Single AKB48 59th [Moto Kare Desu] (2022/05/18)

Some unknown artists will perform on MUSIC FAIR...

https://twitter.com/MUSICFAIR_Fuji/status/1526442394148667393


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https://www.tiktok.com/@akb48_official_tiktok/video/7098642030766722306
https://v58.tiktokcdn.com/video/tos...=1652804121&VSignature=RAgQQIKuF9X4Rd5orSUe8Q
https://i.imgur.com/flsNV5b.mp4

https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1526502944224382977
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1526502907301879808/pu/vid/720x1280/-AIM_meNv2xaYF3c.mp4

 

Kobayashi Ran

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

The video was blocked because you could see her boyfriend in the mirror. True story!

Anyway, this pretty much oonfirms we won't have any new single this year...

https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12743160452.html

 

When SGO48 was still around, there was an incident when a young man very briefly appeared in a video in which Linh Mai also appeared. This video had many other normal people unrelated to SGO48, but the 500 miliseconds appearance of him alone was enough to cause a stir among some fans (me not include).
Don't waste your time trying to find this incident in SGO48 thread, the entire controversy about it was in Facebook as most SGO48 fans are active only on Facebook, not here.

 

Full releases

Kowasanakya Ikenai Mono (壊さなきゃいけないもの) - Okada Nana

if the video does not show watch the video here

Okubyou na Namake Mono (臆病なナマケモノ) - Team A

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Loss of time - Team K

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Yarakasou (ヤラカソウ) - Team B

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Angie (アンジー) - Team 4

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Moto Kare desu (元カレです) - Senbatsu

 

"Honjitsu hatsubai(On sale today)! Kiite ne(Please listen)!"
https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1526699080944128006
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1526596752307916801/pu/vid/720x1280/LMYYacc5kwLRr0Bi.mp4

 

288,562

"It's still first place!!!"
https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1526852390049107968

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https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1526806214264250368
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1526806181888438272/pu/vid/720x1280/Nz8nKyqsW1IzqoKG.mp4

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if the video does not show watch the video here

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https://twitter.com/AKB48_staff/status/1526761017912721408


https://twitter.com/dleague_jp/status/1526767250333655041

 

Around 30k less than Rumor 1st day.
It's a bit disapointing

It somewhat confirm some matome claims saying that the song and choreo are nice but the promo failed to create a lot of buzz

 

Yeah was dissappointed seeing the low sales thought they Really released a nice catchy song

 

What's in this single that wasn't in the previous one? Just saying...

Now without the boyfriend in the mirror (thanks for the editing, Shitao)...


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I guess since Nemohamo is basically akb48 release after 1.5yrs from previous release (shitsuren), that is why they're really hyping nemohamo...

 

Only 99206 more than SKE48's Kokoro ni Flower.

 

Hype of being the first single after a looong time?

Catchier song and choreo?

This one has a better PV though.

 

All this Korean wave hype piss pose,
They just liking and hearting the music videos and hii insta post without actually buying multiple tickets, sorry, I mean cds.

Bring the bikini and high heels/ thigh high boots back!
This single costume looks like something mall walker grannies would wear

 

To be fair, the current trend for 48G/46G is decreasing sales, with a few exceptions. But overall sales are low compared to pre-pandemic.

408,815→345,669 乃木坂46
384,973→331,511 日向坂46
300,704→324,658 櫻坂46
320,489→288,562 AKB48
178,048→189,356 SKE48
161,148→128,538 STU48
128,237→145,574 NMB48
156,884→120,109 HKT48
*73,010→*54,193 NGT48
source: HEARTSTATION648

Tower Shinjuku tweeted about AKB new single selling out

 

This is a good point. Also, AKB’s sales did not drop as much as Nogizaka’s or Hinata’s most recent singles (32k vs 63k and 53k). It seems like every group’s sales numbers are a bit unstable right now thanks to covid, even the most popular two.

 

You know they don't exacty sell the displayed content though

 

I can't like your post. 48G songs can be great with or without these things.
Quality matters, members matter, marketing strategy matters, luck matters.
AKB48 is a 17 years old band already, it's kind of hard to grow when even younger 46Gs are visibly tanking recently. It's so old that one of its sister group has a member younger than it as latest center.
In 2000, Morning Musume's LOVE Machine sold over 1.2 million copies, but in 2014, a 17 years old Morning Musume's best performing single could only reach 160,798.

Blame the bob cut airdropped center.

 

Read the question again.

What?

 

This is kinda weird to say it like this, I mean if AKB sold 1,1 million and SKE sold 1 million then I guess you could say it's "only 99k difference". But AKB first day is 288k and SKE first day was 189k, 99k represents like 1/3 of AKB's first day sales and 1/2 of SKE's first day sales. So it's not "only 99k", it isn't that easy for both groups to get 99k more sales, it's big for them.

tbh I don't know why they did 2 dance songs in a row, with similar style... Rumor had a lot more hype due to the long break before + being promoted as the "dance-focused, everyone in-sync" song, and they do the same thing again now, but the song is a bit less catchy and the whole promo around it feels like a deja-vu of 8 months ago. I know that they tried to recreate their success in the past too like with KFC, but at least they wait a few singles to try it (and it still didn't work anyway). Also, I think the member who was standing out the most in Rumor was Yokoyui because of her individuality in dancing, when I read comments back then, she was praised a lot. But in this single, I feel like no one stands out, everyone just does the dance more or less the same way. Maybe that's what they aimed for... but imo it's not very exciting, I didn't watch any of their performances of this song since the first one ._.

I do think the sales will go up in the next days and they also added more events for the end of the year, right? So the numbers will get better. But I hope next single is not dance-focused.