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EMPiRE - To continue​

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BRiGHT FUTURE is out in digital + streaming, physical release on Nov 10



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interview with natalie.mu

 

[Sasori]

that said Kaede has a signed cheki by "Arina chan" (Kaede's words not mine) so yeah, maybe she is for real

it's a really bad timing for their collab with Yuki Kashiwagi, the trade is not going to end until January but they are going to release the singles with the normal line up

any would-be fan is going to be confuse

unfortunately not only they are exclusive to the tour venues but each venue is only going to have a very small number of bottles (100 per concert i think?)

at this point i also think it's real, some days later they posted more info apparently Watanabe has close ties to TOKYO PINK (Seiko's company) he would regularly visit their building and eventually became interested in Maro and asked Seiko to introduce him to her (this was last year) then they started dating and in early 2021 both started living together in a new apartment that Watanabe bought

because of the scandal Seiko decided to split the group into ZOC (Seiko) and zoc (Maro)
Watanabe is bad but he has never been accused of hitting anyone, at least for now Seiko is literally worse than Watanabe

I forgot about the infamous Arina cheki. Yeah, Kaede's still under suspicion.

Speaking of the collab with Yuki, when you posted all the concept photos, I was reminded that this was originally supposed to happen in August. Makes more sense why Paradises have a summer theme and GTTB is horror in anticipation of Halloween. I understand the reasons, but I wish the timing hadn't gotten so messed up.

Welp, it definitely sounds for real if Watanabe and Maro are living together. I wish them the best, but he could have at least waited to start dating until after the divorce.

Yeah, I don't get splitting ZOC into two groups. It doesn't address the problem and comes across as Seiko not taking responsibility. She should have stepped away and just produced the group. It's only going to make things worse moving forward.

Going back to horror themed videos, did you forget about zombie Momoko? Been a while since I watched this. The black and white costumes with red highlights are still one of my favorites.

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[Stan BiSH]

Speaking of the collab with Yuki, when you posted all the concept photos, I was reminded that this was originally supposed to happen in August. Makes more sense why Paradises have a summer theme and GTTB is horror in anticipation of Halloween. I understand the reasons, but I wish the timing hadn't gotten so messed up.

that's likely the case

to be honest i'm having a hard time tracking the exact point when they recorded the MVs
it doesn't help that they were produced by King records instead of the usual Wack affiliated teams,

Yuki Kashiwagi finished recording her video with EMPiRE right before announcing she was taking a break, that was back in June

in the PARADISES group picture Utauta is already out and she quit Wack in July

MAMESHiBA styling is pretty close to the one from their latest group picture back in October (the picture is probably from September)

unfortunately i'm not very familiar with Yuki Kashiwagi so i can't tell when she looked like this or that, maybe an AKB fan is keeping track of that? although looking in google even in her older pictures she seems to have a consistent style so that wouldn't be helpful anyway

Welp, it definitely sounds for real if Watanabe and Maro are living together. I wish them the best, but he could have at least waited to start dating until after the divorce.

Yeah, I don't get splitting ZOC into two groups. It doesn't address the problem and comes across as Seiko not taking responsibility. She should have stepped away and just produced the group. It's only going to make things worse moving forward.

Watanabe has been pretty quiet since the news go out, that's so unlike him to the point that it is the best confirmation you can get,

at least in the Wack side of things i haven't seen much more discussion about it, not sure how things are in the ZOC side but i think for now the general feeling is that there is not much more to say

i feel that Seiko is trying to expand the ZOC brand and part of that push is splitting the group, i believe that other than some solo releases here and there ZOC is the only group that she is currently managing and that could be a problem to her because

1) she keeps doing dumb shit and getting into trouble
2) she probably wants to retire sooner than later

so more or less taking a page from Watanabe's book in how to idol and using the group popularity to create a brand

Going back to horror themed videos, did you forget about zombie Momoko? Been a while since I watched this. The black and white costumes with red highlights are still one of my favorites.

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technically PARADISES's Daiji Na uta is also a horror video!




and also Black to the dreamlight (maybe)




listen i'm going to be honest, that i day just wanted to talk shit about Watanabe

 

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GO TO THE BEDS x Yuki Kashiwagi - "TRUE SONG"​

i think this is my favorite so far

 

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Momoko's interview with ototoy

 

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MAYU's interview with ototoy

 

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new visual for "BiS DiVE into ROCKS"

"DiVE into ROCKS" is a cover album by BiS

these are the songs they are covering (from the wiki)

1. Smokin' Billy (スモーキン・ビリー) (THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT cover)
2. MAGIC (HAWAIIAN6 cover)
3. Akai Tambourine (赤いタンバリン; Red Tambourine) (Blankey Jet City cover)
4. PMA（Positive Mental Attitude） (KEMURI cover)
5. NUM-AMI-DABUTZ (NUMBER GIRL cover)
6. BASIS (BRAHMAN cover)
7. GOOD GIRL (THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS cover)
8. Ukigumo (浮き雲; Drifting) (eastern youth cover)
9. Fantasista (Dragon Ash cover)
10. Eric. W (the band apart cover)
11. IMAGINE? (BEAT CRUSADERS cover)

 

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too many pictures to post but they look great!

