Ae! group Unleash “PRIDE” MV Teaser

On April 13, Ae! group (Aぇ! group) released the MV teaser for “PRIDE”—a song that has long existed somewhere between memory, identity, and promise.

Ae! group has officially confirmed what many fans hardly dared to believe would happen: “PRIDE” is finally being released as the common B-side track on their fourth single, “DEKOBOKO LIFE,” out on June 17, 2026. The song, long treasured by fans as one of the group’s defining band tracks, now returns not as a memory, but as part of Ae! group’s present—and future. “PRIDE” will be included across all editions, with the full music video and making-of footage included on Limited Edition B, while the full MV itself is set to premiere on June 19, after the CD release.

Releasing it as an audio-only track alone would have been enough to send the fandom into shock. But the announcement of an MV teaser made the moment hit even harder. The teaser is built around carefully delivered messages from each member, offering a more intimate look into the feelings and worldview behind the song. It is a striking choice for a track that has never just been “another song” in Ae! group’s catalog—one that fans have carried with them for years, just as the group has continued to protect it through every change in shape, era, and circumstance.

For many, “PRIDE” had started to feel like a legendary song that might remain in the past. Something untouchable—something loved, shaped by everything the group has been through—but never officially brought into the group’s discography. Instead, Ae! group chose this moment to bring it forward. Not quietly, either, but with full intent.

And that timing matters. “DEKOBOKO LIFE” is already positioned as an important single, serving as the theme song for the group’s first film starring all members, Osomatsu-san: Humanity Degeneration Project!!!!!? (おそ松さん人類クズ化計画!!!!!?)

Releasing “PRIDE” alongside it does not feel accidental. It feels strategic, emotional, and deeply self-aware. It is the kind of decision fans immediately recognized as a statement: if Ae! group are going to show the public who they are right now, then they are going to do it with one of the songs that best represents their band identity and the conviction behind it.

“PRIDE” is framed in words bigger than just a title. To the members, it is exactly what the name suggests: pride. But it is also a “powerful drug,” a “way of life,” or “resolve.” Those interpretations all feel fitting because “PRIDE” has come to represent more than just sound. It represents what Ae! group have endured, what they have kept alive, and what they are still choosing to stand for.

The track was created by six, carried on by five, and is now protected by four. It’s a sentiment that quietly echoes across the fandom—one that explains everything without needing to say much at all. Because this was never just a song. It was continuity. Inheritance. Something that changed form with the group, yet never lost its meaning.

Just as moving is how many fans describe “PRIDE” as the very song that led them to Ae! group in the first place. Even now, the older live video remains one of the group’s most iconic band performances, with more than 19 million views on Junior Channel. From the time it was born, the song became one of the group’s signature representative tracks. A song that was made for them, to represent them, and be a song that only Ae! group can do.

“PRIDE” has always stood apart as a true band track—one that lives in its instrumentation as much as its message. And at its core is Seiya Suezawa’s vocal performance, driving the song forward with a kind of intensity that has come to define it.

And no song encapsulates this better than “PRIDE”—a track that, in many ways, feels built around him. It’s the kind of song that allows his innate talent to cut through without restraint, his voice carrying both the weight and momentum of the performance.

And yet, it never belongs to him alone. It’s something the entire group stands behind—something they all share.

“This is Seiya.”
Their pride.

His voice doesn’t just lead the track—it anchors it. Raw, emotional, and impossible to ignore, it moves in lockstep with the band behind him, each note grounded in the years they’ve spent playing and performing together. When the song rises—and when it drops—it hits with a force that feels earned.

That history is part of what makes this moment hit as hard as it does.

The first official upload of “PRIDE” came on May 24, 2022, a performance that would go on to define the song for many. It was raw, unpolished in the best way, and carried the unmistakable energy of a group still in the middle of becoming.

More than a year later, on November 21, 2023, the INAZUMA ROCK FES. performance brought “PRIDE” back into focus again—louder, sharper, and standing on a much different stage than usual.

Both of those versions were performed as six.

The last time “PRIDE” was performed as five was August 17, 2025, at SUMMER SONIC 2025 OSAKA—a moment that, in hindsight, feels like a transition point between what the song had been and what it was about to become.

And now, for the first time, “PRIDE” arrives as an official recording in its current form.

Not replacing those versions—but carrying all of them forward.

More than anything, this teaser has reignited a familiar feeling in the fandom: determination. Across the reactions, there is a shared sense that if Ae! group are bringing out one of their strongest cards here, fans want to meet that intensity with equal force.

There are already calls to push the MV to massive numbers, to get “PRIDE” onto big television music programs, and to make sure the wider public finally sees what long-time fans have known for years—that Ae! group’s band side is not a side note. It is one of their greatest strengths.

For a fandom that has spent years holding onto this song, “PRIDE” becoming an official B-side is not just satisfying. It feels earned. And for Ae! group, bringing it back now feels like one of the clearest statements they could make. Not only about where they have been—but about who they still are, and who they’ve chosen to remain.