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[Stan BiSH]

exactly 4 years ago the 2nd generation of BiS released their final single "Are you ready?"

Are you ready? / BiS 新生アイドル研究会[OFFiCiAL ViDEO]​

also in March of the same year they released a new version of "BiSBiS"

BiSBiS (2019 ver) / BiS 新生アイドル研究会[OFFiCiAL ViDEO]​

these days i can't listen to BiS2 because each of their songs hits me with nostalgia

i mean 2018 / 2019 wasn't even that long ago and most of the ex members decided to continue with their careers and are still active to this day...but i still miss gen 2, the time they were together is among my favorite eras of WACK, such a fun group that unfortunately ended prematurely due to Watanabe thinking they weren't worthy of the name "BiS"

of fucking course i disagree with that, to me BiS2 were the pinnacle of the group, superior not only to the already excellent BiS3 but if they had been given enough time they would be also above even the original group

 

[Rez]

the 2023 WACK's girl audition camp just started

【前半】全て見せます！WACKオーディション合宿2023完全密着 6泊7日の 死闘

WACKのオーディション合宿を今年もニ...

live.nicovideo.jp

trainees

GG WACK are covering the audition camp, tons of translations and info there

Fomer WAgg member Bell(4th lane 3rd) is also participating again but has already dropped out already

 

[Stan BiSH]

Fomer WAgg member Bell(4th lane 3rd) is also participating again but has already dropped out already

i know some girls had auditioned multiple times but i don't recall ever an ex member of an actual entering again

too bad, specially since there wasn't any reason for her to quit WACK (or better said, be fired) since the 2 year "grace period" that ended in October was only for the OG WAgg members

also during the live stream Watanabe called Musensiteebu, Yuina and Kaede





today twitter search isn't working so i can't find the audios, i'm sure someone is going to post them

 

[Stan BiSH]

BiSH's "Bye-Bye Show" first day sales

133,956 copies

great sales! for this year of 2023 i can tell you already that only AKB48 are going to be decisively above BiSH in pure sales, at this pace 200k copies first week sounds very possible

also in it's first day the single is already eligible for a RIAJ's gold certification (100,000 copies+ sold), worth mention those are just CD sales, the full number when you account for digital copies is going to be even higher, let's hope it's get a platinum certification too!

 

[Stan BiSH]

also the GG WACK account is posting updates from the audition camp

day 1 thread



day 2 thread



day 3 thread



day 4 thread



i believe the camp ends on Saturday (as usual) haven't been paying much attention to the camp but the final should be interesting, not only is going to be the WACK Exhibition but also we are going to get tons of news from the main groups


unrelated to the audition

MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN are going to make their acting debut in the TV drama "クロちゃんずラブ～やっぱり、愛だしん～" (Kuro-chan's Love ~After all, I love you~)

they are going to play the role of bar's hostesses

only 5 of them because Aika is currently on hiatus from the group

and yes is a real TV drama, the series is going to tell the origin story of Kuro chan

 

[Stan BiSH]

the "BiSH THE NEXT" audition is going to be a TV show, is going to air on NTV (Nippon TV) and a week later on Hulu, the broadcast starts on April 8






i thought the audition was going to be after they disbanded but seems they already recorded several episodes, i wouldn't be surprised if their successor group is unveiled during their final concert

also the member and Watanabe shared some comments (heads up they are in Japanese)

Spoiler: "BiSH THE NEXT" comments

セントチヒロ・チッチ​

思い返せば私たちはいつだって
"行かなくちゃ"と歌い続けてきました。

始まりがあれば終わりがあって
出会いの先にやがて別れが訪れて
受けとめきれない感情の海に漂う日も
あるけれど、
私たちが人生を賭けて愛して育ててきた
BiSHに新しく命が宿り巡っていくことは
とてもとても幸せなことです。
全力で見届けます。何卒。

アイナ・ジ・エンド​

BiSHは命を削れる青春です。
拾ってもらっていなかったらきっと
廃れていたんじゃないかと思います。
だからと言って第二のBiSHのことまで
口出しする権利はないのかもしれないけれど
自分にできることがあったなら
精一杯やらせてもらいたいと思っています。
素敵な子たちの集まりになりそうで、
とてもわくわくしています。おたのしみにっ。

モモコグミカンパニー​

BiSHが解散して、物理的には離れ離れになってしまう私たちBiSHメンバーと渡辺さんが
なにかを共同でできるということは、
とても幸せなことだと思います。
その機会を与えてくれたNEXT groupに感謝しながら、私たちも真剣に取り組みたいと思っています。
まだ未知なグループですが、BiSHという名前で集まってくれた候補者たちの中から選ばれた子達がどんな化学反応を起こすのか私も楽しみにしています。

