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Happy Valentine’s Day!! Go buy a box of chocolates for your oshi and then eat them yourself since they don’t accept edible gifts from wota. While enjoying your bon bons, we got a lot to go over this week, so let’s dive in:
Zenbu Kimi no Sei da. has officially kicked off their European tour.
And don’t forget: after spending the next month-and-a-half in Europe, Zenkimi heads to Canada for a few shows in April.
Details of the New York leg of the pinponpanpon US pongrimage have been released.
Ichigo Rinhamu (BPM15Q and ex. CY8ER and BiS) will be at SXSW in Austin, Texas this March.
PPPR!! and Village in Maier are heading to Germany for a seriously packed weekend in May.
Mercuro will be at Japan Expo in Paris this July.
https://twitter.com/japanexpo/status/2021872152689942870
Grindcore unit XUDAN sent us this Valentine that short, sweet, and loud.
PIGGS seem to be sending their Valentine’s Day greetings to MELON BATAKE A GO GO.
If you didn’t get a Valentine from Quubi, don’t feel bad. They’ve been really busy with their relocation from Osaka to Tokyo and settling in. They did prepare this PV for you though.
ponderosa may bloom powered up to four members and collected all of their singles in this EP that’s better than a box of chocolates.
NARUKAMI gift us a driving prog rock number with an fascinating title.
GOKIGEN wants to eat yakiniku with other people’s money.
Maybe CYNHN can treat GOKIGEN to yakiniku with some of that major label money.
We got special Valentine’s Day releases from both Made in Maiden and MAD JAMIE:
Anchor unit of the Nagoya punk idol scene, CYCLONISTA, just launched their very own dedicated YouTube channel. They’ve only re-uploaded one vintage MV so far, but go LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!
This highly addictive new tune from THE PINK MINDS should come with a warning label. It’s for their just-released single, “NEW LONELY LOLITA LILON” with pre-emptive B-Side of the Year contender, “Pervert.”
INUWASI gave us a sneak peak of a track off of their upcoming EP.
The new one from DIABLEVOIX doubles as an educational video: Don’t play with knives children.
bibibibi has been leading the psychedelic resistance since 2024 but just now got around to releasing their very first (incredibly trippy) MV.
Here’s a hoppin’ Live MV from Usagi Aizu.
The music may lean trad, but harunison is Homicidols at heart.
It’s a bit surprising, but when WACK finally crumbles into dust, I may just miss ExWHYZ the most. I mean, remember when they were just little EMPiRE? They’ve grown so much.
Oshiloss Corner
Sena Momose will be leaving XOXO EXTREME to focus on her studies.
In the midst of some turbulence at their management company, ΩMG is disbanding on May 7th. SAKI, NARUANGO, and XIU have announced their retirement from idol activities while MACIRO says her future is undecided.
Karen, who has been on hiatus from REBEL REBEL and EVERYTHING IS WONDER, announced her departure from both groups.
DADADAMs held their last live and has disbanded.
neochi is disbanding at the end of March.
Oshifound Corner
After her re-emergence at YURAPICO’s birthday live, Shion (ex. GUSO Drop) has decided to launch a solo idol career. She got permission from Daichi to cover GUSO Drop songs until her original material is ready.
Pour Lui settled on the four-person line-up for her new unit, PIGMONZ, and dropped their debut single.
Juunoske Watanabe has quietly rejoined WACK to oversee its end-of-life care.
CENT recycled an old location from her BiSH days for her new MV.
