The H!P Musings/Rants Thread

[Celedam]

Sometime around 2015 their music got more and more "safe" feeling.

Around the time Tsunku got sick, semi-retired, and moved to Hawaii.

[JonCC]

Well this is incredibly sad news.

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Her H!P credits: https://helloproject.fandom.com/wiki/Si ... hy_Credits

Non H!P:

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"Sakura no Hanabiratachi", AKB48's debut single, as well as their next seven singles.
"Ashita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru" by Chocolove from AKB48 (an AKB48 sub-unit)
"Tokyo Midnight Loneliness" by Sonim
"Ginza-atari de gin! Gin! Gin!" by Ken♀♂Ken
"Ai just on my love" by Sharam Q
"Rhythm to Rule" by Ryoko Shinohara
"BREAK ALL DAY!", "Megami no Mai", "VACATION" by Mizuki Alisa
"Ulalakani" by Kogamelon
"Nakkata Koto Nishite" by Haratake Hitomi with HYPER GO GO
"GOOD DAYS!" by ZONE
"Ikinarism!" and "Otto Totto Natsuda ze!" by EE JUMP
"Maji de Koisuru Gobyou Mae" by Umika as Yamako
"Are You OK?" by Makihara Noriyuki
"Kira▲Kira" by Makoto Tsubasa
"Illuminati" by MALICE MIZER

[Shabranikuduu]

That's terrible news, may she rest in peace.

[Zunu]

How terrible. Especially in Japan, that's a young age to pass away.

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Tsunku on Natsu Mayumi's passing
https://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog/entry-12810962028.html

Miyazaki Yuka's comments on Natsu Mayumi's dance lessons for Juice=Juice
https://twitter.com/yuka_miyazaki42/sta ... 7673125888

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Morning Musume. '23's statement
Natsu Mayumi-sensei

First of all, we would like to express our heartfelt condolences.

Five years ago, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of our formation, most of the current members of the group received choreography for Morning Coffee from her.
We will continue to cherish and pass on the choreography for the many songs that Natsu-sensei has choreographed for us since our debut.

Thank you so much.
May you rest in peace.

Morning Musume. '23

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Fukumura Mizuki's blog on Natsu Mayumi

I received the news of the passing of Natsu Mayumi-sensei.
I am so surprised and can't believe it

When I joined Morning Musume, I went to dance class every week.

There, she taught me a lot of basic dance moves, how to make the lines look beautiful, how to dance with feeling, and how fun it was to dance and express myself.

I learned a lot of things from her.

She also came to our concerts many times and always had important words to say to us.

She was very strict, but when we did well, she would make us happy and cry with us.

She gave her love to Morning Musume, to many people, and to many groups.

I am sure that she will continue to watch over us from the sky.

We will continue to perform happily on stage with all our hearts so that you can see Morning Musume with many smiles on your face.

But Sensei...you will be missed so much!

My sincerest condolences from the bottom of my heart.

Fukumura Mizuki

https://ameblo.jp/morningmusume-9ki/ent ... 93666.html

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

I haven't posted in ages~
I've been listening to Watashi to Odorinasai a bunch recently because it's so catchy, so I went to youtube and looked up live version - only to find this clip from Hello Station of Honoka playing the actual piano part for the recording of the song (!!!!) and that blew my mind. I thought up to this point she was good at piano and they used it as a gimmick for some live events etc, but it never occurred to me (and i haven't been following as closely as I used to, so maybe it came up elsewhere....) that she actually played the parts for the song itself. And it's incredible stuff. Props to her! amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjwZG0705w

[boinsie]

Nice to see you here again!
And yes, H!P has several genuinely talented musicians these days!
Arisawa Ichika performed the violin parts for J=J's FUTURE SMILE:
https://youtu.be/aigLC7AdBcY

And check out this live rendition of C-ute's Mugen Climax w/Honoka & Ichika playing the piano & violin parts!
https://youtu.be/ZEgPuW9ihxQ

[Zunu]

^ You can't say this about too many idol groups but I really think that Mugen Climax performance would win them the night on one of those internationally popular "...Got Talent" type shows. It still gives me chills to watch it.

[Moh]

The location in Yoridori ME DREAM seems rather popular. I've also seen it in FRUITS ZIPPER's new MV and FES☆TIVE's new MV.

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