ハシヤスメ・アツコ​

BiSHってなんだろう。第2のBiSHとは？

日本語を話せれば、全人類応募可という、想像できない未来に少し不安を持ちながら審査員として沢山の書類、時には面接をさせていただきました。しかしそんな不安はすぐに消えました。強い意志や熱い気持ちを持つ夢見る子たち。共にぶつかることで少しずつ目の色が変わっていく姿。“BiSH THE NEXT”次の物語の始まりを是非ご覧ください！

リンリン​

もうすでに選考が始まってますが
想像以上に素敵な方々と出会えています。
未知の世界に行けそうです。
お楽しみに！

アユニ・D​

BiSをもう一度始めますといって始まったのがBiSHであります。
わたくしはBiSHに拾ってもらえて誠に幸せです。
誰も最初は初心者さという言葉がありますしさ。
よろしく頼みました。
自分も負けじと豊かに、柔らかく、しっかりと生きていきたいでございます。
頑張りたい。
頑張りたいです。
共に頑張りたい所存でございます。

渡辺淳之介 コメント​

今回のBiSH THE NEXT。次なるBiSHを作るオーディション。
BiSHメンバーには当初最高に反対されましたがw
なんとかここまでこぎつけることができました。
BiSHは奇跡のグループです。
BiSHにならなければ出会わなかったであろう6人がお互いの個性を尊重し、
時にぶつかり合いながら奇跡的なバランスで手を取り合い、
数々の壁をぶっ壊して成長してきました。
これはもはや運とかそういうものも超えた何かなんじゃないかと僕も思います。
そんなBiSHの次を作るなんてとんでもない！
ファンの皆さんもきっとそう思っていることと思います。
はい。そりゃあそうです！でもだからこそ僕は作りたい。
オーディション対象者は日本語を喋れる以外全て不問とさせていただきました。
応募数は3000人を超え、
まさに多種多様の素敵な個性の持ち主たちに出会えました。
まさに今、選考中ではありますが、
視聴者の皆さんも今までのオーディションとは一線を画す見映えになってるんじゃないかなと思います。
さぁ皆さんの常識とかいろんなものを軽々と超えてまた壁をぶっ壊せるように。
BiSHがそうしてきたように。今回はそのBiSHも一緒に作りますから。
乞うご期待ください！

they also released this behind the scenes from "Bye-Bye Show"

BiSH / Bye-Bye Show [DiGEST MAKiNG MOViE]​

also their Sukkiri visit, this one is a fan upload so isn't going to be up for long

 

[Stan BiSH]

during a recording Aina had an accident and injured her head, the doctors told them she needs medical treatment so for now all of BiSH activities are cancelled until at least the second week of April



they didn't give more details on what happened or what were they recording but hopefully she recovers soon

 

[Stan BiSH]

the second song in ExWHYZ's 3-week long single project was just released

starting today "𝐃𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠" is available for both download and streaming





they also made available the dance practice versions of both "ANSWER" and "Des Speeching"

ExWHYZ / ANSWER [Dance Movie：Short]​

ExWHYZ / Des Speeching [Dance Movie：Short]​

but these are the short 2min versions! you can enter this event to get access to the full versions although i haven't checked the requirements

ExWHYZ 3週連続デジタルリリース記念！ダウンロード、ストリーミングキャンペーン実施！ - ExWHYZ

ExWHYZ 3月18日(土)配信「ANSWER」、3月25日(土)配信「Des Speeching」、4月1日(土)配信「FIRST STEP」を対象期間中に、iTunes、レコチョク含むダウンロードサービスから楽曲を […]

www.universal-music.co.jp

 

[Rez]

Naruhaworld, Kira May, ChanBaby, Ca Non, Aina Star and Potential
in a new group KiSS KiSS. They will still be in GANG PARADE and will be in both groups at the same time


Their First MV

 

[Stan BiSH]

hoping this isn't another "SPY" situation were they end just releasing 1 / 2 songs before never being acknowledged again, the line up is good but because GANG PARADE are doing so well these days i just can't imagine Watanabe splitting the group again

that said they does seem to be more serious about it this time, all members started alternative SNS profiles





also in other news BiS got 3 new members, Aika The Police, Hitorikko and Changadult



fun fact this is the first time that a member of the gen 3 of BiS was recruited via the audition camp, all the other members prior joined during non public auditions

group photos at the camp

 

[Rez]

Looks like I found my new favorite ASP song and song of the month

 

