Rounding things out for the latest =LOVE release “Zuruiyo zuruine”, the group push out the self-referential promotional video to “Oshi no iru sekai (推しのいる世界)”. The girls take turns performing as an idol group on stage and playing wota to themselves through the screen of their laptop (not unlike many of …

The debut album from Hello! Project rookies BEYOOOOONDS, appropriately titled BEYOOOOOND1St, gets some promotion with shades of metal on “Atsui! (アツイ！, Hot!)”. The girls bang their heads in a crumbling parking garage, but you’ll probably get your jollies from the number of skits woven through the PV. Maybe you like …

With the announcement of a series of Complete Best albums early next year, Kamiyado comes at us anew with the promotional video for their new song “Boku wa Platinum (ボクハプラチナ)”. Looking much more adult than we have ever seen them, the girls drop the whimsical color-keyed outfits for something more …

The second A-side from ANGERME’s latest gets a promotional video with the girls on a bed of flowers. “Zenzen Okiagarenai SUNDAY (全然起き上がれないSUNDAY)” features Tsunku pen marks on this subdued arrangement with tension stretched along its facade. The large formation of the group (3 new members in the last year!) get …

The Okinawa girls are back to the New PV Alerts with the promotional video for the lead track off their 5th single. “STAND UP!!” puts the girls of Chunican in rooms of oversaturated color (are these member colors) for a throwback look of a VHS cassette left in the sun …

Description Despite being a dance vocal group by teenage girls, this is the fifth single of Chuning Candy that has solidified its position as an “artist” with a distinctive musicality and performance from Japanese “idol”. (C) RS 10代女子によるダンスボーカルグループでありながら、日本的な“アイドル”とは一線を画した音楽性とパフォーマンスで、“アーティスト”としての立ち位置を固めてきたChuning Candyの5枚目となるシングル。 (C)RS [note: translation via Google Translate]   Tracklist Information CD Track …

EMPiRE seems to be back to the freaky PVs, and damn it if I like it. “Have it my way” from the group’s upcoming album the GREAT JOURNEY ALBUM puts the six girls in an intense electro arrangement for a frolic with the clowns. And, these aren’t your fun clowns; …

SUPER☆GiRLS – Seishun Kirari SUPER☆GiRLS – Taiyou no shizuku SUPER☆GiRLS, the cornerstone of iDOL Street, puts together a pair of promotional videos from their latest album with “Seishun kirari (青春キラリ)” and “Taiyou no shizuku (太陽の雫)”. “Seishun kirari” feels like the more traditional of the two promotional videos with its cheer …

The 8th single from Iketeru Hearts gets off to a start with the emotionally edgy “Never stop love”. The girls get to walking in a small town setting with picturesque countryside landscapes of wide rice fields and greened over pathways just beyond the reach of the big city. The girls …

A new mini album from the girls from Kyushu yields a new promotional video for us. “Anytime” from the like named album puts the girls on the soccer pitch for a choreography that feels classic in its idol aspirations. Trading time between a plain clothes look and the black performance …