TAKOYAKI ROCK

TAKOYAKI ROCK is a song from Okada Nana's 1st album Asymmetry.

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Takoyaki is a popular Japanese dish, consisting of octopus, shrimp, pickled ginger and/or green onion, battered in wheat flour and made into a ball shape.
During a listening party before the release of the album, Okada Nana confirmed this party is in reference to the AKB48 Cooking Senbatsu competition from 2022, where members were put into different groups, created a certain dish and then the team with the most sold units received a song, music video & TV appearance as a reward. Nana was part of the takoyaki team. Nana also confirmed that she clashed with Shinozaki Ayana from dessert team because a false rumor went around that Nana had attended one of the cafés selling the members' dishes in person and therefore boosting takoyaki team's sales. Before they were able to resolve the issue, Ayana believed it to be true and was angry with Nana about this.
The lyrics mention "Rin" (麟) as the goddess of victory - it is possible this refers to Okabe Rin, who was part of the winning dessert team.