[Stan BiSH]

BiSH's "Bye-Bye Show" first week sales

【ビルボード】281,148枚を売り上げたBiSH「Bye-Bye Show」が米津玄師「LADY」を抑え総合首位獲得 | Daily News | Billboard JAPAN

2023年3月29日公開（集計期間：2023年3月20日～3月26日）のBillboard JAP

www.billboard-japan.com

281,147 copies!

one week after it's release BiSH's "Bye-Bye Show" is already eligible for a RIAJ platinum certification and is also already one of the best selling releases by a female Japanese act this year

also according to the other chart site, Oricon, the single sold 138,149 copies on it's first week (also a #1 debut), so why the later is missing almost 150,000 sales?

well because the people at Oricon are dumb as shit and for whatever reason they decided that bulk orders by groups of people or even a single person buying multiple copies of an album / singles shouldn't count to the total sales

of course that is dumb, if people like an artist so much they are willing to buy multiple copies, what's the issue? although there is an explanation, one of Oricon's many ventures is the sale of data to professionals in the industry so counting how many people bought a release instead of how many actual copies were sold is of more use to advertisers and analysts

Billboard on the other hand counts all copies sold of an album or single, they don't care if a fan bought 5 copies, etc so they are the most accurate one of the two and not only because the numbers they report is usually higher

worth mention that the BS with Oricon affects all artists not only BiSH

anyway, cool!

BiSH also topped to Japan hot100 artists chart

 

[Rez]

Aina has posted about how bad her head injury was when filming.
She said that the blood and pain wouldnt stop and said that she had difficulty breathing and was getting colder while in the ambulance and remembers that she didnt wanna die.
She had 30 stiches (10 internal and 20 external) and a scar. She wants to to sing and dance again see the fans and is happy to be alive
https://twitter.com/aina_BiSH/status/1641296755089354752...

 

[Stan BiSH]

that was way more serious than what we thought, had it been in any other part of the head this could had turned into something tragic, this is the first time something like that happens to a member of WACK and while Watanabe is sometimes kind of a jerk he does care a lot for the members so i'm sure he is taking care of things behind the scenes so this doesn't happens again

thankfully she is feeling better now, she also said that she hopes fans don't mind the scar, i can't imagine any person that call themselves a fan being mad that she got injured during an accident and outside some people making badly timed "ThE eND" jokes i think the response to the news has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive, i could even imagine the scar becoming a charm point in the future

after the initial postponement there hasn't been any new update on the schedule so if things go well she should come back to BiSH by the second week of April

also

i didn't noticed how she signed the statement, cute doodle

 

[Stan BiSH]

some weeks ago i posted about how there wasn't any new update on "Gekkan WACK" but it seems people has actually been getting their copies for a while already

they announced the second set of figures included in the magazine, the first were BiSH

the second are going to be GANG PARADE

FURRY PARADE

i believe that is Yua as a fox? i don't know if the GP members have an animal theme, i guess as long as the Usagi Tsukino one is of her as a rabbit then everything is good

honestly i haven't seen anyone commenting the magazine but i known a lot of people has a subscription so they are keeping quiet, would be nice to get a summary or at least a small review of an issue

-

any insights on "CROSSROADS OF FATE"? is GANG PARADE's upcoming May concert, they say is going to be their largest most important concert since coming back

GANG PARADE「CROSSROADS OF FATE」開催決定！！ | GANGPARADE

www.gangparade.com

some people think they are going to disband (again) and that the announcement of "KISS KISS" is related to it

of course that is just speculation, they are doing pretty well right now it would be dumb to kill the momentum with another GO TO THE BEDS / PARADISES situation

 

[Rez]

of course that is just speculation, they are doing pretty well right now it would be dumb to kill the momentum with another GO TO THE BEDS / PARADISES situation

That didnt really stop him before

 

[Stan BiSH]

That didnt really stop him before

i guess but soon there isn't going to be any BiSH to bail him out in case he fucked ups, i forgot were but i recall reading that the cost of debuting a "mid tier" idol group cost at least several hundred thousands of dollars

i think many of the weird movements going on at WACK right now are some sort of preparation for their disbanding, a lot of the stuff they can afford is going to be out of reach to at least the smaller groups

also speaking of GP, dance version of SUPER PARTY PEOPLE

GANG PARADE「SUPER PARTY PEOPLE」Dance Video​

i really been enjoying these dance videos although it would be nice if they did the same for the other groups

 

[Stan BiSH]

ExWHYZ / FIRST STEP [Music Video]​

Ayunid D joined ExWHYZ!

