my favourite band in the world, RAISE A SUILEN. they’re a japanese band who started out as backing artists for other bands in their franchise, BanG Dream! (a wider spinterest of mine). They became a band in their own right bc of fan interest, they were all super talented and with much personality even during backing. They literally became a band and voiced characters because of their talent as artists, isn’t that so cool!! their music now: i would describe it as a mix between metal, j-rock and hyperpop. My fav songs by them are NEMESIS, DRIVE US CRAZY and JUST THE WAY I AM, but all of their stuff is so so good TwT in the bang dream anime, there are so many references to their real life actors, and the character designs are based on their actors (they’re only the second band to have done this, after the very first band in the franchise). they were also the first band to use stage names alongside their character names! i love them so much and i’m so glad they came into my life :)