Good morning! How are you all doing lately? It seems like we have a light at the end of the coronatunnel these days (all occupants of Maniac Mansion are vaccinated!) in this country at least, but, like, have you seen India? And meanwhile Japan’s back to a state of emergency. I don’t mean to make light at all, but man, it really seemed like idol was really getting its legs again, and with the festival season kicking off and all the usual summertime shenanigans (to say nothing of what a lot of acts no doubt have planned for the Olympics in Tokyo), I do worry about this thing we all enjoy together.
So: Enjoy what you can when you can. As suggested, we’re entering a pretty hot season for idol stuff anyway, what with Golden Week coming up and the summer months, so expect a ton of releases new and upcoming, and plenty of Weekender fodder among the most particularly weird material we can find. But also, go the heck outside! Man it’s nice out.
With the Virus out There? Are You Crazy?
What in the absolute hell is going on at Herosyn HQ?
悲撃のヒロイン症候群を応援してくださった皆様へ pic.twitter.com/kEQ6FQztQ0
— 悲撃のヒロイン症候群 (@heroineSx) April 23, 2021
If you’ve been keeping up with Shirai:
しらい・白羽からの重要なお知らせです。
6/6に予定している白羽ワンマンライブをもって
しらいは渋都市株式会社を離れ、独立して活動して参ります。白羽最後のワンマンに向けチーム一同尽力してまいりますので、ぜひ足をお運びください。
チケットは来週4/28(水)発売予定です。 pic.twitter.com/Yxz7Lp5CjC— しらい/白羽_info (@shiraha_info) April 23, 2021
On the plus side (and because I forgot to add it last week), Rinahamu and Pan Luna are teaming up for a new unit that’s got to be the most full-circle thing ever:
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➖苺りなはむプロデュース➖
新生アイドルユニットつくります— 苺りなはむ⊿ (@rinahamu) April 17, 2021
This is what Odoro looks like now:
【新アー写お披露目】
本日は新メンバーお披露目の定期公演でした。改めまして今日からこの5人で棘-おどろ-は活動していきます。よろしくお願いします。そして5人の初めてのアー写ができました。衣装も新しくなったので皆さん見に来てください。#棘 #棘ちゃん#おどろサブスク配信中 pic.twitter.com/ktiPS8bWEp
— 棘-おどろ-公式 (@odoroproject) April 22, 2021
This is the best thing AYUMIKURIKAMAKI has done in years:
Similarly, who gave STARMARIE permission to stop being good?
Explain to me how anybody can be like “I like loud idols” and also not completely moved by UNDER BEASTY’s ability to still absolutely crush it with their debut single?
On the other hand, how did we get from PiGU to REBEL REBEL quite like this in such a relatively short time?
If you haven’t already given BABYMETAL enough of your money:
Best Album '10 BABYMETAL YEARS', is now available to stream or download WORLDWIDE!
Pre-orders for the North American CD and Vinyl with exclusive merch bundles are now available at https://t.co/GKMT77NNiJ and will be released this summer.
Listen now at: https://t.co/WVPcX6FpVP pic.twitter.com/DcCVIMjnzZ— BABYMETAL (@BABYMETAL_JAPAN) April 23, 2021
BiS, or the Curious Case of the More Things Changing, the More Things Staying the Same:
2021.05.26
" TOUCH ME / LOVE "初回限定盤
Art Work:@coinparking_d通常盤
Photo & Art Work:@gairin#BiSに触れろ pic.twitter.com/43kEkES9aX— BiS−新生アイドル研究会-オフィシャル (@BiSidol) April 21, 2021
Idol in Focus
“Ominous” and “NECRONOMIDOL” go together like peanut butter and jelly, so much so that you can use the adjective in almost any context and even have it come out as a compliment. For instance, from several days ago, the Necrocalypse getting worse, that was one kind of ominous:
NECRONOMIDOLから大切なお知らせ pic.twitter.com/TC10xNDhKv
— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) April 18, 2021
But now this warning for tomorrow with at the very least a new regime? Also ominous, only positively so!
