=LOVE (イコールラブ, イコラブ, ikorabu, eqlove)

Discussion in 'The STAGE48 Idol Emporium' started by fatrain, Jun 15, 2017.

  1. broz0rs

    broz0rs Next Girls

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    Sasshi's changing a lot of stuff that fans often complain about 48g. For myself, my biggest pet peeve in 48g is how it's very hard to hear individual voices in their songs. The =LOVE songs really displays the solo parts very clearly and some of those girls have really gorgeous singing voices. I can't wait to to see who they are!
     
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  2. weeabookstore

    weeabookstore Kenkyuusei

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    Well, Boku wa Sonzai Shiteinakatta is a 22/7 song, right?

    But also Sasshi's a god, and Aki-P is overstretched.
     
  3. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    =LOVE's episode of "Kono Yubi To-mare" will air on 9/15.

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  4. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    =LOVE's episode will be "Kono Yubi Tomare" last episode T_T

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    Sasshi talks about =LOVE plans
    https://twitter.com/345stuff/status/898119571839647746

    "I don't want to see competition. Even some1 can't sell her HS tix, or she's not as good as others, everyone is important and everyone has her own pace. I hope they think 'It's great to join =LOVE', & hope fans think 'it's great to be their fans. I'll work hard for that, just like how I return AKB & HKT's favor. That's my midnight random thoughts, good night!"

    and about choreographer Aoi <3
    https://twitter.com/345__chan/status/897994660894752770

    "Member were asking Aoi-sensei to dance and after she danced they started praising her and Aoi-sensei was so embarrassed that she started crying. lol.
    The last caption is of HKT members dancing as =LOVE members. Aoi-sensei is in front watching"

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    https://twitter.com/345__chan/status/898142384264892417
    "Choreographer #Motomura Aoi and #=LOVE-chan! Thank you for your help, Aoi-sensei!"

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    =LOVE Wikipedia page
     
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  5. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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  6. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    =LOVE's official twitter is now following 12 more accounts that looks like they could be official twitter accounts for each member. They haven't posted anything yet though.

    https://twitter.com/Equal_LOVE_12/following
     

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  7. VincentS

    VincentS Kenkyuusei

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    Nice my girl hitomi is center. :cute:
    Good indie idol song. Well done Sasshi
     
  8. EinhanderX

    EinhanderX Next Girls

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    My friend, Hitomi was already center-chan since TIF.;)
    And yeah, the benefit of debut song. No expectation, just enjoyment.

    Good luck =LOVE!
    And Nonno-chan.:awesome:
     
  9. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    Photos from today's mini live and handshake event in Osaka.

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  10. sorasan

    sorasan Future Girls

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    I wonder ..... how will the feeling be if =LOVE sold their first single with figures more than 284,698 copies .....
    & will they appear in Music Station if that is the case ..... :chuffed:
     
  11. VincentS

    VincentS Kenkyuusei

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    If they can sell anything above 50k+, I wouldn't be surprised if they are invited to music shows.
    Msta I am not sure what their cut off point is..
     
  12. broz0rs

    broz0rs Next Girls

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    lolol this is painful as an HKT fan. 95% HKT girls have to rely on two archaic, crappy SNS because I guess their management wants to protect them from the horrors of Twitter. They end up using private accounts, which eventually get discovered by jerks who make a big deal out of whatever they can find.
     
  13. Jimmie-san

    Jimmie-san Kenkyuusei

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    Just had to type, this MV and song are just both wonderful.
    The song is super catchy and voices are nice, mv is so sweet.

    This is better then most of the songs from the 48 group in the last few years imo (with few exceptions)


    I really do hope they sell decent and keep going, bought the single both for supporting them because I think they deserve it, and I love the song.
     
