Finally got round to listening to all the new 48 & co's singles. Imo:

SKE48 > Keyakizaka46 > HKT48.

Some things while I was away:

1) Nanataba o Kimi ni sounds better in full and it's still above your typical asadora song in spite of lacking the wow factor like most of Utada's songs

2) Izumi Macra is the queen of rap and hep hap, love her album better than daoko's though it's much safer

3) The snippets of Shiina's new song are barely comprehensible, but the instrumental is nice:



4) Suiyoubi's new album is titled UMA (Unknown Mysterious Animal) and it's coming on June 22 (same as Maeda's)

5) The fact that Triple O is not out yet is a crime against the 100 remaining j-pop fans

Wait I love that album title.

I refuse to listen to HIDE & SEEK without having the two b-sides for it here.

You should listen to the rest of her singles. And who did I post that instrumental for

Wait, am kinda living for the instrumental.

This is the first thing we've heard about it, right?

No, but as I've said the snippets are bad. I could make out that she sounds aggressive though.

Also, Chiaki Kuriyama's 0 is a Kuki remake (not sure if intentional), still the original is far superior >>>

I've always hated this kind of stuff though. Either they give us the song (or at least a ****ing announcement), or they can keep these useless snippets and all that crap.

More promo that all my faves have got this decade combined.

Four of those songs deserve my 11, I can't choose

Utada is getting green updates again

I'm listening to Love Tricky and all I can say is LOL

What is that song that Kworb posted a live performance of not too long ago? It was the one that Ai was screaming during the chorus. It was actually really cute

I only use three songs from it.

laugh - I'm Lonely - 1000 hearts

Her timeless classic SMILY?

This gender bending sexual liberation anthem

There really hasn't been a weak point in her career. All of her albums are great.

no, but it looks like it's from the same live set. I just remembered the title is a time. like '3:07pm' or something distinct like that

Oh yeah. The original is better though

I think i'm gonna give Ai a fair chance. I was looking for this song just now on youtube and ran into 360 degrees by her and I COMPLETELY forgot that I loved that song from her, throw back

Fixion just snatchedT AOTY away from Ame no Parade. It's so good.

Big thanks to Britneyfan and Kyle-x for sending their rates The top 10 bar one song is really solid so far.

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Can't wait for SALU's album to snatch the AOTY title from Seiko.