Welcome back to Saturday! It is just full-glory spring beautiful here at Maniac Mansion, and yours truly is going to spend the whole dang day outside if possible. Yes, the cicada invasion is underway, but they’re minding their business so far and leaving a comparatively low number of corpses scattered on the walk. Soon their songs will begin, and then it’s GOODBYE SLEEP for a few weeks.
Good week in idol, pretty okay Weekender. Let’s get to it.
Peppy
Do you have any idea how many friggin’ pitches for a story like this I presented between 2016 and 2018? At last, though:
A Guide to the Heaviest Kawaii Metal Groups in Japan https://t.co/uzXNz8A79r
— MetalSucks (@metalsucks) May 13, 2021
Hallelujah, Kagura isn’t going to leave BROKEN BY THE SCREAM after all, just take a little break:
【5/14単独公演以降の新体制につきまして】
5/14以降の新体制についてのご報告がございます。単独公演直前のタイミングではありますがご一読いただければ幸いです。https://t.co/QWztjURkM3— Broken By The Scream (@BBTS_koushiki) May 12, 2021
Sari!
The absolute transformation that WAGAMAMARAKIA has undergone in the blink of an eye:
/
🔥🔥情報解禁🔥🔥
\2021.6.30 Release
New Mini Album「SUPERIORITY」
▪︎Newアーティスト写真
▪︎ジャケット&リリース情報
を公開‼️https://t.co/PhwUTe4Q1J pic.twitter.com/EAT9MjiEk4— 我儘ラキア-official- (@wagamamarakia) May 11, 2021
To follow up a bit with our new friends in Finally:
A much more traditional update to the look of Aphrodite:
【Aphrodite新アーティスト写真】
Aphrodite
NEW VISUAL IMAGEAphrodite
新アーティスト写真
第二弾公開 pic.twitter.com/BswNbTg5iw— Aphrodite(公式) (@aphrodite_idol) May 12, 2021
Excellent QUEENS dance video:
Absolutely thrilled that Natsumi is still working like crazy to do what she loves:
ごきげんよう🌹🖤
3rdミニアルバム
ジャケ写カメラマンはmisuさんです📷 pic.twitter.com/N8CMRT24DT— 【喪服シンガー】723chatoNne⤴︎ナツミシャトンヌ🌹🖤 (@natsumiokinawa) May 12, 2021
POPPiNG EMO is better live than I always expect them to be:
I see that BURST GIRL went to one of the best possible sources for choreography guidance:
【うっせぇわ #踊ってみた 💃】
Adoさんの『うっせぇわ』を
ゆい先輩(@YUI_PLICPROCK )の
オリジナル振付で一緒に踊らせていただきました👯♀️🤍
一緒にスタジオで踊りたいですって声かけてたら振付考えてくださって
一緒に踊れて嬉しかったです☺️
次また何かできるときにはこの曲も完璧にしておきます❣️ pic.twitter.com/fAa4Z1IxHd— ゆらぴこ👯♀️爆裂女子 (@yura_burstgirl) May 12, 2021
For you Bury fans, this isn’t good news but it sure could be worse:
【今後の活動についてのご報告】 pic.twitter.com/jJz4KcFzDq
— Bury(ベリィ) 5/15今池GROW (@idol_bury) May 13, 2021
LiLii Kaona vocal cover!
And here’s an oddly out-of-season one from Aisawa Aria:
Get your, uh, NEO JAPONISM chopsticks:
【販売決定】
無料配信ライブ SPECIAL Ver.
NEO JAPONISM×鎌倉能舞台
"NOH JAPONISM"配信記念で今回は・・・NEO JAPONISM刻印入り箸とチェキの限定セット販売が決定👘🌸🇯🇵
→ https://t.co/Q1HqPJruQS
☆朝倉あいは生誕衣装!!今後の食事はマイ箸持参で🍜#ネオジャポ #家ジャポニズム pic.twitter.com/Mi4vLUL1jV
— NEO JAPONISM (@NEOJAPONISMinfo) May 9, 2021
EMPiRE is pretty good:
Looking forward to talking more about SIPP soon!
As if you needed another reason to join the Yanakoto Sotto Mute fan club:
【FCサイトVIDEOS更新!】
ファンクラブサイトのVIDEOSに新しい動画をアップしました!
メンバーのオフショット動画をご覧いただけます。
ぜひご覧ください!https://t.co/FpDwaJGHJb pic.twitter.com/My18mor5bR— ヤなことそっとミュート (@YanakotoSM) May 11, 2021
Because we on Team are all absolutely thrilled that the unit is going away, here we honor Baby Holic:
Idol in Focus
This week’s Idol in Focus is EIMIE, who I originally wanted to do just as a regular item because of this live clip:
— EIMIE超オフィシャル💣 (@EIMIE_jp) May 9, 2021
But who then followed that up with this teaser:
Coming Soon…㊙️
FAKEなんかじゃない
良質な音楽を、日々生きるパワーを
遠く先まで届けれるように
日々洗練しております🧪 pic.twitter.com/9sLbViT84c— EIMIE超オフィシャル💣 (@EIMIE_jp) May 11, 2021
All to remind us that “FAKE” is out in just a few days!
【#EIMIE】
5/19発売 1st Single"FAKE / ワールズエンド"
【タワーレコード難波店限定 購入特典】
□ジャケスクエア缶バッジ 決定しました!!!昨日の告知以降予約急増中!
特典は先着となりますのでご予約はお早めに!! pic.twitter.com/f2dMmFtahZ— タワーレコード難波店(4/25より当面の間11時~20時営業 ) (@TOWER_Namba) May 12, 2021
What’s amazing about this bit between ATARASHII GAKKO! and Chiitan is that it took this long to happen:
Say hi to the newest ZOC:
鎮目のどかがなかまになりました。
ZOC Disc2 START!!@shizume_nodoka pic.twitter.com/nVz510mYiq— ZOC (@ZOC_ZOC_ZOC) May 13, 2021
Fellow Spiritwalker fans, you may want to follow up on this REBEL REBEL album:
I encourage you to listen to the whole NightOwl EP and tell me what you think of it, because I thought the instrumentation was really nice but the idols were actually the part that killed it for me, except for the fifth song that I can’t copy the characters for for some ridiculous reason:
It is good that Yamaguchi Kassei Gakuen is suddenly putting so much stuff online again:
Sandal Telephone is a good time:
See you in Brooklyn!
🤲North America Tour 2021🤲
It‘s been postponed since 2020 and the new schedule is as follows:
NOVEMBER
1 Brooklyn, NY | Knitting Factory
2 Chicago, IL | Sleeping Village
4 San Francisco, CA | DNA Lounge
7 Los Angeles, CA | The EchoTickets available at https://t.co/uu0IufVxqo
— 春 ねむり HARU NEMURI (@haru_nemuri) May 13, 2021
Have a great weekend!