New School Kaidan Japanese idol appreciation

After a few months brewing, the rebranded TEAM SHACHI have a new single (I suppose technically their first single) on the docket for October 2. The “Official Dance Music Video” of the song “WATASHI FEVER (わたしフィーバー)” is here to start building our taste for the new release. The foursome appear …

I know exactly what we need to cleanse us of all these summer idol PVs and their summer poolside fluff, and it’s a new Oyasumi Hologram PV complete with a live band arrangement. In “slow dancer”, the girls get their work done on a large wood floored studio with their …

Just in time for their major debut on Universal Music, 26ji no Masquerade release to us the “2019 Summer Version” of “Heart Sunglasses”. The symbols of Humbert’s obsession becomes a much more innocent symbol of the summer days of youth. The girls of NijiMasu paint a pretty picture in their …

It’s now really clear that Higuchi Nazuna, a fourth chapter member of SUPER☆GiRLS will be covering Matsuura Aya’s entire debut album release, First Kiss. This time around, we get the second track from the album, “Tropica~l Koishite~ru (トロピカ～ル恋して～る)”. Putting the new member’s vocals alongside Ayaya is a real power move, …

Metal idols Broken By The Scream are back with a new album, a new song, a new promotional video, and a date in the USA. Noisy Night Fever will splatter your brains when it hits on October 9. I’m not sure where “Aihakiminomono (アイハキミノモノ)” will appear on the tracklist, but …

Meant to be viewed on your smart phone in the portrait orientation, “Watch out!! (ワッチャウッ!!)” from the Up Up Girls (2) immerses the viewer in the idol experience in a clever vehicle. The concept is simple: the girls lineup in front of the camera and take turns performing the choreography …

Complementing their traditionally influenced “JAWAMEGI NIGHT!!” (which we say a few days ago), RINGOMUSUME get back to the synthy idol pop sound with the gorgeously gold-colored “Kimi-Dake”. Dance shots put the girls in pure white dresses with yellow and gold balloons and a mylar “Kimi Dake” piece of balloon behind …

With a pair of new members and a new lease on life, ROSARIO+CROSS pick things up with their latest digital release “Blue Monday”. It’s only right for us to mention that the new girls are Moeka and Yuri seem to fit seamlessly into a lineup that had been performing together …

New LDH music from Happiness hit the airwaves today. “Chao Chao” put the girls in a trap influenced hard hip hop track perfect for their particular set of talent. Filming in the ornate stairways and railways of Los Angeles’s historic Bradbury Building (Blade Runner, 500 Days of Summer, etc.) and …

More cover versions today from KOBASOLO and Fujikawa Chiai. The former Maneki Kecak idol sinks her teeth into RADWIMPS’ “Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do? (Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru Kai, 愛にできることはまだあるかい) from the latest Makoto Shinkai (Your Name) move, Weathering with You (Tenki no ko). …