Hey, remember how PiGU had five members when they first appeared here, and then all of a sudden they didn’t have that many, and then they spent most of the summer as a duo, and then suddenly were up to four and then five? Me too! That was … well, it was an excuse to keep listening to PiGU, who do make it easy, what with new video all the time and stuff.
Anyway, guess who’s going through another bout of membership madness? Just translate your way through this string of tweets:
【お知らせ】PiGUの黒井梨名ですが、昨夜本人より脱退の希望を受け、方向性の違い、また精神面において今後のPiGUの活動に付いていけないということで話し合いの結果、PiGUより脱退することになりました。今まで応援していただいていたファンの皆様の期待に応えられず申し訳ございません。
— PiGU Official (@PiGU_idoloid) October 19, 2016
残ったメンバー4人、りなの脱退でパワーダウンと言われない様に、より心を一つに一丸となって、さらなるパフォーマンスの向上に努力を積んでまいります。引き続き応援いただけたら幸いです。
— PiGU Official (@PiGU_idoloid) October 19, 2016
こんな時だからこそ、心を一つに。21日披露の新曲『けむりの彼方へ』をみんなで仕上げています。
— PiGU Official (@PiGU_idoloid) October 19, 2016
Basically, like how one of you (I’M SO SORRY THAT I FORGET!) was telling me months ago that members were less than well-behaved and removed, that’s how this reads, or at least something similar. Cheese off management, and you’re out.
PiGU of course has set out to diligently find a replacement:
貴方はアイドルになる為に生まれてきたんじゃないの?
★カワイクロック!楽しくロック!PiGU新メンバーオーディション!https://t.co/QNLyeBAzA6— PiGU Official (@PiGU_idoloid) October 19, 2016
Just kidding, PiGU’s never not holding auditions. Part of the charm. Just look at that banner! It was literally switched out yesterday (on Twitter). Ganvarino and Keikarin are both still there, but the rest of the cast, they’re basically interchangeable Japanese teenagers. “Hey, can you kind of sing and convincingly remember some choreography for a few weeks? Great! You’re hired.”
Here’s one of the very few full lives they held with (those) five members:
PiGU, I love you. You’re very fun. You are also a mess to follow.