Yahagi Moeka (Moechan) / Draft 3rd Generation

Another one:


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Some bad news from Moeka's official website :
https://yahagimoeka.com/news/uncategorized/94/

Deepl translation:

Hopefully Moe-chan will be better soon!

 

An official update about the release of 'Spilt Milk' has just been published:
https://news.ponycanyon.co.jp/2023/10/90297



Google Translation:

Contents (the first 3 tracks have English titles, the others are translated/transliterated via Google):

Limited edition cover (with photo book):



Regular:



Bonus photos and other store-specific items:

 

These covers are so cool and Moeka looks so pretty!! So excited!

 

I haven't posted here in such a long time >.< but I'm always following Moeka's news and updates of course I'm so happy that she's releasing her debut album soon! and I'm glad that she included some of the songs that she composed in the past, I really wanted the full versions ;w; I can't wait to hear all of this. The photos look beautiful, it looks a bit like the pictures she had at her return. Very blue, natural etc. This really suits her! I really love the one with the pink dress! So pretty. Also, it looks like we'll get a new MV for "Shake It", can't wait!

 

News of launch events with Moeka for 'Spilt Milk':
https://news.ponycanyon.co.jp/2023/10/90813

Google translation:

 

'Shake it' [Teaser]:


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The full MV will be premiered on 10/25 at 21:00 JST:


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OMG. The "Shake It" MV preview looks so nice!!! it's perfect for this song
I love it especially the first part when she's reading a book, she looks so pretty
(Btw, her hair is getting a bit long these days )

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moeka_yahagi/video/7293136846316489985

 

I'm so excited for this, it looks so soft and pure and ahhhh!! Can't wait to listen to the full album on repeat for ages

 

Ngl, when I saw that preview image (with the white ball) I thought it's a younger Yamamoto Sayaka.

 

Now that you say it, yes it's true especially when there's the play button hiding her mouth, her eyes and hair look just like Sayanee before


Moeka posted a short video on Twitter, where she's singing "Shake It" and promoting the release (it's tomorrow!). She looks so pretty and cute

https://twitter.com/moeka__yahagi/status/1716837865882259897 Her voice!!! She sounds so nice and her little laugh at the end, so cute




This looks cute >.< (but notice how they wrote "split" instead of "spilt" haha XD)

 

Album is on YouTube!
If you have access to a VPN, you can change it to Japan and already listen to the album!
You can now listen to it world wide!
> Playlist link <

Bibi-Di-Babi-Di-Bu~
All the songs are so good! but my personal two favorites are Be My Self and Encore (アンコール)

 

Shake it

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I'm so happy she's officially back!! I hope she can perform her music on TV and eventually at concerts too How I wish I were still in Japan to see the promo areas in CD shops myself

 

Photobook off-shots from her Twitter
"First wedding dress in my life!"

So pretty

 

^ She looks so beautiful in this pink dress!!

More off-shots that she shared yesterday...



The last picture is just perfect! SO pretty

and I watched the MV of course!!
She was so cute in it *-* and her voice! ;w;
Finally we have the full version of the song!

 

Yahagi Moeka's debut album sold 514 copies in its first week, ranked 85th on Oricon.

 

Yikes!

She's going to have to push the autograph sessions more, maybe make them handshake or photo events and hustle for sales.

 

I don't know what I expected, but surely more than this. Of course not 50-100k+, like big idol groups do, but maybe around 5-10k (I don't know if this would be considered good or bad for a solo newcomer).

 

The pre-AKB hype and the things that made her popular are all gone now. She has been out of the spotlight for four years and the only ones left are the "few" that kept waiting. She became a "nobody" trying to fight her way up in a world that isn't it easy, without being in major shows or anything like that, and also without gravure.
Yet, the album had like 190k plays on Spotify, a lot more than UNLAME.
5-10k is way too much, trust me. Bokuao's Aozora ni Tsuite Kangaeru sold 25.7k copies.