So basically you guys are itching to hear a live ver? hahaha

[quote="Saya"]
This feels like a short set list for a concert tour.
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I immediately thought this, but then doubted myself and didn't post it.... Glad to see it wasn't just me, lol.

I was alright for me, but Kobayashi's talk-singing kept reminding me of other Jpop songs.... I couldn't quite place it on just one song, but sort of a blend of (old school) Momoiro and some 2010-ish anime ops/eds lol. I ended up finding myself trying to see what it reminded me of, and getting frustr...

[quote="Shoujo Q"] I bet she rolled her ankle when dancing and though she’d be fine. It’s always because of a rolled ankle. With the shoes they wear It’s a wonder it doesn’t happen more often. [/quote]   Based on how she dances/walks while performing, I wouldn't be surprised if it was some...

Oh girl her voice sounded so painful.... Why did it take them so long to announce and help her :(
 
I'll edit the main post to add her.
 
Edit: Also, wtf the CG curse is still alive and well... Looking at the list, 4 out of the 7 members listed are from Country Girls... lol....

[quote="TheParuProject"] I remember seeing this and being bothered lol. I expected Kurumi in the bridge, but I also thought people would get bumped up by a line to keep it in order of seniority. So her getting Yamakki's line was strange to me. Also, Takechan sharing a lead role with Mizuki...

She's released short ver for songs on the album:
 
Butai
 
My Dream Goes On
 
Magic in the Air
 
Mukei Yuukei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6OZsuMFoCc   Reina is sooo cute whenever she gets to talk about trains.... So when she gets to be the ambassador for a new train, even better :)   You could tell how happily overwhelmed she was. Reina's really grown on me over the past few months. I mean she really ...

She's got good bones to stay as a dedicated leader--she trained under Ayaka who was a leader under pressure for 10 years. And of course she has cousin Maimi who was a leader for 11 years. So she's got good resources to reach out to for advice.   It's now up to her willpower to trudge through what ma...

I was just curious about how many girls we're actually losing, so I went and looked...   From March 2019->approx April 2020, H!P will lose a total of 14 girls, 2 groups (CG and Kobushi.)   This puts 2019 at a total loss of 7 girls, with 2020 already at 7 of already known grads (future grads in the y...

LOL, can you blame her?   S/mileage was seen as "lower-than" by staff when formed. They suddenly were told a 2nd gen would be added (the first group besides MM to have multiple gens [okay okay, well... the first true "group," not just subunits and stuff]) and lost two members. Th...

[quote="Saya"] Maybe they were trying to push her to wait till the Fall concert and she didn’t want to? Could be an issue of when her contract ends like Riho. [/quote]   I mean looking at the timeline, Riho's seemed to make sense... She found out she won the audition December 21st and was ...

So weird.    They announce Murotan's graduation 2 months from grad date, but she says she's been considering it since 2018.   They postpone the graduation of a member who announced her grad 5 months prior to her grad date (Funaki, announced October 19th, 2019 to graduate March 2020.)   She's graduat...

[quote="DonJuan"] There hasn't been an official announcement but it seems like Chisaki has (or had, not sure how she is now) major vocal troubles. [/quote]   Now that you say that... is that why she sounded like she did at the CG grad? I mean she's not a good singer but she sounded like sh...

Here's all the songs from her new album:   Dissolution   Stronger   Trick   Bye Bye   Parallel Date  ~Airi helped write/compose   Kimagure  ~Airi helped write/compose   Hanauta ~Airi helped write/compose   Betsu no Hito no Kanojo ni Natta yo   Watashi no Migiawa  ~Airi helped write/compose     Airi ...

[quote="JPope"] Her second album flopped compared to her debut, though. (I should bother myself to listen to it at some point, lol)   [/quote]   You totally should... She has really changed how she sings (intonation and stuff) and it's really interesting. I really like it. I guess she got ...

[quote="JPope"] I'm glad that Taguchi didn't carry any spite with her after leaving. She was always my favorite when she was there, because even if she was one of the weaker singers and dancers, she wasn't so bad that she was a nuisance, and she was 50% of the group's personality all by he...

Same! I have no idea about music, so it's nice to see it described (instruments, beats, sounds, etc.) Helps give me some idea of what-is-what on the technical side.   I have to agree with your views on all three songs, as usual. I hated KOKORO & KARADA at first.... But what I've come to find out...

Double posting because I watched Mou Iccho's video today.... They post a bunch of idol stuff. Anyway, the host has worked with all of the current H!P groups, but years ago had Kobushi Factory on and he really liked Taguchi and the TaguRena duo. He ended up having them come on the show separately. Ev...

[quote="Sayu"]
Fujimoto Miki is about to pop with a little girl too. I follow her on Instagram.
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Time to form a new OG sub-unit, Morning Mama.

Speaking of babies.... maybe I was just MIA or off in la-la land.... But I had no idea Ogawa Rena had a baby back in June. And the fact that Risako's baby is about to turn 2 in a few months is mind-boggling.

Shimizu Saki crashed Tsubaki's release event to announce they're getting a Concert Hall tour. Looks like it starts in April/May?

Apparently Honoka can draw... wow....

Loved your blog posts, Jpope. Similar to how I felt about Kobushi. I'm nervously curious about what they will actually end up doing with Rei.     I was thinking about Kobushi, and was comparing them in my mind to their "spirit group," Berryz. I felt like Berryz got so much more in their fi...

Well I mean from her Twitter it seems she had some (minor) differing opinions to management, lol. I'm not surprised. But it seemed like she got quite a bit of work over the past 4 years. She's credited with lyrics for 13 H!P songs from 2016 onwards, with a majority of them coming from this (2019) ye...

Morning Musume: -3 grad announcements by the end of the year. Idk with all the Olympic stuff this year if they'll push the actual grad dates to next year, but I have a feeling a number of girls will announce their upcoming grad. Potential suspects: Ikuta, Masaki, Morito, Nonaka. (If Masaki leaves, I...

[quote="Mugi"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="DonJuan" data-cid="219560" data-time="1578479583"> <div> I do wonder if Mai had damaged her voice somehow. [/quote]   I feel like she must have. Everytime she would sing she would look l...

While I can say I was caught off guard, I wasn't particularly shocked by the announcement. Going back and now reading that Hama-chan thread.... yikes. Management will never come right out and admit it's her, but it looks pretty damning atm. Management's best bet was doing what they're doing now--dis...

She ended up being diagnosed with a lumbar injury mid-tour, I believe.

LOL here you guys go, just to mess us up even more someone actually edited the two together.