This is a little late, but anyways~! :P A new EXILE sister unit called "bunny" has been announced. These girls are the finalists from the latest Vocal Battle Audition (the third one, to be exact), which is where the new members of Flower came from. Reminds me of what has happened with recent MM gen auditions in the sense that the other finalists get a chance to join the company. Sweet! ^.^
All the members' ages range from 12-13 years old, making them the youngest group in LDH, and just a young group in general. Like the EXILE way, they have been assigned as either a vocalist or performer/dancer. Their names, as listed in the picture, are:
- Takebe Yuzuna (Vocals)(武部 柚那/Hyogo/12 years old)
- Takeda Kyoka (Performer) (武田 杏香/Kyoto/12 years old)
- Hagio Misato (Performer) (萩尾 美麗/Osaka/12 years old)
- Hanayama Mizuki (Performer) (花山 端貴/Kanagawa/12 years old)
- Miyu Oishi (Performer) (大石 美優/Saitama/13 years old)
- Inagaki Rio (Performer) (稲垣 莉生/Kanagawa/12 years old)
- Ishii Anna (Performer) (石井 杏奈/Tokyo/13 years old)
- Yamaguchi Nonoka (Perfomer) (山口 乃々華/Tokyo/13 years old)
- Yamamoto Runa (Perfomer) (山本 月/Fukuoka/13 years old)
- Mira (Performer) (ビァッツ*[1] 美良/Chiba/12 years old) *[1] - The katakana in Mira's name can be romanized to Byattsu... But I have absolutely no idea what that means. X.X Help?
E-Girls the Dream, Happiness ,FLOWER super group have released their video for Celebration
Two things that stands out to me is that these groups may have the best legs in JPop and the video features signature dance movements made famous by the three groups.
With groups this size the trick is always line distribution and harmonies and both are done well here .
The PV is your traditional idol dance and close-up format ,however the costume colors add a nice touch to a standard PV.
“Celebration!” will be released on December 28
Buono! Hataukoi Cider
It`s really hard to say anything bad about this group as they always seem to get the better written songs in H!P ,yet are not major sellers .Name brand says a lot and if you were to give any H!P group song to Morning Musume it would sale up to Musume standards.
Overall this is a good song with a so-so PV .The setting is just too simple and dull for my tastes .I`d like the PV better is the setting was different ,after watching E-Girls this PV style just looks plain and Indies compared to E-Girls celebration. I would have liked to have seen more from a company of this level. Good song ,less impressed by the PV
NO3B Pedicure Day
The 48`s always seem to have the great songwriters .I know that people give the 48`s a hard time and makeup a number of excuses to justify their reasons .However the groups are simply very talented and NO3B is no different than the other 48`s a very solid group.
Pedicure Day like Buno! Single is a good song with a simple PV .The PV fits the theme of the song ,however I guess because I am a guy ,I find myself closing my eyes and listening to the song . Again I guess because I am a guy the PV doesn`t really make me want to rush out and buy the single.
With that said ,if I close my eyes or forget about the video and focus on the song ,the song alone is strong enough to send me to the store and grab a copy.
If you’re a fan of any of these groups make sure that you order a copy of the singles .Music videos are just the reflections of the songs .What may click for one viewer may not for another .
In the end it comes down to the music . The best support that any fan can give an artist is to buy their products ,attend their concerts and turn new fans to support them.
All three of these releases are worth putting on your shopping list.
What do you get when you put the members of Dream, Happiness and FLOWER together ? A room full of the cutest ladies in JPop who collectively are known as E-Girls.
E-Girls has a new song coming out called Celebration! And Avex has decided to tempt the hearts of mankind with a short preview of beauty and talent . While this is only a teaser ,it is enough to wet your taste buds for what is to come next. If you follow these groups closely ,then one thing you will notice is that the groups are doing parts of their signature dances within the songs dance.
With the makeup ,costumes and camera shots the teaser creates an effect that makes the members of Happiness and FLOWER look older than they really are and blend in perfectly with their big sisters DREAM.
The last original member of Dream has announced that she is leaving the group. Tachibana Kana has decided to leave the group to seek out a solo career.
Kana has released the following statement.
“Although my dream to be a singer has been come true, it’s not the goal. I have to keep learning to be who I really want to be, and I want to keep singing, but in order to do so, I need to grow up more, not as Kana of ‘Dream’, but as Kana. Therefore, I will challenge myself to pursue my way as a solo singer.”
With her leaving of the group, and any future replacement, Dream will have no original members.
Tachibana`s last day as a member, will be at the end of their current tour on December 4th.
As I have mentioned in past articles, it`s been a long hard road for the group Dream. Some months ago, the group Exile took over this group’s contracts and brand properties to rebuild and relaunch them, under their guidance.
After loosing several members Tachibana Kana is the only member of the original dream, the group has for the last few months been on a rebirth or restart of their career by starting at the very bottom doing street and free lives, building up to live house and maxi single releases.
Their hard work is being rewarded in their first album as “new” Dream.
The album is called “Hands UP!” And is on sale starting today [November 24th JST].
The album comes in three versions ‘CD-only’, ‘CD+DVD’, and ‘CD+DVD TRINITY Zill O’ll Zero’ edition. All first-press copies from any of the three formats will come with a special serial number; when this serial number is mailed in conjunction with the serial numbers from Dream’s past two singles [as the new lineup], fans will receive a special live DVD from their ‘~Road to dream~‘ tour!
