J-Pop Artist of the Week: C-ute (April 16th-April 22nd)

[Mandilinn]

This Week's Artist:

°C-ute

 

 

Name

 

The C in C-ute is subsituted for "°C" to express the group's enthusiasm and passion, but the hyphen after it has no particular meaning. The group's name is pronounced like the word "キュート" ("cute") in Japanese. 

 

History

 

All members of C-ute were initially selected during a Hello! Project Kids audition in 2002, and continued to train with various projects until 2005, when the group was officially formed with seven members who had not been chosen for the group Berryz Kobo. In January of 2006, it was announced during a Hello! Project tour that Kanna Arihara was being added to the group, for a total of eight members.

 

Debut

 

C-ute released their debut indies single "Massara Blue Jeans" ("Brand New Blue Jeans") on May 6th, 2006. The only other song on the single was an instrumental for the main song.

 

 

Massara Blue Jeans

(Lyrics and Composition by: Tsunku / Arrangement by: Takahashi Yuichi)

 

 

They made their major label debut with their fifth single "Sakura Chirari" ("Cherry Blossoms Scattering"). The single included the b-side track "JUMP". "Sakura Chirari" reached #5 on the Oricon charts and charted for three weeks, selling 26,595 copies. The #5 ranking made C-ute the youngest group to rank within the top 10 on the charts.

 

 

Sakura Chirari

Lyrics and Composition by: Tsunku / Arrangement by: Takahashi Yuichi

 

 

JUMP

Lyrics and Composition by: Tsunku

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0xRynarpoY

 

Style / Recommended Songs

 

The group is described as a very unifed group with dynamic and delicate performances, and are often named the best performers out of the Hello Project idols. C-ute's image was considered bright and energetic up until 2012, when they released a rock ballad and switched to a more mature style.

 

(All songs written and compsed by Tsunku)

 

Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku (To Get Home You Ride a Bike and I Ride the Train)

 

 

Crazy Kanzen na Otona (A Crazy, Perfect Adult)

 

 

(Continued in second post)

[Mandilinn]

Aitte Motto Zanshin (Love is More Original)

 

 

Love Take it all

 

 

Kanashiki Heaven (The Grieving Heaven)

 

 

You'll Like This Group If...

 

You like or are interested in Hello Project idol groups. 

 

What Are They Doing Now?

 

 

In October of 2006, member Megumi Murakami left the group to concentrate on her studies. A year later in 2007, C-ute recieved the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. The girls were too young to appear on the stage at the ceremony, so their producer Tsunku accepted the award for them. They ended the year with their debut performance on the 58th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen, performing a song together with Morning Musume and Berryz Kobo. They were nominated for a Japan Record Award the next year, but lost to the vocal and dance group EXILE.

 

In 2009, members Kanna Arihara and Erika Umeda left the group.

 

In 2013, C-ute had their first solo overseas event in Paris, and performed their 200th live at Nippon Budokan. They were invited back to Paris in 2014 along with Berryz Kobo as guests of honor at the 15th Japan Expo.

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Official Website

Official Blog

Official Facebook

Official Youtube

[woohyuks]

yas one of my fav jpop groups!!

[morningkiwi]

yay!! lol interestingly enough I was just watching their 'Monster' concert.  Here's some performances from the concert:

 

Teach Me the Meaning of "I Love You"!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mohXM9cOd_0

 

Ham and Cheese Bagel (yes, that's the name of the song lol)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z49cKEWHT4

 

Midnight Temptation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3olPOvnfoE

[Paruru]

Yay, glad to see them as Jpop-artist of the week~ 

[g u m]

I love them but they focus too much on Airi tbh.

[kittykoo]

YEEESSSSS!!! C-ute 

...

 

^I think the main reason they focus on her so much is because she has the largest female fan-base in the group. Plus she's also kind off the center of the whole company so that translates into group promotions.

[Uaena]

Ah my girls got a featuring on OH! 

 

You'll Like This Group ...

Because their one of the few H!P gg's with consistently decent songs and high energy performances +  good looking! 

 

Most recent song

[ScarletWhimsy]

YAAAS!! So happy that they're being featured!!

My faves: Namida no Iro, SHOCK! (despite the overt Airi bias), Dance de Bakon, Aitai Lonely Christmas, I Miss You, The Future

[Johnny Guitar]

My current top 5 °C-ute songs, these change all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=nxCeIiQ1Dus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxCWpqtLK4

 

[Cassalis]

I was so surprised to see a °C-ute banner on OH!

I love them, they're such good performers.

 

 

For °C-ute fans, I need one supporter to be the op for the group badge voting.

[Johnny Guitar]

Number 5

 

[TyphoonParadox]

Omg i love them they are the only J-pop group i listen to and look forward to also Airi is just gorgeous they gave the other girls more lines in The Middle Managment.

[morningkiwi]

Here's more some more of their performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfkuf8YIp50

 

Songs in order: Love Take it All, Kiss Me Ashiteru and Attakai Ude de Tsutsunde

[YumikoKuran]

You know if you're girls are name JPop Artist of the Week for OH, you know they be slaying. 

[yeolna107]

I have trouble taking Tsunku's lyrics seriously but I C-ute! I can't believe they're all so young considering how long they've been around.

[Kanonno]

one of my fav jpop girl groups <3

[Rabbit]

Yay!! So glad they are featured as jpop's aotw 

They're one of my favorite H!P groups!

[.t-shark]

yas! C-ute <3

I prefer their songs (and Juice=Juice) to Momusu's recently

My top 3 rn

 

 

 

[Kaity]

c-ute  my girls

i cant even pick a favorite song

maybe tokaikko junjou, bokura no kagayaki, kimi no senpou

 

so many i cant decide~ Mai has become my favorite over the recent years

[houki]

So innocent! Goddammit.

[partaymaker]

I have been a causal listener for years, but lately I have been checking out more of their stuff. I like most of it~ Chisato 

This will always be my jam:

 

[kittykoo]

All of my favourite  title tracks got mentioned, but lately I've been listening to the album songs and the b-sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

so amazing 

 

I also really liked this one

 

[gustave154]

not surprised there are c-ute fans over here too! they are flawless

[lovesgoku]

I didn't know they were the Artist of the Week!! YES!! My current fave j-pop group too!! I see Aitte Motto Zanshin and Tsugi have already been mentioned. Hope this one wasn't posted yet!

 

I love it! Also these are 2 of my favorite B-Sides from them! Especially Attakai Ude 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2jKZ8ZR9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o3JtALt9w4

 

Both are from their San Rainfall/Adam and Eve double A side. Flawless release imo