=LOVE (イコールラブ, イコラブ, ikorabu, eqlove)

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  1. Jeffsquall

    Jeffsquall Kenkyuusei Stage48 Donor

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    WOW, great work!!!!
    Thanks for the infos =D

    I've already called some friends here because the =love infos! [hehe]
     
  2. Odd_Cinderella

    Odd_Cinderella Next Girls

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    Thank you so much to everyone who are doing their part in giving the rest of us the chance to see what we can't see on a normal basis.
     
  3. LarcKen

    LarcKen Future Girls

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    With all the good promotion, Sashi's backing, great MV impressions and views, won't surprise me if this single hit 50K 1st week. Hell, more like this should hit 50K at least
     
  4. sorasan

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    OMG Sweets Paradise is a good place to eat cakes ( ironically their best is not cakes but Mayu's fav...kaarage ).

    That's a good way to intro =LOVE to the females who go there.

    I'm hoping they will get solid sales results.. as in with the WOW :corr: factor in it :cute:
     
  5. tokidoki

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  6. fatrain

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    Natalie's long interview (Power Push) with =LOVE members
    http://natalie.mu/music/pp/equallove

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    Anna talks about yesterday's dinner with Sasshi

    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/905316465582018561/pu/vid/640x360/lLEz65qRSTiJKB0n.mp4

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    another mini live and HS event at LaQua Garden Stage has started
    follow it as usual on twitter
    https://twitter.com/hashtag/イコラブ?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash

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    upd:
    first day sales on Oricon is 11,017 copies! 2nd place. pretty much as expected
    http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2017-09-05/
     

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  7. LarcKen

    LarcKen Future Girls

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    aww, so it'll be 20K tops. I guess all the buzz are just from curious 48 group and Sasshi fans that doesn't care enough to buy their CDs :^^;:
     
  8. sorasan

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    Well done :2nd: !! That's a good start and encouragement to the gals for their hard work & effort !
     
  9. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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    Here's another channel (from the same person?) where the newer SHOWROOM seem to be posted...
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk7Ubl9IDjTqSHbLYqnW2Hg/videos
     
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  10. fatrain

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    ^ thanks!

    well, you are right that majority of =LOVE fans are fans of Sasshi or other 4648 fans, but I wouldn't say that they don't care enough to buy their CDs, since the single was sold out in many places (in addition to above-mentioned Amazon, fans report that it was sold out in many other places as well, and that they couldn't buy it), so, in the very least, the sales have met or even exceeded record label's expectations.
    Yasusu said that 10k is a great result as well, so I think it's all good.
    but yeah, it's kinda hard to think objectively about =LOVE sales since 4648 sales warp perception ^^;
    I wish Oricon would announce only weekly sales, so troubles with shipping or out of stock cases wouldn't confuse people every time.

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    =LOVE will have a 16 pages special in "Platinum FLASH" magazine. it'll go on sale on 9/28!
    this one is from Sasshi-Aoki connections Sasshi talked about in her SR :approve:

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    another =LOVE matome site! even with commentators!
    http://ikorabu.livedoor.biz/

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    =LOVE MV became first on iTunes!

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    photos from today's performance.

    http://ikorabu.livedoor.biz/archives/18456395.html
    http://equal-love.club/eqlove-rakua-sono2-1205.html
    http://equal-love.club/eqlove-rakua-sono3-1240.html

    like those MV costumes
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    Mirinya and Naatan are cameramen favorites))
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  11. tokidoki

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    Their single has sold 17,628 copies so far according to Billboard. I guess it includes the first two days. It will be interesting to see if there's a big difference between Oricon and Billboard like it is for AKB for example.

    http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/55147/2
     
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    Wowie wow wow! Congrats to the girls! I'm sure they are SUPER EXCITED to have sold so many! This is really nice, honestly! :1st:
     
  13. fatrain

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    "=LOVE" was played at yesterday's ANN again
    1:33:45-
    http://48videodouga.net/index.php?poste=5378

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    "=LOVE" MV is 1st at Recochoku daily ranking as well
    http://recochoku.jp/ranking/video/daily/?affiliate=4305070019

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    Model Press article about center Hitomin

    https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1712772

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    some 2channelers recalculated estimated HS sales for =LOVE. it looks like their 3 slots of HS are only 50 minutes long each (4648g are 90 min, I think), so it's more like 12 members * 3 slots * 300 tickets (instead of previously estimated 500) = 10,800 copies.

    despite that, Sasshi's antis are having a field day over first day sales. 4 full threads in a day... I've seen such vigor only with some scandals recently [hehe]
     
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  14. nakotteiijan

    nakotteiijan Upcoming Girls

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    While it's does not seem as the best outcome, comparing the scores to other artists. Looking at Oriocn from the last couple of months, 1st places were around 10k as well, excluding 48/46g and other famous groups (Flower, etc). Definitely a great result.
     
  15. tokidoki

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    Even more photos from Weekly Playboy.

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  16. fatrain

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    Translation of "Kioku no Dokoka de" (Somewhere in a Memory) lyrics (Japanese lyrics are here)
    Lyrics: Sashihara Rino; Music: Nakamura Nozomu (中村望); Arrangement: Fukuda Takashi (福田貴史)


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    I remember the feelings towards you
    That slept somewhere in my memory...

    To meet you in such a place...
    I don't love you anymore.
    And I already threw away that ring,
    It was just a memory.

    Things like "You've become beautiful"
    How many times have I heard those tricky words?
    Same old patterns - no, thank you.
    Don't make fun of me!

    But!
    I want to be spoilt by nostalgia. Empty.
    But!
    My pride won't allow me to make the first step.
    Approaching shadow has a peculiar odor.
    If you kiss me,
    What will it change?

    Undress all your feelings that are in the way,
    But leave that lovely habit as it is.
    Even if you are whimsical,
    I don't mind.
    Don't laugh at the broken me,
    Love the hopeless me somewhere in your memory.

    It's not that I became serious about you,
    Sometimes you just want to have fun.
    That day was one of those days.
    I am sure it was the same for you too.

    That sandy beach we all went to,
    And those fireworks we saw alone -
    Those forgotten memories
    Are returning, aren't they?

    I~
    Was surprised that I would fall for...
    I~
    Someone who is younger than me. I miss you.
    The future with you I saw in a dream...
    Mistake! The past and the present too -
    They all were illusions.

    The sweat melts on a sunburnt skin.
    With no time even for a whisper,
    Your cell phone rings.
    So you have a girlfriend after all?
    Exhausted me in my dream
    Loves the hopeless you somewhere in a memory.

    Undress all your feelings that are in the way,
    But leave that lovely habit as it is.
    Even if you are whimsical,
    I don't mind.
    Don't laugh at the broken me,
    Love the hopeless me somewhere in your memory.
     
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  17. tokidoki

    tokidoki Upcoming Girls

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  18. fatrain

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  20. fatrain

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    "=LOVE" MV reached 500k views!


    if the video does not show watch the video here
     

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