Category: Hello! Project

  • single review: Morning Musume. “SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~”

    single review: Morning Musume. “SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~”

    Bet you thought there wouldn’t be another series to throw into the mix, but nope, I’m doing it now! This time, I’ll be looking at a set of singles up to the release of an album known as “SEXY 8 BEAT”, from my ult-group and Japan’s mega pop-sensation Morning Musume., and more specifically, the set…

  • the best of jpop 2021

    the best of jpop 2021

    We made it! The finish line! This is MY list of the best songs from Japan in 2021, and let me tell you, it’s been quite the year! I think I’ve become more accustomed to Korean pop music than I have Japanese pop music in recent years, but I still manage to get a lot…

  • the best of jpop 2021 thus far

    the best of jpop 2021 thus far

    Here we are folks, we are at the sequel stage of 2021’s very best of Japanese pop in 2021. Surprisingly, my last post, “the best of jpop 2021 so far”, received an incredibly slow but warm welcome, to the point where I got inspired to share more songs that have been on my radar from…

  • the best of jpop 2021 so far

    the best of jpop 2021 so far

    I have to admit, this was a harder list for me to create, but can you believe that we’re already at the half-way point for the year in J-pop?! It’s been quite a few years already, and I’ve noticed big-time how the J-pop scene has changed so vastly during those years. Some of my favorite…

  • single review: BEYOOOOONDS “Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D・N・A! / Go Waist”

    single review: BEYOOOOONDS “Megane no Otoko no Ko / Nippon no D・N・A! / Go Waist”

    Ahem. Hello! Project is at it again! The mega-group BEYOOOOONDS, ridiculousness aside, consists of two already-formed Hello! Project groups, joined with three winners of the ONLY YOU audition, makes their debut in the summer of 2019 with a triple A-side that addresses the hot topics: will that boy with glasses like me? Will we reach…

  • single review: Morning Musume. ’20 “KOKORO & KARADA / LOVEpedia / Ningen Kankei No way way”

    single review: Morning Musume. ’20 “KOKORO & KARADA / LOVEpedia / Ningen Kankei No way way”

    2020 marks a new year, and it also marks a new number for Morning Musume to add to the end of their name (which has been going for about 6 years now, it really sticks!). Kicking things off for Hello! Project in this clear vision year is a new single release, introducing their fifteenth generation…