Candy Go!Go!

Candy GO!GO! Released a Single

/ Homicidol Maniac

I got to tease it in the Weekender; now we get to hear the latest from idorock uber-veterans Candy GO!GO!. Any and all commentary saved for after the:

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Candy GO!GO!’s New EP May Be What You’re Looking For

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So okay, maybe this hasn’t been the most exciting idol summer so far, but what if I told you that one of the most absolutely stalwart of projects — I’m talking duration, member stamina, growth and onward — just put out a new record that could hit all the right notes for you this summer, because it’s the purest encapsulation of idorock, the Music Genre Made for Summer? Would you be all, Maniac, please, my wets tell me what this is that I might enjoy it!(?)

You should be, but perhaps you will not, for I speak of Candy GO!GO! (obviously), and for some reason I’ve never been able to get other Western fans to enjoy them as much as I do. Maybe it’s boo me for effort, I dunno. But! They recently dropped an EP to follow up on last year’s “Fake News” single, and, frankly, everything that I’ve heard so far from IDOROCK-beyond- has made me a believer. Here’s “Dahlia”:

This one’s I guess the other side of the coin: Continue reading →

Let the New One from Candy GO!GO! Pick You Up

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I’m in a bad mood! I can’t imagine why! It’s like idol is ganging up on us.

We need a pick-me-up, and I’m not talking about just spinning a few hours’ worth of Negicco or Sakura Gakuin or atmospheric black metal or something. No, we need homi-approximate idol, and it needs to have rock flavors, preferably a passable guitar solo and … a theme! A theme that’s maybe kind of palliative, even ironically, or is at least so titled. Thus we can pretend that everything’s going to be okay!

Hey, I know, isn’t Candy GO!GO! releasing a new single? And didn’t they promise the MV today? They did! Continue reading →

Go Get ’em Candy GO!GO!

/ Homicidol Maniac

I’ve already given away to whom I’m referring here, but let me just say that some casual what-are-they-doing Twitter cruising a little while back turned out a result that for one sweet second made me think that Hauptharmonie still lived, and that I might know true joy again.

Alas! It was Candy GO!GO! and the short-version PV for their new single!


I mean, it’s called “HONEY TRAP” ffs

This is their umpteenth single, releasing the day before this live DVD celebrating the group’s seventh(!) anniversary:

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You Know Who We Don’t See Enough Of? Candy GO!GO!

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Other than the various times that I note how excellent a follow Rin is on Twitter, I don’t have much occasion to post about Candy GO!GO!, who have shown in the past to be perfectly cool and good and capable of some serious rockers. Hence, when they start putting live clips online in a way that’s readily accessible without having to worry about YouTube’s stupid rules, I listen, and then I feel like sharing.

In three parts:

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I Like This Change of Pace for CANDY GO!GO!

/ Homicidol Maniac

Did everybody else know about this single coming out from CANDY GO!GO! in like two weeks, and just didn’t tell me? Because that’s rude.

“CANDY” will be their third(?) major single, which isn’t bad considering, but is also kind of amazing when you look at their entire body of work (going back to 2010!) and persistent growth as a thing.

Also, where did like 40 percent of the members go? Being outlandishly large was always one of my favorite things about the group. But, skipping an obvious tie-in joke while saying so, Rin is still in charge and remains one of the more interesting people to have in your Twitter feed.

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This Is What You’ll Get with CANDY GO!GO!’s “IDOROCK” Album

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CANDY GO!GO!, now with a whole stable of rock idols to call their sisters, have their IDOROCK album coming out in a few weeks, and you know what that means. IT’S MV TIME!

So “ハイボールの制約” (“Restriction of Highball”?), do you think it might be a really idorock kind of song? Like, proving the point?

You bet your ass it is!


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Come Together: An Idorock Stable Takes Shape

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Pure Idol Heart, who’s great to chat with about idol stuff at all hours, has been tipping me off on lots of new stuff lately, but this is one that genuinely has me excited.

First up: Candy GO!GO! Like, the living embodiments of idorock. Their last single was a lot of fun, their major debut is coming out at the end of the year, and they’re just out there doing like they always do, which is put on swaggy stage shows and dominate Twitter. Candy GO!GO! is managed by One-to-One Agency, and that name used to make a lot of sense because, to my knowledge, they only had themselves one client (being Candy GO!GO!).

Not anymore! And if you’re reading this on the home page, please allow me to clickbait you by saying and you won’t believe who they’ve signed (but you’ll probably be happy for who it was): Continue reading →

Get Ready for CANDY GO!GO!’s 1st Major Label Album

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And you won’t even believe the title! It’s–

Oh. Yeah, that totally makes sense. It’s possible that they flat-out invented the word “idorock.” Continue reading →

Set Your Weekend to ‘overdrive’

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They have almost as many active members as BiS has auditioneers, and they do “pop ‘n’ roll” and honestly look like a ton of fun … how about a little CANDY GO!GO! to kick off your (in the USA) Labor Day weekend?