsage」と，苦難を爆音でかき消す「一家Dumb Rock!」が登場","representativeArticleId":"a_a4808e8a4168ba510a71acc4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"BanG Dream! Our Notes\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T22:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T22:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T22:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/974/G097456/20260915003/","title":"「BanG Dream! Our Notes（アワーノーツ）」メディア向け体験会レポート。“明るい闇”を描く「millsage」と，苦難を爆音でかき消す「一家Dumb Rock!」が登場"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["BanG Dream! Our Notes"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}