Well, today is terrible because Younapi is graduating You’ll Melt More! on March 27th and leaving the idol industry.
サプライズ①
「ようなぴ選手引退」ただいま公式YouTubeで公開されましたが、ようなぴが3/27のZepp DiverCity公演をもってゆるめるモ!から引退することになりました。
詳細はHPをご覧ください。 https://t.co/VBOY2kjAsx pic.twitter.com/zWBHdhLfb6
— ゆるめるモ!@3/27ゼップダイバーシティ (@ylmlm_staff) February 7, 2020
Rather than continuing as a duo, You’ll Melt More! have also promoted Nerun and Nani from their trainee unit, Pyuu Pirumo! as full-time members, so, at least the numbers will balance out again, I guess?
ゆるめるモ!に新メンバー2名加入、ようなぴが3月にグループ引退(動画あり)https://t.co/qCBHWCnO3t
#ゆるめるモ pic.twitter.com/o0cCYmeLvs
— 音楽ナタリー (@natalie_mu) February 7, 2020
While I don’t doubt that Chiffon, Kechon and the two new members can keep marching on, losing your two most popular members in under six months is a pretty huge blow. I also feel pretty bad for the Monster Of Dolls staff, who so far have had to deal with both graduations and a cancellation on top of that.
As SupremeNothing said while we were talking about this, while Younapi is retiring from idol, she isn’t the type to just up and disappear entirely, so we can probably find the comfort of a Sari-esque situation perhaps come from this.
In the meantime, You’ll Melt More! will release one last album before her retirement, with the new members, so that should act as a kind of transitional piece.
ようなぴ選手引退発表、なに・ねるん加入で揺れる?ゆるめるモ!、4枚目のフルアルバム『サプライザー』のデザイン周りをやりました。
夏頃発売って聞いてたのが、この間2月です!と言われバババッと進行して完成。曲も今現在のゆるめるモ!って感じで期待していいと思うよ!
がんばれ!ゆるめるモ! pic.twitter.com/5qitV9k3o0
— ダイ(DieTRAX) (@Dietrax) February 7, 2020
But, man.