Todays Ramblings

I’ve been thinking about Goto Maki goint to Avex a lot recently. I sort of have mixed feelings. I do hope that she does well, and I’m quite sure she will. Goto Maki has a big name in JPop. My fear is that if she becomes successful, and then other big names in H!P will jump off the Ship to the Future and join up with AVEX. Prime candidate being Matsuura Aya. Ayaya is, even more so than Gomaki, the best talent that H!P has to offer. She not only is pitch perfect, but she has such an amazing presence. And, er, well, she’s an actual artist, and not an Idol. There are only a few people in H!P who could call themselves true artists. Most of them are born idols. Nacchi, for instance, is pretty much perfect for H!P, as she’s more of an Idol than an artist, I think. I could see Koda Kumi, TVXQ, Gomaki, and Ayaya on the same stage. But I couldn’t see Nacchi in any part of that little roundup. Goto’s transformation is quite shocking, I think. She has come a long way since this. This is the kind of transformation that I can’t see people like Nacchi and Shibata having.

But in the same sense, I sort of hope that some H!P artists would find new bigger agencies, like AVEX or something. People like Ayaya and some Musume would do good I suppose. I would like to see at least one real music video from H!P. The ones they’ve been pumping out, (save Resonant Blue and C/C) are kind of crappy. It seems like they don’t want to actually spend the freaking yen to make something that’s memorable. I think out of all the groups and units in H!P, the people who get the best PVs are Anime associated groups like Buono! and Kirarin whatever. GAM had some of the best PV’s. LU LU LU and Melodies were lovely. °C-ute is starting to get some nicer PV’s too. Tokkaiko Junjou was pretty nice, at least.

That’s the thing about other artists in JPop. It seems like ALL of them have these really nice and professional looking PVs. Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, etc, all very nice. It exudes expensive.

I GUARANTEE that Maki’s new NAILS cost more than most Momusu PVs. All in all though, I’m sure Maki will do very good. I just hope AVEX doesn’t steal all the good talent away from H!P. My fandom itself lies with H!P as a whole, and I want to keep my reasons for liking it. Haha~