hopefully this isn't an elaborate April's fool prank, worth mention that there was some talk these past weeks that they were going to add a new member but the rumors were of one from GANG PARADE, the second thing is that this is part of their 3-week single project they announced at the start of March so this isn't just a random song they dropped but the title track of their upcoming single / mini album, also the staff of ExWHYZ has been telling fans that their Zepp concert was going to be as important as their Budokan and that they should go watch it too

seems Ayuni D (now "ayuni") requested that after BiSH disbanded if she could be allowed to join ExWHYZ, for now she says that she is going to prioritize BiSH's activities until they disband and then is going to join as a full member of ExWHYZ

her first concert with them is going to be on April 1 (tomorrow) is going to be live streamed for free at Youtube





i said before that the current line up of ExWHYZ (well they were still EMPiRE at the time) was to me the best version of the group and that it couldn't be matched, i mean i still kinda stand by that but only because i didn't knew that Ayuni D joining was a possibility, BiSH and EMPiRE / ExWHYZ are by far my two favorites WACK acts, with the former gone getting a "fusion" of the two is the best possible outcome, this is going to push ExWHYZ to the next level, definitely looking forward to it

again, hopefully this is not a prank because i would get mad if it turns to be one, this already trended on twitter and is getting a lot of attention on Japanese entertainment pages, it would be too much to use ExWHYZ's lead single just for a prank

 

[Stan BiSH]

follow up to the previous post

you can read the announcement here

新メンバー"ayuni"加入のお知らせ

いつもExWHYZを応援いただき誠にありがとうございます。現在BiSHで活動中のアユニ・DがBiSH解散後のセカンドキャリアとしてExWHYZに加入することが決定致しました。本日開催になりますZepp Haneda公演がお披露目のステージになります。こちらの公演の模様はYouTubeで生中継致しますので、ぜひたくさんの方に見て頂ければ嬉しいです。新体制第1弾楽曲「FIRST STEP」のMusic...

www.exwhyz.jp

anyway she actually fits pretty well with them, i mean they are the same age and have known each other since 2017 so i guess it makes sense

(why is Mikina dressed as Link? )

Ayuni D joining is definitely the biggest WACK related news of 2023 so far, with BiSH ending soon i think this is one of the best possible outcomes we could expect, honestly i can't imagine many people disagreeing with that

also

aren't ExWHYZ visuals crazy? specially with Ayuni D joining, they are definitely one of the best looking idols groups out there

also i forgot to comment the song and video, both are super fun and colorful and also kinda different from what they have been doing so far, i love that you can hear the instruments clearly, that sure gives a BiSH-like feeling while still being ExWHYZ, i don't know what direction they are going to take things from here on (assuming this isn't an extremely elaborated prank) but Ayuni is probably going to bring a little of BiSH to the group which can only be something positive

also iirc isn't Ayuni D signed to EMI records too?

in any case their first concert together is going to be in 12 / 14 hours from this comment, is going to be live streamed on their channel

 

[Rez]

follow up to the previous post

you can read the announcement here

新メンバー"ayuni"加入のお知らせ

いつもExWHYZを応援いただき誠にありがとうございます。現在BiSHで活動中のアユニ・DがBiSH解散後のセカンドキャリアとしてExWHYZに加入することが決定致しました。本日開催になりますZepp Haneda公演がお披露目のステージになります。こちらの公演の模様はYouTubeで生中継致しますので、ぜひたくさんの方に見て頂ければ嬉しいです。新体制第1弾楽曲「FIRST STEP」のMusic...

www.exwhyz.jp

anyway she actually fits pretty well with them, i mean they are the same age and have known each other since 2017 so i guess it makes sense

(why is Mikina dressed as Link? )

Ayuni D joining is definitely the biggest WACK related news of 2023 so far, with BiSH ending soon i think this is one of the best possible outcomes we could expect, honestly i can't imagine many people disagreeing with that

also

aren't ExWHYZ visuals crazy? specially with Ayuni D joining, they are definitely one of the best looking idols groups out there

also i forgot to comment the song and video, both are super fun and colorful and also kinda different from what they have been doing so far, i love that you can hear the instruments clearly, that sure gives a BiSH-like feeling while still being ExWHYZ, i don't know what direction they are going to take things from here on (assuming this isn't an extremely elaborated prank) but Ayuni is probably going to bring a little of BiSH to the group which can only be something positive

also iirc isn't Ayuni D signed to EMI records too?

in any case their first concert together is going to be in 12 / 14 hours from this comment, is going to be live streamed on their channel

Is it true is it fake no matter what it is its interesting