I've secretly wished for Shiina Ringo to compose a song for an H!P group for forever now.

Maria had a stage presence that most of her contemporaries other than Maa couldn't match consistently. There was a point around 202-ish where I though she was going to become a solid singer, but that passed along with covid, lol! In terms of personality, I found her to be mostly annoying, but I'm ...

Sweet. Summer gonna be packed with releases.

Live band performances are the best.

Zoe wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2026 3:45 pm So which baseball player is she dating?

j/k (... maybe)

I mean, it's not that far fetched.

Sakura powering through several English language tunes was impressive, considering she clearly doesn't understand most of what she's singing. I think the only one who could actually speak English was the dude in the suit, whose pronunciation was quite good.

Well, this is unexpected. I wonder what happened to push her ahead of Sakura? Either way, I've been done with Maria for a minute, so this is good news for me. We'll get a few months of charged-up Oda sans Maria to close out the year -- and this era of Morning Musume -- which should be awesome if ...

Y'all thought you were gonna get out of here without hearing More! Mi Amore? LOL, it's 2026, bitches! :silly:

That was pretty fun, though. I knew more of the Japanese songs than I thought I would, thanks to the many covers H!P has done through the years, and one that Shiina Ringo did, as well ...

J=J's performance on Music Station:

Tokyo Girl's Style is officially done.

https://twitter.com/TokyoGirlsStyle/status/2038966028294820251

They had a really strange run. Ayano leaving and the "We're not an idol group anymore, guys, we're artists " declaration kind of killed their magic. They still had a few good songs after that ...

And in other news, they had their last release event over the weekend and managed to jumped right back up into the Oricon charts at #2


I know that a lot of fans are taking the piss out of the extreme promotion of More! Mi Amore, but this is what having a hit looks like in 2026. I don't blame ...

The AI channels have slowed down their output quite a bit, and most of the more recent stuff isn't really worthy of mentioning, but this Hello Cover channel KPop version of OCHA's Peek a Boo is pretty good. I suppose this could be seen as lazy, since the original is obviously pretty KPop in and of ...

Meisa singing Imasugu Tobikomu Yuuki



She's got a bit of Maa in her voice, no? I like it, and she's a pretty good dancer, too. I think MM got a good one here.

From last year's Shindan test:

After watching the HinaFes 6-nin MM performances, I wish it was Maria leaving instead of Sakura. Oda seemed to be having more fun on stage than I can ever remember with the small, younger lineup. Just free and easy and really happy. The energy from all of them was incredible.

About the KSS premium, hey, i love to see it :lol: We do have a bunch of former KSS among the current members, and they have great releases that other groups can cover. On top of that, the current roster is pretty exciting. That being said... I wouldn't be surprised if some of them debuted this ...

Juice=Juice world domination continues apace with a Music Station appearance next month.

BaBaBa is another Indian themed song for Anju. It's a bit more serious than Acha Acha, although it would be tough to be less serious than that, lol!

So both Maria and Miki missed the 3/20 HinaFes shows, leaving MM as a 6-nin unit, and they were the most fun MM sets I've seen in years. Homatan and Haru got some much deserved burn, and Sakura seemed especially fired up. I really love this lineup, to the point where I'd be cool with it sustaining ...

The verse has a platinum era vibe, but the rest is very modern H!P.

Graduation is set for June 16th. Announced at HinaFes Tsubaki-Biyo Premium.

Just announced at the HinaFes Tsubaki-Biyo Premium: Momohime to return for Spring tour.

I suspect that until the first n00b has appeared on an official release, those added after her will be also be considered 18th gen, at least until the next release.

The way the translation read sure made it seem like this was first, with more to be announced later. Could be that they're gonna dip into the KSS after the Shindan test.

Another MV for Yuhane: "moshimo"

(not that Moshimo)



I kinda like this, except for the fact that none of the resolutions feel complete. They're all a bit uncomfortable for a pop song.

It's wild how YT decides when to recommend certain videos to me. I didn't go to bed until well after midnight last night, and was on YT most of the night, but this didn't hit my recommends until this morning, lol!

Pretty catchy H!P funk, but it does feel like the instrumental is only operating at ...

About the KSS premium, hey, i love to see it :lol: We do have a bunch of former KSS among the current members, and they have great releases that other groups can cover. On top of that, the current roster is pretty exciting. That being said... I wouldn't be surprised if some of them debuted this ...

Does anyone know if the box is reset for each group, or is it completely filled and emptied a little bit by each group? Because Biyo getting three solos is... odd. :lol: My first reaction was "Oh, this was set up to feature Biyo in their final Hina Fes," but it's probably just wild chance.

Both ...

Yuhane dropped her 4th digital single yesterday, "Kaimaku Zen'ya"



Also, her debut EP POCKET comes out in a couple of weeks.

It's region-blocked, so I downloaded it and posted to my account.

I'm surprised that anyone is leaving before Ami, lol. I always liked Mao, even before I really fully bought into TF.