"We Are WACK!" ~ Official BiS, BiSH, GANG PARADE & EMPiRE Thread

[Sasori]

^Indeed it is  I think this is the only other song EMPiRE performed:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRNHv6JELw

 

​All the collabs:

 

 

*bonus: A separate video for Saint Sex, just because!

 

Edited December 12, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

Even during the lives EMPIRE doesn't have the 'crazy'-ish vibe that all the other groups have but I can't tell if it's just because they're new or they're just not that type. It could be the song too but I don't feel it too much in tokyo moonlight either. But anyways, It's good to get a better view of the dance. Is there any member that catches your eye? For me it was Midoriko because I like her styling lol but singing wise I like Mayu so far.

 

(In the PV: [YUKA EMPiRE 0:29, YU-Ki EMPiRE 0:43, MAYU EMPiRE 0:57, MiDORiKO EMPiRE 1:04, YUiNA EMPiRE 2:29])

 

My Japanese isn't good enough to check for errors, so I'm going to trust your translation, lol.

 

But for JAM can you tell who sings which parts? I could tell Momoko and Ayuni a little but some of the parts I'm just like "who is this?!" but I just realized since I didn't write the romaji for the lyrics it's difficult to point out which parts are right or wrong lol. The part I couldn't figure out was:

1. 0:48-0:52 - "Tamani homerarete sunao ni narenai no ga boku nan desu"

2. 1:12-1:23 - "Jibun no kachi doko ni aru no darou? Sagashite ita"

3. 1:35-1:57 - "Ima made chanto boku wa machigawazu ni irete imasu ka? Seikai nante nai no wa kitto wakatteru hazu dakedo"

4. 2:29-2:34 - "Jigou jitoku no on parade"

 

The time is based on the mp3 I bought from ototoy. Not sure if you guys downloaded it or bought the CD or if you didn't listen to it yet. The album is great as always.

Edited December 12, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[Sasori]

Even during the lives EMPIRE doesn't have the 'crazy'-ish vibe that all the other groups have but I can't tell if it's just because they're new or they're just not that type. It could be the song too but I don't feel it too much in tokyo moonlight either. But anyways, It's good to get a better view of the dance. Is there any member that catches your eye? For me it was Midoriko because I like her styling lol but singing wise I like Mayu so far.

 

(In the PV: [YUKA EMPiRE 0:29, YU-Ki EMPiRE 0:43, MAYU EMPiRE 0:57, MiDORiKO EMPiRE 1:04, YUiNA EMPiRE 2:29])

 

 

But for JAM can you tell who sings which parts? I could tell Momoko and Ayuni a little but some of the parts I'm just like "who is this?!" but I just realized since I didn't write the romaji for the lyrics it's difficult to point out which parts are right or wrong lol. The part I couldn't figure out was:

1. 0:48-0:52 - "Tamani homerarete sunao ni narenai no ga boku nan desu"

2. 1:12-1:23 - "Jibun no kachi doko ni aru no darou? Sagashite ita"

3. 1:35-1:57 - "Ima made chanto boku wa machigawazu ni irete imasu ka? Seikai nante nai no wa kitto wakatteru hazu dakedo"

4. 2:29-2:34 - "Jigou jitoku no on parade"

 

The time is based on the mp3 I bought from ototoy. Not sure if you guys downloaded it or bought the CD or if you didn't listen to it yet. The album is great as always.

 

I didn't notice the names of Empire's members were written like that. I think I'm going to start calling this whole collective the "Lower case i Family"  Out of all the groups, Empire comes across as the closest to traditional Idols, which could be by design. Create some variety within the collective to bring in fans that might not be that into the crazier groups. Even so, they're not really presented as cute. They have kind of an artsy vibe and the berets and costumes remind me of an underground resistance group.

 

There's about 2-3 members that stand out, but I haven't connected the names with the faces yet. I need to check their profiles again.

 

I get what you meant about the line distro now. I don't have the album yet so I can't listen to JAM. Still waiting for Guerilla Bish and the Wack Album to be delivered. I'll see if I can figure out who's singing those parts once I get my copy.

Edited December 12, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

Okay thank you. You bought the WACK album too? That's so cool. I just bought 2 songs, Plastic 2 Mercy and Lover Soul.

 

And yeah I really don't know how to describe EMPiRE but I'm really looking forward to more of their songs and lives. If they get interviewed, I will translate it.

[Sasori]

There's so much good stuff popping up almost everyday. Feels like this is the most active BiSH has been to date.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze0pgjYU0AQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4S7tAiOsDI

 

​A short clip of them rehearsing:

 

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

[telecasterstripes]

EMPiRE's first (super) long interview!

Warning: I didn't proof-read yet so there may be spelling errors and my grammar might be all over the place since I went back to change some things when I realized there was a better word.

 

ã€EMPiRE】Episode 1 EMPiRE First Interview “We don’t want to end as the sister group of our seniors in WACKâ€

(Intro)

A 4th group debuted under Production WACK, which is in charge of BiS, BiSH, GANG PARADE. They are called ,EMPiRE!! They were produced under the project "Project aW" which was paired up with Avex, and the team in charge, were those in charge of BiSH as well. There was an initial plan that required “10,000 followers on Twitter to unveil their facesâ€, and although they were struck by an incident, where followers  were mysteriously being bought, they revealed their faces on September 28. Despite not being active yet, they created their official fanclub, “EMPIRE COREâ€. Special members, “ROYAL EMPIREâ€, who were chosen through auction, were sent 3 songs as a present before the members were revealed. On December 5, a casette tape with three songs, and the URL to download the songs for free were sent to them as well as the members of EMPiRE CORE. Those are some of the special tricks, not used by others. On November 23, the unveiling live happened in front of members of teh fanclub, and the girls finally took off their veils. The 4th article of the series following EMPiRE’s movements, will be the first long interview of EMPiRE (The other three series are interviews with their creators like Watanabe, Matsukuma, etc.).

The group consists of 2 members who passed WACK’s training camp audition that took place in March of 2017, 2 members who failed the training camp audition, but passed the additional auditions, and one member who did not participate in the training camp but dreamed of becoming and idol. One group was born with these 5 members, EMPiRE. It was been about 9 months since the start of Project aW, and finally these 5 are officially stating their activites, what are their thoghts now? No need for tedious talk. I want you to hear what they have to say.

--

──November 23, 2017, at Morph-Tokyo in Roppongi, EMPiRE had an enveiling live. It was a live limited to members of the fanclub, “EMPiRE COREâ€,  which is limited to 150 people and they had to pay an admission fee of 30,000 yen. How was your first stage?

Everyone: It was fun!!

YUiNA : We all didn’t get as nervous as we thought.

