I've seen a lot of wota go ??? over Ozeko's solo activities and wonder why Upfront is putting effort into it but I'm so happy for her. Upfront screwed her over big time by destroying Country Girls and partially assigning the blame onto her and Risa so the least they could do was support her with a solo career.
M-Line unit SIOOM (Ozeki, Karin, Maa, Inaba, Ogata) put out a cover of C\C as a Jdrama ED. Arrangement by Tojima Yusuke.
When the rest of the world is moving on to Afrobeat, Japan finally makes it to...reggaeton trap.
Y'all know I love maximalism, but this is too much. That fuzzy noise synth on the top is a mistake, this arrangement needs a lot more clean round tones (barring the trap hi-hat) and empty space in the master.
While I’m happy Manaka and Mai gets to debut, what is the point of making them soloists when they are promoted like a duet anyway? Release dates one week apart, duo gravure in UTB, joint fan club events, joint concerts (plus Risa). Based on their M line solo videos, Manaka has the fan base but her vocals have limitations, while Mai sings well her popularity is just not there (not helped by her seeming to favour ballads). They could have just added Chii for a mini CG revival.