Shocking Party is a TsubaHono Song
So, reading the lyrics of Shocking Party. Thereās a lot of implications in the lyrics on their own, but you can also fit into canon pretty decently too!Ā
To get whatās obvious out of the way. Tsubasa is of course the centre, indicating sheās the main singer of the song. (Sheās the centre of both A-Rise songs weāve heard but regardless I feel this is important.) So, immediately itās clear Tsubasa that the lyrics are coming from her.
Whatās probably the most significant line is this.Ā ā Youāre the protagonist you know? ā Of course, Honoka is the protagonist of Love Live. So on a meta level itās very clear that this could be about Honoka. In terms of the show though, it goes to show how Tsubasa views Honoka. She sees her as the main member of Muse. Itās consistently shown throughout Love Live that Honoka is the member of Muse that Tsubasa is most fixated on. While she likes the whole group and is interested in them all. Her sights are mainly set on Honoka. In her eyes, Honoka is the protagonist she is referencing here.
Itās also very, very important that Tsubasa sings this line, and attention is very specifically brought to it. Even in the anime! In the two lines leading up to this, Tsubasa sings, then Erena does, setting up Anju to sing the third line, that being this one. But instead. Tsubasa does it. Signifying the importance of Tsubasa singing this line. Then the anime represents this wonderfully, with one of my favourite shots in the entire show. (Although that may just be bias toward this songā¦)
(Ignore the slight translation difference with the subs there. Also it looks better animated alsjdshjd)
Speaking of the anime, Tsubasa winks a ridiculous amount throughout the song. And whoās in the audience as sheās doing it? Honoka. Of course this is a less serious piece of evidence, but its something Iād like to note.
A more minor line that evokes TsubaHono is this.Ā āI want to know more, of this excessive life ā, while less explicit, it presents Tsubasaās curiousity about Honoka and her excessive personality.
As for a more explicit line. Thereās this. While itās not sung in the anime, itās highly significant when it comes to TsubaHono in this song.Ā āShall we head on while fighting?ā This of course represents a huge aspect of Tsubasa and Honoka. Their groupsā rivalries. This line could represent Tsubasaās desire to keep up their friendly rivalry, but still heading forward on pursuing a relationship.
āMy confidence shows my real intentions (Lonely passion)
Leaving it to someone else is no good (Go, go! we had passion)
My confidence shows my seriousness (Dangerous passion)
Everyone else is unrelated to this you know? You understand?ā
This whole part gives me major Tsubahono vibes too. Tsubasa, especially in her debut. Is presented as extremely confident. Sheās also presented as having a good balance of friendliness and seriousness. Which I believe theĀ āreal intentionsā andĀ āseriousnessā lines are meant to convey. As I mentioned before, she simultaneously wants to pursue a relationship with Honoka but also competition. Her confidence as well as these sides of her are very explicitly shown in the episode Shocking Party appears in too.Ā Ā āLeaving it to someone else is no good.ā also ties into this, as Tsubasa really takes this to heart in this episode. She goes out there and basically sweeps Honoka off of her feet and taking her into UTX. Rather than leaving it to someone else, she took it upon herself to reach out to her and the rest of Muse. And the last line is the same as what I mentioned about Honoka being the protagonist. Sheās Tsubasaās central focus, everyone else is unrelated.
An extra thing, not exactly supporting TsubaHono but its gay. The song constantly mentionsĀ āCharming Venus.ā So, thatās pretty gay, constantly referencing a charming Goddess of Beauty in a romantically themed song isnāt something you can explain heterosexually.
Anyhow, going back to fitting the song into canon. I havenāt spoken enough about that yet. Tsubasa has known about Muse since the end of Season One. And sheās clearly highly interested in Honoka by the time they meet in Season Two, Episode Three. So I donāt think itās too unreasonable to assume she developed quite the crush on Honoka. And so she writes Shocking Party, a song dedicated to these feelings and where she wants to go with them. And then she goes out to meet Honoka and Muse, helping to bring the dream she had written a song about into reality. Iām not sure how well Iām explaining this, but I think it makes sense.
TLDR; Shocking Party is a Tsubahono song. It fits into canon with Tsubasa having a huge crush on Honoka and writing a big gay song in an attempt to win her over.