Well, it's been a while since my last post. Since now I'm still on my vacant days, I fill most of my days by downloading songs, PVs, & live videos. But let's put that aside now, cause now I wanna talk about my new fandom.
My encounter with J-pop fandom was first introduced by AKB48, where I first saw them when I watched the live showcase of MTV VMAJ 2011, which they hosted the show, & they also performed 3 songs (Beginner, Everyday Kachuusha, Heavy Rotation). Their songs were really catchy, so I'm still a fan of them since 2012, although sometimes the team shuffle could irritates me.
Then, when I've downloaded a live version of AKB48's "Ai no Sonzai", I saw a trio named Perfume as the MC. And, one of my fellow AKB fandom actually listens to Perfume, so I became curious. I saw their Generasia wiki page, & became interested in them since most of their recent promo pics look really cool. So I started to listen to their songs. Their first singles were not really at my interest, but when they have progressed into a techno-pop group, they amazed me.
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| Perfume's Promotional Picture for "Polyrhythm" |
After I listened to their songs, I finally can understand the difference between J-pop & K-pop besides the language & the regions. Because Japan is like the base of Asia's technology. With music like that, and also nicely done dance coreography, they've reached international fame in Europe & Asia. BUT, as their Indonesian fans, why are only a few fellow Indonesian have became a fan of them? Well, since there's an Indonesian based sister group of AKB called JKT, perhaps that's why the 48 group have more fans here than any other Japanese artist. Besides,my friends only known Japanese artist from anime opening/ending.
If I have to choose one favorite member of Perfume, I must say that this is my choice:
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| Oomoto Ayano |
It's funny that my favorite member is the replacement. But honestly, I have to admit that (to me) she stands out more than Kashino Yuka & Nishiwaki Ayaka. She's really good at dancing, and to me she has the best voice among Perfume members.I love her voice, especially when I heard her solo verse on "Magic of Love".
Then, when I read the biography section of Perfume, I noticed that the producer of Perfume is someone named Nakata Yasutaka. Then I found out that he's a member of a duo named CAPSULE, along with a female singer named Koshijima Toshiko.
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| CAPSULE's Promotional Picture for "WAVE RUNNER" |
So I ended up reading this duo's Generasia page. I looked over their albums, singles, and their album cover. There's one album cover that interest me:
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| CAPSULE's Album Cover for "MORE! MORE! MORE!" |
It looks pretty modern. And what interested me is her outfit! The black leather jacket looks so cool, & I love her white & printed mini skirt. Although, that skirt was super short so no wonder Koshijima-san wore somewhat a black legging to an event along with CAPSULE's other half, Nakata Yasutaka.
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| -I honestly don't know what kind of event is this.- |
So far, I've listened to their albums 'till "MORE! MORE! MORE!", plus some singles from their next album like "Love or Lies" & "Stay With You" from "PLAYER" & "WORLD OF FANTASY" from the album with the exact same name. To my surprise, right now I have more CAPSULE songs than Perfume's, even though I haven't heard all of CAPSULE's songs.
I must say, what got me interested in CAPSULE is not only the favorable techno-pop/electronic music of Nakata-san,but also Koshijima-san's amazing vocal. In my opinion, with a voice like that, she could go solo but I don't really want CAPSULE to extinct, since I've heard that Nakata-san truly realized that Koshijima-san's role in CAPSULE is very crucial, since CAPSULE is a duo all along. Koshijima-san's voice is a total Diva, and she loves cat too! How sweet~
So this fandom make me have a new plan if I could go to Japan. If I could go to Japan (especially Tokyo), I wanna meet Koshijima-san!!! Perhaps an autograph & a picture with her could be nice? I also wanna meet Nakata-san but he seems busy, with Perfume, Kyari, MEG, this duo, & his own gig. Perhaps, after meeting Koshijima-san, I would like to meet Perfume, especially Nocchi (Oomoto Ayano).
So, that's all for now. Thanks for reading my post! ^_^
