[03.28.2018] Kobushi Factory 5th Single - Kore Kara da! / Ashita Tenki ni Naare

[aine]

Reg A wins but they're all surprisingly non-bad (some less so than others).

[MejraThea]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="213021" data-time="1519955502"><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Thea" data-cid="213019" data-time="1519954915">
So Hirose's also a side-of-the-line girl, huh. Interesting.</blockquote>
With only five people, yeah.</blockquote>


You can say "with only five people, yeah" but it doesn't change the fact that she's the next side-liner after the others were gone.


Speaking of whom, I miss. If they were going to do a C-ute vibe the 5 works, but the way Kobushi was really flattered their number. Sigh.

[Meikochi]

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So Hirose's also a side-of-the-line girl, huh. Interesting.</blockquote>With only five people, yeah.</blockquote>You can say "with only five people, yeah" but it doesn't change the fact that she's the next side-liner after the others were gone.


Speaking of whom, I miss. If they were going to do a C-ute vibe the 5 works, but the way Kobushi was really flattered their number. Sigh.</blockquote>Quite agreeing with you.


Edit : But I know I pay particularly attention to it because Ayaka is one of my all H!P favorite.

This doesn't change the fact I realize now better than when they were 8 what you said in your 2nd sentence though.

[DonJuan]

https://mobile.twitter.com/f9f4702990cf48d/status/969974853661990917


Short MV preview.

[Anderei]

Hamaura, Inoue, and Wada recording vocals for Ashita Tenki

[Farrah]

I don't feel like Kobushi's music style really flatters a group with only five members, truthfully.  The bombastic, OTTness of most of their songs just calls for a larger group sound, in my opinion.  It's hard to imagine them performing Samba with only five of them, for instance.  

[Anderei]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Farrah" data-cid="213048" data-time="1520178203">
I don't feel like Kobushi's music style really flatters a group with only five members, truthfully. The bombastic, OTTness of most of their songs just calls for a larger group sound, in my opinion. It's hard to imagine them performing Samba with only five of them, for instance.</blockquote>


Yeah, but I feel like we have enough groups doing the more standard sound so it'd be disappointing to get yet another.

[DonJuan]

https://youtu.be/TLp_u9ZZBHw?t=47s


Ashita Tenki ni Naare H!S version.

The beginning is a bit weird but I like the song even though it's not a banger.

[Farrah]

Now, this song I actually DO think works with fewer members!  I hope they pursue this type of sound more instead of Kore Kara Da tracks.  It's got that Kobushi flavor without sounding like it needs a ton of singers to support the energy.

[Revangelis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCDuKgukB4
 
PV for Ashita Tenki is out.

[Mukuro]

I don't like the MV parts (mainly just the guy talking) but I love the song!

[WonderBuono]

The whole video was super cringey lol. Kinda reminded me of the intro to AKB's Koisuru Fortune Cookie with random English-speaking guy but actually worse.

[DonJuan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYnQxjC3dtk&feature=youtu.be&t=47s
 
Kore Kara da! Harusute version. 
I like it. The song is, again, not a banger, but the video seems quite nice. 
 
Generally speaking, this single sounds a bit like a statement. Nothing serious of course, but having Ashita Tenki ni Naare mention they had to go through some stuff lately and Kore Kara da dealing with rejection is a nice touch.
Could be reading too much into it, of course.

[momoirosaya]

I think it’s a banger. I’ve havent liked their last 2 singles after loving the first few, so I’m excited!

[DonJuan]

Oh, that's true. It's a step into the right direction.

[Anderei]

I like both songs a lot.

[Elpis]

I like both songs a lot as well. This is their first single in a while that I've actually liked.

[Purin-chama]

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Kore Kara da! Harusute version.

I like it. The song is, again, not a banger, but the video seems quite nice.


Generally speaking, this single sounds a bit like a statement. Nothing serious of course, but having Ashita Tenki ni Naare mention they had to go through some stuff lately and Kore Kara da dealing with rejection is a nice touch.

Could be reading too much into it, of course.</blockquote>
I felt like Ashita was like that too.

[Revangelis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNLkGUBMBM
 
Here is the PV for Kore Kara da!

[TicTacAnyone]

Ashita is meh at best for me. Kore Kara has a nice chorus but the rest isn't my taste.... I actually liked Tsubaki's most recent release quite a bit more. 
 
That's really sad coming from someone who really loved Kobushi (especially their album) and their rock sound. *Sigh*

[Madara]

In the MV for "Korekara da," they use the office plaza at Chiba City for the race scene. This location is used frequently for sentai and Kamen Rider fight scenes. I visited it when I was in Japan.
 

 

 

 

[DonJuan]

First day sales: 23,419 copies sold.

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2018-03-27/


It doesn't sound like much but it's in line with their previews releases, in fact it's their 2nd highest first day sales.

[Anderei]

It’s not bad considering how low key the promo has been.

[JPope]

Okay, last necro-bump, swearsies. This came out right after I disappeared.
 
I like "Kore Kara da" but there was something that just seemed off that I couldn't put my finger on. Farrah put hers on it for me:
 
[quote="Farrah"]
I don't feel like Kobushi's music style really flatters a group with only five members, truthfully.  The bombastic, OTTness of most of their songs just calls for a larger group sound, in my opinion.  It's hard to imagine them performing Samba with only five of them, for instance.  
[/quote]
 
Yup, this feels like a song for a group with at least two more girls to really work. It's good, though.
 
And "Ashita Tenki..."
 
[quote="Farrah"]
Now, this song I actually DO think works with fewer members!  I hope they pursue this type of sound more instead of Kore Kara Da tracks.  It's got that Kobushi flavor without sounding like it needs a ton of singers to support the energy.
[/quote]
 
Yup, totally agree, and this is a style of Jpop, when well done, that gets me every time. I love this. It's timeless. This could have been recorded by any number of J-girl groups over the past 15 years and fit into its era. Yeah, the video is cheesy as fuck, but the concept of re-introducing Kobushi Factory is solid. This is my favorite H!P song of 2018 so far.