Is there some kind of evil miasma floating through idol today? It’s just bouncing between already anticipating major idol loss and being buffeted by news left and right by horrible add-ons. Like, yeah, see title:
THERE THERE THERES解散のお知らせ
いつもありがとうございます。
グループを解散することにしました。
これからは新グループ、ソロなど、個人に合った活動を頑張ります。
応援してくださってるファンには本当に申し訳ありません。https://t.co/W2cuuRDGG3#ゼアゼア— THERE THERE THERES (@TTTS_AQBI) January 7, 2019
Hold up. I had this whole thing planned for some recent live video from the crying-in-the-rain idols, and just wanted to get a little bit of extra context (like maybe some good stuff from the one-man they had tonight), and boom:
2017年3月より活動してまいりました病んでる私とヤまない雨ですが、本日のワンマン公演を持ちまして解散となります。
短い期間ですが応援ありがとうございました。
また、突然のご報告となりました事、心よりお詫び致します。
メンバーの今後に期待して頂くと共に応援よろしくお願い致します。 pic.twitter.com/J43xqdDKXS— 病雨-YAMIAME- (@yamiame_info) August 19, 2017
And while I struggled with “wait, dissolving it all now and that’s it or what?”, they blamed it on Arisa and Reira : Continue reading
I missed Indie Idol Wednesday yesterday, shame on me, but Twitter & Friends provided even more bad news from the world of idol, and of course that happened on the day that Caesar was stabbed to death by a combination of trusted friends and bitter enemies. History!
And that’s what a pair of idol projects are now, unfortunately. No, I’m not referring to the soon-to-die Hauptharmonie (my soul will never recover), but to one group that I used to think had a real chance to do something, and another that seemed like they were right on the cusp and in fact had been active and stuff lately. They’re dead/dying.
First up, Koisuru Beat. I really only got to look at them once, and almost a year ago at that, but had recently learned that they’d had some management/membership issues of their own and were operating as a solo effort. Well, they won’t be operating as anything anymore:
And there goes Koisuru Beat as well 😨 https://t.co/iP7I2qJHeP
— Martin (@jpidoldeath) March 15, 2017
And this literally three days after calling for auditions. Rough one, and it’s a shame how these things shake out, but getting any real longevity in idol is basically a miracle, anyway, so hopefully the past unpleasantness doesn’t leave the ex-members without positive experiences and a chance to keep idoling if they want to.
This next one, though, is a little bigger. Continue reading
