6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Zunu]

They''ve been around for a long time but seem to have plateaued and keep getting surpassed by other groups such as E-girls, Dream5, and even C-ute. Frankly I'm surprised Fuji kept things going for this long.

[rikkikow]

Who can it be now?
This song so much reminds me of when the Hobbits first
invaded and took over Bilbo Baggins's home (in “The Hobbit” book)
and started jamming with their musical instruments.

They even look like Hobbits.


or were they elves? I forget.

[Celedam]

An extended, subtitled interview with the writer Sakurai Takamasa, all about idols and "kawaii" outside Japan…

[aerosuffly]

Baby Metal Kikuchi Moa imitates Suzuki Airi

[Zunu]

^ Airi's...beingsomehow....sonoticeablyandfamouslyquirky...somehow...thatsagoodthingright??

[esm]

@ aerosuffly, I like Kawashima Ai a lot! Well, I've only listened to one of her solo albums, but I like songs from I WiSH as well. "Asu e no Tobira" is definitely a J-Pop classic. They had many other great songs as well.

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I really like this song. I love Ellie Goulding, but yuck @ the Fifty Shades tie-in.

[Moh]

I'd pay to see her live again. She puts on a great show.

And it's unfortunate that such a good soundtrack went to such a crappy movie.

[Moh]

This isn't what I expected. But I like it. Expecting people to call them ~sell-outs~, even though the whole point of that hiatus was for a musical change.

[esm]

I don't get why people like to think that it's a bad thing for an artist to change musically. They are human beings that can grow and change too (which is part of the reason why Taylor Swift's latest album was really awesome). For me, what matters is whether the music is good or bad.

[TotallyUncool]

I agree -- I'fe always believed that artists have the right to change, and if I don't like someone's new material or new style, that's just a matter of personal taste. it would be silly to hold it against them.

And now for something completely WTF...





And just coincidentally , this mystery group that everybody's been talking about...