[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

The Team 4 stage yesterday was sung live so I guess we can assume all the current team stages will be performed live. It was a nice change!

 

Sad News: No more 48G @ Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2020

 

different name same group.

i feel sad.... i've never experienced a kouhaku without akb so this is really weird

also mods: you could have told me to edit to a thumbnail instead of deleting my post entirely and not notifying me, it's a bit rude lol
edit 2: nope, i'm just dumb and posted in the wrong thread entirely lol

 

I think AKB in Kouhaku is justified; they did nothing this year. Either way, I'm waiting for a new single and the lottery for the 15th anniversary.

 

Not surprised... if you compared how NiziU and Babymetal did this year, 48G were the silent majority.

Thanks for the salt... my popcorn needed extra

 

Yukirin commented on it
https://twitter.com/Yukiriiiin__K/status/1328200119255068673

Honestly, it's amazing that she's the only AKB member to appear on kouhaku 11 years in a row, that's an incredible feat.
She also seems pretty positive for next year so let's be positive too!

 

The end of AKB48 in the NHK Kouhaku might spell the end of the era, I suppose...

This is the first time since 2008 there won't be AKB48 in the Kouhaku. (AKB48 performed in the Kouhaku back in 2007.) Are they going to become the next Morning Musume or something?

For some it might be somewhat shocking, but I don't see anything real good from AKB48 that isn't KFC, and the Sakamichi groups are the thing over AKB48G these days, so it kinda makes sense, but it's still a sad day nonetheless to hear AKB48 is ousted from the Kouhaku, and maybe ever...

 

as long as management can earn money, i dont think 48 will be disbanded. look at momusu, although the group is already irrelevant nowadays, idols(in japan) are still a thing even though public didnot support them that much. and for sure, they still made a lot of money unlike other disbanded idol. akb might survive but sister group probably depends on the management.

 

But at least they didn't sell less than a million copies! And they sing live! And... And...

Enjoy this year's Kouhaku, @sscrla old man.

I had so much more to say but some of you wouldn't like it. I feel sad for all those Indian or Thai idols that won't have a chance to shine.

 

I mean to be fair, this wasn’t really an AKB issue. Almost Every act appearing on Kohaku performs their most famous songs, not necessarily their newest release or even something that was released recently. It’s just that viewers want to hear the hit songs they already know and love. Kohaku isn’t really designed for people to discover new music.

I mean, some of these enka acts have performed the same song every single time for the last 30+ years.

 

That's not surprising.

 

That's sad news :/ a few days ago, I saw the line-up for the upcoming FNS and AKB wasn't on it. I'm not sure if FNS release all the line-up at once or in different parts but so far AKB aren't on the performers list and that was already a sad news, but now they're excluded even for Kouhaku. Actually, if I'm completely honest, I expected them to stop being invited since last year so I'm not too surprised. But this is still sad to see that AKB is not being invited to big events anymore ._. However they are invited to perform on Best Artist 2020 so I guess that's at least one good news and something that we can look forward to.

I've been thinking about this but it's really a waste that AKB didn't do anything when their b-side Saikyou Twintail became popular on TikTok. It's a b-side with Yahagi Moeka as center, it became popular while she was still in the group btw, and this song has all young new gens from 48 groups. The song had a little viral moment in TikTok and management did nothing... I don't understand :/ They could have performed it on TV, music show or anywhere. a lot of people actually knew the song without knowing that it's AKB's song. I feel like management is really not trying. They waste opportunities like this to have new hits. in comparison, every other group tries so much to have a song/dance to go viral on TikTok and promote like crazy...

 

Jesus Christ, is it really that hard?