Good morning! I don’t know about my fellow Americans, but I’m personally still recovering from going a little too ham on Thanksgiving, and I still have family obligations to gut out while my body feels like it’s stuffed with just the tiniest bit too much sausage filling. I really do wonder how our ancestors handled the periodic feast days that all but required people to eat until they physically couldn’t anymore, seeing as how there are all manner of over-the-counter medications that I can take for some relief, and all they had was booze.
Anyway, enough real and metaphorical bellyaching: As if you hadn’t noticed, idol has been going into full-time year-end mode, with new material and announcements of new material to come flying around like mad. It’s all very good and very exciting. And while I did my personal most posting in a long-ass while as a result, it’s still a very packed Weekender for you. Enjoy.
And for real, do me a favor and play the Fun. I don’t always get to fill in for Kerrie, but when I do, I like to get personal, and in this case I took advantage of the holiday to go with a theme, and I think that anybody reading this has a very good reason to be thankful for idol, in one way or another. Tell us about it!
You’re a Sentimental Nerd
Prepare yourself for the string of promos to support the new album from Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da:
[解禁]
12/18(水)発売、5thAL「或夢命」より新曲「Greedy Survive」を公式サイトにて2時間限定公開&新アーティスト写公開!タグ #GreedySurvive にて呟いて貰えると拾いに行きます!LIVE鉄板曲になる予感…皆で遊ぶ前の序章をここで! #ぜんぶ君のせいだ #或夢命 https://t.co/P76U8nxPmO pic.twitter.com/cPw5RoMYSk— ぜんぶ君のせいだ。 (@zenbukiminosei) November 28, 2019
Maybe even do it with this trailer for the full HAMIDASYSTEM album:
I’m personally super into this emerging nuance album:
This Wonder Lander reboot is such a tease:
Wonder Lander is not just a group name, but a team name where creators and performers work together. We will grow into a team that can deliver works of various styles. pic.twitter.com/EKje7XPfFP
— Official (@team_wonlan) November 24, 2019
Everybody on Team looked at and considered this new one from EMPiRE and felt no real motivation, so here we go, it’s Weekendered!
Whatcha up to, ZSASZ?
— Zsasz (@ZsaszJP) November 29, 2019
It really does feel like SHACHI could become a major-ass international star at any moment, doesn’t it?
Excellent E-girls dance video:
Or what about yet another impromptu random-location STARMARIE performance?
When your old friends come back for a one-night-only special engagement that please don’t tease me like this!
[追加出演者発表]
12/31(火)〜1/1(水)赤羽ReNY alphaにて開催「こどもめんたる〜はっぴょうの拾肆〜年越しSP」追加出演者発表!ヒトトキタダイマヤマコマロ
(BAND SET)お楽しみにしててもらえると幸いです! #コドモメンタル #ヤマコマロ https://t.co/t0ps4sh5eb pic.twitter.com/P3yzcMNy7k
— codomomental/コドモメンタル (@codomomental) November 28, 2019
Idol in Focus
This week’s Idol in Focus is our old friend Haruno Megumi, who was I believe last seen appearing mostly clothed in C-level action films but seemed to have fully migrated her career ambitions firmly into the direction of digital eroticism. She has apparently created some new music, though!
That these appear to be in no small part due to her latest gravure video needing a soundtrack is of little consequence; I’m just glad that Megumi’s still doing the music thing.
I have no idea what to make of this thing from Jekyll and Hyde:
You do enjoy Seireki 13ya, don’t you?
The criminally under-exposed Payrin’s played a new song the other night:
【お知らせ】
本日の無銭単独公演にて、
新曲「Stay with me」を披露させていただきました!.
作詞:藤田 昂平 (.(dot)any) (@dot_any)
作曲:RYO-P (@RioKitabayash)
編曲:グシミヤギ ヒデユキ (@gussy_)
.12/30の2ndワンマンライブまで、たくさん披露して参りますので、お楽しみに!#ぺいりんず pic.twitter.com/axjok0rstW
— Payrin's (@Payrinsofficial) November 23, 2019
predia are sort of at that place where they can do whatever they want and make it work:
For starters, I definitely didn’t expect this from 15GERM, and especially not after I (finally) learned that they used to be SHiX:
You too can join Husky:
husky《ハスキー》
新メンバーオーディション2020年はさらに全国での活動の幅を広げて行きます。
一緒に成長して行ける人
今の自分を変えたい人まずはお問い合わせください。
メール・DMお待ちしてます。#アイドル#大阪#オーディション pic.twitter.com/L1C8VYi1Iw— 公式husky《ハスキー》関西最強ツーステ部 (@husky_idol) November 11, 2019
I failed to ever post this new one from LAST IN MY CULT, but that’s also fine because it isn’t that good:
Clip Corner
Holy shit, Saya:
ミソシタ&沖縄電子少女彩&バーチャル彩!
作詞:彩&ミソシタ
作曲:彩
『Memory of the Spark Bell』初披露! pic.twitter.com/wpmNawNvfp— 沖縄電子少女彩 Okinawa Electric Girl Saya 12/1栃木足利市ライブ (@Tincy_saya) November 24, 2019
Excellent raymay:
And just as excellent NEO BREAK:
We always need live NECRONOMIDOL:
2019.11.29 月見ル君想フ
「Surrounded by Organica vol.11」
♪The Festival#NECRONOMIDOL#ネクロ魔 pic.twitter.com/dZMwdQosvh— (@kyohei_hpl) November 29, 2019
I love being able to include DESURABBITS:
Almost as much as I do Devil ANTHEM:
Or something that we don’t see a ton of, like GL TOKYO:
This is so sad:
BILLIE IDLE® の活動も残り1ヶ月ですが、
出会ったご縁、是非ビリーアイドルの音楽に触れて頂けたら嬉しいです…!YouTube⬇️https://t.co/Ut3XK9CvKM®
iTunes⬇️https://t.co/DRLGr9gG8y pic.twitter.com/9dw6kdSfW6
— ファーストサマーウイカ (@FirstSummerUika) November 29, 2019
Michelle from NECRONOMIDOL appears herein:
Oh good, more incoming mind-breaking from SHINGEKI:
David Liao from New School Kaidan celebrated his birthday with Full Power Girls R:
It was my birthday so what the hell, I decided to live it up. #全力ビンタ
Thank you @okazakierina05 @satoerika0308 @hirokawakanon03 @emurorika0315 @momokawaharuka @narusemika0620 @Maika_04_ pic.twitter.com/oztBoYUd5L
— David Liao, Jr. (@TexasBurgerDLJ) November 23, 2019
Have a great weekend!