I was honestly expecting an intense competition between school idols before I watch the show. It did have one but its safe to say that it wasn't the main point of the show. The music wasn't bad in fact I really love some of them especially "A song for you! you? you!!" and "Snow Halation". But the way it was presented it almost feel like they focused more in the dance which makes sense since they're idols, pretty standard for an idol.
Their performance is good its replicatable in real life but it always felt lacking on something imo. Some of their performance isn't as lively as how I would expect an idol to be. Their performance isn't boring or bad in some way its just that the way it is animated didn't give emphasis to their performance. The way their performance is presented focused on the choreography of the dance itself, The performance are realistic its not overexaggerating. its almost as if it was performed by actual people. which could be a good thing for some people. But I'm more on the flashy and iconic type that is almost a music video type of animation. So I'd say it would be better if there are more flashing lights, visual effects, and livelier performance. which what the Love Live Nijigisaki Gakuen was able to pull off
It does have CGI but it isn't as horrendous as the ones typically seen in standard shonen. I'd describe the CGI as similar to a video game type.
Overall its a chill SoL with lovable characters. The characters in this anime has to be one of its strong points. Each of them has their own personality and tropes and overtime they feel like they're needed for the show. Muse just won't be the same even just one of them is gone. oh yea and Kotori Minami is hot
