New PV Alert: Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku x Negicco – Baby EBINegi Pop!
The collaboration between Ebichu and Negicco continues today with the release of “Baby EBINegi Pop!”. You might remember the last collaboration “All right” in commemoration of their January 2017 joint...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Kamiyado – Tough Love
Very seriously, Kamiyado come to us with the theme to the mental health / addiction campaign “Tough Love (タフ♡ラブ)” with a song of the same name. Formatted to fit cell phone screens, “Tough Love” frames...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: STU48 – Shukkou
STU48 get their boat! You’ll remember that the concept for the group had them aboard a floating theater in the Setouchi. For this coupling track to their 2nd release “Kaze wo matsu”, the girls get to...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Flower – Kurenai no dress
The latest EGFamily release in their 5 consecutive digital releases to start 2019 is Flower and their sensual new song “Kurenai no dress”. It’s difficult no to use that word (sensual) when describing...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Seireki13ya – Oyasumi Mirai to Koiotome
New from Codomomental and it’s galaxy of alt idols is the fledgling idol group Seireki13ya (星歴13夜) and its debut promotional video “Oyasumi Mirai to Koiotome (おやすみ未来と恋乙女). Despite its affiliation with...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Itano Tomomi – Suki. to Iukoto
The latest single from former AKB48 member Itano Tomomi finds the former idol in a scene of domesticity in “Suki. to Iukoto (すき。ということ). The 11th Tomochin single has our girl living in bliss with her...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Juice=Juice – Solitary
“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...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: NMB48 – Tokonoma seiza musume
Here with their 20th release, NMB48 get up to the bar with their first offering sans Yamamoto Sayaka. “Tokonoma seiza musume (床の間正座娘)” puts the girls under laser lights for a eurobeat influenced...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: IZ*ONE – Suki to Iwasetai
The final product from Produce48, IZ*ONE, is set for their Japanese invasion (or re-importation?) with their new promotional video and debut release “Suki to Iwasetai (好きと言わせたい)”. The Korean/Japanese...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku – Donten
Perhaps a bit long time in coming we have the great album track from Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku. Right from the tempo establishing stick clicks “Donten (曇天)” is unexpectedly “un-idol” in its sound: a...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: ASTROMATE – Brilliant World
New entrants to the New PV Alerts, today we have ASTROMATE with their new song “Brilliant World”. The group brings a rock sound underscored by the kind of synthesizer twitch that should be familiar to...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Mi☆nA – Koi no magic number
Third in their string of rapid promotional video releases, “Koi no magic number (恋のマジックナンバー)” finds Miho and Sena working at a cafe slinging cappuccinos across the table. The lightly funky dance...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Magical Punchline – Melty Kiss
Opting for a more conventional approach to their idoling, Magical Punchline brings us the promotional video to their third single release “Melty Kiss”. The girls bring out their cute side in spades...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Iketeru Hearts – Sparkle☆Power
Iketeru Hearts are under attack! Chased through the curved passageways of a particularly retro-futuristic residential complex, the girls evade lasers blasts until they finally make their stand with...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Dream Ami – Good Goodbye
Time to get the good times started with the new promotional video from Dream Ami. The midtempo pop number accompanies its boppity beats with some rakish guitar sounds that impart a vintage feel to the...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: Tsuri Bit – Prima stella
“Prima stella (プリマステラ)” probably carries more weight than most of the readers here realize. The release is the final release for New School Kaidan favorites Tsuri Bit, and this makes the song...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: EMPiRE – PiERCE
It’s a year of firsts for the WACK/avex idols EMPiRE. “PiERCE (ピアス)” is the first official single for the group that already has a mini album and cassette releases under its belt. The single lands the...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: BILLIE IDLE – Shoshite, mata…
A new single from BILLIE IDLE® is in the works, and we’re perfectly positioned to have a look at “Soshite, mata.. (そして、また、、)”. Perhaps to save on sets, the eighth single PV gets the treatment of a...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: amiinA – sign
From their second album “Discovery”, amiinA deliver the promotional video to that album’s third track. “Sign” sets a mood with a wondrous instrumental track that starts with a violins screeching like...
View ArticleNew PV Alert: GIRLFRIEND – Heroine ni naritai
After what seems like dozens of covers videos, the Osaka girls band GIRLFRIEND finally get their 4th single off the ground with the release of the promotional video for “Heroine ni naritai...
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