CD-only
CD:
01. Promise
02. Hands Up!
03. Ev’rybody Alright!
04. GLORY
05. CHANGE
06. Breakout
07. Perfect Girls
08. Naked
09. To The Top
10. Dear my friend
11. Get my way -Dance Ver. w/o Bridge -/AILI thanx to Dream
12. Himawari
13. I Believe
14. My Way ~ULala~
CD+DVD
CD:
01. Promise
02. Hands Up!
03. Ev’rybody Alright!
04. GLORY
05. CHANGE
06. Breakout
07. Perfect Girls
08. Naked
09. To The Top
10. Dear my friend
11. Get my way -Dance Ver. w/o Bridge -/AILI thanx to Dream
12. Himawari (ヒマワリ)
13. I Believe
14. My Way ~ULala~
DVD:
1. Perfect Girls PV
2. Breakout PV
3 My Way ~ULala~ PV
4. Ev’rybody Alright! PV
DREAM: Hands UP!
Trinity Zill O’ll Zero Edition
CD
01. Promise**
02. Hands Up!
03. Ev’rybody Alright!
04. CHANGE**
05. Breakout
06. Himawari (ヒマワリ)
07. My Way ~ULala~
**”PROMISE” was selected to be the game’s theme song, while “CHANGE” is the game’s ending song.
—
~First Press bonus~ [Live footage from Dream Live Tour 2010 ～Road to dream～]
01. Opening
02. Breakout
03. To The Top
04. FantAstrip
- MC -
05. Secret Party
06. DANCE
07. Lady soldier
- MC -
08. I WISH YOU ~Egao no Loop~ (I WISH U ～笑顔のループ～)
09. My Way ～ULala～
10. Himawari (ヒマワリ)
11. Perfect Girls
12. Get my way -Dance Ver. w/o Bridge – / AILI thanx to Dream
13. I Believe
Not long ago, I wrote about the up and down career of DREAM, .DREAM has returned with the second comeback single. “Ev'rybody Alright!”
Do not expect huge sales from this single as DREAM is starting over from the ground up and their rebuild will take some time, however the song is a worth buy.
They will be continuing their comeback with a tour.
Dream LIVE TOUR 2010 ~ 2011 “Hands Up!” Tour:
December 4th – Miyazaki – WEATHER KING
December 12th – Ehime – Matsuyama VIVIT HALL
December 18th – Saitama – HEAVEN’S ROCK Saitama Shintoshin
December 25th – Yokohama – BAYSIS
December 26th – Gunma – club FLEEZ
January 8th – Niigata – Niigata LOTS
January 9th – Miyagi – Sendai darwin
January 14th – Fukuoka – Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
January 21st – Osaka – Osaka BIGCAT
January 22nd – Hiroshima – Hiroshima Cave-Be
January 30th – Shizuoka – Live House Hamamatsu Madowaku
February 6th – Aichi – Nagoya E.L.L
February 11th – Hokkaido – Sapporo cube garden
Veteran JPOP group DREAM are in the middle of a rebirth , the group who have faced 10 long and difficult years ,have been given a new life under the guidance of the members of EXILE and their management firm LDH.
On October 6 DREAM will release "Ev’rybody Alright!," the follow up to their "reboot" single "My Way -Ulala-" .
DREAM since it`s debut in 2000 has struggled and failed to gain the same popularity that Morning Musume and AKB48 have reached in their peak times. This very talented group has had to endure two name changes "DREAM to DRM back to DREAM",a number of lineup changes and the worries of breakup ,yet continue to fight on.
While DREAM has struggled to gain and hold mainstream popularity ,the last few years may have been the darkest they have had to endure.
2007 DREAM looked as if they were at their end ,they had dropped to doing small venue lives , free street performances ,anyplace that would let them play in front of.
In 2008 ,DREAM changed their name from DRM to DREAM once again and closed their fan club. With everything looking dark for the group ,they get a break from EXILE leader HIRO ,who took over the management of the group through [LDH (Love Dream Happiness)] from Avex.
Under LDH they immediately went inactive ,to reinvent themselves and would not return for until almost a year later. September 9,2009 DREAM released their first hard disk single since 2005 ,with "Perfect Girls / To The Top" ,which was sold at a nationwide free show tour . The CD did not chart on Oricon, due to how it was distributed .
On March 1, 2010 they released "Breakout" again sold only at a free tour , after completing the free tour ,DREAM held a mini three show paid tour Dream Live Tour 2010 ~Road to Dream~. ,followed by an opening slot on Exile's FANTASY Tour.
On August 18, 2010, DREAM released its major label return debut single, "My Way~ULala~" [#29 on Oricon with just under 5,000 in sales] and now on October 6 ,DREAM will complete their rebirth with a new single and live house tour.
If there is one group that deserves a break and fan support it`s DREAM, they have earned it. This tour and upcoming single release could be the turning point in their career.
Dream LIVE TOUR 2010 ~ 2011 “Hands Up!” Tour:
December 4th – Miyazaki – WEATHER KING
December 12th – Ehime – Matsuyama VIVIT HALL
December 18th – Saitama – HEAVEN’S ROCK Saitama Shintoshin
December 25th – Yokohama – BAYSIS
December 26th – Gunma – club FLEEZ
January 8th – Niigata – Niigata LOTS
January 9th – Miyagi – Sendai darwin
January 14th – Fukuoka – Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
January 21st – Osaka – Osaka BIGCAT
January 22nd – Hiroshima – Hiroshima Cave-Be
January 30th – Shizuoka – Live House Hamamatsu Madowaku
February 6th – Aichi – Nagoya E.L.L
February 11th – Hokkaido – Sapporo cube garden
DREAM:"My Way~ULala~"
DREAM: Breakout
DVD on DREAM`s struggles and return
To Buy if you live outside Japan
DREAM My Way ~ Ulala [CD Japan Links]
