On April 8, 2021, Season 2 of the Japanese version of Korea’s popular survival show series PRODUCE 101 has finally started. Learning a lot of lessons from the first season of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN two years ago, Lapone Entertainment is now finally serving international fans who don’t live in Japan. They are adding subtitles to […]
Here we are at PART 2 of OWV’s 1st one-man live, AWAKE. Just like the previous entry, here’s another personal review of the second portion. As mentioned previously, the content for PART 2 would be completely different from the content for PART 1, as PART 2 consists of more stage performances and not so much […]
On April 11, 2021, OWV performed in their very first one-man live as a group. Because of the ongoing pandemic restrictions in Japan, OWV (and pretty much all the other J-POP groups) aren’t quite ready yet for a full-scale arena-sized concert. But, because restrictions have lessened a bit for small crowds to appear live and […]
It’s been a year and four months since the debut of the Japanese version of Korea’s famed idol survival show, PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. I wouldn’t exactly call this survival show series as a part of the chika aidoru culture, however, there have been many trainees who are currently or formerly coming from the (sometimes) obscure […]
Before I proceed with this entry, I would like to share something with you: my friend and I, who have been maintaining our MADKID-only fan blog/site, AXCEL STYLE, have decided to shut down the site when the domain expires in June. The main page of the site pretty much explains why we have come to […]
Almost two months after their first livestream concert back in December 2020, JO1 has given us a second treat: Starlight Deluxe Livestream Concert. I have seen their first concert in an archive, and I’m pretty much late compared to most JAMs who watched it in real time. Because I didn’t write anything about it, not […]
