Documentary series ‘WARPs DIG Season 1’ reaches the dance battle final, featuring a new track by m-flo’s Taku Takahashi and guest judge Ruu from Fabulous Sisters!

The dance battle final of ‘WARPs DIG Season 1’, the detailed documentary series by avex entertainment group WARP-Syndicate that began broadcasting in April this year, has been released. 

Unlike the usual strict top-down audition shows, on ‘WARPs DIG’, the participants themselves select their teammates and have a hand in the judging. So far, Team RED (TAKERU, SOMA, MIZUKI and REIA) and Team YELLOW (TSUBASA, YUGA SANO, YUGA SHIBUTANI and SEIYA) have endured the tough first rounds to advance to the final. Talented dancers have gathered in each team and fierce battles with a variety of styles have been fought. 

The track for the final is provided by m-flo member ☆Taku Takahashi, and the guest judge is Ruu from Fabulous Sisters, who won the World of Dance championship twice in a row. The winning team in Season 1 will be given priority entry to Season 2, and a special prize will be awarded by top fashion brand A|X Armani Exchange. 

Check out the video to witness the thrilling end to this three-month battle below!

Follow the search for Japan’s next-generation boyband with new YouTube documentary series ‘WARPs DIG’ – from training to major-label deal in 365 days!

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WARPs DIG, a new project from avex entertainment’s WARP-Syndicate collective, has launched on YouTube. WARP-Syndicate (commonly known as WARPs) stands for Wind Assemble Radical People-Syndicate, meaning a collective that harnesses the wind of innovation. By operating groups with fixed lineups as well as various projects across multiple artistic disciplines and regardless of age, gender and nationality, it is a collective that aims to create a new landscape where talent can shine beyond existing categories and frameworks. The Japanese-Chinese mixed boys’ group WARPs UP have been active as the first act under the WARPs umbrella.

The new “WARPs DIG” project being launched this time will focus on the members of WARPs ROOTS, a training ground for the next generation of WARPs talent aiming for global success. “WARPs DIG” is a documentary series that aims to create a new style of entertainment and a unique kind of culture; it will shine a spotlight on world-class young talent from Japan, digging up hard workers with a wide range of ages and backgrounds.

‘WARPs DIG’ began in earnest with a video released on YouTube. This will be followed by further updates on the same channel. The new series follows “ROOTS on ROOFs”, a series of rooftop performance videos by the members of WARPs ROOTS; and “YOUR ROOTS?”, a series in which the members each discuss their backgrounds and ambitions. Subscribe to the YouTube channel below to support the ‘WARPs DIG’ and WARPs ROOTS projects. Be sure to check out the video below!