Is it common for OCD to either develop or go undiagnosed until one's mid 30s? Anyway, I hope Sayu gets it under control. The new episode of M-line Music includes an Avenger trio of Karin, Manakan and Ruru doing "Love Like Crazy." https://youtu.be/hssWGXiFBDY?t=623 Remember being on pins an...

Here's a Twitter thread that translates Take-chan's comments on Kassa from her radio show. https://twitter.com/MEI__HQ/status/1739815974436798733 https://twitter.com/MEI__HQ/status/1739815979570573561 https://twitter.com/MEI__HQ/status/1739815983018291294 https://twitter.com/MEI__HQ/status/173981598...

Ha ha! I had a thought that this might happen.

This is primarily to restock the KSS pond, but UF has shown that they'll debut someone immediately if they see something special, and Tsubaki is definitely next in line. I also worry about Biyo because of their age, and my desire is to ride it out with this lineup until the end. I can't help but thi...

This feels like a necro-bump, but it's actually just news. The Google translation of the official tweet mentions something about a 5th interview, but I suspect we'll hear results not too far into the new year.

I saw this as a down year for H!P overall, but there were a few gems. My top 10 would rank pretty high any year, but it starts to slip after that. I expected Anju's album tracks to place higher, because I gave it a pretty good review, but I kept dropping them down during the sorting process. I suppo...

Here's all of the H!P congratulatory posts I liked on Twitter. https://twitter.com/IceQreamVicky/status/1736008180209975720 https://twitter.com/IceJiggly/status/1736051537468916046 https://twitter.com/IceJiggly/status/1736053055450431907 https://twitter.com/K_KAEDEofficial/status/1735947031628398848...

Hoshibe Sho would like you to have a Merry Christmas by bungee jumping, apparently.

Also does anyone know if any of Momona’s former Angerme group mates have posted about her? (Are they even allowed to?) I know Moe did. Anju had a talking gig somewhere during the finale, and according to guy who was there, they postponed one of the sessions so the girls could watch the final rankin...

Rikako on the next Produce 101 season? :lol: Not gonna lie, that thought briefly crossed my mind, lol. If she had the opportunity to do a show like that, she'd be tough to beat. Which also makes me wonder when all the MM girls are going to graduate. The other groups have their members with the high...

"Souda! We're ALIVE" with Nacchi, Kei, Mari, Rika, Nono, Ai-butt, Sayumi, Reina, Eripon, Daishi, Oda and Nonaka. This is actually really good. I mean, everyone sounds good here. https://youtu.be/O_q0Slvuej8?t=510 And speaking of the OGs: https://twitter.com/InfoMusume/status/17330808312985...

From Tokyo Hive : "I've encountered something that excites me from the bottom of my heart, which is 'to express.' One of my reasons for graduating is that I wanted to know more about a different side of me. As much as I have grown in Hello! Project, which I love so much, I strongly felt the des...

DonJuan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:45 am Mukidashi and Utakata, two of the best songs in the last decade.

Totally. What's wild about the Fukumura Era is how so many of the singles are middle-of-the-pack but the albums are among the best.

Strong Kobushi vibe on this.

Solarblade wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:53 am
- Power Flower ~Ima Koso Ichigan to Nare~ (Power Flower ～今こそ一丸となれ～)

UF been reading my blog.

The final 11 have been selected. Meet ME:I https://i.imgur.com/1VYV5ZQ.jpg I didn't realize the live show started so early, and by the time I started looking for a stream, they were already well into the ranking. I couldn't find a stream in any of the usual places, so I just went to twitter to see w...

From Fuku's penultimate concert, "Shabondama" with Kei, Mari, Rika, Tsuji, Ai-butt, Sayumi and Reina.



Tsuji and Mari sound like they haven't sung in ages, lol.

Ha ha!

There are a couple of girls who are definitely gonna get cut that I think are way better than a lot of the current top eleven, but I'm shit with remembering names. Well, not so fast! Some crazy movement in the latest rankings, and the one girl who I was sure was gonna get cut is now in a decent pos...

Those covers are garish af, but it's high-end garish, lol. The title graphic is about the only thing that misses the mark for me, because the photos and styling are great, and they're just overall fun covers.

I don't see as many MM lives as I do from the other groups, but Yokoyan definitely sounded better than I can ever remember at Fuku's grad concert, and she got a lot of solo lines. It could just be that she had a good night, but the fact that they put so much on her plate to begin with leads me to be...

More evidence that Juice=Juice is where middling singers go to git gud. Sakura and Yume join Risamaru and Bitter & Sweet on C-ute's "Tsugi no Kado wo Magare," and Sakura sounds legit. Kudo has improved steadily since she debuted and also sounds better than ever, but Sakura's growth has...

I don't remember that, either. It's a pretty nice version, especially that last chorus. Not sure why dude's voice is so buried in the mix, though.

I didn't get that feeling, but it might be because I only saw the episode-edited performances. I wasn't blown away by any of the songs, either. They all feel very off-the-rack Kpop to me, and that's not the fault of any of the girls. There are a couple of girls who are definitely gonna get cut that ...

Sweet! Their FC event from 2018 was awesome.

Just a few songs in, and I think you're right. That half-sepia shit in Wake-Up Call was annoying af. Oh, there's more of that where that came from lol It's really the nonsense camera angles and rapid switching that grinds my gears though. Ha ha! Yeah, it seemed like the director decided "I'm g...

Just a few songs in, and I think you're right. That half-sepia shit in Wake-Up Call was annoying af.

Zoe wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:06 pm Man, the director for the live stream sucks

Just sitting down to watch it now, but this has been an issue for a while now. It's like the network sends in the C-team to run H!P broadcasts.

Yeah, they're going harder with Kiki than I thought they would, but she's pulling it off better than I thought, too. The real test will be her first original single, though. I'm really curious to see how they handle Fuku. The one solo song she got was underwhelming, but I didn't think that song was ...

Kiki with a new cover, this time "Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai" by Nanase Aikawa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHVUK6jS9WY Like her Platonic Planet, this is better than I would expect from Kiki, but unlike PP there's no real substitute for rock n' roll power and attitude here, and while...