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[showraniy]

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No, I do not want to see Konno sing ever.


Kei and Risa? Yes please!</blockquote>


Didn't wanna be the first to say it, but yep!


Risa is so gorgeous, it's ridiculous.

[yuzuriha]

I know Konno is not the best singer but she has always been one of my favorites (well not always, she is like the only member ever to go from the very bottom of my list up to a top three spot) so this makes me so happyyyy <3<3<3

[MejraThea]

Here is one of the videos from it, there are more on the channel.

[JPope]

Well that was pretty much what I expected. Kei and Risa both sounded great.
 
I wonder if Risa could have been a solo artist in a a different era, like 35+ years ago? She turned into a very good singer -- not great, but better than a lot of idols, and there are brief moments of greatness. I find her singing to be more pleasant to listen than most other ex-Musumes. And she's gorgeous. Unfortunately, she was born into an era where most idols are considered washed up by the time they reach legal drinking age.

[showraniy]

Wasn't that always the case though? I thought even Matsuda Seiko was considered washed up by the time she got to that magical marriageable age in japan.


I could be wrong, but I just figure japan likes its entertainment women married and retired by 25, and anyone older than that is just on the watch to be the next one to marry and retire.


Of course, there are plenty of older, even married women who still perform (I think the model who married Jin Akanishi still performs), but I just imagine they're the exception, not the rule.

[ShiroiChanUK]

[quote="Thea"]
Here is one of the videos from it, there are more on the channel.
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Gaki-san's "sexy beam" was really funny and cute lol
 
Ai-chan had an <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPsQP0 ... terview</a> for maidigitv :) It's about an upcoming stage play and her husband is also mentioned at some point :) I couldn't tell you if there's more to the interview than that sorry.

[JPope]

[quote="showraniy"]
Wasn't that always the case though? I thought even Matsuda Seiko was considered washed up by the time she got to that magical marriageable age in japan.


I could be wrong, but I just figure japan likes its entertainment women married and retired by 25, and anyone older than that is just on the watch to be the next one to marry and retire.


Of course, there are plenty of older, even married women who still perform (I think the model who married Jin Akanishi still performs), but I just imagine they're the exception, not the rule.
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My sense was that it was later than it is now, at least into the mid-20s, whereas now idols are often retired before they even reach 20. I admit I don't really know for sure, though.
 
I just think Risa, with her particular looks and her voice, would have been well suited to 1960s–1970s pop music.

[Shoujo Q]

Up-Front Kansai has a Youtube page. Thought you all might be interested in seeing what they have going on as far as music is concerned. 


Visit here.

[Anderei]

Abe's releasing a classical cover album:
 

 
Classical cover album "TOWARD THE LIGHT -Classical & Crossover-" 
2014.10.22 release
 
Leading song "Hikari e" (Toward the light)
Comes housed in a cardboard sleeve, with a "precious" booklet and a PV is planned.


CD only edition 3,024yen

CD+DVD edition 3,780yen
 
CD Tracklist:
01. Stand Alone

02. Rose

03. Yume Yaburete

04. Carnation

05. Sally Garden ~Kaze to Shoujo~

06. Green Sleeves ~Eien~

07. Watashi Dake ni

08. On my own

09. Kono Inori ~The Prayer~ *With Mochizuki Tetsuya*

10. Yume wa Hisoka ni

11. Hikari e *New song*

12. Shiro no Waltz *Christmas bonus track*

[arcobaleno]

I wonder if Kono Inori is going to be a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's song. The fact that there's a guy there really makes me wonder.

[pandapanda]

That cover is so lovely.  Looks like a perfume ad!

[Anderei]

Pour Lui from the recently disbanded but forever awesome group BiS is under UFP. She's in the Just Pro section where Koharu, Risa, Miki and Mano are.
 
It looks like she's been under their management for awhile, although BiS didn't disband until July.

[JPope]

Ballsy move singing classical arrangements where it's hard to hide your imperfections as a singer. Still, nice to see some OGs making records. I really wish Miki Fujimoto would record again.

[Zoe]

I Dreamed a Dream @ 5:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs7Sh6w8Brk

You can hear other songs sprinkled throughout, but the audio is clear at that part.

Don't know if I would call it as impressive as Kahala Tomomi's transformation, but it's definitely not what I was expecting.

[Farrah]

She sounds nice but I can't help spotting a lot of terrible technique in the video LOL lack of tall syllables, tight neck and jaw, etc.  I do think she has a nice tone for classical music, though.

[yuzuriha]

[quote="Farrah"]
She sounds nice but I can't help spotting a lot of terrible technique in the video LOL lack of tall syllables, tight neck and jaw, etc.  I do think she has a nice tone for classical music, though.
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I know, but she has always been kind of bad for technique.  Which is why I think this whole idea is crazy....

[Meikochi]

(I don't have words to comment the video of Nacchi.. Let's say it's just not my style)
 
After Mikitty, Aichan and Kohachan, Junjun created an Instagram account.

[JPope]

Abe is barely passable as a pop singer, so I don't know why anyone thought she would excel at classical. She sounds pretty rough, as should be expected. This will be as bad as that Jazz album that Kago released a few years ago.
 
BTW, when did she sign with Nippon Columbia? Has she left Up-Front?

[Anderei]

No, she's still with UpFront. I guess they just worked some deal to get her on a different label like they did with Kikka.

[Pi Mako]

Psh... whatever... I was REALLY impressed by Natsumi's classical singing... I'm not expecting some woman who's been trained for years to sing like this with imperfections, bad techniques and all, so to hear her as she was in the video, she sounded really good.  Good for her to try something like this!!!

[pandapanda]

[quote="Meikochi"]
(I don't have words to comment the video of Nacchi.. Let's say it's just not my style)
 
After Mikitty, Aichan and Kohachan, Junjun created an Instagram account.
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I knew Ai got an insta, but not the other two!  Do you have links to their accounts?

[Meikochi]

[quote="Samantha"]
 
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(I don't have words to comment the video of Nacchi.. Let's say it's just not my style)
 
After Mikitty, Aichan and Kohachan, Junjun created an Instagram account.
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I knew Ai got an insta, but not the other two!  Do you have links to their accounts?
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I only have a link to Koharu's one, sorry ^^'.
(someone on a French website told that so I thought it was true)

[AquaChan]

Ai-chan's is quite recent, but she posts a LOT.

[pandapanda]

I follow Ai and she definitely could use a tad restraint on posting everything 

[NekoKaiSai]

UP UP GIRLS' Sengoku Minami doing the ALS ice bucket challenge.
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[Anderei]

Kago's also got an instagram if anyone is interested.

[pandapanda]

Sweet.  Now I just need Miki and my H!P following will be perfect!

[NekoKaiSai]

Here's Miki's.

[Anderei]

Takahashi is releasing a 2nd style book, although given her recent track record, I'm not sure sure I want her advice. Release is 9/13.
 

[sayu1991]

I've never thought that Ai had a good fashion sense. At all.