──I want to follow the chronological order. The four members who participated in “WACK Merged Audition†that started in March 28, 2017 and lasted for 5 nights and 6 daysm ended up joining EMPiRE. During the free event, “WACK EXHIBiTION†that took place at the plaza of Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, YU-Ki EMPiRE and YUKA EMPiRE were the only ones who passed the audition, I have the impression that the two of you were close since the training camp.

YUKA : I cried on the first day of the training camp. And when that happened, YU-Ki was the one who listened to me.

──Why did you cry on the first day?

YUKA : We had dance practice until about 2AM, but I wasn’t expecting such a schedule so I already wanted to go home on the first day. The system of dropping participants was also mentally suffering, the environment where I had to see everyone as a rival was painful. The first dance group was BiS, but Pour Lui-san and Aya Eight Prince-san said “If this continues, no one will pass†and “But I want everyone to pass†so they gave us carrot and stick so I was deeply touched as well.  Also, honestly I didn’t like YU-Ki in the beginning (laughs). She seemed so aggressive and I thought I definitely didn’t want to get involved with her, but we were put in the same group. And even thought I thought all these things, she listened to me. I thought she was unexpectedly a good person (laughs).

──Your impression of her was the complete opposite.

YUKA : I thought I definitely wouldn’t like her (laughs).

──YU-Ki, you’re being told that you seem aggressive, how are you like in reality?

YU-Ki : I’m often told that as my first impression. Is it because of my face?

Everyone: Yes (laughs).

──Hahaha. Now that I think about it, a type of person like YU-Ki is rare for WACK auditions, what made you want to audition?

YU-Ki : WACK isn’t your typical idol right? There’s headbanging, there’s dives, the members write lyrics. I thought that was fun, so I sent my application. My sister liked BiSH, and she recommended them to me and I got into them.

──How about YUKA?

YUKA : When I was in middle school, my senior from the same club was an idol wotaku, and she recommended BiSH to me and ever since then I got into WACK. And right around that time, she told me “There’s an audition so do you want to do it with me?†so as a joke, I was like “Sure†and when we sent the application, I was the only one that got in, and before I realized it, I was standing at the Red Brick Warehouse.

──What did you feel when you were told you passed?

YUKA : When it was decided that I would take part in the training camp, I haven’t made up my mind yet. In the beginning, I felt uncertain, but after a while, I started thinking, “Since I got this far already, I want to win somethingâ€, so I was really happy..

──MAYU EMPiRE was one of the 8 finalists, but your name wasn’t called when they were announcing who passed, and you left the stage. What were your thoughts as you left the stadium?

MAYU : I was told “Please leave the stage†and the moment I left, I immediately understood that I was an outsider. Rather than being shocked that I got disqualified, I thought it was like a drama.

──Even if you say that, the feelings of disappointment must have been strong?

MAYU : On that day, I did my best so I didn’t feel disappointed. Before participating in the training camp, I decided that I wouldn’t fake myself. Even if I did, I’m sure Watanabe-san will see through it, and even if I passed, things wouldn’t go well later on, so I decided I definitely wouldn’t. And since I had those feelings when I participated, even if I got dropped, I didn’t feel upset.

──YUiNA EMPiRE was dropped during the training camp before you were able to participate in the event at the Red Brick Warehouse.

YUiNA : When I got dropped I was so disappointed that I couldn’t fall asleep from crying. The moment my name was called telling me I got dropped, I had nothing to do with the audition anymore, so it hurt to be in the same room as everyone else until I had to go home. I didn’t know how to face them.

──A month and a half after, an additional audition took place, and MAYU and YUiNA were able to pass. What made you want to participate again?

MAYU : For me, after the training camp, I decided that if there was one more chance for me, I would take it no matter what. If you think about it, since I already got dropped it’s not likely (for her to pass), but even since I have nothing to lose, I decided to take part in it. I didn’t hesitate regarding that.

YUiNA : Same for me, when I heard there was another audition, I felt like it wasn’t over yet. I couldn’t give up. So I applied, and decided I would work hard until I get to the audition place! But once I faced Watanabe-san, I got scared and I thought the situation was bad… I was nervous (laughs).

──MiDORiKO is the only member who did not take part in the training camp audition. Why did you decide to audition?

MiDORiKO : I’ve been wanting to become an idol for a while now. But I couldn’t take a step forward. When I found out about this audition, I decided to do it, and I sent in my application an hour before the deadline.

──Were you watching the WACK training camp audition on Nico Live?

MiDORiKO : I wasn’t watching it so after the merged audition was over, I watched it. By that time, I already knew everyone so I felt glad to be with everyone, and I sent MAYU-chan a LINE, saying “I’m glad I was able to be in the same group as youâ€.

MAYU : Yeah you did.

──Do you remember the time you five met for the first time?

YU-Ki : When I went to see the group, there were 2 faces I already knew, so I was like “Eh! Why are you here!?†(laughs). MiDORiKO’s first impression was different too.

MiDORiKO : I didn’t talk.

YU-Ki : I thought she was quiet and cute, but she was the complete opposite. She wasn’t quiet, she’s pretty loud (laughs).

──Hahaha. The five of you participated in BiSH’s free live, “TOKYO BiSH SHiNE3†on August 23 at Zepp Tokyo, and stood on stage for the first time with your face still covered. As soon as it was announced that you guys would reveal your face after you get 10,000 followers, you guys gained 5,000 followers in half a day. With so much attention, what were you feeling?

MAYU : We were worried. Because it’s not like they followed us because they liked us right? They only followed us because they were curious, so I thought the situation was bad. Because the number of followers didn’t match up with me, who wasn’t able to do anything.

YU-Ki : It’s all thanks to our seniors’ giant power right? Since we didn’t reveal our faces yet, we don’t even know what to tweet. And after some time, more and more people started tweeting things like “Isn’t EMPiRE’s relevance declining?â€. Seeing that, we didn’t know what to do, so there was an internal conflict there.

──There was also that incident where the number of YUiNA’s followers went up at once (laughs).

YUiNA : As a prank, the followers were bought and I had at most 60,000 followers.…. I individually started blocking them, but when I went to sleep and woke up, there were more and that continued (bitter smile). And we ended up revealing our faces like that, but some people would say that it’s unfair for only me to upload selfies…

──I’m sure some people said you guys were sockpuppeting as a joke, how was your state of mind?

YUiNA : Honestly, I thought I wouldn’t be the first one to reveal my face…

MAYU : At that time, it wasn’t like we were blaming each other, but we didn’t want to trouble one another, so the atmosphere was really strange.

──On October 6th, your first music "EMPiRE is COMiNG" was revealed through free downloading… However it was Watanabe Junnosuke vocal version (laughs). Honestly, how did you feel about that?

YU-Ki : Even for BiSH-san, Watanabe-san sang “Sparkâ€, so I thought it was funny.

