Every now and again, it’s worth following up on idols you particularly enjoyed. Sometimes, the hint you get is about as subtle as an explosion; other times, it’s just a little blip on the Twittersphere that says that maybe there’s something worth looking into.
Yesterday, a little bit of us kicked off following Lyric Holic official’s announcement that the group is inexplicably rebooting after dying:
V系ロックアイドル「リリックホリック歌劇団」が二期メンバー募集オーディションを開催！https://t.co/N56rH2ePQi#音楽 #オーディション #オーディション募集 #歌手 #歌手募集 #歌手になりたい https://t.co/mgk99S73pf
— 音楽オーディション情報navi (@audition_m) November 20, 2017
“How peculiar,” I thought, largely because I always thought that Lyric Holic was effectively self-managed. “I wonder what the old members are up to in this case?”
This is the rewarding part.
Tama got involved in this short-term collaboration with the members of Bakuon Dolls Syndrome and Bokura no Oyugi:
ノリタリッシュ11.19新宿SAMURAIありがとうございました‼︎
次回のLIVEは11.21下北沢basementbarにてトリを務めさせて頂きます♫
いよいよ残り3回となりました。楽しみましょう‼︎ pic.twitter.com/ZNWs6yMrjl— ノリタリッシュ (@no_ri_ta_ri_sh) November 19, 2017
And Julia’s joined a burlesque revue:
If you were curious as to Shiori’s whereabouts, she’s apparently supporting the new auditions (maybe to stick around? WHO KNOWS!), but her Twitter stream has become a truly wonderful thing:
おやつのじかん・ω・
— しおりん・あ・ら・もーど (@shiorin_a_la) November 16, 2017
Snack time!
So it’ll be interesting to see where this goes. Other than Guso Drop and the never-say-sleep Zekkyou, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a chika group be as willing to grind as Lyric Holic always ways, and goodness knows that we need more ear-splitting intensity in this world. If any of the old members are going to re-involve themselves in the new iteration of the group, that’d be something on its own, but it’s not even that important — it’s just cool to see that there’s idol live after idol, or at least never-ending connections.
LyricHolic is run by a company called aLive Enterprise (yes, with that weird capitalisation).
Tama-chan is also doing guest vocals on Diable Voix’s forthcoming 2nd single “Song for…”
Well that explains who I sent that email to once!