Morning Musume。'14, Berryz Kobo, ℃-ute, S/mileage, Juice=Juice, Hello!Project, TNX, and more
Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:54 pm
I think I still like "Date no.." more, but I'm enjoying this
so much more compared to the first time I tried to listen to it. I'm totally on board with Kiki keeping the short hair now too.
Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:58 am
It drives me nuts when randos on YouTube comment that any given J-pop song sounds like an anime OP or ED. It seems vaguely racist to me: all they know about Japanese language and culture is what they've seen in anime, so they think anime is the totality of Japanese language and culture.
I mention that to make it clear that I'm aware of the irony in my next statement: "Junjou cm" sounds to me like an anime OP. When I played the video, I closed my eyes, listened only to the audio, and tried to forget that it was an H!P group performing. And by golly, it had everything I would expect in an anime OP (at least up to 1:30). With my eyes closed, I could even imagine the animation to go along with it.
I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:40 pm
I think the only thing that could've made this a great MV is alternate outfits. But its still good.
I love the dance! I really like the composition of the song! Like the inclusion of Risa's spoken line is great.
Not really too big on the instrumental arrangement. Like the dubstep is a bit dated and the part in the instrumental after the dance break just sounds a bit too noisey.
Maopin stands out so much in this in a good way! Her charisma is amazing.
I think Kiki is so pretty in that she can pull off such a typical HP bowl cut. I don't think its a flattering haircut since it makes her face look so rounder. I'd like to see it even shorter with more layers like Fujimoto Miki back in the day.
Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:52 am
^ I agree. In an ensemble piece it's pretty common to see a few girls "phone in" some of their performance, but Maopin goes balls to the wall, representing like she's the front girl in her own video. I like how she emotes during "jikan ni" @ 2:44 especially compared with the girls after her. The song is, as I've said before, kind of a throwback to MM's Aichan-fronted era (e.g. Seishun Collection) type production quality, and for that reason pleasantly nostalgic but objectively unremarkable. More or less the same for the video itself. I really like that era so I'm not complaining tho.
Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:12 pm
Tsubaki Factory - Date no Hi wa Nido Kurai Shower Shite Dekaketai (Hello Station Edit)
https://youtu.be/pphUVAQT60o?t=47s
Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:43 pm
I think this song might end up being my favorite of the three. That Takui song is really going to have to hit me hard to take over.
Edit: Konya Dake Ukaretakatta (radio preview)
(core2quad)
Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:02 pm
Magazine Promotion
Asakura Kiki on the cover of Weekly ASCII magazine July 2017
https://twitter.com/weeklyascii/status/ ... 2556372992
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