So I was browsing around some Japanese clips on youtube and found this pretty cool clip of Morning Musume's vocal training, focusing on Junjun & Linlin.



It's been uploaded recently and I haven't seen it before, so just excuse me if it's extremely old.

They are doing some general vocal exercises, with the exception of Ai, Risa & Koharu who don't seem to be there. I turn my nose up at Koharu's exclusion. Koha, get your butt to some vocal lessons! ... where was I?... Oh yes! So they are doing some vocal exercises which kinda look like training for track and field in Beijing rather than singing, but I don't know much about singing so I'm just going to roll with it.

We then have Junjun working with the vocal coach who is trying to get a high note out of her. She puts her fingers in her ears in anticipation of the howling screech which will soon be released from her mouth. Thankfully she gives up after a tiny mouse squeak attempt and sings Ambitious! which seems more in her range.

We move onto Linlin who is having a blast doing some ridiculous looking exercises. She is laughing and smiling which the vocal coach decides to work with asking her to sing *ha ha ha he he he*. (It was prob just another vocal exercise but it reminded me of laughing!) She then sings Ai Araba It's All Right and boy does she have some vocal chops!. I remember back when she sang at her intro event and everyone got excited about her incredible voice only to be disappointed when she relegated herself to a 'cutesy idol voice' in Onna ni Sachi Are. Hopefully this is a sign that she is coming back with a vengeance.

Both girls have great voices, Linlin being the better vocalist of the two. Hopefully we see them featured more in upcoming singles. Resonant Blue was a disappointment for these two. I'd like to hear them sing more than ahs, oohs and wooo oooohs.

Hopefully everyone is getting this vocal training (I'm looking at you Koha!), I will praise the day Morning Musume walks on stage and everyone sings incredibly. *fingers crossed*

PREVIEW: C-ute's upcoming single Edo no Temari Uta II, includes 7 individual interchangeable covers of each girl with the Limited Edition of the single. You can see the covers below (click for high res):







I'm really liking everyone's cover. Kanna, Chisato & Maimi's stand out to me as the best of the group, while Saki & Airi's are very good too. Mai & Erika's are prob the worst of the bunch, but are by no means bad. I have just seen better photos of them in the past.

It just goes to show how much better covers come out with just one subject and I can imagine how difficult it must be to photograph a large group like C-ute, Berryz or Morning Musume in one large shot. That is probably the reason why every group photo always seems to have someone not looking their best.

These individual covers are a nice idea. We've seen them before with MM's Ambitious! and it's a nice returning feature for Limited Editions for those who don't care much for the DVDs. I myself prefer the booklets but they seem to have disappeared.

Edo no Temari Uta II is released on the 30th of July and we will have a review up very soon!

NEWS: The Happy! Style website has revealed the new official sites for SI*NA (prev. H!P Kansai) & the Happy! Style Rookies. The SI*NA website includes profiles and info on the girls along with some nice pics.

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I must say Suma Ai is gorgeous! (even if she does look like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man) The other girls aren't bad too, and from what I've heard they have great voices. Release soon, please!

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The resemblance is uncanny!

The Rookies' website is coming soon but contains an adorable video of Ishihara Kaori, one of the new additions to Happy! Style. The other rookies are Sasamine Aoi and Ogura Yui. Hirota Shion and Tsukimiya Usagi are apparently temp members.

In conjunction with these new websites, the girls will be performing their 3rd Communication Circuit (003) which will take place on the 7th of September.

Check out the sites by clicking the images below:

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PREVIEW: Aladdin's new PV for Hi wa, Mata Noboru. Erm... watch the clip:



I know this song is horrible, but I like it. Yes, that's right. It's addicting and it has grabbed hold of me and won't let go *cries* ... oh wait, maybe it's just Suzanne peaking my interest. Either way, I'm hooked. *Tatakae! Nippon no Sarariiii Mannnn!*

PREVIEW: Buono!'s upcoming single Gachinko de Ikou has begun playing on radio and you can download the full preview here.

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The song is very upbeat and the girls sound great (even Momo whose voice tends to grate on me). It's a tad hectic at first but with subsequent listens, you get used to it. The instrumental is extremely anime down to the random overlapping ranting lol. It's a good tune, a good PV could spike my interest even further.