NECRONOMIDOL 04/25
-the return of darkness- pic.twitter.com/7f9CpTgODX— NECRONOMIDOL (@NECRONOMIDOL) April 23, 2021
Bonus in Focus
This week’s original Idol in Focus was Chiaki! The hyper-talented Ms. Mayumura is on a virtual world tour, which is extremely on brand:
【✈️配信ライブツアー決定✈️】
最新アルバム「日本元気女歌手」を提げたストリーミングライブツアー
「飛び出せ!日本元気女歌手ツアー 〜ニューヨーク・パリ・ロンドン編〜」
開催決定🇺🇸🗽🇫🇷🥖🇬🇧🧙🏻♀️2021.4.17 20:00配信
⬇️詳細&チケットはこちらhttps://t.co/2ZWsp4UBKb pic.twitter.com/jB4OGMw682
— 眉村ちあき業務連絡official Chiaki Mayumura (@agokezuriyuko) April 6, 2021
Also this happened, and between the Olympics tie-in and the fact that there’s a thing called “Georgia” with a logo that looks suspiciously like the Film Georgia logo, I was so confused:
I probably shouldn’t use the I word around Chiaki too much, but whatever. Exploit those opportunities to highlight your faves!
Dempagumi.inc is such a weird group now, but as long as Risa’s involved I’m following:
Aside from this being a nice opportunity for PassCode, it’s really cute that we-B managed to get little sisters Kolokol onto the bill too:
【PassCode×工藤晴香×Kolokol】
5/7(金) PassCode×工藤晴香×Kolokol(東京・豊洲PIT)
チケットオフィシャル2次抽選先行、
スタートしております!4/25(日)23:59迄https://t.co/Xgxi7YwUOJ
一夜限りの対バンイベント、お待ちしております🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/lM1IdRj7Bt
— iTONY ENTERTAINMENT (@iTONY_ent) April 20, 2021
Your friend and mine Yajima Mai did this weird stream the other day:
Speaking of streams, if this CROSSNOESIS one is done by the time you get here, may it still be available on demand:
Here’s where we get our first look at the latest Yanakoto Sotto Mute:
【5/9(日)ライブ情報 更新!】
5/9(日)開催
ヤなことそっとミュートpresents『Dawning』
当公演についての情報を更新しました!・開場 開演時間
・ヤなことそっとミュート物販 特典会について詳細は公式サイトをご覧ください。https://t.co/7ZTwmOWhhm pic.twitter.com/Vdle2nM4AS
— ヤなことそっとミュート (@YanakotoSM) April 20, 2021
Who else remembers that hot minute several years ago when a lot of us got into notall?
If you audition for Broken By The Scream, we really need to talk:
【新メンバー募集 〆切25日まで】Broken By The Screamが進む未来は、一般的なアイドルの歩む道とはかけ離れた場所にあるのかもしれません。だからこそ私たちだけが辿り着ける景色があるのだと信じています。恐れず…前に進みます。
■募集詳細はコチラ■https://t.co/mN8FLlbp1S pic.twitter.com/yId6MuJ2D8— Broken By The Scream (@BBTS_koushiki) April 20, 2021
Since we never get enough music from Zsasz, how about a dance cover?
I like how Beni forgot how to spell her own group’s name despite it being, like, right there:
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
1st anniversary
FRAN FRIN FRIENDS
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨フルフリは活動1周年を迎えました。
みなさまいつもありがとうございます💘
(そして今、リリースのために動いています…お楽しみに✨)最新曲のMVもぜひ👀https://t.co/C2CWNisBCWhttps://t.co/gRBco2x9iG#フルフリ pic.twitter.com/GnaDlYSGl5
— FRUN FRIN FRIENDS (@FRUNFRINFRIENDS) April 18, 2021
Have a great weekend!