YUKA : Our fans got confused and we got replies like “Don’t you think everyone’s voice is low?†(laughs).

YUiNA : Some people didn’t even realize Watanabe-san was singing.

──Hahaha. I heard your first recording was after observing GANG PARADE’s recording. How was your first recording?

YUKA : I was so nervous that I was singing with my legs wide open. I kept telling myself to calm down.

MAYU : Isn’t it like that now too?

YUKA : No, I fixed it! I fixed it! (laughs)

MiDORiKO : For me, I was worried about how outsiders would see me, like there was a lot of pressure because everyone thought that the one joining would be really good at singing. Honestly, I’m the worst singer in the group, so I was the only one who couldn’t sing along with the rhythm, so I was always crying during lessons.

MAYU : When I first heard her sing, not only was she not singing along the rhythm, but she couldn’t even grasp the sound, so I was surprised, but she was working hard, and kept improving so I was amazed.

MiDORiKO : We had assignments every week, and I was the only one who couldn’t do it.

YUiNA : MAYU-chan practiced with you.

MiDORiKO : She practiced with me until I was able to do it.

──The second song that was revealed, is "TOKYO MOONLiGHT"(※Also Watanabe Junnosuke vocal version) and this is written by MAYU.

MAYU : When I first heard the sound source, I thought it was stylish. When I was writing the lyrics, I had an image of the weekend night after the rain. I put in euphonious phrases and words I heard in the demo.

──"Akarui Mirai (Bright Future)" was revealed for the first time during your live and BiSH’s Aina the End is in charge of the choreography.

YUKA : She came to teach us, but I was so nervous!

YU-Ki : Before the live, there were comments on twitter like “Since you made us wait so long, EMPiRE will surely show us something great right?†so there was pressure from that as well.

YUiNA : Also because the annual fee of our fanclub is 30,000 yen.

──The members were in charge of answering the phone when you guys were accepting fanclub members. That was your first interaction with your fans, how was it?

MiDORiKO : The members told me I have communication disorder, so they practiced with me until the last minute (laughs).

YUKA : Since it was the first time speaking with the people who are supporting us, I was panicking (laughs)

MAYU : “Since I’m paying 30,000 yen, I have high expectations, so EMPiRE seriously needs to work hardâ€. And I remember replying, “Thank you so much! We will work hard!â€

──And on November 23, your unveiling live happened. Since there was a span of about half a year since the project started and you guys had time, did that end up making you more nervous, or give you pressure?

MAYU : I was sobbing like two days before.

YUiNA : I was like “What happened?†but I was also close to throwing up…(laughs).

YUKA : But once we got to the stadium, we have no choice but to have fun, so I was like “Let’s do this!â€.

──I saw a picture of you guys wrapping your arms around your shoulders, was that right before the live?

YU-Ki : Yes. It was when we were deciding what we should say huddle up before the live.

MAYU : So we just held hands and said, "EMPiRE is COMiNG──!"

──What was it like the moment you stood on stage in front of a large audience?

MAYU : I actually felt the audience’s nervousness more. Like parents who come watch their kids during class (laughs).

YUKA : There was a family-like feeling right? Everyone was nice.

MAYU : The first song we performed is "EMPiRE is COMiNG". The choreographer said things should liven up at the chorus, so we approached the live with thoughts of relaxing the tension the audience has.

──On stage, it was announced that the generic name for EMPiRE’s fans would be “Agentâ€, and right after the live, there was a Checchi (instant camera) Party where you could communicate directly, and it really felt like your activities finally started. Your next live would be “WACK Fes.†taking place on December 8 at ZEPP DIVER CITY, it’s a pretty large stage.

YUKA : It’s dangerous right? From a capacity of 150 people to 2,700 people.

──The staff in charge of EMPiRE also works with BiSH, do you guys relations with BiSH regarding your activities?

YU-Ki : The members of BiSH give us souvenirs, and they also worry about us.

YUKA : We were also able to go on their radio.

──How do you feel about the other WACK groups, BiS, and GANG PARADE?

MAYU : After coming to this side of the stage, I was amazed once again that they were doing this so calmly.

YU-Ki : We exist because of the three other groups, so I’m very thankful to our seniors.

──During your unveiling live, each member stated their resolution. YUKA stated “I want to say self-important things once we actually become important, so I want to make a large empire that makes everyone proud of being a part of ‘EMPiRE CORE’ for the rest of their livesâ€

YUKA : I feel that there’s not much for me to say right now. It’s good to have goals, but we don’t even have capabilities so I think it’s to early to be like “We’ll definitely do this!â€. I don’t want to say “We want to do this†or “We want to do that†until we’re in a position to talk big. But even in this situation, Agents are paying lots of money to see us, so I want to work hard so they don’t regret it, and I want them to feel glad they joined. We won’t be accepting "EMPiRE CORE" until someone resigns their membership, so I want them to be proud of being in “EMPiRE COREâ€.

──YUiNA said “I want to be active without deciding on a limitâ€

YUiNA : Then Watanabe-san was like “Then let’s set a trap so you don’t think about limitsâ€â€¦.

──What would you do if it was decided that you guys will run the 100km marathon like the other groups?

MAYU : We’ll do it!!

YUiNA : We’ll do all of it!!

──Only two people said they would do it (laughs).

YUKA : I’m not good at marathons….

──Since you experienced the training camp audition, don’t you think you can overcome most things? Except for MiDORiKO, who will be experiencing many things for the first time.

YU-Ki : I would definitely want her to participate in the training camp (laughs).

MiDORiKO : I want to!! Like I said during the live, I want to be able to experience the unusual dimension, so I want to take part in it.

──What kind of group do you want EMPiRE to become?

YU-Ki : There are many idols with individuality, but we all said that we want to be a group that doesn’t get buried.

YUiNA : We feel like we don’t want to end as just a sister group of our seniors of WACK.

MAYU : I don’t have confidence in myself so I become condescending, saying things like “I wouldn’t be able to do it anyways…†so I want to throw those feelings away. I don’t know how to say it, but I want to show off (laughs).

──Is there something you want to try as EMPiRE?

MAYU : I want to improve the accuracy of my lyrics. Like Momoko Gumi Company-san from BiSH, I want to be able to write lyrics that gets approved in the first try.

MiDORiKO : I want to stand on stage a lot. And I want to be able to create dimension with the audience.

YU-Ki : I want more people to get to know us. I want to work hard so that one day, I want us 5 to stand on a large stage.

YUiNA : The lives we have planned currently are all thanks to our seniors, and the audience attend (because of them), so I want to be able to hold a live where many people gather to see just EMPiRE. I want to hold a live filled with people who like EMPiRE.

YUKA : I also want more people to get to know us. In order for that to happen, instead of us being the only ones who calling out, we have to improve our capabilities so people who come to watch us spread the word saying “EMPiRE is greatâ€.

