Suzuki Kanon-Tribute Post

A day after Meimi's graduation, now it's Kanon's turn. I'm just so sad about the fact that 2 of my favorite members are graduating around the same time. So this girl, the one thing I have to say is that she was the best! I feel like Zukki dealt with so many things in the group such as her weight gain and loss and the amount of hate she got just for that. But she was always smiling and didn't give up till the end. She was known as an chubby idol and was able to turn that into something people knew her for.

The one thing I remember about her in the audition was that she has an potential to have a powerful voice. I was right about that. Although she didn't get a lot lines in the singles, her voice always just stood out(in a good way). When she lost 9kg, I honestly thought she looked more prettier. But I figured that it wasn't a healthy weight for her. I remember how the Japanese fans said she looks a lot prettier when she lost weight and I agreed with that but losing that much weight in a short amount of time, again it just wasn't good for her. Although she lost the weight and gained it back, I was happy that someone like Zukki was in the group. Someone who isn't skinny in an idol group isn't very common unless it's an chubby idol group. She was someone who was able to show that you don't have to be skinny to be an idol and I wish there are more people who can represent that. I feel like we need more different type of people to show that nobody is perfect and it's okay to not be skinny as long as you're happy.

Anyways, I ended up getting off topic. I'm really really going to miss Zukki. She was just a special gem in the group and I hope she will still make a lot of people with the job she wants to do in the future.

Tamura Meimi-Tribute Post

So today is the day. Tamura Meimi is going to graduate from ANGERME and Hello! Project. I swear, it feels like yesterday when she joined S/mileage originally as a sub member then the next day her graduation was announced and the day after, she's graduating. It's just so hard to believe it's already been 4 years since she joined the group and it's just so sad that she's  not going to be ANGERME anymore.

During the audition for 2nd generation, she was known as that girl with the high pitch cutesy voice. I remember so many people disliking her because of that and she shouldn't have got in. I thought that too at the time. Then she started getting more lines in the singles and when I first heard her "powerful" voice, I was thinking to myself "this girl is actually good at singing". Slowly I started realizing the voice she had was the voice S/mileage needed. Also she was starting to become my favorite member. Whenever I would see her on Girls Live, she just made me smile and I can just tell this girl is just so full of energy. But I didn't realize that she was my favorite till maybe 1 or 2 years ago. I remember going to the Hello Project store and I didn't get any pictures of her because at the time, she wasn't my absolute favorite and I highly regret that.

In conclusion, I hope Meimi will achieve her dream of becoming a musical actress. I am going to miss her but it's better to follow your passion than to just stay where you are if there's a bigger goal you want to achieve. Also, seeing her acting in plays and musicals, this girl is going to be an awesome actress and I wish her the best of luck. 

 

Music Playlist of the Month: January

It has been so long since I've last updated this blog. Since January is coming to an end, I have decided to show what songs I've been listening to this month.For this month, I've listened to a lot of new and older songs.

Suki Sugite Baka Mitai/DEF.DIVA

I've always liked this song but when I was finally able to find the instrumental, it just made me like it more. This song is just a classic and I feel like no matter how new someone is to Hello Project or how long someone's been a fan, this song will be a awesome discovery.

 Kedakaku Sakihokore/Tsubaki Factory

Tsubaki Factory is back with an amazing new song! These girls are improving pretty rapidly. They're getting so much better. Anyways, what I really like about this song is how it's more intense compared to Seishun Manmannaka and you can just hear their improvement. Also I think it's really cool how they included a rap part to it.

ladi dadi/lol

First of all,I honestly like how this song had less autotune compared to their last one. I just think it's just better than fire!. The one thing I don't like about the song is how it's a little long and it's kind of unorganized. But other than that, I think it's pretty good.

Stand up/M2 Junior

I finally decided to watch the drama after it being on my list of shows to watch on netflix for the longest time and I'm only on episode 3 but so far I'm liking the drama. My favorite part of the song has to be Seung-Yeon's rap. I just really like her because compared to other girls who pretends to be a guy in other dramas, she's willing to take risks, mischievous and she really looks like a guy.

Ichido Ichie/Ciao Bella Cinquetti

First of all, I think this song has a good message and it inspires me to take chances as if they're my first and only chance to take them. Also, this group is so underated! They deserve so much more! They're so talented and listening to this single and some of their older songs when they were The Possible, I feel like they're just being pushed behind and they should be promoted more.

Doushiyou Watashi/Ciao Bella Cinquetti

Fukuda Kanon actually did a pretty nice good writing the lyrics. This song is obviously more mature compared to Ichido Ichie. I like how the single has a hard rock kind of song and a techno mature song.

Rev.From DVL/Okujou no Sukima, Shiroi Sora

This has to be my favorite Rev.From DVL song so far! I never thought they would have a hard rock type of song. Also what I thought was awesome was how they had some of the other members have solos although Kanna has the most solos.

Cinderella Complex/High-King

I don't know why I never took an actual listen to song but after putting it on my ipod, I couldn't stop listening to it. I've just been more focused on Destiny Love and Kioku no Meiro that I didn't really care for this as much although it's the main song in the single.

So that is it for my Playlist of the Month. I'm sorry that I haven't been updating as much. I'll try to update more this year so hope you look forward to my future posts.