I have no time for commentary for this! But I think you should listen to it if you liked the debut song from uijin sister unit raymay!
There’s a lot going on in there, and I like where they’re going with this! Some of that uijin influence of course, and what sounds to me like a very generous helping of vintage petit pas!. Things are looking good!
Hey! Just a quick announcement: Our man Daemon, who does this thing on as regular a basis as anybody that I know, will be at the Tucson Japanese Festival this weekend for not one, not two, but three presentations on contemporary Japanese music, which you just know includes idol!
Anyone who happens to be in Tucson tomorrow, drop by. I’ll be leading talks on Alt-Idol, Kawaii Metal and J-Pop in general. pic.twitter.com/qsaclEQTEQ
— Daemon ☠ Shidare 2/2 (@DaeMetal) January 18, 2019
It’s five bucks. That’s $5! That’s as close to free entertainment as it gets in this day and age, and you’re bound to learn about something new and interesting — D’s got wide-ranging tastes and obvious passion for them. Check it out!
Good morning! I have to say, 2019 is shaping up to be maybe the roughest year in idol since I started following back in 2014. A lifetime ago, practically! It feels like a blessing in a way to be so, well, goshdarned upset about the rash of graduations and breakups in these early weeks of January, because it means that I got to cross metaphorical paths with people who left an imprint on me, and that matters. So yeah, you may be losing an oshi (possible plural at once!), and you might not get to see that person and the work of theirs that you prize, but your life is richer for having them having been part of it, and thank the gods for it.
And, you know, it’s idol. You’ll find another favorite or 10 again in no time!
I’ll admit that this isn’t really my favorite time on the calendar, and not just because it’s a time of high turnover — it’s also a time when, I guess because of the academic calendar, the business of idol slows a bit. There’s not as much stuff, and the first big run of debuts for the year is still a few months off, so you need to find ways to amuse yourself. Like, for instance, deranged fan faction!
A giant-ass winter storm has been ripping through the country the last couple of days, and heaven help the poor souls in New England about to get snowed under. An excellent excuse to explore your artistic side while playing the Fun, and then ripping through a halfway quality Weekender!
Ex-oshi seems to be taking well to life outside of idol:
🌹二十二歳に成りました🌹
今年の瑳里は表現の幅を広げる為、肌色を解禁致します。
人らしい俗っぽい表現に挑戰したいです。
一年位前から少しずつ肌色の自分を好きになれてきたので、皆樣へお知らせすることが出来ました。
今年は理想に辿り着く為の一歩に成りますように。 pic.twitter.com/kh3o2aUj48— 瑳里 (@sari_mdr) January 15, 2019
實はラストライヴの次の日に皆から頂いた花束を持って撮影に行っておりました！
全身筋肉痛だったけれど、お花達が枯れないように、自分の切り替えの為に、次の日に拘りました💐
波が視覺から私の中へ入って行き、全てを浄化していく感じがしました。 pic.twitter.com/igC6miuWcV— 瑳里 (@sari_mdr) January 15, 2019
Meanwhile, every tweet from Shidare is like a dagger to the heart:
群青、つれづれメンバーに似てシャイな人が多い、たまに獣みたいな人も🐯
辛抱強く応援してくれてライブで、CDで、泣いたり笑ったり叫んだりして生きてくれる人たち。ありがとう、群青が存在してるそれだけでわたくしの生きる力でした！いつかフロアで会う時はわたくしが誰よりも暴れる群青ですわ🐯 pic.twitter.com/jMWHavjBlX— ◎屋しだれ (@shida_tsurezure) January 16, 2019
2/2ソールドアウトしましたので、当日券はございません！
最後、人いっぱいにしてくれてありがとうございます！
来てくださるみなさん、頭のネジ一本外して楽しみましょう☺️🌸 pic.twitter.com/mw80W5Fi0d— ◎屋しだれ (@shida_tsurezure) January 18, 2019
Please allow me to apologize to one of my low-key favorite things in idol, going all the way back to when random YouTube dives were all you really had to compare to the handful of English-language resources for chika idol: UNDER BEASTY, I done you wrong, and I’m here today to make it right. We need to catch up!