Edited December 18, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[flowershop]

Thank you for all these translations!!!!

Edited December 18, 2017 by flowershop

[Sasori]

Another great translation  I'll have to include some of this when I have time to work on the OP again. If you're bored tele, there's a new article on Oricon.

 

https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/50554/

Edited December 22, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

I'll get working on it I'm almost done translating Aina's interview for Ototoy and a few of their lyrics. Momoko looks cute in that interview picture with Watanabe. She's so small and it reminds me of the "grandchild" image she was trying to get rid of lol.

Edited December 22, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[Sasori]

The General Election started yesterday. Members have been making their appeals via nicovideo. There's a link to the voting site in this post:

 

Click here to view the Tweet

 

ChiChi's in the lead right now, with Aina close behind. Hashiyasumi and Ling Ling are nowhere to be seen  Fans can vote until the 27th.

 

Someone uploaded their short videos on YouTube. Here's a link to one of them. You can find the rest easily if you're interested:

 

 

 

I don't know if this was already announced, but there's a Wack Family Club site:

 

http://wackfamilyclub.com/

 

BiSH has a new shirt. You have to be brave to wear it, lol:

 

Click here to view the Tweet

 

Did Ling Ling change her hair again? 

Edited December 23, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

Yeah I think Ling Ling changed her hair when WACK had their live.

 

It seems like she's going for a doll kind of look

Click here to view the Tweet

Edited December 23, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[telecasterstripes]

Here is the translation for Momoko and Watanabe's interview Sasori posted a few days ago.

 

――BiSH’s second album, 『THE GUERRiLLA BiSH〠ranked 5th when it came out on December 11. “Promise the Stars†became one of BiSH’s representative songs and in July you guys held a one-man live at Makuhari Event Hall, and BiSH even went on “Music Stationâ€. It was the song that gave BiSH the tailwind to do all that, what do you think about the effects?

[Watanabe] More than we expected. The promotion period for the album was about a month, but there was a limited “guerrilla release†of the album on November 4th and 5th, for 299 yen. On the 5th they held a “guerrilla live†at Osaka Dotonbori on a boat. There was a lot of response after “Music Stationâ€, it seems like everything was a fit.

[Momoko] The response is really good. The audience was even bigger than the previous album release events, and our twitter followers suddenly increased.

[Watanabe] Don’t you get contacted by your ex-boyfriends?

[Momoko] That would be a no (laughs).

――Guerrilla live and guerrilla release, what was your aim?

[Watanabe] We thought it was important for fans to take action. For example, with the guerilla release, we were aiming for fans to be like “I can only buy it at Tower Records. I have to goâ€, so releasing the album for only 299 yen is a bit reckless when we have to keep copyright fees in mind, but everyone including the staff from Avex agreed that we would have a “make the best out of a bad bargain†mindset so that was good too.

[Momoko] We were simply having fun. It’s not everyday that you get to hold a live on a boat, and even for the guerrilla release, I went on twitter and saw comments like “I couldn’t find it at ○○. Where is it?†and people were having fun.

――Your performance on “Music Station†gathered a lot of attention.

[Momoko] During the opening we did “Comăneci/Komanechiâ€. Watanabe-san came to our waiting room 1 hour before and made us practice it. When we were doing it while laughing, he was like “Do it with a straight faceâ€.

[Watanabe] When they go on air, the camera work is already decided, so the only scene we can play with is when they come out. I was thinking about how they can do something funny without causing trouble to other people and so I made them do “Komanechi†（laughs）. Because there’s no point of BiSH politely bowing like Keyakizaka46.

[Momoko] People will simply be like, “Who are they?†（laughs）. Since my solo part is in the second verse, I didn’t have a part in “Music Stationâ€, so my feelings of “This is the only place I can do something†was strong. At handshake events afterwards, many people told me “Your komanechi was goodâ€.

――Your slogan is “A punk band without instrumentsâ€. And the range of music is even wider than before.

[Watanabe] Some idol groups keep releasing similar types of songs once they become popular, but I don’t want them to be like that. In America, some bands start off with edgy rock type music and grow into “American popâ€. We were also aiming for that kind of major feeling.

[Momoko] For “SHARRâ€, my lyrics was approved, but when I first heard the demo, there were screams like “SHA~!â€, so I was like “What am I supposed to do with this?†and I wrote the lyrics completely ignoring the music. But if we have many different kinds of songs, we wouldn’t get tired of them when we’re singing, so it’s fun.

[Watanabe] Don’t get tired of your own songs （laughs）.            

――BiSH’s activities started in January of 2015. What kind of visions did you have back then?

[Watanabe] Honestly, we were pretty haphazard. Their real activities didn’t start until May, and I decided “They will hold a one-man live at Liquidroom in Decemberâ€. Our goal was to fill up a place with a capacity of 1000 people, but things went more smoothly than we thought, so the Liquidroom live was sold out. That was when we had our next view. Right now it’s difficult to get their tickets, so we have to think 2 years ahead, but there are scary things too. If a member has an adulterous relationship, there is a possibility that there would suddenly be no audiences. So really, be careful.

[Momoko] ……Alright （laughs）.

――When Watanabe-san managed BiS, they gained attention through extreme activities such as a nude music video. You’re taking a different stance with BiSH right?

[Watanabe] With BiS, I feel like the things we did were too strange that we failed. Recently I realized that sticking your middle finger up is about the most you can do before it’s considered uncool. That’s the limit, so if we use violence or puke, we will be hated. With BiS, that may have been okay, but we thought we have to change things for BiSH. The komanechi I talked about earlier is one of those things. Like “Isn’t it cool for them to do komanechi at their first Music Station appearance?†(laughs).

[Momoko] I also feel that he is trying to make us look cool with our outfits and music. We do pretty rough things at lives and in music videos, so when we meet fans, we’re sometimes told, “I thought you guys would be scarier. You guys are unexpectedly pretty girly†（laughs）.

――Did you ever feel “I don’t want to do something like thisâ€ï¼Ÿ

[Momoko] No. Watanabe-san has his own sense, and I think that has a big impact on BiSH, but I’ve never felt I hated it. Although last summer when Ayuni D joined and we filmed a music video for the song “Orchestraâ€, there were scenes that zoomed in on our faces and scenes where we were lip syncing, and I thought “Can we really do something so normal like this?â€

[Watanabe] Although we did create idol-like music videos during their indie days too （laughs）.

[Momoko] Did we really? （laughs）. But it’s not like we do what Watanabe-san orders us to do. We’re not told “Act in this characterâ€, and we get freedom with our hairstyles too. I mean Ling Ling recently changed her hairstyle to dreads. You wouldn’t be able to do that in normal groups.

