The Debuters December 7, 2008

So let’s look at our list of who debuted this year!

cosmeticROBOT

Oddly our first group was actually the last to debut this year.  They are heavily citing Perfume as their influence to their music which is quite obvious because of the 3-nin idea.  It’s also pretty early to say what they’ll do

GIRL NEXT DOOR

To be honest GND has been on avex’s mind all year long. Why? Well they are the 20th Annivarsary group which means AAA became the FU moment when they debuted.  Not only are they really popular because of “Guuzen no Kakuritsu”, but they released two more singles in a matter of two months and an album coming out on Christmas Eve.  I hope they slow down a little bit though and change their music style a bit.  Still one of the cooler bands to debut this year.

HANGRY & ANGRY

Even though they only released one thing, a mini-album of course, soon-to-be Ex-H!P members Yossie and Rika have found a replacement and what better way as to be Gothic Lolita chikas.  Now, I hope they stick around because the music has been great. 

JERO

JERO debuted this year and raised many eyebrows, by well, becoming the first African-American/Asian guy singing fluently in Japanese enka.  Now he’s added a twist to his music making it sound a lot more modern and is already quite the celeb.  Even though he released “Umiyuki” in February.  and did a cover album, he’s quite quiet this year.

Kalafina

Yuki Kajiura got it right starting up this all female group which does change from 3 members to 4, but it seems the 4th member isn’t too permanent.  They brought a pretty calm sound to nullify the other new acts of the year.  With two singles down and a 3rd coming in later this month they really are quite the underdogs.  Also to note that they were the first to debut off this list of artists with “oblivious” in January

Kanon Wakeshima

Kanon also debuted this summer and did she come out with a bang.  still doll was totally different from anything else that was released at the time.  What was bad about it?  The time stretch between her debut single and her 2nd single, Suna no Oshiro.  Luckily she’s putting out an album next year which is great to know.  Definitly an artist to watch.

MiChi

MiChi debuted as an indies artist earlier in the yea but she fully debuted on the Japanese charts in October.  Even though all she has is a English-only mini-album and a somewhat Japanese single, she’s also getting pretty popular pretty fast.  She needs to announce a new single sooon though.

MilkyWay

Considering all of what’s been happening at H!P HQ…There was an actual group that debuted this year.  Even though it’s for a show, MilkyWay is your typical cutesy threesome…oh that came out bad huh?  Anyway only having two released singles, I don’t see much of them going any further than one album.  Hopefully they beat my expectations.

portable

portable should get an introduction to the site, so here it is.  They are an indies group, but being J-tek, you can’t really tell if they are indies or not since their music is pretty good.  Releasing their debut in October, portable is catching on to many people online, which is good.  I hoped to see more of them next year.

SAWA

Are you gonna be surprised to know she has not released a single yet?  That’s because this year she’s only released two mini-albums “COLORS” and “TIME&SPACE”. She’s actually getting better since her first release which is amazing.

Shion Tsuji

Shion’s debut last month actually was a nice surprise and obviously with only one release under her wing with “Candy kicks” There’s mumblings going that she is a bit too much like “YUI” but why are you basing this after one single?  Anyway, I hope to see more of her in the future

 

That’s the list y’all there were gonna be exceptions, but no way, only for this year suckers!!!!!

Tommy Heavenly6 – Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl

Track Listing

1. Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl
2. Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl (Short Version)
3. Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl (Original Karaoke)

1. Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl

Yep, this would definitly stand as Tommy most haunting track yet, This Halloween themed tracks is perfect in many ways.  Clocking at 10:31 (oh how smart right?) this song has 3 major parts.  The marching style found only at the beginning, the creepy waltz heard twice throughout the song and the evil rock tune which is basically the rest of the song.  Now the beginning wasn’t too long, but I found the whole waltz thing too drawn out for my tastes so I wasn’t too happy with that.  At least the entrance to the 2nd time thru the waltz area was a bit better.  Anyway, I’m just gonna leave it as that and go on to the next track.

2. Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl (Short Version)

So this version is definitly more better and not as long, actually cutting the song in half practically.  What all we have here is the marching like beginning and the rock song.  It definitly didn’t lose any Halloween moments even without the waltz middle.  To the major point of the song, the rock part.  Even though the lyrics are just a little on the goofy side, she’s one angry bitch through it and I loved every second of it.  The best part is the post-chorus how Tommy and well, Tommy are playing off of each other, frickin sweet.  The only thing I truly gripe about this song is the odd ending….Quite slow and Tomoko sounds off.  Still best song thus far.

 

 

Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl is definitly one of my favorite holiday-themed songs and it’ll prolly never be surpassed.  What really sucks is that there’s a 3rd version of it…and well…let’s say it was devoid of Halloween altogether.

 

MiChi – PROMiSE

Track Listing

1. PROMiSE
2. HEy GirL
3. Sk8er Boi
4. Fuck You and Your Money (ED BANGER ALL STARS remix)

1. PROMiSE

For being a a Japanese debut track, it’s really catchy.  Anywho, it starts with an acoustic opening and then we get a pretty cool beat as well as MiChi singing in both English and for the first time Japanese.  She sounds actually quite good at both.  What really got me was the long bridge as it was pretty cool especially when she says ~Can’t trust life~ talk about sweeet.  One of the best A-sides this year.

2. HEy GirL

I’m not going to question her, but this song’s Americanized sound really brought this to life with its aggressive beat and MiChi attitude-prone lyrics.  She’s actually using more English than Japanese, but it doesn’t really matter.  In honesty this could be a song Kumi could cover hahaha. 

3. Sk8er Boi

I’m sorry but this cover of Avril Lavigne’s big hit of the same name, was definitly the singles downfall.  I mean it just lacked the badass sound that Avril’s had.  Not only that the music was even lamer as I like to dub it “dumbed down”.  Why oh why did you have to destroy it MiChi?

4. Fuck You and Your Money (ED BANGER ALL STARS remix)

I was scratching my when the remix of a past song from her indies mini-album “MiChi MaDnesS” started up because of all the distortions happening to MiChi’s vocals and it’s not in a good way.  It’s like someone was having a seizure when they were remixing the song.  The whole electronic feel does work and the music was quite cool but what they did to MiChi was less than likable.

 

 

I was definitly having high hopes for the single because it is a debut and such, but after hearing PROMiSE, I was actually happy of the transition.  Both the A-Side and B-side were good.  The cover and the remix however sucked in comparison.  It’s definitly worth getting it for the first two tracks.