Gah, where to begin. Well, probably with the fact that they’re about to release their … fifth? Fifth single:
How many of you guys are still weeping? Yup.
"If I never watch their graduation performance then it didn't happen" #OshilossCopingTactics
— [rushi]❤︎airin (@parurushi) January 11, 2019
gotta carry on their legacy somehow #OshilossCopingTactics pic.twitter.com/CUdlLGO2zO
— trent reznor oshi (@lana_the_end) January 11, 2019
It's better to have loved and lost than to have no pretext to open that bottle of 24 year old scotch…#OshilossCopingTactics
— 左 (@OTStummer) January 11, 2019
#OshilossCopingTactics
1 – Lose oshi
2 – Remember there are plenty of other fish in the sea
3 – Go fishing— Pukovnik Krv (@cobranaconda) January 12, 2019
I can’t believe we almost went a week without a Friday Fun, lads. Yep, I think seeing Sari’s unwhitened face blew me away so much that I was incapable of rational thought! Then I saw some guys on Facebook arguing over the deeper meaning of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” and I swore I could see the lightbulb just flashing above my head! Continue reading
How conveniently named then!
Yes friends, the thing that you should be incredibly hype for if you’re able to go, and at least somewhat hype for just because it exists, is now something that you can officially purchase a ticket for, which you should undoubtedly do, and soon:
Tickets on sale now for INDIE, IDOL AND INFAMOUS with @DOUBLE_AND @14hanakosan @GARUDA_info!
https://t.co/wa16hlLfL1#idol #london #Japan #doubleand #idol_garuda #十四代目トイレの花子さん pic.twitter.com/23qpKkkp3E
— ORIONlive UK (@ORIONlive_UK) January 18, 2019
The new O’CHAWANZ isn’t loud at all. O’CHAWANZ, in general, aren’t that loud. But I don’t care. They dominated my personal best-of last year and they’re ready to do it again in 2019.
It got me wondering. If EPISODE V was full of hype songs, and MELLOW MADNESS is going to be, well, mellow, would that mean MELLOW MADNESS is the night to EPISODE V’s day?
Hey, I know we’re dealing with the impending graduation of Kotao from Avandoned and of course, it’s a monumental upheaval for a very special group, but if there’s one thing I know, Beni is never ever going to slow down for a single minute. She’s gotta be hands-down one of the hardest working people on the scene, and her latest endeavor is one to really be excited over, a 45″ single collaboration with her friends and frequent stage partners, The Childish Tones!
2/20にリリースされるCHILDISH TONES feat.宇佐蔵べに の7インチの曲、プレスたった300枚の小さなリリースなのに、もうラジオで5回もオンエアされてる。レコード会社がやるようなプロモーションは一切してなくて、聴いてほしいなと思った信頼してる人に音源を送っただけ。純粋な広がり方をしてて嬉しい pic.twitter.com/alJlRsFdSl
— ネモト・ド・ショボーレ (@DECKREC) January 13, 2019
I’ve been looking forward to this since it was announced, but waited to see if maybe we’d get an MV or something to go along with the details, and now here we are! The record consists of Usabeni and The Childish Tones on two tracks, one being a cover of the classic Nick Lowe power-pop number “Cruel to be Kind”, accompanied with a cover of The La’s “There She Goes” for the b-side!
Yesterday an MV was shared for the La’s cover, and it’s a delightful trip to twee-town once again with Beni: Continue reading
I hope that everybody was looking forward to Q’ulle’s upcoming album release, their second under Avex, at least half as much as I have been. Arguably the finest purveyors of idorock left alive, the former dance troupe is always at least good and has an upper echelon that most idols, frankly, can only dream of trying to reach. Plus, unlike a lot of projects, they didn’t have to change what they were doing when they went major! They just, like, did even more.
