It’s always a very special Music Station when AKB48 come around, so let’s get right into this star-studded edition of Station To Station. Jin Akanishi “Yellow Gold Eternal” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCC7Q9DgsfA”] OK, the track above only goes by “Eternal” but I’m just going to assume it’s the same. Only missing two words! That and I think the…
Turns out the whole 48-member-pop-group trend will never die – based off the success of AKB48-copy NMB48, someone had the idea to start up an all-male version for the Osaka area to rake in that sweet sweet teenage girl/lonely housewife money. Auditions to be in this new performance troupe go down late this month, and…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60v1S3aPaU”] So it has come to this. The massive popularity of AKB48 has spawned all sorts of parodies…remember the geezers?…but now the whole militia-sized pop group jokes reach peak Japanese-ness with AKP48. This collective of 48 different types of doggies forced to wear ugly sweaters, which means “Ah Kawaii Puppy” btw, stare blankly ahead and…
AKB48 “チャンスの順番” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONCCENIlSXE”] Since AKB48 usually ends up being my whipping posse whenever I write about them, let’s mix it up and start with some positives. The video for this new single isn’t nearly as creepily voyeuristic as some of their other 2010 clips. Plus, it even has a halfway decent idea…a giant rock-paper-scissors league/tournament…
Halloween! But before ya go load up on candy, you gotta listen to some J-Pop. Ai Featuring 加藤ミリヤ “Stronger” [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCMzr81oCIw”] Ai attempts to split the difference between Mariah Carey girlfriend-empowerment pep pop and Ne-Yo’s futuristic R&B that sounds…well, catchy but kinda obvious. The hover-car side of this track seems less innovative and more paper-clipped on,…