Sounds good! The music sounds like a blend of J-pop and K-pop if the video does not show watch the video here
Story so far, Pd101JP is the most successful season in that the biggest amount of trainees have debutted or are on the road to debut So far we have 1. JO1 (Mame, Ren, Takumi, Shosei, Ruki, Keigo, Yona, Shion, Junki, Syoya, Sukai) 2. ORβIT (my personal favorite) has Yugo, Ooon, Tomo, Yoondong, Heecheon, Jun, and Shunya. 3. BXW's got Guche, Reito, Kento, Hiroto, and also new faces Daisuke and Iori. 4. Boom Trigger has Kaito, Yu, Rikuto, Tatsuki, and Hikari 5. Honausa has Yasupon, Kattsun, Shuta, and Fumiya 6. New Unit Project 2020's got Takehiro, Aoki, Akihito, Koki, and Akira. 7. Osawa Naoki future musical theater debut 8. Hyuk was gonna release a single but ??????????? 9. Ryo, Ryuta, and Gen in G-egg are inching ever so closer to debut and also their group MVs slap (Jealousy and Santa Monica are best) 10. Ageda and others opening youtube channels 11. Togo releasing a photobook and doing nicely in K-pop dancing circuits So far about a third of the trainees have been placed in a group or scouted for solo debut. 36 alone are in groups. Despite Corona, that to me seems like a higher success rate than average and it's not been even six months. Having all independent trainees has its perks: one of them is that you can totally debut with your best friends. From within the trainees, the following evaluation teams have been positioned in their entirety in a group for debut 1. Original Rap 1 2. Raise The Flag 3. Domino 4. Black Out 5. Young I was hoping for Hico to debut with one of these, but it looks like he's enjoying the simple life. I'll give him some time TTwTT I was also hoping for a female PD101 Japan this year, but I don't think it will happen; auditions should have started by now, but with Corona going on everything would have been dropped.
ORβIT has dropped a merchandise video for their Fans. Their website is gorgeous. if the video does not show watch the video here They also dropped audio for their debut? song? if the video does not show watch the video here
^ wow, their website looks insane. It's also interesting that their company is allowing the members immediate use of their own Instagram accounts.
Short version for the JO1 MV: if the video does not show watch the video here And teaser for Second Single: if the video does not show watch the video here A bit late, but ORβIT dropped "Behind the Scenes:" if the video does not show watch the video here Still a bit late, but, Boom Trigger drop Double Debut MVs: if the video does not show watch the video here if the video does not show watch the video here
I think that's because they're as good as indie, let's remember their company is Orbit Union, which means it was created for them specifically. They are allowed to upload to sns as they please, 潤潤 are dropping songs they do for fun on jun's instagram, Heecho is going insane in the FC and also voice-coaches the other members which is amazing, Yugo is still a baby, Ooon is still Ooon, Tomo goes at his pace, and Shunya is the defacto spokesperson and also in charge of merch drops while still flexing his designer muscles. Being indie has pros and cons, but this is what they chose and I'm happy they fit in with each other so well. I could go for ages about them because I love them so much XD I just hope that Younghee are allowed back in Japan so they can finally debut. It's way overdue and Ooon's time before enlistment is running out. Heech missed a week of Q&A... I hope that means he doesn't want to disclose where he is because it would ruin the surprise. It was bad enough when Ooon disclosed their debut would be an album in Shuna's live XD Heech's birthday is in a few weeks. It would be nice if the birthday event was that they all got back together, but borders haven't opened for them yet. Fingers crossed...
And ORβIT DEBUT DATE! FINALLY! if the video does not show watch the video here With an album, no less. What a goddamn flex that is. orbit, as some of us were suspecting, is part of Dream Passport, the same company as Hico. There is also Future Passport their Korean affiliate, so I can pray for Korean activities if they so chose. Their CEO is Miki Kurosawa, HALO's former manager, which also explains the industry links that orbit have been showing through the months. Heech and Ooon seem to have managerial positions in Future Passport. I am just so happy tbh. All the patience and enduring is paying off for us Eαrths.
I don't see it on the channel Edit: just a pic https://www.youtube.com/post/UgyXnoTPxJcwrFuNDvZ4AaABCQ
It's a boy season, if the audition announcement is any indication TT___TT I wanted some change. meanwhile... bros snapped if the video does not show watch the video here Due to covid, The MV was filmed in Korea and Japan, with Jun appearing for both shootings. You know, like a heathen. He was the only one able to move between countries. The producers, Rigend, have worked with iz*one and BTS among others. BXW also recently dropped Takaiyumeni MV... I hope they release the single soon. if the video does not show watch the video here And a new group was announced! BUGVEL has Minato, Raira (FINALLY), Hikaru, Koshin, and also Guno and Mahiro, Jun's friends from PDx101. It's under Dream Passport, so so far it's a family endeavor. Mahiro and Koshin appeared as dancers in UNIVERSE, too, and they already showed up in Hico's instalive. So far this season had over 60% success rate. You know, the new season has me super worried ;/ It feels dangerous right now to make a new season where young people are working in close quarters and also there's 101 of them plus staff. I hope they postpone it as much as possible. It feels so irresponsible right now.