Today, it’s been exactly a year and two months since Sari and Hina graduated from NECRONOMIDOL. Which makes the release of Sari’s debut single and music video this weekend feel all that more significant.
I already wrote a little thing about the title track when the demo first came out so go check that out.
Is this perhaps the most anticipated comeback of 2019? I sure think so.
Oh, Sari, how I’ve missed your voice.
First, apologies that it’s a little short. Translation difficulties I alluded to elsewhere meant that the chat was not as free-flowing as I had hoped. But hey, isn’t this the first post-Necronomidol interview with Sari?I’m pretty sure it’s the first one in English, so let’s claim that. Friends, Romans, countrymen: Homicidols.com presents…
Our story starts on the morning of the concert. I had been doing a spot of sightseeing in Bologna…
Just a few months ago, Homicidols published a profile of fans-turned-promoters bringing alternative idols to the Western World. Looking back now, the article is a bit embarrassingly anglo-centric. Unbeknownst to us at the time, a group of Italian-speaking fans were putting the finishing touches on their own considerable efforts to launch an alt-idol festival in Italy. When the final lineup for the event was revealed in mid-February, it was clear that there was a new and significant player in the business of importing underground Japanese idol to the West.
https://twitter.com/monster_dolls/status/1096753534014578688
Seemingly overnight, the hardol diaspora had grown another tendril.
On May 11th in Bologna, Italy, Monster of Dolls will play host to alt-idol A-listers LADYBABY, the Western debut of JyuJyu, and an appearance by the legendary Sari of NECRONOMIDOL fame. The event’s biggest coup, however, is scoring the first ever overseas live for perhaps the hottest chika idol act in Tokyo: Melon Batake a go go.
The appearance of this top-tier alt-idol festival, seemingly out of nowhere, was the most pleasant of surprises. Our curiosity was piqued, not just about the cost of plane tickets to Italy, but also about the festival itself, the brains behind it, and about the Italian-speaking fandom whose presence we had been totally ignorant of until now. So we reached out to our new Italian allies in the quest to bring alt-idol to the West in the hopes that we could learn all we could.
We think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Folks, a new idol event has sprouted from the fertile soil of Western music fandoms, and the time has arrived for all details to be known and tickets to be available.
Monster of Dolls, a one-day event (May 11) in Bologna, Italy, is bringing as fine an assortment of idols and personalities as you can shake a stick at:
MoD 2019!! ✨
THIS IS THE FINAL LINEUP! 🔥
FOLLOW THE LINK ON OUR FACEBOOK EVENT TO BUY TICKETS! ~ LET'S GO! 😎😎😎https://t.co/IGjJSYfCtf#MoD2019 #Monsterofdolls #idol #concert #event #アイドル pic.twitter.com/X8qHensqKi— Monster Of Dolls (@monster_dolls) February 16, 2019
You can actually skip the Facebook thing if you don’t like being part of a massive data-mining scheme and just click here for tickets. Continue reading
一緒に卒業したひな❤️ pic.twitter.com/PLqTNxjN0T
— 瑳里 (@sari_mdr) January 7, 2019
1-2-3 and it’s over! Your NEW QUEEN OF THE SCENE IS 2& SAKI!
WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!
On the final night of accompanying NECRONOMIDOL on their BLACK WINDS OVER ALBION tour, Saki of 2& has revealed her true intentions for tagging along — she’s CASHING IN HER MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE AND CHALLENGING NECROMA’S SARI FOR THE TITLE OF QUEEN OF THE SCENE AND OFFICIAL OSHIMEN OF HOMICIDOLS.COM!
The guaranteed-anytime contract in Saki’s briefcase doesn’t say much, but it does say that this matchup is scheduled for one fall, and that it’s on a two-hour time limit. So! Between right now and MIDNIGHT LONDON TIME, place your votes for who’s winning this matchup and gets to hold the title! Continue reading
Oshi is among you, mortals.
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あと🇬🇧UK— 瑳里 (@sari_mdr) June 1, 2018
Are you prepared for what’s to come?
NECRONOMIDOL – 4.7L (Kei Toriki Remix)
Grab your special exclusive CD-R during our BLACK WINDS OVER ALBION tour! pic.twitter.com/XKQYYxBTMo— Kei Toriki (@666Casey) May 31, 2018
Here is the merch list for our BLACK WINDS OVER ALBION tour next week! T-shirt design by the amazing @Fortifem! We'll also have a special exclusive CD-R featuring remixes of 3 NECRONOMIDOL songs by Necroma Band members Kei Toriki and June Kobayashi (JITTERYJACKAL)! pic.twitter.com/JOgfGVA1VF
— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) May 30, 2018
Oshi and I communed again. She wished for me to relay the following to those of you in Europe who will be seeing Necroma in but a few brief days:
— 瑳里 (@sari_mdr) May 20, 2018
I am shaken to my core. Continue reading
