Comments on: Test-driving Musume in America: Turning to the Youth

By: Miley Cyrus Lover

Miley Cyrus Lover — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:38:08 +0000

High School Musical, and Hannah Montana, seem to be the biggest things these days. I’m amazed at the amount of marketing that goes into both of these Disney franchises. Granted, Miley Cryus is a very talented performer, and deserves all the publicity that she gets.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:32:17 +0000

I like Nami Tamaki, but I like Momosu, too. I can’t fight over who is better. It’s like fighting fire with fire. It can’t be helped.

By: How Popular Will Hello Project Be With Today’s Kids? « Semified

How Popular Will Hello Project Be With Today’s Kids? « Semified — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:58:17 +0000

[...] Like Morning Kuri’s sister, both of my siblings sole source of entertainment lies in the weekly Disney segments which to them is pure join. However, you might find the results are very interesting as they are contrary to what Morning Kuri discovered. [...]

By: The Perfume Effect « Monochrome Effect

The Perfume Effect « Monochrome Effect — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:35:40 +0000

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By: Gidget

Gidget — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:12:16 +0000

I’ve done something similar. I play H!P stuff for my classroom (yes, I’m old…) and they love it. I tend to alternate between HSM and HSM2 and the random H!P stuff I have. I hadn’t played any of the H!P stuff for awhile, since back in November I think, and the kids started requesting it last week. They were promising all sorts of things if I would play some of it for them. They really enjoy it because it’s upbeat and they don’t have to know the words to sing along with it. LOL

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:04:45 +0000

I’m just glad that I’m not alone in the disliking Koharu thing… Everyone else seems to adore her witha passion O_O

By: Hanachan

Hanachan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:46:51 +0000

DC and H!P ^^ I’m a big Disney Channel fan. It’s like a guilty pleasure, I guess-they’re just so corny and cute and fun! Anyways, it’s really interesting that a fellow DC fan hates Koharu, who is my favorite. Koharu reminds me a lot of Miley Cyrus. That she releases songs for both Kiratin Revolution and as herself is very similar to Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. Miley is definitely a little edgier (for a Disney star, at least) and cooler, and Koharu is more bubbly and weird, though. The Hannah stuff is really similar to Koharu’s Kirarin Revolution stuff.

And Kei is kinda scary as well, but that’s why I love her! And if they did a H!P version of HSM, I think Charmy would make a great Sharpay, with Yossi as Troy!

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:26:17 +0000

My brother’s 16 and he’s pretty mature for his age. He usually likes rock music. It’s rare that he likes any songs but I think he said a few of the less “sugary pop” ones were good. He said all H!P sings about is love which is basically true ehh

By: yossha

yossha — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:05:43 +0000

Ahaha, interesting post! I introduced my four-year-old cousin to Berryz’s “Piriri to Yukou!” PV a few months ago, and she was totally addicted to it — I probably played the PV about a million times for her. T_T

I showed her two other Berryz PVs (“Waracchaou yo BOYFRIEND” and “Happiness ~Kofuku Kangei!~”), but “Piriri” still remains her favorite and she asks me if she can listen to it every time she sees me with my iPod. Introducing her to more H!P artists is still on my ‘to do’ list, though, but I’m glad she likes them.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:10:45 +0000

Interesting post! The Disney Channel references creep me out a little, but hey, I understand why. And I just wanted to comment on one of the generalizations you made at the end there, because of my own experiences:

3) Today’s youth prefer a “mature” sound, as opposed to pure pop. — I’d say not necessarily on this one. You’ll have kids that prefer mature, and kids that prefer the sugary pop all around the US, still, I think. Over the summer, I participated in a variety show in my city, and I conned the directors into making a running gag out of “Ookina ai de motenashite.” I had to round up some dancers– the people my age were ridiculously shy about it (except one), so I resorted to that girl and a small bunch of middle schoolers who said they like to dance. The first time I played it, people thought I was crazy for the song, and it was total shock over the entire cast there that night.
But VERY QUICKLY– like… by the end of the first night it was introduced to everyone, people were totally ADDICTED to the song. By the next day, and especially by show nights, ALL of the kids– the middle schoolers who were already in and the others in a chorus group that came in (middle school and elementary school) wanted to be in the song, and even a huge bunch of the people my age who said no were suddenly interested. I was SO amused when the eleven-year-old boy came up to me on show night, about a half hour before the act was scheduled to go on, and BEGGED me to teach him the dance so he could be in it to– and the next night, he brought more (male) friends. Whenever I came off-stage from performing or rehearsing, people would always tell me how the middle and elementary schoolers would be dancing to the song and attempting to sing to it whenever they heard it from the stage.
And I can’t even remember the amount of times I had to write down the name of the song and group to people of EVERY age (the adults used it as a talking point whenever they saw me backstage!), because everyone admitted, “It’s just so… addicting! I seriously need to download this, because it’s never going to leave my head!”
SO, I don’t know if it’s the pure crack power of ‘Ookina ai,’ or something else, but there is STILL a pull out there for pure pop music. (And it helps when you’ve got people who aren’t ashamed to admit it!)