[Watanabe] Even if we give them orders, they probably won’t listen so I thought it would be better to give them freedom to do what they want. I tell them, “If a member drags you guys down, it’s BiSH that’s gonna be hurtâ€, but otherwise, I think it’s better for them to do what they want as long as it’s socially acceptable.

――The freedom the members have probably gets tied up with BiSH’s edgy image. It was decided that BiSH would have a live at Kanagawa Yokohama Arena in May of 2018. I’m sure we can expect and even greater leap for them next year.

[Watanabe] I want them to be an artist that becomes popular while keeping their edginess like Kuwata Keisuke-san. When the mass gets to know them, it can’t be helped that they get some degree of hate. I think the fan to anti ratio of 8:2 is the perfect balance.

[Momoko] Our edginess is one of the good things about BiSH, so if you take that away, even if we become popular, it won’t be fun, and I’m sure we’ll only be a trend that lasts a certain period of time. We won’t last unless we have proper content, so I want to keep this style and accelerate things.

Edited December 25, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[Sasori]

Merry BiSHMAS!!! 

 

Edit: And a very WACKY New Year XD

Edited December 26, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

Merry BiSHMAS!!! 

 

Edit: And a very WACKY New Year XD

 

LOL!

 

I'm sure we'll have a very WACKY New Year because there seems to be a lot planned!

 

-

 

And I finally finished translating Aina's interview as well as some of the songs. I wanted to translate it together because the interviews make reference to the lyrics. Also Ling Ling's interview with Ototoy is out so I will get working on that soon With the lyrics I'm not 100% because the lyricists (including the members of course) are very artsy/creative with the words so I don't know if I'm supposed to take it literally or if there is a hidden meaning behind it.

 

(Not proofread as usual) Please let me know of any grammatical errors/just strange wordings, typos, etc.

 

──"THE GUERRiLLA BiSH" is an amazing album. What’s with that scream during "SHARR"!

Aina: Ha ha ah (laughs). During the recording, even Matsukuma-san was laughing, saying “No one would do this!â€. The recording for "SHARR" (1) was unique, Chittiii, Momoko, and I went inside the booth, Momoko fit the lyrics into the music with the help of Matsukuma-san’s directing, Chittiii sang it because she’s a fast learner, and I made a clean copy of it. Momoko would scream “It’s supposed to be ‘Sharakuse! Korosareso!’†so I returned the scream with, ‘OKAY!’ (laughs). And all the others were in the other room watching and laughing, and after that everyone took turns recording it. So this song feels like a song that everyone created together.

 

──Who sings the chorus?

Aina: Mainly Ling Ling and I sing it. Ling Ling was already good at it so she didn’t really hurt her throat. I had to ask people who do it in their bands and practice a lot.

 

──How’s your throat lately?

Aina: Right now it’s fine. I’m not depending on medicine, and I stopped taking herbs that is good for your throat. I changed my diet, and I started using my nose when I’m normally talking. But for me, I hurt my throat when I get emotional. When I was part of BLITZ, who was the pinch hitter for BiS, I lost my voice and the live was trash. Ever since then, when I’m about to get emotional, I tell myself, “Stay calm, stay calmâ€.

 

──You changed the way you think about it.

Aina: But I always end up getting emotional. Even Matsukuma-san tells me, “If you gave it 120%, bring it down to 80%â€. For "WACK & SCRAMBLES WORKS", when I was recording Buzz 72+’s "Okujo no sora (The Sky from the Roof)", he told me the story behind the song. After that I felt an emotion I have never felt before, and I was singing while crying.

 

──While working hard to hold your feelings back, is there something you can’t give up as a vocalist?

Aina: Lately I feel that I don’t want to be a singer who uses screaming to cover over the fact that they can’t send out the message of a song properly. Before I got surgery on my throat, I thought doing my best to sing and believing in the music I’m singing was cooler and singing a song well wasn’t important. So I would get too emotional and hurt my throat, and on the first day of a 2 day live, I would be covered in bruises (figuratively), but I started wondering if people actually understanding the song. Now, I want to send out the song properly so I’m in the middle of doing researches.

 

──Your feelings of wanting to get the message across is getting stronger.

Aina: Yes. Right after moving to Tokyo, I went to a lot of auditions, and if everything went smoothly, then I don’t think I would be able to sing the way I do now, and I don’t think I would have tried as hard. I was full of insecurities, even now I don’t have a lot of confidence, but as BiSH, we stood on Makuhari Messe’s stage, and I realized, I have singing as my strength. So if I don’t continue improving my singing, not only will I lose to other people, but I will lose to myself, we get the chance to sing such great lyrics on top of great music, so I want to be a singer, who sings and gets the message across (to the receiver). Sometime I feel like I’m becoming a boring adult, but I felt that that’s okay if I tried to sing properly.

 

──Why did you start thinking that way?

Aina: When we were performing “Orchestra†and “Spark†for TBS3, during the ochisabi (lit. ‘soft chorus’ it’s like a calmer version of the chorus, usually the music is very quiet) even if I sang it so many times, I changed the way I sing it for a moment, and I genuinely had a lot of fun. I was able to express myself so much to the extent I wondered what all the lives from before were. After the live, I called my mom right away and told her, “Today, I sang for the first time!†although she was like “Eh? What are you saying?†(laughs).

 

──What kind of piece is "THE GUERRiLLA BiSH" to Aina?

Aina: I think it’s really cool. Ling Ling’s scream became overpowering, Ayuni’s tone changed, Acchan became more firearm-like, Momoko simply got better at singing, and Chittiii, in a good way, lost her “breadwinnerâ€-ness, and it’s great how we’re unpolished and reckless. I could tell that by their voices, there’s bit of struggling, so the live feeling increased. Especially “My landscape†feels like it’s not kissing up to anyone, and even for the choreography, I only did things that I thought was fun.

 

──What is the theme of the choreography?

Aina: I opened the various drawers of my life, and from there I pulled out the fun things as well as my traumas, and I expressed it with my body. I have a fear of needles, so long time ago, during class I pointed the compass needle towards my eye and tried to overcome my fear.

 

──That’s dangerous!

Aina: I got goosebumps all over my body and almost threw up, that’s how impossible it was for me but since I felt frustrated, so I kept staring at the compass needle. That’s why when Ling Ling sings “Midari misezu ni (Won’t show irrationality)†I told her to open her eyes wide. I’ve always wanted to do a disgusting choreography but I was afraid that people would get put off if I did, so I locked it up. But it popped out of the drawer. I also had an image of giving birth, so we lie on our back and open our legs and close it. Since we’re in a skirt, so Sottey-san (Sotobashi Kenta is a cameraman and also does designs for outfits) thought about us and made the pants we wear under into a cute outfit (laughs). The choreography for "My landscape" wasn’t made for anyone, it was made solely out of my trauma, so it’s my favorite dance from BiSH.

