Hello friends! This is the lamest Weekender ever, because this past week was indeed a lame one; you know that things are slow when I start posting joke posts instead of real stuff, which both fortunately and un usually only happens when there’s not much of note happening. Also, I set this to publish on Saturday morning, and it didn’t happen, and then I basically disappeared for two days. Let’s see how dated it is by now! Cest la vie.

Lame

This Play Balls MV actually happened in time for the last Weekender, but I missed it; that’s some good, loud stuff!

143 had their debut, and it was good:

Red’s got a photobook?

[お知らせ]
ぜんぶ君のせいだ。赤色リーダー”如月愛海”生誕グッズでありアナウンスが遅れておりました「Photo Book(文庫サイズ直筆サインテキスト入り) ¥2,500-」を明日夜21時より販売開始します！通販サイトにて正式なURLは明日アナウンス致します！ #ぜんぶ君のせいだ pic.twitter.com/9zKyFcy85q

— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) February 6, 2018

In case you missed Io’s star turn on a Western br00tal breakdowns Facebook page:

BUY O’CHAWANZ STUFF!

if you are foreigner, please let me know, which stuff you want from secondfactory on line shop.https://t.co/3K9s6mZAW4
ill add to new O'CHAWANZ overseas online shop.
also there is credit card and paypal already.
you can buy any O'CHAWANZ stuff !!https://t.co/MjjgGcv8OF

— O'CHAWANZ episode3 (@O_CHAWANZ) February 8, 2018

I thought this one might be right up your collective alley:

It kills me that Lucifer’s management doesn’t allow for any video:

Good morning👻
木むつ楽しかった〜✨
Thank you.
あんなにハプニング沢山なのは初めてだった☠️☠️☠️w
明日もまたlive💜 pic.twitter.com/yEEz3DBJ3y

— ✝️CREA😈 LuCifeR✝️ (@CREA666LCR) February 8, 2018

Attain Music has a new MV on the way, and also a fourth member, and may have dropped the panda thing along the way:

Attain Music 新曲▶︎Because of you

2/8新曲初お披露目
2/11CD発売

MVもフルバージョンで入ってるよ(^^)/リプか公式へのDMで予約してね！#拡散希望RTお願いします pic.twitter.com/fk6uqaF2A0

— あみ🍜Attain Music (@aam_amm06) February 6, 2018

Photos of Malcolm Mask McLaren, courtesy of their shiny new Facebook page!

I’m sorry, but this is the most unironically idol MV I’ve seen in a long time:

Good lord, KOTO:

Ex-969er Inoue Yume is still at it, bless her:

雨降り。キミ。ふ。ざ。い。 pic.twitter.com/t59Ql3HHy2

— 井上結夢☂ 2/10 濱書房 (@inoueyume) February 8, 2018

More on When Marty Met BiSH:

【マーティ・フリードマン新アルバムにアイナ、チッチが参加！】
3/7発売「B: The Beginning THE IMAGE ALBUM」内収録の
『Wadted Tears』にアイナ、チッチが参加。

本日よりiTunesプレオーダー開始。
プレオーダー購入特典で、松隈ケンタ歌唱のデモ音源プレゼント。よろ。https://t.co/yhC8GViX2e pic.twitter.com/vbIywDnTC2

— BiSHオフィシャル (@BiSHidol) February 7, 2018

Every person in music should hook up with VMO for at least one performance:

YNKVMO！#ヨネ農家
#OKOME_RAVE pic.twitter.com/mYeUYeGghy

— mana (@mk_macherie) February 8, 2018

I feel like E-girls should be taxed as hard for this deceptive naming practice as Lady Gaga was for “Judas”:

C-Style vs. Screaming Sixties should be a pretty darn good time!

大事なお知らせでもありました通り、C-Styleは5周年を記念して伝統ある地元のライブハウスを一夜限り復活させます。木更津で音楽をやりたくてもやれない人が沢山いる中C-Styleは強い意志を持ってこの企画を実現、実行します。ゲストには最強アーティスト！絶叫する60度さんをお招き致します。 pic.twitter.com/YESWHZ1jmk

— C-Style@オリコンデイリー38位 (@CStyle4649) February 5, 2018

I don’t bring up Keyakizaka46 much, but they’re probably my favorite major … and have a new single on the way!

My heart broke a little bit:

超絶かっこいいな。(好き♥) pic.twitter.com/zLj89K6G6k

— 🐧June1 Eudyptes chrysolophus🐧 (@cannibaljune1) February 8, 2018

That Wagamama Rakia record is going to contain a solo song by Minami:

[我儘ラキア、桜が咲く前に。チャレンジ企画の発表]
今回のワンマンツアーのテーマは、桜が咲く前に、強くなった自分たちを皆に見てもらおう、です。
星熊、相谷はソロ曲の作曲、海羽は新衣装の監修に挑戦しております。
直近、東京公演では、星熊のソロ曲がお披露目です！ pic.twitter.com/a2yZAODV7b

— 我儘ラキア-公式- (@wagamamarakia) February 8, 2018

Jazz idols? Sure. What about when Negicco goes calypso?

Have a loud weekend!