Tagged: BEYOOOOONDS

H!P’s Wild Rides of March

Whew! That was a crazy March, huh? A new single, an unexpected tear-jerking remake and multiple graduation and new release announcements is a lot to pack into a single month — and we still have 11 days to go. It’s a lot to cover in one post, so I’ll try to be brief, but holy shit this is a lot...

Minding The Gap

Up-Front and the Hello! Project have filled the gap in their release schedule with solo videos from two of their more popular idols and two full-length videos for ad campaigns. Let’s start with the most recent and work our way backwards. Morning Musume and H!P leader Mizuki Fukumura gets her first proper (digital) solo release, a cover of KAN’s “Extra.”...

H!P Revolution 2021

State of the Hello! Project Address With 2020 finally in our rearview mirror, we can look forward to a fresh start for all of the Hello! Project groups and idols going forward. 2020 was a strange and turbulent year that saw H!P wave goodbye to a slew of talented idols, many of whom seemed to leave well before their time....

BEYOOOOONDS the Valley of the Idols

BEYOOOOOND1St Announced just one month after their debut single dropped, the production schedule for BEYOOOOOND1St broke with J-idol conventions by hewing more closely to the 70s-80s rock system of rolling out a single to promote an impending new album, usually a month or so before its release. In an era where new idol groups are expected to have at least...