Give this a quick spin:
That’s a lot of previewing to do! Granted, there’s enough music that you’ve heard before (because you are a Q’ulle fan, like all smart people are) that it’s not totally fresh and surprising, but there are some new moves here that I wasn’t prepared for. Yakko’s death growl, for instance.*
The thing released today, so go get it!
*May or may not have happened
Weeping.
2019年2月2日をもってゆくえしれずつれづれを脱退することとなりました。
期待してるよ、大好きだよ、会いに行くね、と言われる度、ライブを楽しんでくれる群青の顔を見る度、まだまだやれると思えました。どれだけぼろぼろになっても立つことができました。此処まで頑張れる力をくれてありがとう。 pic.twitter.com/Fff3WR2Qhm
— ◎屋しだれ (@shida_tsurezure) January 15, 2019
[お知らせ]
◎屋しだれの脱退に伴い、2月より開催される「Unethical Tour」のチケット払戻しの対応を行わせていただきます。下記、詳細になりますのでご確認下さい。https://t.co/4WCZ9WLkhRこの度はご迷惑をお掛けして大変申し訳ございません。今後とも宜しくお願い致します。 pic.twitter.com/RvoGd1N8F9
— ゆくえしれずつれづれ (@yukuetsurezure) January 15, 2019
Caleb has been so kind as to translate Shidare’s long message, as well as allowing us to post it on Homicidols. The original can be found here.
I, Futamaruya Shidare have decided to withdraw from Yukueshirezu Tsurezure. First of all, I’d like to say thank you and apologise to those of you I have upset with such a sudden announcement, to those who were looking forward to next meeting me, and those who supported the direction we were going in. The 28th November 2018 was 3 years since I had been announced as an initial member of Yukueshirezu Tsurezure. It was 3 years of thinking, worrying, trying, hesitating, fighting and pushing myself as to how we could make Tsurezure a good group, how we could make our concerts good. However, in some respects I’ve realised I found myself thinking I can no longer stand here, or keep walking on. Even so I pushed through and came to where we are now, but now that Kotetsu and Takara have been so kind as to join us, I came to the conclusion that perhaps Yukueshirezu Tsurezure has a better chance going forward without me, and decided to withdraw. It was my dream as a member to show you Yukueshirezu Tsurezure’s songs and worldview. I still believe Tsurezure’s songs have the power to save people. Our weak yet strong songs embrace a lot of people’s isolation and darkness. However, I feel it regrettable and vexing that I overwhelmingly lack the actual strength to convey our worldview, and if I think about it I might have always been stuck in the same place. And before I knew it I had trapped Tsurezure in my negative loop. I, who wanted to be part of a group, had personally confined Tsurezure. And going on, I thought of the possibility of me changing. However the more I thought about it, I decided to stop clinging on as now I have lost the confidence to dedicate everything as a member of the group; as Yukueshirezu Tsurezure. I originally also thought “what if I could change through our tour that begins this February”. Throw away every part of me, kill it, as if it were life or death and if even then I couldn’t change then I’d think again about quitting. However, as the other members are going into this tour frantically trying to climb higher, I found myself in a completely different direction. I felt that this was a betrayal to my other members and the gunjou who so kindly support us. There are many ways of grasping betrayal. To everyone who was looking forward to the tour, I’m truly sorry. Those of you who said you’d celebrate my birthday in February, those who anticipated Yukueshirezu Tsurezure as a 5 member group, and you who said you’d always support me, I’m sorry. I’ve gone so far as to do this for over 3 years, so I have no regrets. Also, I’ll be looking up from here so Yukueshirezu Tsurezure can continue to shine. I pray I can see Tsurezure and the gunjou smiling from here. Thank you for allowing Futamaruya Shidare into your lives, for letting me live. Yukueshirezu Tsurezure, thank you. Do your best, don’t be defeated, take care.
Futamaruya Shidare