 

──Why did you decide to include your trauma?

Aina: When I first talked to Matsukuma-san when we were recording, I thought he was really cool for wanting to do something new. I felt like I shouldn’t match my usual choreography with a song Matsukuma-san put in so much effort to create, and I also didn’t want to get left behind, so I let out the memory I hate the most that I’ve locked up until now, and if I tried to make it cool, I thought I could create something new. Up until now, I thought pulling out the good parts of the members was a field of my expertise, but the if I think back to the memories I hate or traumas, I feel like I can create new choreographies.

 

──You wrote the lyrics to "ALLS" (2), what kind of song is this?

Aina: I sometimes think that women are troublesome because some try to get along with you, but it’s just the surface. And sometimes we’re fussy. But men also have ulterior motives and they kiss-up to people, so I thought who am I to think about others like this? I thought, if I have thoughts like this, maybe I’m not a man or woman. But that’s not true, I must be living as a woman. “I’ll leave everything to you†“I’ll obey†is something Aina the End would never think. I don’t want to leave anything to anyone, I don’t want to obey, those are the thoughts I have on stage. But thinking back to it, the “morass†that I hate about women, is something I have as well, and that must be why I hate it. So I tried to face it right from the front, it’s like the woman side of Aina.

 

──What song do you like in the album?

Aina: Maybe "Here's looking at you, kid." (3) written by Ling Ling. Because I think I know most of Ling Ling’s private life.

 

──You know most of it!

Aina: Because we’re a middle-aged husband and wife (laughs). The lyrics is a continuation from "My distinction", and Ling Ling was extremely down during "My distinction" (4), but "Here's looking at you, kid." has a happy ending and she says “I’m glad I finally got used to being happyâ€. That really struck me, in the beginning, I cried every time I heard it. I really like Ling Ling so much and she’s important, so I’m happy just seeing her smile. And when that leads to expression, it’s really the best. When Ling Ling writes the lyrics, I end up creating the choreographies based on my feelings of liking her too much.

 

──For example?

Aina: In "VOMiT SONG" (5), Ling Ling says she wants to go meet her past, so in the interlude, I let her meet her past. She touches the playground equipment, it wakes up and talks to Ling Ling. In "My distinction", I want Ling Ling to move forward, so in the choreography I expressed the clock where time is moving forward. In "Here's looking at you, kid.", Ling Ling sings all of the chorus, everyone is happy in the choreography. Thanks to Ling Ling, I’m always able to create a choreography that surpasses my expectations, so I’m happy.

 

──This time all of the lyrics are great. Like no one is lying and everyone simply wrote what they feel so it really has an effect on you.

Aina: Yeah, we’re not trying to be something we’re not."Rock n’ Roll no Kami-sama" (6) is very Chittiii-like. But in Hashiyasume’s case, she strangely says things like “I’m not the main character (of my lyrics)â€. Even if it definitely is (laughs). Momoko said her favorite line is “I don’t need to be #1, so I will give it to you†and Matsukuma-san also said “Only Momoko will sing this partâ€. And everyone agreed that Momoko should sing that part.

 

──Are you handling the busyness well?

Aina: I’m happy about being busy.

 

──You shot the PV in LA.

Aina: I was surprised. I accidentally turned the fire alarm on in the middle of the night.

 

──What do you mean(laughs)?

Aina: The air was so dry so in order to humidify my room, I kept the shower on, and then the fire alarm went on. Since it was super loud, the foreign person next door got worried and was like “What happened?†but that person was glaring at me so it was scary (laughs). I started to panic and called our staff but they were like “It’s fine if you wait unti it turns off†and they wouldn’t come. Since I thought it was and, I tried to block the door so I don’t cause trouble to the neighbors and I covered the alarm with my pillow, and all I could do was wait for like 20 minutes until it got quiet. The members were asleep so it was okay but it was the worst for me because I couldn’t sleep.

 

──That’s your memory from LA?

Aina: Yes (laughs).

 

──But it’s amazing that you guys came to a point where you can shoot PVs overseas. From a person who came from Osaka and didn’t even have a house.

Aina: That’s true (laughs). During Makuhari Messe I said, “Please follow us to wherever you canâ€, but I felt like “wherever you can†sounds like we already decided on the limit, so lately I try to think, “Let’s go to the places we want to go togetherâ€.

 

──Where do you want to go now?

Aina: My goal is still the same as the beginning, it’s Budokan. I want us to have a one-man live there. Honestly, I don’t yearn to stand on large stages. But as BiSH, it’s something we’ll have to do, I like everyone in BiSH from the bottom of my heart, so if everyone wants to stand on large stages, then I want to stand on the large stage with them, what everyone wants to do, I want to do. Right now, I want to go wherever BiSH can go, and I want to go where we want to go, so arenas and stadiums, I want to do it all. After doing all that I want to feel like ‘In the end live houses are the best’.

 

──And currently you’re working hard for your next tour?

Aina: Yeah. There are many moments I think that each one of us really started to think about our performances. It’s like we stopped waiting for orders.

 

──Regarding the group’s performance, I think Aina had the strongest sense of crisis, but how about now?

Aina: I still feel that we can’t stay the way we are. But lately I think that about myself rather than the members. I want to be overpowering. I want to be overpowering because I want to sing well as a singer, and as a group, as BiSH I want us to be overpowering, I want our music to be overpowering. Basically, I want to grow.

 

──As an artist.

Aina: Yes. There are many times I think I’m no good, so I want to grow. But on the other hand, when I get praised, I want to absentmindedly be like, “Hooray! I got praised! I have that kind of talent too? Yay!â€.

 

──But you can’t?

Aina: I can’t. But I decided that I will definitely believe what the people I trust say. This includes Iida-san (Iida Jinichiro, the interviewer and editor in chief of OTOTOY, he is also a musician himself) as well but I really want to accept what they say.

 

──Yeah you guys are a great team. Junnosuke-san and Sato-san as well as Avex’s team doesn’t praise people easily but they’ll say you’re good if you’re good.

Aina: Yeah you’re right. I wish I was born with talent but it’s not like that so I want to accept that and work hard.

 

Aina Chittiii Ayuni Momoko Hashiyasume Ling Ling (For some parts I’m not 100% sure who’s singing it so I guessed)

 

(1) SHARR translation. Lyrics by Momoko

 

Sassy!

Stop whispering to each other, stop please

 

You two create a mood that I can’t handle

I can’t forgive you

NO! This is where oh oh…

Lame future

At such a degree

Impossible!!!

 

Everyday is only filled with tiring busy-ness

Running into the last train along with suits

A loneliness with no sense of fulfillment

 

Make use of nothingness baby

There’s no way it will end

Don’t look down on me! Yeah yeah

 

Sassy!

