Monthly Archive: December 2019

Did “One•Two•Three” Save H!P?

I saw this pop up in my Twitter feed a few days ago: This is an interesting theory. There’s no question that “One•Two•Three” (OTT) returned Morning Musume to relevance in the J-idol world, but it’s effect on the Hello! Project itself is something I’d never considered. I did some research using data from the Hello! Project Wiki, and here’s my...

Tsubaki Factory — “Ishiki Takai Otome no Dilemma / Dakishimerarete Mitai” single

The sixth major single from Tsubaki Factory is so Tsubaki Factory, and I mean that in a positive way. Sure, they’re channeling “Teion Yakedo” on “Dakishimerarete Mitai”, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering both were written by the same team (Kodama Ameko and Ohashi Riko), but “Dakishimerarete Mitai” is more subtle and restrained in terms of both composition and arrangement....