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ExWHYZ gave fans 30 minutes to pick the thumbnail of their new MV

gotta be #3

although there are only 10 minutes left to pick

 

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btw the MV also premieres in 10 minutes

some behind the scenes pictures, the recording was done in Okinawa

 

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ExWHYZ / フラチナサマー [Music Video]​

or "Furachina Summer", not only is ExWHYZ's first summer song but is also really good!

and as expected from a song produced by Hidefumi Kenmochi it screams WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA, it has been my opinion that there is probably a big overlap between fans of both groups, i guess we'll find out soon



also ExWHYZ announced the 2nd part of their tour "‘eLATION’part.2", is going to feature some EDM producers / artists as guests

Seiho, who wrote "IZA!!" for EMPiRE and "ANSWER" for ExWHYZ
Shinichi Osawa / MONDO GROSSO, who wrote their debut "Wanna Dance" and also "Des Speeching"
Yahyel, from them i known nothing but seems that the group is lead by Kento Yamada who has worked multiple times with BiSH and WACK before

 

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the second part of WACK's collab with "Lords Mobile" started, is going to run from the whole month of July

i'm not sure who won during the previous bracket but i assume it was GANG PARADE?

the new bracket, how it's going so far? well someone burned Yu-ki's castle so for her not very well



more info on the collab here

WACK announced a collaboration with the mobile game "lords Mobile", the later crossed 600 million downloads and as part of their expansion into Japan they launched this contest





the first part of the collaboration is going to run from June 1 to June 30 and is going to include GANG PARADE, MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN and TONAi BOUSHO

basically each group formed a guild and they want fans to join to help them defeat the others

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-gangparade.com

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-mameshiba.com

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-tonaibousho.com

in each of the pages they have pictures and info on the members

but they are too many to post, there is a lot of info on how to join the contest but is on Japanese although google translate should do but it seems the contest is for Japan only anyway

phase 2 is going to be on July and is going to feature ExWHYZ, BiS and ASP, here the pages for them although they are still empty

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-exwhyz.com

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-bis.com

集められた６つの騎士団-玉座をかけたイス取りゲーム-

lordsmobile-asp.com

also they started accounts for the contest





i believe this is the first company activity that includes TONAi BOUSHO? unfortunately this is also going to be the first major collaboration that doesn't include BiSH since they are disbanding later this month...

honestly i have no idea how this works but seems the members are playing too



13 vs 3?

seems fair

and is because of that they want fans to join their guilds to help them defeat the other groups

 

[Stan BiSH]

Watanabe was in the UK, probably just vacations






BiTE A SHOCK










they don't have individual accounts yet but during the next weeks we should get more information about them and their debut

so because i already pay for two streaming services and none of them are hulu (also i'm not even sure if BiSH THE NEXT was available outside Japan) that means that i never watched a single episode of the audition or even the final so i wonder what was the opinion of fans when it was revealed that BiTE A SHOCK are going to be a coed group?

personally i don't think being a mixed group is going to have any major effect on their potential popularity since there are lots of popular coed groups in Japan right now for example YOASOBI who just released one of the biggest hits of the year, Ryokuoushoku Shakai, Yorushika, etc so it can work

but somehow i feel that since BiSH were one of the biggest girl groups in Japan their successor probably should had been an all female group too, i think that being a coed group is going to be a completely different dynamic specially since WACK doesn't has any experience producing mixed groups, i'm still looking forward to their debut and i'm sure they are going to be pretty good but are they going to be as good as BiSH?

