The Biyo Round 1 Final is live! Six votes to move seven songs to the next round. Y'all have been great so far sending exactly seven songs to each successive round, so let's keep that up!

You thought the first two groups were tough? This is gonna be a nightmare,

Looks like the COVERS series returned three weeks ago, lol. Karin and Ozeki sing ZYX's 2nd single "Shiroi TOKYO"



So this is kinda cool. I like that they're going deep into H!P history, but I feel like this song needs a full group to really pop.

Oops! I keep forgetting about these threads. Posted in the OG thread, but I'll put it here, too.

Now what the hell is "spancall"? Google won't believe me when I tell it I'm not searching for "spam call". Yeah, I wonder if it's a stylized spelling of some non-English word a la "Angerme"? The return of the COVERS -One on One- series slipped under our collective rada...

I'll spoiler the results for those who just want the deets right meow 3/30 Juice=Juice & BEYOOOOONDS Premium Solo: Hirayama Yuki Trio: Ikuta Erina Kawamura Ayano Kitahara Momo Quartet: Yumigeta Ako Tamenaga Shion Arisawa Ichika Endo Akari 3/30 ANGERME Premium Solo: Takase Kurumi Duo: Ebata Kisak...

DonJuan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:08 am The song fits Manakan really well imo. I like it. Sounds somewhat retro even?

You know how we often refer to some H!P songs as sounding "very H!P"? This song sounds very M-line. I could see literally any M-line soloist from Risamaru to Airi singing this one.

I hope this was recorded for release. I love it when H!P groups perform with live bands.

Yeah, having to vote against some really great songs right out of the gate, which means next round is gonna be really tough.

Beyooooonds Round 1 Group 2 poll is now live! Same as in Group 1, you get six votes to move 7 songs to the Biyo Final, after which the winners will compete against songs from other groups. All three of you who voted along with me produced two ties totaling seven songs, so well done there! If a tie p...

Manakan's first solo track and video -- "Attouteki LØVE" -- just dropped on YT. It's very pink.

Interesting. I saw that she was doing a solo show, so a lot of people were speculating that this might happen. I don't know how much of the ZOC drama was real vs click-bait, but it looked pretty crazy either way.

Ouch! That sucks.

I'm pretty sure all of these songs can be found on Youtube with their romanized titles.

The only MM graduations that would surprise me is 15th gen and newer. I expect Ayu or Erina to announce this year, if not both, unless both are gunning to surpass Yuko's oldest serving member title.

Beyooooonds Round 1, Group 1 poll is now live! You get six votes to move the top seven to the Biyo Round 1 final. If there are ties, I'll move all of them to the next round where you'll have more options, but fewer votes.

Damn...

This idea was inspired by the conversation in the Reina Ichioka graduation thread. Hoshibe Sho might be in a bit of a slump, but he's responsible for a large chunk of the post-Tsunku H!P classics, so I was gonna do a March Madness type tournament of all his H!P compositions. As the poll functionalit...

Here's another thing to consider: We haven't heard too many legit bangers from Hoshibe in the last calendar year. Biyo's "Motome yo... Unmei no Tabibito San" came out last April and MM's "Wake Up Call" last October, and that's pretty much it from my perspective. Of those, "M...

Well this sucks. She was clearly nearing the end, having just celebrated her 25th birthday, but going out with SGS (Sudden Graduation Syndrome) is just salt in the wound. She deserved way better than this, and I hope her health eventually improves to the point where she can take her place in M-line ...

Nothing against S/mileage, who I've come to love, but I intended this as an Anju only exercise.

First listen impressions are that this will eventually be my least favorite TF album, or it will be my favorite to date. Shojou's descriptions are almost exactly what I was thinking while hearing the songs for the first time, although I'll add that "EZPZ" sounds like a group challenge song...

I don't know that we've ever done one of these for Angerme, but if we did it was forever ago, so let's rank your favorite Anju songs! We like ranking shit, right? RIGHT? Anyway, I'm doing my top 20, but feel free to include as many or as few as you like. I'm not the boss of you! I thought about doin...

Two days from release and I've not seen a single radio rip for any of the album tracks.

Man, I hope Ozeki gets good songs as opposed to 3rd-tier off-the-rack mid-tempo snoozers, because I really dig her voice. It's hard to tell how UF is gonna handle new M-line girls, especially when they weren't A-listers in H!P. And damn, I hope Yuka recovers alright. Anything related to the spine is...

Honestly, you could pin it down to Reina's leadership. EDM as the MM guide star was the run from "Renai Hunter" through "Brainstorming." Starting with the Wagamama/Gundan single the songs used EDM elements as opposed to EDM arrangements for the most part.

Not my favorite song, but I love that M-line is getting a gig like this, and I would LOVE if this would become at least a semi-permanent group, because it's awesome. Shit, given how thin H!P's release schedule is now, they could compete directly with H!P groups if UF wanted them to. Two songs per ye...

Well good thing these girls are so young then. Plenty of time to learn! True. H!P's recent track record wrt girls becoming at least serviceable singers is pretty good. Though honestly, listening to Akaringo's and Yokoyan's recording afterwards... nothing a good sound producer can't fix :ph34r: Ther...

Oh shit, ha ha! I posted my reaction to your opening comment just before leaving for work, and didn't see the footage until last night. My bad.