Dolly KiSS

Before it was a Pump It Up song, "Dolly KiSS" was an idol track from the INNOCENT STARS project, a tie-up between Innocent Music and S.I.D-Sound, released on the album SHOWCASE DISC ~ first season ~. Aragon produced it, Seoryang wrote the lyrics, and Yurina and Poty handled vocals. It entered the series in 2015 PRIME through the 1.07.0 update under the SID-SOUND name, filed under the World Music / Prime channel. (For the record, the title is "Dolly," not the famously similar-looking Korean cartoon name "Dooly.")

The BGA, animated by Felnya, is one of the most talked-about in the series, and rarely for flattering reasons. Its heavy reliance on primary colors tires the eyes and badly hurts note readability, while overblown effects, clumsy animation, and a painfully literal direction that mirrors the lyrics round out the complaints. The signature moment has the heroine spinning in place like a top, stiff and blank-faced, during the song's "spinning round and round" passage. For all that, the sheer excess has earned it a cult following. The character is named Nayuri, and in 2024 that very scene inspired an acrylic stand and even an avatar.

In PHOENIX the song offers Single charts at S6, S14, and S17, plus Double at D6, D16, and D21; the old S3 and the DP3 were both removed. The S6 (ENVYTIC) is a slightly odd same-step chart, almost a 7, with a section where you literally spin along with the lyrics. The S14 (MINAMI) adds short bursts and repeats that spinning bit. The S17 (NIMGO), added in version 1.19, stands out for its distinctive sixteenth-note drills and plentiful runs, plus triple notes and triple holds that make it a real grab-bag chart. On the Double side, the D6 leans on plenty of two-note hits; the D16 expands the S14 with heavier bursts and forces a spin across the Half panels; and the D21 (SPHAM), added in XX 2.08.0, concentrates its difficulty in a midsection of continuous waist twists on Half and weight shifts reminiscent of Jogging's D22. Outside that stretch the rest is fairly tame, leaving it among the easier D21 clears.