man lol. Reading Sakura’s recent blog post musing over what being an even idol really means anymore after Sayuki’s sudden departure, I immediately thought of Kago. She’s been such a victim of circumstance and having typical growing pains and dumb mistakes of young adulthood publicized, and despite i...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="DonJuan" data-cid="221788" data-time="1613401956"> ^I absolutely agree. At times like these I think they should revive the Elder Club: Idols who are older and allowed to date and marry. Especially at this point it...

h!p really still be living in the dark ages with this stuff still huh

[quote="JPope"] Aibon sings Shiina Ringo's "Marunouchi Sadistic. " This is total fucking catnip for the JPope, lol. I swear to god, this is the Kago I've wanted since she left H!P, because this sort of music suits her voice so well. I kinda wish she'd cut loose a little more -- n...

lol felt compelled to come out of lurking just to post about how disappointing and bad this release is. Maybe the other track will be better (the styling is cute, at least) but I'm pretty much out of hope for MM entirely at this point. It just feels like for years on end now they've been recycling t...

[quote="DonJuan"] Sakura and Sayuki both covered MISIA's Aitakute Ima.   Sakura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOLMFcxMvjE Sayuki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr7g6NKFLxY   I wonder if this is a teaser for their cover summer concerts. [/quote]   holy shit lol. Sakura's is like pitch-...

these covers are really nice lol

yikers. i feel like at this point they should just have another renaming/rebranding because it’s just not going to feel like the same group at all with so many core girls all gone within one year.

wow did i really write Moto? I shouldn’t wine and H!P at the same time lol

Is Airi Suzuki the "most successful" post-graduation soloist? I know some like Moto and Tsuji and Yaguchi have maintained some semblance of relevancy after graduation in entertainment, but I can't recall anyone else maintaining a music career as well as she has so far

BEYOOOOONDS - they outsell MM and continue doing well with no major incident or graduation MM - still no Mizuki graduation - Chisaki announces struggle with chronic condition and announces graduation - Ikuta bounces - H!P, shook by the unpredictable revelation that a group they actually invested tim...

welp. RIP to a great group and Musubu, my favorite H!P girl in recent memory. wah

ugh, I love Lovepedia. This is the first single from MM since Jama Shinaide that I've played on repeat. The three new girls really give me like, 4th gen vibes (maybe because Mei's look and voice reminds me a lot of Tsuji/Kago? idk she's just adorable lol) and they've invigorated my faith in an event...

uh, yikes, that definitely gave some context to the outrage lol.   as a non-Japanese speaker, it's not often I get insight into how the general j-netz feel about an idol that hasn't had like a scandal necessarily, so it was like naively surprising for me to hear such strong opinions on her tenure wi...

[quote="DonJuan"] https://youtu.be/nhBpY8RHUh4 This week's HaroSute has previews to the two other MVs. I really dig the idea of LovePedia. Ningen looks like a Tsubaki MV but the music doesn't fit lol. [/quote]   ...LovePedia might be able to persuade me to forgive Ningen's video and K&...

The video reminds me in some ways of the Koi wa Magnet MV, probably because of the similar vintage aesthetic/elements. I also love the bit of DnB action throughout the song also. TB is such a good group lol

[quote="JPope"]   <div>The short PV for " Dakishimerarete Mitai " was shown on the most recent Hello Pro Station.</div> <div> </div> <div>This is the better of the two songs in just about every respect for me.</div>   [/quote] dang and the video is honestly really nice too (for h...

[quote="DonJuan"]
Radio rip to to Ningen Kankei No Way Way.
 
I feared this would happen. I like the arrangement of NinKei much better than LovePedia.
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me too LOL ugh

This release solidified that for me that MM is like, the back-burner girl group for H!P now. It's been weird to observe over the past few years all of the life and creativity the group once had be funneled into literally every other group. They also consistently seem to get these songs that bop at t...

we found the MM MV budget!!!! I feel like if these songs and videos came from any idol company other than H!P they’d seem just kinda whatever lol. They were cute and it was a good debut I think. I liked the theater-esque theme of Megane no Otokonoko and I’d like to see them expand on that more in fu...

These girls are quite cute! Aesthetically I think they’re good picks for the group. Kind of going back to why MM is so disappointing right now lol, what stood out to me about Riho and Masaki in reading their 20th Anniversary interviews is they were not really fans of or interested in Morning Musume ...

but a Morning Musume ‘19 DISAPPOINTING ☆ DISAPPARTY would be so on brand

waow Harunan cameo was a pleasant surprise, feel like I haven’t seen H!P do something like that since S/mileage’s Bijin Mama (please correct me if i’m wrong), i wish they’d have OG cameos more often. She looks gorgeous also, what’s up with MM girls reaching their peak aesthetic only once they gradua...

excited for this video!! I’m assuming the latter half is going to be a dance with the outfits from the album covers, so I’m interested to see how they tie this together.

I really want to like this one, especially because I genuinely love classic MM funk, but I’m not sold on this :( The “rap” bits seemed so out of place and kind of lyrically lazy (by contrast I feel like Jealousy Jealousy combined these elements much much better), and the intro bit being used as a br...

I like these covers actually, they’re simple but eye-catching.

I gave Accha Accha so much side eye when they initially announced the concept... wow happy to admit I was wrong lol. This song is an ear worm and it’s really nice to see a H!P MV with a concept and production quality. Angerme has been generally consistent in good songs and members that have really b...

Holy shit lol. 16 year old me is living.

I’m also in agreement that unless somebody is doing something incredibly egregious/illegal, I don’t think the personal tribulations of artists or musicians should be public knowledge unless they want it to be. It’s sad that so many have their career jeopardized and their public image tarnished by so...

i’m uh concerned by that first one lol