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rip-off

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2025-08-06

"rip-off" expresses the struggle to maintain your own identity against the pressure to conform to popular beauty standards. The lyrics describe the push to copy others, which results in a "borrowed face." This creates a conflict where a wish to be "transparent" to avoid judgment clashes with the desire to still be seen by others.

It is the second single released following the EP "TR!CK TAK!NG".

The song was announced on July 27th, with a digital release on August 6th. The Official Music Video was announced on August 22th, with a video teaser, and released on August 23th.

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	original lyrics (from the YouTube Official Music Video subtitles)
	rōmaji
	word by word translation (using jisho.org)
	english translation (from the YouTube Official Music Video subtitles)

あ	、	かわいくない	と	0点	です
a	,	kawaiku nai	to	zero-ten	desu
AhJ		not cuteJ	andJ	zero scoreJ	isJ	J

Ah, if you’re not cute, you’re worth zero

こんな	世界	ブス	すぎる
konna	sekai	busu	sugiru
this kindJ	worldJ	uglyJ	too muchJ	J
This world is just too ugly to bear

それでも	終わらせる	の	は	NG	みたいなんです
soredemo	owaraseru	no	wa		mitai nan desu
and yetJ	to endJ	J	J	not goodJ	it seems likeJ	J
But it seems ending it all is still off-limits

できるだけ	透明	に	なって
dekiru dake	toumei	ni	natte
as much as possibleJ	invisibleJ	toJ	becomingJ	J
I try to be as transparent as I can

でも	見つけられない	の	は	嫌だ
demo	mitsukerarenai	no	wa	iya da
stillJ	cannot be foundJ	J	J	I hate itJ	J
Yet I hate it if no one ever finds me

「どんな君でも」	なんて	よく	聞く	けれど
'donna kimi demo'
'any version of you'J	(dismissive)J	oftenJ	hearJ	howeverJ	J
“You’re fine the way you are”. I’ve heard that line before

…	あれ	、	聞いたことない	わ
	are		kiita koto nai	wa
	Huh?J		never heard thatJ	(emphasis)J	J
…Or maybe I never really have

あの子	の	真似して	髪	切って
ano ko	no	mane shite	kami	kitte
that girlJ	'sJ	copyingJ	hairJ	cutJ	J
Cut my hair to copy her style

あの子	と	同じ	リップ	塗って
ano ko	to	onaji	rippu	nutte
that girlJ	alsoJ	sameJ	lip(stick)J	puttingJ	J
Painted my lips the same shade she wears

なりたい自分	なんて	もん	は	お前ら	が	捨てた
naritai jibun	nante	mon	wa	omaera	ga	suteta
the one I want to beJ	thatJ	thingJ	J	all of youJ	J	threw awayJ	J
That “self I want to be”? You all threw it away

みんな	好きな	"あの子"	は	今日	も
minna	suki na	"ano ko"	wa	kyou	mo
everybodyJ	favouriteJ	"that girl"J	J	todayJ	tooJ	J
The girl everyone loves is once again

同担	拒否	ミュート	祭り
doutan	kyohi	myuuto	matsuri
same-fandomJ	rejectionJ	muttingJ	festivalJ	J
Muting, blocking, shutting others out

なんで？	泣いてないで	なんか	言って
nande?	naitenai de	nanka	itte
why?J	don't cryJ	somethingJ	sayJ	J
Why? Don’t just cry say something

不完全	な	世界	完全	な	依存
fukanzen	na	sekai	kanzen	na	izon
imperfectJ	J	worldJ	perfectJ	J	addictionJ	J
An imperfect world, a perfect dependence

泥まみれ	で	生きていたい	わ
doro manire	de	ikiteitai	wa
covered in mubJ	J	I want to liveJ	(emphasis)J	J
I want to live, even if I’m covered in mud

それ	を	綺麗	だ	と	笑って	その手	で	撫でて
sore	o	kirei	da	to	waratte	sono te	de	nadete
thatJ	J	pretryJ	isJ	atJ	laughJ	that wayJ	J	caressJ	J
Laugh at it, call it beautiful, and stroke me with those hands

不完全	な	世界	感染した	理想
fukanzen	na	sekai	kansen shita	risou
imperfectJ	J	worldJ	infectedJ	idealJ	J
An imperfect world, a contagious ideal

治せない	から	もうこれでいい	わ
naosenai	kara	mou kore de ii	wa
incurableJ	sinceJ	so this is fineJ	(emphasis)J	J
It can’t be cured, so I’ll just leave it this way

まだまだ	ずっと	先	の	未来	なんて	想像	も	したくない
madamada	zutto	saki	no	mirai	nante	souzou	mo	shitakunai
stillJ	far awayJ	aheadJ	'sJ	futureJ	such asJ	imagineJ	evenJ	don't want toJ	J
I don’t even want to imagine some distant future ahead

もう	5秒後	に	スキップしたい
mou	go-byou go	ni	sukippu shitai
alreadyJ	5 seconds laterJ	J	I want to skipJ	J
I wish I could skip ahead five seconds

それで	1日	終わって	も
sore de	ichinichi	owatte	mo
evenJ	the dayJ	endsJ	ifJ	J
Even if that means losing the whole day

みんな	そんなもん	だ	からって	諦められる	よ
minna	sonna mon	da	kara tte	akiramerareru	yo
everyoneJ	like thatJ	isJ	even soJ	I can give upJ	(emphasis)J	J
I could just give up, thinking everyone’s the same anyway

できるだけ	透明	に	なって
dekiru dake	toumei	ni	natte
as much as possibleJ	invisibleJ	toJ	becomingJ	J
I try to be as transparent as I can

変わり映えない	明日	を	見た
kawaribaenai	ashita	o	mita
unchangingJ	tomorrowJ	J	sawJ	J
But tomorrow looks no different than today

