MOMONA 101 [ME:I Digital Sgl "Sweetie" 12/2 ; "Tomorrow" 11/18 ; Moana 2 ending song "Beyond ~Koete Yukou~" 11/25]

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Official profiles for Sakaguchi Rino, Aita Rin, Tanaka Yuuki, and Kenmotsu Nano on the LAPONE GIRLS site
https://laponegirls.jp/news03.html

Nice. Aita Rin was one of my favorites. She was becoming close friends with MOMONA.

Teaser video for the 'NEWGIRL is coming' group now confirmed as "IS:SUE" (イッシュ), more info tomorrow 4/25

The beginning shows 4 bright stars shining

The name IS:SUE was already leaked by KCON JAPAN weeks ago, but wasn't confirmed it was them.

KCON JAPAN schedule :


May 10th @ KCON STAGE (Makuhari Messe Hall)
May 11th SHOWCASE STAGE
May 12th M COUNTDOWN STAGE
https://twitter.com/kconjapan/status/17 ... 7918688450
https://twitter.com/kconjapan/status/17 ... 7918688450
https://twitter.com/kconjapan/status/17 ... 9877943384

IS:SUE making early morning news headlines coming up on Mezamashi news and a trending explosion on twitter because of it.


Mezamashi news confirmed IS:SUE major debut will be on June 19th.

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Newspaper.
https://i.imgur.com/8Cxr7wU.jpeg
https://twitter.com/hochi_tkyhensei/sta ... 0718378184

Their official Instagram account is renamed instead of New Girl
https://www.instagram.com/issue_is_coming/
https://x.com/issue_is_coming
https://www.tiktok.com/@issue_is_coming
https://weibo.com/issueiscoming

official site open
https://cf.is-sue.jp/

profiles
https://is-sue.jp/feature/profile?lang=en

Their debut single is titled "1st IS:SUE"
https://cf.is-sue.jp/news/detail/5?lang=en

covers

Limited Edition A


Limited Edition B


Normal Edition


FC Edition (4 versions, member-specific solo jackets)


Tracklist :
1. CONNECT
2. STATIC

https://is-sue.jp/discography/?lang=en

Free video message from IS:SUE for new FC members joining
https://is-sue.jp/movies/detail/9?lang=en

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Oricon Weekly Combined Single Sales (4/15~4/21)

ME:I Debut Single "MIRAI (Click / Sugar Bomb)"
1st Week
Weekly Rank : #1
Total : 267,654 pts (CD Sales + DLs + Streams)

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/cos/w/2024-04-29/

The breakdown of weekly points is as follows: CD Sales: 232,688 pts; digital single (single song): 1,120pts; digital single (bundle): 2,831pts; streaming: 30,015pts. While the CD sales points were a major driving force, it also accumulated points from downloads and streaming, and ranked No. 1 in the combined singles ranking.
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2324269/full/

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Billboard Japan HOT 100 (4/15~4/21)

ME:I "Click"
4th Week
Weekly Rank : #2
Points : 12,366
Total Points : 3,740 (#19) + 3,167 (#19) + 2,743 (#19) + 12,366 (#2) = 22,016

https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/ ... =04&day=29

"Click" by ME:I, an 11-member girl group born from the audition program "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS," which rose from No. 26 (3rd week) to No. 2 following its release on April 17th.
With No. 1 CD sales, which sold 263,399 copies in its first week, and radio, which took No. 2, the song has gained points in overall balance with No. 10 in downloads, No. 17 in streaming, and No. 28 in video playback.

263,399 copies, 3,720 DL, 5,095,155 Streaming views
https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/137000/2

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Stay @ daily #10
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2024-04-24/

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ME:I will be guests on the NHK-Educational TV show "Numa ni Hamatte Kiitemita", airs April 27th. They will perform "Click" and "LEAP HIGH!". In addition, 13 junior high and high school students, who are fans of ME:I, will surprise ME:I with their dance challenge cover of "LEAP HIGH!"

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https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4256711

Girl group ME:I will appear on the show!

They look back on the famous scenes from their audition!
They tell us the secret stories of those days!

They will also talk about the rehearsal for their first concert!
Other guests included YUMEKI (ME:I Choreographer) and comedian Natsuko Yokosawa
Don't miss the full chorus of LEAP HIGH!

ME:I on "Numa ni Hamatte Kiitemita" preview clip

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[Idol Tenshoku Ondo]

Sugar Bomb > Click just throwing that out there. I slept on listening to it for a while but dang that is a nice song. Liking Me:i's sound, looking forward to it being refined and starting to wonder what their release schedule will be like. If I remember I'll have to look at other Lapone groups to see what they do.

I'm not really excited for Is:sue. My favorite runner ups were Kagura, Tsukushi, Nagomi, Hina, and Haruka. I do like Nano but...not her dyed red hair. Revealing that in an image where her hair is almost the same color as the background was a mistake. I don't know what they could have done to avoid it but it makes her hair look like a mop of red strings Fell on her head. I'll probably still check the group out but I'm meh on the members.

Should we use this thread to talk about Is:sue or not? It's already pretty active and it's mostly for Momona.

[DJChisato1]

^Considering that this is a H!P based forum, Is:sue would be an "Other". This isn't technically a ME:I thread, it's a Momona thread.

[Moh]

Should we use this thread to talk about Is:sue or not? It's already pretty active and it's mostly for Momona.

That's why we have 6th Station and JPOP: The Rest.

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CDTV Live! Live! 4.22.24

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It seems ME:I will be a guest on singer Ano's music show "Ano-chan no DEN DEN DENPA", air date TBA.

Ano-chan made a tiktok video with COCORO and SUZU as a teaser

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https://www.tiktok.com/@anovamos/video/ ... 4198092050

#ClickChallenge - MOMONA and RAN with Ano-chan

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Lh-yyyzMa/
https://www.tiktok.com/@official_me_i_/ ... 9498711303

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2nd week on oricon daily singles ranking :

ME:I back up to #3 with 4,036 copies sold

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2024-04-25/

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Some shots from ME:ICONIC fan concerts

Watch MOMONA lead the circle huddle

Tokyo


Osaka


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2nd week on oricon daily singles ranking :

ME:I stay @ #3 with 1,156 copies sold

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2024-04-26/

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ME:I will be guests on the NHK-Educational TV show "Numa ni Hamatte Kiitemita", airs April 27th. They will perform "Click" and "LEAP HIGH!". In addition, 13 junior high and high school students, who are fans of ME:I, will surprise ME:I with their dance challenge cover of "LEAP HIGH!"

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https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4256711

Girl group ME:I will appear on the show!

They look back on the famous scenes from their audition!
They tell us the secret stories of those days!

They will also talk about the rehearsal for their first concert!
Other guests included YUMEKI (ME:I Choreographer) and comedian Natsuko Yokosawa
Don't miss the full chorus of LEAP HIGH!

ME:I on "Numa ni Hamatte Kiitemita" preview clip
https://twitter.com/nhk_hamatta/status/ ... 8057650353

"Numa ni Hamatte Kiitemita" 4.27.24 - Guests ME:I, YUMEKI

MC Hama Okamoto is hiatus due to ill health (H!P fan)

40 minute Talk, Performance, Behind the scenes from rehearsals
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1SZ421E7JR/

"Click" and "LEAP HIGH!" performances (uniform outfits)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1MC411H7n1/

Yamamoto Line game

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2nd week on oricon daily singles ranking :

ME:I @ #4

https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2024-04-27/

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ME:I's debut single has hit 1 million listens
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wsE3L0l083t6bxC8jJefC