pre-orders from Pony Canyon for Aa Susukino / Chikyuu wa Kyou mo Ai wo Hagukumu box set with drawing picture event ticket, 7-shot photo-op or 3-shot photo-op, starts 8/1.
Aa Susukino really does have a lot of similarities to Platinum Musume and for the most part I think that's really positive.
Susukino definitely has its electro-aspects to it that most H!P currently has but in the background you hear a faint piano(?-esque) instrument that's really reminiscent of Shouganai and Nanchatte.
Furthermore the song is a duo lead between Kanon and Meimi that gives me strong AiReina vibes (refreshing that it's not AyaKanon) but there's still enough lines strewn about it to the other girls that they still get camera time.
The PV itself, like many pointed out has the blue saturation of Shouganai.
I'm definitely super in love with Aa Susukino. It might easily become my favorite S/mileage song. Chikyuu has its own strong points and under any other release I would've called it a strong A-side but it just pales in comparison to Susukino.
"Do love me" works too, actually. Like, "please do love me".
Anyway, J-Pop English has never been perfect, and I think the girls were instructed how to pronounce those words, so it's not necessarily a reflection of their English skills (or lack thereof).