Manakan and Ozeki "cover" Koi wa Magnet.



This is my favorite of the recent One on One releases, despite it basically being a self cover.

PV for "Pink Temperature" is live.



This has a turn-of-the-century Jpop vibe to it. Give it a hard eurobeat rhythm and it could've been a Hinoi Team single.

So H!P does still release singles. Who knew? Seriously though, I don't know what's going on with UF, because it will be a full six months between this and "RED LINE." Half a year between singles feels a bit like slow-motion seppuku for a company with six full-time groups. We're going on a ...

Riko Yamagishi found a gig!

Tsubaki Factory did shows with a live band recently, and yesterdays HaroSte showed their performance of "Namida no Heroine Kouban Geki"



Saorin and Tofu kinda go off here.

This was hard, because all of the A-sides are good. I'm probably gonna cast the only vote for "Koishiteru Toki wa Itsumo...," but eff it, it's sooo good.

This is gonna be so much easier than when I did the BeriKyuu March Madness back in 2017 (sadly, the main thread for that was lost in the Great BBS Downtime of 2021) because I know most of these songs now, and have grown to love a lot of them. This round was a cinch. "Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yuk...

ME:I debut single 4/17



A 6-person songwriting team is not a great sign.

The Biyo Round 1 Final is live! Six votes to move seven songs to the next round. Y'all have been great so far sending exactly seven songs to each successive round, so let's keep that up!

You thought the first two groups were tough? This is gonna be a nightmare,

Looks like the COVERS series returned three weeks ago, lol. Karin and Ozeki sing ZYX's 2nd single "Shiroi TOKYO"



So this is kinda cool. I like that they're going deep into H!P history, but I feel like this song needs a full group to really pop.

Oops! I keep forgetting about these threads. Posted in the OG thread, but I'll put it here, too.

Now what the hell is "spancall"? Google won't believe me when I tell it I'm not searching for "spam call". Yeah, I wonder if it's a stylized spelling of some non-English word a la "Angerme"? The return of the COVERS -One on One- series slipped under our collective rada...

I'll spoiler the results for those who just want the deets right meow 3/30 Juice=Juice & BEYOOOOONDS Premium Solo: Hirayama Yuki Trio: Ikuta Erina Kawamura Ayano Kitahara Momo Quartet: Yumigeta Ako Tamenaga Shion Arisawa Ichika Endo Akari 3/30 ANGERME Premium Solo: Takase Kurumi Duo: Ebata Kisak...

DonJuan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:08 am The song fits Manakan really well imo. I like it. Sounds somewhat retro even?

You know how we often refer to some H!P songs as sounding "very H!P"? This song sounds very M-line. I could see literally any M-line soloist from Risamaru to Airi singing this one.

I hope this was recorded for release. I love it when H!P groups perform with live bands.

Yeah, having to vote against some really great songs right out of the gate, which means next round is gonna be really tough.

Beyooooonds Round 1 Group 2 poll is now live! Same as in Group 1, you get six votes to move 7 songs to the Biyo Final, after which the winners will compete against songs from other groups. All three of you who voted along with me produced two ties totaling seven songs, so well done there! If a tie p...

Manakan's first solo track and video -- "Attouteki LØVE" -- just dropped on YT. It's very pink.

Interesting. I saw that she was doing a solo show, so a lot of people were speculating that this might happen. I don't know how much of the ZOC drama was real vs click-bait, but it looked pretty crazy either way.

Ouch! That sucks.

I'm pretty sure all of these songs can be found on Youtube with their romanized titles.

The only MM graduations that would surprise me is 15th gen and newer. I expect Ayu or Erina to announce this year, if not both, unless both are gunning to surpass Yuko's oldest serving member title.

Beyooooonds Round 1, Group 1 poll is now live! You get six votes to move the top seven to the Biyo Round 1 final. If there are ties, I'll move all of them to the next round where you'll have more options, but fewer votes.

Damn...

This idea was inspired by the conversation in the Reina Ichioka graduation thread. Hoshibe Sho might be in a bit of a slump, but he's responsible for a large chunk of the post-Tsunku H!P classics, so I was gonna do a March Madness type tournament of all his H!P compositions. As the poll functionalit...

Here's another thing to consider: We haven't heard too many legit bangers from Hoshibe in the last calendar year. Biyo's "Motome yo... Unmei no Tabibito San" came out last April and MM's "Wake Up Call" last October, and that's pretty much it from my perspective. Of those, "M...

Well this sucks. She was clearly nearing the end, having just celebrated her 25th birthday, but going out with SGS (Sudden Graduation Syndrome) is just salt in the wound. She deserved way better than this, and I hope her health eventually improves to the point where she can take her place in M-line ...

Nothing against S/mileage, who I've come to love, but I intended this as an Anju only exercise.