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Even though I’ve already went on and on about the music I’ve enjoyed this year, I had to reserve a special article about the Idol scene in 2011. As far as I’m concerned, 2011 was really the year of the Idol. The wave may have started back in 2010, but it didn’t reach its full potential until this year.

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Took a little break while life got mad busy, but it’s Sunday once again! It’s time for some Short Thoughts, I know you’ve been craving them.

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Takahashi Ai is graduating from Morning Musume. If you didn’t already know that, this article probably isn’t for you to begin with. Even though my love for Morning Musume has long since waned (what with no Yossi, no Eri, no Pandas), I feel like this is really the end of the era. Without Takahashi, I can’t really see Morning Musume lasting much longer. But, I digress. With Ai-chan’s graduation comes, of course, the graduation single, Kono Chikyuu no Heiwa wo Honki de Negatterun Da yo! (more…)

Bursting onto the e-pop scene is 18 year old fashionista Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. She’s enlisted the talents of super producer Nakata Yasutaka and thrown her hat into the ring with her debut mini-album, so let’s listen to it after the jump.

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I got into the Idol game with Morning Musume. They were my first (they were gentle), but we’ve grown apart. The Momusu of today isn’t really the Momusu I knew and fell in love with. But recently, we shared some old times together. We’re gonna take the jump together, and rekindle a lost love.

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Berryz Kobo (Berryz工房) released their new single, “Aa, Yo ga Akeru” (ああ、夜が明ける), today with a first day ranking of 6th on Oricon. What does the latest Tsunku production bring to the table this time around?

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