「	どんな	僕	でも	」	なんて	笑わせないで
「	donna	boku	demo	」	nante	warawasenaide
'	what kindJ	IJ	no matterJ	'	whatJ	don't make me laughJ	J
“Love me as I am”? Don’t make me laugh

3日	で	忘れる	わ
mikka	de	wasureru	wa
3 daysJ	inJ	to forgetJ	(emphasis)J	J
I’ll forget it in three days

四角	に	しか	切り取れない	よ
shikaku	ni	shikaku	kiritoenai	yo
squareJ	inJ	nothing butJ	cannot be cut outJ	(emphasis)J	J
All I see are cropped-out squares

空	の	色	も	覚えてないし
sora	no	iro	mo	oboetenaishi
skyJ	'sJ	colourJ	evenJ	not rememberJ	J
I don’t even remember the color of the sky

全然	窮屈	じゃない	よ	って	思い込ませて
zenzen	kyuukutsu	ja nai	yo	tte	omoikomasete
at allJ	crampedJ	is notJ	J	evenJ	make me thinkJ	J
Telling myself this box isn’t suffocating

みんな	の	好きな	"あの子"	なんて
minna	no	suki na	"ano ko"	nante
everyoneJ	'sJ	favoriteJ	"that girl"J	J	J
That “perfect girl” everyone adores

1人	も	存在しない
hitori	mo	sonzai shinai
one personJ	evenJ	doesn't existJ	J
She doesn’t exist at all

でも	いないといないで	不安でしょうがなくて
demo	inai to inai de	fuan de shou ga nakute
butJ	when not thereJ	can't help but feel anxiousJ	J
But if she didn’t, I’d feel unbearably uneasy

不安定	だ	世界	制限されてる
fuantei	da	sekai	seigen sareteru
unstableJ	isJ	the worldJ	is being restrictedJ	J
Unstable world, bound by limits

借り物	の	顔	じゃ	生きていけない	わ
karimono	no	kao	ja	ikite ikenai	wa
borrowedJ	'sJ	faceJ	withJ	could not liveJ	(emphasis)J	J
I can’t live with a borrowed face

"	どれも	綺麗	だ	"	と	歌っている	くせに	変ね
"	dore mo	kirei	da	"	to	utatteiru	kuse ni	hen ne
	allJ	prettyJ	isJ		withJ	singingJ	even thoughJ	strange, isn't itJ	J
“You’re all beautiful” funny how they sing that

不安定	だ	世界	更新されていく
unstableJ	isJ	the worldJ	constantly updatedJ	J
Unstable world, always updating

1日	で	消えてしまう	アレ	みたい
ichinichi	de	kiete shimau	are	mitai
one dayJ	inJ	disappearsJ	that thingJ	sort ofJ	J
Like a story that vanishes in a single day

まだまだ	ずっと	先	の	明日	を	考える	暇もない
madamada	zutto	saki	no	ashita	o	kangearu	hima mo nai
stillJ	farJ	futureJ	'sJ	tomorrowJ	J	to thinkJ	don't even have time toJ	J
I don’t even have time to think of tomorrow ahead

あの子	の	真似して	髪	切って
ano ko	no	mane shite	kami	kitte
that girlJ	'sJ	copyingJ	hairJ	cutJ	J
Cut my hair to copy her style

あの子	と	同じ	リップ	塗って
ano ko	to	onaji	rippu	nutte
that girlJ	alsoJ	sameJ	lip(stick)J	puttingJ	J
Painted my lips the same shade she wears

なりたい自分	なんて	もん	は	お前ら	が	捨てた
naritai jibun	nante	mon	wa	omaera	ga	suteta
the one I want to beJ	thatJ	thingJ	J	all of youJ	J	threw awayJ	J
That “self I want to be”? You all threw it away

あの子	と	一緒にはしない	よ
ano ko	to	issho ni wa shinai	yo
that girlJ	withJ	don't put me in withJ	(emphasis)J	J
But don’t you dare compare me with her

下位互換	にすらなれない	よ
kai gokan	ni sura narenai	yo
inferior versionJ	can't even becomeJ	(emphasis)J	J
I can’t even be her second-rate copy

なんで	なんで	なんで	なんで	なんで
nande	nande	nande	nande	nande
whyJ	whyJ	whyJ	whyJ	whyJ	J
Why, why, why, why, why...?

目	を	閉じて	見つけた	の	が
me	o	tojite	mitsuketa	no	ga
eyesJ	J	closeJ	foundJ	J	J	J
Close your eyes and if someone’s there

私	でありますように	って
watashi	de arimasu you ni	tte
meJ	may it beJ	J	J
I wish the one you find is me

まだ	思ってしまう	よ
mada	omotte shimau	yo
stillJ	end up thinking (of)J	(emphasis)J	J
I still can’t help but wish for that

不完全	な	世界	完全	な	依存
fukanzen	na	sekai	kanzen	na	izon
imperfectJ	J	worldJ	perfectJ	J	addictionJ	J
An imperfect world, a perfect dependence

泥まみれ	で	生きていたい	わ
doro manire	de	ikiteitai	wa
covered in mubJ	J	I want to liveJ	(emphasis)J	J
I want to live, even if I’m covered in mud

それ	を	綺麗	だ	と	笑って
sore	o	kirei	da	to	waratte
thatJ	J	pretryJ	isJ	atJ	laughJ	J
Laugh at it, call it beautiful

まだまだ	先	の	未来	だって	終わらせてやらない
madamada	saki	no	mirai	datte	owarasete yaranai
stillJ	aheadJ	'sJ	futureJ	butJ	I won't let it endJ	J
And I won’t let this faraway future end just yet