with call outs to the musical past, Juice=Juice’s “Pop Music (ポップミュージック)” returns the group to sunnier musical offerings. Yes, this latest release is a breath of pop music and simultaneously marks the first appearance of members Kudo Yume and Matsunaga Riai and the last appearance of Miyamoto Karin. Working on …
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Description Juice = Juice, the 13th major CD single. Yu Ai Kudo and Ai Matsunaga joined, the first single with eight members, and the original member Karin Miyamoto from the time of formation graduated in June. This is the last single. “Pop Music” is KAN’s new song cover. Nostalgic, bright …
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Juice=Juice leader Kanazawa Tomoko gets a promotional video for her solo digital release ” “Kiiroi Sen no Uchigawa de Narande Omachi Kudasai (黄色い線の内側で並んでお待ちください, Please wait behid the yellow line.)”. With lightly Latin rhythms and a snapping acoustic guitar lead, Tomoko stands patiently for the train, you guessed it, behind the …
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Today’s mouthful of words comes courtesy of Juice=Juice and their 12th single release “”You can live on your own.’ Is this a compliment or what? (‘Hitori de Ikirareso’ tte Sorette Ne, Hometeiruno?, 「ひとりで生きられそう」って それってねえ、褒めているの？)”. The emotional youth roller coaster comes courtesy of Yamazaki Aoi (山崎あおい) who infuses “HitoSore” with her …
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Two graduation singles in a row for Juice=Juice, oh my oh my! On today’s installment, we get the graduation song for 1st generation member and leader Miyazaki Yuka “25sai eien setsu (25歳永遠説)”. Lyrics by H!P stable songwriter Kodama Ameko go a long way to express the peculiar situation that Yuka …
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Description Juice = Juice 12th major CD single. Leader Miyazaki Yuka last single Juice=Juice 通算12枚目のメジャーCDシングル。 リーダー宮崎由加最後のシングル [note: translation via Google Translate] Tracklist Information CD Track List 1 「ひとりで生きられそう」って それってねえ、褒めているの？ 作詞: 山崎あおい 作曲: 山崎あおい 編曲: 鈴木俊介 2 25歳永遠説 作詞; 児玉雨子 作曲: KOUGA 編曲: KOUGA + instrumentals DVD Track List Type …
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Putting together ex-members of C-ute with members from Juice=Juice, LoVendoЯ, and Tsubaki Factory sounds like another All-Star situation, but “Koisuru! Sakana hen” is just the latest digital single from the Projects. I don’t know my Kanji very well at all, but lyrics here seem to be all about the Kanji …
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“Good bye & Good luck!” from Juice=Juice’s 11th single, completes the trio of PVs from that single with a casual date for the send off of one of the newest members and one of the original members. I’m convinced that the graduation of Yanagawa Nanami is the driving force behind …
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“Potsuri to (ポツリと, Solitary)”, the emotional second side of Juice=Juice’s triple A-side release, finds the girls exploring loneliness. A monochromatic look seeps into the both the sets and the outfits perhaps to underscore the sentiment of the song. Songwriter/Composer Nakajima Takui expresses the loneliness with long lines with nary a …
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The 11th single from Hello! Project’s Juice=Juice is both a first and a last: the first single with former Country Girls member Inaba Manaka and the last to feature leader Miyazaki Yuka and Yanagawa Nanami. “Bitansan”, the first promotional video from the triple A-side “Bitansan / Potsuri to / Good …
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