Hello!News Network :: 2023; 25 Years of Noisy Girls!

[DonJuan]

Funaki Musubu's graduation date has been announced: It takes place on 6/12 at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama (like Karin's grad venue a brand new location which opens this April; capacity of 12,000 seats).
www.up-fc.jp/helloproject/news_Info.php?id=15396

[JPope]

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Thanks for that. The stream dropped about 30 seconds into that song, and didn't pick back up until the KSS were under way.
 
That song doesn't really suit Miyo. She's a powerhouse, and GNP requires a bit of subtlety and touch that she doesn't have. She's giving a lot of "bad bitch" -- which is her natural aura -- when what the song demands is "sultry." I love Miyo, but this was a poor selection to showcase her talent. 
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Country Girls' 5th anniversary live released on DVD recently, where Funakki did this song as well. She definitely displayed the right energy for it
 
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I'mma look for this.

[TheParuProject]

https://youtu.be/GnS3hYgKyiE Found it online, if you haven't already.

[JPope]

Thanks! Yeah, I like this more. 

[Solarblade]

Date for Karin's graduation is on 6/3
 
Also, Karin is singing a new song, "Mirai no Filament" that's being used as the theme of the SBS show Furusato no Mirai.

[JPope]

"BEYOOOOONDS will feature in a new show called “KURAGAE,” meant to advertise themselves to switch fans into supporting them. MCs are Speed Wagon’s Ozawa (H!M’s Ama~i judge) and Iikubo Haruna. Hoshibe Shou and DJ KOO are also set to appear over the two episode arc."
 
https://twitter.com/JPN_ENG_Kanda/status/1248073454001065984
 
 
"The article also points out during the first episode (to air on April 15th), they’ll be performing “a long-awaited new song” for the first time in full. It’s possible we’re getting an MV just prior to the episode."
 
https://twitter.com/JPN_ENG_Kanda/status/1248075587186352128

[DonJuan]

The long-avaited new song is... a commercial tie-in! They promote Kagome's "GO! ME" campaign, advertising the banana drink "ONE DAY".
 
30 sec CM: https://youtu.be/U7BuAxbpIMk
 
And, even better, a whole MV for their new song "Vitamin ME": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhJHUxQtnkM&t=0s
 
Special site is up: https://www.kagome.co.jp/campaign/go_me/, more videos to come.
 
The concept of Beyooooonds is working well. Seems like Up-Front finally has an act that catches the general audience again.

[AquaChan]

I was wondering how they keep on living the "meganeverse" in new concepts.
It works well, MV is cute, song is nice (even if it's a M song), the play on Okamura is also nice.

[momoirosaya]

It’s cute! Very idollike! Unfortunately not my style anymore so I probably won’t be listening to it a lot, but I’m glad H!P is getting big stuff for these girls.

[Anderei]

I thought the company name was familiar. This is the same company MM worked with before.


That drink sounds vile.

[DonJuan]

Banana juice is ok. I thought the vegetable juices MM promoted sounded worse.

[momoirosaya]

They all taste good!


Kagome is really popular here and I usually have one once a week or so haha.

They have pure vegetable juice (tomato base), but also a fruit vegetable mix which tastes like fruit juice.

[yuzuriha]

The tomato one was a staple for me when I lived in Japan.

[Mukuro]

Karin and Funakki's graduations are postponed. I believe both were originally set in June but they've cancelled all H!P concerts for the month of June.

[Anderei]

Funaki will never get to graduate at this rate.

[DonJuan]

Yupp, early June on top of that.
I'm quite happy that they still plan on letting the girls graduate in front of an audience. That probably means that no one else will announce their graduation for the time being, too.

[TicTacAnyone]

The girls probably figure it's not like they can go out and do any other jobs/hobbies atm, so might as well just wait it out and have a proper graduation. Honestly there's no rush for anything anymore, lol.

[DonJuan]

Yamazaki Mei's first (visual) photobook "Mei" announced for June 12.
E-Line up mall: https://www.elineupmall.com/c671/c181/c197/c199/20mei/
H!P: http://www.helloproject.com/news/11974/
 

Youtube preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B49N9j-8Ads&feature=emb_title
 
Lots of panda-san power. I'm a bit surprised since Rio actually named it her goal to get the fastest photobook in MM and I thought that Rio and Homare are more popular with the wota, but I'm not complaining.
Mei does seem very reliable.

[Anderei]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="DonJuan" data-cid="219613" data-time="1578656906">Haga Akane's first photobook announced, here's the youtube video about it: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://youtu.be/gBubMt64oHI' class="bbc_url" title="External link">https://youtu.be/gBubMt64oHI</a>

 

What a surprise. She's constantly very low on the popularity ranks yet she gets one before Miki. I'm not complaining, though.</blockquote>


Totally random, but I just remembered that I actually looked at the photo book rankings when hers came out and she ranked 10 and sold around 1.2-1.3k copies of her photobook.

[DonJuan]

That's surprisingly solid and absolutely decent for an H!P photobook.

[WonderBuono]

I am struggling so bad with remembering all these new members I just had to google which group Mei was from... oh dear. Cute previews, though!

[al kusanagi]

Yeah, I literally have no idea who any of them are.

[Anderei]

The new girls all kind of blend together. I looked at that Kagome page Beyooonds are on and they literally could just be MM lol. Size, clothing, hair, ect all matches up

[mrsross]

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The new girls all kind of blend together. I looked at that Kagome page Beyooonds are on and they literally could just be MM lol. Size, clothing, hair, ect all matches up</blockquote>


I did think Mei was in BEYOOOOOOONDS, for a sec.

[DonJuan]

All of Up Front comes together to sing in support of all those who work front line against the Corona virus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDGXCVCptg
 
In this video, first all Up Front artists (and associates; and Tsunku joins in as well) sing KAN's Ai wa Katsu (which they have also sung 2011 for the victims of the Tohoku earthquake).
Then, all current H!P artists sing Juice=Juice's Naite Ii Yo (with special dance shots by several members).
Lastly, all female artists (Up Front and current Hello! Project) sing Zard's Makenaide together. Makenaide has been something like a hymn for difficult times in Japan since the early 1990ies (having been released around the time the economy bubble bursted).

[yuzuriha]

OK but where the fuck is Risako
 
Also wow...Maria is really good at ballet, has she actually taken it? Did I miss that somehow?

[DonJuan]

I went to Up Front Promotion's website and Risako's profile is still there, but you're right, she's not in the video...
From what I've seen Murotan and Nomura Minami were also missing. The other Up Front Promotion artists were there (Sayumi, Chinami, Dawa, Ozeko).
 
Though to be fair it took me until the last performance to find Nacchi, too Rewatching the video I realized she's actually in the first performance, too.

[Zange]

If I had to guess, I'd say Risako probably wasn't able to record at home? Same probably applies for Murotan and Minami if they weren't there either

[DonJuan]

The first Beyooooonds member to get a photobook is - of course - Yuhane.
Her first photobook 夢羽 (Yuhane) will be released on June 25.
 
https://twitter.com/BEYOOOOONDS_/status/1258348855470338053

[DonJuan]

Up Front Link is now Hello! Project Link - and has been renewed! It's going to be the new information channel in English - hosted by Nonaka Miki.
https://www.facebook.com/upfrontlink/videos/941964222929046
 
Finally.