My throat is so dry that I’m about to get killed

I have to stop acting like a good person before I get exposed

A disgrace?

NO! This is where oh oh…

Lame future

At such a degree

Impossible!!!

 

You lack creativity

Your existence is already

An overpowering violence

You dye everything violet

 

With a breaking smartphone in one hand

Without grasping the situation

Pick up your pace, adults yeah

 

I’m about to pass out

If there’s an answer

Then there’s no meaning to today’s life

Isn’t that right!

 

You lack creativity

Your existence is already

An overpowering violence

You dye everything violet

 

Everyday is only filled with tiring busy-ness

Running into the last train along with suits

A loneliness with no sense of fulfillment

Make use of nothingness baby

There’s no way it will end

Don’t look down on me! Yeah yeah

 

 

(2) ALLS translation. Lyrics by Aina

 

I want to find out

I can’t oppose

I want to make sure

ALL ALL ALL

 

I want to possess it

I want to surpass it

I want to be sinned

ALL ALL ALL

 

Weird direction

 

I forgot this method times (Even shyness is just an ordinary trip)

I climb the mountain greedily (Modestly, humbly)

Before the new bruise disappears, please bite it off (Let this empty moment stop)

 

The voice in my heart won’t disappear

Stop

A rule I can’t go against

Without knowing the meaning of loneliness,

I will expose everything and fascinate you

 

Around the time it becomes suffocating for us,

Ah!!

Surpass life

I will leave everything up to you and obey

Don’t I look beautiful when I go numb*?

 

Weird direction

 

A dangerously pure heart (Even shyness is just an ordinary trip)

I wonder if I left it somewhere? (Modestly, humbly)

Even the moment where my preparation to atone for my sins falters,

From a historical suffering (Let this empty moment stop)

 

I can’t hope for anything more, now hurry up and disappear

The proof of eternal sentimentality is about to pour out

 

Around the time it becomes suffocating for us,

Ah!!

Surpass life

I will leave everything up to you and obey

Don’t I look beautiful when I go numb?

 

I want to find out

I can’t oppose

I want to make sure

ALL ALL ALL

 

I want to possess it

I want to surpass it

I want to be sinned

ALL ALL ALL

 

I accidentally received the peak of my happiness in advance

I must end it here

The method of getting there

 

The voice in my heart won’t disappear

Stop

A rule I can’t go against

Without knowing the meaning of loneliness

I will expose everything and fascinate you

 

Around the time it becomes suffocating for us,

Ah!!

Surpass life

I will leave everything up to you and obey

Don’t I look beautiful when I go numb?

 

*shibire means “numb†but it can also mean “mesmerizedâ€.

 

 

(3) Here’s looking at you, kid. translation. Lyrics by Ling Ling

 

Excitement and nervousness merges

I pass by the reminiscent station

 

What should I do?

I looked back to two years ago

To search for you

 

This town hasn’t changed,

Even the blue on the car hasn’t faded

Today revives into a new day

I meet new feelings

 

The only thing that hasn’t changed is me

Someday I became cold

 

I let my scars hurt me, I’m sorry

 

oh yeah　I’m happy I realized it

 

hey boy　hey yeah×2

 

I wonder what I’ve been doing since that day

Even if I’m acting like we’re not close,

I keep glancing your way

 

Understanding my past, understand the present

I fill up my memories

 

Even if I try to copy the past, the present stops me

The inability to go back, transforms into happiness,

I looked into those beautiful eyes

 

The new day shows a fine day　

Because I went out, I was able to see a different side of you

I’m glad I finally got used to being happy

 

oh yeah　so cheers

 

hey boy　hey yeah×2

 

I want to say it but

I try to type out the words in my heart

It feels like I pulled out a new distance today

 

When he got a taste of the wounds he caused,

Peter Pan will be able to become an adult as well

After some time, I feel glad I was able to meet you

 

The only thing that hasn’t changed is me

Someday I became cold

 

I let my scars hurt me, I’m sorry

 

The new day shows a fine day　

Because I went out, I was able to see a different side of you

I’m glad I finally got used to being happy

 

oh yeah　so cheers

 

hey boy　hey yeah×2

 

 

(4) My distinction translation. Lyrics by Ling Ling

 

I commit a sin, and I reflect

I couldn’t escape those days, but it’s over now

I’m waiting for the ‘tomorrow’ that I’m unable to find

 

I don’t even want to hear the songs I like

I just have my earphones in my ears

And eavesdrop on the people passing by

With a cold heart, I walk in contempt

 

Suddenly for a moment, I withered

The ‘me’ who is only able to produce jealousy is so annoying　

 

I kept condemning people, but I couldn’t say it out loud

How disgusting of me if I think she’s sly

I’ve decided I would get through these days

Because it only comes once

The clock ticks even today

 

Today forcefully came

I glared at the time I can’t even see

My footsteps were loud as I went far away

I stomp on the big earth as I walk

 

Even if I’m at home, I feel like I want to go back, why?

 

I kept condemning people, but I couldn’t say it out loud

How disgusting of me if I think she’s sly

I’ve decided I would get through these days

Because it only comes once

The clock ticks even today

 

Suddenly for a moment, I withered

The ‘me’ who is only able to produce jealousy is…

 

I was continuously condemning people, but I couldn’t say it out loud

How disgusting of me if I think she’s sly

 

I commit a sin, and I reflect

I couldn’t escape those days, but it’s over now

I’m waiting for the ‘tomorrow’ that I’m unable to find

 

 

(5) VOMiT SONG translation. Lyrics by Ling Ling

 

I’m tired of them

Let me change the friends I hang out with

It’s somewhat easier to live

It’s not that I hate them

But I just can’t handle it

I can’t keep up with myself

 

I breathe in too much air to punish myself

But it all disappears with a sigh

Where does it go?

To a pure heart

 

Cherry blossom, playground equipment, the layout of that place

I want to meet my kind memories, but I can’t

The vomit that’s about to come out but won’t

It’s like the smell of the bad weather of the new school term

 

When is it,

The sun’s weather that will make me kind?

Can someone play with me?

I know I’m starting to becoming a bad person

But there’s nothing I can do about it

 

I was satisfied, but only for a moment

My neighborhood changes to loneliness

The loop of wanting to go back I see in town

 

I know what a lie out of kindness is

If you have no intentions of seeing me, then say it straight up

My worries will age but on the inside,

I’m just watching the sceneries from my childhood

 

The wind sends the reminiscent days

I sent back my feelings, it blurred and I endured it

I just spent my days working hard

I want to be absent at once

 

 

(6) Rock n’ Roll no Kami-sama (God of Rock n' Roll) translation. Lyrics by Chittiii

 

I walked around with a cranky face

Being intoxicated by failure,

Are you a drama queen?

