Morning Musume, 2ch leaks and sushi bars
A week ago, the Mo-wota (Morning Musume wota) leaked a backstage conversation between Hello! Pro girls Natsuyaki Miyabi and Tanaka Reina. They were talking about their upcoming singles. Miyabi was telling Reina that Berryz Kobo's new single would be about bento and Reina told her that Momusu's would be about sushi and would be titled "Appare! Kaitenzushi", to which Miyabi exclaimed "Tsunku-san is into food topics lately!".
Much to wota surprise, the conversation was no joke. With Tsunku you never know what's coming next, and Reina's words became true just yesterday when the new Morning Musume song was leaked... at a sushi bar. This is it:
(go to original site for the song)
At http://community.livejournal.com/aramathey...57.html?#cutid1
It seems that playing the song at sushi places was part of the song's promotion (buzz marketing). However, 2ch spent the night of the leak commenting how inappropriate this song was to be an A-side and that a triple graduation deserved a better song. Less than 24 hours after the leak, Up-Front sent out a fax stating that they were pushing back Momusu's 44th single from 10/13 to 11/17. Rumor has it that UFA higher-ups conceded it wouldn't be the best theme for a graduation single and hence the delay.
This story seems identical to another Momusu's mysterious episode exactly five years ago. "Koi wa Hassou Do The Hustle!" was originally to be released as the title track for their 28th single, but due to very poor 2ch feedback, was switched to the B-side instead. Then, "Chokkan 2", a second coming of their album song "Chokkan", took the A-side spot.
With a three months gap from now until the new release date, the faith of the sushi song is unknown. Stay tuned!
What?! Feel free to lock this thread if it is too "speculative" but
1. No one got a "graduation" song.
2. I don't remember what happened with Koi ha Hassou. Is this true?
3. I can't imagine the company cares that much. I thought they made all their money off of concerts anyhow.