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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.

There’s an MV, too: Continue reading →

Bellring Girls Heart + Oyasumi Hologram = Chaos

/ Homicidol Maniac / 1 Comment

The great curators of obscure idol video over at Idol 2.0 posted this one just a little while ago. OYSM and Bellheart, aka BellHolo, performing the sublime “c a n d y”:


Yes, that’s shamelessly riffing on Blur, and yes, Bellheart are most at home in basements.

And deeper down the YouTube rabbit hole, here’s “strawberry”:


It’s okay to be afraid.

Alas, I couldn’t track down any video of BellCode.

Also, I’m still scared shitless of Kanra.