You may have heard of Aikawa Kozue. If not, what is WRONG WITH YOU. She’s an amazing dancer and she’s one of my favourite idols (she’s officially an idol now that she’s joined DANCEROiD lol) She’s pretty famous in the youtube dance community for doing H!P dances, as well as other meme dances (and there used to be a cover of RIVER there too . . . it seems to have disappeared though =/ )
Well today, it seems that her career has taken an interesting turn. View full article »
Recently I have met more and more idol fans in person and learned about their likes and dislikes about their idols. Meeting someone who was still very interested in Hello! Project brought back my waning interest in the veteran idol company, and as a result I’ve regained some of my opinions about the groups and sought out to listen to their music more than I had all summer. While part of my fandom will die when JunJun graduates in December, I’ll try to keep my eye on Hello! Project and I’ll hold a candle for their 9th generation in support.
However, one thing that was surprising to me about these fans that I’ve met is their lack of knowledge about some of these group’s full discography. I may follow groups differently, but when I get into a new group I try to listen to as much is available to me as possible, so I try to get their full discography and listen to songs that I think have interesting titles. Over the years as a Hello! Project fan, I’ve listened to most of Morning Musume’s discography. I’ve listened to almost all of their albums and picked some of my favourite songs from them.
Here’s a partial rant, but also a guideline about how to approach an idol group– they’re more than just singles and PVs, after all. View full article »
