Alice in Wonder Underground

"Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド)"
Single by Buck-Tick
from the album Tenshi no Revolver
ReleasedAugust 8, 2007
GenreRock
Length9:35
LabelBMG Japan/Ariola Japan
Songwriter(s)Hisashi Imai
Producer(s)Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick singles chronology
"Rendezvous"
(2007) 		"Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド)"
(2007) 		"Heaven"
(2008)

Alice in Wonder Underground (アリス イン ワンダー アンダーグラウンド) is the twenty-sixth single released by the Japanese Rock band Buck-Tick, released on August 8, 2007 by BMG Japan.[1]

The single was released in regular and limited edition.[2] On the Oricon Singles Chart peaked at number 18 and charted for 7 weeks.[3]

The title song is lyrical and visual rendition of Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland.[2] Despite its "catchy tune with a bright, happy melody", the lyrics are on the contrary very gothic and dark with a memorable chorus "Devil, Angel & Epicurean, let's go!".[2] In some instances, Imai in the background sings some lyrics from the band's previous song "Diabolo".[2]

Music video shows a very "sophisticated",[4] "macabre depiction of the story", with Alice chasing her rabbit, "the band periodically becoming rabbits", and the lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai dressed as the Mad Hatter.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Buck-Tick - Alice in Wonder Underground (Regular Edition)". JaMe World. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Bow (September 2, 2007). "Buck-Tick - Alice in Wonder Underground". JaMe World. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Alice in Wonder Underground on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Monden, Masafumi (2014). "4. Glacé wonderland: cuteness, sexuality and young women". Japanese Fashion Cultures: Dress and Gender in Contemporary Japan. London, New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 9781472586728.
  5. ^ Youngman, Angela (2021). The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland. Yorkshire, Philadelphia: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 9781526785824.
  6. ^ Sanna, Antonio (2022). "Introduction: Alice and the Critics". Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture. Switzerland, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. p. 6. ISBN 9783031022579.
  7. ^ Monden, Masafumi (2022). "Transformations: Aimer's 'I Beg You' and Alice in Japanese Music Video". Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture. Switzerland, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. p. 259. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-02257-9_16. ISBN 9783031022579.