I’m full of regrets

It’s unsightly,

But I want to break this fake world

Goodbye

 

If it reaches you

If I can see you in my dreams

It’s like, la la la, screaming up high

Ah a blurry sky,

I wake up with a punch from the cold wind

Will I be able to change?

 

Fix your bad habit of comparing yourself to others

Just quickly live your own life, and it’ll be fine

God of rock n’ roll

That’s what you told me,

Will there come a day where I can just feel “Whatever works!â€*

Goodbye

 

If it reaches you

If I can see you in my dreams

I can stay alive with just that

Was I able to change?

 

If I can see you in my dreams

If I can see you in my dreams

Being in love with the road in front of me everyday

 

If it reaches you

If I can see you in my dreams

It’s like, la la la, screaming up high

Ah a blurry sky,

I wake up with a punch from the cold wind

So see ya

 

* “Jinsei banzai†literally means “Cheers to life†but it’s also the Japanese title of the movie “Whatever works!â€

 

Edited December 29, 2017 by telecasterstripes

[Sasori]

So much good stuff! I'll have to read this when I'm a little more awake. I saw Ling Ling's interview on Ototoy. A bit underwhelmed by the pics, but looking forward to the actual interview. She's such an enigma.

 

The final results of the General Election haven't been posted yet, but it's a foregone conclusion that Chicchi and Aina with be the ones to get the Solos.

[Sasori]

The WACK General Election Results are in (Not allot of suspense since they already posted the Top 10 online):

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwuut6AU3dE

 

​Pretty much all they do is announce the top 15 Candidates and each girl comes up and gives a short speech.

 

Top 15

 

 

1. Cent Chihiro Chicchi (BiSH - Sweet to see her get emotional)

2. Aina the End (BiSH)

3. Ayuni D (BiSH)

4. Pour Lui (BiS)

5. Yamamachi Miki (Gang Parade) 

6. Aya EightPrince (Gang Parade - She officially joined in August 2017 and has already worked her way into fans hearts!)

7. Momoko Gumi Company (BiSH)

8. Yumeno Yua (Gang Parade)

9. Kika Fronto Frontal (BiS)

10. Kamiya Saki (BiS)

11. Coco Partin Coco (Gang Parade)

12. Kyan Maika (Gang Parade)

13. Peri Ubu (BiS)

14. Terashima Yuka (Gang Parade)

15. Hashiyasumi Atsuko (BiSH - Just barely made it!)

 

Fine, nobody vote for Ling Ling 

 

 

 

Voting Results. The Top 2 were closer than I thought:

 

 

Click here to view the Tweet

 

 

 

If this becomes a yearly event, I'd like to see them play up the Election aspect allot more. Have them go out into the streets and campaign. It will be interesting to see what kind of Impact EMPiRE makes in future Elections.

 

​*Bonus: Some fan made Election Posters

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​You can see the rest by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page:

 

http://seiso-bucho.xyz/wack-vote-bish-ringring

Edited December 31, 2017 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

I'm happy with the results but now that I think about it Aina will have (already has) chances to go solo without this so I wanted to hear others like Ayuni and GANG PARADE members, specifically Yumeno Yua and Aya. It's only the top 2 that get solo songs right?

 

Anyways... I'm loving the Atsuko posters! And Aya was part of BiS in 2016 so that might be why she's up so high. Also she's super pretty. I'm also a new fan of her (lol if it wasn't obvious from my avatar). But I'm surprised Yui ga Dokuson didn't make it to top 15. Even Matsukuma said he would choose her if he were to vote lol. I'm also upset about Ling Ling though :( But there's just too many good choices so it can't be helped.

[Sasori]

Yes, only the Top 2 get solos. I agree, Aina is being groomed to be a solo artist, so it would have been nice to see someone else get that spot. My pick would have been Pour Lui. I didn't realize Aya was in BiS (I didn't follow their first incarnation). Now it makes sense why she's so popular. I'm hoping that some of the runner ups get to be in the next Shuffle Group. That would be a nice consolation prize.

 

It sucks for the girls who didn't make it into the Top 15, but like you said, there's allot of competition. 5000 votes were cast, but I don't know how many people actually voted, so it's a very small subsection of their fan base. I hope the other girls don't dwell on this too much. EMPiRE never really had a chance, so it shouldn't effect them.

 

I've been poking around on 5ch to see what Japanese fans thought of the results/event, but I haven't seen any significant insights. I'll keep looking.

 

P.S.

 

Hoping work settles down soon so I can get back to updating the OP (>.<)

Edited January 1, 2018 by Sasori

[Sasori]

Belated Xmas cuteness from BiS' Momoland:

 

Click here to view the Tweet

Edited January 1, 2018 by Sasori

[Sasori]

I got something in the mail today (^ . ^) The packaging for the Wack/Scramble Album and The Guerilla BiSH is a bit different than what I was expecting. I thought the Wack/Scramble album was in a DVD case, but the Album and Photobook are separate items. When you remove the booklet from the sleeve inside, there's a full pic of Watanabe in the casket which is kinda' creepy, lol. The Photobook is pretty nice. Looks like the girls had allot of fun shooting it.

 

The Guerilla BiSH has some real heft to it. Both the Album and Photobook come in a nice box and slide out the side. The Photobook is really high quality and the album has an oversized lyric booklet.

 

Overall, pretty happy with these. I look forward to listening to them when I'm less tired...

 

After about 80 posts, I finally found some interesting comments on 5ch about the WACK Election Results. I'll try to do some rough translations tomorrow.

Edited January 3, 2018 by Sasori

[Sasori]

Just stumbled upon this cover of Orchestra by one of the members of the iDOL Street group Wa-suta. Better than I expected:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-xnri2iBMU

[telecasterstripes]

Momoland is too cute! Seems like she had a fun Christmas lol.

 

omg you got the albums! Guerilla BiSH is seriously an amazing album.

 

And the cover is pretty good. Especially since she's singing it by herself.

Edited January 3, 2018 by telecasterstripes

[telecasterstripes]

BiSH will be singing the OP for the second season of Black Clover!

 

The song is called "PAiNT it BLACK" the first episode will air on January 9! So excited. In Ling Ling's recent interview (that I haven't finished translating yet) Matsukuma said that Ling Ling will sing the first verse(?) of their next song because she always sings the second and doesn't get to sing on music shows lol.

Edited January 4, 2018 by telecasterstripes

[Sasori]

I just started watching Black Clover! Good for Ling ling. I wonder if this is also because she didn't make it into the top 15 in the WACK Election and they wanted to give her more attention.

 

I listened to the WACK Album today. It's really good with allot of variety! I think my favorite song might be Plastic 2 Mercy.

Edited January 4, 2018 by Sasori

[telecasterstripes]

Yeah I only listened to a preview of the songs and I loved Plastic 2 Mercy and Lover Soul so I only bought those two songs.