 

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EMPiRE's members instragram live













i missed all the live streams so i'm glad someone took their time to upload them


they are going to stream BRiGHT FUTURE LiVE at their Youtube on November 19

 

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PARADISES x Yuki Kashiwagi - Natsu no Bakayarou​

definitely wasn't expecting this coming from PARADISES

apparently the shooting was really complex because of the precise camera placing (yet it was shoot in 4:3)
also Yuki Kashiwagi thought the song was about a boy's unrequited love but Watanabe says it is from the point of view of a stalker

 

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Nayu announced her graduation from ASP and Wack, her final event with them is going to be on November 24

the reason behind it is her leg injury, she almost quit Wack last year because of the intense pain, a few weeks ago it was announced that she would perform her next concerts while sitting but even this is really painful for her so she decided to quit to focus on her health

 

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BiSH's new uniforms!

 

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Ayuni D has become a wanted fugitive, an investigation team composed of members of the Youtube team "Dai2" has been tasked with her capture,
for the week of Nov 15 - 21 Ayuni D must avoid capture while sneaking into a set number of Tower records stores before heading to Sapporo Factory on the final day,

the stores are going to be randomly selected and could be located anywhere in Japan, information about her whereabouts it's going to be keep secret and is up to fans to find her, the investigation team is asking fans who spot her to take a picture of her and share it on twitter with the hashtag #PEDRO1週間逃亡生活

fans who provide useful clues are going to be eligible to receive a 100k yen reward

since the target is a dangerous fugitive fans have been asked to not try to engage the target in any way


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cool event! this in celebration of the release of PEDRO's new album "後日改めて伺います" (I'll come back later),

reminder that Ayuni D has a Grade 2 in management of 4 types of Hazardous Materials so she’s qualified to handle flammable liquids and fuels,
i bet the D in her name stands for Danger

 

[Idol Killer]

Nayu announced her graduation from ASP and Wack, her final event with them is going to be on November 24

the reason behind it is her leg injury, she almost quit Wack last year because of the intense pain, a few weeks ago it was announced that she would perform her next concerts while sitting but even this is really painful for her so she decided to quit to focus on her health

That's awful that she has to graduate even though she probably doesn't have any choice. Hopefully she can get back to being healthy.

BiSH's new uniforms!

Those are pretty amazing!

 

[Stan BiSH]

That's awful that she has to graduate even though she probably doesn't have any choice. Hopefully she can get back to being healthy.

sucks but i guess is not that surprising since she was already planning to quit since last year
they convinced her to instead take a half a year break and while that did helped a lot it seems the problem is something chronic

her final release with ASP is going to be her collab with Yuki Kashiwagi




the trailer looks pretty good, hopefully they are going release something else with just the 4 members

Those are pretty amazing!

probably my favorite BiSH uniforms this year!
speaking of uniforms all groups have been debuting so many new ones lately, i swear they get new uniforms every month

 

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ASP x Yuki Kashiwagi - "AGAiNST THE WORLD"​

final single from Yuki Kashiwagi's collab with Wack! all singles go out on November 30, on December 26th she is going to hold a concert Kashiwagi Yuki Nari no WACK EXHiBiTiON AND SELECT 7 at the Tokyo city hall along all the groups from Wack

during the concert they are going to announce the results of VOTE! WACK SELECT 7, a AKB48 style election, each copy of each single from the collab awards you the right to vote for a member, the 7 most voted members are going to become part of a new group produced by Yuki Kashiwagi

it's also ASP's Nayu final release with the group, on November 24th she is going to graduate both as a member of the group and as an idol



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my personal ranking of the singles would be

ASP>GTTB>MAMESHiBA>EMPiRE>BiSH>PARADISES>BiS

 

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BiS - Smokin'Billy​

this is a cover of the song "Smokin'Billy" by the Japanese band THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT

 

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MiDORiKO, MiKiNA and MAHO for upPLUS

 

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Aina The End - Kamisama​

 

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this is how the TOWER RECORDS store at Shibuya looked yesterday

not even BiSH were spared