 

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【BiTE A SHOCK】Major Debut Digital Single「Patient!!」Teaser​

i thought they were going to release the MV today but is just the teaser

their first digital single went out today, for comparison BiSH's version






they also started a Threads account

 

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ExWHYZ's new uniforms

looks good!

seems they are working on new music?

also Midoriko was absent from their previous concert due to a fever



hopefully she recovers soon

and they announced a new fan contest related to "Furachina Summer"





there are more details on the link above, in any case seems they are allowing fans to record live performances of the song (only that one and only because the contest)

 

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AYUNI D / PEDRO announced a new single, out on August 23







a little off topic but i like how despite not being part of WACK anymore both Atsuko and Momoko still kept the "BiSH" on their user handles, not Atsuko from Horipro but Atsuko from BiSH, not Momoko from WATANABE entertainment but Momoko from BiSH, etc

speaking of Momoko she started an instagram account



and her own fan club "M Club"



also a clip from a variety show featuring Atsuko

 

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lots of updates

TONAi BOUSHO started a Youtube show "TONAi TUBE"





is going to last 3 weeks, i'm not sure if is going to continue after that

in the first episode they had MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN as guest and seems they are going to be competing against them, also Richi who is a former member of TONAi BOUSHO was the host

and speaking of MAMESHiBA. seems that MAMESHiBA TUBE (which was canceled last year) may come back



these 3 Tiktoks have more or less the same views, 1.4 million so either of them needs to get 900k views more





hopefully they hit the goal although i don't know why locking their channel under a views milestone, is pretty obvious that their show was a net positive for the group (for example most of MAMESHiBA's mentions in this thread are related to it) and i bet most fans would be happy with it coming back

 

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BiTE A SHOCK's debut MV is going to be released tomorrow



they also posted a video from their debut showcase





and they announced their fan club



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Aina's trailer for her movie



i wonder if her character was inspired by her? in an interview before Aina said that at some point she was homeless and used to play music in parks and stuff


Chittiii's first essay / book



Lingling / MISATO ANDO updated her page although there isn't not much there yet



and i believe this is Ayuni's first TV appearance since BiSH disbandment?




also these pictures from a few months ago but i don't think i ever post them

 

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GYARU PARADE



interesting enough ASP also has that aesthetic right now



not really fan of the gyaru thing that said hopefully itl fans who don't know what gyarus are don't start making post calling them out for *gasp* being tan, they are basically the equivalent of the "Guido" community in America or "Chav" community in the UK

Gyaru

Gyaru (ギャル, Gal) is a Japanese subculture that was born as a rebellion against the traditional Asian beauty standards of being pale and showing little skin. While gyaru is generally associated with a particular style, the importance lies in the bold makeup and overall vibe of the outfits rather...

aesthetics.fandom.com

Chav

The Chav / Roadman is a phrase that describes an often working-class individuals perceived as anti-social or uncouth. Chavs generally come from a working-to-lower-class background (predominant in Northern England) and tend to adopt a lot of the aesthetic choices and attitudes often associated...

aesthetics.fandom.com

well reading those articles there is a lot to unpack so yeah not getting into that debate

also why is there an "aesthetics" wiki? legitimately surprised by that but i guess there is a wiki for everything

anyway so gyarus are supposed to be like "delinquent" girls or something along those lines, right? at least that is what Anime has lead me to believe

in the case of Dockson she has been playing that character for half a decade



Maika sort of looks convincing?



i would love to see more pictures of Usagi Tsukino like this although i don't feel it would be her style



sort of feel the same of Naruha



i do think Ca-non looks pretty good like this, kinda surprising since is basically the opposite of her normal style

 

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it was mention above that she was unable to participate in a concert but now it was also announced that Midoriko is going to be absent from some of their future concerts due to illness



hopefully she recovers soon

Youtube shorts






also someone uploaded the BiSHWHYZ concert, is a fan upload so who knows how long is going to stay up

 

