Banner image: YA’ABURNEE, Blood Festival Sanctuary.
It was a realtively quiet week for idol news and new releases which is fine by me for once. I’ve got a few issues in Real Life™ that have been demanding most of my energy and emotional bandwidth, so I’m OK with a little less excitment in at least one aspect of my life. We still have some significant things going on like:
When a star reaches the end of its life, it collapses in on itself, triggering a supernova: a gargantuan explosion that launches massive amounts of energy and matter out into space. PLANCK STARS, the idol unit of Bohemian bad kids scheduled to disband on February 9, was instead quietly slinking towards death, languishing in their final throes. After six years of raucous provocation and controversy, it was odd to think that Plasta might fade away quietly into the night. This past weekend, in what should be a surprise to no one, the group suddenly detonated into a tumultuous outburst of confusion, turmoil, and mutiny, flinging pandemonium across their corner of the idolverse. As they haphazardly scrawl their next chapter, PLANCK STARS now seems to be elevating chaos into an art form.
We are just a few weeks into 2025 and multiple idols are already headed overseas.
Phantom Siita has kicked off their first world tour with performances in Taipei and the Philippines. If you are planning to see them when they hit Houston in a couple of weeks, you can participate in the filming of a performance video.
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Greetings weekenders! I’d love to stay and chat but I don’t have a lot of time to put into the preamble due to a few issues in the Really Real World®. I do want to make sure everyone saw that the Homicidols Best of 2024 results dropped yesterday. After checking out the results and congratulating the winners, make sure to drop by the Homicidols Discord server to commiserate on how Odoro got totally robbed, AGAIN!
And the winners are…
In our last official act before we close the books on Idol Year 2024 and bind the records over to the abandoned missile silo that serves as the Homicidols Historical Archive, I am proud to present your Best of the Year award winners!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the nominations and voting. We fielded a very diverse crop of candidates and winners proving that the world of alternative, indie, and underground idol remains as vibrant, varied, and exciting as ever. This year’s multiple-award winners are almost evenly split between distinguished veterans (like MIGMA SHELTER and Broken By The Scream) and ambitious rookies (such as Phantom Siita and FINGER RUNS).
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Happy new year!! And welcome to your first Weekender of 2025.
Before you dive headfirst into MMXXV, please note that today marks your last chance to vote for your Homicidols Best of 2024. There are a few tight races that could be decided by last minute votes so, if you haven’t already, make sure your ballot gets in by the end of the day: Vote now!!
In our first overseas live announcement of the new year, Isiliel released her first 2025 world tour dates.
https://twitter.com/Isiliel_jp/status/1874425358709367061