  14. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    very nice MV, it suits the song.
    I especially liked scenes of dancing in water and dance lesson scenes.

    that's waaaaaaaaay overrated estimation))
    considering that idols sell handshakes, not music, for the most part, and that they have only 12 members and only 3 slots of handshakes each, their maximum HS sales are about 18k. so I'd say a passing mark of sales is 10k and everything above 20k is considered great. 50k+ is super-duper great and 200k+ is impossible)) unless "=LOVE" goes viral, has a tie-in with some popular anime or something like that.

    though I really want "=LOVE" to become a hit and sell more than just HS. imo, the song has a hit potential as it is super catchy.
    the reception from fans is also very good. not just of the song, but the group as well. honestly, I am really surprised how good the reception of group is so far. I didn't expect anyone except Sasshi's fans to be interested in it, but I see a lot of various people getting into it on Twitter. I've never followed any group from the beginning so close before, so I don't know how it usually is, but considering I didn't expect much, it does look favorable, at least from my point of view. I see people tweet a lot about =LOVE and even create separate accounts, because of the amount of tweets.

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    https://twitter.com/345__chan/status/898517258892320768

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    https://twitter.com/Equal_LOVE_12/status/898420821667921921

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    =LOVE matome site! finally! :banana:[hehe]

    http://equal-love.club/
     
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  15. Tommy Idoc

    Tommy Idoc Kenkyuusei

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    If there was an example for the best "Businesswoman Idol," it would be Sashii. Not only did she rise from a scandal, she's now making waves in the idol industry. I can't wait to see what she'll do next in her career.
     
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  16. Odd_Cinderella

    Odd_Cinderella Next Girls

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    See, you can have an up and coming idol group with a Senior attached to said group and they can NOT be in the music video and still have a wonderful video. That was super cute and it did remind me of old-school AKB48: cute, catchy...all about having fun. Hopefully, they can stand on their own and not be considered another sister group of AKB48. Also, loving the nature/out-doorsy look they have going for them, so I can't wait for more styles from these lovelies! :banana:


    @weeabookstore I didn't know they already had a song? :oops:
     
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  17. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    Sasshi tweeted these photos but the tweet was deleted for some reason. Nogizaka46 also had an event in Osaka yesterday and Hitomin got to meet her favorite group and her oshimen Hori Miona.

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  18. marioworldakb

    marioworldakb Under Girls Stage48 Donor

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    wow the power of seiyu and idol together eh...totally made me remember why I love Seiyu's, they have super cute and lovely voices! And they can dance!

    Sasshi produced some quality unit. I'm liking the rivalry against 22/7 now. They both are really good in their own way.

    And the song wow. No aki-p involved! Sasshi wrote the lyrics and two other guys composed and arranged the song! Love it!

    作詞:指原莉乃 / 作曲:渡辺尚 / 編曲:古川貴浩

    Arranger: 古川貴浩 Furukawa Takahiro

    Just found out reading in wiki this guy is super famous for his works and he has a rich history in writing songs for seiyus and idol units!

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/古川貴浩

    Composer: 渡辺尚 Watanabe Hisashi

    Only made 1 song for SKE in the whole 48G. Not much info about him.

    http://akbportal.net/song.php?sid=1289

    Anyhow with Sasshi doing lyrics...this is hands down a top-mid tier song.

    And her lyric writing skills is pretty right on too.
     
  19. fatrain

    fatrain Under Girls

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    it is posted on official =LOVE twitter as well
    https://twitter.com/Equal_LOVE_12/status/898709905787412481

    gotta give props to Nogi members who aligned for some unknown girl :approve:

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    https://twitter.com/Equal_LOVE_12/status/898838545577541632

    today was a photo shoot for Monthly BOMB

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    Ooba Hana is wearing Takamina's T-shirt "Eito Prince" (top left on a first photo)
    internet detectives found her in Takamina's graduation photo as well (above left staff), so it's safe to assume that Hana is Takamina's hardcore fan))

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  20. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    I didn't think about that but you're right! It probably helped that they're both under Sony but still that's really nice :)

    Their MV has already exceeded 100,000 views on youtube. That's pretty amazing. I hope the interesting in this group will continue to be strong.
     

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