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i sort of regret not checking the hashtag for BiSH's final concert the same day since just a few days later the tweet limit was imposed so now it would be pretty hard to check tweets and pictures from that date

anyway so i was looking what was the earliest piece of BiSH media i ever watched and it probably was Hontou Honki



so the oldest WACK related bookmark i have came from my old computer and was Hontou Honki, seems i downloaded the MV in February of 2017, not sure when i first heard about BiSH but it most likely had to be just a few weeks before that

and i love HH, is one of my favorite BiSH songs but despite that it has always been hard for me to watch it, it gives me similar bitter sweet feelings to those one gets when watching BiS2 videos

also i wanted to comment about BiTE A SHOCK, before BiSH disbanded i was looking forward to a successor but now that they aren't around anymore i'm not sure, BiSH were so unique that i doubt they can ever be recreated, low key i was expecting their successor to be basically just BiSH 2.0 with the members basically being a mini Aina, mini Ayuni, etc and that way just pretend that they never went away but i guess that was too optimistic

and maybe is good they didn't took that route since they would had become just an imitation of the real thing which again can't be recreated, that said while i'm sure BiTE A SHOCK are going to be good are they going to be BiSH-good? tomorrow we are going to get their first MV so that should answer most questions

 

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【BiTE A SHOCK】「Patient!!」(Music Video)​

is good and it does feel like BiSH but let's not forget it's literally a BiSH's song, i think all the other WACK groups are capable of doing great versions of their songs so that isn't surprising, the real test for BiTE A SHOCK is going to be releasing new music that feels like it could belong to BiSH without having the involvement of original members
also for some reason (at least to me) this feels more like an ASP song of course that isn't bad, ASP does feels a like early WACK after all

【BiTE A SHOCK】「Patient!!」-Behind The Scenes-[HANANO ver.]​

 

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according to Yuki she got a tan

according to Mayu she got sunburned

Yuki with Mikina's clothes



Mayu with Yuki's clothes



Now with Mayu's clothes



Maho with Now's clothes


Midoriko with Maho's clothes



Mikina with Midoriko's clothes



and finally Mayu with Maho's clothes

also whoever is in charge of styling at WACK seems to have a thing for Gyarus

Spoiler: Culprit

at least in this case it was Ayuni D who asked Midoriko, Dockson and Namaenai to do a photoshoot with her

 

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【BiTE A SHOCK】 「Patient!!」［Why don't you BiTE?? at 東京国際フォーラム ホールC］​

僕の目を見つめて 君の世界になりたい / BiS 新生アイドル研究会 [OFFiCiAL LYRiC/DANCE MOViE]​

part 2 of TONAi BOUSHO x MAMESHiBA NO TAiGUN's youtube collab

 

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IS THAT AN USAGI TSUKINO REFERENCE!??

second part of Mikina's serialization, she talked a little about BiSH's Tokyo Dome concert



Mikina dyed her hair black

Now

Now's Mukbang channel when?

 

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can't help but panic a little each time they post an statement with the members names



the first part is that Mayu injured her foot, apparently while at her home she accidentally dropped a glass bowl and got a deep cut that needed stitches, she is still going to participate in their next concerts but is not going to be able dance or move on stage





the other part of the statement is that they make official what we knew already and is that due to illness Midoriko is going to be absent from their following concerts until further notice

this part take it with a grain of salt since it was random fans from who were commenting on it but seems that the condition Midoriko has is meniere's disease

Ménière’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. Ménière’s disease usually affects only one ear.


Attacks of dizziness may come on suddenly or after a short period of tinnitus or muffled hearing. Some people will have single attacks of dizziness separated by long periods of time. Others may experience many attacks closer together over a number of days. Some people with Ménière’s disease have vertigo so extreme that they lose their balance and fall. These episodes are called “drop attacks.”​

again i read that from Japanese fans, dunno from where they got the info but many of them were saying that, (assuming is true) it sucks for sure but at least it can be treated, let's hope both of them recover soon


also does Mayu knows what that emoji means?

Yu-ki for blt graph.vol.91

and seems they are recording new music (picture unrelated)

 

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Now's birthday

she turns 23

also



the same thing happened to Mikina earlier this year



picture of Now from their current tour

Spoiler: Source

 

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also ExWHYZ's fans are doing a fan project for Now's birthday, if curious the hashtag they are using is #うまれたなう2023





seems she is aware of the project?



also her photobook is going to be available for purchase online



i forgot to post these videos from the release event of it