6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Moh]

But Miura Daichi is gonna be there for the first time ever!

[Moh]

Red Velvet - Peek-A-Boo


Joy. I don't like the song as much as Red Flavor. I was hoping for a "velvet" track, so I'm a little bummed.

[boinsie]

Have you listened to the album? it's velevety as heck.

[Moh]

Yeah, I skimmed through it cause I had some things to do. So far I absolutely love Perfect 10 and Look.
I'll reword and say I just wish the title track was "velvet." But a lot of their fans don't seem to like the "velvet" stuff so I guess I get why they have a "red" title track. At least it's Peek-A-Boo instead of Attaboy!

[Moh]

Frederic - Tarinai eye (with English CC!)


chelmico - Zurui ne

[resop2]

Also from the strange alternate universe of Makai:

[Denki]

I just hope it's 100% girls, especially if they add a bit of aidoru in the final group.

[AyuHikaru]

WAT.

Are..are they going to try to make Japanese idol culture a thing in Korea? Because those two idol cultures are very different.

I love Produce 101 (and I.O.I and Wanna One), so I'll watch but WAT.

[Denki]

Omg. I just lurked OH and it's the last Produce 101 show and it will create the Korean 48 group.

Produce 48 is the third season of Produce 101’s franchise before the franchise ends. In the first two seasons which produced IOI and Wanna One to promote 1 or 1.5 years as a group according to a contract and this one will be permanent to make Korean version of AKB48 under CJ E&M.

They're gonna have both Korean and Japanese trainees on the show. Wouldn't surprise me if some of the 3rd draft rejects end up on the show.

[AyuHikaru]

This is crazy. I wonder if Korea is ready for an AKB like group? Produce 101 is RIDICULOUSLY popular, though they have a good shot at MAKING it popular. I hear that old participants can try again (Not confirmed) would could help a lot of those middle-road popular girls from the first one.

How are they doing this one, they can't make a perminant group with other companies trainees can they? That's like 80% of the appeal of Produce 101, putting different companies and their fanbases together, I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

People are speculating it's going to be Co-ed. I'm shook.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

I feel so conflicted.

1. I liked S1 Produce 101 a lot.
2. I did not like S2 at all, except for one guy.
3. I don't follow *48/46, and find it mildly annoying every time a new sister group is announced.
4. I'm 100% not a fan of Akimoto.
5. If it ends up being co-ed (I doubt it?), what curiosity-based interest I have will drop by half.

But I did like S1PD101, and that's the biggest temptation to at least pay attention to it in passing even if I won't follow the group that comes out of it.

[Zunu]

Frederic - Tarinai eye (with English CC!)


chelmico - Zurui ne

Just got around to watching these. I don't think Frederic is ever going to live up to the bracing lime tartness of Oddloop, but Tarinai eye is pretty good. I like the Japanese sidetitles, wish more videos would have them.

Never heard of chelmico but that is a really nice sound.

And now brought to you by Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut:

Suiyoubi no Campanella - Gala

[Moh]

That WedCamp song is... not my favorite. It's almost too weird for me.

Never heard of chelmico but that is a really nice sound.

Me either, it just showed up in my YT recs that day.

Since I'm here, and chelmico kinda reminds me of them:
Charisma.com - Ribbon (short ver.)

[Zunu]

^Y-Yossi, is that you??
The title reminds me of when H!P had some kind of "Reborn" theme while simultaneously putting on a play called "Ribbon" (or vice-versa, it's been a while) and I was too lazy and disinterested to figure out if it was supposed to be a play on words or just a coincidence.

GARNiDELiA - Aikotoba

[boinsie]

The title reminds me of when H!P had some kind of "Reborn" theme while simultaneously putting on a play called "Ribbon" (or vice-versa, it's been a while) and I was too lazy and disinterested to figure out if it was supposed to be a play on words or just a coincidence.

These events were 5 years apart.

http://helloproject.wikia.com/wiki/Ribb ... he_Musical
http://helloproject.wikia.com/wiki/Reborn_Eleven

[Zunu]

Not seeing your point.

[Amped]

Oricon's Favorite Artist Ranking 2017 by 20,000 music fans. Mr. Children is #1 and dethrones Arashi's 7 year run. Utada Hikaru is #2 overall and #1 in the female artist category. She was #1 in 2008. The list hasn't changed much from last year.

overall
https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/2017/f ... ndex2.html

favorite artists by age range
https://www.oricon.co.jp/special/2017/f ... ndex4.html

[Zunu]

^ Ikimonogakari are the only group popular among all age ranges. Kana Nishino is hot with the nursery school crowd; I guess that says a lot about my tastes. Popularity moves at a glacial pace in Japan though. Out of the top 25 on the general list, only Gen Hoshino (2010), [Alexandros] (2010), Nogizaka 46 (2011), and back number (2011) debuted during this decade. Everybody else is older. That's why you can miss Music Station for a couple of years and they're still showing the same performers as from the last time.

[TotallyUncool]

Wack's new group Empire finally released a song, and I love it! It's definitely the best YeLLOW Generation song in the past ten years! (OK, maybe that's and exaggeration, but after I saw the butterfly, I started to notice so much YG influence in the arrangement. )

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Bed In - City Girl wa Isogashii