New School Kaidan Japanese idol appreciation

Well, I didn’t expect another promotional video from KOBASOLO & emii (Theme Park Girl) so quickly! Well, if you’re not sold on emii yet, here’s a cover of something perhaps more familiar as the idol covers “Circle of Life” from The Lion King (it’s the Japanese version of course). Unlike …

Going up? Just in time for their US tour in the fall, BABYMETAL has an English lyric version of “Elevator Girl”. The song, featured in BABYMETAL’s upcoming METAL GALAXY album (see below) was released earlier this year, already featured mostly English lyrics. This time around we get an English chorus …

SHACHI, the solo project from CY8ER member Mashilo, takes off even further with a new digital EP in the works and a new promotional video to give you a taste. “Tokyo” finds Mashilo putting on the headphones, sitting with her back to the wall, and crooning out to you. The …

Well, this is probably the BEYOOOOONDS promotional video we’ve all been waiting for. “Megane no otoko no ko”. Like the title implies, the girls of BEYOOOOONDS get into a train car to lip their ode to the boy with the glasses. All the girls get a bit of spotlight, as …

The young water based idol group Aqua Note have their first album on the release list and a new promotional video to whet your appetite. In “Otome kokoro wa aquamarine(乙女心はアクアマリン)” the girls take off their shoes and head into the pool for that summer pool ritual. The brooms and the …

New music projects for Shino Alice, formerly of Gekijouban Gokigen Teikoku (劇場版ゴキゲン帝国) . “NO TITLE STORY” puts the idol through an amusement park for an electric sound concept that is more pop than electronica. Alice takes her time meandering through the night scenes of Cosmoworld in Yokohama, and along the …

Back with a lineup tweak after the graduation of Toragen, Zenbu Kimi no Seida get quickly back on the horse with “AntiIyours”, their ninth single. In summary- In: Nagi Akebono (凪あけぼの) and Yukinojou Oyatsu (征之丞十五時), Out: Toragen. Plastic sheets cover bodies in “AntiIyours”, and man did I really want to …

The triple album release of Task have Fun is upon us, and the girls have a new promotional video to pull you into the fold. “D-A-S-H!!~Ikenaikoto Kashira? (D-A-S-H!!～イケナイコトカシラ?)” is full of the quirks and niche sounds that make the group tick. Eighties synthesizers and a heavy bass guitar fill up …

It’s a day for covers today with this release of “Charles (シャルル)” by Balloon (original vocals by flower). You know me: I love when KOBASOLO releases new cover versions featuring a singer from the idol world. Today is nice because we are getting a singer from an idol group (Theme …

Back with another cover version, Sisters Suzuki Yuriya and Mariya take on “WINDING ROAD”, the collaboration of Kobukuro and Ayaka from 2007. The girls get a great chance to show off their harmonization skills and rich voices. The arrangement seems spot on with the original (with a bit of cleaning …